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Los Angeles Area Tmobile Galaxy Note Owners

I posted this in the Q&A section as well but seeing as this is a request and not really a question, I put it in here too.
I was wondering if there were any imported G Note owners in the LA California Market area that could test a situation for me...
I just came off of a 1 hour phone call with T-mobile tech support, they have told me that in the LA Market area they ARE INDEED running 1900mhz HSPA+ as of November 2011. They claim that the GNote should be capable of pulling in data on this band with a regular Tmobile SIM and entering the proper APN settings into the phone. I had this confirmed by a level 3 tech support agent and a supervisor, also from level 3 tech support.
If this is true, then we should ALSO be able to receive data on the 1900mhz band once the AT&T roaming agreements go into effect at the beginning of the new year.
Anyone who could verify this by actually using a Tmobile SIM and using the correct APN settings, your info would be much appreciated.

Even if it did work, wouldn't I have to pay outrageuos data roaming fee or no?

eksasol said:
Even if it did work, wouldn't I have to pay outrageuos data roaming fee or no?
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You would not... you would be on Tmobiles 1900 frequency, that is what I am looking for here, proof that it works, and Tmobile says it should. Also, when AT&T switches on the promised roaming, you would still have no charges, since Tmobile would have full access as part of the negotiated deal.

jdmadonna said:
I posted this in the Q&A section as well but seeing as this is a request and not really a question, I put it in here too.
I was wondering if there were any imported G Note owners in the LA California Market area that could test a situation for me...
I just came off of a 1 hour phone call with T-mobile tech support, they have told me that in the LA Market area they ARE INDEED running 1900mhz HSPA+ as of November 2011. They claim that the GNote should be capable of pulling in data on this band with a regular Tmobile SIM and entering the proper APN settings into the phone. I had this confirmed by a level 3 tech support agent and a supervisor, also from level 3 tech support.
If this is true, then we should ALSO be able to receive data on the 1900mhz band once the AT&T roaming agreements go into effect at the beginning of the new year.
Anyone who could verify this by actually using a Tmobile SIM and using the correct APN settings, your info would be much appreciated.
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What is the outcome of this? Did the 1900 work in LA

What is the correct apn for tmobile 1900?
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I wish they would come out with a list of the areas using the 1900 band. I saw a comment on an article the other day saying that they were getting the 1900 band with T-Mobile in my area (Philly suburbs) but I didn't really believe it as they said they lost it when they drove into the city. Why would it be in the suburbs and not the city?

copualt3 said:
What is the correct apn for tmobile 1900?
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I'm also curious to know if the APN settings are different.

Ever since I got a portable mifi hotspot i never consider the data bands. I enjoy my phone so much more knowing that I can turn on high speed data whenever I want.
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xristiano said:
I'm also curious to know if the APN settings are different.
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Here are my APN settings. I am in the LA Market.

GT-i9305 + DC-HSPA+ ?

Hi,
Anyone tested on GT-i9305 , does it work with DC-HSPA+ network ?

Dovern said:
Hi,
Anyone tested on GT-i9305 , does it work with DC-HSPA+ network ?
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Yep it does
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Ausboy 2011 said:
Yep it does
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Have you test it? What speed can you get? and what symbol it display when you hook on DC-HSPA+ network?

Dovern said:
Have you test it? What speed can you get? and what symbol it display when you hook on DC-HSPA+ network?
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I know because it's on the spec sheet for i9305 Australia don't think it would show different symbol should still be h+
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Ausboy 2011 said:
I know because it's on the spec sheet for i9305 Australia don't think it would show different symbol should still be h+
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This is what i thought too. We dont have LTE in my country yet but DC-HSPA+ is available in many places. When i test with my USB modem (42Mbps supported) , i able to get download speed like 15Mbps where my i9305 only 5-6Mbps. I did the test at same location, same time.
I check the network monitor apps, it shown my phone connected to HSPA+ (21.6Mbps).. not DC.. but i m within strong DC coverage area.

