Will a Pinephone Pro (Explorer) work with TING
07-21-2023, 11:07 AM
(05-27-2023, 05:44 PM)dchang0 Wrote: I am interested in this question too.
Has anyone actually used TING with a PinePhone Pro, and what issues were there?
TING says in their fine print that they use both T-Mobile and Sprint networks (the two companies merged, but their networks aren't fully combined yet, and T-Mobile has the unique 1700MHz band in North America, which may mean their two networks might never be fully combined). So, whatever phone you use has to be capable of supporting both T-Mobile and Sprint as it may flip-flop between the two networks while on TING.
(06-22-2023, 06:05 PM)tllim Wrote:(05-27-2023, 05:44 PM)dchang0 Wrote: I am interested in this question too.
Has anyone actually used TING with a PinePhone Pro, and what issues were there?
TING says in their fine print that they use both T-Mobile and Sprint networks (the two companies merged, but their networks aren't fully combined yet, and T-Mobile has the unique 1700MHz band in North America, which may mean their two networks might never be fully combined). So, whatever phone you use has to be capable of supporting both T-Mobile and Sprint as it may flip-flop between the two networks while on TING.
From user feedback, looks like work with TING/T-Mobile bit not TING/Sprint.
I used to work at a T-Mobile store about 6 months back. T-Mobile will not activate any new phones on Sprint's CDMA network as they are in the process of shutting that network down and redeploying the spectrum used by Sprint for T-Mobile's GSM/LTE network. Since the 3G network is shutting down, to clear out any last remaining Sprint CDMA phones, T-mobile was offering free replacement phones and warning users what was going to happen. So dchang0 is right when he says the two networks aren't ever going to be fully combined, Sprint's network is being killed and replaced. If someone could update the wiki page regarding Sprint support to reflect this, I would appreciate it. I'm not sure if I can.