Hi, i have a question, I'm on ATT and i can see my phone alway on 4g but not LTE. I'm a little confused on 4G LTE, which one doesn't it suppose to display? Both are two different thing in term of speed? Thank for respond.
If it says 4G you're on HSPA/HSPA+. If it says 4GLTE you're on LTE. LTE has much higher download and upload speeds than HSPA.
4G as at&t likes to call it is. HSPA/HSPA+ =5 to 10 MEGS download
1 to 3 MEGS upload...
4G/LTE =25MEGS DOWNLOAD & 10 MEGS UPLOAD...
When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
Oh.. okay, i'm sure I have LTE capability, so do i go talk to them or get sim card switch out for LTE? Thanks for input guys.
It could be possible your market doesn have lte. At&t has a very small 4g lte coverage compared to the rest but i think sprint is still the smallest. When at&t says they the best 4g coverage their not reffering to their lte coverage. I believe lte is in mostly major cities like Chicago St. Louis NY LA you catch my drift.. if you live in smaller less popular areas your less likely to have LTE.
gongmonk said:
Oh.. okay, i'm sure I have LTE capability, so do i go talk to them or get sim card switch out for LTE? Thanks for input guys.
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Call AT&T and make sure you are on an LTE data plan. And if you are then it's your area.. I don't have LTE at home but I do at work and Its only about 20 miles from my house to where I work..
When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
Ok I c. Thank you for clearing this up. I'm in Houston. I guess I gotta ask them.
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Ok I c. Thank you for clearing this up. I'm in Houston. I guess I gotta ask them.
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If you are in Houston you should be on LTE. So just give AT&T a call and tell them to put you on an LTE plan..also if you are on a unlimited data plan.the LTE unlimited data plan does not get throttled until 5 gigs. Instead of three..
When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
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If you are in Houston you should be on LTE. So just give AT&T a call and tell them to put you on an LTE plan..also if you are on a unlimited data plan.the LTE unlimited data plan does not get throttled until 5 gigs. Instead of three..
When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
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Also need to ask the obvious- are you using the at&t model of this phone? If not, that could also explain why you aren't getting LTE.
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Yes, i'm on ATT Phone.
AT&T's LTE in the Boston area is between 5-10 mb down & 1-3mb up. My T-Mobile HSPA+ is pushing out over 15 mb down & 3mb up during the day, T-Mobile LTE is over 30mb down & 8 mb up. Real unlimited data with tethering. Just can't beat that.
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AT&T's LTE in the Boston area is between 5-10 mb down & 1-3mb up. My T-Mobile HSPA+ is pushing out over 15 mb down & 3mb up during the day, T-Mobile LTE is over 30mb down & 8 mb up. Real unlimited data with tethering. Just can't beat that.
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Why att wanted to buy T-Mobile. But the FCC said no and so att still had give T-Mobile a whole butt load of money.
That's good that AT&T they can't buy T-Mobile, competition will lower prices. T-Mobile in Houston blows.. Bad signal, low speed, ect.. but they are cheap. Well.. not that cheaper than AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. These days most people use pay as you go or them simple mobile/boost mobile thing. even though those are base off T-mobile which equal same bad quality in Houston.
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Description says it all. When I roam onto Verizons towers I only get. 12Mb/sec which is almost no internet at all. Is there a way to fix this? I know the signle from my tower would give me 2.5-3Mb/sec on my evo just a few weeks ago. Ideas guys? Oh i use Roam Controle to switch over to Verizon if that makes a difference
yeah well the best Sprint 3G I can get in my neighborhood is about .25 Mbps. And it's true for many parts of Manhattan, you can't crack .5 Mbps.
I thought verizon dramatically throttles it for roaming.
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dead78 said:
yeah well the best Sprint 3G I can get in my neighborhood is about .25 Mbps. And it's true for many parts of Manhattan, you can't crack .5 Mbps.
