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[G2 and Desire Z General] ilostchild:
Got mine in yesterday... and it works great... my one and only is a dead zone/edge zone.. I popped in units and got awesome 3g/4g yaya!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] kgold708:
My point was that t-mo does offer the trial to these people. Also everyone has a landline, don't believe me? Plug in a phone get a dialtone, 911 will work. Every cell phone and landline in America atleast will let you dial 911, bill paid or not.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ilostchild:
He is right... to call 911 is not a paid or subscription all phones will dial out to 911 take your sim out of the phone if you still get signal you will have option to do emergency call long as sign al/dial tone is there you have ability to call 911
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
TJBunch1228 dude you are the best man for finding this and a huge thanks for the guys who thought to post this sweet thing i never thought i would be so damn lucky i just squeezed in and had everything all writen down before calling.

only 2 things i hit a snag and got lucky was when i said i had gotten a email from them she said they dont email a lie lol but what ever and second she said my plan was not elagable for this 3g booster tester cuz im a flex pay not lol another poster had flex so i still got one.

so i am a authrized user for my girls account and she has a contract. with luck :-) so she was really trying to help me out with getting qualifying for the 3g booster box so i finally got access and she asked the usual questions about my single family house and if i had a land line i gave them my moms house phone number lol.

and then agreed to take the 3 serveys and i also agreed to and one last question was do i understand that if i get a unit that in an emergency that i would have to release my address before hanging up a call with 911 again said yes.

and last thing she was saying was there will be a $5 shipping fee and i dont have a didnt have one at the time so i asked kindly if there was any way they could wave the fee and i could maybe pay them back and she was like oh its ok its just $5 ill wave the fee :-)

and just in case if we deside to close the pilot box program for some reason that i would have to return the devices and i said sure an she said i will be getting mine in 5 to 7 days yeaaaaaaa :-) thanks everyone.

just wanted to share with everyone my crazy experince on how i got one of these sweet tester pilots lucky and sorry for the long story and everyone who wants to try and get one just call the number the op posted...... you will have to wait forever nervesly but it will work if you say all the right things if not call again it cant hurt lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] TJBunch1228:
You are correct, everyone can call 911 for free.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kgold708:
I didn't mean to come off as argumentative, just didn't want people to pass on something like this because of bs concerns about something that will likely never happen. I keep a old wall hanger phone just for the purpose of dialing 911, you can just press 3 buttons and let it hang, full response is on the way!

Btw I bet they just don't want half an apartment building of traffic flowing through one of these bad boys.

In regards to that 2-5mi discrepancy, that my friends is going to be the max(under ideal conditions) coverage area of our own little cell networks :)

Their network can probably only see and locate our window units, all traffic on our network comes from that location, from their point of view.

dd-wrt??
[G2 and Desire Z General] mbush78:
Ha, wow... decided to google around for these... found this.

http://www.repeaterstore.com/nextivity/nextivity-cel-fi-t-mobile-3g-aws-booster.html

"Only" $525
[G2 and Desire Z General] adamdhall:
Mine is on the way!

My unit is on the way free express shipping (although, you may have to pay as it is based on how long you have been with T-mobile[4.99 standard, 19.99 express)You don't even have to e-mail them, just call the number in the thread and say you want in on the 3G booster program. Also, this number is the greatly sought after 'customer retention' department. Call them for everything, they will bend over backward to keep you with T-mobile. They are the nicest reps I have talked to. Just an FYI. THANKS! GREAT POST!
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Lol wow that crazy expensive you might as well just toss your money out your window and start praying for the cell phone godess to bless you with better service hahaha but great setup video for people that had no clue how to set it up I can't wait to set mine up x-D..... sweet
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Right I was sorta nerves to start sweet talking but the woman I talked to was great never had better customer service I'm so glad I switched from sprint and got lucky with at least my girls contract line.

cuz I almost got denied but they did ask for the $5 ship payment but they waved it for me and she just resigned a contract with them.

oh and a question did you or anyone get or receive a text or email from there team with any tracking number.

