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In NYC, I have T-mobile, yet, only get 4G on my iPhone 5?

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Swagged

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This is HSPA+ 21, correct?
 
CharismaticNerd said:
Why does his icon read 4G? I thought t mobiles only could say it was 3G!
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There is 3G, 4G and LTE

Verizon & Sprint have 3G and LTE.

AT&T & Tmobile have 3G, but most of it is now sped up and is dubbed, 4G. And they also have LTE too.
 
Dwalls90 said:
There is 3G, 4G and LTE

Verizon & Sprint have 3G and LTE.

AT&T & Tmobile have 3G, but most of it is now sped up and is dubbed, 4G. And they also have LTE too.
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I know that I'm askingx, because he's on t mobile and an iPhone why does his Indictator say 4g mine only says 3G and I have a iphone 5?
 
CEmajr said:
Tmobile released a carrier update for iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 running on their HSPA+ network to show the 4G icon now instead of 3G.
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It hasn't been released yet actually (maybe Monday). But some jailbroken users are using a custom carrier bundle so it is possible to change it with that.
 
I thought 4G is LTE for T-Mobile? I'm confused??

Unless his phone is JB, he can download a tweak that will make EDGE and 3G signals show as 4G but if he didn't download the tweak then he should be getting LTE signal.
 
swoosh0217 said:
I thought 4G is LTE for T-Mobile? I'm confused??

Unless his phone is JB, he can download a tweak that will make EDGE and 3G signals show as 4G but if he didn't download the tweak then he should be getting LTE signal.
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on LTE, it will show us LTE (not as 4G).
 
osofast240sx said:
They are probably waiting for the merger to go through.
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No. There have already been sightings of LTE in NY. It is currently in testing phase meaning it will be lit up with the next set of LTE cities which should be in the next month or two.
 
bozzykid said:
No. There have already been sightings of LTE in NY. It is currently in testing phase meaning it will be lit up with the next set of LTE cities which should be in the next month or two.
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they won't need to deploy LTE that is already covered by metro pcs.
 
Swagged said:
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This is HSPA+ 21, correct?
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Could be 42. Pretty sure TMobile has deployed DC-HSPA+ performing up to 42mbps in some markets, and NYC seems like it would be a major one. However; NYC is fairly crowded though.

3G, HSPA: rated 7.2 mbps
4G, HSPA+/DC-HSPA+: rated 14-42mbps
LTE, 50-100...+? mbps
 
osofast240sx said:
Tmobile claims they will start the day the deal is signed and finalized.
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They said that but in reality from what I am hearing, the conversion of their LTE will take some time. There is no magical switch that that turns on LTE to all T-mobile customers from Metro's existing LTE.
 
bozzykid said:
They said that but in reality from what I am hearing, the conversion of their LTE will take some time. There is no magical switch that that turns on LTE to all T-mobile customers from Metro's existing LTE.
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In most markets they just need to grab the spectrum.
 
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