My fiance pays 45 bucks a month for family talk through her walmart employer discount. My question is since it is tmobile can I use my g2x on it? And if so can I use my 4g? Would I have to unlock it? I just don't like how my tmobile prepaid only gets 100mb of data in my price range.
I do. I have the 5g plan. My wife has the 2g plan. We got seperate plans cause I wireless tether. We use the G2x. So yeah, you can.
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I think I'm going with simple mobile, they use hspa, and so doesn't the g2x, but it days I can only get 2g and 3g with my phone??
The G2x does too. I'm on it now. The G2x doesn't do 3g. It has g,2g or 4g. But 4g is really 3.5
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Can you elaborate?
You can change you settings to only use hspa.
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I'm sorry, I'm so confused and lost lol
Unless you change the setting under wireless networks...mobile network...network mode... You can change it there. I always change mine to auto when I travel. That way it will chose the strongest signal.
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This is an lg g2x using either family talk or simple mobile, and able to use a 4g signal?
Yes but to use Simple mobile, you have to be network unlocked. Which you would get that from TMO customer care. They will e-mail it to you.
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If you have 4g in your area, you can get it. Go under the settings I posted and swith to only wcdma. If you have 4g near you, it will display it on status bar at top.
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The G2x will not display a 3G status signal. It will show a 4G, 2G, G.
Good luck with your droid. I'm on the $70 plan...5g data, unlimited talk and txt. So I know it will work.
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If you have 4g in your area, you can get it. Go under the settings I posted and swith to only wcdma. If you have 4g near you, it will display it on status bar at top.
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Strange thing is its displaying 4g now, but its slow as hell. But I can take it as is now on my Tmobile service and switch the box to wcdma only? And that'll work?
Yes if there is 4G. That setting will stay on that signal til you change it.
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Is anyone else having this problem. I have noticed slow data speed the last few weeks and before that I was having excellent speeds but now its 50-120kbs (3G)..which means no YouTube..and issues with anyone else
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Did you notice them after installing a custom kernel? I sure did...
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Do you mean kilobyte or kilobit? Here in south florida I'd be lucky to get 120KBs, usually its 50 and below.
Stock rom and kernal just rooted..I'm getting 0.10 mbps average download and 0.30 mbps upload (sometimes if lucky) ..I'm in sothern California ..
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If you think you're handy try updating the PRL.
I have tried but my computer won't show up in the com port in device manager
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Rooting my phone and uninstalling the virgin bloatware fixed my 3g speeds.
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cougle said:
Rooting my phone and uninstalling the virgin bloatware fixed my 3g speeds.
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So which apps did you remove and what improved your 3g speed or the 3g drop to 1x?
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I have tried but my computer won't show up in the com port in device manager
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Try it w/ the phone turned off.
Yeah i hear you, ive been gettin low speeds as well, funny thing though, when im at a mcdonalds about a mile away from my house, the speeds are super high, like 2000kbps
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Same thing at Walmart I get 2 bars an over 1 Meg a second ..perfect for streaming Netflix..and that's in the afternoon-evening ..that's the best speed Ive ever got on 3g around that time..in the morning I used to get 1.4mbps..now like 0.2mbps if THAT ..
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Its a prepaid carrier you just have to deal with it, or do you want a $100 phone bill?
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Im actually thinking of swiching to a better company just cuz of the 3g, my gf has tmobile and pays about 80 a month but her 3g is FAST.
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Just put CM7 on your phone, it comes with the sprint prl which you have sprint speed.
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I have cm7 on mine now and it's a little better.. now I can get like 0.5mbps so half a Meg down.. so pretty decent after installation of cm7
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elflip88 said:
Im actually thinking of swiching to a better company just cuz of the 3g, my gf has tmobile and pays about 80 a month but her 3g is FAST.
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If she's with T-Mobile she might have 4g, well for that price.
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If she's with T-Mobile she might have 4g, well for that price.
No its 3g, she has the mytouch3 and doesnt have 4g,
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Just put CM7 on your phone, it comes with the sprint prl which you have sprint speed.
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Ok one wuestion though, i installed cm7 and under mobile network settings theres a few more things like international data roaming, national data roaming, and system select, should i check any of them, or change the select system to automatic, affiliated networks, or just leave it at home??
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Ok one wuestion though, i installed cm7 and under mobile network settings theres a few more things like international data roaming, national data roaming, and system select, should i check any of them, or change the select system to automatic, affiliated networks, or just leave it at home??
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I saw all that stuff in the menu but didnt touch it..with cm7 i get better service and speeds...now im back to stock so i can really feel the diffrence..one time i thought i was roaming when i had cm7 it sayed roaming but i didnt think thats possible and i couldent replicate it so must have been a glitch..
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is cm7 even usable as a main phone at the moment? i havnt been keeping up
Anyone?
