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[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
It's just because it's an international phone and not officially available on a US carrier (yet). Still sucks though. Supposedly if I switched to T-Mobile it would get LTE out-of-the-box, which I may do if this doesn't work. Lucky I'm on prepaid so switching shouldn't be an issue if I need to.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Trixanity:
I'd pretty much guarantee that I'd have LTE on my service provider as long as the correct bands are supported. So it seems like AT&T needs to vet every device for some reason.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Yeah, they (AT&T) do have a "database" for devices, and some international devices are "unknown" unless they're specifically entered. And not just the general device, Huawei Mate 9, I'm talking about specific IMEIs.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Trixanity:
Yup, that sounds pretty bad to me. You're paying them for service. They shouldn't care that it's an AT&T or unlocked device. They get paid either way although it kinda sounds like they want to push you toward buying devices through AT&T by making you jump through hoops to discourage you.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
I guarantee you that every provider in the US wants you to buy phones through them. It is still capitalism over here ;) There is definitely more bullsh*t to deal with if you bring your own device and/or do prepaid, including crappier customer service, but the trade-off is that it's cheaper and you can switch providers anytime.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Funk2641:
Odd, I have a L29 on ATT and LTE works just fine. Put my SIM in and no problems whatsoever.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Weird. How do you know? Do you see an "LTE" symbol in the bar, or "4G"? When you run Speed Test, what are you're DL and UL speeds? Where in the US are you located? Last question (for now), were you already on AT&T with an LTE-equipped phone prior to the Mate 9, and if so, did you just pop in the SIM (did you verbally give AT&T the IMEI of your Mate 9)?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Hey [MENTION=1977972]DKM119[/MENTION], were you already on T-Mo with a LTE-equipped phone prior to switching to the Mate 9? If so, did you give them the IMEI of your Mate 9, or did you just pop the SIM out of the old phone and into the Mate 9? Just trying to prepare in case I do switch to T-Mo.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] daraj:
International unlocked phones refer to LTE as 4G therefore they show 4G icon. when you see 4G on an international phone it means you have lte. quick clarification
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Funk2641:
It says 4G in the corner

Haven't used speedtest yet - but using LTE Discovery, I'm on Band 5 in Atlanta

I've been using a SIM from an ATT-LTE phone - but I haven't bought a branded phone in years. I just popped the sim in and it configured itself. No APN input needed
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Ah, so AT&T doesn't know the IMEI of your Mate 9, and you already had an LTE phone on that SIM. That is exactly why it works. Don't under any circumstance give AT&T your Mate 9's IMEI, or you will have to go through the same process :( When you get a chance, run Speed Test.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] DKM119:
Yes but It's been years since the last time I got a phone from a T-mobile store, usually get a unlocked phone off ebay or swappa and just insert the sim card and that's it. This time however I went to the store to change the micro sim card to a nano sim card and they didn't even ask anything besides my personal information.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
I am not getting lte too, help me. I am using cricket wireless in US.

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This is insane.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
I haven't tested it much yet, but I saw the 4G symbol by my reception bars for the first time this morning (note that you will never see an "LTE" symbol on the international version of this phone. 4G includes LTE in Europe). Two days ago I had AT&T tech support add my IMEI to their "database". They said to wait a week before checking, but maybe it went through quicker. I still need to call back to see if my device is no longer listed as "unknown device" in their system, which is supposed to happen once the IMEI is in their database.

