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Google says to get into Field Test:

https://osxdaily.com/2018/05/02/use-field-test-mode-iphone-x-ios/

It might be under Serving Cell Info rather than Serving Cell Measurements but I can't seem to find a picture indicating what is in Serving Cell Info to know for sure.

- Trip

I forget how to get into field test...lol

 

Disregard, folllowed link!

 

 

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3 minutes ago, chaddy0122 said:

Awesome!  Just looked and I'm on 47359 in Dayton OH, under the Cincinnati market.

On your screenshot I see 58889 for your TAC. Am I mistaken?

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1 minute ago, Trip said:

That's a T-Mobile TAC.

- Trip

Thanks!

Wow. This is the first I've ever checked this. Did it switch over to a T-Mobile TAC when they began roaming agreements or more recently, as in it going live this morning?

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1 minute ago, RedSpark said:

Thanks!

Wow. This is the first I've ever checked this. Did it switch over to a T-Mobile TAC when they began roaming agreements or more recently, as in it going live this morning?

The reason I checked this morning was that it was still on the old value yesterday.  6163 yesterday, 20243 today.

- Trip

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Just now, Trip said:

The reason I checked this morning was that it was still on the old value yesterday.  6163 yesterday, 20243 today.

- Trip

Wow. They aren't wasting any time. So will I now be able to access Band 71 on my iPhone?

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Just read a few of the comments on my local new station's FB post about the merger. 🤢🤮 Hope they can turn people's perception around.

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13 minutes ago, mdob07 said:

Just read a few of the comments on my local new station's FB post about the merger. 🤢🤮 Hope they can turn people's perception around.

On the Merger or specifically on T-Mobile or Sprint?

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15 minutes ago, marioc21 said:

Legere out now that merger is done.  Was originally supposed to leave in May.  Mike Sievert now CEO. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/legere-is-out-as-t-mobile-ceo-as-sprint-merger-officially-closes.html

 

It's the adults in the room now. 

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Rumor has it that a T-Mobile Press Conference is in the works for 2 or 3pm Pacific time (5 or 6pm eastern).   Don't know if it's open for all or just select few.  

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I figure somewhere in the country new equipment is being installed on T-Mobile sites for the former Sprint bands. That should tell us which markets will be converted first so keep your eyes open!!

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