Don't tell them the truth they simply won't give you a replacement tell them your battery life is very poor and the sleep wake button is acting up
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Carrier Lets Confirm T-Mobile/AWS iPhone 5 (A1428) Incl Wind Mobile + Mobilicity + Videotron
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Don't tell them the truth they simply won't give you a replacement tell them your battery life is very poor and the sleep wake button is acting up
But if you to tell them the power button is acting up then they won't be able to reproduce it
I told them several problems. Bad power button, drop calls, slow wifi. Poor signal.
Will not having AWS be that big of a deal assuming T-Mobile ups its game in getting lte towers up?
Or would it be better to play it safe? I'm using a nexus and I'm consistently getting hspa in my area. I just want the iPhone for the lte.
Or would it be better to play it safe? I'm using a nexus and I'm consistently getting hspa in my area. I just want the iPhone for the lte.
If you root your nexus 4 you can install tweak for LTE. And so far tmobile only has reframed areas in major cities, there are still a lot of areas without the reframe.
Eh I don't plan on rooting I mean I still would like to own an iPhone (never really owned one) and the LTE was all I was waiting for before buying one.
What do you mean by reframed?
I live in the San Diego area and I'm doing great right now. The most I'll travel is up to LA and it's still pretty good.
I recently took a trip to Las Vegas and during the drive up it would jump between EDGE and HASPA but once in Vegas I got HSPA no problem.
I mean would this be a huge deal to me not having it?
I plan on still giving it a shoot though but when I do get the phone what would I tell them? (again this will be my first iPhone)
I mean if I go what would I tell em? Complain about power button issue? Or would I complain about the dropped calls and inconsistent signals?
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Please do! I might have to copy your gameplay
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Lol I might see you then, I also scheduled mine for Saturday.. that depends on which Seattle Apple store you'll be haha. I'm really hoping I can get an AWS so I can switch to T-mobile asap.
I'm gonna go to the one in south center most likely unless I'm driving by Tacoma and go to Tacoma mall then I would try to reserve for Tacoma mall one
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Eh I don't plan on rooting I mean I still would like to own an iPhone (never really owned one) and the LTE was all I was waiting for before buying one.
What do you mean by reframed?
I live in the San Diego area and I'm doing great right now. The most I'll travel is up to LA and it's still pretty good.
I recently took a trip to Las Vegas and during the drive up it would jump between EDGE and HASPA but once in Vegas I got HSPA no problem.
I mean would this be a huge deal to me not having it?
I plan on still giving it a shoot though but when I do get the phone what would I tell them? (again this will be my first iPhone)
I mean if I go what would I tell em? Complain about power button issue? Or would I complain about the dropped calls and inconsistent signals?
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Please do! I might have to copy your gameplay
By reframe I mean hspa 21 on their 1900mhz pcs band and most likely if your area didn't get reframed yet it probably won't be getting LTE till sometime in 2014
Wow, after being on Edge for the past 5 years, all i can say is gettibg 4G is amazing... Foget jailbreak.
Did u have an unlocked one before you got this one? And the areas where you got edge you get 4G?
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Basically what I did. Getting rid of Edge was worth losing my jailbreak. Hopefully a new jailbreak will come out with the next iOS release **fingers crossed!** Then I'll have the best of both worlds. 4G, LTE and Jailbreak!!!
Yeah I'm probably just going to switch too thanks you guys
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What should I tell them is wrong ? Should I say battery life and lockscreen button and slow wifi
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Well I got impatient and decided to make an appointment and stop by the Apple store at Lynnwood earlier this morning, and they swapped it instantly with serial number ending with FH1F (White 32GB iPhone 5). I told them I was having some Wifi issues, that it was slow on downloading huge files even if my friend's iPhone wasn't experiencing it; performed restore and have latest iOS then he just replaced it.
Yes it is. Good luck in swapping yours, shouldn't be that hard based on my experience earlier.
Yup I think its all about the genius you get, and just wondering since you drive in lynwood which is close to bellevue have you ever gotten LTE in bellevue yet?
