I have an unlocked AT&T s5.
My carrier is T-Mobile.
So far I have went through T-Mobile a few times and AT&T once. Also went through s5 manufacturer once. (All of them over the phone and through live chat sounds pretty novice.)
None were able to resolve why my data is not able to reach 4G LTE for T-Mobile.
Is there any resolutions for me to obtain 4G LTE for T-Mobile because it's what I'm paying for.
I was running 4.4.2 firmware unrooted. (Only showed 4G, E, and I think it was G on my data)
Just rooted last night, installed safetrap recovery and flashed the Alliance KK ROM today. (Only Shows H, H+ on my data)
My gf and I are on the same T-Mobile plan, we both have S5's. Hers is from T-Mobile while mine is from AT&T. The only difference in our APN settings is that her protocol says ipv6 and mine says ipv4. And our APN roaming protocol.
Att Galaxy S5 on Tmobile
illusion916 said:
I have an unlocked AT&T s5.
My carrier is T-Mobile.
So far I have went through T-Mobile a few times and AT&T once. Also went through s5 manufacturer once. (All of them over the phone and through live chat sounds pretty novice.)
None were able to resolve why my data is not able to reach 4G LTE for T-Mobile.
Is there any resolutions for me to obtain 4G LTE for T-Mobile because it's what I'm paying for.
I was running 4.4.2 firmware unrooted. (Only showed 4G, E, and I think it was G on my data)
Just rooted last night, installed safetrap recovery and flashed the Alliance KK ROM today. (Only Shows H, H+ on my data)
My gf and I are on the same T-Mobile plan, we both have S5's. Hers is from T-Mobile while mine is from AT&T. The only difference in our APN settings is that her protocol says ipv6 and mine says ipv4. And our APN roaming protocol.
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What are the apn settings your using?
When you insert your sim card and turn the phone on does and go into mobile networks does it auto load atleast 1 apn for tmobile?
I was successful with both stock att rom as well as OP: Najoor's [ROM] Debloated BNH5 ported from TMobile, rooted, deodexed, no knox, Download Booster//
I am using my Att galaxy s5 on tmobile and enjoying 20+Mbps lte in most areas,
musicdjm said:
What are the apn settings your using?
When you insert your sim card and turn the phone on does and go into mobile networks does it auto load atleast 1 apn for tmobile?
I was successful with both stock att rom as well as OP: Najoor's [ROM] Debloated BNH5 ported from TMobile, rooted, deodexed, no knox, Download Booster//
I am using my Att galaxy s5 on tmobile and enjoying 20+Mbps lte in most areas,
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Wow! You may be able to help me then! I already posted a post on craigslist to trade my ATT for a Tmobile phone because I cannot find any solutions to obtaining LTE.
My APN only has 1 apn and it has the green dot next to it.
The settings for the APN:
- APN: fast.t-mobile.com
mmsc: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
APN Type: default,mms,supl
APN Protocol: ipv4 (grayed out and cannot change)
APN Roaming: ipv4 (grayed out and cannot change)
from the t-mobile website.
After flashing phone into ALLiance ROM, I get the E, G, H, H+ as my DATA
Before I rooted and flashed (because i thought it would fix my problem for some reason) I would get the 2G, 3G, and 4G, but not LTE. But now i get the above ^
Would explain to me what you did to get LTE working?
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Hey there,
Just got home from visiting family in Toronto and my Note wont get data coverage off of a cellular signal (from wifi it works).
It's behaving as if I have the data network mode deactivated but i's not.
I didn't do anything to it.
Spent the last couple hours searching threads and even went and deleted and renetered my APNS.
Any suggestions would be appreciated...maybe I should have stayed in Canada
APNs
Have you tried all three different APNS?
APN: Phone
or
APN: wap.cingular
or if you had an LTE plan before APN: pta
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Have you tried all....LTE plan before APN: pta
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Haven't tried the LTE one yet.
Anyone know if I can pop a Tmobile sim in the First or is it locked?
I'm guessing this was either answered and I just havent found where, or no one knows?
Doesn't come unlocked
You can only get it from AT&T right now, and they'll unlock it if you ask but there might be a timer on that - you may have to wait a month or something. Then you get the unlock code, go through the HTCdev process and you're good (I think).
I'm not sure about the bands, though, whether you'll be able to get 3G/4G...
I can confirm that this phone works on T-Mobile. I used the SIM Unlock method here http://androidfannetwork.com/2013/05/13/free-sim-unlock-for-the-htc-first-facebook-phone/
I bought a pre-paid sim and am using it right now. Voice/SMS/MMS/data work. However, the data is super slow (Down: 194kbps Up:115kbps)
However, I am not able to test LTE as I don't live in an LTE area. Also, the T-Mobile rep on the phone told me that because my phone wasn't a T-Mobile phone, I couldn't get LTE.
Is this true?
RIght now I see full bars and an E over them.
