Best modem file for Canada on rogers? Any thoughts from anyone on this, haven't been able to get any decent data speeds always around 2mbps max download.
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Tergon said:
Best modem file for Canada on rogers? Any thoughts from anyone on this, haven't been able to get any decent data speeds always around 2mbps max download.
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What modem are you on right now
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I'm using xxlf5 and I get a lot of complaints about sounding echoy.
There is no best modem for Canada or Rogers. That's not how it works. There is only what's best for you ... and only your testing will tell you that
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LF5 is the modem I am currently running tried most of the others with very poor results never over 2mbps.
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I just went to my apn settings and noticed it was using a Rogers lte apn by default. I added this one since I don't use lte. My phone is from the UK and doesn't have lte anyway.
Name: Rogers
APN: rogers-core-appl1.apn
MMSC:http://mms.gprs.rogers.com
MMS Proxy: 10.128.1.69
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 302
MNC: 720
Now I get about 6mb down compared to 2 before. Just sharing my experience. Hopefully someone can confirm this works for them too.
Now I wonder if this will have any positive effect on battery performance.
Cheers.
Quick question. The MMSC there is an astrix on the front. I noticed my s3 was on the same LTE thing. So i input your specs on mine, no astrix on the front of the mmsc and everything seems to be working. I dont know if its any faster though?
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Quick question. The MMSC there is an astrix on the front. I noticed my s3 was on the same LTE thing. So i input your specs on mine, no astrix on the front of the mmsc and everything seems to be working. I dont know if its any faster though?
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Sorry about that. Fixed now. No asterisk.
No noticable speed difference for me - 2MBps with the LTE APN, 2MBps with the settings listed.
Been testing a few different modems on my i9300 on fido/rogers in Montreal.
Currently testing XXLEF and getting pretty good results
Reason I went with this modem is as per samsungs codes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356325
Seems like this modem has had the most revisions. Anyways getting very good Dbm levels and speeds are same as usual which isnt a bad thing.
Has anybody else tried changing from Rogers LTE to a different one? I'm currently looking into different modems and such and as one poster said earlier, they found out the APN was set under Rogers LTE. Just curious if anyone else has found any noticeable performance increase from switching the APN and/or modem.
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Has anybody else tried changing from Rogers LTE to a different one? I'm currently looking into different modems and such and as one poster said earlier, they found out the APN was set under Rogers LTE. Just curious if anyone else has found any noticeable performance increase from switching the APN and/or modem.
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The lte won't work on the the international version thus I recommend not using that apn as it may cause you issues down the line
Hmm, is that XXLEF modem still working well for you? Wherebouts in Canada are you located? I'm on DXLF3 and it's ok, reached my bandwidth cap for this month so can't really test modems speed other than DB levels but I will get into doing that once it resets.
Using xxlf5 still. Anyone know any other good ones? I know lfb is a mess and lg8 wasn't very good?
I'm usually only getting about 2Mbps on Rogers typically. I imagine the network isn't the fastest in my town, but are you folks getting better speeds with the SGS3 elsewhere in Canada?
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It seems that a few people are tweaking their APN settings and achieving faster downloads. These are the changes that I have done and it does seem to improve the speed some. Before I was getting 6 down and 1 up. Now Im seeing almost 8 down and 1.5 up.
New APN Settings:
1st APN:
Name:HSPA+
APN: phone
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type:default,supl
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Stock APN Settings:
Name:ATT PHONE
APNhone
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN type:internet
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If anyone has changed their APN settings, feel free to write in and tell us what you changed them to and how it affected your device.
References: This post, and this post.
Aren't these settings unavailable on our phones anyways? From within android at least...
has anyone posted Skyrocket APN settings for comparison?
Do you delete the other APN's or what? I mean, I added the new APN with the settings provided, but there's still a bullet point thing next to the stock APN..
I can add new APN, but cannot modify the existing ATTPHONE APN. Maybe we need to modify the existing one? I am rooted btw.
Download apn manager from market ...
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Ya, that works for me. ^^
[This post is no longer relevant, as the data measured was flawed. My later post explains that after proper testing, I saw no reasonable improvement with this APN.]
I'll just wait till people get some finalized settings, lol..
i don't think it does anything.. If anything i noticed lower speeds
Whole lot of no effect on the data speeds
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Whole lot of no effect on the data speeds
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/10 char
After further review, I don't think this makes any difference.
