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Hello, when ordering the CellSpot the representative assured me that I did not need to connect to the internet, howerver, after receiving the device the instructs indicated I need to connect the cellspot to my internet. Thus us issue as the internet not reliable nor fast in the rural are in which I live… is thus true I must connect the internet to use this device? Thanks ‘RichSolved348Views0likes4CommentsIs my neighbor's 4G LTE Cellspot degrading my service?
For reference I live in an apartment building which has acceptable T-Mobile service as I've gone years without any issues living here. A new neighbor has moved in recently, and I noticed that I have been experiencing worse call quality and more calls have been dropping. Our building has a very spotty internet provider with high ping and slow upload speeds. A few things lead me to believe that my new neighbors have installed a T-Mobile 4G LTE Cellspot. I'm familiar with the Cellspot because my parents live in a rural area and have one in their home. In the past my phone used to display 5G service regularly, now instead it displays LTE exclusively. When stepping outside about twenty yards away from the building my 5G service returns. I also receive better speeds when running a speed test outside away from my building. Inside of my building I barely reach 40 mbs down and usually below 5 mbs upload speed which is important for calls and video calls. Speed and the quality of calls has never been an issue before. But only recently because of this I’m needing to leave my home to make calls. It's frustrating because like I said this is a recent issue and I can pin it to something that's making it worse. I use my T-Mobile service to get away from my terrible internet to begin with. I understand that there is no way to connect to the tower directly because the Cellspot is basically a small tower itself and the phone connects there by default. What are my options?1.3KViews1like8CommentsCellSpot v2 Tech has never heard of the following "light" sequence
Hello. My CellSpot is not working and seems “stuck,” despite a factory reboot. However, when I spoke to a T tech person, she said she never encountered my “light” sequence. Power Light Green, all others dark for 5 seconds All lights turn (including power) Amber, steady, then blinks and turns dark Power Light turn back on Green for 5 seconds All Lights turn (including power) Amber, steady, then blinks and turns dark. The above continued this cycle for 1 hour and 50 minutes. Tech confirmed address and said it should “provision.” I’m at a loss. Has anyone encountered this situation?110Views0likes1CommentCellSpot v1 Not Powering On
I’ve been using a CellSpot (model 9961 Home Cell V1) for a couple years without issue. The other day (5/1/23) I came home from work and noticed I had no cell service. I checked the CellSpot and all lights were off except Power which was solid orange. I checked the cables and everything was plugged in. I noticed the device was quite warm and thought maybe it overheated so I unplugged it and let it cool down. After it was cool, I plugged everything back in and only got the solid orange Power LED. I let it sit overnight, but was in the same state the next morning. Not hot, just orange Power LED. I checked the Tmobile webpage for the CellSpot (https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/4g-lte-cellspot-setup-and-help) and it does not list the solid orange Power LED in the “Light sequences for issues” section. I tried the Reset button on the back, but that also did nothing. I checked the ethernet connection by using the CellSpot cable plugged into my laptop and there is a solid network connection, so it’s not an internet/connection issue. It just seems to not be sending power, I guess? Are there any other troubleshooting steps I missed? Is there a better/V2 option I can get?126Views0likes0CommentsHow secure is T-mobile's service? Is it encrypted?
How secure is T-mobile’s service? Is packet sniffing or a man in the middle attack possible on the T-mobile network? I know that most ISPs have a good idea of what a user does on their network. You can typically just use a VPN to enable more anonymity online. But from the signal between a device and the cell tower i’m guessing there can be multiple security issues. Lets say I login to my T-mobile account or bank account. And someone has set up a repeater or fake signal that my phone connects to thinking its the T-mobile service. Would that person be able to see the data being transferred over the network. Or is the signal my phone sends out encrypted not allowing for this to happen. Devices like the 4G LTE Cellspot connects to a customers own router and allows them to broadcast a T-mobile signal using their home internet. Are people that own this device able to see data and traffic from my phone? They could possible configure their router maliciously to look at all traffic coming from a 4G LTE Cellspot device with unsuspecting T-mobile customer connecting to it thinking its connected directly to a cell tower. Another way this device can be abused is the person can limit their bandwidth to the device to unusable speeds but all phones around it will still connect to it because its the strongest T-mobile signal. This would degrade the service and make the T-mobile service around that device practically unusable. I swear I’m not paranoid. Just a student studying security and these questions came to mind. Thank you.1.1KViews0likes0Commentscellspot
My cellspot keeps notifying me that it is upgrading its network. This is very annoying and I can not shut this notification off! I have called t-mob cust service twice and after a good hour on the phone they say it is my internet carrier. NOT, as this was happening with my previous internet provider. Without the wi fi phone, I have very poor reception. So, is there a solution other than going to Verizen or some other?208Views0likes2Comments