hi how can enable 900/2100 to use 3g connection on htc inspire 4g in outside us because i cant use 3g but edge??
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hardware issue.
no 900/2100 outside of US.unless there is a hack kit that enables u to hack the hardware.
Wrong section, but you can't use an Inspire 4g on T-mobile 3g .. no matter what. On ANY other 3g/4g other than the bands built into the device. You can't unlock bands, as that is hardware dependant.
What they said. It is hardware related. You would need to replace the internal anttena with one for T-Mobile
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What would need to be done to have it on tmo. And would hspa+ and all that work?
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adamtheindien said:
What would need to be done to have it on tmo. And would hspa+ and all that work?
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I actually rooted my Inspire, loaded the Euro DHD ROM and tried it on T-Mobile this morning. It worked, but no 3G, much less 4G.
So what would need to be done to get that type of thing to work fully? Something with the baseband or something right?
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It can't be done, the hardware is different, you won't get anything better that edge
i really need my inspire unlocked?
just wait a few months, the htc incredible S is supposed to coming to Tmobile and that device has same specs as the inspire except smaller screen and has FFC.
Unlock it and you're good to go! That is, if you don't care for 3G/4G
The Inspire's 3G radio is incompatible with the bands used by T-Mobile unfortunately
i want the big screen though lol. I have a g2 right now and I'm really just craving one of those huge screens. What about the Desire HD? would that work on TMO? or is there any other options out there?
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i want the big screen though lol. I have a g2 right now and I'm really just craving one of those huge screens. What about the Desire HD? would that work on TMO? or is there any other options out there?
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your option is an hd2 on android
I don't get it. One of the reason I pick Inspire because it has the same 2G/3G band frequency like the Desire Z (G2). If Desire Z works then why not the Inspire?
Quote from GSMArena:
HTC Desire Z
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HTC Inspire 4G
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900
Even the Incredible S is not 1700 band
HTC Incredible S
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
The desire z looks like it does not work on t-mobile either. T-mobile needs 1700/2100 for 3g, which are not listed in the specs yet posted.
Can I use T-Mobile 3G devices on another carrier’s 3G networks?
You will not be able to roam with your T-Mobile 3G device on another carrier's 3G network. T-Mobile devices use the 1700Mhz/2100Mhz frequency band (for 3G) and it is specific to T-Mobile. You can however roam on another carrier's 1900Mhz frequency band using GSM. Likewise, another carrier’s 3G devices will not be able to roam on our 3G network.
r34p3rex said:
Unlock it and you're good to go! That is, if you don't care for 3G/4G
The Inspire's 3G radio is incompatible with the bands used by T-Mobile unfortunately
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yup basically, All you need to do is root the phone using either method. I tried it last night actually with my friends tmo sim. phone worked fine, except only edge service
epicKA8 said:
yup basically, All you need to do is root the phone using either method. I tried it last night actually with my friends tmo sim. phone worked fine, except only edge service
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But his question is specifically asking to use 3g on other carriers. Which the answer is no, even rooting won't help. It's a hardware limitation.
its something i have thought bout but why would you pay that much for a phone tht will only run on the Edge. Wait for the Pyramid to come out or get a Desire HD from ebay. its just the European version and has the bands ability. or like what has been mentioned before about the HD2 and load it with Android. Thats what Im using which is awesome becasue you can use the HSDPA speeds and 3G speeds and have that huge 4.3 inch display and still have a 1ghz snapdragon processor.. another awesome thing about it is that there is SOOO many roms you can load to customize your phone like if you wanted the basic Sense Rom like the inspire or the Evo there are plenty of roms for it, if yo wanted the MyTouch 4G rom then you can load it, if you wanted a Nexus Rom then you can load it, and its much faster with updates so you can even have Gingerbread already on your phone and they are even already gettting the bugs worked out of having Honeycomb on the good ole HD2. its overall a very under rated phone but thats because it had tons of issues with WinMo 6.5 but with ANdroid loaded on it I havent had problem one with it.. Im sure others have thier opinion but thats mine for it.. hopefully any info helps...
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But his question is specifically asking to use 3g on other carriers. Which the answer is no, even rooting won't help. It's a hardware limitation.
