just came to t mobile!!

tony5593 · May 4, 2014

I had T-Mobile a couple of years ago in Puerto Rico, when the GS2 came out and their LTE network down there was new. My download speeds were always in the teens, it wasnt that bad. But for whatever reason (I can't remember why) I switched. Now I'm glad I'm back.
I've had consistent signal with it so far, meanwhile my Sprint GS5 is spotty as hell. You'd think that Sprint would have consistent service on an Army post ?
Anyway consistent service and data, AWESOME speed, AWESOME phone and cheaper bill.
Plus I realized last night that the T-Mobile GS5 DEV side is wayyy bigger then the Sprint side.
Only thing bugging me is that my number still hasn't been ported, I'm walking around with 2 phones because I'm still receiving all my calls and texts on the Sprint phone.

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tony5593 · May 4, 2014

MattMJB0188 said:
^ Congrats! Very envious haha. When I switched to T-Mobile, it wasn't that great. LTE speeds would not exceed 20mbps and more than often, sitting on 5-10mbps. While that's not bad, it was not enough to make me give up my AT&T 60+ speeds haha. I also found T-Mobile to be so so when traveling in the car or using spotify. The signal was all over the place.

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Eris _2.1_2010 · May 4, 2014

I've been with Sprint almost a year now. Been hearing a lot of good things about T-Mobile. My only concern is that I travel a lot. Any travelers on T-Mobile, what's the service like for you?

yaniel06 · May 5, 2014

I had sprint for 11 years. Loyal. Even through bad signal. They got me when I returned a phone 4 days after I got it. My wife didn't want it. I asked them if they could waive the activation fee which BTW is so stupid that they charge this fee every time you get a new phone on contract with them. They said no. I said screw you. Went to tmobile the following day and ported over 2 numbers. Signal is great and fast

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adj998 · May 5, 2014

I had tmobile a few years back but I ended up switching to cricket -_- worst service ever I was lucky to get 1 bar at the most in my area, so I decided to try metro pcs since it's merged with tmobile and the service is fantastic, I get full signal and great service. Has all the features a tmobile phone has, and I'm going crazy on this phone since I was using a flashed epic 4g on cricket lol

dusty1268 · May 5, 2014

I just came back to T-Mobile as well from AT&T and I'm a little bummed and I'll admit I didn't check my coverage area for T-Mobile in my area so now I'm stuck with 99% of my area being mostly 2G/EDGE speeds until hopefully the towers in my area are refarmed in mid 2015. Luckily I get WiFi at home and work. Loving my new S5 though it's a pretty amazing phone so far. I had an international unlocked Galaxy S3 i9300 before this that I loved and the LCD went bad in it so instead of getting it fixed I got a T-Mobile GS5..

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kheltek · May 6, 2014

To switch or not to switch

I'm strongly considering making the switch - I spend a lot of time in Central and North Jersey, along with NYC. Can anyone provide feedback regarding the service? I'm on ATT now which has great coverage but I use quite a bit of data, so the price is what is attracting me the most. I know that T-Mobile had an issue with their signal penetrating into buildings. Is that still an issue? Thank you in advance for any feedback you could provide!

dusty1268 said:
I just came back to T-Mobile as well from AT&T and I'm a little bummed and I'll admit I didn't check my coverage area for T-Mobile in my area so now I'm stuck with 99% of my area being mostly 2G/EDGE speeds until hopefully the towers in my area are refarmed in mid 2015. Luckily I get WiFi at home and work. Loving my new S5 though it's a pretty amazing phone so far. I had an international unlocked Galaxy S3 i9300 before this that I loved and the LCD went bad in it so instead of getting it fixed I got a T-Mobile GS5..

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dusty1268 · May 6, 2014

kheltek said:
I'm strongly considering making the switch - I spend a lot of time in Central and North Jersey, along with NYC. Can anyone provide feedback regarding the service? I'm on ATT now which has great coverage but I use quite a bit of data, so the price is what is attracting me the most. I know that T-Mobile had an issue with their signal penetrating into buildings. Is that still an issue? Thank you in advance for any feedback you could provide!

It's not an issue for where I am and the buildings I go in to. Check your coverage area using the Sensorly app. It's a great app to check coverage.

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tony5593 · May 7, 2014

kheltek said:
I'm strongly considering making the switch - I spend a lot of time in Central and North Jersey, along with NYC. Can anyone provide feedback regarding the service? I'm on ATT now which has great coverage but I use quite a bit of data, so the price is what is attracting me the most. I know that T-Mobile had an issue with their signal penetrating into buildings. Is that still an issue? Thank you in advance for any feedback you could provide!

I wouldn't worry about T-Mobile's coverage in NYC that much. It's great and I almost always have great speed. It's not so great in basements of course lol, but that's where Wifi Calling comes into place. I'm not going to lie though, in certain buildings my data drops down to EDGE but it's been a lot better, but again, this is when Wifi Calling is useful.

kheltek · May 9, 2014

Thanks for the response. I decided to give tmo a shot using a prepaid card on an unlocked phone and wow! Signal is great and speed is remarkable. I also happened to get burned royally on my first att bill and the CSR was beyond rude. I'm hitting magenta tomorrow and grabbing some unlimited data

tony5593 said:
I wouldn't worry about T-Mobile's coverage in NYC that much. It's great and I almost always have great speed. It's not so great in basements of course lol, but that's where Wifi Calling comes into place. I'm not going to lie though, in certain buildings my data drops down to EDGE but it's been a lot better, but again, this is when Wifi Calling is useful.

justanotherasian · May 15, 2014

I got into T Mobile when i moved and had to get a sim card for my phone that i bought outside of the states... Stuck with them ever since, mainly because I can't really afford the other one

hondasforlife · May 15, 2014

Just asking lol

Anyone having tmobile connection issues in the new jersey area?

J3COMPUTERSERVICES · May 16, 2014

Just picked up a TMobile GS5 so far happy with it!!

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djkinetic · May 16, 2014

I have both ATT and TMO, i'll never have another CDMA carrier...only reason I can't leave ATT is that TMO has literally no service at my house, outdoors service is on par with ATT but indoors here in Chicago, its sometimes hard to get a good T-Mo LTE signal.

raw2000j · May 17, 2014

djkinetic said:
I have both ATT and TMO, i'll never have another CDMA carrier...only reason I can't leave ATT is that TMO has literally no service at my house, outdoors service is on par with ATT but indoors here in Chicago, its sometimes hard to get a good T-Mo LTE signal.

Use wifi calling

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