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Will the att sgs3 work on tmobiles 3g/4g network?
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Anyone?
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No.
U have to at least unlock it.
Then go to specs of AT&T vs T-mobile frequencies. See what's supported. And then u'll see the light.
It will work as long as you first get it sim unlocked then flash the Tmobile Radio. Then you'll get Tmo's 4G.
babymatteo said:
It will work as long as you first get it sim unlocked then flash the Tmobile Radio. Then you'll get Tmo's 4G.
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I know note can do this but have you or anyone that you might know have tried this to be sure enough ?
vikramdhani said:
I know note can do this but have you or anyone that you might know have tried this to be sure enough ?
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I have both phones, an ATT SGS3 and the T-mobile Note 2. The SGS3 will work on TMO, but you get Edge data, not 4G. I don't know if you can actually unlock the TMO radio to get 4G. I don't that the phone actually has it and so far haven't found anyone that's done that.
I got my unlocked s3 so I can use it on T-Mobile and hate edge so I was wondering if flashing the blaze modem would allow me to get 4g like the at&t galaxy note did.
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Blaze is a .gs2, it would probably brick. I wouldn't risk it. If anything I'd try the t-mobile .gs3 radio.
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I need to know if someone has done this and gotten it to work the tmo gs3 modem if the blaze doesnt
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horr1blek1tten said:
I got my unlocked s3 so I can use it on T-Mobile and hate edge so I was wondering if flashing the blaze modem would allow me to get 4g like the at&t galaxy note did.
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I been thinking...instead of messing with all that and end up with a brick, why just not sell it on ebay and buy an actual Tmobile one or maybe trade with someone willing to. I would look at the selling price for an AT&T GS3 on ebay and how much would a Tmobile run and if it's not that much difference then pay the difference than end up with a possible brick. Plus I have read some forums where if you flash some things that are not meant for your phone you can even mess up the IME on your phone with no way to flash it back at the moment until someone comes up with a solution for it.
Not trying to be a jerk. Just a friendly reminder that this is not development related and needs to be in general or QA. I would repost there and report your thread to a moderator before the pitch forks come out.
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When I put my friends note to t mobile it was the modem you had to flash , if your set on doing it , read a bunch on ways to do the note WITHOUT a custom Rom then find the same files you use in that ( the modem and if I remember right there was one other thing ) then go to the t mobile section in the sgs 3 thread and ask for help finding those files , but do a lot of reading first cause it would be a shame to brick your awesome phone
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lessthanzach said:
Not trying to be a jerk. Just a friendly reminder that this is not development related and needs to be in general or QA. I would repost there and report your thread to a moderator before the pitch forks come out.
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I thought this was development?
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I'm also interested in getting HSPA+ 21.1 speeds on my unlocked AT&T GS3 on my tmobile network...any suggestions?
Jonnyredcorn said:
I'm also interested in getting HSPA+ 21.1 speeds on my unlocked AT&T GS3 on my tmobile network...any suggestions?
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buy the t-mobile version. it doesn't work hardware not supported
im looking into this as well, i had the att note and flashed the tmobile modem worked like a charm so now im looking to do same with s3. if i find anything ill let you know
I don't thonk it will work at all. Att's S3 is LTE, correct. Tmobiles is not. Two different hw radios used.
If you do try it please post your results for others!
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If a solution for this is found I'll definitely be buying a red GS3 soon.
Classick206 said:
If a solution for this is found I'll definitely be buying a red GS3 soon.
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I seriously wouldnt count on it. The two networks run on different technologies. Im pretty sure the hw is different due to this.
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Have you guys tried the radios in the dev section by wildchld? I'm not sure it will work either but maybe worth a try. It has a script that backs up current radio and you can revert back. Atleast on T-Mobile s3 it does. Just need to reflash the restore zip to go back to previous radio. Again try at your own risk. There's a huge chance you can brick your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30355162
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Tmobile is reframing the network. Soon after this year att iphones will get 3g 4g from tmobile.just wait for.it
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DocHoliday77 said:
I don't thonk it will work at all. Att's S3 is LTE, correct. Tmobiles is not. Two different hw radios used.
If you do try it please post your results for others!
I don't think it matters if the Gs3 from T-Mobile doesn't have LTE, I used to have my Galaxy s2 skyrocket with LTE running on T-Mobile 3G/4G off a GS2 Hercules Modem.
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Then by all means, give it a shot. I have no problem being proven wrong on stuff like this!
Just remember that was a different phone. And tmobiles radio Im pretty sure was confirmed to NOT support LTE. So they are different.
I'm definately looking forward to hearing someones results after trying! Just do some research on the two radios, and make sure the sw modem is on the same partition for each phone. (I think it will be. But if its not you could end up with serious problems)
Good luck to whomever tries it!
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Probably won't, the T-Mobile phone is pentaband so it will run 3/4G on AT&T, but their version isn't. Try it though.
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jason4962 said:
Tmobile is reframing the network. Soon after this year att iphones will get 3g 4g from tmobile.just wait for.it
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T-Mobile doesn't have 4G. The iPhone will get HSPA.
