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No LTE for t-mobile gs3

I read that even when t-mobile jumps on the lte band wagon in 2013, that our gs3 phones will not be able to take advantage of the new speeds (what a drag). I'm not sure if this is really the case, but I posted the link to the article below.
http://www.galaxys3newsblog.com/t-mobiles-samsung-galaxy-s3-to-miss-lte-yet-another-dissappointment/

One thing you have to remember you always want to buy a phone that works right now for you not a phone that would work better in the future, I'm happy with hspa+ and by the time I get lte from tmobile I might have another phone anyways so I think I'm cool with that, it bee discuss in another topic too
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This is true. I just thought that I would post this for those who didn't have the benefit of reading the other post. For those that don't change their phones often and intend on keeping the gs3 for some time, I thought that this was good information to help them make a well informed purchase. I hope this helped anyone that didn't know and wants to buy a gs3.

My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.

jgalan14 said:
One thing you have to remember you always want to buy a phone that works right now for you not a phone that would work better in the future, I'm happy with hspa+ and by the time I get lte from tmobile I might have another phone anyways so I think I'm cool with that, it bee discuss in another topic too
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+1, I owned my T-989 for less then a year before buying my T-999. At this rate I'll buy a T-1000 when it comes out in 6-8 months from now.
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sean48238 said:
My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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Same here in San Diego. Verizon was fast out of the gate but they heavily over-subscribed their network and now they are lame. AT&T is the crazy fast at the moment but I expect them to be in the same boat as Verizon this time next year.

sean48238 said:
My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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How the heck do people get such fast download speeds? i downloaded the speedtest app and I'm only pulling about 3-4 thousand kbps with 3 bars of 4G.

m4r10 said:
How the heck do people get such fast download speeds? i downloaded the speedtest app and I'm only pulling about 3-4 thousand kbps with 3 bars of 4G.
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Is disguise you might be only on 3g or hspa not hspa+(what tmobile calls 4g)
This is at my house hspa+
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jgalan14 said:
Is disguise you might be only on 3g or hspa not hspa+(what tmobile calls 4g)
This is at my house hspa+
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My S3 is lying to me???

sean48238 said:
My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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Why is the wifi simple active?
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m4r10 said:
My S3 is lying to me???
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Practicly yes on stock 4g shows when you connected to umts(3g), hspa and hspa+(t mobile calls this 4g cause it could go up to 42mbps) but if you changed yours to stock look ( aosp) you will see your phone going at all of them and won't stay connected to one at all times, you might no notice because their 3g is not crazy slow where you live, I have good coverage specially where I live and work so I don't mind it
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hpric said:
Why is the wifi simple active?
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If you see to the left it shows a town meaning is from a tower no wifi, wifi will shows different
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Honestly I dont know which one to believe. Ive read the frequency issue and one that said the T-mobile version got the 8290 chip that doesnt support LTE. I guess we will have to see when they actually launch it.

Projectsk26 said:
Honestly I dont know which one to believe. Ive read the frequency issue and one that said the T-mobile version got the 8290 chip that doesnt support LTE. I guess we will have to see when they actually launch it.
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It does have LTE, just like the T-989 did, its just disabled by default. You can access this setting by opening the dialer and typing *#*#4636#*#*, and selecting radio type.

I need to get a new phone every year it just gets boring ... as soon as a good quad core comes out I'm outta here.
Can't stop consuming need moar
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jgalan14 said:
Practicly yes on stock 4g shows when you connected to umts(3g), hspa and hspa+(t mobile calls this 4g cause it could go up to 42mbps) but if you changed yours to stock look ( aosp) you will see your phone going at all of them and won't stay connected to one at all times, you might no notice because their 3g is not crazy slow where you live, I have good coverage specially where I live and work so I don't mind it
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Ive rooted and mine shows H+ but the most i get is 5500kbps download and I live in the Los Angeles area, no idea how you guys are getting those insane speeds

Zephyron said:
Ive rooted and mine shows H+ but the most i get is 5500kbps download and I live in the Los Angeles area, no idea how you guys are getting those insane speeds
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It just depends on where you are and how many people are connected to the netowk like LA is too pack, too many people lives there my speeds are slower there too
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Data issues.

