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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ThC23:
So I'm getting good speed here in the Bay Area(same as my note 3), but I have seen it be on 4G and E more than my Note 3 ever was.

I don't understand why this is.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Juk3s:
Has anyone exchanged their phone for a new one and gotten better data speeds?

Today is my last day before 14 days are up, wondering if I should do a quick switch.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] elite-fusion:
Same here. I got the phone 2 fridays ago, so tomorrow would be my deadline as well.

Can someone please advise if its worth swapping?

I did end up reaching around 25-30mbps down yesterday in a 4G LTE area.

There is a guy on here "iunlock" who is in HI but gets 107mbps on his Note 4.... im shocked! lol
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Juk3s:
Same here. I have reached 40mb but that was in a different city that I live in. I guess my area is in just a flux right now? But my iPhone seemed to get better speed 3-4 weeks ago.

I just don't want to wait it out to see if the speeds change, and it end up actually being the phone. Then I'm stuck with a 800 dollar paperweight.

Today has been a flux. 5-10mb with 3-4 bars inside. For about an hour at 12pm I could barely get 1mb. Then at 1pm I had 5 bars outside but still barely getting data. Right now though it seems to have magically opened up a little. Getting atleast some MBs.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] elite-fusion:
I know what you mean. I have Jump + Headset Protection. Plus if you are not rooted, you can just warranty it either way, just if using warranty, you most likely get a refurb vs getting a new one in store.

I might just bring it into the store tomorrow and tell them to test their phone out and see how much speed they get and then have them test mine, and if it is in fact severely different, then do the Buyers Remorse exchange.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] jsharpe76:
my speed

Mine is ok for the middle of nowhere.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] LancerV:
Mines the same note 4 speeds 1/4 only thing I can think of its using lte cat 12 which the note 4 only uses
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] doctorwhony:
The solution maybe:

Copy you tmobile apn exactly and change one thing the apn protocal. Change it from IPV6 TO IPV4.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Juk3s:
My APN roaming is IPv4. But change the regular APN?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] doctorwhony:
Not the roaming APN, the one above it
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AriaNoob:
At the walmart 5 mins away from my house. ..[emoji2]
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] elite-fusion:
where do you live if you dont mind me asking? way better than i am getting!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AriaNoob:
In Orlando [emoji2] I get around 10 to 30 in my house...5 mins from my house jumps to 50...lol
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Juk3s:
Changin the APN helped somewhat. Nothing explosive but actually works.

Or it's just Friday and not as many people using the network IDK.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ThC23:
So even though my speed test are good, my signal constantly drops to 4G in a LTE area.

Changed my sim card and had Tmo reset me on the network to see if that would fix it and no luck.

They suggested exchanging it, so hopefully the store I got it from get some in soon before my remorse period expires.

Anyways thought I'd share my experience
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mmalinaa:
I had the same problem, gave back the phone and the new one had the same issue... luckily the hyperdrive rom gets rid of this problem in my case at least. Calls don't drop data speeds are far better and more constant. Would advise you to try it out. maybe we should try to pinpoint the problem so the fix could be built into every rom.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Gavin22:
working fine here in NJ.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CheesyNutz:
Note 4 fine here in Ohio
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mionky:
This was inside my house in Lake City, GA which is just a little South of Atlanta.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sweets55:
I'm in Columbus, Go Buckeyes! I was in a bar and my phone didn't get any reception. Not sure what was up with that since that use to happen like 6 months ago with another phone but T-Mobile service is a lot better now. My download speed tests are a tad slower then my G3 but upload is around 8mbps faster.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] btort1:
Just got an LTE signal booster, went from getting ZERO to this....at least it's still better than nothing..... Located in california. My livingroom gets like 8mbps =(
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] elite-fusion:
Holly Molly thats bad!

I thought mine was poor.

