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I've had my g2 for about 4 months now and I'm quite happy with it. Rooted with perm s-off, running about 4 different roms, blahblahblah. I have the full data plan for my phone, and I've used it passed the data cap through all my billing cycles so far.
However, I live in hawaii. The data here is unbearably slow. Using speedtest, I see people with scores of 4mb down and 1mb up.
I average ALMOST 0.3mb down 0.9mb up. that's with 3g on, if you couldn't guess.
I've already tried flashing different radios for my phone, but it only minamally increases my data speed for a huge increase in battery consumption.
Am I stuck here, to wander a 2g world with my almost-but-not-really-4g phone? Help me out if you'd care to lend a hand, I'm kind of sick of seeing the buffer icon permanently on youtube.
Toodles.
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The phone is 4g. That doesn't mean your area has it though. Have you bothered to call you service provider to make sure you are connected to the proper tower? I had data speeds like yours but found my phone was trying to connect to a tower in a completely different city.
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The phone is 4g. That doesn't mean your area has it though. Have you bothered to call you service provider to make sure you are connected to the proper tower? I had data speeds like yours but found my phone was trying to connect to a tower in a completely different city.
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There's kind of no tower in, around, or relatively close to hawaii. The closest tower is in L.A I believe, which is the one I'm connected to. So no matter where I go on the island, the signal stays around there.
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You're not getting 2G speeds. 2G speeds is edge which is at BEST and THEORETICALLY a little under 250 kbps. You're doing decent for 3G. If it was a 4G connection you'd see "H" instead of "3G".
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There's kind of no tower in, around, or relatively close to hawaii. The closest tower is in L.A I believe, which is the one I'm connected to. So no matter where I go on the island, the signal stays around there.
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That doesn't seem possible. there has to be some sort of cell towers on one of the islands there. Carriers use each others towers at times to. I know the internet out there can get screwy at times so I understand your frustrations...write your local congress person lol
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That doesn't seem possible. there has to be some sort of cell towers on one of the islands
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You're right, the OP can't possibly be correct about there being no cell towers in Hawaii. The max range of a GSM tower is about 22 miles in the best of conditions, and almost always much less. Towers have to be placed as close as 1/2 mile apart in some terrain or urban conditions. 1 to 2 miles apart is average in many conditions.
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jouva said:
You're not getting 2G speeds. 2G speeds is edge which is at BEST and THEORETICALLY a little under 250 kbps. You're doing decent for 3G. If it was a 4G connection you'd see "H" instead of "3G".
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I actually do have the H. I wouldn't be bugging out so much if I was running speedtest with only 3g xD
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ohshootrawr said:
I actually do have the H. I wouldn't be bugging out so much if I was running speedtest with only 3g xD
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Is your phone rooted? If not, it's gonna show H no matter if you are on 3G of HSPA+.
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Is your phone rooted? If not, it's gonna show H no matter if you are on 3G of HSPA+.
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I'm rooted sir.
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I'm rooted sir.
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Even if you're rooted, that symbol will not show unless you've got a theme or rom that is set to show HSPA+ in the status bar.
Download mobile signal widget, it will tell you whether or not you are actually on HSPA+.
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Even if you're rooted, that symbol will not show unless you've got a theme or rom that is set to show HSPA+ in the status bar.
Download mobile signal widget, it will tell you whether or not you are actually on HSPA+.
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I'm running the Ultimate Droid, CM7, LiquidMetal, MT4G, and MIUI roms on my phone. All of them shows hspa in the status bar. Except for miui, but miui is weird. Haha. The widget said I'm connected to hspa+.
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I've been seeing news rumors saying Tmobile maybe the first to run 5G...what do you guys think? I haven't seen any LTE yet even...this maybe just BS. On the other hand, Tmo just worked on LTE...so maybe it still easy for them to reprogram to 5G...? Anyone got the inside scoop?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/t-mobile-first-5g-lte-advanced/
I wouldn't say this is BS, but calling LTE-A 5G is BS. Really I think T-mobile wants to have the fastest 4G network and they may call it "5G" if they got 300mbs+ out of it, but I really think they should start rolling out 4G LTE across there 2G foot print.
