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unlocked on at&t no 3g

I tried to get the $15 (200 meg) data package to work, but there is no signal showing up on the phone. anyone got any ideas?

Yeah. I have really good idea....... at&t sucks
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They use different freqs for the different companies 3g in the states, at&t uses the "standard" freqs and tmob uses its own due to fcc regs. They may also use different flavors of 3g also(ie UMTS, HSPDA, wcdma) the acronyms are endless...
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jeffbichel said:
I tried to get the $15 (200 meg) data package to work, but there is no signal showing up on the phone. anyone got any ideas?
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Any ATT data plan should work, but only with ATT's 2G service*.
there are a few things I could think of that could be causing your problem which are separated by phone or network problems (these are all assuming your phone is searching for signal and isn't giving you any obvious errors about the sim):
PHONE PROBLEMS
1. Your MT slide is locked to WCDMA only, which won't work on ATT (see explanation below*).
2. Your unlock method didn't work.
3. Any other random prob with your handset hardware/software.
NETWORK PROBLEMS
1. You are not in a ATT 2G coverage area
3. You are in a location that the ATT 2G signal is being blocked.
2. There is an ATT network outage in your area.
The quickest way to narrow down your prob is to get a hold of an ATT phone that is working (either from a friend or an ATT store) and test your sim in that phone. that will tell you if you need to start troubleshooting your phone or your sim/att service.
*ATT uses a different frequency for their 3G coverage (ATT uses 1900 mhz and 850 mhz WCDMA as oppose to T-Mobiles 1700 mhz WCDMA). this means that if you locked your phone to WCDMA on the slide, then it is going to try to look for an ATT signal at 1700 mhz, which does not exist. Unfortunately there is no way to "re-tune" the radio hardware in most devices to operate on a different frequency, so your probably stuck with 2G only if you continue to use ATT.
the only exception that I know of is the blackberry bold 9700, in which the radio hardware actually supports all gsm/wcdma bands, and just has the "Carrier appropriate" bands enabled in the software. this may be the case with the MT slide, but I doubt it.

UMM before any of that I'M GUESSING YOU HAVE THE PROPER AT&T APN SETTINGS?? Correct?? .. if not, you need to find the att apn address and replace the stock epc address

turboyo said:
UMM before any of that I'M GUESSING YOU HAVE THE PROPER AT&T APN SETTINGS?? Correct?? .. if not, you need to find the att apn address and replace the stock epc address
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and if this was the case what epc would we need?

No clue research it Im sure its simple to find ATT APN address ..our stock tmobile one is epc.tmobile.com
if you want something to try, try this but i have no idea if this is for att's new plans
Name: AT&T
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: leave blank
Port: leave blank
Username:[email protected]
Password:CINGULAR1
Server: leave blank
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: leave blank

turboyo said:
UMM before any of that I'M GUESSING YOU HAVE THE PROPER AT&T APN SETTINGS?? Correct?? .. if not, you need to find the att apn address and replace the stock epc address
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The apn definately must be correct to use data once the phone finds signal and connects to ATT's network, but jeffbichel said his problem is that the phone isnt getting any signal to begin with. the apn only comes into play once your phone has already found and connected to a cell tower.

I read elsewhere that the only way to get a Slide working with 3G on AT&T is to order one destined for Roger's telecom Canada since they use the same 3g frequencies as AT&T...

You can use a TMO phone on AT&T, the 3G will not work, EDGE only. On an Android phone the APN settings must be set correctly for AT&T for the data to work.

[Q] A question about H+

Does the N4 show the H+ symbol, somthing racking in my head says that it doesn't have a H+ and only shows H when it is infact on H+
The second question is to any one on EE in the UK, how are your speeds? In my house when am off wifi on my GS3 i could get speeds of aroun 6-9mbs which am pretty sure was on Tmobiles old network as since i put my micro sim into my N4 i haven't been able to anything over 3mb, now i was just wandering was this because i am not connecting to their H+ network since i have not seen the H+ symbol on my phone, or isit just one of those things that i haven't been able to hit the same data rates as before, as i am on H+ its just that stock android doesn't show the H+ symbo?
Thanks for any help anyone can give