Dovern said:
This is what i thought too. We dont have LTE in my country yet but DC-HSPA+ is available in many places. When i test with my USB modem (42Mbps supported) , i able to get download speed like 15Mbps where my i9305 only 5-6Mbps. I did the test at same location, same time.
I check the network monitor apps, it shown my phone connected to HSPA+ (21.6Mbps).. not DC.. but i m within strong DC coverage area.
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May seem like a silly question but does your mobile carrier support DC?
If its the same provider as the dongle then it obviously does but that's not clear from the post.

baileyjr said:
May seem like a silly question but does your mobile carrier support DC?
If its the same provider as the dongle then it obviously does but that's not clear from the post.
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If my carrier does not support DC-HSPA+, i wouldn't create a new topic to discuss.
Yes, my mobile carrier support DC.

Dovern said:
If my carrier does not support DC-HSPA+, i wouldn't create a new topic to discuss.
Yes, my mobile carrier support DC.
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Well with my I9305 My highest speed on DC-HSPA+ is almost 12mbs and my network is **** and they are also upgrading the network in my area and they are the last network to have 4g they should have it early 2013. I already bought a telstra sim and I am going to activate it soon to test it as they have very good 4G coverage, My freind reached 40mb+ download with his I9305 ON 4G with telstra.
I think i explained all this in the other thread regarding apps showing certain things, Your app most probably doesnt show DC-HSPA+ because some countries call it different and depends where the app was created. With the app called (Radio Mon) when i am connected to DC it shows (HSPA) where as the I9300 shows (HSDPA) but both phones show the H+ symbol. When I did some research on HSPA vs HSDPA I got the hint that HSPA is the more potentially faster one Im sure i already said this in the last thread when you asked this question

btemtd said:
Well with my I9305 My highest speed on DC-HSPA+ is almost 12mbs and my network is **** and they are also upgrading the network in my area and they are the last network to have 4g they should have it early 2013. I already bought a telstra sim and I am going to activate it soon to test it as they have very good 4G coverage, My freind reached 40mb+ download with his I9305 ON 4G with telstra.
I think i explained all this in the other thread regarding apps showing certain things, Your app most probably doesnt show DC-HSPA+ because some countries call it different and depends where the app was created. With the app called (Radio Mon) when i am connected to DC it shows (HSPA) where as the I9300 shows (HSDPA) but both phones show the H+ symbol. When I did some research on HSPA vs HSDPA I got the hint that HSPA is the more potentially faster one Im sure i already said this in the last thread when you asked this question
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I believe you should be using Vodafone? haha...
Anyway, 12Mbps on DC-HSPA+ is consider very good speed. WHen i use USB modem, i able to get speed like you or something it hit 15Mbps++, in the same location, same time, my i9305 only able to get 5 to 6Mbps. I did almost everything like, choose WCDMA only, restart the phone, lock into 2100 band only, but all not help. my speed more or less the same never exceed.

T-Mobile's LTE Apn settings?

4G LTE is available in select cities and I was wondering if anyone has found the new APN settings to access the network.

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4G LTE is available in select cities and I was wondering if anyone has found the new APN settings to access the network.
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I wasn't aware they had begun rolling out their LTE network, can you provide a link with details and/or the starting markets. Had a quick look and Google turned up nothing for me.

No link. I called customer service/611 about my data issues, then the rep forwarded me to the tech specialist. That person said they had to do something to my phone and that it had to be rebooted blah blah blah...After that I asked about the LTE rollout and he said he would check on his computer, once he checked he told me that New York, New York & Las Vegas were currently equipped with 4G LTE. I told him the N4 had a LTE chip and he said I might be able to get LTE now.

I work for T-Mobile and we don't have lte the rollout begins middle of this year. What tech might have been referring to was the switch from 1700 to 1900 for hspa+ for iPhone compatibility.
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jltyler said:
I work for T-Mobile and we don't have lte the rollout begins middle of this year. What tech might have been referring to was the switch from 1700 to 1900 for hspa+ for iPhone compatibility.
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This is likely the case. If T-Mobile has LTE anywhere right now it is solely for testing purposes.

