LTE usage in the german ePlus network

Jailbreak = no support from the Apple forums, so choose your next step carefully.

What country is your 5S from?

I ask because not all iPhones work in all other countries on all communication bands.

What do you mean by "restricts using LTE" ?
Please validate this claim and what you mean by it.

Just FYI, provisioning for 3G/4G/LTE are done by the carrier, there is no restriction by Apple on that.

Also, 3G and HSPA (4G) are really fast for a smartphone...

I was on Telekom(prepaid- Congstar) and the bandwidth/speed available on 3G (10mbps) was more than enough for what I needed as an exchange student.

I ask again, prove your claim, because the way you're talking makes you sound loony.Talk to E+ as the LTE/Data profile is in the SIM Card, there are no restrictions being done by Apple. Have you asked the Apple Store directly about your issue?

According to the list, these are the German carriers that are currently supporting LTE.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

Germany

The Sami SIM doesn't sound like a legit SIM issued by E+

I don't have an answer for why as LTE works differently in Amerika than Germany.

I have a solution, change carriers until E+ has fixed the LTE profile.

What Key78 referes to is a know problem, that eplus LTE doesn't work on iPhones. I even read that it works on the iPad. So this is something where Apple holds his hands on and only Apple Partners can offer LTE which is a bit back in the times where all iPhones where SIM-Lockes. I wonder when soem regulatory commision will let Apple pay a fine for this distortion of competition.

Key78 wrote:

Very good news from Belgium. Finally Apple released the carrier profile

So the carrier finally updated thier system settings and provided them to Apple?
It's about time.

I have received a very nonsense reply from Siymo (also an operator owned by Eplus and using their network) when asking why I cannot use LTE with my 5S on the Eplus network and why O2 customers (O2 owns now via Telefonica Eplus) instead can. And why as Simyo customer, I have to be treated as a "B" customer.

They claim with a very empty answer that the offers for the hardware lie in the area of responsability of the hardware manufacturer themselves. (????)

"simyo kann die Vertragskonditionen seiner Mitbewerber weder beeinflussen noch zeitnah Angebote zur Verfügung stellen, die im Verantwortungsbereich des Hardwareherstellers liegen. Wir bitten um Ihr Verständnis."

I have just now written back also making the point that Simyo (as well as Eplus) lie when they say that LTE is for "everybody" (not true), that they sell the iPhone 5S merrily on their website without writing that LTE cannot be used at this time (while offering an LTE tarif with it) and that even on one of the FAQ:

https://www.simyo.de/faq/lte-bei-simyo-15480.html

they lie saying that any LTE capable device that can use the frequencies of the Eplus LTE network can use LTE. Blatantly not true.

I have asked Simyo how they intend to compesate me for not being able to use LTE although offered in the data tarif I am paying for.

If you have no idea about all the things that happened in the background you really shoudn't comment on that so ridiculously.

They only one site that delayed the activation of LTE on all Belgian networks was Apple and no the carriers.

Luckily the Belgian parliament passed a law that finally forced Apple to release LTE regardlessly the carrier you are on in Belgium.

Take note.

Simyo can't do that much I guess, if E-Plus as the main carrier doesn't want to sign the contract with Apple for selling iPhone directly from Apple. This contract would make it possible to use LTE on iPhone when using E-Plus or Base. Unfortunately, there is no support from the German government or any similar institutions, so Apple won't do that soon. They only one chance is the EU Commission allowing o2 to take over E-Plus in Germany later this summer.

Luckily the Belgian parliament passed a law that finally forced Apple to release LTE regardlessly the carrier you are on in Belgium.

Take note.

If you want me to take note, how about providing some further info on this law that was passed?

Links?

The same situation as you described exists in Plus network (Poland).

And very similar stupid discution and correspondence I conduct with the carrier (Plus) and phone producer store (iSpot in Warszawa).

It is hopeless so far...