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Unlocked T-Mobile phone on AT&T 3G?

I understand (I think) that T-Mobile uses different bands for its 3G than AT&T. So, my unlocked TP2 doesn't do 3G on AT&T's network.
My question is, can that be changed with a ROM? Are those frequencies embedded in software are hardware? I really like this phone and I'd rather keep using it than sell it and get an AT&T version when it's available (with the AT&T keyboard).
Thanks,
Shane

Unfortunately, can not be changed. It's radio hardware and of course sorftware support. You will need to get a ppc for the at&t for 3g bands...

One of the mods (GSleon3) has said that he can get 3G on his unlocked Fuze on t-mobile in the Raph rom forum, but it only works for a while, and if he soft resets the phone, it basically freezes and then he needs to do a hard reset. It can be done, but not well, I guess. I guess you're trying to go the other way. You may want to look up the thread, there does appear to be some hope (but very little, lol).

Cricket Touch Pro2 WAP/MMS *Plz Help, going crazy*

have been desperatly searching for information on how to get a TP2 fully operational on Cricket for the last 4 days now.....tried different things in SSK kitchen but cant seem to get everything going....I have also tried
"http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=96040" by MarcSummerhays..but still no luck...I posted the issues i was having in his thread...
If anyone can help me out that would be great....or if anyone know of a good ROM that supports Cricket as a carrier that would be even better....
Thanks in advance for any info...

I am trying to get it done as well for Metropcs....let me know if you get some help as I will also. The process has to be the same..its just the Login and passwords are different.

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tosh1 said:
I am trying to get it done as well for Metropcs....let me know if you get some help as I will also. The process has to be the same..its just the Login and passwords are different.
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Will do....Trying some different kitchens now....i just cant seem to get anyof arcsoft version up and running....WAP is no a prob....sheesh....

Sticky This and Lets get it Done!!!
Just Kidding....no pressure....I just miss my MMS....but this phone is so nice....GPS already fully operational.....5 days and counting...ill keep at it....

What ROM did you use to flash to cricket or what setting's did you use?

Seeing as this phone supports AWS... Will this work in the "tri-band only" AWS markets? Thanks in advance

Teej53214 said:
Seeing as this phone supports AWS... Will this work in the "tri-band only" AWS markets? Thanks in advance
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The CDMA TP2 does NOT support AWS (UMTS 1700).
The only model that does is the T-Mobile US branded model.

gamescan said:
The CDMA TP2 does NOT support AWS (UMTS 1700).
The only model that does is the T-Mobile US branded model.
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Ok, know if one would be able to use the t-mobile version on Cricket and use it in both CDMA and AWS areas? (the TP2's all are both CDMA/GSM I have read)

Teej53214 said:
Ok, know if one would be able to use the t-mobile version on Cricket and use it in both CDMA and AWS areas? (the TP2's all are both CDMA/GSM I have read)
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The T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 is GSM/UMTS only.
It will not work on CDMA networks.

Are you sure on this? all the stuff I read says all version fo the TP2 have both GSM and CDMA... (at the sprint store, they even have a sim card spot.. they say is for international roaming)... I am sur you know more about this than me,... I am jsut hpeful that I could switch over to cricket.. and I am in a AWS area... CDMA doesn;t work here for it

Teej53214 said:
Are you sure on this? all the stuff I read says all version fo the TP2 have both GSM and CDMA... (at the sprint store, they even have a sim card spot.. they say is for international roaming)... I am sur you know more about this than me,... I am jsut hpeful that I could switch over to cricket.. and I am in a AWS area... CDMA doesn;t work here for it
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Then you've been reading incorrect sources.
There is no CDMA only version of the TP2. There are however versions of the TP2 that do NOT support CDMA at all.
And none of the available TP2 variants support both CDMA *and* AWS in the same model.
Sure, there might be an engineering sample out there at HTC that does, but not one that you can buy at retail.
If you want CDMA, you're not getting AWS.
If you want AWS, you're not getting CDMA.

you can get mms working on cricket... you just need to know what you are doing.... I have created a 100% working rom for the mogul but havent tried yet on the touch pro2 because i havent got one yet..... trying to find one now..
The best place to start is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=492824 <---- this is for the mogul but most of all the setting should be the same
then go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=447 <---- same as above... this is for the mogul but most of all the setting should be the same

there is a TP2 ROM over at PPCGeeks
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=105360
that works great for Cricket, as long it's a CDMA, you can also do MightROM and install one of RYANMOGUL Cabs thats what I do.

