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LTE in Houston TX! WORKING on T-Mobile

so i recently tried out the lte apn setting on my n4 and boom!
the speeds arent THAT impressive, but considering that i was only getting on average 5-7 mb down,
this is a HUGE upgrade.
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Vzqsmooth56 said:
so i recently tried out the lte apn setting on my n4 and boom!
the speeds arent THAT impressive, but considering that i was only getting on average 5-7 mb down,
this is a HUGE upgrade.
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Hate to break this for ya, but your speedtests are HSPA+.

That's not lte its HSPA+ your upload speed isn't high.

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I managed to get a couple speedtests in before the network disappeared. These were taken near Pearland, which is just south of Houston, Tx with a N4.
@Milan I've been lurking in the threads over at howards, you seem to be well versed in this subject. Perhaps you know why i cant seem to stay connected for more than a few minutes.??:confused

3oudreaux said:
I managed to get a couple speedtests in before the network disappeared. These were taken near Pearland, which is just south of Houston, Tx with a N4.
@Milan I've been lurking in the threads over at howards, you seem to be well versed in this subject. Perhaps you know why i cant seem to stay connected for more than a few minutes.??:confused
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Neither can I. The LTE network isn't commercially live and T-Mo simply doesn't want us on it. I have no other explanation. They've had the security system implemented for a while, and if your device isn't provisioned for internal testing, you shouldn't be on. There is too much information we can gather from it, the amount of bandwidth used, frequency, and what they care mostly is the speeds. The speeds are their selling point, money makers, and what we're seeing when we connect is nowhere near what T-Mobile would like to have talked about.
To prove my point, remember the GigaOm, TmoNews story that popped up about 10 days ago covering my speedtests from Astoria, NYC, with speeds up to about 18mbps?
http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/t-mobiles-lte-network-spotted-hiding-in-the-urban-jungles-of-nyc/
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/03/t-mobile-2/
Well, the next day T-Mobile called in a Press Briefing with CNET, LaptopMag, Verge and Engadget writers and setup an internal 2x10Mhz LTE cell site in NYC to showcase their speeds that were 62mbps.. http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57574614-85/t-mobile-equips-galaxy-note-2-with-fast-4g-lte-powers/ They've embargoed the story until monday morning at 9AM when all four blitzed the media. Bravo! :good:
Bottom line, they extremely care about their image which has been hurting, as their CEO has been announcing the best network since sliced bread. My speed tests weren't very hot and they had to prove their point.

3oudreaux said:
I managed to get a couple speedtests in before the network disappeared. These were taken near Pearland, which is just south of Houston, Tx with a N4.
@Milan I've been lurking in the threads over at howards, you seem to be well versed in this subject. Perhaps you know why i cant seem to stay connected for more than a few minutes.??:confused
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I've seen the lte network visable on my nexus 4 for close to 2 weeks now. Yet to allow me on but once or twice for all of a few seconds before kicking me off.

Yea that gots to be Hspa+ speeds thats too low for Lte
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Neither can I. The LTE network isn't commercially live and T-Mo simply doesn't want us on it. I have no other explanation. They've had the security system implemented for a while, and if your device isn't provisioned for internal testing, you shouldn't be on. There is too much information we can gather from it, the amount of bandwidth used, frequency, and what they care mostly is the speeds. The speeds are their selling point, money makers, and what we're seeing when we connect is nowhere near what T-Mobile would like to have talked about.
To prove my point, remember the GigaOm, TmoNews story that popped up about 10 days ago covering my speedtests from Astoria, NYC, with speeds up to about 18mbps?
http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/t-mobiles-lte-network-spotted-hiding-in-the-urban-jungles-of-nyc/
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/03/t-mobile-2/
Well, the next day T-Mobile called in a Press Briefing with CNET, LaptopMag, Verge and Engadget writers and setup an internal 2x10Mhz LTE cell site in NYC to showcase their speeds that were 62mbps.. http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57574614-85/t-mobile-equips-galaxy-note-2-with-fast-4g-lte-powers/ They've embargoed the story until monday morning at 9AM when all four blitzed the media. Bravo! :good:
Bottom line, they extremely care about their image which has been hurting, as their CEO has been announcing the best network since sliced bread. My speed tests weren't very hot and they had to prove their point.
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If that's the case they better get working on southeast Wisconsin. T-Mobile is horrible here constant switching to edge.
Another month of this and I'm going back to sprint.
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If that's the case they better get working on southeast Wisconsin. T-Mobile is horrible here constant switching to edge.
Another month of this and I'm going back to sprint.
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Hmmmm... Where are you at? Im in Racine and get pretty consistent hspa, same in Kenosha where I work. Only time I drop to edge is when I go into stores and such.

