I am aware that T-mobile uses different 3G bands than does ATT. Most phones when unlocked are left to crawl on edge and cannot get 3G speeds when switched to another carrier. Being as the Captivate and Vibrant are essentially the same phone, would this be an issue. I've been on the G1 since it came out and I really don't like the iphone look of the vibrant. Was planning on getting a Captivate and unlocking, but not if I'll loose 3G.
Can anyone running an unlocked Captivate tell me if they're getting 3g on t-mo??
I would say no.
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I believe it was engadget that said the Captivate can get t mobile 3g speeds but not vice versa.
Nope you can only get 3G on the vibrant unlocked to att not the captivate you can only get EDGE speeds on tmo with the captivate.
So basically:
Vibrant: tmo 3G
Att 3G
Captivate: tmo EDGE
Att 3G
So yes it might be an issue for you lol
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Ah well that sucks then. Oh well let's look into that G2 then
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Doesn't look like a bad phone but I wouldn't trade my vibrant for it lol if you want a phone worth getting wait for the glacier.
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Doesn't look like a bad phone but I wouldn't trade my vibrant for it lol if you want a phone worth getting wait for the glacier.
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Only thing I really don't like about the galaxy s's is lack of trackball. .. I really use that alot. Also physical keyboard is a plus while not a must for me.
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I hear you on the track ball. I almost went with the HTC Aria for that reason. But the Samsung GS phones are just so damn cool it's unbelievable! Really...... get the TMO version of GS and if you miss your track ball after 2 weeks then exchange it.
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Well I'm a little mad at my phone I'm going to a 3g only phone because on the tmobile map it shows 4g availible in my area and no 4g struggle for 3g half the time...now what phone should I get?
Tmobile
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The defy is a good all around phone. And you can't really break it either. Believe me. I tried. There are some excellent roms out for it, battery life is incredible (I averaged 3 days w\o a charger). It all depends on if you can deal with the Motorola bootloader shizniz. They're not too nice when you update and you're rooted
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dakkywantstodocrazysht said:
Well I'm a little mad at my phone I'm going to a 3g only phone because on the tmobile map it shows 4g availible in my area and no 4g struggle for 3g half the time...now what phone should I get?
Tmobile
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Maybe wait for the LG 2X as it's supposed to have bands for T-Mo AND AT&T.
(That might future proof you in case AT&T actually gets their way. And not to mention dual core )
Otherwise I say Nexus S
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Keep my captivat
Get an unlocked Epic 4G off eBay get an inspire 4G form AT&T
get a LG quantum from AT&T
or iPhone 5
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What do you think you will be able to do with the epic? It won't work on att or any gsm network for that matter.
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What do you think you will be able to do with the epic? It won't work on att or any gsm network for that matter.
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I would leave att
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I would leave att
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if you are going to leave att i would suggest just about any android phone NOT on att
But I'm with ATT now ad my cotract ends in 2012 so forget the epic
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epic is only good rooted with roms flashed, maybe they say that about the captivate but the epic is worse. the launcher sux and cant have the icons changed. you can fix that with launcher pro but then keys and some widgets dont work so to update you need to switch launchers back. the mesaging app sux, it doesnt have the ability to multi select contacts like the other galaxy s phones. and you are getting basically the same phone as the captivate plus a ffc which i find useless because sprints network sux too much to video call. even there 4g if you find an area that has it is nothing special. rarely does it actually beat att's 3g in real world performance. that's if you can find a location that has wimax.
ok so the epic has a camera flash and a keyboard. the keyboard might be nice for games if that is important to you but the thing is just big. plus there are few situations that you need a camera flash and a led flash is enough to be effective.
with the right modem and kernel the captivate has the best call quality out of any phone i have ever owned period! i suggest the kc1 modem and speedmod of similar kernel on a ported rom of your choice. for that reason i will not recomend the inspire though the inspire specs out very nice and has comperable performance. i think it is a lesser phone in talk quality and build quality, but if camera flash and screen size and hspa+ are important by all means get one.
