Galaxy J7 cannot connect LTE

[Nutech]

Hi I have this cell phone (model SM-J10GN) which has a great battery life, as the phone orioginally came from the Phillipines, I cannot seem to connect to the LTE network that I'm currently paying for.

FIDO has the required Networks required to connect to their LTE network. If this due to the LTE network being out of the country phone, is there a way I can get my J7 to connect to the LTE network?

Fido: 700 MHz 1700/2100 MHz 2600 MHz

In the About Phone it says NTC approval is Type-Approved in the Phillipines.

Thanks Guys!

Here are the specs on the phone: Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps GPRS Yes EDGE Yes Launch Announced 2016, March Status Available. Released 2016, April Body Dimensions 151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm (5.97 x 2.99 x 0.31 in) Weight 170 g (6.00 oz) SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 5.5 inches (~72.3% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes Platform OS Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) Chipset Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 Exynos 7870 Octa CPU Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 GPU Adreno 405 Mali-T830 MP1 Memory Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM Camera Primary 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm, autofocus, LED flash, check quality Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR Video 1080p@30fps, check quality Secondary 5 MP, f/1.9, LED flash Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS NFC Yes (market dependent for dual-SIM model) Radio FM radio, RDS, recording USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM Browser HTML5 Java No - ANT+ support - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer Battery Removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery Talk time Up to 23 h (3G) Music play Up to 96 h

[Cawtau]

Hello Nutech,

  According to the specifications listed on the Samsung website,

• 2G GSM GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
• 3G UMTS B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900)
• 4G FDD LTE B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28 (700)
• 4G TDD LTE B38 (2600), B40 (2300), B41 (2500)

  That phone has all of the compatible bands/frequencies for the 2G and '3G' networks. With regards to LTE, that phone only has one of the compatible bands/frequencies. I understand some of the other frequences listed appear compatible, however, they are on a slightly different portion of the frequency spectrum. The band information would provide more accurate details of compatibility. You can verify the compatible bands/frequencies here.

  While the phone should work on the LTE networks, coverage depends on the corresponding bands/frequencies on your surrounding cellular towers. You can get an idea of your surrounding towers here. Unfortunately, if you are in a location outside of band 7 coverage, your phone will not be able to access the LTE network.

  That said, have you tried to enable roaming on your phone? Some devices might think they are roaming when they are not used within their intended market area, even though they use a local SIM.

  Have you verified you are using the correct APN? Since the device is LTE-capable, it should be using the ltemobile.apn. You can verify the settings here.

**edit**

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Nutech wrote:...GSM / HSPA / LTE 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) ..

  The compatible bands/frequencies you listed are slightly different from those specified on the Samsung website. However, it still only lists one compatible LTE band/frequency.**

Hope this helps

Cheers

[Nutech]

Thanks fr your response. I've checked the links that you had provided . I am in an area that provides the LTE signal but the phone cannot seem to pick this up.

I went on a website and found

[Cawtau]

Hello again,

  You should be aware that phone manufacturers make different versions of the same model of phone for the different markets. The Phillipines version you noted earlier, SM-J710GN, has different band/frequency specifications than the SM-J710M used by the Willmyphonework site in your image. The SM-J710M does have 3 of the compatible bands/frequencies (see here).

  When you say that you're in an area that provides LTE, on which bands/frequencies are your surrounding towers using? Not all cellular towers use all of the bands/frequencies.

**edit** For example, if you lived in Kapuskasing, ON, the area has LTE, but not on band 7 (2600MHz).

Taken from website provide above**

**edit** Additionally, the Willmyphonework website does not use your actual location to determine the available networks in your area. It only matches phone band/frequency information with network information.**

Hope this helps

Cheers