Hello everyone so I just have to ask. I am strongly considering moving to T-Mobile from Verizon considering T's new promotions. Gonna go to the Note 3 if I do. So what I want to know is how is the development? Is anyone from the central Kentucky area or East Tennessee area (I travel between the two a lot.) How is the coverage, 4g coverage, 4g speed? Just doing some research before I make the jump. Any opinions is appreciated.
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Development is picking up. Tweaked by dwitherell is the best you can get.
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I think newer Verizon phones have SIM cards, not sure of details, but maybe you could get 1 month prepaid SIM from T-Mo and possibly test it? The problem with asking others is that a person on one side of town could have totally different coverage from the person across. In some less populated areas T-mo may have less coverage, but you can use WiFi calling and alleviate some problems that way.
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here for more info on using VZ phone on T-mo
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I know that we don't have official LTE just yet but dang...these speeds are ridiculous! This is a speed test in front memorial hospital.
Yeah its nice. I have seen 59 down off of deercreek
I'm in Jacksonville & enjoying LTE as well
I come to Jacksonville every weekend and regularly see 45-55 down and 15-25 up. I sure wish I lived there!!!
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Hi,
Saw your post come up on google. I'm considering jumping ship to Verizon soon due to their mammoth LTE coverage. Can you share how well Jax is covered by AT&T LTE now? It'll help me a lot since the new iPhone is about to launch and I'll have to make a decision very soon.
Thx. AJ
I get LTE off Alta, off Kernan, The beaches, Southside, Regency and I think most of the westside/OP. I have got in some gaps but usually they don't last long. Near Mr Taco on
bowden is the shakiest I've seen coverage and out in St Aug I see HSPA. I've seen others report getting LTE downtown. I may have just been lucky but it seems pretty
solid. At home I see download speeds between 10-38 and at work Its between 30-59.
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Hi,
Saw your post come up on google. I'm considering jumping ship to Verizon soon due to their mammoth LTE coverage. Can you share how well Jax is covered by AT&T LTE now? It'll help me a lot since the new iPhone is about to launch and I'll have to make a decision very soon.
Thx. AJ
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I'm happy with LTE coverage so far. They haven't fully enabled it throughout Jacksonville as of yet but I've seen trucks and vans at some cell towers as of lately working on them. I live right by the Town Center and get constant 15-25 down and 10-20 up. When around baymeadows and I95...I get 45-55 down and 35 up now. I would hold out a bit to see how much better it gets. I've got coworkers with Verizon s3's and they get spotty data. I wonder how the icrap5 destroys VZ network.
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I'm happy with LTE coverage so far. They haven't fully enabled it throughout Jacksonville as of yet but I've seen trucks and vans at some cell towers as of lately working on them. I live right by the Town Center and get constant 15-25 down and 10-20 up. When around baymeadows and I95...I get 45-55 down and 35 up now. I would hold out a bit to see how much better it gets. I've got coworkers with Verizon s3's and they get spotty data. I wonder how the icrap5 destroys VZ network.
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Thanks Artimus009. I'm happy to know you're getting pretty good speeds as well as decent coverage... hopefully they'll get "full" coverage including St. Aug by end of this year.
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I get LTE off Alta, off Kernan, The beaches, Southside, Regency and I think most of the westside/OP. I have got in some gaps but usually they don't last long. Near Mr Taco on
bowden is the shakiest I've seen coverage and out in St Aug I see HSPA. I've seen others report getting LTE downtown. I may have just been lucky but it seems pretty
solid. At home I see download speeds between 10-38 and at work Its between 30-59.
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Thanks biggggant. Since I'm usually in and around Baymeadows/SS it seems I'll be fine with the present coverage based on what you're saying...
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Thanks Artimus009. I'm happy to know you're getting pretty good speeds as well as decent coverage... hopefully they'll get "full" coverage including St. Aug by end of this year.
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Thanks biggggant. Since I'm usually in and around Baymeadows/SS it seems I'll be fine with the present coverage based on what you're saying...
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Yeah I work off of deer creek..And I am pretty sure I see LTE all the way from deer creek to Phillips
I'm in NYC and since the Hurricane came through reception hasn't been up to par. But this morning I had trouble making calls and when I glanced at my lock screen I saw AT&T on top. How does that happen?
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You guys are probably roaming on AT&T because the T-Mobile towers nearest you are down.
