Does anyone know if i can use an unlocked at&t gs3 on tmobile service??? I heard it will only get edge data.
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Edge only
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It doesn't have the required AWS frequency bands.
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It doesn't have the required AWS frequency bands.
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Looks like Edge only. I just unlocked a GS3 for my dad and he's on Tmobile. Is there a fix to try and get 3G?
I have a T999 unlocked and I'm getting 3g and some times 4g like right now. Called at&t to check they said no lte but yes to hspa.
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Zameus said:
Looks like Edge only. I just unlocked a GS3 for my dad and he's on Tmobile. Is there a fix to try and get 3G?
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Were you able to find where to get free unlock codes?
critofur said:
Were you able to find where to get free unlock codes?
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Unfortunatley no. I had to pay $19.99.
About two days ago me and my friend bought a cheap tmobile phone, cut the sim to fit his att gs3 called att and got them to unlock the phone, popped in the new sim and he was able to get 3g and hspa+ on tmobile's network with his att galaxy s3. we were both pretty surprised that it worked. he's running cm10 if that matters.
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About two days ago me and my friend bought a cheap tmobile phone, cut the sim to fit his att gs3 called att and got them to unlock the phone, popped in the new sim and he was able to get 3g and hspa+ on tmobile's network with his att galaxy s3. we were both pretty surprised that it worked. he's running cm10 if that matters.
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That is because tmobile is rolling out there hspa+ data service on the 1900mhz frequency slowly but surely and the att gs3 supports the 1900mhz bands.. The BEST gs3 to buy is the tmobile gs3 if i am not mistaken it suports all of tmobiles aws bands and all of att hspa+ bands. Unlock that one and you can use either network to its fullest minus the LTE.
BTW.. tmobiles aws coverage is pretty damn good in the north east and there data speeds are almost as good as LTE.
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That is because tmobile is rolling out there hspa+ data service on the 1900mhz frequency slowly but surely and the att gs3 supports the 1900mhz bands.. The BEST gs3 to buy is the tmobile gs3 if i am not mistaken it suports all of tmobiles aws bands and all of att hspa+ bands. Unlock that one and you can use either network to its fullest minus the LTE.
BTW.. tmobiles aws coverage is pretty damn good in the north east and there data speeds are almost as good as LTE.
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I just called ATT today and told them I would be travelling overseas and they gave me the unlock code for my GS3 and GS2. Gonna go get a sim today for the S3 and try out a unlimited monthly no contract plan.
I'm in Warren county and travel throughout northern and central Jersey for work but I know no one with their service. So you think I should be good signalwise? Like I said I know no one with the service but am willing to try it out for a month since they are 20 dollars cheaper than ATT atm
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I just called ATT today and told them I would be travelling overseas and they gave me the unlock code for my GS3 and GS2. Gonna go get a sim today for the S3 and try out a unlimited monthly no contract plan.
I'm in Warren county and travel throughout northern and central Jersey for work but I know no one with their service. So you think I should be good signalwise? Like I said I know no one with the service but am willing to try it out for a month since they are 20 dollars cheaper than ATT atm
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No it will suck because like I said tmobile is rolling out service on 1900 but it's still spotty. Unless you have a tmobile gs3 you will be disappointed . However if you can get a gs3 for tmobile or another phone that supports tmobile aws bands you will be very happy. The tmobile gs3 works fine on att after u unlock it.. But no LTE.
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Unfortunatley no. I had to pay $19.99.
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There is free unlocking way on general section
Vondis said:
I just called ATT today and told them I would be travelling overseas and they gave me the unlock code for my GS3 and GS2. Gonna go get a sim today for the S3 and try out a unlimited monthly no contract plan.
I'm in Warren county and travel throughout northern and central Jersey for work but I know no one with their service. So you think I should be good signalwise? Like I said I know no one with the service but am willing to try it out for a month since they are 20 dollars cheaper than ATT atm
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I am in Middlesex County and my coverage is great so maybe it will be for you
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I'd like them not to be able to know that this is a Galaxy 3. Who else sells the I747 with ATT's LTE and 3G bands?
The att logo is on the battery cover you could easily buy an international back cover from ebay with no logo search the accessories forums there's a thread about it!
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Buy it from att. Then buy a different battery cover from eBay/amazon.
