HTC One M8: VoLTE and LTE-A - T-Mobile HTC One (M8)

Can someone confirm that the regular T-Mobile M8 has both VoLTE and LTE-A capability? I'm pretty sure it has both (esp LTE-A), but I'd really appreciate it if someone could just confirm that? I know I have to wait for T-Mobile to send the new update to get LTE-A, so still waiting, but I want to know it's capable of LTE-A. I think VoLTE is already enabled, but it's only enabled in Chicago, and I live 30 min away (don't have it here). Tomorrow I will be in downtown to see Interpol, and will check it then.
Please let me know!
Thanks,
RockStar2005

RockStar2005 said:
Can someone confirm that the regular T-Mobile M8 has both VoLTE and LTE-A capability? I'm pretty sure it has both (esp LTE-A), but I'd really appreciate it if someone could just confirm that? I know I have to wait for T-Mobile to send the new update to get LTE-A, so still waiting, but I want to know it's capable of LTE-A. I think VoLTE is already enabled, but it's only enabled in Chicago, and I live 30 min away (don't have it here). Tomorrow I will be in downtown to see Interpol, and will check it then.
Please let me know!
Thanks,
RockStar2005
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Don't know about LTE-A but VoLTE is not activated. My Note 3 worked in my area and the M8 falls back to 4G for voice calls. Waiting for updates.

phil.culler said:
Don't know about LTE-A but VoLTE is not activated. My Note 3 worked in my area and the M8 falls back to 4G for voice calls. Waiting for updates.
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Im in Dallas and can also confirm VoLTE is not active / enabled on the phone.
My Note 3 has it working but its not my daily phone, my M8 is my daily phone.
Looking forward to the 4.4.3 update as it shows system and network performances, along with WiFi and BT.

phil.culler said:
Don't know about LTE-A but VoLTE is not activated. My Note 3 worked in my area and the M8 falls back to 4G for voice calls. Waiting for updates.
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Hi Phil,
I've seen on different sites that the M8 has the capability for at least LTE-A). Ok, that is interesting to know. My cousin has a Note 3 and lives closer to Chicago than I do and he has VoLTE now (4G LTE during calls). My area (Chicago suburbs) doesn't, yet. He said though after his Note 3 update recently seemed to give him VoLTE and because he uses Chicago towers he gets VoLTE now.
I'm gonna try my M8 tomorrow when I'm in downtown and hopefully it stays at 4G LTE. We'll see. But probably will have to wait for update to get VoLTE. A T-Mobile rep just told me that there is NO LTE-A in the U.S. for T-Mo as of the present time.
I'll post here on Thursday saying if I got VoLTE in the city or not. If not, then gotta wait for update. As of right now, only these T-Mo phones have VoLTE for sure:
•Samsung Galaxy S5
•Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N900)
•Samsung Galaxy Light (T399)
•LG G Flex
RockStar2005

Yep, I live in Burr Ridge, and currently have a LG Flex, and I have VoLTE
Dont think it made that much of a difference, but my phone/TMO connection has always been fantastic here, so I dont care one way or the other about it; I am switching to a M8 in 2 weeks, so I hope there isnt a big difference in performance

Related

Is anyone using the T-mobile version on AT&T yet??

