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Why is my LTE device displaying as HSPA+?

Hey guys. I Have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (SGH-I317M) and for some reason it fluctuates between HSPA+ and 3G signals rather than LTE. The device is originally locked to Rogers but I unlocked it and am now using it with MTS. I am running on jelly bean 4. 1.2 and CleanRom 4.0.5. Anybody have any ideas as to why I'm not getting LTE?

KR3W said:
Hey guys. I Have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (SGH-I317M) and for some reason it fluctuates between HSPA+ and 3G signals rather than LTE. The device is originally locked to Rogers but I unlocked it and am now using it with MTS. I am running on jelly bean 4. 1.2 and CleanRom 4.0.5. Anybody have any ideas as to why I'm not getting LTE?
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Are you still getting fast data speeds? All LTE is 3.9 g and hspa is like 3.6 g lol..
http://tasel.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/lte-hsdpa-dc-hsdpa-explain-this-alphbet-soup-of-4g-to-me/
Since you only mentioned your phone model and not the important notion what your carrier is, what is it?
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thlinx said:
Are you still getting fast data speeds? All LTE is 3.9 g and hspa is like 3.6 g lol..
Since you only mentioned your phone model and not the important notion what your carrier is, what is it?
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Yes I'm getting fast speeds but I can't help but wonder why this is happening. I mentioned that I'm with MTS so I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for. I live in Canada so it's probably not familiar to you. They just started carrying S3's which are running on their LTE network and they show 4G at the top of them when activated rather than HSPA+.

KR3W said:
Yes I'm getting fast speeds but I can't help but wonder why this is happening. I mentioned that I'm with MTS so I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for. I live in Canada so it's probably not familiar to you. They just started carrying S3's which are running on their LTE network and they show 4G at the top of them when activated rather than HSPA+.
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Nope not familiar with Mts. That's correct.. it all depends on the towers u are near .. if they haven't upgraded there towers sorry your sol lol
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It is either the towers or your phone isn't compatible with the bands of LTE (there are multiple bands like there is with UTMS).

MrObvious said:
It is either the towers or your phone isn't compatible with the bands of LTE (there are multiple bands like there is with UTMS).
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I'm pretty sure it isn't the towers cause my friends iPhone 5 is running off LTE and he live about 5 minutes away from my house. I've also been at distances one minute away from his house and did not pick up LTE then either. I don't know much about bands or frequencies but my carrier just launched the Galaxy S3's and they run off LTE and I'm assuming the Note 2 has the same hardware. S3: 700 (Band 17), 1700/2100 (AWS) MHz , Note 2: 700(band 17) 850 AWS 1,900(band 2). I'm clueless as to what those numbers mean but i'm guessing the important thing is Band 17, right?

Try going near his house then. Or have you checked the network settings? You may have to flash something.

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Try going near his house then. Or have you checked the network settings? You may have to flash something.
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I have to no avail. I had a friend try to help me out over the phone with network settings and his phone appears to have a setting that mine does not. When he goes into settings > wireless and network more settings > mobile network there is an option for him to toggle between LTE, HSPA+ etc. My phone doesn't have that for some reason. All that's listed is Mobile data, data roaming, Access point names, and network operators. Nothing to toggle between networks, which is probably what I need to enable LTE. I have no idea why that setting would be absent from my device. My friend was using an S3 on the same operating system as me btw.

From what i can tell it's the frequencies . The frequencies your device have seem to be different than the frequencies the s3 have on your carrier. If it's not that then you can check your apn settings.
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Well i didn't realize how old the thread was, but i hope yes fixed your problem.
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What model is your phone, and what model is his phone. You said you brought your phone from a competing carrier who is likely using alternate frequencies that your phone might not be picking up either due to hardware or software limitations. Without knowing the hardware, and where it came from in the first place, we can't figure out what frequencies your phone is looking for and can't answer your question effectively.

download an app that will show you what is the type of connection you are actually on.
I think that maybe its the matter of incorrect icon.