Unless it's a government conspiracy......
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You guys are probably roaming on AT&T because the T-Mobile towers nearest you are down.
Unless it's a government conspiracy......
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The conspiracy thing is more entertaining
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/20/...dts-seven-year-umts-roaming-agreement-gets-d/
What you're experiencing is a result of T-Mobile and AT&T temporarily agreeing to open each other's networks to allow roaming for all their customers in the affected storm areas.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411599,00.asp
Here in crown heights we still have tmobile service.
Its errie watching downtown not light up.
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Wow i just manually switched over to 1900mhz and at&t poppped up.
Data is about 128kbps, so still works but seems to be provisioned at the lower tier.
Checking lte.
I roam on ATT on occasion when I got visit my friend in BFE. Speeds are sometimes decent.
I have roamed on AT&T before too when i was on the Big Island of Hawaii. mine said i had edge service but was never able to connect to data
Since we now have the t999l, how is the battery compared to the hspa version? And say I don't get LTE in certain places, can I still get hspa? Want to try and see if I can swap out. When I switched to T-Mobile the Rep said this would get LTE even though I thought he was full of ****. So want to see if I can swap them for free
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Since we now have the t999l, how is the battery compared to the hspa version? And say I don't get LTE in certain places, can I still get hspa? Want to try and see if I can swap out. When I switched to T-Mobile the Rep said this would get LTE even though I thought he was full of ****. So want to see if I can swap them for free
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I was using the at&t s3 with LTE for a couple of days.. During those days I did not connect to WiFi because I wanted to find out the very same thing you are asking.. I used it for about 3 days and my results were that the battery usage was extremely similar to what I have been used to while using hspa.. And yes you will get hspa when you are not in lte coverage.. If I could swap for the lte version I would do it in a heartbeat.. Lte was fast and the speeds were a lot more consistent that hspa for me.. If you are able to swap for free do let us know!
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Since we now have the t999l, how is the battery compared to the hspa version? And say I don't get LTE in certain places, can I still get hspa? Want to try and see if I can swap out. When I switched to T-Mobile the Rep said this would get LTE even though I thought he was full of ****. So want to see if I can swap them for free
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i have the t999l . I find battery life to be exactly the same as hspa plus. yes... if lte isnt available you will get hspa. Phone works great and data is strong and consistent.
Now for the negative part. Tmobile is slow to roll out updates for the t999l version of the s3. (t999l still didnt get multi window update as of yet).
And rom support on xda for the t999l is extremely slow at the moment. So your pretty much stuck on stock firmware.
and yes...the tmobile rep is full of it. there is no way to get lte on t999.
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I was using the at&t s3 with LTE for a couple of days.. During those days I did not connect to WiFi because I wanted to find out the very same thing you are asking.. I used it for about 3 days and my results were that the battery usage was extremely similar to what I have been used to while using hspa.. And yes you will get hspa when you are not in lte coverage.. If I could swap for the lte version I would do it in a heartbeat.. Lte was fast and the speeds were a lot more consistent that hspa for me.. If you are able to swap for free do let us know!
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no way to swap. all tmobile offered me was a 167$ for my old s3. and i have to pay the 450 difference for the t999l. terrible.
that being said though..if you can get a t999l for 350-400 on ebay...its worth it. because in NYC....the lte is strong dependable. and hspa as back up is very serviceable.
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i have the t999l . I find battery life to be exactly the same as hspa plus. yes... if lte isnt available you will get hspa. Phone works great and data is strong and consistent.
Now for the negative part. Tmobile is slow to roll out updates for the t999l version of the s3. (t999l still didnt get multi window update as of yet).
And rom support on xda for the t999l is extremely slow at the moment. So your pretty much stuck on stock firmware.
and yes...the tmobile rep is full of it. there is no way to get lte on t999.
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Only some have got the L from a warranty or ins claim.
I'm afraid you'll be outta luck though on getting it swapped.
Roms don't matter. Every rom in the dev section can work. Some you have to edit the script, most will flash with no problems.
Don't expct to see many T999L roms until a dev gets one, which I doubt will happen since they're more likely to upgrade to the S4. But it shouldn't matter because like I said, the T999 roms should work fine.
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i have the t999l . I find battery life to be exactly the same as hspa plus. yes... if lte isnt available you will get hspa. Phone works great and data is strong and consistent.
