How to Activate 4G/LTE on Your Smartphone

At a time when Warid has been equipping a lot of its customers with 4G LTE SIMs, ProPakistani is here with a complete procedure for activating 4G LTE services on your smartphone for Warid network.

It merits mentioning here that Warid is offering free 4G Trials for its prepaid and postpaid users in following six cities:

• Karachi
• Lahore
• Islamabad
• Gujranwala
• PeshawarSo if you are in 4G network covered area, then you can go to Warid Business Centre to get your 4G enabled SIM.
  Please note that usually 4G settings on handsets are automatically configured, but if for some reason, your 4G isn’t working then here is the manual way of configuring 4G LTE on your handset.
  Considering that you have 4G enabled SIM, a 4G compatible handset and you live in 4G covered area, here’s how you can activate your Warid 4G on your handset:

  Configuring 4G LTE on Android 

  Enable LTE Option:
  Go to Menu –> Wireless & Network –> Mobile Networks -> Network ModeSelect option(s) with LTE enlistedAPN Settings:
  1. Go to Menu –> Wireless & Network –> Mobile Networks
  2. Tap on Mobile Networks
  3. Tap on Access Point Names
  4. Type in these settings:
  Name:  Warid
  APN: warid
  Leave all other settings to default
  5. Press options button and click save
  6. Restart your handset

     Configuring 4G LTE on iOS / iPhone

     Enable LTE Option:
     Go to Settings –> Cellular –> Turn ON “Enable LTE”
     APN Settings:
     1. Go to Settings –> Cellular –> Cellular Data Network
     2. Type in these settings
        1. Under “Cellular Data”APN: warid
           1. Under “LTE SETUP”
           APN: warid
           3. Press Home button
           4. Restart your handset

           Configuring 4G LTE on Blackberry

           Enable LTE Option:Go to Settings –> Network and Connections –> Mobile Network-> Select network mode
           APN Settings:
           1. Go to Settings –> Network and Connections –> Mobile Network-> Select network mode
           2. Tap on Setting icon at the bottom of the screen
           3. Type the following under APN: warid
           4. Press Save
           5. Restart your handset
           Please note that APN for all handsets is: warid (not case sensitive, but norm is to write APN in small caps).

           Configuring Smartphone Binaries for LTE ActivationAbove mentioned method should enable your phone’s 4G LTE network for majority of users. However, if your phone’s firmware hasn’t been updated then you might have to manually configure your phone to enable 4G LTE on it.

           Please note that Samsung and Apple has updated firmware for majority of its 4G LTE model, but if your phone came through grey channels, or if its rooted with custom ROM then you have to carry out below configuration to enable your phone to use 4G LTE.
           We have compiled a list of most used 4G LTE handset and complete tutorials for enabling 4G LTE on these handsets.
           Before you go ahead, please note that these tutorials are unofficial ways for configuring your device which fiddles with the handset’s OS at the root level and should be performed very carefully. Precaution should be taken at all times and do not proceed if unsure of any step(s).
           Click on your Phone Model to download tutorial
           • Samsung ACE
           • Samsung Galaxy S4
           • Samsung Note 3
           • Samsung S5
           • LG G2 and G3