A tornado hit Tennessee this week, killing more than 20 people and injuring even more. During emergencies like these, lots of folks rely on their cellphones to stay in contact with loved ones, and so today T-Mobile gave an update on its network in Tennessee. T-Mo says that its network has held up well but that some customers in the Hermitage and Mt. Juliet … [read full article]
Remember that T-Mobile travel pillow we told you about? It’s coming next Tuesday. T-Mobile customers can get a free T-Mo and Samsung-branded travel pillow through T-Mobile Tuesdays next week. T-Mo has offered several pieces of swag in the past, including a backpack, [read full article]
After opening T-Mobile Arena in 2016 and then getting its name on a ballpark in 2018, T-Mo will help open another new venue next month. Distrito T-Mobile is a new entertainment complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It’s opening in April 2020 and T-Mo is the founding … [read full article]
Lots of T-Mobile customers are getting their Galaxy S20s early ahead of the phones’ official March 6th launch date, and now those lucky folks are being treated to a software update. The T-Mobile Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra are each receiving a pre-launch software update with the March 1, 2020 Android security patches. Galaxy S20 owners should look for version G981USQU1ATBN while … [read full article]
Nearly a week after T-Mobile paused the Galaxy S9 and S9+ updates to Android 10, the rollouts have resumed. The T-Mo Galaxy S9’s update to Android 10 is version G960USQU7DTA8 and is 1994.95MB in size, while the S9+ update is version G965USQU7DTA5 and it weighs in at 1940.13MB. This update is similar to the Android 10 updates we’ve seen for other Samsung phones lately, … [read full article]
The Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra may not officially launch until Friday, but some lucky T-Mobile customers are getting their new phones today. Some TmoNews readers already received their Galaxy S20 Ultras today and some folks on Reddit say that their phones have … [read full article]
Metro by T-Mobile has apparently been hit with a round of layoffs. T-Mobile has laid off employees of its Metro by T-Mobile prepaid business, according to a report from Light Reading. The exact number of layoffs is unknown, though, and T-Mobile hasn’t issued an official comment on the matter. The National Wireless Independent Dealer Association [read full article]
A couple more updates for T-Mobile phones are going out this weekend. The OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren is getting a 182.1MB update to version 10.0.27.HD61CB. It’s now rolling out over the air and bringing with it the February 2020 Android security patches. Also being updated are T-Mobile’s [read full article]
As expected, the FCC has officially proposed fines against T-Mobile and the other major U.S. carriers over the sale of customer location data. The FCC announced today that T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon will all face fines for “apparently selling access to their customers’ location information without taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to that information.” T-Mobile is facing … [read full article]
A couple of weeks ago, T-Mobile OnePlus 6T owners were thrilled to get their Android 10 update, but the excitement was dampened a bit by the fact that it included older security patches from December 2019. T-Mobile is now updating its OnePlus 6T to version A6013_34_200207. The update weighs in at 167.1MB and includes the February 2020 … [read full article]
After the FCC confirmed last month that U.S. wireless carriers broke the law by selling customers’ real-time location data, a new report says that all four major operators will face fines. T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon are all expected to be hit with fines that could be at least $200 million in total. The fines will be officially … [read full article]
A few days ago, T-Mobile said that its Galaxy S9 and S9+ were starting to get their Android 10 updates. Fast-forward to today, though, and those updates have put on hold. T-Mobile has refreshed its Galaxy S9 and S9+ support pages to say that their Android 10 updates have been “temporarily paused”. Both updates now … [read full article]
