So the AT&T Note 4 is locked down pretty good. Is the T-Mobile version the best version to get to use on AT&T for somebody who wants root? It looks like it has all of the HSPA and LTE bands, so it should work perfectly. Are any of the international versions better options than the T-Mobile version?
Or is T-Mobile the best one for AT&T? Thanks.
Tmo note 4 works great on AT&T. I buy all my phones from Tmo to use on AT&T.
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Tmo note 4 works great on AT&T. I buy all my phones from Tmo to use on AT&T.
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How do you buy them? Can you just walk into a T-Mobile store and buy one even with no T-Mobile account?
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I bought the phone. It was a bit of a process but easy. You have to have a service plan for them to sell you one. So I signed up for the phone and the cheapest plan they would get me. Then went home and called Tmobile customer care and paid the balance of the phone off. Then went to cellunlocker and got an unlock code. Then for the next day or so I used it on AT&T to make sure it had no problems. Then I called up Tmobile and canceled my plan with them.
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I have both AT&T and t mobile note 4. If you want root, you already know what you have to do. The only issue I have ran into is my t mobile version shows up as a blackberry on AT&T network. Took multiple calls to get LTE working correctly. They had to switch my number to a tri band (there verbage not mine) to properly get LTE, even though it still shows up as a RIM device. The fastest LTE I've had in my area is 32mbs with a iPhone next to me getting 64mbs, but also that's not comparing apples to apples (pun intended). But the iPhone also had a stronger radio inside compared to samsung.
sandman7793 said:
I have both AT&T and t mobile note 4. If you want root, you already know what you have to do. The only issue I have ran into is my t mobile version shows up as a blackberry on AT&T network. Took multiple calls to get LTE working correctly. They had to switch my number to a tri band (there verbage not mine) to properly get LTE, even though it still shows up as a RIM device. The fastest LTE I've had in my area is 32mbs with a iPhone next to me getting 64mbs, but also that's not comparing apples to apples (pun intended). But the iPhone also had a stronger radio inside compared to samsung.
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Hey Sandman7793, if you dont mind, could you please explain how exactly you got AT&T to make the changes in order for you to get LTE working on your Tmobile Note 4? I mean did you have to speak to multiple reps on the same phone call? Reason I ask is becuase I had a Tmobile Note 3 and was only getting HSPA using AT&T and when I called they gave me a hard time saying that I couldnt get LTE becuase I was using an unlocked device. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!
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Hey Sandman7793, if you dont mind, could you please explain how exactly you got AT&T to make the changes in order for you to get LTE working on your Tmobile Note 4? I mean did you have to speak to multiple reps on the same phone call? Reason I ask is becuase I had a Tmobile Note 3 and was only getting HSPA using AT&T and when I called they gave me a hard time saying that I couldnt get LTE becuase I was using an unlocked device. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!
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Well the trick was I bought the AT&T version of the note 4 before I bought the t-mobile one. So when I called I had my sim card in the AT&T one when I called. Lol. I have my spare note 4 in the drawer just lying around. When I called they was like, do you have a blackberry, I said no, do people actually use those anymore. Since I have my note on the next program they was like OK no problem. Then they said, is your phone for AT&T network, I said it better be because I bought it from you. Then I rebooted the phone so they could hear the AT&T boot up sound. They had me put in a new APN setting, still no LTE (on the AT&T phone at that) so they escalated the case over to someone else and changed a bunch of settings on there end. Then said maybe they had LTE issues in my area, I said nope I have a iPhone sitting next to me with full LTE. By the time I hung up, the AT&T note 4 had zero LTE and the t-mobile had full LTE, which still till this day I have no clue how that worked out. It still shows a blackberry on my account, but here was my speed earlier so it don't matter to me what the show.
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Well the trick was I bought the AT&T version of the note 4 before I bought the t-mobile one. So when I called I had my sim card in the AT&T one when I called. Lol. I have my spare note 4 in the drawer just lying around. When I called they was like, do you have a blackberry, I said no, do people actually use those anymore. Since I have my note on the next program they was like OK no problem. Then they said, is your phone for AT&T network, I said it better be because I bought it from you. Then I rebooted the phone so they could hear the AT&T boot up sound. They had me put in a new APN setting, still no LTE (on the AT&T phone at that) so they escalated the case over to someone else and changed a bunch of settings on there end. Then said maybe they had LTE issues in my area, I said nope I have a iPhone sitting next to me with full LTE. By the time I hung up, the AT&T note 4 had zero LTE and the t-mobile had full LTE, which still till this day I have no clue how that worked out. It still shows a blackberry on my account, but here was my speed earlier so it don't matter to me what the show.
Did you have a chance to test speeds in your area with both phones connected to both carriers? I am going through a dilemma right now as to which carrier I should choose to go with.
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Actually no. TMO stays on the edge network where I live. It's not even worth the hassle to use there network, at lest for me. But for the sake of argument I will grab it out of drawer tonight and do the rest after I get off work.
sandman7793 said:
Actually no. TMO stays on the edge network where I live. It's not even worth the hassle to use there network, at lest for me. But for the sake of argument I will grab it out of drawer tonight and do the rest after I get off work.
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ok fair enough. I am seeing hits and misses with speedtests on both. Hard to decide right now.
i"m using the T-Mobile Note 4 on AT&T and getting great performance. NO issues with anything, yet lol. Love running custom roms.
yes it is, Mine is on Tmobile( white) unlocked and it is rooted and i'm using it on ATT(sim card from work) i get full speed LTE and one of samsung best yet. other variants are not that great
T-Mobile Note 4 still shows as Blackberry
TheUndertaker21 said:
yes it is, Mine is on Tmobile( white) unlocked and it is rooted and i'm using it on ATT(sim card from work) i get full speed LTE and one of samsung best yet. other variants are not that great
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I went to change my data plan today, finally giving up Unlimited because it was $50 cheaper to go Mobile Share route. In the process I noticed my new TM Note 4 showed up as a Blackberry 7100 and during the online plan change it wouldn't let me do it saying something about an incompatible phone. I reloaded the Sim back in my Note 2, called CS, had then change the plan and of course it now shows a "Smartphone" for my Note 2.
So, I suppose as soon as I change me SIM back to the Note 4 it'll send them the IMEI and change the phone designation back to Blackberry, thusly kicking me off LTE.
Can other enlighten me as what steps to take when/if that happens? Since it's a Note 2, not Note 4, I can't take the approach quite the same as the OP.
What to do? Anyone?
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I went to change my data plan today, finally giving up Unlimited because it was $50 cheaper to go Mobile Share route. In the process I noticed my new TM Note 4 showed up as a Blackberry 7100 and during the online plan change it wouldn't let me do it saying something about an incompatible phone. I reloaded the Sim back in my Note 2, called CS, had then change the plan and of course it now shows a "Smartphone" for my Note 2.
So, I suppose as soon as I change me SIM back to the Note 4 it'll send them the IMEI and change the phone designation back to Blackberry, thusly kicking me off LTE.
Can other enlighten me as what steps to take when/if that happens? Since it's a Note 2, not Note 4, I can't take the approach quite the same as the OP.
What to do? Anyone?
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Mine shows as a blackberry also, but after they activated tri-band on my account for my line, all is good with full service.
AT&T used to have two places to store imei. One is dynamic and shows device that is currently on their network and the other is somewhere permanently in the database and is imei used to register account. Second (permanent) one determines whether you get LTE. It was like that year ago when I parted with post paid plans. May be they changed it since. So you must make them replace the permanent db imei to get LTE. Best way to do it is to call them with valid AT&T LTE capable device imei and tell them that it's what you use now.
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My AT&T account shows a flip phone for my TMO Note 4! LOL! Everything is fine and working though so I dont care.
I run my T-Mobile Note 4 on "Cricket Wireless" which uses AT&T towers w/ a reduced cost (based on your needs of course).. Data, ect...
Very pleased & things work 100%!
I even figured out how to 'edit' build.prop per the "Root & Recovery" thread to give me official "cricket" initial confirmation readout in status upon waking phone along with AT&T tower indicators as opposed to T-Mobile's!
I bet Hotspot will not work on ATT when you use T-mobile phone.
I bet Wifi calling will not work on ATT network too.
chong67 said:
I bet Hotspot will not work on ATT when you use T-mobile phone.
I bet Wifi calling will not work on ATT network too.
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Hotspot works great. Actually It works even better, becuase ATT can't track the usage on a Tmobile phone so even without root or doing anything special the wifi hotspot works right out of the box.
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I'm new to the Nexus 4. I'm coming from the ATT LG Optimus G which I know is pretty much the same phone. But just wasn't for me. I couldn't get LTE at all with that phone no matter what I did. Apn's, build.prop, radio's, hidden menus, nothing gave me LTE. Development was a little lacky since only a few roms are active. A friend of mine told me to just get a Nexus 4, root it, unlock the bootloader, flash a good rom, flash a .33 radio, change the icon on the to get the 4G LTE and you will get LTE since it has AWS. I had an horrible experience converting the LGOG to Nexus 4. I had so much freaking bugs here and there and lost 50 percent performance of the phone. It was a nightmare.
One downside I did notice about the Nexus 4 that both LGOG and Nexus 4 share the same sizescreen,but the Nexus 4 has on screen soft keys and LGOG has dedicated soft buttons which makes the LGOG a plus one on the screen side since it has more room and the screen looks bigger for some apparent reason.
So what do you think guys? Did I make the right choice? I think I did
I think you did.
Why does it matter?
Enjoy the endless options of optimization that the n4 offers you!
To me, yes. For me it's nexus > everything else.
If you wanna take back the soft key part, flash PA and use PIE.
I sold the nexus 4 last night and I bought myself a HTC one.. .... Jk yeah right I fell in love with this phone after unlocking/rooting/flashed my first ROM last night and there are endless ROMs I don't know what to do. Its like a buffet
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I had pie on my lgog using vanilla aokp root box rom and I kept thinking what was pie for since it was utterly useless feature for the lgog. Now it make sense that its meant for the nexus 4.
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I'm new to the Nexus 4. I'm coming from the ATT LG Optimus G which I know is pretty much the same phone. But just wasn't for me. I couldn't get LTE at all with that phone no matter what I did. Apn's, build.prop, radio's, hidden menus, nothing gave me LTE. Development was a little lacky since only a few roms are active. A friend of mine told me to just get a Nexus 4, root it, unlock the bootloader, flash a good rom, flash a .33 radio, change the icon on the to get the 4G LTE and you will get LTE since it has AWS. I had an horrible experience converting the LGOG to Nexus 4. I had so much freaking bugs here and there and lost 50 percent performance of the phone. It was a nightmare.
One downside I did notice about the Nexus 4 that both LGOG and Nexus 4 share the same sizescreen,but the Nexus 4 has on screen soft keys and LGOG has dedicated soft buttons which makes the LGOG a plus one on the screen side since it has more room and the screen looks bigger for some apparent reason.
So what do you think guys? Did I make the right choice? I think I did
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does tmobile have lte up in your area? if it doesnt, there nothing you can do thatll give you lte.
I don't believe the nexus 4 has a lte chip in it anyways. So even if T-Mobile had lte don't think it picks it up due to the fact the phone has to have a lte chip to connect. I'm pretty sure Google didn't put one in ....unless its there jus not activated. But I don't think so.
Lockrings//Softkeys//GlowDots...and much more.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40240608
In terms of LTE support on ATT, you might you might not get it depending on the coverage area band/s ATT LTE runs in your area. N4 only has AWS 4 band LTE, so if ATT doesn't have that in your area, you can switch to Tmo which does support AWS 4. Check out the ALL LTE & Tmo threads to find out more.
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I don't believe the nexus 4 has a lte chip in it anyways. So even if T-Mobile had lte don't think it picks it up due to the fact the phone has to have a lte chip to connect. I'm pretty sure Google didn't put one in ....unless its there jus not activated. But I don't think so.
Lockrings//Softkeys//GlowDots...and much more.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40240608
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tmobile lte on my nexus 4 in queens, ny. the n4 does have a lte chip, but its not officially there since the lte chip was never approved by the fcc. so google disabled lte in the latest radio. but, with an older radio, you can use lte.
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Be sure to reflash the entire stock ROM via fast boot alone (then flash whatever ROM you want). I got an extra 1.5 hours screen on time doing that. No idea why...just a suggestion if you're struggling to get 3 hours screen on time daily (like I was). I now average 4 hours screen on time daily.
I keep going back and forth whether to buy it or not. I have an HTC amaze with cm 10.1 on it. It reboots itself sometimes. But it has a micro SD which doesn't have anything on it. All my apps videos and pictures saved to internal with about 2 GB left I think.
Nexus 4 has lte. Not sure if I get it or just wait out the amaze which battery dies in 5 hours and wait for nexus 5. Or get the nexus 4 and sell the amaze now
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I keep going back and forth whether to buy it or not. I have an HTC amaze with cm 10.1 on it. It reboots itself sometimes. But it has a micro SD which doesn't have anything on it. All my apps videos and pictures saved to internal with about 2 GB left I think.
Nexus 4 has lte. Not sure if I get it or just wait out the amaze which battery dies in 5 hours and wait for nexus 5. Or get the nexus 4 and sell the amaze now
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If you can wait....definitely wait it out. Operative word being....if.
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does tmobile have lte up in your area? if it doesnt, there nothing you can do thatll give you lte.
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I'm with T-Mobile,but Ive been always a fan on AT&T Phones since they always have better mid level phones than T-Mobile. I use to have the ATT Motorola Atrix HD unlocked. I slap my sim card on that and didn't even have to change any APN settings. Immediately picked up LTE. And to answer your question. Yes we have LTE in Phoenix, AZ.
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In terms of LTE support on ATT, you might you might not get it depending on the coverage area band/s ATT LTE runs in your area. N4 only has AWS 4 band LTE, so if ATT doesn't have that in your area, you can switch to Tmo which does support AWS 4. Check out the ALL LTE & Tmo threads to find out more.
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I've been on that thread. I was directed to that thread on the ATT LGOG section. We have LTE in Phoenix,AZ. I should have stated that the phone was unlocked for any sim and me being a T-Mobile customer and all.
Either way for now T-Mobile is kicking ATT's butt in LTE coverage and speeds,but I also heard that ATT are investing over a billion not millions,but billions of dollars into towers and boosting up their LTE speeds.
Not that LTE really matters,but just a nice feature to have and LGOG was not supporting T-Mobile LTE's bands.
Here is a screenshot of my LTE on my Nexus. " Note that the 4G is really LTE on the Nexus 4" I changed the icon and used the LTE settings from the market. Shows that I have LTE on the network type.
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I'm with T-Mobile,but Ive been always a fan on AT&T Phones since they always have better mid level phones than T-Mobile. I use to have the ATT Motorola Atrix HD unlocked. I slap my sim card on that and didn't even have to change any APN settings. Immediately picked up LTE. And to answer your question. Yes we have LTE in Phoenix, AZ.
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on the nexus 4 you have to change the apn. it doesnt come with default lte apn settings.
jj71787 said:
I keep going back and forth whether to buy it or not. I have an HTC amaze with cm 10.1 on it. It reboots itself sometimes. But it has a micro SD which doesn't have anything on it. All my apps videos and pictures saved to internal with about 2 GB left I think.
Nexus 4 has lte. Not sure if I get it or just wait out the amaze which battery dies in 5 hours and wait for nexus 5. Or get the nexus 4 and sell the amaze now
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Sell the Amaze and get the Nexus 4 and call it a day. Nexus 4 are cheap if you score one on Craigslist. I bought mine for 250 dollars semi new 16gb unlocked already from Craigslist. Seller bought it from Google Play store and she didn't like it. She was a apple fan girl. Only sad part that is I had to drive 20 miles to pick it up. WORTH IT!
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on the nexus 4 you have to change the apn. it doesnt come with default lte apn settings.
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Whatever APN settings I put on my LGOG was backed up by google and transfered to my Nexus when I logged on to my google account.
fast.t-mobile.com and all other proxy, ipv's mmsc. has been transfered over.
Z33type said:
Whatever APN settings I put on my LGOG was backed up by google and transfered to my Nexus when I logged on to my google account.
fast.t-mobile.com and all other proxy, ipv's mmsc. has been transfered over.
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oh cool. then you need either the .33 radio or .27. also, theres a build.prop edit you need and an edit for sound during calls(ill link a flashable), and you need to change the phone/radio to lte/gsm.
flash this, it should take care of the build.peop edit and in call sound https://www.box.com/s/h16b3wlrq8op6us7ifsv
Beat you to it already with the .33 radio as you can see on the previous posts that I posted a screenshot of my lte. But the in call sound I shall do but so far I am not experiencing any bugs with the in calls on the .33 radio.
.27 radio doesn't lock so well on the GPS as the .33 does. Wish the .48 had lte and also wish that developers can play with radios but its illegal to even hack radios to begin with.
Now my next issue is. I remember seeing a site or thread somewhere on how to make lte stick even on after booting. I keep having keep changing the prefer network as it sticks to wcdma every boot.
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Reading your first post, I thought u were gonna somehow flash Optimus G firmware onto the Nexus 4 to get LTE under ATT.
I'm glad you got it working under T-Mobile LTE.
I thought this was kind of interesting...
I bought my Nexus 5 from Tmobile (north america), found out that I have very little (read: zero) coverage between my home and work, so I had to cancel. I went ahead and paid off the N5 and switched to AT&T.
Oddly enough, the myAT&T screen shows me as having a LG 821, which, I believe, is the international version!
I found that concerning as I thought Tmobile might have worked better for me if I had the correct phone... but my bootloader shows D820.
Anyone else have the same quark on their myAT&T page?
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Funny - never noticed this before either, but AT&T reports mine as the 821 also.
I have the 820 model.
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I thought this was kind of interesting...
I bought my Nexus 5 from Tmobile (north america), found out that I have very little (read: zero) coverage between my home and work, so I had to cancel. I went ahead and paid off the N5 and switched to AT&T.
Oddly enough, the myAT&T screen shows me as having a LG 821, which, I believe, is the international version!
I found that concerning as I thought Tmobile might have worked better for me if I had the correct phone... but my bootloader shows D820.
Anyone else have the same quark on their myAT&T page?
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My wife and I both have Nexus 5's on at&t. I bought her's from google and mine from tmobile. Ours both show 821 too, but they are 820's. If they were 821's, you would have no LTE. Im in atlanta with lte everywhere.
LG 821 too, bought it from the Google store. I can use the wap.cingular apn only. No LTE for me.
LG821 here as well. I have LTE using attphone APN. I had a Galaxy S4 (LTE) before it, just kept that plan so it all works. Have to have had a LTE capable phone before you get the N5 for it to work properly with your plan to access LTE>
WoodburyMan said:
LG821 here as well. I have LTE using attphone APN. I had a Galaxy S4 (LTE) before it, just kept that plan so it all works. Have to have had a LTE capable phone before you get the N5 for it to work properly with your plan to access LTE>
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Do any of you get throttled on AT&T with the Nexus 5? I have the Galaxy Nexus, but a cracked screen and now water damage is making me purchase a new phone, and I have yet to be throttled while regularly using over 5G/month.
Thanks!
You only get throttled (or more accurately, your usage is only metered in the throttling system) when using PHONE or PTA apn. Using a galaxy nexus without lte, you're most likely on wap.cingular (which you can do on a phone with no lte). Once their system detects you're imei and determines you have an lte capable device, you're blocked from using wap.cingular, and this your usage will be monitored (as you'll need to use phone or pta). I can trick the system by putting my sim in my old non lte GS2 (i9100), doing "restore apns" then sim swapping back to my nexus 5. THEN I can use wap.cingular, but unfortunately after a day or two they do an imei sweep and I get locked out again On the bright side tmo just announced they'll be eliminating edge and upgrading everything to lte by 2015 so I'm looking forward to dumping ATT very soon.
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schwin97 said:
Do any of you get throttled on AT&T with the Nexus 5? I have the Galaxy Nexus, but a cracked screen and now water damage is making me purchase a new phone, and I have yet to be throttled while regularly using over 5G/month.
Thanks!
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No throttle. On 6gb family share plan now. I can get over 50mbit/s in SpeedTest with full LTE signal. 95% of the time I'm on WiFi so to boot LTE speeds don't really matter. My data usage last month was a whole 500mb.
Not sure if the International has a different structure for the ESN/IMEI but its quite possible the 821 is what they have in their system as the Nexus 5. They do have traveling customers on the device but more likely prepaid customers. Interesting one indeed.
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No throttle. On 6gb family share plan now. I can get over 50mbit/s in SpeedTest with full LTE signal. 95% of the time I'm on WiFi so to boot LTE speeds don't really matter. My data usage last month was a whole 500mb.
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He's asking about the UNLIMITED plan being throttled I'm sure, and yes it will after 5gb, unless you're on the wap.cingular apn as I described above.
I should mention that the Nexus 4 will NOT be blocked from wap.cingular as it does not have LTE, so if true unlimited data is that important maybe the Nexus 4 might be a better choice.
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ATT sent me a message saying I would be throttled at 3GB even though I have "unlimited data", and being throttled sucks, its awful.
mistahseller said:
ATT sent me a message saying I would be throttled at 3GB even though I have "unlimited data", and being throttled sucks, its awful.
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Should be 5gb on an LTE device. I'd call in with your imei to get put on an LTE unlimited plan if you're not already (hspa plans throttle after 3gb.). Note that you don't need to be on LTE or even have an LTE device, you just need any att compatible imei to give them so you're on the right plan.
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I got mine from Google, it's the unlocked version, and AT&T is also saying it's an LG 821.
How Do I Check The Model Number?
Hi,
Bought my phone from Google Play. How do I check the model number other then the boot loader?
I checked in 'About Phone', can't find it.
Edit. XDA really has to stop ads from playing with audio with while on the site, drives me nuts.
I tried to use the phone on PTA or Phone APN but it only accepts wap.cingular, because I switched from a 3G phone. The CS rep said my plan is not compatible with LTE, and nothing can be done. I am stuck with HSPA. Oh well, the plus side, I am not throttled.
WoodburyMan said:
LG821 here as well. I have LTE using attphone APN. I had a Galaxy S4 (LTE) before it, just kept that plan so it all works. Have to have had a LTE capable phone before you get the N5 for it to work properly with your plan to access LTE>
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This is not true. My wife has a T-Mobile N5 and I have a play store N5. Just started ATT service yesterday and we both have LTE. Also both devices show up as LG 821.
KedarWolf said:
Hi,
Bought my phone from Google Play. How do I check the model number other then the boot loader?
I checked in 'About Phone', can't find it.
Edit. XDA really has to stop ads from playing with audio with while on the site, drives me nuts.
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Did you try looking at the box?
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Jerryatric said:
This is not true. My wife has a T-Mobile N5 and I have a play store N5. Just started ATT service yesterday and we both have LTE. Also both devices show up as LG 821.
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This is true in some cases. It depends on the person that sets your phone up. Search. When they provision the phone, some AT&T workers, since the Nexus 5 is officially not in their provisioning software, have to select a generic template. If they are smart and do the right thing, you get set up with a LTE capable provisioning for your phone that works perfect. Some however don't know what they are doing and set the phone up with a plan that cannot access 3G for whatever reason. It completely depends on the person provisioning your phone. With phones that are in AT&T's system that might be unlocked but are in their system, such as Galaxy S4 Google Edition or something, it works no problem since the S4 is in their system. However with "oddball" phones like ours that AT&T doesn't officially support you run into issues as some workers may not know how to handle them.
Does the N910T have the same modem as the N910A?
Does anyone have the flashable zips of both modems? I want to see if using the T-Mobile modem effects the LTE speed on AT&T network.
Thanks!
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ShrekOpher said:
Does the N910T have the same modem as the N910A?
Does anyone have the flashable zips of both modems? I want to see if using the T-Mobile modem effects the LTE speed on AT&T network.
Thanks!
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I'd be curious about this as well. I have an unlocked TMo on AT&T - LTE worked great but now I can only get HSPA+ and AT&T claims my phone registers as a Blackberry. Very frustrating.
Mine just stayed acting funny last night. It will only get 4G which is really actually 3g. I have the AT&T version as well. It will only get 4G also now. They might have did something to my Sim, who knows.
OK o just called att and they also said I had a blackberry as my phone. The difference is I have both versions (AT&T and T-Mobile) so when I called I was using the att version. They still couldn't get lte on the att version. Wtf
sandman7793 said:
OK o just called att and they also said I had a blackberry as my phone. The difference is I have both versions (AT&T and T-Mobile) so when I called I was using the att version. They still couldn't get lte on the att version. Wtf
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How r u verifying that u are only getting 4G and not LTE?
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How r u verifying that u are only getting 4G and not LTE?
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Because it says 4g and not LTE. I'm on dynamic ROM so icons are correct. Also was only getting 2mbs download. It also said HSPA in settings under status. Also AT&T said it was a blackberry on my account which is setup different then regular LTE (there words). But don't matter I got it fixed with AY&T for now.
On top of all this I didn't just jump to conclusions. After all the problems I odined back, tried kernel, tried modem. Then add a last resort I put my son back into my AT&T note 4(yes I have both) and had ZERO data because of my account. That's what spaked the phone call to AT&T.
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Because it says 4g and not LTE. I'm on dynamic ROM so icons are correct. Also was only getting 2mbs download. It also said HSPA in settings under status. Also AT&T said it was a blackberry on my account which is setup different then regular LTE (there words). But don't matter I got it fixed with AY&T for now.
On top of all this I didn't just jump to conclusions. After all the problems I odined back, tried kernel, tried modem. Then add a last resort I put my son back into my AT&T note 4(yes I have both) and had ZERO data because of my account. That's what spaked the phone call to AT&T.
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Just wanted to make sure I was verifying the signal in the same way. I am getting LTE though. Just seemed slow. I checked the speed with the same Sim card on my note 2 and the speed was so not great. I believe AT&T is working on the network in my city though and that's why speed are show where I am.
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Yeah there having issuers here in Naples to and created a trouble ticket. I've never had really good speeds anyways even on the real AT&T version. Samsung radios dont have the strength of a iPhone which sucks really because everything else beats the iPhone except download speeds and reception. (Thoroughly tested this with a buddy that is addicted to iPhone the way I'm addicted to Samsung phones for the last few years)
I lost LTE today on both my note 4 and g3.
Can't get it back no matter what I try.
Sounds like APN issue or Sim card issue. I have a T-Mobile Note 4 on ATT and I've had LTE the whole time...no problems. I did get a new Sim because I was using a nano Sim with adapter. 2g 3g 4g works fine as well. I'm in SW Missouri and my phone shows as a note 4.
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I lost LTE today on both my note 4 and g3.
Can't get it back no matter what I try.
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Make the call.
I have the T-Mobile Variant on AT&T no issues here. I get LTE all the time. I'm still using stock rom.
I still have lte but my phone does show up as a blackberry when I login to myatt. I did not get a new sim card
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I still have lte but my phone does show up as a blackberry when I login to myatt. I did not get a new sim card
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In my experience with this if ATT has the actual IEMI of the off network device you will only get HSPA/HSPA+ at best. It does not matter what your APN settings are and this can only be fixed by providing an IEMI of a device that was sold with AT&T access from the start.
I made a mistake and provided the IEMI (at the time an unlocked MetroPCS S5) and could not get LTE. I told them that I was switching devices and provided the IEMI of my HTC One M8. After rebooting, LTE came back with good speeds again.
This is one reason why as a tinkerer I prefer AT&T over VZW. Verizon will refuse to activate a non VZW device. AT&T's official word is they will allow it but cannot guarantee speed or reliability. In my experience, however using a TMO or other GSM device with them has been fine.
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Just logged in to MyATT and mine is showing up as "Samsung SM-N910T".
All I did was insert a sim card from one of my other devices. I'm using a nano sim to micro adapter as well. It's a PIA however I have an M8 and iphone6 which are both nano devices. I'm surprised that Samsung is still using micro sim cards!
I logged in this morning and mine is now showing as 910T as well. I still have LTE.
Not to hijack the thread, but those of you using TMO's Note 4 on AT&T, is your LTE reception good?
And flashing a different carrier's modem on a device could mess up the IMEI number.
MattMJB0188 said:
Not to hijack the thread, but those of you using TMO's Note 4 on AT&T, is your LTE reception good?
And flashing a different carrier's modem on a device could mess up the IMEI number.
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my brother has tmobile note 4 and we use same provider here in india a wiered issue he is facing , he dsnt gets internet working though we have same apn but mine works fine ....enormous reboots and thousand time restting apn but no use...internet \works but its not sure it will work for 5 mins or 10 mins and signals go away ...and we dont have 4g where i live but whenever it connects it never show h or h+ it shows 4g ...i have tried allmost all roms ( except the ported one) but same results....
anyhelp would be highly appreciated
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Hello,
I just bought the ATT note 4 but still it is not yet on my hands.......I saw that this device has many bands but as I am using t-mobile sim I would like to enable the aws band .......as someone did in this video using a different device ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb0iCtG4T6I
any help?
thanks
I recently got an n910T for use on AT&T and just stuck my sim card in. I get LTE, but it's slow, like around 6MB down, so more like HSPA speeds. My phone does not show a model on the AT&T website. Should I call AT&T to register my IMEI? The main problem might be that my phone wants to always stay on band 2 even when I am in a signal area with much stronger band 17 (-110dB vs -85dB). When I am at work, in a metal building with AT&T repeaters, it stays on band 17 which is all that is available, so I know it can do band 17, it just does not want to.
Does anyone know if the Nexus 6 will run on the Straight Talk cdma network, that uses Verizon's towers?
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Does anyone know if the Nexus 6 will run on the Straight Talk cdma network, that uses Verizon's towers?
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Yes, it will.
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Does anyone know if the Nexus 6 will run on the Straight Talk cdma network, that uses Verizon's towers?
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Does Straight Talk use an LTE SIM card for its Verizon use?
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Does anyone know if the Nexus 6 will run on the Straight Talk cdma network, that uses Verizon's towers?
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I am also interested in getting more details about this. I'm currently using an old sprint note 2 on straight talk (verizon) and would love to get the N6.
I'll add my experience with Straight Talk. I took my Verizon phone (Droid DNA) to Straight Talk and although it did work, it was not LTE and service (voice and data) was horrible. YMMV.
You would have to activate it as a GSM device. It would use ATT for service. Straight talk can not activate LTE on Verizon. If you get it to work on CDMA you will only get 3G. If you tell them it is LTE capable they will not activate it.
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Verizon recently announced MVNOs will have access to LTE. It looks like it is already in effect. Here is a ST Verizon network LTE phone: http://www.walmart.com/msharbor/ip/Straight-Talk-ZTE-932C-Prepaid-Smartphone/39322439 There is also a LTE hotspot on the Verizon network. Now the question is will we be able to buy a Verizon based straight talk sim or can we pull one out of this ZTE phone and make it work in the Nexus 6? :fingers-crossed:
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That's great if they're moving to LTE, but the coverage in my experience was definitely not the same as Verizon's. I would have areas where I'd completely lose signal and not be able to so much as send a text or make a phone call. And this was in a highly populated area. It was a night & day difference in coverage. Again YMMV.
I figured instead of making a new thread I would ask here. I have a Nexus 6 that was on US Cellular. I purc. a straight talk byop program and put sim for att in it. It worked fine last night. I woke up this morning and have no signal bars at all. will not make or rec. calls. Anyone have an idea what i need to do? APNs are all correct.
I just wanted to bump this old thread and mention in case anyone was searching for- that Walmart now sells the straight talk Verizon LTE sim cards. Just waiting on a speedtest review now.
Good News - Nexus 6 Confirmed Working with VZW LTE Sim
Hi All,
I finally was able to buy a Nexus 6 from Motorola. I have just finished setting it up with a Straight Talk Verizon LTE sim. AND IT WORKS! I purchased the verizon sim package from Walmart. The biggest challenge was getting the sim activated. I really wanted it to just work, but as some may have expected the IMEIs of Nexus 6 devices do not check out as valid when trying to do the CDMA registration step of the sim activation. This is likely due to the fact that there are no Nexus 6 IMEIs in the verizon network database... yet. This may be a pointless when Verizon announces they are finally carrying the Nexus 6, but you never know.
So... the How to:
Basically you just need to do the well documented Verizon display model IMEI trick.
Here is a detailed description of the sim activation technique: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/11/how-to-activate-a-nexus-7-on-verizon-wireless/
In short:
Walk into a verizon store and take a picture of the IMEI from an LTE phone, the one I used was from a HTC One M8, but the Moto Turbo would work too. (I grabbed a couple different IMEIs just in case one didn't work. The first one I tried worked no problem)
After that just follow the instructions on the SIM activation package, but use the Verizon store IMEIs instead of the Nexus 6.
When it comes time to stick it in your phone for activation, put it in the Nexus 6 and your golden.
I can confirm 3G works, LTE works
I have received texts to my Straight Talk number and to Google voice.
I have received and sent MMS messages.
This technique DOES NOT change your IMEI in the Nexus, it simply allows you to activate the sim card. It DOES NOT associate the verizon store IMEI with your account in any way.
On your account page you will see the sim card associated with your phone number not with IMEI of any phone NEXUS 6, store phone or otherwise. See attached picture of how it will appear in your account
Nanoman66 said:
Hi All,
I finally was able to buy a Nexus 6 from Motorola. I have just finished setting it up with a Straight Talk Verizon LTE sim. AND IT WORKS! I purchased the verizon sim package from Walmart. The biggest challenge was getting the sim activated. I really wanted it to just work, but as some may have expected the IMEIs of Nexus 6 devices do not check out as valid when trying to do the CDMA registration step of the sim activation. This is likely due to the fact that there are no Nexus 6 IMEIs in the verizon network database... yet. This may be a pointless when Verizon announces they are finally carrying the Nexus 6, but you never know.
So... the How to:
Basically you just need to do the well documented Verizon display model IMEI trick.
Here is a detailed description of the sim activation technique: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/11/how-to-activate-a-nexus-7-on-verizon-wireless/
In short:
Walk into a verizon store and take a picture of the IMEI from an LTE phone, the one I used was from a HTC One M8, but the Moto Turbo would work too. (I grabbed a couple different IMEIs just in case one didn't work. The first one I tried worked no problem)
After that just follow the instructions on the SIM activation package, but use the Verizon store IMEIs instead of the Nexus 6.
When it comes time to stick it in your phone for activation, put it in the Nexus 6 and your golden.
I can confirm 3G works, LTE works
I have received texts to my Straight Talk number and to Google voice.
I have received and sent MMS messages.
This technique DOES NOT change your IMEI in the Nexus, it simply allows you to activate the sim card. It DOES NOT associate the verizon store IMEI with your account in any way.
On your account page you will see the sim card associated with your phone number not with IMEI of any phone NEXUS 6, store phone or otherwise. See attached picture of how it will appear in your account
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Is there anyway you can run a speedtest for me on the Verizon network? I would like to see the speeds before I load my service card on the SIM card.
Nanoman66 said:
Hi All,
I finally was able to buy a Nexus 6 from Motorola. I have just finished setting it up with a Straight Talk Verizon LTE sim. AND IT WORKS! I purchased the verizon sim package from Walmart. The biggest challenge was getting the sim activated. I really wanted it to just work, but as some may have expected the IMEIs of Nexus 6 devices do not check out as valid when trying to do the CDMA registration step of the sim activation. This is likely due to the fact that there are no Nexus 6 IMEIs in the verizon network database... yet. This may be a pointless when Verizon announces they are finally carrying the Nexus 6, but you never know.
So... the How to:
Basically you just need to do the well documented Verizon display model IMEI trick.
Here is a detailed description of the sim activation technique: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/11/how-to-activate-a-nexus-7-on-verizon-wireless/
In short:
Walk into a verizon store and take a picture of the IMEI from an LTE phone, the one I used was from a HTC One M8, but the Moto Turbo would work too. (I grabbed a couple different IMEIs just in case one didn't work. The first one I tried worked no problem)
After that just follow the instructions on the SIM activation package, but use the Verizon store IMEIs instead of the Nexus 6.
When it comes time to stick it in your phone for activation, put it in the Nexus 6 and your golden.
I can confirm 3G works, LTE works
I have received texts to my Straight Talk number and to Google voice.
I have received and sent MMS messages.
This technique DOES NOT change your IMEI in the Nexus, it simply allows you to activate the sim card. It DOES NOT associate the verizon store IMEI with your account in any way.
On your account page you will see the sim card associated with your phone number not with IMEI of any phone NEXUS 6, store phone or otherwise. See attached picture of how it will appear in your account
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Thanks for the heads up! Could you do a speedtest?
so i did this trick (i actually used a buddies VZW phone) and the phone is on my accoutn but i cant activat it with the verizon sim that comes with the newer byop package. i keep getting invalid serial messages. but its straight talks on sim card...
Nanoman66 said:
Hi All,
I finally was able to buy a Nexus 6 from Motorola. I have just finished setting it up with a Straight Talk Verizon LTE sim. AND IT WORKS! I purchased the verizon sim package from Walmart. The biggest challenge was getting the sim activated. I really wanted it to just work, but as some may have expected the IMEIs of Nexus 6 devices do not check out as valid when trying to do the CDMA registration step of the sim activation. This is likely due to the fact that there are no Nexus 6 IMEIs in the verizon network database... yet. This may be a pointless when Verizon announces they are finally carrying the Nexus 6, but you never know.
So... the How to:
Basically you just need to do the well documented Verizon display model IMEI trick.
Here is a detailed description of the sim activation technique: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/11/how-to-activate-a-nexus-7-on-verizon-wireless/
In short:
Walk into a verizon store and take a picture of the IMEI from an LTE phone, the one I used was from a HTC One M8, but the Moto Turbo would work too. (I grabbed a couple different IMEIs just in case one didn't work. The first one I tried worked no problem)
After that just follow the instructions on the SIM activation package, but use the Verizon store IMEIs instead of the Nexus 6.
When it comes time to stick it in your phone for activation, put it in the Nexus 6 and your golden.
I can confirm 3G works, LTE works
I have received texts to my Straight Talk number and to Google voice.
I have received and sent MMS messages.
This technique DOES NOT change your IMEI in the Nexus, it simply allows you to activate the sim card. It DOES NOT associate the verizon store IMEI with your account in any way.
On your account page you will see the sim card associated with your phone number not with IMEI of any phone NEXUS 6, store phone or otherwise. See attached picture of how it will appear in your account
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Huge thumbs up! :good: did something similar to get my nexus 6 activated on straight talk
1. Turned off my existing verizon note 3 and wrote down IMEI number
2. Activated BYOP activation kit sim from Straight Talk with my note 3 IMEI
3. After activation, put Straight Talk sim into Nexus 6
4. Enjoy Verizon LTE Speeds!
I'm out in the mountains and am pulling down ~5mbps with the Nexus 6, this is the same LTE speeds i get on my verizon iPhone 6plus and what I got on my Note 3. My other verizon phones pull down 20-30mbps in the city, so I expect the Nexus 6 to do the same.
Nanoman66 said:
Hi All,
I finally was able to buy a Nexus 6 from Motorola. I have just finished setting it up with a Straight Talk Verizon LTE sim. AND IT WORKS! I purchased the verizon sim package from Walmart. The biggest challenge was getting the sim activated. I really wanted it to just work, but as some may have expected the IMEIs of Nexus 6 devices do not check out as valid when trying to do the CDMA registration step of the sim activation. This is likely due to the fact that there are no Nexus 6 IMEIs in the verizon network database... yet. This may be a pointless when Verizon announces they are finally carrying the Nexus 6, but you never know.
So... the How to:
Basically you just need to do the well documented Verizon display model IMEI trick.
Here is a detailed description of the sim activation technique: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/11/how-to-activate-a-nexus-7-on-verizon-wireless/
In short:
Walk into a verizon store and take a picture of the IMEI from an LTE phone, the one I used was from a HTC One M8, but the Moto Turbo would work too. (I grabbed a couple different IMEIs just in case one didn't work. The first one I tried worked no problem)
After that just follow the instructions on the SIM activation package, but use the Verizon store IMEIs instead of the Nexus 6.
When it comes time to stick it in your phone for activation, put it in the Nexus 6 and your golden.
I can confirm 3G works, LTE works
I have received texts to my Straight Talk number and to Google voice.
I have received and sent MMS messages.
This technique DOES NOT change your IMEI in the Nexus, it simply allows you to activate the sim card. It DOES NOT associate the verizon store IMEI with your account in any way.
On your account page you will see the sim card associated with your phone number not with IMEI of any phone NEXUS 6, store phone or otherwise. See attached picture of how it will appear in your account
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I did the same thing, but for some reason i need to go to the apn and edit it for ST on verizon and its wierd because verizon your not supposed to edit that. and i still cant send mms
I can confirm that a Straight Talk LTE SIM card that uses Verizon towers will work in an unlocked Nexus 6, even though Best Buy, Amazon, etc say it will only work with GSM carriers. Voice, sms, mms and data are all functioning properly.
The SIM card I am using was activated with a Moto X Developer Edition about a month ago, but that phone started acting up so I figured I'd buy the Nexus since it was on sale.
Speeds in southern-central Maine are 5.2 down/2.4 up. Not blazing by any stretch but Verizon's coverage in Maine is better than anyone else.
stefymarty said:
I can confirm that a Straight Talk LTE SIM card that uses Verizon towers will work in an unlocked Nexus 6, even though Best Buy, Amazon, etc say it will only work with GSM carriers. Voice, sms, mms and data are all functioning properly.
The SIM card I am using was activated with a Moto X Developer Edition about a month ago, but that phone started acting up so I figured I'd buy the Nexus since it was on sale.
Speeds in southern-central Maine are 5.2 down/2.4 up. Not blazing by any stretch but Verizon's coverage in Maine is better than anyone else.
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Can anyone tell me if VoLTE works, meaning you can make a call and use Data at the same time? There are reports that this feature must be switched on internally by Verizon. As a straighttalk user, we don't have access to Verizon Customer service.
I'm also in Maine too, stefymarty and I'm thinking about switching my Straighttalk ATT lte sim for Verizon.
Thanks for responding.
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Speeds in southern-central Maine are 5.2 down/2.4 up. Not blazing by any stretch but Verizon's coverage in Maine is better than anyone else.
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Pretty sure Verizon limits MVNO's to 5 down so you're basically getting as fast as you can.
thanks4playing said:
Can anyone tell me if VoLTE works, meaning you can make a call and use Data at the same time? There are reports that this feature must be switched on internally by Verizon. As a straighttalk user, we don't have access to Verizon Customer service.
I'm also in Maine too, stefymarty and I'm thinking about switching my Straighttalk ATT lte sim for Verizon.
Thanks for responding.
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Just tried it and it appears that you cannot use data while on a phone call. Not a deal breaker for me - it's a feature I've never used.
On a side note - if you decide to root and flash a custom ROM, you may lose your mobile data. After 3 weeks of perfect performance, I got the flashing fever and unlocked, rooted, and installed the latest cm12 nightly. After doing so, I ended up with an exclamation point in my signal bars, able to call and text, but no data. When I checked the apn settings, it said "Access point names are not available for this user", instead of showing the usual dozen or so Verizon Internet APNs. I tried everything to get it to work, including the usuals - reinsert the sim, airplane mode toggle and reboot, dial *#*#4636#*#* and change the network type, toggle the radio, etc. Nothing worked. I decided to flash back to a stock ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/rom-stock-rooted-5-0-1-lrx22-stock-root-t2980206 and suddenly all the vzw APNs were showing up again, but I still couldn't connect to mobile data. As a last resort, I did the unthinkable and called Straight Talk customer service, told them I just updated my phone and lost data connectivity. The kind lady had me turn off the phone, called me back on another line, and turn my phone back on...instantly saw the sweet sweet LTE in the signal bars. Literally the shortest and most rewarding experience I've ever had with ST customer service lol. I'm tempted to reflash the cm12 ROM, but the fact that the APNs go missing kind of scares me. If anyone else is reading this and knows how to fix this problem, please respond. Anyway, just thought I'd give you a heads up. Enjoy the beautiful weekend we have on tap bub!
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So here's my question. I'm considering the OnePlus 3T. I ordered the OnePlus 3 from Amazon to give it a test drive (and have since returned it). I noticed that most of the I was getting H speed on ATT.
Every other phone I've got (Moto X Pure) and Axon 7 (as well as my prior Nexus 6p) was regularly getting 4G or LTE in the same locations.
I'm assuming it's reasonable to assume this is a OnePlus issue.
Has anyone who has the 3T (or considering it) has a similar problem? Thanks.
I assume you're in the US? You might've gotten a phone built for another market, such as China. Also, your APN settings might've been wrong... I'm getting mostly 4G/4G+ on my 3T, which I believe is LTE on OxygenOS. I may swing by my local AT&T store to verify my SIM is a-okay.
Most of the resellers on Amazon/eBay buy devices from the Chinese market which, for the most part, have bands that are unsupported by US carriers. If you buy the correct model for the US, you should get good signal on ATT.
s-hfarooq said:
Most of the resellers on Amazon/eBay buy devices from the Chinese market which, for the most part, have bands that are unsupported by US carriers. If you buy the correct model for the US, you should get good signal on ATT.
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False. Read the T-Mobile LTE thread. The issue is software based. It's affecting everyone.
I'm having no false read issues here in Seattle Region on T-Mobile. I also had someone attempt an AT&T SIM as well, no problems. It may have something to do with the "General Fixes" mentioned for 3.5.3.
I've got my OP3T on AT&T and on OxygenOS, it never shows an LTE icon. However, using LTE Discovery, it states I'm on LTE. I even get LTE B30 (2300 WCS) at work while my OP2 could barely keep a cellular connection. B30 is an LTE band that AT&T rolled out a year ago. Only a handful of phones support it, including the OP3 and OP3T.
EDIT: I'm seeing performance equal to or better than my previous phone.
Most importantly I don't have a good baseline to compare to so take this as an extra small grain of salt.
I thought things were fine but upon further investigation my speeds will not keep steady over 10mbs down. I haven't tried changing the apn or anything to correct it yet but according based on others I'm thinking it's software related and can hopefully be sorted out. I'm not giving up on it, for the cost, features, and quality of everything else I'm going to try some things.
I should mention I'm not in a city and my particular area hasn't always had the best speeds.
Using OP3T on AT&T
Never owning a OPO device I wondered about this too when I got my OP3T. I didn't know if this device had to show LTE to get LTE.
I didn't have any issues with data speeds but after reading about other people questioning this on the forums I decided to look into it. I downloaded an app and it showed my device was getting LTE even though it didn't say it up top (it shows 4G). I forgot what band it said I was getting. I didn't call AT&T at any time either.
*The speed test is from indoors and I wouldn't be surprised if I can get way better speeds out and about.
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charlieb620 said:
False. Read the T-Mobile LTE thread. The issue is software based. It's affecting everyone.
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That thread refers to an issue that has been determined to be T-Mobile specific, likely to do with carrier aggregation and/or band 12 exclusively. AT&T does not use band 12, and CA works perfectly on AT&T including, as another poster mentioned below, band 30 which only is supported on a few phones.
mikochu said:
I've got my OP3T on AT&T and on OxygenOS, it never shows an LTE icon. However, using LTE Discovery, it states I'm on LTE. I even get LTE B30 (2300 WCS) at work while my OP2 could barely keep a cellular connection. B30 is an LTE band that AT&T rolled out a year ago. Only a handful of phones support it, including the OP3 and OP3T.
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The current version of OOS on the 3T doesn't use the "LTE" label, it uses 4G to denote LTE, and 4G+ for LTE CA.
charlieb620 said:
False. Read the T-Mobile LTE thread. The issue is software based. It's affecting everyone.