not sure about the quantum what is it?
i5? really on an androidforum? are you trying to get flamed? well apple has some high quality hardware/build quality but the iphone4 had a few mistakes like glass on both sides that is prone to breakage do to microscratches on the edges from using a mandatory case that prevents antenna issues. some of there efforts are too little too late and they still have a very limited os. untill they have some form of live homescreen applications i wouldn't. ios can support as some stock apps have live icons to show missed call quantity or unread messages, i also think the calandar icon shows date and folders show the contents. but steave jobs must not think it is important to the users. the ui gets cluttered untill you manually organize apps into folders. and the funny thing about note and reminders is you have to remember to read them or set alarms, i never set alarm because i never here them, so id rather have them stare me in the face in a widget so i can see it multiple times before it is etched into my memory. i need widgets or a smart phone is not worth haveing. [email protected] apple and steve jobs idea of a ui. iphones suck and macs suck harder!
mwiz123 said:
What is the best thing to do
Keep my captivat
Get an unlocked Epic 4G off eBay get an inspire 4G form AT&T
get a LG quantum from AT&T
or iPhone 5
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Epic 4g is same as captivate with CDMA and slide keyboard...so its more of Sprint versus Att.
LG quantum is WP7, so its your to choose between OS...everyone here (including me) will tell you to opt for Android as its awesome...WP7 is behind android in terms of development..may be after another couple of year I would consider WP7 (if it survives till then), till then Android rocks
iPhone 5...I am sure till that comes out Android will reach another level of Awesomeness...So dont even mention that here....
For Inspire there is a thread in captivate general forums for pro and cons...U shud check that out...it has comparison between Cappy and Inspire...
Thx for the info
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For Inspire there is a thread in captivate general forums for pro and cons...U shud check that out...it has comparison between Cappy and Inspire...
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Can u send me a link
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Can u send me a link
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940925
Sorry it was in Q & A section..couple of threads below yours
Is there a way to get AT&T's "4G" network on the Captivate. Yes i meant to put apotraphoes around the 4G cuz its crazy slow compared to Verizon's 4G network!
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i think most of the latest i9000 modems/roms have hspda enabled
Im on MIUI, so they have to be CWM 3.X.X.X/4.X.X.X compatible
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i think most of the latest i9000 modems/roms have hspda enabled
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Huspa is not 4G. Huspa+ is "4G". Att only gives Huspa support for the Iphones Captivates are blocked from that by default. IF you use a I9000 Gb rom you unlock Huspa support on your phone.
To clarify its 3G->Huspa->Huspa+
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Is there a way to get AT&T's "4G" network on the Captivate. Yes i meant to put apotraphoes around the 4G cuz its crazy slow compared to Verizon's 4G network!
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well...when you compare it to verizon, you should just give up....
att is not anywhere close to verizon when it comes to any kind of speed. tmobile's 3g is faster than att 4g
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well...when you compare it to verizon, you should just give up....
att is not anywhere close to verizon when it comes to any kind of speed. tmobile's 3g is faster than att 4g
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****, i know AT&T is no where with data speeds, just trying get any data speed boost i can!
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well...when you compare it to verizon, you should just give up....
att is not anywhere close to verizon when it comes to any kind of speed. tmobile's 3g is faster than att 4g
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That of course all depends on location. My friend's my touch 4g is always slower then mine on speed test.
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Does anyone no the date when at&t acctually gets 4G I'm tired of waiting I have a 4G phone but don't get 4G what the heck
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I doubt it 'cept the corporate AT&T people. They seem to be rolling them out 3-4 cities a year. So who knows. In OKC, it might be 3 months from now or 20 years from now.
The Thrill is not a LTE phone. The Thrill will never get LTE speeds. The 4G for the Thrill is HSPA+. The reason people call it faux G is that its not that much better than 3G. Check the coverage map online, you may already be getting 4G speed (according to att), and not know it. I saw an increase from my captivate to the Thrill, about 50% increase, but not enough to actually notice on a daily basis.
