Is it possible to use a 4g LTE phone on a regular old 4g network? I know that, out of the box, it is not. But, could one, for instance, swap out the firmware for the radio and get it an LTE phone working on a regular 4g network?
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Hey guys,
I have a T-Mobile Sensation 4G and was wondering why does the phone only show 4G, 2G, and G as a my service? I used to have the Samsung Vibrant and I would get 3G, Edge, and G. Does this mean everytime there is no 4G I automatically go down to 2G? Does the Sensation not support 3G? Is there a way to change this?
Thanks for your help guys. Hoping to figure this out.
Mine does the same. It's perfectly normal too since t-mobile's "4G" is technically just a beefed up 3G which means you're connected to the same towers that you were before with your old phone. If you have 4G in your area it means that your 3G towers are your new 4G towers. So if you have no 4G then you literally have no 3G and with switch to 2G. Make sense?
snarestud940 said:
Hey guys,
I have a T-Mobile Sensation 4G and was wondering why does the phone only show 4G, 2G, and G as a my service? I used to have the Samsung Vibrant and I would get 3G, Edge, and G. Does this mean everytime there is no 4G I automatically go down to 2G? Does the Sensation not support 3G? Is there a way to change this?
Thanks for your help guys. Hoping to figure this out.
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Let me go a step further to describe/explain our new signal layout.
4G = 4G, H or 3G
2G = Edge
G = 1G, 1x
I hope that makes it a bit easier to understand,.
I have bought a Verizon xoom 4g and brought it to the emirates. the network here is 3g and it will not activate. Is there any way to make it work on this netwok ?
It is not 4G or 3G but CDMA technology.
This is not GSM unit that works everywhere after unlocking.
Hi,
I'm using a verizon M8 on a non-verizon network. The Verizon version should support 4G LTE on band 3 and 14 (the hardware should even support 3,4,7,13). My provider supports 4G LTE on band 3 and 7, yet i don't receive 4G.
I'm guessing Verizon locks 4G to their network. Is there any way to unlock my phone so i can use 4G LTE with my provider? (T-mobile NL)
I am willing to do anything. Already reflashed my phone with verizon ROM but that doesn't help obviously because it's not a stock rom..
Thanks!
There is a working solution for the Android:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/lte-band-7-2600mhz-finally-guide-t2992523
I think, there IS a way to adopt it to the Windows Phone.
htc m8 for windows verizon
Any news how to activate lte band?
looking for this too. In my country there are 3/20 bends and verizon edition has that band but I cant use 4g
I have a htc one m8 verizon It is unlocked i use the cricket network 4G lte kind of works it works just for data but I can't call or text but when I use 3G I can call texts and use data. I saw some things on how to enable the 4g lte bands but none of them worked for me or they were too complicated to follow. So how can I enable the 4G lte bands so I get 4g lte on cricket
I am fed up with Sprint so I bailed with the phone I got from them and it's unlocked. It appears after doing research that they had the last laugh. This phone can only get 3g using GSM with Cricket. They offer 4g LTE but are telling me I can't use it because of this phone. I attempted to turn on the LTE CDMA but it doens't show 3G or 4G although it appears to be connected and it drops connection constantly. Very unreliable.
So my question, is there a custom ROM that I can put on this phone that will allow me to use 4g LTE on Cricket/ATT network?
No, it wont work because of the Sprint hardware. A custom ROM can't solve this.