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no way to swap. all tmobile offered me was a 167$ for my old s3. and i have to pay the 450 difference for the t999l. terrible.
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Yeah I found the battery to be the same if not better, and I was on lte for about 90% of those days
And I tried to swap too but they told me they could only offer $150 for mine if it was in really good condition, which it was, so I didn't do it
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meshflesh said:
i have the t999l . I find battery life to be exactly the same as hspa plus. yes... if lte isnt available you will get hspa. Phone works great and data is strong and consistent.
Now for the negative part. Tmobile is slow to roll out updates for the t999l version of the s3. (t999l still didnt get multi window update as of yet).
And rom support on xda for the t999l is extremely slow at the moment. So your pretty much stuck on stock firmware.
and yes...the tmobile rep is full of it. there is no way to get lte on t999.
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no way to swap. all tmobile offered me was a 167$ for my old s3. and i have to pay the 450 difference for the t999l. terrible.
that being said though..if you can get a t999l for 350-400 on ebay...its worth it. because in NYC....the lte is strong dependable. and hspa as back up is very serviceable.
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I'm sure if I make a big enough stink... Cuz I asked specifically about this device getting LTE once tmo launched it. He swore up and down yes, lol yeah right. I originally got the s2 and swapped it up for the s3, same guy who sold said he'd do it
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Just called. The rep said he would right now if he could... But the problem lies in the 30 day exchange system. They cannot override, even if I paid a restocking fee, the system that enables you to do a swap. But, he did say call tmo corporate and try to get through to loyalty... They can override and he said he'd be upset too and thinks its silly to release a second device. Will update once I get through to loyalty
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I cannot guarantee this will work for all of you, but here is what happened:
Called customer support and spoke to a lady who came from sprint, so she understands my curiosity and praise for tmo coverage/speeds. She gave me the spiel of LTE not being everywhere, wait for a newer device, etc. But she did say she could transfer me anyway to loyalty. After talking about tmo vs sprint in terms of LTE rollout, and laughing and how terrible sprint is, we parted ways and off we went.
Spoke to a gentleman named AJ, but the system has him down as Andrew. I expressed my concerns for my rep telling me I'd receive LTE on this variant once LTE rolled out, firmware updates, etc. He said he could send me a device, NOT GUARANTEEING it would be LTE, but most likely. Chances are it'd be refurb'd, but he'd send it AND waive the 5$ fee. Said I have 7 days to send either device back and could try again if it isn't LTE. Did however say there's a 6 day back order but I'd get overnight shipping once it came in. If it isn't LTE, said I could try again AND he could try to waive again but not a guarantee.
Bottom line, try it of you're somewhat new to tmo. I tried once and maybe got lucky with both reps at customer service. You might too
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Regarding battery, unless you are heavily using LTE, you won't notice much difference. Both should throttle down to 2g untill a transfer is initiated. Then they will go up to their best possible. So an lte device on standby should be the same as the hspa one.
As for battery use while actually being used, lte should drain a good bit more juice from what I understand.
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Regarding battery, unless you are heavily using LTE, you won't notice much difference. Both should throttle down to 2g untill a transfer is initiated. Then they will go up to their best possible. So an lte device on standby should be the same as the hspa one.
As for battery use while actually being used, lte should drain a good bit more juice from what I understand.
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This is true, however the way I see it, faster speeds = less uptime = less screen on time = less battery consumption. Idk if it actually works this way, but I'd certainly imagine it to be somewhat relative. Less time loading a page would use the radio and screen less to get the information you want, but then you face the problem of having all that speed and wanting to read every wikipedia article simply because you have the speed to do so.
Does anyone know which of these two has the most or strongest coverage areas with 4G / 4G LTE in the USA? I'm asking because I'm currently using AT&T and their services cover just about every area I have been to. The 4G is awesome. But StraightTalk gives you 5 GB of high-speed data for just $45.00 /mo. while AT&T only offers 2 GB. Is StraightTalk's services as good as or better than AT&T's?