Att announced today their first LTE phones, skyrocket and vivid.
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I get 4g in Atlanta !
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I get 4g in Atlanta !
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You mean LTE? with thrill?
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You mean LTE? with thrill?
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...that would be impossible.
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I get 4g in Atlanta
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how much download and upload speed do you get? it is posible he might get better speed than us he will not get lte speed but better H+ speed
Download 1.50 mbps upload 0.17 mbps
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Thats too sloow I get download 4mbps 1.5 mbps and I dont even have 4g
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Well that's a bunch of BS why don't I get good speed
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I get 4.5MB download and 2MG upload here in Omaha
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I hit between 6-7mb down and about 1mb up here in southern California.
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Yea just got infuse and hit 6-7mb down 1.5 up. Loving the speeds
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I'm in omaha NE too I checked with at&t they said they dont have h+ yet in omaha but we get better speed 1.5up 4 down
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I'm going to have a talk with att now and ask if I will ever get faster speeds
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I'm from SLC,UT where I get 5mb down on a good day in a good location. I went to Phoenix for business and got 7mb down on one occasion.
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I'm going to have a talk with att now and ask if I will ever get faster speeds
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When you got the phone, did you just put the old sim card in from your old phone? That is what the at&t store did when I bought mine and I was not getting very good speeds. Went to the store around the corner from me and they replaced my old sim with one that said '4g' on it and the Rep said something about not getting hspa+ on the older Sims. Not sure about his reasoning, but I do get anywhere between 4-8mb down now. I can never seem to get over 1.08 up speeds though. It acts like there's a cap on it the way it is so consistent.
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When you got the phone, did you just put the old sim card in from your old phone? That is what the at&t store did when I bought mine and I was not getting very good speeds. Went to the store around the corner from me and they replaced my old sim with one that said '4g' on it and the Rep said something about not getting hspa+ on the older Sims. Not sure about his reasoning, but I do get anywhere between 4-8mb down now. I can never seem to get over 1.08 up speeds though. It acts like there's a cap on it the way it is so consistent.
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Does your sim actually say 4g on it? I have a 4g chip at least they said I do, but it doesn't say 4g.
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Does your sim actually say 4g on it? I have a 4g chip at least they said I do, but it doesn't say 4g.
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Just pulled it out and checked it. Plain AT&T sim. The one initially put in here was from my LG eXpo and came from my Incite from 2009. The Rep said that it needed a '4g' sim to actually get the speed. So he put a new one in. Can't complain as it worked.
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I think I have the same one, lol. Was just mashing sure it didn't say 4g because they told me it was a 4g chip.
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Hello,
I am going to buy an international note.. what are its speeds for web browsing..
Speed test pics would be appreciated and videos
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anyone have speed test pics??
It would really help me out.. I don't know if I should spend 700 on the pink note. If I'm gonna have super crappy internet
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Well the speed for web browsing is really fast on HSDPA+ (The highest one that you can get here in europe)
Found a speedtest on a german android forum.
http://fs01.androidpit.info/userfiles/411957/image/galaxy note 749.png
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Remember, that's not the highest value. HSDPA+ can reach up to 21,1 Mbit/s here.
This was with an international note?
But idk if it be the same for T-Mobile since were on 1700mhz
If 9mbps was reached there.. hopefully here as well
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This was with an international note?
But idk if it be the same for T-Mobile since were on 1700mhz
If 9mbps was reached there.. hopefully here as well
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Found this site:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-ga...at-t-galaxy-note-which-one-do-you-prefer/5698
It says:
Cons of the GT-N7000:
No support for LTE in the USA
No support for T-Mobile 3G data
No NFC radio
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So there is no 3G data (and upper I assume) available with the International Note. Any reasons for not taking the AT&T Note SGH-I717 instead?
