Bought the T-Mobile developer edition
Flashed this rom
Entered my street address for e911 on T-Mobiles site
Wi-Fi Calling works
Haven't been able to test if I get HSPA+ on PCS though. Before on the dev edition, my signal would drop to Edge when I lost LTE in rural areas. The dev edition had bands "locked out" for T-Mobile
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Hi,
Forgive me if this has been asked before but i did search and couldn't find anything that i was looking for..
so, I'm planning on buying a verizon LTE tab (4g + wifi) and i was wondering would it be possible to use it on a 3g network? The verizon rep i talked to said that yes this was possible but i'm not sure they knew what they were talking about.
Also, does it need to be unlocked to run on another network or does it come carrier unlocked? if yes, is that currently possible? because i asked verizon and they flat out said no..
Thanks and apologies again if i missed any threads related to these issues.
nevermind, got all the answers i needed
while LTE is backwards compatible with GSM, verizon uses the 700 frequency band which unfortunately is not what i was looking for
Typically 3G and GSM use different radio hardware, or even a different chipset. So a GSM LTE phone/tablet will have specific radio hardware for 2G GSM, 3G GSM and LTE. Verizon's LTE phones and tablet will only have CDMA for 3G and LTE. So, even if Verizon uses GSM frequency for LTE, it will still not operate on GSM networks, only LTE networks.
Just wondering if this will work on att or straight talk with lte or even h+??
Thanks
Also isn't this phone the moto x play but renamed for Verizon? (BC same specs, size, screen, battery) lol
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We have tried it with cricket Wireless.
We have tried it with Cricket Wireless with no issue, and Cricket is now owned by AT&T
Yes it should work on AT&T as it supports LTE Bands 2/4/5 where available. In areas that this phone will not work on LTE it will drop down to 4G(HSPA+ or H+) on AT&T or Cricket, or H2O, or Airvoice, or Consumer Cellular, etc.
Also supports T-Mobile's LTE on Bands 2/4. Band 4 for Major city's T-Mobile LTE and Band 2 for some rural areas T-Mobile LTE.
1) Is US Cellular using LTE Band 12 up here in Maine?
2) Is Nexus 6P "certified" for Band 12 on T-Mobile?
3) What is (or where do I find out) the T-Mobile/US Cellular roaming agreement here in Maine?
When my Nexus 6P signs onto US Cellular, I am lucky to get "edge" coverage (but it does not seem to actually know how to use it). I understand that USC has LTE band 12 and am wondering why I cannot access it. There are no TMO towers in my area. I get great LTE coverage using Canadian (Bell/Telus) towers, but nothing useful for a huge area here in Maine as I travel south towards Augusta. Is the Nexus 6P a bad choice for TMO? Should I be using something else or is nothing going to actually utilize USC's LTE network? Hoping to resolve this because I need the Canada coverage TMO provides, but I also need coverage here in Maine. Is the USC LTE deployment actually band 12 here?
Thanks!
ctradio said:
1) Is US Cellular using LTE Band 12 up here in Maine?
2) Is Nexus 6P "certified" for Band 12 on T-Mobile?
3) What is (or where do I find out) the T-Mobile/US Cellular roaming agreement here in Maine?
When my Nexus 6P signs onto US Cellular, I am lucky to get "edge" coverage (but it does not seem to actually know how to use it). I understand that USC has LTE band 12 and am wondering why I cannot access it. There are no TMO towers in my area. I get great LTE coverage using Canadian (Bell/Telus) towers, but nothing useful for a huge area here in Maine as I travel south towards Augusta. Is the Nexus 6P a bad choice for TMO? Should I be using something else or is nothing going to actually utilize USC's LTE network? Hoping to resolve this because I need the Canada coverage TMO provides, but I also need coverage here in Maine. Is the USC LTE deployment actually band 12 here?
Thanks!
