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Spotty data where others have great speeds?

My girlfriends defy has really spotty data. Ill have my vibrant right next to her defy and get great data but hers will just turn off.
Anyone else have spotty data?
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richiehd said:
My girlfriends defy has really spotty data. Ill have my vibrant right next to her defy and get great data but hers will just turn off.
Anyone else have spotty data?
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my Defy is the same way - crappy data service from tmobile

Its gotta be a hardware or software issue because like I said, I have tmo as well and have no issue with data right next to her.
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I have a Defy, not rooted, with the current update and have no data issues. However, a really freaky thing occurred last weekend. I was LAX running on a Hotspot, getting wifi but no wifi calling. Arrived in SF, Hotspot, same issue. Then, out in the real world took two hours for the phone to find 3G. Called T-Mo and they had me install a uicc sim and now runs like an ace (or, as when it was new). You might try the sim upgrade.

I'm sure its a mix of software and hardware... I don't know if or when we will see a Radio updatefor the defy... But most of all its T-mobiles celluar tower service, they are the worst of the worst for a national provider. At&T is a much better GSM provider, they just got bad press with that Sh!t I-Phone.
If I could afford Verizon I would go with Cdma tech, its better then the 30 year old GSM tech
richiehd said:
Its gotta be a hardware or software issue because like I said, I have tmo as well and have no issue with data right next to her.
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[Q] Wifi Calling GPS??

Every time I turn on WiFi and it initiates WiFi Calling, I notice that the GPS signal comes on for about 5-10seconds. Why would it pull my GPS location when starting WiFi calling?
Is this for 911 calling (hopefully), or is this to prevent you from using WiFi calling internationally to make free calls back home to the US?

Probably to bill international callers
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iwasblown said:
Probably to bill international callers
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That is what I am worried about. I am actually headed to Canada tomorrow and thinking I want to try it from a Tim Hortons or something but I am a little bit chicken haha.
It doesn't seem fair that they would do that... It doesn't matter/cost anything to them where I am connecting over WiFi from as long as I am not connecting via a tower.

atrade said:
That is what I am worried about. I am actually headed to Canada tomorrow and thinking I want to try it from a Tim Hortons or something but I am a little bit chicken haha.
It doesn't seem fair that they would do that... It doesn't matter/cost anything to them where I am connecting over WiFi from as long as I am not connecting via a tower.
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Just use google voice free calls to from U.S to canada or use a sip account.

I don't think for international billing. What if you are in the building or basement where no GPS signal. In addition, if they want, they still could check ip address.
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hyl4me said:
I don't think for international billing. What if you are in the building or basement where no GPS signal. In addition, if they want, they still could check ip address.
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ip is assigned by t-mobile, so it wouldn't necessarily very by location.
while yes, they could look it up, that would use their resources, and they would much rather use your battery and abuse your privacy.

danielblakes said:
ip is assigned by t-mobile, so it wouldn't necessarily very by location.
while yes, they could look it up, that would use their resources, and they would much rather use your battery and abuse your privacy.
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No, I mean the source IP which uses to connect to wifi calling unless you run through proxy, then it could be you are in US and have European ip .....But it is so true that "they would much rather use your battery and abuse your privacy"

Bump. I have been noticing this since updating to ICS. How do I get it to stop?

Tmobile sucks

T-Mobile is really spotty in some states thought they had better coverage

Could be a tower issue...plus your complaining about cancelling your service over the fact you get edge...just so you know T-Mobile is in the works right now restructuring there network/towers...plus integrating LTE too...dont give up!
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Yup sure am I pay a 100 dollar phone bill and I'm on technology that's outdated not cool. I should never have a bad signal in a major city total bs. Even the T-Mobile rep said I shouldn't be on edge and he said all the towers are up and running none bring updated

Stupid question but did you try powering down, pull the battery, wait about 5 minutes and reboot?
Also, are you on the latest radio?
I'm almost willing to bet it's on your end and not T-Mobile...
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uoY_redruM said:
Stupid question but did you try powering down, pull the battery, wait about 5 minutes and reboot?
Also, are you on the latest radio?
I'm almost willing to bet it's on your end and not T-Mobile...
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Not sure if Im on the latest radio I dont like flashing radios unless I know for sure itll help. Ill power her down and reboot and she how she does