mintvilla said:
Does the N4 show the H+ symbol, somthing racking in my head says that it doesn't have a H+ and only shows H when it is infact on H+
The second question is to any one on EE in the UK, how are your speeds? In my house when am off wifi on my GS3 i could get speeds of aroun 6-9mbs which am pretty sure was on Tmobiles old network as since i put my micro sim into my N4 i haven't been able to anything over 3mb, now i was just wandering was this because i am not connecting to their H+ network since i have not seen the H+ symbol on my phone, or isit just one of those things that i haven't been able to hit the same data rates as before, as i am on H+ its just that stock android doesn't show the H+ symbo?
Thanks for any help anyone can give
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Here on T-Mobile, I only get an H, not an H+. I'm pretty sure H is the highest thing it shows, and the H does indeed signify access to their fastest network (HSPA+ 42 Mbps).
I'm pretty sure the GS3 runs on T-Mobile's HSPA+ 21 Mbps network (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). For comparison, the Galaxy Nexus also runs on HSPA+ 21 Mbps (the N4 is HSPA+ 42 Mbps). At the same locations, where I used to get about 6-8 Mbps on my Galaxy Nexus, I get between 16 and 18 Mbps on my N4.

nyijedi said:
Here on T-Mobile, I only get an H, not an H+. I'm pretty sure H is the highest thing it shows, and the H does indeed signify access to their fastest network (HSPA+ 42 Mbps).
I'm pretty sure the GS3 runs on T-Mobile's HSPA+ 21 Mbps network (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). For comparison, the Galaxy Nexus also runs on HSPA+ 21 Mbps (the N4 is HSPA+ 42 Mbps). At the same locations, where I used to get about 6-8 Mbps on my Galaxy Nexus, I get between 16 and 18 Mbps on my N4.
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Thanks for your reply, what part of the world are you from?

mintvilla said:
Does the N4 show the H+ symbol, somthing racking in my head says that it doesn't have a H+ and only shows H when it is infact on H+
The second question is to any one on EE in the UK, how are your speeds? In my house when am off wifi on my GS3 i could get speeds of aroun 6-9mbs which am pretty sure was on Tmobiles old network as since i put my micro sim into my N4 i haven't been able to anything over 3mb, now i was just wandering was this because i am not connecting to their H+ network since i have not seen the H+ symbol on my phone, or isit just one of those things that i haven't been able to hit the same data rates as before, as i am on H+ its just that stock android doesn't show the H+ symbo?
Thanks for any help anyone can give
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I had a similar issue in that i was getting less than 1 Mbps on AT&T here in the US. I did a little searching and found several posts in these forums on creating an APN specific to AT&T for better speeds. It worked and now I am getting 7-10 Mbps pretty consistently now. Just do some digging on xda and not just in the N4 forums.
hope this helps

The APN settings I am using for ATT (if not mentioned, leave as-is):
Name: AT&T HSPA+
APN: phone
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: default,agps,supl,fota,dun
For MMS:
Name: Cingular MMS
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wap.cingular.com
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mms.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: mms
Your mileage may vary, here. I live in Central PA (Harrisburg) and I've never gotten good data speeds (not even with my Atrix 2 stock, which is rated at HSPA+ 21Mbps).
Edit - These settings get my phone to recognize HSPA+: 15, but data speeds are still poop in this area. I'm gonna switch to T-Mobile.

mintvilla said:
Thanks for your reply, what part of the world are you from?
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No problem. I'm on Long Island, NY (if you see that in my profile now, you're not going crazy - I just realized it wasn't included and added it )

Check in About phone > Status > Mobile network type
There it shows what type of network you are currently connected to.

The Nexus 4 won't show H+ in the notification bar. This is a CM feature. You'll see just an H or 3G

Thanks guys for all that took time to post.
I did think that stock android didnt show H+, its nice that its now confirmed.
I looked at my APN settings and they were set to orange, so i thought id check the internet to see if there any just for EE (not the 4g ones) (if anyone is interested you just have to change them to EE Internet and everywhere for the apn settings.
I then checked where i am at work and i was on HSPA 10 - then i saw it on HSPA+15 so am pretty sure everything is as it should be, and set up correctly, i will check when i get home as i know i can get speeds of 6-9mbs in my house, but i did just see 5.5mbs at work (where as early it just wasnt going above 3) so am pretty happy now.
Thanks guys

mintvilla said:
Thanks guys for all that took time to post.
I did think that stock android didnt show H+, its nice that its now confirmed.
I looked at my APN settings and they were set to orange, so i thought id check the internet to see if there any just for EE (not the 4g ones) (if anyone is interested you just have to change them to EE Internet and everywhere for the apn settings.
I then checked where i am at work and i was on HSPA 10 - then i saw it on HSPA+15 so am pretty sure everything is as it should be, and set up correctly, i will check when i get home as i know i can get speeds of 6-9mbs in my house, but i did just see 5.5mbs at work (where as early it just wasnt going above 3) so am pretty happy now.
Thanks guys
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Sounds like you should be good, then. Post again if you do any more speed tests.

