So im paying for an unlimited 4.5G internet speed but for some reason im having slow internet speed 4-5 Mbps sometimes rarely 17-20, its kinda slow for an unlimited 4.5G speed. I contacted my service provider and she did say that its weirdly slow.. she tested her own speed and got 117mbps.. so what it might be? I factory reseted my phone and Im on latest oos.
do you have another phone you can test your sim in?
doesnt have to be the phone. and when your service provider tested she was in a different location so thats not wierd at all.
whizeguy said:
do you have another phone you can test your sim in?
doesnt have to be the phone. and when your service provider tested she was in a different location so thats not wierd at all.
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I mean 4mbps? Its very weird to get something like this on an unlimited speed and paying for it 17 euros monthly, i dont really want to pay If the speed stays like that lol, but ill try on my friends phone when ill get to work
Lahundra said:
I mean 4mbps? Its very weird to get something like this on an unlimited speed and paying for it 17 euros monthly, i dont really want to pay If the speed stays like that lol, but ill try on my friends phone when ill get to work
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I just tested it again and got 140mbps lol wtf
deffinetly an issue with reception, not a phone issue.
Lahundra said:
I just tested it again and got 140mbps lol wtf
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Double check your APN.
Lahundra said:
I just tested it again and got 140mbps lol wtf
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140 mbps is only 17 mb/s. The speed is going to fluctuate periodically too. There is a difference between megabit and megabyte.
mikex8593 said:
140 mbps is only 17 mb/s. The speed is going to fluctuate periodically too. There is a difference between megabit and megabyte.
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Lol i know man.
Lahundra said:
Lol i know man.
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Some people don't know. The device wasn't designed to be exclusively to that carrier, so issues may be caused even though it does support the band. Had an issue like that with an international lg g4 on a carrier where it didn't pick up the signal very well even though it supported the frequency, and in some situations was faster than my op3t at the time with network speed in well covered areas.
mikex8593 said:
Some people don't know. The device wasn't designed to be exclusively to that carrier, so issues may be caused even though it does support the band. Had an issue like that with an international lg g4 on a carrier where it didn't pick up the signal very well even though it supported the frequency, and in some situations was faster than my op3t at the time with network speed in well covered areas.
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Well, sucks then.. paying for something that i dont really get, atleast the data usage is also unlimited, not really a big loss
Lahundra said:
Well, sucks then.. paying for something that i dont really get, atleast the data usage is also unlimited, not really a big loss
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Have you tried alternative APN settings?
mikex8593 said:
Have you tried alternative APN settings?
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I dont really know which alternatives i can use
Lahundra said:
I dont really know which alternatives i can use
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Just Google best APN settings for your area. Try them all out.
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I'm thinking about getting this phone for my wife and I was just wondering if it will only be HSPA+ or will it support AT&T LTE whenever it comes out? Thanks.
It is HSPA+ not LTE phones by ATT yet seeing as there is not enough coverage i guess but HSPA works GREAT super fast speeds
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I'm thinking about getting this phone for my wife and I was just wondering if it will only be HSPA+ or will it support AT&T LTE whenever it comes out? Thanks.
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Nope, that's a hardware requirement.
I am pretty sure you need a different radio (hardware) for LTE.
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Nope, that's a hardware requirement.
I am pretty sure you need a different radio (hardware) for LTE.
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by the time att gets lte nationwide the phone will be obsolete. if you are thinking verizon instead, well there data in many areas is not even worth having. my friend has a thunderbolt and gets 20 mbps in manhatten, but at home in orange county he is lucky to get 500kbps at times. i get 5-6 mbps anywhere. which one is better? you tell me.
Hmm well this is for my wife I just want to mess with it for a while I don't have upgrade anyways haha I'm waiting until the Galaxy S2
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Nope, that's a hardware requirement.
I am pretty sure you need a different radio (hardware) for LTE.
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Given that they're relatively recent too, probably very heavy on the battery. Takes time to get the modem optimized... Phone manufacturers are still trying to get 3g modems' usage right. I still go on 2G EDGE or turn off data for the most part to get more juice.
i have slow data from tmobile
i think
is this throttled or do i need a new sim card?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG3b6yCJWgU
No you're not throttled (yet). Most people that have been getting throttled, have had UL/DL speeds in the 100kbps if they're lucky. THe speedtest you ran looked like it was in the 1000s but I couldn't make out the numbers exactly.
I see your dl/ul is 4mb/1.6mb and that is no where near throttled. I know because I just got throttle yesterday and it is painful. =(
That's no where being throttled, you are downing 3-4mbs, that's actually pretty good. Trust me if you are throttled you will feel it.