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I dont use 3g much in Manhattan. But where I live(in queens) and where I work and go to school (midtown) I have an awesome 4g signal. When I'm inside, I average anywhere from 6-9mbps and when I'm outside I get about 9-11mbps
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Damn you 4g'ers lol. Kauai doesn't have 4g yet
It all has to do with the 3g radio in the phone...It sucks...I'm in Dallas TX and I get speeds so low I can't load a web site through opera mini. Any other phone I owned Evo4g and 3d where not that slow at all. 4g is not strong enough to keep a signal while moving/driving so I dont use it much.
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Actually, it has all to do with your prl...unless you're on an old or select business prl, almost all current prls only allow 1xrtt data on roaming. So the speeds you are seeing are actually normal 1x speeds
Its confusing though, since our phones seem to be lacking the 1x icon
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Actually, it has all to do with your prl...unless you're on an old or select business prl, almost all current prls only allow 1xrtt data on roaming. So the speeds you are seeing are actually normal 1x speeds
Its confusing though, since our phones seem to be lacking the 1x icon
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This. And it's not just this phone.
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Actually, it has all to do with your prl...unless you're on an old or select business prl, almost all current prls only allow 1xrtt data on roaming. So the speeds you are seeing are actually normal 1x speeds
Its confusing though, since our phones seem to be lacking the 1x icon
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Actually in many areas, the PRL entry for Verizon is defined to search for Verizon 1x signal while also searching for Sprint EV signal. So you could actually be roaming on Verizon for voice, have the EV/3G indicator, but still be using Sprint for EV/3G data.
This can lead to even more confusion.
Can I get a verizon PRL so I can ise there 3g?
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Can I get a verizon PRL so I can ise there 3g?
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Can I get a verizon PRL so I can ise there 3g?
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That's not going to help you...Go to the link he posted above and i am sure no one is successfully roaming on 3g on a Samsung phone. Well not SG2 atleast.
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Description says it all. When I roam onto Verizons towers I only get. 12Mb/sec which is almost no internet at all. Is there a way to fix this? I know the signle from my tower would give me 2.5-3Mb/sec on my evo just a few weeks ago. Ideas guys? Oh i use Roam Controle to switch over to Verizon if that makes a difference
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LOL I normally get about .20mbps on Sprint's terrible 3G network, and still no 4G here in Phoenix.
You have to admit Sprints 3G network is a joke. I was sitting at dinner earlier right next to the tower and I was barely breaking 1mbps.
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That's not going to help you...Go to the link he posted above and i am sure no one is successfully roaming on 3g on a Samsung phone. Well not SG2 atleast.
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Speed? Any LOS's?
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That's not going to help you...Go to the link he posted above and i am sure no one is successfully roaming on 3g on a Samsung phone. Well not SG2 atleast.
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My Moment (August, anyway) was able to roam on 3G in northern Wisconsin. Of course, I believe that that part of AllTel went to Cellular One, not Verizon. That's probably the difference.
In fact, I often got better data speeds in the middle of the forest up north than I do at home in Milwaukee. I usually got 150-200kBs (bytes, not bits) whereas at home, I get 15-20kBs.
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Speed? Any LOS's?
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speed heavily depends on time and location
can be anywhere from 500kbs-1.5mbs but as slow as 200 if the tower is super hogged.
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I dont use 3g much in Manhattan. But where I live(in queens) and where I work and go to school (midtown) I have an awesome 4g signal. When I'm inside, I average anywhere from 6-9mbps and when I'm outside I get about 9-11mbps
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Damn I would kill for those speeds. In midtown manhattan and on 4G I can only get around 5mbps download (standing next to a window) and 350kbps download.
I can't even get 4G signal in my house downtown. I get only 1 or 2 bars for 3G unless I am standing next to a window.
I need to test the speed of the 3G next time I roam.
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From what I understand Verizon does not support 3G roaming with Sprint phones you will only get 1x service. 3G roaming was a deal with Alltel, who got bought out by Verizon and ATT. You are going to get crappy speeds if you are roaming on Verizon.
I have Virgin Mobile and their 3G speed sucks, but I get a good signal. I am paying $25/ month but when I want to upgrade it will switch to $35/ month. I am thinking about getting a galaxy nexus (Unlocked from Google play) but I need to know which carrier? T-Mobile is $30/ month but only had edge speeds in my area, so how fast would that be? Straight talk + AT&T SIM has 4G HSPA+ speeds but costs $45/ month. Which would be best for me? Thanks.
