Official Metro GSM device/network/Tmobile-ish discussion thread

alfick3 · Aug 2, 2013

icyboyice said:
So the lg l9 is lte and hspa ? And do you guys think it is a good alternative to the more expensive blue s3 ?

No LTE, just HSPA(+?)

Shabbypenguin · Aug 2, 2013

the l9 is IMO a waste of money. the LG F3 is a far better phone, it just hasnt spread out to most of teh stores yet. give it a few weeks and it will

g0lden · Aug 3, 2013

Does the F3 have a locked bootloader?

Shabbypenguin · Aug 3, 2013

Slickinator · Aug 3, 2013

DirtyDee said:
Because its simlary speced chances are lower price and it will have the right band s so cheaper better (slightly) and may fits your needs add well as an s3 plus the colors it just seems like a Better choice to me
. Like the build quality the curves. I understand any hesitation due to the possible chance off its lock down. But at 350 32gb vs 399 for 16gb moto x everytime both 720 p but that near stock ui and that optimized tech and Motorola name with google backing just feels like a better choice to me

Moto X is $200 WITH contract, without is $575, for a mid-ranged spec device that's way too much, but it seems they're just trying to sell with voice control gimmicks, sorta like what the GS4 did

g0lden · Aug 3, 2013

Shabbypenguin said:
yes

So, its basically where the Motion was like, 6 months ago?

kiroshi23 · Aug 3, 2013

Slickinator said:
Moto X is $200 WITH contract, without is $575, for a mid-ranged spec device that's way too much, but it seems they're just trying to sell with voice control gimmicks, sorta like what the GS4 did

yup the moto x severely disappointed me. i didn't care about its mid rang specs but that price is outrages

Slickinator · Aug 3, 2013

kiroshi23 said:
yup the moto x severely disappointed me. i didn't care about its mid rang specs but that price is outrages

On paper its mid range but real life performance its really fast, battery lasts longer than GS4, HTC One and Nexus 4, but the price is outrageous, I'll wait for the Note 3 LOL

alfick3 · Aug 3, 2013

Shabbypenguin said:
the l9 is IMO a waste of money. the LG F3 is a far better phone, it just hasnt spread out to most of teh stores yet. give it a few weeks and it will

I'm a little confused. :thinking:

I was looking at the F3 on LG's website, and it doesn't show as being HSPA. It's CDMA EVDO Rev A and LTE. That jives with the fact that the Android Forums only have it for Sprint and Verizon. Now, T-Mo's shows it as coming soon. I guess that means that it is coming out as a GSM phone, in addition to the CDMA variety? So, which one does Metro have/will have? Their website says it's 4G LTE.

Fox Mulder · Aug 3, 2013

alfick3 said:
I'm a little confused. I was looking at the F3 on LG's website, and it doesn't show as being HSPA. It's CDMA EVDO Rev A and LTE. That jives with the fact that the Android Forums only have it for Sprint and Verizon. Now, T-Mo's shows it as coming soon. I guess that means that it is coming out as a GSM phone, in addition to the CDMA variety? So, which one does Metro have/will have? Their website says it's 4G LTE.

Your answer is above in post #159.
And it has been mentioned elsewhere as a GSM/HSPA device.

marknev · Aug 3, 2013

will the tmobile hd2 pick up metro pcs 3g or 4g signal?? I have it unlocked. Tmobile told me it would pic up att 3g but att said no cause they use different radio signals.

alfick3 · Aug 3, 2013

Fox Mulder said:
Your answer is above in post #159.
And it has been mentioned elsewhere as a GSM/HSPA device.

Thanks. I see that now. When I went to LG's website and selected 4G phones, then put a check in the box for Metro, it only came up with the Motion, Spirit and Connect.

Gman9831 · Aug 3, 2013

alfick3 said:
Thanks. I see that now. When I went to LG's website and selected 4G phones, then put a check in the box for Metro, it only came up with the Motion, Spirit and Connect.