Since people got their hands on the T-mobile version yesterday I am curious if anyone is using it on AT&T yet?
Thanks
I'm interested too... I get mine tomorrow.
As far as I can tell, the Sim card unlocks are not available yet. A few vendors say they should have them going by this week. Hopefully by Friday when my TMo Note 4 arrives.
I was under the impression you could just put your ATT sim in a TMobile phone and off you go. Not true?
There is a guy in the TMo forum that said he found someone who could unlock (~$35) it and he is using it on AT&T currently.
I got my phone on Monday (t mobile version) i unlock it on wend, since then i have been using it but had to call costumer service since i lost lte signal 2 times already, worry that this might be a issue i will see often
eddiealiano said:
I got my phone on Monday (t mobile version) i unlock it on wend, since then i have been using it but had to call costumer service since i lost lte signal 2 times already, worry that this might be a issue i will see often
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Have you tried a different APN?
I owned both the T-Mobile and AT&T Note 3. I started off with the T-Mobile variant and was never very happy with LTE reception. It would just drop LTE often.
After reading of others on XDA experiencing the same issue, I bought the AT&T version. Immediately, I noticed a big jump in LTE strength. I know the debate still exists to whether or not the AT&T variant has better network tuning specific to AT&T's network. It didn't really matter to me what it was. It was enough of an improvement for me to give up my T-Mobile variant with an unlocked bootloader.
For the Note 4 I'm waiting on some feedback from users with the T-Mobile variant on AT&Ts network. Your post isn't very reassuring.
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Have you tried a different APN?
I owned both the T-Mobile and AT&T Note 3. I started off with the T-Mobile variant and was never very happy with LTE reception. It would just drop LTE often.
After reading of others on XDA experiencing the same issue, I bought the AT&T version. Immediately, I noticed a big jump in LTE strength. I know the debate still exists to whether or not the AT&T variant has better network tuning specific to AT&T's network. It didn't really matter to me what it was. It was enough of an improvement for me to give up my T-Mobile variant with an unlocked bootloader.
For the Note 4 I'm waiting on some feedback from users with the T-Mobile variant on AT&Ts network. Your post isn't very reassuring.
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But it doesn't make sense why some never experience the issue
done12many2 said:
Have you tried a different APN?
I owned both the T-Mobile and AT&T Note 3. I started off with the T-Mobile variant and was never very happy with LTE reception. It would just drop LTE often.
After reading of others on XDA experiencing the same issue, I bought the AT&T version. Immediately, I noticed a big jump in LTE strength. I know the debate still exists to whether or not the AT&T variant has better network tuning specific to AT&T's network. It didn't really matter to me what it was. It was enough of an improvement for me to give up my T-Mobile variant with an unlocked bootloader.
For the Note 4 I'm waiting on some feedback from users with the T-Mobile variant on AT&Ts network. Your post isn't very reassuring.
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I'm very interested in this info also. I read at a few places that the Tmobile and AT&T versions are going to be very much identical. But who knows...
done12many2 said:
Have you tried a different APN?
I owned both the T-Mobile and AT&T Note 3. I started off with the T-Mobile variant and was never very happy with LTE reception. It would just drop LTE often.
After reading of others on XDA experiencing the same issue, I bought the AT&T version. Immediately, I noticed a big jump in LTE strength. I know the debate still exists to whether or not the AT&T variant has better network tuning specific to AT&T's network. It didn't really matter to me what it was. It was enough of an improvement for me to give up my T-Mobile variant with an unlocked bootloader.
For the Note 4 I'm waiting on some feedback from users with the T-Mobile variant on AT&Ts network. Your post isn't very reassuring.
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That's weird indeed.
Note 3 and Note 4 from T-mobile have both been flawless for me on AT&T. I unlocked my Note 4 yesterday, and have zero connectivity issues that I know of. While it may be possible a AT&T branded phone works better on their network, I have no complaints at all. 25Mb/down, 17Mb/up was my last speed test.
Even if there is a slight difference, isn't it worth using the T-mo variant anyway, for the unlocked bootloader and all the extra options that provides?
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That's weird indeed.
