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Got this up and running after some delays.
Basically just use the APN settings from their site...
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB424489&cv=820
When using the IMEI that shipped with the phone it put it under a basic phone plan.. (No VVM, no LTE). What I did was just use the IMEI from my old Galaxy S3 and 4G kicked on.
THIS WILL NOT SHOW LTE IN THE BAR BUT RATHER AS SIMPLY 4G.
CHEERS!:good::good::good:
Download lte discovery and see what band you are using please. Mine gets it on band 2 (1900) but that is it.
Band 2 is what it is here as well... Luckily i live in a place that has it.
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Last week I went to Taiwan and get a ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) 2GB, the firmware for Taiwan doesn't support this band, I downloaded the latest WW firmware, but no luck, any Idea?
So weird, it seems to have worked. Even though the settings are identical to what I had initially.
Losing hope here in Tucson AZ. All I can manage is a measly "H+" symbol and my speeds are a spotty 4mb down to .500 mb speeds... Is there any way to check what frequency the towers are in my area? I suspect we in the old pueblo only have the older ATT speeds for the frequency supported. (SIGH)
nickel911 said:
Losing hope here in Tucson AZ. All I can manage is a measly "H+" symbol and my speeds are a spotty 4mb down to .500 mb speeds... Is there any way to check what frequency the towers are in my area? I suspect we in the old pueblo only have the older ATT speeds for the frequency supported. (SIGH)
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AT&T is a pain to get working with it. At first, I popped in my Sim card straight from my Note 4, no luck. So I called AT&T and added the IMEI. Still no luck and found out they reprovisioned my SIM card for HSPA+ only. I popped my SIM back into my Note 4, it only showed 4G/HSPA+ and not LTE. Called AT&T to have them swap the IMEI back to the Note 4 and got LTE on my Note 4 Then swapped the SIM back into the ZF2 and I got 4G (LTE).
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AT&T is a pain to get working with it. At first, I popped in my Sim card straight from my Note 4, no luck. So I called AT&T and added the IMEI. Still no luck and found out they reprovisioned my SIM card for HSPA+ only. I popped my SIM back into my Note 4, it only showed 4G/HSPA+ and not LTE. Called AT&T to have them swap the IMEI back to the Note 4 and got LTE on my Note 4 Then swapped the SIM back into the ZF2 and I got 4G (LTE).
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ATT boggles the mind. I use an MVNO w/ ATT (Net10/Tracphone) and I never have this problem. Wonder why the resellers are less hassle?
I have an old straight talk SIM on ATT with APN of att.mvno and I don't see any LTE. Will try a genuine AT&T SIM tomorrow and see what happens. I'm really not looking forward to moving my number to a tfdata ST SIM.
ddfault said:
I have an old straight talk SIM on ATT with APN of att.mvno and I don't see any LTE. Will try a genuine AT&T SIM tomorrow and see what happens. I'm really not looking forward to moving my number to a tfdata ST SIM.
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Newer straight talk sims will work on LTE with the zenfone 2.
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Newer straight talk sims will work on LTE with the zenfone 2.
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Correct. I now have a Zenfone 2 US version. My old ST SIM that used att.mvno still had zero LTE. I moved to a new ST SIM that uses tfdata and I now have LTE on band 17.
Any thoughts on how to get activated and working LTE working on my ZE511ML as a new customer with no previous GSM IMEI? I may be able to get a SIM from someone else but it doesn't sound like that's enough.
I had this problem with AT&T as well. AT&T will drop you to HSPA once you register your ZF2's IMEI with a new SIM cos their system doesn't recognize our ZF2 (or any unlocked device that they themselves do not sell) as an LTE device.
I went to the nearest AT&T store and got it sorted by telling the rep to delete my ZF2's IMEI and give me a new SIM.
If you're signing up for new service with them, tell them you don't have the phone with you and to just give you a micro SIM.
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Correct. I now have a Zenfone 2 US version. My old ST SIM that used att.mvno still had zero LTE. I moved to a new ST SIM that uses tfdata and I now have LTE on band 17.
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I just got my ZF2 today and tried my ST SIM it shows 4G. I was wondering what speed you guys getting in 4G AT&T I am in Northern KY area on band 17
MY ST sim in Iowa shows 4G and uses lte band 4 ( according to LTE Discovery ). Speedtest shows: 124ms, 17.3 Mbps down, 7.36 Mbps up.
