Guess I wasn't clear enough. I have a factory (not AT&T) unlocked iPhone 5. The stuff I read made me believe that only the AT&T unlocked iPhones would receive the carrier update.
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Has anyone received the T-Mobile Carrier Update yet?
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Guess I wasn't clear enough. I have a factory (not AT&T) unlocked iPhone 5. The stuff I read made me believe that only the AT&T unlocked iPhones would receive the carrier update.
The factory unlocked one is the same A1428 model sold by AT&T so yes you can get LTE.
Are jailbroken devices not receiving the update? It keeps "checking for update..." without any results...
It most likely just means the A1428 ("AT&T") model, as opposed to the A1429 sold internationally (which doesn't support LTE band 4 which is the band used by T-Mobile).
It's not an update you get from Settings > General > Software Update. We have to wait for T-Mobile to roll it out first. Then you go to Settings > General > About to look for a carrier update automatically.
I thought it was too, but according to TmoNews, T-Mobile took down the documents that contained information about the update. So I don't think it'll be out today.
Well no.
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The A1428 is sold internationally as well, in fact in all the americas.
The factory unlocked iPhone is the AT&T model (A1428). In any case, any non-jailbroken iPhone running 6.1.x with a T-mobile sim installed will get the carrier update when it becomes available (looks like early next week now).
Ok hold on so let me get this straight. I literally just bought this iPhone 5. It is factory unlocked through AT&T and on 6.1.3. However when updated to that, it had a AT&T SIM card in it.
So does that mean I need to restore it with my tmobile SIM card in it now?
So does that mean I need to restore it with my tmobile SIM card in it now?
No, you just need to stick your tmobile sim and it will receive the correct carrier settings.
No need to restore.
But it's supposed to auto configure mms settings according to the update...I had to type everything in just like any other tmobile iPhone I've had.
You won't need the MMS settings once the update is available (someone said above that it's been pushed back to Monday).
On the other hand, if you *just* bought the phone then you'd probably do better to return it while still in the returns window, and swap it for the new model when it's released (next week, I think it is). Otherwise, you may get stuck with 2G when not in an LTE area.
Just received carrier update. Only change I see is 4G instead of 3G and the apn settings have changed. I'm on a 4S. Settings/general/about.
I just received the carrier update.
After the update, cellular data APN setting changed, LTE APN settings are left blank, MMS settings changed, and Personal Hotspot can not be modified. It is now required to contact T-Mobile to enable the hotspot feature.
After the update, cellular data APN setting changed, LTE APN settings are left blank, MMS settings changed, and Personal Hotspot can not be modified. It is now required to contact T-Mobile to enable the hotspot feature.
I just received the carrier update.
After the update, LTE APN settings are left blank and Personal Hotspot can not be modified. It is now required to contact T-Mobile to enable the hotspot feature.
I just realized this change, too. There's not even any Internet Tethering settings in the APN anymore. Bummer.