just a trick to make max allowed connection from 1 to 8 on gsm/umts network mode
make sure you get 3g network as this doesn't work over 2g connections
just make network mode and select network to automatic
and open mobile hotspot setting>manage devices>device limit
you 'll probably get 8 devices selections
I am getting on my mopho in india on bsnl,airtel tested.
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Yea till the bill comes... Sprint don't play that lol
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just a trick
I am getting on my mopho in india on bsnl,airtel tested.
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umm....its not a trick, its built-in, in the OS.
Here in the US, the carriers (Sprint for the Photon) control everything about their phones and tethering is one of the features that is locked. They (all) want money from customers and hence force customers to buy a tethering plan.
Fortunately for us, rooting solves the problem.
Not to mention that Airtel will be reporting your data usage to Sprint as an international partner with them. That's the only reason you're even allowed on the Airtel network - because you have an active Sprint account.
You will be billed for data usage and airtime, at international rates without an international plan or a prepaid sim, you better believe that.
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Not to mention that Airtel will be reporting your data usage to Sprint as an international partner with them. That's the only reason you're even allowed on the Airtel network - because you have an active Sprint account.
You will be billed for data usage and airtime, at international rates without an international plan or a prepaid sim, you better believe that.
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I hadnot yet activated my photon over sprint.And in my locality sprint international roaming partner is reliance cdma(confirmed).I had got it worked on any gsm sim card in india.
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Yea till the bill comes... Sprint don't play that lol
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I am not using over sprint international roaming.I installed native sim card and getting 8 devices mobile hotspot on 3g network on gsm/umts mode selection. sprint has nothing to do with this.
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I appreciate your knowledge.
plz note that motorola photon's new update included 3G UMTS hotspot functionality for a single Wi-Fi enabled device .
release notes: www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Suppor...RN_Blur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.pdf
so I got it working from one device to 8 devices after switching network mode to automatic.
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deepak251146 said:
I appreciate your knowledge.
plz note that motorola photon's new update included 3G UMTS hotspot functionality for a single Wi-Fi enabled device .
release notes: www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Suppor...RN_Blur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.pdf
so I got it working from one device to 8 devices after switching network mode to automatic.
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Some good info for me here.
deepak251146 said:
I am not using over sprint international roaming.I installed native sim card and getting 8 devices mobile hotspot on 3g network on gsm/umts mode selection. sprint has nothing to do with this.
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Please explain how you are getting this for free and how this applies to us? If not Sprint (who provides access and billing to these technologies *outside the US* using the "native" sim card), then who is your gsm/umts provider?
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Please explain how you are getting this for free and how this applies to us? If not Sprint (who provides access and billing to these technologies *outside the US* using the "native" sim card), then who is your gsm/umts provider?
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It will not work on Sprint network nor wherever sprint coverage is available as on switching network mode to automatic it will connect to sprint network.
I am using it in india on airtel gsm sim card and "airtelgprs.com" apn for internet connection.Mobile hotspot's data connection is using my airtel's apn which is deducted from my gprs plan.I am using over 3 devices connected from my photon for a month now.
I am able to do this only after updating it to the new ota update available aka 198_6. In the updates release note mobile hotspot over 3g for 1 device has been revealed.you will get device limit as 1 on swiching network mode to gsm/umts. but when u make the network mode to automatic you 'll get device limit as 8 while you are still on 3g gsm network.
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So using Airtel in India is free? Or was your title suggesting a free tip to opening the max connections to 8?
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So using Airtel in India is free? Or was your title suggesting a free tip to opening the max connections to 8?
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yeah you got me bro I was trying to suggest to open max connection to 8.
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yeah you got me bro I was trying to suggest to open max connection to 8.
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Ahhhh, okay. Thats what I've been trying to find out, where that "free" was coming from lol. Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to back-track to this thread if I ever go overseas.
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Ahhhh, okay. Thats what I've been trying to find out, where that "free" was coming from lol. Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to back-track to this thread if I ever go overseas.