They're all marketing terms, and their meanings change. Most of the current "4G" infrastructure is more like 3.5G since it falls so far short of the original design specifications.
LTE-Advanced is probably going to be billed as 5G, but it's more like what 4G was originally supposed to mean. Cheap and greedy telcos sold us short and marketed the intermediate steps as the final product.
2G, 3G, 4G used to purely mean something, but now the "label" has shifted to more around the raw speed regardless of the infrastructure. A great example is TM with their HSPA+ calling it 4G, which (like one mentioned) is more like 3.5G.
However, TM's HSPA+ (3.5ish G) in some areas can whoop on other carriers LTE. Look at my sig; great example.
Although TM was last in the race for the LTE infrastructure, TM has the most expandable infrastructure over all the other carriers. Very smart move. Why? Because if the other carriers wanted to expand they would have to put in place a completely new infrastructure for their next generation network, whereas TM can just expand on their current (New LTE) infrastructure. Now the tides have shifted.
So 5G for TM? When the time comes, yes TM would be the first to have it since they have the ability to build on their current platform without the hassle of putting in a new one.
kobesabi said:
I've been seeing news rumors saying Tmobile maybe the first to run 5G...what do you guys think? I haven't seen any LTE yet even...this maybe just BS. On the other hand, Tmo just worked on LTE...so maybe it still easy for them to reprogram to 5G...? Anyone got the inside scoop?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/t-mobile-first-5g-lte-advanced/
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I find it amusing that cellular providers in the US are making more progress on data speeds than our ISPs.
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I find it amusing that cellular providers in the US are making more progress on data speeds than our ISPs.
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Verizon Fios is not available in my area. Uverse also not available unless I pay 100+ option. Only option I have is Uverse DSL...which is crappy and about 80% reliability. Cable is pricey and fail miserably on jitter test. My new friend is $10 (unlimited talk from Tmobile to replace my home phone. Tmobile $20 unlimited data to replace my home DSL. I hope Google Fiber becomes available in OC area soon someday.
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I find it amusing that cellular providers in the US are making more progress on data speeds than our ISPs.
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finally ! :laugh:
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I find it amusing that cellular providers in the US are making more progress on data speeds than our ISPs.
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I think it's a lot more time and money that's needed to run new cable/fiber to each and every home than replacing a cell tower or two every block..
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Google fiber is a game changer for the USA. Other countries have much better speeds at much cheaper prices. Google is forcing other carriers to step up. Time Warner is already ****ing there pants in places where Google fiber already rolled out.
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Lol. Really guys? 5G refers to the Wi-Fi technology used. 802.11ac.
Here's an article about it:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/samsungs-galaxy-s4-signals-shift-to-faster-wi-fi-2013-03-15
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LTE is faster than my home cable Internet...
Honestly, I don't think our phones need the kind of bandwidth LTE 4G offers. Not with bandwidth caps anyway...
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Honestly yeah ... we don't need lte .... we already getting more 10mbps thats fast enough for me if I want really fast internet I would just connect to my wifi ... thats just me ...
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I'm still waiting for LTE in California. I get dial up speeds unless I head for a larger city. They shouldn't even mention new technology until completely rolling out LTE to more cities.
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Lol. Really guys? 5G refers to the Wi-Fi technology used. 802.11ac.
Here's an article about it:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/samsungs-galaxy-s4-signals-shift-to-faster-wi-fi-2013-03-15
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Lol. 5G. Now there are gonna be people out there bragging about their 5g phone. People are idiots.
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thachosenone said:
Lol. 5G. Now there are gonna be people out there bragging about their 5g phone. People are idiots.
