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Hey guys i bought the Samsung Galaxy S II from T-Mobile thinking that has HSPA+ bands I, IV and V.. like the box and website says.
Here we use HSPA+ band V (850) so, i inserted my sim card but i only pick 3G bands ( HSDPA )
Checking the bands that the phone has using *#2263# i noticed that i have WCDMA, GSM but also i have LTE bands ...
I never heard that T-Mobile Galaxy S II has LTE bands..
Any ideas why it says LTE instead of HSPA+?
YES, I WAS RIGHT! Samsung was to lazy to change the modem between the skyrocket and the T-Mo SGSII, so if you flashed one of our modems, you'd technically have a functional LTE radio.
Wow, this is crazy!
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Does this mean we can put an att sim in are phone and use lte?!?! WIN!!!
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twolfekc said:
Does this mean we can put an att sim in are phone and use lte?!?! WIN!!!
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You'd have to flash a Skyrocket radio, because when I was using a T-Mobile radio, it wouldn't connect to LTE.
But that means, if I'm right, the Skyrocket and T-Mo SGS II have support for 850, 900, 1700, 1900, and 2100 HSPA+.... that's a pentaband phone.
****. YES.
Go ahead and try it folks.
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Now I'm intrigued... does the roaming agreement between the 2 carriers say anything about LTE?
Longcat14 said:
Now I'm intrigued... does the roaming agreement between the 2 carriers say anything about LTE?
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Your talking about the post merger agreement right? It just may... and those of us on T-Mobile may be able to hijack Lte once the agreements are in place lol.
Its cool how there are so many similarities between the two phones. They are almost identical which is great for developement.
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jordanishere said:
Your talking about the post merger agreement right? It just may... and those of us on T-Mobile may be able to hijack Lte once the agreements are in place lol.
Its cool how there are so many similarities between the two phones. They are almost identical which is great for developement.
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Yeah, but I don't think AT&T would allow another carrier to roam on a very new LTE network, especially when they don't even have 10% of their own customers on the network.
And it's really cool, because they are the same phone. xD
Although, I don't know why our accelerometer is flipped.
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Yeah, but I don't think AT&T would allow another carrier to roam on a very new LTE network, especially when they don't even have 10% of their own customers on the network.
And it's really cool, because they are the same phone. xD
Although, I don't know why our accelerometer is flipped.
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Maybe that is the only stipulation AT&T put out there between both phones?
Hey guys..if it helps I have T-Mobile galaxy s2 and skyrocket from att ..would like to test out and see if this may work. Not to sure if there's any lte support in Connecticut area..but this would be a niffty find...thanks op
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Maybe that is the only stipulation AT&T put out there between both phones?
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Could be, but with the short amount of time between release of the 2 phones, Samsung must have developed 2 phones, same hardware, flipped the accelerometer in one, and branded one AT&T, and the other T-Mobile.
Gotta say, that's a great way to save with development.
Longcat14 said:
Could be, but with the short amount of time between release of the 2 phones, Samsung must have developed 2 phones, same hardware, flipped the accelerometer in one, and branded one AT&T, and the other T-Mobile.
Gotta say, that's a great way to save with development.
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maybe you are right. i just bought this phone so, its probably the new version.. however.. here in peru where i am at, we use HSPA+ 850 but i cant pick that signal .. only 3G ( HSDPA ).. so means, TMO SGS II is penta 3G band but only One band HSPA+ ?
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maybe you are right. i just bought this phone so, its probably the new version.. however.. here in peru where i am at, we use HSPA+ 850 but i cant pick that signal .. only 3G ( HSDPA ).. so means, TMO SGS II is penta 3G band but only One band HSPA+ ?
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No, try this.
Go to the skyrocket forums, find the radio thread, and flash one of those modems.
If I'm right, it should kick on the 850MHz portion of the radio
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Longcat14 said:
No, try this.
Go to the skyrocket forums, find the radio thread, and flash one of those modems.
If I'm right, it should kick on the 850MHz portion of the radio
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i cant test it.. i am in peru and we dont have LTE so far, just HSPA+ 850..
hope someone in USA will test this
Give me info on how to test and will report back...
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maybe you are right. i just bought this phone so, its probably the new version.. however.. here in peru where i am at, we use HSPA+ 850 but i cant pick that signal .. only 3G ( HSDPA ).. so means, TMO SGS II is penta 3G band but only One band HSPA+ ?
