Will it work on AT&T LTE Network?

[mikejnger#AC]

I dont think just telling them an IMEI of a phone will work. You have to actually insert the SIM into that phone so that they can detect the IMEI on their end. Maybe if you go into a store you will find a friendly rep that will let you insert your SIM into one of their phones and change your plan. Or do it on a display model on the sneak..

This is one of those "shut up and take my money" type situations..

What I meant by this is as a new user I submitted a recognizable IMEI online so they would put LTE on the Sim.

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[sideshot]

ill be using my sim from my atrix hd and it is 4gLTE so it should work I hope

 

[dazzer87]

Okay got my Nexus 5 this morning. Pop in my sim (GoPhone) and I get LTE. I actually got my sim on Friday and the sale guy ask for the IMEI # and I told him I dont have the phone yet.

 

[maj71303]

I have LTE on my Nexus 5 on At&t as well so I don't know what the problem is for the other guy. But I forget I have always had a 4G LTE device so all they do is an IMEI change and don't touch my plan. I guess if you didn't have a device with LTE and the plan wasn't LTE how you could have a problem.

 

[kd0h]

I have LTE on my Nexus 5 on At&t as well so I don't know what the problem is for the other guy.

What phone did you come from and was it a new sim card or just your old one?

 

[maj71303]

I came from an LG Optimus G Pro and just moved my sim from one to the other and called them to swap the IMEI to the Nexus 5.

 

[planoman]

Just spoke with AT&T. I have a contract plan and previously had a Nexus 4. I put my SIM in the Nexus 5. HSPA only, no LTE. Called AT&T. The agent on the phone said that because the Nexus 5 is not an AT&T phone that they have no method to allow it access to LTE. If anyone has luck getting it access to LTE, please post.

This is the exact issue. If you would have already had a LTE plan, it would have worked fine. Once you get on an LTE plan it will work fine in your nexus 4 also just on HSPA.

The best thing to have is an LTE plan before getting the nexus 5. I swapped SIMs all the time with my note 2 (LTE phone) and nexus 4. I currently have a moto x and will just pop the SIM into my Nexus 5 without issue. (With adapter since the moto x uses a nano SIM).

You will need to get a dummy imei and have it loaded to get an LTE plan. Go to the ATT store and get the imei off of a note 3 or s4 and then call them later and have your data plan switched to LTE. Then pop your SIM into the Nexus 5.

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[maj71303]

This is the exact issue. If you would have already had a LTE plan, it would have worked fine. Once you get on an LTE plan it will work fine in your nexus 4 also just on HSPA.

The best thing to have is an LTE plan before getting the nexus 5. I swapped SIMs all the time with my note 2 (LTE phone) and nexus 4. I currently have a moto x and will just pop the SIM into my Nexus 5 without issue. (With adapter since the moto x uses a nano SIM).

You will need to get a dummy imei and have it loaded to get an LTE plan. Go to the ATT store and get the imei off of a note 3 or s4 and then call them later and have your data plan switched to LTE. Then pop your SIM into the Nexus 5.

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That would be the problem right there. Nexus 5 is treated like a BYOD and not in at&t system so it can't tell if its LTE capable or not. Best to just get a dummy IMEI from someone with a phone they are not using and change your plan then pop it into the nexus to do another IMEI swap.

 

[mikejnger#AC]

That would be the problem right there. Nexus 5 is treated like a BYOD and not in at&t system so it can't tell if its LTE capable or not. Best to just get a dummy IMEI from someone with a phone they are not using and change your plan then pop it into the nexus to do another IMEI swap.

What if you used the IMEI from a phone that is from a phone someone is already using? Not that the sim will ever go in that phone but my brother could be pissed if he loses service on his Nokia 920

 

[JonK]

Nice. Please keep me in the know and I'll do the same once I get mine all set as well.

If your account it set up for an iphone 5s (or any iphone with LTE, im not sure when they started including LTE) you should have not problems! I popped my SIM in and LTE fired right up!

 

[foxbat121]

He will not loss service. AT&T just want more control over something they can't really control over like Verizon could. I swap phones between family members all the time.



