EM9191 holding a 5g connection?

[arnaut]

I have a NEXS2GO, EM9191, and the 5g paddle antennas all from wireless haven. I've been running this setup for a few months off a tmobile sim.

So far it has worked decently but one thing that is frustrating me is how spotty the 5g connection is. It typically stays with the 4g bands. It's very rare that I ever see it in NSA mode.

I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong because my cell phone basically gets full bars 5g on n41. The tmobile map even shows that my location gets n41/71.

If it helps at all my apn is fast.t-mobile.com with a ttl of 64. (ttl didn't seem to change speed all that much.)

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AT!GSTATUS?
!GSTATUS: 
Current Time:  2578		Temperature: 43
Modem Mitigate Level: 0		ModemProc Mitigate Level: 0	
Reset Counter: 1		Mode:        ONLINE         
System mode:   LTE        	PS state:    Attached     
LTE band:      B2     		LTE bw:      20 MHz  
LTE Rx chan:   4294967295		LTE Tx chan: 4294967295
LTE SSC1 state:INACTIVE    	LTE SSC1 band: B4     
LTE SSC1 bw  : 20 MHz  		LTE SSC1 chan: 2300
LTE SSC2 state:INACTIVE    	LTE SSC2 band: B71    
LTE SSC2 bw  : 5 MHz   		LTE SSC2 chan: 0
EMM state:     Registered     	Normal Service 
RRC state:     RRC Connected  
IMS reg state: UNKNOWN         	IMS mode:    Not Support  
IMS Srv State: UNKNOWN SMS,UNKNOWN VoIP

PCC RxM RSSI:  -70		PCC RxM RSRP:  -106
PCC RxD RSSI:  -69		PCC RxD RSRP:  -106
PCC RxM1 RSSI:  -64		PCC RxM1 RSRP:  -107
PCC RxD1 RSSI:  -62		PCC RxD1 RSRP:  -107
SCC1 RxM RSSI: -83		SCC1 RxM RSRP: -110
SCC1 RxD RSSI: -90		SCC1 RxD RSRP: -118
SCC1 RxM1 RSSI:  --- 		SCC1 RxM1 RSRP:  --- 
SCC1 RxD1 RSSI:  --- 		SCC1 RxD1 RSRP:  --- 
SCC2 RxM RSSI: -74		SCC2 RxM RSRP: -103
SCC2 RxD RSSI: -74		SCC2 RxD RSRP: -105
Tx Power:      21		TAC:         ffff (65535)
RSRQ (dB):     -14.9		Cell ID:     ffffffff (4294967295)
SINR (dB):      4.8

NR5G band:       ---		NR5G bw:         ---		
NR5G Rx chan:    ---		NR5G Tx chan:    ---		
NR5G RSRP (dBm): ---		NR5G RSRQ (dB):  ---		
NR5G SINR (dB):  ---		


OK

My gstatus is a bit unusual atm because it seems to only want to use band 2 today. Speed hasnt been different though.

cnum and cpin? return the correct respond. The only thing I've actually done to this is magic it. Also ordered the firmware update from wireless haven when I got it.

Is there just something up with the EM9191, or am I missing some configuration? I find it really hard to believe I can't get a strong 5g signal off 4 paddle antennas when my phone is going full blaze.

[arnaut]

Some extra info.

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AT!IMPREF?
!IMPREF: 
 preferred image setting does not exist
 current fw version:      01.07.13.00
 current carrier name:    
 current config name:     
 current subpri index:    000

 fw version mismatch
 carrier name mismatch
 config name mismatch

OK

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at+cgdcont?
+CGDCONT: 1,"IP","fast.t-mobile.com","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0,,,,,,,,,"",,,,0
+CGDCONT: 2,"IPV4V6","ims","0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0,,,,,,,,,"",,,,0

OK

[Didneywhorl]

AT!IMPREF?
!IMPREF:
preferred image setting does not exist
current fw version: 01.07.13.00
current carrier name:
current config name:
current subpri index: 000

fw version mismatch
carrier name mismatch
config name mismatch

OK

This is bad. You need to reflash the firmware. You said you "repaired" your imei. If you did it via nvreset, this is a problem until you reflash the firmware.

What does

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AT!IMAGE?

output?

[arnaut]

What does

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AT!IMAGE?

output?

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AT!IMAGE?
TYPE SLOT STATUS LRU FAILURES UNIQUE_ID   BUILD_ID
FW   1    GOOD   1   0 0      ?_?         01.07.13.00_?
Max FW images: 1
Active FW image is at slot 1

TYPE SLOT STATUS LRU FAILURES UNIQUE_ID   BUILD_ID
Max PRI images: 50


OK

Ill have to reflash the firmware I suppose. There's what you asked for though.

[arnaut]

Also I'll try to look it up but if there's any info on flashing or getting the right files that'd be great. Thanks!

