iPhone 4 T-Mobile 3g data

Tdonnelly0987 · Jun 10, 2012

Today I was able to pick up a 3g signal on my iPhone 4 on T-Mobile in Levittown Pa. I was only able to achieve a download speed of 3.25mbps but this is much improved over Edge.

Unfortunately, I was not able to maintain the 3g signal after I crossed over into NJ.

BTW my iPhone is running on 5.1.1 and is not jailbroken.

Demonface · Jun 10, 2012

I have actually heard about this happening in the North. Hopefully this goes into effect for the entire country .

jediistar · Jun 10, 2012

Demonface said:
I have actually heard about this happening in the North. Hopefully this goes into effect for the entire country .

It will. By the end of the year at least, T-Mobile is refarming their network to use 1900/PCS for "4G," and it will therefore work on every unlocked iPhone on their network.

onthecouchagain · Jun 15, 2012

jediistar said:
It will. By the end of the year at least, T-Mobile is refarming their network to use 1900/PCS for "4G," and it will therefore work on every unlocked iPhone on their network.

Does this mean an unlocked iphone 4S will get Tmobile's HSPA+ speeds?

Or is the refarming only to get 3G speeds?

nephron8 · Jun 15, 2012

Of course yes. Provided its factory unlocked and not sprint Verizon version.

chestvrg · Jun 15, 2012

Wonder when will 3G be available in Miami, anyone from The Miami (South Florida area) can report picking up 3G on their tmobile service and their iPhone?

Demonface · Jun 15, 2012

chestvrg said:
Wonder when will 3G be available in Miami, anyone from The Miami (South Florida area) can report picking up 3G on their tmobile service and their iPhone?

Im also wondering about this. If its anytime soon I might just go to Simple Mobile. If i unlock Sprint iPhone 4S would i get the "4G" on Straighttalk or Red Pocket? Sorry bout posting in wrong topic.

Lammercy · Jun 15, 2012

Got one iPhone 4 on T-Mobile, waiting for 3G to work in Houston, TX. Then I can cancel my other AT&T service.

chestvrg · Jun 15, 2012

Demonface said:
Im also wondering about this. If its anytime soon I might just go to Simple Mobile. If i unlock Sprint iPhone 4S would i get the "4G" on Straighttalk or Red Pocket? Sorry bout posting in wrong topic.

Let's keep our fingers crossed

madridista59 · Jun 15, 2012

Lammercy said:
Got one iPhone 4 on T-Mobile, waiting for 3G to work in Houston, TX. Then I can cancel my other AT&T service.

same here man. if/once the 3g starts working, does that mean you can finally send mms w/o having to jb or using a 3rd party txt app?

theonekcrow · Jun 15, 2012

That's not bad for an iPhone 4 on T-Mo... Very comparable to AT&T speeds... To bad the theoretical max on a 4 is 7.2... Probably get double what you did get on a 4S...

Lammercy · Jun 15, 2012

madridista59 said:
same here man. if/once the 3g starts working, does that mean you can finally send mms w/o having to jb or using a 3rd party txt app?

I've also wondered that. I guess we'll have to wait and see?

dontwalkhand · Jun 15, 2012

This is going to start happening randomly throughout the United States as T-Mobile starts using a more "normal" 3G band. Can't wait until they light up Phoenix with 1900Mhz 3G/4G, as not only will I be able to use my iPhone on it, but I will be able to get FREE TETHERING for my MacBook Air

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The thing is though, I wish there was some sort of map to see what areas got refarmed. After all, we already know the Moscone West in SF has 1900 as well.

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Demonface said:
Im also wondering about this. If its anytime soon I might just go to Simple Mobile. If i unlock Sprint iPhone 4S would i get the "4G" on Straighttalk or Red Pocket? Sorry bout posting in wrong topic.

If you somehow get the Sprint 4S unlocked, yes you will get "4G' on Straight Talk as well as Red Pocket as those use AT&T bands.

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onthecouchagain said:
Does this mean an unlocked iphone 4S will get Tmobile's HSPA+ speeds?

Or is the refarming only to get 3G speeds?

You will get up to HSPA+ 14, not the full 42 or something as the 4S does not support the faster HSPA+, but yes, you still still get "4G"

Demonface · Jun 15, 2012

dontwalkhand said:
This is going to start happening randomly throughout the United States as T-Mobile starts using a more "normal" 3G band. Can't wait until they light up Phoenix with 1900Mhz 3G/4G, as not only will I be able to use my iPhone on it, but I will be able to get FREE TETHERING for my MacBook Air .

The thing is though, I wish there was some sort of map to see what areas got refarmed. After all, we already know the Moscone West in SF has 1900 as well.

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If you somehow get the Sprint 4S unlocked, yes you will get "4G' on Straight Talk as well as Red Pocket as those use AT&T bands.

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You will get up to HSPA+ 14, not the full 42 or something as the 4S does not support the faster HSPA+, but yes, you still still get "4G"

Thanks for answering my question. I was a little confused about that entire issue.

nephron8 · Jul 9, 2012

Will this work on 3G iPad also with t mobile micro sim?

chestvrg · Sep 5, 2012

madridista59 said:
same here man. if/once the 3g starts working, does that mean you can finally send mms w/o having to jb or using a 3rd party txt app?

Any news if tmobile has refarmed Miami for iPhone users?

Mr Hill · Sep 5, 2012

There's an ongoing thread on the T-Mobile website with people discussing what areas have been converted to 3G.

http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/21487?tstart=0

And someone posted a map of current locations with 3G

http://www.airportal.de

Also T-Mobile just introduced True Unlimited data today so once they have the refarming done, us iPhone users will be able to have usable (Unlike Sprint) unlimited data finally.

Mr Hill · Sep 5, 2012

madridista59 said:
same here man. if/once the 3g starts working, does that mean you can finally send mms w/o having to jb or using a 3rd party txt app?

Most likely not. I believe the mms issue has more to do with the T-Mobile not being an official supported carrier for the iPhone rather than the data speeds. If you look in your iPhone's files you will see carrier bundles for all supported carriers. AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and several other international carriers are on there but not T-Mobile USA. You don't have to jailbreak currently for the mms to work, you just have to go into the network settings and manually enter the information for T-Mobile MMS.

chestvrg · Sep 5, 2012

Thank you Mr. Hill, according to that map 3G not available in S. Florida but only in Orlando, FL.

jartram · Oct 6, 2012

I was able to get 3G speeds in My jailbroken iphone 4 5.1.1 in rhode island, in this zipcode only: 02886

I read tmobile will have a total coverage by the end of 2012

JCJr222 · Oct 14, 2012

madridista59 said:
same here man. if/once the 3g starts working, does that mean you can finally send mms w/o having to jb or using a 3rd party txt app?

You already can. Go to Settings>General>Network>Cellular Data Network and enter the correct MMS APN settings. You can Google the correct settings or call T Mobile customer support for them. Once entered, reboot and you'll have full MMS capability without a jailbreak

Jmccollom · Oct 15, 2012

I am in houston tx and woke up today running 3G on my iPhone 4S . But it doesn't stay it does go to e and the back to 3G through out the day

Applejuiced · Oct 15, 2012

Great news.
If they refarm my area I might dump AT&T too.
HSPA+ unlimited data and will save plenty of money per month and without a contract.
Cant go wrong.
Glad Tmobile is updating their 3G to be compatible with iphones.

MattMJB0188 · Oct 15, 2012

Applejuiced said:
Great news.
If they refarm my area I might dump AT&T too.
HSPA+ unlimited data and will save plenty of money per month and without a contract.
Cant go wrong.
Glad Tmobile is updating their 3G to be compatible with iphones.

Actually their Value Plans which I'm assuming your talking about require a 2yr contract, despite you bringing your own phone or paying full price for it.

I think this is T-Mobile's way to try and keep customers. Its absolutely ridiculous but is the small price you pay for unlimited data I guess.

Their Monthly 4G plans do not require a contract, but none of those plans are truly unlimited. I think they top out at 5GB then throttled.

Applejuiced · Oct 15, 2012

MattMJB0188 said:
Actually their Value Plans which I'm assuming your talking about require a 2yr contract, despite you bringing your own phone or paying full price for it.

I think this is T-Mobile's way to try and keep customers. Its absolutely ridiculous but is the small price you pay for unlimited data I guess.

Their Monthly 4G plans do not require a contract, but none of those plans are truly unlimited. I think they top out at 5GB then throttled.

Interesting.
I didnt know that.
How is their monthly 4G plans without contract prices? As good as the value plans?
I wouldnt mind 5GB.

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