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Even if u have hspa+ it will say 3g on this phone because ur carrier may only be supporting 21mbps and not 42. You probably are getting hspa+ speeds but ur phone just shows it as 3g
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Theoretically it should work. Lol, an ode to the original vibrant, sometimes their laziness pays off! I've noticed the sensation has LTE mentioned also. Haven't dug if it but I wonder if it actuall does support LTE ? If I'm not mistaken LTE uses AWS protocol right?
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No, try this.
Go to the skyrocket forums, find the radio thread, and flash one of those modems.
If I'm right, it should kick on the 850MHz portion of the radio
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This is sick! One day we might be able to see 100mbs download speeds
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iloveandroid16 said:
This is sick! One day we might be able to see 100mbs download speeds
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This is Rly crazy I hope we can try n get this ...yet another reason y this fone is amazin
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yeah im looking for the telus radio now. using the rogers version on bell, but bell supports 42mbps rogers doesn't.
Hoping a telus radio will help out (no LTE with bell where I live, but close)
This is not a rant nor a rave post, it's all about one's opinion regarding the difference between the International version S3 and the T-mobile S3.
I have had my S3 T999 UNLOCKED version for a while now, it's a 16gig model and after Flashing so many ROM's and whatnot, I am seriously considering getting the International version.
My decision is NOT based on the HARDWARE difference between the 2, it's based on the SOFTWARE alone.
IMHO, It's totally inconceivable to expect a device like a cellphone to be a Speed demon or have the Fastest and Latest super this or super that. I don't think anyone BOUGHT their device for that reason alone so what did we buy it for in the first place ?
1. Reliable Communication should be the #1 top reason for everyone.
2. Dependability should be #2, I would believe.
3. Utility as a personal entertainment device to pass the time when one is bored.
There are other reasons that I can't think of but it's safe to say that the T-mobile S3 is different in 1 regard, between the other GSM carriers, T-mobile has 1 different frequency, don't quote me but I think it's the 2100 .
Would any of you care to share your opinion if you had to go back and change your mind would you have gotten an UNLOCKED S3 International over the T-mobile's version, disregarding the hardware aspects of the 2 ?
P.S. Oh and BTW, Is there any end users and/or Developers that have both devices ?
Regarding the Software, I just would like to have the Essential apps that 1 needs, not all this other B$ that is dependent of the other bloated apps, I think everyone knows what am referring too, right ?
If Wild or Doc, reads this, maybe we can ask for a ROM that let's us install the apps we want on our devices via the Aroma installer, would be nice right pps ?
Yes, the T-Mobile version is different in that it lacks LTE and it adds the AWS (1700/2100) band. You never really said why you made a decision to change devices, just that you had made a decision. Personally, I am happy with the phone I have, but I am on T-Mobile, so the T999 that I have is an obvious choice. Are you on T-Mobile? If you are, think carefully before you get another version, since you probably won't get the data speeds you expect with any other GS3 version, at least not at this time.
I don't understand what are you trying to tell us, but if you going with international version make sure you get a career like Att the support hspa, otherwise you will be stuck on edge for tmobile, until they re framed their network
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Only reason to NOT get Internation version is simply as stated before of the AWS band, you going to be on EDGE with the internation version no matter where in the US you go too. So what is your reason for switching anyway?? Because your post is confusing
Op makes no sense...or needs to be edited....
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I did not get what the OP wants to say. But for me. I got the T999 mainly because of the wificalling feature for tmobile.
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Think he wants to know which would we choose the i9300 or t999.... if we could make the decision all over again???
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I would definitly stick with t999 and the 2 gigs of ram. I am overclocked to dual core 2.1ghz I can't Imagine that the i9300 is much faster than my phone. Seriously this phone is blazing fast and multi tasking has been taken to a whole new level. Love it and couldn't ask for more.
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tgamble160 said:
I would definitly stick with t999 and the 2 gigs of ram. I am overclocked to dual core 2.1ghz I can't Imagine that the i9300 is much faster than my phone. Seriously this phone is blazing fast and multi tasking has been taken to a whole new level. Love it and couldn't ask for more.
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But it is.. especially the GPU.