So any workarounds with this? I have LTE and I'm picking up band 17, but only getting 4Mbps down. I like this phone a lot, but if I can't get LTE speeds it is basically useless.
I got 4 ZF2's and all of them work with LTE At&T. All I did was call a rep and told her the APN that she was giving me (nxtgenphone) was nto going to work for my phone and that I needed her to force the LTE plan. She forwarded that to an IT rep and everything worked. They will need your IMEI numbers to set it up.
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I got 4 ZF2's and all of them work with LTE At&T. All I did was call a rep and told her the APN that she was giving me (nxtgenphone) was nto going to work for my phone and that I needed her to force the LTE plan. She forwarded that to an IT rep and everything worked. They will need your IMEI numbers to set it up.
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What speeds are you getting? Because mine clearly connects to LTE, but the speeds are basically 3G.
Mine says 4G, doesn't LTE like my S5 but it faster than my S5 when on the net.
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Yes. 4G on this phone is LTE.
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So I bought my wife what I thought was a good deal and got her the N910H not knowing that it was 3G only. Ok, well, on her verizon branded unlocked note 2 she can get HSPA speeds with her sim, but with the note 4 that's unlocked, she hasn't seen above the edge network, and her signal is garbage. APN settings are what they should be, tried a few different variations, and nothing. Bought a Verizon 4G LTE sim from straight talk for her, before I realized it was 3G only and only assumed it would help. But would it help? Both ATT and Verizon get LTE coverage in the area, or what can I do to fix my signal? Oh yeah, and I can't send or receive pictures...ugh. HELP
*apparently she can now receive pictures, but still can't send them
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So I bought my wife what I thought was a good deal and got her the N910H not knowing that it was 3G only. Ok, well, on her verizon branded unlocked note 2 she can get HSPA speeds with her sim, but with the note 4 that's unlocked, she hasn't seen above the edge network, and her signal is garbage. APN settings are what they should be, tried a few different variations, and nothing. Bought a Verizon 4G LTE sim from straight talk for her, before I realized it was 3G only and only assumed it would help. But would it help? Both ATT and Verizon get LTE coverage in the area, or what can I do to fix my signal? Oh yeah, and I can't send or receive pictures...ugh. HELP
*apparently she can now receive pictures, but still can't send them
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Try changing the modem, i should help, cheers:fingers-crossed:
I almost purchased the 910H myself but luckily found out it doesn't support LTE before pulling the trigger. If you can still return it, get the 910C model instead. It supports LTE for both AT&T & T-Mobile.
I'm using my 910C on Straight Talk AT&T ATM.
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So, just tried the only 2 other modems I could find for my N910H running KitKat, and signal is no different. Any more ideas?
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Ok, so playing around with some of the settings in more networks, mobile networks I changed the network mode from gsm only to wcdma/gsm (auto connect) and data speeds are NOW where they should be, which is 3G, and with a full signal got 8MB down speed, so, that's good. Now the question becomes why can i receive pictures and not send them. Actually managed to get a couple to go through, but no clue how or why they went through.
Hello,
I bought the unlocked Moto G4 from best buy last week to use with ATT. I started the phone initially without any sim card in it. Next time i restarted i put in the sim card and it detected as att sim card and everything seems to work until when I notice that when i am in my office building I only see H and not 4G LTE. I had Nokia 640 earlier which was ATT go phone and i was getting 4G LTE on it in my office building. And I have also got LTE earlier on other phone in same building. I checked the APN settings and they looked ok since I am getting 4G LTE at most of the places. chatted/talked to ATT and they are of no help, they are saying that since its not ATT and unlocked phone, there is no guarantee that you will get lte everywhere and may be the antenna could be weak on the phone. But I am just not sure if I got a faulty piece or what. Since even the lower end lumia 640 was giving me lte in my office building. I am not sure if I should just return and get another piece or just return it for this issue.
Any help is much appreciated..
There are several good apps on Play that show you cell signal strengths and such. Do a search in Play for "cell signal info" and try one of those apps. It will at least give you a place to start and a comparison tool to compare phones.
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I own a G3 and a Moto X Pure, I am on AT&T and have noticed the past few days LTE seems very... umm, weak I guess... at least in the Minneapolis/St Paul area, and my phone was falling back to HSPA+ way more often than "normal" this week (I travel here every week). I thought I was crazy but maybe there is more too it than that. I do know that AT&T has been doing lots of upgrades recently and rolling out LTE-A, or at least some kind of LTE upgrade, in some areas. Back home my LTE speeds consistenyl went from 20Mbps to 70Mbps down and 5Mbps to 25Mbps up in the last couple of weeks.
