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[General Topics] wideasleep1:
No. AFAIK, porting a number shuts down your account at all carriers.
[General Topics] sbenson1226:
Because for me in particular, I've had the same cell number for 13 years and Google Voice will not accept my area code for porting.

Until Google finally, if ever accepts my number, I'm stuck.

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Where do I find the Visual Voicemail?
[General Topics] BirchBarlow:
T-Mobile Visual Voicemail .apk
[General Topics] Zainiak:
I've got a slightly related question. If sprint buys tmobile, do we get to take advantage of sprint's network as well?
[General Topics] Joshmccullough:
I keep getting a message saying that the Visual Voicemail won't work, that I need to call T-Mobile....I tried the sms tips found in that forum, but no dice. Anyone else have this problem/able to get around it?
[General Topics] paperWastage:
depends who you ask

2G/3G/voice? Sprint uses CDMA and T-mobile uses GSM. not compatible.

however, devices like nexus 5 have both CDMA and GSM parts, maybe we could switch b/w CDMA and GSM networks seamlessly? (highly unlikely, too complicated and think nexus 5 only has 1 antenna)

LTE? probably, if the device supports it. remember that there are so many LTE bands

wimax? um, okay sprint... continue disassembling it
[General Topics] markdapimp:
hopefully john legere wont let this happen!

Looks like it wont ;)

https://vine.co/v/h09jjgmMxUd
[General Topics] rockingondrums:
2G in my area was bad. Couldn't do anything unless it was mostly handling text. Vectors on Google maps wouldn't load, search results timed out a couple of times... Speeds were less than 30kb/s for me.

I changed to the $70 plan on month 2
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Tonight i saw my 1 Bar Edge turn into 3 bars LTE here @ Maui,HI

I guess this is T-Mobile's Gift to us people living on the pacific ocean in the middle of nowhere. thanks T-mobile!!

Looks like there adjusting it also since its going from 1-5 Bars fluctuating.

BTW On the 30$ Plan
[General Topics] trsix:
please nooo

Liking my T-Mobile and plan sprint will #%-+ it up!
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
If the merger goes through they would obviously have to maintain the GSM and CDMA networks for a long time because of current customers. Long term everything will go voLTE.

Hopefully the merger will get blocked, because you can probably kiss your $30 plan goodbye . I don't use t-mobile, but I like what they are doing to shake up the other big 3 and bring down prices for everyone.
[General Topics] eyeconic:
Then go SimpleMobile - T-Mobile network, all you can eat for $40
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
At that point spend $5 more and get on Straighttalk which with the AT&T network. The AT&T LTE coverage is much better than T-mobile, especially inside buildings.
[General Topics] scottjb:
This depends on where you are, it's not true for everyone. T-Mobile's LTE works in parts of my house, AT&T phones are usually paper weights in my house.
[General Topics] niv3d:
Oh wow! Really? But does this include inside buildings?
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
Don't rule out Sprint either if you need unlimited data. While their network used to completely suck, Sprint has been completely rebuilding it over the past few years and their LTE speeds are impressive, especially where Spark is enabled.
[General Topics] BirchBarlow:
Absolutely. Even my apartment which gets marginal reception with AT&T.
[General Topics] markdapimp:
I was sitting @ mcdonalds (Paid with Tap to pay google wallet of course) then LTE Popped up in Maui,HI it looks like the entire island is lit up now and blanketed with LTE, it seems they are tweaking it as speed fluctuates and sometimes data doesn't work @ all, Overall solid

This was done with 1 Bar inside the fast food restaurant, Imagine if i had full?

T-Mobile for the win!

used to be sh$T here at maui now i'm seeing working progress
[General Topics] BirchBarlow:
While T-Mobile's network isn't as robust as Verizon or AT&T, they're definitely expanding it and it seems like when coverage is good, data speeds are generally faster.
[General Topics] Nnyan:
If you don't travel too much outside T-M areas its a great provider. Like others have said the bands they use don't penetrate inside buildings as well but there are exceptions (ex: I found several areas where the T-M had a better signal inside then AT&T or Verizon but based on tower maps I think it was b/c I was very close to a T-M tower.). But I have also seen a weaker AT&T signal penetrate inside a large building where a stronger T-M signal will not so who knows. I will try out T-M for another 2 months or so before I decide (and stop carrying 3 phones all the time!).
[General Topics] Daps:
Gave my son his Nexus 5 today for Christmas and got the $30 plan activated. So far so good.

