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[Q] Where to purchase LT30a for use on T-Mobile USA?

Looking to get the LT30a for use on T-Mobile USA's "4G" (really 3.5G) but having a hard time locating online retailers caring this phone. Any advice? I was considering on getting the LT28H until I saw the LT30a (in white) and fell in love; well really lust :silly:
Thanks!

Check ebay. There are some reputable sellers on there
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weebnuts said:
Check ebay. There are some reputable sellers on there
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Thanks I found some but they are a little out of my budget. I might settle for the TL28H instead as the two phones seem almost identical.

Was hoping T-mobile would pickup the Z, but no word yet
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weebnuts said:
Was hoping T-mobile would pickup the Z, but no word yet
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Yeah that would rock. Know of anyone who has ported T-Mobiles WiFi calling to these Xperias?

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Yeah that would rock. Know of anyone who has ported T-Mobiles WiFi calling to these Xperias?
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No, unfortunately. There are special drivers needed as it shuts down the part of the cellular function in order to save battery so it's not as easy as just installing an app. Also, the new T-mobile wifi calling for ICS and JB is now part of the system instead of an addon app like the gingerbread one. Luckily I moved to a place where reception is good, because I used to have to rely on WiFi calling all the time.

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No, unfortunately. There are special drivers needed as it shuts down the part of the cellular function in order to save battery so it's not as easy as just installing an app. Also, the new T-mobile wifi calling for ICS and JB is now part of the system instead of an addon app like the gingerbread one. Luckily I moved to a place where reception is good, because I used to have to rely on WiFi calling all the time.
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Well that's a shame. I had heard that it was a driver/kernel issue. I'm using one of those CelFi repeater units from T-Mobile as I was an original BETA tester for the pilot project back in 2010. The unit works well but I recently move from Miami to DC and my area has HORRIBLE T-Mobile signal; im in a true dead zone. The repeater window unit only pics up 1 bar at best :/ and them tries to amplify it to 5 bars in the house which works well but the speed stinks. So I just use WiFi calling 99.9% of the time. This now has me worried about jumping onto one of these non T-Mobile branded Android phones.

Yeah, I know how you feel. The only hope is once the LTE network is up and running that they will be more aggressive in getting other phones, but I am not going to hold my breath.
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Xperia Z battery capacity

So I was having a look at the Service Test menu of my phone and the battery capacity reads 2564000 uAh, that translates to 2564mAh, right? 10% more than the claimed oficial battery capacity.
Is this a mistake or do I have a 10% higher capacity battery on my device.
Whats everyone elses read?
Enter this on the dialer in case you don't already know *#*#7378423#*#* and go to Service Tests > Batttery Health Test

2381000
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"Good, no need to replace it"

Reboot your phone and you will have 2370000
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008bond said:
2381000
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"Good, no need to replace it"
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I have the C6603 version of the device. I think it means LTE vs non LTE.
I see you have 6602 version. 10% more vattery because of the LTE added feature?
Let's wait if other users can confirm this.

gm007 said:
Reboot your phone and you will have 2370000
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Indeed. Case closed :laugh:

Only Sony knows what this test is useful for.
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DrKrFfXx said:
I have the C6603 version of the device. I think it means LTE vs non LTE.
I see you have 6602 version. 10% more vattery because of the LTE added feature?
Let's wait if other users can confirm this.
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I guess so. I have the 3G/H+ variant.

[Q] Will buying Xperia z Model C6606 from Sony b the same as buying it from t-mobile?

Meaning will i get a tmobile sim card, wifi calling, visual voice mail, etc if i buy it today from sony instead of waiting until next week.

Platinum_Bleach said:
Meaning will i get a tmobile sim card, wifi calling, visual voice mail, etc if i buy it today from sony instead of waiting until next week.
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Well the xperia z is actually the C6603 and the non lte version is C6602. Anyway. Wifi calling it could be that this is a t mobile software related thing or u might be able to download it from the app store. Lte should work but I can't fully guarantee it. Since since 3 or out of 6 lte bands are supported on the Europe's version.
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dante501 said:
Well the xperia z is actually the C6603 and the non lte version is C6602.....
Lte should work but I can't fully guarantee it. Since since 3 or out of 6 lte bands are supported on the Europe's version.
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The C6606 is the US LTE version of the Z. Please check these things before posting misinformation.
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OK but the one I have and obviously u have is the C6603. And about the lte working in the USA I will test it next month.
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OK but the one I have and obviously u have is the C6603. And about the lte working in the USA I will test it next month.
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What? The OP is asking about the C6606. It doesn't matter which model you or I have or whether the LTE on the C6603 works in the US, as that has no bearing on the question at hand.
If you didn't know the correct answer, you shouldn't have posted. I don't, so am not commenting on the original questions. I only posted to correct the wrong information that you had posted
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Platinum_Bleach said:
Meaning will i get a tmobile sim card, wifi calling, visual voice mail, etc if i buy it today from sony instead of waiting until next week.
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where do u live man, do u know if there is LTE in ur city? from what i been reading tmobile LTE is being congested and is actually slower than HSPA+ to answer ur question
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/05/03/t-mobile-xperia-z-c6606-passes-through-the-fcc/
yes same thing