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Reason I ask is because when I got my bell sensation at&t told me I could get the 10 dollar unlimited plan,but whennthey added it to my plan,my internet didn't work anymore. I had to add the 2gb 4g data plan back
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Gonna give this its final bump. Google returned zip. Wont keep this in you guys'es face if I don't get an answer this time lol
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If you are talking about the media net
plan, yes i'm on it and using it with no issues on bell sensation z710a.
I'm on the $15 unlimited plan since I have not added unlimited messing.
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Also make sure you use the wap.cingular apn if you are having data issues. Attached is my apn setting for the media net plan.
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Also make sure you use the wap.cingular apn if you are having data issues. Attached is my apn setting for the media net plan.
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And you get 3g?
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And you get 3g?
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Yes I get 3g, hspa+ speeds with no issues. In Seattle I get average download speeds arnd 2MBps since att network is not great where I stay. But I have hit around 5Mbps in Chicago airport while traveling.
If you want there is a thread in sgs2 forums about people's experience on media net plans and their speeds. For me I didn't see any speed difference between the media net plan and the att 4g plan speeds. So i'm happily using the one which costs less and get unlimited data in the process
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Yes I get 3g, hspa+ speeds with no issues. In Seattle I get average download speeds arnd 2MBps since att network is not great where I stay. But I have hit around 5Mbps in Chicago airport while traveling.
If you want there is a thread in sgs2 forums about people's experience on media net plans and their speeds. For me I didn't see any speed difference between the media net plan and the att 4g plan speeds. So i'm happily using the one which costs less and get unlimited data in the process
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Lol alright thanks bro
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Also make sure you use the wap.cingular apn if you are having data issues. Attached is my apn setting for the media net plan.
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whats the rest of that first apn
I got it!!!!! Holey hell thank you! I wonder will they notice I'm using a smartphone? I use about 4gb a month lol
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I got it!!!!! Holey hell thank you! I wonder will they notice I'm using a smartphone? I use about 4gb a month lol
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I don't think they will...may be monitor and stay below 5 GB just to be safe .... I mostly use wifi at home and work so don't use that much data.
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I don't think they will...may be monitor and stay below 5 GB just to be safe .... I mostly use wifi at home and work so don't use that much data.
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Well i don't have wifi anymore use to I didn't even go over 400mb,if that. I refresh the marketplace every 47 seconds lol
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So this would work on other Bell phones as well?
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So this would work on other Bell phones as well?
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Yeah,it should. I just didn't know the apn settings
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Well i don't have wifi anymore use to I didn't even go over 400mb,if that. I refresh the marketplace every 47 seconds lol
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Just found this thread. It's helpful in my search.
FWIW, I USB tethered my Nokia 6700 Classic (which I didn't even know was capable of HSDPA until it launched). Signal used to be really good for it, but it started dropping like crazy. Thought it was the device, so I replaced it with another... same signal issues.
Anyway, I think I'm the reason why the signal is all crappy. In April, 2011, I did 800GB of data on my $20 Media Max unlimited data plan. AT&T never caught me. Until that month, I was doing between 10GB and 30GB each month.
Now, I'm looking for an affordable smartphone that is very much NON-AT&T so that I can continue to bend the rules and keep getting high speed internet.
For u simple mobile peeps, Did u have to Unlock ur g2x to use with simple?? Thanks
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I bought mine unlocked
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For u simple mobile peeps, Did u have to Unlock ur g2x to use with simple?? Thanks
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Nope you don't have to unlock. Simple Mobile uses Tmobile's network.
Sweet that's what I thought thank you so it's just the apn deal and ill be set
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Yup. I believe if yu bring it to a simple mobile retailer they'll set everything up for yu...Apn mms and data. All dat good stuff.
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I just installed that apn fix on here just waiting on the sim had my sister pick one up for me
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since it uses t mobile network. does your previous account with t mobile affect it.? Like for example say you owe Tmobile and you switch to simple will there be any draw backs.?
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since it uses t mobile network. does your previous account with t mobile affect it.? Like for example say you owe Tmobile and you switch to simple will there be any draw backs.?
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Nope...once you go to SM you are free of T-Mo. However, if you use Wifi calling or other T-Mo branded items you will not be able to use them on SM.
I did have a data loss last week with Simple here in Sacramento. They had tower issues. But nothing else of consequence.
One issue that I have had. On virtually every ROM is editing the APN. YOu can usually edit it once, but when you go back in often the APN's do not show up. Food for thought.
Lol. Hmm thank God. I'm going to get sm tomorrow. Thank you very much.
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Only affects ur credit ahahaha
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funziebear said:
Only affects ur credit ahahaha
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That's funny
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funziebear said:
Only affects ur credit ahahaha
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lol you got jokes. but hey is it the same for the g2 it doesn't have to be unlocked
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I had it on simple for a month and you can't get 4gis 3g only. It was still good enough but that really bum me out
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Sure u had it setup right? If u can get tmobiles h on the mytouch 4g I don't see why u can't on the g2x ill give it a try see what happens
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I had it on simple for a month and you can't get 4gis 3g only. It was still good enough but that really bum me out
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Do you have 40 or 60 plan?
