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Got this up and running after some delays.
Basically just use the APN settings from their site...
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB424489&cv=820
When using the IMEI that shipped with the phone it put it under a basic phone plan.. (No VVM, no LTE). What I did was just use the IMEI from my old Galaxy S3 and 4G kicked on.
THIS WILL NOT SHOW LTE IN THE BAR BUT RATHER AS SIMPLY 4G.
CHEERS!:good::good::good:
Download lte discovery and see what band you are using please. Mine gets it on band 2 (1900) but that is it.
Band 2 is what it is here as well... Luckily i live in a place that has it.
4G LTE 2600(7) Not Working
Last week I went to Taiwan and get a ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) 2GB, the firmware for Taiwan doesn't support this band, I downloaded the latest WW firmware, but no luck, any Idea?
So weird, it seems to have worked. Even though the settings are identical to what I had initially.
Losing hope here in Tucson AZ. All I can manage is a measly "H+" symbol and my speeds are a spotty 4mb down to .500 mb speeds... Is there any way to check what frequency the towers are in my area? I suspect we in the old pueblo only have the older ATT speeds for the frequency supported. (SIGH)
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Losing hope here in Tucson AZ. All I can manage is a measly "H+" symbol and my speeds are a spotty 4mb down to .500 mb speeds... Is there any way to check what frequency the towers are in my area? I suspect we in the old pueblo only have the older ATT speeds for the frequency supported. (SIGH)
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AT&T is a pain to get working with it. At first, I popped in my Sim card straight from my Note 4, no luck. So I called AT&T and added the IMEI. Still no luck and found out they reprovisioned my SIM card for HSPA+ only. I popped my SIM back into my Note 4, it only showed 4G/HSPA+ and not LTE. Called AT&T to have them swap the IMEI back to the Note 4 and got LTE on my Note 4 Then swapped the SIM back into the ZF2 and I got 4G (LTE).
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AT&T is a pain to get working with it. At first, I popped in my Sim card straight from my Note 4, no luck. So I called AT&T and added the IMEI. Still no luck and found out they reprovisioned my SIM card for HSPA+ only. I popped my SIM back into my Note 4, it only showed 4G/HSPA+ and not LTE. Called AT&T to have them swap the IMEI back to the Note 4 and got LTE on my Note 4 Then swapped the SIM back into the ZF2 and I got 4G (LTE).
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ATT boggles the mind. I use an MVNO w/ ATT (Net10/Tracphone) and I never have this problem. Wonder why the resellers are less hassle?
I have an old straight talk SIM on ATT with APN of att.mvno and I don't see any LTE. Will try a genuine AT&T SIM tomorrow and see what happens. I'm really not looking forward to moving my number to a tfdata ST SIM.
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I have an old straight talk SIM on ATT with APN of att.mvno and I don't see any LTE. Will try a genuine AT&T SIM tomorrow and see what happens. I'm really not looking forward to moving my number to a tfdata ST SIM.
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Newer straight talk sims will work on LTE with the zenfone 2.
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Newer straight talk sims will work on LTE with the zenfone 2.
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Correct. I now have a Zenfone 2 US version. My old ST SIM that used att.mvno still had zero LTE. I moved to a new ST SIM that uses tfdata and I now have LTE on band 17.
Any thoughts on how to get activated and working LTE working on my ZE511ML as a new customer with no previous GSM IMEI? I may be able to get a SIM from someone else but it doesn't sound like that's enough.
I had this problem with AT&T as well. AT&T will drop you to HSPA once you register your ZF2's IMEI with a new SIM cos their system doesn't recognize our ZF2 (or any unlocked device that they themselves do not sell) as an LTE device.
I went to the nearest AT&T store and got it sorted by telling the rep to delete my ZF2's IMEI and give me a new SIM.
If you're signing up for new service with them, tell them you don't have the phone with you and to just give you a micro SIM.
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Correct. I now have a Zenfone 2 US version. My old ST SIM that used att.mvno still had zero LTE. I moved to a new ST SIM that uses tfdata and I now have LTE on band 17.
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I just got my ZF2 today and tried my ST SIM it shows 4G. I was wondering what speed you guys getting in 4G AT&T I am in Northern KY area on band 17
MY ST sim in Iowa shows 4G and uses lte band 4 ( according to LTE Discovery ). Speedtest shows: 124ms, 17.3 Mbps down, 7.36 Mbps up.