Note 3 and Note 4 from T-mobile have both been flawless for me on AT&T. I unlocked my Note 4 yesterday, and have zero connectivity issues that I know of. While it may be possible a AT&T branded phone works better on their network, I have no complaints at all. 25Mb/down, 17Mb/up was my last speed test.
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That sounds promising. What city are you in? and were you able to unlock at the store or did at home over the phone? Thanks.
edouble312 said:
That's weird indeed.
Note 3 and Note 4 from T-mobile have both been flawless for me on AT&T. I unlocked my Note 4 yesterday, and have zero connectivity issues that I know of. While it may be possible a AT&T branded phone works better on their network, I have no complaints at all. 25Mb/down, 17Mb/up was my last speed test.
Even if there is a slight difference, isn't it worth using the T-mo variant anyway, for the unlocked bootloader and all the extra options that provides?
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I agree that the unlocked bootloader is a pretty big deal. Unfortunately the difference in LTE reception in my case warranted selling my T-Mobile version after comparing.
I should have mentioned that both phones were pretty much identical in areas with decent to strong signal. The real difference I noticed was when signal was weaker. My AT&T version simply held the LTE steady when the T-Mobile would constantly switch back and forth. This is not to say that they were not receiving about the same bandwidth.
I am very interested in how the Note 4 does. I'm hoping to see a few more posts tonight about LTE performance before I hit the stores tomorrow to pick up either one based on the feedback from here.
Thanks for letting us know about how your's is handling!
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I agree that the unlocked bootloader is a pretty big deal. Unfortunately the difference in LTE reception in my case warranted selling my T-Mobile version after comparing.
I should have mentioned that both phones were pretty much identical in areas with decent to strong signal. The real difference I noticed was when signal was weaker. My AT&T version simply held the LTE steady when the T-Mobile would constantly switch back and forth. This is not to say that they were not receiving about the same bandwidth.
I am very interested in how the Note 4 does. I'm hoping to see a few more posts tonight about LTE performance before I hit the stores tomorrow to pick up either one based on the feedback from here.
Thanks for letting us know about how your's is handling!
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Well I didn't see any additional posts before heading out to buy it this morning so I took a chance and got the T-Mobile variant. I'll provide feedback on AT&T LTE reception once I get my unlock code.
The wife wants a Note 4 as well so I'm probably going to pick up an AT&T variant and test them both for signal on AT&T's LTE network.
I got the unlock code in just over an hour and I'm up and running on AT&T's LTE!!
I'm pretty happy to report that it appears that the T-Mobile Note 4 is getting outstanding signal at my house and speeds are the same or better than the AT&T Note 3 right next to it.
The real test for me will be at the edge of AT&T LTE reception, which is where I was having issues with my T-Mobile Note 3. I wont know this until I go to work next Monday as my office is the perfect test for this.
Wireless Tether is completely unlocked with the T-Mobile Note 4 on AT&T's network without the requirement to root/mod as it was on the Note 3.
done12many2 said:
I got the unlock code in just over an hour and I'm up and running on AT&T's LTE!!
I'm pretty happy to report that it appears that the T-Mobile Note 4 is getting outstanding signal at my house and speeds are the same or better than the AT&T Note 3 right next to it.
The real test for me will be at the edge of AT&T LTE reception, which is where I was having issues with my T-Mobile Note 3. I wont know this until I go to work next Monday as my office is the perfect test for this.
Wireless Tether is completely unlocked with the T-Mobile Note 4 on AT&T's network without the requirement to root/mod as it was on the Note 3.
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Which service did you use for the unlock?
cellunlocker.net
It seems that they've fixed their issues as some are receiving their codes within minutes.
Yakuzahi said:
Which service did you use for the unlock?
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Hello,
How can you buy no-contract T-mobile Note 4
Thanks
jennyngo24 said:
Hello,
How can you buy no-contract T-mobile Note 4
Thanks
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You need to try, the store I will go to agree to sell it for me with no line.
Yakuzahi said:
You need to try, the store I will go to agree to sell it for me with no line.
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Thank you for your info.
What happened to the law that was just passed for Sim unlocking? TMO should give you an unlock code if you bought it outright.