Can anybody post the T-Mobile APN settings for me as some if my settings like port...is blank
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My Nexus 4 also just shows an H for data . But it switches back and forth kind of often saying H and then 3g is this normal?
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Requesting AT&T APN Settings for Galaxy S4

Hey Everyone,
I need the AT&T APN Settings for the Galaxy S4. I flashed to Foxhound Rom(I9505 rom) and flashed a AT&T Kernel but now my data speeds are all out of whack.
Here's the settings I've tried so far http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31135-att-apns-for-custom-roms/, but it's still too slow on the speedtest app compared to what I was getting before.
Also I noticed after using the above settings, my "Network Mode" (found in the Mobile Network settings) keeps switching from what I set it to -- LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect) -- automatically to WCDMA/GSM (auto connect).
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Himalaya's Playa

Select the "ATT LTE" APN and that should do the trick.

Thermalwolf said:
Select the "ATT LTE" APN and that should do the trick.
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Thanks for the speedy response Thermawolf. Currently I have all 5 APNs plugged in, and I'm still getting these speeds (3 down /.5 up) in an area where I was confirmed to have LTE. Should I only be using one APN?

himalayasplaya said:
Thanks for the speedy response Thermawolf. Currently I have all 5 APNs plugged in, and I'm still getting these speeds (3 down /.5 up) in an area where I was confirmed to have LTE.
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Hmmmm I don't know what you mean by plugged in? The phone itself should acquire these APN's when it scans for networks. Make sure you are just using the ATT LTE apn it acquires and then go back and select GSM/LTE/CDMA or something like that and it should stick and hopefully fix your speed. Although your area might not have full LTE yet.
Ok here's my exact ATT LTE settings from the APN, sorry I didn't realize I could be more specific with this lol, still learning as I go myself
APN: pta
Proxy: Not Set
Username: Not Set
Password: Not Set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMSC proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
Authentication type: Not Set
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
Bearer: Unspecified

Thermalwolf said:
Hmmmm I don't know what you mean by plugged in? The phone itself should acquire these APN's when it scans for networks. Make sure you are just using the ATT LTE apn it acquires and then go back and select GSM/LTE/CDMA or something like that and it should stick and hopefully fix your speed. Although your area might not have full LTE yet.
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I had to manually enter new APNs into my phone. what I did just now was delete the other 2-3 APNs (Cingular, Cingular MMS) and now my speeds are back up to 20Mbps down, but my upload is at 4.5Mbps up. Is the upload speed normally that much lower?

himalayasplaya said:
I had to manually enter new APNs into my phone. what I did just now was delete the other 2-3 APNs (Cingular, Cingular MMS) and now my speeds are back up to 20Mbps down, but my upload is at .3Mbps up. Is the upload speed normally that effected?
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That is an extremely low upload for LTE that's for sure. I would run a couple tests and see what happens. It could also be ROM related as I am running Task650 AOKP.
Also I updated my post with my APN settings.

what modem are you using? Also, I noticed you are sprint, is this for the same device?

Galaxy S4 - no LTE option?
I recently bought an unlocked unbranded Galaxy S4 GT-I9500. I let it (probably a bad judgement call) auto update via WIFI from 4.2 to 4.3 before it ever had a sim chip in it. I'm assuming not an ATT update, no branded bloatware. Root was easy with Odin. So...now on ATT, but not getting LTE? Added the APN settings shown above, but found no LTE listed in the Network mode options. No Network access when I select that APN either. WCDMA/GSM auto and single option for each only thing there.
Any ideas / suggestions?
Maybe I just need to find the right ROM, I like Cyanogenmod 11 kitkat, and get that on there and see what happens.

freeschwag said:
I recently bought an unlocked unbranded Galaxy S4 GT-I9500. I let it (probably a bad judgement call) auto update via WIFI from 4.2 to 4.3 before it ever had a sim chip in it. I'm assuming not an ATT update, no branded bloatware. Root was easy with Odin. So...now on ATT, but not getting LTE? Added the APN settings shown above, but found no LTE listed in the Network mode options. No Network access when I select that APN either. WCDMA/GSM auto and single option for each only thing there.
Any ideas / suggestions?
Maybe I just need to find the right ROM, I like Cyanogenmod 11 kitkat, and get that on there and see what happens.
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I do believe that that the i9500 does not have LTE.