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We're not talking about WiFi. Samsung has started mobile tests that are 100 times faster than LTE. T-Mobile is rumored to be the 1st carrier in the world to utilize it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nigamar...kthrough-points-to-long-term-risks-for-apple/
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Lol. Really guys? 5G refers to the Wi-Fi technology used. 802.11ac.
Here's an article about it:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/samsungs-galaxy-s4-signals-shift-to-faster-wi-fi-2013-03-15
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Really guy...
That's a different 5G. This thread is about mobile data not wifi.
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Yeah he talking about mobile data 5G Google it.
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SKT and KT are going LTE-A later this year, collab with Samsung of course.. (South Korea) I do not see any reason for TMO not to invest on the forthcoming future.
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I find it amusing that cellular providers in the US are making more progress on data speeds than our ISPs.
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Yeah really, I still facepalm at Cincinnati Bell putting up advertizements on the billboards about FiOptics when some of those places don't even get it! OTOH I'm surprised cell companies don't offer unlimited (fast) internet on their internet sticks.. if that happened I'd dump my ADSL and go with a stick.
However, I still find it amusing that cell companies still push tiered data plans (thankfully Tmo no longer does this...)
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Yeah really, I still facepalm at Cincinnati Bell putting up advertizements on the billboards about FiOptics when some of those places don't even get it! OTOH I'm surprised cell companies don't offer unlimited (fast) internet on their internet sticks.. if that happened I'd dump my ADSL and go with a stick.
However, I still find it amusing that cell companies still push tiered data plans (thankfully Tmo no longer does this...)
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I'm glad they do. People are going to be using cell phones to provide themselves with home internet. The isps need to get with the program here. T-Mobile actually has a "grace period" of tethering for this sole reason. Fibre and xFinity are prolly the only ones faster than some cell companies. It's pitiful.
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WTF Sprint.
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Toy want good service go with Verizon decent bill go with sprint... I ha a Superbowl party last year many many friends several with same types of phones and carriers Verizon smoke us all but when asked how much you pay for the service it was unreal... almost double what I pay for two phones and I came in a distant second
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WTF Sprint.
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That's Strange I Get Excellent 4G, Even better Than A Few Verizon I know
The LTE towers in your area may still be in the testing phase
Yeah, I get different speeds every day. I just thought that was especially crappy.
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Yeah, I get different speeds every day. I just thought that was especially crappy.
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I would not mind having 4G even if crappy.
Your Download speeds should always be almost double your Upload speeds, when they're not like in your screen shot usually means there's a glitch in your tower, if it's consistant I would **72786* it, happens to me sometimes when switching roms. It needs to re sync itself with the tower stuff. Just throwin that out there, hope it helps. Also my speeds on 3G have been all over the place because of the tower work going on in my area. One day I get 2.3 mps the next I'm crawling at less than 100 kps. But yes much more enjoy sending Sprint half the $$ Verizon wants!
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I would not mind having 4G even if crappy.
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I only get it while I'm at work.
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Big rumor going around right now TMobile will have free data roaming in over 100 countries (may make unlock un-necessary) announcement to happen tonight.... Tmobile is coming at the big boys hard lately (I am so glad that ATT deal got blocked)
Psutfin said:
Big rumor going around right now TMobile will have free data roaming in over 100 countries (may make unlock un-necessary) announcement to happen tonight.... Tmobile is coming at the big boys hard lately (I am so glad that ATT deal got blocked)
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That's the rumor.
And the next rumor: TMob - Sprint merger, leaving 3 equal-ish sized carriers to compete, instead of 2 biggies, and 2 small fries.
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That's the rumor.
And the next rumor: TMob - Sprint merger, leaving 3 equal-ish sized carriers to compete, instead of 2 biggies, and 2 small fries.
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Well no longer a rumor only drawback is 2G speeds Still better then $15/mb roaming data rates.
20 cents a min for international calls is pretty good though.
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Well no longer a rumor only drawback is 2G speeds Still better then $15/mb roaming data rates.
20 cents a min for international calls is pretty good though.
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2g is more than enough for voip I think.
