Good stable ROM with support for LTE?

[Goodeye]

I have been searching for the life of me for a good stable ROM for the nexus 4 with support for LTE (I live in the Phoenix market and can get the specific band that the nexus lte chip works on)

I was even trying to do the stock option where you upload an old baseband but the instructions I found were not that easy to follow to say the least.

I have rooted and installed roms before (Samsung captivate, gs3, nexus 7) I'm no newbie.

 

[greydarrah]

Wouldn't that imply that the N4 is not going to function as an LTE device? That makes sense, since it's not an LTE device. I'm not trying to sound like a smarta$$, but it seems like if it was workable, there would be some ROMs supporting it.

Have you tried looking here (this is a pretty big listing of N4 ROMs): [DIRECTORY] MAKO: ROMs & Kernels - xda-developers

 

[Goodeye]

The nexus 4 does have an lte chip that only works on band 4. Coincidently enough AT&T in my market runs on band 4 for lte.

I'm having trouble finding any roms for the nexus 4 that seem stable. Cm10 only shows their nightlies.

 

[digitalslacker]

I haven't seen any ROM boasting support for LTE for the Nexus 4.

1) the device technically doesn't support it and isn't approved to run it. It might be that no ROM wants to boast supporting a feature that goes against what the FCC has rated the phone for.
2) LTE isn't in that many markets yet so it might be that ROM devs just haven't felt the demand to support it.
3) I've used LTE in my area and while technically the chip does support LTE, it's been suggested that the phone lacks some of the supporting hardware to make it an optimal experience. My limited testing seems to back it up but who knows, could be that the market i'm in hasn't been completely rolled out yet.

As far as setting your phone up, it's as easy as flashing the old radio, setting the new APN and then manually toggling over to GSM/LTE. Keep in mind that the setting reverts on a reboot.

I gave up using it...wasn't worth the effort for what proved in my area to be only a marginal speed increase over HSPA+

anyway, my two cents.

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[startup8100]

I am using it on cm10.1 with LTE.

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[Goodeye]

I am using it on cm10.1 with LTE.

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Do you mind sending me a PM on the steps you took to get it to work with CM 10.1?

 

[startup8100]

Sent you PM

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[ConTejas]

The reason you are not finding any ROMs with and/or information regarding a "LTE ROM" is that the rom has absolutely nothing to do with the devices radio/baseband firmware. You can be stock rooted or run any ROM your heart desires....just flash an older, LTE enabled radio. I've used both .27 and .33 with excellent results. Have stayed with .33 once I was convinced it was either better or the same as .27 for my usage.

[REF] [RADIO] Mako modem collection - xda-developers

 

[pspOPT]

I am using it on cm10.1 with LTE.

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Can you send me a PM on the steps too? Thx!

 

[sr.white]

Can you send me a PM on the steps too? Thx!

For me too pls?

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[Goodeye]

The reason you are not finding any ROMs with and/or information regarding a "LTE ROM" is that the rom has absolutely nothing to do with the devices radio/baseband firmware. You can be stock rooted or run any ROM your heart desires....just flash an older, LTE enabled radio. I've used both .27 and .33 with excellent results. Have stayed with .33 once I was convinced it was either better or the same as .27 for my usage.

[REF] [RADIO] Mako modem collection - xda-developers

Yeah I was hoping to find one with it all
baked in. Wasn't able to but ended up flashing everything this weekend.

Now to get a LTE sim card from ATT and I should be good to go.

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[startup8100]

Yeah I was hoping to find one with it all
baked in. Wasn't able to but ended up flashing everything this weekend.

Now to get a LTE sim card from ATT and I should be good to go.

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Did you try cm10.1? I was using that and I had to select LTE in the radio setting and used the right APN, then LTE works right after that.

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[Goodeye]

Yes but still won't work.

It appears the issue may be due to not having the late configured. I'm on a mobile share plan so it will work no problem. The issue is the Nexus 4 is not identified in their system as an LTE device.

I need to be on a lte device then just switch the sims and it should work.

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[digitalslacker]

I connected fine to LTE on mine without doing that on tmo but maybe ATT is different. I did have to update my APN though.