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Re: T-mobile 5g home internet forcing to tower with no data issues/changing towers/bands
blue240sx44 wrote: yea i think there is a major design flaw or just a huge software/firmware issues causing it to idk do something to overwork itself its by far the hottest electronic device ive ever had without a fan i dont think it could possibly last very long i think it runs hotter than a good gaming graphics card even thats pulling 150watts kind of crazy im really hoping i just got a bad device but im pretty sure almost every post ive seen has said its hot or they have a fan on it. still not connected to any tower. i read a post on reddit about a guy getting 4 replacements just sounds crazy and like there is a major issue with the device. yeah i do think i cook mine. it runn hotter the normal and wont connect to a second tower.3Views0likes0CommentsRe: T-mobile 5g home internet forcing to tower with no data issues/changing towers/bands
blue240sx44 wrote: update-well today i get no primary or secondary connection i think this thing might of burnt itself out or something it does turn on fine and does everything else like connect to wifi devices but no actually connection to a tower i noticed even with the fan this thing was pumping out hot air non stop in a 75 degree or less environment. also i got a new wifi 6 capable pcie cardso i turned on the ssid 1 5 9 all enabled the way it comes stock normally i hadthese disabled except for ssid5and i use a Ethernet to a different router for wifi on the unit and idk this seemed to cause even more heat or the device just was always broken and finally broke all the way im not really sure. normally the device is up pretty high so i dont really touch it or mess with it.-it seems that the fan was not helping as much as i thought and i really think these devices have some major issues i feel like my 5g gateway was at least 100-130 degrees on the outside when i unplugged it to try and reset and it felt like a full on car heater maxed out coming out of the fan. i did do 2 factory resets left it unplugged and off for awhile nothing has helped its starting to seem like the nokia 5 g gateway is a big part of everyone's problem and the fact that everyone seems to need a fan to cool this device is a serious red flag to me i think they need to recall all these units-obviously my opinion doesnt matter though lol and having to buy fans to rig up to your device is totally acceptable …….. anyways idk if i even want to get a replacement anymore it seems like most people dont actually ever get these things to work very well out of the box without having to put fans on it i was going to goto the store right away but its farther away then i expected and apparently is appointment only according to the website so thats promising. also it did storm bad yesterday/last night so it is possible that all 3 towers that ive been connecting to have issues or something althougth i was using the device for about an hour around midnight-1 am or so and it was working at that time i did notice it was switching between towers/bands alot more yesterday normally it kind of stays on w/e its connected to it was switching from b71 to b26 to b66/n71 i have looked up the locations of all the towers thats how i know that each band is coming from a different tower you can find the towers on cell mapper and see if theEARFCN number matches any of them or thats what i did maybe im way off. anyways im to annoyed and frustrated to call right now im not sure i could be very nice and dont know if i even want to continue this honestly i feel like im the one who should be getting paid for this not me paying them its been miserable so far. maybe ill call in a hour or 2 or tomorrow since i dont want to be stuck paying for a broken device or something. so yeah i touch mine today. its not in direct sun light. its hot to the point i turn it off. also it says its connected to second signal. but after a bit of checking. its not what so ever.3Views0likes0Comments