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Has anyone in or around lansdale gotten lte yet? Still waiting for the towers round here to light up. Only time got lte was when I was down in Philly.
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Loving LTE in the 916 area code, Sacramento, Carmichael, Roseville, Lincoln, Citrus Heights. I had it for about a week before AT&T announced its rollout. My sppeds aren't the fastest but its certainly better than H+!
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Just to be contraryian... I'm loving the not using my LTE in NYC, because datacaps suck.
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Just to be contraryian... I'm loving the not using my LTE in NYC, because datacaps suck.
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I have just a 3gb plan so I have to deal with a cap either way, might as well enjoy the speed boost.
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ever since they flipped the switch on lte in michigan, me and my other line have been unable to send text messages...wtfffffff
whats even stranger is that i can send them when im on hspa+???????????
hapticxchaos said:
ever since they flipped the switch on lte in michigan, me and my other line have been unable to send text messages...wtfffffff
whats even stranger is that i can send them when im on hspa+???????????
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any reports of lte working in ann arbor thanks
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Question to those with the Rogers I747M running stock.
When you get connected to LTE, does the on screen data indicator show 4G or LTE?
I unlocked my phone to get it onto the MTS LTE (Manitoba) network, but it's only showing up 4G and want to know if maybe Rogers modified the software to not display an LTE icon like the manual shows.
On a side note, the MTS LTE network SUCKS. So far I'm barely getting any good speeds and MTS claims everything is fine on the network side. I will continue to talk with them to hopefully get better speeds. If there's any MTS LTE members here, if you're getting good speeds, feel free to give me tips!
Cheers!
I was in Modesto last week and had lte, I was like "how the hell does Modesto have lte and sac doesn't" lol. I guess this answers my question.
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the force switch from LTE -> 3G when a call comes in is causing problems
Anyone else see their phone take too long to switch from LTE to 3G when a call comes in? This results in the person calling getting rings and then voicemail, but no missed call on your device. It only happens when the LTE->3G switch takes a bit to get started...but I'm noticing it quite a bit.
I called AT&T and they just "reset" my account, but that had little effect. What gives??
(I'm in the Washington DC metropolitan area)
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Anyone else see their phone take too long to switch from LTE to 3G when a call comes in? This results in the person calling getting rings and then voicemail, but no missed call on your device. It only happens when the LTE->3G switch takes a bit to get started...but I'm noticing it quite a bit.
I called AT&T and they just "reset" my account, but that had little effect. What gives??
(I'm in the Washington DC metropolitan area)
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I have not noticed this issue, is it apparent to you? Or have people told you they called but you didn't see a missed call?
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theraffman said:
I was in Modesto last week and had lte, I was like "how the hell does Modesto have lte and sac doesn't" lol. I guess this answers my question.
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I feel you, I was asking myself the same thing when I realized Davis had it, Frisco, Woodland and some small cities in the bay, but the state capital didn't. So far, Davis' LTE is the fastest for me in the area.
ghudgins said:
Anyone else see their phone take too long to switch from LTE to 3G when a call comes in?
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No sir
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hapticxchaos said:
ever since they flipped the switch on lte in michigan, me and my other line have been unable to send text messages...wtfffffff
whats even stranger is that i can send them when im on hspa+???????????
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They are still working on the tower. I know a co-worker with the exact same problem who talked with AT&T. I heard that it might be a week before the problem is fixed. I'm on the UCLH1 modem myself, and haven't had any issues so far with texts, while she's on the UCLG1, if that means anything.
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Where is the LTE love for long island NY
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When I first got my galaxy s3, telus said it would come with 4g lte. It worked well and on the top notification section, it specifically said, 4g lte. Now I'm trying out custom roms and such, and I downloaded CM10. However, on CM10, the icon no longer says 4g lte, but it says H+. When I revert back to my old rom, it doesn't say 4G (i ahven't seen it say LTE at the end yet though). Anyone can tell me why my data connection has been demoted, or if it has been demoted at all? Should I just give Telus a call and ask whats up with this?
