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hey guys just wanna let ya know if u have any tmobile related questions let me know... i own the SGSII. i may be some help if u guys need help with anything regarding tmobiles side of the ball.
Hello, could you ask the powers that be when we'll be getting Ice Cream Sandwich?
Hey there. Stick around this forums, your will be a nice help to this community.
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Just ignore the trolls! ty and u will be a nice asset to this community!
Thanks for announcing yourself . To our forums.
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just 1 question regarding wifi calling is the update really happening first couple of weeks of november and is there a way to tell if my old sim card is able to use it which is about 8 months old or should i just install the new 1? Reason I ask is because I've read some people had the new sim card taken by a rep when they bought the phone saying the old 1 they had looked the same. Thx in advance
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just 1 question regarding wifi calling is the update really happening first couple of weeks of november and is there a way to tell if my old sim card is able to use it which is about 8 months old or should i just install the new 1? Reason I ask is because I've read some people had the new sim card taken by a rep when they bought the phone saying the old 1 they had looked the same. Thx in advance
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The rep also took my sim card! I didn't notice till later on.
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The rep also took my sim card! I didn't notice till later on.
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ordered mine online so i still have my new sim just havent installed it yet but want to make sure if i will get the update with the old 1 in or not and it would also be helpful to everyone else that got the new sim taken away if we could know the difference between the new 1 and the last 1 before it so we could either go grab 1 or install it if we have it.
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ordered mine online so i still have my new sim just havent installed it yet but want to make sure if i will get the update with the old 1 in or not and it would also be helpful to everyone else that got the new sim taken away if we could know the difference between the new 1 and the last 1 before it so we could either go grab 1 or install it if we have it.
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I would like to say that the old sim will work, but since I haven't even seen what the new sim looks like to compare the two I have no idea. I wonder if T-Mobile told the reps to take the sim card or the reps are just stealing them for their own personal reason.
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My rep told me wifi calling would not work unless you got the new sim card.
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go back to the store and get the new sim cards..some reps arent as informed as the others so they mistakenly must have taken the new sim cards. New sims are need for the wifi calling to work.
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I would like to say that the old sim will work, but since I haven't even seen what the new sim looks like to compare the two I have no idea. I wonder if T-Mobile told the reps to take the sim card or the reps are just stealing them for their own personal reason.
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was just comparing mine and my old 1 has a smaller almost square shape gold connector while the new 1 has a longer rectangular shape gold connector but not as big as the real older 1s that took up almost the whole card... guessing im gonna have to change mine up just in case because it is different. Just dont like taking the back off too much because it does feel like something might crack or break after so many times...lol
i had to return exchange my sgs2 because the touchscreen was acting up, would not charge anymore and would not mount usb storage. rep said because i used OLD SIM CARD. dont know how true it is, but all is well now.
If I did not buy the phone through Tmobile, but bought it outright elseware and it has given me problems (the battery life) will I be able to return/exchange in a Tmobile store for another one?
I still have all the accessories/box etc.
Depends on the location. Corporate stores can return purchases made at premium retailers and thats about it.
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Just ignore the trolls! ty and u will be a nice asset to this community!
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*agrees*
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Those of you asking whether or not WiFi calling will work with your SIM card: You must have a card that has TM9177 printed on the back. (According a good friend who happens to be my T-Mobile rep)
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If I did not buy the phone through Tmobile, but bought it outright elseware and it has given me problems (the battery life) will I be able to return/exchange in a Tmobile store for another one?
I still have all the accessories/box etc.
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The short answer is no. You would need return it where you got it from. If it was from say....another person that got it through T-mobile, either locally or customer care you would need an order# or reciept for them to process an exchange. Samsung covers the device for one full year from the date of purchase (Samsung seems pretty strict and may ask for the original purchase reciept also). The best thing honestly, is to buy it from somewhere that will honor the warranty. Saving a few bucks now may cost you down the line.
Worst case senario, call tmo and tell them the deal. Tech support may be willing to work with you to get warranty replacement if you were the 1st # associated with the IMEI. Remember all of this is YMMV, I can almost always get tmo to help me out, but in a recent & super similar case I was denied. I ended up selling the one I had to buy a new one after some careful wording to a customer loyalty soop. Again YMMV, but some ideas and facts to consider
Hope that helps.
