Hello all,
Long story short I'm trading my Galaxy Nexus for a T-Mobile SGS3 and I want to know if the phone can be unlocked and function on the att network, data and all. I've seen some discussion about the unlocking process and it involves unlock code websites that seem sketchy. I've also seen some talk of T-Mobile giving out the codes, but I'm not sure how I would go about that given I have no affiliation with T-Mobile. Are there any methods for unlocking on the forums that I am missing. I would really appreciate some direction, because there doesn't seem to be one preferred direction or source for the unlock.
Thanks!
Why would you trade
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einrae214 said:
Why would you trade
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Newer device, worth more money. Better processor, more RAM, larger screen, bigger battery.
Best bet is find a website or use eBay to get the unlock code.
If you set up the apn correctly everything will work with att, even data.
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yes it will work on att. i have a tmobile sg3 unlocked it works flawlessly on att. I unlocked it on ebay.
Is the galaxy nexus a good trade for s3. I don't think so
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Yes, it works
I unlocked my through t-mobile. Just call them, let them know you're traveling overseas the following day and need to sim unlock the phone. I've done this a countless number of times to unlock my phones.
Afterwards put your new sim in and punch in the proper APN settings:
Name: AT&T PTA
APN: pta
Proxy:<Not set>
Port:<Not set>
Username:<Not set>
Password:<Not set>
Server:<Not set>
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MMS protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type:<Not set>
APN type: default,admin,fota,mms,supl,hipri
Restart and you're good to go.
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yes it will work on att. i have a tmobile sg3 unlocked it works flawlessly on att. I unlocked it on ebay.
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Can u tell us if lte works on it?
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Can u tell us if lte works on it?
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LTE will not work. only 3g.
einrae214 said:
Is the galaxy nexus a good trade for s3. I don't think so
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You have to defend your post a little better than simply saying, "I don't think so." I gave reasons, please either refute them or supply your own arguments. I'm open to advice as well.
arctic84 said:
I unlocked my through t-mobile. Just call them, let them know you're traveling overseas the following day and need to sim unlock the phone. I've done this a countless number of times to unlock my phones.
Afterwards put your new sim in and punch in the proper APN settings:
Name: AT&T PTA
APN: pta
Proxy:<Not set>
Port:<Not set>
Username:<Not set>
Password:<Not set>
Server:<Not set>
MMSC:
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MMS protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type:<Not set>
APN type: default,admin,fota,mms,supl,hipri
Restart and you're good to go.
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Thank you sir, this is exactly what I was hoping to find. I really appreciate your help.
einrae214 said:
Is the galaxy nexus a good trade for s3. I don't think so
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of course it is a good trade, bigger screen, bigger battery, white s3 (most beautiful thing i've seen), better camera
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LTE will not work. only 3g.
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Do u mean umts or hspa+?
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Do u mean umts or hspa+?
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umts
einrae214 said:
Is the galaxy nexus a good trade for s3. I don't think so
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Its an amazing trade. The Gnex is way behind. CPU, GPU, ram, camera, screen quality (S3 screen is better, look it up if you don't believe me), battery life is superior, and is a better phone in every way hardware wise.
I had the Gnex before.
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True that. This phone is a good phone but I have a upgrade this month and wondering if there is anything newer coming down the pipe line. The only thing that bugs me is the fact I can't talk and listen to music with my beats headphones.
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True that. This phone is a good phone but I have a upgrade this month and wondering if there is anything newer coming down the pipe line. The only thing that bugs me is the fact I can't talk and listen to music with my beats headphones.
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From what I can tell, this fall should be a great season for new phones. LG is releasing a bunch of top notch devices, and I think Sony is too. There is more info on phandroid. I can't really speak on which will end up with T-mobile, but they've been pretty good lately about acquiring the flagship devices.
I love the GNex, it is fast and incredibly smooth with CM10. I think it's more out of boredom and phone whoring that I am searching for a new phone. The GNex meets and exceeds my needs, I just want to try the S3 too.
Yeah I just saw this a couple of hours ago.