So any workarounds with this? I have LTE and I'm picking up band 17, but only getting 4Mbps down. I like this phone a lot, but if I can't get LTE speeds it is basically useless.
I got 4 ZF2's and all of them work with LTE At&T. All I did was call a rep and told her the APN that she was giving me (nxtgenphone) was nto going to work for my phone and that I needed her to force the LTE plan. She forwarded that to an IT rep and everything worked. They will need your IMEI numbers to set it up.
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I got 4 ZF2's and all of them work with LTE At&T. All I did was call a rep and told her the APN that she was giving me (nxtgenphone) was nto going to work for my phone and that I needed her to force the LTE plan. She forwarded that to an IT rep and everything worked. They will need your IMEI numbers to set it up.
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What speeds are you getting? Because mine clearly connects to LTE, but the speeds are basically 3G.
Mine says 4G, doesn't LTE like my S5 but it faster than my S5 when on the net.
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Yes. 4G on this phone is LTE.
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My S7 Edge G935FD (dual SIM international version) gets only "4G" on T-Mobile in the San Francisco Bay Area, and never "LTE". Is this a "4G vs. LTE" naming issue, or does it lack the band T-Mobile requires for LTE? It also gets "H+" often, in the same location that my old S5 had full bars LTE.
Speed tests with the SpeedSpot app range from 17Mbps to 33Mbps down, and 3.75 to 7.5Mbps up on "4G", but only 5Mbps down and 1Mbps up in H+ areas.
I bought it from tropical_mobile on eBay.
I think 4g and lte are the same..
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I think 4g and lte are the same..
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Just naming issue with international version.
@kvsandeepreddy is right.
LTE means LongTermEvolution which is the so called 4th generation of Mobile Networks. So LTE is 4G
1G = Analog mobile Network, I think
2G = GSM and EDGE
3G = UMTS and HSDPA
4G = LTE
FD version is released for asian countries... back in india we use 4g instead of lte
Poorer connectivity on S7 than S5
kvsandeepreddy said:
FD version is released for asian countries... back in india we use 4g instead of lte
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Well, that means that the S7 dual-SIM gets poorer reception than my old single-SIM S5:
In the same spot in the building (at my work desk), I'd get full LTE bars on the old S5, but only H or H+ at best on the new S7 Edge dual SIM. In practice this means ~6x slower downloads and ~7x slower uploads. Pretty ****ty.
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Well, that means that the S7 dual-SIM gets poorer reception than the old S5:
In the same spot in the building (at my work desk), I'd get full LTE bars on the old S5, but only H or H+ at best on the new S7 Edge dual SIM. In practice this means ~6x slower downloads and ~7x slower uploads. Pretty ****ty.
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Phone being a dual sim doesnt usually affect the sig al strength.. maybe the inbuilt receiver in s7 edge is defective.. heard some other people complaining about the signal strength too
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Well, that means that the S7 dual-SIM gets poorer reception than the old S5:
In the same spot in the building (at my work desk), I'd get full LTE bars on the old S5, but only H or H+ at best on the new S7 Edge dual SIM. In practice this means ~6x slower downloads and ~7x slower uploads. Pretty ****ty.
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No that's not what it means. The g935fd version is meant to be able to switch to any international firmware version. There are several different modems for each region. You are going to just have to flash different modems in Odin and see which one works best for your region. This does not trip knox or void warranty as long as you do it right because you are flashing official modems. As I said in the other thread you were in, do your research.
Can someone link me to the best modem to used on the dual sim model in the states?
Which modem did you end up using? I am also wondering which version is best in the US.
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Which modem did you end up using? I am also wondering which version is best in the US.
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Wondering if you ever solved this issue. I would like to also buy this version and use it on band 12 with TMO.
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Wondering if you ever solved this issue. I would like to also buy this version and use it on band 12 with TMO.
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I'm just using the UAE firmware that the duos came with. It's updated with the June security patch. Only issue I've had is slower than normal download and upload speeds on at&t. It's not that big of a deal, just annoying. I think it has more to do with atts provisioning on their network. I'll post a solution if I figure it out, whether it's a different csc, apn settings or some device setting on my account.
4G is called LTE in USA. If you are getting 4G. That means you are getting LTE.
Cheers.
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4G is called LTE in USA. If you are getting 4G. That means you are getting LTE.
Cheers.