He's been on that thing all day. He said he's not worried about the 100 mins. He mostly texts and I believe it. He does have Google Voice setup.

The real test will be when school starts back and if he gets a good signal at school. If so I think everything else will be ok if not then I guess it's off to StraightTalk
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Pretty simple. Tell him you'll pay the $30 Tmo bill, but if he can't stay well within it's guidelines (10 cents/min ain't *that* bad...) and needs StraightTalk, he's on his own. ;)
[General Topics] Joshmccullough:
I've got to ask: how was he able to get Google Voice active on the $30 prepaid plan? I've been told by T-Mobile it can't be done, but I've seen on the forums that some have been able to get it working, some haven't.

Oh, and btw: N5 for Christmas? You're an awesome parent :)
[General Topics] TiltedAz:
More talks about a T-Mobile buyout. We may be looking for the next best prepaid plan if something finally comes to fruition...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101296106
[General Topics] Daps:
I'm not worried about him going over on talk time. He uses text the most. I also don't have my card setup to autopay so if he goes over minutes that part won't function.

Also he doesn't have a job. I'm fine with that I rather he focus on his school. He's an A/B student, on the baseball team, does music production for some of the school wanna be rappers & R&B singers hahah and does volunteer work. Helped feed the homeless over the holidays. He's a go get'er around the house, when something needs to be cleaned or taken care of so if he did some how go over his talk minutes I wouldn't worry about it. He's good kid

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Well he had a StraightTalk phone before it finally broke and had got a GV number for it so maybe that's how he's got it on TMo.

Thanks. He's an awesome son. I'm still on an iPhone4 and asked him if he wanted to trade. You can guess how that went. He loves it. It sure is nice from my playing with it. It definitely sucks looking at my little iphone screen after playing with his for a while. Think I'll order me one sometime next month.

Daddy got some other stuff he wants to buy first though
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Speed test galore

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Your move Verizon

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Verizon : oh dam never mind..

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I have no idea what to do with 5gb so I found the tower and stood right under it annnd got this.
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
Sprint tri-band LTE speeds test, unlimited data, no throttling.
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Would you like to see Sprints 3G here in hawaii xD?

we have been waiting for NV for ages.
[General Topics] tjl_48:
Exactly. My LTE coverage sucked with sprint and I believe with 3g I was getting like 50kb down. I'm loving T-Mobile and between to lines saving 100 bucks a month.
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Ahhh memories

Oh wait it still exists today.

That speedtest above

For many many many years sprint has neglected the load capacity on their cell towers and most of them still operate on T1 Lines

some sites are fully equipped with Network Vision LTE but don't have the backhaul yet, T-Mobile however has already invested back into the future sort of like they time traveled anyways they invested in Fiber before Sprint did. so all T-mobile did was slap on their new panels on cell sites and it was ready to roll. While sprint is still doing NV and waiting for backhaul

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Update : I just noticed this. There seems to be 100 mb free tethering

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How ironic I got a free Pandora 1 trail from sprint.. I'll bash them less now..
[General Topics] dmeadows013:
On the 70$ unlimited everything plan and couldn't be happier. Just switched from Verizon today and have no regrets
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Nice to see you on the T-Mobile Nexus 5 Side Dmeadows...
[General Topics] dmeadows013:
Yep. Got my nexus yesterday and switched over to T-Mobile today. My HSPA speeds are faster than what I had on Verizon's LTE
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Had no signal @ my house they were recommending me a Cell-Fi or whatever that is, i said ill think about it then 2 days later i got a call back from T-Mobile saying they sent the engineers to adjust the tower, 1 week later i now have service in my house (3 Bars LTE) where before it was previously edge

T-Mobile wins :)
[General Topics] dmeadows013:
Lol yeah it's great.
[General Topics] slowpok22:
How do I add minutes to this plan? When I tried to do it on the website it just lowered my scheduled renew, added $10 and it changed my renew to $22 and some change.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Been said many times... Minutes over 100 are simply charged 10 cents per..keep a few bucks in your account for those occasions.
[General Topics] slowpok22:
When ever I try and add funds they treat it like partial payment on my monthly payment, doesn't give me a choice to just add funds, and it won't let anyone call me. They send me text to upgrade to unlimited :(

Just added $20 and still no one can call me, what a pain in the arse.
[General Topics] Letitride:
Just call 611 or CS, it's a free call or you can call them 1-877-453-1304 from another line, live CS from 3 AM to 10 PM daily, Pacific Time to review your account status & fix any issues.

