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i just got internet for my phone. I hear people boasting bout 100k+ download speeds and i can barely hit 15k download. is there a seperate way to connect to edge cuz otherwise i could pay like 10$ and use dialup.
Where are you cus as far as i know edge is only in the USA!
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Where are you cus as far as i know edge is only in the USA!
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Nope, Edge is all around.
gizm0luvsu said:
i just got internet for my phone. I hear people boasting bout 100k+ download speeds and i can barely hit 15k download. is there a seperate way to connect to edge cuz otherwise i could pay like 10$ and use dialup.
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I would like to know this as well.
well in norther california usa. and its not like im in the country. im dead in the center of a city so i am not sure
Hello guys....Before I have been able with the help of others in my Diamond and Mogul to have Internet and MMS in Metropcs .... I am going to buy a HTC Hero and flash it to metropcs but I am wondering if this is possible now? or not yet?
Thanks
any ideas will be helpful
No it is not yet possible, or so I have been told by many different people.
I do have a question though. Why on earth would you want to flash a brand new phone from sprint to metro pcs? Metro is crap, and os being bought out by verizon, more crap...
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No it is not yet possible, or so I have been told by many different people.
I do have a question though. Why on earth would you want to flash a brand new phone from sprint to metro pcs? Metro is crap, and os being bought out by verizon, more crap...
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There's a map for that...
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There's a map for that...
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ROFL At me for not meeting the 10 character limit!
it works for me....besides 54 a month ? Unlimited everything? Coverage A+++
internet is not 3G but i don't need it, so I am perfect with them.. and besides no Contract. I have been using it since 2007, and no problem at all, except for the stupid MetroPcs workers who does not know how to flash smartphones so I had to go to WirelessToys and they do it
Nice that its workin out for you
Here where I live Metro coverage is wayy bad, and like you said the reps are stupider than a brick, the everything plan i pay for through sprint is only $69.00 a month, so thats not to bad for me, and not much more than metro charges. No contract would be nice, but not gonna happen with Sprint
Its not worth it... Dont put a nice phone like the Hero on metroPCS, they will tell you like crap OHH WE CANNOT GIVE YOU THE SMART PHONE PLAN... So that means no HTML Advanced Web Browsing, Opps No, Msn Messenger, No Skyfire, and Some times You Tube. Oh and you cannot setup Google Market Place due to the WAP Crap settings. I hope this helps. I have the HTC Vogue and everything was working into the stupid code came in. So they change the plans... I hope this helped.
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Hello guys....Before I have been able with the help of others in my Diamond and Mogul to have Internet and MMS in Metropcs .... I am going to buy a HTC Hero and flash it to metropcs but I am wondering if this is possible now? or not yet?
Thanks
any ideas will be helpful
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Its not worth it... Dont put a nice phone like the Hero on metroPCS, they will tell you like crap OHH WE CANNOT GIVE YOU THE SMART PHONE PLAN... So that means no HTML Advanced Web Browsing, Opps No, Msn Messenger, No Skyfire, and Some times You Tube. Oh and you cannot setup Google Market Place due to the WAP Crap settings. I hope this helps. I have the HTC Vogue and everything was working into the stupid code came in. So they change the plans... I hope this helped.
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I agree man. that is why i switched to Sprint, and I am super happy with my HERO sorry for the guys over in metropcs and hero, is just not worth it, and the internet is too slow. This phone is meant to be online
Hi Guys, I'm trying to see if there has been any luck yet with getting the EVO on metropcs network. I heard that it was possible but didn't know if this was similar to the HERO process or what. Any insight or help in the right direction is greatly appreciated.
im interested to know if it can be put on the boost mobile network!
one sold on ebay on friday. ~1200USD$
I am guessing they hacked the MEID to a known boost acceptable one.
Some people have done it with the Sprint Hero, a few got data working, I think the speeds may have been poor...can't remember. I'm having trouble finding the thread, but I believe you have to make some changes (even on the Hero) through CDMA workshop to get features to work.
Howard Forums has better info on trying to go to a different carrier. http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1443845-BEFORE-YOU-ASK-POST-Read-THIS-if-you-are-a-beginner-amp-have-questions-about-flashing!
Have you called Metro PCS with your ESN and MSL? They should be able to tell you straight up if you can do it the easy way (don't think you can).
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Some people have done it with the Sprint Hero, a few got data working, I think the speeds may have been poor...can't remember. I'm having trouble finding the thread, but I believe you have to make some changes (even on the Hero) through CDMA tools to get features to work.
