I have a MediaPad X2 703L on Cricket. Completely stock, not rooted. It doesn't switch to T-Mobile towers. I know this because there is an area where the phone has no service, data or voice when I'm 40 feet away from a T-Mobile tower.
Please help if possible.
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Traveling to china and was hoping to just bring one phone. Anyone know if I would get LTE on band 41 with the note 5?
Bump for help again. Gonna have to buy a 6s if I can't get any more info on this. From all the googling I've done I should get LTE on china mobile but would really not carry 2 phones if I don't have to.
I live in Shenzhen currently and it works in theory. The device can really register to the LTE network but signal can be very fluctuated when moving, since only one of the bands are compatible, and China is still on the way to establish a complete LTE network. China Mobile don't have UMTS network so I suggest you to use China Telecom's service with a EVDO service. It's more stable and have a quite good coverage especially in rural area.
I am using the US Cellular variant of the GS6 while on T-Mobile and am currently able to get Edge service or 2G from my understanding and briefly looking around T-Mobile uses bands 2,4 and 12 for LTE all of which I can select while in Service Mode but anytime I pick a LTE band I get no service, I am definitely not very knowledgeable with this and any help is appreciated if more information is needed please let me know.
You may have to call T-Mobile or go to a T-Mobile store and register the IMEI number of your phone with their system. That's what you have to do on ATT to get LTE
ebay LON-L29C636B156, t-mobile USA. (upgrade to B156 yesterday, did not change anything in respect to this issue).
I can get the 4G on the home screen, but never the 4G LTE symbol. And i do not get the VoLTE menu option. I called up t-mobile support and they said that whether or not its a phone bought from them or not, LTE would get enabled if the phone supports it. So i am starting to suspect that my phone (or rather the 636 taiwanese firmware ?) does not really support/enable LTE.
My t-mobile SIM does give me 4G LTE symbol in a colleagues Honor 8 from Best Buy, T-mobile USA does not sell that. Which seems to support what t-mobile support told me. His ATT SIM does also not give me 4G LTE indication on my phone.
Given how the specs of the HW all claim LTE support for the mate 9 pro, i wonder what my best diagnostics are to determine whether or not the firmware actually enables it.
Reboot phone without any SIM inserted: "LTE cell info" app: "3G mobile technologies": Yes, "4G mobile technologies: No", "Max speeds": HSPA - aka: seems to indicate that phone does not support LTE. Same with SIM inserted, no change whether i enable/disable 4G in the system.
"AntennaPict" app, with SIM inserted, 4G enabled says LTE: -106 dbm, with 4G disabled, it says HSPA+.
*sigh*. So the diagnostics apps are inconsistent.
Was wondering what others with Mate 9 pro see.
Not sure what else i could try. Go to european firmware via Funky and see if thats any better ? (whats the number for european firmware ?).
Thanks!
Its part of the upcoming software update. Same was enabled in the mate 9.
It absolutely supports LTE. 4G is synonymous with LTE outside of the US. It won't attach to LTE networks without a SIM inserted because of the way authentication onto those networks is performed. The second app is correct.
You can check network info in about phone.
Bumping here as I have the same issue as the OP.
Anyone figured how to get LTE and VoLTE enabled on LON-L29 on T-Mobile USA...
Also, how do we get OTA update while in the US as I believe my Mate 9 Pro is an Asian Model (LON-L29636) ?
Any help here guys/gals would be super helpful. I love the Mate 9 Pro, but without these 2 **important** features it is going to collect dust on my shelf.
Thanx
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phoneman108 said:
Bumping here as I have the same issue as the OP.
Anyone figured how to get LTE and VoLTE enabled on LON-L29 on T-Mobile USA...
Also, how do we get OTA update while in the US as I believe my Mate 9 Pro is an Asian Model (LON-L29636) ?
Any help here guys/gals would be super helpful. I love the Mate 9 Pro, but without these 2 **important** features it is going to collect dust on my shelf.
Thanx
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Problem is you have a C636 model, which is for Asia region, not for USA. Unfortunately there is no model available under US? This was the same issue I face here in Australia - there is no AU model sold here.
From what I have seen there are only these models for the Mate 9 Pro:
Mate 9 Pro, Europe Version (LON-L29C432)
Mate 9 Pro, Asia Version (LON-L29C636)
Mate 9 Pro, Middle East Version (LON-L29C185)
Mate 9 Pro, Non-Region-Branded (LON-L29C900)
Mate 9 Pro, China Version (LON-AL00C00)
And from what I have read on XDA - there is a "cust" partition, which contains the VOLTE configuration files, which are specific to that regions Telco providers, so not having any USA configuration - the VOLTE options do not work or display to enable them... This is a major flaw with how Huawei have configured the mobile device, from what I read on forums these files are under 1mb in size, so why they have not included all regional files on each device no matter the location is beyond me.... I am stuck without VOLTE option here in Australia due to this fact, and will most likely never get it since they are not selling the device here.
The C900 being "Non-Region-Branded", sounds like this may (or may not) be a winner to rebrand to.. i'm wondering if it contains configuration for all regions!
LTE here tho is called "4G" and I am connecting with 4G and 4G+, and get the data speeds of that, but not calling (it drops down to HSPA+ when I make a call).
I have read on here that Mate 9 owners have been able to backup the cust partition and then restore it using TWRP on other devices, or most people have re-branded to their correct region.. this not possible since there is no USA or AU region build for M9 Pro.
Assuming it works, will debranding my US Honor 6x to something allowing me to put Pie and/or LineageOS on it cause it to lose or have worse LTE reception on an MVNO of T-Mobile USA?
(1700,2100 are T-Mobile US's main LTE bands, plus band 12, 700, is used and is very useful sometimes when enough bandwidth on that's available.) Also, 3g is 1700/2100 and 1900.... 2G is nearly non-existent in US due to refarming, that's quadband though.
I currently have the oneplus 6, which does not roam to US Celluar with my T-Mobile line. I am really needing this because in Wisconsin there are a lot of spots in South Western Wisconsin that only have US Celluar Roaming for T-Mobile. Curious if the Oneplus 7 does roam to US Cellular, with the T-Mobile version, or the unlocked version. Any help would be appreciated!
Bumping this, since no one responded. Supposedly the T-Mo version phones do, but I would love to hear from smarter people.
Also, to add on, does converting it to International firmware keep the roaming, or does that kill the US Cellular free roaming?
Slappy_G said:
Bumping this, since no one responded. Supposedly the T-Mo version phones do, but I would love to hear from smarter people.
Also, to add on, does converting it to International firmware keep the roaming, or does that kill the US Cellular free roaming?
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The one sold by Oneplus does not roam on Us Cellular. I confirmed this in Maine this September. No USC roaming occured anywhere in Bar Harbor or anywhere back down the coast to Brunswick.
No US Cellular data roaming in Iowa on the unlocked version
Mine roamed on US Cellular in Oregon but I use verizon.