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  1. 6 hours ago, blakebaa said:

    Hello all, it's been about 3 years since I've visited this website. Good to see some action still going on here! With that being said, I recently shattered the screen on my S21 Ultra. It was going to cost me $300 to replace the screen, however I only have about $125 left to pay off the phone. So, I was just going to upgrade to the S23 Ultra instead of repairing the device. However, the T-Mobile rep told me I am not allowed to upgrade my device because we're still being billed by Sprint. How true is this? He told me nobody on my plan is allowed to upgrade until we are finally transferred to T-Mobile billing. This doesn't seem right. What if one of our phones breaks completely? 🤷😡

    That is completely false.  You can upgrade and it will not interfere with auto migration at all. 

    But it does show well how little the rep knows, so just upgrade in the app or online on the web or by phone.

    However, you cannot upgrade a broken device under current offers that I am aware of, so you might have to buy a qualifying device cheaply elsewhere to do the upgrade, or wait for a broken-device upgrade offer, or ......

  2. 13 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

    Does the Pixel 7 natively support SA n25 or did you have to change something to get that? Seems like the only device that has SA n25 right now.

    Other than S22 with the all-bands-enabled fix, right?

    I applied the fix as per

    https://s4gru.com/forums/topic/8304-galaxy-s22-thread/?do=findComment&comment=563978 and get SA N25 ok here in Raleigh.

    (I had to take a second path through it along the GCF path to get SA N25 to actually show).

    But I have promptly disabled it again because it blocks my using N41, which I get now and is much higher speed.

     

  3. 3 hours ago, jf15219 said:

    My current guess is they are going to migrate us without the ability to choose between the $0/$10/$20 add ons.

    Note that as long as you stayed on whatever you had been on they all became unlimited anyway under T-Mobile.

    That seems quite plausible because, in the case of SWAC, for example, they seem to be migrating the two levels into two separate plans, with no obvious way to switch back and forth between them any more.  People also seem to have no easy way to add additional SWAC lines after migration, at least not self-serve, according to reports on reddit.

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  4. 4 hours ago, jf15219 said:

    From what I've read, T-Mobile's backend might be even worse, given that it regularly goes down and doesn't allow retail transactions.

    I don't have any memory of Sprint's biller being like that.

    The migration is more intense on the receiving side; you just need to pull data from the old biller.

    I HAVE noticed that they changed how my old Framily plan displays its monthly cost on the Sprint side. Instead of a crossed out $55 with $25, it's a crossed out $75 with a $45 (to include the $20 unlimited data option). Maybe that is to help the process which will have to pull the data?

     

    It means that if they ever cancel the discount or you lose it on whatever grounds they may come up with, or maybe add lines that they deem not eligible for the discount, you will be paying a much higher price.

    I am not saying that is necessarily going to happen, or is their motivation,  but I am a bit suspicious.

  5. 12 minutes ago, chamb said:

    OK, Thanks for the confirmation.  I live between a couple of sites all of which are on the fringe and N-71 tries to aggregate with band 2 or 4.  When it does manage to aggregate, the data will not flow.  Band 2 or 4 will work fine alone, but not with N-71.  N-71 will have  a SINR of zero or maybe 1.  That results in data freezing and refusing to work.

    So, I have to disable band n71.

    Oh absolutely - the only way I get a usable signal here in North West Raleigh is by locking to LTE band 41.  Otherwise it continually cycles at low speeds between 2, 4, 71 and no signal.  Left to its own ways, It also like to try 5G occasionally before dropping it when it gets zero throughput.

    It's funny but the old Sprint LTE band 41 tower is completely reliable and good speeds even at -130 dBm where as the T-Mobile bands are all flaky even at -107 dBm - maybe it is overlapping signals from multiple towers causing the problems?

  6. 4 hours ago, chamb said:

     OK. Thanks for the answer.  Apparently you have the Ultra that COULD be different. I still might hesitate until somebody with a s22 replies.   I sure do not want to lose the ability to band select.

    It still works on my S22 after upgrade to the final official release. 

    (It also worked during the betas although the settings got reset  a couple of times - that might have been my error).

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  7. 3 hours ago, jreuschl said:

    In the call today it was revealed they don't expect Sprint billing conversions to finish up until middle of next year.

