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Verizon Note 3 on Straight Talk

So my 2 year contract through Verizon finally ended thank God, and I decided to switch to Straight Talk through their BYOP Activation Kit at Walmart. I followed all the steps through the kit and found on the Web just to be safe and got it running on the T-Mobile sim. My only problem is that I cannot get 4G LTE. I get 3G but it will not let me do anything on 3G and when I try to do something involving data or messaging it switches to H+ just long enough to do these things. I have rooted the phone and ensured that Band 4 is activated through the Service Mode on my phone and still nothing. I have even tried multiple APNs. Is it maybe just that there is little to no T-Mobile 4G around here? Running Android 4.4.2 by the way.
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Bukimari said:
So my 2 year contract through Verizon finally ended thank God, and I decided to switch to Straight Talk through their BYOP Activation Kit at Walmart. I followed all the steps through the kit and found on the Web just to be safe and got it running on the T-Mobile sim. My only problem is that I cannot get 4G LTE. I get 3G but it will not let me do anything on 3G and when I try to do something involving data or messaging it switches to H+ just long enough to do these things. I have rooted the phone and ensured that Band 4 is activated through the Service Mode on my phone and still nothing. I have even tried multiple APNs. Is it maybe just that there is little to no T-Mobile 4G around here? Running Android 4.4.2 by the way.
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Try this Apn setting :
Switch to Global
Name : TmobileMMs
Apn. : fast.t-mobile.com
And leave everything else empty had a friend said it worked for him.

Just tried this, nothing works at all. Had to switch back to the Straight Talk APN. Oh I guess posting my APN might help.
Name: STRAIGHT_TALK
APN: wap.tracfone
MMSC: (http)://mms(.)tracfone(.)com
**remove the parentheses, being a new user I cannot post links.**
MMC: 310
MNC: 260
APN Type: default,mms,supl,hipri
*All other fields are blank or default.
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I am having a similar issue. It's the Verizon Note 3 on Straight Talk AT&T sim. I get H+ but no LTE. I am running stock 4.4.2 not rooted. I really like this phone but if I can't get my 4G LTE working on it I will sell or trade for a AT&T branded note 3 unlocked. I know what part of the problem is. It's the way Verizon sets up their phones. They are LTE capable yes, but Vzw makes sure those capable bands are with their sim cards and frequencies.
I'll have to do some searching on XDA but I think I remember seeing something about rooting the phone, getting into the hidden menu, and changing the bands to the st att sim will get 4G LTE. If someone could chime in here to verify this and point me in that direction it would be great.

On mine with root access I can get into Service mode and apparently by default since one of the latest updates from Verizon their Note 3 has Band 4 enabled. I know if you have AT&T you can select different bands through service mode as well however with my T-Mobile sim changing this simply makes it not work. Could that be what you're referring to?
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Yes but it's not working for me. I found out the ONLY way to get the Verizon note 3 to work on Straight Talk AND get LTE is to use the cmda part of the phone, I:E call ST, give them a cdma activation code, and have them switch your service over to the cdma part of the phone.

Well it looks like that's what I'll be doing then because H+ just isn't cutting it. Although it is better than Verizon 3G, considering I hardly got 4G through Verizon anyway.
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yeah I hear ya. H+ is ok, but 4G LTE it is NOT!....lol. Keep in mind Straight Talk still doesn't "Guaranty" 4G LTE service. Like most people, I have found that Straight Talk LOVES to quid pro quo themselves out of any responsibility for their service faults. They will blame it on your phone, your area, heck, they will even blame your lack of signal on you when they can saying you did something to your phone to make it not work.
Their customer service is their biggest downfall. But like most companies that have truck loads of money they can afford to not really care.

straight talk lte
Bukimari said:
So my 2 year contract through Verizon finally ended thank God, and I decided to switch to Straight Talk through their BYOP Activation Kit at Walmart. I followed all the steps through the kit and found on the Web just to be safe and got it running on the T-Mobile sim. My only problem is that I cannot get 4G LTE. I get 3G but it will not let me do anything on 3G and when I try to do something involving data or messaging it switches to H+ just long enough to do these things. I have rooted the phone and ensured that Band 4 is activated through the Service Mode on my phone and still nothing. I have even tried multiple APNs. Is it maybe just that there is little to no T-Mobile 4G around here? Running Android 4.4.2 by the way.
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Straight talk now has Verizon LTE Sim cards. Switch to the Straight Talk Verizon network and purchase their LTE Sim card and you will get a better Verizon coverage and get LTE working.

patrickpingpong said:
Straight talk now has Verizon LTE Sim cards. Switch to the Straight Talk Verizon network and purchase their LTE Sim card and you will get a better Verizon coverage and get LTE working.
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Well that's good to know. I ended up calling ST after making this thread and when I told them it was a Verizon phone they acted like it was impossible to activate 4G even after I explained it was a world phone. Once I requested to speak to a supervisor they told me they would "work on it and give me a call back". A few days later my phone mysteriously started getting 4G LTE haha.
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[Q] Verizon LG G2 to T-mobile LTE?

I have read a lot already on this site about my issue just wanted to clear up a few unanswered questions.
I am looking to switch from Verizon to t-mobile because of prices and terrible reception where I'm living in Riverside Ca. So I know that I can simply put in a t-mobile sim and change to the correct gsm settings and get cell reception (correct me if I'm wrong) but what about getting LTE from t-mobile? I have looked to see if the new 700 mhz band covers here and Ventura County Ca. (where I am when I'm not in Riverside) and it does so I should get LTE without having to put in a custom Rom, correct?
I'm a novice when coming to roms (plus a failed attempt) so i would like to avoid them as much as I can. Will do it if I have to though... All about saving $$$$
Thanks for the replies.

