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can we use sl in usa with tmobile or at&t 3g network

Hi guys,
I may have to go to US for sometime. Can we use galaxy sl for 3g by enabling 1700, 1900 and 850 in wcdma band from service mode. Or any other options pls.
Thanks,
Prem
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Why not? As long as the service is GSM/UMTS and bands supported by this phone are being used, it will work fine.
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premdiv said:
enabling 850 in wcdma band from service mode.
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GSM will be your best bet - i'm not sure of the 900/2100 band in America. However, this will NOT work from my personal experience in trying the 850 band in Australia on an SL. It just doesn't have the hardware in it, no matter what the software is trying to tell it to try and find.

premdiv said:
Hi guys,
I may have to go to US for sometime. Can we use galaxy sl for 3g by enabling 1700, 1900 and 850 in wcdma band from service mode. Or any other options pls.
Thanks,
Prem
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I've used it with at&t gsm.
Works like a charm
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thanks guys
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premdiv said:
thanks guys
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Please use the thanks button instead of posting to say thanks.
Anyways, since the question has been answered, I'm closing the thread, pm me if you need it re-opened.

Top 5 T-Mobile phones to buy?

I need some ideas cuz in always stumped when it comes to choosing phones ima be starting a contract with T-Mobile I just need to know which are the top 5 T-Mobile phones in yalls opinion excluding the note 2 iPhone 5 and that blackberry one I don't have enough for those and I want something that's better then my amaze like a lot better and thanks
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First of all, T-Mobile no longer has contracts. Secondly, this isn't the place for this question. This should be in the networking forum.

T-Mobile don't have contracts since when?
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A couple weeks ago.
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/03/t-mobile-ceo-talks-uncarrier-iphone-lte-and-the-industry-at-large/

Oh well I'm getting the optimus g at&t version unlocked to put on T-Mobile because none of the T-Mobile phones seemed to fit my needs there was always a flaw in the decent phones they had well I'm glad T-Mobile supports the 1900 MHz because since I have 4g in my area with the amaze I know I'll have 4g with the optimus g I done paid 550 for the phone didn't have a money back I'm just that confident it will work
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avenged_sevenfold27 said:
Oh well I'm getting the optimus g at&t version unlocked to put on T-Mobile because none of the T-Mobile phones seemed to fit my needs there was always a flaw in the decent phones they had well I'm glad T-Mobile supports the 1900 MHz because since I have 4g in my area with the amaze I know I'll have 4g with the optimus g I done paid 550 for the phone didn't have a money back I'm just that confident it will work
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The HTC Amaze gets 4G on the 1700/2100 MHz bands, not 1900MHz. Sorry, but you might be out of luck with the OG, since it has no 1700MHz band built in. It only picks up 1900MHz for T-Mobile's 3G/4G, which may not be in your area.
Unless your area has been refarmed for the 1900MHz band, you're only going to see EDGE (2G) speeds at best. Then again, if you have T-Mobile LTE in your area, then it should work on that if you find someone who can unlock the modem for you.
There are so many "ifs" here, that you would have been better off not buying this phone to use on T-Mobile, unless you know for a fact that you have a refarmed network, or LTE service.
I think you misinterpreted the 1900MHz thing. That is not a nation-wide thing. It is only supported in some markets, not all. If you don't know for certain, then you probably don't have it. Your Amaze getting 4G means absolutely nothing, since it does not run on the 1900MHz band in the first place.

I'm in Dalton ga I'm 20 min south of Chattanooga which has been refarmed
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avenged_sevenfold27 said:
I'm in Dalton ga I'm 20 min south of Chattanooga which has been refarmed
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If you're sure of that, then you should be fine with the OG. If I recall correctly, there's a modem hack to enable T-Mobile LTE on it. That is dependent on your local area actually having LTE in the first place, though.

So if chattanooga has been refarmed and I'm 20 min from there I should be fine?
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Not necessarily. It depends entirely on the towers you connect to. If the towers in your area use 1700/2100MHz for HSPA+ connections, then your phone needs to support those bands. If the tower has been refarmed and is using 1900MHz for HSPA+, then you have your pick of pretty much every GSM phone on the planet. Call T-Mobile to find out, or get a hold of a Samsung S2 or better phone with the stock Touchwiz ROM. You can go into the diagnostics menu with *#197328640# in the dialer. There's a network frequency menu in there that will show you the bands you're connected to.

