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5 minutes ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

January Security update has rolled out for the S20 and Note20 series.

Not on T-Mobile that's so weird.

25 minutes ago, jporter12 said:

The article says, and shows a curved display on the Ultra.  It's not a deal breaker for me, but I would also like to see a flat screen.  

It sure looks like a a big nothing burger for most, other than the external design stuff.  I'm more interested in the x60 model stuff, since I learned about it a while back.  NR CA, voice over NR, etc. I'm not sure that's enough for me to upgrade from the S20 Ultra, however.  I just don't know that there will be enough NR deployed (in my area) in the next year to make a significant difference over the S20U.

They seem to just be taking away features like the sd card slot and stuff, no value coming from my S20 Ultra.

I really hope there isn't a curved display on the Ultra, no one wants a curved screen. But if you get the plus you get screwed on specs.

18 minutes ago, Terrell352 said:

I'm on beta 6 and it says it's officially out but it's not showing up for me and I'm on TNX with S20 Ultra. Must be because I have a unlocked S20 Ultra.

Unlocked wasn't released yet.

1 hour ago, mmark27 said:

Still nothing for my S20+ (Sprint SIM)

Yeah you're probably a few days behind with the Sprint sim, oddly enough Verizon was the first to roll it out here in the US.

The One UI 3 Android 11 update is available for S20 series now at least for me on a TNX S20 Ultra.

TNX gives you access to 5G SA which can make a huge difference.

24 minutes ago, floorguy said:

Pretty sure I am.. The Ultra has been on the Tmo network since I bought it.. which as I am reading about, thats what TNX is right??  

My moms phone, the LG G6,  has a better connection (band 41) and faster speed at this location, Then my Ultra does (band 2 on Tmo)

I have been running into these issues all over... It is mostly fine when on Band 66, or 71, but it drops to 2 or 12.. and it SUCKS.

So I am guessing I am on the TNX?? Right?  because it only sits on TMO sites

If you don't have a T-Mobile SIM card you only have the romahome service, and if you have TNX your phone will show the T-Mobile logo at boot up etc.

2 hours ago, floorguy said:

So sitting here at my mom's, doing some "techy"stuff lol.. and it dawned on me.. let's check the difference in phones and connectivity.. needless to say I hope things come together sooner than later.

 

LG g6, vs s20 ultra. I was on band 2 (just can't upload all 4 photos....

 

I wish they could just set the prl to grab what ever the best signal is for your area... Instead of parking you on Sprint or TMO, unless it's gone (true roaming type)

 

I know in the end it'll be better... But this is worse than the Sprint lte roll out. IMHO

 

 

 

 

Why don't you get TNX on your S20 Ultra?

8 hours ago, transitwatch889 said:

Mine isn't back but I'm on TNX. On my line. Couldn't even update the profile.

With TNX you can't update the profile on the S20.

2 hours ago, bigsnake49 said:

Does the TNX hack use a proxy instead of going directly to the network. My ping times are upwards of 100ms.

As far as I know it's directly connected to the T-Mobile network.

2 hours ago, cyclone said:

Went to a T-Mobile store today and did the TNX SIM swap. Ran into an issue with my phone not getting any service after getting the SIM swapped and confirmed in the system. The lady helping me had to call some support number to try and figure out why my phone showed to be activated on T-Mo, but "no service" was showing on my phone. After doing some digging, apparently Sprint had not been updating my devices the last few years. Was told that my "current" device was an iPhone 6s. Now, I've done annual upgrades since then and always activated through Sprint's website with no apparent issues. Could this be related to why I would get intermittent service problems over the past few years? I would get random signal drops or cycles as if I had put the phone in Airplane Mode.

On a side note, the lady also stated that TNX allowed me access to more towers than using a Sprint Tower...is that true? Just got this today, so haven't had much of a chance to test known areas with bad service. Will be doing PoGo Community Day this weekend and the two parks I hit are places where I normally switch to 3G to avoid data drops, so can test it out and update.

Well yeah you get T-Mobile service now so you have access to all of their towers now.

