I've tried various radios from US carriers that I read good reviews about over and over again, however whenever I use anything other than the Telus or Koodoo radios, I have major connectivity issues. I recover the original APN's from before that work but these other radios just don't seem compatible.
Are there any Canadian users that have success with the newer US radios? Also fwiw, I'm western Canada.
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I'm happy with my tlle4. Been using it awhile....no desire to use another. But.....I have used a couple older T-Mobile modems before....and they were OK....just not as good of a signal and I'm in the boonies....need all the bars I can get.
Sorry but I can't recall the ones I used. No harm in trying them and seeing what works for you. Me tho....sticking with tlle4.
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On UVLI1 no problem even in Alberta past fort McMurray...
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On UVLI1 no problem even in Alberta past fort McMurray...
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Same results on uvli4
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blaze 4g lb7 over here in ontario, works fine
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How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
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This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
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What he said.
It's pretty much the same as your existing T-Mobile phone, if not.. better.
what he said, but.....
it also depends on which radio you have installed. Samsung has a handful of different5 radios depending o where the phone was originally marketed for. All are basic GSM 5-band capable but each one has minor tweaks for specific networks. There are several threads on here debating which radio works best. Do a search if you are interested. For mine, the XXKK6 radio it arrived with (ordered from the UK) gets comparable reception to any other phone I have used on T-Mobile. You can see the radio version under settings .. about phone .. baseband version. Changing radios is easily done if rooted and you have basic mod skills.
My service wasn't the best at first but after I flashed UGKL1 radio my data speeds on HSPA+ went from 2mbs down up to 10mbs consistently.
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As good as any other quality T-Mobile phone.
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So this phone is compatible with T-Mobile with no problems right?? I'm debating on the galaxy nexus n the white T-Mobile gs2
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Everyone said yes..
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Everyone said yes..
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Thank you!!
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I'm trying different radios. Wanted to know what radios ppl had the best service with.
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Newer radios is the go.
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I got a question on this..
From what I gather, radios are updated from sprint?
And not from HTC?
Thus if you are using this phone outside of the states updating the radios is not going to do you a lot of good?
Am i thinking right on this or off track?
In my case i am using this phone in china on china telcom cdma network.
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I'm using an at&t galaxy s2 unlocked for use on T-Mobile with a very nice JB ROM and can't seem to find a suitable radio to get 4g speed.
I was using the blaze radio when I was on ICS ROMS and got very fast 4g speeds, however now I'm on JB, I would like to have back a 4g connection. I'm in the Atlanta area, and travel to Florida gulf coast area for business twice a week and really need a good connection on the road.
Anyone...
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I'm using an at&t galaxy s2 unlocked for use on T-Mobile with a very nice JB ROM and can't seem to find a suitable radio to get 4g speed.
I was using the blaze radio when I was on ICS ROMS and got very fast 4g speeds, however now I'm on JB, I would like to have back a 4g connection. I'm in the Atlanta area, and travel to Florida gulf coast area for business twice a week and really need a good connection on the road.
Anyone...
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Your in the wrong section my nig... Go to q&a before scorpion does his fatality on you
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Your in the wrong section my nig... Go to q&a before scorpion does his fatality on you
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For some reason, this made me laugh SO HARD. Bravo, sir :thumbup:
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Thanks... but I desperately need help, and was hoping to get an answer here
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Thanks... but I desperately need help, and was hoping to get an answer here
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No bro, this is for development ONLY. You have a question , go to Q&A. Pm a mod to move it.
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You are using a skyrocket on T-Mobile. Are you looking for lte or T-Mobile hspa+? T-Mobile does not have lte yet. Doesn't matter what radio you use that works with the skyrocket you'll never get lte on T-Mobile.
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You are using a skyrocket on T-Mobile. Are you looking for lte or T-Mobile hspa+? T-Mobile does not have lte yet. Doesn't matter what radio you use that works with the skyrocket you'll never get lte on T-Mobile.
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funny....but I've been getting 4g when using ICS ROMS on the same phone on T-Mobile, as a matter of fact, I've never used this phone on at&t
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Are you asking about 4glte or 3g+ what T-Mobile refers to as 4g?
ooops
Usually on unlocked phones using a different carrier you only get edge.. your lucky if you even got 3g
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Usually on unlocked phones using a different carrier you only get edge.. your lucky if you even got 3g
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Well this is wrong. A lot of the new quad and penta bands gets 3g+ on any network.
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Are you asking about 4glte or 3g+ what T-Mobile refers to as 4g?
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Ok, I really just need to know what radios are available, and where I can find them, and I'll try to see which one works best for me in my area.... maybe I'd just go back to ICS and the blaze radio, and be done with it, cause I seem to be getting nowhere with this 3g 4g lte, conversation, beginning to feel sorry that I asked
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Curious what radios and prl combo are giving you the best results?
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Curious what radios and prl combo are giving you the best results?
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Im in lexington in the middle of flashing a rom but i was on LI3 and it was real good. Sprint seems to have spotty service out here though
Okay yeah I flashed the LJ7 Modem and have been getting good signal.. I'm downtown by USC
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Okay yeah I flashed the LJ7 Modem and have been getting good signal.. I'm downtown by USC
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Sweet man always cool to see a local on here im getting ready to try that one now. What rom ya using?
sweet!