Where in Houston are you guys getting LTE and how? I live in Clear Lake/League City and can't seem to connect. Help please?

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If that's the case they better get working on southeast Wisconsin. T-Mobile is horrible here constant switching to edge.
Another month of this and I'm going back to sprint.
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Wait, you're the one that said that lte.tmobile.com APN works and you're getting 7Mbps Up/Down. Were you joking?

i've noticed that some people have H+ what does it mean? mine always says H and average speed is around 12mbps which i find pretty fast for my needs although i wish i had better ping :laugh::laugh::laugh:
and btw i mostly spend my worthless life in Manhattan

probably on a stock rom possibly?

kthejoker20 said:
If that's the case they better get working on southeast Wisconsin. T-Mobile is horrible here constant switching to edge.
Another month of this and I'm going back to sprint.
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I have friends up in Grafton, WI i visit and I've noticed they expanded the 4g a LOT but now it appears grafton is just one big 2g dead zone. (Literally! on https://maps.eng.t-mobile.com/pcc-retail-default.php ) Just odd that they would take away a LOT of 2g coverage that's always been there!

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i've noticed that some people have H+ what does it mean?
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HSPA+ implemented on TMOUS as HSPA-42mbit. People call it HSPA-DC(Dual Channel)as well. Normally means faster speeds although the best I've seen on H+ is 14mbit.

This is in San Francisco I did have my LTE on but as you can see it's not getting LTE it's on hspa your 1900mhz band has probably been upgraded that's all, if you get LTE you should be seeing higher speeds
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This is in San Francisco I did have my LTE on but as you can see it's not getting LTE it's on hspa your 1900mhz band has probably been upgraded that's all, if you get LTE you should be seeing higher speeds
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SJ is going to be a launch market in three days so it makes sense SF has it too.
From what I've been reading over on HowardForums, yeah when they install the 1900mhz HSPA gear it's probably LTE ready as well. From what my 3GS is showing me, I have 1900mhz HSPA here in LA but I doubt it's getting LTE for a long time...I remember it took almost a year until I got H+.

Is anyone here actually HAPPY with T-Mobile?

Specifically the chicagoland area... Right now I have an at&t traditional plan with unlimited data. I'm CONSTANTLY dropping calls (did the same on my iPhone too) and once I hit 5gb of data, I get throttled to the point of uselessness. Yes, I am a data hog, I work overnights and there is a lot of down time, so Netflix is my friend.
So T-Mobile's truly unlimited data and far cheaper month rates are appealing. My wife and I would be saving 80 bucks a month going to T-Mobile. I just want to see if anyone here can share some good stories about T-Mobile before I make the switch.
Thank you
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Yes, I am pleased with the $30 5GB plan. Good coverage in the Southwest burbs.
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I'm happy with them as far as phone calls and data usage goes. I've only ever had dropped calls on my first ever day on T-Mobile, and it hasn't happened since, even in areas with a weak signal. Data is spotty for me in certain areas. If I'm in the city, it's strong, perfect, no complaints. In suburbs, I can sometimes get a 3G connection, other times I get no signal at all.
90% of the time I am in the city, or at home and have a perfect HSPA+ signal, so I'm happy with the amount I pay. Verizon was definitely a lot better for me since I had perfect service no matter where I was, or where I went but I couldn't justify the cost of the new crappy "Share everything plans" which rob you.
Since you watch a lot of netflix, be sure to get the $50 plan, and add the extra $20 for "unlimited nationwide 4G". The normal $50 version comes with 500MB of LTE/HSPA+ speeds, then they throttle you at 2G speeds. I currently use the $60 plan which gives you 2.5GB of 4G speed data. I never use more than 1-2 monthly.

