Hey there, I am a T-mobile customer.
Do you guys think it's worth getting the AT&T version now or wait for the T-MO. I'd rather not be on a contract and I have no way of knowing if the T-mo version would be $650-$700 upon release w/o contract.
What do you guys think?
You can get international version now and it would work on T mobile. I would check out what Galaxy S III has to offer before i make my decision if i were you
linuxchan6 said:
You can get international version now and it would work on T mobile. I would check out what Galaxy S III has to offer before i make my decision if i were you
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I'm not impressed by the S III. I would make good use of the S-Pen and related apps for work. The larger screen size helps too. It's not too large of a device for me. Considering the S III will most likely be neutered over here in the US, I'm writing it off. It's not the phone it should have been and it's mostly software
The international version wouldn't receive HSPA+ due to lack of 1700mhz base band. I'd just edge and that's not going to work. Otherwise, I'd have picked one up already.
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The AT&T wouldnt work properly without mod. Id say if you want reliability, get the tmo version.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
actually i would say get it now atnt i717. 2 reasons. 1) obviously you would have it now and it would work. Notice i didnt say work well. It really depends where you live and the data is not always consistent but around a range. I always get around 1-1.5 mbps down but there are times when its crazy like .5 mbps and .2 and sometimes even 3.5mbps. its flaky, but it works and its still good enough not that slow you can still get email and check apps. 2) Once the tmobile version comes out im almost postive that it can be ported to the atnt and make it work the same. I mean hardware is going to be the same the only things different would be the modem (which we need , a stable tmobile modem), the tmobile branding, and the bloatware.
But in the end its up to you. Depends if you can wait or not. I personally dont see any reason to wait. Onl if it wasnt possible to port the modem to this rom when tmobile note comes out.
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actually i would say get it now atnt i717. 2 reasons. 1) obviously you would have it now and it would work. Notice i didnt say work well. It really depends where you live and the data is not always consistent but around a range. I always get around 1-1.5 mbps down but there are times when its crazy like .5 mbps and .2 and sometimes even 3.5mbps. its flaky, but it works and its still good enough not that slow you can still get email and check apps. 2) Once the tmobile version comes out im almost postive that it can be ported to the atnt and make it work the same. I mean hardware is going to be the same the only things different would be the modem (which we need , a stable tmobile modem), the tmobile branding, and the bloatware.
But in the end its up to you. Depends if you can wait or not. I personally dont see any reason to wait. Onl if it wasnt possible to port the modem to this rom when tmobile note comes out.
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I can get between 6mbps and 1.0 mbps now on an exhibit II 4g and the phone is super buggy anyways. As long as it's fast enough to go on the web, always be able to make & receive calls/texts , I'm happy. My area has great signal strength, in general, so I think I won't have issues. I don't live in the sticks.
I agree that the hardware will be the same. No 1.4ghz Exynous us USA guys, so it should be able to be ported over anyways since the modem suppports the same frequency.
Hell, wouldn't someone do a stock rip of T-mo's bloated OS (and an unbloated version) that could be flashed to the AT&T version anyways?
Yeah they probably would. Just port the whole rom over and if they wanted to they probably would remove the bloat too.
I ended up ordering an unlocked, white i717 w/ a couple extra batteries / chargers / cases.
Now I just have to flash the radio (will to check out the radio thread now) and look into roms.
Thanks guys.
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I'm planning to buy Samsung Galaxy S, but the problem that the international version is pricey so I desided to buy either vibrant from T-Mobile or Captivate from at&t. I really confused I don't know which one should I choose Captivate or T-Mobile !
Is there any major difference between the phones or they are exactly same expect the design ?
I saw that Vibrate comes preloaded with the sims 3 and avatar.
Is there any specialty in Captivate ?!
Help me
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Hi all,
I'm planning to buy Samsung Galaxy S, but the problem that the international version is pricey so I desided to buy either vibrant from T-Mobile or Captivate from at&t. I really confused I don't know which one should I choose Captivate or T-Mobile !
Is there any major difference between the phones or they are exactly same expect the design ?
