Sprint LG V50 phone on T_Mobile

Update on my V50...apparently there was just a slowing of performance as it was updating apps for Android 11.  Has been back to same battery life and working flawlessly for the last couple of days.

I love this phone, and there's no competitor that I've found that has the same features I like, especially size, rear fingerprint, and 3.5mm jack, with the other specs and great camera.  It's a shame, in my opinion, that LG went so far astray in the size of the phones and taking away the extremely reliable rear fingerprint feature for their final Velvet and V60 models.

I still highly recommend this phone if these are the features important to you.  I did the manual apn setting when I set up the phone and have had no issues.  LTE, data, sms/mms all function perfectly.  Again, I have the Korean model world phone.  Can't speak to the Sprint or other unlocked models. 

Hello Everyone,

Long time reader first time participating. I abandoned Samsung a long time ago. They do make awesome phone but there are overpriced and my being a single user with a grandfathered plan, no real incentive without adding a line or upgrading or trade-in etc, so I’ve been using LG starting with the V20 to V30 and V40. Unsure but it seems with LG going out of the market I’ve developed a fondness for using the LG V60 but the onscreen fingerprint reader is just too much of a headache and screen pattern not always convenient with using one hand especially if at work and wanting to quickly unlock for a quick peek. . I’d like to get an unlocked GSM Sprint V50 off of eBay. Very good specs and rear fingerprint and I don’t care about 5G really as long as I can use 4G LTE. Anyone here still using Sprint V50 on T-mobile network? I read on reddit that with modifying the apn and the likes, the phone will work great and with volte and no issues. Any thoughts on that based on actual experience and usage? Thank you greatly.

FAMD

Further update...V50 has been working great, until this morning.  I allowed the Android 11 update to be installed last night, and I'm having sluggish performance and sms delays, as well as battery drain.  Have updated all apps and I'm operating battery saver, hopefully this hasn't caused a permanent reduction in performance.  I've also had basic settings such as ring tones, etc mysteriously changing.

My advice to anyone else using the V50 based on my short-term experience is don't upgrade to Android 11.  I'll update after I determine if the upgrade has caused permanent issues.

Update...traveling I did experience a connection issue with the V50, as in I wasn't able to connect calls, sms or data.  A restart corrected the issue.  Don't know why, but a simple restart corrected it so I consider it minor.  We actually had this happen on a TMobile Gal S21 as well, that's why I knew to try restart to correct.  Maybe a TMobile issue rather than phone.  Otherwise I still love the V50, wish TMO would fully support this phone. 

Sorry for the delayed response, but I can't answer your question anyway.  I went with Korean world phone because there may be problems with the Sprint version, but I can't say for sure.  Wish someone with a Sprint V50 could chime in on this. 

So sprint lg v50 is a no go correct. Just the Korean one corect?

Nice. Thanks

6.61 Mbps

Thanks! Can you download speedtest app by ookla and see what kind of download speeds you get?

I just turned off my wifi and connected through LTE to respond to your inquiry.  The top right indicates LTE, and I notice no speed difference on the TMO website.  Seems to work fine.  I am on wifi the majority of the time, so I'm not using LTE often for data, but I see no issues.

Just connected a call and received sms while on this site, no issues.  Again, I'm using the Korean world unlocked V50 I got on ebay, I can't speak to the Verizon or Sprint versions.