Answering the thread:
You can use any generic rom (i recommend Energy) and then just plop the ol' Cricket/Metro settings right on in there. I use PCAP to set proxy and just edit the network settings for My ISP. Then you just jump in message options and edit the Default CDMA Server settings to your network's MMS settings.
Freakin DONE!!!!!
If you use proxycap (PCAP) then you will not need to set proxy settings in the network settings under My ISP. Also, this allows for all apps to work through the proxy including outlook and more.
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Anywho- I have long ago abandoned hofo. Let's not let this place become enough of a noob haven, with all the cricket/metro ppl looking for handouts, to become avoidable as well. Now that m-f is gone, they are everywhere looking to feast freely on other's hard work.
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Re-provisioning CDMA TP2 data settings for another network?

What would be involved in reprovisioning a CDMA TP2 (ie. flashed with MightyROM) for another carrier, in regards to data settings?
Say Carrier "X" allows foreign ESNs on their system but does not have the TP2 in their lineup.
Now would it be a simple matter of copying and editing the EPST information (sourced from a Diamond) and loading an updated PRL?

Depends on the carrier: MetroPCS requires that you use Metroflash (thier re-branded Houdini), while others may not care how you did it as long as you pay the bill. I and several others have already added TP2's to MetroPCS successfully, though this is not a simple procedure and requires you to make most of the changes manually and then tell Metroflash/Houdini that the phone is a TP1.
As for exactly what must be done, I can't answer that without knowing what network you're trying to get on.

Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2 to Sprint
I have a similar issue. I just flashed mt TP2 from verizon over to sprint but now its time to deal with the data settings and provisioning. I have voice and text fine but not internet. I have the same question as someone earlier about copying the settings from my HTC Mogul over to this Verizon branded now flash to sprint TP2 would work. Thanks.

My TP2 Won't turn on, please help!

Hello All,
I hope someone can help me with this.
I have a TP2 (Sprint) and I need to use it for At&t.
The first thing I did was unlock the device using RhodiumWUnlocker from Olipro (and made my donation ).
I did all steps, and everything went fine. No problems. And it detected AT&T
Then I flashed the ROM with EnergyROM Leo Manila 2.5 WM6.5 v 16Feb2010, By NRGZ28. (File: Energy.RHOD500.23529.Leo_MaxManila.16.Feb.2010.rar) - Still all well, no problems.
Then it went back to stock and could not detect AT&T. So I flashed the Radio Version: 4.49.25.91 from this thread: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549939.
Now I cannot turn on my phone at all - No "touchpro2" screen, no bootloader, nothing at all. The phone doesn't react to any combinations of buttons to turn on or load up bootloader. When I connect the phone to the computer (Vista by the way) the charging orange light comes on for about 3 minutes then goes off. Then I press the power button and the light comes back on, but nothing else happens to the phone.
Please help!!! Let me know what's wrong and how I can fix it, please!!! I'll make another donation to fix it.
Thanks!

I'm no expert but it sounds like you may have flashed a CDMA Rhodium with GSM firmware. I had a quick look and it seems the Sprint Rhodium is CDMA, you should have a look at the CDMA Rhodium forum here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=517
I'm not totally sure of the GSM / CDMA thing because I'm not in the U.S. it's not something I need to worry about.
Good luck dude

Yeah the more I look at this, the more I am convinced this is what has happened.
You used CDMA HardSPL (RhodiumWUnlocker)
Then flashed a CDMA ROM (Energy.RHOD500 ...)
but your mistake was to flash a GSM Radio ROM (I followed the URL you gave and up popped the GSM Radio ROM thread)
I don't know if this is recoverable but searching the CDMA forum would be a good start. You can't be the first person this has happened to.