Not sure if the same thing works for Cricket. So you have never seen the 4G symbol? What symbols do you see?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
I can see 4G symbol but not lte.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
You should be getting LTE then. That's what 4G indicates on this phone. What speeds are you getting? Have you run the Speed Test app? Also, you only have 3 bars so you may not be in the best area for LTE.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
This phone has 4g+ i think it's the carrier aggregation.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
That's interesting. I will be on the lookout for the +. I've only had 4G/LTE access starting today so I haven't been looking at it a lot, although the area I work in is usually only 3 bars for AT&T. I don't know anything about "carrier aggregation", but that sounds like it merges/uses signals from multiple carriers? Or is it multiple bands from the same carrier (which would make more sense)?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
http://www.unwiredinsight.com/2014/lte-carrier-aggregation-evolution
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
Here
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
Do you what does LTE aggregation means here.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
What speed do you get?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
You are right because I run the LTE FISCOVERY app and my phone is on LTE band.:laugh:
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
Here in Lebanon we have bad Internet.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
That may not be bad speeds for LTE with only 2 bars. Try it again when you're in an area with 4-5 bars and 4G.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
Just went outside of my house and ran the test with 4 bars.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] danielmoosa7:
Test with nexus 6p.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
I've been waiting for the US version to be released to get it. Huawei tech support kind of scared me into because saying buying international won't have the year warranty and all that. The wait is killing me tho
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
It's supposed to be officially available in the US on January 6th, so you should probably wait at this point. However, some retailers warranty international phones themselves since they know that phone manufacturers will not warranty them outside of the country they were purchased in. Wonda Mobile (where I got my international Mate 9, MHA-L29) warranties it for 1 year. Details are on their website if you're interested. I'm using it in the US.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] rl273:
Just call ATT technical team at 8666418544. Tell them your issue. They should be able to get LTE working for you in 5 min. Mine's working now.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
LOL at 5 minutes! I talked to a AT&T tech a few days ago and they started the process of adding my IMEI to their "database". Basically, since it's an international phone, the IMEI wasn't in their database and was shown as "unknown device" in their system. Calls, texts, and data worked fine, but no LTE speeds. I was told that it could take up to a week to get my IMEI in the database, and then I should see LTE speeds (so long as the phone is capable, which they said they cannot guarantee in any phones they do not sell themselves btw). Well, 2 days later (yesterday) I saw something strange next to the signal bars..... 4G! And in another area I traveled to: 4G+! So it looks like I'm getting LTE speeds now, dependent on location/signal of course. Apparently with T-Mo I would not have had to have them add my IMEI to their database, it would have just got LTE out-of-the-box (as another user reported in this thread), but for whatever reason that's how it is with AT&T in the US. Before I did it I never saw 4G or 4G+, just HSPA or HSPA+ next to the signal bars. But it's all good now and I am absolutely loving the Mate 9! ANd I'm sure this won't be an issue at all with the official North American variants of the Mate 9 supposedly being released January 6th.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] rl273:
It's probably the time they took to forward your problem to the right team member. I initially did an online chat with a tech team member stating my issue. The guy said he would open a case for me. Three days later I received a text saying that I should call that number. So I called and problem solved. I have another friend who got the same issue so I forward the number to him. Without needing to open a case, he immediately got his problem solved.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
I was actually told by the AT&T tech rep that it was not possible to open a tracked case for this issue, and that he just e-mailed the person who could enter my IMEI into the database. I'm on prepaid so I cannot use the Chat either. Just relaying what I was told and how it went down.

So your friend is on AT&T in the US, never saw "4G" next to the signal bars on his Mate 9, called up AT&T, had them add his IMEI to their database on-the-spot, and he instantly saw the 4G symbol (and the appropriate speed)? That's a bit unbelievable, but I'm glad it happened that way for him. Was he using a SIM card that was previously in an LTE-enabled phone?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] rl273:
Yes. after confirming that the APN was set to ATT nextgenphone and rebooting the phone.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
I'm tempted to get the International version so that if I decide I want to change carriers I can. I"m on AT&T, and their data speeds suck in St. Augustine, Fl. And as well, many of the interstates have poor data as well.

I've been trying to read about rooting, and it sounds like a number of people have problems with that.

I'm wondering if the Pro version will be available in U.S. I'd like to have 6GB Ram.

At any rate, it's good to know that the LTE issues can be worked out.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
That's why then. If you're using an AT&T SIM that already had LTE enabled, that SIM will receive their LTE signal. I just switched from Verizon to AT&T prepaid. Supposedly I could have also just put my new SIM in someone else's AT&T LTE phone,booted the phone, and then put it in mine and it would have been LTE enabled despite them not having my IMEI in their LTE database.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Probably worth it to wait until January 6th for the supposed official release of the North American variant at this point. You will be able to switch to any other GSM provider with that too. But if you can't wait, I will tell you that my experience ordering it from Wonda Mobile, shipped to the US, was excellent.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] rl273:
Supposedly my method should work for those with a new AT&T sim too. My previous phone used a micro sim, so I had to go to an ATT store to get a new nano sim and they tried to activate it on my phone. They couldn't verify from the database that my IMEI was LTE capable, so I was stuck with 3G and my nano sim was never activated on an ATT phone.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
Awesome. Thanks. My issue is I need to spend money on a phone by the end of this year for tax reasons. I'm hoping a Pre Order becomes available by the end of 2016. If not, I'll prob buy an International one
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ekerbuddyeker:
So bottom line does it get LTE on AT&T? I noticed it misses band 30
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Yes, after having AT&T tech support add my IMEI to their database, I am getting LTE speeds (dependent upon signal, of course). If you already have an AT&T SIM card that was used in an LTE-enabled phone, you probably will not have to go though the steps I did, and it may just work as soon as you pop in the SIM. I was coming from Verizon. Now my phone shows 4G and 4G+ (which is the equivalent of LTE in Europe). "LTE" will never show up on the international version of this phone.