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so we dont have the wolfenstein DAC?
man that sucks
SebasC said:
Only reason to NOT get Internation version is simply as stated before of the AWS band, you going to be on EDGE with the internation version no matter where in the US you go too. So what is your reason for switching anyway?? Because your post is confusing
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Actually there have been reports thay tmobile already released support for the 1900 band n is working on some parts of the US a friend of mine has an unlocked att note n hes getting 4g here in vegas
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garets10 said:
Actually there have been reports thay tmobile already released support for the 1900 band n is working on some parts of the US a friend of mine has an unlocked att note n hes getting 4g here in vegas
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Yeah but not everyone lives in Vegas.. and outside of Vegas 1900mhz support is miniscule.
And the AT&T Note can get T-Mobile HSPA+ by flashing a radio.
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Hello guys, i would like your advice on this matter. I want to order a t999 because of the specs i find more powerful, therefore i want to know if i can use it in Europe with my local (vodafone Romania) carrier...After i will get it unlock i mean.
I recently find out that my carrier uses 900 mHz network GSM.
Well i have both t999 & international. i cant take the slow speeds of the international so i use the T999 as my daily phone but if i had 4g i would totally use my GT-I9300 to me there's a difference
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sleepy13909 said:
Well i have both t999 & international. i cant take the slow speeds of the international so i use the T999 as my daily phone but if i had 4g i would totally use my GT-I9300 to me there's a difference
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sleepy13909, Thanks for your reply.
I am a T-mobile customer and I have the T999 but as I mentioned, I didn't buy the device of the download speed, I bought it because I thought it was a RELIABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE.
Since, I've not ventured out into the I9300 area of the forums here, I was wondering how much Bloat is on the International version compared to the T-mobile ?
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Actually there have been reports thay tmobile already released support for the 1900 band n is working on some parts of the US a friend of mine has an unlocked att note n hes getting 4g here in vegas
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This is really important for me. You have SEEN his Note get 4g here in Vegas? My gt-i9300 is in transit as I type this so I really wanna know if 1900 band will really supply me at least 3g speeds as of 9.24.12. Because if they're both 1900 baseband phones I don't see why my sgs3 gt-i9300 couldn't get it. Btw I live in eastern side of town. Around Hollywood and lake Mead. Around which side of town does he get those speeds?
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This is really important for me. You have SEEN his Note get 4g here in Vegas? My gt-i9300 is in transit as I type this so I really wanna know if 1900 band will really supply me at least 3g speeds as of 9.24.12. Because if they're both 1900 baseband phones I don't see why my sgs3 gt-i9300 couldn't get it. Btw I live in eastern side of town. Around Hollywood and lake Mead. Around which side of town does he get those speeds?
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Golden over in Vegas
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/09/las-...nationwide-lte-network-coming-by-end-of-2013/
Give us an update when u get your i9300, I'm in Vegas (NW) myself. Upgraded my wife's nexus to T-Mobile s3 but looking to get intl note 2.
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Will do asap.
Ok guys we're good on speeds with micro SIM T-Mobile in Las Vegas on 1900 baseband. Well as good as it gets with t-mobile anyway.
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I'm about to upgrade my mytouch 4g to S3. But I'm wondering if S3 will support future LTE network. I've heard that in future 3G network will use 1900 band and lte will be implement on 1700/2100. Can S3 support LTE in future? If not, I'll probably wait for next year to upgrade my phone. THanks.
I think the only carriers version that does not is tmobile.
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No, it will not support the LTE network. It is not included in the SoC of the phone.
Oh. That sounds pretty bad to me. But I thought tmo uses 1700/2100 for its lte network and MSM8960 has lte chip correct?
ibuddler said:
Oh. That sounds pretty bad to me. But I thought tmo uses 1700/2100 for its lte network and MSM8960 has lte chip correct?
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This phone doesn't have an MSM8960. It has an MSM8260A.
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I saw a pic of someone using a vzw s3 in china on HSPA+ getting 10 Mbps I don't know if anyone has tryed unlocking a vzw s3 and using it on tmoble to see if it works on there HSPA+ I do know its going to be global ready by the of the year via a ota update hopefully with jellybean but it might be something worth looking into
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I feel bad for the horse named LTE.. js
I saw they are planning LTE implementation in early 2013. Does anyone believe that? And where? Granted, they need to be able to compete so they've got to act relatively quickly, but in my experience HSPA+ ain't bad. I'm imagining I'll be ready to upgrade my S3 by the time LTE matters (Metro West Boston). Whatchya'll think?
