Hi,
I'm planning to buy a HTC Touch Pro off Ebay but they say Sprint. I'm in Australia, if I flash the rom will it be able to work still?
Thanks.
theoneonly said:
Hi,
I'm planning to buy a HTC Touch Pro off Ebay but they say Sprint. I'm in Australia, if I flash the rom will it be able to work still?
Thanks.
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does your current phone provider use CDMA or GSM
the phone you are looking at is CDMA... if your phone provider is GSM, then NO... if your phone provider is CDMA, do they allow activating ESNs from foreign phones?
My provider is GSM.
If I flash the phone to a new rom, will it work then?
Thanks.
no... the phone is CDMA, but you are using GSM
AFAIK, there is no way of changing a CDMA phone into a GSM phone (someone correct me if i'm wrong)
You are correct to say that there is no way to convert between CDMA and GSM. The underlying technologies are different on a hardware level.
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Hi,
I plan a business trip at the end of this month in the US. Ive currently an HTC P3600 but i would like to buy an HTC Touch. (I prefer the iphone but it lacks business application like Exchange synchronisation).
As i'm in the US, i would like to take advantages of the $/Euro convertion and get direct 40% off my phone.
Question: US Mobile Network and European Mobile Network are not compatible. The US version of the HTC touch is capable of both mode ?
Do you recommend the HTC TOuch or any other ?
Thanks
Ced
as long as you dont get a cdma version
gsm 900/1800/1900 phones in europe
Rudegar said:
as long as you dont get a cdma version
gsm 900/1800/1900 phones in europe
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What he said, get a GSM phone. Even if it is locked to a carrier you can get it unlocked.
If I have a GSM (like AT&T) carrier and find a cheap CDMA (Like Verizon)phone like the XV6900 (not for real just saying) and it's unlocked. If I buy it will I be able to make calls and what not on the phone since it's unlocked? Their is a phone I'd like to purchase but not sure because is CDMA and unlocked. Thanks!
cdma only works on cdma networks
so if you pay for a contract on a cdma network you can use it
So their is no slot for a SIM card in it? I found a cheap Imagio in great condition but if i cant use it it's not worth it.
Well... is it possible or not?
froggylover1345 said:
Well... is it possible or not?
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There is a sim slot on some CDMA world phones, but not on the Imagio and it will not work on a GSM network.
i need to get an unlock code for the htc touch pro 2 if u give someone that has sprint your imei because i dont have sprint or a credit card to purchase it online
sprint phones come unlocked by default
Diamond_dawg said:
sprint phones come unlocked by default
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Make sure your Radio says xx.xxxxWU at the end.
Sprint phones are not unlocked for us carriers.
drewcam888 said:
Sprint phones are not unlocked for us carriers.
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That's half true.
What Diamond_dawg says is 100% correct in respect to the SIM lock.
Sprint TP2 devices do NOT ship with a SIM lock. The phone will accept any SIM card without issue (even those of North American GSM carriers). There is no specific block on ATT/TMO SIM cards.
What Sprint does do is ship a gimped radio ROM on the devices. By default the Sprint radio has the NA GSM frequencies disabled, effectively making it a dual-band device. Or, comparing it to a computer, the "driver support" for 850/1900 simply isn't there.
You don't need to SIM unlock a Sprint TP2, they come that way by default. You do need to security unlock it however, so you can flash a radio ROM with full quad-band support.
Verizon phones are the opposite. They ship with a SIM lock, but have a quad-band radio ROM installed by default.
Interesting....
Hi guys, I bought a Sprint Touch Pro 2 that was being used on the CDMA network, but after moving to Ireland, I realized the phone was automatically unlocked hence any sim works on it.
I have used the Rhodium W Hard-SPL in the CDMA section for it, but am left wondering. Does my TP2 still fall under CDMA or is it now under GSM?
Coz i have tried loading some ROMS under the Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development and it failed and returned an ERROR.
So question is, is it still CDMA and can I upgrade to Android ROM?
Thanks.
1) Yes, the default Sprint radio is unlocked for the Euro GSM bands (900/1800 GSM and 2100 WCDMA) by default. No need to pay for a SIM unlock unless you want to swap radios ROMs.
2) NO, you CANNOT use GSM ROMs. The device can only use the custom "CDMA" ROMs. The CDMA TP2 hardware is a hybrid model, whereas the "GSM" versions are GSM only. The ROMs are incompatible.
DO NOT FLASH A GSM ROM TO YOUR SPRINT TP2 FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
As far as Android, yes, you can safely load Android via Haret.
Thanks Gamescan for that prompt and to the point reply. Much appreciated.
Just another question if you might know, so which would you say is has better hardware? If the CDMA is Hybrid and the GSM is GSM only, am I to take it that the CDMA is better as it's (for lack of a better word) more advanced, or is the GSM better and why?
Thanks, thinking of trying Android, but, first read alot and see if the advantages outweigh running WM on the TP2.
Same hardware, different radios.
If you're in Europe, it doesn't really matter as every TP2 model supports GSM 900/1800 and WCDMA 2100, which are the Euro GSM and 3G frequencies.
Model choice only matters if you plan on using the phone in the Americas, where the GSM and WCDMA bands differ.
ROM wise it matters because even if you're not using the CDMA radio, the hardware is different and the ROMs are designed to reflect that. For day-to-day use in Ireland though, you'll never know the difference between models.
This question is from ppl where they have no carrier boundation but all ppl can give their opinion Can i buy a android smartphone from a carrier based company like at&t or t-mobile and bring it to my own country where is no carrier boundation and get the phone rooted/unlocked will it be able to run normally like other phones/unlocked phones? I'm asking this coz i live in a non-carrier bound country,cost of unlocked/sim free phone is 550$ and carrier bound is 150$. Now even the dumbest would had understanded why im asking it Plz answer this coz i dont know it. Thanx in adv.
Yes if you can get it unlocked it will work just like an unbranded phone. You have to be careful with the frequency bands though. T-mobile uses the 1700 band which isn't prevelant overseas. AT&T phones work well all over the world, as they use the same bands as most other GSM networks. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA instead of GSM, so they would be useless for you.
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Yes if you can get it unlocked it will work just like an unbranded phone. You have to be careful with the frequency bands though. T-mobile uses the 1700 band which isn't prevelant overseas. AT&T phones work well all over the world, as they use the same bands as most other GSM networks. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA instead of GSM, so they would be useless for you.
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Thanks for ur response btw in my country 900/1800 band is used. Can u tell me specifically other than cdma network which carrier uses this type of bandwidth?