Best thing to do would be get a signal strength app, like LTE Discovery or Network Signal Info, and compare it to another phone on the same carrier in the same area and band (LTE Discovery will tell you the LTE Band you are using). Remember that not all phones report it the same, it can be wildly different, but it might give you some insight.
My point is, it may not be your hardware... and Moto's in general are known for really good signal reception. Just do some due diligence before returning it, but if you feel it is hardware, but all means exchange it.
thanks guys..will try it out..
Maybe I am being paranoid, but sometimes I wonder if cell carriers some how optimize their LTE signal to work better with their own phones. I have noticed this on T-Mobile when I always seem to get a stronger signal with a T-Mobile branded phone than with a third party unlocked device.
heap1 said:
Maybe I am being paranoid, but sometimes I wonder if cell carriers some how optimize their LTE signal to work better with their own phones. I have noticed this on T-Mobile when I always seem to get a stronger signal with a T-Mobile branded phone than with a third party unlocked device.
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LOL... No, carriers have the ROM modified to make the icon show more bars on their subsidized phones. They can't actually throttle 3rd party phones on the same plan as a carrier branded ones, legally at least.
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acejavelin said:
LOL... No, carriers have the ROM modified to make the icon show more bars on their subsidized phones. They can't actually throttle 3rd party phones on the same plan as a carrier branded ones, legally at least.
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That's what I thought., although I still wonder why I usually get a better LTE signal with T-Mobile branded phones. This seems to be especially noticeable since I have upgraded to Marshmallow. Recently, I have or have owned a T-Mobile LG G4, an LG G3, an Axon Pro, and a Moto X Pure. As a rule I have noticed the signal strength being stronger on the T-Mobile branded phones.
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That's what I thought., although I still wonder why I usually get a better LTE signal with T-Mobile branded phones. This seems to be especially noticeable since I have upgraded to Marshmallow. Recently, I have or have owned a T-Mobile LG G4, an LG G3, an Axon Pro, and a Moto X Pure. As a rule I have noticed the signal strength being stronger on the T-Mobile branded phones.
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Actual signal strength or the icon? LTE Discovery usually shows the truth...
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This is based on readings from LTE Discovery, not the number of bars the phone is displaying. I suppose you could also come to the conclusion that LG phones have a stronger radio signal than other phones.
I'm having the same problem with both of my g4's in my area and seattle international airport... if it's not working there... then where will it work?
kevin347 said:
Hello,
I bought the unlocked Moto G4 from best buy last week to use with ATT. I started the phone initially without any sim card in it. Next time i restarted i put in the sim card and it detected as att sim card and everything seems to work until when I notice that when i am in my office building I only see H and not 4G LTE. I had Nokia 640 earlier which was ATT go phone and i was getting 4G LTE on it in my office building. And I have also got LTE earlier on other phone in same building. I checked the APN settings and they looked ok since I am getting 4G LTE at most of the places. chatted/talked to ATT and they are of no help, they are saying that since its not ATT and unlocked phone, there is no guarantee that you will get lte everywhere and may be the antenna could be weak on the phone. But I am just not sure if I got a faulty piece or what. Since even the lower end lumia 640 was giving me lte in my office building. I am not sure if I should just return and get another piece or just return it for this issue.
Any help is much appreciated..
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AlexanderJohn said:
I'm having the same problem with both of my g4's in my area and seattle international airport... if it's not working there... then where will it work?
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Yeah well I ended up keeping the phone. Someone else in the same building also reported lower quality signal with even Iphone and moto g4, all other areas we are getting lte so guess, i took my chances.
AlexanderJohn said:
I'm having the same problem with both of my g4's in my area and seattle international airport... if it's not working there... then where will it work?
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Using "nxtgenphone" APN? Sometimes LTE doesn't work unless you do
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I ended up calling att and they provisioned my line for lte. Fixed both phones.
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Is anyone using this phone with AT&T?
Currently, the OnePlus 3 IMEI is not registering with AT&T as an LTE device. As a result, the phone only connects to H if the IMEI is updated on AT&T's end.
I am hoping this is not the case with this phone. I pick mine up from Best Buy tomorrow.
My Alcatel idol 3 was the same way. I called att and had them update their system with my imie on my account.
