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[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
So those tech sites should change their reviews and the mean things they said about the nexus 4 not having lte :D
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
So I did some research and apparently you can set default and preferred network in build.prop by adding these two lines

ro.telephony.default_network=

ro.ril.def.preferred.network=

As for what to put after the equals signs, I am not sure.. 0 would be WCDMA preferred... so I am assuming 9 is LTE/GSM auto since it's the 10th on the list? I've tried it with several numbers, but it didn't work.. I also read that it only works after factory reset which I didn't do.. anyone care to try it out? I am not sure how old or valid these settings are.. does anyone know?
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
Not sure there... Sounds interesting to try tho lol.. I'll be the guinea right quick :P
[Nexus 4 General] maniAK-:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXOY9EVZ4vA&feature=youtu.be

anyone seen this looks real wonder if they modded the antenna
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Awesome, let me know what happens.. setting them both at 9 should be the right one.. also, you may want to try adding this as well:

telephony.lteOnGsmDevice=1
[Nexus 4 General] Zainiak:
in theory, this supports metropcs, which tmobile is going to use later for lte (as i have heard) so if im on tmo now, i could flash it and have lte later? :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
I noticed on the build prop. Instead of telephony.lteGsmDevice=1

It has

telephony.CDMA?

Interesting...
[Nexus 4 General] danthepan124:
anyone know if this works on T-Mobile US
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Yeah I saw that too.. perhaps a default Android setting? It's set to false though.. this being a GSM phone though, it would make sense to set the GSM version of that setting to true
[Nexus 4 General] code65536:
Not now because T-Mobile does not have LTE deployed. But since T-Mobile is going to be deploying LTE to AWS, in theory, yes.
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
We have a winner!!

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I put the lines in.

Went into recovery, factory reset.

Signed in.

*#*#4636#*#*

Settings sticked at boot up.

Time to do a reboot and check once more to see if it truly sticks..
[Nexus 4 General] andy o:
What did it? The "telephony.lteGsmDevice=1" line, or the factory reset?
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Woot! I demand infinity thankyous!

Just kidding of course, but I assume you put in the 9? If so, then all the lines you need to add in build.prop are:

telephony.lteOnGsmDevice=1

ro.telephony.default_network=9

ro.ril.def.preferred.network=9

...followed by a factory reset of your device
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
Adding the build line and also doing a factory reset! Also just turned the phone off and back on..guess what.. It sticks!!! :)

Niceeeeeeeeee

Phone feels a hell of a lot more snappier and loads a hell lot quicker in pages. Great news! If devs would incorporate this into there build props it would make this business work! Flashing a brand new spanking ROM would be pretty much as factory resetting it.. Since the build lines are already in place. 8)

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Everyone that would like to try it. Grab the lines from page 36 & 37 and pretty much do what I did. If they would like to try! :)
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
You added all three of those above as I said right? If so, then I put them all in one post here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34553394&postcount=369
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
Great work Stenz!! Cracked one piece. ;)
[Nexus 4 General] andy o:
Thanks.

Not to nitpick (but I will :D) the reason I asked specifically which is cause if you did both at the same time, one of them might be unnecessary.
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
I added the lines and did a reboot. Wouldn't stick. Once I did the Factory Reset, it sticks.
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
They may be unnecessary, but if they don't affect anything negatively then it's not a big deal
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
So far it hasn't affected me texting, calling, nor surfing the web. Pic msg haven't tested but all good so far! The phone does seem a little bit hot tho lol
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Awesome, confirmed it works as well... if you want to do LTE/GSM/CDMA that would mean changing the 9 to a 10.. is that necessary? Just thinking maybe an extra fallback or is it pointless?
[Nexus 4 General] mlarco52:
What are you guys referring to when you saying changing the 9's and 10s or whatever? I put in the apn on my phone for fido and used LTE/GSM/CDMA auto prl and it seemed to work just fine on 4G in my town (where i can get lte, not at my house though).

