I have an unlocked iphone 4s on tmobile's network. I have a micro sim card in the phone, from tmobile, and am only getting EDGE not 3G and i'm in a 3G area. I was told i could get 3S with an unlocked phone. Is there a way to do this so i'm on 3G and not EDGE?
No, T-mobile uses non-standard frequencys, and is not a supported network.
Nope. Not with T-Mobile in the US. One of the reasons they are not a supported carrier.
Lots of info about this on the web and in T-Mobile's own support forums - nobody with an iPhone on T-Mobile's network gets 3G data speeds as T-Mobile's 3G frequency is not supported.
(I think, but might be off, that T-Mobile is using 1700Mhz instead of 1900Mhz).
Patience grasshopper, T-Mobile is quietly starting to roll out 3g, in1900mhz, in pockets across the country...they have done so in Birmingham, AL. iPhone users are their only growth area right now.
now, this is 3G for apple users on a tmobile network, right? because i had a blackberry and got 3G in Florida so i know it exists....
Blackberrys are supported devices with T-Mobile. The iPhone has never been sold by T-Mobile and never supported on their network.
Yes, it exists, but T-Mobile uses a non-standard frequency for their 3G network. If the phone was not specifically designed for T-Mobile in the US, it will not be able to use their 3G network. The iPhone does not support the frequency range that T-Mobile uses...
Think of it this way... if you have an FM only radio, you can not listen to AM stations. The iPhone is the FM radio. T-Mobile is the AM station.
songbirdpa wrote:
now, this is 3G for apple users on a tmobile network, right?
Not just for iPhone users...they need to upgrade their network anyway...but obviously this will attract more iPhone users. As I said, it's their only growth area. Heck, they have over a million iPhones on their network right now...even with the loss of features. That's one big reason they started selling micro sims, when at the time they sold no phones that supported micro sims.
iphone 4s on Tmobile not getting 3G