I just called them they said basically where ever I have 4g with my amaze I'll have 4g with any at&t phone so I'm saved
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avenged_sevenfold27 said:
I just called them they said basically where ever I have 4g with my amaze I'll have 4g with any at&t phone so I'm saved
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That's not true at all. The T-Mobile Amaze only gets 4G on AWS bands. It does not get the 1900MHz band at all, which is what AT&T phones get 3G/4G on. So, either your phone is an unbranded version, or the guy on the phone didn't know what he was talking about. It's not as cut and dry as they would have you believe.
My suggestion would be to make sure that if you buy a non T-Mobile phone, make sure you can return it if things don't go right. I hope that your area is a refarmed area, but unless a tech tells you straight up that the towers in your area are refarmedwith 100% certainty, make sure to cover your behind when buying a new device just in case.
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I have the unbranded one and they even said in other terms she said that I'm in a 1900 MHz area
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avenged_sevenfold27 said:
I have the unbranded one and they even said in other terms she said that I'm in a 1900 MHz area
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Ok. Well the unbranded one does have 1900MHz built in. It's uncommon for anyone to have that one, since the Amaze ended up being a T-Mobile exclusive device. As far as the refarm goes, I'd still urge you to be cautious in making a purchase. Make sure you can test out the device for a short while within a return period, just in case.
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OK ima call T-Mobile just to be safe cuz sometimes you get diff answers lol
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[Q] T Mobile LTE on LG G2X?

How can you get T Mobile LTE network working on the G2X?

ianhardies said:
How can you get T Mobile LTE network working on the G2X?
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You don't. Our phones do not support an LTE network.

I was under the impression that the G2X had the (AWS) 4th band at 1700mh and at 1900mh.
If so why wouldn't it work?
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ianhardies said:
I was under the impression that the G2X had the (AWS) 4th band at 1700mh and at 1900mh.
If so why wouldn't it work?
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WOW everyone expected this phone to ne awesome and it sucked!!! I miss my G1 never had all these problems.
DEVICES:
NEXUS 7 32GB STOCK
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T-MOBIL LG G2X (LG-P999)
STOCK (ROOTED)
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ianhardies said:
I was under the impression that the G2X had the (AWS) 4th band at 1700mh and at 1900mh.
If so why wouldn't it work?
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Give it up - it does NOT have LTE. When this phone was built, T-Mobile didn't even have a clue how they were going to even IMPLEMENT LTE, let alone have any devices with support for it. Just because the same frequency is used, doesn't mean the same technology is used. The 4G in this phone is WCDMA which is totally different than LTE..
Man, why am I wasting my time.... go away and enjoy your 4G.

Guys, let's not be so harsh on OP.
To answer your question OP, the G2x does not have the hardware required to enable LTE. There is no LTE antenna, amplifier, nor chipset. The best we can get with the G2X is HSPA+ (4G). Hopefully this answers your question.

So just make sure that if they switch to LTE in your area before your contract is up....they give you a phone that works on it. Just sayin....
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So just make sure that if they switch to LTE in your area before your contract is up....they give you a phone that works on it. Just sayin....
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I'm pretty sure that they won't completely disable HSPA+ in the area if they brought on LTE.

I think, the only people left on the g2x forums are all jaded because of this phone. Don't feel to bad OP just understand that most of the people here have been waiting patiently for something good to happen with this phone for years.

[Q] Switch a GS3 from Sprint?

I have four Sprint devices [two are GS3s] that I'd like to use on Verizon.
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to do something like that?
Verizon says that I can't use a Sprint device, but is it possible to flash something that will make it look like a Verizon device?
Thanks- I need to know whether to try to sell these phones or not.

Don't quote me on this, but I thought Sprint devices had integrated sim cards, only accessible via mods?
Assuming I'm wrong, you'd first need to check that the radio on the sprint variants supports any of Verizon's bandwidths. From there I'm not sure. Maybe flash a Verizon ROM and test? I'll do some research when I get home and let you know if I find anything useful.
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Alright, did some reading. From what I can tell, the Sprint GS3 will have limited connectivity at best. The reason being that the radios do not in fact support the same bandwidths.
Verizon's S3 supports:
LTE 750
CDMA 850 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Sprint's S3 supports:
LTE 1900
CDMA 800 / 850 / 1900
US Cellular version adds CDMA 1700, LTE 700/850/1700
Verizon operates on LTE at 750 (mhz?) only, so that's a definite no-go on the LTE. As far as the CMDA 850 matching up - you might get some connectivity, such as voice, maybe 1x data/3g data, but I don't really know enough about the topic to speak with any certainty.
Hope this helps.

