Mine... Desa Hartamas area

Lol.. Im also surprised with this speed... It is 11 times faster than my current unifi vip5 package, quite kelakar lor...

Yea.. But this speed only applies to what Ive tested right before the rain started... When it was raining or in the car moving, speed drops to 30+ Mbps... Still very good man...

Hrm... Let me try.

1. Ip5 for msia set is using LTE band 1, 3 and 5. Band 3 is 1800 MHz. In Msia, current LTE frequency available was 2600 MHz. Band 1 and 5 isn't 2600 MHz

2. Recently Maxis got the green light from MCMC on the LTE spectrum on 1800 MHz, which is band 3.

3. So Maxis can now launch LTE for iP5.

4. To enable LTE, there is an carrier update needed. After update, you will get carrier Maxis 14.1 version. This update will change your previous setting, which is "Enable 3G" to "Enable LTE" for iP5, and ipad lte i suppose.

5. LTE is basically a data network. It will mainly stay in LTE, until someone calls you, it will quickly switch back to 3G to use back on the voice network.

Cheers.

Yea, Im very surprised too. I just got my phone not long, and I was actually checking if LTE is now usable for ip5. I got a lil butthurt when I found out, still not possible. That was 2 weeks ago. Then today, a friend posted a pic on the LTE switch option. Instantly found out, it is now here... Really pleasant surprise from Maxis. And I subscribed to data plan above 1gb. So the LTE is already enabled by default for my plan.

Though, one observation from me is, the battery seems to drop a tad bit faster. From 61% at 7:30 to 37% at 10:15pm.

Well, according to the maxis website, yes. You should head to the website. There is a big proud banner saying iphone 5 now on lte 4g. Click on that, all related FAQ will be displayed.

I believe that the sequence is as follow:

LTE > 3G > Edge > GPRS ?

Basically, if no strong LTE signal is detected, it will fall back to 3G. And similarly, if 3G signal is weaker than Edge, it will fall back to Edge.

Just that for now, we no longer can control if we want 3G or Edge as that Enable 3G button is no longer available.


So far, I have no problems with the auto switching of 3G to LTE and from LTE to 3G. One easy way you can test is when making calls. When you are making a call, your phone will seamlessly change from LTE to 3G. Once done, it will again seamlessly switch back to LTE from 3G. Did that a few times for testing.

Hello guys... something funny with LTE. I don't know if you guys noticed this but... I left my phone in LTE and went to bed. The next morning when Im awake, usually the battery percentage would have drop like 3-4% for 3G. But for LTE, check out the pic... Amazing!



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Then this is really sad lor... Time to google how US or EU force change to certain network mode.. And from your report, could be they programmed such that to stay on 3G, then if no 3G only switch back to 2G. But can you imagine the battery life being drained? Since the 3G signal is weaker, it keeps trying to search more?

Hrm, what I would prefer is, if the user select OFF on the LTE toggle, another option appears which is toggle between 2G/3G... lol

Read this thread... funny but true:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/476568...tart=0&tstart=0

Yes... I can see my battery percentage dropping when I'm using the network. But if you stay idle, it wont drop as bad as being idle on 3G.

Yes I agree with you on the battery consumption!

Means it is still 3G....

Well, RM75 for 5GB now, not too far behind. I tested LTE indoor in some shop houses at desa hartamas. Ground floor, becomes 3G. Go up 3rd floor get 3 bars LTE. However, I tried streaming internet radio, 128kbps... still buffers =__=. Change stream to 48kbps, also buffers. Doesn't seem that stable yet...

Hrm.. Start to notice something unpleasant... LTE now would once a while drop back to 3G by itself, even if i dont get any calls or sms... Yikes.

If I switch to airplane mode, and switch back normal mode, it will change to 3G first then after few seconds auto switch to LTE...

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I dont think so. I was at home the whole day. Full bar LTE reception. Just out of sudden switch to 3G :/

I was using a very slow android phone before I switched to ip5. It was so slow, that the cellular traffic would just hang, and I need to reset the connection. My whatsapp and fb push notification all got stuck and I never knew until Im connected to wifi, lol. All in, I didnt use above 500mb a day. Lol. Now, since on ip5, Im using 2.5 gb in 2 weeks... Lol.