I live just north of the wi border and whenever I go anywhere near Chicago my reception is awesome, full bars of h+. Also ive heard LTE is live there. Pretty much I'm saying youll be pretty happy with tmo I think. Definitely cheaper than at&t and I've personally never had dropped calls or anything, the only time tmo sucks is if you go way out to the boonies, you'll pretty much get no data.
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I dumped big red and never looked back. I love T-Mobile.
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I dumped big red and never looked back. I love T-Mobile.
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I work downtown and live not far north. TMobile is the fastest i've used. verizon and att are just so mobbed. my buddy on verizon rarely breaks 6 mbps download and his upload is around .1 mbps haha.

No I cry everytime I make a phone call

T-Mobile has no contract. Can't hurt to try them anyway and they have a 30 day guarantee. You can also try their prepaid for a month if you don't want to go through the hassle.
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I've NEVER, EVER, EVER had a dropped call in all the years of using T-Mobile.

I'd give T-Mo a 9/10. I can't think of a complaint or ill feeling I've had in the 6 years I've been with them (more if you count the Voicestream days). I docked them a point for the handful of spotty areas in LA.

I paid $140/month 10gb limit and barely could hit 4g LTE at home forcing me to run 3g on Verizon getting speeds around 2-3mb.
Here's why I love T-Mobile...
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(Hit 70GB my first month.)
(On my weakest home signal avg between 9-12 down)
And an avg speed test I can get around town...
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i opened this thread to argue that tmobile is great because i live in chicago. but then i saw your post was about chicago...
i have dropped a few calls and identified a few buildings where i cannot get service on AWS band, but I can usually overcome it by forcing 1900mhz in the network menu.
south of I-80, it sucks, GPRS or EDGE for 100 miles and then UMTS/HSPA21
I swear they used to have ads up at the jackson red line that said t-mobile, the only provider who works in the subway. well it doesnt work for **** in either subway- no provider does.
they also led me to believe that if i went postpaid i would get ATT roaming, and I was stupid and didnt do my homework. no roaming anywhere in chicagoland period.
that said, I'm very happy with what I get for $60/mo.
I had an ATT iphone4 for 2 years and it was like I traveled back in time 10 years. I got to the point that I didnt ever even try to use data in the loop. I wasnt mad about it, it was a fact of life that I cant have an ATT smartphone because I'm in the city.
edit: any certain place you will be using it? if there is no crowdsourced data there i can test for you before you sign. im all over town all the time

I think it's just your area. I love T-Mobile, I don't think I'd go to any other carrier, unless T-Mobile drastically changed in the future for the worse. Only bad thing is that I get no signal at all at a few of my friends houses. Seriously none at all, only near windows. But once I leave the house, it's perfectly fine. Even in their neighbors houses, I get signal....

Love T-Mobile.. The only way you could have a problem with them is not looking at their coverage area and signing up blindly.. They aren't Verizon so if you signed up with T-Mobile and expect a data connection or a signal in general in east-bumble-funk Nebraska... Yeah, I don't feel sorry for you..
T-Mobile is exactly as advertised.. Their coverage area is dead on as the map shows.. Their speeds are incredible and I've done 4hr voice calls without drops.. Even their G/Edge service is `workable' for basic web browsing.
Zero complaints..