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What? The OP is asking about the C6606. It doesn't matter which model you or I have or whether the LTE on the C6603 works in the US, as that has no bearing on the question at hand.
If you didn't know the correct answer, you shouldn't have posted. I don't, so am not commenting on the original questions. I only posted to correct the wrong information that you had posted
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But isn't the Xperia Z u buy in a sony store the non branded C6603 even in the USA so the C6606 is the t mobile branded version and he wanted to know if when buying it directly from sony will work with everything. And it has some of the lte bands but not all. It could work on lte but also couldn't or only works half of the time since some bands are different on the xperia z in the sony store. But I could be wrong and the xperia z u buy in a sony store in the USA is the branded T Mobile C6606 version. Actually I just ed checked u get the C6606 and the non lte C6602 in the USA the C6603 must be the Europe only lte xperia z then.
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Meaning will i get a tmobile sim card, wifi calling, visual voice mail, etc if i buy it today from sony instead of waiting until next week.
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Well u have to make sure u get the C6606 not the C6602 that sony also offers on the homepage. Because the C6602 is even in Europe the non lte version. They sell two versions in the USA I guess.
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dante501 said:
But isn't the Xperia Z u buy in a sony store the non branded C6603 even in the USA so the C6606 is the t mobile branded version and he wanted to know if when buying it directly from sony will work with everything. And it has some of the lte bands but not all. It could work on lte but also couldn't or only works half of the time since some bands are different on the xperia z in the sony store. But I could be wrong and the xperia z u buy in a sony store in the USA is the branded T Mobile C6606 version. Actually I just ed checked u get the C6606 and the non lte C6602 in the USA the C6603 must be the Europe only lte xperia z then.
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Well u have to make sure u get the C6606 not the C6602 that sony also offers on the homepage. Because the C6602 is even in Europe the non lte version. They sell two versions in the USA I guess.
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The OP knows all this already. That's why they asked about the C6606, not the C6602. It says C6606 right in the thread title.
Just stop posting unnecessarily. You're not adding anything useful to what's already been said.
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Sorry. Just trying to help. Ppl really need to chill. All so damn pissy all the time. Life is so much easier if they just would chill and relax. Peace out.
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dante501 said:
Sorry. Just trying to help. Ppl really need to chill. All so damn pissy all the time. Life is so much easier if they just would chill and relax. Peace out.
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It's not "pissy" to point out misinformation. This is not a social hangout. It's a development site. If you don't know the answer to something then don't post.
The whole first page of this thread is filled with you posting about things you don't know about and me correcting you (apart from the useful post by G1_enthusiast). That is not being helpful. It just wastes people's time.
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I know the phone is LTE for tmobile it says so on the site. I just wanted to make sure that it was gonna have tmobile wifi calling, and my account features (basically everything that is on a phone when you buy it from tmobile directly) on the phone. As i understand it those features are in the tmobile operating system that they program directly into the phone and you cant just download from the app store. I could be wrong but i believe that is the case.

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I know the phone is LTE for tmobile it says so on the site. I just wanted to make sure that it was gonna have tmobile wifi calling, and my account features (basically everything that is on a phone when you buy it from tmobile directly) on the phone. As i understand it those features are in the tmobile operating system that they program directly into the phone and you cant just download from the app store. I could be wrong but i believe that is the case.
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Yeah the one on the sony side that says t mobile on it like u can see in the picture will be the one official at from t mobile branded version. That's the one u need to get.
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Has anybody been able to unlock and use it on AT&T?

samven582 said:
Has anybody been able to unlock and use it on AT&T?
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If u unlock codes early found on ebay u can use it on att.
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Probably a silly question to those familiar with the Z but is the 6603 the same as the 6606 (apart from all the tmobile crap loaded on it and the logo on the back)?
I'm already on tmobile with an xperia p and I'm looking at buying a Z, I can get a factory unlocked 6603 on amazon or I can buy a 6606 on the sony site.
Would I have access to tmobile LTE with the 6603?
Thanks in advance.

