[Q] LTE and Sprint Problem? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just got my nexus 5? Yes. Activated? Yes. LTE? No. Im on sprint and have no idea why my Samsung Galaxy S4 had LTE yet the Nexus 5 cannot get it, just 3G throughout entire area even though my area has all 4G for months. Is there any solutions or known issues as of yet why on Sprint the LTE is not being recognized? Thank you for any help!

shawngarthwaite said:
Just got my nexus 5? Yes. Activated? Yes. LTE? No. Im on sprint and have no idea why my Samsung Galaxy S4 had LTE yet the Nexus 5 cannot get it, just 3G throughout entire area even though my area has all 4G for months. Is there any solutions or known issues as of yet why on Sprint the LTE is not being recognized? Thank you for any help!
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http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/

Make Sure you change Mobile Network settings to LTE that is what solved the issues with LTE on mine. The Switching only occurs when you make or receive phone calls or send or receive a text message on a tower that has not been updated yet.

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verizon s3 on att?

i took my note 2(verizon) to att, edited apn and everything is awesome, 3g/HSPA , so i tried to do the same with the wifes phone but only getting edge(2g) - am i doing something wrong or does the s3 not support the 3g HSPA bands of att?
please help
amendolaro1 said:
i took my note 2(verizon) to att, edited apn and everything is awesome, 3g/HSPA , so i tried to do the same with the wifes phone but only getting edge(2g) - am i doing something wrong or does the s3 not support the 3g HSPA bands of att?
please help
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Currently, nope. Edge is all you'll see as of now.
Ty
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Is there an lte only option anymore? IIRC we used to do this in phone info app but that stopped working after the jb update...
That's how they got nexus 4 buzzing on lte isn't it?

Fix for T-Mobile LTE?

Is there a workaround or any suggestions to get everything functional such as calls etc.
As of now only data works but you can't receive or send out messages,make calls etc.
When connected to H+ everything works flawlessly and the carrier shows, when connected to LTE only data works nothing else and the phone can't identify what carrier is being used.
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UPDATE:
The issue seems to be that Verizon by default is locking the GSM radio. Users are reporting the same in the Moto X and Droid Ultra forum. Users using 4.4.2 on T-Mobile with a Verizon device.
charlieb620 said:
Is there a workaround or any suggestions to get everything functional such as calls etc.
As of now only data works but you can't receive or send out messages,make calls etc.
When connected to H+ everything works flawlessly and the carrier shows, when connected to LTE only data works nothing else and the phone can't identify what carrier is being used.
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UPDATE:
The issue seems to be that Verizon by default is locking the GSM radio. Users are reporting the same in the Moto X and Droid Ultra forum. Users using 4.4.2 on T-Mobile with a Verizon device.
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I thought verizon was forced to sim unlock all their lte devices?
123421342 said:
I thought verizon was forced to sim unlock all their lte devices?
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They are SIM unlocked as I'm using one but it seems the band we need for LTE isn't playing well.
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Was curious if anyone else was having this issue. Any thoughts that it might be related to skipping Verizon activation? When I got the phone, wasn't activated and on first turn on it prompted activating Verizon Sim but I exited out and just popped in T-Mobile Sim.
charlieb620 said:
Is there a workaround or any suggestions to get everything functional such as calls etc.
As of now only data works but you can't receive or send out messages,make calls etc.
When connected to H+ everything works flawlessly and the carrier shows, when connected to LTE only data works nothing else and the phone can't identify what carrier is being used.
Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk
UPDATE:
The issue seems to be that Verizon by default is locking the GSM radio. Users are reporting the same in the Moto X and Droid Ultra forum. Users using 4.4.2 on T-Mobile with a Verizon device.
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levilib said:
AFAIK, LTE (unless the carrier is using voLTE) is a data only network. Verizon uses LTE for data and CDMA for calls and text.
Verizon seems to only allow GSM/UMTS or CDMA/LTE on the M8 at one time, there doesn't seem to be a true Global mode that allows GSM/UMTS and LTE to run at the same time.
That would explain why people are reporting either LTE or calls/texting (which, as above mentioned, only works on 2G/3G (be that CDMA or GSM))
The question is, is there a way to get around this? On the S3/S4 there was an app called phoneinfo which showed more modes than the Mobile Network settings menu. Is there such a thing for the M8?
This is quite disappointing news for me, since this is the first Verizon phone I'm aware of that has the 1800MHz LTE band, and that's the band used in Australia where I'm headed soon. I was excited about being able to finally use LTE there! I guess I'll have a choice between LTE and calls/text like all those in this thread using T-Mobile.
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Thought I'd copy this here
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-verizon-wireless/howto/394092.html
Hoping the best that this would be the fix for the GSM
while you edit the data as well I believe
Will never get 4G LTE on any other carrier besides Verizon in the US. Never have. Never will. Those radio bands are blocked at chip level.
prdog1 said:
Will never get 4G LTE on any other carrier besides Verizon in the US. Never have. Never will. Those radio bands are blocked at chip level.
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They got the M8 Lte work with T-Mobile but Calls and messages are not working while you have LTE
youtube.com/watch?v=oJwqFersSoo
must.sayim said:
They got the M8 Lte work with T-Mobile but Calls and messages are not working while you have LTE
youtube.com/watch?v=oJwqFersSoo
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More than likely it is same as Verizon. Won't happen till they have voice and data both over AWS network. Currently on Verizon data is on LTE and voice is on CDMA. If can get into signal settings may be a way to lock the voice section in. It is not on LTE. Verizon has had the two linked since TBolt. Others have had a problem doing this. Has to be able to do dual band at same time. Also shouldn't get LTE at all if not in T-Mobile AWS area.
Unless T-Mobile rolls out voLTE and the M8 is compatible, the VZW M8 won't work for both call/sms and LTE data simultaneously. The other solution would be figuring out a new mode that allows LTE and GSM/UMTS to work together, maybe a software update will do that, but something tells me VZW isn't running to make our lives easier in this regard (Unless they start offering international 4G LTE roaming, then they'll have to fix this issue - and that might be on the horizon as this is the first VZW phone to have LTE bands that VZW doesn't use nor has any plans to use, such band 3 1800MHz)
Phone info
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Apparently phone info isn't helping...
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[Q] Galaxy S6 Verizon on AT&T

