The GPM Combined product only seems to go back to the start of GPM - where is the TRMM-era data?
The same algorithm is applied to both eras of data, with adjustments for the individual instruments’ characteristics, but it is split into two datasets with different names that represent the two eras.
At the NASA Precipitation Processing System (PPS) the retrospective datasets are accessible with filenames that start with 2B.GPM.DPRGMI for GPM files and 2B.TRMM.PRTMI for TRMM files via:
HTTPS: https://arthurhouhttps.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/gpmdata/