Thanks for the response, but I am certain I flashed the correct ROM.
*I went to the wingster website
*I selected CDMA ROM's
*Clicked on EnergyROM Leo
*Clicked on Download - Hotfile.com
*Selected this ROM: Energy.RHOD500.23529.Leo_MaxManila.16.Feb.2010.rar
When I flashed this ROM, the phone loaded up without any issues. The only problem was that I could not make calls because it could not detect the AT&T SIM card. So I flashed the radio shown on the post from xda, and the PC said congratulations, everything is complete and good. At this time, the cell phone rebooted and it just never came back on.
Thanks for the help!!

Thanks MadBeef, I will research the CDMA forum.

The Main ROM you flashed was fine. It's the Radio ROM you flashed that killed it, because your phone is CDMA hardware but now it has GSM Radio ROM on it. That's my theory anyway, I'm hoping someone a bit more experienced with CDMA will be able to chime in.
If you can get back into the bootloader somehow, you should be able to flash a CDMA Radio ROM.

I only read the first line of your problem...sprint to at&t...it can never happen. Sprint is cdma which has no sim and at&t is a gsm which has a sim. You better have insurance so you can run over your now "speed bump" and get a new one.

shenriquez84 said:
Thanks for the response, but I am certain I flashed the correct ROM.
*I went to the wingster website
*I selected CDMA ROM's
*Clicked on EnergyROM Leo
*Clicked on Download - Hotfile.com
*Selected this ROM: Energy.RHOD500.23529.Leo_MaxManila.16.Feb.2010.rar
When I flashed this ROM, the phone loaded up without any issues. The only problem was that I could not make calls because it could not detect the AT&T SIM card. So I flashed the radio shown on the post from xda, and the PC said congratulations, everything is complete and good. At this time, the cell phone rebooted and it just never came back on.
Thanks for the help!!
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ROM fine.
Radio ROM = BAD.
RHOD400 and RHOD500 are the model numbers for the Sprint and Verizon TP2s respectively. Other carriers also share these model numbers, but those are the big two.
The Radio ROM you flashed however is for the GSM only TP2, not the combo CDMA/GSM TP2 that you have.
Flashing that Radio ROM was a HUGE no-no. Boom.
akademik_acheeba said:
I only read the first line of your problem...sprint to at&t...it can never happen. Sprint is cdma which has no sim and at&t is a gsm which has a sim. You better have insurance so you can run over your now "speed bump" and get a new one.
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You should put a little more time into research before jumping in with the flip comments.
1) Sprint does have SIM cards. I've got one in my hand. (No, they're not used in all phones of course, but Sprint does have their own).
2) The Sprint Touch Pro 2 can very well be used on ATT once it is security unlocked and a patched Radio ROM is flashed. To say "it can never happen" is flat out wrong because it's been happening for a few months.
3) The CDMA Touch Pro 2 models (RHOD400 and RHOD500) aren't just CDMA. They are CDMA/GSM/UMTS worldphones, supporting operation in all three modes.

I'm Sorry Gamescan if I did not understand correctly. Does this mean there is no help? There's absolutely nothing I can do to revert this and fix it?
I really appreciate all the help!!
I wanted to reply to Akademik's comment, but I didn't have time. This is not the first phone I flash, but it is the first CDMA/GSM phone. I know this phone is dualmode, else I wouldn't have bought it to use it in AT&T.
Thanks again!

shenriquez84 said:
I'm Sorry Gamescan if I did not understand correctly. Does this mean there is no help? There's absolutely nothing I can do to revert this and fix it?
I really appreciate all the help!!
I wanted to reply to Akademik's comment, but I didn't have time. This is not the first phone I flash, but it is the first CDMA/GSM phone. I know this phone is dualmode, else I wouldn't have bought it to use it in AT&T.
Thanks again!
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Can you connect to it via a mtty terminal?