And what mail service do they use priority mail, ups, fedx?.

Cuz I do live in a house but the house is slip upstairs and downstairs apartment and I just wanted to keep a look out for the mail man or ups truck just want to make sure they don't send it back cuz I wasn't home for some weird reason you know.

I got lucky once to want to test it again haha
[G2 and Desire Z General] TJBunch1228:
It was UPS.
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Thanks for the heads up ill be hawking that truck down for a week lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] MetalMessiah78:
Thank you so much for posting this information and for everyone that posted their experiences. T-Mobile will be sending me out a free cell booster!! I didn't have to pay for shipping or anything. I just answered the questions they asked me and agreed to do 3 surveys in 1 month. The customer service rep I spoke to was amazing!!

FYI: The rep confirmed that I needed a land line for 911 calls and she also said that if I had friends that had other cell phone carriers, it would wipe out their signal, so I might have to disconnect it if I had company over. The only carrier she mentioned by name was Verizon though, so not sure how it would affect people with AT&T and Sprint. My guess that this is the reason they want you to live in a signal family home.

My girlfriend has Verizon, so I'll report back and let you all know how this affects her signal.
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Lol wipe every ones singal off the map :-) but i can't wait to test mine out I orderd mine yesterday but I'm pretty sure there going to send it on a business day. And did you get any message saying you will be receiving your box or a track num. Just curious I know its the weekend and never done something like this before :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] MetalMessiah78:
They told me they would send me a text with a tracking number. Normally if you go to

http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track?loc=en_US

And select Track by Reference and enter your cell phone number without any dashes, you'll be able to see your tracking info. This might not update until tomorrow though.
[G2 and Desire Z General] theratdude64:
Holy crap, I feel bad for anyone buying one... and we're all getting it free.

I gotta move my window unit, but it's hard to find a window the damn cat won't knock it out of :(

BTW, I got the "We processed your order and will be sending you a tracking number" text... but never got the tracking number. I was worried until it randomly showed up at my door faster than expected lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] Simer03:
i also noticed the incredibly high price, i just called in, i personally have a dealer line so they couldnt help me with this, so i just used my sister's account and im getting my FREE one in a couple days! SCORE!! i just have crappy 3G speeds here, like .8 mbps, i hate my crappy wifi, so i like using hot spot, this should help!
[G2 and Desire Z General] kgold708:
Awesome mine will arrive on tue.:D
[G2 and Desire Z General] tnpapadakos:
i sent an email request with my phone number, too ... how long did it take them to initially respond?
[G2 and Desire Z General] legato89:
They're just going to tell you to call 1-877-724-4659 to talk to a rep who will determine if you are eligible. I got mine wednesday, took 2 days from calling. I just received the tracking number via text today, lol...
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Yea I said something about emailing them and the lady said something that we don't do that but I still helpe. and she just had to let the team take a look to make it solid if I qualify. and I just recived the text today saying it will be shipped on a business day and I ordered yesterday so it will take 5 five day it says.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tnpapadakos:
just qualified...fricking awesome

thanks for the heads up on the phone number:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Zephead:
This is good stuff, I only have Edge at home but really fast wi-fi, otherwise I would give it a shot, thanks for posting.

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Phone: T-Mobile HTC G2 (S-OFF)

OS: Android 2.3.2

ROM: Cyanogen Mod 7

Kernel: Pershoot 2.6.32.31 OC'd running at 1017Mhz

Recovery: ClockworkMod 3.0.0.5
[G2 and Desire Z General] lainvalenajr:
500+ bucks wow... deng thank your t-mobile
[G2 and Desire Z General] theTwiz:
Ok got mine in last friday, and I'm loving this thing. My house was really patchy before and I pretty much had to rely on wifi just to make a phone call, but now I get a solid 5 bars through most of my house. There is one spot in my house that I frequent that only gets 3 bars, but its consistent. Before I would get 3 bars in some parts one minute and no coverage the next.