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joshnichols189 said:
T-Mobile doesn't have 4G. The iPhone will get HSPA.
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Not yet they don't. But as he said tmobile is refarming their entire network in preparation for LTE rollout next year.
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So I was in a tmobile store today and was told that both the note II and Gs3 will receive a software patch to enable the lte radio. Asked the question like 10 different ways as I've read online that the gs3 will NOT be let cab able.
the internal phone workings are a little above my head...but i was told that the tmobile sg3 is the same as say the att model which does have the lte radio,
So, does that sound right that the SG3 is future proof and will be able to enable LTE?
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So I was in a tmobile store today and was told that both the note II and Gs3 will receive a software patch to enable the lte radio. Asked the question like 10 different ways as I've read online that the gs3 will NOT be let cab able.
the internal phone workings are a little above my head...but i was told that the tmobile sg3 is the same as say the att model which does have the lte radio,
So, does that sound right that the SG3 is future proof and will be able to enable LTE?
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The question I should have asked is if they are shipping different GS3's for tmobile now? But regardless they were so confident that it will (LTE) be enabled...wanted to ask the experts thx
androidcactus said:
The question I should have asked is if they are shipping different GS3's for tmobile now? But regardless they were so confident that it will (LTE) be enabled...wanted to ask the experts thx
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when i worked at t mobile we were told that the galaxy s3 for t mobile has LTE radios, and that the device will support the LTE rollout. this was straight from corporate.
BOOM :highfive:
cobraboy85 said:
when i worked at t mobile we were told that the galaxy s3 for t mobile has LTE radios, and that the device will support the LTE rollout. this was straight from corporate.
BOOM :highfive:
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and that was from day 1? Obviously there has been debate about this on this forum and people much smarter than I have agued that it will never get LTE...
do you remember if there is something that has to be enabled? Or if say where I live they activate the LTE tower, boom it will work?
Its been a while so I dont remember the details, but I am convinced that
1. We will NOTget LTE one our GS3.
2. It doesn't really matter. By the time the majority of us get LTE in our market, we will have moved on to an even better phone! Also, most of us will get hspa+42 soon which for now is more than sufficient for almost everyones needs.
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Its been a while so I dont remember the details, but I am convinced that
1. We will NOTget LTE one our GS3.
2. It doesn't really matter. By the time the majority of us get LTE in our market, we will have moved on to an even better phone! Also, most of us will get hspa+42 soon which for now is more than sufficient for almost everyones needs.
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I think these threads need to be shut down. There are a number of other threads exactly like this that holds the correct information. Thanks Doc
I agree with Doc, we'll probably be on better phones by the time we have decent LTE reception -- and I'm happy enough with the DC-HSPA+ modem.
IMHO, they will likely release a Galaxy S3 [4G] LTE as an interm between the S3 and the S4. WRT LTE, all I know is what I see on Wikipedia's snapdragon article. Which isn't very clear on details. Also numerous MSM8960 phones /w LTE exist but do we even know if it's on die, let along bothering to crack open an AT&T and T-Mobile GS3 for a little hardware compare?
So afye reading this I have a question.... if you guys are saying that our phones arent capable then why on my phone (running frosty jb v7) are there 2 system apps called LTESettings.apk and LTETest.apk??? Are these not for our phone and are just ther e due to it being a port? And if so can I safely remove them so they are taking away ram and battery? Thanks in advanced
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So afye reading this I have a question.... if you guys are saying that our phones arent capable then why on my phone (running frosty jb v7) are there 2 system apps called LTESettings.apk and LTETest.apk??? Are these not for our phone and are just ther e due to it being a port? And if so can I safely remove them so they are taking away ram and battery? Thanks in advanced
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They serve no purpose to our devices so yes you can remove them. Just in case, make a backup first. Like move them to memory card or something.
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elesbb said:
They serve no purpose to our devices so yes you can remove them. Just in case, make a backup first. Like move them to memory card or something.
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Thanks I did so w/o issues
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By the time lte does roll out... The galaxy s4 will be out and most of us will switch to it. And I'm pretty sure the s4 will support lte
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Crisisx1 said:
By the time lte does roll out... The galaxy s4 will be out and most of us will switch to it. And I'm pretty sure the s4 will support lte
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It is dependent upon wether we have the hardware included I believe.
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rawdaddymagraden said:
It is dependent upon wether we have the hardware included I believe.
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Samsung would only fail if they didn't include lte hardware in the new galaxy s4 especially because it's being released after tmobile starts rolling out lte which is February 2013
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Maybe I am the only one. LTE is not very efficient. I am happy with 3g+++.Tmo 3g super sized is a very good system. My company provided LTE hot spot sucks bandwidth like no other. Be careful what you ask for.
Just wanted to let you guys know that LTE works beautifully on an unlocked ATT SIII.
so what if we flash an att rom that takes advantage of the lte radio in the phone (if we truly have one in the tmo version)
Now i am not sure on that. Maybe you should try
Gotta be worth a shot:thumbup:
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The Tmobile S3 does NOT have an LTE radio...
not sure why you are suggesting to people to flash a ATT rom on the T-999...
