• T-Mobile Will Be Adding Support for LTE and Visual Voicemail to Unlocked iPhones

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    Anthony Bouchard
    Published on 2013-04-02 08:30 PM
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    TmoNews has reportedly gotten their hands on an internal document that reveals T-mobile’s plans to enable 4G LTE, visual voicemail, MMS settings, and more for unlocked iPhones via a carrier software update on April 5, 2013:

    The T-Mobile Carrier Update is a minor iOS software update that enables official iPhone support by T-Mobile. When installed, the software update enables a handful of capabilities like Visual Voicemail, MMS Settings and Network/Device optimizations that customers do not have access to today. On April 5, the software update will begin being pushed via OTA to all iPhone devices on the T-Mobile network with iOS 6.1.x or higher.
    All unlocked iPhones running iOS 6.1.x or higher will be able to take advantage of the software update via OTA (over the air) updating, which means there’s no need to connect to iTunes to grab the update when it comes out to the public.

    T-mobile will also be offering HD voice, a feature of the iPhone 5 that has yet to be taken advantage of by the top U.S. cellular carriers. AT&T announced last night that the feature will be coming to AT&T customers later this year; however, T-mobile says the feature will be supported on their iPhone 5 right out of the box.

    Sources: TmoNews via MacRumors
    This article was originally published in forum thread: T-Mobile Will Be Adding Support for LTE and Visual Voicemail to Unlocked iPhones started by Anthony Bouchard View original post
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    1. CPDigitalDarkroom's Avatar
      CPDigitalDarkroom - 2013-04-02, 08:54 PM
      I presume this update will come as a modified 6.1.3. Is there a way to get visual voicemail and other said enhancements while keeping a jailbroken 6.1.2?

      Edit: Nevermind, this is a carrier update not FW.
    1. PokemonDesigner's Avatar
      PokemonDesigner - 2013-04-02, 09:10 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by CPDigitalDarkroom View Post
      I presume this update will come as a modified 6.1.3. Is there a way to get visual voicemail and other said enhancements while keeping a jailbroken 6.1.2?
      I'm going to go with no. I may not be right but I'm almost certain not.
    1. staysic722's Avatar
      staysic722 - 2013-04-02, 09:59 PM
      is this good news for people with an unlocked ip5 on straightalk with a tmobile sim?
    1. Orby's Avatar
      Orby - 2013-04-02, 10:05 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by staysic722 View Post
      is this good news for people with an unlocked ip5 on straightalk with a tmobile sim?
      Probably not. It'll most likely set your APNs and settings to the T-Mobile standard ones, which will break data and MMS until they're edited via configuration profile or jailbreak tweak.
    1. staysic722's Avatar
      staysic722 - 2013-04-02, 10:13 PM
      but tmobiles support of LTE will most likely carry over to straighttalk right?
    1. ThatOneProfile's Avatar
      ThatOneProfile - 2013-04-02, 10:49 PM
      That's great if you live in one of the 7 cities that has T-Mobile LTE. Then you fall back to 2G.
    1. ggab's Avatar
      ggab - 2013-04-02, 10:51 PM
      So it sounds like my wife's AT&T iPhone 4 that is officially unlocked will be able to get 3G speeds instead of just Edge on T-Mobile? Or are iPhone 4's not included? I thought it was impossible to get faster Internet speeds with the current iPhones on T-Mobile because of the incompatible frequencies.
    1. Orby's Avatar
      Orby - 2013-04-02, 10:52 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by staysic722 View Post
      but tmobiles support of LTE will most likely carry over to straighttalk right?
      Partially. I believe T-Mobile's MVNOs will have access to their LTE network relatively quickly, however, will have a lower priority of capacity and speed.
    1. baykush's Avatar
      baykush - 2013-04-02, 10:52 PM
      since this is a OTA update will i get it even if im JB? i tho the JB disable the OTA. BTW dose anyone kno if this would conflict with the early LTE config i did.
    1. firedog341's Avatar
      firedog341 - 2013-04-02, 11:07 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by ggab View Post
      So it sounds like my wife's AT&T iPhone 4 that is officially unlocked will be able to get 3G speeds instead of just Edge on T-Mobile? Or are iPhone 4's not included? I thought it was impossible to get faster Internet speeds with the current iPhones on T-Mobile because of the incompatible frequencies.
      I have an unlocked 4 running on TMo on a grandfathered T-Zones plan (4.99) and have had edge data speeds for years now. Within the last few months, TMo has been changing their data network and adding frequency support. Since Christmas, I've been getting 3G at my house and in town with edge in between without changing anything on my phone or plan.
    1. PiiNeDa323's Avatar
      PiiNeDa323 - 2013-04-02, 11:44 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by baykush View Post
      since this is a OTA update will i get it even if im JB? i tho the JB disable the OTA. BTW dose anyone kno if this would conflict with the early LTE config i did.
      Same question
    1. vinaygoel2000's Avatar
      vinaygoel2000 - 2013-04-03, 12:21 AM