So what are the numbers you guys are changing and what do they do?
[Nexus 4 General] neer2005:
Reboot your phone the LTE won't stick
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
You have to go into your build.prop file which is located in /system and add the following three lines to the end:

telephony.lteOnGsmDevice=1

ro.telephony.default_network=9

ro.ril.def.preferred.network=9

Then do a factory reset.
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
0- WCDMA Preferred

1-GSM Only

2- WCDMA Only

3- GSM auto (PRL)

4- CDMA auto (PRL)

5- CDMA Only

6- Evdo Only

7- GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)

8- LTE/CDMA auto (PRL)

9- LTE/GSM auto (PRL)

10- LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)

11- LTE only
[Nexus 4 General] hunterhp:
I think he's just trolling guys, nothing to see here.
[Nexus 4 General] a1jatt:
Updated first post.

Uploading one more video, will post in a minute
[Nexus 4 General] runningwarrior08:
I watched the video and am intrigued. Can you run an app called coverage map(also known as root metrics) It gives a better description of the connection during a speed test.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootmetrics&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

Link to the app.
[Nexus 4 General] hunterhp:
Do you have a Nexus 4 that you can see if you get these speeds on Telus?

Edit: Or an HSPA+ 42mbps capable device
[Nexus 4 General] Qbancelli:
"According to Qualcomm's data sheet the MDM9215 is an LTE modem (LTE FDD/TDD CAT 3, SVLTE-DB, Release 9 DC-HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, EGAL"). All the MDM92xx and MDM96xx Gobi chips have LTE. In fact, the MDM9215m specifically is the same modem used in the One X- which clearly does have LTE. What is more commonly claimed is that the Nexus 4 lacks an LTE amplifier. Yet Avago Technologies states that their ACPM-7251 amp supports "UMTS Dual-Band (Band1-UMTS & LTE and Band5 UMTS & LTE)". Again, a chip also used in the One X . Also present are Avago A5702 and A5704 LTE/UMTS power amps."
[Nexus 4 General] kentt1:
I'm as yet unconvinced. The video shows about 15/15, the screen shot all have >30.
[Nexus 4 General] comminus:
I'm with you. Need to see some more video with better speeds. Also an explanation of how this was apparently achieved.
[Nexus 4 General] Qbancelli:
You can easily get those speeds on HSPA+
[Nexus 4 General] teknhard:
Telus is rated for DC-HSPA. This is all this is.
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
The N4, can be changed to "LTE/GSM" and stick until a reboot on *#*#4636#*#* menu. I get increased speeds when testing it too! Something is working with the LTE chip.
[Nexus 4 General] a1jatt:
I don't think you can get upload speeds of 25mbps with dc-hspa
[Nexus 4 General] mafiaboy01:
Agree, I've gotten those download speeds but never gotten those uploads. But he is in Calgary so the network isn't as stressed as let's say Toronto.
[Nexus 4 General] ashirviskas:
a1jatt Could you show us more ? :)
[Nexus 4 General] teknhard:
Sorry to be a downer but:

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...sses-reason-behind-4g-snub-in-nexus-4-1114611
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
This is no place for facts and realities. GTFO.
[Nexus 4 General] twistedh:
Get your soldering kits out and give the nexus the stuff it needs for lte :)
[Nexus 4 General] Qbancelli:
That LG guy is lying.

Anantech says it has the hardware:

"Band 4 (AWS) could essentially be supported with the power amplifiers and transceiver that already are onboard the Nexus 4,"

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/8
[Nexus 4 General] t-mizzle:
Read again and listen to their podcast. It does have the chip but no signal amplifier. Nexus 4 not capable of LTE.
[Nexus 4 General] Qbancelli:
I did. To this week podcast too. I didn't hear him retract from it

And once again how about this?

"According to Qualcomm's data sheet the MDM9215 is an LTE modem (LTE FDD/TDD CAT 3, SVLTE-DB, Release 9 DC-HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, EGAL"). All the MDM92xx and MDM96xx Gobi chips have LTE. In fact, the MDM9215m specifically is the same modem used in the One X- which clearly does have LTE. What is more commonly claimed is that the Nexus 4 lacks an LTE amplifier. Yet Avago Technologies states that their ACPM-7251 amp supports "UMTS Dual-Band (Band1-UMTS & LTE and Band5 UMTS & LTE)". Again, a chip also used in the One X . Also present are Avago A5702 and A5704 LTE/UMTS power amps."
[Nexus 4 General] trident167:
It seems Rogers and Bell also use Band 4 AWS. Any truth to this?
[Nexus 4 General] CMNein:
Thanks, missed this post earlier. No luck in Haysboro either, despite an LTE tower being close. Shall pop out SIM and verify.
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
I am not sure if Telus is CDMA or GSM. If the current settings to enable "LTE" on Telus network already work. All the people from Telus have to do is just add the lines to have the "LTE" settings stick as the preferred network instead of "WCDMA". That is where those lines Spenz has noted to add. Come in to play!

