How To: Enable LTE on iPhone 5 for T-Mobile

Posted by on Mar 27, 2013 in FAQ, iPhone, Tutorials | 319 comments

 

UPDATE 3/31/13: Now a super easy way to install. Just install the CommCenter Patch and the LTE enable from out repo. This will be a better solution for people who want to enable LTE on their unlocked iPhone 5. Not only does it save people the time and hassle of having to go into the iPhone’s system files, but it also creates an automatic backup of the original carrier.plist should the choose to revert.

Here are the steps to follow:

1. Open Cydia
2. Tap “Manage” and then tap “Sources”
3. Tap “Edit” then tap “Add” and put the following URL into the text box: http://v.backspace.jp/repo
4. Once the URL is entered in tap “Add Source” and allow for it to download all of the repo’s info and packages.
5. After your iPhone has refreshed, tap the v.backspace.jp/repo field or go to the search bar and find the package CommCenter* patch…
6. Once you have found it, install it and then reboot your iPhone once completed.

7. After the iPhone has restarted, open Cydia once again.
8. Tap “Manage” and then tap “Sources”
9. Tap “Edit” then tap “Add” and put the following URL into the text box: http://beta.leimobile.com/repo/
10. Once the URL is entered in tap “Add Source” and allow for it to download all of the repo’s info and packages.
11. After your iPhone has refreshed, tap the LEIMobile field or go to the search bar and find the package LTE Enabler for T-Mobile…
12. Once you have found it, install it and then reboot your iPhone once completed.

13. After the iPhone restarts, allow it to acquire signal and display the T-Mobile logo then go to where you edit the APN settings (Settings –>General–>Cellular) click reset network settings. Once that is done, enable the LTE toggle and you’re good to go. The APN to connect to T-Mobile LTE is fast.t-mobile.com and the apn for Internet Tethering on T-Mobile is pcweb.tmobile.com

 

Update 3/28/13 Part III: Updated the main file to fix a calling issue as people were still reporting it. ISR for LTE wasn’t enabled. The Phone, rather than connecting to the strongest signal for voice, remains connected to the LTE tower during calls and reduces call quality. The latest fix enables ISR. Just follow the instructions below the red text to install the latest version.

 

Update 3/28/13 Part II: Everyone Just follow the original instructions below the red text to install the new files over the previous ones. There should now be 4 files instead of 3. We added a carrier.pri file.

 

UPDATE 3/28/13: THE text in RED is instructions ONLY for people who installed the initial fix we released. If you are brand new or unsure proceed with the 15 step instructions below the RED Text

Users have reported bad calling quality, inability to make/receive calls, and downgrading to 4G HSPA+ while on a phone call. We did take note of the issue and took a close look at the LTE coding. VoLTE (Voice over LTE) was enabled by mistake but has been fixed in this updated version. Please follow the below instructions to fix this issue. If you have any other concerns or problems please leave a comment below.

1. On your iPhone please tap this link: http://iphone2.googlecode.com/files/T-Mobile%20LTE%20V2.zip
2. Tap “Open in iFile” and once in iFile tap “Unarchiver”. A new version of the “Overrides_N41_N42.pri” will appear.
3. Tap the clipboard icon at the bottom and tap “cut”
4. Now tap “done” at the top and tap the house icon at the bottom then tap “Library”, then tap “Carrier Bundle.bundle” (the one with blue text), and then tap edit at the top again and tap the clipboard icon. Tap “paste” and it will auto inject the updated carrier file into the carrier folder. Be sure to chose the overwrite option.
5. After this has been done, exit iFile and reboot your iPhone. That’s it!

Did this fix your issue? Please let us know below in the comments section.

START HERE Manual method: 

So you purchased an unlocked iPhone 5 before T-Mobile released their new version of the iPhone 5 that supports 1700mhz. This could be the AT&T model or the officially unlocked version sold by Apple. Please understand that if you have a Verizon iPhone 5 you will not be able to connect to T-Mobile’s LTE network. It does not have the correct LTE band. Currently T-Mobile only has a few cities listed that have support for LTE and they are upgrading towers all year long.

Now that you have an unlocked AT&T model A1428 or an officially unlocked model A1428 you can proceed to follow the instructions below to load a custom carrier file onto your iPhone and enable LTE. This will only work on A1428 model iPhone 5′s.

