Official MetroPCS BYOD discussion thread

[dportal2006]

Unlocked yes. On the old crappy metro 4g

 

[BRAINZ2013]

Now that's the thing they say its a 2way you can go gsm and cdma and many choose st but if i unlock can the bionic be used on the new tmobile fast or metro fast

 

[dportal2006]

Now that's the thing they say its a 2way you can go gsm and cdma and many choose st but if i unlock can the bionic be used on the new tmobile fast or metro fast

Nope. CDMA for you = slow and unreliable metro speeds not the gsm T-Mobile network. Sorry. I get better cell phone coverage on the gsm network too. I talk in places i couldn't before.

 

[BRAINZ2013]

So change it to all gsm which would only be straight talk only cause this is a Verizon bionic

 

[DirtyDee]

thanks.
your atrix is then using t-mobile towers? from my reading here and xda-developers i surmised that t-mobile is more efficient identifying tethering? you have to be over their limit?
thanks again.

when I don't have the right switcher, I go to the metro page otherwise they either don't know or don't care.

 

[DirtyDee]

So change it to all gsm which would only be straight talk only cause this is a Verizon bionic

Can you add apns I heard verrizion region locked their phones apn so it couldn't be used on usa gsm carriers.

 

[the hulk]

Can you add apns I heard verrizion region locked their phones apn so it couldn't be used on usa gsm carriers.

you can root the gsm hybrids of the s3 and note 2 of verizon and get them to work on metro, i have one picking up HSPA right now.

 

[DirtyDee]

you can root the gsm hybrids of the s3 and note 2 of verizon and get them to work on metro, i have one picking up HSPA right now.

That makes the Verizon phones more desriable at low cost due to that maybe the Butterfly can be used on metro

 

[the hulk]

That makes the Verizon phones more desriable at low cost due to that maybe the Butterfly can be used on metro

if you can get the droid dna unlocked go for it, I had the butterfly J(straight from Japan) and couldn't do it(get it unlocked properly that is)

 

[DirtyDee]

You go thru quite a few high end phones wish you I could do the same...so how was the butterfly

 

[the hulk]

You go thru quite a few high end phones wish you I could do the same...so how was the butterfly

lol thanks, phones used to be my vice, so if I wanted it, I just bought it, the butterfly was pretty awesome, I liked it more then my s4, but I just couldn't get the Japanese branded model to unlock or I would have kept it. Now that I have a defender case on my note 3, unless someone offers me more then what I have into it, I don't plan on getting rid of it for quite a while.

 

[elcocho852]

If I travel to Mexico will my phones internet work since tmobile is saying that international data is free?

 

[the hulk]

If I travel to Mexico will my phones internet work since tmobile is saying that international data is free?

nope

 

[alfick3]

So, here's a question concerning the Moto G. The spec sheet on Motorola's website says it's only a HSPA+21 phone. I understand that practical world speeds would only be ~15 meg +/- a little. With T-Mobile/Metro adding all the LTE into the mix, are they going to be getting rid of HSPA+ any time soon, or will this be a viable phone for a couple of years.

I've been watching the used adds on Swappa for N4's (that can get HSPA+42 and also LTE if you flash the right radios) lately (as well as GNex's, but I think I'll skip the GNex 'cause it's 2 year old technology while the N4 is only one year old tech). They can be had for $210 and up (16Gig); the Moto G is $200 for a 16Gig model. And, it's newer technology.

What are some thoughts/ideas that you all have. Will T-Mobile/Metro be keeping the HSPA+ around long enough to make it worth getting a Moto G? Is it worth getting one even though it doesn't have LTE? Is it worth getting a used N4 that can get LTE/HSPA+42 for a price that is more than a new Moto G?

Thanks all.

 

[Gman9831]

T-Mobile will keep HSPA+ running on the 1900PCS band for the foreseeable future. The 1700/2100AWS band not so much.

They'll be making PCS their main HSPA band then AWS and whatever spectrum they acquire from now will be LTE

 

[lokat]

Hello all,

I finally received my nexus 5 ( to replace my sony mini international ) and I intended to process like I did when I first received my sim : put the sim in and dial *228.

Problem is when i put the sim card in the phone says "restricted access changed" and no mobile network is available. Tried it with another phone and it's ok. Tried the phone with another sim and it's ok as well. Did I miss something ?

 

[the hulk]

Hello all,

I finally received my nexus 5 ( to replace my sony mini international ) and I intended to process like I did when I first received my sim : put the sim in and dial *228.

Problem is when i put the sim card in the phone says "restricted access changed" and no mobile network is available. Tried it with another phone and it's ok. Tried the phone with another sim and it's ok as well. Did I miss something ?

your imei has to be tied to the sim on metro for it to work.

 

[lokat]

your imei has to be tied to the sim on metro for it to work.

That is correct
Had to call them ( 1 888 8metro8 ) from a different phone to switch the imei and now my nexus 5 is working like a charm

 

[BRAINZ2013]

I am having the same problem but its with tmobile i flashed changed everything but this sucker keep picking up at&t when i ping it tmobile flops in for a second and goes back is this the imei needs to be attached

 

[BRAINZ2013]

Can someone post a screen shot of the metro pcs gsm card for the BYOD . If it is the same as what the esteem has i am about to snap .

 

[Gman9831]

Can someone post a screen shot of the metro pcs gsm card for the BYOD . If it is the same as what the esteem has i am about to snap .

What exactly are you talking about. The Esteem has a UICC. If you're talking about Sizes the kit has 1 sim card that goes from regular to micro to nano

 

[BRAINZ2013]

The card this ding bat metro pcs worker said that that the card i said it was a card just for lte only called it a uicc but she said it no such thing . That this bulls**t was the gsm card . So i want someone to post the card so i can return . This was also confirmed from bestbuy as a uicc card .

 

[new optimus]

The card this ding bat metro pcs worker said that that the card i said it was a card just for lte only called it a uicc but she said it no such thing . That this bulls**t was the gsm card . So i want someone to post the card so i can return . This was also confirmed from bestbuy as a uicc card .

ok let me ask you this, for clarification only, are you trying to get LTE on a LG Esteem? or on any other cdma/lte metro phone?

Or are you trying to use the GSM BYOD?

 

[BRAINZ2013]

No i want to use the byod its a gsm phone not the esteem i know that's dead and can't be used .

 

[new optimus]

Ok I do not have a metro gsm sim but this is what the micro lte card for the cdma galaxy s3 looks like next to a t mobile sim, the coloring on all the cdma/lte cards should be the same.