I saw that Vibrate comes preloaded with the sims 3 and avatar.
Is there any specialty in Captivate ?!
Help me
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The main differences are:
• The Vibrant allows side-loading of non-market apps. The Captivate does not.
• The Vibrant has radios for T-Mobile and AT&T 3G. The Captivate has radios for AT&T 3G
Tarzanman said:
The main differences are:
• The Vibrant allows side-loading of non-market apps. The Captivate does not.
• The Vibrant has radios for T-Mobile and AT&T 3G. The Captivate has radios for AT&T 3G
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you can side-load apps on the captivate, you just have to download an app for it.
and the captivate has a better build quality, full metal case.
Berserk87 said:
you can side-load apps on the captivate, you just have to download an app for it.
and the captivate has a better build quality, full metal case.
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Feels the same to me. Just different back. Plus vibrant does att 3g. Captivate just has...a fancy camera app plus I hate how the captivate has the buttons too close to the bottom of the screen
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I like the look of the Captivate better but it is not pleasant to hold.
Remember, the Vibrant only has ATT 3G in areas where ATT uses the 1900Mhz Band for 3G. Many areas use only 850Mhz for ATT 3G, in that case you wouldn't get ATT 3G on your Vibrant. I say this from personal experience.
Out of the box, you can install non-Market app on the Vibrant. Can't do that on the Captivate. Check Captivate forum. I guess AT&T learn too much crap from Apple.
Another thing to consider is that AT&T has a data cap on its data plans. T-Mobile does not.
Vibrant is a LOT lighter and comes with exchangeable back covers - pink and the default one. It makes no difference if you are a guy though. But I really like the pink cover.
Also depending on where you are, T-mobile's network can be much more reliable and faster than AT&T. Especially if you are under its HSPA+ coverage.
I think it's worth pointing out that while TMo won't cut you off for using a certain amount of data, they will throttle your speed if you use more than 10 Gb a month. Also, their data plan terms (like everyone else's) are written such that they're legally able to cut you off if they wanted to for "disproportionately heavy" use, but I haven't heard of anyone experiencing that yet.
Thanks guys for your replies..
I won't use them in US ! So is the captivate going to work on my service provider 3G network or not?
Another thing I found that the captivate is cheaper than Vibrant by approximately $100 so does the differences between the two models deserve that amount ?!
You need to find out in the country you are gonna use it, what kind of frequencies they use, especially for 3G in the quad band, that will be the decision maker factor you need!!!!!
Captivate looks better, and I paid 500+ for my Vibrant...
I have both and in my opinion my Vibrant feels WAY better in my hand. Plus something about the design of the Captivate makes it feel larger then my Vibrant. I'm lucky though, in my area there is a lot of 1900mhz I guess because my Vibrant is unlocked on AT&T and I haven't even noticed a difference as far as 3G connectivity goes.
Oddest thing though, if I disable 3G data on both of them my Vibrant will stomp my Captivate in the mud. Something about it handles EDGE far better. Which can come in handy if you find yourself out in the middle of nowhere with no 3G.
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I think it's worth pointing out that while TMo won't cut you off for using a certain amount of data, they will throttle your speed if you use more than 10 Gb a month. Also, their data plan terms (like everyone else's) are written such that they're legally able to cut you off if they wanted to for "disproportionately heavy" use, but I haven't heard of anyone experiencing that yet.
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You'd have to download a whole lot of torrents to get to 10GB of usage on your cell phone lol.
if u like ur fone heavier and bulkier go wit the captivate but from my experience wit the vibrant i love it, its super light and thin i would say go wit the vibrant
I picked the captivate (Im in Australia) because of the bigger internal memory (16Gb > 2Gb) and I preferred the look.
Personal preference mate. Everyone will justify their reason for choosing what they did (duh). Get a feel for both, look at the plans for both, and pick the one that suits you better......or you could always toss a coin...
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You'd have to download a whole lot of torrents to get to 10GB of usage on your cell phone lol.
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I think a lot of people use tethering for laptop a lot. I personally do it every time when I'm on the go
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I picked the captivate (Im in Australia) because of the bigger internal memory (16Gb > 2Gb) and I preferred the look.