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Yes, you are correct. However, I should have clarified that my statement is based on connection speed tests not on network symbols in notification bar. My slower speeds are in comparison to other 4g devices being tested in the same location on the same network.
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Yes, you are correct. However, I should have clarified that my statement is based on connection speed tests not on network symbols in notification bar. My slower speeds are in comparison to other 4g devices being tested in the same location on the same network.
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Yep. I can confirm the same thing. I have 2 s7 edges. One is a DUOS and the other is AT&T branded. Tested both repeatedly and found that the AT&T branded device is getting way faster speeds than the DUOS. In my particular area the AT&T phone was reaching up to 60 Mbps while the DUOS was only hitting 30-40 Mbps. Very curious on how to fix this since this phone has all the necessary bands to support LTE in the states.
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Yep. I can confirm the same thing. I have 2 s7 edges. One is a DUOS and the other is AT&T branded. Tested both repeatedly and found that the AT&T branded device is getting way faster speeds than the DUOS. In my particular area the AT&T phone was reaching up to 60 Mbps while the DUOS was only hitting 30-40 Mbps. Very curious on how to fix this since this phone has all the necessary bands to support LTE in the states.
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At least you're getting that. My speed tests are consistently in the .72 to 5 Mbps range on the DL and 1-7Mbps on the upload, which is basically about half to a third of what my other AT&T devices are getting in the same location at same time.
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At least you're getting that. My speed tests are consistently in the .72 to 5 Mbps range on the DL and 1-7Mbps on the upload, which is basically about half to a third of what my other AT&T devices are getting in the same location at same time.
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Wow your right that is abysmal. Have you tried installing LTE Discovery and comparing the two devices? Check to see if they are connecting to the same towers.
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Yep. I can confirm the same thing. I have 2 s7 edges. One is a DUOS and the other is AT&T branded. Tested both repeatedly and found that the AT&T branded device is getting way faster speeds than the DUOS. In my particular area the AT&T phone was reaching up to 60 Mbps while the DUOS was only hitting 30-40 Mbps. Very curious on how to fix this since this phone has all the necessary bands to support LTE in the states.
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It's not just the bands. AT&T is known for prioritizing their branded phones vs. BYOD phones. It's done by EMEI ... they have a list of all their branded models in a DB and they get priority. TMO doesn't much care. I tested my Duos yesterday and TMO gave me 59.4/12.8 network transfer. It's as good as my 6P. My AT&T sim is in sim1 and is restricted to 2G which is fine since I need calls and texts only from it since it's a work #.
And it does support most of AT&T's bands except band30 which is really new. 4G everywhere else is LTE here as was said in other responses in this thread. It's most likely AT&T deprioritizing the phone as it's a BYOD.
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Wondering if you ever solved this issue. I would like to also buy this version and use it on band 12 with TMO.
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It doesn't have band 12 so I'd save your money. Band 12 is just the deeper penetration 700mhz anyway which around me (SF area) can't be found. My Nexus 6P which has band 12 never connects to anything but band 4 .. ever.
Same crap... If it bothers you flashes the csc
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It's not just the bands. AT&T is known for prioritizing their branded phones vs. BYOD phones. It's done by EMEI ... they have a list of all their branded models in a DB and they get priority. TMO doesn't much care. I tested my Duos yesterday and TMO gave me 59.4/12.8 network transfer. It's as good as my 6P. My AT&T sim is in sim1 and is restricted to 2G which is fine since I need calls and texts only from it since it's a work #.
And it does support most of AT&T's bands except band30 which is really new. 4G everywhere else is LTE here as was said in other responses in this thread. It's most likely AT&T deprioritizing the phone as it's a BYOD.
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It doesn't have band 12 so I'd save your money. Band 12 is just the deeper penetration 700mhz anyway which around me (SF area) can't be found. My Nexus 6P which has band 12 never connects to anything but band 4 .. ever.
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I noticed this as well with my 6p. Supposedly band 12 was to save us all but my phone prefers band 4. I only got a glimpse of band 12 the other day then the phone switch switched back to band 4 when I toggled wifi on and off.
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Hi everyone I just purchases the device for B&H Photo and I'm not getting LTE on att. I changed all the apn and still no luck. It's strange because when I put my cricket wireless sim I get LTE and band 17 works flawlessly. So I also trying putting my AT&T sim in my LG G5 and LTE works no problem. Any solution would be greatly appreciated.
that's odd. are we 100 percent sure the 996 has all bands for att lte?
