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10 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Dang, yeah not on the list. But never hurts to ask. Might still get something for trading it in (if that's something you want to do).

The LG G7 seems to be missing from several of these trade in promo's.  When I got my S20 FE the G7 was listed on one list for the 500 dollar trade in credit but was missing from another list when I went to the store to do the actual trade in.  I got my trade in credit ok, but it made me worry about it a little.

Now I can't seem to find the LG G7 listed for any of the trade in's.

8 hours ago, PythonFanPA said:

The A32's are on the devices listing on the Sprint site, but I'm guessing you have to do this in-store, because there's definitely no upgrade path that shows you'd get it for free it you select it online on the website.

Do you have to wait until the 18th for the free phone trade in deal?

2 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

 

Got the Feb. FE update on Wednesday, and the March update yesterday as well. Turnaround time not bad, even for the Feb. update. Better than it has been in the past. The March one surprised me.

Thankfully the Feb. update finally fixed the bluetooth issue I'd been having. Can finally use my headphones again.

Great!  Could you tell if it was the huge Feb update or the little Mar update that fixed it for you?

8 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

T-Mobile is terrible with updates. 

Maybe, but I am happy with the updates on my Tmobile S20 FE.

2 hours ago, BlueAngel said:

Still on February 1st on my S20 Ultra.

My bad.  It was an ATT S20 Ultra that got the March update.

Guess my Tmobile S20 FE is ahead of the Tmobile S20 Ultra.  Hope your phone is updated soon.

Updated my Tmobile S20 FE 5G to the March security update today (Sat)!

Just got the Feb update this past Tuesday!

Looks like the FE is finally caught up to the other S20's.

Tmobile S20 FE updated today.  Includes One UI 3.1 with Feb security patch.

2 hours ago, BlueAngel said:

Nothing for me. 😐

My Tmobile S20 FE is still on the Jan Update.

6 hours ago, dkyeager said:

The key test will be stand alone Sprint sites in rural areas. Hopefully they understand the superior coverage distance of 1x800 compared to LTE.  Some small cities would benefit from more sites given greater customer density.  Ohio has stopped publicly tracking rural sites so intelligence on this is quite poor.  Historically T-Mobile does rural sites last.

In urban areas it looks like many Sprint standalone sites could be abandoned.  Some of the WISP sites are not recognized as Sprint sites by me, thus it is possible some T-Mobile sites may also be abandoned or these are new WISP sites. It is even possible these are small cell sites or a shared rack arrangement has been reached. Starry has licenses in the 24GHz frequency here (200mhz and another 100Mhz.)

Being marketting driven, it is possible T-Mobile will add more keep sites if they lose too many customers in these areas in their initial conversion markets.

Not certain T-Mobile understands there are some of us who have delayed phone purchases for many years until we have clarity on the keep sites.

For me personally the chip shortage and lack of competion in the Qualcomm 888 space has not helped (my home site now has a permit to be converted).  AT&T has some very attractive offers. T-Mobile will give me a $100 to $200 phone to stick around for a few years, but I normally buy high end and retain them for a while. I bought many more phones when they were wrapped into the plan. My fear is being stuck with poor service while locked into a plan.

Good points.  I kept my Nexus 6 until the screen finally broke.  My wife is still on her Nexus 6.  We have stayed with phones that can be used on any or at least most networks.

We left sprint when we moved since indoor signal was not very good inside my new house.  I guess if Sprint had bought Tmobile, I would now be wondering if Sprint would ever provide me with good indoor signal.  Don't know if my neighborhood would have been saved or abandoned.

Fortunately for me, Tmobile has great coverage here. 

1 hour ago, dkyeager said:

Definitely a marketing approach in trying to get people to move over so far.  Some of those who have moved over should have done it years ago.  Starting to see permits for a few standalone Sprint sites to be converted, but only about 10 sites.  About 40 co-location sites will be sold to a WISP in Columbus.  AT&T is my backup plan (based on tested performance my pecking order is Sprint->AT&T->T-Mobile->Verizon.)  Tempted by AT&T S21 Ultra deals, just want 500GB since there is no expansion).