    I think they are keeping them at a crawl pace so as to avoid impacting the main T-Mobile churn statistics too much if the migrated users do not like it and leave.

    It seems, judging from reports, that a lot of Kickstart subscribers have been migrated so far.  I figure they reckon Kickstart users are safe because they have such a good deal that they will stay after migration.

    But it is highly selective even among Kickstart users.     That shows to me that it is not a technical obstacle that is keeping them so gradual.   It is a policy one of some kind.

    Another factor could be that some of the three-year commitments given to Federal regulators expire on April 1, 2023.

     

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  8. Just now, DurhamHusker said:

    ...I had wondered if existence of the device was what was keeping me from migrating...

    Exactly ZERO automated migrations have been reported here or on reddit that I have seen, so the reason your account has not been migrated appears to  simply be that no accounts at all on any plan have been migrated automatically yet.

    They used to do manual migrations with a plan change on request but they do not want to do those any more unless you insist.

    If you want to force them to get it off your account, you can return it after requesting a return kit.  Personally I would first give them one more chance to remove it without wasting the shipping by calling "Magic Box Support" at 8444633194.  (Best Buys will take them for recycling).

    Mine still works fine by the way. 

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  9. 4 minutes ago, mdob07 said:

    Looks like my MB gold at my office was finally decommissioned sometime last week. It was working the previous week and I was out of town last week. I came in today and it was powered down. I unplugged it and plugged it back in but it just keeps looping through trying to establish a connection. Looks like it's time to add it to our ewaste pile.

    Mine is still working fine here in Raleigh.   There were some outages related to the snow storm.   

    I have seen it take a couple of days to recover from storms.   It is not among the highest priority services.  

  10. Just now, Member21 said:

    That's what I figured.  Just don't know why I haven't received that email yet.  

    Their active user records are probably spotty.

    By the way, I think that came by USPS postal mail - not that that makes any difference.  It actually came a long time ago.  Since then, they have extended the Magic Box service in some areas, and not in others.  Mine is still working fine.  The current expected end date for those still with service is March 1, 2022.

  11. 1 hour ago, Member21 said:

    I now no longer need the Magic Box in my house (all phones now on T-Mobile SIM and get decent 5G) and as of a few days ago, the MB no longer connects to a donor site.  Does anyone know what they are going to do with MB's?  I know months ago, some users got an email saying that it will be taken off their account and there's no need to send it back - recycle it properly.  Would love it if this gets applied to all, say after 3/1/22, to avoid the hassle of having to send it back and track that it's been removed from the account.  

     

    I' would be positive they do not want any of them back as per the below.   You could call if in doubt.

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  12. 3 hours ago, dkyeager said:

    My factory unlocked A32 5g has been updated to Dec 1. My T-Mobile A32 5g remains on Nov 1. Unusual that factory unlocked was updated first.

    I suspect T-Mobile is inserting urgent merger-related fixes into the schedule  that are preempting the test time needed to deploy more routine ones in some cases.  These changes may be still in the future (or the past) but still change the schedule, which can only prudently handle a limited number of pending changes simultaneously.  

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  13. 20 minutes ago, Svengo said:

    Interesting about the possibility of switching it back to a Sprint sim. I got the Moto G stylus 5G since even though it's not one of the higher end phones it does at least still have expandable storage and a headphone jack.  For the throttling I can sort of understand it for legacy "unlimited" plans that are noticeably cheaper than current ones but when I'm paying the same as a current plan that offers 1080p + streaming I don't see why they should.

    That one would use SIMOLW416TQ if it does support a Sprint sim but I am not sure if it does because its release date was close to the cutover where new models stopped doing so.

    T-Mobile throttles video more widely than Sprint.

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  14. 20 hours ago, Svengo said:

    Stumbled across this site and some great info here!  I've read through the thread and Kudos to everyone posting.

