[Q] Cellular Frequency/Band - X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there any way (not rooted) to determine which Cellular Frequency/Band my phone is currently using?

l_stevens said:
Is there any way (not rooted) to determine which Cellular Frequency/Band my phone is currently using?
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I believe LTE Discovery should work. Check the Play Store.

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[Q] No 3G?

Hi,
After flashing to EhndroixII2.12.29-ROM.zip, using cwm.6025.t679v1.zip as my CWM recovery.
Now I have only GSM (Orange Israel). I can see that in Android Assistant --> Networks: Gsm.
as well as with the fact that the Network Icon shows G sometimes, nothing otherwise.
As a result, Internet / Google Play downloads are very slow - that's my "only" problem...
Advise anyone?
Thanks,
Ranco
ranco100 said:
Hi,
After flashing to EhndroixII2.12.29-ROM.zip, using cwm.6025.t679v1.zip as my CWM recovery.
Now I have only GSM (Orange Israel). I can see that in Android Assistant --> Networks: Gsm.
as well as with the fact that the Network Icon shows G sometimes, nothing otherwise.
As a result, Internet / Google Play downloads are very slow - that's my "only" problem...
Advise anyone?
Thanks,
Ranco
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Anyone??
ranco100 said:
Anyone??
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Orange probably uses different 3g wireless bands that this phone doesn't have.
meekrawb said:
Orange probably uses different 3g wireless bands that this phone doesn't have.
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Yea, it seems that way. Is there a way to hack through that?
ranco100 said:
Yea, it seems that way. Is there a way to hack through that?
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Do you have the same APN settings as the one on this website:
http://wiki.apnchanger.org/Israel
If yours are the same as that I don't know if there is anything else to try.

[Q] Can Lumia 928 be used overseas ?

