I'm seriously considering the LG G5 Model RS988 that you can get on Amazon because it's cheaper and easier to get that at AT&T or Best Buy, but will that version work with AT&T LTE Bands? AT&T LTE bands are 2,4,5,12,29, and 30. I see that the RS988 model doesn't have bands 29 and 30. Will that affect AT&T LTE performance? Please let me know. I want to get the phone in the next day or two. Thank you in advance for your help!!!
You can always check the bands that the device supports, though, yes it does.
But is band 29 and 30 critical for LTE on AT&T?
junodragon said:
But is band 29 and 30 critical for LTE on AT&T?
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No its not just don't change your imei from the phone you have right now
I wasn't going to change anything. I was just going to pop in my nano-sim from my Iphone and it should work automatically right? Or do I need to do anything else?
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I wasn't going to change anything. I was just going to pop in my nano-sim from my Iphone and it should work automatically right? Or do I need to do anything else?
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Nope. That's the beauty of GSM carriers.
also it has band 17..... which Att uses alot too, which is used lot in southern Michigan where I lived, but I use Cricket wirless which uses the same towers, I ordered my RS model from Amazon about hour ago and will be here tomorrow:good:
2003vstrom said:
also it has band 17..... which Att uses alot too, which is used lot in southern Michigan where I lived, but I use Cricket wirless which uses the same towers, I ordered my RS model from Amazon about hour ago and will be here tomorrow:good:
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Just received mine off Amazon this morning and confirm after changing the apns my LTE is working awesome! Faster then my 6S was.
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No LTE love for me...
I would love my RS988 to get LTE on ATT... I switched from Cricket which has LTE on it, to ATT GoPhone and I only get a max of HSPA+. I can scan for networks and click on ATT LTE but it just fails to register. ATT support said they cannot force it to work because their system shows my IMEI as an unknown manufacturer. ... what?
I already have the same APN settings as listed. I would LOVE some help with that!
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I've been searching high and low for a phone that will work on both T-mobile and AT&T. The Galaxy Nexus was going to be my choice, but it has way too many problems (screen being the biggest issue).
I found this version of the Razr Maxx which says that it has bands for both AT&T and T-Mobile. My question to you guys is this: If I buy this phone, will I be able to use it and get full 3G (HSPA+) speeds on either carrier?
http://www.clove.co.uk/motorola-razr-maxx
Thanks!
After doing some more research, it seems that the phone has to have 1700/2100 bands in order to work on T-Mobile.
The phone has 2100 band. Does this mean that T-Mobile 3G HSPA will work only when the area has that band, or not at all?
That model runs on :
GSM/GPRS Yes
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Frequencies850/900/1800/1900 MHz
and/or
3G/HSPA Yes
Frequencies2100/1900/900/850 Mhz
So YES, that model WILL WORK on ATT/TMO. Both companies have roaming agreements with each other and other companies which would allow your device to work if and when you are within a coverage area. NOT ALL features may work in certain areas AND data may be a certain speed in 1 area and in another it may be MUCH MUCH SLOWER due to the fact that it is using your 2G/GSM bands because there is no 3G/HSPA aka HSPA+ aka 4G (aka by ATT and/or TMO). This particular model CANNOT AND WILL NOT ever get true 4G/LTE.
Hope this helps...
Thanks for the answer. After doing a lot of research, I've learned that it WILL work for AT&T 3G/"4G" speeds, and will NOT work for T-Mobile 3G/"4G" speeds.
Reason being is that even though it has the 2100 band, it doesn't have the 1700 band, which T-Mobile requires for full HSPA speed. It uses one for uplink and the other for downlink. So even though it has one of the bands, I'll never be able to get full speed 3G on it.
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Thanks for the answer. After doing a lot of research, I've learned that it WILL work for AT&T 3G/"4G" speeds, and will NOT work for T-Mobile 3G/"4G" speeds.
Reason being is that even though it has the 2100 band, it doesn't have the 1700 band, which T-Mobile requires for full HSPA speed. It uses one for uplink and the other for downlink. So even though it has one of the bands, I'll never be able to get full speed 3G on it.