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hey guys just wanna let ya know if u have any tmobile related questions let me know... i own the SGSII. i may be some help if u guys need help with anything regarding tmobiles side of the ball.
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nice to see another tmo employee on xda! I know of a couple more around here
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Thanks for offering to contribute from your experience as a rep. It's much appreciated since, as you are even more aware than us, not all reps have the same knowledge base or interest in these devices.
One thing that would be awesome would be if you could let us know of any known issues that T-mo tells its reps to be aware of (i.e. if you receive any information about issues that customers may come in with).
We're pretty much all still in our 14 day period and sometimes it's nice to be aware of possible defects such that we can look for them as early as possible to see if we are affected.
Have you heard or experienced anyone coming in with complaints regarding the display having the "brushed metal" or "vertical line" issue? (There's a long thread on it in this forum)
First time I have imported a phone. Well bought from Newegg so guess its not an import. I dont have a micro sim in my phone (orig Craptivate). If I take it in to the ATT store will they sell me the sim and set it up? Anything I should know if they start giving me crap? I just couldnt see the 16gb working for me and no sd card just killed me for the XL version. Thanks in advance
JP
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First time I have imported a phone. Well bought from Newegg so guess its not an import. I dont have a micro sim in my phone (orig Craptivate). If I take it in to the ATT store will they sell me the sim and set it up? Anything I should know if they start giving me crap? I just couldnt see the 16gb working for me and no sd card just killed me for the XL version. Thanks in advance
JP
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I'm pretty sure they will give you a new micro-sim card, but I doubt they will be happy to setup your device for daily use ;-). But I guess that depends on who will be helping you!
(Just guessing though)
Reason I ask is one of my friends imported his SGS 2 and his local ATT store refused to help him with it as it wasnt released in the US yet. He got it done at another store (ie got the sim and some help on setup). I am just hoping to avoid that problem and was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience.
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Reason I ask is one of my friends imported his SGS 2 and his local ATT store refused to help him with it as it wasnt released in the US yet. He got it done at another store (ie got the sim and some help on setup). I am just hoping to avoid that problem and was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience.
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Well it isn't that much of a problem to setup the phone yourself. It's a very easy proces and it really isn't worth all the hassle. (The phone literally walks you through each step, from configuring wifi to adding your facebook account).
Oh I know I am mostly concerned about the APN's. Several people I have talked with use different APN settings in the US. LOL I know for that info to come here not the flunkies at the ATT store. Just wanting to know if I get a jerk rep how others handle them.
i'm already on ATT under contract and they told me i could exchange for a micro sim at no charge. if i don't have the right service when it starts up, then they will have to help me get my phone working. if you aren't on ATT, then i guess it's up to them.
So how do you like your One X?? Did you try to cut your sim. I think mine might be to old from looking at it lol
When i bought my contract and phone the description clearly says that the one x has 32gb internal space, but using androids own space meter aswell as other apps that show actual space i have a total of 12Gb. I asked tmob on twitter and they said i should have 32gb and told me to go into one of their stores if i have a concern, but as i live an hour and a half away from one i don't really want to do that.
Do i have a duff phone or are the specs wrong for the phone ive seen?
Try factory reset.
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Ive done a FC a few times since getting it, no difference.
I guess you are still on ICS. There was a bug in mass storage mode where if your unmount wasn't clean you could lose exactly 1gb of space.
It wouldn't appear as used space. It would just be gone.
Unfortunately this can happen repeatedly.
At one point i had lost 7gbs of my internal storage.
The easiest solution for me was to backup the sdcard partition then reformat it.
Then the space comes back
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Its been 12gb since i got the phone, before root etc.
Are you sure you don't have a 16GB HOX? What does the box say?
Azurael said:
Are you sure you don't have a 16GB HOX? What does the box say?
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The box does say 16gb on it, but the tmob store says 32gb when i ordered it and they confirmed it was 32gb from my order.
I think i shall have to get back onto them.
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The box does say 16gb on it, but the tmob store says 32gb when i ordered it and they confirmed it was 32gb from my order.
I think i shall have to get back onto them.
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I think you should indeed, it sounds like you have been a victim of mis-selling to me. Do you have paperwork that specifically states 32GB then? They don't have a leg to stand on...
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-monthly/htc-one-x/
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/htc-one-x-payg/
Think they misled you there...On the website, they only provide the 16GB version on both Contract, and PAYG. So this is most likely the same, if you got it from a T-mobile store.
