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    The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S III (SCH-R530M).

    It says 4G right on the back of the thing. It's my friends and he's so fed up with the extremely poor quality "3G" service he gets with it that he's resorted to having me sell it for him. This is strange because T-Mobile and MetroPCS were purportedly supposed to be sharing one and the same network by now. At least that was his understanding. Is there anything I can do to make this work with 4G and, perhaps this is pushing my luck, but is there also a way to bring it to a new network (preferably T-Mobile)?


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    re: Samsung Galaxy SIII doesn't get 4G

    It's possible that you don't have 4g coverage in your area. the R530M is specific to MetroPCS
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    re: Samsung Galaxy SIII doesn't get 4G

    Quote Originally Posted by tavenger5 View Post
    It's possible that you don't have 4g coverage in your area. the R530M is specific to MetroPCS
    Thanks for the reply!

    The thing is, there is excellent T-Mobile 4G coverage (I had T-Mobile 4G in this area in the past). Shouldn't that also mean excellent MetroPCS 4G coverage?



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    re: Samsung Galaxy SIII doesn't get 4G

    I noticed you have an SIII too. Do you also happen to know if I can unlock it from metroPCS?



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    re: Samsung Galaxy SIII doesn't get 4G

    Quote Originally Posted by phoneybaloney View Post
    Thanks for the reply!

    The thing is, there is excellent T-Mobile 4G coverage (I had T-Mobile 4G in this area in the past). Shouldn't that also mean excellent MetroPCS 4G coverage?
    If the phone was purchased before T-Mobile purchased MetroPCS, then it is only using MetroPCS' network, not T-Mobile's. There are some new "MetroPCS" phones that are using T-Mobile's network. You can check the specifications on the website, if it is a CDMA phone it is for MetroPCS, but if it is GSM it should be on T-Mobile's network.
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