Is there a way to get lte on our phones and if we already have it which roms have it
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rabbit505 said:
Is there a way to get lte on our phones and if we already have it which roms have it
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Not possible, SGH-T989, T989D phones don't have 4G LTE hardware, most roms do have support for LTE, but the phone hardware has to have it.
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How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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ilaf0106 said:
How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
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This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
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What he said.
It's pretty much the same as your existing T-Mobile phone, if not.. better.
what he said, but.....
it also depends on which radio you have installed. Samsung has a handful of different5 radios depending o where the phone was originally marketed for. All are basic GSM 5-band capable but each one has minor tweaks for specific networks. There are several threads on here debating which radio works best. Do a search if you are interested. For mine, the XXKK6 radio it arrived with (ordered from the UK) gets comparable reception to any other phone I have used on T-Mobile. You can see the radio version under settings .. about phone .. baseband version. Changing radios is easily done if rooted and you have basic mod skills.
My service wasn't the best at first but after I flashed UGKL1 radio my data speeds on HSPA+ went from 2mbs down up to 10mbs consistently.
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As good as any other quality T-Mobile phone.
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So this phone is compatible with T-Mobile with no problems right?? I'm debating on the galaxy nexus n the white T-Mobile gs2
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Everyone said yes..
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joshnichols189 said:
Everyone said yes..
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Thank you!!
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Im thinking about switching carriers from att to simply mobile will it work with a rooted and flashed galaxy s3? Does anybody know???
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asiaticl said:
Im thinking about switching carriers from att to simply mobile will it work with a rooted and flashed galaxy s3? Does anybody know???
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Att version? Or tmobile?
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Deleted cuz I can't read properly ....
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I have at&t
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There is a way to unlock the phone but i fear that these roms are catered to 4g lte and simply mobile is only 4g will that affect service as far as data or email and text etc? Will it even work at all?
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asiaticl said:
There is a way to unlock the phone but i fear that these roms are catered to 4g lte and simply mobile is only 4g will that affect service as far as data or email and text etc? Will it even work at all?
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No lmao. If u dont know the difference between att radios and tmobile radios, then id advise u not to even bother with rooting and flashing. U can only get and will only get EDGE/2G data speeds. Period
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Can anyone with the new update please confirm if the new baseband supports LTE or not? Thanks!
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Arrio said:
Can anyone with the new update please confirm if the new baseband supports LTE or not? Thanks!
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No it doesn't. .
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mysticfrog said:
No it doesn't. .
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Aw... big disappointment. Thanks though.
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Arrio said:
Aw... big disappointment. Thanks though.
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The phone is already LTE capable, however T-Mobile needs to flip the switch 1st then we will get an update.
Not yet tmobile not ready 4 lte sometime in 2014
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Or more likely 2013 depending in your area.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
Hopefully someone can find out how to activate LTE so that we won't have to wait til 2014 when the phone is outdated.
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2014? Really dude....phone is already LTE capable and tmo is rolling out their 4G this coming year. Chill out.
Enabling the phone won't do crap until Tmo heats up their LTE mojo on the network. Patience grasshopper.
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KillaHurtz said:
2014? Really dude....phone is already LTE capable and tmo is rolling out their 4G this coming year. Chill out.
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Not everyone who has the T889 is on Tmobile like you. The phone may have an LTE chip, but it's not usable... so it's not really "LTE capable".
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T-Mobile is going to use metro pcs LTE in 2013
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So as the title states I need some help. I'm trying to get a phone and its an unlocked at&t s3 and I'm trying to figure out if it will work well on our T-Mobile carrier. Will I get 4g can I get SMS? Any help?
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Yes, I'm using one right now and I get "4g" and 4g LTE as well.. "4g" might not have as good coverage depending on your area because it will use the 1900 frequency T-Mobile has recently started to roll out instead of the 1700 that T-Mobile mainly has for 3g/hspa.. But LTE will work just fine, and it is fast! heck you will even get WiFi calling as long as you flash a T-Mobile based ROM
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serio22 said:
Yes, I'm using one right now and I get "4g" and 4g LTE as well.. "4g" might not have as good coverage depending on your area because it will use the 1900 frequency T-Mobile has recently started to roll out instead of the 1700 that T-Mobile mainly has for 3g/hspa.. But LTE will work just fine, and it is fast! heck you will even get WiFi calling as long as you flash a T-Mobile based ROM
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Can't you just flash a T-Mobile baseband? And also if it'd and at&t phone how can you flash a T-Mobile s3 ROM?
