Would an ATT Note 3 work fine on Tmobile's network? I mean like the LTE etc?
I am new to all of this and dont really know the trade offs/negatives of using an att note 3 on tmobile.
help would be appreciated.
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madhad said:
Would an ATT Note 3 work fine on Tmobile's network? I mean like the LTE etc?
I am new to all of this and dont really know the trade offs/negatives of using an att note 3 on tmobile.
help would be appreciated.
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When I first got on T-Mobile I used my AT&T S3 and everything on the network worked perfectly. Only thing you have to change is the APN settings to the T-Mobile settings and your set. You will not be able to use WiFi calling through T-Mobile but everything else works good.
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When T-Mobile Enables Support for LTE on Note 2, can it be used with AT&T LTE for full 4G LTE speeds?
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I've confirmed that an unlocked T-Mobile Note 2 works on AT&T LTE if AT&T adds an LTE capable IMEI to your account. In the case of my friend, a sales rep at the AT&T store noticed the T889 shows up on their system as a non-LTE device. That sales rep pulled the IMEI from their demo Note 2 (i317) and added it to my friends account, modifying the last digit to avoid an IMEI conflict in their system. A few moments later, the LTE icon activated on the T889. YMMV
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So based on the Wireless Charging issues in the T889, I've just bought an AT&T note 2 on ebay to use on T-Mobile. I plan to unlock it and enable AWS through the hack in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
My question is, once I've done this should everything work just as well as a T-Mobile Note 2? Is there anything else I need to worry about like an APN? Will all HSPA+ and LTE frequencies then work for both carriers?
Poke_N_PDA said:
So based on the Wireless Charging issues in the T889, I've just bought an AT&T note 2 on ebay to use on T-Mobile. I plan to unlock it and enable AWS through the hack in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
My question is, once I've done this should everything work just as well as a T-Mobile Note 2? Is there anything else I need to worry about like an APN? Will all HSPA+ and LTE frequencies then work for both carriers?
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you need Tmobile APN in order to get data. Not sure yet about the HSPA+ or LTE
jay661972 said:
you need Tmobile APN in order to get data. Not sure yet about the HSPA+ or LTE
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Since they are so big on the Bring your own device right now I would think that would just be handled in the background.
I've got a galaxy nexus right now and I get pretty decent speeds. I never did anything besides popping in the t-Mobile sim.
I was worried about a PRL, but it looks like that is a CDMA thing only. Also, I'm curious if I can get HD Voice working.
Poke_N_PDA said:
So based on the Wireless Charging issues in the T889, I've just bought an AT&T note 2 on ebay to use on T-Mobile. I plan to unlock it and enable AWS through the hack in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
My question is, once I've done this should everything work just as well as a T-Mobile Note 2? Is there anything else I need to worry about like an APN? Will all HSPA+ and LTE frequencies then work for both carriers?
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I did exactly what you plan to do. My AT&T Note 2 works perfectly on T-Mobile. The APN is set automatically as soon as you slip in a T-Mobile simm card. I get speeds around 12 to 16 MB per second which seems to be about typicla for T-Mobile. LTE hasn't been rolled out yet so I don't know if I'll get that but I believe I will based on what I've heard.
What's this about wireless charging though? I thought only the international version could do that.
rogerbacon50 said:
I did exactly what you plan to do. My AT&T Note 2 works perfectly on T-Mobile. The APN is set automatically as soon as you slip in a T-Mobile simm card. I get speeds around 12 to 16 MB per second which seems to be about typicla for T-Mobile. LTE hasn't been rolled out yet so I don't know if I'll get that but I believe I will based on what I've heard.
What's this about wireless charging though? I thought only the international version could do that.
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from what I've read, it's confirmed working on AT&T and Sprint Note 2s as well. T-Mobile works with a hardware hack that isn't desirable. Don't know about Verizon.
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I have a tmoblie note 2 unlocked I am using straight talk sim att compatible one tmobile sucks were I live and I called straight talk the rest the network thing were it well pick up the best tower around and att is the best and I still pick up tmoblie is there a way I can just force it to att and stay on att towers???
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I would like to use my T-Mobile Note 2 on Straight Talk on the AT&T network. I'm currently using Solavei running under T-Mobile's network, but T-Mobile isn't cutting it in my area. I really want to run on the AT&T network. Solavei only runs on TMO.
TMO is great when I can get 4G but it sucks when others in the same physical location can get AT&T to 4G and TMO is E or G network.
Examples of where AT&T is working great but TMO isn't are: up in the canyons (Millcreek, SLC, Utah), over the dunes at the beach (Topsail, NC), at my house (SLC, UT).
