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3G?

Is 3G software or hardware? In otherwords, Can a GSM PDA phone edition be converted to 3G? If 3G works with GPRS, why not?
Therefore will we soon see a 3G SD card similar to a Wi-Fi card?
Is there a XDA or i-Mate 3G on the cards any time soon?
Thanks
calli

3G or UTSM is a new network the name is because it's the 3th generation of wireless phone networks
the first ones were analog much like directed walktalky's really
2th one was gsm and CDMA
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so no it's not software
it operates on a different frequency band
and yes 3g phones are backward compatible so they also works
when there is no 3g service reach
this is the upcomming xda 4 device which support 3g
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=94253
what 3g really offer that 2g dont is
video phonening
and much much faster datatransfers

this is the upcomming xda 4 device which support 3g
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=94253
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Hmmmm...that looks like a printer to me
I have a 3G data pcmcia card from Orange and I have also tried Vodaphones one.
I'm not impressed with the speed.
It keeps being touted as "broadband for your phone", but it's nowhere near there yet. I have yet to see it reach ISDN speeds.

T.Y.M.SAI said:
i am using 5G
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...to reply to a 15-year-old post...

Is it quad band or tri band?

Wats up with gsm 850 ? Is it like diamond or it is true quad band?

alexor said:
Wats up with gsm 850 ? Is it like diamond or it is true quad band?
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It has 850 but will not use the US 3G networks (set for ASIA/EUROPE) unless you get a US version (not out yet). So it's quad without 3G (you do get EDGE though)

so
so its quadband gsm and dual band hsdpa for euro/asia?

I think it does GSM850 but not UMTS850. Is this correct? Now, my question, is UTMS only used for data and GSM is used for voice? My immediate answer to this would be no, UTMS (W-CDMA) is used for both.

Yarr.. is this a hardware thing or a software thing?

Software
briggs81 said:
Yarr.. is this a hardware thing or a software thing?
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I think Software - I saw a registry edit in the tweak thread. need to go find it again

850 adding 850 GSM is a software tweak, adding the UMTS bands for the US is not (it lacks the hardware)

I really dont think they would have released this without the hardware. My gut tells me the US 3G will see the light of day...

Raspster said:
I really dont think they would have released this without the hardware. My gut tells me the US 3G will see the light of day...
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I've been praying daily for this since I got my TP on Tuesday... And I'm not a very religious person...

3g in touch pro india

sir i found my Indian version of touch pro has no 3g. browsing xda forum i found installing new radio will enable 3g. my country 3g bandwidth is 2100. any one suggest me which radio suites my touch pro to enable 3g. thank you.

If you using indian version(factory unlocked) then it must capable of using 3g in india as here 3g has 2100/900 band....
just change the band from auto to wcdma.....
I am using at&t fuze in india in 3g...

thank you sir but my phone is not changing to wcdma band. i dont know what to do, pls help me

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umeetbabu said:
thank you sir but my phone is not changing to wcdma band. i dont know what to do, pls help me
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No matter what you do it wont work , As indian version of Diamond and Touch Pro is not 3G capable devices . Please check below link next to network ( its only GSM /GPRS / GPS ) .
http://www.htc.com/in/product/touchpro/specification.html

[Q] 3g 850 band

the O1 has 900 / 2100 3G band stock.. is it possible in any shape or form to add a band to it? for example the 850mhz band?? can any developer take a look into this? im already assuming its hardware related but for the many transformations the O1 has gone through im not ruling it out as impossible just yet.. please have a look into it thanks..

r3al_0g said:
the O1 has 900 / 2100 3G band stock.. is it possible in any shape or form to add a band to it? for example the 850mhz band?? can any developer take a look into this? im already assuming its hardware related but for the many transformations the O1 has gone through im not ruling it out as impossible just yet.. please have a look into it thanks..
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Well it's impossible, as in totally. These bands are not like porting ICS over and i guess they may need a change in chipsets or whatever.

r3al_0g said:
the O1 has 900 / 2100 3G band stock.. is it possible in any shape or form to add a band to it? for example the 850mhz band?? can any developer take a look into this? im already assuming its hardware related but for the many transformations the O1 has gone through im not ruling it out as impossible just yet.. please have a look into it thanks..
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2G Network:GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network :HSDPA 900 / 2100
850mhz band is for 2g
U want 2g while u select wcdma only, is it that ?
Why dont u select gsm only if thats the case

Perhaps it ispossible, but you need to flash another radio image for it. Also, your radio must support that frquency.
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rishabho1 said:
2G Network:GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network :HSDPA 900 / 2100
850mhz band is for 2g
U want 2g while u select wcdma only, is it that ?
Why dont u select gsm only if thats the case
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im on 2g.. the problem im facing is that the network im on the 3G band is 850 n the O1 doesnt support that band for 3g..

_Arjen_ said:
Perhaps it ispossible, but you need to flash another radio image for it. Also, your radio must support that frquency.
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thats wat i was thinking.. for example: the old motorola l7 stock was GPRS n with sum modifications was about to use EDGE.. the codes for the OS r different but what seemed impossible in the beginning turned out different after trying..
as Cresqo said, it cud b hardware depended n therefore would be impossible.. i personally have no experiencing where Android OS modding is concerned thats y im asking for advice here where experienced ppl are..

Well, say our phone supports that band (which I guess it does), we need to hack the radio image. I have done it on Nokia phones before, but never looked into it for LG P500.

_Arjen_ said:
Well, say our phone supports that band (which I guess it does), we need to hack the radio image. I have done it on Nokia phones before, but never looked into it for LG P500.
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well at least we know it has been done b4 so its not impossible.. wud u take a look into it on ur time plz.. thanks

I was looking into this not too long ago. See the third post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26608544
P500 uses WCDMA band 8, which is 880MHz - 915MHz. This is determined by hardware filters unfortunately.
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curious_one said:
I was looking into this not too long ago. See the third post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26608544
P500 uses WCDMA band 8, which is 880MHz - 915MHz. This is determined by hardware filters unfortunately.
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thanks for the info.. i guess im stuck using 2g on my beloved O1

yeah, I'm in the same boat
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA

i saw the at&t version of the P500 on the same network im on with 3G
i dnt think its impossible.. (i got mine from t-mobile)

WCDMA Band 8 support in my phone

Hello,
If my phone supports 2G's GSM 900 isn't it supposed to support also 3G's WCDMA 900 ?

yoelian said:
Hello,
If my phone supports 2G's GSM 900 isn't it supposed to support also 3G's WCDMA 900 ?
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Maybe, maybe not. You didn't say what device you have or what network your device is activated on, that can make a difference.
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Droidriven said:
Maybe, maybe not. You didn't say what device you have or what network your device is activated on, that can make a difference.
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You're right, it's a LG (AT&T) Phoenix 2 K371 and from what i've read at Qualcomm's site i think i understood that it's modem supports it. I mean at least the antenna for the 900MHz is the same for GSM and WCDMA?
Thanks