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Nexus 4 LTE, T-Mobile and 4.2.2 just a few questions

My main question is has anyone in las Vegas or Kansas tried using the T-Mobile LTE and if so dies it work and what speeds are you getting????? Also I have read that 4.2.2 takes away that hack is this true????
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dislplin01 said:
My main question is has anyone in las Vegas or Kansas tried using the T-Mobile LTE and if so dies it work and what speeds are you getting????? Also I have read that 4.2.2 takes away that hack is this true????
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First, it wasn't a "hack" it was an option that they forgot to remove. They removed it with the 4.2.2 update because it violates the FCC regulations. They can't use the LTE Band 4 without having tested it for interference with other devices, applications, etc.
You can re-add the option by flashing the 2.0.1700.33 radio after you've installed the 4.2.2 update.

h.nocturna said:
First, it wasn't a "hack" it was an option that they forgot to remove. They removed it with the 4.2.2 update because it violates the FCC regulations. They can't use the LTE Band 4 without having tested it for interference with other devices, applications, etc.
You can re-add the option by flashing the 2.0.1700.33 radio after you've installed the 4.2.2 update.
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Thanks I guess with the insult in the beginning LOL but again the main question is has anyone got it to work with T-Mobile in the testing areas and if I want to call it a hack I will thanks troll
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dislplin01 said:
My main question is has anyone in las Vegas or Kansas tried using the T-Mobile LTE and if so dies it work and what speeds are you getting????? Also I have read that 4.2.2 takes away that hack is this true????
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No one is "trolling" prick..
There is a big difference between a "Hack" and a simple OPTION...
And He was not insulting you.. he was simply telling you a FACT..

UberSlackr said:
No one is "trolling" prick..
There is a big difference between a "Hack" and a simple OPTION...
And He was not insulting you.. he was simply telling you a FACT..
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I know what is was how I worded it was not really a factor just answer the question and if Yuh noticed I thanked his post biatch
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Hey I've gotten the unofficial late cm10 room for nexus 4 and I was wondering if anyone had gotten lte in Tacoma because I've tried using lte here using the hack and instructions, but lte doesn't work (I tried using lte only) however my friend had T-Mobile and gets 4g here. Any idea why? Thanks.

EatingInternet said:
Hey I've gotten the unofficial late cm10 room for nexus 4 and I was wondering if anyone had gotten lte in Tacoma because I've tried using lte here using the hack and instructions, but lte doesn't work (I tried using lte only) however my friend had T-Mobile and gets 4g here. Any idea why? Thanks.
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Thread is 4 months old. You should direct your lte question in the lte thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39685478
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[Q] I9505 no LTE?

Hello,
I bought an unlocked I9505 version of the Galaxy S4 and live in the US and my carrier is AT&T.
I know I have LTE service in my area since I came from iPhone and other phones in my household has LTE service in their phone's but mine?
My I9505 only shows and toggles between H and H+ but not the 4G and LTE subscript text next to the signal bars.
I've checked to make sure that under Mobile Networks that LTE/GSM/WCDMA is chosen and APN* settings are correct.
Anyone else having the same experience? Is there something wrong with the phone?

It has LTE, I get 4G on mine
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What could be possibly wrong with mine?

exnokiafanboy said:
What could be possibly wrong with mine?
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I flashed the latest ROM (MDN) and first I did no have LTE a well, but after I did factory reset - it appeared .
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did your simcard support LTE ??

MsElise said:
did your simcard support LTE ??
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I think - it does not support. We do not have LTE service here yet. But I have a choice LTE/GSM/WCDMA (auto connect)
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MsElise said:
did your simcard support LTE ??
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Yes, I also called AT&T support to make sure I'm provisioned to have LTE and they said yes.

In germany we have a problem too.
interrupts the LTE network and you have no more contact?
It seems as if there were in all i9505's the problem. I turned it off, because LTE is too expensive here.
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myname70 said:
I flashed the latest ROM (MDN) and first I did no have LTE a well, but after I did factory reset - it appeared .
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I've already did a factory reset once but nothing happened. It's still not showing LTE.

exnokiafanboy said:
Hello,
I bought an unlocked I9505 version of the Galaxy S4 and live in the US and my carrier is AT&T.
I know I have LTE service in my area since I came from iPhone and other phones in my household has LTE service in their phone's but mine?
My I9505 only shows and toggles between H and H+ but not the 4G and LTE subscript text next to the signal bars.
I've checked to make sure that under Mobile Networks that LTE/GSM/WCDMA is chosen and APN* settings are correct.
Anyone else having the same experience? Is there something wrong with the phone?
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As far as I know of, the GT-I9505 does not support AT&T LTE bands. This would explain why you can't get any LTE signal with it.
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mathieulh said:
As far as I know of, the GT-I9505 does not support AT&T LTE bands. This would explain why you can't get any LTE signal with it.
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Awww, that's a bummer.