Do a search. They sell ones without gs3/att branding on it
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Or scratch off the att logo with a coin.
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I'd like them not to be able to know that this is a Galaxy 3. Who else sells the I747 with ATT's LTE and 3G bands?
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Maybe a rogers phone from Canada could work, but not sure if it is enough to stop them from detecting your phone.
And for the other two replies I believe he doesn't want att to detect the phone on the network not cosmetic changes.
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Just to clarify, he wants AT&T's database to not recognize the phone as an S3.
I don't believe buying a new battery cover would accomplish that...
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Just to clarify, he wants AT&T's database to not recognize the phone as an S3.
I don't believe buying a new battery cover would accomplish that...
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Probably not! I'm not even sure if that's possible - Unless the Korean or Japanese version had the AT&T LTE radio bands on-board already you'd have to do some serious hardware modifications to you phone.
I don't think anyone else uses AT&T LTE bands which are 700mhz and 2100mhz I believe.
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you won't be able to use lte without att's lte Sim, and they don't let you use the cheap non smartphone data plan on lte.
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you won't be able to use lte without att's lte Sim, and they don't let you use the cheap non smartphone data plan on lte.
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I have an ATT LTE microsim. I think. Or, yesterday, I got a microSIM from ATT. It should be 4G enabled... right?
Nonetheless, I am not getting LTE... which I guess is okay. I really fail to see the point of using LTE on a mobile phone when you burn through your total monthly allotment in under 8 hours.
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I have an ATT LTE microsim. I think. Or, yesterday, I got a microSIM from ATT. It should be 4G enabled... right?
Nonetheless, I am not getting LTE... which I guess is okay. I really fail to see the point of using LTE on a mobile phone when you burn through your total monthly allotment in under 8 hours.
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If you received an AT&T micro SIM with your SGS3 then it is a 4G LTE enabled one. And it is a matter of personal preference as to whether LTE is worth it or not to you. For some folks, HSPA+ is perfectly fine and you could put a 3G micro SIM into your phone and have it work without LTE.
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I have an ATT LTE microsim. I think. Or, yesterday, I got a microSIM from ATT. It should be 4G enabled... right?
Nonetheless, I am not getting LTE... which I guess is okay. I really fail to see the point of using LTE on a mobile phone when you burn through your total monthly allotment in under 8 hours.
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If you received an AT&T micro SIM with your SGS3 then it is a 4G LTE enabled one. And it is a matter of personal preference as to whether LTE is worth it or not to you. For some folks, HSPA+ is perfectly fine and you could put a 3G micro SIM into your phone and have it work without LTE.
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The sim card does not determine the service. ATT will not give you any HSPA+ or LTE if you don't have that plan added to your phone. They can differentiate between the plans and devices. If you pay for the non smartphone data they will stick you on 3g only.
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If you received an AT&T micro SIM with your SGS3 then it is a 4G LTE enabled one. And it is a matter of personal preference as to whether LTE is worth it or not to you. For some folks, HSPA+ is perfectly fine and you could put a 3G micro SIM into your phone and have it work without LTE.
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I got the microSIM in person, not with the phone. Do you think it's LTE capable?
If you call att and have lte data activated on your account, it will.
Ok so I understand that by unlocking my phone (I used the SIMlock Remote Client for $20 from sammobile.com) I can now use an AT&T SIM card if I choose, but my question is this: Is it even remotely possible to make my current T-Mobile SIM card work on AT&T's network? Just so I can pick up better 4G speeds in my area because quite frankly, the 4 - 5 Mbps I'm getting with T-Mobile isn't cutting it, especially when I hear of people getting 25+ Mbps. Thanks in advance.
No... same SIM as carrier is a must...plus u might need to change apn's?
Plus if u go to *prepaid att* u won't get 4g speed only 3g......u must be on a plan to get 4G off att^^^
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ATT customers can get 4G on a unlocked Tmobile S3. Tmobile customers can only get 2G on ATT's network with a Tmobile unlocked S3.
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No... same SIM as carrier is a must...plus u might need to change apn's?
Plus if u go to *prepaid att* u won't get 4g speed only 3g......u must be on a plan to get 4G off att^^^
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ATT customers can get 4G on a unlocked Tmobile S3. Tmobile customers can only get 2G on ATT's network with a Tmobile unlocked S3.
