<![CDATA[Meaning of mobile connection icons]]>Hello everybody,

Phone: One Plus One

Before OTA12 I had problems with my mobile connection going from 4G to "E" after not using the phone for a while. I had to reestablish (going into flight mode and back) the connection in order to get 4G again.

Now I see a "L". What does "L" mean?

Thanks
/Johan

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4260/meaning-of-mobile-connection-iconsRSS for NodeSat, 14 Mar 2026 13:33:13 GMTThu, 14 May 2020 08:12:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Meaning of mobile connection icons on Thu, 14 May 2020 13:21:50 GMT]]>There is no standard encoding of radio technology for example for 4G vs 4G+ ...

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33065https://forums.ubports.com/post/33065Thu, 14 May 2020 13:21:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meaning of mobile connection icons on Thu, 14 May 2020 13:21:16 GMT]]>@Keneda Because that depends on what RIL (the ril daemon specifically) from Android delivers to us, and it can be device-specific. If it would be easy, we would do it 😉

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33064https://forums.ubports.com/post/33064Thu, 14 May 2020 13:21:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meaning of mobile connection icons on Thu, 14 May 2020 13:17:11 GMT]]>Hi,
what about displaying just 2G, 3G or 4G as they are commercially called? It would make less confusion for people not knowing what L or LTE stands for.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33063https://forums.ubports.com/post/33063Thu, 14 May 2020 13:17:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meaning of mobile connection icons on Thu, 14 May 2020 12:41:00 GMT]]>@Flohack
Why not displaying actual connected network?
4G for 4G
4+(or if possible 4G+) for 4G+
L (or if possible LTE) for LTE
And same for 3G or H things?

Why not do that simple?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33062https://forums.ubports.com/post/33062Thu, 14 May 2020 12:41:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meaning of mobile connection icons on Thu, 14 May 2020 12:01:02 GMT]]>We discussed it a lot, basically there is 4G 4G+ and LTE, and all are mixed up with all the carriers. We probably rework this for OTA-13 as "L" was kinda proposal but people got confused with it. Idk what is better now ^^

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33058https://forums.ubports.com/post/33058Thu, 14 May 2020 12:01:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meaning of mobile connection icons on Thu, 14 May 2020 11:40:23 GMT]]>Thank you for explaining!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33054https://forums.ubports.com/post/33054Thu, 14 May 2020 11:40:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Meaning of mobile connection icons on Thu, 14 May 2020 09:09:04 GMT]]>@Johan You will no longer find the 4G icon but L under OTA-12.
L is the abbreviation for LTE Long-Term Evolution, which has been more or less exactly described as 4G Advanced.
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_(telecommunication) for more details.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/33045https://forums.ubports.com/post/33045Thu, 14 May 2020 09:09:04 GMT