It sounds like AT&T is the logical choice here, as their network is more widespread. Edge speeds are going to be about 200 kbps or less.
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It sounds like AT&T is the logical choice here, as their network is more widespread. Edge speeds are going to be about 200 kbps or less.
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Yeah, I was figuring that Edge sucks!
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It sounds like AT&T is the logical choice here, as their network is more widespread. Edge speeds are going to be about 200 kbps or less.
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I get 500kbps on Edge in Chitown.. barely enough to sometimes be bearable.
Straight Talk AT&T. Don't buy T-Mobile if you know you'll be on EDGE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
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I get 500kbps on Edge in Chitown.. barely enough to sometimes be bearable.
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I am only getting 120kbps in southern New Jersey with virgin, that would be a step up.
Stay away from T-Mo EDGE if you know that's all they have in your area. If they have 3G though, go with them.
http://m.cnet.com/news/t-mobiles-pricier-samsung-galaxy-s3-will-not-get-lte/57460125?ds=1
I hope this is something they are willing to work on, whats a flagship device without all the bells and whistles.
But then theres this, hopes are rising now.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57459728-85/verizon-t-mobile-swap-spectrum-for-mutual-lte-growth/
Thoughts?
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Lol this is long known... (well if you did some research before the phone)
Anyway not a matter to me. First I can't wait til next year to get the lte compatible s3 plus no one knows if they are gonna release a new version of s3. Second lte is fast but it eats up your data and battery. The hspa+ is fine to me.
Don't worry too much about T-Mobile LTE as it will probably wont be complete till either end of 2013 or sometime in 2014 if were lucky. Im banking more on their farming thats going to take place essentially will turn some of their 1.9 spectrum to support hspa+. As it stands they have great HSPA coverage and to me that what counts the most right now. Even verizons LTE isnt deployed everywhere and theyre still working on it. My friend has verizon s3 and yes he does get higher dl speed 20mb avg and I get about 10mb on hspa but i laugh when he cant get LTE in some areas where we hang out and i rub in his face that i still get hspa.
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Lol this is long known... (well if you did some research before the phone)
Anyway not a matter to me. First I can't wait til next year to get the lte compatible s3 plus no one knows if they are gonna release a new version of s3. Second lte is fast but it eats up your data and battery. The hspa+ is fine to me.
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Personally I can't really complain about the network the way it is, I like the coverage I have because of the location I'm at I'm always on 4G so that's not the problem. I just think they should have added the support in the beginning because they knew about it before hand.
Seriously, with HSPA+ being what it is, I am in no hurry to get LTE. I switched over from the Sprint, and I love the way T-mobile's 4G currently works. I have a friend on Verizon and one on AT&T. Verizon LTE has more deadspots than T-mo's current offering and switching between their 3G and 4G is a pain, not to mention it kills battery. Verizon does beat us on download sometimes, and kills us on upload. But for the convenience of having 4G everywhere, T-mo is way better than advertised.
AT&T = Spotty 4G and much weaker HSPA+
Verizon = Much higher prices and still sometimes doesn't have LTE in all the places T-mo has 4G
Sprint = Crappy WiMax, very little LTE, and ABYSMAL 3G
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Seriously, with HSPA+ being what it is, I am in no hurry to get LTE. I switched over from the Sprint, and I love the way T-mobile's 4G currently works. I have a friend on Verizon and one on AT&T. Verizon LTE has more deadspots than T-mo's current offering and switching between their 3G and 4G is a pain, not to mention it kills battery. Verizon does beat us on download sometimes, and kills us on upload. But for the convenience of having 4G everywhere, T-mo is way better than advertised.
AT&T = Spotty 4G and much weaker HSPA+
Verizon = Much higher prices and still sometimes doesn't have LTE in all the places T-mo has 4G
Sprint = Crappy WiMax, very little LTE, and ABYSMAL 3G
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Actually I changed my settings to GSM CDMA (PRL) AUTO and its been really good. Dial pad *#*#4636#*#*
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On the jelly bean leak it has LTE under netowork mode. Idk if TMO will take that out or not when they get to push out the firmware.