My Speed Test results when in a 4G+ area, 32 down, 8.5 up:

[IMG="Speed Test"]http://imgur.com/9ZnZmzM[/IMG]
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ekerbuddyeker:
What about band 30

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On Jan 6 will carriers start to sell it ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
No carriers will be selling it in the US. Apparently it will be available through Huawei direct in North America starting January 6th, as well as other retailers. B&H Photo has a page up for it, but you can't pre-order yet: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1300844-REG/huawei_51091bku_mate_9_mha_l29_64gb.html

According to the tech specs on the Mate 9, it does not support LTE band 30, so I wouldn't worry about that. See here: http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-phones/tech-specs/mate9-en.htm

There's conflicting info about which bands AT&T supports, but it looks like its 2, 4, 5, 12 , 17, and 30 in the US, all of which the Mate 9 supports, aside from 30.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ekerbuddyeker:
Thanks. They don't have a price.

Also I wonder if it will be exactly the same model or a US model with more bands. ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Pretty sure it will be around $750. Definitely not going to be cheap. Not sure about specific bands, but it will have to support multiple LTE bands on both AT&T and T-Mo. I would assume the exact same bands, otherwise they'd have to do more than just slight software adjustment (i.e. hardware adjustment), and that's costly. But we shall see.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ekerbuddyeker:
How does it compare with note 7 generally
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Well, I'm coming from a Galaxy S7e, but it appears to be on par or better than the GN7. I love it, and the interface is not too far from stock Android IMO.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ekerbuddyeker:
Any more news on when it starts selling in the US
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Not that I've seen, just the same articles that claim January 6 is when the North American variant will go on-sale. The B&H Photo pre-pre-order page is still up too: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1300844-REG/huawei_51091bku_mate_9_mha_l29_64gb.html
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ekerbuddyeker:
I'm thinking to order the 128/6/dual sim but thinking if they plan to sell a US version with all the Bands (including 30)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
As I've stated before I'm kind of in a bind, I need to purchase a phone before the end of 2016. A pre order would be OK, do you think there will be any difference between the one you bought on Wonda over the actual US variant?

If not pre order for the US one comes by Dec 31 I'll be buying one off Wonda
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
What carrier are you planning to use in the US? I had to call AT&T to have them add my IMEI to their database to get 4G/LTE, but that was it. Supposedly with T-Mo I wouldn't have had to do that. I assume that you would not have to do that with the official NA variants.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
I'm on Sprint. I'll prob have to do that cus I had to with my Nexus 6p.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Okay, yeah probably. Apparently if I was already on AT&T with a 4G phone, and just swapped out the SIM from that phone into the Mate 9, it wouldn;t have mattered, I would have gotten 4G right away (as long as I didn't give AT&T my Mate 9's IMEI). So what are you switching to for the Mate 9? AT&T or T-Mo?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
I'm not switching, I'll have the mate 9 on Sprint. Im just hoping there is big difference between the USA version and the one you have. I've never bought an international phone before so I'm a little nervous. It appears no Pre Order will be available for the USA version before the end of the year
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Just a heads up, the reason I was asking about you switching carriers is because this phone is GSM-only, so it will not work on Verizon or Sprint in the US since they use CDMA radios. And I wouldn't expect a Mate 9 with reworked internals to be the North American variant, probably just the same phone that I have but with slightly different software. The B&H Photo pre-pre-order page says GSM-only too. I just went to the Verizon website and entered the IMEI of my Mate 9. It said it was not compatible. This is definitely something you want to confirm before you purchase. I hope I didn't ruin your Xmas mate! ;0
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
Well, that just put a damper on my plans haha. I'll have to check into that. Thanks for the heads up
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
I just learned that today myself. I thought international versions would cover Verizon as well. Seems to me they are missing quite a bit of market in the U.S.

Seems every phone has a drawback. Always a trade off.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
Weird because I researched it before and I swore it said it would work on any company. I even read it was possibly gonna be released on Sprint
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
I just checked the description of it on the Wonda Mobile page and it says CDMA too
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
I was thinking I had seen that too. There's some confusion somewhere.

