I left T-Mobile almost a year ago, and I have been wondering if their service has improved since then. Once I update my 12 Pro Max to 14.5 or higher, then I’ll take advantage of this.
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You Can Now Test T-Mobile's Network Using an App and eSIM
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I'm trying it. So far it's exactly the same as AT&T. Lol. But I figured I'd try it around a number of areas I frequent. I've had AT&T for over a decade, ever since I got my first iPhone. So might as well see what the other options are like.
This was my experience when I had both AT&T and TMobile SIM cards installed on a OnePlus phone a few years ago. Traveled through NJ, eastern PA, CT, MA, NH, and ME. In those areas I generally found both services equal.
We’ve stayed with AT&T since about 2008 due to an old employer discount I still get plus the decent international roaming since we travel a bit, or did until last year.
Now we’re looking to possibly switch. TMobile and Consumer Cellular are the ones we’re looking at. I’m leaning more toward TMobile because we expect to resume traveling, but the idea I could use either ATT or TMobile networks at a cheaper price with Consumer Cellular has me still undecided.
I was trying to figure out how to make a call on the secondary line, not like you can go into the phone app and press on a contact and choose call with a number.
so I turned off my primary and then it let me call with the secondary but after I was done I turned on my primary and iMessage was all messed up for a little bit, alarmed me like it was erasing data but it all came back.
so I turned off my primary and then it let me call with the secondary but after I was done I turned on my primary and iMessage was all messed up for a little bit, alarmed me like it was erasing data but it all came back.
I remember when I tried T-Mobile many years ago when Cingular was becoming ATT and I didn’t want any part of that. TMobile couldn’t set up the phone in their store because the signal was so bad, so we stepped outside. Then I took it to the parking garage and had no signal, then at home had no signal so returned it the next day. So ended up just going with ATT anyway.
They’ll also charge you a fee to upgrade in store. I did everything online to avoid that fee.
T-Mobile signal and data speeds literally varies every block. I left and went to Verizon for that reason two years ago. I have been trying the trial on my esim for 4 days now and it is still the same.🤦♂️
What a fantastic program! I’ll definitely use this next time I go for a road trip so I can really put their network through the paces. Haven’t been a TMobile customer since 2005 but loved their customer service (network back then not so much).
Likely using a feature where t-mo can get two flags per device, even across device wipes and apple id changes. One flag would be 'test drive initiated', so once they set that Apple will tattle on that sort of plan
The feature was added back in the day at request of Uber (who was doing a bunch of device tracking nonsense to try to prevent people from redeeming the new driver promo multiple times)
Running it on my 2018 11” Pro now. Good news is the app works seamlessly and setup was super simple.
Bad news is performance is a joke. I’ve got two bars and pulling 33 down/2.7 up. With AT&T I get 73 down/18 up. I like that they’re doing this but in my case it just confirmed I’m clearly with the right carrier for my area.
Bad news is performance is a joke. I’ve got two bars and pulling 33 down/2.7 up. With AT&T I get 73 down/18 up. I like that they’re doing this but in my case it just confirmed I’m clearly with the right carrier for my area.
This is also good for T-mobile. They don't want an unhappy customer who isn't going to stay with them long and badmouth the company to others.
May have to try this. Sprint messaged me awhile back about changing out my Sprint sim card and get a T-mobile one.
I'm not ready to do that yet. Last year I took one of my older iPhones and put a T-Mobile card in it. The coverage sucked out loud. Virtually no signal both at home and at work. I literally had to go outside and well into my back yard just to get any sort of service at all.
So at least this way I can try it again via that e-sim. Hope it has improved since the last time I tried T-Mobile out.
I'm not ready to do that yet. Last year I took one of my older iPhones and put a T-Mobile card in it. The coverage sucked out loud. Virtually no signal both at home and at work. I literally had to go outside and well into my back yard just to get any sort of service at all.
So at least this way I can try it again via that e-sim. Hope it has improved since the last time I tried T-Mobile out.
It's pretty solid in LA metro, or at least it was five years ago. I can't imagine it has gotten worse. As far as 5G, can't comment, though my friend uses them and is happy.
As far as the discount, couldn't say that either. My wife has corporate lines with ATT that I am pretty sure nobody can touch. We pay something like $60 for 5 lines before taxes/fees so as much as we liked TMO we couldnt justify it. As an aside, TMO and ATT out here in new england are virtually identical in service, dead spots, etc.
I found that in vermont, I was roaming on ATT's network with tmobile for quite a ways, though everywhere else we went it was virtually the same.
Yanks will buy more maple syrup with the savings. Canada’s economy will boom!
Maybe I'm not understanding what you're saying here, but you can assign ringtones to individual contacts - just Edit the contact and there's a Ringtone field. Or was the OP referring to assigning different ringtones to the same contact depending on which SIM the call is coming through on?