And yes, LTE is available in my area, I'm in Vancouver.
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Where is the LTE love for long island NY
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[email protected]&#&@@@!!!!
Jesus we're 20 miles from Connecticut covered in LTE and depending on your location on the island like 20 miles from the city where they also have it. You'd think they'd want to cover an island 70% filled with middle class families who ALL have a smartphone with a data plan
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I have not noticed this issue, is it apparent to you? Or have people told you they called but you didn't see a missed call?
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Yeah it's pretty bad. 1 in 5 calls go to VM with no missed call. I periodically get voicemails throughout the day. I'm on a rooted phone, but I didn't think that had much to do with it since all operations are pretty normal. (i'm on JB AOKP, SGS3)
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Yeah it's pretty bad. 1 in 5 calls go to VM with no missed call. I periodically get voicemails throughout the day. I'm on a rooted phone, but I didn't think that had much to do with it since all operations are pretty normal. (i'm on JB AOKP, SGS3)
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Did you have this problem while on ics, stock or otherwise?
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No LTE on Rogers SG3 after flashing AOKP sep 19 build b
Can someone please help me understand why I dont have LTE after flashing SG3 jelly bean AOKP rom
I am on a rogers device from toronto stalk phone had extremely fast LTE connection
Please help!!
I have set APN settings identical to a rogers smartphone, selected the LTE/CDMA option in *#*#INFO#*#*
please help!!
thanks!!
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Can someone please help me understand why I dont have LTE after flashing SG3 jelly bean AOKP rom
I am on a rogers device from toronto stalk phone had extremely fast LTE connection
Please help!!
I have set APN settings identical to a rogers smartphone, selected the LTE/CDMA option in *#*#INFO#*#*
please help!!
thanks!!
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Not trying to be an @$$ or anything but you do know that aosp roms like cm10 and aokp list lte as 4g and hspa+ as h+ it will never say 4g lte in the status bar unless you're on a touchwiz based rom right?
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I know this question may only apply to me, but I've always wondered about the answer.
I've been in sprint for over 10 years and the epic touch is my 3rd android phone. No matter where I am in the country and what modem is have running on my phone, I've always had very poor reception.
I'm at the point of changing phones and providers because the issue is so bad.
Does sprint really still suck or is it my phone?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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chuhsi said:
I know this question may only apply to me, but I've always wondered about the answer.
I've been in sprint for over 10 years and the epic touch is my 3rd android phone. No matter where I am in the country and what modem is have running on my phone, I've always had very poor reception.
I'm at the point of changing phones and providers because the issue is so bad.
Does sprint really still suck or is it my phone?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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IMO, Sprint is not the best carrier for reception in all areas, but they are one of the least expensive considering they still have an unlimited plan. You could change the PRL to roam on other carrier's towers, but if you use too much data you can have your contract cancelled I hear.
Might be your phone /area
I myself have great 3g and 4G with sprint.. But then again I'm in a popular area
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MiguelHogue said:
Might be your phone /area
I myself have great 3g and 4G with sprint.. But then again I'm in a popular area
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Sounds like the area.. Unfortunatly... If modems don't make it better, then it's just the coverage around there. I live in a Non 4G area so i'm still wondering what that is like.
Another one of these threads?..... Seriously?
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milky1112 said:
Sounds like the area.. Unfortunatly... If modems don't make it better, then it's just the coverage around there. I live in a Non 4G area so i'm still wondering what that is like.
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Wait so do you still pay extra for the 4G? If so that sucks
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MiguelHogue said:
Wait so do you still pay extra for the 4G? If so that sucks
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Is a frogs ass water tight? Of course. They get their money from my family. Nature of the beast i guess
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MiguelHogue said:
Wait so do you still pay extra for the 4G? If so that sucks
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Yes, and to get around that $10 fee, it is now called data fee instead of 4G fee. I heard that when they were calling it the 4g fee in areas that did not have 4g there was a class action law suit brewing.
My phone gets similar reception to wife's HTC and friends iPhones on Sprint. Visit a Sprint store that also does service and compare to other phones. Maybe yours has a bad radio?
