T-Mobile Offers HSPA+ Via 1900MHz in 15 More Markets Including Tucson, San Francisco, Phoenix and Miami T-Mobile has launched HSPA+ service in the company's 1900 MHz spectrum as T-Mobile continues to woo unlocked device owners -- especially the iPhone. According to a T-Mobile blog post, T-Mobile has launched the new service in portions of Miami; Phoenix; San Francisco; Mesa and Tucson, Ariz.; Modesto, Oakland, San Jose and Stockton, Calif.; and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. T-Mobile says they're now offering HSPA+ on 1900 MHz in fifteen markets, with more expected before the end of the year. "With these upgrades, customers who live in or are planning holiday visits to San Francisco, Silicon Valley, the Gold Coast in the Sunshine State of Florida or the Valley of the Sun in Arizona, will benefit from enhanced voice and data coverage, and faster speeds on unlocked devices to connect with friends and family," said T-Mobile in a statement.
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 |  | | | Re: Its not just iphone users THANK YOU!! Been saying that a long time. More than anything, it's upsetting their late to the party with this. I've been buying unlocked devices overseas the last few years and that is all you see when you ask about TMO USA..."that they will only work on 2G EDGE". So not only will the iPhone be supported and devices in the U.S., it's all the phones that are overseas that it gets opened up to. The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) concept is not new. I started with the Sony Ericsson W595 and I used to get asked all the time "where did you get that phone"? So to be able to open the network to (just about) all of those phones overseas can be a cash cow for TMO. In total agreement with you on that! | |
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 IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium
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kudos:7 | LTE Lets get the LTE going so i can root my phone already !
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Sandy, UT
kudos:2 | Re: LTE Hope your not planning on using a current phone with TM's LTE network. To my knowledge there is no phone on the market that suuports the spectrum TM will be using (the S3 does not support it). | |
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kudos:7 | Re: LTE said by tcope:Hope your not planning on using a current phone with TM's LTE network. To my knowledge there is no phone on the market that suuports the spectrum TM will be using (the S3 does not support it).
the samsung galaxy note 2 (what i have which i upgraded from TMO) has the hardware for LTE but it is not enabled by TMO, they will push a software update some time in 2013 to enable the LTE radio when its available in enough markets, which is why i have not rooted the phone yet (update wont install on a rooted phone), i confirmed the hardware exists in the phone by test mode entry *#197328640#
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kudos:2 | Re: LTE The hardware exists on the S3 (LTE) but the issue there is that it does not acess the spectrum TM will be using. However, as I read, the Note 2 should be able to access TM's LTE due to TM's statements that it will need an update to do this. | |
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kudos:7 | said by tcope:The hardware exists on the S3 (LTE) but the issue there is that it does not acess the spectrum TM will be using. However, as I read, the Note 2 should be able to access TM's LTE due to TM's statements that it will need an update to do this.
exactly why i upgraded from the first generation Galaxy that ive had for a number of years to this.
one mistake i made though, when i got the first galaxy, i immediately rooted the phone without researching on the web for any android/TMO updates and was unable to "unroot" the phone to obtain those updates, so i dealt with a buggy phone for years.
(installing updates to a rooted phone bricked it in my case)
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| | | | Re: Will 1700Mhz T-Mo 4G Phones work on 1900? said by ArizonaSteve:I wonder if that will make my Samsung 4G Exhibit II that was mostly worthless before because there aren't many 4G towers on 1700Mhz finally be useful on 1900? It gets 1900Mhz for Edge but will it be able to use HSPA+ on 1900 or does that require some kind of firmware update? Anyone know how to contact Neville Ray and ask him?
Most likely: »www.gsmarena.com/samsung_exhibit···4277.php
Your phone only supports 14.4Mbps HSDPA however, not HSPA+. | |
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| Re: Will 1700Mhz T-Mo 4G Phones work on 1900? said by AnonFTW :said by ArizonaSteve:I wonder if that will make my Samsung 4G Exhibit II that was mostly worthless before because there aren't many 4G towers on 1700Mhz finally be useful on 1900? It gets 1900Mhz for Edge but will it be able to use HSPA+ on 1900 or does that require some kind of firmware update? Anyone know how to contact Neville Ray and ask him?
Most likely: » www.gsmarena.com/samsung_exhibit···4277.phpYour phone only supports 14.4Mbps HSDPA however, not HSPA+. I've explained that to him countless times. Lmao
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Portage, IN | Re: Will 1700Mhz T-Mo 4G Phones work on 1900? said by djdanska:said by AnonFTW :said by ArizonaSteve:I wonder if that will make my Samsung 4G Exhibit II that was mostly worthless before because there aren't many 4G towers on 1700Mhz finally be useful on 1900? It gets 1900Mhz for Edge but will it be able to use HSPA+ on 1900 or does that require some kind of firmware update? Anyone know how to contact Neville Ray and ask him?
Most likely: » www.gsmarena.com/samsung_exhibit···4277.phpYour phone only supports 14.4Mbps HSDPA however, not HSPA+. I've explained that to him countless times. Lmao This guy again? What exactly is it that he doesn't understand!?
Dude, your phone will work on the 1900MHz network the same way it does on the current 1700MHz network. Done in one sentence. | |
| | | | | | | Re: Will 1700Mhz T-Mo 4G Phones work on 1900? So, Clone, how is the phone going to know how to do that? It doesn't know to use 3G on 1700 so how's it going to be able to use 1900? Like I asked before, will this need a firmware update? Anyone? | |
| | | | | djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
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kudos:4 | That 14.4 Mb isn't the same thing as a 4g 42Mb DC-HSPA+ Network, as in the normal t-mobile 4g phones. that's all. | |
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| | | Number one it's not 4g--marketing aside, but they will have HSPA on 1700 and 1900, and this phone will work on both. The RUU (radio firmware) controls access to the towers and frequencies. | |
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Etobicoke, ON | Re: Will 1700Mhz T-Mo 4G Phones work on 1900? said by elefante72:Number one it's not 4g--marketing aside
Of course, it is ridiculous marketing at best, but then again no one has 4G yet. | |
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| | | Your phone can work on 1900MHz for UMTS/HSPA (not 4G, only HSPA 14.4Mb, not HSPA+). No software update should be needed.
It's all in the FCC docs. | |
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| Still Confused So what are the standard Tmobile frequencies and what operates on those frequencies?
What are they changing and why?
I just can't seem to get the straight on how this will affect me with my Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile and my wife with her iPhone 3Gs (or some such) on AT&T.
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| Re: Still Confused • GSM/EDGE: PCS band (1900 MHz, but getting downsized?)
• UMTS/HSPA+: was AWS-only (1700/2100 MHz), but now available on both AWS and PCS at the same time (in the converted areas)
• a future LTE network: AWS
If your area is affected, it means that your wife can get her iPhone 3GS (or some such) from AT&T onto T-Mobile USA, and still use 3G/4G (prior to this, she'd be limited to 2G or EDGE for an AT&T-exclusive UMTS smartphone).
I'm still confused myself about the actual details of refarming, though:
• For UMTS, is PCS coverage going to be better than AWS for the areas affected? Or is it simply large enough to get the iPhones off of EDGE, and onto UMTS, to improve speeds and frequency utilisation, still being slower than AWS?
• Is EDGE being slowed down dramatically, or is it simply being rid of its excess unused capacity on this refarming?
• Can a phone like Galaxy Nexus use both AWS and PCS at the same time for HSPA+, in order to achieve maximum speeds (I guess not, but who knows?), or is it limited to just one frequency at the same time? How would it know whether to choose AWS or PCS?
• Does each tower have both AWS and PCS for HSPA+, or do they alternate? | |
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| | | | Re: Is there a map with 1900MHz UMTS coverage? There is no official map of 1900Mhz HSPA+ coverage. There is also no way to see what band you're using on the Galaxy Nexus. Probably not the answers you were hoping for - sorry!
EDGE is probably not getting any slower. While they are reducing the amount of capacity EDGE has, they are reducing the demand on the EDGE network by moving all capable devices to HSPA+. For example, iPhones currently are using EDGE, but many of them will start instead using HSPA, reducing the overall saturation of the EDGE network. It'll overall be a win in the end and will make room for LTE. | |
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| Quick question: iphone 4 So I think the ATT iphone 4 (not 4s) will work on Tmo 3G now?
As I understand, the iphone 4 is HSDPA and not HSPA+, so it will be limited to 14.4mbps.
Is HSDPA a subset of HSPA+, another words "will it work on Tmo?"
Can someone please confirm?
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| | | | Re: Quick question: iphone 4 All ATT iphones which have been carrier unlocked can use the tmobile network and always have been able to.
Previously they could only get a 2g (edge) signal from tmobile. But now in these "refarmed" areas they can get a 3g/4g signal from tmobile.
All of them, from the first to the iphone 5, so long as they are carrier unlocked, can use tmobile. | |
| | | | iPhone 4 does 7.2Mbps.
iPhone 4S does 14.4Mbps.
iPhone 5 does 42Mbps + eventually LTE (if you get the unlocked AT&T variant.) | |
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| | | AT&T HTC ONE X Getting pretty decent speeds here in Mesa. On the low end 5 mbps and topping out at around 11 mbps on an unlocked HTC One X. Once I step into my home by signal varies wildy from faux g and the dropping to edge. When I used AT&T Straight Talk I didn't have this issue. | |
| | | | Re: AT&T HTC ONE X hey man, is yours working in mesa? they announced tucson the other day and I still cannot get 3g speeds....it only gives me E.....any thoughts? do i have to call tmobile or is it just supposed to work? | |
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Is there a map with 1900MHz UMTS coverage?