Who is using the 910C/F on AT&T

IS anyone actually using he 910F/C on AT&T and getting LTE speeds? I see a lot of theory and band matching but I am not sure band numbers are the end all in different countries. Before I pay $800 for a US version I want to be sure I HAVE to in order to get LTE Speeds on an unlocked device

tbong777 said:
IS anyone actually using he 910F/C on AT&T and getting LTE speeds? I see a lot of theory and band matching but I am not sure band numbers are the end all in different countries. Before I pay $800 for a US version I want to be sure I HAVE to in order to get LTE Speeds on an unlocked device
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I'm using N910C on AT&T. LTE works, at least where I'm at (Ohio). It works out of the box for me while others say they have to call AT&T to have them provision your account with new IMEI.

Anyone else using this phone on att? All of the negative reviews on amazon are people claiming that they dont get lte with this version.

Using 910c and getting lte

Decided to go with T Mobile Note 4, Easier to sell if it does not work with LTE.

Just ordered an N910C, and plan on using it on AT&T. I live in Missouri, and will report how it does. All of the bands are there. So I don't see why it wouldn't.

sireniankyle said:
Just ordered an N910C, and plan on using it on AT&T. I live in Missouri, and will report how it does. All of the bands are there. So I don't see why it wouldn't.
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What did you find out? I'm trying to decide which model to get also LTE in AT&T Los Angeles, specifically if N910U will work.

bruce7373 said:
What did you find out? I'm trying to decide which model to get also LTE in AT&T Los Angeles, specifically if N910U will work.
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So I have had it for a couple weeks. At first I was disappointed to learn that I did not have LTE. My download speed seemed low, the icon only showed 4G, and "LTE Discovery" showed LTE, but no band. I spent a couple hours on the phone with AT&T troubleshooting, went to a corporate store to get a new sim, and nothing worked.
HOWEVER, I put my phone into service mode at my house. You enter service mode by entering "*#0011#" into your phone dialer. Once in here, it said that I was connected to LTE band 17. So I went to another city praying that band 4 would be there, because then both LTE bands would be confirmed. Boom band 4 shows up in service mode, too.
So after quite a while of testing, I can confirm LTE connectivity for AT&T on the N910C for both band 17 and 4. I also learned that I was speed testing during prime time hours. So my tower was congested, and that was why the speeds were low. The icon didn't show, because there doesn't seem to be an LTE icon in the system.
On the topic of the N910U, though, I was pretty sure that it was a 3G only device. I may be wrong, and will look into it.
UPDATE: From what I have found, the N910U supports the following bands: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,28. AT&T uses 4 and 17. So the device only has 1 of 2 LTE bands. So theoretically, you could connect to LTE in a band 4 area, but I also found some reports on XDA of AT&T's towers only handing down HSPA+ even in those areas. You can join that discussion HERE. Hope this helps.

Interesting Network Configuration Finds

Just got my project Fi Nexus 5X. Did some googling and some have reported that band 12 can be unlocked on the TMobile side. However, the *#*#3282#*#* code only works while the phone is connected to Sprint. So after more digging, I figured this out:
The phone contains com.lge.HiddenMenu which has activities all prefixed with "vzw" which implies Verizon, but the same configuration could probably be used with any CDMA network, such as Sprint. I confirmed this by launching the Data hidden menu (usually the 3282 code) via adb shell while connected to TMobile. Most of the configuration options said UNKNOWN or were nonsense, further strengthening my theory of the Verizon menu being used as a generic CDMA menu.
To me, it seems odd that there's no Data Configuration menu for TMobile, or am I being pretty stupid? Someone who knows more about this could probably answer that.
In any case, my end goal is to enable band 12 on TMobile, and increase the Band 41 priority on Sprint (this phone can use Spark but its not configured to do so on Fi)
I am not able to change options in the band priority menu on Sprint, it closes with a permissions error, and when I manually launch the activity as root, it launches it in a view mode, not editing.
These are jsut my finds from a quick investigation, hope it helps someone!
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Also, on Sprint, I've only seen myself on Band 25, which can't be disabled. In the LTE hidden menu, I can enable/disable band 26 and band 41
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Wait, so Google Fi does NOT use Sprint's Spark network? So what speeds are you getting while on the Sprint network then?

lupham1973 said:
Wait, so Google Fi does NOT use Sprint's Spark network? So what speeds are you getting while on the Sprint network then?
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I'm afraid to run a Speedtest cuz I don't want to run out of data lol. I will when I get home. Currently I'm using TMo LTE cuz sprint only has 3G here...
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In some places I was getting at max 5mb down, pretty bad. When connected to Clear who is owned by Sprint I believe I get much more reasonable speeds of 20+mb down.