Metro website hasnt been much of a help when it comes to the GSM phones

Shabbypenguin · Aug 3, 2013

g0lden said:
So, its basically where the Motion was like, 6 months ago?

better actually, you guys have a device tree that will work for the most part between the work requsite0 did for the spirit 4g and hroark/bobzhome's device tree for teh motion wouldnt be hard to get cm10 2nd init running. as far as loki is concerned. idk how many more devices dan will be hacking, from what i understand he isnt too keen on progress with some of teh devices he has done the work to do.

he put in a bit of work t o get some phones working with loki and an unlocked bootloader, and some like the lucid 2 people dont have a clue what is going on. thus no progress whatsoever... meanwhile the lg og pro has cm10.1 booting off loki kernels already

. so when i asked regarding the f3 he asked me if it was worth his time to bother with it. at this time, i dont really think it is....

icyboyice · Aug 3, 2013

Shabbypenguin said:
the l9 is IMO a waste of money. the LG F3 is a far better phone, it just hasnt spread out to most of teh stores yet. give it a few weeks and it will

You think so ? Well the processors arent that off from each other . What else does it have over the l9 ? Just wondering

Johnny Crapple · Aug 4, 2013

icyboyice said:
You think so ? Well the processors arent that off from each other . What else does it have over the l9 ? Just wondering

Lte is the main thing I would think

Shabbypenguin · Aug 4, 2013

icyboyice said:
You think so ? Well the processors arent that off from each other . What else does it have over the l9 ? Just wondering

processors are massively different. teh l9 has a cpu comparable to the lg connect's. the OMAP 4430 was used in the Droid Razr released back in 2011, the upgraded version of that cpu was in the galaxy nexus.

while teh F3 has a snapdragon 4 1.5ghz krait cpu. same as motion/spirit/sgs3/millions of other devices

Fox Mulder · Aug 4, 2013

Waiting to see some more posts in the F3 section from Metro users as they get into peoples' hands. So far it looks like root isn't a problem (motochopper) and the limited storage can be overcome with Link2SD.

iamsirlurkalot · Aug 4, 2013

friend got an AT & T unlocked iphone 4s, went to metro and got it hooked up but the phone never connects, it stays on "No Service" the SIM card works and the guy at the metro store doest know why its not getting any signal. Any of you guys might know why? in the settings it appears as a T-Mobile SIM is inside just no signal....

Gman9831 · Aug 4, 2013

iamsirlurkalot said:
friend got an AT & T unlocked iphone 4s, went to metro and got it hooked up but the phone never connects, it stays on "No Service" the SIM card works and the guy at the metro store doest know why its not getting any signal. Any of you guys might know why? in the settings it appears as a T-Mobile SIM is inside just no signal....

What exactly do you mean in the settings it says a Tmobile SIM?

icyboyice · Aug 4, 2013

What speeds will a Lg Nexus 4 be getting ? I know not lte but hspa+ 42 or 21 top ?

iamsirlurkalot · Aug 4, 2013

Gman9831 said:
What exactly do you mean in the settings it says a Tmobile SIM?

not 100% sure since its not my phone. but from what i understand its shows in one of the settings under Carrier. The SIM Card is not activated anymore so cant think of anyway of testing what was wrong.

Gman9831 · Aug 4, 2013

icyboyice said:
What speeds will a Lg Nexus 4 be getting ? I know not lte but hspa+ 42 or 21 top ?

You can get LTE btw but if your in a H+42 area you will get it

elcocho852 · Aug 5, 2013

@ Iamsirlurkalot
That's the same thing that's happening to my brothers iphone 4. It does detect the sim but sometimes the phone says no service and it keeps on switching from no service to getting service. I dont know why its doing this? Maybe something needs to be changed. I just put the sim in the unlocked iphone, but i dont know if there something else i have to do?

iamsirlurkalot · Aug 5, 2013

elcocho852 said:
@ Iamsirlurkalot
That's the same thing that's happening to my brothers iphone 4. It does detect the sim but sometimes the phone says no service and it keeps on switching from no service to getting service. I dont know why its doing this? Maybe something needs to be changed. I just put the sim in the unlocked iphone, but i dont know if there something else i have to do?

google "Unlocked iphone No Service" there was some good stuff there including some videos that i was not able to try,

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