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after many years of following this stuff, and as a user of both tmo & att services, i must say you are exactly correct! i vaguely recall reading about a pentaband phone in development that would do 3g on both services, but lost track of whether it ever came to market
edit: turns out pentaband phones exist:
forums.androidcentral.com/android-hardware/170487-pentaband-phones.html
i'm surprised the RAZR wasn't developed as penta...
Will it be compatible with Roger or Bell? If it is, will the LTE work? I have been searching for like a hour for a straight answer. Boy do they make this confusing
It's unlocked, so it will:
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No LTE though
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-use-verizon-droid-dna-att-or-any-other-gsm-network
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It's unlocked, so it will:
No LTE though
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-use-verizon-droid-dna-att-or-any-other-gsm-network
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Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't LTE operating on the global 700mhz band?
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It'll work only on HSPA+ not LTE.
Rogers and Bell use LTE Band 4 and Band 7. Verizon uses Band 13.
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It'll work only on HSPA+ not LTE.
Rogers and Bell use LTE Band 4 and Band 7. Verizon uses Band 13.
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Is there anyway to enable LTE on the Droid DNA?
Also, I cannot send/recieve photos via text messaging... Is there a work around for this?
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Is there anyway to enable LTE on the Droid DNA?
Also, I cannot send/recieve photos via text messaging... Is there a work around for this?
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As milan03 stated, the bands are incompatible so LTE will not work with AT&T/Rogers/Bell. You will need to use the correct APN for your carrier if you cannot send/receive MMS messages.
i have no mms or group text, even with the correct APN settings
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i have no mms or group text, even with the correct APN settings
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with Fido, no LTE for sure, mms and sms are working fine with fido APN setting only not receive MMS from "iPhone 5"
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It'll work only on HSPA+ not LTE.
Rogers and Bell use LTE Band 4 and Band 7. Verizon uses Band 13.
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what about Telus??
aawen said:
with Fido, no LTE for sure, mms and sms are working fine with fido APN setting only not receive MMS from "iPhone 5"
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what about Telus??
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so no piont to get this phone if you want to use lte on rogers or fido
shame... i like this phone a lot
and almost buy one off CL
lucky i checked
It's supposed to support Band 4 LTE and H+ with a change in APN settings. Therefore it should work on T-Mobile USA. Can anyone please confirm? A few guys here on Band 4 in Argentina say it works.
Would like to know as well, bump.
It does work. I have straighttalk with the att lte sim card and i was getting LTE speeds on the vendor rom that came with the note 3 pro but then i upgraded to the official global (was afraid vendor rom was infected with malware) and since im using the official global rom all i get is HSPA+. Cant seem to figure out what changed from roms that i cant get lte back. But to confirm yes it does get lte and hspa+
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It does work. I have straighttalk with the att lte sim card and i was getting LTE speeds on the vendor rom that came with the note 3 pro but then i upgraded to the official global (was afraid vendor rom was infected with malware) and since im using the official global rom all i get is HSPA+. Cant seem to figure out what changed from roms that i cant get lte back. But to confirm yes it does get lte and hspa+
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That's great news. May I ask which vendor you bought it from. There are three versions apparently China, Global and India. Global definitely works but some China versions don't. Don't know about India. I bought mine from Gearbest with the Focal Tech vendor rom that I haven't changed but I have no way confirming which version it is though I suspect it's one of the China versions. Is there any way to find out? T-Mobile H+ is plenty fast but it would be nice to have LTE.
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That's great news. May I ask which vendor you bought it from. There are three versions apparently China, Global and India. Global definitely works but some China versions don't. Don't know about India. I bought mine from Gearbest with the Focal Tech vendor rom that I haven't changed but I have no way confirming which version it is though I suspect it's one of the China versions. Is there any way to find out? T-Mobile H+ is plenty fast but it would be nice to have LTE.
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I bought it from banggood.com, it was i think 25 dollars cheaper than gearbest at the time (3gb ram, 32gb model). I was getting LTE and over 25mbps always but once i flashed the official global rom all i can get is a little over 8mbps. This seems to be a common issue as ive seen it posted various times. (screenshot for speed reference. had more lte speed comparisons but i deleted the app once so i only have the only in the screenshot)
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I have Redmi Note 3 Snapdragon version, whenever I search for the networks I couldn't find a 4G network. All 2G and 3G networks are shown.