For band 12 head on over to this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/t-mobile-band-12-access-project-fi-t3237216

dc211 said:
For band 12 head on over to this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/t-mobile-band-12-access-project-fi-t3237216
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Sweet thanks! Now just to get spark
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drsn0w,
Were you ever able to disable band 25?
I can't find anything on the internet about disabling it or setting the band priorities. Whenever I try to set the band priorities I just get an error and I can't do much from there.

Essential Phone Compatible with Verizon's VOLTE - HD Voice - Band 4 ???

I currently have the HTC U11 and despite loving the phone there is one major drawback for me and that's the lack of Band 4 working for Verizon Wireless. My S8 would get speeds of 50-65mbps on Band 4 and now I only get speeds of 10-15mbps on Band 13 on my HTC U11 which really hurts my tethering. Even though HTC's Unlock U11 show that it is capable of using Band 4, it doesn't work with Verizon.
So my Question is, will Band 4 on the Essential Phone work with Verizon and will VOLTE be present? :fingers-crossed:
Anyone know? Any Ideas?
The Essential Phone’s supported networks/bands are as follows:
UMTS/HSPA+ : 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 , 8
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
CDMA EV-DO Rev A.: 0, 1, 10
TD-SCDMA: 34, 39
FDD-LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66
TDD-LTE:38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43

Bump, would love to know too... Am deciding on this phone vs pixel 2 on Verizon

I'll let you know as soon as mine arrives.

Same here, with my U11 being stuck to band 13 the phone becomes basically useless during peak hours in the city.

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asvpjimi said:
It currently doesn't have certification on Verizon. Until it does it won't work at all.
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If you have an already activated phone, you can just swap the SIM over and it will work. I just did this with my daughter's phone. No problems so far.
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asvpjimi said:
It currently doesn't have certification on Verizon. Until it does it won't work at all.
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I wish people would stop talking out of their asses. If you don't know the correct answer, don't state something definitively like you do.

I really hope the PH-1 gets HD Voice, I would hate to go back to no being able to use data while in a phone call, those were dark times.

synplex said:
I currently have the HTC U11 and despite loving the phone there is one major drawback for me and that's the lack of Band 4 working for Verizon Wireless. My S8 would get speeds of 50-65mbps on Band 4 and now I only get speeds of 10-15mbps on Band 13 on my HTC U11 which really hurts my tethering. Even though HTC's Unlock U11 show that it is capable of using Band 4, it doesn't work with Verizon.
So my Question is, will Band 4 on the Essential Phone work with Verizon and will VOLTE be present? :fingers-crossed:
Anyone know? Any Ideas?
The Essential Phone’s supported networks/bands are as follows:
UMTS/HSPA+ : 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 , 8
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
CDMA EV-DO Rev A.: 0, 1, 10
TD-SCDMA: 34, 39
FDD-LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66
TDD-LTE:38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
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Keep in mind that the U11 "supports" all the bands and cdma just like the essential phone does but It's verizon who's forcing them to disable them via software. If you have root you can actually enable these extra bands and see for yourself. I'll be getting the essential hopefully once it's out as well.

QD2DC said:
Keep in mind that the U11 "supports" all the bands and cdma just like the essential phone does but It's verizon who's forcing them to disable them via software. If you have root you can actually enable these extra bands and see for yourself. I'll be getting the essential hopefully once it's out as well.
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You have a link for how to do that? I searched and came up with nothing, well nothing I felt confident in. If the essential turns out to be a miss I may consider the U11 if I can turn on the volte.
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bkdubya said:
You have a link for how to do that? I searched and came up with nothing, well nothing I felt confident in. If the essential turns out to be a miss I may consider the U11 if I can turn on the volte.
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I hope you're not confusing things. The device only works over VoLTE not CDMA, so VoLTE is already enabled. You're just limited to band 13 by the software.
Now to enable the other bands you need root and the app is called network signal guru. In the settings under experimental you can append missing bands. Then in the 3 dot menu you can enable them under lock bands. I use lte discovery to confirm the band I'm on.
Keep in mind this will allow to connect to other bands but this can also affects battery life since it can jump between bands now. Just depends on your coverage. This also will not enable carrier aggregation since that's software based also and missing.