Howard Forums has better info on trying to go to a different carrier. http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1443845-BEFORE-YOU-ASK-POST-Read-THIS-if-you-are-a-beginner-amp-have-questions-about-flashing!
Have you called Metro PCS with your ESN and MSL? They should be able to tell you straight up if you can do it the easy way (don't think you can).
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Yeah I've heard different things as well as seen proof on a few videos of it being on their network, but metro will not add them just yet so there is modifying involved I guess. I'll search a bit more to see what I find and post back.
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Hi Guys, I'm trying to see if there has been any luck yet with getting the EVO on metropcs network. I heard that it was possible but didn't know if this was similar to the HERO process or what. Any insight or help in the right direction is greatly appreciated.
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Wow...
And here I was thinking today was a day I was going to get chores done
Time to figure this out!
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Wow...
And here I was thinking today was a day I was going to get chores done
Time to figure this out!
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I'm in the same boat! back to the lab I go!
Heres another thread in Aforums that shows a video of the EVO being "flashed" to another either cricket or metro pcs.
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/92379-htc-evo-4g-full-flash-cricket-metro.html
Does anyone know how someone would go about flashing an EVO so it can be used on another carrier???
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Heres another thread in Aforums that shows a video of the EVO being "flashed" to another either cricket or metro pcs.
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/92379-htc-evo-4g-full-flash-cricket-metro.html
Does anyone know how someone would go about flashing an EVO so it can be used on another carrier???
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ap3604,
I ran across this one earlier as well. They've got some threads over on HOFO where they say its very similar to the HERO flash. I have an Evo in hand so I'll get in the lab and post back results.
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ap3604,
I ran across this one earlier as well. They've got some threads over on HOFO where they say its very similar to the HERO flash. I have an Evo in hand so I'll get in the lab and post back results.
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Glad to see you want the best deal as much as I do brotha
Let me know if you want any of the flashing link's I found as well. (got a ton of them)
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Glad to see you want the best deal as much as I do brotha
Let me know if you want any of the flashing link's I found as well. (got a ton of them)
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Yeah I'm on it. Actually have already flashed over to the network but trying to it activated now.
wasn't it metro pcs that offers to flash your phone free of charge?
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wasn't it metro pcs that offers to flash your phone free of charge?
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Wow... Where is that metro store located? I have a box full to flash over for that rate.
Yep thought I remember hearing that. But turns out it's when they were first opening I guess?
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/metropcs-will-flash-existing-cdma-handsets/2008-06-26?page=1
Ok,
All I did to get it to work with calls is use the MSL to load the MetroPcs Prl file to the phone. I found a guy in Miami that added the IMEI to the Metro system and activated the phone for $60. That includes the first month of service.
So, now I have an Evo working for calls and text on Metro.
I have no idea how to get the internet working.
Can someone help?
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Ok,
All I did to get it to work with calls is use the MSL to load the MetroPcs Prl file to the phone. I found a guy in Miami that added the IMEI to the Metro system and activated the phone for $60. That includes the first month of service.
So, now I have an Evo working for calls and text on Metro.
I have no idea how to get the internet working.
Can someone help?
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I cant help since I dont have an Evo yet to test but I came across this info that might be relevant before flashing to Metro.
Back in 2007, Metro initially only planned 3g data in 7 different cities: http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/11/metropcs-planning-3g-service-in-seven-markets.html
Then in January of 2010, Metro decides to skip future 3g deployment in favor of LTE: http://connectedplanetonline.com/3g4g/news/metropcs-4g-leap-0113/
There's a pretty big gap in between these two announcements so I don't know how many markets Metro deployed 3g data since 2007 so I'll have to call them and find out... but I wouldn't want to be stuck on 2g for the rest of the time I had the phone (since they aren't rolling out more 3g and their 4g is LTE and not WiMax)
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong
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Ok,
All I did to get it to work with calls is use the MSL to load the MetroPcs Prl file to the phone. I found a guy in Miami that added the IMEI to the Metro system and activated the phone for $60. That includes the first month of service.
So, now I have an Evo working for calls and text on Metro.
I have no idea how to get the internet working.
Can someone help?
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Here is some info that will get the web going...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=704161
Warning this may apply to YOU already. If you have bought your phone from a third party vendor and not direct (and even now direct) from T-Mobile then simply download a speedtest app and check your speeds. HSDPA down should be around 1800kbs minimum, HSUPA up should be 500kbs minimum
If you are about to buy from a 3rd party retailer take heed.