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I saw they are planning LTE implementation in early 2013. Does anyone believe that? And where? Granted, they need to be able to compete so they've got to act relatively quickly, but in my experience HSPA+ ain't bad. I'm imagining I'll be ready to upgrade my S3 by the time LTE matters (Metro West Boston). Whatchya'll think?
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Whooosh? Lol
Yes T-Mobile is slowly adding lte, the same band at&t uses. But like others have said, our T-Mobile version does not have the hardware to support it. If anything we need to use the at&t version, but we'll be missing the h+ bands.. so it's a clear cut from edge to lte... probably going to be spotty.. i would rather just stick with h+ or use s4
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Teo032 said:
Whooosh? Lol
Yes T-Mobile is slowly adding lte, the same band at&t uses. But like others have said, our T-Mobile version does not have the hardware to support it. If anything we need to use the at&t version, but we'll be missing the h+ bands.. so it's a clear cut from edge to lte... probably going to be spotty.. i would rather just stick with h+ or use s4
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What? The guy asked a different question..
And T-Mobile is deploying LTE on their AWS bands I'm pretty sure, not 700mhz.
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What? The guy asked a different question..
And T-Mobile is deploying LTE on their AWS bands I'm pretty sure, not 700mhz.
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Yes. That's correct. TMO is deploying LTE on AWS 1700/2100 and use 1900(from ATT) for their H+ network. So that's why I'm a little confused here.
If let's say tmo finished upgrading, would the phone without 1900 band still be able to use the hsdpa+ network? I guess I have wait until they finish the upgrade.
I'm starting to believe Samsung are pushing these S3 phones away to release a newer S3 or something. $50 for a S3 with 2 year contract is ridiculously cheaper than any other recent phones on the market. It may be cheaper than S2. Companies usually do these type of moves when getting rid of something to present something newer (maybe the Note II) but to answer your answer, no. T999 doesn't support LTE but LTE does need AWS spectrum which T999 has.
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Whooosh? Lol
Yes T-Mobile is slowly adding lte, the same band at&t uses. But like others have said, our T-Mobile version does not have the hardware to support it. If anything we need to use the at&t version, but we'll be missing the h+ bands.. so it's a clear cut from edge to lte... probably going to be spotty.. i would rather just stick with h+ or use s4
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Its kinda silly that it doesn't. Here in Canada we have a company called Telus and they have the SIIX and it has LTE & it will connect to WIND (another carrier in Canada) which has the same AWS band as T-Mobile.
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Yes. That's correct. TMO is deploying LTE on AWS 1700/2100 and use 1900(from ATT) for their H+ network. So that's why I'm a little confused here.
If let's say tmo finished upgrading, would the phone without 1900 band still be able to use the hsdpa+ network? I guess I have wait until they finish the upgrade.
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Oh yeah, i totally mixed things up, sorry about that.
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MSM8960 chip supports LTE. can someone check.
So what qualcomm chip does this Tmo S3 have? Based off this teardown link its at:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cr...s-easy-open-case-difficult-to-fix-display/666
And that chip has LTE capability look at the S4 plus specs http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/s4/specs
Has anybody opened the phone to double check?
We've already had this discussion when the phone was first released. The short answer is no.
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I saw a pic of someone using a vzw s3 in china on HSPA+ getting 10 Mbps I don't know if anyone has tryed unlocking a vzw s3 and using it on tmoble to see if it works on there HSPA+ I do know its going to be global ready by the of the year via a ota update hopefully with jellybean but it might be something worth looking into
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I'm on a Tmobile Galaxy S3, in boston, getting 11Mb down on my phone with wifi turned off.
i unlocked a red s3 from att today, and it picked up tmobile hspa+!!!
i know, i know... tmobile is refarming 1900 band and what not....
THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED IN DENVER CO!
as of this writing, the refarming is not yet done in denver market. iphones are still only getting edge.
just some interesting news i thought i would share.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953913
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I was wondering if it is possible to use tmobiles hspa network from an unlocked att s3. And if it is possible to use a At&t lte on a tmobiles unlocked S3. Are you saying that with an unlocked At&t it is!? Ofcourse I live in Everett WA so I don't know if that matters.