Here's a screenshot of what My T-Mobile Account looks like on ours - as long as there is a balance and your 100 included minutes had been used up, it should debit or charge against the remaining/available funds in your account. To renew it at the next refill date, you just need to make sure you have at least $30 avaiable & the T-Mo System will do the rest. Once that's done, you will get a SMS of the renewal & the next refill date.

For example, I have a balance of $17.10 remaining or 171 additional minutes at 10 cents/min. that can be deducted. For the previous 30 days cycle, I went over at 29 minutes so $2.90 were taken - with a starting balance of $20 initially.
[General Topics] sciguy125:
I just downloaded the T-Mobile My Account app and it says I have 100mb of tether data on this plan. Does anyone else see this? I haven't been able to actually try tethering, so I don't know why it says I've used 2mb
[General Topics] markdapimp:
I posted this also a while back I guess no one gives a sh#t because it's only 100mb
[General Topics] Infinity03:
It says there is 100mb of tethering but it doesn't work, just takes you to the T-Mobile login page.
[General Topics] :
I've seen it reported that it's on a case by case basis with the free tethering. Certainly no go for me right now.

Anyone else noticing weird discrepancies between Android's data usage tracking and T-Mobile's? For the first half of my billing cycle, the system data usage was higher by about 100MB, and now it's lower by a similar amount. In any event, overall happy with this minus some radio disconnect problems that seem to be model-based.
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Just for shtz and giggles T-Mobile edge.. Faster than sprints 3g.
[General Topics] jeremykersh:
lol
[General Topics] FuMMoD:
What's that in kBps?
[General Topics] :
Certainly not in my area by a long shot. To be fair, Sprint has been quietly testing LTE in my area for half a year now, so I'm not surprised that their 3G is strong here as well.
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
Sprint LTE
[General Topics] dmeadows013:
T-Mobile LTE
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Mbps

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To be fair i was a sprint customer since my nextel days, i got the iPhone 4 when it came to Sprint and WoW! was the data slow as fu*kc

i waited and waited and waited till this day there still doing "Network Enhancements" or network vision either way they didn't choose to keep up with bandwidth towards their cell sites. Everyone but Sprint was moving towards Fiber except sprint they thought they could get away with adding more T1 bandwidth.. but nope...

The point is Sprint is late to the game and pricey now that softbank has purchased them expect prices to go up as they need to make that money from softbanks purchase.

Sprint has an iPhone deadline to sell X amount of iPhones from Apple

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/24/sprint-earnings-q1-2013/ .... well they didn't make it because of their sh*t network. i don't care if its Unlimited the main thing is if you can actually use the damn thing, T-Mobile wasn't as great here in Maui but back in 2012 atleast they had HSPA+ working and its Unlimited also and damn it was working better than Sprints 'Unlimited Coast to Coast 3G' T-Mobile should get the Now network branding, Sprint should get the Maybe later network branding, seriously i had an HTC 3D i had to stand outside just to Pickup wimax and it wasn't just outside i had to stand at a certain spot every single time! 3G was non existent with its 0.02Mbps download speeds upload speed would tend to fail pings would skyrocket at like 1000MS thats 1 Second to just send a packet or so.

Anyways thats my sprint rant..