I don't know if the SD card flash method would work here. If it were my phone I'd try it, but if it's not getting as far as the bootloader I think the chances are slim Maybe while there is no SIM card in it, give the radio ROM less to do?
Found some CDMA radios here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=90342
Sounds like you might be screwed but there's a few ideas you can try. Good luck.

gamescan said:
mtty
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I knew that would get a mention sooner or later uh oh hehe

Sorry, but what's a mtty terminal? That's new material for me...
and as Madbeef said, I have no access to the bootloader screen. I'm pressing all possible combinations of keys, and nothing.
Thanks again.

gamescan said:
ROM fine.
You should put a little more time into research before jumping in with the flip comments.
1) Sprint does have SIM cards. I've got one in my hand. (No, they're not used in all phones of course, but Sprint does have their own).
2) The Sprint Touch Pro 2 can very well be used on ATT once it is security unlocked and a patched Radio ROM is flashed. To say "it can never happen" is flat out wrong because it's been happening for a few months.
3) The CDMA Touch Pro 2 models (RHOD400 and RHOD500) aren't just CDMA. They are CDMA/GSM/UMTS worldphones, supporting operation in all three modes.
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shenriquez84 said:
I'm Sorry Gamescan if I did not understand correctly. Does this mean there is no help? There's absolutely nothing I can do to revert this and fix it?
I really appreciate all the help!!
I wanted to reply to Akademik's comment, but I didn't have time. This is not the first phone I flash, but it is the first CDMA/GSM phone. I know this phone is dualmode, else I wouldn't have bought it to use it in AT&T.
Thanks again!
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this result is based on shenriquez american flag in his pro. basically saying hes in america using an american sprint tp2 and trying to use american att service.
gamescan, if i said it cant be dont its quite obvious ive done research through trials and also working a phone carrier for 3 years before finding a better job...THIS CANNOT BE DONE. the dual mode in the sprint tp2 is ment for when people travel to europe, they can pop their "european sim" in and be on their merry way. european cell towers accept the frequency of the sprint tp2 and establish a connection. the US towers have "locked out" tmo and att from being used in the sprint tp2. the reason why you found att on connection setup was that your phone was basically saying" yes att is here, but your not connecting". shenriquez i followed the link to the radio you flashed before you got "shut off". you shouldnt have flashed a GSM radio on a SPRINT TP2...you are bricked my dude. you gave your phone a seizure man.

shenriquez84 said:
Sorry, but what's a mtty terminal? That's new material for me...
and as Madbeef said, I have no access to the bootloader screen. I'm pressing all possible combinations of keys, and nothing.
Thanks again.
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Google mtty (or search for it on here).
Short version it's text based, but it's pretty much the lowest level access that a consumer can get to a HTC device without ripping the sucker open, manually desoldering the flash chip and putting in another.
If you're not getting the tri-color bootloader screen, there is still the possibility of saving it via terminal commands, but it's not straightforward (and depending on what happened it is certainly NOT guaranteed).
akademik_acheeba said:
this result is based on shenriquez american flag in his pro. basically saying hes in america using an american sprint tp2 and trying to use american att service.
gamescan, if i said it cant be dont its quite obvious ive done research through trials and also working a phone carrier for 3 years before finding a better job...THIS CANNOT BE DONE. the dual mode in the sprint tp2 is ment for when people travel to europe, they can pop their "european sim" in and be on their merry way. european cell towers accept the frequency of the sprint tp2 and establish a connection. the US towers have "locked out" tmo and att from being used in the sprint tp2. the reason why you found att on connection setup was that your phone was basically saying" yes att is here, but your not connecting". shenriquez i followed the link to the radio you flashed before you got "shut off". you shouldnt have flashed a GSM radio on a SPRINT TP2...you are bricked my dude. you gave your phone a seizure man.
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Only it can be done.
With the tools mentioned in this here very forum.
Any many people have done it.
Again, you're not doing your research and making claims that are flat out wrong.
1) The Sprint TP2 hardware does support the US GSM frequencies.
2) The Sprint TP2 hardware does not ship with a SIM lock.
3) The Sprint TP2 hardware does ship with the two US GSM frequencies disabled in software.
4) If you pay for the Olinex security unlocker you can easily flash a patched radio ROM which re-enabled the two disabled frequencies.
About the only correct thing said in the post above is that he should not have flashed a radio ROM from a GSM-only TP2 to a CDMA/GSM combo TP2. The two devices do have different hardware so flashing the wrong drivers *IS* a BAD THING(tm).
But, assuming you have paid for the security unlocker, flashing a Sprint TP2 with an updated radio ROM is stupid easy and once you've done that making it work on ATT or TMO in the US requires nothing more than slotting in an active SIM card and switching the phone to GSM mode.
If you don't know the answer to something, please feel free to ASK about it, but don't make unfounded and incorrect statements. When you state an absolute that is false it just spreads misinformation which makes things confusing for other users, especially those new to the device.