Is this a problem with my antenna or is it a bug? How can I find out that?
EDIT : I didn't check the 4G before since i didn't had a 4G sim. Now i have Jio sim with me, so i checked it now.
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I have Redmi Note 3 Snapdragon version, whenever I search for the networks I couldn't find a 4G network. All 2G and 3G networks are shown.
Is this a problem with my antenna or is it a bug? How can I find out that?
Please help.
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you need to give more info in this. Did you have 4g before, and now lost it? Which ROM, firmware, etc.
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you need to give more info in this. Did you have 4g before, and now lost it? Which ROM, firmware, etc.
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added more info in the question. I actually didnt check the 4G before.
abhimaliyeckal said:
I have Redmi Note 3 Snapdragon version, whenever I search for the networks I couldn't find a 4G network. All 2G and 3G networks are shown.
Is this a problem with my antenna or is it a bug? How can I find out that?
Please help.
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Seriously.......?????????????? WOW.. :laugh: You have to put on 4G activated Sim to see 4G network. You are Using BSNL Sim, and BSNL does not have 4G yet.. :silly:
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Seriously.......?????????????? WOW.. :laugh: You have to put on 4G activated Sim to see 4G network. You are Using BSNL Sim, and BSNL does not have 4G yet.. :silly:
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I checked with JIO Sim. I didnt even get a 4G network.
Just added a screenshot from my bsnl sim. Thatsall
abhimaliyeckal said:
I checked with JIO Sim. I didnt even get a 4G network.
Just added a screenshot from my bsnl sim. Thatsall
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why you do network search for 4G with 2G/3G Sim, your operator doesnt have 4G and you sim tooo isnt capable of searching 4G network, then y do that even for screenshot, that doesnt makes sense at all.. Your phone is fine and it supports LTE, just use activated 4G sim, it will work definately. your 1st screenshot doesnt have SIM.
OK, perusing the LG website there are two strange 998 models showing up that are NOT connected to any carriers. Says "for LRA" and "for ACG". But for carrier-branded models, they don't share that format -- those just have "model name | carrier name". (See screenshot$ below.)
The LRA is for US998, I assume open market for North America. The ACG is AS998, for what, Asia?
These two are listed last in the V30 models and I cannot find out what LRA or ACG means, but there's also LG G6 models with those designations -- as well as other LG phones with those designations.
I ASSUME it has something to do with the open market phones, but I don't know what LRA or ACG stands for.
And it has NOTHING to do with color, as the "LRA" model is silver, like the U.S. Cellular Silver model. (The B&H US998 does come in silver.)
So, has nothing to do with carrier or color, so what else is there? I assume these are the open market phones that will receive bootloader unlock? But I never heard of an Asian open market phone.
LRA
https://www.lg.com/us/products/wtb?modelId=MD05892777
ACG
http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-AS998-ACG-lg-v30
Here's a screenshot comparing the silver U.S. Cellular model to the "LRA" and "ACG" model. You can clearly see it does not have the same carrier designation and strangely is also listed sort of in the color, but yet has nothing to do with color.
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Here's several carrier models and the LRA and ACG models listed together:
Here's what i found
LRA
http://www.verizon.com/about/news/v...advanced-wireless-services-to-rural-customers
ACG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Carrier_Group
Interesting. MyLgphones.com says that the KDZ for the AS998 is live on LG Bridge.
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Here's what i found
LRA
http://www.verizon.com/about/news/v...advanced-wireless-services-to-rural-customers
ACG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Carrier_Group
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OK, so these are regional CDMA/LTE carriers who often partner with Verizon for roaming. They are not MVNOs, but smaller, rural standalone carriers with their own spectrum.
I know about these, so that's good news.
They often get the same model phone Verizon gets but sometimes under different model name. For instance the U.S.Moto Maxx XT1250 = Verizon Droid Turbo XT1254. Same bands, same FCC ID, everything. You could run it on Verizon with a Verizon LTE SIM card. And had easily unlocked bootloader. It was basically the dev version of the Droid Turbo.
Probably won't be so lucky here, LG probably has them locked down also.