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I'm playing with the settings on the Gnex. The LTE won't stick. If it stick it to "GSM auto (PRL) my signal stays at "H".. I think I found my sweet spot.. Why have it fluctuating from 3G to HSPA, all the time? Wouldn't it consume more battery.. If you live in a strong reception area that gets full speed make sense to just keep it at the HSPA?
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Hmm, this is strange.. I just rebooted my phone for the fourth time.. the first two times LTE seemed to stick but now it's back to WCDMA preferred what the hell
[Nexus 4 General] everythingsablur:
Telus has both CDMA and GSM towers, but since the Vancouver Olympics they, along with Bell, have pretty much abandoned CDMA build out and are now entirely focused on their GSM networks. They barely sell any CDMA devices any more, but still have the network infrastructure up for several more years for existing customers and partner carriers (Public roams on TELUS CDMA).

That said, the N4 being a GSM phone with no CDMA radios will not be able to access it (same as Verizon and Sprint).
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Also does anyone else's Mobile network state say Disconnected? In About phone >> Status
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
Not mine.

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Its sticking over here. I even the turned the phone off..
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Can you do a couple more reboots and let me know if it's still sticking? Go into the phone info *#*#INFO#*#* and let me know if it's still good there? You did a factory reset through CWM you said?

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And also, you put in all 3 lines right.. or?
[Nexus 4 General] florian3000:
Can someone tell me which LTE frequencies it supports?

And is the battery then worse than before?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] inh:
Seriously, read the thread, it has been answered MANY times.
[Nexus 4 General] ponts:
I'm getting 40mbs down and 12mbps up on Bell in Edmonton, Canada! Oh and 4 bars with 4g. Loving this phone!
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
It sticks :)

Put the two and replace that one I told you about.. I just took off the "Cdma" part and replaced it with "Gsm". Put the two lines at the way bottom.

Factory reset using TWRP over here.
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Ack, that's what I did.. still not sticking.. I'll try again
[Nexus 4 General] germanj:
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned suffering from quick battery drains using their LTE. Understandably, it should drain faster but given the lack of attention to it, it leads me to wonder if the drop is really that noticeable?
[Nexus 4 General] JJustin:
I was able to get LTE working but haven't tried the factory reset method to make the settings stick.

Does anyone else notice google now breaking with LTE enabled?

http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/23/how-to-enable-4g-lte-on-the-google-nexus-4/

I like the idea of google now but LTE is so fast.
[Nexus 4 General] stenzor:
Welp.. my own method of the build.prop and factory reset isn't working for me... LTE is just not sticking.. oh well.. looks like I'll just keep enabling it manually if I need to
[Nexus 4 General] NotEnoughMinerals:
what exactly will the factory reset do in making it stick? As-in can I restore data after the factory reset or do i have to manually just do with titanium backups
[Nexus 4 General] jcgtreize:
We all know now the Nexus 4(G...) is compatible with Canadian Telus LTE band 4 FDD (you have to read many posts before if you're on doubt).

But what about the 25 other LTE FDD bands (channels between 1 and 28, minus 15 and 16) ? Here, in France, Operators are planning to use early 2013 the channel 7 and, for some of them, the channels 7 & 20; so I'm asking...

Anyway, I want MY Nexus 4:cyclops:
[Nexus 4 General] BumbleG:
Bah this makes waiting for my phone a little more annoying, on V Mobile (Bell) in Toronto right now, I'm gonna be so excited when it gets here :p
[Nexus 4 General] Matt1408:
63mbps in Mississauga! I could not be more amazed with this phone!
[Nexus 4 General] jark99:
I wanna see the faces of all those guys who made fun of people saying "we can't ever get LTE" where are you guys now? Haha.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus 4 General] luckylui:
Licking a butt hole. Hahahah
[Nexus 4 General] xxbrentonxx:
Does anyone know how likely it will be that Band 3 could work eventually?
[Nexus 4 General] Pyroshane:
Where I live, Fargo, North Dakota, AT&T doesn't currently own any 700mhz spectrum. LTE hasn't gone live here yet, either (at least not from AT&T, Verizon has launched it in all of ND's major cities, and in most of the western, rural part of the state where all the oil fields are at) but when they flip the switch, it will likely be AWS unless they purchase some local 700mhz spectrum, first. I have my fingers crossed that when they do, I will be able to use it on my (still back ordered, damn you, Google) Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] jcgtreize:
Reserve me a spot in Canada, I'm coming... but I want my French phone rates (€16/month, unlimited voice, SMS, MMS, unlimited data use, 3GB data fair use before flow restriction).

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According to AnandTech, it don't.
[Nexus 4 General] Pyroshane:
Joshua Topolsky, who reviewed the Nexus 4 for The Verge, has already made the following statements on Twitter last night:

"Nexus 4 LTE hack does not make it in any way an LTE phone. Works on one band, only in Canada. Shows how lazy LG was with chassis."

"In a million years something like this would not change our review. The phone lacks LTE in any reasonable, reliable, supported way."

While he was a bit more direct about it, I think most reviewers will have similar stances on it.
[Nexus 4 General] wsnnwa:
Google will activate the LTE when they release their Mobile Network next year with the Dish Network partnership, as its only going to be a data network.
[Nexus 4 General] mymonkeyballs:
I live in Barrie and only get two bars of 4g mostly anywhere I go with speeds of >16 MBS down. I'm with rogers anyone else getting the same speeds ? Would the APN that i changed have anything to do with connectivity ? If so what's the best one thanks
[Nexus 4 General] ghettopops:
Luckylui I take it your no longer in Chicago?
[Nexus 4 General] Peyman_dinani:
He is just pissed that nexus 4 has LTE. I am pretty sure Google will enable it once t-mobile rolls out its LTE next year. I feel like he has nothing to say but to just defend himself at this point :D
[Nexus 4 General] Matt1408:
He's just jealous that he can't use it. The iPhone 5's LTE only works on a single carrier as well (as far as I know since there are 3 version). With his logic the iPhone 5 is not LTE! I do agree that it shouldn't change the review too much, just remove the parts where it talks about it missing LTE.
[Nexus 4 General] technician42:
Removing those parts changes his review almost entirely...
[Nexus 4 General] Matt1408:
I have to be honest I didn't read the Verge review as I don't care what their opinions are about something I like. But I think his tone would change if it was him that was able to get access to the LTE speeds instead of us friendly Canadians.

I saw a reply to him that said "that would be like reviewing an iPhone with a bunch of jailbreak hacks on it." While I do agree that reviewing a "hacked" product can somehow skew the results one must remember that all we did was simply change a setting that is built into the phone. I never rooted or flashed my N4 yet and I don't really have a reason to right now. Sure, most people will never find this setting by just playing around with the phone, and who knows, maybe after all this Google will actually enable it by default.
[Nexus 4 General] Pyroshane:
While I disagree with how much he criticized the Nexus 4 for it's lack of LTE, I actually agree with him in that, unless Google officially unlocks and supports it, it shouldn't have any effect on professional reviews. While it is a really easy hack, it is still a hack, and something most people will never even know they could do.
[Nexus 4 General] Qbancelli:
It's NOT a hack, for God's sake!

It is simply going to settings and change it to LTE.
[Nexus 4 General] Thoughtful:
Lol this is the thing that gets me the most. By the same logic, manually configuring a wireless network or APN is also a "hack". Lmao.
[Nexus 4 General] funkyblue04:
Does the Nexus 4 have have all the required bits and antennas to access LTE 100% though?
[Nexus 4 General] Pyroshane:
I never said it is difficult to do, but it is the very definition of a hack. You are accessing a menu that most people have no clue exists to change settings in a way that changes the hardware functions of the phone beyond the manufacturer's intentions and beyond what it is legally approved (in the US, at least) to do. If it is not Google's intent to "unlock" this feature in a future update, then I would not be at all surprised if they instead blocked it in a future update, forcing us to do further hacking in order to re-unlock it.
[Nexus 4 General] jayluke:
I wonder whats different between you and luckylui? Did you factory-reset using TWRP like he did?

Secondary question, will I lose android auto-updates if I use a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?
[Nexus 4 General] mesasone:
His review was terrible anyway. He wasn't really reviewing the Nexus 4, he was reviewing AT&Ts congested and under-performing HSPA network. While that might make some sense if the device was released by AT&T, the Nexus 4 is a fully unlocked world phone capable of using multiple carriers in the US and most in the rest of the world, and is not sold by AT&T at all. The fact that AT&T has been unable to build up an HSPA network that can keep up with traffic in his area, or that they won't roll out support for DC-HSPA really has nothing to do with the Nexus 4.