Questions:
1. Can I do this? Run a T-Mobile Note 2 on Straight Talk on the AT&T network?
2. If so, If I buy a sim from Straight Talk what does it take to make sure it runs on the AT&T network and not on TMO? I'd really hate to go through all that and still end up on TMO and not AT&T. I've already had an AT&T sim running in my Note 2 and everything was working great. I just didn't want to pay AT&T prices.
3. I've heard that Straight Talk will switch from TMO to AT&T depending on what area on the country you live in. Is this true? Is there anyway to override this?
4. I've heard that you can't buy AT&T sims anymore from Straight Talk. There seems to be a market now for AT&T sims that were available at the beginning of the year but are not now.
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I'm using a T-Mobile Note 2 on Staight Talk with AT&T. You will have buy a att straight talk sim from off of ebay. They are like $50 PLUS. I was just sure I was gonna get g2 for data but I get 4g with like G2 speeds.
I have a T-Mo Galaxy S4 that was SIM unlocked through unlockerDotnet.
I've heard that the T-Mo S4 is better than AT&T for a variety of reasons, but more importantly that it picks up all of T-Mobiles HSPA+ along with AT&T's network. So in theory, having it sim unlocked, I could fully utilize t-mobile's service and at&t's service to their full potential. Can anyone confirm this?
Reason I ask was I was speaking with a TMO rep once and he said the international unlocked version wouldn't pick up on the full spectrum of TMO frequencies, but it should be fine with AT&T. Ideally I want to get into a situation where I have the option to jump between the two through their full spectrum, or any mvno's that use their towers as well.
Thanks for the clarification! :laugh:
Details and specifics appreciated!
You can enable tmo AWS bands on AT&T S4. 2 phones are the same, basically the tmo version has the extra bands enable out of the box.
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You can enable tmo AWS bands on AT&T S4. 2 phones are the same, basically the tmo version has the extra bands enable out of the box.
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Thanks for the heads up :good:
So there wouldn't be any disadvantage to running the sim unlocked TMO S4 on ATT? I'd still pick up on all their 3g/4g/lte frequencies?
Much appreciated my friend
It will work its full potential on AT&T network if that what you want it to do.
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It will work its full potential on AT&T network if that what you want it to do.
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Wait a minute... The ATT version has the tmobile bands too? I thought it was missing two of them.
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http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-t...aws-bands-on-att-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337sgh-i337m/
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I got another reply on a different forum that said
"T-Mobile's phone will work on both AT&T and T-Mobile however im not sure if the 4g LTE will work on AT&T's Network but either way you will only be able to use one or the other at any one time."
So, just to clarify, or rephrase rather, will 4G LTE work on ATT's network with the sim-unlocked TMO S4, or would it be beneficial to go with the ATT S4 and open up the TMO bands?
Sorry to beat the dead horse, just want to try and verify HSPA+ and both Tmo LTE and Att LTE will work with my setup, or if I should switch to ATT or International Unlocked version.
Again, many thanks for clearing this up!
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K. Can anyone help me out with that last question that knows LTE tech fairly well? I read a bit about frequencies here and from what I can tell it seems like the LTE frequencies are 1.4MHz, 3MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 15MHz, and 20MHz pending which geographic market you are in, but I'm not sure if there's anything else hidden in regards to carriers have specific LTE frequencies, and if so if any that a TMO sim unlocked S4 doesn't have.
In the end, i'm 90% going to be on TMO or a MVNO, but on the slight chance (or if i'm working around the country in a very rural area) I may want to switch to ATT and possibly their new prepaid service they're going to announce. Anyways, thanks again
My unlocked TMO S4 works perfectly on ATT LTE, doing it right now and have been for the last few weeks. That's why I bought it also was to hop between carriers.
While you can get the ATT S4 to work with TMO it's more difficult and not ready to go out of the box. I tried that and ended up just returning the ATT one.
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In the end, i'm 90% going to be on TMO or a MVNO, but on the slight chance (or if i'm working around the country in a very rural area) I may want to switch to ATT and possibly their new prepaid service they're going to announce. Anyways, thanks again
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T-mobile just dropped the price of their S4. There's no reason to get the ATT one but in case you get one and want an easy way to unlock the extra bands, follow this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2324667
kevroc said:
My unlocked TMO S4 works perfectly on ATT LTE, doing it right now and have been for the last few weeks. That's why I bought it also was to hop between carriers.
While you can get the ATT S4 to work with TMO it's more difficult and not ready to go out of the box. I tried that and ended up just returning the ATT one.
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I have a T-Mobile variant s4 unlocked using it on AT&T network and just did my first speed test and......was very disappointed!
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