I Have updated to iOS 8 and now I have the LTE option. I went to Wind shop in Milan and I have changed my nano SIM with a new 4G.
EVen if I am living in an area with a full 4G coverage I continue to have "only" 3G (I turned ON LTE and I wrote Internet.wind for the APN).
wwaiting a help!!
iPhone 5, iOS 8, Wind as carrier
I do not see Wind as an approved Apple carrier in Italy
That would be your problem if correct
Peter, I know that Wind isn't an official carrier but they are selling IPhone 5s. And they sold to me a new 4G SIM......
Tomorrow I will call again Wind Support and also AppleCare.
thanks and ciao
im in Canada on the Wind network with an iPhone 5, and I'm experiencing the same thing. I've updated to OS 8, have the LTE option turned on, but am still only showing 3G and it's rather slow compared to my previous phone (Moto G) which connected to LTE fine.
i did get a warning when I activated the LTE switch that it was currently unsupported, but I could still use it at my own discretion, so I'm wondering why it doesn't actually seem to turn on.
Yesterday I called Applecare and the answer was "Ask to Wind....". So I have called again Wind and the answer was "We're waiting to receive from Apple the update of the software for our systems ".
MY question now is why a Wind shop sold me for 10€ a new LTE nano sim? Which is the real truth?
Last Thursday I posted on Wind Group Facebook why I had troubles with Win 4G. one our ago I have opened FB and I so Wind reply. They wrote that iPhone 5 is NOT compatible with Wind 4G.
After this news I wrote an email to the Wind Italy Ceo.
After some more thorough reading, I've found the answers I was looking for my situation.
Wind, in Canada at least, doesn't actually have LTE yet. There is no point activating the LTE option on my iPhone because Wind hasn't implemented that network yet. They have HSPA+, which is faster than earlier 3G, but is still considered 3G, so that is why it shows up as 3G when I'm connected. I thought it would at least show H+, like my other phones do, but perhaps the iPhone doesn't have 'H+' as an option to display, so it just shows 3G.
Here in Italy is different as Wind a 4G network (not so spread as Vodafone and TIM) but this is not working with IPhone 5. Reading on the web it seems that Wind don't have the the frequency needed to work with iPhone 5.
I am in Canada and I don't get LTE either
Wind does actually have an HSPA+ network (you're right that it isn't LTE yet), but the iPhone doesn't support the Wind network band used for HSPA+, so your phone reverts to 3G. This explains why your Moto G seemed faster (it actually was) because it supports the radio-frequency band used by Wind's HSPA+ network in Canada.
LTE, iPhone 5 and Wind
