So I was looking over the difference between D800 (ATT) and D801 (TMOUS) and it seems that the reception difference is D800 has an LTE band 5 and the D801 has an 3G band of 1700. Whats the practical difference in reception? Seems like att is starting to grow band 5, and 1700 is tmobile. I travel to some remote areas and I think tmobile works there and att struggles (not sure at least it did 2 years ago), but do like the idea of freely switching between the two without having a tradeoff. will probably start with straight talk for att but will switch to the tmous if i cant get service where i move.
Please share thoughts on the best strategy...
thank you
Trying to get an answer on this also
Hi.
I've been trying to get an answer to this also, my post received no answers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506590
From my own, uninformed research I think we will be fine taking the T-mobile LG G2 (d801) to AT&T.
Looking at the information below taken from Phone Arena, the LTE band 5 isn't in all AT&T LTE phones
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-One-X-LTE_id7376
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-Galaxy-Express-I437_id7515
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Nokia-Lumia-920_id7471
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Nokia-Lumia-925_id7850
Going off of this research I've ordered the D801 but It is possible I can turn out to be wrong.
This explains it more
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...y-compatible-with-atts-lte-and-hspa-networks/
I'm currently using the Tmobile version on ATT and haven't had any issues so far. The only problem I'm having is it appears there is substantially less support for the Tmobile version.
snobrdr2324 said:
I'm currently using the Tmobile version on ATT and haven't had any issues so far. The only problem I'm having is it appears there is substantially less support for the Tmobile version.
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Thx for the confirmation
snobrdr2324 said:
I'm currently using the Tmobile version on ATT and haven't had any issues so far. The only problem I'm having is it appears there is substantially less support for the Tmobile version.
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The D801 CM maintainer was out of county apparently and I'm guessing he held off on uploading everything since he's been gone for a couple weeks and didn't want to push something that would be broken for weeks by chance. We'll start seeing a good bit of roms in the coming weeks and by everything moving to KitKat we'll be in as good of shape as any other device since our devices are plenty similar to each other.
LG G2 d801 (t-mobile) with AT&T straight talk activation help...
I just tried to activate my factory unlocked lg g2 d801 with straight talk with at&t. I set my APN up for the at&t network and used the at&t sim card that came with the straight talk bundle. Now on the lock screen it says invalid SIM card.
What do I have to do to make my phone work? Thanks in advance!
I borked phone flashing a T Mobile based ROM on my canadian G2 (since they both are the D801; by personal research I've observed the D803 works as intended on my canadian D801). I will try later today to flash yet again another T Mo rom on it, but this time I'll flash back the stock kernel. I'll report back.
Just to play it safe, I'd reflash your stock kernel... that way it won't act funny all of a sudden along the way.
omegajester said:
I borked phone flashing a T Mobile based ROM on my canadian G2 (since they both are the D801; by personal research I've observed the D803 works as intended on my canadian D801). I will try later today to flash yet again another T Mo rom on it, but this time I'll flash back the stock kernel. I'll report back.
Just to play it safe, I'd reflash your stock rom... that way it won't act funny all of a sudden.
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I borked phone flashing a T Mobile based ROM on my canadian G2 (since they both are the D801; by personal research I've observed the D803 works as intended on my canadian D801). I will try later today to flash yet again another T Mo rom on it, but this time I'll flash back the stock kernel. I'll report back.
Just to play it safe, I'd reflash your stock kernel... that way it won't act funny all of a sudden along the way.
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Thanks, but I haven't rooted my phone and don't really intend to unless I absolutely need to. It's factory unlocked right out of the box.
It turns out Verizon was holding things up. I'm so happy I'm leaving them.
I tried setting up my APN, but now I can't download or view any media or picture texts in messenger or hangouts. Any suggestions?
LTE on AT&T with D801?
I can't seem to find a clear answer on whether it's possible to get LTE indication and speed on a D801 (TMo) used on AT&T.
Tech Support is giving me the "we can't guarantee data speeds on non-AT&T-branded phones".
This thread seems to say a TMo-branded phone (LG G2 in my case) CAN be provisioned for LTE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506590
Most other threads say no, or there's no conclusion in the thread.
Can anyone give me the straight answer and tell me how to go about it? A way to get past the stone-walling AT&T techs?
I have H2O which uses AT&T's network but only HSPA+ and not LTE but the phone sees AT&T's LTE network when searching for networks.
In this thread there is a screenshot of a T-Mobile phone getting LTE indication on the AT&T network.
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I have H2O which uses AT&T's network but only HSPA+ and not LTE but the phone sees AT&T's LTE network when searching for networks.
In this thread there is a screenshot of a T-Mobile phone getting LTE indication on the AT&T network.
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Along with a lot of confusion about why his phone was working on LTE. As a relative newb to this stuff I couldn't make any sense of it.