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/09/samsung-sgh-t889-coming-to-t-mobile-as-the-galaxy-note-ii/
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I just went through with the trade. Data and all other network activities are working fine, I got the trader to call T-mo and ask for an unlock code. I'm running a CM10 build, but for whatever reason it's not as smooth as my Gnex was. The home screen is choppy and some activities lag. I'm hoping that the newer nightlies will fix this. The camera is nicer, the screen is about the same.
I'm kinda torn. I loved how open the Nexus was, there were so many options for customization. I have to be much more careful picking things out to flash here, especially considering that I'm on the ATT network with a non-ATT phone.
Overall I like it, but I think I was happier with my nexus.
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I just went through with the trade. Data and all other network activities are working fine, I got the trader to call T-mo and ask for an unlock code. I'm running a CM10 build, but for whatever reason it's not as smooth as my Gnex was. The home screen is choppy and some activities lag. I'm hoping that the newer nightlies will fix this. The camera is nicer, the screen is about the same.
I'm kinda torn. I loved how open the Nexus was, there were so many options for customization. I have to be much more careful picking things out to flash here, especially considering that I'm on the ATT network with a non-ATT phone.
Overall I like it, but I think I was happier with my nexus.
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Just run the AOKP rom. It seems to be buttery smooth to me (except in landscape mode). Officially jellybean will be rolling out soon enough.. then i'm sure you'll be plenty happy. I had a nexus before this phone.. it felt far slower to me..
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I'm so fed up with using i9300 on att's network.. it takes hours to complete minutes of facebooking.. the browser sticks, the internet just SUCKS.. idk if its bad modems or overcrowded 3g but I'm ready to upgrade to LTE.
I know the processors are different, performance wise they're similar, but att's has worse graphics right?
I also heard the sound card is worse, is this true? is there a big difference? I know my i9300 sounds amazing, does the att version?
att has 2 gb of ram
are these the only hardware differences I should know about? are there any others I didn't list?
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This phone plays every game I toss at it, granted I don't do a lot of heavy gaming for long periods of time so I can't speak in that regard.
The sound on this phone is great, everyone who hearrd me pary music on it is astounded by the volume and clarity of the phone.
The extra ram is sweet,I keep everything open all the time without a stutter.
Lte, 40mbps down... think that speaks for itself.
Honestly, the only reason I'd stick with the international is for gaming and if you don't live in lte territory. But from what I've heard, the gaming gains are nominal.
Edited for spell check fail... that's what I get for posting while walking ;p
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I've had both phones multiple times, i love the I9300 for the development but i also love the ATT one because of the LTE and 2gb on ram.
You really cant tell the difference, the ATT one is TINY TINY bit laggy but rarely. The international has never lagged on me ever, getting 55mb down on LTE is a huge PLUS though.
so are those it? just processor, and sound chip are different?
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Plus the ram, carrier, data connections and development. The 747 will get updates slower ie jb will be released a bit later on the 747.
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I'm so fed up with using i9300 on att's network.. it takes hours to complete minutes of facebooking.. the browser sticks, the internet just SUCKS.. idk if its bad modems or overcrowded 3g but I'm ready to upgrade to LTE.
I know the processors are different, performance wise they're similar, but att's has worse graphics right?
I also heard the sound card is worse, is this true? is there a big difference? I know my i9300 sounds amazing, does the att version?
att has 2 gb of ram
are these the only hardware differences I should know about? are there any others I didn't list?
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What are your APN settings? I have to tweak them on every ROM to get good cell data speeds on AT&T HSPA. The default wap.cingular apn is terribly slow in my area.
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What are your APN settings? I have to tweak them on every ROM to get good cell data speeds on AT&T HSPA. The default wap.cingular apn is terribly slow in my area.
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Henry,
Whats a good APN to use then?.
Cheers.
Riz
RizSher said:
Henry,
Whats a good APN to use then?.
Cheers.
Riz
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Use the PTA apn, i used it on my I9300 with the sim from my ATT S3
The 9300 will be updated more quickly and possibly more often than the 747 or other variants and won't be subject to change from any apple suits. And without the ATT junk applications. Call att and make sure that they have provisioned your phone properly. The pat apn is possibly a problem since it is a LTE apn and you can only use a hspa apn.
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I'm so fed up with using i9300 on att's network.. it takes hours to complete minutes of facebooking.. the browser sticks, the internet just SUCKS.. idk if its bad modems or overcrowded 3g but I'm ready to upgrade to LTE.