I bought a SGS on 24 month contract with T-Mobile (other network providers seem to follow the same system) from buymobilephones.net. While sitting with my daughter I realised just how slow my data connection was when trying to access the net. She is also on T-Mobile purchased direct. After using Speedtest I discoverred I had 1/10th her download speed and 1/100th her upload speed. This on what appeared to be the same contract.
After contacting T-Mobile they told me that it was nothing to do with them but it was because I had a free unlimited internet bolt on and as it was supplied by a 3rd party retailer my complaint could not be escalated to a higher tier and that they would not deal with it. Effectively they said it was the retailers problem not theirs. Also they said that OFCOM and CICAS have had several complaints along the same lines but did not do anything about them. In other words "contact OFCOM or CICAS if you want but they can do nothing"
So be warned. Buy from a 3rd party and your data will be crippled and you can do nothing about it except pay an additional fee for another Unlimited internet bolt on.
Phone up and say you have an Android phone and you only have 1GB capped internet and not 3GB like they say. If they say you didn't buy it directly from T-mobile you can't have 3GB like it says in the T&Cs, say the T&Cs say nothing about capped internet.
Note most in the phone center aren't aware you're meant to get it directly from T-mobile. What they should do is switch you to Web Walk Plus then let you choose another booster instead of internet.
If this doesn't work, try a T-mobile store, they don't know whether you bought it directly from them or not.
Thanks for the suggestions but I am sure they will soon catch on to this (if they have not already) and many others will be caught out. There must be hundreds if not thousands already out there many of whom will not have a clue that they are not getting the data speeds that they believe they are paying for.
Anyone who want to see the current position on this look here:
http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/2621-3rd-party-U.K.-T-Mobile-data-contracts-crippled.
Not a good read I'm afraid.
I have deleted this post to add an apology.
It turns out T-Mobile have added a speed cap on the new WnW 1GB soc. I went through ALL T 'n' C's and could only find that a 50Kb speed cap is issued to Mobile Broadband Plus Daily. So I made a few phone calls and was told that HSPDA is also capped to 1.8Mb on the WnW + soc. They also told me that the WnW soc has this cap as it is only ment for browsing and emails and is not classed as Mobile Broadband and the FUP does not permit any activity which these speeds are needed. See here
The 3Gb soc that T-Mobile gives for free is a deal closer to promote going to T-Mobile direct which as I knew was always the case. However they never once mentioned speeds of connection.
I also found out something that I never knew. The Android WnW + soc is not the same as the Mobile Broadband + soc (which used to be called wnw +) and does not permit tethering.
Anyway these are the facts and sorry for providing the wrong information.
n1kon
I still recommend phoning up acting dumb asking why you're only on 1GB and capped. Don't mention your didn't get it from them directly.
Also I read when I made a thread about this, T-mobile stores do not know where you got your phone from, so they will fix it.
Also in the T&Cs it says you can have 3GB if you order over the phone, say nothing about directly through T-mobile on the phone.
I pay £18.75 a month and I now get 600 mins, properly unlimited texts and 3GB internet, instead of 500 texts and 1GB capped internet.
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I will say this only once. Dont read that thread on that link it is all crap. WnW + is a booster to increase the permitted download limit to 3GB per month it has nothing to do with speed of connection hsdpa is enabled by device not booster the only difference between wnw and wnw+ is 2GB of downloads. Do not tell me im wrong as ive been working for t-mobile for near on 7 years. When you sign a contract its for the airtime not the device. Ofcause your going to get no help of something that was not supplied by us. Would you go into mcdonalds and moan about you kfc? No!
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You clearly know more than me, and I do mean that, but...
Numerous people have experienced the slow download problem including me. The only way I can reconcile what you state above and the numerous problems with the 1gb allowance and speed is the device or how it's set-up on the system.
I knew about the 1gb/3gb 3rd party problem before I purchased, so I decided only to look at deals direct from T-mobile. When I got the phone, I couldn't tell which allowance I had as I had no web 'n' walk + on the "My-T-mobile" section of the website. So I downloaded a speedtest app as other people mentioned my speed would be capped.
The app always showed a speed of around 300kps, so I called T-mobile. They had my device as a Galaxy S, but only 1gb allowance. They changed it to 3gb, and the speed went to 1.8mps immediately and I still get around that speed now.
I've still got no web 'n' walk + on the "My-T-mobile" section but the twitter team tell me it won't show but I have it. I downloaded 2gb to check and I got no messages about any allowance. Something is happening somewhere, as my speed increased as soon as my allowance went from 1gb to 3gb.