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Well ain't that a kick in the stones... Eh well, Thanks a lot for the responses. Greatly appreciated
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ATT customers can get 4G on a unlocked Tmobile S3. Tmobile customers can only get 2G on ATT's network with a Tmobile unlocked S3.
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Umm, not exactly.
A T-Mobile S3 can get 3G on AT&T's network, but not LTE (4G).
An AT&T S3 can get only 2G on T-Mobile's network.
Ok so I understand that by unlocking my phone (I used the SIMlock Remote Client for $20 from sammobile.com) I can now use an AT&T SIM card if I choose, but my question is this: Is it even remotely possible to make my current T-Mobile SIM card work on AT&T's network? Just so I can pick up better 4G speeds in my area because quite frankly, the 4 - 5 Mbps I'm getting with T-Mobile isn't cutting it, especially when I hear of people getting 25+ Mbps. Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]
4-5MBPS is probably normal for your area and most of the US. People that are reporting 25mbps+ are in the few HSPA+42 areas that T-Mobile has. There's nothing wrong with your area other than T-Mobile doesn't offer those speeds there.
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ATT customers can get 4G on a unlocked Tmobile S3. Tmobile customers can only get 2G on ATT's network with a Tmobile unlocked S3.
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I think you were confuzzled. ATT unlocked phones will only get 2G on tmobile (Due to lack of frequency) but unlocked Tmo will get everything EXCEPT LTE on ATT network.
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I think you were confuzzled. ATT unlocked phones will only get 2G on tmobile (Due to lack of frequency) but unlocked Tmo will get everything EXCEPT LTE on ATT network.
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Whoops can't read tonight.
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Ok so I understand that by unlocking my phone (I used the SIMlock Remote Client for $20 from sammobile.com) I can now use an AT&T SIM card if I choose, but my question is this: Is it even remotely possible to make my current T-Mobile SIM card work on AT&T's network? Just so I can pick up better 4G speeds in my area because quite frankly, the 4 - 5 Mbps I'm getting with T-Mobile isn't cutting it, especially when I hear of people getting 25+ Mbps. Thanks in advance.
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Correct, unlocking allows you to use any SIM you want.
AFAIK, there is no way you can use the AT&T network with a T-Mobile SIM.
Hi - I have the T-mobile U.S. T-zones grandfathered plan, which phone version can I buy to get 3G speeds on that data plan?
I know Note 2 has several models. Someone told me I could use the AT&T US model if I live in a area that has been refarmed (I live in Orlando, FL).
Someone then told me I should get the Canadian model but I am having a hard time finding a site that sells the Canadian model from Wind/Videotron/Mobilicity.
Thanks
Start paying for your internet like the rest of us
Nah, just kidding. But the last time I checked on the whole "smartphones with T-zones" thing was a few years ago-.at that point, it worked with any phone that didn't need a special apn(like danger or rim devices). If that still holds true, it won't matter which model of note 2 you get. Good luck.
actually I think the frequency 1700 available for T-mobile is only available on the Canadian Wind/Videotron/Mobilicity.
The U.S. AT&T device based on what I read here works if you are in T-mobile area that is reframed.
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actually I think the frequency 1700 available for T-mobile is only available on the Canadian Wind/Videotron/Mobilicity.
The U.S. AT&T device based on what I read here works if you are in T-mobile area that is reframed.
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...or international version (N7100).
I purchased the 7100 and I have T-Zones. If your in a good refarmed area you will get H/H+ I'm pulling about 5-8 Mbps here in California
Hi - how I can tell if my area is refarmed, my zip is 32828. Also, will it then stay that way, I mean will T-mobile ever change the refarmed area?
Basically am inquiring if I get the 7100 model will it be useless for me with T-zones in like a few months,etc.
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I purchased the 7100 and I have T-Zones. If your in a good refarmed area you will get H/H+ I'm pulling about 5-8 Mbps here in California
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Check this site http://airportal.de for refarm coverage.
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I'd just get a brand new international Note 2 off eBay. I got my first one for $575 under their daily deals. Check amazon as well.
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But I would need to know if my area zip 32828 will be fine in getting 3G, also is refarmed a temp config or will they switch.