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On the jelly bean leak it has LTE under netowork mode. Idk if TMO will take that out or not when they get to push out the firmware.
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I heard about the leak too cant wait to install it tonight.
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Orical said:
I heard about the leak too cant wait to install it tonight.
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No WiFi calling in case you rely on it. And it'll wipe internal sd so make sure you back stuff up.
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Seriously, with HSPA+ being what it is, I am in no hurry to get LTE. I switched over from the Sprint, and I love the way T-mobile's 4G currently works. I have a friend on Verizon and one on AT&T. Verizon LTE has more deadspots than T-mo's current offering and switching between their 3G and 4G is a pain, not to mention it kills battery. Verizon does beat us on download sometimes, and kills us on upload. But for the convenience of having 4G everywhere, T-mo is way better than advertised.
AT&T = Spotty 4G and much weaker HSPA+
Verizon = Much higher prices and still sometimes doesn't have LTE in all the places T-mo has 4G
Sprint = Crappy WiMax, very little LTE, and ABYSMAL 3G
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Nice. Looks like there's a few of us that came from sprint. I wouldn't have switched if weren't for the s3. I had regrets switching at first but not anymore. Specially that we'll have unlimited data option come Sept 5th.
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On the jelly bean leak it has LTE under netowork mode. Idk if TMO will take that out or not when they get to push out the firmware.
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Just because it's there doesn't mean anything. This phone not having LTE isn't a big deal.
Though my downloads do get smoked in Chicago by Verizon LTE if I'm not using Touchwiz.
When I updated it didnt wipe internal sd card or external.v
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Seriously, with HSPA+ being what it is, I am in no hurry to get LTE. I switched over from the Sprint, and I love the way T-mobile's 4G currently works. I have a friend on Verizon and one on AT&T. Verizon LTE has more deadspots than T-mo's current offering and switching between their 3G and 4G is a pain, not to mention it kills battery. Verizon does beat us on download sometimes, and kills us on upload. But for the convenience of having 4G everywhere, T-mo is way better than advertised.
AT&T = Spotty 4G and much weaker HSPA+
Verizon = Much higher prices and still sometimes doesn't have LTE in all the places T-mo has 4G
Sprint = Crappy WiMax, very little LTE, and ABYSMAL 3G
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I agree I had sprint too I can't wait to have unlimited back
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Orical said:
http://m.cnet.com/news/t-mobiles-pricier-samsung-galaxy-s3-will-not-get-lte/57460125?ds=1
I hope this is something they are willing to work on, whats a flagship device without all the bells and whistles.
But then theres this, hopes are rising now.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57459728-85/verizon-t-mobile-swap-spectrum-for-mutual-lte-growth/
Thoughts?
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If T-Mobile put out LTE tomorrow, it wouldn't matter with the T999. The T999 does not have the LTE chip or whatever needed to even pick up a LTE signal.
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Lol this is long known... (well if you did some research before the phone)
Anyway not a matter to me. First I can't wait til next year to get the lte compatible s3 plus no one knows if they are gonna release a new version of s3. Second lte is fast but it eats up your data and battery. The hspa+ is fine to me.
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How does LTE use more data? You mean to tell me that, because it's LTE, that a 5MB file will take up 10MB of data because it's LTE and that HPSA+ will download a 5MB file at exactly 5MB?
might go back to note again..tried the note 1 but returned it for a GS3 before my 30 days return..i dont normally get first gen devices but i miss the note..
i watched the sammy video and said that it will have 3G/4G LTE support so that means the unlocked version will have 3G/4G LTE or only 3G/4G hsap+ on unlocked..?
how much do unlocked note 2 will sell for?
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Well the one for the UK does not have LTE. The Euro one will have LTE but in the States the LTE will not work (different frequencies for LTE). So before you jump out and buy do your research. Buying a Note2 will be much more confusing this time around.
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Well the one for the UK does not have LTE. The Euro one will have LTE but in the States the LTE will not work (different frequencies for LTE). So before you jump out and buy do your research. Buying a Note2 will be much more confusing this time around.
