MRCUR
join:2007-03-09
Columbia, PA | reply to Steve B
Re: Wait.... The current GSM model iPhone 5 (sold by AT&T and by Apple as the unlocked model) can work on AT&T and T-Mobile's LTE networks. While the phone can work on AT&T's HSPA+ network, it cannot work on T-Mobile's (which uses AWS for both HSPA+ and LTE, AT&T only uses AWS for LTE along with 700b).
Because of this, the current GSM iPhone 5 (model A1428) has been running just fine on T-Mobile's EDGE network, and on HSPA+ where T-Mobile has reallocated 1900MHz spectrum to serve HSPA+. Otherwise, the current phone cannot connect to T-Mobile's HSPA+ running on AWS. The update coming tomorrow is a carrier profile update which controls the phone's APN, LTE connectivity, Visual Voicemail, etc.
Starting on the 12th, the model A1428 iPhone 5 will be able to work on AWS for both HSPA+ and LTE. This is not a change which can be completed through a software update to existing devices. |
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 Steve BPremium
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | said by MRCUR:The current GSM model iPhone 5 (sold by AT&T and by Apple as the unlocked model) can work on AT&T and T-Mobile's LTE networks. While the phone can work on AT&T's HSPA+ network, it cannot work on T-Mobile's (which uses AWS for both HSPA+ and LTE, AT&T only uses AWS for LTE along with 700b).
Because of this, the current GSM iPhone 5 (model A1428) has been running just fine on T-Mobile's EDGE network, and on HSPA+ where T-Mobile has reallocated 1900MHz spectrum to serve HSPA+. Otherwise, the current phone cannot connect to T-Mobile's HSPA+ running on AWS. The update coming tomorrow is a carrier profile update which controls the phone's APN, LTE connectivity, Visual Voicemail, etc.
Starting on the 12th, the model A1428 iPhone 5 will be able to work on AWS for both HSPA+ and LTE. This is not a change which can be completed through a software update to existing devices.
Ahh. Ok. Thanks for explaining. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | reply to MRCUR
This is what I thought too, but I've seen multiple places that it still won't support AWS HSPA+, but then what is the update doing? People are claiming it enables Band IV LTE, which is BS, as that was enabled on day 1 for AT&T and Canadian carriers. |
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said by MRCUR:The current GSM model iPhone 5 ... can work on ... T-Mobile's LTE networks.
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the current GSM iPhone 5 (model A1428) has been running just fine on T-Mobile's EDGE network, and on HSPA+ where T-Mobile has reallocated 1900MHz spectrum to serve HSPA+.
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Starting on the 12th, the model A1428 iPhone 5 will be able to work on AWS for both HSPA+ and LTE. This is not a change which can be completed through a software update to existing devices.
Is it accurate to say that this will have no effect on unlocked GSM iPhones brought over from AT&T such as the 3GS, 4, and 4S?
Where in the phone do I check to see if the upgrade has been pushed? Something in Field Test? Or elsewhere? Thanks.
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
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kudos:1 | That's correct. This update has no effect on non-LTE iphones. |
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| It should still effect mms and visual voicemail. |
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MRCUR
join:2007-03-09
Columbia, PA | reply to tiger72
That is incorrect. The carrier profile will still configure all of the T-Mobile specific network settings for iPhones using a T-Mobile SIM. This includes MMS, VVM, APN, etc. |
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MRCUR
join:2007-03-09
Columbia, PA | reply to BiggA
No, it's not going to enable the use of AWS bands for HSPA+. This is not a "firmware update" as many places are incorrectly reporting.
This is simply an official carrier profile (IPCC) for T-Mobile US. It will configure T-Mobile's APN, MMS, VVM, etc. settings. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
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| Yeah, I found out on MR that all it's doing is carrier settings, MMS, VVM, etc. People keep mentioning LTE, because apparently T-Mobile didn't have carrier settings to make LTE work with T-Mobile before, even though the unlocked phones previously supported Band IV LTE on AT&T and Canadian carriers. |
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