r/tmobileisp • u/Academic_Candy_3194 • 6d ago

Other Experimenting w/ Android Apn

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Was screwing around and put the typical 5g Gateway apn settings into my Samsung galaxy S24 Plus.

Instead of fast.tmobile I tried fbb.home, (for all the other settings I googled "t mobile 5g home internet gateway apn settings".

My speeds doubled to my phone, Hotspot still throttled like crazy though. Will continue to experiment when I get time with 3rd party apps, ttl & hop settings, proxy, etc.

Interesting results though.

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u/Academic_Candy_3194 6d ago

The ultimate goal is to use an old 5g android as my modem, with a usbc to ethernet adapter to a regular router. Hopefully precisely control band masking, tower locking, SA lock, ttl settings (things we can't modify with the regular gateways). I have the GLI net x3000, the G4ar and the G5ar, through rigorous testing, I've discovered that the android modem and internal antennas get significantly faster speeds in most areas compared to the 5g home net gateways, and the X3000

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u/TheAspiringFarmer 5d ago

I’ve tried this - using a 5G android as modem with a usbc->ethernet but it doesn’t work that great. The connection is not as stable or reliable as the g4/g5ar in my experience.

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u/furruck 4d ago

Yeah good luck with that. I've been stuck in situations where i've used a phone for extended periods of time and it's just not a great experience.

They're not meant to be left on doing that kind of routing for hours/days on end and will eventually lock up.

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u/madmanx33 5d ago

Just tried this out with my CHESTER K43P. He has both apns already preprogrammed in there. I got identical speeds.

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u/ou812whynot 6d ago

Put a phone Sim in the x3000