You can't anyway because Sprint and Verizon phones are locked because of cdma regulations or something like that.
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tylerlawhon said:
You can't anyway because Sprint and Verizon phones are locked because of cdma regulations or something like that.
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My Verizon Note 2 is unlocked factory. T mobile sim cards work fine, I've tested it, just no data because the bandwidths aren't supported by the radio.
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zerofighter1 said:
My Verizon Note 2 is unlocked factory. T mobile sim cards work fine, I've tested it, just no data because the bandwidths aren't supported by the radio.
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That's different. Note 2 is hardware unlocked so that you can switch to any carrier or use any rom worldwide thanks to your root method. Not the same for the GSIII. In Adam Outler's first Casual method for Note 2, he has a video explaining just how far unlocked the phone is and what you can flash since the hardware (as in the insides) is unchanged worldwide.
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That's different. Note 2 is hardware unlocked so that you can switch to any carrier or use any rom worldwide thanks to your root method. Not the same for the GSIII. In Adam Outler's first Casual method for Note 2, he has a video explaining just how far unlocked the phone is and what you can flash since the hardware (as in the insides) is unchanged worldwide.
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Obviously. Not disputing that - in fact I was more or less observing it. He said that CDMA phones are locked or "something like that" . That statement could be misleading to some, indicating that ALL CDMA phones are locked due to "regulations", when I know for a fact they are not.
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Obviously. Not disputing that - in fact I was more or less observing it. He said that CDMA phones are locked or "something like that" . That statement could be misleading to some, indicating that ALL CDMA phones are locked due to "regulations", when I know for a fact they are not.
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Ahh, I see now. Yea, I do agree with you there.
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zerofighter1 said:
My Verizon Note 2 is unlocked factory. T mobile sim cards work fine, I've tested it, just no data because the bandwidths aren't supported by the radio.
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zerofighter1 said:
Obviously. Not disputing that - in fact I was more or less observing it. He said that CDMA phones are locked or "something like that" . That statement could be misleading to some, indicating that ALL CDMA phones are locked due to "regulations", when I know for a fact they are not.
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They're locked in a way that makes it to where you cannot switch to Sprint if you're using a Verizon phone and voice versa. So they are in fact locked. Not gsm locked though. Cdma phones are locked. Our phones are gsm capable.
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tylerlawhon said:
They're locked in a way that makes it to where you cannot switch to Sprint if you're using a Verizon phone and voice versa. So they are in fact locked. Not gsm locked though. Cdma phones are locked. Our phones are gsm capable.
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Can you cite this information?
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Spark in Baltimore md

How do I enabled spark on my note 5 32gb? Or how do I know if it's enabled or if spark is in my area?
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How do I enabled spark on my note 5 32gb? Or how do I know if it's enabled or if spark is in my area?
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You can download the app called LTE Discovery. It will tell you what band you are connected to. Spark is band 41.
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dial ##3282# you'll see view or list choose view scroll down to LTE and press LTE it will show band 41 enabled

Yeah it's ok
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this is what I get in Orlando

CA is enabled by default, regardless if your location has it. ##DEBUG# and go to lte engineering. You should be connected to two band 41 sites. Look for PCI and SCC PCI. You should also have one Upload channel and two download channels, (PCC &SCC). If SCC PCI AND DL CHANNEL SCC are blank, your phone is not on CA which you guys are confusing with Spark. Spark = Triband phone able to connect to Sprint's multiple lte bands. For example, Note 4 and older triband phones, are Spark capable but do not support CA. Too many people are confusing Spark and Carrier Aggregation (CA). Oh and it's called Lte+ now. Here's a screenie of CA on Band 41 and what you're looking to identify.. Although judging by your screenie those are for sure CA speeds :thumbup:
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What difference between Clearwire Band 41 and Sprint band 41?

Over here in Phoenix
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SayWhat10 said:
What difference between Clearwire Band 41 and Sprint band 41?
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Nothing. I no longer see clearwire show up in my area so I assume it's just an old clear site that's been upgraded and still needs some modifications. Speeds should be the same between the two..
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I don't have as good ping but I have hit 10.7 MBps consistently.