gamescan said:
Google mtty (or search for it on here).
Short version it's text based, but it's pretty much the lowest level access that a consumer can get to a HTC device without ripping the sucker open, manually desoldering the flash chip and putting in another.
If you're not getting the tri-color bootloader screen, there is still the possibility of saving it via terminal commands, but it's not straightforward (and depending on what happened it is certainly NOT guaranteed).
Only it can be done.
With the tools mentioned in this here very forum.
Any many people have done it.
Again, you're not doing your research and making claims that are flat out wrong.
1) The Sprint TP2 hardware does support the US GSM frequencies.
2) The Sprint TP2 hardware does not ship with a SIM lock.
3) The Sprint TP2 hardware does ship with the two US GSM frequencies disabled in software.
4) If you pay for the Olinex security unlocker you can easily flash a patched radio ROM which re-enabled the two disabled frequencies.
About the only correct thing said in the post above is that he should not have flashed a radio ROM from a GSM-only TP2 to a CDMA/GSM combo TP2. The two devices do have different hardware so flashing the wrong drivers *IS* a BAD THING(tm).
But, assuming you have paid for the security unlocker, flashing a Sprint TP2 with an updated radio ROM is stupid easy and once you've done that making it work on ATT or TMO in the US requires nothing more than slotting in an active SIM card and switching the phone to GSM mode.
If you don't know the answer to something, please feel free to ASK about it, but don't make unfounded and incorrect statements. When you state an absolute that is false it just spreads misinformation which makes things confusing for other users, especially those new to the device.
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Prove your lame theory. Links that sprint gsm will connect to US towers. Even links in "this very forum". Different frequencies dude.

My two cents -- as I am new, too -- but I ran into a similar situation trying to update the radio on my Verizon TP2 due to 1X issues. My phone is unlocked as I was running Mighty but decided to return to stock (6.1).
Note: my SIM is not unlocked. If I understand correctly, the SIM needs to be unlocked to be able to install a radio from a different carrier, like Sprint.
[As a side note: I think these forums use the term "radio" a little too loosely because the program to unlock the phone to be able to flash unsigned ROMs is also called a "radio" unlocker.]
Back on topic: I flashed my phone with and unlocked radio 2.23.00WU and the result was similar to what happened to your phone: it did not turn on, orange light was on.
I was able to flash stock ROM back onto the phone using the USB cord and the phone is back to normal. Even though it was basically non-responsive except for the orange light.
My phone is in working order after the wrong radio incident.
I hope this helps.
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sunNsnow

