I noticed a few posts on here asking whether or not an iPad Sim would work in the iPhone 6+. I have the old grandfather unlimited data plan for the iPad, and just tested it on my iPhone 6+ with AT&T. I change the APN to AT&T broadband as required to make this work. I popped the Sim card into the phone, it said no service for about 10 seconds, and then my signal appeared. Only problem is, I can't get the LTE signal to appear. It will only connect to the HSPA+ "4g" network.... It won't connect to the LTE network. As I recall reading some other posts on here, people were having the same problem with their iPhone 5 and 5s doing this exact same thing. Does anyone recall what the solution was to get the phone to connect to LTE network with the iPad Sim in the phone?
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Well, I didn't try to toggle it on/off. LTE was already set "on". I will try to toggle LTE on/off and see if that does anything.
EDIT: just tried it again. Toggled LTE on/off. Didn't help. iPad sim is set up for LTE. I currently use the sim in my cradlepoint router, and get great LTE speeds. I occasionally put the sim in my iPad mini, and get LTE connection on that too. Idk why the phones won't connect to LTE. Weird.
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I did all of that already. Thats how I was able to connect at all. Still won't give me LTE. I get GREAT LTE reception where I am... So idk what the issue is. I may try to play around with it some more and see if I can get it to connect. Thanx for the suggestion though...
you may want to check the IPAD details in at&t ipad landing page.
the ipad details you entered in ipad landing page should be AT&T LTE Capable
the ipad details you entered in ipad landing page should be AT&T LTE Capable