Lumia 735 RM-1039 works great on T-Mobile

[Steven Penner]

Just in case this got lost in the noise for my fellow T-Mobile subscribers, the Lumia 735 RM-1039 (available now from B&H and Expansys) works great on T-Mobile.

See: http://forums.windowscentral.com/no...918-lumia-735-expansys-anyone-use-lte-us.html

 

[RumoredNow]

Thanks for doing the legwork on this one... Based on Microsoft Store and gsmarena specs I would have said no it won't work on T-Mo, but you proved them all wrong. Good on ya, bro.

 

[Bleser]

I'll begin searching, but thought I would ask in this thread.

I picked up two unlocked Nokia devices and joined T-Mobile this weekend. I can confirm the 1520.3 and 735 that B&H sells both get LTE in Saint Louis too.

Questions:
Is visual voicemail possible on an unlocked device like this on T-Mobile? How do I set it up if so?
How about wi-fi calling via T-Mobile? How do you get that setup?
Finally, group texts and texts with images seem to all have "NoSubject" posted on them. How do I turn that off?

 

[Steven Penner]

1. L735 RM-1039 requires no setup for VVM, it works out of the box.
2. I can't install the WiFi calling app as it's not a T-Mobile branded phone.
3. I have always had that experience, even on my T-Mobile labeled L521.

 

[Steven Penner]

Update: as I traveled down from Seattle to Sacramento over the past 10 days, I never experienced less than H data speeds on my L735 except in Grants Pass in southern Oregon. Just a personal anecdotal experience data point for west coast T-Mobile subscribers. Almost always the speed was comparable to my Lumia Icon (on Verizon).

 

[mark233]

I have visual voicemail on my unlocked 830

 

[RumoredNow]

I concur, Visual Voicemail just works on unlocked devices. I've had several on T-Mo with no issue.

I concur, WiFi calling requires a BRANDED phone or you won't get the App/Service. As a side note, if SoftCard (formerly ISIS) follows the pattern of Verizon and AT&T deployments - it will only go to BRANDED phones as well.

​I've never used group SMS.

 

[Bleser]

Thanks all. I have visual voicemail working now on my unlocked 1520.3 and 735. I really like it since it is the built-in verson with Windows Phone (Sprint made you use some crappy Sprint app that was extremely buggy).

I think I'll just get used to seeing 'NoSubject' on my MMS messages until Windows Phone adds the option to not display it (or something with T-Mobile changes).

Finally, I haven't heard very good things about wi-fi calling so I think I won't care that I don't have that.

Loving it all so far.

 

[Gunbust3r]

When is Microsoft going to bake WiFi calling into the core OS like Apple? (And Google who is working on it) This is one of the main reasons I wont consider a non T-mo branded phone...

 

[RumoredNow]

When is Microsoft going to bake WiFi calling into the core OS like Apple? (And Google who is working on it) This is one of the main reasons I wont consider a non T-mo branded phone...

Have you suggested it on User Voice? https://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions