Problem with 4G data on Nexus 5 via T-mobile
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@cherrie How are getting LTE speeds on your Nexus 5?
Mine shows I have T-Mobile but I only have an "E" icon next to the Mobile Network for cell data. I am assuming I am using not LTE but a smaller frequency band as my data is slow even though this was not the case with my sim card on my older Pixel phone.
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@Moem I as a T-Mobile user with the Nexus on UT, I can do SMS/MMS send and receive, and get phone calls, use data (slowly for cell data) and as of now GPS for the first time after being outside long enough as mentioned on these forums.
I do only get Edge data speed and unfortunately LTE does not show up for me, even though on gsmarena.com it shows it has LTE technology. But at least I can use WiFi when available for faster downloads and I use basic phone functions for text and calls, etc.
I'm using it as a backup until I get a Pixel 4a and hopefully put LineageOS, as my Pixel 1 with Lineage stopped working recently.
Let me know if anyone has gotten LTE working on the Nexus 5.
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@metalmyles
Please do not necro old threads to ask something not related to.I splitted you post in a new thread so you get help easier with related title.
Plus, user you ask help from, did not connect to forum since end of 2022.
Now for your issue, could you tell where you live ?
T-mobile is from usa i believe, but it seems to me that it is also in some other english countries, so ?"E" is for edge, and is "2.5G".
Are you sure about your APN settings ?
Are you sure your phone has its 4G bandwitch supported by T-mobile, or even if they did not blacklist this old phone (i know some us providers does that with old phone) ? -
@metalmyles
Another necro, and kind of a multipost, you make me work hard that night lol... -
@Keneda Okay, sorry.
I live in Orlando, Florida USA. Yes, T-Mobile is in the USA, and mainly in the North American regions.
Thank you for the clarification about what edge means.
I have checked my T-Mobile APN settings which match T-mobile's website for the Internet and MMS, but it also includes an APN for "LTE" where the settings are left blank which looks like it is on purpose. I reset the APN settings started the phone and both results came back the same.
My phone apparently does have 4G bandwidth supported by T-mobile but not all of the results are an accurate. For example, the description says my phone is a BYOD-Android device ( rather than a Nexus 5), and it claims it can do 5G which is impossible as that technology was not built into the phone around when this device was made. And the devices is not blacklisted when I searched the IMEI for blacklisted phones online.
Is their anything else you can think of that may help?
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@metalmyles Flash Lineage on it to test network and hardware