Chicago + LTE @70 Unlimited = Awesome Service
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I'm in Orlando fl and I can't complain. No dropped calls. Data is fast, average 11 down and 1.5 up. Peaks at 20 up 2.5 down.
Way cheaper then att and Verizon.
I'm a satisfied customer.
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If you're in any big cities. T-Mobile is awesome. I visited Chicago and had full bars all around downtown and around the city. If you ever have bad reception then you can use any of the T-Mobile branded phones that have T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling which is awesome. Nexus 4 does not have it yet unfortunately, but all the others do like the s4.
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sub1287 said:
I paid $140/month 10gb limit and barely could hit 4g LTE at home forcing me to run 3g on Verizon getting speeds around 2-3mb.
Here's why I love T-Mobile...
(Hit 70GB my first month.)
(On my weakest home signal avg between 9-12 down)
And an avg speed test I can get around town...
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That's the plan I'm looking at too. That plan for my wife and I will be saving around $80 a month from at&t. Saving almost a grand a year would be great!
dcd1182 said:
i opened this thread to argue that tmobile is great because i live in chicago. but then i saw your post was about chicago...
i have dropped a few calls and identified a few buildings where i cannot get service on AWS band, but I can usually overcome it by forcing 1900mhz in the network menu.
south of I-80, it sucks, GPRS or EDGE for 100 miles and then UMTS/HSPA21
I swear they used to have ads up at the jackson red line that said t-mobile, the only provider who works in the subway. well it doesnt work for **** in either subway- no provider does.
they also led me to believe that if i went postpaid i would get ATT roaming, and I was stupid and didnt do my homework. no roaming anywhere in chicagoland period.
that said, I'm very happy with what I get for $60/mo.
I had an ATT iphone4 for 2 years and it was like I traveled back in time 10 years. I got to the point that I didnt ever even try to use data in the loop. I wasnt mad about it, it was a fact of life that I cant have an ATT smartphone because I'm in the city.
edit: any certain place you will be using it? if there is no crowdsourced data there i can test for you before you sign. im all over town all the time
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I'd be using it in the southwest suburbs like the Orland Park area and then the west suburbs like the Woodridge area. I very rarely go downtown and am only in the Mt. Greenwood area of Chicago when in the city at all.
To the rest, thank you very much for your responses. I had T-Mobile a about 11 years ago for a bit, but never any data plan or anything like that, so I didn't know. I sole be doing this soon here, so we'll see.
Oh, one more thing. Any issues with T-Mobile's sims and Google wallet? I use Google wallet every day and I don't want to have issues with that.
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lowrider262 said:
I live just north of the wi border and whenever I go anywhere near Chicago my reception is awesome, full bars of h+. Also ive heard LTE is live there. Pretty much I'm saying youll be pretty happy with tmo I think. Definitely cheaper than at&t and I've personally never had dropped calls or anything, the only time tmo sucks is if you go way out to the boonies, you'll pretty much get no data.
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Way out in the boonies like the entire state of Michigan. Maybe that will change now that they have MetroPCS's spectrum as they had a large presence in the state but I doubt it.

Coming from Sprint, data is night and day difference...literally. GPS locks on instantly. The no contract was big for me. But I will say I do notice some quirks with the service, but I can live with it. It might be since I have LTE enabled on my phone, but when I make a phone call, sometimes it takes like 5 seconds to start ringing. I'm guessing because it has to change from LTE to 3G to make the call? That and I've found a few dead spots around town. That only really effects me when streaming pandora sometimes. But like someone else said, if I can get this service 90% of the time then I'm happy. I get 4G at work and 4G at my house.

Post your network speed test results

List provider and general location.
T-Mobile NYC area. Best I've seen on the last few lte devices I've had in the same area.
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in my opinion op should rename this thread to network speed test instead of just speed test cause i was just about to say there is another thread for this then saw the attached photo then realised network speed test. anyway here is mine
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Upper Westchester NY, Sprint.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/643066370
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Oakland, CA. AT&T. At home, a little slower.
At the AT&T store I got 59.51Mbps/12Mbps with 43ms ping.