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actually here in india there is a trick to browse internet for free on airtel using proxy server's and is giving quite fast speed.
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Okay so tmobile's phone plan was a little too much, so I switch over to Walmart's family mobile tmobile plan thing! Now my wifi calling doesn't work, does someone have a zip or something that can fix this?
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ognimnella said:
Okay so tmobile's phone plan was a little too much, so I switch over to Walmart's family mobile tmobile plan thing! Now my wifi calling doesn't work, does someone have a zip or something that can fix this?
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I really need to get this fixed!
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ognimnella said:
Okay so tmobile's phone plan was a little too much, so I switch over to Walmart's family mobile tmobile plan thing! Now my wifi calling doesn't work, does someone have a zip or something that can fix this?
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Are you trying to use voip? What problem are you having, be more specific.
Okay I switched to Family Mobile (with walmart) and when I try to turn on Wifi calling this shows up:
W006. 15 ISP or T-Mobile network error
I don't know why because Family mobile uses T-Mobile satellites so why isn't it working??
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Okay I switched to Family Mobile (with walmart) and when I try to turn on Wifi calling this shows up:
W006. 15 ISP or T-Mobile network error
I don't know why because Family mobile uses T-Mobile satellites so why isn't it working??
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What is wifi calling?
Wifi calling is using a wifi connection to magnify the strength of your phones calling and messaging signal!
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It seems like wifi calling is not supported by Family Mobile. You might want to call customer support to see if they can help you set it up. Though it uses t-mobile, t-mobile network recognized that you are not their customer.
Walmart Family Plan Wi-Fi calling (T-mobile app)
I have the same problem and have been searching all around for a fix for this. Also updates to Mytouch? Wounder how to get any future updates
Anybody got this working yet?
Hey guys,
I'm kind of new to android stuff, so bear with me .
About a week back I bought this Motorola Photon 4g for Sprint off craigslist and used the kddi radii trick to make it work on GSM networks, namely T-Mobile. Right now imeon the hybrid 2.3.5 rom, but even when I was in the stock sprint rom, the carrier name randomly shows up as T-Mobil instead of T-Mobile. Is there any way to fix this other than spoofing the carrier name? Thanks for the help!
From what I know, the name is stored in SIM card, try to replace it with carrier.
Thanks, I'll try that. I'm actually planning on doing that soon anyway . The strange thing is it sometimes shows the full name T-Mobile, I'm still trying to figure that out haha
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Where is the trick?
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My phone does this too, I'm not sure why. To me it seems like it says 'T-Mobil' when signal is pretty weak, but i have overall weak signal in my apartment so it could just be me making a bad guess.
same thing
i also have the same thing, but i haven't noticed it till you have mention it.
i guess it belongs to 2G/3G. coz when you are having connected to 2G it tells you T-mobil
while when you are connected to 3G it tells you T-mobile.
pleas tell me if i'm right
Can you not get tmobiles 4g or is it because bootloader is unlocked?
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MeanJellyBean said:
Can you not get tmobiles 4g or is it because bootloader is unlocked?
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Tmobiles 4g is HSPA+ which is technically 3g
Jellybean Poppin MoPho
You guys must be in the refarm area cause the 3g frequencies are the same as the iPhone's. I'm still waiting on that . Btw I got a new SIM and it hasn't said T-mobil yet so maybe it's just a certain kind of sim that does it?
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Hi,
A quick question, would the HTC Droid DNA work on a GSM signal network such as O2 - UK? I just want to know if I would be able to send/recieve texts and calls. Also what internet speed would I get? would I get 2G/3G/HSPDA or none?
I have searched around and many sources say stuff about using it on ATT GSM network and when I live chatted with Verizon they said specifically CDMA network only.
Thank you
Taylor_Swift
Whoever you talked to is wrong about it being cdma only. It's a global phone, and as such has gsm bands and is SIM unlocked.
