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Root [MetroPCS/CDMA] Thinking of coming back to metro PCs.

Carlos1986

Carlos1986

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Hey I know a lot of you guys came from the esteem forums and that was an amazing community. So there's no shocker when I say that I am considering coming back to metro PCs and getting the s3 with them. I can honestly say I miss that low cell phone bill. Have things improved on metro's network? What are the average data speeds you guys are getting with the s3 here in fl?
 
Carlos... I just bought the Galaxy S3 for Metro and It's a sweet device as I am sure you are well aware of.

I live outside of Detroit and my speeds are between 3-5 mbps down regularly. I have heard a lot of people in Florida are getting much higher speeds than that.

Come on back...you know you love that lower bill!!
 
I do miss that phone bill...I'm currently paying $113 a month for 1 line with only 5gb of data to work with.I have a garnet red s3 now with at&t. I didn't realize how important a unlimited data plan was and sprint is horrendous for what they charge. I have not been on the android forums much because I have been over in the xda forums. How is development going for the s3 on metro PCs ? I see you guys have a taste of cm10 up and running.
 
Carlos1986 said:
I do miss that phone bill...I'm currently paying $113 a month for 1 line with only 5gb of data to work with.I have a garnet red s3 now with at&t. I didn't realize how important a unlimited data plan was and sprint is horrendous for what they charge. I have not been on the android forums much because I have been over in the xda forums. How is development going for the s3 on metro PCs ? I see you guys have a taste of cm10 up and running.
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It's going excellent
 
we have many roms and more to come, so come join us or else i'm sending n4sty after ya. :D;)
 
Here in California near the L.A area I get pretty average speeds for 4G. I get barely 2 - 3 at times, but that's good enough for me.

I got the phone mostly for my at home Wifi, which I get 30 Mbps on regularly. It's great, but I wonder when we'll get Jelly Bean and if ever.

I didn't come from the esteem, I came from the Samsung Galaxy Indulge... horrible experience with that phone, as soon as I saw someone post on the forum saying the S3 was on metro I had to buy it.
 
From what I hear the at&t version is wired a bit differently. Where would I go to see if it works for at&t version?
 
Its going to be a no go on flashing my at&t s3 to metro pcs. Metro runs on cdma and at&t is hspa so my s3 will not work with data and all on metros network. Which means I haft to raise 550 smackers lol. Anyone want to throw a dollar at me lol.
 
Krew said:
I didn't come from the esteem, I came from the Samsung Galaxy Indulge... horrible experience with that phone, as soon as I saw someone post on the forum saying the S3 was on metro I had to buy it.
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Lol same thing happen to me. I had the Indulge phone and I hated it. I brought the S3 as soon as MPCS got it online.
 
mrpnut said:
No need to sell it, my buddie flash his sprint s3 to metro and everything is working and his 4g so go see wat they tell u.
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Thats news to me im assuming they would have to sell you a uicc card with it to make 4g work? people like that need to be on the forum. i would love to see a converted gsm phone into a hybrid cdma/Lte phone. also would like to see speed test. if all this is true then ya relize this would be considered a major break through? Pnut get your friend to join us im eager to have him do some tests.
 
Carlos1986 said:
Its going to be a no go on flashing my at&t s3 to metro pcs. Metro runs on cdma and at&t is hspa so my s3 will not work with data and all on metros network. Which means I haft to raise 550 smackers lol. Anyone want to throw a dollar at me lol.
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make sure to unlock your sgs3 youll get more for it and its just a few dialer codes
 
K I'm sorry for the false info but i just finish talking to my Buddie and it was not sprint its t mobile my bad lol.;) but everything is working on his phone.
 
mrpnut said:
K I'm sorry for the false info but i just finish talking to my Buddie and it was not sprint its t mobile my bad lol.;) but everything is working on his phone.
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thats cool to know, i was gunna go with simple mobile for a bit. they are a MVNO of tmobile and use their network. :)
 
Also from what i saw metro post to a customer on there facebook page, that they sell the uicc card for $5 and the customer told them he paid $15 for it at the corp store. So i'm assuming i could go buy a sim card from ST and or t-mobile and check it out.
 
nuttmeg said:
Also from what i saw metro post to a customer on there facebook page, that they sell the uicc card for $5 and the customer told them he paid $15 for it at the corp store. So i'm assuming i could go buy a sim card from ST and or t-mobile and check it out.
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ive got 2 tmo sim cards (was gunna go to them before i chose metropcs) rather than you spending money on getting a sim to test ill use one of mine :)
 
Shabbypenguin said:
ive got 2 tmo sim cards (was gunna go to them before i chose metropcs) rather than you spending money on getting a sim to test ill use one of mine :)
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Thanks bud, also look what i found and when i read it, i was saying it only get's better. Even on older CDMA/LTE phones, MetroPCS customers will see coverage improvements by latching onto T-Mobile's compatible LTE network, Legere said. ;)

Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412948,00.asp
 
Get ready for a surprise at the end of this month, we will have a prl that enables our gs3 to use sprint's EVDO when roaming. ;)
 
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