At this site is the following communications specs:

So, the WCDMA specs is probably causing some of the confusion. I am not knowledgeable about the networks, but a quick search does indicate that WCDMA and CDMA are not the same, although is did say this:

So, I'm not sure, but maybe it does not work on Verizon. I tried to check at this site and the Mate 9 isn't even listed yet. Another point of confusion is CDMA listed as for China only.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] skunkiechris:
That's the wrong CDMA band for Verizon; Verizon needs 850 and 1900. The phone (as it stands today) will not support Verizon CDMA. And correct - WCDMA and CDMA are not the same thing. WCDMA is an expansion of the underlying technology of CDMA, but is not meant to infer backwards compatibility.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
What about Sprint?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] MSNemitz:
Think I'm giving up on my Mate 9 dream. Doesn't seem like it'll work for Sprint and I'm on a timeline. Anyone have any I put on the better phone LG V20 or Google Pixel XL (still trying to figure out which one will work on Sprint. If I can buy the VZW phone or it has to be the unlocked version)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] samvel2001:
can you please let me know what version of mate 9 are you using is it MHA-L00 or MHA-L29?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
The international variant (MHA-L29). Do not get MHA-AL00 (the Chinese variant) if you are in the US.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Brikwil:
Catching up on this thread, and watching for someone to say that. Yes - I, too, see a "4G+" when I am definitely getting 4G LTE speeds. Otherwise, 4G. I'm on AT&T in a fairly week signal area. MHA-L29 Euro version. I had no trouble popping my AT&T SIM into the Mate 9 and going right to work. It does show up as "unknown" on AT&T website, but I don't actually care. Yet.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cross1989:
lol..this is so funny....4g or 4+ is Europe LTE....MHA-l29c185 will work in the states and get LTE speed. huh for sprint user or verizon...this phone will not work, even though sprint does have a sim card, ask them about them...but you have to have excellent credit to get their sim card....this phone is lighten fast and outstanding performance.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] wrecklesswun:
It does work out of the box. I have AT&T but a plan, and their network auto recognizes the phone and IMEI. the only option which will not work is VoLte, and that's because it's not AT&T branded. Also you need the US firmware which is not intl c567b183
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] rookiedba:
I recently bought MHA-L00 Chinese version. I am not getting 4GLTE on straight talk. Can you guys help?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
If you're in the USA, not sure you're going to be able to with the Chinese version rather than the international version (MHA-L29). The IMEI needs to be added to the database. That's what I had AT&T do for my international version. Gotta ask ST if they can do that, but don't hold your breath. Let us know what happens.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] rookiedba:
I tried ATT and Straight talk , they wouldn't help. I am getting speeds up to 22Mbps. But sometimes it is less than 5.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
If you're not directly an AT&T customer, they aren't going to help you, and adding an IMEI to the database is likely beyond what any CSR at ST will be able to do. I had to request a tech rep (not a regular CR rep) to get AT&T to do it. Even then the tech rep said he couldn't guarantee anything. But it worked, because before my phone just showed a 4G symbol, and after (and ever since) it shows 4G+ (when I'm in an LTE area). Remember, it's not going to show an LTE symbol. Not sure what plan you're on with ST, but AT&T does have 6GB for $40, which is pretty darn good.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] willmanryan:
What should I do to get 4g to work on ATT? I rebranded from c185 to c636 and lost 4g service
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] revjamescarver:
Should work

The mate 9 covers the LTE bands used by at&t so it should work, check your APN settings and preferred network type, I am assuming it is the north American model of the phone, of so it is somewhere in your settings. If it is not you might have to "rebrand" it so that it is. (And I haven't a clue about that) I run on T-Mobile here in the States and I got perfect LTE, just popped in my sim, did my APN settings and everything worked like a charm.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] swordstool:
Thanks for the advice. If you read further you'll see that the issue was AT&T needed to add my IMEI to their database. It wasn't automatically in there because it's an international model. This doesn't happen with T-Mo apparently, but absolutely necessary with AT&T, unless the SIM you're using already had LTE activated on it (mine didn't, as I had just switched from VZ).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Disaster Master:
Dear Masters and Pros,

I have a locked S7 Edge which i need to access and extract all the info from. basically, I need to use the lock pattern at startup and the fingerprint is useless. the phone belongs to a relative that passed away in mysterious circumstances (suicide suspected). His family want to access what is in the phone for potential clues to what happened. Police were uncooperative and the case was closed. I was thinking of a memory dump, but I doubt i can extract much info from there. especially whats app messages and so on. not to mention possible encryption.

Any help is much appreciated. and if anyone needs any evidence to prove that this is totally ethical, that could be arranged too. the family is desperate and this community is the only hope.

Thanks a lot in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cosmic Blue:
If you have access to the persons google account you can access through the lost password feature.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ironhelix:
Submit a request regarding a deceased google user's account

https://support.google.com/accounts/troubleshooter/6357590?hl=en