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My Alcatel idol 3 was the same way. I called att and had them update their system with my imie on my account.
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So you're saying your idol 3 was only receiving H once the IMEI was updated in the system?
I had problems dropping all data connection. Called tech support did the usual reboot and all that crap. Then they manually updated my imie after explaining it was an unlocked device not purchased from them.
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Looks like I'll play it safe and not say anything to AT&T then. Unfortunate they have to be so difficult when using unlocked devices.
AT&T and Axon 7 works ... for me
biglilsteve said:
Looks like I'll play it safe and not say anything to AT&T then. Unfortunate they have to be so difficult when using unlocked devices.
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I think you may have misunderstood. I was having issues before I called them. They solved the problem for me I'm pretty sure.
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AT&T and Axon 7 works ... for me
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Mine works as intended as well!
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I think you may have misunderstood. I was having issues before I called them. They solved the problem for me I'm pretty sure.
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Thank you!
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Mine works as intended as well!
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Did you call AT&T and update the IMEI? Or did the you just insert the sim and use the phone?
I inserted the card when I received the device. I called them a couple days later after the dropping data connection issue.
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Works perfectly for me, but I have a BYOD SIM, not a SIM taken from a contract phone. Put in my SIM before first boot of the phone. LTE immediately.
I'm on At&t and have no problems with LTE.
When I'm at work, my signal bars only show 2 bars whereas before, I had full bars...But my speed is better in that same area. I realize At&t branded phones sometimes make it appear to be a stronger connection, so this is probably "actual" signal. At home, I normally only have 1-2 bars, I have a steady 2 bars and better reception - even in the back of my house, where I usually drop signal on most of my past phones.
Also, I never have any issues with At&t when I want to register a new IEMI on my account, even though it still shows I'm making payments on an HTC M9 I got about a year ago. I've had about 6 or 7 phones in that time, they haven't said anything yet.
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I inserted the card when I received the device. I called them a couple days later after the dropping data connection issue.
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Works perfectly for me, but I have a BYOD SIM, not a SIM taken from a contract phone. Put in my SIM before first boot of the phone. LTE immediately.
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I'm on At&t and have no problems with LTE.
When I'm at work, my signal bars only show 2 bars whereas before, I had full bars...But my speed is better in that same area. I realize At&t branded phones sometimes make it appear to be a stronger connection, so this is probably "actual" signal. At home, I normally only have 1-2 bars, I have a steady 2 bars and better reception - even in the back of my house, where I usually drop signal on most of my past phones.
Also, I never have any issues with At&t when I want to register a new IEMI on my account, even though it still shows I'm making payments on an HTC M9 I got about a year ago. I've had about 6 or 7 phones in that time, they haven't said anything yet.
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Thanks for your responses. I just got the phone this evening. Pulled the SIM from my OP3 and placed in the A7 prior to first boot. It immediately connected to LTE upon first boot.
However, once I rebooted my phone I lost connectivity to LTE. Only receiving "4G" now. What gives?? Have you all been able to maintain LTE connectivity across reboots?
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Thanks for your responses. I just got the phone this evening. Pulled the SIM from my OP3 and placed in the A7 prior to first boot. It immediately connected to LTE upon first boot.
However, once I rebooted my phone I lost connectivity to LTE. Only receiving "4G" now. What gives?? Have you all been able to maintain LTE connectivity across reboots?
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Isn't 4G another name for LTE ?
djona12 said:
Isn't 4G another name for LTE ?
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Back in 2011-2012 in the US, AT&T and T-Mobile began marketing HSPA+ (which is technically a 3G technology) as "4G" in order to compete with carriers (Verizon, MetroPCS) that were rolling out actual LTE. They've both since rolled out LTE, marketed as "4G LTE", but keep referring to HSPA+ as "4G".
Oh i see... Thanks.
Here it's not like that. HSPA+ is branded 3G+ and LTE is either LTE or 4G
I'll have to drop by the ATT store this morning and see what they can do. Maybe a new SIM will help.
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Thanks for your responses. I just got the phone this evening. Pulled the SIM from my OP3 and placed in the A7 prior to first boot. It immediately connected to LTE upon first boot.
However, once I rebooted my phone I lost connectivity to LTE. Only receiving "4G" now. What gives?? Have you all been able to maintain LTE connectivity across reboots?
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On AT&T, LTE persists after reboot for me.