Where do you live? And what is an LTE Booster?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] btort1:
Bay area california. LTE booster is supposed to be a signal booster from t mobile, you can hook it up in your home. I get really fast speeds outside my house but only in my room I get no signal. But today it's showing 3mbps in my room with the lte booster, I hope last night of slow speeds was a one time thing.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] netgar:
has this issue with bad poor signal and reception been solved? I'm picking up my note 4 in few days and little scary about this issue. Having so so signal with my S4.

Any input?

Thank you
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] 10-K:
Excellent reception here.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tommason1968:
I'm in the S.F bay are but I get great data speeds. The lag issue is another story. It's amazing to me how a "flagship" device can perform like this.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Android_Monsters:
No lag here.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] lamuertex:
I use mine to play online games on my PC. I generally have a 80-100ms ping with occasional huge lag spikes. Like 600ms+.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I was hoping it wasn't my phone and it was just a tower issue. I know on LTE I am averaging 1-.8mbps down.. I turn off LTE and I am getting 8-10mbps down. My friend with a Note 4 on Tmo has the same issue but my old lady is also saying her phone was slow on LTE but she didn't run any speed tests.. Turning off LTE did help though.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] masri1987:
I'm in phoenix, i have not had any issues regarding voice services. Half the time i don't have LTE, and half that time they aren't even LTE speeds, everytime i tether my connection drops to "HSPA+" aka 4G.

I have never seen more than 30mbps , and getting over 15 is becoming a rarity.

LTE Wideband needs to be released here already
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] demonr6:
Considering I can look out my back porch and see the top of the cell tower about 1800 ft as the crow flies yet I am lucky to get one bar short of standing on the roof of my house and sacrificing a goat in the process.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dasudevil:
I am also in Arizona and my work area 40th and Van Buren T mobile is SUPER SPOTTY! Every employee with T mobile has issues. This happened about 2 weeks ago and still on going. Up until then we were rocking some fast LTE speeds. When i do speed tests it shows that I am connecting to CA. Phx server is 300+ miles away. (according to speedtest) T Mobile customer care says everything is fine. Going to try a new sim and see how that works.

Dont know what happened but its getting very annoying not being able to watch youtube, netflix, stream music.

BTW this is not just the note 4 this is on an HTC One S, 4 Note 4's, S4, Note 3.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] masri1987:
Wait you're having issues with voice too?

I think T-Mo service is so congested in Phoenix, that is the reason behind the poor data services. I know once LTE widebad or "LTE-A" is released in this market, it should help a lot with network congestion.

I don't bother calling T-Mo, i know more about how networks operate than they do.

They don't even know the meaning of 'refreshing vlr' , or "refreshing the switch records for my number"

Edit:

I work near warner\101 (**** signal out here)

But live right off the base of south mountain in south phoenix, i get full LTE bars, but speed is never over 20mpbs.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] southphillysean:
Nothing here to report
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] 3ncrypt3d:
Tons of speed in Atlanta..most of the time.

I had never had a problem with slow speeds on the T-Mobild LTE network till they rolled out that two lines with truly unlimited LTE for a hundred each. Of course I don't know for certain but given what I know about my settings, the strength of my signal and the fact that I know T-Mobile has had a ton of success marketing this new plan at least for me I can with certainty say that the reason for the poor speeds I've been receiving have nearly all to do with the carrier load on the towers nearest me. They are beyond overburdened and The Mobile either just didn't anticipate such a positive response to their truly unlimited offer. I have an extremely strong signal being only just under a mile away from the closest of their towers and during non peak hours I see a reflection of that as I receive speeds well into the 30 - 40 mbps range. As the hour hand approaches the five to six hand there is a degradation in service speeds so severe that I would be fortunate lately to see a speedtest finishing faster than what I had on a 2400 baud modem twenty or more years ago. I've found a bit of a work around during the hours of about 6 pm to about 10:30 pm. I add to my apn the epc non LTE settings and select GSM only in networks to force my phone onto HSPA+ 4G. And there's no sense in even calling T Mobile unless another several hundred people start calling. It's not like there going to put up additional towers for little old me. Have you ever read your contract with T-Mobile? If you haven't it would probably disgust you. It did me. If you have time it's worth it. You can truly get an idea of how truly corrupt there corporate greed has taken them away from giving not even an iota about what any of there clients experience with the company actual ends in being. If I hadn't read it myself I wouldn't have believed it. Anyhow just saying its an absolute waste of time calling. I know I tried.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] egren58:
Longest post ive seen in xda lol
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dasudevil:
Sometimes. Last week it took me 10 minutes just to connect to 611 with 4 bars and 4G on the phone.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] masri1987:
dude i have the same theory, except i came on to t-mo because of that unthrottled LTE unlimited offer...

