There’s some bad news for anyone still using a Galaxy Note 7 in the US. Samsung has confirmed that it will roll out an update to Galaxy Note 7 phones in the US that will prevent them from charging and block their ability to work as mobile devices. This update will be released on December 19 and will roll out to all … [read full article]
Last month, Samsung and T-Mobile rolled out an update to T-Mo Galaxy Note 7 units that limited their battery charge to 60 percent in an effort to get Note 7 users to return their phones. If that didn’t stop you from continuing to use your Note 7, Samsung may soon disable your device. One Galaxy Note 7 user on US Cellular has reportedly receive … [read full article]
T-Mobile is sending out updates to two LG smartphones this week. First up, the LG G4 is receiving a security update. The update weighs in at 84.4MB, and if you haven’t gotten it yet, you can manually check for it by going into Settings > About phone > Update Center > System updates > Check For Update. Meanwhile, the LG Leon is [read full article]
Yesterday T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert teased that a big announcement was imminent, and now we know exactly what he was hinting at. Digits is a new service from T-Mobile that lets you use the same phone number across devices. This means that you can use the same number across multiple internet-connected devices, including phones, tablets, PCs, and smartwatches, and your calls and texts will appear … [read full article]
UPDATE: T-Mobile’s Galaxy S6 edge+ is indeed receiving an update today alongside the Note 5. Days after the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge+ were updated, it’s time for another pair of Samsung phones to get updates. A couple of Galaxy Note 5 owners have pinged me to say that they’re receiving a software update today to version … [read full article]
Today T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter spoke at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in New York City, and he touched a bit on President-elect Donald Trump and what his election could mean for the mobile industry. Carter expects that a Trump presidency will foster an environment that’ll be more positive for wireless. “It’s hard to imagine, … [read full article]
We learned earlier this year that T-Mobile was discontinuing SCORE!, a program that’d give customers deals on upgrades to new smartphones. Now it looks like customers that haven’t redeemed their SCORE! discount are getting something else from T-Mo. T-Mobile appears to be reaching out to SCORE! customers who haven’t used their benefit and offering them a $150 prepaid card, according to a couple of sources that reached … [read full article]
The FCC’s 600MHz incentive auction rolled on today with the completion of Stage 3, and it went pretty much just like the past stages did. The clearing cost for Stage 3 of the reverse auction was set at … [read full article]
Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesdays gifts and prizes are official, and regular offers like those from Lyft and Wendy’s have been swapped out. The T-Mobile Tuesdays gifts for December 6 will include $12 off your order at The Grommet, a website that offers all kinds of “undiscovered products” … [read full article]
Back in May, we learned that T-Mobile had agreed to acquire 700MHz spectrum in Chicago that would be used for Extended Range LTE in that city. Now we’re starting to learn more about when and where that rollout will happen. T-Mobile has closed its acquisition of 700MHz spectrum from … [read full article]