Not to mention WiFi calling would probably still work. And I really hope T-Mo and Sprint dont merge idk if thats just rumor or if its happening but NO! lol.
AdmiralCF420 said:
Not to mention WiFi calling would probably still work. And I really hope T-Mo and Sprint dont merge idk if thats just rumor or if its happening but NO! lol.
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A T-Mobile executive was quoted as saying a merger with Sprint was the "logical ultimate combination" two weeks ago. Wouldn't be so bad to add Sprint's coverage (realestate) to Tmob's, as long as CDMA is killed off with fire ASAP.
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A T-Mobile executive was quoted as saying a merger with Sprint was the "logical ultimate combination" two weeks ago. Wouldn't be so bad to add Sprint's coverage (realestate) to Tmob's, as long as CDMA is killed off with fire ASAP.
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I also wouldn't mind the extended coverage but I am afraid of Sprint's ethics and HORRIBLE customer service somehow leaking into T-Mobile's customer service. The only benefit I see is like you said the extra coverage but I am more afraid of Sprint's "bads" to creep in. And yes definitely no CDMA that would be horrible.
A T-Mobile Sprint merger would be good if CDMA, was killed off, T-Mobile had operational control, they sell the 2500mhz spectrum use the additional 1900 mhz for HSPA and use Sprints 800 mhz for LTE as well as the current 1700 mhz
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Free data and texting from Mexico last weekend. Operator changed to telcel and movistar. .
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zmore said:
A T-Mobile executive was quoted as saying a merger with Sprint was the "logical ultimate combination" two weeks ago. Wouldn't be so bad to add Sprint's coverage (realestate) to Tmob's, as long as CDMA is killed off with fire ASAP.
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+1
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Hah!
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That's the rumor.
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A T-Mobile Sprint merger would be good if CDMA, was killed off, T-Mobile had operational control, they sell the 2500mhz spectrum use the additional 1900 mhz for HSPA and use Sprints 800 mhz for LTE as well as the current 1700 mhz
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You forgot one thing... Keep Sprint's unlimited data for life, cause unlimited 4G is nice. I said pretty much this same thing in some other thread. I had sprint previously, their coverage sucked, but I am happy with t mobile right now. If they do so happen to merge, I want my company discount back. With sprint, it was 23% discount. T is 15%.
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noobtoob said:
You forgot one thing... Keep Sprint's unlimited data for life, cause unlimited 4G is nice. I said pretty much this same thing in some other thread. I had sprint previously, their coverage sucked, but I am happy with t mobile right now. If they do so happen to merge, I want my company discount back. With sprint, it was 23% discount. T is 15%.
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That is true I was talking from a network point of view, but I completely agree about the keeping unlimited data for life they also should put John Legere as C.E.O he's been doing great things. I was also a Sprint customer but I switched to T-Mobile for speed and I haven't looked back.
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nicotheandroidguy said:
That is true I was talking from a network point of view, but I completely agree about the keeping unlimited data for life they also should put John Legere as C.E.O he's been doing great things. I was also a Sprint customer but I switched to T-Mobile for speed and I haven't looked back.
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Same here. But I know exactly what you mean. If sprint and t mobile merged, they would have the ability to expand further than at&t and Verizon.
It actually makes a lot of sense. They just have to nit pick the good things from each carrier.
1. 4G from t mobile.
2. New and old spectrums from Sprint.
3. Unlimited high speed data from Sprint, without a price hike.
4. GSM from t-mobile.
5. The phone policies from t mobile.
6. John Legere.
With that all being said, maybe t mobile should buy sprint instead. Looks like they have more going for them.
I also wonder what the new logo would look like. SprinT-mobile maybe?
Edit: and the t-mobile girl. If they really feel like getting rid of her, they can send her my way.
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noobtoob said:
Same here. But I know exactly what you mean. If sprint and t mobile merged, they would have the ability to expand further than at&t and Verizon.
It actually makes a lot of sense. They just have to nit pick the good things from each carrier.
1. 4G from t mobile.