Sprint sucks, T-Mobile wins stop kissin

to these guy's here

and this con artist here

Im seriously going to do this i'm going to get my hands on a Netzero or AOL Dailup Subscription and benchmark it against sprints '3G'

My money is on the Dail up connection
[General Topics] paperWastage:
nope. 0.1 mbits/s, roughly 15kiloBytes/s

it's roughly the same speed you'll get if you go over the limit and get throttled

it's enough for web browsing (slow GIF/image loading though). google maps take a while to get loaded(if you don't have the map precached, or if you have stuff like Traffic enabled). pandora is slow (but fine after you let the first song buffer, the second song would play almostly immediately after)
[General Topics] FuMMoD:
Apparently everyone read "what's" as "was" lol. You answered my question though thank you. 15kBps is crazy slow that's not even usable at least throttle to 50 come on.
[General Topics] luvs2snusnu:
Ordered a microSIM on the 24th... still backordered. Is this typical?
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
Anyone got a bluetooth headset to work using csipsimple ?

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Wasn't backordered when I ordered mine a few weeks ago. Maybe order a full size one and cut it?
[General Topics] DigitalJosee:
What SIM card i need to buy? Can be this one?

My bad, need to be the a Micro-SIM, not Nano
[General Topics] jaybeeunix:
It works for me with a simple Plantronics earpiece (only if I click the Bluetooth icon during a call), but not with Bluetooth in my car.
[General Topics] skinien:
Does anyone know if the T-Mobile My Account app is supposed to work when you're on prepaid? I'd like to use the app to check my minutes and data balance but I get a "Not available at this time..." when I try to use it.

Also, it seems that there are two apps from T-Mobile that do the same thing: MyAccount and My Account.
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
You want the "MyAccount" one, it seems to be the one that gets updates and it's being maintained. The other one hasn't been updated in over a year. Leave it to T-Mobile to pick confusing names.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.pr.mytmobile
[General Topics] skinien:
Thanks! I could have sworn that neither of them worked. The MyAccount app works :)
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
Good. Now go ahead and uninstall it :) It's easy to just log in to your account via the web browser, you don't really need all the alerts and the extra bloat the app has, device health check etc
[General Topics] dziliak:
Short codes work

I don't use the app, but the short codes in this support doc work just fine.

Prepaid Short Codes
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Yeah..the apps are crap iqcarrier spyware. Simply add to your contacts list #646# for minutes and #932# for data as new contacts.
[General Topics] skinien:
ha... thanks all. You guys talked me out of using it.
[General Topics] Joshmccullough:
Does using these numbers use minutes, or are they free? Thanks for the tip!
[General Topics] Den9696:
I've had pretty good luck in Boston with Sprint, 3g speeds do suck but LTE has been great since late 2012. Very rare that i see 3g on the phone anymore. I can understand being pissed off if i didnt have LTE by now though. WiMax was a bust. All the phones at the time would drain battery when Wimax was enabled and you were lucky to even find it connecting anywhere.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
USSD codes are always free. Cheers!
[General Topics] Joshmccullough:
Figured, just thought I'd check. Thanks!
[General Topics] pham818:
does this plan have LTE?
[General Topics] parkson:
LTE up to 5 GB/mo. Throttled to 2G (Edge) for remainder of month.
[General Topics] pham818:
alright thanks, cause all it says was "4g"
[General Topics] :
Isn't 4G the same as LTE?