Sent while riding a buffalo.
Well the original posts do include the disclaimer "it may not work for everyone"
Why it works for some and not for others? Who knows...
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Why it works for some and not for others? Who knows...
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Because that is solely based on the assumption that AT&T's network is not congested and always gives out consistent results. We all know how true is that
I can sit here and make 10 speed tests in a row. The results will be 10 diiferent speeds varying widely.
That could definitely explain it, since I made the change I see faster results more often.
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Using S8.2 ROM i noticed i have 2 APNs setting: ATT Entitlement and ATTphone. Which one should i pick?
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Using S8.2 ROM i noticed i have 2 APNs setting: ATT Entitlement and ATTphone. Which one should i pick?
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ATTphone is the default I believe.
may be someone can do a test with two same phones testing at the same time,
one with new apn one with the default one.
testing at different time does not prove the trick is working.
I tried the recommended APN settings. no solid change.
Just wondering, what is the typical data H+ speed for AT&T? I just downloaded speedtest.net and my test result don't look promising. This is a unroot and still stock.
190kps for download, 434kbps for upload and 151ms for ping.
I usually get about 5mbps down and 1.5mbps up in Louisville KY on H+
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those speeds are extremely slow but speeds will vary depending on your area. You can't judge your phone based on someone else's speeds, unless they're in your same area.
The other thing to do is run a speedtest from your phone's browser:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Open that link and run the test. There are many people that had a problem with accuracy with the speedtest app.
Thanks everyone for the quick reply.
@ nyydynasty - I am in the Los Angeles, CA area. The reason I asked because everything seem to be real slow when it come to my data conection. My wifi connection at home (when I connected to it) is a lot faster connection in comparison. I am not trying to compare or guage the speed. The reason I asked is to see if I should call up AT&T and complaint at them to see why my connection seem slow.
My connection varies greatly. My speeds are either 1 meg a second or up to 5 when I'm in nyc. My connection can go down really quickly though, and I'll average like 300 kb a second.
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My connection varies greatly. My speeds are either 1 meg a second or up to 5 when I'm in nyc. My connection can go down really quickly though, and I'll average like 300 kb a second.
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Thanks, that should be enough for me to call AT&T to see if there is a problem or not.
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http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/.
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Wow 1.2mbps d/l and .12 u/l. Still it is slow.
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My average is 4 down (I get a 6 every now and then) and 1.5 up. Lte is already available in my area and I have seen a Skyrocket clock 30 down.
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5-6 down tops, and I'm in Phoenix, so LTE's in my area. Have yet to see a person with an LTE AT&T phone though. On the other hand, I've seen a Droid Razr pull down ~15 with only 3 bars.
At my house it had better connection. 2.4 d/l and 0.5 u/l
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With the link it's 3.7 and 0.88 from my house.
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I usually get between 6-7.5 Down & 2-3 Up on My Galaxy Nexus using AT&T... Funny thing is i'm still using a European baseband..
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in my area (MN) i get around 2-5 down, about 1 up. If you do decide to go with a custom ROM, give some different modems a try. Originally i'd rarely get over 1 down, then i decided to go through a few modems and saw some moderate improvements. Some say it makes no difference for them, but it definitely did for me.
Orange County Ca so your area should be closer to that. I live on the border of La and Orange County and the lowest i ever VHF et UNLESS i am bekng throttled is about 3-5Mbs download and as high as 7-10Mbs download being more normal.
EDIT: I think it helps tbat since i am rooted I have modified my build.prop fkr the faster speeds. Plus you can get more if you edit your apn settings (which I am not doing at this point with this pic)
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Here in Ohio on my sgs2 I have had as good as 5-6 down and 2.3 up
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For me, it ranges from 1-11 down and ~1 up
On the speakeasy speedtest, It's said I've gotten up to 12mbps down at one point. Speedtest app usually never gets over 6-7
Thanks everyone for the inputs, that tells me that my speed suck in my area. (or I am being throttled, I hope not.)
And this is the first time I got the data line since I have been with AT&T. It's only been a few months.
I doubt that I will root this phone anytime soon, it's still on the 2 years contract (got 22 months to go).
@ ROckRatt - What APN setting did you use? May be I can add a new APN and try to use that to see if I get better connection.
I would love to get it up to at least 5 or 6 download and 2 upload.
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Thanks everyone for the inputs, that tells me that my speed suck in my area. (or I am being throttled, I hope not.)