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If you read the T-Mobile threads (one here and one on OnePlus forum) , then you'll see that the T-Mobile issue is only a T-Mobile issue. I'm in that thread just to double-check that the fix they made for the T-Mobile problem didn't screw up anything on other carriers and it didn't. It's not affecting everyone, but it was affecting some T-Mobile users, not ATT.
Also, a lot of people seem more upset by symbology (which icon LTE, 4G, 4G+, etc) is used than their actual speeds. I'm not seeing what difference that makes unless you'd rather have a certain icon than speed. No doubt that's a simple fix or even an xposed type of fix.
Oh yeah: I should've also mentioned that I'm an att 3t user with LTE speeds about double that of my prior phone, a galaxy (a current one). I'm in a fringe area but getting ~20Mbps down, 5-15 up. My "icon" constantly is switching from 4g to 4g+.
hachamacha said:
If you read the T-Mobile threads (one here and one on OnePlus forum) , then you'll see that the T-Mobile issue is only a T-Mobile issue. I'm in that thread just to double-check that the fix they made for the T-Mobile problem didn't screw up anything on other carriers and it didn't. It's not affecting everyone, but it was affecting some T-Mobile users, not ATT.
Also, a lot of people seem more upset by symbology (which icon LTE, 4G, 4G+, etc) is used than their actual speeds. I'm not seeing what difference that makes unless you'd rather have a certain icon than speed. No doubt that's a simple fix or even an xposed type of fix.
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False
charlieb620 said:
False. Read the T-Mobile LTE thread. The issue is software based. It's affecting everyone.
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Huh? It's not affecting ATT users in the USA.
I can confirm it is affecting AT&T users as well - there have been many reported instances on this site, on the OnePlus forums, on Reddit, and on other sites of not being able to get LTE on AT&T. Last week, I chatted with AT&T tech support and they told me the issue is on their end with the network. They need to add the IMEI ranges for our OP3Ts to their database. They told me that they should have the problem fixed by December 5th (today); so far it doesn't seem fixed yet but I'm going to keep waiting another day or two before I contact them again.
MaxG338 said:
I can confirm it is affecting AT&T users as well - there have been many reported instances on this site, on the OnePlus forums, on Reddit, and on other sites of not being able to get LTE on AT&T. Last week, I chatted with AT&T tech support and they told me the issue is on their end with the network. They need to add the IMEI ranges for our OP3Ts to their database. They told me that they should have the problem fixed by December 5th (today); so far it doesn't seem fixed yet but I'm going to keep waiting another day or two before I contact them again.
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Let me know how it goes if you decide to contact them again. I'm getting good speeds at 4G, but not quite what LTE on AT&T offer.
MaxG338 said:
I can confirm it is affecting AT&T users as well - there have been many reported instances on this site, on the OnePlus forums, on Reddit, and on other sites of not being able to get LTE on AT&T. Last week, I chatted with AT&T tech support and they told me the issue is on their end with the network. They need to add the IMEI ranges for our OP3Ts to their database. They told me that they should have the problem fixed by December 5th (today); so far it doesn't seem fixed yet but I'm going to keep waiting another day or two before I contact them again.
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Yes, but you can actually reply in complete sentences so I have to take you more seriously . ;
I somehow managed to post that before I'd really typed anything (which might have been a good idea damnit!). Anyway: I think that some of us (almost regardless of carrier) have just popped in our known good SIM cards and then had trouble free service , and fast speeds. It's possible that if I had went over to ATT and gotten a new SIM, that I'd be in some hellhole range of people that are having problems, but isn't that a carrier based problem?
Anyway, thanks.
hachamacha said:
... but isn't that a carrier based problem?
Anyway, thanks.
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Exactly. There are two different issues. The T-Mobile band 12/CA issue, which OnePlus is addressing via a software update of some sort, and the AT&T provisioning issue, which AT&T needs to address. Consensus is that if you use an already LTE provisioned SIM card you'll be fine; if you need a new SIM card and give them your OnePlus IMEI, you will not be provisioned with LTE. This is the same issue that the original OnePlus (and many other non AT&T unlocked phones) had, there is a very lengthy thread on this subject over at the OP3 forum.
Also, with regards to 4G not getting LTE speeds...the "4G" and "4G+" icons on 3.5.3 on the 3T are LTE.
hachamacha said:
Yes, but you can actually reply in complete sentences so I have to take you more seriously . ;
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There's a reason I'm majoring in journalism
skunkiechris said:
Exactly. There are two different issues. The T-Mobile band 12/CA issue, which OnePlus is addressing via a software update of some sort, and the AT&T provisioning issue, which AT&T needs to address. Consensus is that if you use an already LTE provisioned SIM card you'll be fine; if you need a new SIM card and give them your OnePlus IMEI, you will not be provisioned with LTE. This is the same issue that the original OnePlus (and many other non AT&T unlocked phones) had, there is a very lengthy thread on this subject over at the OP3 forum.
Also, with regards to 4G not getting LTE speeds...the "4G" and "4G+" icons on 3.5.3 on the 3T are LTE.
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Correct, my old phone had a micro sim card so I had to go to the AT&T store to get the newer nano sim for my 3T. The rep who helped me probably inadvertently messed something up lol.
skunkiechris said:
Exactly. There are two different issues. The T-Mobile band 12/CA issue, which OnePlus is addressing via a software update of some sort, and the AT&T provisioning issue, which AT&T needs to address. Consensus is that if you use an already LTE provisioned SIM card you'll be fine; if you need a new SIM card and give them your OnePlus IMEI, you will not be provisioned with LTE. This is the same issue that the original OnePlus (and many other non AT&T unlocked phones) had, there is a very lengthy thread on this subject over at the OP3 forum.
Also, with regards to 4G not getting LTE speeds...the "4G" and "4G+" icons on 3.5.3 on the 3T are LTE.
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MaxG338 said:
There's a reason I'm majoring in journalism
Correct, my old phone had a micro sim card so I had to go to the AT&T store to get the newer nano sim for my 3T. The rep who helped me probably inadvertently messed something up lol.
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i second this. i too had to change my sim card from micro to nano and after that is where i lost my LTE i believe. On att i only get H speeds, though i am a bit bothered for lack of highspeeds the reception service on my OP3T is excellent, i almost always have near full bars.
I read somewhere that after the 5th (today) ATT will correct some of the provisions for the OP3T, so im waiting till tomorrow to call them again to complain about the issue, if it doesn't correct itself.
obamadictator said:
I read somewhere that after the 5th (today) ATT will correct some of the provisions for the OP3T, so im waiting till tomorrow to call them again to complain about the issue, if it doesn't correct itself.
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I know, I keep checking to see if it's fixed or not. Do you know if we have to restart our phones to see if they fixed it?
MaxG338 said:
I know, I keep checking to see if it's fixed or not. Do you know if we have to restart our phones to see if they fixed it?
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maybe read that hard reset will be needed but i am unsure. and cannot confirm, myself.