I know the processors are different, performance wise they're similar, but att's has worse graphics right?
I also heard the sound card is worse, is this true? is there a big difference? I know my i9300 sounds amazing, does the att version?
att has 2 gb of ram
are these the only hardware differences I should know about? are there any others I didn't list?
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Hey I have a mint white att s3 if you ever think of jumping ship I'm from NYC and.don't care for LTE
Enigma_cpl03 said:
Hey I have a mint white att s3 if you ever think of jumping ship I'm from NYC and.don't care for LTE
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Dang, you beat me to it though I'm surprised I haven't seen more offers. LOL. I have a blue one, mint condition with Invisible Shield. Nothing wrong with my phone. Its just I really want that Wolfson DAC. I still use my old Infuse because of this but hate carrying around two devices.
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And I'd have to agree that LTE is crap with a 200 mb plan. First day, rep set it up for me. Drove away and heard a ding. Looked at my phone and realized Google restored apps and settings. Only had 15 mbs left before I even knew what happened. LOL
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APN Settings
Name: AT&T PTA
APN: pta
MMSC: h*t*t*p://mmsc.mobile.att.net***
MMS proxy: ***proxy.mobile.att.net***
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: default,mms,supl,hipri
Take out the *** under MMSC and MMS proxy, Im new to posting and they wont let me post what they think is an outside link, leave everything else as is/blank
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noy-z said:
Dang, you beat me to it though I'm surprised I haven't seen more offers. LOL. I have a blue one, mint condition with Invisible Shield. Nothing wrong with my phone. Its just I really want that Wolfson DAC. I still use my old Infuse because of this but hate carrying around two devices.
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And I'd have to agree that LTE is crap with a 200 mb plan. First day, rep set it up for me. Drove away and heard a ding. Looked at my phone and realized Google restored apps and settings. Only had 15 mbs left before I even knew what happened. LOL
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U need to move sales to the market the mod will ban u without warning
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I had a customer trying to connect his european sIII but we are cdma so he couldnt lol.....i played with his phone it was amazing though but internet speed was crap.....he traded ut in and got an american version.....i ended up buying it off him now i have one att and one european and he got a sprint one.At least he has unlimited data
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Edited for spell check fail... that's what I get for posting while walking ;p
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That's OK, someone in another thread was flashing while driving.
Ian
Noticed over the last few weeks some MMS issue's with my phone and many others in my area; e.g. sending/receiving, etc. A phone reset or quick airplane mode would fix for a few days then suddenly startup again after a few days.
Problem occurred again today and while I was trying to determine what the problem was noticed my APN was now "phone" versus the previously default "pta". Checked with the wife and a few friends and all were changed.... funny thing is, only Samsung phones are seeing the change as far as I can tell. HTC, etc are still using "pta"... possibly related to the JB update?
Called AT&T and after a very long discussion and escalation, it appears they are in the process of a natation wide migration from "pta" to "phone".
On a side note, manually creating a new "pta" APN still works and I don't see any speed, signal difference between the two, but according to AT&T this APN will slowly going away.
Would be interesting to hear from others what your APN is set to and whether you're on JB or ICS.
I can confirm on ICS it was the pta APN, but when I updated to jelly bean it switched to phone. I believe the settings are the same for both though.
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That's some interesting news.
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Im on JB and my apn is "phone". Lol from reading this forum I thought I was the only one.
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Can someone post the settings?
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Can you post the APN settings? My phone is still defaulting to WAP.Cingular until I create a pta APN. I'd like to try the phone APN.
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You should be able to restore defaults and force it to pull in the default APN its picking up, if you're not getting the proper APN I would check your account to confirm its been properly provisioned for LTE.
It's literally just "phone"... similar to before the pta APN was created, but with a few changes.
Name: ATT PHONE
APN: phone
Proxy: -
Port: -
Username: -
Password: -
Server: -
MMSC: - http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS Proxy: - proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port: - 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication Type: -
APN Type: default,mms,supl
APN Protocol: ipv4
dmystic1 said:
Im on JB and my apn is "phone". Lol from reading this forum I thought I was the only one.
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Yes, I still see quite a few references to the "pta" APN, so its obviously something new.
