Buying a phone

[SuperAfnan]

Also in Jacksonville Fl in my house, which is in a neighborhood with lots of pine trees so the signal isnt as good as it can be, I get 9 to 12 Mbps down and 1.4 to 2 Mbps up.
This is on a Nexus 4 with t mobile.

That is still WAY better than my previous garbage virgin mobile speeds lol. I have the HTC amaze which has hspa+ but it is unbranded and unlocked yet still a T-Mobile phone.

 

[epp]

The phone should always use the 1700/2100 band if it's available to it. That's not how you should/can test it.

You should force your phone to use the 1900 band of umts. It's doable on Galaxy s3. I don't know how to do it on other models. If you know someone with an unlocked AT&T phone then just pop your T-Mobile SIM in it. If you get 4g/3g (anything greater than 1/2 mbps) speeds than you are in a refarm area.

Once the cell site goes live with 1900 UMTS, I don't know if the phones will automatically use it (the Prism and Galaxy Exhibit 2 both include 850 and 1900 UMTS), or if they will continue to use 1700/2100. The only network settings in the phones, are either 'Use 2G Networks' (checked or unchecked, which will/will not use EDGE exclusively), or the network selection: 'GSM-only/GSM-WCDMA (auto)/WCDMA-only'.

 

[whatsitsname]

It will continue to use the native 1700/2100 band. We have the 1900 and 1700/2100 band where I live. I didn't even know we had it till I tried it few months ago. Coverage isn't you good but at least we have it.

You can try find out how to enter service mode in your phone to change the band. Mine for example is " *#2263# ", wcdma band preference, wcdma1900

 

[new optimus]

That is still WAY better than my previous garbage virgin mobile speeds lol. I have the HTC amaze which has hspa+ but it is unbranded and unlocked yet still a T-Mobile phone.

its way way better then my boost mobile phone, when im out 1/2 mile from my house I can get up to 2.2Mbps on it but at my house im lucky if I see 500kbps
But I like the unlimited, truely, everything which im now paying $35 for. My t mobile plan is the $30 100 mins talk unlimited messaging and unlimited data but only the first 5gb are at high speed.
I could switch it up to the $70 plan and actually have unlimited everything but at over twice the price I can keep both phones

 

[tube517]

I got an amaze too for 190 $. I can't wait till it gets here through the mail.

It's a good phone if you don't need the latest and greatest. Specs are still very respectable and I like the way they built it.

 

[SuperAfnan]

It's a good phone if you don't need the latest and greatest. Specs are still very respectable and I like the way they built it.

I recently did all the mods and now its on fire.

Also because its unbranded I found out it was originally a telus amaze which runs on the 1900 band not the 1700 band. I've been getting hspa+ (aka 4g) so I guess the T-Mobile refarming project is complete in my area.

 

[tube517]

I recently did all the mods and now its on fire.

Also because its unbranded I found out it was originally a telus amaze which runs on the 1900 band not the 1700 band. I've been getting hspa+ (aka 4g) so I guess the T-Mobile refarming project is complete in my area.

Such a big difference between TMobile and Virgin, right?

I had those "garbage" speeds on Boost and Sprint and they were terrible.

 

[SuperAfnan]

Such a big difference between TMobile and Virgin, right?

I had those "garbage" speeds on Boost and Sprint and they were terrible.

Yeah don't forget the free dropouts and spotty coverage.

 

[greenghost2212]

Haha yeah horrible speeds alright me and my sprint Gnex would disagree

 

[MT Rotor]

I get 10-12mb upload on tmobile...but that was a month ago...

 

[tube517]

Haha yeah horrible speeds alright me and my sprint Gnex would disagree

Good for you that you live in a great coverage area. I was getting 50 kbps on Boost/Sprint where now I get 10-15 MBPS on T-mobile.

YMMV

 

[greenghost2212]

Good for you that you live in a great coverage area. I was getting 50 kbps on Boost/Sprint where now I get 10-15 MBPS on T-mobile.

YMMV

Good for u but in my area indoors tmo hspa couldn't penetrate a plactic bag while I get lte even in my basement YMMV :beer:

 

[Rxpert83]

Good for u but in my area indoors tmo hspa couldn't penetrate a plactic bag while I get lte even in my basement YMMV :beer:

Penetration is all about the band frequency. Its pure physics.

No lte/HSPA differrences

 

[new optimus]

Penetration is all about the band frequency. Its pure physics.

No lte/HSPA differrences

and how close to tower you are

 

[tube517]

Good for u but in my area indoors tmo hspa couldn't penetrate a plactic bag while I get lte even in my basement YMMV :beer:

Sprint/Boost couldn't penetrate wax paper if I stood on the roof.

 

[chong67]

Sprint/Boost couldn't penetrate wax paper if I stood on the roof.

What about pressing your phone against the side window? Did that help?

 

[tube517]

What about pressing your phone against the side window? Did that help?

No, those terrible speeds were from outside of the house. Inside, I was probably getting 30-40 kbps.

 

[walmart989]

TGFWFC - that's all I have to say about that......

 

[walmart989]

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