iPhone has 4G LTE but S3 doesn't

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Just a quick question. My brothers iPhone 5 has 4G LTE already but my Galaxy S3 doesn't. Does anyone know why this is? I checked the LTE maps for sprint and it shows no LTE coverage in our area.

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There's a possibility that Sprint is working on the network. In my area when I first got my S3, their coverage map didn't show LTE service in my areayet. I was picking up LTE. Have make sure that your network settings were set to LTE/CDMA mode?

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Your brothers iPhone 5 shows LTE since it always looks for it. The galaxy s3 can be set to CDMA only (3g) or CDMA / LTE mode (3g or 4g... Which by the way as an additional note your galaxy won't say LTE like his iPhone 5. It will show 4g).

Go to Settings > more settings > mobile networks > and ensure that it shows CDMA / LTE as your connection type (like mine below in the screenshot.) if it says CDMA only just change it (it will require a reboot) and you should be good.

Let us know how it goes.

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Your brothers iPhone 5 shows LTE since it always looks for it. The galaxy s3 can be set to CDMA only (3g) or CDMA / LTE mode (3g or 4g... Which by the way as an additional note your galaxy won't say LTE like his iPhone 5. It will show 4g).

Go to Settings > more settings > mobile networks > and ensure that it shows CDMA / LTE as your connection type (like mine below in the screenshot.) if it says CDMA only just change it (it will require a reboot) and you should be good.

Let us know how it goes.

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Yea I changed it last night and yea I have 4G on Clearwater Beach, Florida :D
 

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Yea I changed it last night and yea I have 4G on Clearwater Beach, Florida :D

Nice. Enjoy you lucky little... :D

I just keep telling myself soon.. We have it some in Jacksonville.. But Jacksonville is just so huge (land mass wise) that it's taking them awhile. :(

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Nice. Enjoy you lucky little... :D

I just keep telling myself soon.. We have it some in Jacksonville.. But Jacksonville is just so huge (land mass wise) that it's taking them awhile. :(

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That sucks. The Tampa Bay area has LTE also because i am in St. Petersburg (University of South Florida St. Petersburg) and there is spotty LTE around here.

But it will come to the Jacksonville area soon enough. I was told that LTE would have been in the Tampa Bay area before december 2012 but it was delayed.
 

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That sucks. The Tampa Bay area has LTE also because i am in St. Petersburg (University of South Florida St. Petersburg) and there is spotty LTE around here.

But it will come to the Jacksonville area soon enough. I was told that LTE would have been in the Tampa Bay area before december 2012 but it was delayed.

I live in Nokomis, Fl., and i guess you know where that is. I have 4G LTE, and so does all of Sarasota County(if you're with AT&T).
P.S. Two of my kids are USF grads. Go Bulls.
 

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I had to look up Nokomis, FL and its closer to Fort Lauderdale (a little too south for me lol) also I think Sarasota had LTE for a while. and go bulls |_| (<-- supposed to look like the bulls logo)
 

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That sucks. The Tampa Bay area has LTE also because i am in St. Petersburg (University of South Florida St. Petersburg) and there is spotty LTE around here.

But it will come to the Jacksonville area soon enough. I was told that LTE would have been in the Tampa Bay area before december 2012 but it was delayed.

Yeah they are trying... So I'm happy it's coming :)

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I had to look up Nokomis, FL and its closer to Fort Lauderdale (a little too south for me lol) also I think Sarasota had LTE for a while. and go bulls |_| (<-- supposed to look like the bulls logo)

Nokomis is in Sarasota County, just north of Venice. AT&T is rocking 4G LTE here.:p
 

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Dunno about that. I am right between orlando and daytona and Im lucky to get 3G. I needed an airave to get any signal at all. My chances at LTE are probably nil