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You shouldn't have any problems. I hope you do figure it out. ATT uses bands 2, 4, 17, and 30. The US996 supports 2, 4, and 17. The lack of band 30 I don't think should be that big of a deal as it only appears to be available in congested areas to lighten the load on the other bands. I'd think that 2, 4, and 17 should be available everywhere where ATT is available. I'll have the US996 tomorrow and will try and remember to post my results. I have ATT also.
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that's odd. are we 100 percent sure the 996 has all bands for att lte?
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yeah it does has all the bands i was using it with cricket wireless on band 17 but for some odd reason its just not working on att itself and not detecting its tower.
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You shouldn't have any problems. I hope you do figure it out. ATT uses bands 2, 4, 17, and 30. The US996 supports 2, 4, and 17. The lack of band 30 I don't think should be that big of a deal as it only appears to be available in congested areas to lighten the load on the other bands. I'd think that 2, 4, and 17 should be available everywhere where ATT is available. I'll have the US996 tomorrow and will try and remember to post my results. I have ATT also.
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I'll be waiting for your results tomorrow. yeah its strange how its just not connecting to LTE at all.
wonder if att has problems provisioning it on their network like Verizon sometimes does. I'm getting mine Sunday and have verizon so I'm hoping to hell it works fine.
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You shouldn't have any problems. I hope you do figure it out. ATT uses bands 2, 4, 17, and 30. The US996 supports 2, 4, and 17. The lack of band 30 I don't think should be that big of a deal as it only appears to be available in congested areas to lighten the load on the other bands. I'd think that 2, 4, and 17 should be available everywhere where ATT is available. I'll have the US996 tomorrow and will try and remember to post my results. I have ATT also.
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So any luck on your end for lte?
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You shouldn't have any problems. I hope you do figure it out. ATT uses bands 2, 4, 17, and 30. The US996 supports 2, 4, and 17. The lack of band 30 I don't think should be that big of a deal as it only appears to be available in congested areas to lighten the load on the other bands. I'd think that 2, 4, and 17 should be available everywhere where ATT is available. I'll have the US996 tomorrow and will try and remember to post my results. I have ATT also.
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So any luck for lte on your end?
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So any luck for lte on your end?
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Just got back from AT&T because I needed a nano sim. I'm getting LTE no problem. I've seen reports on other phones not getting no LTE when their line isn't configured for it by AT&T. If you happened to have a non-LTE phone prior to this you may need to reach out and have them provision your sim.
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Just got back from AT&T because I needed a nano sim. I'm getting LTE no problem. I've seen reports on other phones not getting no LTE when their line isn't configured for it by AT&T. If you happened to have a non-LTE phone prior to this you may need to reach out and have them provision your sim.
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Yeah I have my line provision for lte since my g5 but for some reason it's just not taking it. Are you getting good reception for band 17?
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Yeah I have my line provision for lte since my g5 but for some reason it's just not taking it. Are you getting good reception for band 17?
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Good signal so far. I'm on band 17 at home with the usual 2-3 bars I got with my old Note 3.
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Good signal so far. I'm on band 17 at home with the usual 2-3 bars I got with my old Note 3.
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You think if I got a new sim card it might fix this?
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You think if I got a new sim card it might fix this?
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Quite possibly. I went into AT&T and they gave me a new sim for free. Couldn't hurt.
I just got my LG V20 US996 and I have no LTE also. I am in Canada of Fido network. I was getting LTE with the same sim on my LG G3. Any advise?
APN not setup proper or new sim needed.
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APN not setup proper or new sim needed.
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What apn do you have?
Hello, sorry, I ask you whether the last update us99610A?
Thankyou..
Hey all...
I just got my V20 unlocked using it on VZWs network. Advance calling is working and I get LTE but I'm having an issue.
My signal sucks. I took the phone to work in DC same places I used my S5 and my speedtest yields a no network message. Apps were taking to 4 hours to down load, google play would lose its connection. My s5 got 12 hours and my v20 us996 died in 4 hours.
I have lte bars but the connection is poor. Calls via 4g advance calling were poor. I had to turn it off.
I was home Sat on Wi-Fi and the battery lastested 24 hours on wifi.
Now I'm in SC on my vacation sitting in a restaurant and can't pull up the internet on 4 bars or vzw lte.
Did a speed test on the same server side by side with my wife's s7. Her ping was 67 and 14 mb of down load and 2.5 mb upload.