Any update on T-mobile and band 12?

Anyone seen any update on tmobile and band 12 for Nexus 5 X? They said they would try to sort this out by this time.
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I asked several of the people who posted "reviews" yesterday on T-Mobile and none were able to confirm this or WiFi calling. Hopefully with the first phones being delivered to users today we will know very soon.
I believe that there was a T-Mobile tweet saying that the new nexus phones (or nexii?) would be compatible with WiFi calling. That their network would (eventually) recognize that your phone was on their network and would push a small OTA to activate that feature.
I wish I could find that tweet right now.
Here's your tweet
gotzaDroid said:
I believe that there was a T-Mobile tweet saying that the new nexus phones (or nexii?) would be compatible with WiFi calling. That their network would (eventually) recognize that your phone was on their network and would push a small OTA to activate that feature.
I wish I could find that tweet right now.
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Here's your tweet
http://www.tmonews.com/2015/09/nexu...or-volte-but-google-said-to-be-working-on-it/
I get mine (Carbon/32GB) on Thursday. I hope they delivered as promised.
I can CONFIRM WiFi calling and HD calling is on the phone and works. As for band 12, it's not in my area yet, so I can't confirm that.
I did load my T-Mobile sim in before I first turned the phone on and in the setup process, I was notified of a 42mb update needed. The phone updated and it's there.
gotzaDroid said:
I can CONFIRM WiFi calling and HD calling is on the phone and works. As for band 12, it's not in my area yet, so I can't confirm that.
I did load my T-Mobile sim in before I first turned the phone on and in the setup process, I was notified of a 42mb update needed. The phone updated and it's there.
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That is great news. I wonder if that update was just for T-Mobile users or if everyone else is getting this update as well. I would hope that Google is finally done with special builds for T-Mobile like with Lollipop.
ill have mine on thursday. i will check for band 12 as it is live in my area.
Update:
My WiFi calling is being odd today. I'm getting a message that says to connect to WiFi to make the call, but I'm already on WiFi... I had a feeling that this wasn't going to be as smooth as I thought. My house has the T-Mobile WiFi calling router, but my work doesn't. I wonder if that has something to do with it? But my S6E worked at work... So.....
Does VoLTE work on band 4?
edd247 said:
Does VoLTE work on band 4?
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Affirmative :thumbup:
Band 12 is a no go, VoLTE is working it seems.
edd247 said:
Does VoLTE work on band 4?
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Seems like it
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mjm128 said:
Band 12 is a no go, VoLTE is working it seems.
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I'd say so too. I was at work on a call on cellular and my signal indicator said LTE. I also ran a speed test while on the call and after the call and both were in the 20mbps range.
I live in a band 12 area and will receive the 5x tomorrow. I will for sure be able to test if band 12 works as it is the only band I receive signal from when in my basement. I will post my findings as well as screenshots of LTE Discovery when I receive the phone.
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What about HD Voice?
km8j said:
What about HD Voice?
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HD Voice is VoLTE which does work.
landale said:
HD Voice is VoLTE which does work.
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That is only partially accurate. HD Voice can also occur without VoLTE.
I just got my 5x and it does NOT connect to band 12.
On my Sony Z3, it connects to band 12 when in I go to my basement. LTE Discovery confirms the switch. But on my 5x, the phone switches over to the HSPA network.
This does not 100% confirm lack of band 12. But my educated guess is b12 is disabled as the phone would have switched to b12 LTE before switching over to HSPA.
On my Z3, there is a service menu that allows me to disable band 2 and 4 LTE. When those 2 are disabled, band 12 is the only other available band and it works perfectly. If anyone know how to attempt this on the 5x, let me know and I will give it a try.
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pudgewack said:
I just got my 5x and it does NOT connect to band 12.
On my Sony Z3, it connects to band 12 when in I go to my basement. LTE Discovery confirms the switch. But on my 5x, the phone switches over to the HSPA network.
This does not 100% confirm lack of band 12. But my educated guess is b12 is disabled as the phone would have switched to b12 LTE before switching over to HSPA.
On my Z3, there is a service menu that allows me to disable band 2 and 4 LTE. When those 2 are disabled, band 12 is the only other available band and it works perfectly. If anyone know how to attempt this on the 5x, let me know and I will give it a try.
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Yeah that seems to be the consensus. It looks like Google got VoLTE done it time for the release of the 5X but T-Mobile hasn't finished certifying it to allow Google to enable Band 12. Given we know the hardware supports it I imagine it shouldn't be too long, hopefully...

Anyone has VoLTE on EE or Three UK?

