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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Da Kine:
We all just have have to play the waiting game for now. Hopefully our t999s' have LTE capabilities, it'll give me another reason to keep my S3 a little bit longer lol.

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EtherealRemnant:
Considering that nobody has gotten LTE on unlocked T999s through at&t, I think its safe to say that our SoC is an 8260A, especially given that we have DC-HSPA+ 42 while at&t's version has 21...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
I dont understand what the confusion is about. See below.

http://www.tmonews.com/2013/02/upco...e-hotspot-blackerry-z10-and-galaxy-s-iii-lte/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scooter247:
Well if your no a tmobile handset it is still running with tmobiles modem so it would not have lte active on it if that is all that is need.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EtherealRemnant:
You're missing the point. The hardware is different between the two... you can even see that in spec sheets - the at&t version does NOT have 42Mbps DC-HSPA+, it has 21Mbps but at&t has an LTE network so they didn't have a need for DC-HSPA+...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidcactus:
tmobile galaxy s3 lte confirmed????

its interesting. So this morning after reading on tmo news that lte will launch in my city march 26th, I chatted online with tmob about my galaxy s3/lte yes or no? Will it get LTE

They told me that

"Here are the bands for LTE: Band I and Band XVII.

I can see on the specs of ur phone that it supports Band I, this means u are able to connect and use LTE coverage."

band 1,2,4,5 is mentioned in the tech specs they sent me via email for my phone. Band 1 says on (2100)

ok...other people are much more knowledgeable about the radios etc but wanted to throw this out there to get some feedback.

I asked whether we would need a software update (mine does have the lte listed in mobile networks settings)

When i bought my phone (on ebay) I had gone into the tmob store and talked to the manager. He said YES if you get a S3 it WILL get lte. just needs a software update.

So i'll leave it at that and look for your feedback on what your saying. I understand that employees could be wrong.

One thing I would pose as well, if we get wrong info, and purchase a phone based on that info, do we have any recourse?

Is it possible that the new Gs3 LTE tmob is just a rebrand to stress lte connectivity? I know many said why would people buy that phone when you can get an S4, but people still buy the s2 currently because of the price point.

thx for taking the time to read this and I look forward to your responses.

regards
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nviz22:
We will not get LTE. T-Mobile is lying. The current S3 only has HSPA+. Contact Qualcomm to reaffirm that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] m69k69:
I talked to a manager at the tmobile store. He told me that the blue S3 will not get lte, because it was the first generation phone and does not have the hardware. However the white s3 is different and will support lte after a software update.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Ellises:
Now that is interesting, i wouldn't think there would be a difference between phones with the same model IDs.

The only way to confirm this is to find tear downs of the blue, and the white t999s, and cross reference the chips.

But all I can find is teardowns of the international (http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+S+III+Teardown/9391/1) and the blue T999 (http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cr...-to-fix-display/666?tag=content;siu-container), and i'm not about to tear down my phone.

In my opinion I don't think we're going to get lte support, mostly because in my experience I have owned several android phones (since the first G1 android phone.) and even through HTC sucked in customer relations (no idea about Samsung), but it was mostly the carriers fault, once a phone came out, and a few updates afterwards, once 6 months seemed to have passed, the phone was no longer supported.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
OK we just wait and see instead of throwing random opinions out there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidcactus:
from reading the various opinions on this forum and other places online. It appears that people continue to receive possibly really misleading information. Or the xda community is completely wrong. The latter I find hard to believe because of all the cited reasons and such.

I myself have been told six ways to sunday that my device WILL get lte by online chat, phone call, at the store etc.

So this begs the question. What is my(our) recourse? I only bought the phone because it was "future proof" ie lte ready. While many on here point to a why bother view because the s4 will be coming out. I actually keep my phones for a while. Previously I had a nexus s which wasn't even 4g until november/early december of last year. I think with tmobile's lower unlimited plans, you make hay when you have a deviced thats fully paid for and then at some point sell that device and get the latest and greatest

So based upon potentially bad info from tmob, what can I do if in fact (as speculated here) the device I purchased because tmob said it would receive LTE is not the case? Was tmobile just saying it would to make sales? Were they truly mis informed?

Thoughts?????

If it has been known all along that the s3 will never get lte, that would speak very poorly of tmobile's training i suppose right?