Straight talk uses 3 different networks for byop. Sprint,at&t, and T-Mobile networks. If youre using an at&t modeled phone on straight talk youre still using at&t network. If you brought a tmobile phone to them it would use t mobiles network. And same thing for sprint phones. But why not go to cricket? Im using my unlocked d851 on cricket which is also at&ts network. But i get 10gb LTE for 60 a month. Im definitely happy with it. I havent gone over my high speed limit yet. Ive been with cricket for 5 months now
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Does anyone know which of these two has the most or strongest coverage areas with 4G / 4G LTE in the USA? I'm asking because I'm currently using AT&T and their services cover just about every area I have been to. The 4G is awesome. But StraightTalk gives you 5 GB of high-speed data for just $45.00 /mo. while AT&T only offers 2 GB. Is StraightTalk's services as good as or better than AT&T's?
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Straight talk uses 3 different networks for byop. Sprint,at&t, and T-Mobile networks. If youre using an at&t modeled phone on straight talk youre still using at&t network. If you brought a tmobile phone to them it would use t mobiles network. And same thing for sprint phones. But why not go to cricket? Im using my unlocked d851 on cricket which is also at&ts network. But i get 10gb LTE for 60 a month. Im definitely happy with it. I havent gone over my high speed limit yet. Ive been with cricket for 5 months now
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I see. It's good to know that 10 GB is good for a whole month. Did you know that StraightTalk also offers 10 GB / mo. for $55.00 /mo.? BTW, I decided to go with StraightTalk AT&T's services! I love AT&T!
No i didnt know that. Well maybe ill switch to them next month. I had a sprint phone i used with them a couple years ago. Do they still have a processing fee on bill payments? Because cricket is 60 dollars even. Ill def go for 55/ month straight talk. I just hope they dont give me a sim that uses t mobile network. Att is so much better in chicago area than tmo
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Thats super legit. I just checked straight talk .com i can just order a sim card thats att compatible since my phone is unlocked. Have you began your service yet?
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Does anyone know which of these two has the most or strongest coverage areas with 4G / 4G LTE in the USA? I'm asking because I'm currently using AT&T and their services cover just about every area I have been to. The 4G is awesome. But StraightTalk gives you 5 GB of high-speed data for just $45.00 /mo. while AT&T only offers 2 GB. Is StraightTalk's services as good as or better than AT&T's?
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Thanks for the info. Ill be saving 60 dollars a year beginning next month. The reason i asked if youve activated, im wondering does straight talk use a att.net based apn or if they use an aiowireless.net apn like cricket does. No big deal either way i guess. I can testify the aio apn works just fine but i just imagine an apn with "att" in the address to be faster lol.. This is based on nothing
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No i didnt know that. Well maybe ill switch to them next month. I had a sprint phone i used with them a couple years ago. Do they still have a processing fee on bill payments? Because cricket is 60 dollars even. Ill def go for 55/ month straight talk. I just hope they dont give me a sim that uses t mobile network. Att is so much better in chicago area than tmo
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Thats super legit. I just checked straight talk .com i can just order a sim card thats att compatible since my phone is unlocked. Have you began your service yet?
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Thanks for the info. Ill be saving 60 dollars a year beginning next month. The reason i asked if youve activated, im wondering does straight talk use a att.net based apn or if they use an aiowireless.net apn like cricket does. No big deal either way i guess. I can testify the aio apn works just fine but i just imagine an apn with "att" in the address to be faster lol.. This is based on nothing
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No. I have not begun my service yet. I just ordered a StraightTalk-AT&T Micro-SIM Card Kit off of eBay. It's coming form North Carolina. I live in South Carolina so I'm hoping to have it by Saturday. I'm switching when I get it. I've already used up my 2 GB of High-Speed Data from AT&T GoPhone. 2 GB is no where near enough data for me. I can't wait to switch!
Hi guys,
I am looking into getting this device. However I am not sure if I can use it with verizon. I had a little chat today with a verizon rep after shipping my note 7 back and I got told that I could now use any phone with verizon as long as it has a sim-card slot and one of the regular sim sizes (microSIM and nanoSIM).
Anyone tried it with verizon?
I belive its gsm networks
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But according to http://willmyphonework.net it seems 3g will work 4g may not
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According to Verizon I can use any unlocked phone which accepts a SIM card....
Its a lot of money to be stuck with as paper weight
I also would like to know this.
Voice and SMS Only so far for me.
No LTE as VZW requires Band 13 for BYOD phones and this phone does not have 13.
It does have EV-DO so 3g should work but I can't get it to.
Ah to bad. Such an amazing phone. Just crazy that the world can't unite and standardize frequency bands and protocols. We were able to have shipping containers and the cigarette lighter plugs standardized . Too bad that we can't do it here.