i just bought a htc inspire off ebay to send to a family member in india. Im currently in the process of rooting the phone. What i wanted to know is, after rooting it (s-off and all), do i have to flash a certain radio for it to work in india? or is it that once its s-off, u jes pop in any sim, n the phone works?
i dont think you need a special radio for it. ive used winmo phones in india while travelling without issues and i used the radios i was using here.
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Hi,
I am currently in taiwan, and I was just wondering if I bought a Sensation (4g? is it 2 different phones?), and unlocked it, would I be able to use Rogers with it? I've been searching around, and I could find threads saying thers problems such Rogers can't provide 4g, and services not working. Im a total nub at this so I tried to search things up, but nothing came up. Please help .
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Rogers has the same bands on Hspa as Bell and Telus. So yes your phone will work on Rogers Canada. Rogers also has the old Gsm bands, Sensation also has these bands but thats only if you're in a non 3g zone.!
Yess , alright ill consider buying it then, thanks for the help
hmm, my friend told me because im buying from taiwan, that it is already unlocked so i dont need to do anything except put my roger sim card in, is that true?
yes i remember when i went back to taiwan and look at the sensation the reps at the htc booth said that they are unlocked. i'm not sure if you buy it from a carrier like chunghwa telecom though. calling should work but not sure about 3g data.
Ok, so I have a kind of a weird issue here.
First of all, I want to make it clear: I do NOT want to S-OFF my Sensation, and I do NOT want to root my Sensation.
Ok so back to the point,
A little over a month ago, I bought a brand new HTC Sensation from a local retail store here in Malta. I paid full price for it, it was sealed, and it came sim-free from factory. Also, there was absolutely no apparent branding on it - not even in the deepest area of the phone.
I was happy, until I realised that my friend's Sensation updated to 2.3.4, whilst mine is stuck on 2.3.3. I contacted HTC, and they told me the reason is that I have an O2 UK branded phone (and O2 UK hasn't released the updates yet). I told them that mine is evidently (i.e. when using it) unbranded, at the shop I was told it's unbranded, there is no branding on it or the box at all, came SIM free and was sealed. HTC told me there is nothing I could do.
I feel frustrated at having a brand new phone, bought at full price, which I cannot update.
Browsing the Internet, I saw something about RUU. Is it possible to debrand the phone using RUU without ever making it S-OFF or rooting it? I want to keep it intact!
Also, if it is possible to debrand it with RUU, will it update OTA? Or am I stuck to RUU forever? (Since my IMEI shows up as branded with O2 on HTC's servers).
Or should I forget it? Or should I go to the shop and make him change the phone since it was paid for at full price (supposedly for an unbranded phone)?
Browsing the Internet, this seems to be my current software:
RUU_Pyramid_O2_UK_1.34.206.1_Radio_10.43a.9007.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_196476_signed
Thanks
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You have 3 options I guess:
i) live with it;
ii) Take it back and get a refund, "not what was promised", i.e. it turned out to be O2;
iii) S-OFF and change cid and install the latest RUU or any other custom ROM.
Hi,
I really wanna buy a used HTC Sensation right now, but there are a few issues. Well the thing I'm only going to be in the US for more months, after that I'm going back to germany. But I want to buy the sensation here, because it's way cheaper, so I'm looking at this one: http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Sensation..._1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1327899567&sr=1-1. However, every used seller I've talked to said it has a tmobile branding. Is there even a sensation without a tmobile branding?
The problem with the tmobile branding is, as I've heard, that if you put a non tmobile sim card in the phone, it won't let you use 3G, can anyone confirm that?
Does anyone know, whether these problems still exist?
Thanks in advance
root and debrand.... theres threads for this in development and you can put carrier specefic software on it and any sim you want....
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Hi,
I really wanna buy a used HTC Sensation right now, but there are a few issues. Well the thing I'm only going to be in the US for more months, after that I'm going back to germany. But I want to buy the sensation here, because it's way cheaper, so I'm looking at this one: http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Sensation..._1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1327899567&sr=1-1. However, every used seller I've talked to said it has a tmobile branding. Is there even a sensation without a tmobile branding?
The problem with the tmobile branding is, as I've heard, that if you put a non tmobile sim card in the phone, it won't let you use 3G, can anyone confirm that?