If you are on tmibile with the note 2 and having data issues. You are not alone. It's tmobile side. I would advice people to call and let them know. My data has been max 300kbps inside my home and now since yesterday at work the same. I have to step outside to get full speed never happened before. And I dont think its because of root.
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Its allngood here full speed
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Does your 4G even work? Mine is stuck on Edge since yesterday. I live on the 4th floor of my house (roof-ish) so really shouldn't have problems up here. In fact, I never did, until literally yesterday morning.

I live on the 3rd floor apartment with nothing behind my building and the tower is visible from my patio. Yes my says 4g all day long.
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I had similar issues when T-Mobile was refarming their towers in my area to add 3.5g via 1900 mhz, especially midnight to morning. Not sure if that's your issue, though.
Signal would get weak, speed slow, sometimes only edge. Lasted about a week or so.

same here
Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?

oopewan said:
Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?
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Same over here. Already called tmobile they didn't do anything at all.
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My data is light years better than it was on sprint.
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I have pretty good 4G service on my Note 2 right now. Sometimes it'll get a little slow but more times than not, it's very fast.

The high speed are just two steps outside on my patio and the low ones are on my couch and the tower is 5 miles away.
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Alright guys my data speeds seem to be fixed. If you have issues call tech support.
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I'm not sure whether it's because of root or not, but it has to be the phone. My girlfriend has a different phone than mine and hers was working perfectly inside and outside, whereas mine would not want to load anything, it would drop to edge and then to no signal at all. After getting a replacement phone, it's working fine.
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cameljockey1 said:
Alright guys my data speeds seem to be fixed. If you have issues call tech support.
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What did they have you do?

iamtimmah said:
I'm not sure whether it's because of root or not, but it has to be the phone. My girlfriend has a different phone than mine and hers was working perfectly inside and outside, whereas mine would not want to load anything, it would drop to edge and then to no signal at all. After getting a replacement phone, it's working fine.
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What did they have you do?
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Just called 611 asked for tech support on the automated system. When you get the tech you will have to do a new apn but not to worry if you tether it wont affect it. They will do a number of other trouble shoot things. Just tell them its been happening to you for a couple weeks. If they say call us back tell them no. Ask to open up a service ticket. All is well in my home now. Let me know if this helps. And you can also call customer care first and tell them that im not happy with my data speed connection and see if they give you credit like they did to me. Be nice of course. Good luck
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oopewan said:
Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?
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Funny you should ask, I totally recommend the following ROM: Build number Jedi Master 5 (Rocks)

I think im getting a replacement also. How long did your guys take to ship?
Edit :Gave Samsung a call and they said its the device itself so their replacing it free. To anyone with this problem call Samsung you have a 1 year warranty I thought it was going to cost me money
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Jaimesco12 said:
I think im getting a replacement also. How long did your guys take to ship?
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I ordered mine on a Saturday and received it Monday night. That was pretty quick in my opinion. Especially because I'm so impatient.
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If t-mobile hasnt refarmed my area, wouldnt that mean I am in a 3G area? Isnt utms:3 technically 3G? Thats what I show in settings, getting 12mb max downloads.
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No issues over here. I can tell you, I don't need 42mbps, and I'm 100% satisfied with my speeds after Sprint's garbage. Getting 7.72mbps now, and I've had them for 20 days and already used 10gb. When
I forced my device to run 3g and Edge, it was frightening, similar to what I would get with Sprint, but I've never had issues with 4G or staying on 4G in my area.
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You guys aren't alone, but I think this is a tower issue not a phone issue. Possibly a new modem might fix this.
Why do I say that?
Well at home, by San Francisco, I get 15-23 Mbps download speeds, and now I'm in Las Vegas for business, and am only getting 100-500 Kbps.
I called and let them know of the issue, and they were going to do a field ticket where they actually take out the phone and test it on that tower to see what is going on.
I think anyone else having this issue should do the same. My guess is it has something to do with the refarming of the 1900 Mhz band.