But what can someone do who has received (if turns out like many of you are expecting) bad info?

love to get some input on this.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
Like ive said before from previous experience. Dont take what the reps. say. Most reps dont get traning on everything. Let alone future features of a phone. Like thebvibrant before when they continuously said it would get 4g or a certain update, it never did. And the sgs2 that reps kept telling me would get jb. Prob not going to happen. Why would they say no. It woukd cause prople to get mad and ask for credits, refund, cancellations. They try to preveny that even if it meabs throwing out blanket false statements. Imo at least. Also they most ljkely all would be saying yes to lte since the release of the lte version is comibg out soon. Theyd rather wait until it comes out abd THEN say, " sorry your model doesnt actually offer lte due to hardware differences, woukd you like to upgrade"... that is a more likely scenario. Im still waiting though till that day. Not trying to prove a point but put some logic inyo this situation.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidcactus:
I hear what your saying about not believing answer we get from reps. But I believe if it is a rampant problem of misinformation, lack of training, lack of interest from employees in the products...it points to an organizational problem.

Maybe John Legere with the un carrier strategy can turn things around.

But I don't like nor accept that rampant misinformation can be disseminated by a company and them just walk away and say sorry.

When I was on the chat the other day, multiple times the rep explained they had to check their resources..Manager level in a store tells me the same thing.

As many have said we will see this week who is right or wrong. Or rather, whether Tmobs answers were correct.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] wellsey1126:
So i read this and now im confused if the s3 will get lte.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
I completely agree. I think overall the us markets get screwed because of their differences, unlike the international market where they are all gsm.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidcactus:
so they must have an advanced copy of the s4 as its not out yet? Is interesting though that you found that.

if you look at my post on page 10--i've been told that the gs3 has band I which will receive lte signal.

question is, come march 26th, how will i know? will all of a sudden an lte icon appear??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
No. Most likely you'll need to upgrade to an lte capable sim card like when they upgraded their system to their new WiFi calling and you needed a new sim.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mojorisin7178:
I know that talking with customer care can be taken with a grain of salt. I just got off chat about my note 2 and lte It is now LTE capable but not where I am on Long island so I will be taking a train ride to the city just to check out the lte speeds but I also asked if the sgs3 would get it and they say yes even though there is a relaunch of the sgs3 existing customers that have it will get it through software update just like the note2. He seemed prety sure and knowlageable. What I cant understand is if they were going to leave out the lte modem on this phone why wouldnt they make it more like the internatinal version and put a quad core with 1 gig? It doesnt make any sence to me what so ever. I think that they would not change the specs because of that. Then they would have to modify just for tmobile. If they were going to do that then they should have put a quad core. Basically the tmo version would be the same as the international one and probally would have made things easier. So if they knew that lte was a possibility then why not leave it as an option. Also does anyone know what they did with the note2 as far a sthe fcc is concerened? Because the note2 came with lte just not enabled so how did they market the tmo note2? As a lte device? or a gsm device? I think it was marketed as a lte device but I'm not sure.

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What about the black s3 mine is not white or pebble blue. I got it about a month ago. It is black in the front and silver color and smokey blackish for the back cover and the back has a mirror effect. Maybe mine is different than others I actually asked about the pebble blue and they said that they ran out and the newest shipment had this one. It came from the factory with the latest jb. Again I guess we will have to wait and see. I will be taking a trip into the city where tmo has lte on and I am going to take my spiderwebbed note2 and my s3 so I will find out soon enough. All though I dont think that the lte modem is enabled yet in the s3 But I will let you know what I find.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Five0nIt:
There referencing the "new s3" with lte support that tmo will sell.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blah_blah_blah_blah:
Sorry if im posting in the wrong place but Why does it say it has a samsung m2_att processor? :confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidcactus:
I hope the S3 will have lte--question is. Where is the software update then???????
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djtheraven:
All this states is that there will be a new lte s3 coming out in March 28....so that answers all the questions...we will not be getting lte for current s3...you will have to get the new s3 lte
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
I wonder how they're going to deal with pissed off customers. I'm hoping they do a free upgrade or charge a minimalfee upgrade fee.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rcsrich:
Don't count on it- I have full faith that T-Mo will screw those of us with the original S3. What's that Mr. customer, you want LTE? Why just wait till your contract is up in 2 years & buy the new LTE S3 for $200. Oh, but wait- the S4 will be out by then. Or S5- who knows. Or, we'll be happy to upgrade you today for the low price of full retail! Grrrrrr.....:mad:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
This is where I say bravo to apple for how loyal they are to customer and upgrades. If Samsung wants to keep pushing out variants like Apple is doing, then they should offer some kind of trade in or credit option for loyal Samsung customers . But that's a big dream since I don't think carriers would be to happy about that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rcsrich:
Or even if Samsung could have just a

little

foresight and ship the different version of their phones with LTE in anticipation of it coming on line in more markets. Course, I don't know what the arrangements between T-Mo & Sammy are for the S3- I guess T-Mo could have requested a phone without LTE to make a few extra bucks (charge the same subsidized price as other carriers but get the phone from Sammy for a little less).