I am having the exact same issue, I have an i9505 and do not get the option of LTE on the list only GSM/WCDMA, GSM Only or WCDMA Only.
I had an LTE S3 and obviously that had an option for it in the network settings.
If the 4G was not compatible in my area then i would assume it would not be able to find a signal and not just disallow the selection in the settings.
Im in Australia btw and bought it unlocked from a company that shipped from Hong Kong.

chriswazza said:
I am having the exact same issue, I have an i9505 and do not get the option of LTE on the list only GSM/WCDMA, GSM Only or WCDMA Only.
I had an LTE S3 and obviously that had an option for it in the network settings.
If the 4G was not compatible in my area then i would assume it would not be able to find a signal and not just disallow the selection in the settings.
Im in Australia btw and bought it unlocked from a company that shipped from Hong Kong.
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You need a LTE compatible USIM to be able to list the "4G" option otherwise it does not appear. It's kinda stupid but it's the way it works.
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mathieulh said:
You need a LTE compatible USIM to be able to list the "4G" option otherwise it does not appear. It's kinda stupid but it's the way it works.
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Ok, this is the sim i was using in my LTE S3 and that worked fine. Should this not work?

chriswazza said:
Ok, this is the sim i was using in my LTE S3 and that worked fine. Should this not work?
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Hum... That's odd, maybe your CSC does not allow LTE.
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mathieulh said:
Hum... That's odd, maybe your CSC does not allow LTE.
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Ok. What would that mean? I was assured by the company I bought it from that it would work.

My csc is i9505zzhamde if that helps

I've contacted AT&T tech support and found out the reason why I can't get LTE. Different techs will give you different answers so I kept prying each
tech that I've encountered with to give me some sensible answer.
One tech said that the 9'th and 10th digit of the ATT sim should be 2 and 5. I checked my old iPhone's nano sim and it was 2 and 5. The replacement sim that I've received when I got my S4 was 2 and 9. So I went to an AT&T store to have my sim replaced, ofcourse they ignored what I told them that I'd like to have a sim with the 9th and 10th digit to be 2 and 5. ATT rep said that their new sim should work with LTE (which I thought should be) regardless of the 9th and 10th digit. Then, nothing still H+. Oh well...
So went home and tried chatting with the rep again and found out this:
LTE service is not provisioned in my plan since AT&T's system can't recognize my phone's IMEI hence they can't add it to their system.
So does that mean that GT-I9505 can have 4g LTE with AT&T's as long as they can register my IMEI on their network?
but w/e the sooner I can get over that I9505 isn't compatible with AT&T 's LTE the better.

Hm... When I was with Hybrid ROM MDN and modem MDN without ANY CSC, it shows me LTE/GSM/WCDMA (auto connect). But now I flashed Modified MDM ROM with MDM modem with BTU CSC and the LTE disappeared..... I have only GSM/WCDMA option.... (just to remind that My GSM Operator does not provide LTE)
What do you think? maybe the LTE/GSM/WCDMA (auto connect) in the menu depends on th chosen CSC...

I think they are telling you a bunch of lies. The I9505 does not have the LTE bands for AT&T and that's really all there is to it.
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Nexus 4 Lte in the Los Angeles & I.E area for T-Mobile

Can any one conform that LTE is working for T-Mobile in LA and I.E area I can't get it to work on mine? I called T-Mobile to see if there's LTE the lady said yes but no luck can any one confirm its working in this area I'm in Pomona California
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kepapas said:
Can any one conform that LTE is working for T-Mobile in LA and I.E area I can't get it to work on mine? I called T-Mobile to see if there's LTE the lady said yes but no luck can any one confirm its working in this area I'm in Pomona California
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You have to apply the LTE hack in order to get LTE on TMobile.
LTE on Nexus 4 is not officially supported and was removed in a radio .48 and above.
So basically,
1. Flash a baseband that is older than .48 (such as .33, .29, etc).
2. Flash the voice fix
3. Build prop change.
This of course is very general, do some searching on XDA and you'll find what you need. #2 and #3 can be done via flashable zips, just find it. You'll probably find things out there that will show you how to manually do that but that is very time consuming, especially if you flash updates to roms which will override it.
Want confirmation? http://www.tmonews.com/2013/05/t-mobile-lte-sightings-abundant-in-los-angeles-area-this-morning/

zephiK said:
You have to apply the LTE hack in order to get LTE on TMobile.
LTE on Nexus 4 is not officially supported and was removed in a radio .48 and above.
So basically,
1. Flash a baseband that is older than .48 (such as .33, .29, etc).
2. Flash the voice fix
3. Build prop change.
This of course is very general, do some searching on XDA and you'll find what you need. #2 and #3 can be done via flashable zips, just find it. You'll probably find things out there that will show you how to manually do that but that is very time consuming, especially if you flash updates to roms which will override it.
Want confirmation? http://www.tmonews.com/2013/05/t-mobile-lte-sightings-abundant-in-los-angeles-area-this-morning/
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I went thru that whole processes I changed the baseband to .33 changed bulidprop and also the APN to fast.T-Mobile but I still get the h+ I've read all the forms I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm thinking there's no lte In my area
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kepapas said:
I went thru that whole processes I changed the baseband to .33 changed bulidprop and also the APN to fast.T-Mobile but I still get the h+ I've read all the forms I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm thinking there's no lte In my area
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Try http://ltemap.org/tmobile I think theres one more site for something similar to this.
In Settings -> More -> Mobile Networks -> Network mode.... LTE is there right?