akademik_acheeba said:
Prove your lame theory. Links that sprint gsm will connect to US towers. Even links in "this very forum". Different frequencies dude.
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If you believe that you're obviously flat out lying when you make the claim of having worked for a carrier for three years, because no one who worked for a wireless carrier could possibly be this ignorant about how GSM works. It's either that or you're purposely posting false information in a lame attempt to screw with the newbies on this site.
The Sprint TP2 hardware supports all four GSM frequencies - 850, 900, 1800, 1900. You can pull up any spec sheet on the model to see that. This isn't exactly hidden information.
Sprint disables the US frequencies in firmware.
If you are security unlocked you can flash one of the two patched radios in the sticky thread in this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578659
Then you toss an active SIM card into the phone and turn it on while in the US. Set it to GSM mode and bam, you're on a US tower.
Your claim is the equivalent of running around screaming "The sky is GREEN because I say it is! The sky can't be blue. That's false!"
sunNsnow said:
My two cents -- as I am new, too -- but I ran into a similar situation trying to update the radio on my Verizon TP2 due to 1X issues. My phone is unlocked as I was running Mighty but decided to return to stock (6.1).
Note: my SIM is not unlocked. If I understand correctly, the SIM needs to be unlocked to be able to install a radio from a different carrier, like Sprint.
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The phone needs to be security unlocked to flash a different radio. If it is not security unlocked a unsigned radio will cause the boot sequence to fail. Flashing a carrier provided radio will restore the phone to service.
Security Unlocking means setting the phone to SuperCID. It is different than SIM unlocking.
SIM unlocking allows you to use different SIM cards. It does not allow you to flash unsigned radios.
The Olinex unlocker will both security unlock you (SuperCID) and SIM unlock you (if needed).

if device was security unlocked and is detected by pc, most likely it can be recovered by mtty. unlike my case where device was not sec unlocked but its detected by mtty using usb or serial. bad news is it would be very hard to recover, im doing some jtag research first, at least i found the pins but no pinout.

gamescan said:
If you believe that you're obviously flat out lying when you make the claim of having worked for a carrier for three years, because no one who worked for a wireless carrier could possibly be this ignorant about how GSM works. It's either that or you're purposely posting false information in a lame attempt to screw with the newbies on this site.
The Sprint TP2 hardware supports all four GSM frequencies - 850, 900, 1800, 1900. You can pull up any spec sheet on the model to see that. This isn't exactly hidden information.
Sprint disables the US frequencies in firmware.
If you are security unlocked you can flash one of the two patched radios in the sticky thread in this forum.
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thats for a radio not rom. find the cdma rom that allows you to use a gsm sim. you cant use the cdma rom over att network...and that link you posted, there are no success stories in it, only complaints. you have no idea what you are talking about. you sit there posting false statements and trying to sound smart with your handy thesaurus. stop posting false statements lame.

My T-Mobile is working with Sprint WF radio in US

I have T-Mobile prepaid and live in Illinois. I bought a used cdma Rhodium on eBay. It had generic HTC branding on front had a stock US Cellular rom with Winmobile 6.5 installed and has the 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom. So I guess this is what's called a "worldphone". The phone came sim unlocked. And I put hard-spl on it. I put my sim in and set the phone to gsm and it didn't find my T-Mobile network. So just for the fun of it I flashed a stock Sprint rom from HTCs website on the phone that has Winmobile 6.1 and a 1.96.00WF radio. I set the phone to gsm and my T-Mobile network registered! I can make and receive calls. Am I misunderstanding something or from what I've read on this site is this not supposed to be happening- that only a WU radio should work with gsm in the US, not a WF radio? I don't know what this means but on the phone screen to the far right of the word T-Mobile there is a circle with crosshairs inside, and sometimes has a slash thru it. But the phone works fine.

bretmoy said:
I have T-Mobile prepaid and live in Illinois. I bought a used cdma Rhodium on eBay. It had generic HTC branding on front had a stock US Cellular rom with Winmobile 6.5 installed and has the 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom. So I guess this is what's called a "worldphone". The phone came sim unlocked. And I put hard-spl on it. I put my sim in and set the phone to gsm and it didn't find my T-Mobile network. So just for the fun of it I flashed a stock Sprint rom from HTCs website on the phone that has Winmobile 6.1 and a 1.96.00WF radio. I set the phone to gsm and my T-Mobile network registered! I can make and receive calls. Am I misunderstanding something or from what I've read on this site is this not supposed to be happening- that only a WU radio should work with gsm in the US, not a WF radio? I don't know what this means but on the phone screen to the far right of the word T-Mobile there is a circle with crosshairs inside, and sometimes has a slash thru it. But the phone works fine.
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verizon phones work fine with WF radio. sprint (and I think uscellular) branded phones need the WU radio. if yours has generic HTC on it then it's not a sprint branded phone for sure, because that has "sprint" written on it.