APN Settings:
Name: T-Mobile
APN: fast.t-mobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMC:310
MNC: 260
APN type: default,supl,admun,dun,mms
Radio Setting: GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto
I got the phone for my girlfriend and she has LTE connectivity on T-Mobile.
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Yes, there is LTE connectivity. I was just in a non TMobile LTE area. I took a cross country trip and was able to connect to TMobile LTE in select markets.
I have an unlocked Att Active and I was curious if there is a method for enabling lte on tmobiles network. More specifically metropcs but I believe either way should work the same. any insight is appreciated.
If you are on 4.2.2 stock MF# you can follow the guide here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441211, but if you updated to 4.3 official ML2 then I'm not sure if it will work. I know it works because I got my phone to use LTE on Tmo via this method but I have yet to update to 4.3 because I don't know if I'll lose LTE capabilities.
On my second Active now and I had LTE on the first one last year for only a few hours then it just never ever worked again. Here's what I'd suggest:
- make sure you have a brand new T-Mobile or MetroPCS SIM card as older ones may not be able to access the newer network bands that T-Mobile and MetroPCS are using (since T-Mobile owns MetroPCS now), get your info transferred over to a new SIM card and work with that first off
- use the *#*#4636#*#* code to get the phone info menu, then make sure it's set for LTE/GSM auto (PRL) (and also hit the Menu key and make sure the Data connection is enabled)
- under Settings - More networks - Mobile networks - Access Point Names add the following as a new APN if you don't get it showing up by default with the new SIM if you do get a new one - on my second Active now and a brand new T-Mobile SIM only a week old the only APN that shows is the older epc.tmobile.com one (note the name I just typed is accurate, it doesn't use the hyphen):
Code:
Name : T-Mobile LTE
APN: fast.tmobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
APN Type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms
And then of course actually select that APN for use with LTE - once you do those steps the LTE should kick in almost immediately if you're in an area where T-Mobile or MetroPCS actually have honest to goodness LTE service. If they don't (meaning it hasn't been refarmed or it just doesn't have it period) then the phone will fall back to HSPA/HSPA+ mode as needed (because you have it set for LTE/GSM auto (PRL) operation).
So far since I got this second Active it's working great and I've had no issues at all with LTE speeds around 30-35Mbps in testing and HSPA+ speeds around 28-32Mbps which is damned fast enough for me.
I still keep the phone in EDGE mode most of the time, go figure.
Hope this helps...
I unlocked mine with unlock code. Lte works out of the box. It is the same with note 2. A lot people talking about enable tmo bands and this is not necessary...at least for me here in PR.
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ToledoG28 said:
I unlocked mine with unlock code. Lte works out of the box. It is the same with note 2. A lot people talking about enable tmo bands and this is not necessary...at least for me here in PR.
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Same for me. US phone, LTE works out of the box. used unlock code and am on TMO w/ no problems
Anyone successfully connect to the old cingular apn? It won't let me get a 3G data connection (I get signal bars with an exclamation point on the icon). If I force 2G, it will fully connect to edge. Then if I select 3G as my preferred network type the signal icon switches to 3g then H and then back to the exclamation point all very quickly. I have tried a couple apn settings without any luck. Since I'm getting service, but it won't give me data, is there something baked in the phone not allowing me to connect? I can put the sim in my old phone (optimus g) and it connects fine.
I can connect to the normal "nxtgenphone" apn but I don't want to right now.
any help or thoughts on this would be appreciated
isnt cingular the old tmobile? cingular doesnt exist anymore from what i understand, so you cant expect to connect to it.
Cingular is ATT now.
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Cingular is ATT now.
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yup, you are right. you should probably use an att apn from what i just read about cingular.
simms22 said:
yup, you are right. you should probably use an att apn from what i just read about cingular.
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I can connect to the att apns, but my download speed is a whopping 0.5 Mbps. Connecting to cingular apn, which I can do with my old phone, at least gets me back into 3g speeds.
Are you on an lte provisioned account? If so the older apn's are locked out. Att did this because of the ability to bypass the throttle restrictions when on an unlimited plan. As far as the apn that works for 2g, that's probably the mms network.
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Check the attached screenshot for the APN settings, even though its called ATT. Its worth double checking. Otherwise, two things should happen - find your old phone and get them to reprovision your account to work with the old APN, or troubleshoot with them and find out why you're getting such **** data speeds.
http://apn-settings.com/us/att-apn-settings/
Are you on an older unlimited Nation plan or Family talk plan with unlimited data? If so, your speeds are being throttled after surpassing 3gb. Those download rates are tell tale. AT&T has blocked APNS other than NXTGENPHONE for those using a capable LTE device for the reasons mentioned above . If you were to change the APN to regular 3g ATTPhone or Cingular WAP. Your account is auto provisioned to reduce speeds.
Yeah throttling is the issue. Just strange I can go through cingular with a different lte capable phone.