What bands does o2 use, that determine what data works.
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Bigandrewgold said:
Whoever you talked to is wrong about it being cdma only. It's a global phone, and as such has gsm bands and is SIM unlocked.
What bands does o2 use, that determine what data works.
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GSM 850/900/1800/1900. - O2-UK
Phew your a life saver. the Verizon guys were really scaring mesaying it is sim locked and all
Taylor_Swift
Yea, it'll work with atleast 3g, if not hsdpa also
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Bigandrewgold said:
Yea, it'll work with atleast 3g, if not hsdpa also
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Thanks. Ill hit the button. Phew my Droid DNA is in transit with USPS from the 3rd of May. Not sure how long that will take to UK
Take in account you talked about GSM bands so phone at least is going to work 2G. What about O2 UMTS band? This will determine whether or not your phone gonna work 3G.
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I used mine on Three's network last month in London, It worked fine.
Yup. It worked
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Hello everybody
My cousin from the USA bring me a Verizon Galaxy S4, I putted a local gsm carrier sim card and it worked fine, I have rooted it and installed hyperdrive on it, but the problem is that it's always on the gsm 3g network which consumes a lot of battery and I can't force it to use the 2g network since this option isn't available unlike the international version of the galaxy s4
Is there any way to force it to use 2g gsm network?
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Verizon does not use any form of GSM. You are more likely on a CDMA network.
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xfantome said:
Hello everybody
My cousin from the USA bring me a Verizon Galaxy S4, I putted a local gsm carrier sim card and it worked fine, I have rooted it and installed hyperdrive on it, but the problem is that it's always on the gsm 3g network which consumes a lot of battery and I can't force it to use the 2g network since this option isn't available unlike the international version of the galaxy s4
Is there any way to force it to use 2g gsm network?
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Maybe install Elixir 2? Maybe choosing network priority if there is any. The guy above has no idea what you are asking about.
swieder711 said:
Verizon does not use any form of GSM. You are more likely on a CDMA network.
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Verizon network is cdma but the sch-i545 does support both cdma and gsm and my carrier is gsm
The problem is there is no option to force the phone to use the 2g only like for the i9500
I have installed the liquiezmooth Rop which is Aosp rom and it has this option, then i went back to my nandroid back up and now it use the 2g only !
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xfantome said:
Verizon network is cdma but the sch-i545 does support both cdma and gsm and my carrier is gsm
The problem is there is no option to force the phone to use the 2g only like for the i9500
I have installed the liquiezmooth Rop which is Aosp rom and it has this option, then i went back to my nandroid back up and now it use the 2g only !
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I had no idea that the Vz S4 supported GSM. That's great to know. Thanks.
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swieder711 said:
I had no idea that the Vz S4 supported GSM. That's great to know. Thanks.
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Download the app from the store called phone info. Open it and select gsm only. This way you'll force the phone to work on 2g(gsm).
seemcity said:
Download the app from the store called phone info. Open it and select gsm only. This way you'll force the phone to work on 2g(gsm).
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Where exatcly? Can u do steps, i donwloaded that app but i cant find that option...
Ok guys, I have found the solution; I have installed a free app from the play store called "ServiceMode Shortcut" and it does the job!
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You can also access the service menu by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and change the network mode there.
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FangorX said:
You can also access the service menu by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and change the network mode there.
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Dialing codes for service menu in Verizon galaxy s4 aren't working
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When you download phone info app open it and select device info, then scroll down to Set preferred network type and chose gsm only.
Galaxy S4 Global GSM Network ready
xfantome said:
Dialing codes for service menu in Verizon galaxy s4 aren't working
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Hi,
My uncle has got me a new Verizon S4 from USA in India. He did not turn it on in USA neither he has activated the phone. He simply got me the box packed phone.
I inserted an Indian GSM SIM card and switched it on, it did recognize the service provider and then asked me couple of questions to select languages and all.