EmceeGeek said:
I'd just get a brand new international Note 2 off eBay. I got my first one for $575 under their daily deals. Check amazon as well.
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I'm currently on att with a note 2 and i've switched to t-mobile and will be recieving a new phone in the mail soon. Should i return it and just flash a t-mobile rom onto my current phone? or should i just sell my att one on craigslist and keep the new t-mobile phone? Any possible loss of features or functionality by sticking with the phone i have?
Keep the tmo one.
It dosent have lte yet, so hang on to att one too I suggest but tmo has added aws band.
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Keep the tmo one.
It dosent have lte yet, so hang on to att one too I suggest but tmo has added aws band.
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I don't understand your answer to the OP.
I'm in the exact same situation as the OP. I'm with AT&T but they just took my unlimited data plan away so I'm probably going to switch to T-Mobile.
Are there any bands that the T-Mobile Note 2 has that can't be unlocked on the AT&T model? According to Wikipedia both AT&T and T-Mobile version of the Note 2 have AWS. I heard that you can enable the high speed bands on AT&T's model to work with T-Mobile. Is taht not true?
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I don't understand your answer to the OP.
I'm in the exact same situation as the OP. I'm with AT&T but they just took my unlimited data plan away so I'm probably going to switch to T-Mobile.
Are there any bands that the T-Mobile Note 2 has that can't be unlocked on the AT&T model? According to Wikipedia both AT&T and T-Mobile version of the Note 2 have AWS. I heard that you can enable the high speed bands on AT&T's model to work with T-Mobile. Is taht not true?
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Tmo hasnt released the update to let tmo gnotes2 work on their lte network, because its not up and running most places... Possibly only update customers who are in Kansas City.
Not too clear if att gnotes2 with att specific firmware would work on tmo's network. Theoretically it should work, but their might be some radio issues that give u shoddy service. Unlocking phones is illegal now, so idk if u could sim unlock ur phone through att to work for tmo anyways. Might have to go through ebay or something to do so.
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All I'd need to do is just flash at&t device specific roms right? I shouldn't need to flash flash t-mobile modems would I?
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All I'd need to do is just flash at&t device specific roms right? I shouldn't need to flash flash t-mobile modems would I?
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you will be able to make phone calls and text people no problem.
the only problem you will have is going to be data connectivity and data speeds because the NOTE2 for AT&T is meant to be used with AT&T LTE.
T mobile's main data band is 1700 which the AT&T phones usually do not have.
To answer your baseband or modem question I believe this thread does not have a modem or baseband for T mobile. You might have luck looking over at their forums, I am not sure.
Good luck to you sir.
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you will be able to make phone calls and text people no problem.
the only problem you will have is going to be data connectivity and data speeds because the NOTE2 for AT&T is meant to be used with AT&T LTE.
T mobile's main data band is 1700 which the AT&T phones usually do not have.
To answer your baseband or modem question I believe this thread does not have a modem or baseband for T mobile. You might have luck looking over at their forums, I am not sure.
Good luck to you sir.
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Hrmm the good news is T-Mobile told me they'd have LTE Coverage in April. I wonder if that'll change anything then for me?
I have a Dell Streak 5 on T-Mobile, don't have any problems.
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Hrmm the good news is T-Mobile told me they'd have LTE Coverage in April. I wonder if that'll change anything then for me?
I have a Dell Streak 5 on T-Mobile, don't have any problems.
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Again. Different frequencies and you'll still be on edge
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Hrmm the good news is T-Mobile told me they'd have LTE Coverage in April. I wonder if that'll change anything then for me?
I have a Dell Streak 5 on T-Mobile, don't have any problems.
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The Dell Streak 5 is like the Nexus 4 it has all the HSPA bands. The LTE band for T mobile most likely will be different from AT&T. You can try to unlock it and compare the coverage and speed to your dell streak. I had a dell streak. Great phone!! sold it about a month ago for like 180 bucks.
My suggestion if the unlocked AT&T Note 2 isnt working properly and you want to stay with T MOBILE I would sell it and get the international version.
What you need to is search for how to "enable aws" and you will have 4g working on your device.
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Found this, I'll be trying it tomorrow when my phone arrives:
How to Enable T-Mobile 3G/4G AWS Bands on AT&T Galaxy Note 2 SGH-i317!
