T-Mobile HTC 10 update

[dmlv]

I thought I would start a thread seeing there is one already for Verizon and Sprint.
Does anyone have information as to a time frame when it might be pushed out?
Anyone we can tweet at besides John L. and Des?... Maybe just @tmobile...

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[BigDinCA]

Try @moversi. Mo seems to be the guy that shouts out to everyone on Twitter when an update is heading your way. And he responds to basic timeline requests if he has the info.

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[daddyd302]

I just called a T-Mobile store. The rep said that T-Mobile is pretty much only doing a soft push and no stores has them. They want to see if there's any interest in it before shipping them out to the stores. It sounds like T-Mobile doesn't have alot of faith in the 10.

 

[bhatech]

I just called a T-Mobile store. The rep said that T-Mobile is pretty much only doing a soft push and no stores has them. They want to see if there's any interest in it before shipping them out to the stores. It sounds like T-Mobile doesn't have alot of faith in the 10.

Well not surprising, that's the reason AT&T is probably not even carrying the phone. They all probably sell only iPhones and Galaxy's or some cheap phones.

 

[X1tymez]

Verizon just got theirs. I'm crossing my fingers next week

 

[3165dwayne]

Sad... We might not see an HTC device next year if the 10 doesn't do well with carriers...who won't showcase the device to give it a proper chance.

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[shook187]

Sad... We might not see an HTC device next year if the 10 doesn't do well with carriers...who won't showcase the device to give it a proper chance.

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I'm sure the 10 won't do well but I'm sure we'll still have some kind of 2017 HTC, just won't be carrier branded.

 

[X1tymez]

If this how carriers treat Android devices. I'm buying unlock next term. Update directly from manufacturer, just like Apple.

 

[Christian Hansson]

It is how T-MOBILE treats HTC devices, other carriers treat HTC well, Verizon for example. I have had T-Mobile for a long time, but about to dump them because of their inexcusable behavior toward the HTC 10, they are now TWO major updates behind, including *security* patches, this is unacceptable. Its almost as if Samsung is paying T-Mobile to treat the HTC-10 like crap!!

 

[Hydraulic Jack]

Don't feel bad...Nothing yet on Sprint either.....HJ

 

[usguyver]

unlocked us the way to go. I have it unlocked from HTC directly and it's awesome.i an using it in AT&T and urcus better then my m9 it gets better signal then my m9. also there are a lot of people that bought the unlocked version and are using it on various carriers. though mostly AT&T and T-Mobile.

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[Almeuit]

unlocked us the way to go. I have it unlocked from HTC directly and it's awesome.i an using it in AT&T and urcus better then my m9 it gets better signal then my m9. also there are a lot of people that bought the unlocked version and are using it on various carriers. though mostly AT&T and T-Mobile.

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It may be for you -- but some may take advantage of carrier features (such as WiFi calling) and want to stick with the carrier-variant due to this. Or they could have decided to go the carrier route to pay the phone off in payments -- either way .. everyone's situation is different .

 

[erasat]

It may be for you -- but some may take advantage of carrier features (such as WiFi calling) and want to stick with the carrier-variant due to this. Or they could have decided to go the carrier route to pay the phone off in payments -- either way .. everyone's situation is different .

That's true for most phones but the HTC 10 is one of the few phones that even Unlocked works with most Carrier specific features such as Wifi Calling and VoLTE, although in this case not even the Tmobile carrier version has the Enhanced messaging and Video Calling native like in the Samsung phones.

However, you are correct about wanting to pay it in monthly payments or like in my case to use Jump ON Demand with it, so what I did was to get it via Tmobile when they became available at the stores, I exchanged my S7 for it (I kept my S7 edge) and after a couple of days and realizing the updates on Tmobile will be a nightmare after seeing that even to buy it I needed to ask for it as it wasn't even on display (so far I was totally right), I decided to do the Unlock bootloader and S-off and changed the CID to the Unlocked US version and installed it's firmware. I saved my Tmobile firmware partitions so until there is a RUU for Tmobile I think I can go back with them if I need to.

So, right now I have a Tmobile's carrier version, that it's just like the US unlocked one, with the Unlocked version and getting all the updates as soon as they are available whole I'm paying the phone monthly and even better, if I get tired of it later I can put back the Tmobile version (hoping that it appears somewhere at some point), lock the bootloader, do the S-on and go to Tmobile and do another change for another phone under the Jump ON Demand program. Best of both worlds.

 

[dannyar11]

So wtf...how long is this going to take.

That's true for most phones but the HTC 10 is one of the few phones that even Unlocked works with most Carrier specific features such as Wifi Calling and VoLTE, although in this case not even the Tmobile carrier version has the Enhanced messaging and Video Calling native like in the Samsung phones.

However, you are correct about wanting to pay it in monthly payments or like in my case to use Jump ON Demand with it, so what I did was to get it via Tmobile when they became available at the stores, I exchanged my S7 for it (I kept my S7 edge) and after a couple of days and realizing the updates on Tmobile will be a nightmare after seeing that even to buy it I needed to ask for it as it wasn't even on display (so far I was totally right), I decided to do the Unlock bootloader and S-off and changed the CID to the Unlocked US version and installed it's firmware. I saved my Tmobile firmware partitions so until there is a RUU for Tmobile I think I can go back with them if I need to.

So, right now I have a Tmobile's carrier version, that it's just like the US unlocked one, with the Unlocked version and getting all the updates as soon as they are available whole I'm paying the phone monthly and even better, if I get tired of it later I can put back the Tmobile version (hoping that it appears somewhere at some point), lock the bootloader, do the S-on and go to Tmobile and do another change for another phone under the Jump ON Demand program. Best of both worlds.

 

[Christian Hansson]

It will probably take until HTC releases another phone, so sometime in 2017, or whenever Samsung stops bribing T-Mobile to hold back HTC updates. Would be my guess anyway.

 

[X1tymez]

Damn. It sure does take forever for T-Mobile push HTC updates.

 

[Almeuit]

Damn. It sure does take forever for T-Mobile push HTC updates.

Sometimes they are fast .. other times slow. Never got it. It seems they are either first or last lol.

 

[X1tymez]

Finally it's here.

 

[chubz#IM]

finally

 

[Almeuit]

Finally it's here. //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160702/9ea6216cbac68f4848da4ccb8aa6c4b3.jpg

Nice .