If you do not get the C6606 you will not have WiFi calling. That is a software specific feature for T-Mobile.
Even installing the .67 C6603 firmware/software on my C6606 removed WiFi calling as an option.
As for LTE I am uncertain. Spec wise it looks like you are covered. But I did not flash the baseband when I flashed my phone. So the modem is still from the C6606 and LTE is working. The only thing is that it shows 4G in the status bar rather than LTE.
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runbadgerrun said:
If you do not get the C6606 you will not have WiFi calling. That is a software specific feature for T-Mobile.
Even installing the .67 C6603 firmware/software on my C6606 removed WiFi calling as an option.
As for LTE I am uncertain. Spec wise it looks like you are covered. But I did not flash the baseband when I flashed my phone. So the modem is still from the C6606 and LTE is working. The only thing is that it shows 4G in the status bar rather than LTE.
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Thanks for the info, leaning towards the 6606 now. Out of interest what was your reason for going to the 6603 firmware?

mgmgb said:
Thanks for the info, leaning towards the 6606 now. Out of interest what was your reason for going to the 6603 firmware?
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I wanted to move to 4.2.2. There are some performance/lag issues with 4.1.x on the XZ. Also wanted to get on an international generic firmware so I would get updates quicker from Sony.
Plus I just like to tinker.
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T-Mobile grandfather T-Zone on C6903

i currently using the $5.99 T-zone on my XPERIA S, i get HSDPA around 5Mbps download and i can tether with no limit... my monthly data usage is around 30GB.
if i get the XPERIA Z1 C6903 that have LTE band 4 will i able to get LTE on it using t-zone??
i tried using my current sim on my friends nexus 5, i get LTE signal but everytime i try to connect to internet it brings me to a sign in page on tmobile online, i try to sign in but the page take forever to load
the APN in the nexus 5 is already using "fast.tmobile"
i wonder will i get this problem if i get the C6903??
i juz want unlimited internet with unlimited tether while using tzone

anyone using the C6903 with tzone and get LTE??

3vilhomer said:
anyone using the C6903 with tzone and get LTE??
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if the nexus 5 LTE doesn't work with t-zone, I have a hard time believing the C6903 will.

i guess i have no hope with tzone...

3vilhomer said:
i guess i have no hope with tzone...
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you can try exact same APN as Xperia S -- You may not be able to get 4G speeds but your T-zone service may still work.
I don't have T-zone so this is just a suggestion

I will have to wait until I get the C6903 to test it then... I thought I can confirm is working before getting the phone... lol

Isn't the z ultra LTE is same band with the Z1 LTE?? Anyone got the Z Ultra working with tzone?

3vilhomer said:
Isn't the z ultra LTE is same band with the Z1 LTE?? Anyone got the Z Ultra working with tzone?
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I think you will have better chance by asking in z ultra forum
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[Q] Poor Wifi AP/Hotspot/Internet sharing..

Just bought a Z1 and I really love it, fast and smooth..
One thing is bugging me though.
The Wifi AP..
I share my internet when at work for my work phone (Sony ZR).
I've been doing this for a couple of months with both my Nokia Lumia 920 (WP 8.1) and Motorola Droid Razr (Both stock 4.1.2 and latest SlimKat)
without problem.. With both phones I have about 75-80% signal, but with the Z1 it hardly can connect..
Have been doing some speed test on the Z1 over LTE, it reaches about 50mbit. So far so god.
Standing next to the Z1 with the ZR I get like 45-50mbit.
With same condition (6-7 meters, through two drywalls) as with the Nokia or Motorola I hardly get 1mbit, and then the Wifi drops..
When connecting to my home Wifi with the Z1 it seems fine and the signal is good..
Is this really normal?
Cheers

98 views and not a single answer? :/
Isn't there anyone using there Z1 to share internet?

I share Internet a lot. I will test and reply tomorrow
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electrash said:
I share Internet a lot. I will test and reply tomorrow
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Thanks mate

So, I shared my connection for few days. And it good.
First I turn off stamina (because stamina turn off 3G/4G network)
And second in wifi Hotspot you need go turn off power saver (if on, it will turn off wifi after 10min of inactivity)
Third stuff, some devices especially older one have problems connecting to WPA2 PSK, try without password and report.
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Well, tried everything and still poor connection..
Time to DOA the Z1?
Would a hard reset help?

Did a hard reset, no improvement