I just assumed that eventually, Tmobile with expansion and Sprint keep sites, would provide most Sprint users with equal or better service then before the merger.

Are you thinking that won't be the case?

My tower is back. I got 58 down and 11 up on B2 on my local tower.  

My sevice here in Beaufort just took a dive today.  Hopefully that means they are working on my nearest tower to upgrade to 5G.

I usually connect to B2 and get a great signal.  Looks like I am on B12 from a different tower with terrible speed.

16 hours ago, Trip said:

Until VoLTE stops dropping calls without the "end of call" tone while my phone sits unmoving on my desk, I certainly still need CDMA.

- Trip

Valid point.  Is that an issue with Tmobiles implementation of VoLte, a phone issue or do we have any idea?

On 2/22/2021 at 5:13 PM, iansltx said:

Dish is apparently behaving like they didn't know T-Mobile was going to drop CDMA relatively quickly post-merger:

https://www.fiercewireless.com/financial/dish-sheds-363k-wireless-subs-warns-t-mobile-3g-shutdown

This is the sorta thing that you price into your acquisition of Boost et al.; they're just posturing here to get money/devices out of T-Mobile. Or an extension to the CDMA EOL. They're weirdly silent about capacity being allocated away from Sprint on the LTE side.

Do we know if current Tmobile phones such as S20 Fe 5g or A71 5G would work for all of Dish Networks likely cell phone bands?

I wonder how many phones are still in use that still need cdma.

Even my old, old, old 2014 Sprint Nexus 6 still works great on Tmobile.  Naturally it doesnt get B66 or B71.

I remember the lte rollout with Sprint.  It was rough for many people.  We were all tracking cell site upgrades and reporting issues all over the place.  It was great and wonderful and awful and frustrating.

Everyday, someone was threatening to change carriers.  I am glad I stayed.  I only changed to Tmobile in the last couple of years when I relocated to an area where Sprint was weaker and I couldn't get a good signal indoors.

I am really glad to read these posts where people are overcoming the rough patches while the new Tmobile is rolled out.

3 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

The Sprint dialer codes still work, but not that other one. 

Maybe someone knows if Sprint has a corresponding code out there.

2 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Connection to Jaybird headphones still broken. Other headphones work fine. Very strange, not sure what to do about it. The S20 FE is the only device that has an issue with the Jaybird headphones.

Strange indeed.  I have no idea either.

Did you ever get any dialer codes to work?

I know there are some Sprint dialer codes that people on here have used.  Not sure what they are or which forum they are listed in.  If I find them I will let you know.

3 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

I don't know, the Sprint branded ones who aren't on TNX got the update already, same network lol it just makes no sense.

There are two updates for the S20 FE this month.

The first one about a week ago was the very large update to android 11. 

Then a NEW small update just came out yesterday with the Jan 1st security update.

1 minute ago, Dkoellerwx said:

A new updated over the one last week? That update broke my bluetooth connection to my headphones. 

Yes, a new update after the huge android 11 update.  This one is only 242 MB.  See my screen shot above.

Hopefully it will fix your headphones issue.

3 hours ago, BlueAngel said:

Nothing on my S20 Ultra on T-Mobile still on the December 1st patch.

I hear that another "fix" for the FE's touch screen issue might be in this update.  If so, that could explain why the FE is pushed before the Ultra.  Maybe ...

S20 FE 5G update.  Looks like it includes Jan security update.

2 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Is that a T-Mobile code? I have "Sprint" still and that code doesn't work. Just updated to 11 tonight on the FE. 

I think someone removed their sim card and got the code to work.  I got the code from mdob07.

My S20 FE 5G just got the uodate to Android 11.  It appears to include SA on the FE version now.