Kaze105 said:
I do believe that that the i9500 does not have LTE.
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You're correct the i9505 does

Metro PCS and Moto G

So I went to a Metro affiliate store and purchased a sim card which they set up for my wife's Moto G (US GSM). When we left the store telephony was working flawlessly however it wasn't getting data. The store rep said that the phone will automatically get data after an hour. Me being the skeptic I started poking around and it turns out the phone only had the apn settings for Tmobile. I ended up searching the apn settings for MetroPCS which were as follows:
APN Settings:
Name:
MetroPCS
APN:
fast.metropcs.com
Proxy:
Not set
Port:
Not set
User Name:
Not set
Password:
Not set
Server:
Not set
MMSC:
http://metropcs.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Proxy:
Not set
MMS Port:
Not set
MCC:
310
MNC:
260
Authentication type:
None
APN type:
default,mms,supl
APN protocol:
IPv4
APN roaming protocol:
IPv4
Enable/disable APN:
APN enabled
Bearer:
Unspecified
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After saving the APN settings and applying them I immediately was able to get 3G! I also verified that sms/mms was fully functioning.

Mayimbe007 said:
So I went to a Metro affiliate store and purchased a sim card which they set up for my wife's Moto G (US GSM). When we left the store telephony was working flawlessly however it wasn't getting data. The store rep said that the phone will automatically get data after an hour. Me being the skeptic I started poking around and it turns out the phone only had the apn settings for Tmobile. I ended up searching the apn settings for MetroPCS which were as follows:
After saving the APN settings and applying them I immediately was able to get 3G! I also verified that sms/mms was fully functioning.
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That's interesting. I just switched my wife over to a Moto G (US GSM) on MetroPCS via online chat. We had the same situation, calls and texts working but didn't notice until the next day that data wasn't working (because we where on our house wifi at the time). I did another online chat with MetroPCS and got the APN settings. The ones they gave me were identical to yours, except:
APN: fast.t-mobile.com
MMSC: http<dot><slash><slash>mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
(I can't post urls yet, so trade out the <dot><slash><slash> with :// )
We are in the D/FW area if that maybe matters. I wonder if maybe they are moving people to this t-mobile APN since the merger? Since changing to those APN settings though, data has been working great.

notserpmh said:
That's interesting. I just switched my wife over to a Moto G (US GSM) on MetroPCS via online chat. We had the same situation, calls and texts working but didn't notice until the next day that data wasn't working (because we where on our house wifi at the time). I did another online chat with MetroPCS and got the APN settings. The ones they gave me were identical to yours, except:
APN: fast.t-mobile.com
MMSC: http<dot><slash><slash>mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
(I can't post urls yet, so trade out the <dot><slash><slash> with :// )
We are in the D/FW area if that maybe matters. I wonder if maybe they are moving people to this t-mobile APN since the merger? Since changing to those APN settings though, data has been working great.
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Thanks for the insight. Just curious does your wife's phone say 3G or does it say hspa?

Mayimbe007 said:
Thanks for the insight. Just curious does your wife's phone say 3G or does it say hspa?
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I've only seen it say 3G so far, but I did a few speed tests (only from our house though) and the data speeds were in the same ballpark as my Nexus 4 which does indicate HSPA, so I haven't been overly worried.

The US Models show 3G even though they're connected to HSPA.
Go into Settings > About Phone > Status ....and you should see its connected to HSPA.
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Moto G problem?
Hi Guys,
Are any of you guys using MetroPCS and Moto G together in New York? I purchased a Moto G and having trouble connecting to MetroPCS network. It keeps saying cannot connect to preferred network, please try again later.
I reset the phone 3 times already but no luck so far. However, it picks up a TMobile SIM card right away. Do I need to do anything manually?

It was my understanding that the MetroPCS network is CDMA while the newly merged Tmobile is GSM. I'm on MetroPCS with 4G on an LG Motion and get very good data service (Central Florida). The LG has been a surprisingly good phone but I'm drooling over the Moto G but I read somewhere that in a couple of months the CDMA version would come out and I could use that on the MetroPCS 4G network. Can anyone confirm or contradict this? I have no idea what kind of data service I will get around here on Tmobile, so I would hate to get locked into that by virtue of the GSM phone. MetroPCS is very strong here and I would like to stick with their network.
Update: The Tmobile page (can't post links yet, sorry) seems to indicate that the Moto G will only operate on Tmobile's HSPA+ network in areas where 1900MHz has been converted from EDGE to HSPA+ when the specs of the Moto G are taken into consideration. If I read it correctly, the G would need to also work on 2100MHz to take advantage of those speeds on the rest of their network. I have no idea how much of their coverage is 1900MHz. The CDMA version won't work on 4G LTE from those specs so I guess using it on MetroPCS is not going to happen.
Moto G Specs
Global GSM Model:
GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
US GSM Model:
GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps (850, 1700 (AWS), 1900 MHz)
CDMA Model:
CDMA/EVDO Rev A (850, 1900 MHz)
Both GSM models require a micro SIM card.
Thanks.