Running JB here and have the phone apn also. Wife is still on ICS, and she has the pta apn. So it has to be jelly bean related.
Phone here as well.
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Mine says PTA, and I have JB 4.1.1. I am on the unlimited plan, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
So, what's the difference?
I am running 4.1.2 JB and still on pta.
Interesting. It was always assumed that switching from pta to phone turned off LTE. I suppose that isn't the case anymore. I think it's great news considering we don't need 4-5 APN's on one carrier. It gets a little ridiculous.
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Interesting. It was always assumed that switching from pta to phone turned off LTE. I suppose that isn't the case anymore. I think it's great news considering we don't need 4-5 APN's on one carrier. It gets a little ridiculous.
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No, I don't think "phone" APN means no LTE. I looked at an AT&T store at the HTC One X and it had the APN sent to "pta", while the newer HTC One X+ had it set to "phone". Both showed a 4G LTE connection and gave about the same speedtest results. Also, from talking to AT&T tech support I was told "pta" was old, the new devices come configured with "phone" as the APN and that's what I want. I'd otherwise take the info from AT&T tech support with a big grain of salt given that many of their people say funny things most of the time, but after seeing the default settings on the HOX+ this fellow may have been correct.
I'd still love to know what the differences between pta and phone APNs are, if any.
I only get lte when putting in pta APN.
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Phone here also on JB
LG Optimus G is also set to "phone". It sounds like "phone" is the way to go these days.
I dont know about everyone but in Los Angeles I'm lucky if I can get 5mpbs at LTE.
I read in the forum about how other people's lte speed is around 15-20mpbs.
I dont know if they only giving me that speed cause I still have unlimited data plan or if Los Angeles speed sucks in general
I have the unlimited plan also, im in south Florida and mostly i get around 30down 20up. My apn also defaulted to phone, but for some reason I do get slightly better speeds on the pta apn.
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I would like to get the gs3 but would like to know some things before i get it....Will the at&t version of the gs3 work if i have straight talk on t-mobile's network?
The at&t S3 (i747) is a GSM phone so it will work on both straight talk and t-mobile. You will just have to add in the correct apns
thanx
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The at&t S3 (i747) is a GSM phone so it will work on both straight talk and t-mobile. You will just have to add in the correct apns
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thanx
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No problemo. I'm sure you understand you won't see LTE (unless you're in one of t-mobile's few areas). Cheers, buddy
It'll work but I think that you'll only get EDGE speeds. I just ordered a straight talk T-Mobile sim and will be here tomorrow so I'll let you know if I'm right or wrong.
No, he will get 3G and HSPA+
ok i look forward to the feedback thanks
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It'll work but I think that you'll only get EDGE speeds. I just ordered a straight talk T-Mobile sim and will be here tomorrow so I'll let you know if I'm right or wrong.
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ok i look forward to the feedback thanks
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I activated it earlier today and I have a 'g' symbol instead of the regular 4G I would always see. So I'm guessing that's EDGE?
I have a straight talk sim in my att s3 running aokp nightly from may 6,lock screen shows 3g but settings only show edge
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I have a straight talk sim in my att s3 running aokp nightly from may 6,lock screen shows 3g but settings only show edge
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What are your apn and network settings?
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What are your apn and network settings?
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Try these apn settings. They've worked for some S3 users before.
Name: Straight Talk
APN: att.mvno
Proxy: <not set>
Port: <not set>
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.33
MMS Port: 80
APN Type: default,supl,mms,hipri
HSPA + network now
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your apn settings look a little wrong buddy, can you send mms?
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your apn settings look a little wrong buddy, can you send mms?
