Posted by Yesterday, it occurred to me that since the new TECNO Phantom 5 flagship is both 4G/LTE and Dual SIM, it would be great to put my Smile 4G SIM in it and not have to carry a separate mifi device around with me. You see, I love to travel light. The question was whether or not the Phantom 5 supported Smile’s LTE band.
Well, you know how we get excited here at MobilityArena.com when we get an opportunity to experiment. So, I set my heart to find out.
Today, I cut my Smile SIM into microSIM size, then put it into the Phantom alongside my Glo SIM. The phone immediately recognised both SIMs and asked me to pick which SIM would serve for calls, which for SMS, and which for data. I picked Glo for the first two and Smile for the last.
Next, I went to Mobile Networks and pegged the Smile SIM to 4G Only.
Then, I setup an APN for Smile (I named it “Smile 4G”), as follows:
- APN Name: internet
- Password: Nil (No password needed)
- Proxy : Nil (No proxy needed)
- IP Version: IPv4
I then selected that APN, and thereafter turned on mobile data. *drum roll*
The 4G icon popped up in the notification bar at the top of the phone and I was connected at broadband speeds immediately. And I, Mister Mobility, lived happily ever after.
To God be the glory.
Founder of MobilityArena. Yomi’s journey in mobile started in 2001. Besides obsessing over mobile phones, he also started creating WAP sites (early mobile-friendly websites created with WML). He began writing about phones in 2004 and has been at it since then. He has owned over 200 devices, from Symbian, Palm, PocketPC/Windows Mobile, BlackBerry/BB10, webOS, Windows Phone, Firefox, Ubuntu Touch, to Android, iOS, and KaiOS operating systems.
Hahaha! Mr. MO, Congratulations on your New Marriage O. I wish to live happily ever after like you O.
lol!
Funny and cool! I’m jealous.
lol, you actually cut your sim to try this? i love experimenting myself but i wouldn’t go this far
lmao, no be small to God be the glory. where’s the watch out for part 2?
so can we try this with the visafone sim? do you think it would work?
There’s always an option of buying a sim adapter
hmmm. there is that as well.
Wow that was really bold. Congratulations.
Kiki,
Visafone isn’t a 4G network. Secondly, it isn’t a GSM network. It won’t work.
And that is why he offered himself as a Guinea Pig our behalf 🙂
Now, let us think of other things we could get him to experiment with for us hee hee hee.
hmmmmmmm, seeing is believing
lol…it was scary but thank God it worked out
lol…you will just waste the sim card
lol…funny ryt?
it obviously wont work
he forgot to put it ooooo
asin ehn, the guy could go through rocks to get honey…..cudos mehn
lol…dont be you could actually get yours on the 17th of this month
lol…only if you could go get the phantom too then you could live happily after too
lol….yea really bold
Cool! Gonna give my lenovo a6000 a worthy shot of smiling connectivity.
what are you saying
but guess he is okay with the 4g in his phone
try it and get your sim card gone but you could also give it try and get a sim adapter if it doesnt work
hmmmmm, amazing is the name
comon gerrara here mehn, we talking phantom you talking rubbish
yes oooo, the phantom is crazy mehn, love it
yeah, he is bold
there is what ???
The phone is looking cool really,guess Tecno is stepping up..
Mr Mo, Mr MO, Mr Mo, how many times did I call issokay ooooooo, continue to live happily ever after!
Can I do the same with my HTC one m8 two sim?
yes you are right but am sure he will not get it cause his really enjoying it
Amazing!
One terrific advantage of Dual Sims.
Even when you wont use it for phone calls, future-proof companies like Smile come in really handy.
lol…you to give it a try na
lol,, guess he forgot
then yo not u are not a man
jealous of what oooo
lol…yes ooo happy married life,,, getting my phantom today too ooooo and will cut my smile sim too
lol…y are you jealous?? go get urs naw
lol….i can do it too
lol…..asin i was about asking that tooo
please am begging you, try it..just try it
yea… so i guess you should try cutting your sim too
you mean sim adapter??
lol….yes oooo
congrats to him
lol….yea youve got to see it
lol….we taking better phone you talking lenovo
you could say that again
yea, they are really steping up
lol….are you jealous ni
carry your htc away please.. we talking about phantom
lol..the only thing this is showing is that the phantom 5 as 4g…
Amen to that, Amen
I cut mine and I am enjoying the 4G on my Phantom 5 too. Thank you Mr Mo for sharing this info.
Phantom 5 isn’t the only phone with 4G. Mr Mo is just excited the dual sim can be utilised like this for greater efficiency and lighter travel.
There are single sim phones with 4g but will u remove your sim card and insert data-only sim? No, I guess.
now i believe that the phantom 5 can use a 4g
kudos to tecno and not smile jawe
no you cant all you have to do is go and get the phantom 5
let Zed attend to dis mata u all
every thing d tecno phatom 5 have dis samsung 2014 phone have it all. i am talking of Samsung galaxy s5 duos. dual 4G LTE sim port u fool, with even higher gpu and CPU to run FIFA 16 which my foolish tecno phaton z can’t run without d use of gltools to reduce d graphics. if u na cous Samsung again
ell. na devil go punish u na fools wen no wor learn, the major combine production company to arm CPU and Mali GPU wen mtk use in d tecno are Samsung dem self and d England company which own arm u foolish Nigerian which don’t wanna learn any to talk and praise cheap phones. and even d Samsung galaxy s5 duos have water resistance fools, check it ur self http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5_duos-6272.php
I am saying tecno phantom 5 cant even run FIFA 16 with using gltools to reduce d graphics. if una cous Samsung again ell, I for use photon 5 and Samsung galaxy s5 duos. another thing na memory card of d phantom 5, e nor fit open my 128Gb micro SD wen I buy from Amazon, but my d Samsung galaxy s5 duos dey use am as if na him dem manufacture am for. Mr.mo nor talk any how, I dey pH ooo, I sell d phantom 5 to buy s5 duos. wen e nor fit open ordinary 128Gb wen my previous s3 dey use. guy take ur time ooooo. nor make me vex oooo. see my email I go send all d picture of dis phones with my 128Gb inside wen 70k nor fit run but galaxy s2 and s3 dey run well u. my smile 4G LTE dey run well for my Samsung galaxy note 4 duos well with my main mtn line dey inside sim 1 port . which is even faster Dan DAT stupid tecno wen make waste money sooooo and my recent 200Gb microsd card inside tooooo. if u cous Samsung again ell. make una nor compare elephant and small lizerd Mr.mo make u na read bfor u na talk any how. go see d different in 4G lte of Samsung s5 duos bfor u no talk any how. my name na zed. I sell my phantom bcus of FIFA 16 and my formal 128Gb microsd card wen e nor fit and buy Samsung galaxy s5 duos and later upgrade to note 4 duos bcus of my new 200Gb wen I buy from amazon dis black Friday wen e pass soon, I be website and programming developer. I hate wen pole dey talk any how.
Works on Lumia 550?