His review should be named Nexus 4 review only for whinny hipsters who have AT&T service in New York City. It's a somewhat unusual situation for them, in that The Verge is clearly writing for a US audience where the vast majority of our phones are customized for each carrier, and thus fairly carrier specific. But the Nexus 4 is not one of those devices, and it should not be reviewed like them. Frankly, the fact that they neglected to find a t-mobile sim and test it on the t-mobile network is pretty sad for so-called professional bloggers/journalists who derive an income from this.

But I digress.

Probably being excited about the possibilities this opens up like everybody else? Why do you folks have to be so petty? :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] ajftl:
Wtf. Exactly is no a hack toopid. BTW u Canadians lucky biatches
[Nexus 4 General] Nitemare3219:
I just don't see why Google would plan on activating LTE for this device later when they didn't include a signal amplifier. Makes no sense to release partially functioning features down the line.
[Nexus 4 General] code65536:
Um, there is an AWS amplifier. This has been stated from the very first AnandTech review.
[Nexus 4 General] Nitemare3219:
If that's the case, I've been reading things from misinformed users here, because I've seen plenty of reference that there wasn't one, including from people using LTE because they were only getting 1-2 bars.
[Nexus 4 General] mybook4:
Guys, we need to stop talking about "bars" as meaningful measurement of signal. Best way to talk about signal is dBm (in settings, about, status). To really compare, you would need to compare signal strengths between say the nexus 4 and the GSIII on AWS HSPA, then AWS LTE in the same area (which probably no carrier supports). If you see a drastically lower signal on the N4 for AWS LTE, then I'd say there isn't optimal signal processing occurring.
[Nexus 4 General] inh:
This. Please.
[Nexus 4 General] onedude1:
It might as well be a hidden feature, even if its not on the FCC licensing (It might actually be on FCC but under confidential cover). I remember a couple of years ago Apple pulled off something like that, were a batch of their computers were advertised as Wifi a/b/g. The FCCs documents only showed Wifi a/b/g. but then when the new hardware came out, the said "ohh by the way.. anyone who bought the previous batch of laptops can also get wireless n enabled for a price". I think it didn't last long, and everyone hacked it anyway. hahaha.. but that is when the FCC's document were modified to reflect the wireless a/b/g/n capabilities.

So who know, it might actually just be some strategy.

Nowww... paranoid hat on:

It might as well be that LG developed the nexus in conjunction with the Optimus G (Model for nexus is LGE960 and Optimus is LGE970), to give exactly the same specs, and create a single board that would be basically compatible with all the same software, they simply copied the same PCB. But then they realized what google's price was gonna be so low they decided to keep it hidden or even signed a contract with google as to not enable it so that the phone wouldn't eat through their higher end cellphone the Optimus G.

:cool:
[Nexus 4 General] bit1:
I just read this on Engadget. It seems legit and best part is it will do T-Mobile LTE when it arrives. Wohoo! Can't wait to get this.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/23/nexus-4-lte-working-canada/
[Nexus 4 General] iusauser:
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[Nexus 4 General] Terul:
So true! And as you can easily change these settings with an app "Phone Settings" I think it is called, you could say that the use of any non-manufacturer installed app is a hack! Oh noes, he shoots birds at pigs from his phone - Haxor!!!

I think you should look into the definition of hack. This is the most legit one I could find online - from PC Mag. Most sources only give definitions of "Hacker".

As a noun, a hack is the source code of a program. For example, the phrase "it must be done through a hack" means someone has to write programming code to solve the problem because there is no pre-written software that does the job.

As a verb, hack refers to writing a small program or adding code to an existing program to solve a problem in a hurry. A hack often implies writing in a low-level programming language rather than a high-level macro language or application generator that is oriented to the user. It may even mean writing and deploying a patch in machine language. See hacker, patch and machine language.

As you can see, this doesn't fall into the definition of hack.

On another note, rooting and jailbreaking phones are not illegal in the U.S. Here, have an article from the respectable Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/25/3556740/copyright-dmca-jailbreak-unlock-mod-ruling

This x 1000.