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[planoman]

That would be the problem right there. Nexus 5 is treated like a BYOD and not in at&t system so it can't tell if its LTE capable or not. Best to just get a dummy IMEI from someone with a phone they are not using and change your plan then pop it into the nexus to do another IMEI swap.

I think you just said what I said lol. I guess I am surprised so many people are still on HSPA plans.

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[mhettrich]

If your account it set up for an iphone 5s (or any iphone with LTE, im not sure when they started including LTE) you should have not problems! I popped my SIM in and LTE fired right up!

This is awesome to hear, thanks! Makes me feel much better. Tomorrow can't come fast enough.

 

[newsman787]

No LTE for my Nexus 5 on AT&T. Will check on different sim tomorrow.

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[planoman]

This is awesome to hear, thanks! Makes me feel much better. Tomorrow can't come fast enough.

iPhone 5 was the first LTE iPhone.

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[kd0h]

If your account it set up for an iphone 5s (or any iphone with LTE, im not sure when they started including LTE) you should have not problems! I popped my SIM in and LTE fired right up!

Awesome, the 5 started LTE and that is what I have. Great news! Thanks Jonk!!

 

[steve0617]

If your account it set up for an iphone 5s (or any iphone with LTE, im not sure when they started including LTE) you should have not problems! I popped my SIM in and LTE fired right up!

That's not the concern. The concern is people who currently have am active phone that does not have LTE capability. Their AT&T account would not have the LTE data piece provisioned for their account, as they don't currently have a phone with LTE. Now that they've upgraded to a Nexus 5 but did not buy it through AT&T (since they can't), AT&T is saying they have no way to add/replace/upgrade their existing data piece of their account to include LTE.

Thus, the suggestion is to borrow an existing active AT&T LTE capable phone, replace its existing SIM card with the new Nexus 5 owner's existing SIM from their old non LTE phone, then call AT&T and attempt to use that borrowed phone as the one that can properly allow AT&T to add/replace/upgrade their current SIM/data plan to then include LTE data.

The concern ism would the borrowed LTE capable phone, which is already active, somehow get associated with the new Nexus 5 owner, thus screwing up the configuration of either the existing borrowed phone's account or the new Nexus 5 owner.

That's the unknown that mikejnger#AC was asking about. It's my concern too.

 

[foxbat121]

No, the concern is unfounded.

 

[JonK]

That's not the concern. The concern is people who currently have am active phone that does not have LTE capability. Their AT&T account would not have the LTE data piece provisioned for their account, as they don't currently have a phone with LTE. Now that they've upgraded to a Nexus 5 but did not buy it through AT&T (since they can't), AT&T is saying they have no way to add/replace/upgrade their existing data piece of their account to include LTE.

Thus, the suggestion is to borrow an existing active AT&T LTE capable phone, replace its existing SIM card with the new Nexus 5 owner's existing SIM from their old non LTE phone, then call AT&T and attempt to use that borrowed phone as the one that can properly allow AT&T to add/replace/upgrade their current SIM/data plan to then include LTE data.

The concern ism would the borrowed LTE capable phone, which is already active, somehow get associated with the new Nexus 5 owner, thus screwing up the configuration of either the existing borrowed phone's account or the new Nexus 5 owner.

That's the unknown that mikejnger#AC was asking about. It's my concern too.

I know that is the concern for people in that situation. I was not addressing that. I was confirming that those who currently have an LTE iphone account will not have trouble. I dont have a firm answer to your question because I am not in your situation. I don't think you will cause any problems to someone else's account by borrowing their phone but I can't say for sure because I havent tried that.

 

[steve0617]

I know that is the concern for people in that situation. I was not addressing that. I was confirming that those who currently have an LTE iphone account will not have trouble. I dont have a firm answer to your question because I am not in your situation. I don't think you will cause any problems to someone else's account by borrowing their phone but I can't say for sure because I havent tried that.

Exactly. If you already have an active AT&T LTE phone, you can simply drop the SIM into the Nexus 5 and it works fine. But it seems that AT&T is balking at adding/changing to LTE data on an existing account that isn't already configured for LTE. Until somebody either gets AT&T to do it via the phone or some corporate type employee OR snagging a display device's IMEI number and having that work, it's an open question today.