2. New and old spectrums from Sprint.
3. Unlimited high speed data from Sprint, without a price hike.
4. GSM from t-mobile.
5. The phone policies from t mobile.
6. John Legere.
With that all being said, maybe t mobile should buy sprint instead. Looks like they have more going for them.
I also wonder what the new logo would look like. SprinT-mobile maybe?
Edit: and the t-mobile girl. If they really feel like getting rid of her, they can send her my way.
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That would be great if that would happen except T-Mobile's parent company Deuche Telekom unfortunately wants out of the US market and will try to sell ASAP.
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Well, that was the case, but maybe with the new announcement of free data in 100 countries, they may just change their minds. Here is hoping they either just stay the way they are, or make the smart move.
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Hello everyone, I just came back from Mexico and I used so much data, most of it was as a hot spot, and my bill does NOT have any extra charges, what a great sevice. T-MO #1!!!!!!
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What were your speeds while at mexico?
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What were your speeds while at mexico?
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I've done data roaming in a few different cities in mexico and although the speeds do get throttled I was able to do anything I needed to do within email and social media. I got a text from T-Mobile with the option to use 4g at an additional cost per day but didn't see the need. Throttled speeds should be around 128kbps
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What were your speeds while at mexico?
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For me it was ok, I was checking emails and facebook etc. T-mo offered me an extra 500mb of high speed of data for 50 dlls.
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I have one.
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How much did you pay for it and how well does it work?
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How much did you pay for it and how well does it work?
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T-Mobile provided it for free actually. And it works good as long as you can find a place in your house that can pull at least 2 bars of service. It turns that 2 bars into full service on your phone. Only problem is that it doesn't work for lte....only 4g
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T-Mobile provided it for free actually. And it works good as long as you can find a place in your house that can pull at least 2 bars of service. It turns that 2 bars into full service on your phone. Only problem is that it doesn't work for lte....only 4g
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I have one, actually get better coverage by placing the window unit near my interior door to my condo. The coverage unit is actually by a window..
I think the rep misunderstood me.. I was perplexed because LTE speeds dropped by 2/3rds over the span of a few feet (and SNR dropped drastically, no clue why) which is why I actually wanted one.
It's a good device no wires or cords. Pricey but T-Mobile sent me one.
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T-Mobile provided it for free actually. And it works good as long as you can find a place in your house that can pull at least 2 bars of service. It turns that 2 bars into full service on your phone. Only problem is that it doesn't work for lte....only 4g
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What'd you do to get it? Complain about poor reception until they just gave it up?
+1
Interested aswell.
Thanks for the great input everyone.I didn't pay anything for it.
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Thanks for this thread! Did you go into the store to get it or did you get it from them online?
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What'd you do to get it? Complain about poor reception until they just gave it up?
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Yes I had bad service at my house....and asked about the booster...and they set me up and shipped it...no problems.
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Yes I had bad service at my house....and asked about the booster...and they set me up and shipped it...no problems.
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When did you do this?
I know they used to make you sign a new 2 year agreement to get the booster, but obviously T Mobile did away with all that contract BS.
Did you get this thing this year after they ended contracts? If so were there any catches? (A deposit on the device or something?)
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When did you do this?
I know they used to make you sign a new 2 year agreement to get the booster, but obviously T Mobile did away with all that contract BS.
Did you get this thing this year after they ended contracts? If so were there any catches? (A deposit on the device or something?)
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I did it about a year ago. And I mean my contract was never renewed. It ended probably like 5 months after I received the booster. All u have to pay for is shipping which is like 5 bucks but in my case they waived because of the horrible service I had. No catches as far as I can see
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OK so
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Boosters are no longer available for tmobile! They will tell you to use wifi calling I have tried and they no longer offer the booster program.
