Will this phone work with T-Mobile?

[jkrc717]

Does it have to be unlocked or whatever? I want to switch to T-Mobile, but would like to keep the phone.

 

[Curtieson]

Does it have to be unlocked or whatever? I want to switch to T-Mobile, but would like to keep the phone.

I am assuming you are on a Verizon Lumia 928? It will work as I've read that all Verizon phones come with the GSM portion unlocked. I was actually just reading about the 928 on another site, and someone said this:

Only problem with this phone on T-Mo would be no 1700 band. Meaning it's either LTE or 2G. No 3G/4G (HSPA+).

 

[worldspy99]

You will have to toggle the cellular connection to get SMS to work seamlessly. There are a few threads related to this in the Lumia 822 section.

 

[worldspy99]

Also you will need to configure the correct APN settings for MMS and internet sharing. These are also posted in 822 and 1520 forums.

 

[palandri]

If you are in a refarmed T-Mobile area, you'll get 3G on the1900 frequency.

T-Mobile contracts are 30days and out, so go ahead and try it for 30days, if you don't like it you can change phones or change carriers.

 

[AV2RY]

I have 928 on Tmobile. Works great. No problem at all. But I don't have LTE and MMS (both I don't need, so don't care), SMS works fine

 

[Curtieson]

If you are in a refarmed T-Mobile area, you'll get 3G on the1900 frequency.

T-Mobile contracts are 30days and out, so go ahead and try it for 30days, if you don't like it you can change phones or change carriers.

I hear that term refarmed all the time....do you know of a good mapping site that lays out what carriers are using what bands and where?

Most of what I find is just community driven data, which is normally pretty far behind because by the time you get enough data to make it relevant the network has changed 3 times already.

 

[palandri]

I hear that term refarmed all the time....do you know of a good mapping site that lays out what carriers are using what bands and where?

Most of what I find is just community driven data, which is normally pretty far behind because by the time you get enough data to make it relevant the network has changed 3 times already.

I haven't seen an accurate T-Mobile refarm map other than this one: Sightings of T-Mobile 3G/4G/HSPA+ coverage on 1900MHz (PCS/UMTS band II) and it's not very accurate.

There's also this one that uses a tower search: http://www.antennasearch.com/sitestart.asp

This shows LTE frequencies by carrier: List of LTE networks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This shows 3G by carrier: List of UMTS networks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Portlandia]

Is your SMS working on 2G or 3G? My 928 sends SMS on 2G only on TMobile network. I can receive SMS on both 2G and 3G.

What did you do to fix it and send SMS while on 3G?

I have 928 on Tmobile. Works great. No problem at all. But I don't have LTE and MMS (both I don't need, so don't care), SMS works fine

 

[Vernon Amos]

the other day i was messing around and chose a network under "cellular" vs automatic. tried checking my balance w 3G on and it worked. i'm on ptel btw.

tried it just now and unable to send again. so either i was wrong or there was some other setting i played with that let it send sms under 3g.

 

[worldspy99]

the other day i was messing around and chose a network under "cellular" vs automatic. tried checking my balance w 3G on and it worked. i'm on ptel btw.

tried it just now and unable to send again. so either i was wrong or there was some other setting i played with that let it send sms under 3g.

SMS works flawlessly on T-MO on 2G, on 3G it is a hit or miss same with LTE on 822 or 928 and the signal is H+....