Hence why i believe the bandwidth for standard LTE is strained, and t-mo needs to work on LTE-A for those markets that have not received it yet
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] masri1987:
that's weird man, i'll keep my eye out on any voice issues, i haven't even had a dropped call at all ...

Did you turn off "use VOLTE?"

I did
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] altimax98:
Contact them on Twitter and dont stop until you are satisfied, have everyone else do it as well. (Don't be rude)

At my work we started to have full 4G but no data so we contacted T-Force on twitter. We were in a DM for about 2 weeks and they would send someone out, test and nothing no fix it was working fine. One day when I was at the end of my rope and came to work another route (which brings me to the east side of the tower, work is on the west) and as I drove by it I actually watched Speedtest lose data. I made them a map showing the west side vs east side speeds and that afternoon it was fixed.

It could be as simple as the direction of the antenna being adjusted.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] masri1987:
"lte"
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] hello00:
i know..sucks
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Burley1:
Nope, mine rocks
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tommason1968:
I'm not mad at this!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Dvanzutphenkann:
T mobile sucks how do they sleep at night giving me these mediocre speeds?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Homer J. Fong:
No problems in Chicago.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] eighty1:
Not here
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
I was in Chicago Midway Airport last week and was getting these LTE speeds. Had to force the phone to HSPA+ on PCS Band, AWS was bad ad well, to get any decent speeds. I know their kind of spectrum constrained there, but didn't realize it was this bad. Also I hear O'Hara airport is the same as well.

LTE

HSPA+ on PCS Band
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Homer J. Fong:
Wow, that is bad. I don't live any where near either airport and I don't get gaudy numbers when running speed tests. I'm talking about day to day usage. I've never had a problem.

Sent from my SM-N910T
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Fidelio_o:
My service has gone to shyt in my house. since about mid February. I'm talking about less than .0.40mbs down won't even complete the speed test lol.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Supamike88:
I've been having problems with texting. People are getting my texts late and I'm receiving texts late sometimes or not at all
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dbpaddler:
I have about half iphones and half android on our T-mobile account and almost all the people with iphones experience this issue form time to time. Those of us on android don't seem to have the issues. It's really weird. I still have my Sprint tablet, and I consistently see better speeds on T-mo. Though lately, when on just 4g (no LTE) it's been fairly slow.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] coolchris305:
I too am getting bad speeds on LTE during the day at my house...about .20 Mbps and night tho I'm hitting 35.5 Mbps...but during the day at work(which is only 3 miles away) I hit 55 Mbps lol
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] jonahtriangle:
I would assume almost everyone does. It's all about tower congestion. People are using more traffic during the day therefore slowing down the towers. Just like expressways.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dbpaddler:
And 20mbs inhibits you from doing what exactly?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] btort1:
So I'm letting my brother borrow my Note 4 for a week since he wants to try it out and I'm stuck with an iphone 6. I find it weird that I'm getting 8-10 mbps in my room, where normally I only get 0.50-1.50 mbps. I am consistently getting 8+ mbps on the iphone 6, and my phone is not defective either (switched 3 times already and tmobile agent got me a new one instead of a refurbished for my last replacement). Could the iphone 6's antenna be more superior than my note 4's?!

