Do you get Airtel LTE sign on iPhone 6 in Airtel Bangalore network?

No. There are no user modify-able or serviceable parts in an iPhone.

HI SN,

I was havin similar issue with my iphone 6plus bought from US.

Though its unlocked but still 4g or LTE doesn't shows up.

And like others said, airtel guys say that since phone purchases from US , it will not pickup LTE in india.

you may want to help me get through this issue. Did the APN to universal GPRS thing helped?

Regards

Manish

Hi,

I too have bought an unlocked iPhone 6 from the US with Model Number A1549 & it doesn't support LTE in Mumbai however when i travelled to Chennai recently i could see LTE sign on my iPhone 6, how is that possible, could anyone of you explain?

Hi,

I bought unlocked iPhone6 from Australia. Model number is 1586A.

I am not able to get LTE signal in Bangalore Airtel Network.

I am using iOS 8.4.1

Can you tell how to solve the issue?

Thanks in advance

Dear all, I am sharing what I learnt the hard way. I had done all that was told to me by Apple support and even formatted my iPhone 6 plus but it didnt work. Finally I found that model A1522 does not support the 4G bands of Airtel. At some places in Delhi I get LTE but not at all places. So, till the time Airtel comes up with the compatible 4G band.... Your 6 plus will work like a iPhone 3 in terms of internet speed. Even the 3g speed is pathetic. I wish I had bought this phone from India as the Indian models are supported but the US models are not fully supported. A1522 is one of those not supported.

If this is true how can iPhone 6 bought in US Model 1549? be used with Airtel 4G in India in Maharashtra Circle in Pune.

Airtel’s 4G services, the trials of which premiered about a month ago, are currently incompatible with the bandwidth supported on Apple’s top-of-the-line iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The TDD form, on which the LTE connectivity is being provided in the Delhi NCR circle by Airtel, is incompatible with the iPhones, and has deemed them invalid to connect to Airtel’s LTE, as of now.

TDD, the Time-Division Duplex of LTE, provides connectivity on 2300MHz frequency band, while FDD (Frequency-Division Duplex) provides connectivity on 1800MHz frequency band. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models A1549 and A1522 on GSM and CDMA networks connect to LTE networks via bands 1-29, which fall within FDD bandwidth. Airtel, who first initiated 4G services in Kolkata back in 2012, had been initially rolling out 4G connectivity on FDD bandwidth. Recently, it started beta-testing TDD bandwidth network in a number of cities, including Delhi NCR.

Initially, Apple had rolled out an upgrade to make the Indian versions of the iPhones 4G-compliant. The models A1586 and A1524 of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus support LTE bands 38-41, which are TDD-based networks. Unless your iPhone happens to be one of these models, you will not be able to connect to Airtel 4G, which, as mentioned above, is on TDD bandwidth. There is little or no possibility of any firmware upgrades to make the devices compliant to the higher frequency bandwidth, since these happen to be the global differentiation within iPhone models.

- See more at: http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/you-might-not-be-able-to-access-airtel-4g-with -your-iphone-6-26672.html#sthash.reVvmx91.dpuf

To all those having A1549, kindly check Airtel LTE works now, Airtel has started using new bands now.

I have iPhone 6 (A1549 model) bought from US. Earlier I was not getting the LTE on my phone. From last month I get the LTE displayed on my iPhone but internet does not work. If I open any page, it keeps loading but does not open. Not sure if it works on this model.

They have released a new Carrier Update 23.1, which shows 4G but the signal is too dicey.

i tried what written above.. resetting solved my problem. i can see 4g now.

thanku

I have the same problem with my iPhone SE moreover the problem is only for Airtel 4G however Reliance Jio LTE is working on my phone .

I hv also facing same problem

Hi,

Can you tell me what settings have you used to get LTE/4G on your iPhone for Airtel network? I don't see any settings in any reply. Can you please post it here in the reply?