I have a Sprint Touch Pro 2 with a T-Mobile SIM card inserted. I'm in Canada and can roam on Rogers with no problem. Voice works great, but I cannot connect to data at all, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, etc. I know T-Mobile can data roam on Rogers because I also have a T-Mobile Blackberry Curve 8900 which has data working just fine here. Does anyone know how I can get this working, if a network connection needs to me manually configured? I wasn't sure if this should be in this forum or the CDMA Rhodium forum, but I'm using a T-Mobile account and I'm trying to roam on Rogers so I thought this would be OK. I searched other threads about the TP2 on Rogers but didn't see anything about using an American GSM SIM and data roaming, so I hope this isn't a repeat. Thanks!
You'll only get EDGE... think Robbers runs on 850/1900 and the Sprint only does 2100 UMTS.
EDGE is fine, I'm OK with not getting UMTS. I figured it out, I was going about it all wrong. I entered T-Mobile's data settings and it worked. Since I'm using a T-Mobile SIM I needed to use T-Mobile data settings and not Rogers. Once I tried that it connected with no problem.
If I import a T-Mobile G2 from the US that is SIM unlocked, does it have the correct radio bands to work with 3G on UK networks, specifically T-Mobile UK? Providing I enter the correct APN settings, of course.
In case anyone else was wondering about this, I just sent an email to a friend who works at HTC asking him about this, and he confirmed that even though the radio bands differ slightly between the G2 and the Desire Z, an American SIM-unlocked G2 would indeed work on UK 3G networks with the right APN settings.
Mods, you can go ahead and close this thread if you need to since I have my answer.
I've spent most of yesterday and today trying to get LTE on Bell Mobility's version of the Nitro. APN configuration, SIM card, account provisioning have all been taken care of yet the phone cannot connect to LTE. Is there something I'm missing? H+ is hooking up fine but LTE is non-existent. I've been in touch with Bell and AT&T's tech support, customer service. mlee1999 (prior owner who was able to get LTE) has also been kind enough to try and help me out with this.
Thoughts anyone?
My only guess is that Bell and Rogers are using AWS 1700 MHz for their LTE networks. AT&T is using 700 MHz and thus is not compatible or 700 MHz is not enabled by default.
LiViD is correct about the frequencies but the Optimus LTE has 700 and 1700 turned on.
There is something else I went through with my Optimus LTE:
When i got my phone, my SIM was an LTE SIM, my Optimus LTE was an LTE handset, and my account was provisioned to a 1GB Data plan, but by some fluke, Bell only allows LTE on the $70+ 6GB plans and no other. I upgraded to the 6GB plan and rebooted my handset and presto! LTE came up.
One other thing is, are you in a LTE area or a fringe zone? might sound like a stupid question, i know.
Oh, and did you call AT&T to add this phone to the account, or just throw in your LTE SIM card?? Most carriers now require you to give them the ESN for LTE handsets to be activated on the LTE network.
Could I request you check my post out please? If you could help we'd be most appreciative!!
All provisioning on my account was confirmed with ATT. I also had them check ATT LTE in my area and they confirmed I should be able to get it.
Love to help you with the other thread but I've never pulled those files. Some brief instructions via PM and I'll give it a try.
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Silly question: can you post the LTE APN settings you have please?
repherb said:
Silly question: can you post the LTE APN settings you have please?
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APN Name: ATT PTA
APN: pta
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
APN type: default,mms,supl,hipri
Everything else was left blank or with the default info.
i wonder if this will help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360116
or this:
http://www.traemcneely.com/2011/12/...rottle-4g-data-anti-throttling-trick-for-att/
Seen the first link and it didn't work. Just tried the second link and it caused a FC when trying to connect.
I just got off the phone with AT&T and they can't do anything with an unlocked device. They did look into to it to see if they could assist but since it's not a branded device, they couldn't do much. The tech did say that she could not see APN settings on her side which leads me to believe that without it being set I will not see LTE. As a little bit of background, I'm coming from an iPhone and have switched directly to the Optimus LTE. I had to go thru all the changing/updating and provisioning of my account and even replaced the SIM card all to no avail.
You'll probably have to wait for either a Radio ROM to be released or for someone to unlock the 700 MHz frequency within the factory OS ROM itself.
Not so sure about that since mlee1999 was able to get an LTE connection. Only difference is he was not coming from an iPhone.
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cman6453,
You could try flashing the Nitro baseband to your phone and see if that does the trick. Make sure to back yours up first (and make sure mmcblk0p14 is, in fact, your baseband firmware partition).
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Was there any evidence provided from mlee1999 saying that he was connected via LTE and not HSPA+? Something sounds questionable about that. If AT&T is using 700 MHz and Bell is using AWS 1700 MHz, that Bell phone would not work on AT&T's LTE network. Sure the device can be unlocked, but that won't unlock the baseband frequencies.