Also, this is no reflection on you, but some staff at t-mobile are not great to put it politely. I had to speak to two people to get someone who knew that android phones get 3gb not 1gb. Then I discovered that in the internet header information sent to websites, my mobile phone number was included. After speaking to technical support at t-mobile they told me that this was OK, and there was nothing they could do about it anyway. One quick post about the problem on T-mobile forums, where other people also complained and it was quickly solved. It effectived all Galaxy users as the forum didn't have my account details, but it was solved straight away despite the technical team saying they couldn't.
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Ofcause your going to get no help of something that was not supplied by us. Would you go into mcdonalds and moan about you kfc? No!
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Sorry forgot one more thing. There was a time just before I purchased my Galaxy that the terms on T-mobile, did not say anything about only getting 3gb if purchased directly. It just said if you had a T-mobile android phone you would get 3gb.
But they were still refusing people who purchased through a third party 3gb, despite it not being mentioned in the conditions. In your example that's like McDonalds advertising a KFC deal that didn't exist, and you could quite happily complain to McDonalds.
Eventually they changed the conditions to what they say now. I think it changed around July/August time
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I will say this only once. Dont read that thread on that link it is all crap. WnW + is a booster to increase the permitted download limit to 3GB per month it has nothing to do with speed of connection hsdpa is enabled by device not booster the only difference between wnw and wnw+ is 2GB of downloads. Do not tell me im wrong as ive been working for t-mobile for near on 7 years. When you sign a contract its for the airtime not the device. Ofcause your going to get no help of something that was not supplied by us. Would you go into mcdonalds and moan about you kfc? No!
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You really should look into these things before you jump and make a fool of yourself.
Emails from T-Mobile.
Good morning Roger
We do understand your position, we have had other buymobilephones.net as well as customer from other online resellers approach us in the same manor as they we’re not provisioned with the same data package that a customer purchasing direct from T-Mobile would be.
It appears you have uncapped 3G speeds, which is standard across the internet on your phone’ booster, the provision of HSDPA included with ‘internet on your phone plus’ booster however, will only come as standard on Android devices purchased directly from T-Mobile or at an additional monthly cost.
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Good morning Rev Pitman,
I can see from your email conversation with David that you have contacted us about your Samsung Galaxy S experiencing slow speeds. As we have provisioned your account with the maximum 3G speed, up to 356kbs, it would appear that your phone is functioning as normal and as per the terms and conditions of your contract. If you wish to purchase the Web’n’walk plus booster for an additional monthly charge this will enable HSDPA speeds. You can purchase this within My T-Mobile.
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Stefan
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Hi Roger,
I cannot escalate this on for unfortunately nor do I have the power to give you the HSDPA access you are looking for. This is due to the reason that although you have a phone using the T-Mobile service, you have accepted a contract through a third party provider and are subject to the deal that you have agreed to with them. You will not find the paragraph you have copied and pasted below on Buymobilephones.net as this will not exist with them.
There have been cases like this passed to OFCOM and CISAS by customers but they have never been upheld due to this. If it is on the T-Mobile website we will uphold it if you buy from there but as you are experiencing we do not provide these features when purchased through third parties.
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The passage referred to;
“Pay monthly plans which include internet on your phone on an Android phone
You'll get internet on your phone Plus included if you join us on a pay monthly plan with an Android phone in a T-Mobile store, over the phone or via our website, t-mobile.co.uk. You'll need internet coverage, check it at t-mobile.co.uk/streetcheck. Remember that you can only use your internet on your phone Plus Booster in the UK and you can't use your phone as a modem or use Internet on your phone Plus for peer to peer file sharing, or making internet phone calls. *Internet on your phone Plus comes with a fair use policy of 3GB a month. We'll monitor how much you send and receive each calendar month so that we can protect our network for all our internet on your customers. If you use more than your fair use policy amount, we won't charge you any more, but we may restrict how you can use your plan, depending on how often you go over your amount and by how much. As your phone is always connected to the internet, if you remove your internet on your phone Plus Booster from your account you'll automatically be charged up to £1 every day. That £1 a day rate has its own fair use policy and other legal stuff, which you can see here: t-mobile.co.uk/services/uk/fairuse/#fup5. “
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My Network contract is with T-Mobile, I get my bills from T-Mobile, I access my account through www.T-Mobile.com/uk but the phone was bought through a 3rd party. The only reference given by the supplier OR T-Mobile is to the download data limit amount. Nowhere does it mention capping speeds.