If from a Non-Network specific store e.g. Phones4U or CarPhone Warehouse...You'd have most definately got a 32GB One X on the T-Mobile network.
I got it as a contract upgrade through tmobiles website, it definitely said 32Gb as i knew i would need that much and would not have had the 16gb knowingly.
Annoyingly the order confirmation and despatch notice do not state anything other than the price.
The only proof really i have is that i was told on twitter by direct message that i definitely have the 32gb version.
They have only changed the website to say "one x 16gb" recently, before it only said "one x" with 32gb internal space.
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When i bought my contract and phone the description clearly says that the one x has 32gb internal space, but using androids own space meter aswell as other apps that show actual space i have a total of 12Gb. I asked tmob on twitter and they said i should have 32gb and told me to go into one of their stores if i have a concern, but as i live an hour and a half away from one i don't really want to do that.
Do i have a duff phone or are the specs wrong for the phone ive seen?
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well, i have the 16 gb and in storage. i have app storage 5.47 gb, in phone storage i have 10.53, which together = 16 gb . check them both !!
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well, i have the 16 gb and in storage. i have app storage 5.47 gb, in phone storage i have 10.53, which together = 16 gb . check them both !!
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Yeh i have, ive got a couple of market apps to see actual total space but they all say 12gb (with 8Gb used total by me/system).
Tmobile said i should go in store to talk to an adviser, very unhelpful. I have a feeling they are going to try to rip me off.
Anyone heard anything about availabilty for tmobile or any other carrier for that matter? Ive heard costco would be recieving 64gb stock in but still not seeing anything show up. It always seems to good to be true when they say theyll be offering phones in 32-64gb options than it takes longer than expected if not ever to show up.
Carriers and Samsung need to understand there is huge demand for more internal space as the games and apps on playstore are being allowed to get larger and larger daily. If anything ill settle for the 32gb and buy a 128gb sdxc external but I just wanted to know if anyone has seen anything about this..
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Anyone heard anything about availabilty for tmobile or any other carrier for that matter? Ive heard costco would be recieving 64gb stock in but still not seeing anything show up. It always seems to good to be true when they say theyll be offering phones in 32-64gb options than it takes longer than expected if not ever to show up.
Carriers and Samsung need to understand there is huge demand for more internal space as the games and apps on playstore are being allowed to get larger and larger daily. If anything ill settle for the 32gb and buy a 128gb sdxc external but I just wanted to know if anyone has seen anything about this..
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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As far as Samsung has listed/reported is the SM-9000 as a 64gb option. No others are listed with that capacity.
P.S. How do get the Note 3 to see a 128gb card ?
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As far as Samsung has listed/reported is the SM-9000 as a 64gb option. No others are listed with that capacity.
P.S. How do get the Note 3 to see a 128gb card ?
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Easy, just pop it in and format it. All these newer phones have always been able to use more than advertised sdcard space, they just dont think people need it or know that people do know its possible
The note 2 saw someone having a 256gb sdcard as his main internal storage and 16gb external with the exsdcard2internal mod mattijd created.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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Easy, just pop it in and format it. All these newer phones have always been able to use more than advertised sdcard space, they just dont think people need it or know that people do know its possible
The note 2 saw someone having a 256gb sdcard as his main internal storage and 16gb external with the exsdcard2internal mod mattijd created.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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Well thank you very much for that insight. Any problems using the larger then advertised cards?
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Well thank you very much for that insight. Any problems using the larger then advertised cards?
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n/p and as long as your buying a class 10/ultra sdxc card theres really (imho) no noticeable decrease in speed, the class 10 are amazingly fast and I have never ran into problems losing data or corruption etc.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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n/p and as long as your buying a class 10/ultra sdxc card theres really (imho) no noticeable decrease in speed, the class 10 are amazingly fast and I have never ran into problems losing data or corruption etc.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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I will def add this to the FAQj. I'm quite sure people would like to know that.
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Anyone heard anything about availabilty for tmobile or any other carrier for that matter? Ive heard costco would be recieving 64gb stock in but still not seeing anything show up. It always seems to good to be true when they say theyll be offering phones in 32-64gb options than it takes longer than expected if not ever to show up.
Carriers and Samsung need to understand there is huge demand for more internal space as the games and apps on playstore are being allowed to get larger and larger daily. If anything ill settle for the 32gb and buy a 128gb sdxc external but I just wanted to know if anyone has seen anything about this..