zephiK said:
Try http://ltemap.org/tmobile I think theres one more site for something similar to this.
In Settings -> More -> Mobile Networks -> Network mode.... LTE is there right?
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Yeah the lte is there right now I'm change the build prop again and flash radio 33 and do a factory reset because I didn't do a factory reset hopefully that's what it is thanks for you're help
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kepapas said:
Yeah the lte is there right now I'm change the build prop again and flash radio 33 and do a factory reset because I didn't do a factory reset hopefully that's what it is thanks for you're help
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Try .27, its rumored to be better than .33 in terms of reception. Mileage may vary.

LTE in LA is fast as **** on the .33 and on the .27 radios...
i got it from Culver City all the way to North Hollywood...i am in Long Beach so I don't go to LA all that often but this was all last week...as for the IE i do not know
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zephiK said:
Try http://ltemap.org/tmobile I think theres one more site for something similar to this.
In Settings -> More -> Mobile Networks -> Network mode.... LTE is there right?
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and the other site is Sensorly
i was told about it by someone on this site and it is very accurate

Thanks for the help I finally got it working really fast better then h+
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plasticarmyman said:
LTE in LA is fast as **** on the .33 and on the .27 radios...
i got it from Culver City all the way to North Hollywood...i am in Long Beach so I don't go to LA all that often but this was all last week...as for the IE i do not know
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and the other site is Sensorly
i was told about it by someone on this site and it is very accurate
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Don't get it in Long Beach?
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vandizzam said:
Don't get it in Long Beach?
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So when it says 4g its just 4g when it goes to lte it will say lte right
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vandizzam said:
Don't get it in Long Beach?
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AFAIK T-Mo doesn't have LTE in LB..anywhere in LB...but with the .27 radio my H+ is fast enough..
kepapas said:
So when it says 4g its just 4g when it goes to lte it will say lte right
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I do not remember correctly if it says 4G or LTE, but I know i got LTE in Culver and North Hollywood and the drive between

Wow look at my speed
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Well apparently the northern half of Long Beach gets LTE/4G...from the airport to the 91 I was getting 4G...

kepapas said:
Wow look at my speed
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I get that already (Portland, Or.) I'm hoping that LTE flies!
TA4S

A day with T-Mobile LTE vs HSPA+ Los angeles
Check out a video I made on LTE & HSPA+ in Los Angeles 90201 area.
Using Nexus 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QlSONmttYE&feature=c4-overview&list=UUmhDumsq-g2bVMy7NC4WiUg

LTE prefered

Anyway to make the phone use LTE as a preffer network? Mine keep switching to HSPA+

And while someone is at it, please tell how to do hspa+ONLY
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trh1341 said:
And while someone is at it, please tell how to do hspa+ONLY
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Dial *#*#info#*#* go to phone scroll down and u see wcdma only...click that

I think the phone is designed to prefer LTE. It drops to HSPA+ in the absence of LTE.
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kyler13 said:
I think the phone is designed to prefer LTE. It drops to HSPA+ in the absence of LTE.
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Pretty sure thats not true, atleast for tmobile version. Mine drop to hspa+ even though LTE have 2 bar. Quiet annoying.

T-Mobile LTE isn't widespread. I can be in one spot with lte then cross the street and be on hspa. I think this phone is set to go with what's stronger.
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lyrical1278 said:
T-Mobile LTE isn't widespread. I can be in one spot with lte then cross the street and be on hspa. I think this phone is set to go with what's stronger.
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Yea and the stronger isnt nessecary the fastest...I'm mad they actually did this, I hope this isnt Tmobile way of mitigating traffic congestion

SM-G920F in Canada (Koodo)

Hi, I'm having bad signal reception with this phone with Koodo, is it compatible with the bands in Canada?
Thank you!

I don't believe the F variant has the AWS band, which is used in Canada. You can try switching to 3G only, see if that helps.
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DarryDoo said:
I don't believe the F variant has the AWS band, which is used in Canada. You can try switching to 3G only, see if that helps.
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Today I got 4G most of the day, the cellular reception is bad thought compared to my Nexus 5. Most of the time, even at the center of the city, I usually get only 1 bar of signal.
I bought it from the Amazon Prime sale, I can return it if anything's wrong.

Try disabling LTE then.
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DarryDoo said:
Try disabling LTE then.
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Wow full signal now! What's up with my phone?

Full signal after disabling LTE, or just on its own?
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DarryDoo said:
Full signal after disabling LTE, or just on its own?
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Full signal after disabling LTE.

The phone doesn't have the AWS band for LTE.
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DarryDoo said:
The phone doesn't have the AWS band for LTE.
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Aw snap, so, what do I have to look right off the bath with another new phone? Which band is AWS?

If it's any Samsung, the W8 models are what you want.
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