QD2DC said:
I hope you're not confusing things. The device only works over VoLTE not CDMA, so VoLTE is already enabled. You're just limited to band 13 by the software.
Now to enable the other bands you need root and the app is called network signal guru. In the settings under experimental you can append missing bands. Then in the 3 dot menu you can enable them under lock bands. I use lte discovery to confirm the band I'm on.
Keep in mind this will allow to connect to other bands but this can also affects battery life since it can jump between bands now. Just depends on your coverage. This also will not enable carrier aggregation since that's software based also and missing.
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Sorry misspoke, I meant band 4. I'm in a major metro area most of the time, so I'm not worried about coverage/jumping bands (too much). Thanks!
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bkdubya said:
Sorry misspoke, I meant band 4. I'm in a major metro area most of the time, so I'm not worried about coverage/jumping bands (too much). Thanks!
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Gotcha. And no problem. It really is a shame that Verizon cripples the u11. Here's hoping they don't do the same to the essential.

If you tell me how to check band functionality I will.
Also I *think* volte works, as the enhanced LTE is checked with a description of "Use LTE network to improve voice and other communication quality"

EniGmA1987 said:
If you tell me how to check band functionality I will.
Also I *think* volte works, as the enhanced LTE is checked with a description of "Use LTE network to improve voice and other communication quality"
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On the essentially I'm almost positive VoLTE will work out the box. It's nothing new and even the nexus phone compatible with Verizon had this.
Easy way to test this is to add HD voice to your Verizon line if you haven't already. Reboot the phone and it should just work. I think since you have that option and it's not greyed out means you already do. If you call another Verizon user with VoLTE enabled you'll see the little HD icon when connected.
You can use lte discovery app in the play store to see what band you are currently connected to. Band 13 is there oldest and can be the most congested depending on where you live. Band 2 is newer with band 4 being the newest that supports xlte.

I've been getting server error messages while trying to make outgoing calls. Was also told incoming calls have gone straight to voicemail. Anyone else see this issue?

dragonslee said:
I've been getting server error messages while trying to make outgoing calls. Was also told incoming calls have gone straight to voicemail. Anyone else see this issue?
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hey yeah I encountered the same problem using my Verizon service. The only fix I discovered that worked is to disable "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" within the phone's Cellular neurotic settings menu. Once I unchecked that option, I was then able to make outgoing calls.

On my essential, (got it last night). VoLTE works for sure out of the box, enhanced LTE is checked (was by default. Made a test call to my company provided Verizon s7 edge. I do have the HD icon, (also verified I could surf the web while on a call) hence voice/data simultaneously.
No Wi-Fi calling however.

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On my essential, (got it last night). VoLTE works for sure out of the box, enhanced LTE is checked (was by default. Made a test call to my company provided Verizon s7 edge. I do have the HD icon, (also verified I could surf the web while on a call) hence voice/data simultaneously.
No Wi-Fi calling however.
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Identical experience for me, thankfully. VoLTE working fine, signal strength is good, HD calling sounds fine, calls coming through as they should.
I have to admit: I like this phone a lot more than I thought I would. I might just keep it. Feels great in the hand despite being a heavy square brick, it has that "quality" feel to it that was sort of missing on some past Android devices. It is also way less laggy than my S8.
-Collin-

Figures..no WiFi calling...'effing Verizon. They never allowed WiFi calling on the Nexus 6P (my current​ device). I wouldnt hold my breath.
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Note FE not going 4G LTE on T-Mobile

I'm not getting 4G LTE (T-MOBILE) on the note FE, going to send it back to get a NOTE8.