And this is the first time I got the data line since I have been with AT&T. It's only been a few months.
I doubt that I will root this phone anytime soon, it's still on the 2 years contract (got 22 months to go).
@ ROckRatt - What APN setting did you use? May be I can add a new APN and try to use that to see if I get better connection.
I would love to get it up to at least 5 or 6 download and 2 upload.
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First I would call att and make sure they switched you to the 4G plan, sounds like they still have you on the 3G plan. Here are the APN settings I usually use but I do not remember if you can make them or set them up without being rooted. Most all of us are also on the contract with att also. I got mine in October if I remember correctly, whatever the first week it came out. So read up about flashing roms and just make sure to also download the return to stock packages IN CASE you ever need to return it to complete stock without att ever even knowing it was rooted and rom'd. Yoj will even be happier once you learn how.
My APN Test Settings
APN #1
NAME: ATT HSPA+
APN: phone
MMS port: 80
APN TYPE: default,internet,broadband
APN#2
ATT MMS
APN: wap.cingular
USERNAME: [email protected]
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS PROXY: wireless.cingular.com
MMS PORT: 80
MNC: 410
MCC: 310
APN TYPE: default,mms,supl
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I have similar setup for my APN 1 and APN 2.
The only Different is the APN TYPE.
APN 1 APN TYPE: I only have internet option
APN 2 APN TYPE: I have mms and supl option.
My Current APN Test Settings.
APN #1
NAME: MyAPN
APN: phone
MMS port: 80
APN TYPE: internet
APN#2
ATT MMS
APN: phone
USERNAME: blank
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS PROXY: wireless.cingular.com
MMS PORT: 80
MNC: 410
MCC: 310
APN TYPE: mms
is there a thread around here that discusses AT&T apn settings and modems that give the best HSPA+ speeds?
yes i did try to search.
jerseykat1 said:
is there a thread around here that discusses AT&T apn settings and modems that give the best HSPA+ speeds?
yes i did try to search.
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Have a look at this thread, it may be of interest to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20841978
Hope this helps.
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yeah i saw that thread. i am on a medianet unlimited plan and if i switch to an LTE plan the max data i can get is 5GB and i can go through 5gb in 2 weeks being Conservative (lots of time on the road). I dont mind the speeds i get now. i just wish the connection was more stable. i find my self having to toggle data on and off quite often just to get websites to load, and this is in areas with 4 bars.
maybe i could benifit from a different modem or different apn settings not sure.
Yes I am on a very old unlimited plan which only costs me about $15.00 per month. But it is not
LTE. But, I live in a smaller city in Texas which doesn't have 4G yet so the rep told me it wouldn't help me a lot anyway. I was using XXKH3 and getting fairly decent performance. Lately though I have bounced between XXLPB and XXLPH with either one of those signal and network widgets actually work. I average around 3.5 mb/s download and 1.25 mb/s up.
If you haven't checked this thread yet, it has many CWM flashable modems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22899943
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is your apn wap.cingular?
i usually get anywhere from 1.5-4mbs down. but my problem is mainly not being able to access websites sometimes even when i have good signal. tapatalk, G+, FB, etc. when this happens i usually have to reset my radio by toggling data on and off or airplaine mode.
Yes I use wap.cingular also, but have no such issues out here. Maybe because it is so wide and open.
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Try some of the various modems and pick one best suited for your area and situation. Best of luck!
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I myself have been unable to find any other APN settings to function properly, which may be due to the fact that I don't have a 4g sim card. I am using an international version and the AT&T store couldn't figure out the imei issue until I explained.
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Mods please sticky this.
There's been several threads with people saying that they are getting intermittent slow or no data connections. Some people suspected throttling.
I did some digging around and found that it is a common issue on all ATT LTE phones. I have read up on various fixes, found one that worked, and will summarize it here.
Create a new APN that is EXACTLY the same as your current one with two exceptions:
1. APN: phone
2. APN type: internet
Save the APN. You should now have 2 APNs. Make sure that the original AT&T PTA APN is the selected one with the green dot.
What we've done here is replace the APN just for internet, and left everything else the same. If you try setting the type of the new APN for everything, it breaks MMS.
There are several dead spots in my town where I get incredibly slow or no data , despite my wife's iPhone working just fine. I made this change and now it works perfectly. Same top speeds for upload and download.
