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Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
is VoNR a thing yet? when connected to n71, if a call happens, the device drops over to band 71 LTE to make the call and then switches back to 5G n71. If I use samsung band selector and lock the device to n71 and do a call, the phone does not switch away from 5G and continues to reflect n71 but i dont have a way to know if that is just the phone not knowing what to show since it is band locked. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
is there a way to enable 5G SA on the device in one of the various screens? -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
well, it does not show them as read. wild guess is that tmobile simply has agreements with the other carriers to give them this info (since it would all be done at the network level, the network knows if the device has received it) which apps like textra is able to utilize, completely independent on RCS? -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I just did the swap this evening to TNX just for funsies, at a third party tmobile store. For what its worth, my mobile hotspot still works and running fast speedtest, doesnt seem to show any throttle. not sure if both of those will die overnight. I was disappointed to not see any 5G SA (yet) but what i do see a lot of now is n71 / 5G-NR 600....wtf is that? On the surface it just looks like band 71 is configured to show as 5G now, is this the faux 5G tmobile BS? Before TNX, the phone / signal check would just show Band 71 LTE but again, it seems like they have it configured now to -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I have a S20+. On ROAMAHOME right now. My end game is 5G stand alone. In my house for example, the anchor band (band 2) is weak while the 5G signal shows a much better RSRP. so if i lose band 2 i lose 5G which is quite often. For instance, band 2 will show a RSRP of like -118 while 5G value is like -105 or so. If I did not have to be on the anchor band i should have pretty decent 5G service or am i not understanding signal check correctly? From the way I understand it though, if i go for 5G SA, I need TNX and in that case, I get migrated completely over to the TMO system, get -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
is TNA the same as ROAMAHOME then, or essentially the same just with a tmobile sim? plan stays in the sprint system? can i get 5G stand alone with TNA? -
i havent been in a position to roam on USCC at this point since TMobile is so good around here now. I just used samsung band selector on my S20+ and chose band 12 and it picked up and connected to USCC without issues. everything works so maybe in areas that really need it, they left it alone. if you go much north beyond southern maine, if they did not have USCC roaming, no tmobile customer would have service so its kind of a big deal.
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Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
not sure when it started but i noticed this morning by S20+ is getting a TMo IP address (regular phone not tethering) now instead of Sprint and I also can not run trace routes anymore (used to work sprint), presumably because I am now under tmobiles network policies. -
I have this same exact problem, but it only happens when i am connected to 5G and afaik, a specific tower in my town. I notice it mostly when i am out for my walk at night. I round the street corner and data is dead (shows 5G, phone calls still work). I get to pretty much the same spot further down the road and data starts working again. I have started very large downloads to max the connection out just to "catch" it dropping out and i can watch the speeds decrease to 0 as i round the corner. I have found data will come back online though. So either its dropping out for X number
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Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
does att count the firstnet emergency network connections in this as well? -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
you can use it on sprint, you just need to use the call screener app (from what i understood). i was paying $2.99 for the premium caller id which i have canceled so i am interested in seeing if this will now become free. -
Sprint VoLTE Discussion Thread Redux
swintec replied to lilotimz's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
HD calling is annoying for me. i do not get HD calling if someone calls me. if i call them, even calling them right back, HD calling will happen. this happening mostly when the other user is verizon. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
swintec replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
Wait, chicken and the egg here but maybe GCI was the first to offer 5G nationwide?