@mjmjpfaff
I know what your saying about saving $$$ phones these days are almost the half of a old car/price of a motorcycle.
If your Verizon phone is not simlocked and also has support for the LTE bands which T-Mobile is using then it's possible to get LTE working without the need to buy another phone. If it's mentioned on internet on multiple sites that the G2 supports that LTE band then you can get it without a custom rom.
In my eyes it's possible to have working LTE from T-Mobile on your verizon phone, but to be 100% sure I would contact Verizon support about your question.
I also had many fail attempts with custom roms first but after you get how it works, you can flash anything as smooth as butter:good:
you could also wait for a VS980 G2 user who had the same issue as you but I think that it would take you more time awaiting for a reaction from somebody since not many people are browsing the Q&A section.

wulsic said:
@mjmjpfaff
I know what your saying about saving $$$ phones these days are almost the half of a old car/price of a motorcycle.
If your Verizon phone is not simlocked and also has support for the LTE bands which T-Mobile is using then it's possible to get LTE working without the need to buy another phone. If it's mentioned on internet on multiple sites that the G2 supports that LTE band then you can get it without a custom rom.
In my eyes it's possible to have working LTE from T-Mobile on your verizon phone, but to be 100% sure I would contact Verizon support about your question.
I also had many fail attempts with custom roms first but after you get how it works, you can flash anything as smooth as butter:good:
you could also wait for a VS980 G2 user who had the same issue as you but I think that it would take you more time awaiting for a reaction from somebody since not many people are browsing the Q&A section.
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I found this on another thread:
"I just switched from a Verizon Galaxy Note 2 to the G2 since all I can get from it with t-mobile is H+ speeds (about 4mbs-6mbs). I inserted the t-mobile sim into the verizon g2 and it automatically switched to global mode and I then went in to edit the apn settings to fast.t-mobile.com. 4G LTE is working just fine on stock rom kitkat update (I'm in L.A. suburb). Speeds range from 15mbs to 30mbs+ depending on where I am in the city. Here are some screenshots"
This guy is pretty much in my area and sounds like he did not do anything other switch in a t-mobile sim...
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2609607&page=4 --> first post on that page)
I will DM him to get some more insight.
Thanks for your reply.

I'm using my droid mini on tmobile and am getting LTE speeds. You should see them if you're in an area where the network was refarmed to 1900mhz
Keep in mind the fastest speeds you will see is 21Mbps unless you swap for the Tmobile Verizon which goes up to 42Mbps and higher.

tiguy99 said:
I'm using my droid mini on tmobile and am getting LTE speeds. You should see them if you're in an area where the network was refarmed to 1900mhz
Keep in mind the fastest speeds you will see is 21Mbps unless you swap for the Tmobile Verizon which goes up to 42Mbps and higher.
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What area or state are you in if you don't mind me a asking?

Chicago area

Hi I too am using t-mobile on a VS980 and with CM11 and Cloudyg3, I am able to get LTE through their automated APN settings!

4G LTE Confirmed Working AT&T

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)

nickel911 said:
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).

Tuanies said:
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.

ddfault said:
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.

compuguy1088 said:
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.

ddfault said:
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.

gurusux said:
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.
Sent from my ZF2ze551 with TapaTalk

Yes. 4G on this phone is LTE.
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I337M fido/rogers on at&t lte

Hi, I am using an unlocked fido phone on at&t however the LTE isn't connecting... Any suggestions ad to how I can remedy this situation. I do have a LTE plan on at&t and the LTE was working in Canada thru fido.

Do you still have the fido apn? Do you need to change the apn?

creepyncrawly said:
Do you still have the fido apn? Do you need to change the apn?
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No, I'm using the proper at&t apn. I am only having a problem with the LTE connecting, it will only connect HSPA+ or lower not LTE.

clintalexander88 said:
No, I'm using the proper at&t apn. I am only having a problem with the LTE connecting, it will only connect HSPA+ or lower not LTE.
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I'm on Bell. I also didn't have an LTE connection at first. Apparently Bell didn't properly set up my account to allow a connection to the LTE network. Tech support was able to fix it over the phone.
This is assuming you live in an area covered by LTE.

Yes, I'm in a LTE area, however am still unable to acquire LTE signal through at&t only hspa+ max... called tech support and they were no help, I could tell she didn't even know what she was talking about.. kept saying scripted things. Does anyone on this forum have experience with getting a 337M's LTE to work on at&t
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I'm on Bell. I also didn't have an LTE connection at first. Apparently Bell didn't properly set up my account to allow a connection to the LTE network. Tech support was able to fix it over the phone.
This is assuming you live in an area covered by LTE.
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So, i called tech support and they told me because of my imei its a foreign phone and that its showing on their system as non lte capble and because its foreign it will never work so I have to buy one of their phones, they said there is no way to force it...

Ouch... it's hard not to be suspicious that they're just trying to sell you a new phone. HSPA+ is still pretty fast so I don't know if it's worth it just for LTE, but that's up to you.

Got it working. Had to give them an imei of a att branded LTE phone and then when they refreshed everything guess what... Now I have LTE

lg v20 unlocked us996 no LTE

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.

jayochs said:
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.

redshorty4 said:
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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redshorty4 said:
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?

redshorty4 said:
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?

snaketooth2007 said:
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?

snaketooth2007 said:
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?

snaketooth2007 said:
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.

ymDroid said:
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!