The only thing I cannot test is LTE, since I am not in an LTE area. From what I've read, this is an LTW APN so it should work.
Thanks. Works great and I'm in LTE area.
Very interesting.. thanks for the post.
Just for clarity, we're not to remove "internet" from the original PTA, right?
Edit: Oh, and we can name it whatever we want, I'm assuming? Or does it have to match the original to replace it?
Plexicle said:
Very interesting.. thanks for the post.
Just for clarity, we're not to remove "internet" from the original PTA, right?
Edit: Oh, and we can name it whatever we want, I'm assuming? Or does it have to match the original to replace it?
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You can't remove the original APN - it's not editable. Leave it as is.
You can name the new APN whatever you want, as long as the APN is called phone.
I am so excited to test this out. I just entered those settings and will report back at the end of the day with my results.
I'm in an LTE area as well and have been experiencing an issue where every time my phone goes to sleep google talk looses connection and I no longer get any push notifications for gmail or my exchange email.
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I am so excited to test this out. I just entered those settings and will report back at the end of the day with my results.
I'm in an LTE area as well and have been experiencing an issue where every time my phone goes to sleep google talk looses connection and I no longer get any push notifications for gmail or my exchange email.
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I'm waiting for your response.. lol
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So far, so good here.
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Will see if this helps at all. Suddenly I am having a tong of issues with data on the Note. My skyrocket had no issues in this area. The Note just started experiencing issues yesterday. called att and they reset the data connection on their end and it worked for a few hours.
The oddest part is that the indicator shows I am connected
In an lte area btw.
Oh...another oddity...when calling in to att the guy said his system showed my phone was connected to wifi....my wifi was not even on
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How do you change does settings on phone?
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Nevermind previous post....
Please note, PTA APN is required if you want to use LTE. Phone APN is for HSPA+. If you are in the area where there is no LTE service, this might be the solution for you as AT&T has a network issue ever since it launched LTE that LTE phones with PTA APN can't get consistent internet access when there is no LTE signal.
So, don't DO this if you are in a LTE area. Or else, you will be forced into HSPA+ network instead of LTE network you paid for.
If you select the phone apn yes....you will be forced into hspa. ..actually in my case it went to no cell connection at all.
There is a theory that simply having it there but not selecting it may help...which doesnt make sense but I am testing it regardless
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Please note, PTA APN is required if you want to use LTE. Phone APN is for HSPA+. If you are in the area where there is no LTE service, this might be the solution for you as AT&T has a network issue ever since it launched LTE that LTE phones with PTA APN can't get consistent internet access when there is no LTE signal.
So, don't DO this if you are in a LTE area. Or else, you will be forced into HSPA+ network instead of LTE network you paid for.
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If you select the phone apn yes....you will be forced into hspa. ..actually in my case it went to no cell connection at all.
There is a theory that simply having it there but not selecting it may help...which doesnt make sense but I am testing it regardless
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that's basically what this is - having it there but not selecting it. its almost as if it uses it as a fallback when the PTA apn can't get connected in an hspa area. this would explain why my hspa issue is fixed and others can still connect to lte just fine.
This problem is quite wide spread when Skyrocket was first released. Can't believe AT&T still haven't sort this out.
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I did this. Now my data works incredibly well in an LTE area but my MMS is not working anymore...
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I did this. Now my data works incredibly well in an LTE area but my MMS is not working anymore...
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then you did it wrong. make sure the original PTA apn is the selected one, not the new one. also make sure the new apn type is only internet. I had the same issue when I made those mistakes when I was first testing.
Did this and does not work as people have stated. Doing speed test before adding the apn I would get lte speeds. After adding the phone apn my speed test decreased considerably. This was with att pta selected as well.
ATT has to fix the connectivity issues. For myself, when I do speedtest on lte, it is very sporadic! It times out sometimes while doing speedtest. It's very annoying!
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Did this and does not work as people have stated. Doing speed test before adding the apn I would get lte speeds. After adding the phone apn my speed test decreased considerably. This was with att pta selected as well.
ATT has to fix the connectivity issues. For myself, when I do speedtest on lte, it is very sporadic! It times out sometimes while doing speedtest. It's very annoying!
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it works for those of us in hspa areas. i guess it isn't going to work for lte areas.
I did the fix and still got 17MBPS on speedtest. I got my mms working btw.