Midtown Manhattan with my N5 showing very strong LTE signal on Sprint
DL: .14mbps
UP: .54mbps
This fnin blows

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Midtown Manhattan with my N5 showing very strong LTE signal on Sprint
DL: .14mbps
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This fnin blows
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From earlier tonight.
T-Mobile DC Area
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Raleigh, North Carolina

Just ran a speedtest at home using 3G and got 1.72 Mbps down and .91 up, waiting on LTE to show up again here and will run it again. At my home LTE is not officially launched yet but I get a signal in my area sometimes, but when at work in NYC I always get the LTE signal.
Edit: Just turned airplane mode on and off and a small LTE signal popped back up, ran a speedtest and got 1.12Mbps down and .26 up. Up got up to 1.6 but then kinda froze and went down to .26.
I hope when I get my SIM from Sprint international dept that it will fix this horrific LTE speed, right now I am using a SIM from an S4. I know it is supposed to be the same SIM or at least in theory be the same SIM but one can dream right.
Edit again: Changed priorities of the LTE bands as suggested by someone here on XDA and ran a speedtest again, this time got 2.53 down and .49 up in my home where LTE is not officially launched. I am on band 25 though so no spark, just the standard vision LTE band. I pray that maybe tomorrow my LTE will get to normal, some people have said it takes like three days to get it fully working.

AT&T Inland Empire area, California
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I'm on sprint in San Antonio.
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Australia here I come
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Suburbs of Chicago
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AT&T Inland Empire area, California
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Do you notice a huge variance over small distances with AT$T? I'm in IE on T-mobile and get mid 20's with HSPA+ near UCR, but other areas I get under 1. I'm expecting to get my Nexus in 2 weeks, but with our contact up in the middle of next year I'm considering AT&T just because of data speeds here.
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Do you notice a huge variance over small distances with AT$T? I'm in IE on T-mobile and get mid 20's with HSPA+ near UCR, but other areas I get under 1. I'm expecting to get my Nexus in 2 weeks, but with our contact up in the middle of next year I'm considering AT&T just because of data speeds here.
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The screenshot above was in Redlands.
I had T-Mobile until August because I couldn't stand the slow speeds. I've been happy and amazed at AT&T's LTE.
Below is speedtest a couple blocks from UCR. It's not the best but much better than T-Mobile by far. (I had Nexus 4 running on T-Mobile)
Weird it won't let me attach pic to reply on XDA app.
Anyways I'm getting about 9-10mbps down and 6-8mbps up near UCR.
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Metropcs lte
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If TMO would just build out even HSPA+ out here, it'd be no problem. I just don't want to either pay a ton more or deal with dial up speeds. Ugh.
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Anyone in Los Angeles, Ca on T-Mobile that can post a speed test result? I get a miserable 2.1mbps down and 1.8mbps up and want to know if its just me

AT&T reports my Nexus 5 as "LG 821"

I thought this was kind of interesting...
I bought my Nexus 5 from Tmobile (north america), found out that I have very little (read: zero) coverage between my home and work, so I had to cancel. I went ahead and paid off the N5 and switched to AT&T.
Oddly enough, the myAT&T screen shows me as having a LG 821, which, I believe, is the international version!
I found that concerning as I thought Tmobile might have worked better for me if I had the correct phone... but my bootloader shows D820.
Anyone else have the same quark on their myAT&T page?
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Funny - never noticed this before either, but AT&T reports mine as the 821 also.
I have the 820 model.

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I thought this was kind of interesting...
I bought my Nexus 5 from Tmobile (north america), found out that I have very little (read: zero) coverage between my home and work, so I had to cancel. I went ahead and paid off the N5 and switched to AT&T.
Oddly enough, the myAT&T screen shows me as having a LG 821, which, I believe, is the international version!
I found that concerning as I thought Tmobile might have worked better for me if I had the correct phone... but my bootloader shows D820.
Anyone else have the same quark on their myAT&T page?
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My wife and I both have Nexus 5's on at&t. I bought her's from google and mine from tmobile. Ours both show 821 too, but they are 820's. If they were 821's, you would have no LTE. Im in atlanta with lte everywhere.