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I was wondering if it is possible to use tmobiles hspa network from an unlocked att s3. And if it is possible to use a At&t lte on a tmobiles unlocked S3. Are you saying that with an unlocked At&t it is!? Ofcourse I live in Everett WA so I don't know if that matters.
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Att s3 white and blue versions do NOT get tmobile hspa+... the red one I had in my hand did... if you are in one of the areas where tmobile has refarmed 1900 band then you can get hspa on att devices. What is weird is that Denver is not one of those makets. Iphones only get edge on tmobile here for now
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Ok. So I want the red AT&T Version to give me the best of both worlds from T-Mobile and AT&T networks. I will get it unlocked too then. And I'm assuming that this has LTE too to work with AT&T LTE. And that the HSPA not only works on AT&T's Network but based on what your saying with T-Mobiles HSPA but only where T-Mobiles HSPA Network is available in the world. My last question is is this an internaional Version or The US Version? And what is the model or version number? Thank you.
Dial *#0011# on your phone it will tell you which band it's on. Check on wikipedia which band it is. Band IV would be 1700mhz aws.
Speaking of unlocked...
Especially good news for those of us thinking about the Nexus 4 and lamenting the lack of LTE.
kc720 said:
i unlocked a red s3 from att today, and it picked up tmobile hspa+!!!
i know, i know... tmobile is refarming 1900 band and what not....
THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED IN DENVER CO!
as of this writing, the refarming is not yet done in denver market. iphones are still only getting edge.
just some interesting news i thought i would share.
proof pics here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953913
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Att red fla
I have the red att s3..... i am in the works trying to get it unlockd. I tried calling customer car, but i have 16 days left till I can get the unlock code from them. i tried calling the international customer care, hoping for a different outcome.......but :crying:...... How can i check to see if jacksonville,fl is covered by the +hpsa network? cheers
kc720 said:
i unlocked a red s3 from att today, and it picked up tmobile hspa+!!!
i know, i know... tmobile is refarming 1900 band and what not....
THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED IN DENVER CO!
as of this writing, the refarming is not yet done in denver market. iphones are still only getting edge.
just some interesting news i thought i would share.
proof pics here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953913
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/31/att-and-t-mobile-temporarily-share-their-networks-in-nyc-nj/
maybe a byproduct of that announcement.
Just saw an iPhone 4 getting 3g. I guess reframing is done now lol
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kc720 said:
Just saw an iPhone 4 getting 3g. I guess reframing is done now lol
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Just to make sure.. This is in Denver right... Because I am on Tmobile using the international version of the HTC One X+
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Just to make sure.. This is in Denver right... Because I am on Tmobile using the international version of the HTC One X+
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Yes. If u are only getting edge choose wcdma only
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Thanks man... I realized that some places have it and some don't... Maybe the signal is weaker in some areas...
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I have an unlocked Galaxy S4 T-Mobile version but when I put AT&T SIM it doesn't get LTE. I thought the T-Mobile version had compatible LTE with AT&T. I have entered the right APN for AT&T though, anyone can help?
Have you tried to install the AT&T modem?
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Did you select the correct band? LTE? I had to switch it to get att LTE
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Did you select the correct band? LTE? I had to switch it to get att LTE
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Make sure your account has the 4g lte package. When you login to your att account should say like.
Data pro 4g lte.
If it says data pro 4g. Its not going to give you lte.
You need to have the imei of an att lte phone on your account then it will work.
I am sure that my data plan has LTE, I took it out my iPhone5 and I got LTE on my iPhone5. I have enabled the LTE and put the right APN. Still no data connection, I have not flashed it to a different modem. So what's wrong?
How to select the right LTE band? I have only select the "Network mode" to LTE/GSM/WCDMA(auto connect). and APN is that all?
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RanceedaW said:
Not to bash or anything, but I don't see why people try to use a phone for one carrier on another. Why not just sell (or trade?) your unlocked T-Mobile S4, for an AT&T S4?
You can still get retail price for the phone if it's in great condition. Then you wouldn't have this issue.
To me, I don't think whether it supports the same bands matter. Use T-Mobile on T-Mobile, AT&T on AT&T, Sprint on Sprint, so on and so forth.
Just my two cents.
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I dont think its same hardware too.