[Didneywhorl]

https://thewirelesshaven.com/docs/sierr ... -flashing/

[arnaut]

https://thewirelesshaven.com/docs/sierr ... -flashing/

Thank you. Got it reflashed and it appears to be working properly now!

[Didneywhorl]

hell_yeah_brother.png

[arnaut]

Tried to test if I could bandlock to n41 with this.

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AT!BAND=12,1,"n41 SA",4,0000010000000000,0000000000000000

Ended up with this error in the modem logging. Running goldenorb_2022-11-15

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Sun Dec  4 11:36:06 2022 : Band Mask 1 Sierra Response : AT!ENTERCND="A710";!BAND?
Index, Name
12, n41 SA,
0 - GW:    0000000000000000
1 - LTE:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
3 - NRNSA: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
4 - NRSA:  0000010000000000 0000000000000000
OK
Sun Dec  4 11:36:06 2022 : Band Mask 1  
Sun Dec  4 11:36:06 2022 : Band Mask 1 
Sun Dec  4 11:36:06 2022 : Band Mask 1  
Sun Dec  4 11:36:06 2022 : Band Mask 1 LTE Band Mask : 0000000000000000
Sun Dec  4 11:36:06 2022 : Band Mask 1  
Sun Dec  4 11:36:24 2022 : Get Profile 1 Modem 1 is  Sierra Wireless, Incorporated EM9191
Sun Dec  4 11:36:24 2022 : Get Profile 1 Default Profile Used
Sun Dec  4 11:36:25 2022 : SimLock 1 Not Locked
Sun Dec  4 11:36:25 2022 : Create Connection 1 Profile for Modem 1 sets interface to WAN1
Sun Dec  4 11:36:26 2022 : Create Connection 1 Modem 1 is using WAN1
Sun Dec  4 11:36:26 2022 : Create Connection 1 Using DNS settings from the Connection Profile
Sun Dec  4 11:36:41 2022 : Create Connection 1 Pincode in script
Sun Dec  4 11:36:41 2022 : Create Connection 1 Attempting to Connect Modem 1
Sun Dec  4 11:36:44 2022 : Create Connection 1 PDP Type selected in the Connection Profile: "IPV4V6", active: "IPV4V6"
Sun Dec  4 11:36:45 2022 : Create Connection 1 Using Netifd Method
Sun Dec  4 11:36:46 2022 : MBIM Connect 1 Query radio state
Sun Dec  4 11:36:46 2022 : MBIM Connect 1 Reading capabilities
Sun Dec  4 11:36:46 2022 : MBIM Connect 1 Checking subscriber
Sun Dec  4 11:36:47 2022 : MBIM Connect 1 Checking PIN state
Sun Dec  4 11:36:47 2022 : MBIM Connect 1 PIN is not required
Sun Dec  4 11:36:47 2022 : MBIM Connect 1 Register with network
Sun Dec  4 11:36:47 2022 : MBIM Connect 1 Subscriber registration failed

Obviously nothing works. Here's what i get with AT!band=00. Is there just something still funky with the em9191 and the wifixnes2go? I had a little luck with 5g after fixing the firmware but now I'm basically 4g all the time. I'm wondering if it's just t-mobile or if I have something configured wrong.

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Sun Dec  4 11:39:10 2022 : Band Mask 1 Sierra Response : AT!ENTERCND="A710";!BAND?
Index, Name
00, All bands,
0 - GW:    100600000FC00000
1 - LTE:   0000A3E2BB0F38DF 0000000000000042
3 - NRNSA: 0000010008000017 0000000000007042
4 - NRSA:  0000010008000017 0000000000007042
OK
Sun Dec  4 11:39:10 2022 : Band Mask 1  
Sun Dec  4 11:39:10 2022 : Band Mask 1 
Sun Dec  4 11:39:10 2022 : Band Mask 1  
Sun Dec  4 11:39:10 2022 : Band Mask 1 LTE Band Mask : 0000000000000000
Sun Dec  4 11:39:10 2022 : Band Mask 1  
Sun Dec  4 11:39:27 2022 : Get Profile 1 Modem 1 is  Sierra Wireless, Incorporated EM9191
Sun Dec  4 11:39:28 2022 : Get Profile 1 Default Profile Used

[arnaut]

at!selrat=5 let me go to 5g mode but it's like 1/4 the speed. Maybe the modem knows whats best lol. Back to selrat=00.

[Didneywhorl]

It's hard to say. I used to not get n41 to save my life, now I can only get it to do Stand alone n41 and not NSA n41 with the available lte bands. No hardware or settings changes. Aggravating. It's got to be how Tmobile is setting up the towers and bands.

[arnaut]

It's hard to say. I used to not get n41 to save my life, now I can only get it to do Stand alone n41 and not NSA n41 with the available lte bands. No hardware or settings changes. Aggravating. It's got to be how Tmobile is setting up the towers and bands.

Yeah I think so too. Anyway they just emailed me today about the Tmobile home internet being available to me, so I'm getting that. Going to see how load balancing off the nexs2g0 with the em9191 and tmo gateway go.