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Also their seems to be alot of bands supported by our hardware i am looking for a way to enable them maybe put phone into dev or eng mode

Are on OE2 & using GT 3.18? When I press IOT, nothing happens for me.

 

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I went from single modulation Layer 16 qam to 64 and 64 fluctuating to 16 and 64 and my dl speed increased to 8 from 5 in my house on b25 also my transmit power didn't go above 22 when it is normally pegged at 23

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If you haven't done it and are able to you might try using Samsung's Smart Switch PC app that replaced Kies to see if it will let you update it through there.

This worked btw, thanks. It didn't fix the ability to update through the handset but it was a workaround to get the update.

 

The OE2 update fixed my drop call issue.

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When I had my s6 unlocked I got that message. I popped in a T-Mobile sim and it showed only the spinning 3G logo but I had to make a call and then hang up for the lte Logo to appear. It was missing features like the volte and hd calls that T-Mobile has but overall it worked. The only problem I had was when I took out the T-Mobile sim and put back in the sprint sim. When I did that the phone locked back up and wouldn't take any other sim but sprints.

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I'm on T- Mobile LTE now, works great!

 

Edit: cleaning up my response-

 

So there was definitely some issues leaving the network mode on automatic with a T-Mobile SIM card in.  It took a few minutes but eventually T-Mobile LTE started working.  I think making a phone call helps the phone identify/check the SIM.

 

Summary:

  • T-Mobile works great with Network Mode on Automatic
  • Had no problems picking up HPSA+ on Band 2 and LTE on Band 4.
  • Making a phonecall seems to force the phone to read the SIM, helping to nudge things along and to help the phone pick up LTE.
  • You can force CDMA and it will go back on sprint but you can't do anything.  If you try to make a call, it will attempt to verify the Sprint SIM and not dial once it reads that there is no sprint SIM inserted.

 

I'll update more when I switch back to Sprint and back and forth.

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I'm on T- Mobile LTE now, works great!

 

Thanks again, it worked

No problem!!!

 

 

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My upload hasn't changed much but ping and download have improved i disabled sar back off and set antennas to auto diversity on both ping seemed slightly more consistent by 10 to 20 ms but throughout was no where near as consistent i have gone from average 3 to 5 to 8 to 10 in my bedroom also i now alternate from one to two bars when used to be 0 to 1

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Still wondering if our phones support mfbi and all lte a phones only transmit on one antenna or so some use mimo on uplink as well

 

Two Rx antennas, one Tx antenna, that is it.  No uplink MIMO.

 

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Have any of you guys paid full price for the s6? The question I'm getting at is, is the phone unlocked and able to be used on T-Mobile or AT&T?

 

 

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Have any of you guys paid full price for the s6? The question I'm getting at is, is the phone unlocked and able to be used on T-Mobile or AT&T?

 

 

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I paid full price on Sprint from Best Buy. How do I check if it's unlocked?

AFAIK, you have to contact Sprint & ask them for the domestic unlock. It doesn't seem to be automatic.

 

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AFAIK, you have to contact Sprint & ask them for the domestic unlock. It doesn't seem to be automatic.

 

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According to their unlock policy it should be automatic, but I am also curious to see how I can confirm my phone is domestic unlocked.

 

However my phone is UICC unlocked, which I didn't ask for...

 

Edit: Forgot to mention that I bought mine full priced and thus should be free to port around, if I really wanted too.

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I think I read somewhere that it will work with T-Mobile, but no volte or wifi calling, or something like that. Just wondering if any of our members could confirm.

 

 

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I think I read somewhere that it will work with T-Mobile, but no volte or wifi calling, or something like that. Just wondering if any of our members could confirm.

 

 

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Those features will not work on the sprint version of the s6 but the phone will work on T-Mobile. The only thing is that lte will not automatically kick in. You'll have to make a phone call and then hang up for lte to kick in (weird I know).

 

 

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It's interesting how slow my s6 is compared to my old n5

 

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I had a N5 and an N6.  Neither were as fast as my S6.

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Update rolling on out this morning, check your update sections.

 

OF7, I believe.

 

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For the first time in my life this worked.  Went to about phone, system update and it started downloading.  

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For the first time in my life this worked.  Went to about phone, system update and it started downloading.  

 

Same here... it is a pretty large update, either we are extremely lucky or they have changed their staggered approach to updates.

 

Also, it prompted me to update - I didn't even know we had one until then.

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My AT&T S6 is loaded with bloatware carrier junk. If I wanted to root the device and install stock Android, how do I do it?

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