I used my wifes At&t upgrade and after unlocking M8 I am trying out T-Mobiles $30 pre paid plan but I am only getting 2G signal. Is there a way to to enable LTE or do I need to flash a T-Mobile radio? I have verified all APN settings are correct. TIA
Yes you need to flash.
You should be able to get LTE on T-Mobile with an AT&T M8, but you won't get HSPA in the 1700 MHz band.
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Hi everyone,
I recently obtained an AT&T sim card and installed it into my unlocked and rooted tmo g2. I was under the assumption that I would be able to at least get 3g on the AT&T network with my phone, but did not realize that the g2 does not support the frequency bands for at&t 3g. I currently only get 2g/edge, data is slow and calls are sketchy.I have all the apn's setup correctly, I know I do. The phone simply does not support the frequency for 3g.
I was wondering if I can force my phone to always roam on the tmobile network somehow so that I can obtain 3g or even by some stroke of luck 4g. I have national roaming so there is no charge.
Is This Possible???
Somebody please help me figure this out or tell me why it will not work.
XDA is a genius pool, somebody out there knows...
Thank you in advance
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You can use AT&T's network with a phone that has an unlocked sim slot, but AT&T's 3G band (same band Canada Bell 3G is on) is different from T-Mobile's, as a result you won't be able to use 3G on AT&T's network.
The same is true if you bought an international Desire-Z and tried to use a T-Mobile Sim, no 3G speeds on T-Mobile, but 3G with an international GSM/HSPA carrier.
PS: The G2/DZ does not support 4G, the only time you ever seen 4G in the indicator is when the phone is on HSPA mode (kind of in between 3G and true 4G speeds).
In a nutshell, a T-Mobile G2 will ONLY be able to get 3G and faster on T-Mobile's Network.
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In regards to force roaming with T-Mobile's network, as far as I am aware the two have a limited pairing arrangement, with a AT&T Sim, you would get minimum edge speeds with T-Mobile. (ie: why would a competitor give you more than just basic service). ie: you're not a T-Mobile Subscriber, as such you'll only get Edge (if any data at all) when roaming outside of AT&T's coverage.
If I get the t-mobile unlocked version, can I use with AT&T sim? Would I get LTE, HSPA or just EDGE?
benzso63 said:
If I get the t-mobile unlocked version, can I use with AT&T sim? Would I get LTE, HSPA or just EDGE?
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If you get sim unlocked you can use an AT&T sim. You will be able to get GSM, GRPS, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+, but no LTE as the LTE radio is software disabled on T-Mobile Note 2's. I remember seeing one Guy claim he had it but I don't remember who or where. Once T-Mobile activates their LTE then you will get LTE on AT&T also.
You may need to add AT&T APNs to use data but they are easy to find/add.
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I recently changed services from AT&T to T-Mobile but kept my same number and phone. I rooted my phone as well installed Cyanogenmod 10 but now I am only getting edge network and I reported to T-Mobile and they could not help me since they did not know how to repair it and told me I am suppose to be on 3G/4G network since my area has perfect coverage for 3G/4G. The phone is unlocked to use T-Mobile SIM card.
My mobile network settings is set for
Network Mode: GSM/WCDMA preferred
APNs: T-Mobile US
Data enabled
Data Roaming
National Data Roaming
Is there something I missed to do?
try change
Network Mode to LTE/GSM/WCDMA
pcshano said:
try change
Network Mode to LTE/GSM/WCDMA
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I already tried that and so far it still hasn't changed into 3G/4G.
KieKazami said:
I recently changed services from AT&T to T-Mobile but kept my same number and phone. I rooted my phone as well installed Cyanogenmod 10 but now I am only getting edge network and I reported to T-Mobile and they could not help me since they did not know how to repair it and told me I am suppose to be on 3G/4G network since my area has perfect coverage for 3G/4G. The phone is unlocked to use T-Mobile SIM card.
My mobile network settings is set for
Network Mode: GSM/WCDMA preferred
APNs: T-Mobile US
Data enabled
Data Roaming
National Data Roaming
Is there something I missed to do?
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IMEI intact?
KieKazami said:
I recently changed services from AT&T to T-Mobile but kept my same number and phone. I rooted my phone as well installed Cyanogenmod 10 but now I am only getting edge network and I reported to T-Mobile and they could not help me since they did not know how to repair it and told me I am suppose to be on 3G/4G network since my area has perfect coverage for 3G/4G. The phone is unlocked to use T-Mobile SIM card.
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You may be in an area not covered by T-Mobile for UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ service on bands 850/1900 MHz.
T-Mobile usually has its 3G/4G service on 1700 MHz AWS frequencies. The SGH-i747 has an antenna for the LTE service on 1700 MHz, and it is not used for HSPA/HSPA+. Currently, T-Mobile is refarming its 1900 MHz spectrum to run HSPA/HSPA+; you can use this user-generated map to see the refarming progression.
You might want to follow this topic: [WIP][BOUNTY] Enable 3G on 1700MHz for ATT Galaxy S3 i747
My friend have P605. He's use T-mobile network and only see H+ when connect to network.
How to enable lte or 1700 network t-mobile?.
Can flash FW of Euro or T-mobile to enable let connect?.
Thanks!.
chanhny said:
My friend have P605. He's use T-mobile network and only see H+ when connect to network.
How to enable lte or 1700 network t-mobile?.
Can flash FW of Euro or T-mobile to enable let connect?.
Thanks!.
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You cant. HSPA is as fast as you are going to get with the SM-P605 on T-Mobile. This model doesnt support the 1700mhz band which T-mobile LTE runs on.
I have a Verizon HTC One that has been flashed to cricket. I can call, text, and i get 3G data. i was wondering if i could get 4G on Crickets new gsm network. would the radios be compatible? i would love to be able to get 4g on this phone on cricket? is there a way to unlock the 1900 band for LTE with S-OFF?
i dont know if i can get MMS yet but ill try and update.
The lte radio on the Verizon m7 is locked to the 700mhz spectrum band 13. I'm pretty sure there isn't any way to get lte on another network with this device.
@disconnecktie is correct. Only mvno that you would get 4G is one that uses Verizon towers. I don't think cricket sources to Verizon.
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