Live in Edinburgh and just got my OP3. After put Three and EE sim cards into phone, I can't find "enhanced LTE" option in the setting menu. Does it means that VoLTE is not supported on EE and Three?
clyang said:
Live in Edinburgh and just got my OP3. After put Three and EE sim cards into phone, I can't find "enhanced LTE" option in the setting menu. Does it means that VoLTE is not supported on EE and Three?
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Yes, I can confirm that VoLTE and WiFi calling doesn't work on EE.
On Three you can probably use their app for VoLTE and WiFi calling (if you are not rooted).
Hi there. I can connect to the 800MHz LTE on the Three network, however there is no option for me to use native VoLTE or VoLTE via their InTouch app at all.
I doubt we'll see VoLTE natively on this device, but there may be a chance that a future update to inTouch would let it work there, but damn I hate their app.
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Hi there. I can connect to the 800MHz LTE on the Three network, however there is no option for me to use native VoLTE or VoLTE via their InTouch app at all.
I doubt we'll see VoLTE natively on this device, but there may be a chance that a future update to inTouch would let it work there, but damn I hate their app.
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Hi, how did you check you were on 800mhz on Three?
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Hi, how did you check you were on 800mhz on Three?
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You can use this app to see your signal type: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wilysis.cellinfolite
Or use the dialer and use *#*#4636#*#* to view additional signal information.
It's somewhat of a guessing game also. I only get LTE signal here if its 800MHz as they recently rolled it out.
I have LTE on Three, but not VoLTE.
I also hate their awful app.
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I have LTE on Three, but not VoLTE.
I also hate their awful app.
I'm trying to get VoLTE working with 3 on my OP3 too. From what I can tell, we need the APN settings for the 3 IMS APN. Damned if I can find these listed anywhere though. If somebody has an official 3 phone with working VoLTE then we can copy it off there.
I'm wondering if the Enhanced 4G voice option will show in settings when a compatible APN is detected? Other people seem to have VoLTE working on their OP3 (looking at posts on xda), but I'm not sure if they're using the stock rom or not.
The issue is that EE/Three really have no incentive to support the OP3 because they don't sell it.
Same goes for all UK networks none of them will enable VoLTE on the OnePlus 3
Just want to bump this thread as 3G coverage is rubbish around my home area. For some reason I only get 4G and am not able to get 3G. I have to use the Three In touch app to even receive calls
I'm interested too. My wife and I are both on three UK. She gets VoLTE on her Xiaomi Mi5 Pro but I don't see any options at all on my OP3
daesimps said:
I'm interested too. My wife and I are both on three UK. She gets VoLTE on her Xiaomi Mi5 Pro but I don't see any options at all on my OP3
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How do you get VoLTE on that? According to gsmarena it doesn't support band 20, and as far as I know Three only has VoLTE on band 20? It would be interesting if you could let me know if a) Three are now running VoLTE on band 3 too, or b) It actually does support band 20. Here's the gsmarena page: http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_5-6948.php
Thanks!
I've no idea. We were just sat in a pub and she asked me what the VoLTE in the status bar meant. Sure enough the icon was there and she gets it quite often
If you're on EE you probably won't get VoLTE; they're having trouble supporting the S7 so the OnePlus 3 is pretty much a lost cause. I know that kinda sucks for you guys on the better performing network
Three are more likely to; they support a lot more phones on VoLTE and are generally a lot more Android friendly than EE (EE always release Android updates very late, and everything is given to iPhones first).
But I'm obviously just guessing here, until VoLTE is more mature in the UK it's likely VoLTE support will be the complete mess it is now with only major phones getting it.
Hope that helped
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I've no idea. We were just sat in a pub and she asked me what the VoLTE in the status bar meant. Sure enough the icon was there and she gets it quite often
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Ahh ok thanks anyway
Mkg9872 said:
Just want to bump this thread as 3G coverage is rubbish around my home area. For some reason I only get 4G and am not able to get 3G. I have to use the Three In touch app to even receive calls
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why would you want 3g if you can get 4g ?
Last time I checked with Three they told me that only some phones approved/sold by them support VoLTE.
A few months ago they whitelisted the Oneplus 2 to use VoLTE though their app. The Oneplus 3 is not supported yet (not sure if it will be in the future).
Sorry. If you don't know voLTE (on the three network) only works on 800mhz, which only works on 3 carrier bought phones. 3G is the only way you can call apart from that, and as I already said, my area does not have 3G coverage.
4g calling now works on 3.5.2 on EE
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why would you want 3g if you can get 4g ?
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Probably so he can make calls, 4g is data only...
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daleski75 said:
4g calling now works on 3.5.2 on EE
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Can you take a screenshot of a call?

Verizon Compatibility...