Maybe I'll bring my phone to test my radio. I travel the nation and am always in a major city (San Francisco, New York, Chicago, etc). As soon as I walk into a building, my reception goes to pretty much zero.
Sounds a bit extreme. Only time I notice reception that bad is walking into one of the walmarts here that must block cell service. I live in a fairly crappy service area too. 97504 if you want to take a look for yourself
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chuhsi said:
Maybe I'll bring my phone to test my radio. I travel the nation and am always in a major city (San Francisco, New York, Chicago, etc). As soon as I walk into a building, my reception goes to pretty much zero.
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Well that's your problem. Concrete + steel beams tend to block out higher end frequencies like 1ghz+ freq's like our 1900mhz cdma & 2.5ghz wimax. No solution to that until you get LTE 800 and CDMA-1x advanced @ 800mgz
I've had 5 phones with Sprint in Minneapolis. My E4GT has the weakest signal of any of them.
Speeds in my area at least seems to be better. 3g speeds/reception at my job went from unusable to being able to stream netflix/youtube vids easily. But yea the E4GT like others have said doesn't have the best built-in radio.
Bannjio said:
Sounds a bit extreme. Only time I notice reception that bad is walking into one of the walmarts here that must block cell service. I live in a fairly crappy service area too. 97504 if you want to take a look for yourself
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Isn't that Medford,OR? I use to live there. Yes, it is very bad in there. T-Mobile is way worse though. Have you tried T-Mobile service? oh god.
Maybe it's finally time to switch to Verizon or at&t versus just getting a note 2 on sprint. Being the only person without cell reception when I'm with a group of people is getting too lame.
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Febby said:
Isn't that Medford,OR? I use to live there. Yes, it is very bad in there. T-Mobile is way worse though. Have you tried T-Mobile service? oh god.
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Yep! I have used T-Mobile in the past, and yes, it was even worse haha. Amazingly, they are currently the best here . Verizon will soon be number one though as they just launched lte here yesterday! Sprint has one upgrade planned in the next 6 months...sigh. I've already accepted that wimax won't be coming here. Sucks for clearwire...maybe lte someday
OP do you know anyone else with our phone? I would be interested to know if it is the phone in general or specifically your phone.
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Bannjio said:
Yep! I have used T-Mobile in the past, and yes, it was even worse haha. Amazingly, they are currently the best here . Verizon will soon be number one though as they just launched lte here yesterday! Sprint has one upgrade planned in the next 6 months...sigh. I've already accepted that wimax won't be coming here. Sucks for clearwire...maybe lte someday
OP do you know anyone else with our phone? I would be interested to know if it is the phone in general or specifically your phone.
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I have a feeling Clearwire LTE will arrive in Medford, as clear does operate the 2.5/2.6ghz (not sure which) but only that it was for pre-wimax devices and never got around to updated the towers to the newer wimax system due to money issues, but, at least once clearwire starts updating to LTE towers, just maybe they will remember this cities.
source: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-188-clearwire-is-abandoning-
Did verizon really get LTE out there? I wonder if its out near the brookhurst st high school area. I use to go out there a lot frequently as family lives there. Thanks for the information.
chuhsi said:
I know this question may only apply to me, but I've always wondered about the answer.
I've been in sprint for over 10 years and the epic touch is my 3rd android phone. No matter where I am in the country and what modem is have running on my phone, I've always had very poor reception.
I'm at the point of changing phones and providers because the issue is so bad.
Does sprint really still suck or is it my phone?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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You're holding it wrong.
Hello,
I'll soon be an T-Mobile user (SGS3).
I've been with Verizon for almost 13 years and have owned 3 HTC phones. Currently have a Incredible 2.
Is there anything I should know about the network?
How's the speed?
I'm lucky if I hit 2.8 down and .8 up (3G).
What about the phone? Is there any quirks?
-Truckin-
Truckin'Ain't4Sissies said:
Hello,
I'll soon be an T-Mobile user (SGS3).