They will tell u anything. My account only has 1gb as im using my blackberry sim but my speeds are hsdpa. The forum team also told people they were testing froyo when samsung had not even released it. Even apple said that there signal issues were software related but gave away free cases to fix it and the guy that designed the iphone 4 no longer works for them. You will beleave what people tell you coz u know no different. Android are not the only devices to use hsdpa but are the only devices to have free 3GB data. Other devices with standard wnw still hit full hsdpa. Or so i thought.
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They admitted on the phone to me that the internet booster is around 300kbps, which is what I got. They immediately switched me, then I got over 1mbps.
OP I suggest dialing the T-mobile number (150) on your phone, and talking to someone who is unaware it does not apply if you have a third party phone, or going to the store like I said.
Someone who works for T-mobile said they don't know if you got it directly from them.
edit: Also should I contact them about sending my phone number in the HTTP headers?
They admitted on the phone to me that the internet booster is around 300kbps, which is what I got. They immediately switched me, then I got over 1mbps.
OP I suggest dialing the T-mobile number (150) on your phone, and talking to someone who is unaware it does not apply if you have a third party phone, or going to the store like I said.
Someone who works for T-mobile said they don't know if you got it directly from them.
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Thank you again for the suggestion but as you may have noticed I do have an integrity to uphold. This does not say you do not yourself just that mine has to be seen to be upheld.
edit: Also should I contact them about sending my phone number in the HTTP headers?
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Not sure what that means?
The thing is people don't have to believe what I have said blind. They can download Speedtest for themselves. Get a full HSPDA signal (H showing with full bars) and run the test. Then they can contact T-Mobile themselves and get the same answer I did when they find their speed is capped to 350kbs. I suppose as you work for them (in PR maybe or sales?) you have a vested interest.
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The thing is people don't have to believe what I have said blind. They can download Speedtest for themselves. Get a full HSPDA signal (H showing with full bars) and run the test. Then they can contact T-Mobile themselves and get the same answer I did when they find their speed is capped to 350kbs. I suppose as you work for them (in PR maybe or sales?) you have a vested interest.
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I will check on this on wednesday when im back in. The only thing i can think of right know to why some people are having issues is that there is a hidden soc that auto deploys when connected through domino. I have 2 sims 1 with 1GB (blackberry) and 1 with 3GB (sgs) and both speeds are the same when i put them in my sgs.
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I would. That sound like a security issue to me.
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I'm not sure if it actually happens to me just saw it earlier in the thread. Maybe it's because your 1GB is Web n Walk and not Internet Booster?
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I will say this only once. Dont read that thread on that link it is all crap. WnW + is a booster to increase the permitted download limit to 3GB per month it has nothing to do with speed of connection hsdpa is enabled by device not booster the only difference between wnw and wnw+ is 2GB of downloads. Do not tell me im wrong as ive been working for t-mobile for near on 7 years. When you sign a contract its for the airtime not the device. Ofcause your going to get no help of something that was not supplied by us. Would you go into mcdonalds and moan about you kfc? No!
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Actually, you're partly wrong there, n1kon. T=Mobile does cap the speed on anyone who has not bought their android phone direct from T-Mobile. They don't cap those who are on the 3Gb FUP. Those on the 1Gb FUP are capped at 3G speeds. It's no longer possible to buy an android phone from a reseller with the 3Gb FUP, as that is only available directly from T-Mobile. It used to be the case that if you phoned up and created a big fuss, they'd move you over to the 3Gb FUP and enable HSDPA on your line. It's not so easy to get them to do that now. However, I'd say people who didn't buy direct from T-Mobile still have room to argue it, as T-Mobile's own Terms and Conditions refer only to the FUP limit, and not to capped data transfer speeds.
I am telling you that you are wrong, even though you have worked for T-Mobile for however long. T-Mobile's technical support removed the cap on my account whilst I was on the phone to them. The guy in question then spent the next 20 minutes running speeds tests on his phone as I ran them on mine. The difference we're talking about is having HSDPA enabled on your account, or being limited to 3G. That is down to T-Mobile and not the handset.
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That should have stopped now, mine has and it's also stopped for the people who reported it to T-mobile.
Go here to test it though, if it shows your phone number, ring them:
http://whatsmyuseragent.com/
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I dont need to prove myself to you as I have tested this a know this to be FACT. I dont care if you dont believe what I have to say ether.