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I see your dl/ul is 4mb/1.6mb and that is no where near throttled. I know because I just got throttle yesterday and it is painful. =(
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Still have a nice ping though.
aznknightz17 said:
I see your dl/ul is 4mb/1.6mb and that is no where near throttled. I know because I just got throttle yesterday and it is painful. =(
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haha yeah that looks more like it! it makes you sick to your stomach trying to do anything with throttled speeds!!!
I installed Shift_SensuAOSP_CM7 yesterday. I live in a rural area, but have always had 3G in roaming. Now I don't, and also in parts of town in the city that I normailly did I don't. It goes from 1x to 3G every few minutes.
Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Max
Maxplayer14 said:
I installed Shift_SensuAOSP_CM7 yesterday. I live in a rural area, but have always had 3G in roaming. Now I don't, and also in parts of town in the city that I normailly did I don't. It goes from 1x to 3G every few minutes.
Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Max
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Yup stock is coded to ALWAYS show at the very least 3G. So now that your on AOSP its showing you Sprints true service.
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Yup stock is coded to ALWAYS show at the very least 3G. So now that your on AOSP its showing you Sprints true service.
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So I can't get roaming 3G out in the sticks now? Because I can barley play Ingress with 1x.
Maxplayer14 said:
So I can't get roaming 3G out in the sticks now? Because I can barley play Ingress with 1x.
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You never had 3G if your showing 1x in the same place. The ROM's that sprint puts on their phones is a lie and they make you think your always in 3G coverage no matter how crappy Sprint truly is.
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You never had 3G if your showing 1x in the same place. The ROM's that sprint puts on their phones is a lie and they make you think your always in 3G coverage no matter how crappy Sprint truly is.
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Strapped is right!!!
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You never had 3G if your showing 1x in the same place. The ROM's that sprint puts on their phones is a lie and they make you think your always in 3G coverage no matter how crappy Sprint truly is.
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Maxplayer14 said:
So I can't get roaming 3G out in the sticks now? Because I can barley play Ingress with 1x.
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Yeah but dont worry, I had the same revelation on the very first rom I flashed
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CNexus said:
Yeah but dont worry, I had the same revelation on the very first rom I flashed
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That's interesting because it was always slower, but I figured it was because Verizon was capping the speed of something, but now I know it's not even on 3G at all.
You learn something new everyday.
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That's interesting because it was always slower, but I figured it was because Verizon was capping the speed of something, but now I know it's not even on 3G at all.
You learn something new everyday.
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Yep, if you live out in the boonies, you might as well get wifi... Or you'll be waiting on everything for a Long Long time.
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Yep, if you live out in the boonies, you might as well get wifi... Or you'll be waiting on everything for a Long Long time.
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Well I use Wifi at the hosue. But when I am at Walmart or something in town I use it there. Works ok, just slow. I just thought maybe I lost 3G roaming, but now I see it was never 3G.
I`ve had my Nexus 5 for about a week now and its awesome other than the AT&T network. I did a speedtest on HSPA and only got 1.41 down and .41 up. That is DISGRACEFUL! My friends iPhone gets about 6 down in my house why am I getting 1.5? whats the deal? LTE is the same way only getting about 10 when he is getting 20.
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I`ve had my Nexus 5 for about a week now and its awesome other than the AT&T network. I did a speedtest on HSPA and only got 1.41 down and .41 up. That is DISGRACEFUL! My friends iPhone gets about 6 down in my house why am I getting 1.5? whats the deal? LTE is the same way only getting about 10 when he is getting 20.
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could be att hspa and lte in your area. its definitely not the phone. im on tmobile and see lte and hspa+ speeds around 40mbps download.
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could be att hspa and lte in your area. its definitely not the phone. im on tmobile and see lte and hspa+ speeds around 40mbps download.
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Can`t be the network my buddy`s iphone is on at&t. I probably should have mentioned that sorry.
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Can`t be the network my buddy`s iphone is on at&t. I probably should have mentioned that sorry.
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are you on att or one of the smaller companies that use their network? and, do you have root?
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are you on att or one of the smaller companies that use their network? and, do you have root?
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I`m on Go Phone and rooted
Langer6431 said:
I`m on Go Phone and rooted
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Have you got the right APN settings?
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Have you got the right APN settings?
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I have the standard ATT Phone settings. I was under the impressions the stock apn settings are fine now that the nexus 5 is in AT&T`s system.
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I`m on Go Phone and rooted
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its possible that att limits the data speed for go phone. i know tmobile limits the speed of some of the carriers that use its network, priority going to real tmo customers.
you can try this though, since you have root. using a root file explorer like root explorer, copy/paste these four lines into your build.prop in /system/build.prop/, save it, then reboot for it to take affect..
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=27
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7
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its possible that att limits the data speed for go phone. i know tmobile limits the speed of some of the carriers that use its network, priority going to real tmo customers.
you can try this though, since you have root. using a root file explorer like root explorer, copy/paste these four lines into your build.prop in /system/build.prop/, save it, then reboot for it to take affect..