I've been with Verizon for almost 13 years and have owned 3 HTC phones. Currently have a Incredible 2.
Is there anything I should know about the network?
How's the speed?
I'm lucky if I hit 2.8 down and .8 up (3G).
What about the phone? Is there any quirks?
-Truckin-
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It really depends on your location. I hit 15 down and 2up here in vegas, service is pretty good so far but it depends on your location as I said. The phone is just really great you wont be dissapointed :thumbup:
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I came from a inc2 to the gs3 and i couldn't be happier, my download speeds in Minneapolis are usually around 22mbps down and 3 mbps up. This phone is amazing. Lots of custom rom's, Perfect for a flashaholic.
have you checked the coverage map on t-mobiles website? Also, I'll throw in the link that will show you the best modem to use in your area on your S3, if you're into flashing. The only problems with this phone ( and all recent samsung products is in past 5 years), were wifi issues(weak signal and wifi calling error) and the audio quality from the camcorder. Both Issues were resolved with the Jelly bean update though. . The audio playback and recording feature is also pretty top notch now. My only complaint that I could find, is that VOODOO Sound app isn't available for our devices...yet. Its coming though!! The S3 is definitely your best choice! There is supposedly another update coming in december or January to 4.2
Map link
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=206376864302453711738.0004c96ebcfb8b7b4df9b
Here is a thread showing Tmobile top HSPA speeds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802080
and Here is a map showing people's speeds maybe near you with there speeds and which modem (radio) they are using.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=206376864302453711738.0004c96ebcfb8b7b4df9b
The thread that started that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31409271#post31409271
Truckin'Ain't4Sissies said:
Hello,
I'll soon be an T-Mobile user (SGS3).
I've been with Verizon for almost 13 years and have owned 3 HTC phones. Currently have a Incredible 2.
Is there anything I should know about the network?
How's the speed?
I'm lucky if I hit 2.8 down and .8 up (3G).
What about the phone? Is there any quirks?
-Truckin-
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What's up fellow Driver..the S3 gets great speeds! Depending on location of course. I'm over the road and in most big cities I can get 6-23 mbps dl..in rural towns..I try not to look lol..but it's a good powerful phone and coming from the sensation, mt4g, and the God awful Motorola cliq xt, I'm happy with my first sammy
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Yeah it really depends on your location, here in South Texas these are my speeds
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I'm on the $30/100min/5GB plan, barely went over 500MB in the first month, loving the speed, sometimes spotty here in NYC, better in Brooklyn.
T999/CM10
Jaimesco12 said:
It really depends on your location. I hit 15 down and 2up here in vegas, service is pretty good so far but it depends on your location as I said. The phone is just really great you wont be dissapointed :thumbup:
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Awesome, I'm excited!
sswb27 said:
I came from a inc2 to the gs3 and i couldn't be happier, my download speeds in Minneapolis are usually around 22mbps down and 3 mbps up. This phone is amazing. Lots of custom rom's, Perfect for a flashaholic.
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Yeah, I was checking out the Dev. section. It Seems there's A bunch of talented/active members!
mattedwards2686 said:
have you checked the coverage map on t-mobiles website? Also, I'll throw in the link that will show you the best modem to use in your area on your S3, if you're into flashing. The only problems with this phone ( and all recent samsung products is in past 5 years), were wifi issues(weak signal and wifi calling error) and the audio quality from the camcorder. Both Issues were resolved with the Jelly bean update though. . The audio playback and recording feature is also pretty top notch now. My only complaint that I could find, is that VOODOO Sound app isn't available for our devices...yet. Its coming though!! The S3 is definitely your best choice! There is supposedly another update coming in december or January to 4.2
Map link
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=206376864302453711738.0004c96ebcfb8b7b4df9b
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I'm not concerned about wifi, (I'm in A Big-Rig 16 hours A day) I rely on the mobile connection. Thanks though.
What's this VOODOO you speak of?
Thank you for the Modem info!