Bought a Verizon S6 to use on AT&T.
I setup AT&T's APN settings on the S6 and I have accessed H+ but not 4G LTE.
Can anyone offer any insight?
Most Verizon phones do not get att lte. However I do know the Verizon Droid Turbo, 2nd Gen. Moto CA and Vzw iphone 5s and up gets Att LTE.. .
AT&T SIM on VZW S6
Hello,
I have the same question how AT&T SIM would behave on VZW S6.
1. Which APN Are you using? Are you using phone or pta APN?
2. When receiving incoming calls, does the format look like example: +8085551212 missing 1?
your response is appreciated!!!
istundra said:
Hello,
I have the same question how AT&T SIM would behave on VZW S6.
1. Which APN Are you using? Are you using phone or pta APN?
2. When receiving incoming calls, does the format look like example: +8085551212 missing 1?
your response is appreciated!!!
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I got 4g lte .. I used both settings and when I make calls out it drops to 1x and then when receive calls I have 3G. Seems like the pta settings works better didn't see and h or h+ which. Did on the phone apn settings. I have a Vzw iPhone since I work there thought the s6 would be easy since know the turbo works. There's something missing and can't find it. Everything works I do get the +then the number tho. But haven't had issues sending or receiving texts. Just it should drop to 4g when on the phone and should work whether I get or receive calls. Minor issues happening I did switch it to gsm instead of world that may have been why h or h+ didn't occur with pta. I'll update what I figure out if you all do so as well
i remember seeing it somewhere, but can't find it when i need it, how do i permanently disable the non-verizon sim warning when using any other sim in the vzw gs6?
(i have succeeded on a one time basis by force stopping activation agent, but there's a permanent fix if i'm not mistaken)
Verizon variant doesn't support AT&T's original LTE layer which is Band 17. So you won't see LTE on your Verizon variant unless AT&T has either Band 2 or Band 4 deployed in your market.
At&t LTE worked just fine on Verizon S5. So why not S6?
joe3681 said:
At&t LTE worked just fine on Verizon S5. So why not S6?
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It is a hardware limitation
kenshin123 said:
Bought a Verizon S6 to use on AT&T.
I setup AT&T's APN settings on the S6 and I have accessed H+ but not 4G LTE.
Can anyone offer any insight?
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I think Band 17 is the issue. Most of AT&T LTE is on Band 17.
I am currently connected to LTE (Band 4) on my Verizon G6, using a AT&T sim.
I used the LTE Discovery app to get this info.
milan03 said:
Verizon variant doesn't support AT&T's original LTE layer which is Band 17. So you won't see LTE on your Verizon variant unless AT&T has either Band 2 or Band 4 deployed in your market.
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^^^^Pretty much confirmed what milan03 said.

Using Verizon's S6 on Tmobile's network

Hi all, has anyone here tried or been successful in getting the data or lte over voice calls with Verizon's S6 using Tmobile? I have Tmobile and trying to use my gf's unlocked Verizon Galaxy S6. Almost everything works fine except that while on voice call, the signal drops to 1x and I can not simultaneously use data or receive mms. Are there any fixes for this? Any help would be appreciated as she is planning to switch from Verizon to Tmobile and I would love to just reuse the phone on Tmobile.
PS: Sorry not sure if this should be in a carrier specific thread. If so, not sure which one to choose since it sort of dual carrier concern
Sotats said:
Hi all, has anyone here tried or been successful in getting the data or lte over voice calls with Verizon's S6 using Tmobile? I have Tmobile and trying to use my gf's unlocked Verizon Galaxy S6. Almost everything works fine except that while on voice call, the signal drops to 1x and I can not simultaneously use data or receive mms. Are there any fixes for this? Any help would be appreciated as she is planning to switch from Verizon to Tmobile and I would love to just reuse the phone on Tmobile.
PS: Sorry not sure if this should be in a carrier specific thread. If so, not sure which one to choose since it sort of dual carrier concern
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Try going to Settings > Mobile Networks > Network Mode and change it to LTE / GSM / UMTS and see if that helps.

S6 920F 4g LTE

Just got a 920F and it only shows 4G, but not LTE. I'm on T Mobile and my Nexus 6 is on LTE. Is there any way to turn LTE on?
gegerva said:
Just got a 920F and it only shows 4G, but not LTE. I'm on T Mobile and my Nexus 6 is on LTE. Is there any way to turn LTE on?
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All S6 unlocked models support 4G. But I heard that G920i support more popular 4G bands. Someone needs to confirm though!
See if you can update OTA. I updated to the latest firmware and now shows LTE.
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What is the latest?
What is the difference between lte and 4G?
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I hoe this will clear it up for you http://lmgtfy.com/?q=4g+vs+lte
You need to make sure you have LTE switched on, it looks like your phone and network are compatible
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6-6849.php
You could just be in an area that doesn't have good 4G coverage though
The 2 phones sitting side by side nexus 6 is on lte (previous phone d801 was on lte at the same spot) the s6 just will not cave in even though in the settings it set to LTE . It is on 5.1.1

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