Whatever the case, it's G-damn frustrating.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Ksunnyv1011:
They didn't even charge less, they charged more for their S3 variant than other carriers.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SeaFractor:
DC-HSPA+ will also be receiving an upgrade along with the LTE work.

This means that more of you may be able to get closer to the theoretical 41+ Mbps download in regions with LTE service.

While it would be great to get LTE for free, I'm not dissatisfied with the performance of my S3 in the Seattle area.

Will NetFlix and other services appear any different? NO, same high rez as I currently view.

Will movie content I purchase download quicker? Yes, but I still won't be able to save it to the microSD card, so meh!

I'd be far more excited about an upgrade that allows me to use the microSD card without root than LTE providing more bandwidth.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] androidcactus:
what do you mean for free? not having to buy another phone?

My issue is that I was told multiple times PRIOR to me buying a phone (sg3) that it was going to be able to get LTE.

If it wasn't, fine. Tell me that and I can decide from there what I want to do. I only bought mine like first week of December.

was told note 2 and sg3 were only 2 on tmobile that would be getting lte.

Now if they say, whoops sorry, thats not gonna sit well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rcsrich:
Exactly. ;)

I believe one of the main reasons T-Mo hasn't carried the iPhone to date is their unwillingness to hand most of the profit to Apple. Maybe it's because they are a smaller carrier, but they seem to look for bigger margins on their handsets than many of the larger carriers...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Ksunnyv1011:
Their very stingy with their money haha. Hopefully if we don't get LTE then they will offer something to customers.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blah_blah_blah_blah:
I came across this on tmobile website :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vikramdhani:
Now I hope that is correct
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nviz22:
How do we know that's not the T999L? Could the the T999L be the refresh Samsung had in mind with the better battery and screen?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
That's the million dollar question. We don't know. Some people say we can't because of hardware issues and some say a software update will fix it. Isn't tmobile having some big news today the 26th? Think they turn on lte in the selected cities.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nviz22:
But it it was via software update, shouldn't it have been out by now? I mean the Note 2 got the update last week. Definitely a case of false advertising. Maybe something to say when asking for a refund?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dano79:
LTE is working in some states but there is only a few phones picking it up; note 2 the new crackberry and rooted nexus 4s no S3 from what I was reading on google+
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] spursrchamps2007:
Just jumping in on this. I just joined Tmob last week and grabbed an s3. One person told me it would be software upgradeable to lte another person in cust service said it can't because the hardware doesn't allow it. I was with verizon with the crapbolt and ran a speed test comparing their lte to tmobs 4g yesterday and today. The most I ever saw was a 5.5mb/sec difference between the two, and on average it was only a difference around 4 megs. As far as streaming goes though with my laptop wirelessy tethered I didn't notice a difference between the two networks. If anything actually Tmob was converting shows into HD faster and was staying more stable then verizon's lte. Am I saying that I wouldn't want LTE, no. I'm just saying speed wise it really isn't that huge of a difference.

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Found this just now comparing phones through their discounted rates programs. This would be the phone we all bought before this week.

One of those is the 32 gb, the note 2 is in then middle, and the other one is the 16g, s3. Sorry looks like according to this no LTE support.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Ksunnyv1011:
Since T-Mobile is detailing upcoming devices with LTE. And they listed the GS3 LTE as one of those devices. Our device is not going to be getting LTE then.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Reviewers:
The T-Mobile variant of the Galaxy S III has no LTE support.