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Just saying "sending" now
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try this.
that same thing use to happen to me, the problem was the apn. so if your on tmo straight talk put whats in the pdf EXACTLY as it is in your phone, that should allow you to send mms
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Just saying "sending" now
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try this.
that same thing use to happen to me, the problem was the apn. so if your on tmo straight talk put whats in the pdf EXACTLY as it is in your phone, that should allow you to send mms
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Using att s3
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oh ohk this is from the straight talk site
FIELD SETTINGS
NAME straight talk
APN att.mvno
PORT 80
MMSC http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS PROXY 66.209.11.33
MMS PORT 80
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Using att s3
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oh ohk this is from the straight talk site
FIELDSETTINGS
NAMEstraight talk
APNatt.mvno
PORT80
MMSChttp://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS PROXY66.209.11.33
MMS PORT80
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That's what I was using at first, but only got edge with custom roms, 3g with stock
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I got my phone, I was able to SIM unlock and now I have 4g speeds I'm getting around 4-5mbps and I'm on straight talk on T-Mobile network. Thanks for all the help guys
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I have tried going through all threads inT-Mobile S4 forums to find a solution but to no avail. I have a T-mobile S4 that is unlocked. I can get Lte on the tmobile network fine. However, when I pop my AT&T sim, I can only get 4g. The At&t sim is provisioned for lte, as it gets lte on my iphone5. I have tried various apn settings, the network selection menu also. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here are my current APN settings:
Name: ATT Phone
APN: phone
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Auth: none
APN type: default,mms,supl,hipri
I am running stock Tmobile rom,, flashed using ODIN. I also previously tried GoldenEye and GE 4.3 ROM.
Update: read somewhere that iphone lte sim needs to be updated with att for the android lte plan. So I tried using a friends ATT S3 sim with working lte on my s4, but did not get lte
Have you tried changing the Network Mode? Make sure you have LTE/GSM/WCDMA (auto connect) selected. This is right below the APN settings.
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Have you tried changing the Network Mode? Make sure you have LTE/GSM/WCDMA (auto connect) selected. This is right below the APN settings.
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yes. tried that. it is lte/gsa/wcdma. also tried to do lte only, and dont get any data doing that.
Dude I'm so glad that you posted this because I'm going through the exact same thing except that I do get LTE but my speeds are very bad considering that there LTE speeds.now I have the exact same APN settings as you mentioned above and I also have my s4 unlocked and on a custom ROM slimbeam latest 4.3 beta but its seems that att not give me full speeds and the reason I'm saying this is because my wife's s3 on straight talk att sim higher speeds on h+ and me on LTE
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Try this:
Name: ATT Phone
APN: phone
Proxy: Not set
Port : Not set
User name: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: None
APN type: default,mms,supl,hipri
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
Enable/disable APN: APN enabled
Bearer: Unspecified
Seems the same as above
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Seems the same as above
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Yeah but make sure the empty field actually say <Not set> instead of just being empty.
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Yeah but make sure the empty field actually say <Not set> instead of just being empty.
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So i set it up and I'm getting LTE but 3000mbps down and 2500 up now does it matter if its the gophone att 60 dollar plans
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So i set it up and I'm getting LTE but 3000mbps down and 2500 up now does it matter if its the gophone att 60 dollar plans
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It shouldn't.
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It shouldn't.
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The next step is to probably call ATT then I just can't believe that my wife on straighttalk ATT sim is getting better speed then I am on LTE
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The next step is to probably call ATT then I just can't believe that my wife on straighttalk ATT sim is getting better speed then I am on LTE
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Make sure you give ATT an LTE capable phone's IMEI and that it is registered to their network. You can just go to the ATT store and use the IMEI of any of their LTE capable phones.
I've been doing some research on buying a At&t sim to test to see if my phone is truly unlocked. I've read At&t has 2 separate types of SIM. One for iPhone and one for the other phones. It's possible you have a sim card meant for only iPhones and At&t's system will only acknowledge the LTE if it was an iPhone (or something like that). Try going into a At&t store and have them make it work for you.
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I've been doing some research on buying a At&t sim to test to see if my phone is truly unlocked. I've read At&t has 2 separate types of SIM. One for iPhone and one for the other phones. It's possible you have a sim card meant for only iPhones and At&t's system will only acknowledge the LTE if it was an iPhone (or something like that). Try going into a At&t store and have them make it work for you.
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I don't know but this is the one I got can someone confirm if its the right one
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I don't know but this is the one I got can someone confirm if its the right one
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Here's the back side
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At&t has all of the t mobile m919 imeis stored in their system. I did not get lte when I first popped my sim in because I was still set on the iPhone 5 lte plan. Called at&t gave them the t mobile s4 imei, she switched my plan and 10 minutes later I speed tested at 17mbps down.