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Will the Note 2 have HSPA 42?
I ask because I plan on using the international version on TMo prepaid once they change their network spectrum.
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Will the Note 2 have HSPA 42?
I ask because I plan on using the international version on TMo prepaid once they change their network spectrum.
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According to T-mobile yes it will do HSPA 42.
http://www.zdnet.com/t-mobile-and-u...amsung-galaxy-note-ii-coming-soon-7000004497/
I am thinking of doing the same thing as you. I live in NY and TMO already starting to change over here.
what data speed will i have if i get the unlocked version on the NOTE 2 running on ATT? hspa+? what are top peek speeds on data on that? if the unlocked NOTE 2 can run on ATT hspa+ network.. 3G is fine on ATT for web/email/msg ect.. but i want to get at least 4G+ speeds for watching videos/downloading bigger files...
thanks..
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what data speed will i have if i get the unlocked version on the NOTE 2 running on ATT? hspa+? what are top peek speeds on data on that? if the unlocked NOTE 2 can run on ATT hspa+ network.. 3G is fine on ATT for web/email/msg ect.. but i want to get at least 4G+ speeds for watching videos/downloading bigger files...
thanks..
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I am on Long Island, NY and I have straight talk which uses Att hspa+ network.
My downloads avg about 5-6mbps and my uploads about 1mbps.
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I am on Long Island, NY and I have straight talk which uses Att hspa+ network.
My downloads avg about 5-6mbps and my uploads about 1mbps.
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thats the max upload/down speeds on HSPA+ on ATT? does att have good coverage in your area?
what do HSPA+ max data speeds?
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thats the max upload/down speeds on HSPA+ on ATT? does att have good coverage in your area?
what do HSPA+ max data speeds?
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I dont know if thats the max speeds. Thats what I normally get in NYC and on parts of Long Island. Coverage so far has been good. Not many places I have been to that doesnt have coverage.
Does the Unlocked T-Mobile Note 2 work with AT&T's Proper LTE?
Hi there. So I have been using my phone in Simple Mobile and was wondering if making a jump to T Mobile would make difference in the data speeds as they are laying down the new towers and all.
So is anyone using their N7100s on T Mobile? If so please tell me how good are the data speeds and if you are from Chicago even better.
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Hi there. So I have been using my phone in Simple Mobile and was wondering if making a jump to T Mobile would make difference in the data speeds as they are laying down the new towers and all.
So is anyone using their N7100s on T Mobile? If so please tell me how good are the data speeds and if you are from Chicago even better.
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Hi
I activated a tmobile online only offer, 30$ for 100 min, unlimited text and first 5 gb at 4g speeds. The phone can't get 4g but it's still fast, when it's in a refarmed area. I'm living in DC and I say "as long" because even though DC should be all refarmed, as I go to work I often go to edge... I guess it's just based on the different towers and the phone switching from one another... Unluckily I work in an area without a refarmed tower...
I was so frustrated that I bought a nexus 4 to always have h+! Used it 2 weeks and went back to the Note today... I just like it better, even if with the h+/edge thing going on...
I am considering on getting straightalk, so that I can go on an att network. I believe the phone would work fine and att should have better coverage. I still have to look into it. I don't know if it would be h+ but having always 3g is better than having h+ sometimes...
With straight talk att you would get hspa+ (4). I'm curious about the t mobile service working though.
The N7100 will only get edge data on TMobile's network. Yes TMobile is moving their HSPA+ to 1900 Mhz but it is nowhere near complete and even cities that people claim are already converted have spotty coverage. Sell your N7100 and buy a TMobile Note2 or buy an ATT Note2 and do the AWS mod to it. For the transition, it's best to have a phone that covers both 1700 and 1900. Note2s are dropping in price. I just bought 2 like new TMobile Notes for $400 each.
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totally agree with you on that...
did you buy it new for that price? where?
I'm still hoping that little by little they will improve the coverage... but it seems pretty stuck now, 2 months and still the same coverage...
I'll just wait for the note 3 to come out...