I'm on Dynamic Kat and never flashed a kernel or anything else other than the rom. I also came from Nk4
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rudbwoy:
Speed is good in San Jose, CA. No issues.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] madmike23:
Dont know if better, but I do notice it was getting better reception than our Note's. More radiation? Better antenna? who knows...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] 10-K:
Speed excellent in Austin.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] coolchris305:
0.20 mbps pretty much makes the phone useless if all you do is stream music. browse the web...face book...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dbpaddler:
Missed the decimal point.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] g1-and-only:
temperamental service

so what i get is fast speeds in some places and in another, ill have full bars and 4g lte and wont be able to watch a you tube clip without buffering every 4 secs which makes no since because im outside with full bars, pages wont load, its a mess but i do love tmo so ill stay unless verizon lowers there prices? :confused:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Limeybastard:
Wife has a 6 plus I'm note 4 almost the same speeds when on LTE or WiFi. However the iPhone 6 seems to show "bars" differently hers is always either one dot or two.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] m0t1v45e:
I'm having a similar problem. I work off 40th and Broadway, sometimes briefly I can get a Meg or two down but half the time its .05mb down and up. I live in Chandler and do not see this issue there. Until about 3 weeks ago I was running my Note 2 with DN4 rom with few issues. I'd really like to see TMO acknowledge this and fix it. Are there any roms that somehow bypass/address the issue. I didn't want to void my warranty but now I'm starting not to care. I spent 700 bucks for crippling slow speeds on arguably the "best" phone made.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I am about 70 miles south of Tucson in Sierra Vista and while the network has never been great down here it wasn't terrible. I say the last month operating on LTE has been less than stellar. I am on CM12 and I just ran a speed test on LTE, I got 1.2mbps. On 3G (T-mobile 4G) I got 10.3mbps.. These speeds are on par for when I am running a stock based ROM as well. I doubt a ROM will give you a work around for the speed issues. I am going to San Diego next week so I will see if maybe it is just location. In the mean time try switching to 3G and see if your speeds improve.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] m0t1v45e:
After working with tmo they determined the agent at the store should have used the new Sim with the note 4 instead of the old one in my note 2. Once I activated the new Sim supposedly with 4G support (support claimed the old one was only 3GG) I was able to maintain connection and pull decent data speeds ( 5mb down 5mb up). It not blazing fast but I'll work. Hope this helps others in this situation.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dasudevil:
I just went to tmobile yesterday for a new sim card. Was fed up when the wife was able to get to the net on the s6 and I had 4Glte but zero connection near the 60 and stapley. I have noticed this is a trend in the 40 miles I drive daily. I check connections at the lights. its supper frustrating when I need to check something at a light. I don't drive and text/ data only at stop lights and here the beep of message not sent no data over and over is getting to me.

I hope this new sim card helps but I have a feeling it wont.

On other news I tweeted [MENTION=259357]Tmobile[/MENTION] with how great the data speeds are in Mesa, Gilbert, Phoenix 1Mbs or less and not in all the same area (yes being sarcastic). I swear dial up AOL was faster then what I have seen. They have responded with we know. Phoenix grew faster in customers so the data is spreed thin And we are working to get new towers. Personally I think that's a bunch of bull especially when before February I was bragging how amazing tmobile was On speeds. Now I have a feeling this is normal. Cheap prices, great customer service, horrible data/reception.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] nosympathy:
I can't see a difference in the actual settings of the APN, but I went to the APN section of my phone and hit the reset to defaults and it changed my APNs completly name wise. After doing so I went from 5-7mbps down to 60mbps down same location same day 5 mins apart. Speeds have been consistent between 35-60 mbps for 2 days now when outside.

Still fighting my HSPA+ signal issue. LTE is great.

Assuming pure dumb luck, but was weird how the previous APN was named.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mallen462:
It has definitely gotten worse
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Android_Monsters:
Reception's great here.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] thevindicated:
You are not the only one. I am experiencing EXACTLY this here in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. They told me the same B.S. about getting 20 million new customers. Offered me a new sim card, nothing changed.

