I used 4G in mainland China on my 8.4 T325 no problem.
I use 4G on my Note 3 (straight talk on tmobile towers) no problem.
I put my 4g sim card into my T325, then I updated the APN settings, and It only fluctuates between H+ and 3G, no 4G at all.
I have reset the APN settings several times, turned on/off roaming, rebooted several times, I can't get it to display 4G.
I triple checked compatibility and it should be compatible with t-mobile (straight talk) 4G but it's just not working.
Any ideas?
You may want to ask in ST thread on howardforums.com, also.
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dadroidda said:
I used 4G in mainland China on my 8.4 T325 no problem.
I use 4G on my Note 3 (straight talk on tmobile towers) no problem.
I put my 4g sim card into my T325, then I updated the APN settings, and It only fluctuates between H+ and 3G, no 4G at all.
I have reset the APN settings several times, turned on/off roaming, rebooted several times, I can't get it to display 4G.
I triple checked compatibility and it should be compatible with t-mobile (straight talk) 4G but it's just not working.
Any ideas?
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The SM-T325 does not have the hardware to support the bands required to get LTE in the USA.
crpalmer said:
The SM-T325 does not have the hardware to support the bands required to get LTE in the USA.
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Look down the threads for one on LTE in the US. You will get HSPA+ at best because of the available LTE bands.
I was reading this phone specs through LG directly and others as phonescoop and pdadb. LG says this phone does not support UMTS, just CDMA, 2G and LTE, but others says it does. Has somebody used this phone 3G overseas?
I've connected to T-Mobile HSPA+ here in the U.S. with it.
geoff5093 said:
I've connected to T-Mobile HSPA+ here in the U.S. with it.
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Ok. Thanks. I was also reading verizon support web site and it shows network mode menu with the option LTE/UMTS/GSM available. Probably people that is reporting only edge with Tmo is maybe because they are in areas where 3G is at 1700/2100. This phone has only 850,900,1900,2100.
motumbo said:
I was reading this phone specs through LG directly and others as phonescoop and pdadb. LG says this phone does not support UMTS, just CDMA, 2G and LTE, but others says it does. Has somebody used this phone 3G overseas?
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I'm traveling right now and have been using the phone in Germany, England, and Netherlands and had HSPA+ everywhere (with the proper sim of course). No LTE anywhere.
motumbo said:
Ok. Thanks. I was also reading verizon support web site and it shows network mode menu with the option LTE/UMTS/GSM available. Probably people that is reporting only edge with Tmo is maybe because they are in areas where 3G is at 1700/2100. This phone has only 850,900,1900,2100.
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Verizon tends to only publish bands that they use as available on phones. For instance it says the VS986 only works on LTE bands 2, 4, and 13.
Hello guys,
Yesterday I converted my HTC 10 Taiwan to US unlocked firmware in order to use Nougat. I used sunshine s off and an stock room from HTC in RUU format.
All is working as expected however in an area with LTE Advanced coverage I don't see the 4G+ icon nor LTE + in the About section, network type in phone settings as with the Taiwanese rom. Here we use band 7 and 28 for LTE advanced and both bands are supported by all variants of HTC 10.
I know US rom uses another pack of icons for network type so maybe it's a cosmetic issue.
Which icon should I see when phone is in LTE advanced? The same as LTE (4G LTE) or something else?
How can I know if my phone is using LTE advanced technology?
Thank you guys.
Hi guys,
I'm going to simplify the question. The US version when in LTE carrier aggregation coverage, does it show a different icon than the regular 4G LTE indicator?
Thank you.
I have an EU device and it shows the 4G icon. In favor of nougat I decided to convert it to US unlocked. I got the 4g/lte icon for 4G and the 4G icon for H+.
Hope that helps.
Yes, I saw the same behavior however I'm asking for LTE Advanced or LTE aggregation. With Taiwanese rom the icon changed to 4G+ however with US rom in the same area the icon stayed as 4G LTE so my question is if US rom has an special icon to indicate that it's using LTE advanced.
Ivanovic said:
I have an EU device and it shows the 4G icon. In favor of nougat I decided to convert it to US unlocked. I got the 4g/lte icon for 4G and the 4G icon for H+.
Hope that helps.
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I just got a brand new international version of the G7 Thinq, it is the international version, with 128gb and 6gb ram.
I'm able to connect to T-mobile and make calls etc, but it won't connect to LTE even though I've been using LTE for years in my area with no issue on old phone.