Dano79 said:
Yup sure am I pay a 100 dollar phone bill and I'm on technology that's outdated not cool. I should never have a bad signal in a major city total bs. Even the T-Mobile rep said I shouldn't be on edge and he said all the towers are up and running none bring updated
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Well the technology you're 'on' isn't outdated and if the tmobile rep says that shouldn't be the case probably means that there's some other issue. And do you usually have bad service? I probably wouldn't change service since it's poor in an area your visiting temporarily... If it's not bad service where you usually live... And were you asking for advice or did you just want to vent to everyone?
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That is quite ironic, because when I was visiting family in Philly/DE/NJ I was getting excellent 4G around 10GB download speeds and great voice coverage.
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We were having some issues too over here in south texas, they are probably just updating the towers like they were over here. Working great now
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I got only EDGE while visiting my dad. My reaction was to be stoked because I expected only GPRS or nothing at all. It's not like I'm there very often - it doesn't really matter. Even if he lived a few miles over in the "major city" nearby, it's not like I'm there for a significant portion of my life. That'd be like cancelling my service if it was crap when I was visiting my grandparents in Massachusetts - I'm there.. what, a week a year ? Whoopee. Unless you're in college and visiting this family for months at a time... what's the big deal ?
And paying $100/mo on T-Mobile ? Why ? How ? I went with T-Mobile because I DIDN'T want that kind of ridiculous bill - and because they specifically offer plans that aren't that high.
They have an unlimited everything pre-paid for $70/mo - still lower than others. I'm on the $30/mo pre-paid plan.

Yeah, tmos coverage is pretty spotty. At my house I'll randomly switch from fast 4g to 2g, even if i didnt move the phone.
Pay the extra loot and switch to Verizon if you want epic signal.
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Yesterday i went to upstate new york and mistakenly i forget to put gps on my car so i had to be dependent on phone gps BUT BUT there was no 4g at all. Not even full Edge. My friend has att and he had two bars of 4G LTE but my network was making me feel like ****.
I wish i can cancel it but have 4 lines in order to get new phones

T-Mobile has pretty spotty coverage outside of urban areas, whenever I go on a road trip I spend most of it on edge.

CitrixLemon said:
T-Mobile has pretty spotty coverage outside of urban areas, whenever I go on a road trip I spend most of it on edge.
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Ok cool so its not just me from what it sounds like. Now I know why t mobile is losing a lot of there post paid accounts most likely from there spotty network

I came from 2 years on att to simple mobile but I can speak on the t mobile signal quality. Compared to att, it should be known that t mobile service is a heck more spotty than others and your data will suffer big time. I went to the middle of no where a few months back with a friend that had att, I had 1 bar and edge in an open field while he had 2 bars with hspa+. He didn't have an lte phone at the time but from experience, att has better coverage. In the same areas t mobile is said to have good coverage and truthfully, although t mobile will roll out lte, I doubt it will be as good. I searched for their new towers, and they have over 10 new ones in Manhattan all clustered up so yeah, t mobile has the best coverage in the ny central park region. Going back to att when I get a job and am able to pay for my own cell. For the time being, simply mobile works good. T mobile will be getting better and better through the years
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LMAO @ OP... Cancel service because one time you traveled out of Colorado you don't get 4g??? I mean, if u went to Philly often u would have known this already I'm sure, so its apparent u don't travel to Philly often.
Was a thread really needed? Think if everyone that traveled to an edge location complained and threatened to leave their provider on an internet forum... LOL do whatever u want dude... we really don't care.
Hope u can find enough signal in Philly to read the threads comments
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Sorry but I like things to work when I pay 500 out of pocket for a phone. Your phone should be running tip top in every major city no reason for this in 2013. Do some research about t mobile they lost a good bit of post paid customers so Im not the only one that thinks their trash. Their also one of the 3rd most hated companies in the US. I follow them on google plus if anyone needs some citations.

How can you be one of the 3rd? Arent you either 3rd or you are not?
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Whatever have fun with your trash network.

you're your, there their there one of the third? Weigh it for what it's worth......

Good riddance, go pay more for the same service on VZW like all the other dummies, more bandwidth for me, not that I'm lacking any here

Is it Possible to Connect to Other Carrier's Data Networks?

I'm on a rooted T-Mobile phone running CM10.1 nightlies and have T-Mobile as my carrier. I go to the Catskills a lot, and, except when I'm in a "big" town, I'm on Edge (literally and figuratively). I'm told that AT&T and Verizon have better infrastructure up there than does T-Mobile.
I tried enabling national data roaming and selecting LTE/GSM/WCDMA under network mode settings, but then when I search for network operators it takes forever and doesn't find anything.
What do I need to do to be able to connect to the other carriers' networks, or is it even possible?
Thanks for any advice.

I almost sure that your account needs to have roaming data enabled and carriers to have roaming agreement. I remember during storm Sandy Tmo and Att shared towers for a while and phone automatically connected to stronger provider. This is not phone issue. Other providers not allowing you on theirs networks.
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In short. No. You can't. There are some areas where we can roam on att but they're limited ans you only get 50 megs of domestic roaming data.
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Thanks very much for your responses. I guess I'll look into getting another phone on one of those other carriers. Maybe prepaid for only when I go up there. Or maybe just a prepaid sim, if that even exists. I never researched it.

Thursday my Note 2 popped onto AT&T randomly. I just happened to be looking at my signal widget and it showed at&t, I was in a decent tmo location as well but on wifi. Wierd.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

I have seen my phone connected to att and also 311660.. which I believe is MetroPCS
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ktetreault14 said:
I have seen my phone connected to att and also 311660.. which I believe is MetroPCS
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Could you use data/calls on metro?
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GN2Rabbit said:
Could you use data/calls on metro?
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The last time it happened to me, Calls worked just fine. I got to test data since I blew through the roaming limi.
But this was last year when I had the One S. It even had 4G/HSPA on AT&T. Except the roaming limit was so low I blew through it in a few minutes.
I should also mention this happened to me when I was driving through/in Colorado/Arizona

"Death Grip"?

Hey guys, Not sure if this is normal or not, but in my house I get 1 bar signal with the phone bare and laying on the table. If I put my case on it (Spigen Slim Armor View) it loses that one bar. (without case I get 101-DBm, with the case it jumps to 109-DBm or so. I thought it was the case at first but than I remembered the "death grip" so I put my hands on both sides of the phone while it was laying on the table and it lost the bar from my hands covering the sides.
The case i have can be taken apart into three pieces. I stripped it down to JUST the TPU part and put that on the phone, and it still loses it just with the TPU part of the case on it. Originally I figured I'd just get a different case to use at home where I have low signal but it seems I can't even use a regular TPU case without it dropping the signal...
Anyone else in low services area's experiencing the same?
(Note: I have a T-mobile S4, but its unlocked and running on AT&T's network. Not sure if that matters but I figured since the phone itself is T-mobile I'd post here)

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Do you get 4g lte or just 4G/hspa?

seeming you only get 1 bar in your house, i would assume any little thing would disrupt your 1 par, since its so weak in the first place. This is the reason why i love wifi calling so much because if i didnt have it, id be in the same boat as you

Adam0524 said:
Do you get 4g lte or just 4G/hspa?
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Outside my front door I get LTE, as soon as I walk inside my door I lose it.
TheAtheistOtaku said:
seeming you only get 1 bar in your house, i would assume any little thing would disrupt your 1 par, since its so weak in the first place. This is the reason why i love wifi calling so much because if i didnt have it, id be in the same boat as you
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Yeah Wifi calling is cool but I don't make many phone calls anyway, the only problem is the 1 bar of signal is enough to receive text messages. If I have my case on and it loses that 1 bar, I get text messages about 45 minutes after they're sent to me. Which is really annoying since I hate leaving my phone bare in order to get my texts on time... Guess that's the price I pay from going to AT&T from Verizon network.
Their coverage map shows "Good" at my address (Which it is, OUTSIDE) but inside any building its garbage.

SemiGamer said:
Outside my front door I get LTE, as soon as I walk inside my door I lose it.
Yeah Wifi calling is cool but I don't make many phone calls anyway, the only problem is the 1 bar of signal is enough to receive text messages. If I have my case on and it loses that 1 bar, I get text messages about 45 minutes after they're sent to me. Which is really annoying since I hate leaving my phone bare in order to get my texts on time... Guess that's the price I pay from going to AT&T from Verizon network.
Their coverage map shows "Good" at my address (Which it is, OUTSIDE) but inside any building its garbage.
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your building is just probably old and is made of something that significantly reduces cell phone signal. ANd you do know, that you can send and receive texts, mms and all that jazz with wifi calling too, its not just for calling despite it being called that

TheAtheistOtaku said:
your building is just probably old and is made of something that significantly reduces cell phone signal. ANd you do know, that you can send and receive texts, mms and all that jazz with wifi calling too, its not just for calling despite it being called that
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Unfortunately not, the building is 4 years old. And it happens in all the buildings in my area, restaurants, walmart, neighbors houses, etc.
And I didn't know that, however I'm on AT&T and they don't have it. Maybe I'll give T-mobile a shot but their service in my area is even worse than AT&T lol. Do they do Wifi-calling with Pre-paid?

SemiGamer said:
Unfortunately not, the building is 4 years old. And it happens in all the buildings in my area, restaurants, walmart, neighbors houses, etc.
And I didn't know that, however I'm on AT&T and they don't have it. Maybe I'll give T-mobile a shot but their service in my area is even worse than AT&T lol. Do they do Wifi-calling with Pre-paid?
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as long as you have a tmobile sim and a touchwiz tmobile based rom then yes, it will work on any plan. im on the $30 prepaid myself
or you can look into getting a signal repeater for at&t

SemiGamer said:
(Note: I have a T-mobile S4, but its unlocked and running on AT&T's network. Not sure if that matters but I figured since the phone itself is T-mobile I'd post here)
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Switch to Tmobile and use wifi calling.

Gunkk said:
Switch to Tmobile and use wifi calling.
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Wouldn't recommend it if his coverage is Crap outside the house with tmobile.
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Dial *#2263# and select Lte Gsm only. That will help your signal
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alloycowboy said:
Dial *#2263# and select Lte Gsm only. That will help your signal
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Agreed. Or spend the money for a cell phone repeater. They are worth it trust me i love having full bars in my house again even though outside i only get 1 bar

elesbb said:
Agreed. Or spend the money for a cell phone repeater. They are worth it trust me i love having full bars in my house again even though outside i only get 1 bar
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I'll look into a repeater. However I'm still young and my credit isn't very established yet, and I hear AT&T usually requires a lot of money upfront to start an account. (I use their prepaid $60 plan currently)
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Dial *#2263# and select Lte Gsm only. That will help your signal
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Just did it, thank you, I'll post back with results after using it today.
Note: in Network Mode under Settings on the device, if its on GSM/WDMA Auto, it stills shows Connected to LTE:14 under Status. Is it forced onto LTE now no matter what mode the network Mode setting is set to?
Gunkk said:
Switch to Tmobile and use wifi calling.
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T-mobile has 0 bars even outside of my house. Not an option.

SemiGamer said:
I'll look into a repeater. However I'm still young and my credit isn't very established yet, and I hear AT&T usually requires a lot of money upfront to start an account. (I use their prepaid $60 plan currently)
Just did it, thank you, I'll post back with results after using it today.
Note: in Network Mode under Settings on the device, if its on GSM/WDMA Auto, it stills shows Connected to LTE:14 under Status. Is it forced onto LTE now no matter what mode the network Mode setting is set to?
T-mobile has 0 bars even outside of my house. Not an option.
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Yes...its forced to LTE GSM. But once your out of a LTE area you need to dial *#2263# again and choose "automatic". I will then go 4g
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alloycowboy said:
Yes...its forced to LTE GSM. But once your out of a LTE area you need to dial *#2263# again and choose "automatic". I will then go 4g
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I go back and forth between the two
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alloycowboy said:
Yes...its forced to LTE GSM. But once your out of a LTE area you need to dial *#2263# again and choose "automatic". I will then go 4g
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I go back and forth between the two
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I see, however inside my house I don't get LTE (well it goes in and out, but the speeds are like 1mb down and 0.50 up when it does connect) So should I continue to keep it on automatic at home? (Data doesn't matter though, I run on Wifi at home, its just signal strength that I need increased so if the LTE/GSM setting is best for better reception I'll keep it on that at home anyway.

SemiGamer said:
I see, however inside my house I don't get LTE (well it goes in and out, but the speeds are like 1mb down and 0.50 up when it does connect) So should I continue to keep it on automatic at home?
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I would put it on which ever one gives you the best reception
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