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4G flipped on in FLORIDA!!!!

MikesTooLz

MikesTooLz

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just got a text message from metropcs and called to confirm that metropcs has now turned on their 4G network in florida.


Now all I need is a 4G LTE android phone. (Fingers crossed)
 
MikesTooLz said:
just got a text message from metropcs and called to confirm that metropcs has now turned on their 4G network in florida.


Now all I need is a 4G LTE android phone. (Fingers crossed)
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I've being reading a lot about metro's 4G LTE and I'm really dissapointed. Speeds are going to be very far from 4G (something about 700 Kb/s) like an slow 3G because of their infraestructure.
 
danyvw said:
I've being reading a lot about metro's 4G LTE and I'm really dissapointed. Speeds are going to be very far from 4G (something about 700 Kb/s) like an slow 3G because of their infraestructure.
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That cant be right.
My optimus M is getting 1621kbps down and 1245kbps up.
 
MikesTooLz said:
That cant be right.
My optimus M is getting 1621kbps down and 1245kbps up.
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Are you sure?????????????????????? For sure your Optimus is conected via WiFi. More than 300 Kb/s is only achieved in 3G Networks. Metro never achieve more than 150 Kb/s download NEVER!!!!!!!!!!! almost all the time you get only 40-80 Kb/s Down and a little bit more Up
 
From what I have read elseware. They should have a 4g android in feb. But the possiable downside is that it will most likely be a Samsung. I personaly dislike Samsung as every Samsung anything I have had has broken in some way, shape, or form. As I live on the coast of Fl. I will not see 4g from anyone for a whial. Even verizon 4g which they have no phone for yet. Is only in largre citys but they claim full us by end of 2013. They also claim there 4G does up to 60mbs which would be faster than my cable modem. Metro 4G will improve as they get all the buggs out. That is the price you pay for being the first with 4G LTE and the crappyest phone ever that runs on it in America. As with anything new there will be buggs and problems. I did read that the craft on 4G is only as fast as current 3G from others. But as far as Metro goes that is still a huge jump from the 2G we have now.
 
bucketbass said:
From what I have read elseware. They should have a 4g android in feb. But the possiable downside is that it will most likely be a Samsung. I personaly dislike Samsung as every Samsung anything I have had has broken in some way, shape, or form. As I live on the coast of Fl. I will not see 4g from anyone for a whial. Even verizon 4g which they have no phone for yet. Is only in largre citys but they claim full us by end of 2013. They also claim there 4G does up to 60mbs which would be faster than my cable modem. Metro 4G will improve as they get all the buggs out. That is the price you pay for being the first with 4G LTE and the crappyest phone ever that runs on it in America. As with anything new there will be buggs and problems. I did read that the craft on 4G is only as fast as current 3G from others. But as far as Metro goes that is still a huge jump from the 2G we have now.
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I read that too (about the Samsung Android) Also read about other 6 Android Phones coming thru this year. Let's wait and see what they bring on February. Even with 3G speeds is a huge advance over now.
 
MikesTooLz said:
That cant be right.
My optimus M is getting 1621kbps down and 1245kbps up.
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You aren't getting that on Metro's 2G network. You must be connected to wi-fi. Metro's 2G network is somewhere between 100 - 200k.

Metro's LTE network is currently about 700k, not even 1mbps. Experts say Metro may be able to squeeze 2mbps - 3mbps eventually on LTE, but nothing more due to dearth of spectrum available.

That's why Metro's "4G" marketing is just hype. Basically this is Metro's route to "3G" speeds. But for $50 per month, it is what it is. Plus, going LTE lets Metro stay in the ballgame, since Verizon, AT&T and even Sprint is going LTE. (Yeah, Sprint has Wi-Max, but they see the future is really LTE.) With LTE/CDMA handsets being made for Veizon, Metro can get the same handsets with different frequencies.

Now in the future, there may be advancements in compression or Metro may be able to beg/borrow/steal more spectrum. But right now it's nowhere near "4G" (100 mbps). Actually no one has that yet, not even Verizon. Their so-called "4G" is more like 3.5G. :p

You can use LTE to get to 4G, but LTE does not automatically = 4G.
 
danyvw said:
I read that too (about the Samsung Android) Also read about other 6 Android Phones coming thru this year. Let's wait and see what they bring on February. Even with 3G speeds is a huge advance over now.
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Yeah, Samsung Forte is the first LTE Android -- or that was the pre-release name. It may change. But the model number is "Samsung SCH-R910".

More here: Samsung SCH-R910 - xda-developers
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Then a time gap without any new releases, but more LTE Androids by mid-year. So, I will probably keep my Optimus M until summer and see what comes out then.
 
asadullah said:
If you live in Orlando and got an evo flashed to metro watch my shop puts 4g on them
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Well, that's a bunch of bull. :p Come on, dude.

Sprint's HTC EVO Android has CDMA and Wi-Max chips. Wi-Max is Sprint's current "4G" network. (Not really true 4G, but faster than 3G. Call it 3.5G. Still, for purposes of this discussion, we'll call it "4G".)

Anyway, HTC EVO has CDMA and Wi-Max.