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RanceedaW said:
Not to bash or anything, but I don't see why people try to use a phone for one carrier on another. Why not just sell (or trade?) your unlocked T-Mobile S4, for an AT&T S4?
You can still get retail price for the phone if it's in great condition. Then you wouldn't have this issue.
To me, I don't think whether it supports the same bands matter. Use T-Mobile on T-Mobile, AT&T on AT&T, Sprint on Sprint, so on and so forth.
Just my two cents.
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Whether or not he gets LTE on his phone is 100 percent dependant on the bands the phone supports.
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Finally I got everything work on my M919, It is because AT&T has to change the data plan to LTE Android plan, I was on LTE iPhone plan.
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RanceedaW said:
Not to bash or anything, but I don't see why people try to use a phone for one carrier on another. Why not just sell (or trade?) your unlocked T-Mobile S4, for an AT&T S4?
You can still get retail price for the phone if it's in great condition. Then you wouldn't have this issue.
To me, I don't think whether it supports the same bands matter. Use T-Mobile on T-Mobile, AT&T on AT&T, Sprint on Sprint, so on and so forth.
Just my two cents.
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its my understanding that the T-Mobile version is boot loader unlocked so they aren't all the same. I'm looking to do the same thing as the OP here soon once I research what if any implications there really are at the end of the day.
Screwbal said:
its my understanding that the T-Mobile version is boot loader unlocked so they aren't all the same. I'm looking to do the same thing as the OP here soon once I research what if any implications there really are at the end of the day.
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Yeah, for LTE bands, AT&T version has less bands due to their spectrum restriction: 700 MHz (Band 17), AWS, IMT, IMT-E, while the T-Mobile version have all bands: 700 MHz (Band 17), CLR, AWS, PCS, IMT, IMT-E
tikoracer said:
Yeah, for LTE bands, AT&T version has less bands due to their spectrum restriction: 700 MHz (Band 17), AWS, IMT, IMT-E, while the T-Mobile version have all bands: 700 MHz (Band 17), CLR, AWS, PCS, IMT, IMT-E
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Sounds like you already know more than me be reading that line I take it that the tmobile version on AT&T gives you full support across all of atts network but if you used the att version on tmobile you miss out.
Screwbal said:
Sounds like you already know more than me be reading that line I take it that the tmobile version on AT&T gives you full support across all of atts network but if you used the att version on t mobile you miss out.
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Incorrect-all AT&T LTE phones support Band 4 and Band 17-AT&T is predominately Band 17 and has a small Band 4 footprint. T-Mobile's entire LTE footprint is Band 4. The real issue with a TMO S4 is whether or not you can roam on AT&T LTE network when no native T-Mobile network exists-especially since T-Mobile switched many of their legacy plans with put a serious limit or outright block on data roaming.
wazmo said:
Incorrect-all AT&T LTE phones support Band 4 and Band 17-AT&T is predominately Band 17 and has a small Band 4 footprint. T-Mobile's entire LTE footprint is Band 4. The real issue with a TMO S4 is whether or not you can roam on AT&T LTE network when no native T-Mobile network exists-especially since T-Mobile switched many of their legacy plans with put a serious limit or outright block on data roaming.
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ahh ok. But with the case of getting of carrier unlocked and running a sim from att you're still fine right? Have to figure this out next if say someone gets the T-Mobile one, carrier unlocked can you install the myatt app from the play store or does it get blocked some how saying you aren't on a supported device?
RanceedaW said:
Not to bash or anything, but I don't see why people try to use a phone for one carrier on another. Why not just sell (or trade?) your unlocked T-Mobile S4, for an AT&T S4?
You can still get retail price for the phone if it's in great condition. Then you wouldn't have this issue.
To me, I don't think whether it supports the same bands matter. Use T-Mobile on T-Mobile, AT&T on AT&T, Sprint on Sprint, so on and so forth.
Just my two cents.
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To avoid 2yr contracts, and to get the fastest dl speed.
Hey guys
I read the whole thread and I'm using the $65 data plan which has 1GB on ATT which my questions is which one should I get T-mobile or the international unlocked to get LTE on ATT
lazawrd said:
Hey guys
I read the whole thread and I'm using the $65 data plan which has 1GB on ATT which my questions is which one should I get T-mobile or the international unlocked to get LTE on ATT
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T-mobile.
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