Personal preference mate. Everyone will justify their reason for choosing what they did (duh). Get a feel for both, look at the plans for both, and pick the one that suits you better......or you could always toss a coin...
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The vibrant has 16gb also.
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I think it's worth pointing out that while TMo won't cut you off for using a certain amount of data, they will throttle your speed if you use more than 10 Gb a month. Also, their data plan terms (like everyone else's) are written such that they're legally able to cut you off if they wanted to for "disproportionately heavy" use, but I haven't heard of anyone experiencing that yet.
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This is true UNLESS, you are on a business plan, they have never throttled me, not that I go over that very often but I have tested it, and I asked one of their "business specialists" about it .....
I was a G1 user forever... And I remember there being talk of making the G1 able to utilize the HSPA network... so does that mean it is possible for any phone utilize it? or.... ??? I am kinda confuised... maybe it can utilize it... but not be able to utilize the maximum HSPA+ speeds....
It's hardware. Don't you think every phone would have HSPA+?
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I was a G1 user forever... And I remember there being talk of making the G1 able to utilize the HSPA network... so does that mean it is possible for any phone utilize it? or.... ??? I am kinda confuised... maybe it can utilize it... but not be able to utilize the maximum HSPA+ speeds....
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Yeah, you heard right. pretty much all the newer tmo smart phones will be getting a boost, but they will not be getting the full speed unless they have the hardware. So, you will get the full 3G speed and depending on your reception, you might go a little faster. Almost like a speed boost. To take advantage of the full 4g or HSPA+ you will need the hardware.
I heard there isn't a HUGE difference as of yet between the normal HSPA and HSPA+ hardware in terms of speed. I was in LA two months ago and I was getting 4.5 megs down with my Nexus One which isn't HSPA+.
Maybe later on down the line when HSPA+ is full rolled out across the country and they bump the speeds up even more then at that point having the HSPA+ hardware will make a difference but I don't see that happening for a while.
In the meantime, here's to hoping we all get covered by the network soon!
i live in So Cal with normal 3g now. a few months ago when i had mt3g, I Went to an area where they had to new network. it was MUCH faster. and this was with mt3g
"The Vibrant will have HSPA+ when the Froyo update comes out. T-mobile Is dropping it this month. So really soon." was searching for that same question of the vibrant getting some sort of update that would allow the hardware to decode the data packages, its the same thing like the g1. when the towers updated to hspa+ from regular hspa it was only a software upgrade what makes anyone think that these new powerful phone wont be able to get a software upgrade also? so the answer is more to yes than no. and to "It's hardware. Don't you think every phone would have HSPA+?" why dont you think about that for a little. g1 did it so can this & yes the original galaxy s has hspa+ hardware but i think it was disabled in the us version until we would need it since it would use more power just being left on without it being used. also rumor is that the hummingbird chip is running at 1.2 gighertz in the i9000 so i overclocked my virbrant at 1.2 gighertz & its running with no problems! also we might need those extra 200 hertz to keep things running normal if we get the hspa+ upgrade im pretty sure it will need it.
There are a few topics on this question, but they are several months old now. I wanted to get an update on if anything has changed or if workarounds have been found or what not.
First, does anyone know if there are newer "versions" of the phone itself that might have fixed some issues afew topics have gone over? (light bleed, non working soft buttons, high heat ect..) and how to tell which one is the new version?
2nd How can you tell which Amaze will work and which one will not? I found this one.. Amaze on Amazon but the pic shows it with a T-mobile branding, which ive read doesn't work with 3/4g on AT&T.
So were (online) could you pick up one that would work with it, and how difficult is it to get it to work with it?
My current phone (the TP2) was just a matter of popping in the at&t card and going. Looks like the price has come down at least alittle bit, but im curious if it would be worth the effort to get the amaze and try to shimmy it on to AT&T, or wait for a newer phone.
[edit] On a side note, what is happening with the Amaze? Im noticing while the Sensation is still listed, HTC's site doesnt appear to show the Amaze at all, like it never existed.. are they trying to phase it out of existence?