Hello all- I have not found a definitive answer so will post my question here as well. I have a chance to get a Lumia 928 (Verizon) but would like to know if I can use it in New Zealand with my Vodafone SIM. I am not sure if there will be limitations such as maps, etc.. not working.
Cheers for any help, LL13- :victory:
LTE will not work in any country besides the US. Aside from that the 928 shouldn't have any issues with taking a different SIM, as all 928s are SIM unlocked when they shipped from the factory. Before you leave though, I highly recommend you download access point via sysapp pusher in the marketplace/store. Sysapp will check for any and all OEM apps that need updating.
thals1992 said:
LTE will not work in any country besides the US. Aside from that the 928 shouldn't have any issues with taking a different SIM, as all 928s are SIM unlocked when they shipped from the factory. Before you leave though, I highly recommend you download access point via sysapp pusher in the marketplace/store. Sysapp will check for any and all OEM apps that need updating.
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Thank you for your help thals.... !
OK that good to know. Will take of that then !!!!
Cheers, LL13- :good: :good:
lamplighter13 said:
Thank you for your help thals.... !
OK that good to know. Will take of that then !!!!
Cheers, LL13- :good: :good:
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The one warning I would give you with the 928 is that the APN settings are a little messed up, and you may need to play around with it a bit to get them to work. My experience (using the 928 on AT&T and T-Mobile in the US) is that you need to manually set the APN settings, even when Nokia Access Point says that the SIM settings are activated. You can usually get data fine, but MMS's don't work properly if you don't manually set the APN
If possible, avoid doing it with Nokia Access Point, because if you do you will lose the ability to use LTE when you get back on Verizon until you do a hard reset (you can't recover the appropriate Verizon LTE APN settings - it will only connect to CDMA 3g). Now that GDR2 is out, you can seemingly manually set the APN's in the Cellular menu of settings, so try using that first and if it fails, copy the correct APN settings into a new Access Point APN, then manually activate it. This has fixed my issue every time, but again, necessitated a hard reset / wipe of the phone to use on Verizon's LTE network.
Cheers for that information AR...
I can enter those settings manually, I've got them memorised :silly:
Cheers again, LL13- :good:
Wow very confusing topic, I mean the process of finding out whether data/mms will work outside of Verizon US, it seems it can not. Too bad as it's a beauty of a phone.
Cheers, LL13-
lamplighter13 said:
Wow very confusing topic, I mean the process of finding out whether data/mms will work outside of Verizon US, it seems it can not. Too bad as it's a beauty of a phone.
Cheers, LL13-
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Its not that quite confusing.
LTE is only good for the country it was released in. The international LTE bandplan is different for every country, none of them match up. For using a CDMA carrier, switching to them will require a SIM (there isn't any way to flash the settings onto the phone yet for those providers who don't yet have LTE without it being official from Nokia) so its kinda a dead end.
If your going to a GSM provider, just insert your SIM and manually add the settings for data and mms. You can use Access Point if you don't intend on using Verizon's LTE.
Sent from my RM-860 (Lumia 928) using the OFFICIAL Tapatalk app.
thals1992 said:
Its not that quite confusing.
LTE is only good for the country it was released in. The international LTE bandplan is different for every country, none of them match up. For using a CDMA carrier, switching to them will require a SIM (there isn't any way to flash the settings onto the phone yet for those providers who don't yet have LTE without it being official from Nokia) so its kinda a dead end.
If your going to a GSM provider, just insert your SIM and manually add the settings for data and mms. You can use Access Point if you don't intend on using Verizon's LTE.
Sent from my RM-860 (Lumia 928) using the OFFICIAL Tapatalk app.
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That makes me a bit more comfortable, cheers for that information thals1992 !!
It seems that the main issue would be with the LTE which would not be a problem since I am not even sure what it is !! I believe it may have to do with 4G or fast download speeds but there is no 4G in my town anyway.
I saw one post on another forum saying that some 928's had no way to add/edit APN settings, etc...
Each post and person seems to have a different experience, but if I can simply get a 3G data connection and normal use I would be happy.
I may just go for it then.
Cheers again, LL13-
lamplighter13 said:
Wow very confusing topic, I mean the process of finding out whether data/mms will work outside of Verizon US, it seems it can not. Too bad as it's a beauty of a phone.
Cheers, LL13-
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When you travel abroad and use the phone on a GSM carrier you will get data up to HSPA+, unless the carrier happens to share Verizons LTE band. The issue with Verizon LTE after you have used another APN is that Access Point won't deactivate all the APN settings,and since Verizon doesn't have dedicated APN data settings, it doesn't override properly and connect toVZW LTE properly without a hard reset.
The 928 has a CDMA radio as well as a fully unlocked GSM radio
Access Point App and Verizon LTE
AR2186 said:
When you travel abroad and use the phone on a GSM carrier you will get data up to HSPA+, unless the carrier happens to share Verizons LTE band. The issue with Verizon LTE after you have used another APN is that Access Point won't deactivate all the APN settings,and since Verizon doesn't have dedicated APN data settings, it doesn't override properly and connect toVZW LTE properly without a hard reset.
The 928 has a CDMA radio as well as a fully unlocked GSM radio
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I have also experienced this loss of Verizon LTE after using the Nokia Access Point app and foreign SIM in Europe. Does anyone know if there is a way to get LTE back other then hard resetting the phone?
TrophyUser123 said:
I have also experienced this loss of Verizon LTE after using the Nokia Access Point app and foreign SIM in Europe. Does anyone know if there is a way to get LTE back other then hard resetting the phone?
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a hard reset is required as the access point app changes the LTE settings and can't change it back completely.
Sent from my RM-860 using Tapatalk
I can get dataconnection in sweden, and i can install the nokia app for changing APN, and i can change the APN manually too, but i cannot get MMS to work, nor in or out.
any suggestions? i talked to my carrier and they helped me with the right info, but nada.
agazza said:
I can get dataconnection in sweden, and i can install the nokia app for changing APN, and i can change the APN manually too, but i cannot get MMS to work, nor in or out.
any suggestions? i talked to my carrier and they helped me with the right info, but nada.
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Try limiting the connection to 3G or 2G. T-Mobile users reported this as a workaround.
Sent from my Lumia 928 (RM-860) using Tapatalk
thals1992 said:
Try limiting the connection to 3G or 2G. T-Mobile users reported this as a workaround.
Sent from my Lumia 928 (RM-860) using Tapatalk
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this Doesnt work either :/

AT&T to Chinese rom?