Darn, looks like this awesome phone doesn't support Band 13, is there any chance we can get this phone on Verizon's network?
cap1tal1sm said:
Darn, looks like this awesome phone doesn't support Band 13, is there any chance we can get this phone on Verizon's network?
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I'm not a expert but if there will be different version of the phone, like Europe, Asia and America, probability one of this version gonna have the network. I think..
razor does say it won't work on any CDMA networks like Sprint or verizon
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I ordered one, should be here soon. I'm on VZW so I'll check it out.
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I ordered one, should be here soon. I'm on VZW so I'll check it out.
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From Razer's website.... Wish you luck though and curious to what you find out.
What mobile networks will the Razer Phone work with?
The Razer phone will work with GSM networks, like AT&T, T-Mobile, and their subsidiaries. It will NOT work on CDMA networks like Verizon and Sprint.
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From Razer's website.... Wish you luck though and curious to what you find out.
What mobile networks will the Razer Phone work with?
The Razer phone will work with GSM networks, like AT&T, T-Mobile, and their subsidiaries. It will NOT work on CDMA networks like Verizon and Sprint.
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yeah cdma is a dying tech, even verizon going gsm by 2019 i hear
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I ordered one, should be here soon. I'm on VZW so I'll check it out.
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You get it yet? Any luck???
I am on a Grandfather Verizon plan, and I can swap my sim. I get 4G data, but no Cellular. But if you dont want calls to disturb you, this is perfect.
Cheers
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I am on a Grandfather Verizon plan, and I can swap my sim. I get 4G data, but no Cellular. But if you dont want calls to disturb you, this is perfect.
Cheers
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Same here. Data and text work, but no voice. It's weird because the phone rings and then doesn't connect.
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From Razer's website.... Wish you luck though and curious to what you find out.
What mobile networks will the Razer Phone work with?
The Razer phone will work with GSM networks, like AT&T, T-Mobile, and their subsidiaries. It will NOT work on CDMA networks like Verizon and Sprint.
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I will tell you. The answer is no. I'm in Korea KT is CDMA. The data side works, UMTS B1 & LTE B1 B2 & B8 but the voice calls do not work. In phone drops even LTE if/when I attempt to make a call. Calls over Wifi isn't an option either since my carrier doesn't support it. Over here everyone uses VOIP anyways. Im not bothered by the lack of calling I rarely even use my 'phone' anyways. Plus I'm hoping to get back to the states soon and I will be back on AT&T.
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Verizon solution
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Darn, looks like this awesome phone doesn't support Band 13, is there any chance we can get this phone on Verizon's network?
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I purchased the Razer phone and am using Verizon with it. There is a work around that their tier 2 tech team can do. They add your line just on their LTE(GSM) network ( No band 13 CDMA is utilized). So if you are in an area that has good to great LTE signal then you can get the phone. Mine works great at work and outdoors. My only issue is at home. I always had one bar with all my other phones and now I have no service. I am waiting for a Samsung 4g LTE extender from Verizon so that I can correct that issue.
Rumor has it, Verizon will make the shift to just LTE by the end of 2018. If and when this happens, CDMA band and cellphones will no longer work with their network.
Hope I helped anyone who has the phone or wants to buy it. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.
Ok I got mine working on LTE as well but there's no phone capabilities. Sure u can send text and surf the internet but u can't make phone calls.
eriknors said:
Ok I got mine working on LTE as well but there's no phone capabilities. Sure u can send text and surf the internet but u can't make phone calls.
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You can. Verizon needs to configure it on their end. I made calls all day today.
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You can. Verizon needs to configure it on their end. I made calls all day today.
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How did u talk to tier 2? cause most reps don't know their head from a hole in the ground
And if that's the case any LTE phone should work on their Network right?
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How did u talk to tier 2? cause most reps don't know their head from a hole in the ground
And if that's the case any LTE phone should work on their Network right?
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Pls give us a heads up if you get it working.
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How did u talk to tier 2? cause most reps don't know their head from a hole in the ground
And if that's the case any LTE phone should work on their Network right?
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I used Verizon's live chat initially. Reason for this is I was able to save the conversation and use it as a reference when I had to call back and got another rep. Also, good way for the tier 2 tech team to catch up. It took some time and persistence to get it right. Once the chat rep exhausts all their troubleshoots, they will escalate it to tier 2. A threat about me leaving and going elsewhere was used on one occasion.
It did take time and patience but I think the phone is worth the trouble. My Razer works just as well as my GS 7 edge. Just a reminder. It is on LTE only, so if you hit an area without LTE you will not function.
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I used Verizon's live chat initially. Reason for this is I was able to save the conversation and use it as a reference when I had to call back and got another rep. Also, good way for the tier 2 tech team to catch up. It took some time and persistence to get it right. Once the chat rep exhausts all their troubleshoots, they will escalate it to tier 2. A threat about me leaving and going elsewhere was used on one occasion.
It did take time and patience but I think the phone is worth the trouble. My Razer works just as well as my GS 7 edge. Just a reminder. It is on LTE only, so if you hit an area without LTE you will not function.
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I did my own questioning with this and simply stuck my SIM card from my Google phone into my Razer and for while it worked but I noticed it didn't stick.
So I called Verizon and they told me that because my sim card was registered to my Google phone I would need to go and get a new sim and stock it into the Razer and it would then work on LTE and would stick
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I did my own questioning with this and simply stuck my SIM card from my Google phone into my Razer and for while it worked but I noticed it didn't stick.
So I called Verizon and they told me that because my sim card was registered to my Google phone I would need to go and get a new sim and stock it into the Razer and it would then work on LTE and would stick
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I am going to say no and you should try live chat again. I had ported out when I first got this phone back around Thanksgiving and I couldn't stand it and wanted back in to Verizon. When I came back in, they activated a new sim using a pixel 2, popped it in my phone and did some configs on their end. You do not need a new sim if your current sim is on a phone that has LTE service with same OS and on Verizon already.
What do u have ur settings set to because where I was verison couldn't get it working