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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Need to find a corporate store that will order you one. Most of the employees will be clueless on how to do it and possibly even the manager. Might try T-Mobile business over the phone also.
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Need to find a corporate store that will order you one. Most of the employees will be clueless on how to do it and possibly even the manager. Might try T-Mobile business over the phone also.
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Thanks will try that out and ya so true about the employees lol
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After reading this and other 64GB Note 3 threads I've been working with T-Mobile corp. store manager, who has been stringing me along for over a month, promising to get 64GB Note 3 for me. Finally, I told him enough as enough and I made him go all the way up and get on the phone with T-Mobile country wide sales director, who shared the following information:
When Note 3 came out, T-Mobile has ordered some 64GB Note 3s from Samsung, but that order lasted only for 3 weeks, was never fulfilled and eventually got cancelled by T-Mobile, because there was not enough demand for this version. That sales director said he wanted 64GB Note 3 for himself as well, but he doesn't have it either, because T-Mobile never got and never sold any and all those, who claim to have T-Mobile branded Note 3 64GB are lying.
Personally, I've been holding out for 64GB Note 3 until now, which is a long time. Now I'm torn between exploring the possibility of getting international N9005 64GB with unlocked bootloader, and then trying to flash full T-Mobile firmware on it, including modem, in order to restore LTE bands 4 and 17, required for 4G connection in US and the option of waiting for CES 2014, which is only a month away now. CES 2014 is rumored to have new Samsung Galaxy phones revealed.
Can't restore hardware with software.
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Can't restore hardware with software.
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Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 CPU version, which is in LTE Note 3, has worldwide LTE capabilities, supporting all 41 LTE bands worldwide. What determines, which bands are enabled on a specific N9005 model is strictly the firmware. It's all over XDA and other forums, and people have successfully flashed modems from other carriers on previous devices, such as SGS4, in order to enable the required LTE bands...
You telling me we have 41 antennas just for LTE in our phones?
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You telling me we have 41 antennas just for LTE in our phones?
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^ Just the same, flabbergasting question I'm wondering now. I was always under the same impression as you in your last post...
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You telling me we have 41 antennas just for LTE in our phones?
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I'm merely the messenger. You don't need 41 antennas and it's not me, who is telling you this SoC is worldwide LTE capable - it's Qualcomm. Look at the "Modem" spec: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800
Worldwide LTE capability of Snapdragon 800 has also been praised at length on popular tech blogs, such as Engadget, BGR & Slashgear and there are several XDA threads, discussing this subject as well.
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After reading this and other 64GB Note 3 threads I've been working with T-Mobile corp. store manager, who has been stringing me along for over a month, promising to get 64GB Note 3 for me. Finally, I told him enough as enough and I made him go all the way up and get on the phone with T-Mobile country wide sales director, who shared the following information:
When Note 3 came out, T-Mobile has ordered some 64GB Note 3s from Samsung, but that order lasted only for 3 weeks, was never fulfilled and eventually got cancelled by T-Mobile, because there was not enough demand for this version. That sales director said he wanted 64GB Note 3 for himself as well, but he doesn't have it either, because T-Mobile never got and never sold any and all those, who claim to have T-Mobile branded Note 3 64GB are lying.
Personally, I've been holding out for 64GB Note 3 until now, which is a long time. Now I'm torn between exploring the possibility of getting international N9005 64GB with unlocked bootloader, and then trying to flash full T-Mobile firmware on it, including modem, in order to restore LTE bands 4 and 17, required for 4G connection in US and the option of waiting for CES 2014, which is only a month away now. CES 2014 is rumored to have new Samsung Galaxy phones revealed.
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I kinda figured that. When I started reading this thread, and people said they have the 64gb Note 3, I didn't see any pictures or screenshots.. Just hearsay.. :
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I'm merely the messenger. You don't need 41 antennas and it's not me, who is telling you this SoC is worldwide LTE capable - it's Qualcomm. Look at the "Modem" spec: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800
Worldwide LTE capability of Snapdragon 800 has also been praised at length on popular tech blogs, such as Engadget, BGR & Slashgear and there are several XDA threads, discussing this subject as well.
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Still not buying its as easy as 123. There's more than firmware at hand. Need the hardware too. If it was that easy I am quite sure many of us would've bought the uk version or equivalent just to be rid of carrier bloatware.
