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
tiguy99 said:
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.
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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.
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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+ ?
marcopolo1 said:
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...
marcopolo1 said:
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)
So I know that we only get HSPA+ but at&t has 4g lte is it possible for this phone to get that signal by rooting it anyone heard anything about this or is this impossible
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As far as I know, nope. The Tegra 2 doesn't support it.
If I were to unlock this phone could I get 4g speeds from a diffrent network?
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Lte is in a limited market right now and will be for awhile
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jayjayjoker2 said:
So I know that we only get HSPA+ but at&t has 4g lte is it possible for this phone to get that signal by rooting it anyone heard anything about this or is this impossible
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According to GSMArena, the i927 utilizes the following frequencies:
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
I'd say that makes it a definite 'no' on the 4g...
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hey guys want to get the T989 i googled a bit but found nothing... the frequency that is not supported id the 900mhz one. And eplus is my network operator they use this band only in tiny citys or little place´s in the country... i live near Cologne so i dont think this band is used so much.
sorry for my english:fingers-crossed:
would be nice if someone can help.
rikusuicide said:
hey guys want to get the T989 i googled a bit but found nothing... the frequency that is not supported id the 900mhz one. And eplus is my network operator they use this band only in tiny citys or little place´s in the country... i live near Cologne so i dont think this band is used so much.
sorry for my english:fingers-crossed:
would be nice if someone can help.
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You want to see which band is your 3g hspda or whatever and hope it's not the 900 band.
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Teo032 said:
You want to see which band is your 3g hspda or whatever and hope it's not the 900 band.
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so i think at my parents home i just wil get edge and near cologne it will be 3g. or hope so :silly:
my network operator uses 2100 band in big citys and near them. have an tmobile hd2 i get 3g here and at my parents home just edge.
rikusuicide said:
so i think at my parents home i just wil get edge and near cologne it will be 3g. or hope so :silly:
my network operator uses 2100 band in big citys and near them. have an tmobile hd2 i get 3g here and at my parents home just edge.
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Yeah it'll be the same. Sounds like your company uses the same bands as Tmobile.
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great thank you for your help
Had to issues with my T989 in Europe.
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Had to issues with my T989 in Europe.
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You had issues? Did you unlock it?
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Hi everyone, I have a question regarding the HSPA+42 capabilities of the T889. Does it only get HSPA+42 on the AWS frequency or other frequencies as well?
Hi, i think t mobiles 1900Mhz is not 42 everywhere yet.Im getting 17 mbits at my home on 1700MHz and 7Mbits on 1900Mhz.But at some places speed and signal are better on 1900Mhz mostly in areas where hspa+ on 1700 is weak - thats only my opinion.So yes i think note 2 can reach 42 on every frequency compatible with hspa+
Who do I change AWS frequency?
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Wcdma 1700 mhz only not gsm at 1700mhz right
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jpeps3 said:
Wcdma 1700 mhz only not gsm at 1700mhz right
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yes
does the phone automatically work on all the bands? or does it stick to a particular one? should i go through that menu and press all frequencies? thanks!
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does the phone automatically work on all the bands? or does it stick to a particular one? should i go through that menu and press all frequencies? thanks!
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I think default for all 3g phones from t mobile is 1700.Even if you choose all frequencys the phone gets connected on 1700.
What are the defunct setting ??
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Is it possible to buy an AT&T Galaxy S4 and flash a T-Mobile Radio onto it to get 4G? (Anything but EDGE)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
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That's not really what he's looking for...
OP the only way to get 4g with T-Mobile on a non T-Mobile branded device is if you are in the 1900MHz 4g spectrum. T-Mobile uses 1700MHz for their high speed data. A couple areas may have 1900MHz spectrum but most are 1700MHz. I've been testing my areas out and every area I've been has the 1700MHz frequency. I was thinking of getting the s4 active from att and using it on my T-Mobile phone. But not anymore lol
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elesbb said:
That's not really what he's looking for...
OP the only way to get 4g with T-Mobile on a non T-Mobile branded device is if you are in the 1900MHz 4g spectrum. T-Mobile uses 1700MHz for their high speed data. A couple areas may have 1900MHz spectrum but most are 1700MHz. I've been testing my areas out and every area I've been has the 1700MHz frequency. I was thinking of getting the s4 active from att and using it on my T-Mobile phone. But not anymore lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291589
Would that be more the speed of what would be needed?
lordcheeto03 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291589
Would that be more the speed of what would be needed?
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Yes air! However I don't think the att variant of the s4 has the frequencies for aws. I'd have to look it up on GSMarena.com
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Yes air! However I don't think the att variant of the s4 has the frequencies for aws. I'd have to look it up on GSMarena.com
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That guide is supposed to enable aws. I assumed the ATT had the correct frequencies but they were disabled.
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lordcheeto03 said:
That guide is supposed to enable aws. I assumed the ATT had the correct frequencies but they were disabled.
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Acording to GMSArena the ATT S4 does not support 1700MHz frequency. And they go off of what the hardware is capable of, not what carrier/samsung says.. I would like to see a *#2263# WCDMA screenshot of one of the ATT S4s whos gone and done that mod/patch.
Im not saying its not possible, im just very skeptical of it is all. Which is why i kept my T-Mobile S4