So what were those speeds lol.. I gotta see some speedtests of someone using it on tmobile
Idc I'd get the att one.. but too overpriced .. if ima pay a lot for the phone I'm going to buy what I really want. And that is the Pink Note
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Bigv69er said:
So what were those speeds lol.. I gotta see some speedtests of someone using it on tmobile
Idc I'd get the att one.. but too overpriced .. if ima pay a lot for the phone I'm going to buy what I really want. And that is the Pink Note
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The only video I found is that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YXXpmMrxq4
But it actually shows the speed depending on his new radio.
All others were using AT&T on the Galaxy Note... Could even find a picture.
Also just read that you are able to use >3g, sorry for misleading informations.
lol so complicated as we don't have 4g here.
The video is an art note lol
I need international.. hahah. The pink note is international
Thanks though!
And what wait I'm confused 3g on what? International or att?
I know art can be flashed to work with tmobile
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The video is an art note lol
I need international.. hahah. The pink note is international
Thanks though!
And what wait I'm confused 3g on what? International or att?
I know art can be flashed to work with tmobile
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Oh really? Damn, thought it was the right one Well next time i only have to take a closer look.
Yes, you're right it can be flashed to work with tmobile.
Well the site that I've posted before says that international note doesn't support lte or tmobile 3g data. Only the AT&T (as said you have to enable tmobile data manually)
Yeah.. but no pink note lol
My search will continue lol
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I Found this..
no speedtest but the web browsing speed seems pretty good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8BrBM8nLo
So buy a pink case or those sticker covers and you can make it pink. I'd rather have a fully functional device than a colored device. That is only if you need the speed. if not pink it up! Where I live I only get 3G. Not hspa+, when I go downtown I get hspa+ so it's not worth it for me nor a deal breaker.
Salutations from Madrid!
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I use an n7000 on tmo stateside. Its only 2g so speeds are horrible... roughly 100 to 150kbps both up and down. This doesnt really matter to me however, as im in wifi 99% of the time. The 2g works fine for gps, email and mobile versions of websites. But forget about youtube, or full version website surfing. One thing i havent checked is pandora streaming... might work ok.
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I have the international note, and for the most part I get around 256k speeds at best. Depending on where you are located though they have repurposed their 1700 band into their latest hspa+, so if you happen to end up in one of those area data will be really fast. (sorry never ran a speed test with one of those connections) The problem is that is was mainly an experiment and they most likely won't continue not that they are moving to LTE, and the areas with this working are fairly rare.
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I have the international note, and for the most part I get around 256k speeds at best. Depending on where you are located though they have repurposed their 1700 band into their latest hspa+, so if you happen to end up in one of those area data will be really fast. (sorry never ran a speed test with one of those connections) The problem is that is was mainly an experiment and they most likely won't continue not that they are moving to LTE, and the areas with this working are fairly rare.
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Well tmo is currently experimenting with the new base and 1900 for 4g.. said to start releasing it this summer slowly.
If they do, these phones will get waaay better speed.
Thank you everybody.. and yeah I'm on wifi about 50% of the time.. and mostly on fb or sometimes YouTube when I'm not.
And no I don't want a vinyl. Or a case. Not the same thing. Plus I heard att one doesn't even get that great of speeds
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Well tmo is currently experimenting with the new base and 1900 for 4g.. said to start releasing it this summer slowly.
If they do, these phones will get waaay better speed.
Thank you everybody.. and yeah I'm on wifi about 50% of the time.. and mostly on fb or sometimes YouTube when I'm not.
And no I don't want a vinyl. Or a case. Not the same thing. Plus I heard att one doesn't even get that great of speeds
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You'll get Edge on tmobile. Which is supposedly 635 kbps download
85 kbps upload.
You'll probably see around 100kbps up/down.
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You'll get Edge on tmobile. Which is supposedly 635 kbps download
85 kbps upload.
You'll probably see around 100kbps up/down.
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damn that's weak
Good thing I'm always near wifi like 60% of the time
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