T-Mobile will be releasing a Galaxy S III LTE 4G variant though most likely.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zander21510:
Wish I was at my parent's house in Houston, I could try to pick up some LTE...It's just a matter of time now I guess to find out. Hopefully someone in the launch markets will pick it up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
I'm in Phoenix, AZ and we're listed to be getting LTE and I haven't noticed a change in anything yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
I'm in southeast Houston and nothing.. My sister who lives 20 mins from me is able to pick up lte on her note 2.. If this phone even supports lte I think we should get an update before we see anything like the note 2.. Would be nice but I highly doubt it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] adj5064:
T-Mobile it just beginning to fire up its lte network, no real coverage its available at this time,but galaxy s3,note2,and htc one most likely to receive a software update to enable LTE.this devices are lte built-in by default its just disabled.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
lol this thread is just going in circles. I suggest everyone save their documents, web pages or even have your calls to Tmobile noted so maybe you can use those as leverage when the T999L is released. I'm really hoping I'm wrong in this one as I would hate to have to upgrade to a slight variant of the same phone just to get LTE.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vikramdhani:
I know this phone will not get the LTE but will the LTE roll out help with the 4G speeds or no?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
I don't know for sure. But I know my 4g has gone way down from 8 to about 2mbps at my home in San Jose which is one of the cities that's been announced with LTE. So I think the opposite based on what I'm seeing. I'm hoping this isn't permanent.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] asteven23:
T-Mobile LTE ACTIVE IN HOUSTON TEXAS
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
One X? And expect some weird calls or texts lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] asteven23:
Also I had to download a app to switch the phone to lte/wcdma/gsm and go in airplane mode and boom signal other wise your phone will be in wcdma preferred and will not use the LTE towers my s3 is working will post screen later
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iDylan1357:
After seeing the speeds on the iPhone 5 LTE, I REALLY hope they let us regular S3 customers upgrade to the LTE version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] clninja:
Think about how many s3 phones have been sold... You guys are absolutely off your rockers if you think Tmobile is going to switch those phones out for an lte galaxy s3 for you. Save all the documents and whatever you want but its not going to happen. What are you going to do about it? Switch to another carrier and pay more per month and spend more on that companies lte phone than you would to upgrade to a Tmobile lte phone? They have all of the leverage, not you.

The most you will be able to get offered is $180 trade in to give them your s3.

You think they offered anyone who bought the note 1 that was sold for a month then dropped a deal on the note 2 when it came out? No...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Paso876:
Would they really sell the brand new, just released t999L for the same price as the "old-ish" t999 though???? That picture might be a ray of hope; or Tmo is really taking us for fools!

Sent from me...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] truckerdewd:
What it comes down to plain and simple is money. They don't give a damn about us, especially if we are current customers, they would rather get new customers onto the network. I can guarantee that price is for new customers, not current customers.

Sent from my wickedly awesome Galaxy S3 using my fingers. Duh!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
Mad much?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nviz22:
T-Mobile is such a lousy company. I got a phone with a bad IMEI as a warranty replacement for the S3 on 3/21/13. After 3 unblock requests, still my phone is blocked. They said they would replace it after the third failure and they want me to send my device first and wait 2-3 weeks for another one especially a shortage of the Blue S3's. I am prepaid and they couldn't give a hoot about me or other prepaid people. I told them you send first or give me my money back for the phone and service. Lousier than Google's service with the Nexus 7 in my case if you ask me. Don't expect any favors from T-Mobile because they will treat you like crap, or just a #. They scammed us but not the Note 2 users. Inconsistency. Gotta love how they are primed to take the market by storm but cannot take care of their current customers. They really need to redo the entire warranty process for prepaid people. I think I might go to Metro PCS and grab their LTE S3.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vikramdhani:
Damn I will check mine as well since I live in San Jose as well
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dano79:
I agree no cell phone company would ever let you trade a old device in for a new one its a marketing ploy done by tmobile to boost sales. I really dont care about LTE im happy with the 14 to 20 megs down I get at home. I just know my next phone will be LTE ready and maybe LTE coverage will be available by then in my area which is a whole other story.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lnjryan:
Our S3's DO NOT have LTE capability. Check this out

http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...phones_won_t_work_with_T_Mobile_s_LTE_network
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nviz22:
It said it still has support though. Just gotta remove the T-Mobile lock that is all. We are here on XDA, no better place than here to get that done.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rcsrich:
That seems to be the point of conjecture, right? If the LTE radio is there but just disabled, there ought to be a way to enable it. If the LTE radio isn't there, it isn't there.

Don't know if I would really use its full capability often, but it would still be nice to have the option to use LTE. I think it would give the S3 a brighter future too and keep prices for used handsets higher once most carriers have switched over to LTE.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
I'm sure this was already posted, but while I was paying my bill just now I ran across the support document directly on their page..

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5626

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Just started searching documents on their site and ran across this one, which sparks some interest to me...

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5627
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
We will not get LTE. Period. Yes the 2100 band is supported on our device, however, that is a GSM band NOT an LTE band. Two different services. Sad i know. WOuld be cool if we could get it but because of hardware we will not. However, contract expires in a year, Galaxy S4 should be on T-Mobile by then, and in my hands as well :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Mine ends in 2014 :( I bought my S3 on contract on the first wave of release (during limited market release only).

Really pisses me off that they release the S3 (supposedly an innovation) WITHOUT LTE support and then plan to release an LTE capable version as they roll out their LTE network. Really disappointing.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
Oh the strategies of marketing ;) And yeah mine ends in 2014 as well. But i really love my Galaxy S3 so i am not too eager to get the S4, however, the specs look freaking amazing.