It seemed about the same for me, but as of yesterday I've had LTE turned off. I go through a lot of data by steaming music all day. I believe I hit 17 GB last month.
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iPhone 5S on T-Mobile LTE - Data Stops Working Randomly
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Has anybody tried using another SIM card with another tmobile account on their phone because I think that everybody should try and do this so that we can see if it fixes everything
Well because it's end of month and most people are about to renew their plans T-mobile might fix your service 2- 3 days close to your payment due date . I know this because I'm on my second month on this account so I'm closing my account and will let you guys know if it's fixed. Don't fall for tmobile cheap schemes and id recommend make another account with a false name to get a fix.
techiegirl
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I think it's a location/tower issue. I had the the same problem with my phone, but only when I'm at my office. I don't have the problem at home, or when I'm on the road. I had my husband's phone unlocked and we swapped phones (him with my data loss phone on T-Mobile and I switched back to AT&T with his unlocked phone). He doesn't have any issues with my phone at his office.
FWIW, I'm not a heavy user.
FWIW, I'm not a heavy user.
Its just a way to fix your account and there could have been an error during activation or it's probably first come first serve and us customers with unlocked phones are their least priorities that's what Tmobile rep told me today.
So you're saying if I threaten to cancel service, T Mobile will flip a switch and fix the issue I'm having? I just don't really believe that.
Re read above it has to do with the whole phone unlocking situation that tmobile doesn't fully support .
Either I'm having a rough night or your earlier post was hard to comprehend... I don't see anything about an unlocking situation in it. I'm still completely at a loss as to what you're trying to say.
Well I don't have all the answers for now but this is what T-mobile told me that unlocked phones are not top priority and nobody had the right answer lastly me and Apple or T-mobile still doesn't that's why it's a bug for now that needs an update. I'm clueless same as you but the only way to find out the error in my situation is to change accounts and I'm currently Speaking to Apple to find out who's at fault here
techiegirl
macrumors 65816
I'm not sure how it's an unlocked phone issue. My phone was/is locked to T-Mobile and I still have the issue.
Unlocked phones are least priority like I said before and like I said before there is still a bug besides unlocked phones.
All iPhones T Mobile sells are unlocked. That just doesn't make sense. All the network recognizes is the SIM in the phone. Not that a phone is unlocked or not. Sounds like someone gave you bad information.
Technically when you make the first phone call your imei is automatically sent to the carrier look it up on google. Besides that their is still a bug with ios 7.1 and 7.1.1 and T-mobile has its problems so does Apple. we are on this forum to pinpoint the problem so I'm getting most info from different reps so blame them and sorry for wasting my own time to help all of you by saying everything I'm saying doesn't make sense. If you learn to work together we can get rid of this problems. I'm on my third iPhone 5s so that eliminates the phone being the problem as Apple said many times and T-mobile is the one that lies most of the time with mis information so like I said before I wouldn't believe tmobile . Don't let corporations take advantage of you and ask them to pay you back for everyday you have had any problems or they will keep taking advantage of us.
Applejuiced
macrumors Westmere
Dude, you make no sense at all.
At least don't try to explain something you don't know or understand with false misconceptions.
This has nothing to do with unlocked or locked iphones.
Applejuiced
macrumors Westmere
I know, we're all dumb and you're the only smart one🙄
Take your bad info, insults and name calling elsewhere...
Take your bad info, insults and name calling elsewhere...
Fuchal
macrumors 68030
I'm still convinced this is either a 7.1/7.1.1 or baseband problem in the iPhone for the simple reason that toggling airplane mode re-connects to the tower and everything works fine again. If t-mobile was throttling or dropping you, something as stupid as toggling airplane mode wouldn't re-connect you. That, and I never had this issue until upgrading to 7.1. I'm not even 100% positive this is T-Mobile only, as my mother in law had an issue that looked eerily similar with her AT&T iPhone, but I didn't see enough to judge for sure. (She restarted her phone and voila...)
You should call up T Mobile and report the issue. And perhaps do the same to Apple as well. If enough people complain, maybe they'll actually fix it.
Just to point out that all iPhones purchased through T-Mobile are locked. They will unlock them after 45 days of service or after the EIP is paid off. Only iPhones bought though apple labeled as unlocked are unlocked for use on t-mobile.
I had the problem the first few months that I bought my iPhone through T-Mobile that I had trouble accessing the app and iTunes stores. App updates took several tries to get them to update. The problem fixed itself a few months later.
I had the problem the first few months that I bought my iPhone through T-Mobile that I had trouble accessing the app and iTunes stores. App updates took several tries to get them to update. The problem fixed itself a few months later.
I am also located in the Boston area, using T-Mobile, and experiencing the same issue. Everyone I know with T-Mobile has the same issue. I am 100% certain that this is a carrier issue as it has occured on my iphone 4s, iphone 5s, and now (sorry to dissapoint the fans of iOS) my galaxy s5.