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No do NOT flash a T-Mobile baseband.. Only stick with at&t basebands or bootloaders.. The only thing you can safely flash is Roms and kernels.. You can flash roms through recovery and most should work just fine.. And BTW there actually is a mod on the at&t thread to enable the 1700 aws, but the mod wipes after a reboot and you must do it every time you reboot.. It doesn't sound that bad, so you might want to try it out if you end up getting it and have bad or no 3g/h with 1900 in your area
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So I can flash a T-Mobile s3 room
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Yes as he said you can flash roms and kernels nothing else.
And dont be confused and think a rom is equivalent to firmware. Its not.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Yes as he said you can flash roms and kernels nothing else.
And dont be confused and think a rom is equivalent to firmware. Its not.
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Well I know that I was just a little confused as to the way he worded it. So I've tried reading over their some but so far all I've come up with are old threads where people were trying to get 3g to work. Supposedly its permanent any idea how I can tell what frequency my location runs on
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I'm pretty sure there is. I think it may be a dialer code that you can use to go in and test to find out. Cant remember for sure, but thought I'd mention it in case it helps someone else answer or helps your search.
If you aren't able to find anything ill try to remember to look later tonight.
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If what I think this is says right here. https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v2/discussions/40516 and this says what I think.it says http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_i747-4803.php with a at&t version I should be able to access tmobiles 4g and 4g late since its on the 2100 frequency
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Tmobiles hspa+42 and lte will be on the 1700 and 1900 bands. Not aware of tmob using 2100.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Tmobiles hspa+42 and lte will be on the 1700 and 1900 bands. Not aware of tmob using 2100.
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But doesn't the article say that they're moving 3g to 1900 and then 1700 will be for HSDPA+ and 2100 will be for lte
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My bad, you were right. I had things a bit mixed up I guess!
Sorry for the confusion.
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Though, they will only be able to offer hspa+42 on the aws spectrum I believe. And it'll only account for a small portion in the end.
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So basically they're expecting most phones to support lte. Does the s3 from at&t support was?
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skinzy98 said:
So basically they're expecting most phones to support lte. Does the s3 from at&t support was?
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That I'm not sure about. I want to say it does, but I'm not confident enough to say for sure.
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these are the two threads i was able to find about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344627
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771021
the first one is the newest method and the one that won't stick after reboots.. the second one will downgrade the phone to ics, and people are saying that flashing a t999 recovery and then a tmo jb rom will still keep 1700 enabled but i haven't tried any of them
Well you guys thanks for the help. Now I just have to actually find a new phone
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Hey guys I'm back with another question about that thread you posted. For one (I've been reading about it but for now am totally co fused) I will be able to flash any of the ROMs by is right so if I do the second method I can still flash 4.2.2?
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serio22 said:
these are the two threads i was able to find about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344627
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771021
the first one is the newest method and the one that won't stick after reboots.. the second one will downgrade the phone to ics, and people are saying that flashing a t999 recovery and then a tmo jb rom will still keep 1700 enabled but i haven't tried any of them
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And also which method did you use personally to get T-Mobile service. If your getting 4g then I will be following your lead
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931
Has anyone tried this to see if it works for us?
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Our hardware does not support LTE. Won't work.
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gregcapps said:
Our hardware does not support LTE. Won't work.
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The last update brought LTE packages, T-Mobile is putting up LTE towers and if u happen to be in that small area that supports it as of now u will get it ..
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The last update brought LTE packages, T-Mobile is putting up LTE towers and if u happen to be in that small area that supports it as of now u will get it ..
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4g and 4g lte are different the phone hardware has to support lte which this one does not.
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gregcapps said:
4g and 4g lte are different the phone hardware has to support lte which this one does not.
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Yes this. T989 will never run lte no matter what software is on the phone. We don't have the hardware for it. And the lte software package is there in general, for phones that have it.
And we don't have it.
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