LG 821 too, bought it from the Google store. I can use the wap.cingular apn only. No LTE for me.

LG821 here as well. I have LTE using attphone APN. I had a Galaxy S4 (LTE) before it, just kept that plan so it all works. Have to have had a LTE capable phone before you get the N5 for it to work properly with your plan to access LTE>

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LG821 here as well. I have LTE using attphone APN. I had a Galaxy S4 (LTE) before it, just kept that plan so it all works. Have to have had a LTE capable phone before you get the N5 for it to work properly with your plan to access LTE>
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Do any of you get throttled on AT&T with the Nexus 5? I have the Galaxy Nexus, but a cracked screen and now water damage is making me purchase a new phone, and I have yet to be throttled while regularly using over 5G/month.
Thanks!

You only get throttled (or more accurately, your usage is only metered in the throttling system) when using PHONE or PTA apn. Using a galaxy nexus without lte, you're most likely on wap.cingular (which you can do on a phone with no lte). Once their system detects you're imei and determines you have an lte capable device, you're blocked from using wap.cingular, and this your usage will be monitored (as you'll need to use phone or pta). I can trick the system by putting my sim in my old non lte GS2 (i9100), doing "restore apns" then sim swapping back to my nexus 5. THEN I can use wap.cingular, but unfortunately after a day or two they do an imei sweep and I get locked out again On the bright side tmo just announced they'll be eliminating edge and upgrading everything to lte by 2015 so I'm looking forward to dumping ATT very soon.
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schwin97 said:
Do any of you get throttled on AT&T with the Nexus 5? I have the Galaxy Nexus, but a cracked screen and now water damage is making me purchase a new phone, and I have yet to be throttled while regularly using over 5G/month.
Thanks!
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No throttle. On 6gb family share plan now. I can get over 50mbit/s in SpeedTest with full LTE signal. 95% of the time I'm on WiFi so to boot LTE speeds don't really matter. My data usage last month was a whole 500mb.

Not sure if the International has a different structure for the ESN/IMEI but its quite possible the 821 is what they have in their system as the Nexus 5. They do have traveling customers on the device but more likely prepaid customers. Interesting one indeed.

WoodburyMan said:
No throttle. On 6gb family share plan now. I can get over 50mbit/s in SpeedTest with full LTE signal. 95% of the time I'm on WiFi so to boot LTE speeds don't really matter. My data usage last month was a whole 500mb.
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He's asking about the UNLIMITED plan being throttled I'm sure, and yes it will after 5gb, unless you're on the wap.cingular apn as I described above.
I should mention that the Nexus 4 will NOT be blocked from wap.cingular as it does not have LTE, so if true unlimited data is that important maybe the Nexus 4 might be a better choice.
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ATT sent me a message saying I would be throttled at 3GB even though I have "unlimited data", and being throttled sucks, its awful.

mistahseller said:
ATT sent me a message saying I would be throttled at 3GB even though I have "unlimited data", and being throttled sucks, its awful.
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Should be 5gb on an LTE device. I'd call in with your imei to get put on an LTE unlimited plan if you're not already (hspa plans throttle after 3gb.). Note that you don't need to be on LTE or even have an LTE device, you just need any att compatible imei to give them so you're on the right plan.
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I got mine from Google, it's the unlocked version, and AT&T is also saying it's an LG 821.

How Do I Check The Model Number?
Hi,
Bought my phone from Google Play. How do I check the model number other then the boot loader?
I checked in 'About Phone', can't find it.
Edit. XDA really has to stop ads from playing with audio with while on the site, drives me nuts.

I tried to use the phone on PTA or Phone APN but it only accepts wap.cingular, because I switched from a 3G phone. The CS rep said my plan is not compatible with LTE, and nothing can be done. I am stuck with HSPA. Oh well, the plus side, I am not throttled.