The amaze, after being sim unlocked, does support at&t 3g/4G bands. It will have no problems running on at&t. I don't think that there have been any hardware revisions. So the flash bleed is just luck of the draw. My original didn't have it. My replacement does..
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The Amaze works just fine on AT&T's high-speed 3/4g UMTS/HSPDA+ data bands. It will not work on AT&T's newer LTE services -- which aren't necessarily any faster in real life than their non-LTE service, and AT&T's LTE network is still being built.
At some point AT&T may shut down the UMTS/HSPDA+ service but they've got an awful lot of phones in the field already using it.
Regarding word that the Amaze will be discontinued, the very fact that this phone launched during while the AT&T/T-mo merger was "coming" seems likely to have driven the decision to make it so it supported both AT&T & T-mo bands. Now that the merger is off, I wonder if T-Mo doesn't want a phone that might have the ability to roam onto AT&T's high-speed network. I don't know if it can roam this way, but I love the fact that this phone that can work really well, high-speed data and voice, with my choice of service by 2 U.S. carriers.
I got a used one on the forum. It's the T-mobile branded one works flawlessly with AT&T HSDPA after unlock. Speed test shows consistant 2.6-3.2 mbps download here in NYC area. Signal is strong and sound quality is great, best of all the phones I've had. (DHD sound quality being the 2nd best)
Unfortunately, the one I got had light bleed but it will only stand out if you are viewing something with dark background which is a rare case during my personal usage. Not sure if future kernel release can make the touch pad light dimmer or disable it completely.
Best phone I've used so far.
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I got a used one on the forum. It's the T-mobile branded one works flawlessly with AT&T HSDPA after unlock. Speed test shows consistant 2.6-3.2 mbps download here in NYC area. Signal is strong and sound quality is great, best of all the phones I've had. (DHD sound quality being the 2nd best)
Unfortunately, the one I got had light bleed but it will only stand out if you are viewing something with dark background which is a rare case during my personal usage. Not sure if future kernel release can make the touch pad light dimmer or disable it completely.
Best phone I've used so far.
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Congrats on the Amaze, as for the light bleed, the only way to fix it is to disable the light source. This can be done on rooted phones, a little searching will point you in the right direction if that is a solution. Otherwise there is little that can be don to dim the lights, kind of an all or nothing situation.
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Congrats on the Amaze, as for the light bleed, the only way to fix it is to disable the light source. This can be done on rooted phones, a little searching will point you in the right direction if that is a solution. Otherwise there is little that can be don to dim the lights, kind of an all or nothing situation.
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Thanks for the tip. I do remember reading something about that that some where but never bothered me as much since I don't find myself staring at a black screen as much.
Another reason I got this phone besides its solid build is the worldwide 3g support. I get to travel to asia once a while and it can utilize the WCDMA used in many asia countries.
Thanks guys. Now im just curious if they still sell "un-branded" phones. As the one i linked appears to be T-mobile branded. Id work i guess, but you know
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Thanks guys. Now im just curious if they still sell "un-branded" phones. As the one i linked appears to be T-mobile branded. Id work i guess, but you know
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Someone correct me if wrong, I think Canada carrier (Telus, Wind) do have unbranded Amaze. Without getting too technical, the telus one have the same 3g band as At&t and wind one has the same 3g band as T-mobile. Only the T-mobile branded ones can work with both.
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Someone correct me if wrong, I think Canada carrier (Telus, Wind) do have unbranded Amaze. Without getting too technical, the telus one have the same 3g band as At&t and wind one has the same 3g band as T-mobile. Only the T-mobile branded ones can work with both.
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Kinda wrong.
All of the Amazes are Quad-band phones, but are sim-locked (carrier locked). If you unlock it, it can be used on either network.
If you don't unlock it, then only on the original network.
Raydonn said:
Kinda wrong.
All of the Amazes are Quad-band phones, but are sim-locked (carrier locked). If you unlock it, it can be used on either network.
If you don't unlock it, then only on the original network.
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what I was referring to was only the 3g connectivity.
