hello
i'm using my Imate and i have the lastest update downloaded
so i was wondering how can i make my coverage work using At&t
i contacted at&t and they said i should buy a special phone from their service
so is there a way i can fix it
thx alot!
so can anyone help ??? plz
Are you in the U.S.? If so, AT&T is primarily 850MHz...sometimes in larger cities 1900Mhz can be found. As you know, the Universal is triband and quad would be needed to receive an 850MHz signal. However, T-Mobile still remains primarily 1900MHz in the U.S.; the signal is choppy at times but is more reliable than AT&T outside of large cities.
hello
thx for ur help
yes i do live in the states actually i live in Arlington - Texas and i work in Dallas - Texas
but the problem is i lose my coverage all the time and if i have coverage, i have poor connection and its not good and i cant talk
so is there a way to do it or at least if can unlock the software... i dont know
help plz
Do you have these problemse before?
its my 1st time here in the states. i didnt have problems when i was in lebanon
and even though i have a nokia phone having the same problem abd they used to work back in lebanon good and having no caverage error
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Hello everyone. I recently moved to Germany from the US and had my Fuze SIM unlocked. Well today I went to a T-mobile kiosk and the rep told me that I can use the phone for regular phone service with no problems but he didn't think that the US spec Fuze would work on the Internet with their data plan? Does anyone know if this is true? Why would it not work? Does T-mobile in Germany use a different band for Internet that the US Fuze doesn't support? Any information that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Murnutz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_bands#GSM_frequency_usage_in_Europe
for normal gsm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands
for umts (3g)
and of cause if you got a non gsm device like a simcardless cmda phone == nowhere
itll work fine for phone and data up to 2g. if you want 3g check if it can do international bands or just us ones.
Hi,
I just bought a Telus Milestone while in Canada las week, I bought it from a Best Buy store in Toronto.
I live in Costa Rica and we use 850mhz 3G band but for some reason is not picking up 3G band only GSM with EDGE data connection.
I already try the "WCDMA only" option but still not working it goes out of service.
Is there anything different in Telus 3G network that could be not compatible here?. All of the iPhones 3G and 3GS work here with no problems, same as some other ATT phones.
According to the FCC my phone supports 850mhz 3G band.
Behind the battery it says: FCC IHDP56KC5
And according to FCC documentation it supports WCDMA 850/1900/2100 plus HSDPA 10.2 mbps
So, I don't know what's going on...
Hope somebody can help me, I heard there is a Field Test hidden option on the phone that can show some troubleshooting information, but I don't know how to access it.
Thanks for the help,
Luis
Planning to buy one too, so it'd be handy to know what's going on there. I take it you bought it unlocked? Also, is the APN and all that setup correctly? How do you have it setup, is it one of the new 3G phone lines or an old GSM one (which are capable of 3G as well)?
I have the exact same problem down in Mexico, I just received an unlocked Telus Milestone and all I get is edge. I am using the same APN configuration that I have on my Rogers Dream (G1) and I do get 3G on that one.
Also, I believe this forums are for HTC phones only, I'm not sure we'll get lots of help here on a Moto issue.
Mine does work on HSPA+ here on Telus.
Just a hypothesis would be: Since it has only been released on HSDPA/HSPA+ network in Canada, they haven't done proper testing on 3G mode and there is a bug in 3G only mode.
Like I said, I can't say for sure since the only other GSM network we have here is rogers which is mixed 3G and HSPA+.
On second thought, I do have a Fido/Rogers SIM lying around so I'll give it a shot over the weekend and let you guys know.
Thanks Ady, it does sound like a compatibility issue. I have tried Telcel, I should be able to try ATT in the US next week.
Other than the 3G issue, this phone very darn nice... way faster than the dream, Multitouch work's great ont the browser.
yeah, its really good.
Update: I gave fido a try and it seems to be working, but on HSPA.
I bought it locked to Telus, and got the unlock code from "UnlockMotoDroid"
My SIM card is one of the old GSM ones, but I already try the new 3G SIM Cards (kolby3g) and same problem, only EDGE data connection. APN and all that is correct.
pasker17, I'll love to hear if you find a solution. Keep me posted.