I was in Las Vegas about two weeks ago and tried a few APN settings on T-Mob to get LTE but all i could get was H+.
Tmo doesn't have LTE yet.
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jltyler said:
I work for T-Mobile and we don't have lte the rollout begins middle of this year. What tech might have been referring to was the switch from 1700 to 1900 for hspa+ for iPhone compatibility.
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Okay thanks, for a sec I was super excited about being able to use lte.
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jackdonogy said:
I was in Las Vegas about two weeks ago and tried a few APN settings on T-Mob to get LTE but all i could get was H+.
Tmo doesn't have LTE yet.
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Whats the APN settings for H+? Would like to try it. Thanks.

rmartin0120 said:
Whats the APN settings for H+? Would like to try it. Thanks.
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there isn't anything different for APN settings to get H+. You get H+ if you are in a H+ area.

LTE in a few weeks
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/01/t-mo...-benchmarks-for-2013-las-vegas-live-in-weeks/
Looks like that rep was correct. Would love to be able to try this out in Chicago when it's available.

Will the LTE settings on TMO use the same APN info or a different one?

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Will the LTE settings on TMO use the same APN info or a different one?
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I have heard that LTE APN for T-Mobile might be: fast.tmobile.com

I changed mine but unfortunately looks like no LTE in my area yet
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When my note 2 updated from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 the APN went to that fast.tmobile.com

Official LTE rollout will be tomorrow in about 6-7 select cities.
I too talked with a rep today and he said oh lte is already out in orlando, then he corrected him self by saying hspa+ is out which i can get speeds of about 24 mb down..

Charkatak said:
I have heard that LTE APN for T-Mobile might be: fast.tmobile.com
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It is, you are correct.

rekamyenom said:
It is, you are correct.
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No you aren't, it needs the hyphen "fast.t-mobile.com"

arich said:
No you aren't, it needs the hyphen "fast.t-mobile.com"
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Lol... did not see that the hyphen was missing....
fast.t-mobile.com

LTE APN settings??
I live in Salt Lake City and most likely not in an LTE area. So is it better to use the LTE apn settings or the regular epc setting?
I have a T-mobile Galaxy Note 2 and I completed the 4.1.2 update and my Note is rooted but on the stock rom. I also have the H and H+ since I did the update and have not seen the 4G symbol since and before the 4.1.2 update I rarely had anything but the 4G Symbol.
I contacted T-mobile and was advised by a tech rep that its ideal to use the epc setting since LTE is not yet available in my area.
But he did confirm that fast.t-mobile.com is the correct apn setting for LTE

I just set my Google Nexus (the one before the Nexus 4) to fast.t-mobile.com
My mobile data works, but still shows H next to the mobile signal indicator.
If I try to change my Preferred Network Type to anything other than "WCDMA Preferred" it immediately switches back to "WCDMA Preferred"
I'm in the Philly, PA suburbs.

Three network vs T-mobile (Pay monthly)

Hi guys, I have a pay monthly sim which is from T-mobile and it will end in 4 Months and i am waiting for Samsung s4 release. Basically which network provider is better? I want to swap to Three because they have cheap and good plan for the S4.. What is your experience with this network provider? Do they have fast internet? are they better than T-mobile?
Regards.

LTE has been deployed in a few cities already and the DC-HSPA speeds are pretty good. Not sure about Three though as I've never really heard of them. LTE speeds seem to be consistently 20Mbps down and around 30-50msec pings from the screenshots I've seen for KC and Vegas. And getting the $30 5GB plan is really good.

I assume you're talking about the UK? Three aren't rolling out 4g until q4 of this year, tmobile will never roll out 4g, you need to go to EE for that. Three's dchspa is great from my experience-
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Jme369 said:
I assume you're talking about the UK? Three aren't rolling out 4g until q4 of this year, tmobile will never roll out 4g, you need to go to EE for that. Three's dchspa is great from my experience-
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Oh duh. lol

Tmobile just launched 4G Lte march 27th.
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I have a Nexus 4 on Three currently, using their £12.90 plan with AYCE data, speeds seem to fluctuate alot for me, between 0.5Mbps and 12Mbps in the same room of my house, depending on the day. Ping times are lower than 100ms 80% of the time, so fast page loading. My Mum is on T-Mobile (using an iPhone 4 so no DC-HSDPA, not sure if T-Mobile support it anyway) and her speeds are never higher than 2Mbps down with 200ms ping, haven't tried her sim in my phone so can't comment on if it's phone related or network, but what I suggest is get a Three payg sim, top it up with a bit of credit and check the speeds in your area, also check their coverage map as they don't have a 2G backup everywhere (only rural places with little to no 3G)

LTE not appearing in notification Bar

I saw LTE yesterday in my notification bar, and that was the first time I saw it in 2 weeks. I always have 4G, but I believe that's HSPA+. Anyone have anything similar, and how they would fix it?
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QuickSkope said:
I saw LTE yesterday in my notification bar, and that was the first time I saw it in 2 weeks. I always have 4G, but I believe that's HSPA+. Anyone have anything similar, and how they would fix it?
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Maybe there are issues with LTE in your area? If you didn't change anything on the phone I would reboot it just to be sure but it's probably a coverage issue.

I'm gonna talk to Rogers today, cause I should have LTE around my area.
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HSPA+ is H+, not 4G. Test your connection speed if you're unsure, anything over 10mbps (especially for upload) is most likely LTE. I get around 24-36mbps up here in Canada.
Edit: Ah, that might be different for each carrier then. I definitely get H+ when I am on HSPA+.

8mb/s. On download, I don't believe those are LTE speeds, and if they are they're pass poor.
Also, never seen H+ on my GS4, so I think 4G is HSPA+.
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The "4G" indicator is HSPA+.
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On the AT&T version, when on LTE, there is a small print "LTE" under the 4G symbol. The term 4G has been abused so much, God knows what it means on any given device.

I`ve got the rogers one and it says LTE when theres LTE and 4G when there isn`t.
Check your apns and make sure its ltemobile.apn set up ?

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I`ve got the rogers one and it says LTE when theres LTE and 4G when there isn`t.
Check your apns and make sure its ltemobile.apn set up ?
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Where are you located? And ya, I have my Rogers LTE and my tethering APN as well.
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QuickSkope said:
Where are you located? And ya, I have my Rogers LTE and my tethering APN as well.
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I'm in Chatham Ontario.
Between Windsor and London

I think it might be a radio issue with the stock ROM. It was the same on the S2 Skyrocket, some radios worked better than others. The Radio I had on my S2 when I switched over to the S4 showed LTE in my area constantly. Previous radios on that phone were hit and miss...some a lot better than others. I guess we will have to wait until the BootLoader is unlocked (for AT&T S4s) and other basebands (radios) are released until we can test and see which one works better in each area.
My S4 has a pretty good connection now, but it too shows 4G where it use to show LTE. Like I said, some radios do better than others when handling LTE connections.

So apparently the representative lied to me and said that I would have LTE, but my region doesn't support it. That's awesome : /. Thought it doesn't explain why I had it for a brief period. Maybe it came from a tower with LTE. Weird.
Well, This things going back unless a representative can give me a decent deal : /

QuickSkope said:
So apparently the representative lied to me and said that I would have LTE, but my region doesn't support it. That's awesome : /. Thought it doesn't explain why I had it for a brief period. Maybe it came from a tower with LTE. Weird.
Well, This things going back unless a representative can give me a decent deal : /
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Are you positive that your area doesn't have LTE? Just because the phone is capable of having LTE doesn't mean you are guaranteed an LTE signal. You have to be within the LTE broadcast area and, your phone's modem (radio) has to pick up that LTE signal. Like I said before, the phones radio has a lot to do with it. Some just handle LTE connection (and all connections) better than others. Radios are flashable, but the bootloader has to be unlocked, with custom recovery installed and different versions of the radio have to be available before Devs can make them flashable. Some will do better than others. It's just a matter of trying them when they are available.

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Are you positive that your area doesn't have LTE? Just because the phone is capable of having LTE doesn't mean you are guaranteed an LTE signal. You have to be within the LTE broadcast area and, your phone's modem (radio) has to pick up that LTE signal. Like I said before, the phones radio has a lot to do with it. Some just handle LTE connection (and all connections) better than others. Radios are flashable, but the bootloader has to be unlocked, with custom recovery installed and different versions of the radio have to be available before Devs can make them flashable. Some will do better than others. It's just a matter of trying them when they are available.
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I live in Nanaimo BC, Checking the Rogers Map, it states that LTE is "Coming Soon". Which is ambituitous to say the least.

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