Root [Virgin Mobile/Sprint] Why does the phone never say LTE at the top?

[willmon22]

The phone is LTE capable but yet it always says 4G. On the map it says I have the best coverage and no matter where I go with the best possible signal it still keeps saying 4g. My friends phone says LTE when he has better signal but I think he is on verizon or att. I guess it is because I am on virgin mobile and they prepaid. If someone can come up with a better explanation I would appreciate it. Also as a note I am on a stock rom and I am rooted.

 

[Epico]

This phone is Only 3G/4G LTE capable. This phone does not support 4G itself (WiMax). It only support (LTE) and (CDMA).

 

[willmon22]

Exactly my point. So why does it keep saying 4G and not LTE?

 

[jmpiv4]

If it says 4G then it is running "4G LTE" 4G in this instance is the same as LTE

 

[shovenose]

Run a speed test, if you get good speeds you're on LTE

 

[NetSpeedZ]

Run a speed test, if you get good speeds you're on LTE

How are you defining 'good speeds' ?

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[jhawkkw]

How are you defining 'good speeds' ?

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Seeing that this phone doesn't support WiMax, I would say if you're getting speeds greater than 6mbps, it's likely LTE.

 

[Kasenomateru]

This phone gets 4G LTE but it doesn't display it probably because lg thought it wasn't necessary to put those three letters where it would take up space on the status bar. That's just my guess.

 

[willmon22]

I was just wondering because of my friends phone on a different network displayed both. Which I find odd due to the fact I am fairly certain there is no wimax around here no matter what carrier you have. Ohh well I guess I shouldn't really worry about it I usually get around 10-20Mbps which isn't too bad.

 

[h4x0rj3ff]

Different carriers and manufactures display it different. Verizon displays it as 4g lte where as metropcs displays it as 4g. Android (pure vanilla) displays it as lte. Its all the same... AFAIK...

 

[jhawkkw]

Android (pure vanilla) displays it as lte. Its all the same... AFAIK...

Actually, prior to 4.4, it would display it as "4G". Many custom roms though had it changed to LTE which would give the misconception. When KitKat was released, they changed to to LTE to reduce confusion.

 

[fastestracer5]

Because it's set by the carrier which is Sprint/Virgin Mobile,
But I have a way to Change It the way you want to just go to my thread
Here: http://androidforums.com/virgin-mobile-sprint-optimus-f3-all-things-root/863901-easy-way-theme-lg-system-ui.html