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Software update now rolling out for unlocked iPhone units enabling LTE on T-Mobile

jediistar

jediistar

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I hate to self-promote my own site, but I felt this was a worthy post to let everyone on T-Mobile know this update is rolling out right now:

http://www.tmonews.com/2013/04/carr...isual-voicemail-for-unlocked-iphone-5-models/

T-Mobile Carrier Update

Version

  • iOS software version 6.1
  • Updated 4/05/2013
  • Available to all eligible iPhones using a T-Mobile SIM card

Features

Enables the following:

  • Visual Voicemail
  • 4G network indicator
  • Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)
  • AWS LTE (T-Mobile and officially unlocked AT&T iPhone 5 only)
  • HD Voice (T-Mobile and officially unlocked AT&T iPhone 5 only)
  • AWS HSPA+ (T-Mobile and new 2013 AT&T iPhone 5 only)

Auto configures:

  • MMS Settings
  • Personal Hotspot Settings (Smartphone Mobile Hotspot)
  • APN settings for LTE connectivity

My Account bookmark

Improvements

Battery life (result of network/device optimization)

Prerequisites
  • T-Mobile iPhone or any officially unlocked GSM iPhone
  • Latest iOS software version
  • Device software is not jailbroken
  • 50% battery life or connected to a power source
  • Data connection or a computer with iTunes and internet access
  • Minimum of 1 MB available memory (File size of update is ~10 KB)
 
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Diseal3 said:
Meaning the new revised iPhone that was changed for AT&T as well.
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Ugh... Well I hope maybe the dev team will find a way to flash the new baseband or something. That's frustrating to be screwed over as an early adopter (again!)....
 
Diseal3 said:
Meaning the new revised iPhone that was changed for AT&T as well.
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Bingo:D
Not on the old iphone 5 models.
Only on the new ones released after April 12.

mossme89 said:
Ugh... Well I hope maybe the dev team will find a way to flash the new baseband or something. That's frustrating to be screwed over as an early adopter (again!)....
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You will be waiting for a very long time.
Its not something that they can unlock or rewrite the code inside the chip to access more bands.
It can only be done during manufacturing.
 
I wonder if a 3rd party unlock is considered "officially" unlocked (I bought an unlock code off of eBay). Also, I wouldn't consider early adopters "screwed" it's a hardware limitation that we knew of since the beginning; and I certainly wouldn't buy a new iPhone later this month with the potential 'newer' model a few months away.
 
J4B3 said:
I wonder if a 3rd party unlock is considered "officially" unlocked (I bought an unlock code off of eBay). Also, I wouldn't consider early adopters "screwed" it's a hardware limitation that we knew of since the beginning; and I certainly wouldn't buy a new iPhone later this month with the potential 'newer' model a few months away.
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No, it's literally the exact same phone, one just with it enabled from the factory.
 
Probably won't know until it hits the streets later this month but what does this mean for Applecare replacements? If I walk in with an older iPhone running on T-Mobile would they swap it with an older locked At&T model or a newer T-Mo/At&t model?
 
J4B3 said:
Probably won't know until it hits the streets later this month but what does this mean for Applecare replacements? If I walk in with a T-mobile iPhone would they swap it with an older locked model or a newer T-Mo model?
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Apple is discontinuing the older iPhone 5 model and replacing it with the T-Mobile one. This includes AT&T as well.
 
Even though I'm pretty sure this is gonna be a server switch from Apple's back end to enable AWS HSPA+ with the new IP5s after April 12.

Can someone upload the T-Mobile Carrier Update IPCC file?
 
Question about this prerequisite:
Device software is not jailbroken
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This only applies to the ability to recieve the OTA and not the ability to apply it via iTunes during a sync, correct?
 
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