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I kinda figured that. When I started reading this thread, and people said they have the 64gb Note 3, I didn't see any pictures or screenshots.. Just hearsay.. :
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Yeah. I tried getting T-Mobile manager to find out for me. He said no dice but I wasn't sure if he fluffing or really tried. Obviously the demand isn't gonna be there if tmobile doesnt order the damn 64gb versions. **** how long have we been *****ing about not enough storage and the carriers still dont come through. T-Mobile is under no incentive to force their name since they offer the best value of unlimited data and have no incentive to force us to bottleneck their network to use cloud services. I think an email to john legere is needed. Or a few.
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Still not buying its as easy as 123. There's more than firmware at hand. Need the hardware too. If it was that easy I am quite sure many of us would've bought the uk version or equivalent just to be rid of carrier bloatware.
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Yeah. I tried getting T-Mobile manager to find out for me. He said no dice but I wasn't sure if he fluffing or really tried. Obviously the demand isn't gonna be there if tmobile doesnt order the damn 64gb versions. **** how long have we been *****ing about not enough storage and the carriers still dont come through. T-Mobile is under no incentive to force their name since they offer the best value of unlimited data and have no incentive to force us to bottleneck their network to use cloud services. I think an email to john legere is needed. Or a few.
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No one says it's easy...Each carrier specific OS rom has to have specific drivers and configuration, designed to work with one very specific modem's firmware that has certain LTE, GSM/CDMA/Edge etc' frequencies enabled. If you use a rom from one carrier, and flash modem from another carrier, which unlocks LTE bands you need - you are bound to have issues...People, who flashed & used cross carrier modems on SGS4 have had major power drain issues. That is why I said in my original post if I go to that route - I'm gonna flash the whole T-Mobile firmware, including the OS and everything else, not just the modem
Cross carrier? Let me know when the cross countries works.
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Cross carrier? Let me know when the cross countries works.
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"cross carrier" in no way implies carrier from the same country...Cross carrier could be Vodafone, O2, Orange, Verizon, T-Mobile US, etc
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Yeah. I tried getting T-Mobile manager to find out for me. He said no dice but I wasn't sure if he fluffing or really tried. Obviously the demand isn't gonna be there if tmobile doesnt order the damn 64gb versions. **** how long have we been *****ing about not enough storage and the carriers still dont come through. T-Mobile is under no incentive to force their name since they offer the best value of unlimited data and have no incentive to force us to bottleneck their network to use cloud services. I think an email to john legere is needed. Or a few.
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To tell the truth, I returned a 16gb S4 to Tmobile, because ATT and Verizon were offering the 32gb version. I waited several months, and Tmobile NEVER got the 32gb S4.. What is with these people? They could at least stock a small quanity of the larger versions.. I am sure the demand is there. I would have opted for the 64gb Note 3, if it was offered..
So I have the S3 and talked the other half into why I need to upgrade!
I'm on AT&T and am using a US Cell S3 w VzW Oreo so am not afraid of porting and making it work.
I do want AT&T NumberSync though, which is why I'm leaning towards getting it direct. But, I've seen a few forums mention getting the Korean version for the 6GB of RAM.
I'm looking to be educated, so please let me know your thoughts. I need it to be cell.
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IMO go with Korean. Unless you don't care about paying for additional tablet line and rooting.
I'm able to use my existing voice sim in the tablet and it has a phone app and messaging like a regular phone.
Originally I bought the Verizon version - no oem unlock, requires tablet sim and only 4gb ram
Basically only downside I can see to ordering Korean one through eBay is the time you have to wait for it to get here. Not that bad but not the instant gratification we all want! I never knew about ordering foreign tablets, was always scared off by lack of warranty. But due to how carriers restrict US tablets, I will be buying from Korea every time in the future.
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IMO go with Korean. Unless you don't care about paying for additional tablet line and rooting.
I'm able to use my existing voice sim in the tablet and it has a phone app and messaging like a regular phone.
Originally I bought the Verizon version - no oem unlock, requires tablet sim and only 4gb ram
Basically only downside I can see to ordering Korean one through eBay is the time you have to wait for it to get here. Not that bad but not the instant gratification we all want! I never knew about ordering foreign tablets, was always scared off by lack of warranty. But due to how carriers restrict US tablets, I will be buying from Korea every time in the future.