Well, i can assure you now that the 700Mhz band is operational with AT&T via this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_frequencies
These settings are confirmed to access the AT&T LTE Network:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416689
also found this, if it helps:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=35078&cv=820#fbid=KTYJmxElqKy
and this post shows a user accessing the LTE via another AT&T APN setting for cingular:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...rs-slow-data-speeds-correct-apn-settings.html
I personally doubt that the phone is the problem (aside from the APN settings), I am leaning towards the carrier being the problem on this one (either APN issues or something on their backend).
I will keep hunting to try and help you.
I went out today and added a second line to my account. I even picked up a Nitro (going back tomorrow) to do more "research". As soon as I got home, I switched the Nitro SIM to the Optimus. No LTE. As a matter of fact, no data at all. As soon as I switched the Nitro SIM back into the Nitro all was fine and dandy.
My goal for this exercise was to be able to switch, EASILY, between an iPhone 4S and an LTE device. Well, doesn't look like that's going to happen. Even if I got the LTE to work switching back and forth would be too much work given how randomly I switch between devices.
So I've pretty much exhausted this experiment. Thanks to all that put in there 2 cents!!
Rep - I also think it's something on their backend that's preventing LTE from lighting up. I originally thought, put the microsim in an adapter, pop it into the LTE capable device and off I go...BUT noooooooo, 3 days of pecking and hunting and big brother beats me...DAMMIT! I'll live to fight another day!!
When I first tried LTE phone I also didn't have internet at all (though as phone it worked fine), I had to call ATT to activate my sim card on their end.
Quick summary of the steps I went thru to try and get the Optimus to connect to AT&T LTE.
1. Confirmed I was in an LTE area.
2. Changed my AT&T plan to an LTE data plan.
3. Confirmed APN settings on it were the same as that found on the Nitro.
4. Changed my SIM to a "70357" SIM. That's the SKU for the SIM that they're using on their LTE devices. I checked the Nitro that I purchased and VOILA, same type SIM.
5. Confirmed my new AT&T plan was associated to the IMEI for the Optimus.
When I swapped the SIM from the Nitro, I thought I was finally going to be in LTE heaven. Nope. Not a chance but I do have a good idea on what the problem is/was.
The Nitro's IMEI was associated with that specific SIM. I went thru this process when I initially changed my plan to accomodate the Optimus. The CSR asked for the IMEI AND the UICC from the SIM. Apparently AT&T's system doesn't recognize the Optimus' IMEI. The CSR mentioned that but was able to leave the IMEI as-is. I confirmed the IMEI was not recognized by going into an AT&T store and a CSR there noticed that my account was using a "regular" GSM phone when I asked about no LTE on the Optimus.
SO.....what I'm thinking was that since the Nitro's SIM was associated with the Nitro, when I placed it into the Optimus AT&T's system noticed the UICC of the SIM was not associated to the appropriate IMEI so it was denied access to LTE. Vice-versa with my original SIM when I placed that into the Nitro. As soon as I returned the SIM's to their usual devices, LTE returned for the Nitro. WHEW!!
Moral of the story: iPhone and LTE devices, at the moment, take a lot of work to swap out regularly. So, for now, I'll be sticking with H+ devices and going along my merry way.
In case anyone was still curious, here is the definitive answer on the Optimus LTE's AT&T LTE connectivity! I am on vacation back home visiting family in Illinois, and decided to bring my Optimus LTE along for the trip, to see if I got LTE in Chicago. The line is provisioned with LTE data, and has an LTE compatible SIM.
This makes me happy, because that means now I can import other devices with the 700Mhz or 1700Mhz LTE bands and be able to use them on AT&T's network!
Thinking of buying a tmobile m8 to use on metro pcs
Can anyone else with this setup confirm that the phone does work with metro include lte and everything? Thanks for any responses.
Also if you're someone who had their m8 on tmobile or even att and switched to metro, hows the network speeds compare?
I'm on neither T-Mob nor MetroPCS. But just wanted to pass along what I've read here. My understanding, MetroPCS uses T-Mob's network, so a T-Mob version should support MetroPCS bands out of the box.
Not sure if you need to unlock the SIM, and you may (probably) also need to manually enter the MetroPCS APN settings to get data and MMS to work.
I currently have a Korean variant (F500-L). I have seen a couple of these for sale on swappa and both posts say that this phone will work with T-mobile LTE. However, when I've popped in my SIM, I only get 3G. Does anyone else have any experience with this variant on T-mobile? If you were able to get it to work on LTE, how did you do it?
Enter APN settings for T-Mobile. Google that. Just popping in the sim won't give lte.
i have the same issue.. the APN settings seem to be correct.. but it only shows 3G. Model is F500-L
same here i need help too mine is a f500s lg g4 skt version thanks
Far as I know, phone must support LTE Band 2 and 4 to work on T-Mobile 4G network.
But F500(Korean ver. of G4) doesn't support LTE Band 2 and 4. It supports LTE band 1,3,5 and 7. Therefore a phone will only work under 3G network.