@Retrojayxvii
WELCOME TO XDA-DEVELOPERS! :good:
Retrojayxvii said:
I'm not getting 4G LTE (T-MOBILE) on the note FE, going to send it back to get a NOTE8.
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Which exact model (S/K/L) do you have & which LTE Bands are available in your area?
Have you used the app LTE Discovery to try to connect/see which bands your phone are "seeing" ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery&hl=en
Have you tried to manually insert T-Mobile's APN?
Are you T-Mobile US,or in Europe?

KOLIOSIS said:
@Retrojayxvii
WELCOME TO XDA-DEVELOPERS! :good:
Which exact model (S/K/L) do you have & which LTE Bands are available in your area?
Have you used the app LTE Discovery to try to connect/see which bands your phone are "seeing" ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery&hl=en
Have you tried to manually insert T-Mobile's APN?
Are you T-Mobile US,or in Europe?
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New Antenna design seems not working well with LTE bands in US, got weaker signal strength compare with old Note 7. the downstream seems fine, but upstream speed is slow and inconsistent. switched to 3G then upstream speed back normal.
for AT&T, APN setting is fine, manual setting and auto setting in phone yield same results. not totally unusable but does feel restricted.

Phasewalker said:
New Antenna design seems not working well with LTE bands in US, got weaker signal strength compare with old Note 7. the downstream seems fine, but upstream speed is slow and inconsistent. switched to 3G then upstream speed back normal.
for AT&T, APN setting is fine, manual setting and auto setting in phone yield same results. not totally unusable but does feel restricted.
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I wonder if the different chip set has anything to do with the difference you're experiencing vs last year's Note 7 (assuming you had a Snapdragon-powered device).
Mine is arriving tomorrow, on T-Mobile US, LTE Bands 2/4 & just rolling out Band 12 in my area.
Coverage is sketchy @ my house, but, crazy strong @ work, pegging out the meter on the OOKLA Speed test app. .
If I have connectivity issues @ work, it will be easily apparent.
As long as phone calls are strong/consistent & LTE is decent, I'll be OK, as I'm covered by WI-FI most hours of the day.

Retrojayxvii said:
I'm not getting 4G LTE (T-MOBILE) on the note FE, going to send it back to get a NOTE8.
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I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.

rowg said:
I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.
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I have no network mode on mines.

rowg said:
I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.
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I'm not seeing this Network Mode you're speaking of.
Any chance you could take some screenshots to point it out?
BTW,I have the KT Model (SM-N935K).
I have 3G w/both APNs you mentioned,but,no LTE.

Model number SM-N935S
I attached pictures for items in the connections tab in settings.

rowg said:
Model number SM-N935S
I attached pictures for items in the connections tab in settings.
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I'm missing that setting altogether, I'll screenshot later, still @ work, haven't been able to get into the phone much at all, less basic WI-FI/Data m/APN Settings.

rowg said:
Model number SM-N935S
I attached pictures for items in the connections tab in settings.
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I'm missing that setting altogether, I'll screenshot later, still @ work, haven't been able to get into the phone much at all, less basic WI-FI/Data m/APN Settings.
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@rowg
Here's what I have,missing the 3G/4G Toggle:
I've tried two different SIM Cards/phone numbers,both work on 4G LTE in my other phone,so,that's definitely not an issue.
Anyone else have this model (SM-N935K) KoreaTelecom
& have working 4G LTE?

KOLIOSIS said:
@rowg
Here's what I have,missing the 3G/4G Toggle:
I've tried two different SIM Cards/phone numbers,both work on 4G LTE in my other phone,so,that's definitely not an issue.
Anyone else have this model (SM-N935K) KoreaTelecom
& have working 4G LTE?
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I am using SM-N935K on AT&T, except weaker signal, 4G LTE works fine. but definitely has something to do with KoreaTelecom utilization they did for Note FE, since my phone is missing additional menu in mobile network as you do.

Phasewalker said:
I am using SM-N935K on AT&T, except weaker signal, 4G LTE works fine. but definitely has something to do with KoreaTelecom utilization they did for Note FE, since my phone is missing additional menu in mobile network as you do.
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I've contacted the (eBay) seller, requesting an exchange for an SK Telecom model (SM-N935S) or, a refund. He immediately got back w/me, getting a hold of his tech guy, see if they can solve the issue.
I'll post updates as they arrive......