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Here is a thread showing Tmobile top HSPA speeds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802080
and Here is a map showing people's speeds maybe near you with there speeds and which modem (radio) they are using.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=206376864302453711738.0004c96ebcfb8b7b4df9b
The thread that started that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31409271#post31409271
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Thank you very much!
marseillesw said:
What's up fellow Driver..the S3 gets great speeds! Depending on location of course. I'm over the road and in most big cities I can get 6-23 mbps dl..in rural towns..I try not to look lol..but it's a good powerful phone and coming from the sensation, mt4g, and the God awful Motorola cliq xt, I'm happy with my first sammy
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Roger that!
I'm on A Dedicated route so it'll be pretty consistent.
My Co-Driver Has T-Mo (HTC Sensation) and he has pretty decent signal.
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Yeah it really depends on your location, here in South Texas these are my speeds
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Sweet!
I should do pretty well then at home (Portland, Or.).
LaidBackTech said:
I'm on the $30/100min/5GB plan, barely went over 500MB in the first month, loving the speed, sometimes spotty here in NYC, better in Brooklyn.
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T999/CM10
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Nice!
If it weren't for the unlimited data (that T-Mo is offering) there's NO WAY I'd switch...
Here's an average months usage:
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Does anybody happen to live in New Jersey that has T-Mobile? I would like to switch from verizon but I am worried about coverage issues. Specifically I would like to know if coverage is good in Monmouth County. Thanks! If you know any information about coverage or surrounding areas please leave a reply, it's greatly appreciated.
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Does anybody happen to live in New Jersey that has T-Mobile? I would like to switch from verizon but I am worried about coverage issues. Specifically I would like to know if coverage is good in Monmouth County. Thanks! If you know any information about coverage or surrounding areas please leave a reply, it's greatly appreciated.
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Go to T-Mobile.com and check their coverage.
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elesbb said:
Go to T-Mobile.com and check their coverage.
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Like I can trust the carrier, their maps will make it look like they have excellent coverage and in reality they do not.
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Like I can trust the carrier, their maps will make it look like they have excellent coverage and in reality they do not.
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Thats false advertising. I have no issues using it Just gotta zoom in far enough cause some places look good, but when you zoom in, you see its like boarderline good. so just zoom in.
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Does anybody happen to live in New Jersey that has T-Mobile? I would like to switch from verizon but I am worried about coverage issues. Specifically I would like to know if coverage is good in Monmouth County. Thanks! If you know any information about coverage or surrounding areas please leave a reply, it's greatly appreciated.
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I'm in NJ and I made the switch recently. Despite everyone telling me I'd get terrible coverage, I've actually found it better than I had with Verizon. Don't get me wrong -- Verizon's LTE completely blows away HSPA and + in terms of speed, but so far I've gotten far more consistent 4G coverage than I had with LTE.
That being said, I'm located in Middlesex. So I can't say how good T-Mobile is down in Monmouth. Up here though it's excellent. I go from Scotch Plains --> Newark/Parsippany areas for work and I get excellent 4G coverage everywhere I go.
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Does anybody happen to live in New Jersey that has T-Mobile? I would like to switch from verizon but I am worried about coverage issues. Specifically I would like to know if coverage is good in Monmouth County. Thanks! If you know any information about coverage or surrounding areas please leave a reply, it's greatly appreciated.
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im in central nj and coverage is very weak where i am.
elesbb said:
Thats false advertising. I have no issues using it Just gotta zoom in far enough cause some places look good, but when you zoom in, you see its like boarderline good. so just zoom in.
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If u look at my house on tmobiles coverage map I'm supposed to have "excellent" 4g coverage but I barely get 1bar of 4G. It's not always accurate.
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ddizzy81 said:
If u look at my house on tmobiles coverage map I'm supposed to have "excellent" 4g coverage but I barely get 1bar of 4G. It's not always accurate.
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Can't test from in your house. Do you think T-Mobile goes inside your house and tests the connection? I too have "good" service, inside i cannot get HSPA outside i get 1~3 bars. So the map is accurate. Granted, not perfect.
elesbb said:
Can't test from in your house. Do you think T-Mobile goes inside your house and tests the connection? I too have "good" service, inside i cannot get HSPA outside i get 1~3 bars. So the map is accurate. Granted, not perfect.
