[Q] Z1 Compact and 4G

bendash · Feb 22, 2014

Hi there,

I have a rooted Z1 Compact (used the UK firmware) on T-Mobile network, and I've just payed for a 4G data plan and also replaced my age-old SIM card with a 4G-capable one.

However, I still cannot register to the 4G network so I only have 3G. Could this be because I'm in Central Europe (Hungary, to be exact) so I should flash the CE ftf because it won't work with the UK one?

Thanks,
Ben

louis0815 · Feb 23, 2014

Check your access point settings and make sure you have 4G coverage.
Shouldn't be a matter of UK or CE firmware.

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bendash · Feb 24, 2014

louis0815 said:
Check your access point settings and make sure you have 4G coverage.
Shouldn't be a matter of UK or CE firmware.

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I've checked my settings and everything seems to be in order, and I'm in the capital which is covered by T-Mobile.

Interestingly though, I've flashed the CE firmware (without wiping) last weekend and now it seems to register on the 4G network, so it seems that my problem is solved, although I've yet to see the 4G sign when I'm on mobile data.

Steven1145 · Feb 24, 2014

It might be a case of your data plan monthly date not being reached. Here in France, changes to a subscription are in effect once one reaches the day in the month on which the contract was started (if you started your contract on the 5th of the month, then any subsequent changes will be put into effect on that day).
My own Z1c has yet to show a 4g symbol, but my contract renews with the 4g option on the 25th... Wait and see.

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Steven1145 · Feb 25, 2014

So today I'm on the renewal day of my monthly contract, and tadaaaaa ! 4g now showing on the phone.

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louis0815 · Feb 26, 2014

This is how it should look like:

bendash · Feb 26, 2014

louis0815 said:
This is how it should look like:

I guess I'll have to wait a bit more.

The whole story is this: I went over my monthly data limit a day or two before I posted this thread, so my net became crazy slow. I thought, might as well look at the mobile data plans again, see if they might have a better option.

Turns out they do have a 4G data plan with 1Gb transfer per month, for just a bit more than what I've paid for my plan before.

So I've switched my plan, and then I realised that my SIM card is probably not capable of 4G because it's basically from the past century.

Now, I have a brand new 4G-capable SIM card, and a 4G data plan that was supposedly activated on the spot, i.e. about a week ago. Still, when I try to connect to the 4G network, this is the message I get:

And it reverts back to the 3G connection.

bendash · Feb 26, 2014

Jaacckk1992 said:
hi
You need to check your access point setting and it doesn't matter you have UK firmware or
EC firmware and one more thing there should be 4G coverage then you have to register for 4 g service

Unfortunately that seems to be a dead-end as well. As far as I can tell it should be internet.telekom, and it is.

bendash · Feb 28, 2014

Yeah I probably just have to wait til the original plan expires or something. I'll call them if it's still the same after next week. Thanks for the help and enjoy your device

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