My ping was 800 and got 1.5 down load and lost the connection on the upload.
I love everything else about the phone but I can't do this poor reception and quick diying battery becasue of it.
Spoke to Verizon tier two tech support and they say everything is perfect on the phone.
So dont know what to do now.
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Hey all...
I just got my V20 unlocked using it on VZWs network. Advance calling is working and I get LTE but I'm having an issue.
My signal sucks. I took the phone to work in DC same places I used my S5 and my speedtest yields a no network message. Apps were taking to 4 hours to down load, google play would lose its connection. My s5 got 12 hours and my v20 us996 died in 4 hours.
I have lte bars but the connection is poor. Calls via 4g advance calling were poor. I had to turn it off.
I was home Sat on Wi-Fi and the battery lastested 24 hours on wifi.
Now I'm in SC on my vacation sitting in a restaurant and can't pull up the internet on 4 bars or vzw lte.
Did a speed test on the same server side by side with my wife's s7. Her ping was 67 and 14 mb of down load and 2.5 mb upload.
My ping was 800 and got 1.5 down load and lost the connection on the upload.
I love everything else about the phone but I can't do this poor reception and quick diying battery becasue of it.
Spoke to Verizon tier two tech support and they say everything is perfect on the phone.
So dont know what to do now.
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Crazy thing is that I'm sottong here on band 5 with 3 bars. Band 5 is an AT&T and I'm unlocked connected to Verizon service.
I'm having the exact same problem with my B&H phone - just showing 4G not LTE. But when I do a speed test, I'm getting 25MB/s down\5MB/up, so not so worried about it. I am having problems with phone calls too, but I use google voice so as long as there's a network connection I'm good. I'm going to run into an AT&T store and talk to someone - I bet there's something they have to do to bless the SIM card. I popped mine out of a Nexus 6P and put it into the V20 hoping it might just work, which it mostly is. It's not just you, in other words!
Hey guys I have a question, I'm upgrading from a Nexus 6p. On my current provider I have be reviewing LTE on my Nexus I just got my one plus 5 and now I only get h+. Is there some system devices in the devices that allows the Nexus to interpret the h+ as LTE ? Kinda hate seeing the h+ in the corner there.
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Hey guys I have a question, I'm upgrading from a Nexus 6p. On my current provider I have be reviewing LTE on my Nexus I just got my one plus 5 and now I only get h+. Is there some system devices in the devices that allows the Nexus to interpret the h+ as LTE ? Kinda hate seeing the h+ in the corner there.
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You're not getting LTE... 4G should be displayed for LTE.
Have you updated to 4.5.5 already? 4.5.4 was a fix for vodafone NL users with this exact problem.
Please share country and provider.
Hey guys sorrry for the late reply. I have the latest version of OOS 4.5.5. current country is Turks and Caicos Islands and provider is Flow.
Do you know what LTE bands your carrier uses?
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You're not getting LTE... 4G should be displayed for LTE.
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Mine shown "LTE" for LTE, not 4G. I get the H+ when on HSPA+ (TMobile here, FTR).
I don't think I've ever seen "4G". Maybe it's because TMo has multiple technologies it markets as 4G, so it's ambiguous.
Koodo in Canada also displays 4G+ for LTE. But if on a Telus SIM (same network as Koodo) it shows up as LTE. Speeds are the same. Looks like the OnePlus database for carriers is not really up to date.
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Koodo in Canada also displays 4G+ for LTE. But if on a Telus SIM (same network as Koodo) it shows up as LTE. Speeds are the same. Looks like the OnePlus database for carriers is not really up to date.
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Yeah this is what I'm thinking is going on.
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Mine shown "LTE" for LTE, not 4G. I get the H+ when on HSPA+ (TMobile here, FTR).
I don't think I've ever seen "4G". Maybe it's because TMo has multiple technologies it markets as 4G, so it's ambiguous.
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Sorry, I meant for my country. I live in Oz, here we have 4G.
If LTE/4G was working properly for the OP then either LTE or 4G should be displayed, NOT H+ which is HSDPA (3G) here in Australia.
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Mine shown "LTE" for LTE, not 4G. I get the H+ when on HSPA+ (TMobile here, FTR).
I don't think I've ever seen "4G". Maybe it's because TMo has multiple technologies it markets as 4G, so it's ambiguous.