T-Mobile support was not able to help me.
The highest it connects is 4g
I really do not want to return this phone to the seller, but I don't want to settle for a phone that can't connect to LTE like my old one.
Willing to try anything...any ideas?
Thanks
4G is LTE.
Falkentyne said:
4G is LTE.
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Do you have this phone and live in a LTE area? My old phone actually said "LTE" for the signal when it connected with LTE, are you saying this model phone does not actually say "LTE" on the signal bar?
Can anyone confirm that this phone says "LTE" at the top with an LTE signal?
alterami said:
Do you have this phone and live in a LTE area? My old phone actually said "LTE" for the signal when it connected with LTE, are you saying this model phone does not actually say "LTE" on the signal bar?
Can anyone confirm that this phone says "LTE" at the top with an LTE signal?
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I have this phone and I'm aware of that.
4G *IS* LTE.
You need to google what LTE is.
occasionally you will see 4G+ (downloading).
Falkentyne said:
I have this phone and I'm aware of that.
4G *IS* LTE.
You need to google what LTE is.
occasionally you will see 4G+ (downloading).
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I just googled it and I've read 3 sites so far that says they are not the same.....
https://www.tccrocks.com/blog/what-is-difference-between-4g-and-4g-lte/
I'm not trying to start an argument. I'm just used to my phone displaying LTE and if you are saying this model does NOT display LTE, and displays a "4G" instead, then that answers my question. Some sites even say HSPA+ is 4g, and I know that is different than LTE.
On tmobile he is correct 4g is hspa+.. My g7 says 4g lte when on lte.. Did you do a network reset? Or call tmobile and ask then to redo your phone activation to make sure you register on there network right.. Maybe need a newer sim?
Check the APN settings
alterami said:
I just got a brand new international version of the G7 Thinq, it is the international version, with 128gb and 6gb ram.
I'm able to connect to T-mobile and make calls etc, but it won't connect to LTE even though I've been using LTE for years in my area with no issue on old phone.
T-Mobile support was not able to help me.
The highest it connects is 4g
I really do not want to return this phone to the seller, but I don't want to settle for a phone that can't connect to LTE like my old one.
Willing to try anything...any ideas?
Thanks
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It's possible that the APN settings may need to be tweaked. I'd start there.
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On tmobile he is correct 4g is hspa+.. My g7 says 4g lte when on lte.. Did you do a network reset? Or call tmobile and ask then to redo your phone activation to make sure you register on there network right.. Maybe need a newer sim?
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Mine says 4G+. Figured that was LTE.
and 4G (without 4G)+ is not LTE?
Falkentyne said:
Mine says 4G+. Figured that was LTE.
and 4G (without 4G)+ is not LTE?
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I've called T-Mobile, had them do a restart, had them check APN, etc.
I'm using the same sim as my old phone that gets LTE just fine, so it's not that.
I'm thinking something about this international version maybe doesn't support one of the bands or frequencies that T-Mobile uses in Chicago (even though it says it supports GSM worldwide)
I'm probably going to send it back as my 3 year old Motorola phone gets a higher tested download speed on a speed test than this new one without LTE. Just wanted to check if anyone else had the issue. Thanks
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I just got a brand new international version of the G7 Thinq, it is the international version, with 128gb and 6gb ram.
I'm able to connect to T-mobile and make calls etc, but it won't connect to LTE even though I've been using LTE for years in my area with no issue on old phone.
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T-Mobile uses LTE bands 2, 4, 12, 66, 71, while the G710EAW, which I assume is the model you've bought, supports bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41 - so none of the TMob LTE bands.
There are six variants of the G7, G710EAW is aimed at Asia/Oceania and together with the G710EMW (64GB/8GB single-sim version of your variant) the only one that doesn't support at least two of the TMob LTE bands.
Sorry, hope you'll find a nice replacement
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T-Mobile uses LTE bands 2, 4, 12, 66, 71, while the G710EAW, which I assume is the model you've bought, supports bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41 - so none of the TMob LTE bands.
There are six variants of the G7, G710EAW is aimed at Asia/Oceania and together with the G710EMW (64GB/8GB single-sim version of your variant) the only one that doesn't support at least two of the TMob LTE bands.
Sorry, hope you'll find a nice replacement
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This is what I was afraid of. But I specifically purchased this model because it had the 128gb, the extra 2gb RAM, and dual-sim....I'll have to research if this is available in one of the models you mentioned but so far I've only seen the 64gb with single sim so I guess I'll have to find a new model. Thanks for the info.