Guys I've just bought one AT&T Axon 7 without checking the bands so it appears I'll get only 2G here in the UK. I'm still waiting on the unlock code to arrive so I'll test it later on but is it possible to flash the Chinese rom and radio on the AT&T version to unlock the necessary LTE bands?
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It may not be possible to restore it if the model number is different.
When I burned ROM of Japanese version Z-01K in China version Z999, problems occurred in mobile data communication, there was nothing to change from Z999 to Z-01K, but when I tried to restore it An error has appeared if the model number is different.
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That doesn't sound very promising. I guess I got myself a WiFi tablet...kinda.
ugambow said:
Problems may occur.
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It may not be possible to restore it if the model number is different.
When I burned ROM of Japanese version Z-01K in China version Z999, problems occurred in mobile data communication, there was nothing to change from Z999 to Z-01K, but when I tried to restore it An error has appeared if the model number is different.
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Have you found a way to get the Axon M to work on 4G in the UK?
And on what network are you? I'm on O2, and I have no signal at all. It doesn't find any network.
Spir4 said:
Have you found a way to get the Axon M to work on 4G in the UK?
And on what network are you? I'm on O2, and I have no signal at all. It doesn't find any network.
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2G is only available in some remote Scottish lands so no workaround unfortunately.
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2G is only available in some remote Scottish lands so no workaround unfortunately.
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I thought 2G had to do with the internet speed (EDGE speed), not with the actual phone signal for normal phone calles
What did you do then? Ditched the phone?
Spir4 said:
I thought 2G had to do with the internet speed (EDGE speed), not with the actual phone signal for normal phone calles
What did you do then? Ditched the phone?
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Returned back to seller for another reason but otherwise it would've gone back to ebay hoping to get some money back.

Wifi Calling

Hello All!
Im new at this topic, because some weeks ago, i bought a z3 play phone, i coming from a moto maxx (quark) from motorola..
I want to know how i can enable vowifi/ wifi calling for use with my z3 play, because i cant found this option on the menu, when i search it, only appears the option for "enhanced 4G mode" that include Volte calls (volte works well and wifi calling works in other phones but with my z3 play no) but i want use with wifi calling, currently im using android pie, and the model is, XT1929-6, opencl channel.
can some one help me with this?, could be useful change to other stock rom?, opencl -> retla, or retail?, the current software compilation is: PPWS29.131-27-1-11
Thanks you a lot!
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What mobile carrier do you have? That's the determining factor since it works just fine with some carriers as is
kingstu said:
What mobile carrier do you have? That's the determining factor since it works just fine with some carriers as is
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I have bought this phone on carrier called claro, if I install lineage or resurrection remix could be use wifi calling or volte ?
I mean what carrier are you using it on? If you using Claro Argentina then perhaps it should work. If you're trying to use it on another ClaroNetwork I'm not sure. you need to specify what network and what country that you're going to use it on as well as what network and what country the model is. For Verizon they only support Wi-Fi calling on models they sell. The same with AT&T.
kingstu said:
I mean what carrier are you using it on? If you using Claro Argentina then perhaps it should work. If you're trying to use it on another ClaroNetwork I'm not sure. you need to specify what network and what country that you're going to use it on as well as what network and what country the model is. For Verizon they only support Wi-Fi calling on models they sell. The same with AT&T.
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My carrier is claro chile, in my case. When I use other simcard(with volte is working on other phone) in this phone. Not works, but if I use the. Claro simcard only appears volte.
I want to know if flash the resurrection remix. For example, could be possible use both services. But I’m not sure if this work or not. Up today I don’t know for someone that are using resurrection that says if volte / vowifi works in this custom rom.

Alternative Carrier Compatibility

How well will this phone work with the Verizon powered Visible Wireless Network? It isn't on their compatible list. Is there any unlocking or rooting needed? APN settings?
Visible | It's Phone Service. In An App.
www.visible.com
polargirl said:
How well will this phone work with the Verizon powered Visible Wireless Network? It isn't on their compatible list. Is there any unlocking or rooting needed? APN settings?
Visible | It's Phone Service. In An App.
www.visible.com
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It works decent. About as well as my LG v40. It didn't need to be rooted, just unblocked. You get the 5g service, in the few areas, where it's offered. It's not totally great, but, it works. It misses messages, sometimes.

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