Ady, agree with you, other than the 3G issue, this phone is pretty awesome..!!! Hope I can find a fix soon. I'm wondering if this could be related to the HSPA+ advanced technology that might not be compatible here, but as far as I know it should be backwards compatible with any other 3G technology.
And also, I heard people is using it with AT&T no problems, 3G data speed. Do they have HSPA+ ?
Thanks for your help guys
AllI can tell you guys is ther eis something diffrent with Radio signal we are using here ( Canada ) and the one in South America, I been tryin to use Latam f/w on my stone and no signal aty all whatsoever , so th eother way around doesnt work , they must be something we are missing about network compatibility , 1 thing I am sure Telus 's 3g network is the new HSPA .
double post sry .
DAG,
Yes, maybe there is some sort of advanced HSPA+ network in Canada, and that might be the reason is not working in some other places.
But as far as I know, all those HSPA+ flavors, should be backwards compatible.
Now I wish Motorola frees the bootloeader and I can try it with some other custom ROM.
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DAG,
Yes, maybe there is some sort of advanced HSPA+ network in Canada, and that might be the reason is not working in some other places.
But as far as I know, all those HSPA+ flavors, should be backwards compatible.
Now I wish Motorola frees the bootloeader and I can try it with some other custom ROM.
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That wouldn't be it. If you the iPhone works in Costa Rica the Milestone should work.
Have you called ICE? From the very brief info I can find on how to get the iPhone to work in Costa Rica it almost appears that ICE itself has to approved the devices on its network. Apparently they have approved the iPhone. I assume they'd do it via IMEI
AverageCanadian said:
That wouldn't be it. If you the iPhone works in Costa Rica the Milestone should work.
Have you called ICE? From the very brief info I can find on how to get the iPhone to work in Costa Rica it almost appears that ICE itself has to approved the devices on its network. Apparently they have approved the iPhone. I assume they'd do it via IMEI
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Yes and no, you do need to provide an IMEI to get your data plan working, but it should work with any device. I did it when I had a 3GS and have used my SIM on other phones and 3G works normally when setting my old apn. This is indeed bizarre
I called ICE, and went to their offices. Milestone is not
in the "approved list" so they won't even take a look. Same with the iPhones they work fine but are not "approved".
They already got my Milestone's IMEI registered on the system.
At the end they told me that this could be a software incompatibility but since the phone is not "in the approve list" there is nothing else to do or test for them.
Since this phone for sure supports 850mhz 3g band, I'm starting to think that it could be a software thing.
I'll be in the US in a couple of week and will try to test it on ATT, I heard a lot of people are using Canadian Milestone there with full 3G speeds
LuisoCR said:
I called ICE, and went to their offices. Milestone is not
in the "approved list" so they won't even take a look. Same with the iPhones they work fine but are not "approved".
They already got my Milestone's IMEI registered on the system.
At the end they told me that this could be a software incompatibility but since the phone is not "in the approve list" there is nothing else to do or test for them.
Since this phone for sure supports 850mhz 3g band, I'm starting to think that it could be a software thing.
I'll be in the US in a couple of week and will try to test it on ATT, I heard a lot of people are using Canadian Milestone there with full 3G speeds
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I take it you've tested known-working SIM cards and all (not only Kolbi ones), I know for a fact that mine works with APN: icecelular, if you care to give it a try with mine, let me know and we can arrange something. I really want to buy a Milestone and want to know if it works with 3g here or not
I've tested GSM Sim Cards (green and pink) and kolbi3g SIM cards, all of them with data enabled, not of them works with 3G data speed only EDGE.
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I've tested GSM Sim Cards (green and pink) and kolbi3g SIM cards, all of them with data enabled, not of them works with 3G data speed only EDGE.
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OK then, if you've tested with apn:icecelular for the old GSM ones, and kolbi3g for the new ones, then I guess it's something specific to the phone, but this is extremely strange. :S
Great... is working now in full 3G speed.
I just applied the Barazilian update to 2.0.1 and my radio baseband was changed. And now I can get full 3g data speeds and I have an "H" symbol on top
LuisoCR said:
Great... is working now in full 3G speed.
I just applied the Barazilian update to 2.0.1 and my radio baseband was changed. And now I can get full 3g data speeds and I have an "H" symbol on top
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How did you do this? I already ordered mine so as soon as it gets here I want to give it a try
Take a look at this thread
http://alldroid.org/threads/15924-Rooting-Telus-Milestone
They will tell you how to do it and even how to get root access, everybody is doing this in Canada and I already got root access on mine.