I'm running the LJ7 leak sextape and Freeza put out
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Ik this is completely off topic lol but I noticed that your avatar pic is the game ***** my best friend is committed to them he's Alan Knott have you heard of him?
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Charlotte here. Who care about 3g with in 15 days HELLO LTE!!!!
Have any of you guys gotten the JB ota update?
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Im running LIG here in RockyMount NC works well for me so far..
1)What modem/baseband/radio are you currently using?
2)What rom are you currently using?
3)How are your data speeds while on mobile data with said modem/baseband/radio?
4)Have you flashed any scripts/tweaks or use any apps to assist with your mobile data speeds?
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After using the LJ7 Modem for the last couple days I've noticed slower speeds and I do not get signal at work.
I had none of these issues when using the LJ1 modem.
Flashed it back and right away better signal at work. I'm in downtown Columbia
I'm also using PRL 24006 and am running LJ7
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Hi guys. I'm in Winston Salem and have a Galaxy Note 2. Friend of mine has the GalaxyS3. I was wandering has Sprint sent you guys the ota yet? He keeps checking but it says no update available. Let me know when you LTE down there. I'll drive down to check it out one week end.
So as the title states I need some help. I'm trying to get a phone and its an unlocked at&t s3 and I'm trying to figure out if it will work well on our T-Mobile carrier. Will I get 4g can I get SMS? Any help?
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Yes, I'm using one right now and I get "4g" and 4g LTE as well.. "4g" might not have as good coverage depending on your area because it will use the 1900 frequency T-Mobile has recently started to roll out instead of the 1700 that T-Mobile mainly has for 3g/hspa.. But LTE will work just fine, and it is fast! heck you will even get WiFi calling as long as you flash a T-Mobile based ROM
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Yes, I'm using one right now and I get "4g" and 4g LTE as well.. "4g" might not have as good coverage depending on your area because it will use the 1900 frequency T-Mobile has recently started to roll out instead of the 1700 that T-Mobile mainly has for 3g/hspa.. But LTE will work just fine, and it is fast! heck you will even get WiFi calling as long as you flash a T-Mobile based ROM
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Can't you just flash a T-Mobile baseband? And also if it'd and at&t phone how can you flash a T-Mobile s3 ROM?
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No do NOT flash a T-Mobile baseband.. Only stick with at&t basebands or bootloaders.. The only thing you can safely flash is Roms and kernels.. You can flash roms through recovery and most should work just fine.. And BTW there actually is a mod on the at&t thread to enable the 1700 aws, but the mod wipes after a reboot and you must do it every time you reboot.. It doesn't sound that bad, so you might want to try it out if you end up getting it and have bad or no 3g/h with 1900 in your area
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So I can flash a T-Mobile s3 room
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Yes as he said you can flash roms and kernels nothing else.
And dont be confused and think a rom is equivalent to firmware. Its not.
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Yes as he said you can flash roms and kernels nothing else.
And dont be confused and think a rom is equivalent to firmware. Its not.
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Well I know that I was just a little confused as to the way he worded it. So I've tried reading over their some but so far all I've come up with are old threads where people were trying to get 3g to work. Supposedly its permanent any idea how I can tell what frequency my location runs on
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I'm pretty sure there is. I think it may be a dialer code that you can use to go in and test to find out. Cant remember for sure, but thought I'd mention it in case it helps someone else answer or helps your search.
If you aren't able to find anything ill try to remember to look later tonight.
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If what I think this is says right here. https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v2/discussions/40516 and this says what I think.it says http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_i747-4803.php with a at&t version I should be able to access tmobiles 4g and 4g late since its on the 2100 frequency
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Tmobiles hspa+42 and lte will be on the 1700 and 1900 bands. Not aware of tmob using 2100.
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Tmobiles hspa+42 and lte will be on the 1700 and 1900 bands. Not aware of tmob using 2100.
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But doesn't the article say that they're moving 3g to 1900 and then 1700 will be for HSDPA+ and 2100 will be for lte
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My bad, you were right. I had things a bit mixed up I guess!
Sorry for the confusion.
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Though, they will only be able to offer hspa+42 on the aws spectrum I believe. And it'll only account for a small portion in the end.
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So basically they're expecting most phones to support lte. Does the s3 from at&t support was?
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So basically they're expecting most phones to support lte. Does the s3 from at&t support was?
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That I'm not sure about. I want to say it does, but I'm not confident enough to say for sure.
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these are the two threads i was able to find about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344627
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771021
the first one is the newest method and the one that won't stick after reboots.. the second one will downgrade the phone to ics, and people are saying that flashing a t999 recovery and then a tmo jb rom will still keep 1700 enabled but i haven't tried any of them
Well you guys thanks for the help. Now I just have to actually find a new phone
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Hey guys I'm back with another question about that thread you posted. For one (I've been reading about it but for now am totally co fused) I will be able to flash any of the ROMs by is right so if I do the second method I can still flash 4.2.2?
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these are the two threads i was able to find about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344627
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771021
the first one is the newest method and the one that won't stick after reboots.. the second one will downgrade the phone to ics, and people are saying that flashing a t999 recovery and then a tmo jb rom will still keep 1700 enabled but i haven't tried any of them
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And also which method did you use personally to get T-Mobile service. If your getting 4g then I will be following your lead
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