As far as speeds go, the only improvement is that I don't lose my data connection halfway through something. Actual speeds overall are about the same. The only difference I notice is the lack of a burst speed when I first start a speed test. Normally on speed test I'll get a really high data rate for the first couple of seconds follwed by a tapering off to my sustained rate, but on the repeater it hits the sustained rate and just stays there.

Again, this is preferable to before where the connection would just completely drop.

Also, haven't seen anything besides 3g come out of this thing yet. I'm moving in a month so I'll try to remember to post again with new results if anything changes.

Thanks again to the OP!

edit: holy hell I need to proofread when using swype.
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
Wouldn't matter for me. T-mob needs a damned booster in places where I sit there with Edge/2G - barely, while my Dad with his Verizon Incredible is full bar 3G. Booster ...phhht
[G2 and Desire Z General] tnpapadakos:
I know, its damned frusturating that they cant get it together and have 3g coverage over every inch of the mere 3.79 million square miles that is the USofA:confused:
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
I came from Verizon and AT&T (iPhone since launch) when I originally came to T-mob just for the HD2. I was astounded on vacation last year out to Yellowstone then into Wyoming, South Dakota (Rushmore, the Badlands etc) when I discovered I was almost always either out of service or roaming on not even 2G connections. My location could never update, or get weather updates. It wasn't just the HD2, my wife was packing a Behold II which doesn't boast the best reception either but we were both effectively without any cellular service for the better part of that trip.

Seriously, compared to Verizon/AT&T where I had coverage ALWAYS, it was quite a shock coming to T-mob. Hopefully this repeater they are sending me helps the absolutely dismal 1 bar (usually found renegotiating G/E/H on the G2) reception I get everywhere in my house - in the middle of a "4G" town.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tnpapadakos:
i know, there are some pretty sad dead areas...ive been lucky that i usually stay within the good areas where i live and travel to

hey, a little while ago while driving in the car, i thought, "hmm, wonder if i can use that repeater in my car...hmmm"
[G2 and Desire Z General] MetalMessiah78:
So I take it that means no HSPA+? Just HSPA? Still better than what I have right now, as my experience is the same as yours.
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Is that true that you haven't gotten a very very strong signal. Not enough for just hit nudge you to hit 4g? Did you guys move the box with your cellphone to the best area where your getting the most signal. and then move the other box to the middle of the house or more towerds the area that your are the most?
[G2 and Desire Z General] xyrcncp:
Got mine today, installed it and I'm getting full bars on 4G, oddly the best reception I get is by having the second box in my laundry area. Definitely pleased with the results.
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Great still waiting on tracking number. but I did get the message saying processing your order it will be sent out in 7 business days.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xyrcncp:
I got the same text last week, but I never got a tracking number, it just showed up via UPS today. I did notice my T-Mobile account number referenced in the shipping label (not the phone number)
[G2 and Desire Z General] lainvalenajr:
Lol I just followed the instuction and am geting 4g and full signal bars
[G2 and Desire Z General] sino8r:
Got mine today after ordering it Friday. Works nicely! I actually have four bars in my basement now. I am all powerful now... bow before me! :) I am very pleased... ping in under 50; 2 Mb gain dowload; 1/2 Mb upload gain; and -60 to -70 dBm signal! Good times...
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Huhhmm I ordered on sat but recived the shiping comfermation in 7 days on Monday. I thought they don't ship on weekends but you did it a day before me hope mine comes in tomorrow. that would be the **** I have off and ill have full day of playing with it lol.
[G2 and Desire Z General] adamdhall:
Just got mine today after ordering Thursday! Set it up and have full 4G speeds. Speedtest shows the difference in a reliable signal.