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OK so I called T Mobile customer service. Just press a bunch of 0000000000 until you get a live person. Make sure you have all the information for the account. SSC number an name of account holder. Let them talk an just say "Hi yea I'm calling because my phone when on WiFi works fine but when I turn WiFi off I have no 4G an only one bar." Let them talk an just keep stressing that off WiFi your phone drops calls, people sound like a robot etc. Let them say whatever but make sure you bring up the signal booster! You could say well in my friends house he has a T mobile signal booster I don't know what you call it but he said it made his signal better." Their going to be like oh yea blah blah let the person talk he or she will say she has to transfer you to tech say okay be polite. Wait for tech to answer you an repeat the whole story again to the tech. He or she may ask you to turn WiFi calling of to test signal just pretend you did an say you have no 4G an one or two bars of service. He or she will tell you okay let me check if we can get one out to you. They check say yea you qualify an give it to you for free!! But I had to pay 7.00 dollars for S&H.
Just be polite.
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OK so I called T Mobile customer service. Just press a bunch of 0000000000 until you get a live person. Make sure you have all the information for the account. SSC number an name of account holder. Let them talk an just say "Hi yea I'm calling because my phone when on WiFi works fine but when I turn WiFi off I have no 4G an only one bar." Let them talk an just keep stressing that off WiFi your phone drops calls, people sound like a robot etc. Let them say whatever but make sure you bring up the signal booster! You could say well in my friends house he has a T mobile signal booster I don't know what you call it but he said it made his signal better." Their going to be like oh yea blah blah let the person talk he or she will say she has to transfer you to tech say okay be polite. Wait for tech to answer you an repeat the whole story again to the tech. He or she may ask you to turn WiFi calling of to test signal just pretend you did an say you have no 4G an one or two bars of service. He or she will tell you okay let me check if we can get one out to you. They check say yea you qualify an give it to you for free!! But I had to pay 7.00 dollars for S&H.
Just be polite.
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Awesome. :good:
If that doesn't work you can buy the device on eBay too for between $100 and $200. There are plenty of them on there right now.
What I don't know is if it will work properly or if T Mobile has to register it and authenticate it first.
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Awesome. :good:
If that doesn't work you can buy the device on eBay too for between $100 and $200. There are plenty of them on there right now.
What I don't know is if it will work properly or if T Mobile has to register it and authenticate it first.
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No they don't need to authenticate it. It works for any T-Mobile phone in the range of the booster. Not just yours
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I got a booster not very long ago, but maybe it's because I have been with T-Mobile for over 12 years. I don't think so, tho. I did have problems getting reception from my house which is 175 meters from a tower and just get 0 to 1 bar of signal indoors. I have to walk outside nearly a mile to get full service and LTE so I was in a bad situation. After a number of calls to a rep at T-mo I did get someone to ship to me free a "Booster" it only gets 1-2 bars from the best place in the house and provides me a connection elsewhere in the house, but i didn't have reception before and I do using the booster so bottom line, it works. Be aware, It DOES NOT give any help with the LTE signals. The only thing about using the booster that really made any difference is that I can use the telephone and make calls, where I couldn't before. For internet usage, I connect to my computer's wireless network.
If you are trying to get one for free just call an read my other post. They still do give them out for free all you have to pay is a 6-7 dollar shipping an handling.
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bobolinko said:
I got a booster not very long ago, but maybe it's because I have been with T-Mobile for over 12 years. I don't think so, tho. I did have problems getting reception from my house which is 175 meters from a tower and just get 0 to 1 bar of signal indoors. I have to walk outside nearly a mile to get full service and LTE so I was in a bad situation. After a number of calls to a rep at T-mo I did get someone to ship to me free a "Booster" it only gets 1-2 bars from the best place in the house and provides me a connection elsewhere in the house, but i didn't have reception before and I do using the booster so bottom line, it works. Be aware, It DOES NOT give any help with the LTE signals. The only thing about using the booster that really made any difference is that I can use the telephone and make calls, where I couldn't before. For internet usage, I connect to my computer's wireless network.
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That's right I pay $6.80 for shipping. Mine will be here Tuesday I will give feedback after I receive mine.
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