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Are you on an older unlimited Nation plan or Family talk plan with unlimited data? If so, your speeds are being throttled after surpassing 3gb. Those download rates are tell tale. AT&T has blocked APNS other than NXTGENPHONE for those using a capable LTE device for the reasons mentioned above . If you were to change the APN to regular 3g ATTPhone or Cingular WAP. Your account is auto provisioned to reduce speeds.
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Using a Family Share Plan I had connected via the default AT&T APN. I believe it was AT&T "phone" APN. However, I recently switched to my company provides AT&T Corporate Mobile Share Plan, and I had to switch my APN to AT&T "PTA" APN in order to get LTE to work. This is what I'm currently using on my Nexus 6. AT&T's NXTGENPHONE APN did work for me when I was running the 5.0 Developer Preview on my Nexus 5 on the AT&T Corporate Plan. However I lost the settings for it. Does anyone have a listing of the APN settings for it? I would like to compare speed tests.
Nevermind, got it from source
<apn carrier="ATT Nextgenphone"
mcc="310"
mnc="410"
apn="nxtgenphone"
type="default,mms,supl,fota,hipri"
mmsc="http://mmsc.mobile.att.net"
mmsproxy="proxy.mobile.att.net"
mmsport="80"
/>
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Now that Verizon is rolling out band 2 and 4 LTE, I thought I'd try an experiment. Some background: I have a Nexus 7 LTE (2013) with Verizon data-only SIM, and an LG G4 H811 on T-Mobile. The H811 is SIM/network unlocked. I attempted putting the Verizon SIM in the T-Mobile phone. Full signal with Verizon SIM, but no "4G LTE" indicator. Attempted entering Verizon APN settings, but they would not save. (Is this device specific, or is the SIM card rejecting the APN settings?) Tried simply entering Name "Verizon" and APN "vzwinternet" but omitted MNC and MCC settings, and now "4G LTE" indicator DOES show, but no internet connection. Under About Phone/Network I am connected to Verizon on my H811 and Mobile network type is "LTE" but still not actually connected. Any suggestions for entering the Verizon APN info on a T-Mobile device and making it stick? I'm a paying customer on both networks, so please no indignant comments about "why don't you just ditch T-Mobile and/or Verizon?" This is just to satisfy my curiosity.
FYI, the Nexus 7 LTE (2013) does not have CDMA radios, so I don't care that the H811 also does not. Shouldn't the SIM work for the LTE bands that the H811 does have? Doesn't Verizon have some deal-with-the-devil arrangement with the FCC regarding their LTE that they have to allow any device on their network?
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Now that Verizon is rolling out band 2 and 4 LTE, I thought I'd try an experiment. Some background: I have a Nexus 7 LTE (2013) with Verizon data-only SIM, and an LG G4 H811 on T-Mobile. The H811 is SIM/network unlocked. I attempted putting the Verizon SIM in the T-Mobile phone. Full signal with Verizon SIM, but no "4G LTE" indicator. Attempted entering Verizon APN settings, but they would not save. (Is this device specific, or is the SIM card rejecting the APN settings?) Tried simply entering Name "Verizon" and APN "vzwinternet" but omitted MNC and MCC settings, and now "4G LTE" indicator DOES show, but no internet connection. Under About Phone/Network I am connected to Verizon on my H811 and Mobile network type is "LTE" but still not actually connected. Any suggestions for entering the Verizon APN info on a T-Mobile device and making it stick? I'm a paying customer on both networks, so please no indignant comments about "why don't you just ditch T-Mobile and/or Verizon?" This is just to satisfy my curiosity.
FYI, the Nexus 7 LTE (2013) does not have CDMA radios, so I don't care that the H811 also does not. Shouldn't the SIM work for the LTE bands that the H811 does have? Doesn't Verizon have some deal-with-the-devil arrangement with the FCC regarding their LTE that they have to allow any device on their network?
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Is your H811 rooted? if so you may want to try injecting the APN into the apns-config.xml file located system/etc
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
Is your H811 rooted? if so you may want to try injecting the APN into the apns-config.xml file located system/etc
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Not rooted. Just found out how easy it is with unlocked bootloader. This might my next weekend project. Might also try unlocking band 13. I don't suppose anybody's tried that with the H811 yet?
You could open dialer. Type 277634#*# then touch unlock apn. Then you can get the g4 an changes stick
Small issues for you:
1 - You might have data on 2 & 4 (eventually), but you won't have CDMA connectivity and you won't have VoLTE, so you'll never be able to actually make calls.
2 - Verizon has a device whitelist (and blacklist) in place, so they actually need to ALLOW your device on the network, vs. a traditional GSM based telecom who simply implements a blacklist. The reason you aren't able to connect to anything even though it shows as connected, is because they haven't allowed you on their network. Here's the ****ty (****tier) part: Unless you have a Nexus 6, iPhone or a verizon BRANDED phone, you won't be allowed on. They've been very clear about this for about a decade now, and they're not changing anytime soon.
Small edit: The APNs allow you to connect to the network in the first place, so the APN isn't the issue here. The whitelist is.