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didn't you read the quote i replied too? i said nothing about being able to use 3g, infact, i said quite the opposite, i confirmed like others, 3g will not work. :rollseyes: gotta love ppl who don't read what you actually posted.
Oh I missed the last statement of your post. It was tagged there at the end.
AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39 Billion USD
AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39 Billion USD
T-Mobile 3G (i think 4G also) Phones Will Require Replacement After AT&T Merger
SO buying this phone and unlocking it will give u a little while to use T-Mobiles services (maybe 2 years AT MOST) after that u will need an AT&T phone
but the trade off to being able to use T-Mobile for a while is that u will be at slower speeds for a while BEFORE AT&T destroys this grate service provider
can you say "Cingular" ?
so this is the best GSM phone as it will be merger proof !!
Internet settings?
hey guys i realize this is an older post but i rooted and unlocked my htc inspire and put in a Tmobile sim card and calls work fine and text messages too the phone automatically detected apn and everything but i cant get it to connect to the internet what should i do is there a way to set to 2g networks only? is that even required?
u will not get 3g on tmobile..ive tried
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I purchased a HTC Inspire 4G from AT&T (850mhz) and take it to overseas with me. My carrier in here uses 2100mhz for 3G. If I unlock it through ROM, am i going to be able to use 3g? Or Are there any other ways to change the frequency?
Any help?
Nope. 850/1900 only. That means no 3G.
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As far as I've seen, frequencies are not firmware programmed, it's a HW issue. You should check T-Mobile models, as far as I've seen they use the frequencies you're looking for (you should be 100% sure before buying though).
Is anybody using the SK4G on AT&T? Lets not start a carrier discussion other than can it get on ATT 3G bands? I believe the samsung vibrant can. Correct me if Im wrong about that.
I doubt you would find anyone using a Sidekick $G on AT&T
The 3G (UMTS) bands supported by the SK4G are Band I (2100) and Band IV (AWS1, 1700/2100).
AT&T uses Band II (1900) and Band V (850) (at least according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands )
So while you could use it with the 2/2.5G (GSM/GPRS/Edge) service of AT&T, you wouldn't be able to use it with their 3G network.
Thanks. I thought that might be the case since t-mobile owns the name sidekick and there is no international version of the phone.
Is it possible to flash the radio with one more compatible with the network the person is interested in using:
It has nothing to do with the radio. Its hardware based.
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It has nothing to do with the radio. Its hardware based.
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Thanks for clarifying that!
Hi.
My htc has my T-Mobile sim card, so I assume its GSM phone. I use phone in UK.
Question:
Does HTC evo 3D have 4G connection or not? nobody is certain.. some even say it has 3.5G. what the..
If My phone is 4G compatible, I also heard that UK does not have 4G network. Is that true also?
And if that is true, is it possible to break my phones software so badly, that it would use x2 3G connections?
Matrixiux said:
Hi.
My htc has my T-Mobile sim card, so I assume its GSM phone. I use phone in UK.
Question:
Does HTC evo 3D have 4G connection or not? nobody is certain.. some even say it has 3.5G. what the..
If My phone is 4G compatible, I also heard that UK does not have 4G network. Is that true also?
And if that is true, is it possible to break my phones software so badly, that it would use x2 3G connections?
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According to specs the evo 3D can use 4G but uk firmware doesn't so you would need to change its rom and wait til uk gets 4G.
Uk won't have 4G for another year or so and even then only in major cities.
And no you can't use two 3G connections on it to get higher speeds as you can't get two connections on one phone.
Dave
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I live in London, and the phone originaly was from Singapore. Does that info do any good?
Not really as London won't have 4G until at least end this year as ofcom just announced orange / t-mobiles parent company can repurpose their 2G masts to become lte ones and that could take a year but southwark in London did become first uk area to get 4G last week so if your in the right area then its possible but unlikely.
Singapore has 4G so your phone probably supports it but uk won't have it yet so in a year yes you should be able to use it in London. Sooner if your an orange or tmobile customer as they will likely repurpose their city masts first.
Dave
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Not really as London won't have 4G until at least end this year as ofcom just announced orange / t-mobiles parent company can repurpose their 2G masts to become lte ones and that could take a year but southwark in London did become first uk area to get 4G last week so if your in the right area then its possible but unlikely.