I stopped by the ATT store this morning and had a new SIM provisioned. When they used the A7's IMEI, I didn't get any data service. I had them re-enter the IMEI from my Nexus 6 and the phone works perfectly fine now...even after reboots.
Summary: The SIM card that came in the box for McLaren 5g says TM with 4 numbers. Can I use 5G standalone mode? Read on for why this matters.
I'm using an old SIM, and I recently get a text message from TMO that I should upgrade my sim, pointing to http://t-mo.co/5GSIM
But on that page is says the following:
R15: If you see R15 in pink on the SIM card, you're all set!
TMXXXX: If you see TM followed by 4 numbers, you need to switch to the new SIM that came with your device.
It's fully capable of it with the x55 modem. However, T-Mobile owns the permission for this phone to get on SA 5G. Will need an update.
C-NET Article: "T-mobiles-5g-network-upgrade-means-better-indoor-and-rural-coverage" states:
(sorry no link, jr member)
Regarding SA 5G "T-Mobile will also add support for the new network to the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G and OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren that were released in 2019 via a software update, however no timeline has yet been given for when that update will arrive. "
That being said, T-Mobile is explicit. You must have the R15 SIM, a capable SA 5G device and be in a SA coverage area.
Get your R15 SIM. Be ready.
eidsvik said:
That being said, T-Mobile is explicit. You must have the R15 SIM, a capable SA 5G device and be in a SA coverage area.
Get your R15 SIM. Be ready.
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Fair enough. I stopped by a T-Mobile store and got a new R15 SIM. So now to wait for the upgrade. Or maybe just buy a new device lol.
https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/browse-phones
i ordered and got r15 sim last week. far right on prepaid phones page "2020 sim"
since i didn't order a plan it cost $10 w/ free 2 day shipping. anxiously awaiting update.
The McLaren doesn't have SA yet, but there's some FCC docs showing that it's coming soon. I'll probably have to get one of these R15 sims as well.
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https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/browse-phones
i ordered and got r15 sim last week. far right on prepaid phones page "2020 sim"
since i didn't order a plan it cost $10 w/ free 2 day shipping. anxiously awaiting update.
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Thanks for the info. I know we'll get the update eventually. Hadn't heard of the new SIM card requirements. Just ordered mine for $10. Hope they send the new kind. Ordered the 2020 one.
For what it's worth. I went and got the new sim, for free, after work when that text message was sent by t-mobile. My biggest complaint about this phone is that my texting, whether I use the stock app, or install google messages and try to go RCS, has always had issues, especially over WiFi. But after the sim swap, I have ZERO texting issues, it all works exactly as advertised, RCS through Google messages as well. I believe my previous sim card had been around since I bought my Note 4. So for anyone have texting issues especially, get the new sim card, especially with 5G SA on the horizon for this phone. I just took my wife's S20+ over to get the sim upgrade last night, and now it natively connects to 5G NR. Impressive.
That being said, I'm probably going to jump ship to either the pixel 4a 5G of pixel 5, but purchasing one from google for that precious unlockable bootloader. It's been a year since I upgraded from my 6T, and I really miss having viper4audio in the car for streaming.
mmarcz
I called T-Mobile customer service, requested the R15 SIM.
First call the rep asked..."do you get 5G on your phone right now?" "yeah then you don't need one of these, you got what you needed in an update that was pushed out to your phone"
Second call...took 15 minutes explaining to the rep what I wanted, supervisor involved, had to read them my IMEI, etc. Said they mailed it. Nothing arrived.
Third attempt, walked right into a T-Mobile store. They knew exactly. In and out 10 mins, no charge.
I brought my 8 5G in with me to avoid any guff. Of course that worked.
I popped it into my 7TP McLaren, it hasn't left it since.
It's so clean. No more slow texts, no weird service pauses as it figured out how to get from LTE to 5G to Wi-Fi and back.
Happy, but I want to know WHY on that part there.
""this is an initial update for new 5G stand alone technology" new update today
Upgrading to the new r15 sim also fixed my wifi calling and texting since I switched to the mclaren. Holy crap, I only upgraded for the 5g
The 39 update was released yesterday and enabled SA. I confirmed it works by using the debug menu to force my phone into NR mode, unfortunately the result of a speed test were pretty disappointing.
On a more positive note, the LTE speeds at my house are faster than ever. ?
I've got no sim after this update....guess I'm stopping by the T-Mobile OTW home.
