Quick Question on 4G

daprince · #1 (**permalink**) 06-28-2011, 09:01 PM

Can you turn the 4G off on the Galaxy S????or Does it run in 4G all the time??(T-mobile)

**gTen** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-28-2011, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by daprince

Can you turn the 4G off on the Galaxy S????or Does it run in 4G all the time??(T-mobile)

Ok to clarify..4G on t-mobile is not really 4G..its 3.5G called HSPA+ and its backwards compatible with GSM..aka it uses 1 radio to do everything...On Sprint and Verizon we have true 4G but the 4G used being Wimax and LTE are not backwards compatible with CDMA thus a separate radio is needed...

That said the HSPA+ that t-mobile uses its top end of 3.5G, while Verizon and Sprint only implement the weakest form of 4G specifications. So HSPA+ is as fast if not faster then the 4G offerings from Sprint and Verizon...

So can you turn it off? maybe..but you dont need to as it wont use up any more battery or anything over 3G...

**masetas** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-02-2011, 04:32 PM

So t-mobiles 4g is faster than verizons 4g?
If so then my next phone will be a tmobile thats if att doesnt buy it then forget it

**masetas** · #4 (**permalink**) 07-06-2011, 01:00 AM

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Anyone know if tmobiles speed is that quick

**darren.wlsn1** · #5 (**permalink**) 07-06-2011, 01:17 AM

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Anyone know if tmobiles speed is that quick

was not where i live in pa but doc says it is on his hd7

**masetas** · #6 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 02:25 PM

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was not where i live in pa but doc says it is on his hd7

is it possible to check actual speeds for tmobile in my area besides actually having tmobile service and comparing it side by side.

**darren.wlsn1** · #7 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 02:40 PM

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is it possible to check actual speeds for tmobile in my area besides actually having tmobile service and comparing it side by side.

not sure but when i was about to jump to t-mo for hd7 t-mo gave me a phone to use for a week with service and it absolutely sucked in my area so maybe tell them you may jump from sprint to t-mo and see if they throw you a loaner cause they LOVE stealing sprint peeps.

**masetas** · #8 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 02:48 PM

im going to have to try that. Maybe i will get it because i want to be able to talk/surf at the same time and im my epic i can only do that when im on 4g(rare) or connected to wifi. I hate having to tell someone im talking let me call you right back so i can use the web. Just dont like the "unlimited"(limited with throttling) data service.

**darren.wlsn1** · #9 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 02:56 PM

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im going to have to try that. Maybe i will get it because i want to be able to talk/surf at the same time and im my epic i can only do that when im on 4g(rare) or connected to wifi. I hate having to tell someone im talking let me call you right back so i can use the web. Just dont like the "unlimited"(limited with throttling) data service.

ya there data bs sux also.

**masetas** · #10 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 03:01 PM

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can the throttling thing be removed? i dont use that much data on my phone atleast not yet i think im good with 5gb a month but they start throttling after 100mb or something like that which really sux