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At&t has all of the t mobile m919 imeis stored in their system. I did not get lte when I first popped my sim in because I was still set on the iPhone 5 lte plan. Called at&t gave them the t mobile s4 imei, she switched my plan and 10 minutes later I speed tested at 17mbps down.
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I called and gave then my imei but my speeds are still 3-5 Mbps on LTE and 5-9 on h+ and if they don't improve I'm switching to straight talk att Sim which is higher on h+ but cheaper a month.the only thing I can think that's happening is LTE was berly released here and there still working on getting all things right
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Finally got my speeds after one hour with customer service it seems that they got my imei wrong now getting 30mbps download
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I have a T Mobile Galaxy s4 m919. I got an Straight Talk ATT SIM card. I put the apn settings that Straight Talk gave and everything worked fine except for receiving mms pictures. I tired various settings and nothing worked. I called Straight Talk and that did not help. Finally I decide to try one more thing. I did a complete factory restore and reinterred the Apn settings that Straight Talk gave me; mms started working. I guess there were some settings that were blocking the S.T. Apn settings and the factory restore fixed the problem. I hope this helps.
Why are you using St and att services do you not have tmobile Lte where you live? I don't have tmobile Lte where I live it sucks.lol I was thinking about getting net 10's unlimited plan for I can get Lte service at home.Isnt net 10 and St the same company? Who would you recommend me using in my tmobile Gs4 for Lte service st, net10 or att? Where and how much did you pay for your sim card.Isnt att totally unlimited plan cost $60 a month with 2 Gigs of data and St & net10 cost $45 a month with 2.5 Gigs of data? Do it matter where you live at in the u.s. for as far as how good your data speeds will be? I'm rooted with tmobiles stock 4.3 rom and my Gs4 is unlocked.I would greatly appreciate any information you can give me to my questions. Thanks
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Why are you using St and att services do you not have tmobile Lte where you live? I don't have tmobile Lte where I live it sucks.lol I was thinking about getting net 10's unlimited plan for I can get Lte service at home.Isnt net 10 and St the same company? Who would you recommend me using in my tmobile Gs4 for Lte service st, net10 or att? Where and how much did you pay for your sim card.Isnt att totally unlimited plan cost $60 a month with 2 Gigs of data and St & net10 cost $45 a month with 2.5 Gigs of data? Do it matter where you live at in the u.s. for as far as how good your data speeds will be? I'm rooted with tmobiles stock 4.3 rom and my Gs4 is unlocked.I would greatly appreciate any information you can give me to my questions. Thanks
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I don't have t mobile lte where I live. I paid 6.95 for the sim through Walmart and pay 45 plus tax for unlimited talk and text with 2 gig of data. Net 10 and straight talk are owned by tracfone, so go with straight talk and get the att4g lte sim. My speeds, I can't answer because att has 4 g speeds in my town and with t mobile I had 2g or edge speeds.
So I had a stock 4.3 mk6 then I decided to root and unlock my phone for the T-Mobile network. When I Odin back to 4.1.1 I unlocked everything went smooth and I did the aws mod, and was getting LTE with T-Mobile. So then I root it again Odin the 4.3 param. Tz to flash a 4.3 ROM. After the flash I don't get LTE no more. Went back to 4.1.1 to see if I would get it nothing again. So now I'm stuck with 4G and haven't gotten LTE since the first time I unlocked it.
So anybody know how to get T-Mobile LTE back on my AT&T note 2.?
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So I had a stock 4.3 mk6 then I decided to root and unlock my phone for the T-Mobile network. When I Odin back to 4.1.1 I unlocked everything went smooth and I did the aws mod, and was getting LTE with T-Mobile. So then I root it again Odin the 4.3 param. Tz to flash a 4.3 ROM. After the flash I don't get LTE no more. Went back to 4.1.1 to see if I would get it nothing again. So now I'm stuck with 4G and haven't gotten LTE since the first time I unlocked it.
So anybody know how to get T-Mobile LTE back on my AT&T note 2.?
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Check the Phone status for a true indication of your connection. Depending on which ROM you flashed the icons will vary. Some of the ROMs that are N7105-based show 4G but mean LTE.
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Check the Phone status for a true indication of your connection. Depending on which ROM you flashed the icons will vary. Some of the ROMs that are N7105-based show 4G but mean LTE.