arthurbrownleeiv said:
You guys aren't alone, but I think this is a tower issue not a phone issue. Possibly a new modem might fix this.
Why do I say that?
Well at home, by San Francisco, I get 15-23 Mbps download speeds, and now I'm in Las Vegas for business, and am only getting 100-500 Kbps.
I called and let them know of the issue, and they were going to do a field ticket where they actually take out the phone and test it on that tower to see what is going on.
I think anyone else having this issue should do the same. My guess is it has something to do with the refarming of the 1900 Mhz band.
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Agreed. Like I said earlier just call them. They will take care of the issue. Takes a little bit but they get it done. And when speaking to tech support be detailed of where the issues are. Street names and such.
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[Q] Galaxy Nexus GSM Signal Problem? Please Help!

I have a Galaxy Nexus on I Wireless which is a T-Mobile affiliate. When I am holding my Gnex without moving the signal will go from 1 or 2 bars of H down to 1 or 2 bars of Edge and then will go up to 4 bars of Edge. It will then maybe go back up to 1 or 2 bars of H. I don't cover the antenna with my hand either since I am right handed. Also, I will have 4 bars of H outside of my school then go in school and have no H only Edge. One last thing, when I was at school, I turned on my phone and had 2 bars of H for about 30 seconds and it definitely was H speed when I was using an app. After 30 seconds or so it went down to 4 bars of Edge and stayed there. Why if HSPA+ was working fine would it go down to Edge?
Please Help,
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(P.S. I have tried multiple base bands and the one I am using right now is the best of all that I have tried. I am using XXLA2.)

Konner27 said:
I have a Galaxy Nexus on I Wireless which is a T-Mobile affiliate. When I am holding my Gnex without moving the signal will go from 1 or 2 bars of H down to 1 or 2 bars of Edge and then will go up to 4 bars of Edge. It will then maybe go back up to 1 or 2 bars of H. I don't cover the antenna with my hand either since I am right handed. Also, I will have 4 bars of H outside of my school then go in school and have no H only Edge. One last thing, when I was at school, I turned on my phone and had 2 bars of H for about 30 seconds and it definitely was H speed when I was using an app. After 30 seconds or so it went down to 4 bars of Edge and stayed there. Why if HSPA+ was working fine would it go down to Edge?
Please Help,
Thanks In Advance
(P.S. I have tried multiple base bands and the one I am using right now is the best of all that I have tried. I am using XXLA2.)
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LA2 is an European baseband.
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it seems your network operates on several bands, since it uses Tmobile access and transmission equipments. GSM, UMTS and supposedly AWS; since AWS uses for downlink, a subset of UMTS frequency band, it might be that your device is either defective, or it switches too much between AWS and UMTS, on the places you go to everyday.
i would just go back to full stock, then go in a store and let them watch network coverage go haywire; then return it.
relock your bootloader before you do go in the store.

At the store there is 3 or 4 bars of HSPA+. It seems like when there is only 1 or 2 bars is when it happens.
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Also, my Gnex came factory unlocked.
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Konner27 said:
Also, my Gnex came factory unlocked.
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Might be refurbished? I would definitely get a refund if it came unlocked already.
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I have heard of some galaxy nexus coming factory unlocked before. Also, I know that I am using a European baseband but it works better than any north american one. What do you think about it only happening when there is 1 or 2 bars?
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Renew.
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Renew
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SpeedTest - Post your LTE speeds and where

So, I just ran a speedtest on T-mobiles LTE network with my new Note 3, and I am VERY impressed!
32Mbps Down and almost 18Mbps up

Color me jealous. I don't have T-Mobile LTE where I am, only HSPA. They do list a couple of cities in my state that have LTE, but I'm not really near them at all. Hopefully they'll expand out quickly!
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darkkterror said:
Color me jealous. I don't have T-Mobile LTE where I am, only HSPA. They do list a couple of cities in my state that have LTE, but I'm not really near them at all. Hopefully they'll expand out quickly!
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Absolutely not trying to make anyone jealous! I am just very impressed with the speed.

In Los Angeles county
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Central florida

idtheftvictim said:
So, I just ran a speedtest on T-mobiles LTE network with my new Note 3, and I am VERY impressed!
32Mbps Down and almost 18Mbps up
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That is pretty impressive. where are you located?