"5G" lol. I had a "Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G Plus" for a few months and more than once I found my phone with no internet. I had perfect 5G signal, and no internet. I rebooted, nothing. I then disabled 5G, forcing it to 4G-LTE, and suddenly I had internet. 5G uses different towers, and apparently they can lose internet and the phone doesn't realize it. The only reason T-Mobile, and every other carrier, is pushing 5G is to get the congestion off their 4G-LTE towers. But I digress. At this point, due to my 5G issues in the area, I don't care for 5G one way or another. I eventually couldn't stand the Galaxy S20 any longer so I sold it and bought this OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren 5G used on ebay. I could care less about its 5G capabilities. Nice to have but not a deal-breaker for me. I was going to hold onto this 7T Pro 5G for a few months and then try and pickup a used 8T Pro, but apparently that's not happening. I don't know if I should get an 8T or not, I may just see if there's a 9 Pro. I don't mind waiting, this 7T Pro 5G smokes the Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G in terms of everyday usability.
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"5G" lol. I had a "Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G Plus" for a few months and more than once I found my phone with no internet. I had perfect 5G signal, and no internet. I rebooted, nothing. I then disabled 5G, forcing it to 4G-LTE, and suddenly I had internet. 5G uses different towers, and apparently they can lose internet and the phone doesn't realize it. The only reason T-Mobile, and every other carrier, is pushing 5G is to get the congestion off their 4G-LTE towers. But I digress. At this point, due to my 5G issues in the area, I don't care for 5G one way or another. I eventually couldn't stand the Galaxy S20 any longer so I sold it and bought this OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren 5G used on ebay. I could care less about its 5G capabilities. Nice to have but not a deal-breaker for me. I was going to hold onto this 7T Pro 5G for a few months and then try and pickup a used 8T Pro, but apparently that's not happening. I don't know if I should get an 8T or not, I may just see if there's a 9 Pro. I don't mind waiting, this 7T Pro 5G smokes the Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G in terms of everyday usability.
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That's the way Verizon's mmWave 5G works (which is insanely fast but also completely useless because it only works outdoors while walking and needs towers every 500 to 1000 feet which will only be installed in the most crowded sections of the most crowded metro areas). T-Mobile uses same towers for 3G/4G LTE/5G NR as they all use the same frequencies (600 to 2500 MHz). Not 60 Ghz garbage that can't travel more than quarter mile or even pass through glass or your hand. That's also why T-Mobile was able to roll out low-band 600MHz 5G to virtually the entire country in such a short time. Because it can travel over 10 miles from tower to indoor phone. Now T-Mobile is working on adding more bandwidth to low-band 5G along with rolling out the mid-band 2500Mhz 5G which will be where the real speed is. It's already out in 300+ cities and will be 1000+ by end of year. That's where the speed will be. 300mbps+ to start. And it'll work indoors and while driving too lol. And my phone is all ready, willing, and able
Anyone know how do you check if you have a newer sim for the 5g SA support?
t436h05t said:
Anyone know how do you check if you have a newer sim for the 5g SA support?
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https://www.tmonews.com/2020/09/t-mobile-standalone-5g-r15-sim-card-customers/
What about mvno users on mint or metro?
Globel said:
What about mvno users on mint or metro?
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No new sim, no SA 5G support. You can test it out yourself by dialing *#*#4636#*#* (has to be from the default OnePlus dialer/phone app while set as default dialer app in settings, apps, default apps -- Won't work with Google Dialer/phone app.), click phone information, and set preferred network type to NR only.
If you get data (with WiFi off), then SA 5G is working. If you get no signal, SA 5G isn't working. However, calls will not work in SA 5G (NR only mode) with WiFi calling off because the X55 modem doesn't support VoNR. So once you test, set it back to how it was so VoLTE calls start working again. To my knowledge, no phones have the X60 modem yet, so no device can access VoNR/make calls when set to NR Only (wifi calling solves this but that requires wifi)
This was a life saver a few days ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Zeta. 95%+ of the entire NOLA metro area and major surrounding suburbs were without power. And the 4G LTE network was so slow it might have been off from hundreds of thousands of people all trying to use it at the same time (and so was NSA 5G because it depends on 4G LTE to set up a connection and also some signalling to make it actually work -- I had full bars on both). I forced it to "NR Only"/SA 5G and my data speeds went from too slow to browse the internet, much less stream video, to well over 110 mbps. Didn't care phone calls weren't working at that point haha.
SA 5G for the win!! :good: