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Galaxy A9 Pro

I have been thinking of buying this phone for my wife and I, and we're aware that it will work on most carriers in the USA, but the burning question that we haven't been able to figure out is will it work on T-Mobile's 4G LTE network? I have found what I believe to be the international version on onedigitals.com, and ipmart Malaysia and they say it will support band 4 FDD-LTE, but I want to hear it from the horses mouth. Thanks for your help!
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dpagoh said:
I have been thinking of buying this phone for my wife and I, and we're aware that it will work on most carriers in the USA, but the burning question that we haven't been able to figure out is will it work on T-Mobile's 4G LTE network? I have found what I believe to be the international version on onedigitals.com, and ipmart Malaysia and they say it will support band 4 FDD-LTE, but I want to hear it from the horses mouth. Thanks for your help!
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As per the tech specs showed on Samsung Malaysia website. the A910F/DS version supports LTE Band 4 and will work for you.
See it here: http://www.samsung.com/my/consumer/mobile-devices/smartphones/galaxy-a/SM-A910FZDDXME

Thank you avsroy. I also noticed that the a9 pro doesn't support band 12 (700Mhz), could this be a problem?
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Anyway, because of A9 pro A9100, I switched from Tmo to Cricket, so far I am satisfied. Compromising the LTE but I get the 6" screen and 5000mah battery. No complaints.

eddie24902005 said:
Anyway, because of A9 pro A9100, I switched from Tmo to Cricket, so far I am satisfied. Compromising the LTE but I get the 6" screen and 5000mah battery. No complaints.
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Hey Eddie. I just bought an A9 Pro, and I also use T-Mobile. Here in Boston, Massachusetts, I get very little HSPA+. How often do you get 3G speeds or HSPA+ with Cricket Wireless? Is the speed fast enough for normal use?

hnadeir said:
Hey Eddie. I just bought an A9 Pro, and I also use T-Mobile. Here in Boston, Massachusetts, I get very little HSPA+. How often do you get 3G speeds or HSPA+ with Cricket Wireless? Is the speed fast enough for normal use?
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o, i was living in Boston b4, I encouraged u to use other device to test the hsdpa of cricket by disabling lte. I was using LTE in Boston so I cannot exactly tell how hsdpa is doing. For cricket, I cannot say totally satisfied because the network down for 2 times within a month after switching anf now it is having the 22gb cap(the sales tole me). The hsdpa is usable and sometimes I have LTE lol At least the cricket representative tole me A9 pro has total 3g/hsdpa coverage by cricket/att. I trust it because so far so good. I live in CA though lol. So u should test by yourself...... I rely more on wifi at home and school now so I am fine. But 3g can definitely usable. Just dont use 1080p for youtube.....720p fine.

keep in mine that I have rooted my a9 pro, did all the 3g tweaks in build.pro..... lol

Carrier Aggregation

Does Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 support carrier aggregation?
SD660 has X12 modem, which is capable of 3CA downlink. Can someone please confirm if asus has added this in the Indian variant ZB630KL and if speeds are actually better with Jio and Airtel compared to other phones?

I haven't noticed any difference in speed of jio and i haven't got 4G+ sign

Asus has enabled carrier aggregation for the Zenfone Max Pro M2 in India.

Yes speed on my Max Pro M2 is much higher at times compared to older phones. I think if VoLTE is enabled it may improve further

xpmymob said:
Yes speed on my Max Pro M2 is much higher at times compared to older phones. I think if VoLTE is enabled it may improve further
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Can you or somebody post screenshot from Network Signal Guru app to see which bands are being aggregated on Jio?

Mafioso said:
Can you or somebody post screenshot from Network Signal Guru app to see which bands are being aggregated on Jio?
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Anything that works without root? I would love to check but i really don't want to root at this time.
Speedtest with fast.com shows speeds upto 100Mbps and averages around 70-80 most of the time on jio.

code_hopper said:
Anything that works without root? I would love to check but i really don't want to root at this time.
Speedtest with fast.com shows speeds upto 100Mbps and averages around 70-80 most of the time on jio.
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Oh, not too sure myself. Most people on XDA are rooted so I just assumed
Maybe Network Cell Info Lite app shows? I've seen it show 4g band on unrooted phone, maybe it will also display CA state..

code_hopper said:
Anything that works without root? I would love to check but i really don't want to root at this time.
Speedtest with fast.com shows speeds upto 100Mbps and averages around 70-80 most of the time on jio.
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Check this app NetMonster and share its screenshots

I am able to get 4G+ with Vodafone. Still, the speeds are not the best, well, I guess that's because my carrier is slow lol. P.S. I am on stock non rooted ROM.

quasarswastik said:
I am able to get 4G+ with Vodafone. Still, the speeds are not the best, well, I guess that's because my carrier is slow lol. P.S. I am on stock non rooted ROM.
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Thnx alot , i had doublts not having 4G+ sign

Raghuveer brar said:
Thnx alot , i had doublts not having 4G+ sign
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No worries mate. Which carrier are you using because I was able to get 4G+ on Telstra as well though I don't get VoLTE in either of my SIM. I guess Asus has not enabled VoLTE.

Change 4G Icon to sth. else

Is it possible to change the 4G indicator in the status bar to for example LTE or maybe even something custom?
I have root access, maybe there even is an app for that?
4.5G instead of 4G+ for example would look better.

Well, for some phones, AT&T is turning LTE into a 5Ge logo, for some marketing reason, so we probably can do something similar. Haven't seen an app for it though.
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felixkruemel said:
Is it possible to change the 4G indicator in the status bar to for example LTE or maybe even something custom?
I have root access, maybe there even is an app for that?
4.5G instead of 4G+ for example would look better.
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there's no app since that info is contained in the sim. Custom ROMs do it but there is no standalone app at the moment.

Frankenscript said:
Well, for some phones, AT&T is turning LTE into a 5Ge logo, for some marketing reason, so we probably can do something similar. Haven't seen an app for it though.
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As far as I have read on e.g. Samsung phones you just could edit the build.prop.
Seems like there are different icons stored for each carrier.
I haven't found the option in any file so far, OxygenOS seems to store it anywhere else. Some CustomROMs do support it.
Is there a way to find out which file exactly contains the information?

se7ensde said:
there's no app since that info is contained in the sim. Custom ROMs do it but there is no standalone app at the moment.
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Are you sure it‘s contained in the SIM? My provider (telekom.de) usually shows LTE on all phones. Also I have 3SIMs from all 3 providers here in Germany, everyone shows 4G. I don‘t think that it has something to do with the SIM.

Mine shows VoLTE

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Mine shows VoLTE
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Has nothing to do with the network status. VoLTE = Voice over LTE which just indicates that all calls are done on the 4G network.
I‘m talking about the 4G icon next to the signal indicator.

felixkruemel said:
Has nothing to do with the network status. VoLTE = Voice over LTE which just indicates that all calls are done on the 4G network.
I‘m talking about the 4G icon next to the signal indicator.
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Prior to changing it, mine said 4G LTE.

Cellular strength and throughput

We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Redmi 9's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.

I didn't face any problems yet after 2 weeks of using !
everything fine

I've just purchased a Redmi 9 for use in Mexico. It has dual SIM. In the SIM1 slot I've got a Google Fi chip; in the SIM2 slot I've got a TELCEL chip. Google FI roams on the TELCEL network.
What's strange is that I get different signal strength on the channels. In general, SIM1 has a bar or two higher strength than SIM2 does, despite being on the same carrier network. Strange, and I'm still investigating why.
Both channels, however, stream reliably and fast. I've seen nearly 80Mb/s on either, using SpeedTest.
So far, happy happy happy.

Root for free fire

i am using this mobile since 2 weeks
g pay using time its asking default mi payment app and i am remove all apps again its asing and some time freeze mobile

Hope you are using Prime variant
kumar707 said:
i am using this mobile since 2 weeks
g pay using time its asking default mi payment app and i am remove all apps again its asing and some time freeze mobile
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Issue resolved now ? Or still facing the issue

yes remi 9 prime
ceanosri said:
Issue resolved now ? Or still facing the issue
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its still increase our problem
payment request time its not working and freez app
i have removed my mi bloat ware.
gpay phone pay transfer pin entering time its showing un authorised app

I don't face this problem yet on Prime. Other banking apps working good like PhonePe?
kumar707 said:
its still increase our problem
payment request time its not working and freez app
i have removed my mi bloat ware.
gpay phone pay transfer pin entering time its showing un authorised app
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Do you face any problem while switching between Wi-Fi and Mobile Data ?

Hope the new update had resolved the issue !

T-Mobile standalone 5g

So, our phone get this right?

Yup
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Getting it here in southern Nevada...

How are you already getting it if TMO had to push out an update for users on tmo phones?

Are u talking about the 600Mhz band? That's n71 and is supported by our phone.
They also use band n41, n260 and n261.
n260 and n261 may not be supported but that's not where TMobile has released their dedicated 5G (28GHz and 39Ghz both FR2).
I'm not currently on their new 600Mhz band but rather using their shared n2 band currently (1900Mhz) according to the cell mapper app.
Getting around 130Mbps on speed test so it's not too bad.
Also I'm on Metro but technically speaking same network.
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SA connection requires provider approval I believe. So technically no we can't use it yet.
That being said again the op8 pro does have hw support for n71 sa which is the band TMO released for their dedicated network.
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I'm on a 2025 AA since May and have had 5g the whole time. It has bands 71, 41 & 42 I believe. Been getting over 200 MBS at times.

Must be nice! I live in a suburb of PHX (8 miles from downtown) and get terrible coverage at home (4G + 5G)...so much for 1 tower covering hundreds of miles

I'm in bumf PA near the Amish so that's to tell u
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Didn't think the 8 Pro could do proper SA? (only NSA)

Could be wrong but based on https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.gsmarena.com/oneplus_8_pro-ampp-9919.php
It does. Also since last year's McLaren did, I would be surprised ours wouldn't
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I just wonder if it is going to require an update... As the TMobile branded 8 did.

TMobile can't push updates to unlocked phones so if required we won't be able to get it.
That being said they definitely seem to be the provider that's less stringent about allowing unlocked devices on the network so chances are much greater than on AT&T's network for instance.
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mastibeta said:
I just wonder if it is going to require an update... As the TMobile branded 8 did.
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Are you sure the update was for that. I believe the update just activated additional frequencies.

echto said:
Are you sure the update was for that. I believe the update just activated additional frequencies.
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No, the update on the op8 from t mobile was to enable SA as well as a new security patch. I have op8 t mobile as well as 8 pro, can only get SA on op8 from t mobile right now and was only after installing that update. We will have to get an update on the 8 pro before we are able to use SA, hopefully the update is relatively soon.

Out of curiosity what are the performance delta between the 2?
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mastibeta said:
I just wonder if it is going to require an update... As the TMobile branded 8 did.
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jeffsga88 said:
No, the update on the op8 from t mobile was to enable SA as well as a new security patch. I have op8 t mobile as well as 8 pro, can only get SA on op8 from t mobile right now and was only after installing that update. We will have to get an update on the 8 pro before we are able to use SA, hopefully the update is relatively soon.
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Ah, ok. I haven't turned my tmo oneplus 8 on in a while. I have both as well and am curious if SA improves reception in my neighborhood. Guess I better turn it on and update it. Thanks for the info. I was unaware there was a new update.

samw52000 said:
Out of curiosity what are the performance delta between the 2?
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The performance of SA n71 will be less than running n71 in NSA miss, simply because you're losing your LTE aggregation. However, without needing the midband LTE anchors, you can now connect to 5G on n71 in places where you couldn't before because either midband LTE was too weak of a signal or just didn't exist. Ping times for SA are lower on SA as well. If you want a direct comparison between LTE, NSA and SA, look at my other post https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83222337&postcount=21.
Edit: This link also has some comparisons as well using Network Signal Guru https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83222499&postcount=23.
echto said:
Ah, ok. I haven't turned my tmo oneplus 8 on in a while. I have both as well and am curious if SA improves reception in my neighborhood. Guess I better turn it on and update it. Thanks for the info. I was unaware there was a new update.
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Currently, t mobile is having phones still lock on to NSA by default. If you still have a useable midband LTE signal, chances are you'll lock on to NSA instead. You can manually force SA mode, although then you can't make or receive phone calls. Although that depends on where you are as well (I know someone in another market with t mobile op8 and if he forces SA, he's still able to receive calls just not make them).

Not sure if I'm the only one but this latest TMO update has messed up my 5g connection on my S20 Ultra. Whenever I go on WiFi for more than a few hours and then try to go back to 5g I won't get an internet connection and have to disable 5g (force an LTE connection) and enable it back on so that it's working again. This is annoying. If anyone has any suggestions or is experiencing the same issue please let me know!
Edit: Seems like I posted on the wrong forum (One Plus), but still wondering if this is a device issue or a network issue so I'll leave the post as is.

oscarm003 said:
Not sure if I'm the only one but this latest TMO update has messed up my 5g connection on my S20 Ultra. Whenever I go on WiFi for more than a few hours and then try to go back to 5g I won't get an internet connection and have to disable 5g (force an LTE connection) and enable it back on so that it's working again. This is annoying. If anyone has any suggestions or is experiencing the same issue please let me know!
Edit: Seems like I posted on the wrong forum (One Plus), but still wondering if this is a device issue or a network issue so I'll leave the post as is.
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That's a bit odd, because I'm experiencing the same issue on my OnePlus 8 Pro.
Haven't found a fix yet, have you?

What is the baseband version you have on 5G SA builds?? I believe, it should be >= 2.0. Unfortunately on all OS 10 I saw only 1.0.c8 something, which most likely will not support Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, neither 5G StandAlone.