    Long time Sprint customer and like everyone else they've been bugging me to upgrade my phone to "5G" before Jan 1 and I went ahead and took the $200 off a phone offer and if I stay around for all the bill credits I end up with a phone for $57 so not too bad. I'm on one of the legacy Everything Data plans and sure enough as soon as I activated the new one with the T-mobile sim.... welcome to 480p video throttling. It's of course easily bypassed with a VPN but that does cut my overall speed down a bit and I'd rather not have to use it since I seem to get a good T-Mobile 5G signal with so far typically over 300 Mbps when I test it. Looking over current Sprint plans I see the MAX plan is basically the same as I pay for the ED plan plus taxes and fees. Anyone have an opinion on it since I know as soon as I switch plans I'll never get the ED one back?    

     

    What phone did you get? Some of them, for example the A32, come with a T-Mobile sim but can  alternatively be activated with an appropriate Sprint sim if you obtain it on EBay and convince Tech Support to  allow you to "switch back" to it.  I did so in my case.  Doing so will still allow use of 5G and T-Mobile bands.. 

    I think T-Mobile's position regarding older plans seems to be that they will be throttled for video unless they explicitly specify in their terms that they will not be.  Whether that will evolve with time remains to be seen.

  15. 19 minutes ago, dkyeager said:

    Actually, the unlocked version with the latest software update, shows additional NR for 66 and 77 with AT&T MVNO Sim. On some other Samsung phones, it has been reported that once you unlock the T-Mobile phone and insert a different sim, you don't get all the same bands as the factory unlocked.  I expect this phone to behave the same way.

    When I put in a T-Mobile MVNO sim into the factory unlocked I got the following bands: 13, 25 & 26 as expected and adds bands 14, 29, 30, & 71.

    On The NR side with this sim I got 2, 5, 25, 41, 66, 71, 77, 78.  So from a Boost Mobile standpoint it would miss NR70, but has NR 66 and 71 that are in trial.

    The Android security patch level is Sept 1 rather than Nov 1 on the T-Mobile firmware (Samsung unlocked is typically older  for all models).  

     

    Note: n78 is a sunset of n77.

    Very interesting.  I will report on what my T-Mobile branded A32 supports once the phone can be unlocked in 45 days.

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  16. 1 hour ago, dkyeager said:

    I tested my A32 5g with TNX sim and T-Mobile. firmware and had no issues connecting to my original Magic Box. 82/7 iirc.

    Thanks.  It may vary by area.

     

    55 minutes ago, dkyeager said:

    Or even by Magic Box.  Some versions of the Magic Box are more suited than others. 

    The location of this Magic Box is about perfect.  Provides internal coverage to an area that previously did not have coverage (now gets some low band).  Across the street it gives coverage into a shopping center that has almost no coverage as well.  Reaches almost to the back of a small grocery story.  Covers into the front area of a bar/restaurant as well as a number of places in between.  Plus in a nimby surburb.

    Ah I see.

    Mine still gets 50 Mbit/sec and falls back to other towers when it needs to, including band 25.  

  17. My A32 came and I really like it.  It is the T-Mobile model but I got it under an offer where I will be able to unlock it after 45 days.  (Whether that unlock of a carrier model also provides BYOD to other carriers firmware I do not know yet.)

    Like you, I got it especially for the band lock ability.

    That came in essential right away for two different scenarios.

    (1) Locking to band 71 (NR works) is necessary here to provide a continuous signal.  Otherwise it  continuously jumps around bands and drops signal.

    (2) i will use it to lock to band 41 once the Sprint sim comes that I have ordered so that I can connect to my Magic Box.  

     I have tested and on the TNX sim it will connect to Sprint towers (an improvement over my Sprint S20) except Magic boxes.

     

     

     

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  18. 1 hour ago, dkyeager said:

    Interesting question. You might be able to reach it if you turn off all other LTE bands and then go to an area in your house that sees no other b41.

    I might be able to test this later today else another day soon. Once your phone sees it, the likely hood of seeing it again should increase, perhaps without eliminating the other 

    I tried that probably a hundred times on my S20, including blocking other bands.  It worked perfectly with a Sprint sim, and not at all with a T-Mobile sim.  It just went to no signal.     However that was a pre-merger Sprint  branded S20. 

  19. 35 minutes ago, gr8nuguy said:

    Magic boxes no longer work. 

    Thanks I have updated that thread to reflect that Magic Box lifetime has been extended to March 1, 2022.

    Obviously this is area dependent.

    But all I am asking for is the Sprint sim needed for the A32.

     

    Thanks.

     

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