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US Cellular is a CDMA provider. They are not GSM so there is no edge to be used. The only part of their network you'd be able to possibly use is LTE, But I highly doubt you could roam on them due to if LTE did work, they're would be no way for SMS/Phone calls to work as you'd only be able to get a data only connection.
hyelton said:
US Cellular is a CDMA provider. They are not GSM so there is no edge to be used. The only part of their network you'd be able to possibly use is LTE, But I highly doubt you could roam on them due to if LTE did work, they're would be no way for SMS/Phone calls to work as you'd only be able to get a data only connection.
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US Cellular has shifted to GSM as well as the LTE. My iPad Pro does roam on their Edge network with no issues. The Nexus 6P does not like their network, but it can and does use CDMA where it is.
ctradio said:
US Cellular has shifted to GSM as well as the LTE. My iPad Pro does roam on their Edge network with no issues. The Nexus 6P does not like their network, but it can and does use CDMA where it is.
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US Cellular is still CDMA as stated on there website along with every phone they sell is CDMA/LTE. Yeah the 6P can use CDMA but there is no GSM carrier that has agreements with CDMA roaming except for Project Fi which uses Sprint, T-Mobile, and recently now U.S.Cellular for the nexus devices.
I was doing some digging and U.S.Cellular does have a few GSM towers up were your at but its for roaming purposes ONLY (it's technically not really uscellular though) it's just them to make a few dollars from Gsm carriers like T-Mobile haha. so that would explain why you can get edge not sure why your 6P won't roam on it correctly though. I highly doubt there is LTE available in those areas (GSM Wise) as GSM is not what u.s.cellulars main focus is as themselves they only provide that network for roaming I'm pretty sure it would at least be 3G though.
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Is that the "King Street Wireless" part of things? I had seen that mentioned on their web page.
hyelton said:
US Cellular is still CDMA as stated on there website along with every phone they sell is CDMA/LTE. Yeah the 6P can use CDMA but there is no GSM carrier that has agreements with CDMA roaming except for Project Fi which uses Sprint, T-Mobile, and recently now U.S.Cellular for the nexus devices.
I was doing some digging and U.S.Cellular does have a few GSM towers up were your at but its for roaming purposes ONLY (it's technically not really uscellular though) it's just them to make a few dollars from Gsm carriers like T-Mobile haha. so that would explain why you can get edge not sure why your 6P won't roam on it correctly though. I highly doubt there is LTE available in those areas (GSM Wise) as GSM is not what u.s.cellulars main focus is as themselves they only provide that network for roaming I'm pretty sure it would at least be 3G though.
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I have a very interesting question about using the AT&T variant of this phone on the T-Mobile network. As you may have noticed, AT&T is finally offering Wi-Fi Calling on their network, and this phone is compatible with such feature. My question is:
Does the T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling work on the AT&T variant of this phone?
Does the AT&T Wi-Fi calling work on the T-Mobile variant of this phone?
I'm on the T-Mobile network, and I'm considering getting the AT&T variant, but I'm not willing to give up this feature.
Here's a simple question that gets shockingly complicated.
I have a xt1644 on AT&T, and have my previous phone (zenfone 2) on T-Mobile.
When I used the zenfone 2 on AT&T I could never get an LTE signal, but when using the zenfone on Tmobile i get LTE all the time.
On AT&T, my zenfone said it was in HSPA mode. Now my MG4+ also shows in HSPA.
Interesting sidenote. I travel across the country, and it doesn't matter what market I am in, same results across carriers (no lte on AT&T, but get it on Tmobile.)
Is there any way to figure out what bands which carriers are using, and perhaps add the LTE band for AT&T to my XT1644 radios???
Yes, even I am confused.. but that's it in a nutshell.
Ongoing question: any good roms out of testing for US/xt1644??
Mark
I am using the Cellmapper app. If you are rooted, it can read the LTE band frequency directly from the Qualcomm radio.
I have used the XT1644 with both metroPCS (T-Mobile) and now Cricket wireless (AT&T) and the latest has more consistent LTE connection.