.64mbs down is ludicrous and I won't stand for it.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] lazer9:
Bye Bye T-Mobile...

It was so horrible for me along with CS playing games with me, I finally ported out to "Cricket" with both my owned T-Mobile phones and haven't looked back.

Had absolutely NO data whatsoever in my home and barely H+ in my 30 mile radius where I reside. Totally depended on Wi-Fi calling in home as I barely pulled 1 bar... Dropped calls everywhere I went.

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Now as of my port out since May 6th

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FULL 4GLTE & 4 bars consistent and clear coverage both in home and usually FULL bars - crystal clear calls w/ no drops throughout my surrounding boroughs, neighborhoods, & small towns....

Plus a $27 reduction per month based on my 2 phone plan and 2 1/2 times "High Speed -4G" Data.

Good riddance to T-Mobile but thank you for providing me the ability to have an Unlocked phone = The only :good:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Karakoram2:
Do you have the instructions on how to port to cricket on the t mobile note 4?

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You just did this right? You don't have the program they use yes?

I had it but something happened to my computers

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http://www.cnet.com/news/why-i-ditched-t-mobile-for-cricket-wireless/
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] lazer9:
Very simple. You must first "Own" your Note 4 as in "paid for in full if financed from T-Mobile" (In my case I had bought mine outright on swappa and clear IMEI so no issues)

If you meet above criteria, call T-Mobile @ 611 and request "Unlock" code. Note: You must have owned your Note 4 since payoff (I believe) for like 40 days to get the "Unlock" code... they must by law give you this (again if you own your Note 4 outright) and will email it to you in 24 hrs.

Google "Cricket Wireless" -scroll down to (Current offer on their main site "SIM for less than a buck - bring your own phone") Follow this and proceed to fill in your account & order as prompted.

Once you receive your "Cricket SIM" in aprox 2 business days, simply follow the instructions with it & the website to activate. At the point you power on your T-Mobile Note 4 w/ new Cricket SIM in it, you will get a prompt to enter [the 'unlock' code you should have received from T-Mobile via email.] At this point, at least in my case, the port completed in like 10 seconds. I instantly enjoyed 4GLTE w/ 3 to 4 bars of service inside my home....

Oh, after all this, go into phone settings and disable "WiFi Calling" as you will not only no longer be able to use it, but better yet, no longer need it! :highfive:

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Edit

: Oh, yea... I see you added a little to your post/question as I was typing this out. Best to select the $40 plan & either set up "AutoPay" if just one line and save another $5 per month OR in the case of multiple lines, you will get a discount of $10 per each added, but still must select at lowest, the $40 plan or higher of course according to your data needs. Do note though: You can't combine the "AutoPay $5" discount along w/ taking advantage of $10 discount per additional line(s) of service.

Oh, and have fun w/ calling Cricket support/CS if needed. They speak very broken English & had me a little worried at first as I was placing my order. But like I found in another forum when doing initial research & is very true (So far) - with the fact you are now getting superior cell coverage (yes, AT&T towers), you will likely not have to deal with calling them. ;)

Note to Mod's & others: I hope this is proper guidance to answer a user's question. I realize this is a bit of a potential "touchy" subject beings this is the T-Mobile discussion section & likely T-Mobile fans may take offence, although none is intended. I purposely left out external links & simply provided Instructions on how to proceed if desiring to Port out. :fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] speedy1979:
It seems like Tmobile is the victim of there own success.

Eight months ago I joined Tmobile after testing their service for a month. At the time their service was excellent at my office and at home. I often got 2 to 3 Mbs down and 4 to 7 up at my office with Lte. About 2 months ago the average dropped to 1 to 3 Mbs down and 2 to 4 up and as of this month I can no longer get an Lte signal; my phone stays on 4g (hspa+).

I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] oldfield16:
I live in Minneapolis and sometimes my download speeds exceed 6 mb per second, it's wonderful out here.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Heavy Metal:
Places I got full bars and 4G lte I get E now.

Sent from my SM-N910T