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So far its running nicely and fast
Winning
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aliaselchore said:
I had it on simple for a month and you can't get 4gis 3g only. It was still good enough but that really bum me out
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Actually you can and do get 4g depending on where you are located. I am in Sacramento and get 4g speeds on SM.
Your plan also has to do with speeds. If yo are on the $40.00 plan yes, you are restricted to 3g. If you pay $60.00 then you get 4G.
And no you do not have to unlock for SM.
They do offer a $60/month plan that has 4G. As usual the giant word plastered all over their website and retailers is "unlimited" - which, as we all know, is a load of crap. Yes it's "unlimited internet" - however you get 1gig at 4G - then the rest of the month you're throttled to a whopping 56k (so useless you can't even stream a song with it).
As for the disappearing APN problem - if you run the CM7 ROM, and you're APN's are not in there - all you have to do is pull the battery out, restart the phone, and the APN's are back in. Also as pointed out the specialized apps for t-mobile like the wifi calling app won't work.
Anyway - all that being said - I've been on Simple with my G2X for 3 months and it works quite well for me. Only wish they offered more data in the plans - so I try to stay connected to a wifi hotspot as much as possible.
I thought there flyer says 2gigs of data hahaha on the 60 dollar
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Yes you do have to be unlocked on simple mobile. You cannot use a simple mobile sim in a locked phone. You also get 2gigs of data on the $60 plan and 4g if available in your area.
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I have not had data for about 30 mins. I am on the phone with Verizon and I am on hold for tier two. Teir one claimed that the outage is 100% nationally for LTE phones.
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Just to be clear, I have no 3G or 4G data. No 1x either. I will post again when I talk to tier two.
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Same here Phoenix.
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I have 100% data here near Tampa?
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No data in Atlanta.
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I have 100% data here near Tampa?
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Are you in a 4G area? Tier one mentioned that the phones might be trying to access the down network and getting confused. In my case going to CDMA only does not help.
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Are you in a 4G area? Tier one mentioned that the phones might be trying to access the down network and getting confused. In my case going to CDMA only does not help.
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This makes some sense. The handoffs between LTE and CDMA create a different situation for CDMA in an LTE area and make it impossible to connect at all if the systems handling the handoffs are down. I wonder if anyone in a CDMA only area could report the situation they are in.
I am in Colorado. Tier one mentioned Texas is down.
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Lost data here in Los Angeles too, been down for close to 30mins now
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No data here, no 1x, 3g, or 4g. Spartanburg, SC in a 4g area.
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Lost data here in Los Angeles too, been down for close to 30mins now
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Zero data here in Albany ga. not a 4g area either.
No data in Central Ohio in a 4g area. Killed battery.
Working fine in NW Indiana, on both my Bionic and wife's Charge.
no data here on the west side of atlanta, no LTE, 3g, 1x, and messages are slow
i came from pittsburgh to cleveland and got no 4g, 3g or 1x at all either for about 2 hrs now
EDIT. just got some 3g back in cleveland. im not sure about 4g because i dont get 4g at my house
Got nothing in Chicago for at least an hour now....
Edit: Just got 4G back.
Canton, Oh 4G area, no data at all
back now
Same here from denver, co. no data period
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so just to be clear...its not just me who is having the no 4g, 3g or 1x problem today?
Got 4g and 3g here in Toledo Ohio. Actually pulling some pretty high numbers on speed test and my server is set to the closest one for best accuracy. Average is about 11 but now I'm seeing 16 and 19's.
I have been using my micro sim in my infuse and got a text from att saying I should change to a 4g data plan. Does it really matter because I don't want to change.
Thanks
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I asked to change and noticed a 0 change in speed.
Cranky...
O dear they are going to change the NAME of the data feature you are on, that's right the name, not the feature, price, or your contract, JUST THE NAME!!! I would call and cancel if I were you....
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I have been using my micro sim in my infuse and got a text from att saying I should change to a 4g data plan. Does it really matter because I don't want to change.
Thanks
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When I first got my infuse about 3 months ago they sent me the same message and have continued to send them once or twice a month. I just ignore them and continue to pull down 6-10mbps here in Chicago
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Biggzz said:
I have been using my micro sim in my infuse and got a text from att saying I should change to a 4g data plan. Does it really matter because I don't want to change.
Thanks
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Micro sim? how?
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Justinfedor said:
Micro sim? how?
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They make adapters.
EDIT: People moving from iPhone 4s(plural, not 4S.) usually keep them.and either are given or buy an adapter.
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Thanks guys...I talked to a local Rep who said if I didn't change then some of my features wouldn't work. I haven't experienced that using my iphone sim card but if they change my plan to 4g would that affect my iphone the other way? I mean features not working.
I know there is no price change im just concerned about everything working right
I have to say I was having real trouble getting good speeds till I switched. I don't know if I was imagining it or if it was just coincidence, but i switched from an iphone, could only pull 1mb down and 250kb up. Got that text, switched it(its only 5 dollars more I believe) and started pulling down 5-6 mb.
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