      Guys there is a difference between firmware update and carrier update. Jailbroken phones don't get firmware update but they still get carrier updates and that does not affect the jailbreak.

      Can't upload a freakin image on this sh1tty ModMyi app. Please fix this mods.
    1. Bo's Avatar
      Bo - 2013-04-03, 01:36 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by vinaygoel2000 View Post


      Can't upload a freakin image on this sh1tty ModMyi app. Please fix this mods.
      Just another reason I use Safari when on iDevice.
    1. vinaygoel2000's Avatar
      vinaygoel2000 - 2013-04-03, 01:47 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by blkcadi View Post
      Just another reason I use Safari when on iDevice.
      Does Safari nag you all the time that this site has an app?

      Safari is only showing me 10 comments and no way to go to next page! Am I doing something wrong?

      Plus it has that smart banner at the top.
    1. gotgbus's Avatar
      gotgbus - 2013-04-03, 02:12 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by ggab View Post
      So it sounds like my wife's AT&T iPhone 4 that is officially unlocked will be able to get 3G speeds instead of just Edge on T-Mobile? Or are iPhone 4's not included? I thought it was impossible to get faster Internet speeds with the current iPhones on T-Mobile because of the incompatible frequencies.
      The frequencies are already out just need to turn on 3G
      Also Depends on the city your in I'm in Texas by Dallas Fort Worth and I'm getting great 3G signal over here
      I'm on a att iPhone 4 unlocked
    1. camxposure's Avatar
      camxposure - 2013-04-03, 04:00 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by staysic722 View Post
      is this good news for people with an unlocked ip5 on straightalk with a tmobile sim?
      I'm guess straightalk has a better signal over the tmobile service ???
      why not just use tmobile- sure there's a reason
    1. Brinky's Avatar
      Brinky - 2013-04-03, 04:46 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by camxposure View Post
      I'm guess straightalk has a better signal over the tmobile service ???
      why not just use tmobile- sure there's a reason
      Same towers same signal. Lower monthly cost is the reason.
    1. oneduality's Avatar
      oneduality - 2013-04-03, 04:06 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by ggab View Post
      So it sounds like my wife's AT&T iPhone 4 that is officially unlocked will be able to get 3G speeds instead of just Edge on T-Mobile? Or are iPhone 4's not included? I thought it was impossible to get faster Internet speeds with the current iPhones on T-Mobile because of the incompatible frequencies.
      3G on t-mobile is already popping up all over.. I live in Ohio and it kicked on a few weeks back.. it's in way more than "7 cities" as someone else posted..

      This isn't an official map, it's a user driven map where 3G has been sighted and reported..

      Sightings of T-Mobile 3G/4G/HSPA+ coverage on 1900MHz (PCS/UMTS band II)

      On my iphone 4s I get about 9-10mb on speed tests

      And yes it used to be impossible, but because of the deal falling through with ATT buying T-mobile, part of their agreement stated that if it fell through that ATT had to give up some spectrum to T-Mobile... that allowed T-Mobile to support the 1900MHz frequency required by iPhones... since then, T-Mobile has been frantically implementing it
    1. flintoff's Avatar
      flintoff - 2013-04-03, 04:48 PM
      Does this mean I will get 4g or 3g on my iPhone 5 ?? Whenever no lte network is there ??

      This is confusing . first they were saying u will have to buy new tmobile version iPhone to get hspa speed or something n now this . someone explain plz thanks
    1. GrandMstrBud's Avatar
      GrandMstrBud - 2013-04-04, 05:53 PM
      I've been doing some searching and trying to find out when I can actually buy this. I know pre orders are April 5th and the launch is April 12th. But where can you pre order it? Can you buy it outright and if so from where? T-Mobile store, online, or through apple itself?
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