clbowens

10 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Ah, yeah that would do it. This one targeted the three lines that didn't have any payments left on them. Email came on Thursday. I went to the store to do one of the upgrades and they did say it was a company wide promo. If there are any other lines needing upgrades and are paid off, might be eligible. 

Yeah, we got this (as a text message) on my son's line, that was already paid off.  For an iPhone12.

Question, can a Sprint 5G phone (Galaxy s21 or iPhone 12) with a TMobile SIM (TNX) access the stand-alone 5G network?

7 hours ago, PythonFanPA said:

FYSA for anyone that didn't already get the text, T-Mo is 'celebrating' one year since the merger by offering 50% off the Galaxy S21's if you're upgrading from an acceptable phone.   

I was able to get the base S21 256gb model (though I have to wait a few weeks since I suppose they're backordered) for $19.21 x 24 = $461.04 total via installment plan.

My son is on a paid off iPhone XR.  they sent him a text also, but for an iPhone 12.  he's upgrading to an iPhone 12 for about $150.

April security update is out.

Sprint S21, with Sprint SIM here.

30 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

 

Guesses?

T-Mobile Aiming to Cover 90% of Americans With 'Ultra Capacity 5G' By 2023 - MacRumors

90% of Americans covered with Ultra Capacity 5G, now THAT'S what I want to hear.  🙂

Downloading the March security update now.

1 minute ago, RAvirani said:

They're currently building out in rural areas around Seattle.

That's good to hear.  Wondering if they will keep building out where my parents live, in eastern NC.

Any guesses on what this will be about?  
T‑Mobile Announces Next Big 5G‑Powered MoveJoin us on March 4 | T‑Mobile Newsroom (t-mobile.com)

Is anyone having an issue with the call screener app?  On my S10, it would identify (or at least try to) all my calls.  Now it only works sometimes.  

I've deleted the data for the app multiple times with no success.

Also, since I'm now using T-Mobile network (since I have a 5G phone), does call screener not work anymore?  Do I have to use scam shield?

12 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

By far the strongest signal I can ever remember getting!

Whoa.  Were you hugging the tower?!

Feb security update downloading now.  I'm on a Sprint S21 with Sprint SIM.  It also has camera improvement and device performance improvement

Does anyone know if T-Mobile has plans to keep expanding their network?  Maybe not right now, while they are focused on rolling out 5G, but maybe in a year or 2, expanding to uncovered areas?  

Just wondering.

I found some 80Mhz N41 here also.  Speed was about 350 down.

Does anyone know if there's a deadline of when T-Mobile has to hand over B26 to Dish?

39 minutes ago, banananuts87 said:

Does anybody know what their spectrum holdings are?

I don't think they had any spectrum.  I think they were just using Sprint's spectrum in that area.

Just a quick comment on the "Sprint" 5G experience in my area.  I have a Sprint S21 (Sprint SIM).  The closest T-Mobile tower is about .5 miles away.  

In my basement, I hang onto 5G, with speeds of at least 110Mbps down, and about 3Mbps up.  So they have my area covered pretty nicely.

15 minutes ago, Paynefanbro said:

Your images aren't loading on my end.

Same here

11 minutes ago, JimBob said:

Any update on sale to TMUS?

I was recently wondering that myself.

So, how is everyone liking their S21?  I like mine so far.

To me, the battery endurance and fingerprint scanner are about the same as the S10, but liking 5G, high screen refresh rate and camera.  And UI speed, of course.

6 hours ago, clbowens said:

I have the S21 in hand and activated.  Loving it so far, after the latest update.  It came with a Sprint SIM installed, but I moved the SIM from my old phone over to it, like the paper they sent me said to do.  Then activated it online.  That went smoothly.

I have access to T-Mobile's 5G, so in SCP it says I'm on either B66, B2 or B12.  But that's probably b/c I'm in a T-Mobile 5G area.

If I go to an area with only LTE (no T-Mobile 5G), would it then go back to Sprint LTE?

And I can only access NSA right now, with a Sprint SIM, correct?  No SA for me?

3 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

Was your old sim a sprint sim or a TNX sim?

My old SIM was a Sprint SIM.  From about 2 yrs ago.  March 2019, to be exact.

I have the S21 in hand and activated.  Loving it so far, after the latest update.  It came with a Sprint SIM installed, but I moved the SIM from my old phone over to it, like the paper they sent me said to do.  Then activated it online.  That went smoothly.

I have access to T-Mobile's 5G, so in SCP it says I'm on either B66, B2 or B12.  But that's probably b/c I'm in a T-Mobile 5G area.

If I go to an area with only LTE (no T-Mobile 5G), would it then go back to Sprint LTE?

Yeah, mine came with a Sprint sim installed.  No other sim included.

On 1/15/2021 at 4:44 PM, sunmybun said:

its the tnx tmobile sim card.

itll let you use tmobile as primary network.

you will be able to use tmobiles sa 5g.

So that was NOT a sim card.  It was just a piece if paper showing me how to move the sim from my current phone to the new phone.