Hrm...i think peopke are doing it wrong. In an lte area, Added it per the directions and the connection issues are slighty better...not completely gone.
No difference in speeds. Lte is the same..hspa+ is the same
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UPDATE: This worked well for a short time but now reverts back to the up sell page. My only guess is T-Mo caught on and shut us out; YMMV.
I searched the forum and didn't see this, although I may have missed it. Just wanted to share in case it hasn't been posted or for anyone that may not know.
[Disclaimer: I have no idea if this will inevitably result in a loss of service, so don't blame me if that happens! Proceed at your own risk.]
I recently got a T-Mo prepaid SIM to use with my unlocked i777, as AT&T's coverage where I work is basically nonexistent. I had a rep set me up with the $15/month unlimited text plan which I quickly realized has no web access included (not even pay per MB lol). This was confirmed by opening the browser and being greeted by a T-Mo upsell page.
Okay, so... after some digging around and trying different APN settings, I found a workaround:
APN: wap.voicestream.com
Username: TMobile.com 0000000000 (use your phone # in place of 0000000000)
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
APN type: Internet+MMS
After saving and selecting the new APN, I now have data! Confirmed this by loading multiple pages in the browser. It may be slow, but it's still nice to have available for the times when you really need it!
Cool trick, did you do any speed tests?
it would be edge (2g) speeds because this phones 3g and 4g (hspa) radios are built for att frequencies only, but att and T-Mobile share the same 2g frequency.
Still working internet is working internet. Good find.
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ryude said:
Cool trick, did you do any speed tests?
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No, I didn't even think about that at the time. As stated above, it'll only be Edge speeds. I'm not sure it would be any faster even if our phone supported the proper bands, since it's using the WAP APN meant for cheapo feature phones.
If data could be fix to use 3g I would go pick up a Sim and only use T-Mobile. Att keeps getting more and more expensive.
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willbs94 said:
If data could be fix to use 3g I would go pick up a Sim and only use T-Mobile. Att keeps getting more and more expensive.
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This phone is physically and technically incapable of using 3g on T-Mobile.
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estxxas said:
I recently got a T-Mo prepaid SIM to use with my unlocked i777, as AT&T's coverage where I work is basically nonexistent. I had a rep set me up with the $15/month unlimited text plan...
After saving and selecting the new APN, I now have data! Confirmed this by loading multiple pages in the browser. It may be slow, but it's still nice to have available for the times when you really need it!
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This might sound silly, but if anyone knows... 1.) Does there need to be a working Tmo card in the phone w/ that APN (vs. att card), 2.) Does it need to have recurring services or could any purchased prepaid Tmo card be swapped into the 777 in an emergency?
I ask b/c AT$T data services blow in my area and I currently have a network data block to avoid paying for said unusable services...I'm curious if this would work in an emergency on the road or if it's likely that Tmo data is as bad as AT$T's.
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lo-fi_engineer said:
1.) Does there need to be a working Tmo card in the phone w/ that APN (vs. att card), 2.) Does it need to have recurring services or could any purchased prepaid Tmo card be swapped into the 777 in an emergency?
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An (educated) guess tells me 1. Yes, you would need to have the T-Mo SIM in when using the APN. And 2. I would imagine so, since your phone number is used as the Username in the APN, and I'm sure their network identifies the request as either coming from an active/inactive account.
So, if i can use 3g 4g only with AT&T, how come mine is working with Tim (brazilian carrier) ?
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No one said that. Learn to read.
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Hmmmm interesting. I am on Tmobile but not a prepaid card. I'm tempted to try this but don't want to get hit with data charges after...
Bethrezen1453 said:
So, if i can use 3g 4g only with AT&T, how come mine is working with Tim (brazilian carrier) ?
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It's not only with AT&T. AT&T and T-mobile use different bands for 3g. Obviously TIM uses the same bands as AT&T.
Is this still working for anybody? All of a sudden I started getting the web2go error page.
And since upgrading to CM9, I don't even get that anymore. I get Unable to connect to the Internet. No edge logo up top or anything.
iXNyNe said:
it would be edge (2g) speeds because this phones 3g and 4g (hspa) radios are built for att frequencies only, but att and T-Mobile share the same 2g frequency.
Still working internet is working internet. Good find.
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Not quite correct - AT&T and international frequencies. Basically everything but AWS1700 (T-Mo)
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Same thing is happening on my end. Guess T-Mo is on to us.
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