Well that's good to know, thank you. I thought you always had to have a wu radio to use gsm in the US on RhodiumW but I guess not. Incidentally, I tried a uscc wf radio and a later sprint wf radio but neither of them worked. Only the Sprint 1.96.00wf worked for some reason. Thanks again for your reply.

bretmoy said:
Well that's good to know, thank you. I thought you always had to have a wu radio to use gsm in the US on RhodiumW but I guess not. Incidentally, I tried a uscc wf radio and a later sprint wf radio but neither of them worked. Only the Sprint 1.96.00wf worked for some reason. Thanks again for your reply.
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Same here im using the same radio and i get service with tmo

cmonex said:
verizon phones work fine with WF radio. sprint (and I think uscellular) branded phones need the WU radio. if yours has generic HTC on it then it's not a sprint branded phone for sure, because that has "sprint" written on it.
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when you say generic you mean it should not have a sprint tag or logo on it any where right?
My tp2 has HTC on the left and Sprint on the right

just got this phone aas a refurb project. popped in tmo sim....test call worked. its logo'd out sprint. didnt get a chance to test data. any body got a spare one or atleast the housing? ....and maybe the keyboard lol. cant wit to tinker with it.....especilly fix this dmn button

DroidFreek said:
when you say generic you mean it should not have a sprint tag or logo on it any where right?
My tp2 has HTC on the left and Sprint on the right
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well, that's interesting, if it does say sprint on it, it probably is sprint branded unless someone replaced the mainboard in the phone (or changed the casing on it...same end result).
by the way, the specific radio version you are referring to, is one we've patched to make a "WU" radio out of it. you also mention, that other radios don't work, just this one. this suggests one of two possibilities to me: either you actually have the "WU" radio (check radio version in settings to verify) or you have some rare t-mobile sim card that has an mccmnc that isn't checked by that specific radio and is checked by the other versions.

Jataadroid said:
just got this phone aas a refurb project. popped in tmo sim....test call worked. its logo'd out sprint. didnt get a chance to test data. any body got a spare one or atleast the housing? ....and maybe the keyboard lol. cant wit to tinker with it.....especilly fix this dmn button
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You should check ebay you can probably get one for parts or buy the actual part

cmonex said:
by the way, the specific radio version you are referring to, is one we've patched to make a "WU" radio out of it. you also mention, that other radios don't work, just this one. this suggests one of two possibilities to me: either you actually have the "WU" radio (check radio version in settings to verify) or you have some rare t-mobile sim card that has an mccmnc that isn't checked by that specific radio and is checked by the other versions.
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Yes, the radio I flashed was the WF radio because at first I flashed the stock win6.1 rom from HTC's website and it worked. And then I flashed the stock 6.5 rom and flashed the radio win6.1 uses over it and in sys info is says WF right now. So you're probably right about that particular radio not checking certain sims. I use a prepaid sim that I've had for several years.

cmonex said:
well, that's interesting, if it does say sprint on it, it probably is sprint branded unless someone replaced the mainboard in the phone (or changed the casing on it...same end result).
by the way, the specific radio version you are referring to, is one we've patched to make a "WU" radio out of it. you also mention, that other radios don't work, just this one. this suggests one of two possibilities to me: either you actually have the "WU" radio (check radio version in settings to verify) or you have some rare t-mobile sim card that has an mccmnc that isn't checked by that specific radio and is checked by the other versions.
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The T-Mobile SIM card shouldn't make a difference. It's the radio frequencies that are blocked out by the default Sprint radio, IIRC. Pick your poison, no foreign SIM card that I've tried while in North America will pick up a GSM signal on a Sprint TP2 unless it's been flashed with a WU radio.
The Sprint devices are factory unlocked so they shouldn't even be checking the SIM.