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=27
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7
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its little bit faster, thanks. Since I`m only getting like 3 down and paying $60 a month when i could be getting same thing and pay $45 on the newly reformed cricket wireless. Thoughts?
Go to puretalkusa i have a Friend who has his gnex on there and he loves it im on T-Mobile but am going into the mountains and i am foing to temporarily switching to them just need to wait for my unlock code from T-Mobile
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its little bit faster, thanks. Since I`m only getting like 3 down and paying $60 a month when i could be getting same thing and pay $45 on the newly reformed cricket wireless. Thoughts?
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to be honest, im not familiar with cricket. im not paying that much more than you, $80, and i get completely unlimited high speed data(with great lte speeds here in nyc). but, if you dont use that much data, i guess it wouldnt be worth it. i use way too much data
should I try changing my apn settings?
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Go to puretalkusa i have a Friend who has his gnex on there and he loves it im on T-Mobile but am going into the mountains and i am foing to temporarily switching to them just need to wait for my unlock code from T-Mobile
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the nexus 5 isnt sim locked, by anyone. if a tmo rep told you it is, they just dont know.
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to be honest, im not familiar with cricket. im not paying that much more than you, $80, and i get completely unlimited high speed data(with great lte speeds here in nyc). but, if you dont use that much data, i guess it wouldnt be worth it. i use way too much data
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could it be my IMEI?
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its little bit faster, thanks. Since I`m only getting like 3 down and paying $60 a month when i could be getting same thing and pay $45 on the newly reformed cricket wireless. Thoughts?
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Cricket throttles as well as it uses ATT's network. ATT gives priority to its postpaid subscribers.
go phone is not the same as postpaid ATT and you get throttled.
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could it be my IMEI?
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no. all that does is identify your individual phone.
My friend purchased a new 1+1 and is having issues obtaining a good signal in his basement apartment in Brooklyn. I was wondering if anyone else in the NY area that may be in a basement area is experiencing these issues on MetroPCS.
Also does anyone have a good wifi based calling app that works well. He has tried Uber and Viber I believe but had issues with both. Any help would be appreciated and he is running full stock no root.
I understand that in a basement not all carriers operate well but just trying to see if anyone out there has a solution that I have not been able to find. If not there will be a 1+1 for sale... LOL
Thanks in advance
Can't speak for MetroPCS but since they're pretty much with T-Mobile. I live in Brooklyn and don't have any difficulties obtaining signal in my basement.
I'm not sure if it would even help if he switched to T-Mobile since they're pretty much the same company.
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Can't speak for MetroPCS but since they're pretty much with T-Mobile. I live in Brooklyn and don't have any difficulties obtaining signal in my basement.
I'm not sure if it would even help if he switched to T-Mobile since they're pretty much the same company.
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We are going to try that today since my boy who is on T-Mobile is getting his phone today. He is going to go over there and check it out. The difference is of course T-Mobile has priority on the towers and not sure where MetroPCS falls in with the other MVNO's as far as priority for the towers.
He had an old LG 770 or something that apparently worked great but it was also a MetroPCS specific phone
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We are going to try that today since my boy who is on T-Mobile is getting his phone today. He is going to go over there and check it out. The difference is of course T-Mobile has priority on the towers and not sure where MetroPCS falls in with the other MVNO's as far as priority for the towers.
He had an old LG 770 or something that apparently worked great but it was also a MetroPCS specific phone
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Wow lol your friends sure have a lot of invites .... if they're now starting to get T-Mobile and want a good plan, they should get the T-Mobile $30 plan. 100 minutes, unlimited text, 5GB of high speed data. Its a bummer that the 7 day trial for TMo the iphone uses a nano.. if he has a adapter, he can use the adapter to turn the nano to a micro and then put it in the opo.
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Wow lol your friends sure have a lot of invites .... if they're now starting to get T-Mobile and want a good plan, they should get the T-Mobile $30 plan. 100 minutes, unlimited text, 5GB of high speed data. Its a bummer that the 7 day trial for TMo the iphone uses a nano.. if he has a adapter, he can use the adapter to turn the nano to a micro and then put it in the opo.
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Wow do they really use a nano because thats exactly what I told him to do but like I said we will be testing it out on T-Mobile later today. He actually purchase a signal booster and I have no idea why. I would simply try different companies since most are month to month now.
Hold on one of my friends just did that and got the Iphone on Monday. He said it was an Iphone 5s that was sent to him for testing. That has a nano?
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Wow do they really use a nano because thats exactly what I told him to do but like I said we will be testing it out on T-Mobile later today. He actually purchase a signal booster and I have no idea why. I would simply try different companies since most are month to month now.