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I said at my house not inside my house. T-Mobile admitted to me their service map isn't 100% accurate
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Im in northern passaic county and its spotty but the wifi calling makes up for it. I get good service in oakland though were I work. I had verizon before and had great reception but I pay a lot less now so im ok with it. Its not horrible.
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Newark NJ get 10mb down, work in Fairfield NJ get 5/6mb down... pretty reliable. sometimes spotty at work(knew this from their coverage map, which to me it's its extremely accurate) but mostly reliable.
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I am in bergen county and I have great coverage better than I had with verizion lte
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I live in Monmouth County, and T-Mobile sucks here. Had it for a long time, tried to get them to come out and see why the service sucked so much, and all they gave me was bs. So finally I made the switch to Verizon and couldn't be happier.
Lol not sure what answers you were expecting with that kind of question, but I understand ur concern.
Hudson/bergen County here. Service is good 2ishMB down 300ish KB up. Average/high. To be honest, with what I pay, its MORE than enough. $150 unlimited everything for 3 people. Verizon can suck a bag of ..........
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Haha sorry about that, won't happen again!
I've seen threads of people not happy with the data signal, but I didn't realize how bad it was until I was in a movie theater today. I couldn't get any data signal, not even basic google search. I even tried re-booting and still nothing. Picked up my wife's iPhone 4s and it was flying around internet sites.
I tested the same thing afterwards at the local food market and the exact same thing. My phone, no inside signal, her iPhone, perfect.
How can a phone become so popular with such crappy signal?
I've seen complaints too but I've got to say that my One has been on par with my iPhones, Galaxy S3, Blackberry's, etc... No signal issues here whatsoever
The other person on my plan has an iPhone 5 and we both usually have the same amount of signal anywhere we go
dspcap said:
I've seen threads of people not happy with the data signal, but I didn't realize how bad it was until I was in a movie theater today. I couldn't get any data signal, not even basic google search. I even tried re-booting and still nothing. Picked up my wife's iPhone 4s and it was flying around internet sites.
I tested the same thing afterwards at the local food market and the exact same thing. My phone, no inside signal, her iPhone, perfect.
How can a phone become so popular with such crappy signal?
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note 2 is popular as can be and mine drops calls everyday.
I would get it swapped out. Maybe you got a dud. HTC usually has better radios than everybody but Moto.
josh995 said:
I've seen complaints too but I've got to say that my One has been on par with my iPhones, Galaxy S3, Blackberry's, etc... No signal issues here whatsoever
The other person on my plan has an iPhone 5 and we both usually have the same amount of signal anywhere we go
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The only huge issue I have with it is its TERRIBLE hand-off, at least when my iPhone 5 or DNA lost 4g LTE it would grab it the moment it was available again. The One just holds onto that crappy 3G for dear life until I force it to go to LTE again.
Edit: Or wait 5-10 minutes.
I don't notice a difference from my Galaxy S4.
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I've had the phone for two weeks and saw the 3G icon for the first time today. Signal has been fine...
Ranger093 said:
The only huge issue I have with it is its TERRIBLE hand-off, at least when my iPhone 5 or DNA lost 4g LTE it would grab it the moment it was available again. The One just holds onto that crappy 3G for dear life until I force it to go to LTE again.
Edit: Or wait 5-10 minutes.
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That's weird! I haven't experienced that problem either. I've only noticed my One on 3G once but the hand off to LTE seemed pretty normal to me. I can't really comment on that issue though because my area is pretty much all LTE so I don't deal with the hand offs.
I wonder if it's a defect in your phone? Does the One allow us to update the PRL? I remember the HTC EVO had an update PRL option that I think could do something with service issues... something or other, I can't really remember.
josh995 said:
That's weird! I haven't experienced that problem either. I've only noticed my One on 3G once but the hand off to LTE seemed pretty normal to me. I can't really comment on that issue though because my area is pretty much all LTE so I don't deal with the hand offs.
