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Help My Phone Also 3G ?

BlueMuscles

BlueMuscles

Android Enthusiast
Hi

I'm in NYC and so far since yesterday and all day today I had 4G except for a few minutes today while in a Huge NYC building.

Surprise I even had 4g in that building but during the few minutes when I lost the 4G it showed 3G for them few minutes and then went back to 4G.

I thought Metro PCS only had 1X and 4G and didn't have 3G.

What Gives ?

Thanks
 
Yes it said 3G but I didn't know 1X is the same as 3G...I even did a double take but didn't get to check the speed because it went right back to 4G .

I was just surpised to see it say 3G after reading posts here because when
I start the phone up it goes to (says) 1X then straight to 4G..that's why I
was surprised it showed a 3G icon.
 
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sreum said:
I'm guessing your phone is set to data roaming. Then it might happen.
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Yes it is...I have the $60 plan and $4 insurance and I was informed that it will be $5 starting next month.

Will my bill be extra being I'm using data roaming ?

I hope Not :confused:
 
BlueMuscles said:
Yes it is...I have the $60 plan and $4 insurance and I was informed that it will be $5 starting next month.

Will my bill be extra being I'm using data roaming ?

I hope Not :confused:
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anything that you have to pay on top of your soon to be $65/mth, you'll need to pay up front... e.g. international long distance, and roaming that's not covered as free roaming.
 
MetroPCS did enable "3g" in a few select markets. Dallas, Detroit, and Florida IIRC

Secondly while 1x uses some of the standards defined in the later spec it is considered to be a 2G (or 2.5g) data connection. Forget what marketing material you've read that says otherwise.

While LTE in its current forum was previously not following the 4G standard, the standards body has changed the rules and now Wimax and LTE CAN BE CONSIDERED 4G while HSPA+ cannot.
 
@ciper: That Dallas, Detroit and Vegas, not Florida...
Trust me, I'm in Orlando and I've been complaining about the lack of 3g coverage here for quite a while :)
 
FYI the ONLY reason that metro is considering doing 3G is because of the amount of bandwidth that 1x androids are eating up. the 3G will supposedly help the traffic, but will be throttled, so might as well be 1x.
 
Not all the area can get 3G singal,which depends on service wirless
I am told that it seems that it has no 3G (2100Mhz) in USA
 
We already have 3G. If you wish to get 3G, all that is needed is a quick PRL update.
Check the PRL update thread for details.

/necroed
Beware of roaming zombies...
 
Hey everybody... ive noticed that all the androids have evdo rev 0 and not besides the huawei ascend.. does anybody else have rev o or a... plz post... jst wanna check if im tha only one seeing this..
 
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