Hold on one of my friends just did that and got the Iphone on Monday. He said it was an Iphone 5s that was sent to him for testing. That has a nano?
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Yeah Apple standardly uses Nano-SIMs... he can buy a Nano to Micro SIM adapter. Thats weird that he bought a signal booster, T Mobile usually supplies you one for free if you fulfill certain criteria when it comes to having 1 bar of signal or something like that.
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Nano-SIM
iPhone 5s is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards
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https://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/specs/
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Yeah Apple standardly uses Nano-SIMs... he can buy a Nano to Micro SIM adapter. Thats weird that he bought a signal booster, T Mobile usually supplies you one for free if you fulfill certain criteria when it comes to having 1 bar of signal or something like that.
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_5s-5685.php
https://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/specs/
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Yea I was just reading up on it now. Not an Iphone guy at all so I was not sure but I saw that its different. Well my boy will have to change his sim card today....
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Yea I was just reading up on it now. Not an Iphone guy at all so I was not sure but I saw that its different. Well my boy will have to change his sim card today....
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Or a adapter if he goes into a phone shop, they should carry them there. Its really weird too because when I powered on my OPO with the tmobile sim, it defaulted to metropcs apn instead of the tmo 4g apn so he should watch out for that as well
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Or a adapter if he goes into a phone shop, they should carry them there. Its really weird too because when I powered on my OPO with the tmobile sim, it defaulted to metropcs apn instead of the tmo 4g apn so he should watch out for that as well
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Yeah so did mine but I did not even know it was an issue till I started messing around with stuff. I got signal and was able to make calls. I changed it in both Hangouts and Mobile Networks
Edit: I am on T-Mobile as well and it works fine for me
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We are going to try that today since my boy who is on T-Mobile is getting his phone today. He is going to go over there and check it out. The difference is of course T-Mobile has priority on the towers and not sure where MetroPCS falls in with the other MVNO's as far as priority for the towers.
He had an old LG 770 or something that apparently worked great but it was also a MetroPCS specific phone
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I have T-Mobile and a guy at work always rags me since the merger saying I'm on Metro. I live and work in the Tampa Bay area so both T-Mobile and Metro have 4G/LTE service here. A few co-workers have Metro and I always kill them on speed test. In fact some of them need to walk outside just to make a phone call or download something while I can do it all inside without any loss in service.
In fact the guy who rags me is on Verizon and he now shuts his mouth since I also destroyed his speed test results.
I really just think it has to do with Metro.
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I have T-Mobile and a guy at work always rags me since the merger saying I'm on Metro. I live and work in the Tampa Bay area so both T-Mobile and Metro have 4G/LTE service here. A few co-workers have Metro and I always kill them on speed test. In fact some of them need to walk outside just to make a phone call or download something while I can do it all inside without any loss in service.
In fact the guy who rags me is on Verizon and he now shuts his mouth since I also destroyed his speed test results.
I really just think it has to do with Metro.
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I agree with you and like I said the test will be done later today but trying to keep him from doing anything crazy till we test. He has to stand in one part of his apartment just to make a call. I would be upset too but then again its a basement.... :laugh:
Its probably on lower priority like what playya said to make people switch over from MetroPCS to T Mobile as they're slowly and slowly reallocating the spectrum to tmo.
http://allthingsd.com/20131206/t-mobile-taps-metropcs-spectrum-to-boost-lte-network-speeds/
Edit: Kinda off topic but found this interesting http://blog.laptopmag.com/tmobile-phones-longer-battery-life
Yea my house in NY was out in Long Island and in my basement there I was still able to get reception and about 20 down speeds while I was there. I even told him to put his phone on Edge but it did not work either. I think/hope a different carrier like T-Mo will solve issue
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Yea my house in NY was out in Long Island and in my basement there I was still able to get reception and about 20 down speeds while I was there. I even told him to put his phone on Edge but it did not work either. I think/hope a different carrier like T-Mo will solve issue
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Lets hope so too. Looking forward to hearing the results
@zephiK No luck with T-Mobile and basement. It seems the antenna does not like his basement with MetroPCS or T-Mobile
Thats a bummer did he try the signal booster? Does he have any windows in the basement?
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Thats a bummer did he try the signal booster? Does he have any windows in the basement?
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He ordered it and is waiting for it to come to him. Yes he has windows but still an issue. I see a lot of complaints in reference to signal strength on here. I dont suffer from any of these issues
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He ordered it and is waiting for it to come to him. Yes he has windows but still an issue. I see a lot of complaints in reference to signal strength on here. I dont suffer from any of these issues
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Same here. The only thing I can think of is that there are a lot of walls and not a lot of windows so signal is hard to penetrate. Does he get LTE speeds as well? Too bad the T Mobile Take Action page is down, it was a page to note down complaints on signal.