Also in that thread was this comment:
T-Mobile devices support ALL AT&T and T-Mobile bands, except LTE Band 5 (used by AT&T in a few rural areas). What's wrong is AT&T turns off LTE for non-AT&T devices. You have to call them up and give them the IMEI # of an AT&T-branded device (even if it's not yours and even if your SIM isn't in it/you don't plan on using it). They don't check after that.
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So it might be possible to "trick" the carrier into allowing LTE?
Guys, I'm not getting data and sms on my unlocked d801 on at&t. Can anybody share APN settings for at&t that work?
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I got my unlock tmo g2 working on at&t with LTE, mms, and Microsoft exchange email after some effort. It's also connecting to my 3g microcell.
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Sorry for hijacking but anyone moving from D801 to ATT can share their APN Settings. Cant get internet to work to save my life!
As the title, Wondering if my LG G2 Verizon will work on T-Mobile network, I see here and there about this on the internet, but I figure
I'd ask on XDA . So far I hear I'll lose out on LTE, but HSPA is good, which is good enough for me.
Also Verizon LG G2 comes unlocked, if true, Do I pop in my T-Mobile SIM, and out the box working?
I'm interested in this as well. I tried my tmobile sim in a coworkers G2 and it worked on LTE, but I just bought one and tried it and it's showing Roaming and HSPA.
Hey all,
I recently picked up a D800 LG G2 (second hand)
and I believe I have some issues with the phone not picking up LTE so easily.
Before this, I had Iphone 5, nexus 4, G Pro, Gnote2, etc... and they all picked up LTE just fine at my home
However, G2 rarely picks up LTE signal and it is mostly on HSPA+ (4G Icon) I believe.
I took it into AT&T store to see if I could get a new sim card but when I got there, the phone picked up LTE no problem.........
However, at locations where full bar LTE connection was available with other phones, the G2 still stays on HSPA+..
Looks like many Sprint users are experiencing same issue.. is there a fix for this??
*The phone is currently on stock / non-rooted 4.4.2
Thank you in advance!
So I recently bought a fully unlocked D801 G2, though I did not know it is a Claro model from Puerto Rico. I just assumed all D801 models are fully compatible with T-Mobile. Before updating to 4.4, LTE with my T-Mobile SIM was working just fine in 4.2. After updating to 4.4, I am only getting HSPA+. Is this because it is a Claro model? But what would explain LTE working in 4.2 but not 4.4? This is a completely new phone and unrooted. This is my first Android phone, so I am still getting the hang of things and hope I didn't buy the wrong model.
kimjongiv said:
So I recently bought a fully unlocked D801 G2, though I did not know it is a Claro model from Puerto Rico. I just assumed all D801 models are fully compatible with T-Mobile. Before updating to 4.4, LTE with my T-Mobile SIM was working just fine in 4.2. After updating to 4.4, I am only getting HSPA+. Is this because it is a Claro model? But what would explain LTE working in 4.2 but not 4.4? This is a completely new phone and unrooted. This is my first Android phone, so I am still getting the hang of things and hope I didn't buy the wrong model.
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Just go to setting>mobile networks>network mode . change it to LTE/GSM/WCDMA Auto and you will get 4G then
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Just go to setting>mobile networks>network mode . change it to LTE/GSM/WCDMA Auto and you will get 4G then
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That option is not available in the settings for me, and even when I force it in the *#*#4636#*#* menu, data still doesn't work. It's getting full bars and it says 4G on the top right, just no actual LTE functionality.
Just what you might be looking for...
This thread explains how to enable GSM or LTE bands on any Qualcomm phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2886059
kimjongiv said:
That option is not available in the settings for me, and even when I force it in the *#*#4636#*#* menu, data still doesn't work. It's getting full bars and it says 4G on the top right, just no actual LTE functionality.
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dude. It will only say 4G and not LTE .. its actually LTE so dont worry as I am also using it and it says 4G and not LTE but when you go to Network type it will say LTE
Mr.KiLLeR said:
dude. It will only say 4G and not LTE .. its actually LTE so dont worry as I am also using it and it says 4G and not LTE but when you go to Network type it will say LTE
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I know that, but what I meant is that despite getting signal I was not getting any functional data (the arrows that should have been there were not).
But I ended up fixing the issue by finding the default T-Mobile ROM somewhere, and flashing it onto the G2 instead of the Claro ROM which obviously blocked T-Mobile bands... I now have my phone running CloudyG3 with LTE working perfectly fine, but thanks for everyone's help.
Hi There, im currently bought an D800 in China, and i recently notice that D800 will not be able to get 4g signal in UK, because of the 4g freqency it support is different between US and UK, i may stupid, but can i flash D802's baseband in order to get 4g signal? or i will never get 4g signal unless i change my mobile?
No you will fall in bootloop.
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