I don't know why, but with my S4 and Note 3 HSPA (4G) I get 27 down and 9 up on average, but on LTE I only get 13 down and 12 up. HSPA seems to be a little faster here in Tampa, Florida than LTE. T-Mobile's HSPA is capable of 42 MBPS and so are the phones. So i keep my phone set at hspa instead of LTE. I also get 4 to 5 bars of signal on 4G and only 1 or 2 on LTE which might explain the speed difference

Just did a test outside near a tower. I got 22 down and 11 up. Pretty decent.
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I think they are testing LTE in the Louisville, Kentucky area. LTE hasn't offically been announced, but I'm connected to LTE with 2 bars. I got 9.78 down and 3.34 up which isn't great. On HSPA+ I got 7.15 down and 1.30 up with full bars.
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On my way to work ...first time back on Tmobile since my sidekick days and I can say I'm very happy
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Southern Nevada. 31.54 down & 18.5 up. 55 ping.

Just pulled 30ms, 25.5 down, 1.15 up in my 1st floor APT where Sprint barely gets a 3G signal. Needless to say, I'm happy with my change of carrier

idtheftvictim said:
So, I just ran a speedtest on T-mobiles LTE network with my new Note 3, and I am VERY impressed!
32Mbps Down and almost 18Mbps up
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WOw
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The more I run Speedtest, the faster it gets Also, I've used about 500MB worth of data through Speedtest... So this is what it's like to have a usable data network, eh? I'm loving it! DIAF, Sprint

Wow that great speed. In what area of the country are you?
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Im really jealous lol im on the sprint slow network lol is anyone from Miami that could show me if miami has some good decent speeds im thinking of going to tmobile today and try them out for 15 days see how coverage and speeds are in Miami.
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Carver County, Minnesota

South Seattle. Getting around 20 at my house in Renton and averaging around 20 elsewhere around Seattle. Sorry about the huge pic. Posted it with my phone. Don't know why I was locked in on a server in KS

N3 with T-mobile in NoCal

This is the best I could get here in Hawaii.. Apparently the nearest server is 3500 miles away.
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Bad service with Note 3, but S4 was amazing?

I got my Note 3 a couple of weeks ago, and my signal is terrible 99% of the time. I rarely get more than one bar, and I get 3mbps download and 1 upload on LTE. With my T-Mobile S4 at the same address, I easily got 4-5 bars and 30mbps download and 5-10 upload. I'm thinking modem issue, but then again I'm on KitKat, and it seems everyone's having one issue or another. Anyone else feel like the signal quality has gone down from the S4 to Note 3 for them?
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I switched to the note 3 from an s4 and feel the signal is a LOT better on the note 3. Even more improved on kitkat. Maybe you got one with a bad internal antenna connection?
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Maybe, I'm calling T-Mobile later on today to see what they say about it.
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Shawn said:
Maybe, I'm calling T-Mobile later on today to see what they say about it.
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Have you tried to Odin back to 4.4.2?? Maybe the radio is corrupted
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Signal is a lot more better with note 3. Maybe it is in your signal reception.

Andrew149 said:
Have you tried to Odin back to 4.4.2?? Maybe the radio is corrupted
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Yep, flashed back to stock NB4, which is what it came with. No change. What I recently noticed is, if I make a call, my signal goes up to full bars, but as soon as I hang up it drops immediately.
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mine was not stable also, but its not so poor or low signal

Shawn said:
I got my Note 3 a couple of weeks ago, and my signal is terrible 99% of the time. I rarely get more than one bar, and I get 3mbps download and 1 upload on LTE. With my T-Mobile S4 at the same address, I easily got 4-5 bars and 30mbps download and 5-10 upload. I'm thinking modem issue, but then again I'm on KitKat, and it seems everyone's having one issue or another. Anyone else feel like the signal quality has gone down from the S4 to Note 3 for them?
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I think so. I am planing to talk to T-Mobile to sure about this.

There are times that it would go high and suddenly go down. But usually my signal is stable