Hi, I'm thinking of upgrading to a Proton 4G from my Galaxy S Captivate, my carrier runs a 850/2100 UTMS network so would I have any problems buying a Proton off ebay and using it here in New Zealand? Do I need to have it activated on sprint first?
Thanks.
You should be fine using it without sprint since you use a simcard.
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Photon not proton ....
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lojak29 said:
Photon not proton ....
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Lol yeah my bad, have just ordered a Photon from ebay, hopefully will get it in a week or two.
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if i was to buy a glaxay s 2, and connect it to t-mobile's service, would it still be possible for me to get the 4G network? just curious
4g? Hell no.
3g? No.
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That's something you should ask T-Mobile about. They have a website and everything
geoffcorey said:
4g? Hell no.
3g? No.
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So only 2G? pretty dumb
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So only 2G? pretty dumb
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Um, what unbranded phone works with tmo-us 3g bands? You have to be able to receive the correct frequencies in order to get 3g, and tmo-us uses non-worldly 3g bands, unlike att.
So, while dumb, it's the reality of the situation.
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Nokia n9 is coming with a pentaband radio, so it will work on Tmobile 3g.
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So has there been a release estimate yet on the hurcules? Bout as close as I will be able to get to Sgs2
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no release estimate yet but we do have developers ready to develope for it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/group.php?groupid=426
I'm over having a $93/month phone bill when I can get virtually the same service for almost half the price.
Anyone have any experience with this? Is it even possible?
Thanks.
Short answer...no, you cannot.
My girlfriend is on simple mobile have looked into them by chance? There is always at&t LOL .
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T-Mobile pre paid is excellent
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JediDru said:
My girlfriend is on simple mobile have looked into them by chance? There is always at&t LOL .
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-.- you told him to sell his soul
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Before i go ahead and drop money on it will it even work? I know rogers and bell use different frequencies.
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Gunner
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Yes.
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They use the same frequencies on the GSM network. Rogers just has 2g available where BELL has cdma which you won't be using.
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Gunner86 said:
Before i go ahead and drop money on it will it even work? I know rogers and bell use different frequencies.
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Gunner
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You won't have an issue. I have an unlocked RAZR on Telus right now. No issues. Bell and Telus share the same network.
It will run like a dream. Btw OP why would you want the Razr when you have thw GNexus. I much rather have that device. Would you trade?
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I have the sprint S 3 but there's no 4gLTE in my area, would I be able to get the international version and use that on the sprint network? Cause lte is the reason you can't use the quad core right?
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Can we get a Mod here. You published this post twice within 5minutes
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Yea, different sections, not allowed? I remedied it.
Fixed.
Thanks for the heads up...
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Yup np. Well its I guess like spamming and if the mods saw it, there would've been a fiasco here!
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Any info bout the lte?
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The international version doesn't have CDMA radios.
Lte will be rolling through the country later on. Get the quad if you don't want to wait til that happens
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Oh a rite so it will work, arite thanks for the help fellas
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irish.iolar said:
Oh a rite so it will work, arite thanks for the help fellas
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No no no, it won't work. Sprint uses CDMA radios, the international has GSM radios. You misunderstood.
Sprint is cdma but LTE is GSM technology. Just to complicate things.....
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Sprint is cdma but LTE is GSM technology. Just to complicate things.....
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But the international has no LTE. So it will absolutely not work on Sprint.
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People still use CDMA? Crappy technology, is crappy.
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Lol arite thanks for the info guys
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I so agree with you!!! I want to go to ATT or TMobile because they're GSM Networks but Sprint is giving me a crazy deal that I could never drop.
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People still use CDMA? Crappy technology, is crappy.
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In much of the US CDMA coverage is superior to GSM coverage. I almost never do not have at least CDMA for voice. When I was with ATT on a GSM phone that was definitely not the case.
Well maybe TMobile is better. I find with Sprint. I only get service in about 60% of the places I go
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Was just heading to oak park mall and noticed I have 4G LTE. I figured it was a fluke but here's my speed test results.
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You mofo
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We will get LTE with tmobile on the i717.........i thought att and tmobile used diffrent lte bands???
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Yeah I'm using stock ROM rooted with stock modem. I'm pretty sure T-Mobile is using 1900mhz for LTE and ATT uses 1700. Really digging the late though. Download and upload isn't a big concern but the ping has dropped to about half of what it was. Very happy with T-Mobile. I think the lte will spread quickly like their 4G did.
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Yeah I'm using stock ROM rooted with stock modem. I'm pretty sure T-Mobile is using 1900mhz for LTE and ATT uses 1700. Really digging the late though. Download and upload isn't a big concern but the ping has dropped to about half of what it was. Very happy with T-Mobile. I think the lte will spread quickly like their 4G did.
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T-Mobile doesn't use 1900Mhz for LTE, only AWS 1700Mhz.
Regardless the i717 doesn't support LTE over 1900Mhz.
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Yeah I'm using stock ROM rooted with stock modem. I'm pretty sure T-Mobile is using 1900mhz for LTE and ATT uses 1700. Really digging the late though. Download and upload isn't a big concern but the ping has dropped to about half of what it was. Very happy with T-Mobile. I think the lte will spread quickly like their 4G did.
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Oh wow this is awesome!!!! Could you please get into your ServiceMode (dial *#0011#) and take a screenshot of your ServiceMode?
Did you change any of your APN settings in order to access LTE or you're running default epc.tmobile.com ?
Thanks!
I'll post a picture of it in service mode around 5pm. I'm at work right now and LTE isnt coming through the building very well. Also to answer your APN question I am indeed running the stock epc.tmobile.com. also thanks for clearing up the frequency bands ok both networks I wasn't quite sure.
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Here's another screenshot of the speedtest.net result saying it was LTE
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since last year tmobile has been switching there infrastructure to accomadate the bandwidth needed to support unlocked iphone on 3g nd hspa+
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I'll post a picture of it in service mode around 5pm. I'm at work right now and LTE isnt coming through the building very well. Also to answer your APN question I am indeed running the stock epc.tmobile.com. also thanks for clearing up the frequency bands ok both networks I wasn't quite sure.
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Thanks for clearing up about APN settings. This tells us that T-Mobile is near ready the commercial launch. Waiting for the service mode screen.
Thanks agsin!
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No problem. Here's your screenshot. Hope its what you needed!
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No problem. Here's your screenshot. Hope its what you needed!
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Awesome! Thank you!!!
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Awesome! Thank you!!!
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IF you dont mind me asking. What does this mean to you?
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IF you dont mind me asking. What does this mean to you?
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I like the techie stuff. For instance, in that screenshot I can see that they're using Band 4 (AWS 1700/2100Mhz), LTE bandwidth is 5Mhz which tells me that the maximum possible download/upload speeds are 37mbps down / 12mbps up in that particular market, EARFCN 2175 means that they're using C block of the AWS spectrum which is 10Mhz slice (5Mhz used for downlink, and 5mhz for uplink).
Most consumers don't care about this kinda stuff, but I do
Thanks again!
Oh wow. Makes sense. Glad I could help and I'm sure this would help others too.
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No problem. Here's your screenshot. Hope its what you needed!
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One quick question, how old is your sim card?
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Its about a 7 months old.
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I would like to give you guys an update on the speeds in my area. Seems to be getting better!
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Nice, keep us updated if you get any higher. Oh and is it reliable, any problems? Can you compare your experience vs hspa+?
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This is awesome!
Can't wait to have this same experience in NYC.
My Nexus 4 is ready!