KOLIOSIS said:
I've contacted the (eBay) seller, requesting an exchange for an SK Telecom model (SM-N935S) or, a refund. He immediately got back w/me, getting a hold of his tech guy, see if they can solve the issue.
I'll post updates as they arrive......
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I wonder what the difference is between the K,L and S korean models is as far as frequency ability is?
I always figured they were the same but the experiences here show otherwise.
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, S7 edge or S6

force70 said:
I wonder what the difference is between the K,L and S korean models is as far as frequency ability is?
I always figured they were the same but the experiences here show otherwise.
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus, S7 edge or S6
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It's a settings/software difference between the three models,check my recent posts for comparison between the KT & SK Models.
We're used to this sort of thing in the US,VZW & AT&T will hide settings/make them inaccessible vs T-Mobile & Sprint.
I didn't expect this from the Korean variants,but,a little internet scouring has revealed KT phones are a bit of a PITA w/this particular issue.
I'm still awaiting additional feedback from the seller,I'm giving it another few hours 'til I ping 'em again.
I've heard from an AT&T user who has this model & they can connect to LTE,perhaps they & KT have similar bands.........
Regardless,I have 30 days for a return,I'm hoping it doesn't take anywhere near that long to resolve.
If this drags out for more than a few days,I may put it up for sale on Swappa with a "Buyer Beware" for T-Mobile US customers.

rowg said:
I'm a Note FE user on T-Mobile in Philadelphia, PA area and I'm showing LTE. At first it was showing 3g. Here is what I changed in the Mobile Networks section.
1. In mobile networks, manually changed APN from epic.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com. I also changed the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol to IPv6
2. In Network Mode selected "3g only" then backed out of the menu.
3. Went back into Network Mode again and selected "LTE when available".
After that it switched to LTE.
I'm not sure if the APN changes were important, but it is what I did.
Drove to Ohio and back this weekend and had LTE the whole way pretty much.
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Thank you! This was a god send!
I also have a N935S (Note 7 FE for skt) and was frustrated at not getting LTE connections, especially since T mobile only had 2G or LTE coverage at my home, and was almoat resigned to return this.
Followed instructions and I now have LTE and connection seems strong and stable too. I will travel around this week to see if LTE works all round, but I think I can now make this my daily driver!
Many thanks!
p.s. now if I could get root ..... !

I'm guessing that SM-N935K doesn't have that feature to switch it to LTE or 4G but SM-N935S has that future this is a damn shame. I love this phone but I guess I would have to send it back.

Received a N935K today, popped in my att microSIM and LTE showed right away. so far no issues with cellular internet connectivity. definitely a few missing features on this iteration of Samsung Experienc 8.1, such as places. the techie-nerdy part of my personna simply couldn't resist buying "this classic phone", lol. not to disparage the S8+, but having the fingerprint reader on the front of the phone is really nice. TWRP and root is my current wish for now.

cortez.i said:
Received a N935K today, popped in my att microSIM and LTE showed right away. so far no issues with cellular internet connectivity. definitely a few missing features on this iteration of Samsung Experienc 8.1, such as places. the techie-nerdy part of my personna simply couldn't resist buying "this classic phone", lol. not to disparage the S8+, but having the fingerprint reader on the front of the phone is really nice. TWRP and root is my current wish for now.
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Which LTE Bands are you connecting to?

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Which LTE Bands are you connecting to?
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I'm connecting to Band 2 at the moment; same your and Band I connect to when I'm at my home.

cortez.i said:
I'm connecting to Band 2 at the moment; same your and Band I connect to when I'm at my home.
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THX,Band 4 is the predominant band in my area,followed by Band 2 & very sparingly Band 12.
On T-Mobile US,I'm currently only on 3G (UMTS or HSPA+).
I've confirmed in the settings,along w/LTE Discovery & the OOKLA SpeedTest app backs that indication up,with the less than 4G Speeds I'm accustomed to.
Currently on the phone w/T-Mo,see if there is anything they can do..............