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T-Mobile uses LTE bands 2, 4, 12, 66, 71, while the G710EAW, which I assume is the model you've bought, supports bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41 - so none of the TMob LTE bands.
There are six variants of the G7, G710EAW is aimed at Asia/Oceania and together with the G710EMW (64GB/8GB single-sim version of your variant) the only one that doesn't support at least two of the TMob LTE bands.
Sorry, hope you'll find a nice replacement
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Who told you this?
I have the G710EAW and it most CERTAINLY supports bands 2 and 4.
It's even labeled DIRECTLY on the box itself.
Don't get your information from the LG website. The site only shows which bands are used IN THAT REGION, not what is supported by hardware.
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alterami said:
This is what I was afraid of. But I specifically purchased this model because it had the 128gb, the extra 2gb RAM, and dual-sim....I'll have to research if this is available in one of the models you mentioned but so far I've only seen the 64gb with single sim so I guess I'll have to find a new model. Thanks for the info.
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Don't believe everything you hear on the internet. Bands 2 and 4 are supported.
These are the bands supported by the G710EAW.
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA: 850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100
TD-SCDMA: 1900/2000
LTE: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B20/B28/B38/B39/B40/B41
If a band is NOT supported, trying to select it will show "FAIL" in the engineering menu.
Example: band 25 is shown, but not supported. This will show FAIL.
It was the international LG G6 which had problems with T-mobile, as Band 2 was not supported (shown in service menu, if you select it it shows 'FAIL'.)
I sold one of these phones (I had 2) to a T-mobile user and he's happy.
I have also the 128 GB lg g7 eaw version. My phone shows 4g also. The speed test i have done is 60mbps both up and down and i am ok with that.
What is the diffrence between 4g and 4g lte? Should it display lte?
P. S. My operator is having lte in band 1 and 38 and are supported by the phone. Also band 2 and 4 are available and both connected with succes...
Inerent said:
I have also the 128 GB lg g7 eaw version. My phone shows 4g also. The speed test i have done is 60mbps both up and down and i am ok with that.
What is the diffrence between 4g and 4g lte? Should it display lte?
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My G710EAW shows 4G+. Uaing Net10 on band 2 which uses tmobile's servers. I think each and every person here needs to stop crying wolf. Seriously.
If the US version shows LTE and the international version shows 4G+ I mean who cares if its the same damn thing?
https://www.4g.co.uk/news/what-is-4g-plus-ee/
4G+ is another name for LTE-A, LTE-Advanced or 4.5G and it’s basically a faster version of 4G. It works through carrier aggregation, which allows 4G phones to receive data from multiple bands in the 4G spectrum.
So while standard 4G only uses one band at a time, 4G+ can combine two bands for increased speeds. In EE’s case it’s the 1800MHz and 2.6GHz bands which are being combined
Falkentyne said:
My G710EAW shows 4G+. Uaing Net10 on band 2 which uses tmobile's servers. I think each and every person here needs to stop crying wolf. Seriously.
If the US version shows LTE and the international version shows 4G+ I mean who cares if its the same damn thing?
https://www.4g.co.uk/news/what-is-4g-plus-ee/
4G+ is another name for LTE-A, LTE-Advanced or 4.5G and it’s basically a faster version of 4G. It works through carrier aggregation, which allows 4G phones to receive data from multiple bands in the 4G spectrum.
So while standard 4G only uses one band at a time, 4G+ can combine two bands for increased speeds. In EE’s case it’s the 1800MHz and 2.6GHz bands which are being combined
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Thx man!
I also knew that 4g = lte. It seems that here are a lot of fake techs.
Falkentyne said:
Who told you this?
I have the G710EAW and it most CERTAINLY supports bands 2 and 4.
It's even labeled DIRECTLY on the box itself.
These are the bands supported by the G710EAW.
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA: 850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100
TD-SCDMA: 1900/2000
LTE: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B20/B28/B38/B39/B40/B41
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The information is from gsmarena. They have been spot on with this kind of information the last times I checked. However, it seems like they're off with the G7. I just compared my variant with their information and it's off as well. Thanks for catching this!
So in that case I can only think of one reason why the OPs phone would not connect to TMobile 4G: the network in your area is using bands that are not supported by your G7. However, this is quite unlikely, since these would be 66/71. From what I read, they have only been introduced in 2017.