Well, i dont have a 4g sim atm, but i did see if unlocked that its suppose to work with 4g?
Anyway that just leaves finding a trusted source to purchase it from.
I am currently using it with AT&T here, 4g symbol showing. While I am not sure what's the standard used to measure the 4g speed but I feel it's much faster than my other sensation 4g phone.
Both phone are connected to the hsdpa network and speedtest consistently showing higher download speed than my sensation.
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I am currently using it with AT&T here, 4g symbol showing. While I am not sure what's the standard used to measure the 4g speed but I feel it's much faster than my other sensation 4g phone.
Both phone are connected to the hsdpa network and speedtest consistently showing higher download speed than my sensation.
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You using the T-mobile Amaze unlocked with AT&T? Did you buy it unlocked or get it from the carrier and unlock it yourself?
Course im also pondering if its worth it to wait for a quad core phone that is supposedly coming this year? Who knows.
got it on the forum, locked but the seller was kind enough to give me the unlock code. Everything is running fine. This is definitely the best phone used so far
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got it on the forum, locked but the seller was kind enough to give me the unlock code. Everything is running fine. This is definitely the best phone used so far
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Ah. How would you compare it to your sensation? is there much of a difference between the two?
Just recently discovered this phone and love it!
However, i'm on T-Mobile. I'm not one of those people that have to have fast speeds on a phone and I'm usually around wi-fi.
Would this phone be worth getting and then using it on T-Mobile?
Hello! Maybe this one helps you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_IrKOXeZ7w
i have been using mine on t-mobile for a couple months now and it does suck not having 3g all the time. cant download certain things or some apps simply wont work running on edge when your out and about. works excellently on wifi. i would say if you get it for a good price do it. the screen size is awesome and its a fast phone. but i wouldnt drop $600 on it for it to run on edge. i won mine at a windows phone event night and unlocked it for $30
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i have been using mine on t-mobile for a couple months now and it does suck not having 3g all the time. cant download certain things or some apps simply wont work running on edge when your out and about. works excellently on wifi. i would say if you get it for a good price do it. the screen size is awesome and its a fast phone. but i wouldnt drop $600 on it for it to run on edge. i won mine at a windows phone event night and unlocked it for $30
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I totally agree with the statement from shamoozoo. I did the same thing about two months ago. I bought an AT&T phone and paid the price ($16.00 US) to get the unlock code to make it work on T-Mobile. Everthing works well except the data. Only getting Edge as the maximum data speed. Someone wrote in another thread about a pending T-Mob/AT&T data roaming agreement that will give us faster speeds and that it'll happen around the summer of this year so crossing my fingers on that one. Also, waiting for the unbranding ROM which will get rid of the AT&T "stuff" on my Titan and give me the internet sharing (tethering) for free.
t.mobile were not doing the deal I wanted so went with vodaphone. When using WiFi everything is instant. Don't know if it is the same with other networks. Even playing games online is instant. I love this phone.
HTC Titan x310a (AT&T) on T-Mobile...
Hey there. I too am a T-Mobile subscriber, using the AT&T branded version of the HTC Titan, and here's my 2¢; When I saw the announcement for this phone, I was blown away, and just HAD to have it. I had a buddy who's with AT&T, and was eligible for a phone upgrade, but didn't want to use it, because he liked his current phone, so he allowed me to use it, so I got my Titan for $200. The biggest drawback, which others have mentioned here, is that, due to the AT&T radio firmware, which is incompatible with T-Mobile's 3G & 4G network, I'm stuck at 2G (EDGE). Also, I cannot use T-Mobile's Visual Voicemail. Other than these 2 issues, the Titan is phenomenal! Now, here's the good news; XDA-Developer members Cotulla, and the Dark Forces Team are currently working on a HardSPL & custom ROM for these incredible phones! Once they are finished, and make these tools available to the community, we will be able to flash custom Windows Phone ROMs, and different radio firmware, which will allow our Titans to use T-Mobiles
3G & 4G network bands! So my opinion is thus; the HTC Titan is an EXCELLENT phone to use on any GSM network. Good luck!
