i have a few question. i just bought my sensation. i would like to know if tmobile is going to charge extra for 4g usage conserding im using a 3g sim card. i read somewhere that 4g phones have different plans.
2nd is tethering free on the sensation and if not is there a way to make free (rooting or something)
3rd is there a way to disable 4g to improve battery
ariel123 said:
i have a few question. i just bought my sensation. i would like to know if tmobile is going to charge extra for 4g usage conserding im using a 3g sim card. i read somewhere that 4g phones have different plans.
2nd is tethering free on the sensation and if not is there a way to make free (rooting or something)
3rd is there a way to disable 4g to improve battery
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You should be able to stick with your current plan. That's what they did for me, and many other posters.
Are you actually seeing a 3G icon? What UL/DL speeds are you getting?
There's currently no way to disable 4G and force 3G. You can disable WCDMA, but that will force 2G only.
Tmobile's 4G is actually just 3G plus great marketing. You can disable 3G to help your battery but then you'd be down to just EDGE.
I am getting 4g service I was just wondering wether there was a 4g sim cand or something that would improve the spewed cause honestly its only a little faster. Also for some reason my Yahoo mail won't sync any sugggestions. And btw I'm loving this phoon coming from the hd7
xnifex said:
Tmobile's 4G is actually just 3G plus great marketing. You can disable 3G to help your battery but then you'd be down to just EDGE.
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So, to clarify, are you saying there's no protocol difference between TMO's 3G and "4G"? Is the TMO 4G just an upgrade in speed of the same 3G data connection? Since it seems there are 4G SIMs, and the IMEI needs to be registered as 4G, and the phone needs special HW and SW for 4G, I was under the impression that TMO's 4G is actually a different protocol.
I understand TMO's 4G does not meet the speed definition of true 4G, but it could still be using a separate data format and protocol than 3G.
On my phone so I really can't provide all the links and stuff but tmobile's
4G is hspa+ which is 3G tech. You can research more about it if you want.
sent from HTC Sensation
I had HTC HD2 with t-mobile 3g plan but now I brought a g2x from ebay and now the phone connects to 4g? Is it same as HDSPA+? On HD2 Im using H now its 4g. Im scare tmobile will charge me extra
T-Mobile's 4G is HSPA+ .. If you go to Settings > About phone > Status it will tell you what kind of network you're connected to -- HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
i know that gsm voice call should be working with out a problem, but would it work with t-mobile's 4g data plan?. i've been looking at the specs and i do see that it's HSDPA 21mbps capable. which is what t-mobile's 4g data is right?
Is there anyone who uses p6200 with t-mobile to verify this??
Thanks in advance.
Simple answer is : NO
The P6200 uses a different radio from the T-869 which is the T-mobile version of the galaxy tab 7.0 +
You will only be able to use it on Edge (data) with T-mobile
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damn... that really sucks.
thanks for your clarification. i guess i'll have to shop for t869 and use groove ip
As the title says I don't want to have to carry around a 3g dongle or mifi router with me all the time and I wont get enough if I sold my Wifi only to buy a 3g version. Would it be possible to retrofit a 3g modem into a non wifi version?
There was some talk about it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1270485&page=2
I activated an S2 tablet on a $20 unlimited plan through ATT. Then I put that same SIM into a Netgear LM1200 modem
Everything is working fine except the speed. Both my work-provided hotspot (different sim) and my LM1200 are using the ATT Broadband APN and only get about 20Mbps down. But on my S20+ phone (different sim) using 'enhancedphone' APN I get 100Mbps down
It's worth noting that if I try to use this APN with my lm1200 it won't connect. Can anyone help me understand why my Phone and hotspots see drastically different speeds? Is it all because of the APN? If so, could I work around this by 'repairing' the IMEI on my modem to match a similar Samsung S20 so that the carrier would allow those higher speeds?
There is a good amount I do not understand about how carriers split traffic and determine speeds, so I am appealing to the experts here.
I have a dual wan wired router, using spectrum cable as the primary. So I'm only looking for LTE to be a backup during an outage. But I'd like to have around 100Mbps if possible