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Yes I remember I had an HTC One device and when I used it with my carrier I would always get the H+ but when I flashed a rom and selected Tmobile as my carrier the 4G icon showed up for me. I wish I knew where to go to alter these settings to have the H+ show up as LTE or 4G for me like tmobile does or like my Nexus device did. (Even if its fake lol)
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Do you know what LTE bands your carrier uses?
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Ok I had some time to do some research today after work and found out the cold hard truth. My carriers LATE band is 13 which is not supported on this device. FML
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Ok I had some time to do some research today after work and found out the cold hard truth. My carriers LATE band is 13 which is not supported on this device. FML
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Yeah, it sucks, that's the main band missing for Verizon as well.
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Yeah, it sucks, that's the main band missing for Verizon as well.
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Yeah I just noticed that after all this searching around, WTF kind of dumb move is that to alienate all those version users like that. Smh the reason why I didn't even take the time out to see if my band was included before purchasing was because of the news the released about how much more LATE bands they were including with this model.
I'm not getting 4G LTE (T-MOBILE) on the note FE, going to send it back to get a NOTE8.
@Retrojayxvii
WELCOME TO XDA-DEVELOPERS! :good:
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I'm not getting 4G LTE (T-MOBILE) on the note FE, going to send it back to get a NOTE8.
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Which exact model (S/K/L) do you have & which LTE Bands are available in your area?
Have you used the app LTE Discovery to try to connect/see which bands your phone are "seeing" ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery&hl=en
Have you tried to manually insert T-Mobile's APN?
Are you T-Mobile US,or in Europe?
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@Retrojayxvii
WELCOME TO XDA-DEVELOPERS! :good:
Which exact model (S/K/L) do you have & which LTE Bands are available in your area?
Have you used the app LTE Discovery to try to connect/see which bands your phone are "seeing" ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery&hl=en
Have you tried to manually insert T-Mobile's APN?
Are you T-Mobile US,or in Europe?
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New Antenna design seems not working well with LTE bands in US, got weaker signal strength compare with old Note 7. the downstream seems fine, but upstream speed is slow and inconsistent. switched to 3G then upstream speed back normal.
for AT&T, APN setting is fine, manual setting and auto setting in phone yield same results. not totally unusable but does feel restricted.
Phasewalker said:
New Antenna design seems not working well with LTE bands in US, got weaker signal strength compare with old Note 7. the downstream seems fine, but upstream speed is slow and inconsistent. switched to 3G then upstream speed back normal.
for AT&T, APN setting is fine, manual setting and auto setting in phone yield same results. not totally unusable but does feel restricted.
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I wonder if the different chip set has anything to do with the difference you're experiencing vs last year's Note 7 (assuming you had a Snapdragon-powered device).
Mine is arriving tomorrow, on T-Mobile US, LTE Bands 2/4 & just rolling out Band 12 in my area.
Coverage is sketchy @ my house, but, crazy strong @ work, pegging out the meter on the OOKLA Speed test app. .
If I have connectivity issues @ work, it will be easily apparent.
As long as phone calls are strong/consistent & LTE is decent, I'll be OK, as I'm covered by WI-FI most hours of the day.
Retrojayxvii said:
I'm not getting 4G LTE (T-MOBILE) on the note FE, going to send it back to get a NOTE8.
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I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.
rowg said:
I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.
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I have no network mode on mines.
rowg said:
I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.
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I'm not seeing this Network Mode you're speaking of.
Any chance you could take some screenshots to point it out?
BTW,I have the KT Model (SM-N935K).
I have 3G w/both APNs you mentioned,but,no LTE.
Model number SM-N935S
I attached pictures for items in the connections tab in settings.
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Model number SM-N935S
I attached pictures for items in the connections tab in settings.
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I'm missing that setting altogether, I'll screenshot later, still @ work, haven't been able to get into the phone much at all, less basic WI-FI/Data m/APN Settings.
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Model number SM-N935S
I attached pictures for items in the connections tab in settings.
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KOLIOSIS said:
I'm missing that setting altogether, I'll screenshot later, still @ work, haven't been able to get into the phone much at all, less basic WI-FI/Data m/APN Settings.
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@rowg
Here's what I have,missing the 3G/4G Toggle:
I've tried two different SIM Cards/phone numbers,both work on 4G LTE in my other phone,so,that's definitely not an issue.
Anyone else have this model (SM-N935K) KoreaTelecom
& have working 4G LTE?