Yea but you still won't have lte
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hyelton said:
Yea but you still won't have lte
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Well yeah there's no LTE with T-Mobile anyway
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Yea but you still won't have lte
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Technically no T-Mo customer has LTE yet, until April or so I've been told.
Unless you can predict the future or something, then no one knows for sure.
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Well yeah there's no LTE with T-Mobile anyway
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LoL! I was getting ready to say that.
All I can do is keep my fingers crossed and hope T-Mo uses the same freq as AT&T's LTE...
Then again given the circumstances of T-Mobile shortly taking over MetroPCS for their LTE coverage, they may have a larger or wider band of LTE frequency ranges.
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I will apparently have T-Mo's 42MBPS HSPA+ as opposed to AT&T's 21MBPS HSPA+
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Then again, that was my whole intentions of getting an AT&T Note 2 as to T-Mo's Note 2, I've been told there's no LTE Support for the T-Mobile version, but with AT&T I'd have more likely of a chance at having LTE support, once it's available... I still don't to this day don't get why T-Mobile released a crippled down version knowing that they'd have LTE in the near future.
I just didn't know it wouldn't work right away straight outta the box.
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Technically no T-Mo customer has LTE yet, until April or so I've been told.
Unless you can predict the future or something, then no one knows for sure.LoL! I was getting ready to say that.
All I can do is keep my fingers crossed and hope T-Mo uses the same freq as AT&T's LTE...
Then again given the circumstances of T-Mobile shortly taking over MetroPCS for their LTE coverage, they may have a larger or wider band of LTE frequency ranges.
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I will apparently have T-Mo's 42MBPS HSPA+ as opposed to AT&T's 21MBPS HSPA+
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Then again, that was my whole intentions of getting an AT&T Note 2 as to T-Mo's Note 2, I've been told there's no LTE Support for the T-Mobile version, but with AT&T I'd have more likely of a chance at having LTE support, once it's available... I still don't to this day don't get why T-Mobile released a crippled down version knowing that they'd have LTE in the near future.
I just didn't know it wouldn't work right away straight outta the box.
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Have they specified when they would deploy the network? Even if they did they would start in few markets and by the time there is enough coverage the Note 3 will be out
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Have they specified when they would deploy the network? Even if they did they would start in few markets and by the time there is enough coverage the Note 3 will be out
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Nope they didn't specify anything with me just said the line "We'll have LTE in April" I'm going to the corperate office tomorrow or friday to get my micro sim and will ask them more about it then, if they know anything else. See if I need an lte micro sim or what and all that.
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T-Mobile’s Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray discussed his company’s LTE rollout last month at CES. T-Mobile has said it plans to launch LTE for 100 million pops by mid-year, with 200 million covered by the end of 2013. Las Vegas is expected to be T-Mobile’s first LTE city. T-Mobile operates GSM on 1900 MHz (PCS) in the US and puts HSPA (and LTE) on the AWS band (1.7/2.1 GHz).
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It says sometime between March 27th and April 3rd by the latest. What lte frequencies are AT&T's lte?
Unlocked at&t Note 2on t-mobile with 4g
I got an unlocked At&t Note 2 on T-mobile network with 4g im running Cleanrom S.E. 1.5 and everything works perfect. I had the same problem at 1st but i had a buddy change my Network to t-Mobile and it works fine im getting 10-12 Mbs download and 1.8 - 2.4 upload:cyclops:
T-Mobile will use band 4 LTE, AT&T uses band 4,13,17.
how did you guys get your g note II to tmobile anyways thats what im tring to do
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how did you guys get your g note II to tmobile anyways thats what im tring to do
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First you need to unlock it. Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38134975
Keep in mind that you need to be on the 4.1.1 firmware in order for that unlock to work...
Just my 2¢®
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Well isnt that some useful info! Thanks for the unlock info I will be downgrading lol....Im with the guy above though did you have to flash a tmobile modem? Im running jedi rom for t889 on my i317 but was curious about flashing the modem and stuff.
What did you guys do to get tmobile 3g,4g and lte fully working on the i317? I have installed the jedi rom and all is working fine besides I have edge...So hopefully I can get a straight forward answer. My eyes are sore from reading.
And QPST is not working for me for QCN at all my phone is on com5 but when I go to get qcn says no phone connected....