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I agree... I ordered through eBay and received it in 4 days.
I think i saw in another thread you both bought from the same person. Do you by chance have their seller name you can post or message me?
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alfredtv said:
I think i saw in another thread you both bought from the same person. Do you by chance have their seller name you can post or message me?
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This was the item I bought. Communication was good, I didn't pay any extra taxes or anything. Good experience
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Ga...-LTE-Unlocked-4K-Record-SM-T835-/253816928507
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I think i saw in another thread you both bought from the same person. Do you by chance have their seller name you can post or message me?
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I bought the 64GB LTE version here - https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMSUNG-Ga...-4G-LTE-RAM-6GB/263972876227?var=563485185229
Came in fast. No taxes and/or fees.
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This was the item I bought. Communication was good, I didn't pay any extra taxes or anything. Good experience
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Ga...-LTE-Unlocked-4K-Record-SM-T835-/253816928507
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I bought the 64GB LTE version here - https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMSUNG-Ga...-4G-LTE-RAM-6GB/263972876227?var=563485185229
Came in fast. No taxes and/or fees.
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may i ask you guys, if i buy one at ebay, what can i do if the screen say, with a green line which is a quite common amoled problem, leaks found on edges, dead pixel, yellowish or blue tints etc? can i return it and get a new one? i can hardly accept these problems. I'm in hong kong and have never buy anything at ebay but the one with 6gb ram looks good really!
can anyone share your experience pls?
thanks in advance
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may i ask you guys, if i buy one at ebay, what can i do if the screen say, with a green line which is a quite common amoled problem, leaks found on edges, dead pixel, yellowish or blue tints etc? can i return it and get a new one? i can hardly accept these problems. I'm in hong kong and have never buy anything at ebay but the one with 6gb ram looks good really!
can anyone share your experience pls?
thanks in advance
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Because the international version lacks a warranty, at least for USA consumers, I purchased a Squareteade warranty.
Being in HK, I'm not sure if a warranty might apply to you or not, or if there is another similar 3rd party warranty available.
machx1111 said:
Because the international version lacks a warranty, at least for USA consumers, I purchased a Squareteade warranty.
Being in HK, I'm not sure if a warranty might apply to you or not, or if there is another similar 3rd party warranty available.
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so if i don purchase an extra warranty i can get it replaced only if it's damaged or not working properly?
also, does the extra warranty cover all imperfect problems observed including but not limited to those i mentioned above?
and how about rooted device? covered or not? for example, rooted but green lines found later?
machx1111 said:
IMO go with Korean. Unless you don't care about paying for additional tablet line and rooting.
I'm able to use my existing voice sim in the tablet and it has a phone app and messaging like a regular phone.
Originally I bought the Verizon version - no oem unlock, requires tablet sim and only 4gb ram
Basically only downside I can see to ordering Korean one through eBay is the time you have to wait for it to get here. Not that bad but not the instant gratification we all want! I never knew about ordering foreign tablets, was always scared off by lack of warranty. But due to how carriers restrict US tablets, I will be buying from Korea every time in the future.
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So, you're able to use the tab s4 as a phone? Can you access the Play store too?
I'm asking because I plan on buying a Korean one to use as a phone.
FarmAndrex said:
So, you're able to use the tab s4 as a phone? Can you access the Play store too?
I'm asking because I plan on buying a Korean one to use as a phone.
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Yes. I'm on TMobile can use play store, Samsung dialer as if it were a phone, texting everything. Works great no issues.
TMobile sees it as an unknown phone I notice no throttling whatsoever besides the same video throttling that applies to all phones. (A VPN handles that anways. )
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Yes. I'm on TMobile can use play store, Samsung dialer as if it were a phone, texting everything. Works great no issues.
TMobile sees it as an unknown phone I notice no throttling whatsoever besides the same video throttling that applies to all phones. (A VPN handles that anways. )
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Thanks. I'm on AT&T so it will definitely work.
I've tried finding a definitive answer but I couldn't find it. I've watched numerous videos that showed the phone icon but nothing showing it being used. Thanks again. This will definitely be my next phone.
Is there root for the Korean model?
911jason said:
Is there root for the Korean model?
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My Korean t835 is rooted.
Afaik the only one that can't be rooted is Verizon bootloader locked one.
I have the AT&T model.... I just assumed that it couldn't be rooted, like my note pro 12.2...