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rwbradley
Mar 25, 2016Explorer
Most phones and some hotspots have something called "Field Test" mode. How to access it varies depending on the device, but this is an advanced troubleshooting menu. Google it to find out how to access it on your device. It allows you to do a lot of things including turn on/off different bands or 3G, 4G etc.
If you decide to look at it I cannot stress enough... PROCEED WITH CAUTION, you can seriously mess up your device.
You are right, though some bands perform better in some cases ie some carry thru walls, trees etc better, some get better distance and some are not used as much simply because there are not a lot of phones on that tower using that band and in a lot of cases each band is on a separate strand of fiber so if there are a lot of phones using Band4 they can saturate the back end link for the Band4 transmitters, but the other bands may have less devices on their link, thus better performance. I was just trying to simplify it a little...
If you decide to look at it I cannot stress enough... PROCEED WITH CAUTION, you can seriously mess up your device.
You are right, though some bands perform better in some cases ie some carry thru walls, trees etc better, some get better distance and some are not used as much simply because there are not a lot of phones on that tower using that band and in a lot of cases each band is on a separate strand of fiber so if there are a lot of phones using Band4 they can saturate the back end link for the Band4 transmitters, but the other bands may have less devices on their link, thus better performance. I was just trying to simplify it a little...
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