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Verizon Carrier Update?

jester0723 said:
I think this actually did fix something. I used to not be able to go from 3G->LTE without toggling Airplane mode. Now it'll automatically reconnect to LTE without me having to do that.
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I'll be interested to see if I see the same results. I have a Verizon (Samsung branded) 3G network extender in my house and I toggle LTE off at home so the phone isn't unnecessarily straining to get an LTE signal and draining the battery more quickly.

When I leave my house, I turn LTE back on. However, the phone stays on Verizon's 3G network until I toggle Airplane Mode on and off.
 
zachnelson said:
Amber Government alerts have been there haha, this was a carrier update, nothing iOS related.
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Nope not for me. If you search the forum you will noticed that I have been talking about it not been there even after going to iOS6. Maybe for you, but not for me.

And that's not entire true, the conclusion is that Amber/government alerts are carrier/regional based(supported). So, it could simply be that iOS6 has always been able to do amber/government alerts, but it was never available for certain area until this update.
 
Alveezy said:
What is "International CDMA"?
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Per a Verizon rep I spoke to last night, it's for when you are roaming overseas. If you toggle it off, it will only look to connect to International GSM networks; if it's on, it will look for both CDMA and GSM networks.
 
aajeevlin said:
Nope not for me. If you search the forum you will noticed that I have been talking about it not been there even after going to iOS6. Maybe for you, but not for me.

And that's not entire true, the conclusion is that Amber/government alerts are carrier/regional based(supported). So, it could simply be that iOS6 has always been able to do amber/government alerts, but it was never available for certain area until this update.
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The update fixed a bug with the phone using data when wifi was on. That is it. Perhaps yours just showed up, however you are the only one I've seen reporting such a problem.
 
cwosigns said:
Has anyone downloaded and restarted yet? I wish there was a change log.
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The notes from Apple's support page are: "This carrier settings update resolves an issue in which, under certain circumstances, iPhone 5 may use Verizon cellular data while the phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network."

I don't know if my phone had an issue with the LTE instead of Wi-Fi data leak problem, but only thing I saw that changed was my carrier setting to version: Verizon 13.1 from Verizon 13.0.
 
avanpelt said:
I'll be interested to see if I see the same results. I have a Verizon (Samsung branded) 3G network extender in my house and I toggle LTE off at home so the phone isn't unnecessarily straining to get an LTE signal and draining the battery more quickly.

When I leave my house, I turn LTE back on. However, the phone stays on Verizon's 3G network until I toggle Airplane Mode on and off.
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Any update? I haven't left LTE coverage but I've toggled it on and off and it had no issue hopping back onto LTE from 3G.
 
Dyspareunia said:
The notes from Apple's support page are: "This carrier settings update resolves an issue in which, under certain circumstances, iPhone 5 may use Verizon cellular data while the phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network."

I don't know if my phone had an issue with the LTE instead of Wi-Fi data leak problem, but only thing I saw that changed was my carrier setting to version: Verizon 13.1 from Verizon 13.0.
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Ya the 13.1 means your carrier settings were updated. Right off the bat I noticed that my signal has improved.
 
cwosigns said:
Because nowhere in the history of technology has an "update" broken anything? My phone has worked beautifully since Day 1. Why would I risk downloading an update that realistically has the potential to break something without knowing what to expect?
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You are probably one of those 9/11 conspiracy theorists huh?
 
It is fixed for me. I could be on wifi and my data use would still increase. Just did a test by reseting data usage and used the phone on wifi. No data usage shown. My data usage went through the roof while I assumed I was on free wifi. Just got billed for $20 overage. Guess Verizon now owes me $20 even though two days ago they had no idea what I was talking about when I complained about the problem.
 
Is this fix from apple or verizon? I would like to show this to verizon in hopes of getting some compensation for the data it falsely says I've used
 
jester0723 said:
Any update? I haven't left LTE coverage but I've toggled it on and off and it had no issue hopping back onto LTE from 3G.
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Just tried toggling Enable LTE at my house and the phone stayed on 3G. Guess I'll continue toggling Airplane Mode when I turn LTE back on and leave the house.
 
avanpelt said:
Just tried toggling Enable LTE at my house and the phone stayed on 3G. Guess I'll continue toggling Airplane Mode when I turn LTE back on and leave the house.
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Try toggling it on and then leaving the cellular menu and then going back in and re-enabling it. For some reason I found that trying to do it twice in the menu without backing out causes it to have trouble reconnecting.

I don't remember trying it that way before I got 13.1 so I don't know if it's actually any better now.
 
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