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@rowg
Here's what I have,missing the 3G/4G Toggle:
I've tried two different SIM Cards/phone numbers,both work on 4G LTE in my other phone,so,that's definitely not an issue.
Anyone else have this model (SM-N935K) KoreaTelecom
& have working 4G LTE?
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I am using SM-N935K on AT&T, except weaker signal, 4G LTE works fine. but definitely has something to do with KoreaTelecom utilization they did for Note FE, since my phone is missing additional menu in mobile network as you do.
Phasewalker said:
I am using SM-N935K on AT&T, except weaker signal, 4G LTE works fine. but definitely has something to do with KoreaTelecom utilization they did for Note FE, since my phone is missing additional menu in mobile network as you do.
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I've contacted the (eBay) seller, requesting an exchange for an SK Telecom model (SM-N935S) or, a refund. He immediately got back w/me, getting a hold of his tech guy, see if they can solve the issue.
I'll post updates as they arrive......
KOLIOSIS said:
I've contacted the (eBay) seller, requesting an exchange for an SK Telecom model (SM-N935S) or, a refund. He immediately got back w/me, getting a hold of his tech guy, see if they can solve the issue.
I'll post updates as they arrive......
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I wonder what the difference is between the K,L and S korean models is as far as frequency ability is?
I always figured they were the same but the experiences here show otherwise.
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, S7 edge or S6
force70 said:
I wonder what the difference is between the K,L and S korean models is as far as frequency ability is?
I always figured they were the same but the experiences here show otherwise.
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, S7 edge or S6
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It's a settings/software difference between the three models,check my recent posts for comparison between the KT & SK Models.
We're used to this sort of thing in the US,VZW & AT&T will hide settings/make them inaccessible vs T-Mobile & Sprint.
I didn't expect this from the Korean variants,but,a little internet scouring has revealed KT phones are a bit of a PITA w/this particular issue.
I'm still awaiting additional feedback from the seller,I'm giving it another few hours 'til I ping 'em again.
I've heard from an AT&T user who has this model & they can connect to LTE,perhaps they & KT have similar bands.........
Regardless,I have 30 days for a return,I'm hoping it doesn't take anywhere near that long to resolve.
If this drags out for more than a few days,I may put it up for sale on Swappa with a "Buyer Beware" for T-Mobile US customers.
rowg said:
I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.
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Thank you! This was a god send!
I also have a N935S (Note 7 FE for skt) and was frustrated at not getting LTE connections, especially since T mobile only had 2G or LTE coverage at my home, and was almoat resigned to return this.
Followed instructions and I now have LTE and connection seems strong and stable too. I will travel around this week to see if LTE works all round, but I think I can now make this my daily driver!
Many thanks!
p.s. now if I could get root ..... !
I'm guessing that SM-N935K doesn't have that feature to switch it to LTE or 4G but SM-N935S has that future this is a damn shame. I love this phone but I guess I would have to send it back.
Received a N935K today, popped in my att microSIM and LTE showed right away. so far no issues with cellular internet connectivity. definitely a few missing features on this iteration of Samsung Experienc 8.1, such as places. the techie-nerdy part of my personna simply couldn't resist buying "this classic phone", lol. not to disparage the S8+, but having the fingerprint reader on the front of the phone is really nice. TWRP and root is my current wish for now.
cortez.i said:
Received a N935K today, popped in my att microSIM and LTE showed right away. so far no issues with cellular internet connectivity. definitely a few missing features on this iteration of Samsung Experienc 8.1, such as places. the techie-nerdy part of my personna simply couldn't resist buying "this classic phone", lol. not to disparage the S8+, but having the fingerprint reader on the front of the phone is really nice. TWRP and root is my current wish for now.
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Which LTE Bands are you connecting to?
KOLIOSIS said:
Which LTE Bands are you connecting to?
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I'm connecting to Band 2 at the moment; same your and Band I connect to when I'm at my home.
cortez.i said:
I'm connecting to Band 2 at the moment; same your and Band I connect to when I'm at my home.
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THX,Band 4 is the predominant band in my area,followed by Band 2 & very sparingly Band 12.
On T-Mobile US,I'm currently only on 3G (UMTS or HSPA+).
I've confirmed in the settings,along w/LTE Discovery & the OOKLA SpeedTest app backs that indication up,with the less than 4G Speeds I'm accustomed to.
Currently on the phone w/T-Mo,see if there is anything they can do..............