WoodburyMan said:
LG821 here as well. I have LTE using attphone APN. I had a Galaxy S4 (LTE) before it, just kept that plan so it all works. Have to have had a LTE capable phone before you get the N5 for it to work properly with your plan to access LTE>
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This is not true. My wife has a T-Mobile N5 and I have a play store N5. Just started ATT service yesterday and we both have LTE. Also both devices show up as LG 821.

KedarWolf said:
Hi,
Bought my phone from Google Play. How do I check the model number other then the boot loader?
I checked in 'About Phone', can't find it.
Edit. XDA really has to stop ads from playing with audio with while on the site, drives me nuts.
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Did you try looking at the box?
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Jerryatric said:
This is not true. My wife has a T-Mobile N5 and I have a play store N5. Just started ATT service yesterday and we both have LTE. Also both devices show up as LG 821.
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This is true in some cases. It depends on the person that sets your phone up. Search. When they provision the phone, some AT&T workers, since the Nexus 5 is officially not in their provisioning software, have to select a generic template. If they are smart and do the right thing, you get set up with a LTE capable provisioning for your phone that works perfect. Some however don't know what they are doing and set the phone up with a plan that cannot access 3G for whatever reason. It completely depends on the person provisioning your phone. With phones that are in AT&T's system that might be unlocked but are in their system, such as Galaxy S4 Google Edition or something, it works no problem since the S4 is in their system. However with "oddball" phones like ours that AT&T doesn't officially support you run into issues as some workers may not know how to handle them.

Anyone having signal issues?

I was walking around disney yesterday and my wife had almost full bars on her s7 edge and mine had no service, I had to put into airplane mode and then turn the signal back on for it to maybe work that didnt always work either.

I've got great signal on mine so far. There's a post on Reddit with a couple people also saying they have a bad signal. But everyone else says their signal is better than what they had previously.
I have a friend who also upgraded to the Note 7 from the Note 3 and he said he's getting better signal as well. There are always going to be a few faulty devices. Might want to take it back and exchange it if you suspect a faulty device.

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I've got great signal on mine so far. There's a post on Reddit with a couple people also saying they have a bad signal. But everyone else says their signal is better than what they had previously.
I have a friend who also upgraded to the Note 7 from the Note 3 and he said he's getting better signal as well. There are always going to be a few faulty devices. Might want to take it back and exchange it if you suspect a faulty device.
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Agreed

Mine falls back to no service where I don't think it should. It's like it's so slow to switch towers to where it just goes to no service until it latches onto something else or until airplane mode is toggled.

besweeet said:
Mine falls back to no service where I don't think it should. It's like it's so slow to switch towers to where it just goes to no service until it latches onto something else or until airplane mode is toggled.
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Same signal problem hadNote 5 and Note 7. The Galaxy note 5 switch towers fast. NOTE 7 stay in 4g or no signal .

Mine has done that once. Had to restart phone. Wouldn't connect even though I could see all the carriers.
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Mine is having issues with carrier aggregation. When the phone is connected to b12, and b4. B12 alone is giving sub 1mb speeds, and b4 is over 20mb. B12 with B4 CA is giving the same speeds as just B12. Below is a screenshot of the service menu.
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Note 7 tmobile no signal Had to restart phone
Note 5 tmobile Full signal

I've had a lot better service. I came from the iPhone 6s+, which I would say had the best signal reception of any phone that I've ever used. I've used it side by side with the iPhone 6, 5s, note 5, note 4, nexus 6, nexus 5x, LG G5, etc... Point is that this phone blows out other devices in comparison with signal reception. I'd say to hit up tmobile and get them to exchange it. Ive had to do it before with my old nexus 6. I didnt really even need to prove anything either. They took my word for it since I could make it happen on command and sent me a new device the next day. You may have some luck with the next device that you receive.

