My friend bought a T-Mobile Note 4 a couple months ago from Craigslist. He wanted me to unlock it via an unlock code because he was on At&t. While I was on the phone, I noticed the LTE sticks!! (Whereas when someone calls you, your phone data signal switches to 3G/HSPA+/4G. I even speedtest to see if I was getting the same amount of speed and ping, and sure is it did. Has T-Mobile finally have spectrums to support LTE while on the phone? I live at Fort Lauderdale, Florida if this matters. When I gave my friend back his phone, I asked if his LTE sticks while on the phone and he said no it dropped to 4G.
I live in Fort Lauderdale and what you got here is volte. When you have lte during a call that means you are using volte.
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Ive just picked up an Samsung Ativ S which is 3.5G (H+) here in the UK (4G Ativ S didnt come to UK only US) and my contract runs for another 22 months, but with all the major carriers talking about 4G LTE and that 3G will be switched off soon.
is that correct or are these sales people trying to scare monger people into spending more money on a 4GLTE contract, which in the UK.. 4G phones are about £50-£100 more than their 3G H+ versions.
Will we see H+ in the UK for a few years yet.
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First of all, the USA didn't get any ATIV S models at all. I had to import my SGH-T899M from Canada. It sounds like you got the other model.
Second, wether any given mobile operator is turning off a certain radio mode or not is - surprise, shock, mind-blowing revelation - up to that operator! If you want to know what networks will still support HSPA+ in the coming months, why don't you ask *them*? We don't even know what operator you're on now!
Third, the odds of them turning off HSPA/HSPA+ are very slim. There are still an awful lot of phones out there that don't support LTE. I'd more likely believe them turning off 2G/EDGE and re-farming that to LTE.
[I'm cross-posting this in the TMO HTC One forum as well]
My situation:
1. I've been with Sprint since the OG Evo, but after getting the One, I was really frustrated with the slow LTE speeds especially after years of Network Vision promises and paying an extra $10 a month (per phone) for "high speed data" that was anything but. I was also irked at all the crap I had to go through to get the SIM unlocked.
2. The area I live in has refarmed HSPA+ to the 1900Mhz band.
3. The area I live in has AWS LTE.
4. I currently have a Sprint, T-Mobile, and Developer Edition One.
My original plan was to use the DE to test the TMO network to see if it was faster than Sprint and available in all the places I frequent. If so, then I'd sell my (now SIM unlocked) Sprint model and keep the DE, otherwise, I'd return the DE for a refund.
But over the last week and a half I've noticed that, while LTE speeds were frequently pretty high (15-20Mbps) there were still plenty of times when I was only seeing an H or an E. I couldn't even tell if the H was HSPA or HSPA+. So then I began to wonder if I was missing out because of the lack of the 1700Mhz band, thus I bought the TMO version to see if I was missing anything.
Turns out, I wasn't. The H I've been seeing is indeed HSPA+ but nowhere near the advertised 42Mbps. Granted, I wasn't naive enough to think I would pull 42Mbps even with the TMO version, but I expected to get at least in the 20-30Mbps range, instead I've been seeing 5-9Mbps. (Thanks to the Sensorly app, I can now tell which H I'm seeing).
After running around with TMO version, I'm seeing the exact same speeds in the same places. So, I'm not missing anything by not having 1700Mhz. In the meantime, TMO is still refarming more areas so the 1700Mhz is becoming less and less important.
So what about Sprint? At their lowest, the TMO speeds are equal to or a little above the Sprint speeds I've been seeing (my wife inherited the Sprint version during this trial run), and at their highest, Sprint can't touch them (in this area--I've gotten up to 20Mbps in PA).
So T-Mobile it is. When the wife's contract is up at the end of the month, the Sprint model is going up on Swappa. Meanwhile, the TMO version is going back to the store tomorrow.
What about AT&T you ask? Way faster, but way more expensive. Truth is, I spend most of my time on wifi anyway, so I'm not willing to pay AT&T prices for cable internet speeds for the times in between.
Hope this helps anyone else facing the same dilemma.
Really interesting
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With your unlocked Sprint One, what happens if you put your T-Mobile SIM in it? Do you get service? If so, is it HSPA or just EDGE?
Oh, the fun of having choices!
There is not a single provider in my area that carries the HTC One and has LTE. I wish I even had a choice to be able to test. Verizon has LTE in my area, but no HTC one. I wonder how many other people are in my same situation?