MetroPCS is phasing out their CDMA devices they are going all gsm. Get the US GSM version of the phone it works great on Metro PCS. We are currently in the Orlando area for the holidays and have had no reception issues.
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Thanks, I didn't realize that.

I use metro PCs in Detroit with moto g and atrix HD they work fine add fast.metropcs.com for your APN of choice then try again
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Mayimbe007 said:
Thanks for the insight. Just curious does your wife's phone say 3G or does it say hspa?
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It says 3g but gets h+21
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Does the Moto G through MetroPCS have visual voice mail?

Don't think we sell it other wise I would ordered for the visual voicemail and WiFi calling
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david.rahrer said:
Does the Moto G through MetroPCS have visual voice mail?
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More or less. Install the T Mobile Visual Voicemail in the play store and it seems to work fine. The voicemail to SMS is an upgrade (extra fee) so I haven't tried that, but I do get notifications of VM, select the order to play, delete, etc.

Mayimbe007 said:
So I went to a Metro affiliate store and purchased a sim card which they set up for my wife's Moto G (US GSM). When we left the store telephony was working flawlessly however it wasn't getting data. The store rep said that the phone will automatically get data after an hour. Me being the skeptic I started poking around and it turns out the phone only had the apn settings for Tmobile. I ended up searching the apn settings for MetroPCS which were as follows:
After saving the APN settings and applying them I immediately was able to get 3G! I also verified that sms/mms was fully functioning.
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Thanks a bunch. Exact same problem....

plmiller0905 said:
The US Models show 3G even though they're connected to HSPA.
Go into Settings > About Phone > Status ....and you should see its connected to HSPA.
sent from my Moto..........G!
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Unfortunately, I'm on Straight Talk and I have yet to see decent speeds. I'm pretty sure they throttle the bandwidth. I know they use ATT towers, but when I had ATT directly, speeds were much faster.

I recently got on with metropcs and had a issue. Of slow speeds, turns out they need to do a refresh of your Sim after installing or it gets throttled for exceeding your 4G limit. Now your probably saying "wait the moto g doesn't support 4g". Which is what I had to explain to their dealer support, who kept insisting I used 500 megs in 2 hours just in email notifications(pre downloaded everything on my home WiFi before going into the store) but it turns out they just needed to update the device on their end.
so what I thought I'd do is, pretend to be one of those deaf mutes

It's very usefull.Good.

Help
I can not for the life of me get this to work. The people at the metro store were predictably zero help.
I have the regular 3g moto g & in Boston. Thanks.

Mayimbe007 said:
So I went to a Metro affiliate store and purchased a sim card which they set up for my wife's Moto G (US GSM). When we left the store telephony was working flawlessly however it wasn't getting data. The store rep said that the phone will automatically get data after an hour. Me being the skeptic I started poking around and it turns out the phone only had the apn settings for Tmobile. I ended up searching the apn settings for MetroPCS which were as follows:
After saving the APN settings and applying them I immediately was able to get 3G! I also verified that sms/mms was fully functioning.
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thank you so much for posting this. I now have 3g web on my pantech crossover because of your posted settings.:good:

OPT US Version can't connect to T-Mobile LTE in NYC

Hi,
I live in NYC.
I just switched to T-Mobile today from AT&T, but now I can't get a LTE signal. I can make phone calls, send sms/mms, and even surf the web, but only with a H connection.
I can confirm my location has T-Mobile LTE since we also have an iPhone 7 on T-Mobile and with Ookla speed test the iPhone 7 is getting 38Mbps down.
I called T-Mobile tech support twice, they did refresh multiple times, still no LTE signal.
I am using the following settings:
APN: T-Mobile US LTE IPv6
Preferred network type: LTE
Network operators: auto
Mobile data: ON
Thanks in advance!

I'm using
T-Mobile US LTE
fast.t-mobile.com
APN roaming protocol: ipv4
APN type: default,supl
Preferred network type: LTE/GSM/WCDMA
System select: automatic
CDMA subscription: RUIM/SIM
Probably more details than you need but that's how I'm getting 4G. 68/22 speeds

pillowsnyc said:
I'm using
T-Mobile US LTE
fast.t-mobile.com
APN roaming protocol: ipv4
APN type: default,supl
Preferred network type: LTE/GSM/WCDMA
System select: automatic
CDMA subscription: RUIM/SIM
Probably more details than you need but that's how I'm getting 4G. 68/22 speeds
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I tried your settings, but I'm still getting only H, and not LTE.
Any ideas?