However it does not select a Network Operator. My Network operator is Airtel. It shows a List of Local Network Operators but when i select any of them, it says "Registering on selected network operator" but then it fails.
Can some one help me over come it and how i can use this phone in India?
Try to add apn for your provider and chose to search for the network automatically. Should work.
AedTes
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Hi,
My uncle has got me a new Verizon S4 from USA in India. He did not turn it on in USA neither he has activated the phone. He simply got me the box packed phone.
I inserted an Indian GSM SIM card and switched it on, it did recognize the service provider and then asked me couple of questions to select languages and all.
However it does not select a Network Operator. My Network operator is Airtel. It shows a List of Local Network Operators but when i select any of them, it says "Registering on selected network operator" but then it fails.
Can some one help me over come it and how i can use this phone in India?
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Restart to factory, when ask for language just tap the screen left bottom, right bottom, left bottom, right bottom and vol up.
The phone will activated, left bottom and right bottom mean just above the soft key, vol up is left side button for increase the vol.
Sounds network locked
[Q] Samsung Galaxy S 4 SCH-R970 CDMA TO GSM?
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You can also access the service menu by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and change the network mode there.
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hi all, seems that is have a similar problem recently I have booth a Samsung Galaxy S 4 SCH-R970 with carrier US CELLULAR and seems to use CDMA frequence only I was not aware that are difrent type of frequences and the seller wont want to have it back so for me is realy important that I can find a solution here. So it possible to use it in gsm countrys as mine? and if so can some one guide me how I can do it please????
ps I realy need your help
xfantome said:
Dialing codes for service menu in Verizon galaxy s4 aren't working
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Thanks for this useful information. I was going to use it for prepaid gsm which is service Dialing numbers are important. After your information I won't buy it
anaragayevafr said:
Thanks for this useful information. I was going to use it for prepaid gsm which is service Dialing numbers are important. After your information I won't buy it
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I mean only the Verizon version of galaxy s4 not the regular one
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xfantome said:
I mean only the Verizon version of galaxy s4 not the regular one
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Yeah I know what you mean. I'll buy i337 or M919. Thanks
anaragayevafr said:
Yeah I know what you mean. I'll buy i337 or M919. Thanks
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Also pls note this problem is only about the hidden system menus, the network operator service menus like hidding phone number, checking call balance. ...
If this answer was helpful pls hit thanks
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I finally got my T-Mobile htc one on MetroPCS on $60.00 a month account with Taxes and fees included on the same payment, I'm now saving $15.00 and I'm on T-Mobile network but on MetroPCS payment plans everything working Voice over Gsm, 4g over UMTS HSPS+, 4G LTE. With great data speeds.
But there's one flaw!!! WIFI CALLING IS NOT WORKING...
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Just bring it to Metropcs they will activate.
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ahernandez4110 said:
I finally got my T-Mobile htc one on MetroPCS on $60.00 a month account with Taxes and fees included on the same payment, I'm now saving $15.00 and I'm on T-Mobile network but on MetroPCS payment plans everything working Voice over Gsm, 4g over UMTS HSPS+, 4G LTE. With great data speeds.
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Does WiFi Calling work on it too?
megabiteg said:
Does WiFi Calling work on it too?
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I haven't tried I haven't been in poor coverage.
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megabiteg said:
Does WiFi Calling work on it too?
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Doesn't Work, I even installed Metropcs Joyn and it says device not supported yet.
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Is the 4gLTE speed the same as T-Mobile?
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Is the 4gLTE speed the same as T-Mobile?
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Yes they are because phone is on there Gsm, UMTS, and LTE network.
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It won't work either for one of two reasons
First it works strictly thru tmobile SIM card , even tho you get tmo lte
Second the WiFi calling error means that you have to add update 911 address under your My T-Mobile account and then it works
I don't believe using a metro SIM In any tmo Device will get WiFi calling ever ,mainly cause it's alot to do with the tmo sim service the Main reachable service is still metro towers that's why .