This is the guide to enabling LTE on your iPhone 5 model A1428 for T-Mobile.

1. Open Cydia
2. Tap “Manage” and then tap “Sources”
3. Tap “Edit” then tap “Add” and put the following URL into the text box: http://v.backspace.jp/repo
4. Once the URL is entered in tap “Add Source” and allow for it to download all of the repo’s info and packages.
5. After your iPhone has refreshed, tap the v.backspace.jp/repo field or go to the search bar and find the package CommCenter* patch…
6. Once you have found it, install it and then reboot your iPhone once completed.

7. After the iPhone has restarted, open Cydia once again.
8. Search for iFile. The free version includes basic features. You will want to purchase it to take advantage of all of the features.
9. Once you have found it, install it. No reboot is required, though you can do it just to be on the safe side.

10. Once iFile has been installed, close Cydia and click on this file from your iPhone and click “Open in iFile”
11. Once you’re in iFile tap “Unarchiver” and 3 files will show up above T-Mobile LTE.zip
12. At the top, tap “edit”and tap the dots with a check mark next to carrier.plist, carrier.pri, overrides_N41_N42.plist, and overrides_N41_N42.pri
13. Tap the clipboard icon at the bottom and tap “cut”
14. Now tap “done” at the top and tap the house icon at the bottom then tap Library, then tap Carrier Bundle.bundle (the one in blue), and then tap edit at the top again and tap the clipboard icon. Tap “paste” and it will auto inject the carrier files into the carrier folder overwriting the other files. (you may want to make a backup of these files in case anything goes wrong or we have a backup below.)

15. After the files have been placed, exit iFile and restart iPhone. After the iPhone restarts, allow it to acquire signal and display the T-Mobile logo then go to where you edit the APN settings (Settings –>General–>Cellular) click reset network settings. Once that is done, enable the LTE toggle and you’re good to go. The APN to connect to T-Mobile LTE is fast.t-mobile.com and the apn for Internet Tethering on T-Mobile is pcweb.tmobile.com

 

Here is a link to the original file in case you run into any issues. Download the original carrier file here. replace carrier.plist with the file you just downloaded. You also need to delete any overrides_N41_N42 files and the new carrier.pri included in the Release 2 bundle that were placed in the Unknown.bundle carrier bundle.

If you run into any problems please leave a comment below. A rare issue that happens is that is doesn’t work while the apn settings tab disappears. A simple fix to this is to go into var/mobile/Library/Carrier Bundles/overlay and delete any and all files in that folder and then restarting the phone 2 times. The first reboot you need to let it acquire signal. It will take awhile but will eventually acquire it. After the signal is found it will say T-Mobile 3G and then this will be where the 2nd reboot must be done. After the 2nd reboot it will acquire signal faster this time and display T-Mobile 4G. Once you see the 4G icon that’s when you know it has worked. But this is a rare occurrence but should be a disclaimer and this fix should be available to the people that install it.

 

 

[Thanks Joe Brown! for the initial fix! Thanks Sky Zangas for the Debian Package!]

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Apple Seeds iOS 6.1.3 Beta 2 to Developers – Fixes Passcode bug

Posted by on Feb 21, 2013 in iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch | 0 comments

Apple has just seeded iOS 6.1.3 Beta 2 to developers. They renamed the beta track from iOS 6.1.1 beta to 6.1.3 beta since there have been official iOS releases pushed out so quick.

The build of iOS 6.1.3 is 10B318, and we are unsure as to what else 6.1.3 will fix and when it will be released. If you are anxious to check it out and possibly lose your jailbreak, head over to the iOS Dev Portal and grab it.

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iOS 6.1.2 Released to fix Passcode Bug & Exchange Issues

Posted by on Feb 19, 2013 in Applications, Breaking News, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch | 0 comments

Apple has just pushed out iOS 6.1.2 to fix some bugs with Microsoft’s Exchange and also to patch the bug that allowed access to the phone application by bypassing the passcode.

The official release states that it Fixes an Exchange calendar bug that could result in increased network activity and reduced battery life.

If you are jailbroken, stay away from this update until Evasi0n jailbreak has been proven to work correctly.