Let me know if you need some help
LuisoCR said:
Great... is working now in full 3G speed.
I just applied the Barazilian update to 2.0.1 and my radio baseband was changed. And now I can get full 3g data speeds and I have an "H" symbol on top
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That's great news, guess it was software. haha.
I am currently in Japan with my htc inspire and I am not getting any signal at all. I tried resetting and going into the settings menu to change the "network operator" but its greyed out.
does anyone know what I am doing wrong? I desperately need it to work here and I have the international plan activated on my account.
bigneeker said:
I am currently in Japan with my htc inspire and I am not getting any signal at all. I tried resetting and going into the settings menu to change the "network operator" but its greyed out.
does anyone know what I am doing wrong? I desperately need it to work here and I have the international plan activated on my account.
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Well in Japan you wont get 3g due to Japan using 2100mhz and The Inspire does not have that freq built in. You should get a call signal. Make sure you enable international roaming on your account. Or if your phone is unlocked buy a local sim card and pop it in.
I enabled international roaming on my account and have the $6 plan added for cheaper international roaming service.
I don't need 3g, just a phone signal to make calls and receive texts. but all I get is a "x |on top.
I have travelled to countless countries with my other unlocked phones and have never had a problem with my phone not picking up a signal.
is it possible that because I changed to a 3g sim card, it doesn't work abroad?
japan does not have gsm EDGE coverage i dont believe. they do have 3G HSDPA, but on 2100mHz, which the inspire does not have. so you are kinda out of luck i'm afraid.
Verified with AT&T's tool here
http://www.wireless.att.com/travelguide/coverage/roaming/step1.jsp
The Inspire doesn't get voice or data in Japan
Had the same problem in Korea last week - sucked big time. How can they call it a world phone and leave out 2100!!!!
That is absolutely terrible and false advertising since Japan and Korea re left out which are huge territories. I also have an unlocked samsung vibrant that I need to charge to see if it works.
Does anyone know if the vibrant has the right frequencies for Japan?
bigneeker said:
That is absolutely terrible and false advertising since Japan and Korea re left out which are huge territories. I also have an unlocked samsung vibrant that I need to charge to see if it works.
Does anyone know if the vibrant has the right frequencies for Japan?
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According to the same tool I previously posted, the Captivate will work in Japan and South Korea
Edit: Oh, Vibrant... hold on
Don't know about the Vibrant, does it have the 2100 frequency? If so, then probably yes
Yeah I still can't believe this phone left out the 2100 frequency. I posted about this a few weeks ago and still can't believe I didn't notice that it didn't have the 2100 when I bought it, as I travel to Japan quite often.
I don't like the Atrix and the Infuse 4G isn't out yet so I'm just waiting it out until some better phones come out and will just use a older phone in the interim. Those both support 2100 apparently. Kind of ridiculous that HTC left it out of this phone.
Just did a quick search and it looks like the Vibrant does have 2100 UMTS support.
Sprint CDMA works in Tokyo (and possibly Verizon). Not sure what carrier it uses but it does work for voice only. Probably not much help though.
Hello, Am trying to get a phone to a relative that lives in the Dominican Republic, i live in Puerto Rico where we get all the US phones(we are a common wealth of the US) so basically i got access to all US version of the phones, the problem is that on the Dominican the company that am trying to get the phone on is Orange and they use HSPA(3g) in the 900mhz. Is there any US branded phone that works on that frequency? as of right now none us cellphone company uses those, nor At&t or Tmobile or even Claro PR(all gsm).
I know that even though the company doesnt use certain frequency the phone could still support it. Have any one here know of a US android phone working on Orange Dominicana 3g network??
[Specs am looking for]
Front Facing Camera
Led Flash for the back camera
Decent size screen 4.0"+
You'd probably be best off sourcing an International Asian or European model from eBay. Most APAC/EU networks use 900/2100 for 3G.
Good luck!
I decided to go into the webpage of the company am trying to get a phone to work on, i just went trough the phones they sell, found the LG 3D which is sold here locally around my budget, and it uses the 900mhz band . My issue is somewhat resolved.