Before:

http://www.speedtest.net/android/36808921.png

After:

http://www.speedtest.net/android/36836742.png
[G2 and Desire Z General] xyrcncp:
There's not much to play with, I think I spent no more than 10 minutes total setting it up.
[G2 and Desire Z General] adamdhall:
Whoa. This was the one I just ran in the same location.

http://www.speedtest.net/android/36837923.png
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Well im going to actually be using the wifi tether app finally and use my laptop lol to mess around a bit :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] tnpapadakos:
called march 6 (sunday) at 10:00 pm....received the unit march 9 (wednesday) at 4:00 pm
[G2 and Desire Z General] xyrcncp:
LOL, I just got a text from T-Mobile with a tracking number saying that my booster has shipped...yet I got it 2 days ago.
[G2 and Desire Z General] graff_king:
I just called the number and was told that the tester program is currently closed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Ahh that sucks but. I got mine today but im still Moving it around I just got home. but all I'm getting is one bar and the box is giving me a number 3-4. and I do have full service but the data has been barely bumped up :-/
[G2 and Desire Z General] lainvalenajr:
Lol the program is closed... aha that sucks
[G2 and Desire Z General] xyrcncp:
Try elevating the box. I initially had it in the lower pane of my living room window, I put it up on the upper pane and bars went from 2 to 3, the number on the receiving unit downstairs went up from 7 to 8 and though my bars on my phone remain full, the data has gone up.
[G2 and Desire Z General] newsong:
Sent them an email two days ago. I got a reply today saying " the Cel-Fi pilot is not looking for additional participants at this time" :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Oh thanks I will try that. And yea I tried the email first they didn't respond but I then I just called and they squeezed me in LOL. And I had already go mine but I used my girlfriends account. and yesterday they finally emailed me back with sorry we are not excepting anymore tester message. Glad I called when I did :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] nedu09:
I really wanted this but they dont give it to people in apartments. I wonder why they cant make one like AT&T.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Simer03:
I got mine a cpl days ago and i only got it in hopes for faster 3G/4G, and there was no difference at all! Dang....
[G2 and Desire Z General] :
I called and got one a couple of weeks ago, and it's been great! We only got 3g at the front of the house, even then it was only 1 or 2 bars. We would always drop calls when we walked into the kitchen, and there was absolutely no reception in the basement. Set up the repeater, now we can make calls anywhere in the house and not worry about dropping the calls. Also, we've stopped using wifi for data, as the repeater has helped immensely with data speeds too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] eioous:
How is your signal holding up

For about 3 weeks after i got my booster (3/8/11) my signal was excellent. I was and still get a 6-8 signal but now it seems that my signal strength is back to the way it was before. 1-2 bars 3g and a whole lot of edge:(. When I first got the cel-fi there was no need for wifi because i had a constant 3-4 bars 3g and a decent 4g, now i have to leave the wifi on or i get bumped to E, almost no need for the cel-fi.

Has anyone received a survey yet? I have yet to receive one.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hotshot205:
Might have to give this a shot!
[G2 and Desire Z General] prittyboy203:
Hey eioous that sucks haven't gotten not one survey yet and the worst thing was only if I had my g2 and switched the radios I had gotten great service but i had a nexus s with tmobile service and it was the worst so I left tmobile all together sucks where I live but my ex has the box so at least it was worth a shot lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] MetalMessiah78:
I haven't gotten a survey either. I actually called TMO to ask them about that and they said that the reason they have not sent any surveys is because they ran out of stock on the Cell-Fi's and they closed the program. They said that they might send a survey in the future, but not survey have been sent out recently.

@eioous - Try rebooting your Cell-Fi and Booster. I've had to reboot them already a couple of times. That should fix your problem.
[G2 and Desire Z General] eioous:
I did try the reboot and it has helped a bit. That is nice to know about the surveys though.
[G2 and Desire Z General] :
Long shot, but does anyone know how to fix one of these? The repeater part is just showing the power light and the red light above it, and I can't get ahold of anyone at the T-Mobile number in this thread.
[G2 and Desire Z General] funkeee:
I believe you can call 1800-tmobile and ask for the customer retention (or cancelation) dept. I believe they were handing these out at the time.