HTC Mobile Phones - EVO Sprint - Overview

Networks
  • CDMA 800/1900 MHz EVDO Rev. A,
  • WiMAX 2. 5 to 2.7GHz; 802.16e
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When EVO is flashed to Metro, only the CDMA part works on Metro's network -- and only Metro 2G, 1x CDMA at that. Not even as fast as Sprint's CDMA network.

MetroPCS does not have Wi-Max network.

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Metro's so-called "4G" is LTE, not Wi-Max. LTE is another type of network, like CDMA or GSM, but allows for faster speeds and lower latency. The Samsung Craft, Metro's ONLY LTE phone at the moment -- and only a "feature phone" not a smartphone -- has both CDMA and LTE chips.

The new Samsung Forte (Metro's first LTE Android) will have both CDMA and LTE chips.

So, unless you are saying that you can solder MetroPCS LTE chips inside the EVO, it cannot run on Metro's LTE network. It doesn't have the internal parts to do it. (And it would have to be specific LTE chips that run on Metro's LTE network. Verizon's LTE network uses different frequencies.)

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All a flashed HTC EVO can do is run on Metro's slow 2G 1x CDMA network. because it doesn't have Metro's LTE chips inside.

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Even Verizon's upcoming LTE Androids, which will have both CDMA and LTE chips, will NOT NOT NOT run on Metro's LTE network. Different LTE frequencies. Any flashed Verizon LTE Androids will only be able to run on Metro's CDMA network.

So, no Sprint EVOs flashed to Metro will run on Metro's LTE (4G) network. Sorry.
 
Look believe me or not I do it. I can't go into detail cuz it's one of those things that helps us out and but check craigslist orlando in the next two weeks. It's 100%. I know this sounds like an ad or b.s. but I flash phones all day everyday.
 
asadullah said:
Look believe me or not I do it. I can't go into detail cuz it's one of those things that helps us out and but check craigslist orlando in the next two weeks. It's 100%. I know this sounds like an ad or b.s. but I flash phones all day everyday.
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That's sound like a scam. How can you put a Wi-Max phone to work in an LTE network? Both have completely different chips!!!!:eek:
 
I have read that the difference between Wi-Max and Lte is more software than hardware. They compaired it to the mac book pro with the intel ect. that can run either os on the same hardware.I will have to find out where and repost but if that is true maby the evo can be reflashed. But the freq and bandwith differences I would think would be an issue. Also how do you get full use of that on metro? I have never seen any flashed to metro phone have 100% of it's functoins work. As another offshoot I read sprint is in talks with T-moble to buy them out to get the Lte as that is where they (T-moble) are going. Sprint will not do away with its investment in Wi-Max but evo sales are still under 500K where as the Optimus platform has sold over 2million. Also Evo is still only 1 of 3 phones running on Wi-Max.
 
Hear is one quote from this site. But yes the netwoks themselves are compleatly different.
WiMAX vs LTE: The Showdown | TechWench.com
At stake are billions of dollars. We are talking about hardware manufacturers that have started making hardware compatible with either LTE or WiMAX. We are talking about telecom operators that have invested heavily into buying hardware. We are talking about people in IT who have set up the networks for these telecom operators. We are talking about mobile manufacturers that have drawn up plans to manufacture, or have already manufactured, mobile phones compatible with either of the technologies
 
danyvw said:
Are you sure?????????????????????? For sure your Optimus is conected via WiFi. More than 300 Kb/s is only achieved in 3G Networks. Metro never achieve more than 150 Kb/s download NEVER!!!!!!!!!!! almost all the time you get only 40-80 Kb/s Down and a little bit more Up
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yeah man, that sound more correct. mike you're definately missin a decimal point in those up n down speeds
 
danyvw said:
Are you sure?????????????????????? For sure your Optimus is conected via WiFi. More than 300 Kb/s is only achieved in 3G Networks. Metro never achieve more than 150 Kb/s download NEVER!!!!!!!!!!! almost all the time you get only 40-80 Kb/s Down and a little bit more Up
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yeah your right, it must have been connected to some random hotspot at the time.

I'm getting between 112kb/s and 150kb/s
 
bucketbass said:
Wow its on and with good coverage for the east coast where I live!!!! The maps are up!! Come on android LTE.................... :)
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4G Samsung Forte should be out next month.
I'm ready. I only wish they would say what the other phones will be.

they say 6 more 4g phones are coming by mid 2011 yet no other info.
 
(Edit to my info, I know for a fact the next samsung 4G LTE phone is the Samsung Indulge, because my manager is aware of its arrival in our inventory come Feb, I'm confused as **** to what the Forte is, and supposedly based on some info its another phone. Supposedly one is going to be midrange, the other will be high tier, but will see. http://www.mobiletor.com/2011/01/14/samsung-forte-the-next-lte-phone-for-metro-pcs/)

Its called the Samsung Indulge:

Ignore the fake ass motorola pics on the page

MetroPCS More Leaks about LTE Samsung R910 Android


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Supposedly the Forte was the beta name, and the only thing i could pull up inside the corp metro office lol. R910 would be the official SKU name. I heard the sanyo Zio would be coming, but then i heard it was 1.6 android so they junked it. Haven't heard anything coming out in the next couple months but the Samsung Indulge. Which isn't gonna be cheap, probably like $399. I just hope it has a button to turn the ****in 4g off, cause the Samsung Craft was the BIGGEST POS because of its 2 hour battery life.
 
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