Buying iPhone 5 in the US and bringing to Europe: success.

The Verizon iPhone 5 is neither advertised, nor sold as an "unlocked" phone. The SIM slot is not locked down due to FCC requirements placed on Verizon in exchange for winning a spectrum auction. There are known issues when trying to use the Verizon iPhone 5 on a number of foreign networks.

Don't even know what "no credit to comment" is supposed to mean.

You're a troll. Plain and simple. The status of the Verizon iPhone 5 is old news. All you've done is post references to this posting.

No. What you are doing is trolling. Every response you have made to anything here simply refers back to this post.

This is old news. The problems are well known.

Move on. Get a life.

Olá André David, suponho que fales português?

Uma questão, segundo o que percebi, para ti está tudo a funcionar perfeito com esse modelo que falaste correto?

Estou um pouco receoso em adquirir nos EUA e depois não funcionar em Portugal :S

E esse artista que te tem respondido está-me a deixar um pouco com o pé atrás... Lol.

Responde-me por favor assim que puderes.

Obrigado!

What you posted is already known. Even AT&T or T-Mo (before it was included in the LTE Support Document) sim inside your iPhone 5 have been reported to be working fine.

Of course there are warranty issues which you have already said.

Did you happen to read the fine print in the LTE Support Document you posted ? Ahh you have not tested LTE access yet. AFAIK, for accessing LTE networks with your handset there officially you need to insert Verizon SIM and buy one of their roaming plans.

Hi!

I live in Norway and bought the Verizon iphone 5 (model a1429 written on back of the phone) and had to do specific things to get it working properly on LTE. (I am using the phone with a simcard from Norwegian carrier Telenor )

Step 1: Connect it to itunes via my laptop in order for the operator network settings to be updated (happened automatically).

After completing this task, I went to check Settings/General/Cellular on the iphone (For Norwegians: Innstillinger/Generelt/Mobilnett), and now (after updating operator network settings) I was able to enable LTE with the on/off button (prior to updating operator network settings I was not able to see any LTE button at all).

Nevertheless, my phone did not shift to LTE when I knew I was standing next to a LTE base station after completing STEP 1. It still only displayed 3G at the top of the screen.

Then I decided to do one more thing:

2. I restored ( For Norwegians: Gjenopprette iphone) the iphone while connected to itunes (after backing it up offcourse).

Finally, after this the iphone started to connect to LTE. I do not know why one has to RESTORE the iphone before it starts to connect to LTE, but it worked.

So for anyone who does what I did (bought an iphone 5 in the US for use in Europe primarily). Most likely you will have to buy the iphone 5 for Verizon (a1429 cdma version) without a plan. Since the verizon cdma version covers all frequencies that are used in Norway, it will also work on LTE in Norway with a Norwegian operator sim card. You just have to update network operator settings and RESTORE the iphone afterwards as explained above....

(http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ as the table in this link shows, if you are buying an iphone 5 in the US and going to use it in Europe with a European sim card, there is only one possibility, which is to buy the a1429 cdma version.

Why not this model: A1429, which is the europian model. Is this model available in US Applestore?

No.

I bought my iPhone 5S in the states, and is now in Denmark. It works perfectly with LTE and 4G. You have to know what frequencies your mobile carrier uses, and what frequencies the phone accepts. I have wrote an article about how to buy the right model for where you want to use it, and what carrier you are subscribed with.

http://www.alexwestergaard.com/blog/buying-an-iphone-5s-in-usa-and-use-it-in-eur ope

My iphone 5 does not get LTE here in Belgium, gsm and 3G yes, unlocked, but not LTE, any thoughts about that?

Which model ?

Both Mobistar and Telenet, supported Belgian carriers offer LTE. You should be able to receive LTE.

Where did you get the phone? What does it say in Settings>General>About>Model?