What's interesting is that they sent it to me, and I live in an apartment. My address even has an apartment number in it.

A few minutes later, I had the rep give a friend a call to send them one. They agreed to ship it out. A few weeks later we call in to ask WTF, and they said they couldnt ship it to apartments or offices. They didn't bother to tell him they weren't going to send it after all.

The issue with apartments and offices is that your neighbors might not be aware that you have this repeater. If they have tmobile, it can cause triangulation problems for them. It's alright at my apartment, because I can only get HSPA within 6ft of the actual repeater. The incoming signal is very weak. In any other room, my phone has to grab edge, so my neighbors are in the clear. But boy did someone at t-mobile screw up.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pinguo777:
do you know if this is still going on?
[G2 and Desire Z General] MetalMessiah78:
You can try calling them, but when I called to ask why I hadn't received a survey, I was told that they ran out of the Cell-Fi's and had closed the program.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lainvalenajr:
That's good I was able to get one before it closed
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Ya i'm pissed i missed out on this also. Since it was a pilot program, there not offering it anymore, and there is no word of it starting up again, does that mean it was failure?:confused: Thats what i'm gathering.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MetalMessiah78:
It was not a failure. It was just a pilot program used to gather information to see if this would be something they might try bringing to market at some time. All companies conduct pilot programs to test products or gauge interest. From what I've read, it was a success and TMO might implement it in the future. Check out this link if you haven't read it already:

T-Mobile Readying Microcell In Home Solution?
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Thanks for the link metal.
[G2 and Desire Z General] BKTC:
Anyone looking to sell or don't need as much anymore??

My family just moved to new area and our signal went from 4 bars down to 2 bars outside. We fluctuate from No Service to 1 bar inside our home we just moved in.

Please PM if you do
[G2 and Desire Z General] theratdude64:
I just switched to sprint, no need for it anymore, I could entertain selling mine
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtmedeiros:
Always shows error shortly after mounting.

Mytouch slide latest radio cm7rc1
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
This has happened to me a couple of times, but not consistently. I just removed my card, blew on it and blew into the slot and reinserted it. Works fine. Try that, sometimes there's just dust or lint in there. I also assume you've rebooted your phone?

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[Captivate General] Skdi:
Why joo close my thread? :(

Seriously though, I think there is a different between saying 'whats the best rom' and 'whats your favorite rom'

Whats the best rom can't be answered because that comes down to personal choice, however whats your favorite rom is asking what roms people have liked and if anything encourages people to flash more roms and try them all thus get more donations out to the makers of these roms that people might not have tried without reading about someone elses experience with that rom.

Anyways I just think there should be like one thread where people can talk about the roms they like. Not saying any roms are better than any other ones, just talking about roms!

What do you guys think?

*pls dont flame me*
[Captivate General] opcow:
I agree. My personal favorite is Andromeda simply because all the other ones suck ass. I'm not saying it's the best, just that based on my criterion of not sucking ass Andromeda is my favorite.

I'm just kidding about other ROMs sucking ass. Quite a few don't.
[Captivate General] vunuts:
Because what you stated is bound to happen lol.

Sad but true, but someone is going to say "well this made my gps outstanding!!" and some other jackass will say "well that bricked my phone"..... Blah blah blah, someone is bound to flame and turn the thread into a pissing match.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Should have sent this in a PM instead of questioniing how a mod operates in the forum. If you simply spend some time reading, like I said in your previous thread, you can get a pretty good idea what ROMs are the most used (and therefore, favorite) of many of the users in here. Scanning the sigs of members who have more than 30 posts and have been here awhile also provides some insight. The question is the same, best...favorite, it all comes down to what YOU want out of a ROM and how YOU plan to use it. My favorite might not be yours, so what value does telling you I love Andromeda 1.2 really have? None, until you try it for yourself.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Oh, and if you need more clarification, try this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=919816

Since you obviously can't see the Stickies.:D