I'm having issues with carrier aggregation, where the phone is connected to band 12, and CA with band 4. Band 4 is showing a signal of 130db using ca. In the same location if I directly connect to band 4 the db will be 109db.
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I'm having the same kinds of signal issues with mine as well. If I leave an area where I've been connected to wifi, then I lose all cellular signals. Even toggling airplane mode won't always get a connection back for me. Sometimes the first toggle will appear to at least get something back, but it takes a second one to get data back.
Hopefully the first round of updates will get things fixed.
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luisduranpr said:
Note 7 tmobile no signal Had to restart phone
Note 5 tmobile Full signal
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Yea wtf? Note 7 is supposed to have better signal and speed. Not impressed.
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note7 bs
Yesterday I lost LTE, could only make calls and text, no data whatsoever. Checked Mobile Networks / Network Mode, Network Operations, APN's. All good. Called T-mobile to complain, tried walking me through the same stuff. Restarted phone numerous times. Then drove over 30 miles(I assume moved towers) and still had no data, restarted, nothing. Went and ended up getting a new Note7 from tmobile on exchange(and new sim), now I am randomly still loosing signal and having to restart to regain LTE which didn't work with the previous phone. I am indoors though, so I am not sure wtf is going on. Super annoying. We shall see.

Whenever I enter the underground parking of my condo building, note 7 lost signl completely. I have an old note 4 with a different sim, full bar 4g LTE. Called tmobile, they said note 7 is running on 1900mhz while note 4 is on 700mhz. 1st tech said they already started working on updating towers. Few days later, 2nd tech was not aware of any work in progress. And.recommended.me to swith to a lower connection 2g/3g when i enter garage!

The Note 7 also supports band 12 / 700MHz, so it sounds like typical CS BS.

2yan said:
Yesterday I lost LTE, could only make calls and text, no data whatsoever. Checked Mobile Networks / Network Mode, Network Operations, APN's. All good. Called T-mobile to complain, tried walking me through the same stuff. Restarted phone numerous times. Then drove over 30 miles(I assume moved towers) and still had no data, restarted, nothing. Went and ended up getting a new Note7 from tmobile on exchange(and new sim), now I am randomly still loosing signal and having to restart to regain LTE which didn't work with the previous phone. I am indoors though, so I am not sure wtf is going on. Super annoying. We shall see.
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Did you use smart switch to move your data from one to another? Even a rep at T-mobile told me he noticed issues when using it. Need to do a hard reset to fix it.
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mardukeme said:
Did you use smart switch to move your data from one to another? Even a rep at T-mobile told me he noticed issues when using it. Need to do a hard reset to fix it.
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Try a Factory Reset. The Smart Switch may have influenced your configuration.
Personally I came from an iPhone 6S Plus. My service was spotty constantly losing Data and dropping to GPRS in one situation. I have had 100% LTE coverage here in Sacramento since switching and it's been the best phone and decision I have made.

mardukeme said:
Did you use smart switch to move your data from one to another? Even a rep at T-mobile told me he noticed issues when using it. Need to do a hard reset to fix it.
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I did use smart switch. Thanks for the feedback. I'll give it a go if issues persist. Usually I would hard reset as a last resort but i was pissed.
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DeadPhoenix said:
Try a Factory Reset. The Smart Switch may have influenced your configuration.
Personally I came from an iPhone 6S Plus. My service was spotty constantly losing Data and dropping to GPRS in one situation. I have had 100% LTE coverage here in Sacramento since switching and it's been the best phone and decision I have made.
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Thanks and welcome to the dark side.

2yan said:
I did use smart switch. Thanks for the feedback. I'll give it a go if issues persist. Usually I would hard reset as a last resort but i was pissed.
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Thanks and welcome to the dark side.
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I am a Equal Opportunity Phone user. I work for a Geeky/Media Company so we cover all the gadgets and what not. I try all the new hardware. DXRacer is actually sending me a chair to test now. I know the rules so I won't link it but it gives me a lot of chances to test new hardware for free.

DeadPhoenix said:
I am a Equal Opportunity Phone user. I work for a Geeky/Media Company so we cover all the gadgets and what not. I try all the new hardware. DXRacer is actually sending me a chair to test now. I know the rules so I won't link it but it gives me a lot of chances to test new hardware for free.
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Okay mister show off .