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dont forget that 4g is just a general term - which kind of 4g will be used? cdma evo 3g supports WiMax, gsm evo 3d afaik supports only hdspa (3.5g) but maybe there's the possibility to activate wimax - yet if your carrier roll out LTE you are still out of luck (and wimax has been a failure, nobody is adopting it anymore).
btw even lte has more than one substandard so even lte phones can be incompatible when moved from one carrier to another.
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dont forget that 4g is just a general term - which kind of 4g will be used? cdma evo 3g supports WiMax, gsm evo 3d afaik supports only hdspa (3.5g) but maybe there's the possibility to activate wimax - yet if your carrier roll out LTE you are still out of luck (and wimax has been a failure, nobody is adopting it anymore).
btw even lte has more than one substandard so even lte phones can be incompatible when moved from one carrier to another.
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In uk it refers to lte as trialed by a couple of mobile providers last year. Uk uses gsm not cdma network.
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UK uses GSM and WCDMA.
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UK uses GSM and WCDMA.
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No it doesn't. I live in uk and we use only gsm as does most of europe.
Dave
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mistermentality said:
No it doesn't. I live in uk and we use only gsm as does most of europe.
Dave
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So do I. Yes we do. My network is 3. Which is a WCDMA UMTS 2100mhz operating carrier.
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So do I. Yes we do. My network is 3. Which is a WCDMA UMTS 2100mhz operating carrier.
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Wdcma is not cdma. They have a similar name but you cannot use a cdma phone on any uk network. Please read link below to see for yourself that wcdma is completely different.
Uk uses gsm and then wcdma for the 3G but not cdma which is not in use here.
Dave
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mistermentality said:
Wdcma is not cdma. They have a similar name but you cannot use a cdma phone on any uk network. Please read link below to see for yourself that wcdma is completely different.
Uk uses gsm and then wcdma for the 3G but not cdma which is not in use here.
Dave
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I know. I am not using a CDMA phone.
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I think there's been a misunderstanding as your reply saying uk used wcdma and gsm followed my own saying it does not use cdma so I thought you were meaning cdma was same as wcdma.
I was just trying to explain we don't use cdma as that is a competitor to gsm and cdma only phones won't work in uk.
Dave
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Thank you guys for your Activity, but as a newbie, I dont know what they really mean.
So you saying that network 3 is running WCDMA? Which is what exactly?
and what is the CDMA? Is it a simless phone? And would 1 work in Europe countrys like UK?
You see, my evo 3D is running original android software, and all I could see in my notification bar, its allways running "G" icon, very VERY rarely I see 3G icon.. so thats why I was thinking, why I have never ever seen 4G connection icon, whiles I saw Galaxy having nice 3G connection icon in all the time..
Is it possible to jailbrake my 1.49.0011 GSM revolutionary method, and can I install a good custom rom that would force 3G connection all the time?
mistermentality said:
I think there's been a misunderstanding as your reply saying uk used wcdma and gsm followed my own saying it does not use cdma so I thought you were meaning cdma was same as wcdma.
I was just trying to explain we don't use cdma as that is a competitor to gsm and cdma only phones won't work in uk.
Dave
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Apologies buddy.
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I have read on the news that orange and t mobile have successfully bought the frequency (is that the correct terminology?) for 4G in the UK. Now my question is about the UK sensation, it's not advised as the sensation 4G like the us version. I'd assume that they have the same chip sets but with the 4G "turned off". Is the correct? When they turn on 4G in the UK, would a quick setting need to be turned on to enable 4G or is it a hardware limitation?
Chris
wardy277 said:
I have read on the news that orange and t mobile have successfully bought the frequency (is that the correct terminology?) for 4G in the UK. Now my question is about the UK sensation, it's not advised as the sensation 4G like the us version. I'd assume that they have the same chip sets but with the 4G "turned off". Is the correct? When they turn on 4G in the UK, would a quick setting need to be turned on to enable 4G or is it a hardware limitation?
Chris
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Hi,
US does not actually have 4G.
It is more like 3.5G
And they are talking about needing a dongle to use the 4G network(at first),so,it is unlikely that the Sensation will be able to use it at all.
IPad 3 is supposed to have the capability to use it,but in general,it may not be available until 2013...