55 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

OK I was moved to TNX on the iPhone 6s. Did a few speedtests. Most of them averaged around 10 down/5 up but then there was that 77 down/24 up that I got close to a site. The latency is pretty bad almost all above 100ms. The process itself was fast and painless.

I think it's time to move on a 6s is what 5 years old? I think you're limited by the modem in the phone at this point probably maxing out.

Damn this place is glitchy.

Check your bill if you've added TNX to your account they tried charging me an "upgrade support charge" for $20, I called and had them remove it but yeah they say it's "free" but they try to get you on your bill.

6 minutes ago, chamb said:

I am with "TRIP" on this one.  T-Mobile COULD have had good coverage in the Shentel area in the past. Shentel/Sprint was a competitor.  T-Mobile was not even trying to compete.  Service most places was horrible. Shentel almost always had twice the number of sites to cover an area while T-Mobile done it the cheap way. Shentel had a network that was even better then Sprints network elsewhere.  T-Mobile was not even competition. Just very very poor.

   So, this is the reason I have no faith that T-Mobile will step up and do it right.  The Shentel network needs to be the base to build on.  Add T-Mobile spectrum to almost ALL of the Shentel sites.  What I hate is all the Shentel employees knew what they were doing and could be proud of it.  If T-Mobile trashes the Shentel network, all the employees will see many years of hard work disappear.

I hope the buyout price that T-Mobile has to pay is very high. It is a great network and it should bring  a premium price.

Well that's what they need to do, add T-Mobile to all of their sites boom problem avoided!

26 minutes ago, Yuhfhrh said:

It improved 5G NR coverage by no longer requiring a midband LTE anchor. Otherwise the coverage between LTE b71 and NR n71 is going to be pretty much the same.

Well there we go, as I said I didn't know.

17 minutes ago, Cardsfan96 said:

I’m just generally curious. I thought the 30% was between NSA and SA. I hope I’m wrong.

Well NSA is no different than LTE when it comes to coverage because NSA uses LTE as an anchor. SA can go further because it doesn't have to rely on LTE.

41 minutes ago, Cardsfan96 said:

How would B71 not have comparable coverage/ signal strength as SA n71?

I don't know the specifics but T-Mobile said SA improves coverage by 30%.

1 hour ago, Cardsfan96 said:

What was the speed difference? Just because you had 5 bars didn’t mean it will be a better experience. Isn’t it likely you were connected to multiple aggregated LTE bands including B71 that would likely have identical type coverage as SA 5g?

B71 wouldn't have the same coverage as SA n71 and I didn't do any speed tests I was just referencing the difference in signal strength but both were excellent for what I was doing. I was occasionally connecting to NSA 5G but the signal was equivalent to LTE.

I see where 5G SA comes into play, I'm in the woods had two bars of LTE, taken I was switched to SA and 5 solid bars of 5G. Love it.

Anyone getting a lot of missed calls on TNX? I've missed like 3 calls today. They ring and hangup 1 second later.

15 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

It's an iPhone 12 Pro straight out of the box directly from Sprint on an annual upgrade.

I didn't check which SIM it has. How can you tell which one it has?

It will say T-Mobile and then R15 on it.

46 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

Set up a family member's new iPhone 12 Pro for them yesterday. Still waiting on mine and one other one to ship....

I left it set it to "5G Auto" and enabled "Allow More Data on 5G".

Plugged it into their CarPlay for their vehicle and took a trip from Bethesda into DC. It seemed to hold onto strong 5G coverage very well. I didn't run any speed tests on it, but voice quality was very good.

One thing I did notice is that it still says "Sprint Wi-Fi" for Wi-Fi Calling. I figured it would say T-Mobile for these new devices, but perhaps that hasn't been migrated over yet?

Is the iPhone 12 using an R15 T-Mobile sim?

3 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

I hate to say it but blame your NIMBY neighbors. Permits are a lot easier/quicker in bad areas because there is less objection. 

That sounds about right lol.

3 hours ago, belusnecropolis said:

Imagine getting jacked doing a speedtest

It's a possibility lol.