Also, anyone using Google Voice? I know when I give my TextNow number out, calls are pretty clear on it.
[General Topics] pham818:
no, 4g is hspa+, theres 4g and 4g lte.
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
Technically only LTE should be called 4G but the carriers managed to bend the meaning of 4G without getting in trouble. HSPA+ is more like 3.75G :)
[General Topics] :
Alright, I was just wondering because on the Nexus 5 it says LTE. But I don't see a difference unless I download something.
[General Topics] bozzykid:
To be clear, you can be throttled to Edge like speeds but you will still connect to their LTE network when it is available. It doesn't force your phone to a Edge connection when you are throttled.
[General Topics] markdapimp:
i passed 5GB last month and didn't get throttled.
[General Topics] Lythandra:
I passed 5 GB last night and got throttled, Can't really even load web pages at 2G. Blah! 6 more days til the plan renews ...
[General Topics] Raygunnn:
Same here. I ordered on the 24th as well and still waiting on it.
[General Topics] Damian2013:
I'm still waiting, too.
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Just buy it on eBay or Walmart I bought mine at a T-Mobile store for a dollar
[General Topics] Damian2013:
Nope that was changed. HSPA+ is officially 4g.
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
Yeah by pressure from the carriers so they can claim they have 4G when they were not LTE ready.
[General Topics] Raygunnn:
I'll do that if my Nexus 5 arrives before the sim card. Thanks.
[General Topics] Damian2013:
Was anyone LTE ready at that time?
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
I don't know, just what I've read on blogs and such. Run a Google search or check Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4g#Background
[General Topics] Alex1123:
Just switched to T-Mobile and it's faster than AT&T in my area and 5gb for $30 can't beat that
[General Topics] tylerjames09:
I really miss this plan, got a promotion at work so I really need the minutes now. I'm on the $70 unlimited everything plan and hate paying double :(
[General Topics] markdapimp:
Once you go up you can never go back down to the 30$ plan
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
I'd go straight talk for $45 before going to the $70 tmo plan.
[General Topics] charesa39:
I read that you can, but you have to call CSR with an activation number from a new SIM activation kit you bought from Walmart or T-Mo's website. At least, that's what I plan on doing at the end of this month. I guess we'll see how it goes. I think the CSR has to get a supervisor to do it, but it can be done.
[General Topics] yankees45us:
That is great speed. Too bad 95% of Sprint customers don't have access to that or need a new phone to even be able to use it

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That would work but only if you stay under 2.5gb

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How does this help the other 95% of Sprint users that don't have access to this network and also need to upgrade their phones to one of the 2 phones that work with spark?

I'm sorry, I had sprint for over 13 years and I need good data now not in a year. So much for "the Now Network"
[General Topics] BirchBarlow:
When T-Mobile says 4G they mean 4G LTE.
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
Not true, they consider the Nexus 4 to be a 4G phone and as we all know ,that phone has no LTE.
[General Topics] BirchBarlow:
It most certainly does. The Nexus 4 has an LTE radio, it's just that LTE is disabled in the factory firmware.

How to Enable the Hidden 4G LTE Feature on Your Google Nexus 4
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
Technically true, but still irrelevant. Tmobile advertises it as a 4G phone, but it wont' do LTE on their network. Tmobile has advertised their HSPA+ network as 4G for a very long time. So when Tmobile says 4G, they mean LTE or HSPA+.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Since their speeds are similar, and the user experience is similar, what difference does it make? Correct. None.
[General Topics] BirchBarlow:
Not to mention the fact that T-Mobile doesn't differentiate between 4G and LTE. They don't sell 4G service and charge you extra for LTE. With T-Mobile, 4G means 4G LTE.
[General Topics] refinition:
LTE is generally faster than HSPDA+, at least from what I've experienced in my area.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
As it is in my area...my point is that either gives a similar experience. Latency is better for snappier browsing on LTE, but I can't fault TMO for calling HSPA+ '4G' because of that. Indeed, more folks are finding HSPA+ to be a more robust experience on the radio (LTE Handoff/missed calls/signal drops,etc.). Even the current TMO version of 'LTE' is a stopgap tech until VoLTE and widespread 20x20 rollout.
[General Topics] coorsleftfield:
And 4G also means HSPA+. What's your point?

Does any major carrier charge extra for LTE? Not Verizon, AT&T or Sprint as far as I know.
[General Topics] mattmega77:
so much for that

this doesnt appear to be working after all. it seems like once wifi is enabled, the data is disabled. this was not the case when i had AT&T. clearest indicator of this is that if you turn off wifi, the LTE symbol takes a few seconds to show up. when i had AT&T, as soon as you turned off wifi, the LTE symbol was there instantly.
[General Topics] dkeso611:
Please let us know how that works out. Or can you just activate a new sim card with the same number?

Planning to try the $60/mth. If I don't like it, I would like to go back down to the $30 plan. Already have an extra sim card waiting to be activated. Thanks. :D
[General Topics] charesa39:
Will do. I have 3 Micro SIM activation kits. Picked up a few when they first went on sale for the low low price of "free-99". :D You would think you would just be able to activate the new SIM online and just port the number over to the new plan, but when I was searching various forums, there were a couple people that said they tried online, but then went on to say to NOT do it online and call CSR. So I figured I'm just gonna be safe and call. I'll be trying on the 25th of this month, so I'll see how it goes and report back.