LTE and 4G modes

[TekNinja81]

Curious, what determines/causes the phone to switch between 4G and LTE modes?

There seem to be many areas (within Toronto and the GTA) where my Telus LTE Note will drop down to a 4G signal, rather than LTE.

I also noticed that my Note was set to only use 4G mode by default and not LTE. Changed that immediately, but why would an LTE-equipped phone ship with the option disabled? Just to save battery life perhaps?

 

[Elrohir]

I think you meant to to post this in AT&T Galaxy Note. As the international Galaxy Note(N7000) is not a LTE device

 

[TekNinja81]

I think you meant to to post this in AT&T Galaxy Note. As the international Galaxy Note(N7000) is not a LTE device

I suppose so, but this particular forum's name doesn't really identify *which* Note it's for... I had assumed it was a general forum for Note owners and not for a specific model. And for some reason I actually thought the AT&T one was the non-LTE model.. lol.

At any rate, mine is the 717D model of course, and supports LTE. If mods want to move this to the appropriate forum, that would be appreciated.

 

[GMJeff]

If no one answered yet, the 4G and LTE are different.

The 4G logo means the phone is connected to a HSPA+ network. The LTE logo means that you are in an area with LTE coverage.

There is still a large void in at&t's LTE network as they have just started rolling it out late last year. They were bolstering the HSPA+ network to be a high speed backbone network when users can't connect to LTE.

At&t still has a long way to go with their network, but they are lighting up LTE as fast as they feel they can.

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