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lojak29 said:
It won't work either for one of two reasons
First it works strictly thru tmobile SIM card , even tho you get tmo lte
Second the WiFi calling error means that you have to add update 911 address under your My T-Mobile account and then it works
I don't believe using a metro SIM In any tmo Device will get WiFi calling ever ,mainly cause it's alot to do with the tmo sim service the Main reachable service is still metro towers that's why .
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Well I got it working today, I had to take it to Metropcs and they added my address to the 911 data base for wifi calling. It works now.
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I finally got my Wi-Fi Calling working on my HTC One through Metropcs Account on T-Mobile network.
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I am wanting to set this up too. Metro PCS has good service in my area but they said they're having trouble with the GSM phones connecting to their 4G LTE network. T-Mobile's voice and text work great where I'm at and my brother is on Metro with one of their CDMA phones and his service works well. I literally just got my HTC One today and so far at my house I'm only getting 'G' which I assume is 1x or Edge service correct? When I reboot the phone and it initially connects to 4G and then drops it. I'm wondering if I take it to Metro and have them put it on their network if the 4G will work better? I wouldn't think it would impact it that much though. I have 30 days to try it out before I lose out on being able to return it and I'm all about saving money so switching to Metro is a big deal to me but I need my 4G too!
Sherbertine said:
I am wanting to set this up too. Metro PCS has good service in my area but they said they're having trouble with the GSM phones connecting to their 4G LTE network. T-Mobile's voice and text work great where I'm at and my brother is on Metro with one of their CDMA phones and his service works well. I literally just got my HTC One today and so far at my house I'm only getting 'G' which I assume is 1x or Edge service correct? When I reboot the phone and it initially connects to 4G and then drops it. I'm wondering if I take it to Metro and have them put it on their network if the 4G will work better? I wouldn't think it would impact it that much though. I have 30 days to try it out before I lose out on being able to return it and I'm all about saving money so switching to Metro is a big deal to me but I need my 4G too!
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I'm no longer in Metropcs CDMA or Their Ericsson LTE network. I'm now on T-Mobile Gsm and LTE network under Nokia but with Metropcs Account. 2 different networks, so that means when you where on MetroPCS cdma and LTE you where on their original lte footprint with Ericsson lte sites, tmobile is planning to unite Metropcs lte with tmobile Nokia lte. But it will take some time.
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Thats kool it is something you could have done setup from phone at home in 3 minutes tho...just sayin...
Glad it worked tho.
So to sum it up your saying you get actual tmobile WiFi calling with a actual metro 4g SIM card in a tMobile device ?
Not the same WiFi calling as my metro but I mean the tmobile exclusive WiFi calling .
That's very weird that that works using a metro SIM ..cause it's suppose to be a tmo sim cars thing also that has a lot to do with how it works .
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Thats kool it is something you could have done setup from phone at home in 3 minutes tho...just sayin...
Glad it worked tho.
So to sum it up your saying you get actual tmobile WiFi calling with a actual metro 4g SIM card in a tMobile device ?
Not the same WiFi calling as my metro but I mean the tmobile exclusive WiFi calling .
That's very weird that that works using a metro SIM ..cause it's suppose to be a tmo sim cars thing also that has a lot to do with how it works .
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That's Correct, Tmobile htc one phone with a GSM Metropcs sim card.
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Thanks for the info. Didn't know all that. How much data you get before throttled for $60
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Thanks for the info. Didn't know all that. How much data you get before throttled for $60
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Well It's pure unlimited, but if you tether they my throttle you.
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Oh wow. LTE, wifi calling, unlimited data. For $60? That's an awesome deal!
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Oh wow. LTE, wifi calling, unlimited data. For $60? That's an awesome deal!
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Yes it is, and taxes include
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http://m.metropcs.com/mobile/detail/$60_Unlimited_Talk,_Text_and_Data/TTD60-4G
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