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The Tmobile S3 does NOT have an LTE radio...
not sure why you are suggesting to people to flash a ATT rom on the T-999...
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identical hardware... it was just an idea. nobody can get the lte radio myth straight, so idk what to believe.
Maybe a dumb question but arent radios flashable? Beings as the hardware is the same coukdnt we flash an att radio and rom and use our phones like they were an unlocked att version
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Not that it really matters just trying learn more about these phones
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Yes it can be done but i have had bad experiences with radios causing serious OS issues. If someone had an S III to test with that would be great.
If you flash a att radio on a tmobile phone, You might be dealing with a serious brick.
I'm confused as to why this is up and getting attention lol? I might just be brain farting but, the person posts about his AT&T phone, with at&t bands (LTE) that they work on LTE??? I'm confused as to why this is news? Enlighten me maybe...
April fools everybody.
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April fools everybody.
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April Fools with a bricked S3! Don't know if I should laugh or cry...
Think the OP was just stating that his ATT S3 is working on TMO's LTE network...
The ATT has different hardware than the TMO S3...its not the radio software thats the issue...its the lack of a LTE antennae on the T-999
I believe the latest software update that tmo rolled out took out the LTE software that was in previous builds
While I don't thing we will get lte on our phones the thought of the hardware being different is hard to swallow. One of Samsung's deal with the s3 was hardware unity. With this they have one plant, one run to manufactur phones and when a carrier need a stock of phone all that was needed was software. This idea of a different model just for tmobile is hard for me to believe.
Once again I still don't see lte comung for us, so please don't assume I am giving any hope to get it
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The Tmobile S3 has the exact same hardware as all the other US carriers including the antenna and modem, Tmobile just decided to use different lte bands. They will not enable the lte on the Tmobile S3.
http://m.computerworld.com/s/articl...phones_won_t_work_with_T_Mobile_s_LTE_network
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truckerdewd said:
The Tmobile S3 has the exact same hardware as all the other US carriers including the antenna and modem, Tmobile just decided to use different lte bands. They will not enable the lte on the Tmobile S3.
http://m.computerworld.com/s/articl...phones_won_t_work_with_T_Mobile_s_LTE_network
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If this was the case, wouldn't unlocked T-999s get LTE on at&t?
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If this was the case, wouldn't unlocked T-999s get LTE on at&t?
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If ATT S3 LTE can work on TMOB LTE network and T999 with same chip as ATT version.
sounds like TMOB trying to prevent S3 user to pull down they trial run LTE network.
and also prevent those people not in those trial site switch over other carrier.
I thought this was confirm a long time ago that the tmobile s3 doesnt support lte, As of an unlock att s3 to work on tmobile lte may be possible. if that the case It will be better off to sale or trade your tmobile s3 with an att version of it and you will have a s3 with lte
There will be a new s3 lte version of this phone at the end of this month...the current s3 is not the same as the att one so we will not have lte...
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April fools everybody.
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Still not working for me, hopefully soon. ..
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Hi
I have a T mobile galaxy S3 that I would like to upgrade to the T999L. I am looking to purchase it used and just sell my current phone, but there are slim pickings on ebay and the like. To open up my search I was considering getting the ATT variant of the Galaxy S3 LTE, but am not sure if that will work on the T-Mobile 4g bands.
Any info would be much appreciated
Thank you!
Refer to this thread for info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352009
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The T999L was only released a month or so ago. Very few people even have new ones so I doubt youll find any used for sale.
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There's an engineering radio and firmware image that unlocks AWS on the at&t version... So you would get HSPA AND LTE (as long as the coverage is there)
Its not for the faint of heart though. People have HARD BRICKED by not following the directions properly which is why I'm not linking you to it. Its in the at&t S3 forum and search is your best friend. Best of luck!
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thank you for the reply, i think if its that complicated I might just wait until a t mobile variant pops up
EtherealRemnant said:
There's an engineering radio and firmware image that unlocks AWS on the at&t version... So you would get HSPA AND LTE (as long as the coverage is there)
Its not for the faint of heart though. People have HARD BRICKED by not following the directions properly which is why I'm not linking you to it. Its in the at&t S3 forum and search is your best friend. Best of luck!
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dyavrom said:
thank you for the reply, i think if its that complicated I might just wait until a t mobile variant pops up
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As long as you're familiar with ODIN and know how to read, you will be fine. My caution is because it is not your regular ODIN. It literally was used internally by T-Mobile to test LTE... Don't even get me started on the existence of the T999L and how much of a scam T-Mobile pulled.
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As long as you're familiar with ODIN and know how to read, you will be fine. My caution is because it is not your regular ODIN. It literally was used internally by T-Mobile to test LTE... Don't even get me started on the existence of the T999L and how much of a scam T-Mobile pulled.
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yeah odin and all that is fine, im normally quick to diy things myself, but i figured i can wait for the right phone this time around. and curious about the scam of the t999l? what do you mean exactly? cause its just a t999 with upgraded radio for a crazy price? or is there more i dont know about