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I agree with those sentiments and believe you do have HSDPA speeds on a 1GB FUP tarriff. However, my personal experience is that when I got my SGS I couldn't download at more than approx 350kpbs, despite the phone showing a HSDPA connection. After a few dismal experiences where I could download anything at all when in town shopping (due to the network being overloaded) I made a to CS to explain that although I accepted the 1GB fup, there was no mention in their t&c's anywhere that they might limit the download speeds and therefore they should remove any such limits asap. Less than a minute later I could download at 2Mbps and since then I have not had any problems using my phone when out about, even in places where it was unusable previously.
I'm on Tmobile from buymobilephones.net... will have to find out if my rate is limited. What speedtester do people recommend?
Hey guys still a noobie so take er easy, just figured id ask. Since bell is releasing the atrix here in canada tomorow and everything ive read about the lack of upload speed on the att version of the atrix(which i have and can atest to lol) is directly related to the handset and not the network, cause im capped as well and im on rogers here. Can the software from the bell version be applied to the att version?
interesting idea
might work ...
guess we'll find out in a few days
I have a feeling they cap it based off IMEI numbers
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I have a feeling they cap it based off IMEI numbers
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This is unlikely, it is a radio issue.
Flashing the radio worked for the Captivate to get HSUPA and the Nexus One gets HSUPA stock.
a close friend of mine has had the phone since last thursday (mar. 10) i ran a speed test at her house and it was around 2.7mbps down and .5 mbps up and that was on a two bar connection.
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a close friend of mine has had the phone since last thursday (mar. 10) i ran a speed test at her house and it was around 2.7mbps down and .5 mbps up and that was on a two bar connection.
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a bell version ? or the ATT version
i thought the bell version wasnt suppose to be out until the 17th
i put a bell sim in my atrix (unlocked att phone) 5.85 mb/s down 0.3 up took the same sim and put it in an iphone and got identical download and 2.5 up speed. so now i know bells network is capable, so i guess well just wait
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a bell version ? or the ATT version
i thought the bell version wasnt suppose to be out until the 17th
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Which is tomorrow...
I'm really hoping its not capped. That way we can try and flash the US radio with the Bell radio. So far that is the only complaint I've had with the phone.
If anyone gets their hands on a Bell Atrix let me know. I can walk you through dumping the radio firmware from the device. Hopefully the Atrix will take it without having radio security turned off!
guitar_east said:
guess we'll find out in a few days
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One the mods (from Canada) at Android Forums said that it is indeed uncapped, they got 1.5 to 2 Mbps up:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-atrix-4g/289470-bell-atrix-canada-2.html#post2432323
I remember all sorts of problems with flashing the Bell modem onto the Captivate when I still had it, like not able to be heard on a phone call. Did those issues all get worked out in the end?
@GermanGuy:
That was pretty much a conflict between the ROM in use, the Kernel in use, and the Radio in use (Cappyvate had a sound processor onboard that calls got processed through whereas the i9000 and others did not, so the components had to match up or you'd run into that issue)
Hopefully not a problem on Bell I'm mostly worried that the radio will be signed with a cert that the AT&T Atrix accepts!
Is the Bell modem HSPA+ capable, or is it strictly HSUPA/HSDPA?
Da_G said:
Hopefully not a problem on Bell I'm mostly worried that the radio will be signed with a cert that the AT&T Atrix accepts!
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does this have anything to do with the locked bootloader or is that a different issue? flashing a modem is possible even with a locked bootloader?
nsaia said:
Is the Bell modem HSPA+ capable, or is it strictly HSUPA/HSDPA?
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bell modem will have hspa+ since their network supports it.
Then let's hope it is flashable. Would solve at least one of my problems.
Today I went to a bell store to see if they had the atrix on display. They didn't, however there was a guy talking to one of the bell employees with something that looked like the laptop dock. So i go closer, and what do you know, its the atrix. I start talking to both gentlemen and one of them tells me he is from Motorola and he is showing the Bell staff how the accessories work. I asked to borrow his phone for a minute and ran a quick speed test. I got 2.3 mbps upload and 7.9 mbps download. My jaw dropped. Then i went inside his gallery app and saw that his pictures date all the way back to late December. He said the atrix has been his personal phone for a while now and he goes around to different parts of the country to demo the units. awesome job if you ask me.
n4d3r said:
Then i went inside his gallery app and saw that his pictures date all the way back to late December. He said the atrix has been his personal phone for a while now and he goes around to different parts of the country to demo the units. awesome job if you ask me.
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LOL way to snoop around in his private stuff!
Are you sure it was not connected to Wifi?