Does anyone know, whether these problems still exist?
Thanks in advance
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It is absolutely bogus. It all depends on your Sim lock status and the 3g radio.
if your phone is Sim unlocked and have a compatible radio I can use 3g . In fact I am using t mobile branded sensation in India and enjoying 3g . The radio used in t mobile sensation for 3g is for 2100/900 mhz which is the 3g frequency in India. One more thing I have come to know from it's specification sheet that it also supports 1900/850 mhz. But I can't confirm it as this band is not used in India. I have used inspire 4g in India but no 3g because the 3g radio is 1900/850 mhz. So first find out the 3g band of your service provider then decide.
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Reedddd said:
Hi,
I really wanna buy a used HTC Sensation right now, but there are a few issues. Well the thing I'm only going to be in the US for more months, after that I'm going back to germany. But I want to buy the sensation here, because it's way cheaper, so I'm looking at this one: http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Sensation..._1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1327899567&sr=1-1. However, every used seller I've talked to said it has a tmobile branding. Is there even a sensation without a tmobile branding?
The problem with the tmobile branding is, as I've heard, that if you put a non tmobile sim card in the phone, it won't let you use 3G, can anyone confirm that?
Does anyone know, whether these problems still exist?
Thanks in advance
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If you live in the US (or any where outside the EU) & buy it from EU (like from expansys), ship the phone to your address, you don't pay VAT.
For example, the Sensation from Expansys will cost you USD 486.00 shipped to US.
By the way, the EVO 3D from Expansys is even cheaper!
First off, thank you for making a brilliant forum! Now that I dont get any further by searching for information I need som help from you guys.
Thing is: I have two sensations. Both are s-off, rooted, superCID and have the latest coindroid installed. Both are originally tmobile phones which were bought unlocked some while ago. They have both been used successfully in europe until now that im in the US.
For various reasons i have three simcards for these phones. And in one of them t-mobile doesnt seem to work at all. Neither before software modifications or after. The other phone with similar mods have no problems.
The other simcards are a norwegian one and another pay-as-you-go simcard which has been used since t-mobile doesnt work.
Since both phones are rooted and s-off I guess there is a setting somewhere. Where is this particular setting? Anybody that could come a newbie to the rescue?
Thanks!
no setting if phone dont ask for a unlock code or has been unlocked i am going to say bad/banned imi number call t-Mobile and ask them if your phone is black listed
The phone is blocked by tmobile it appears. Bought it off amazon nine months ago. The phone was sold as new and "unlocked" back then and w/o warranty, but not as stolen phone. Im angry right now.
Neither Tmobile or HTC are very helpful on the phone. Costumer service at Tmobile keeps failing to put me over to anyone who can help.
Any tips on how to proceed further? Showing up at one of their shops and stay there until someone is able to help?
Since the phone is without warranty its very tempting to do illegal stuff to it right now.
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Since the phone is without warranty its very tempting to do illegal stuff to it right now.
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Like what free apps or fake call 911 lol not much you can do that's illegal
Only things you can do try att sim but may not work
resell on eBay for parts should get most of your money back or keep calling T-Mobile there the only ones who can if they will
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA
I have a htc m8 verizon. I bought it from ebay. The guy said he had it workin on t-mobile. Im living in guyana located in south america. Im not getting any service connection. The phone is rooted, s-off and the bootloader has been unlocked. Is there any way i can get gsm connection with this phone ? Presently im not getting the option to use gsm when im in global mode
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I have a htc m8 verizon. I bought it from ebay. The guy said he had it workin on t-mobile. Im living in guyana located in south america. Im not getting any service connection. The phone is rooted, s-off and the bootloader has been unlocked. Is there any way i can get gsm connection with this phone ? Presently im not getting the option to use gsm when im in global mode
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Hi friend! This is herna from XDA Assist team.
You have not signal since seems your device does not have a working SIM. As you can see on the statusbar there is a SIM icon and a ?.
So it can seems two things:
1. You have no SIM inserted/detected.
2. You are not getting any kind of signal.
If 1 is the problem just check your SIM. If 2 is the problem, you will be asked here about it after I move the thread to the correctly forum.
For the next time you want to ask about HTC M8 you need to do it HERE
I will move the thread to the place where it should be so you will get the best answer possible from users that also have the same device than you.
Have a nice week!