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cfendrick said:
Oh, the fun of having choices!
There is not a single provider in my area that carries the HTC One and has LTE. I wish I even had a choice to be able to test. Verizon has LTE in my area, but no HTC one. I wonder how many other people are in my same situation?
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T-Mobile sucks in my area... My sprint speeds are in my sig.
I'm thinking about picking up a used Note 3 to use on my AT&T account. Is there any reason to get an AT&T branded note over T-Mobile branded?
I can SIM unlock the T-Mobile, but would have to deal with locked bootloaders with AT&T. All the supported bands are there using the T-Mobile on AT&T, right?
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I used the T-Mobile Note 3 for a while. I unlocked it using Chanfire's app. When using my AT&T sim card in it, I found the LTE to be horrible, despite supporting band 17 (700mhz) In places where I had average LTE on the iPhone, the TMO N3 would be on H+ or have the worst LTE signal. This was frustrating. I took it back. It was fun to flash roms and kernels though.
I got an awesome deal on a new AT&T note 3 where I couldn't pass it up haha. At first I noticed my AT&T LTE signal was not as good as it should be. I then created a thread about it. I cleared the cache in my phone and did a full factory reset. Now my LTE seems fine. Constantly sitting on -93db on my desk where my iPhone gets the same.
I'm pretty happy now with my AT&T Note 3. Rooting was so easy and gives me everything a custom rom would.
Yep, the LTE (band 17) on my N900T is horrible. My neighbor has N900A and we compared them side by side (with punching *#0011# and monitoring signal on both devices) and my N900T was always showing signal that was ~15db lower than the N900A. Gonna sell it. Will wait for Xperia Z2.
I agree completely with Matt and bormasina.
I just sold my N900T and bought a N900A and have noticed a dramatic improving, specifically in LTE bandwidth.
Hands down, the AT&T version performs better on an AT&T network. Go figure.
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Yeah. Is it a coincidence that the ATT version perms better on the network it designed for? I'm sure ATT optimizes their signals in their phones for the proper frequencies.
I'm actually sitting in a place where my N900T would sit on a -105dbm signal and right now my N900A has been locked on a solid -89dbm. Night and day difference.
Go with the At&T version. The T-Mobile version is fine though if your on their network. But AWS still does suck in general when it comes to signal strength.
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Living in NYC area. Using an (AT&T) HTC One M7 unlocked on T-Mobile network. After almost 2 years of 4G capability wherever there is generally T-Mobile service capability (i.e. NYC area and some other metro areas, etc.), as of Sun/Mon July 9th/10th, I stopped getting 4G anywhere and everywhere. Since July 9th/10th, I've been in Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and maybe Nassau County. I've also been in the Fort Lee, NJ, Newark, NJ and Jersey Shore (i.e. Bradley Beach, Red Bank, etc.) areas as well as in between those areas as I've driven to all the areas listed above. I will add that call audio quality has been very poor with plenty of dropped calls, also since approximately July 10th.
T-Mobile has given me a back and forth and contradicted itself multiple times, but I gather the gist is that there are network updates that supposedly make this phone not be able to get 4G on T-Mobile anymore, at least for the time being if not forever. Any workarounds possible? For reference, I do not believe that the phone is rooted.
Same phone, similar issues....
I can't say for sure where you are, but for past 3-4 months in the San Antonio area, T-mob has been making a lot of changes to modify their towers to accommodate their new LTE Band 12 (900 MHz?). Unfortunately, our ATT m7s won't pick up this frequency, or the AWS 1700 freq. either. As I understand it, these 2 frequencies will be vital to T-mob's future network expansions.
Back in May, I finally took the plunge, and rooted my m7. Doing so allowed me to install the latest compatible T-mob radio, along with getting my Hotspot out of ATT jail. The AWS 1700 band IS available in our phones, but its deactivated in the ATT version. There was no LTE Band 12 when our phones were made, so that option is out. The One m9 is the first HTC One that is Band 12 capable.
Basically, if you're planning to stay with T-mob, your best option is the m9, or some "lesser" phone (LOL), which supports ALL of T-mob's frequencies.
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Since the summer the phone will receive calls on 3G mode, but not on LTE since this summer.
This happens in NYC but on LTE works in Washington. Someone said that they have probably upgraded t-mobile towers in NYC to support VoLTE so that is the reason on the international version of this phone.
What are my options? Switching to Cricket or other at&t based provider? Flashing custom ROM or something else? What would you do?