The iOS 6.1.2 IPSW has a build of 10B146 and here are the direct download links:

iPad 2 (Wi-Fi) (iPad2,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0714.20130215.Mpsr2/iPad2,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad 2 (GSM) (iPad2,2) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0724.20130215.2D4rt/iPad2,2_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad 2 (CDMA) (iPad2,3) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0708.20130215.Qm6q4/iPad2,3_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad2,4 (iPad2,4) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0750.20130215.Fb65t/iPad2,4_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad Mini (Wi-Fi) (iPad2,5) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0746.20130215.436Gb/iPad2,5_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad Mini (GSM) (iPad2,6) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0749.20130215.96TgY/iPad2,6_6.1.2_10B147_Restore.ipsw
iPad Mini (CDMA) (iPad2,7) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0730.20130215.Acsit/iPad2,7_6.1.2_10B147_Restore.ipsw
iPad 3 (Wi-Fi) (iPad3,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0736.20130215.Wwft4/iPad3,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad 3 (GSM) (iPad3,2) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0710.20130215.Vfgst/iPad3,2_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad 3 (CDMA) (iPad3,3) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0747.20130215.6994G/iPad3,3_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad 4 (Wi-Fi) (iPad3,4) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0734.20130215.543df/iPad3,4_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPad 4 (GSM) (iPad3,5) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0719.20130215.FssOd/iPad3,5_6.1.2_10B147_Restore.ipsw
iPad 4 (CDMA) (iPad3,6) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0721.20130215.FkaJr/iPad3,6_6.1.2_10B147_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 3GS (iPhone2,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0744.20130215.2E34r/iPhone2,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4 (GSM) (iPhone3,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0722.20130215.BzrgV/iPhone3,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4 (GSM) (2012) (iPhone3,2) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0739.20130215.F654R/iPhone3,2_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4 (CDMA) (iPhone3,3) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0726.20130215.Npal4/iPhone3,3_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4S (iPhone4,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0926.20130215.DaTe4/iPhone4,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5 (GSM) (iPhone5,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0720.20130215.Xerg4/iPhone5,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5 (CDMA) (iPhone5,2) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0727.20130215.Prgt5/iPhone5,2_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPod touch 4G (iPod4,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0732.20130215.Mkmt5/iPod4,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw
iPod touch 5G (iPod5,1) http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS6.1/091-0731.20130215.At0tt/iPod5,1_6.1.2_10B146_Restore.ipsw

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Fix for Weather app and long reboot issue now on Cydia

Posted by on Feb 6, 2013 in Applications, PSA | 7 comments

Fixes for the long reboot issue and broken weather.app issues are now available on Cydia as an upgrade to the evasi0n 6.0-6.1 Untether and UIKit Tools. If you recently jailbroke your iOS device please launch Cydia and install the upgrades.

The evasi0n 6.0-6.1 Untether is now at version 0.2-3 and UIKit Tools is at version 1.1.6 updated to 1.1.7 to fix some issues with users who have AppSync installed.

Now there really should be no bugs in the iOS 6.x untethered jailbreak. If you see any issues please report them. Enjoy your jailbroken iOS devices!!

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Apple Just Released iOS 6.0.2 for iPhone 5 and iPad mini to fix Wifi Problems

Posted by on Dec 18, 2012 in iPad, iPhone | 0 comments

Lots of iPhone 5 and iPad mini users have experienced a handful of Wi-Fi problems and Apple has finally address those issues with the iOS 6.0.2 software update.

If you plan on ever jailbreaking your iPhone 5 or iPad mini, you should probably stay away from this update. Only update to the latest iOS version if you absolutely have to or know you will never want to jailbreak.

This update is available from iTunes or via over the air update on your device. If  you want the direct download links they are below.

Direct Links

  • iPad mini WiFi (2,5) iPad2,5_6.0.2_10A550_Restore.ipsw
  • iPad mini GSM (2,6) iPad2,6_6.0.2_10A8500_Restore.ipsw
  • iPad mini CDMA (2,7) iPad2,7_6.0.2_10A8500_Restore.ipsw
  • iPhone 5,1 (model A1428, AT&T/Canada) iPhone5,1_6.0.2_10A551_Restore.ipsw
  • iPhone 5,2 (model A1429, all others) iPhone5,2_6.0.1_10A525_Restore.ipsw

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