4G is not working right with T-mobile.

4G is not working right with T-mobile.
I never receive incoming calls. They all go straight to voicemail. Everything is working when i set it to 2g only.
Mine is working fine with TMobile
Do you mind sharing your APN settings
p4n75 said:
4G is not working right with T-mobile.
I never receive incoming calls. They all go straight to voicemail. Everything is working when i set it to 2g only.
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T-Mobile is present in 10 European countries and in USA also.
What country are you talking about?
BubuXP said:
T-Mobile is present in 10 European countries and in USA also.
What country are you talking about?
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United States
Yeah mine isn't working either? text messages go through just fine. might have to send it back
Test the Code from attached Picture in your Dialer.
ConradB said:
Test the Code from attached Picture in your Dialer.
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I've tried that. Seems to me like a problem with default band settings.
In the build.prop it's set to:
ro.telephony.default_network=20,20
Which is asia lte/td-scdma; if i knew how to change it to ro.telephony.default_network=9
i think that would fix it.
For now i'm just waiting for someone to release some baseband versions to flash.
JohnTowers said:
Yeah mine isn't working either? text messages go through just fine. might have to send it back
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Uh no ! that's not good. I have my mine coming in a few days. I also got that essential for 190$ yesterday that's coming in today. I didn't which phone to keep but damn : (. I got the A2 lite for 140$ too ><. Hope this is fixed before it arrives.
I think I got it working good now.
I used code *#*#4634#*#* and set it to gsm only.
p4n75 said:
I think I got it working good now.
I used code *#*#4634#*#* and set it to gsm only.
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I'm not getting good coverage. But it's not terrible in my area.
Im bringing this phone from asia to the us as my main phone, should i avoid T mobile for now?
p4n75 said:
I'm not getting good coverage. But it's not terrible in my area.
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GSM only? does it include LTE?
soulz said:
GSM only? does it include LTE?
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No it does not. But there are plenty options to test.
rionline said:
No it does not. But there are plenty options to test.
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That's not good hopefully get mine in a few days and i'll report back. I had previous phone like Zuk Z2 that had similar bands but work with both LTE and calling/sms no issues.
I and a friend have noticed these same issues it must be android one issue.
I did post in another thread about poor signal on different networks and how it compared to redmi note 2 which doesn't even support a lot of the bands this phone does yet that has far better signal.
My friend doesn't even get signal in his house on o2/ee with this phone it keeps showing up as emergency services only but with redmi note 2 he gets max with o2 on 2g/3g and ee it hops about with half bar for 2g/3g and quater to 0 on 4g in the house.
Seems to work fine for me. I have 4G on and calls come through just fine. Might be a location issue but I'm on Tmobile and in SoCal
soulz said:
Seems to work fine for me. I have 4G on and calls come through just fine. Might be a location issue but I'm on Tmobile and in SoCal
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Yeah LTE data works great but no calls go through , and there are no GSM antennas near by.
Same issue with my Mi A2 on T-Mobile in the US. I even contacted TMobile about the issue because it seems like a network issue too. It's like it's having issues switching to 3G to accept the call as there is no voLTE. I'm hoping an update to the modem will fix the issue.
Ulver said:
Same issue with my Mi A2 on T-Mobile in the US. I even contacted TMobile about the issue because it seems like a network issue too. It's like it's having issues switching to 3G to accept the call as there is no voLTE. I'm hoping an update to the modem will fix the issue.
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