I wonder if it's a defect in your phone? Does the One allow us to update the PRL? I remember the HTC EVO had an update PRL option that I think could do something with service issues... something or other, I can't really remember.
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No I don't think it is, GrayWolf has the same issue. I live in Minnesota and frequently travel to jobsites where there is concrete and such. Because Verizon hasn't upgraded every cell site with LTE yet just "Most of them" I frequently go into 3G. When the device goes into 3G for an extended period of time sometimes it takes a reboot to get back to LTE, most of the time it takes awhile to go back. And sometimes it goes right away, it's pretty annoying to be honest and may make me go to the Droid Maxx.
Lte onoff in the market helps me out. It was used for the thunderbolt to turn off the Lte radio when it was new. I toggle to Lte only, wait for it to get a signal them back to cdma+lte
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josh995 said:
That's weird! I haven't experienced that problem either. I've only noticed my One on 3G once but the hand off to LTE seemed pretty normal to me. I can't really comment on that issue though because my area is pretty much all LTE so I don't deal with the hand offs.
I wonder if it's a defect in your phone? Does the One allow us to update the PRL? I remember the HTC EVO had an update PRL option that I think could do something with service issues... something or other, I can't really remember.
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Your sim card updates the PRL.
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I'll get a change to test out my reception later. I do know the 4G on the One seems almost twice as fast as my Rezound though.
I find my signal is much better on the One than on my previous SIII or SGN.
Samsung has the worst radios. The Galaxy Nexus absolutely blew in that respect and, everyone came up with theories about false calibration of bars and whatnot, but the fact remained that it sucked with weak reception and poor hand-off between 3G and LTE.
Mike02z said:
I find my signal is much better on the One than on my previous SIII or SGN.
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godhamba said:
Samsung has the worst radios. The Galaxy Nexus absolutely blew in that respect and, everyone came up with theories about false calibration of bars and whatnot, but the fact remained that it sucked with weak reception and poor hand-off between 3G and LTE.
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I found my Samsung Nexus was horrible, my Galaxy S3 was good... but now my One is not good again. I just hung up with a vzw CSR and he told me they had some problems with SIM cards when the One was released and to go get a new one. He said the SIM card could absolutely fix the problem.
dspcap said:
How can a phone become so popular with such crappy signal?
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My experience has been similar to what you had today. It seems mostly indoors I experienced the problems. I'm wondering, were you able to unlock your phone on day one? I did, and I'm wondering if custom ROMs or other changes we've been able to make have affected our reception.
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pmterp said:
My experience has been similar to what you had today. It seems mostly indoors I experienced the problems. I'm wondering, were you able to unlock your phone on day one? I did, and I'm wondering if custom ROMs or other changes we've been able to make have affected our reception.
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I tried on day one, but they couldn't activate my phone... ughhh... but I was told today to get a new sim card.
godhamba said:
Samsung has the worst radios. The Galaxy Nexus absolutely blew in that respect and, everyone came up with theories about false calibration of bars and whatnot, but the fact remained that it sucked with weak reception and poor hand-off between 3G and LTE.
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The Nexus was disappointing in several ways. I didn't go by the bars, but the dBm readout under settings. The Rezound was on par with my DInc, and soon I'll see how The One holds up to that.
Ranger093 said:
No I don't think it is, GrayWolf has the same issue.
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My issues were related to a bad ril in CyanogenMod.
Only thing I notice now is that text messages take forever to send.
GrayTheWolf said:
My issues were related to a bad ril in CyanogenMod.
Only thing I notice now is that text messages take forever to send.
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Is ril part of the ROM? I'm running hyperdrive and wonder if it could be related?
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My reception in general was better on my DNA. I am yet to see 5 bars on my One, but I'm also yet to see no signal. Using apps like dropbox from the gallery is nearly impossible, takes too long to load even a couple pictures let alone swipe through them. Don't care, I love this phone. My DNA shipped out to the buyer today. No regrets.
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