...there should be an accurate way to find information of the radios/freq. our phones hardware comes with....
phonearena.com not reliable
gsmarena.com not reliable
Hello guys, I moved to Germany a while ago. Yesterday I went ahead and signed a contract by o2. Little did I know that I won't receive any LTE signal. I live in Chemnitz in Sachsen. I checked the bands and some of them, the ones in or around the centre at least, should give me LTE signal. The most I get is H+ though.
Any ideas how to solve this?
Almayce said:
Hello guys, I moved to Germany a while ago. Yesterday I went ahead and signed a contract by o2. Little did I know that I won't receive any LTE signal. I live in Chemnitz in Sachsen. I checked the bands and some of them, the ones in or around the centre at least, should give me LTE signal. The most I get is H+ though.
Any ideas how to solve this?
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I live in germany too and with Simyo (uses E-Plus network) I get LTE but only in big citys in the area I live. I've read somewhere that with O2 you won't get LTE in germany, but I'll ask a friend of mine who has also an 1+1 and an O2 contract.
Edit: He doesn't have LTE and he sayed that's the reason because the 1+1 doesn't have "Band 20"
Flatric said:
I live in germany too and with Simyo (uses E-Plus network) I get LTE but only in big citys in the area I live. I've read somewhere that with O2 you won't get LTE in germany, but I'll ask a friend of mine who has also an 1+1 and an O2 contract.
Edit: He doesn't have LTE and he sayed that's the reason because the 1+1 doesn't have "Band 20"
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Looks like big chunks of the LTE on O2 .de is on band 20 LTE which the oneplus does not support nor can be made to support.
Thanks guys, we'll that's a bummer to be honest. Is there a way to cancel the contract?
Almayce said:
Thanks guys, we'll that's a bummer to be honest. Is there a way to cancel the contract?
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I think you should just go there and ask, because about 1 month ago O2 and E-Plus decided that users with either O2 or E-Plus can use both networks so maybe you are lucky...
Oh that would be super cool, thanks a bunch! I will let you know how I ended up
Well it seems that no dice after all. Sadly. It's like you said, I can use both networks and it's happening automatically. What I can't wrap my head around is this though :I used to have Blau. De. Now that's a small provider and I had only a prepaid card. Funny thing is that I had lte reception with this provider almost everywhere in the city, half the signal, but still AND this provider uses the SAME network as o2. So what the hell can I do now, since basically I'm in the same network but I can no longer have lte.
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Well it seems that no dice after all. Sadly. It's like you said, I can use both networks and it's happening automatically. What I can't wrap my head around is this though :I used to have Blau. De. Now that's a small provider and I had only a prepaid card. Funny thing is that I had lte reception with this provider almost everywhere in the city, half the signal, but still AND this provider uses the SAME network as o2. So what the hell can I do now, since basically I'm in the same network but I can no longer have lte.
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I googled a little bit and they just sayed what we already know, with O2 you'll not have LTE very often, with T-Mobile only in CItys and with Vodafone often in Citycenters, only E-Plus doesn't use the Band which is not supported by our device... And blau .de uses the E-Plus network(just checked it on google) so this is why you have LTE with their prepaid card.
Well I guess I have to live with H+ now. That's only fitting, because I was too stupid and lazy to check it beforehand. Suits me well. Thanks a bunch for your help though, I really appreciate it
Almayce said:
Well I guess I have to live with H+ now. That's only fitting, because I was too stupid and lazy to check it beforehand. Suits me well. Thanks a bunch for your help though, I really appreciate it
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For me H+ is still faster than my normal internet at home(360kb/s 1GB=1hour), so for me it doesn't matter
Well I'm not downloading anything on cellular data. The problem is that Hspda sucks battery like hell compared to lte.
1+1 doesnt support 800mhz LTE this is used in Germany for wide ranges! In citys there is a higher frequency that 1+1 supports for high speed LTE
S1ay3r666 said:
1+1 doesnt support 800mhz LTE this is used in Germany for wide ranges! In citys there is a higher frequency that 1+1 supports for high speed LTE
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Yes but not with the contract he has(O2), they have just 800mhz LTE
Flatric said:
Yes but not with the contract he has(O2), they have just 800mhz LTE
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Didnt know that thanks for the information! Just using Vodafone (Bildmobil)