Hello,
I am in the same situation, I got the ATT Titan activated on T mobile and I get only Edge signal. Let us know when the Rom is done, I will for. I got My Titan free so nothing to lose but will like to have working on 4G.
Thank you.
I don't think alternate ROMs will get you 3G on T-Mobile. Until proven, that's just wishful thinking.
Radio Firmware doesn't change the actual Bands the phone uses its simply a hardware limitation. When and if T-Mobile does data roaming with AT&Ts 3G then yea you will have 3G/HSPA+ until then your stuck with EDGE until they light it up in your area.
And even if software controlled the radio bands we would first need compatible tmobile firmware for the Titan that would work with WP7 very restrictive OS.
The only way an AT&T-branded Titan will ever get 3G on T-Mobile USA is if and when T-Mo refarms their spectrum to use 1900MHz band for UMTS.
Good Morning!
I'm in the midst of trying to decide the best course to follow - I use T-Mobile prepaid for the data / messaging plans since I rarely talk on the phone; with the official T-Mobile branded handset coming out next week I'm stuck deciding whether to buy an unlocked ATT Galaxy Note or wait it out for the T-Mobile one to be available. I don't plan to sign any contracts so I'll have to pay outright (street price or store depending)
I know the major difference between the ATT Note and TMO version is the fact the ATT one has the 21 mbps hspa+ antennas versus the TMO one having the full fledged 45mbps antennas
while 5mb d/l is nothing to scoff at (ample for my use) I suppose more is better - but is it worth owning a 'more flexible' hanset that can run tmo/att/lte versus a tmo only handset?
thanks for your help in deciding!
Sorry Mods, as you can see I read more than I post - this can move to the Q&A forum if you see fit
wait for the tmobile one
you wont need to flash no modem to get 3G/4G service.
You also won't have to worry about charging the ATT version every 3 hours and worry about the phone heating up. I had the ATT one and I hated it for those two reasons.
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tr82691 said:
You also won't have to worry about charging the ATT version every 3 hours and worry about the phone heating up. I had the ATT one and I hated it for those two reasons.
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What this guy said
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Many members have had troubles with flashing the t-mobile modem on the att note.
I had t-mobile data plans for many years and liked the speed and no contract.
I would wait one week for sure.
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You also won't have to worry about charging the ATT version every 3 hours and worry about the phone heating up. I had the ATT one and I hated it for those two reasons.
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the TMO version won't be any different, if you had to charge the ATT ver. every 3 hrs, which is absurd, mine last me most of the day on one charge, you will also have to do the same thing with the TMO ver. since the specs are the same and so is the battery.
http://www.androidcentral.com/t-mobile-galaxy-note-specs
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You also won't have to worry about charging the ATT version every 3 hours and worry about the phone heating up. I had the ATT one and I hated it for those two reasons.
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Don't mind me, but after 4 months and avery ROM available, this hasn't happened to me. At worst I get 8 hours, but that's not stop phone, text, ebook, facebook, nand-backup ROM flashing and restore.
OK, the question: As I said I've been on the Note with tmobile for 4 months. data is poor....not horrible, but poor - but I'm at home on wifi most o the time, so it shouldn't bother me. Shouldn't is the operative word - thinks like this drive me to distraction.
So.....if I find the note 2 is being released, I'm going to hope t-mobile will offer it. Don't get too excited, it was something like 8 months between S, S2 & S3, so sometime in Q2 '13 seems about right.
Of course I'd have to take it on a leap of faith on after the announcement of the note 2 that T-Mo might get it and 8 months is a long time, assuming I'm anywhere near right.
Oh, my druthers: If everything were equal, I'd want the T-Mo version (cost wise).
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Don't mind me, but after 4 months and avery ROM available, this hasn't happened to me. At worst I get 8 hours, but that's not stop phone, text, ebook, facebook, nand-backup ROM flashing and restore.
OK, the question: As I said I've been on the Note with tmobile for 4 months. data is poor....not horrible, but poor - but I'm at home on wifi most o the time, so it shouldn't bother me. Shouldn't is the operative word - thinks like this drive me to distraction.