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Yeah I do it only says HSPA no LTE. And In notifications it goes from h to h+ never 4g and I have DN3 ROM right now. With mk6 modem with no AWS mod.
Guessing you have the proper APN set? I get LTE on both epc.tmobile.com and fast.tmobile.com. Running SkyNote Air with AWS Mod.
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Guessing you have the proper APN set? I get LTE on both epc.tmobile.com and fast.tmobile.com. Running SkyNote Air with AWS Mod.
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Which modem do you have as well?
Yeah I got the proper apn both tried. Did you use 4.3 param tz file or devils kernel.
So I'm at mk6 modem applied the AWS Mod and it keeps bouncing from 3g to h+ on my DN3 ROM.. And it says UMTS network no LTE :-[
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I ran the param.tz and am on stock kernel of SkyNote.
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I ran the param.tz and am on stock kernel of SkyNote.
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Which modem are you running?
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Which modem are you running?
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I'm running MK6 as well.
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I'm running MK6 as well.
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Well I guess I just have bad luck! What is your location that is giving you LTE
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I'm in New York! Have you tried the modem code or radio code to see if you can force a connection?
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I'm in New York! Have you tried the modem code or radio code to see if you can force a connection?
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Is that the one with *#2263# ? I've had but which one would be the one to force it to? I have no luck in the ones I had done
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Is that the one with *#2263# ? I've had but which one would be the one to force it to? I have no luck in the ones I had done
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DN3 Rom is based, off of the N7105 NOTE 2 that's the reason you don't see LTE. If you see 4G that means LTE in this ROM. I am also using this ROM with at&t and whenever I get LTE speed it shows 4G.
You can change it by changing your build prop setting to get lte. But if you do then your contacts will force close and I also read in DN3 thread that you will lose your phone app/dialer and have to use play store dialer.
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Is that the one with *#2263# ? I've had but which one would be the one to force it to? I have no luck in the ones I had done
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Yeah for dn3 if it shows 4g it is lte. Because of the ROM's data icons being international. Mine is just showing h to h+. :-[
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Yeah for dn3 if it shows 4g it is lte. Because of the ROM's data icons being international. Mine is just showing h to h+. :-[
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That 4g icon on the DN3 is LTE. It's that way because it's based off of the international firmware...
Just a reminder you can check you LTE connection by going to:
Setting, General, about phone, status, check connection there.
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Is that the one with *#2263# ? I've had but which one would be the one to force it to? I have no luck in the ones I had done
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Try *#*#4636#*#* and press Device Info. Mine is set to LTE/GSM auto (PRL). Unfortunately, the setting change doesn't persist on reboot
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Try *#*#4636#*#* and press Device Info. Mine is set to LTE/GSM auto (PRL). Unfortunately, the setting change doesn't persist on reboot
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Yeah ibe tried that still getting hspa im not wven getting hspa plus
and when I insert my wifes sim card I get lte.. strange
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Yeah ibe tried that still getting hspa im not wven getting hspa plus
and when I insert my wifes sim card I get lte.. strange
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Check APN settings. Also, do you have Network Mode as "LTE/WCDMA/GSM". Even I was not getting LTE initially but then I tried different APN settings and finally I am getting LTE.
Yeah i have the fast.tmobile.com apn and I have dome that as well still no luvk fpr a reason I feel like tmobile slows down my unlocked phone just beacuse its not a tmobile phone. I mean the note 2 has compatible frequency for tmobile so idk
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Yeah i have the fast.tmobile.com apn and I have dome that as well still no luvk fpr a reason I feel like tmobile slows down my unlocked phone just beacuse its not a tmobile phone. I mean the note 2 has compatible frequency for tmobile so idk
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Try this APN settings -
Enter the following settings for the Data APN:
Name: T-Mobile
APN: epc.tmobile.com or fast.t-mobile.com (for LTE devices)
Proxy: <Not set>
Port: <Not set>
Username: <Not set>
Password: <Not set>
Server: <Not set>
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: <Not set>
MMS port: <Not set>
MMS protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication type:<Not set>
APN type: <Not Set> OR Internet+MMS (depending on software version)
Source - http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2090#android