So.....if I find the note 2 is being released, I'm going to hope t-mobile will offer it. Don't get too excited, it was something like 8 months between S, S2 & S3, so sometime in Q2 '13 seems about right.
Of course I'd have to take it on a leap of faith on after the announcement of the note 2 that T-Mo might get it and 8 months is a long time, assuming I'm anywhere near right.
Oh, my druthers: If everything were equal, I'd want the T-Mo version (cost wise).
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Not only that, they run on different radio frequencies.
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Not only that, they run on different radio frequencies.
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The Note is pentaband, so techincally both the ATT and Tmo models are capable of running on each others' networks (provided you flash the correct modem).
The main reason some folks will probably stick with the ATT Note (myself included) is because of grandfathered data plans. For example, I still have the T-Zones data plan which I've had since the voicestream days...and basically get full unlimited internet (3G speeds) at under $10 a month. Granted, the speeds are probably not as fast as the normal $20-$30 plans, it suits my purposes just fine.
If you have one of the more recent standard Tmo plans, then I suggest going for the Tmo note, as it'll basically work right out of the box for you. I'm sticking with my ATT Note and hopefully when the Tmo radio gets leaked here it'll fix the terrible upload speeds and bad voice connection I experience now. *fingers crossed*
I've been spared from the terrible voice problems so many have experienced, just typical data slow downs.
Of course one could buy from cl or eBay, which would void the warranty, then again I'all be doing that on my own.
thanks all for the advice and tips - i did lots of reading as well into handling tmo radios etc to get the ATT version to run TMO properly
I did buy a ATT Note yesterday (the price was right) and I figured why not try it out right?
the Note is already running the S3 Rom with a few tweaks iirc, the seller had a local service mod it a few weeks back
without flashing the modem, just inputting the network unlock code (cellunlocker had it in 2hrs) a speedtest on 4G showed only ~150k d/l speed and after flashing the icsblaze.zip modem I had ~400k d/l speeds, so that's a little imrovement...
If i can get a solid 2mb d/l I'll be fine since I'm around wifi pretty often, but for the times I'm not...well...
I'm in the process of dl'ing Flapjaxx's ICS build and have an assortment of ICS radios (better check if they are in fact the ICS flavors or not) to try out
Thanks again XDA! what an awesome community
I've been using ATT note on Tmo for the same reason (grandfather in tzone). I am just waiting for a solid radio coming from Tmo Note.
I'll most likely be using an unlocked one. My brother got one for free (I think it was a friends) and we unlocked it. When the T-Mo version come out he'll upgrade and I will too from my G2. I use Wi-Fi when I'm at home or anywhere that has it for that matter so I don't think the slow(er) data speeds will bother me that much. As long as calls are okay then I'm good.
T-Mobile Note also will work on AT&T HSPA+ Network.
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I would wait for the tmobile version. My unlocked Note with the tmobile radio had spotty connection. One minute, I'm getting 2MB, the next serveral hours, i'm getting 112kb or it does not work at all.
Also when 4GB is running, the backside of the phone (below the camera) heats up a lot. Almost to a point I had to put the note down and let it cool off by turning off the network data. So it's working really hard to maintain 4GB and eating up the battery. It doesn't happen on wifi.
the only reason why I would want the At&t version is because of the white note and lower price.
I'm fine using my at&t version. If it's the same hardware I don't see a big reason to switch.
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Only reason I would get the tmo note would be for the wifi calling feature.. Then again it might be possible to flash tmo note stock ROM on unlocked att now and have the wifi calling feature, guess we will find out the 8th or soon after
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initial_k said:
I would wait for the tmobile version. My unlocked Note with the tmobile radio had spotty connection. One minute, I'm getting 2MB, the next serveral hours, i'm getting 112kb or it does not work at all.
Also when 4GB is running, the backside of the phone (below the camera) heats up a lot. Almost to a point I had to put the note down and let it cool off by turning off the network data. So it's working really hard to maintain 4GB and eating up the battery. It doesn't happen on wifi.
the only reason why I would want the At&t version is because of the white note and lower price.
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