A colleague of mine wants a HTC One X with Snapdragon S4 instead of Tegra 3. The One XL from Germany is currently over 600 euro's, but AT&T's One X is only 550 dollars (like 450 euros).
I was wondering if the AT&T One X will work on 3g networks in Europe? And if not, if the radio from the One XL is flashable on the AT&T One X to make it work?
So far I've found out that de One X on AT&T supports 3g on 850 and 2100MHz, but the networks in Europe are based on 900, 1900 and 2100MHz (at least in Holland, where he lives). That means the 2100MHz should work out of the box, but the 900MHz wouldn't. I don't know if that's enough for good coverage.
Does anyone know if there are differences in hardware between the AT&T One X and One XL in Europa or if that's purely a software thing. I've asked HTC, but they didn't know unfortunately
Thanks in advance!
According to the following website, 3G in Netherlands is on 2100 Mhz (as is most of Europe) and GSM 900 and 1800 MHz for voice/EDGE: http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
You sure your friend is not confusing the GSM bands from the 3G ones?
The AT&T One X works perfectly on 2100 Mhz 3G. I just used it in Germany a couple weeks ago, and 3G data worked fine. The phone also works on 1900 MHz 3G (AT&T used both 850 and 1900 for 3G), if in fact your friends carrier uses that band.
Frequency support is set in hardware. You can't add frequency support by software alone.
If your friend wants to use the AT&T One X, he will need to get it SIM unlocked, of course. Folks on here have been getting it done at a couple online places for around $11.
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I have done some searches and have not found a valid answer to this question. Since the HTC Touch Pro (Rafael), HTC has only put only the UMTS 900 & 2100 3G bands on their unlocked phones. Every phone released since then, has not had the UMTS 850 Band used in North America.
One response HTC purportedly gave was that due to the smaller size of the Touch Pro and the inclusion of GPS, there just wasn't room for more bands. I think this argument is pure BS. The Kaiser had three UMTS bands: 850, 1900, and 2100 and GPS. Making it good for The U.S. and Europe. All the new unlocked devices have 900 and 2100 - for Europe and Asia.
HTC's Touch Pro 2 is also following this disturbing trend having only the 900 and 2100 bands. So European businessmen traveling to the U.S. get no 3G reception on their expensive "top of the line" phone. What's HTC going to say now, there's no enough room in that monster the Touch Pro 2?
Along the sames lines, those in North America cannot buy direct an unlocked 3G phone. They will have to buy their phones directly from AT&T or T-Mobile and get locked into a long term contract to get one.
Everyone on this forum should be upset about this. My guess is that HTC is bowing to pressure from carriers to make the phones unusable on other carriers. This lets the carriers stick it to the customer.
Personally, I'd like to see Quad Band 3G in the phones so they can be used almost anywhere like they could with the Edge networks.
I want to buy this device but it is overpriced here in the uk and t mobile in the usa have it a affordable price. I checked the bands and most uk phones have: 900, 1900 and 2100 for 3g
This one has : 1700 and 2100 for 3g
This concerns me a lot. Can I flash a radio from the original optimistic 2x or something to make it work in the uk? Do you think it will work on 3g out of the box? Some help please.
As you've noted T-Mobile uses non standard frequencies in the states. So, out of the box it's incompatible. As far as flashing an Optimus 2x radio, that appears to be a very bad idea due to file system differences.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I've read the answer is no.
According to this:
http://www.wireless.att.com/travelguide/coverage/coverage_details.jsp?CIDL=1305&MNC=CING
uk carriers use 2100 primarily and according to gsmarena the bands this phone supports are:
1700 and 2100 for 3g
Wouldn't it still work out of the box even if it supports 2100 band?
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Also according to this:
http://www.mobileworldlive.com/maps...ma/gb/17016/comb/&layer_id=951&lstCountry=275
Most uk networks use 2100 band as suggested by at&t . The 1700 band is used by t mo for 4g network according to engadget. Any change of opinion now?
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"Band I" is 2100 MHz, which is supported by the G2x and is used all over Europe and Asia.
and according to this http://www.phonearena.com/phones/T-Mobile-G2x_id5272
the G2X supports 2100 UMTS (3G) or am I missing something?
The G2x supports 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for 2G/GPRS only, and supports 3G/4G UMTS/HSPA+ bands I (2100) and IV (1700). The G2x does not support AT&T’s 3G bands.
G2X spec sheet
http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/engadget/files/T-Mobile_G2x_with_Google_FactSheet_FINAL.pdf
Yes it should work, I'm currently in Europe and my g2x connects to 3G, but of course there is no 4G...I'll be in the UK in a few days in fact
rashad1 said:
Yes it should work, I'm currently in Europe and my g2x connects to 3G, but of course there is no 4G...I'll be in the UK in a few days in fact
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Thanks for confirming
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Thanks to all who corrected me...I was under the impression most of Europe used the same 3G bands as AT&T do here. Stupid US centric assumption...I need to get out more....and keep my mouth shut when I'm not absolutely sure!
Anyway, sorry for my small contribution to internet misinformation...
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Thanks to all who corrected me...I was under the impression most of Europe used the same 3G bands as AT&T do here. Stupid US centric assumption...I need to get out more....and keep my mouth shut when I'm not absolutely sure!
Anyway, sorry for my small contribution to internet misinformation...
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Both at&t and tmobile phones would be able to get 3g signals outside of the states. I had no problem using my old iphone 3g in Hong Kong,Beijing nor my tmobile blackberry 9700 in Italy.
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Both at&t and tmobile phones would be able to get 3g signals outside of the states. I had no problem using my old iphone 3g in Hong Kong,Beijing nor my tmobile blackberry 9700 in Italy.
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Yeah...now that's not quite right. Here's the deal:
Most of the world uses 2100 MHz 3G bidirectionally (for both sending and receiving data). This includes England, China, and Hong Kong.
In the U.S. AT&T uses Both 850 & 1900 MHz (depending on the coverage area) bidirectionally. Not compatible with "world standards". The reason you could use you iphone in China is because it has tri-band 3G. Not all AT&T phones support the 2100 MHz band.
T-Mobile uses 1700 MHz for uploads and 2100 MHz for downloading. However, all their current phones have the ability to use the 2100 MHz band bidirectionally when operating overseas.
So to sum it up T-Mobile phones will do 3G overseas, some AT&T Phones will work overseas, but most phones from overseas won't do 3G here.
I hope that makes things a bit more clear; and I apologize again for confusing T-mobile with AT&T in my earlier post.
I work for Tmous retail sales and we have never really been taught anything about bands. Ive been pretty curious myself since some customers come into the store with AT&t phones asking about tmo service. I have been instructed (by a fellow retail associate) to tell them that no At&t phone will ever have 3G on tmo ( I assume thats just the safe answer though).
real question!
in terms of 3G/4G (hspa+) what bands does tmous use?
same question for AT&t.
To tie that together. ex: If a phone from At&t hypothetically has capabilities to use the same bands as tmous and is unlocked, can it get 3G/4G service on tmous?
i did search around and didnt find a very clear answer so i figured i'd start a thread, im sure other noobs have the same question.
T-Mobile uses 1700 2100 MHz bands for 3G/"4G"
AT&T uses 850 and 1900 MHz bands for 3G/"4G"
Yes if a phone has all those bands for 3G, and it's SIM unlocked you can get 3G on other cell company.
The T-Mobile Vibrant actually has those AT&T bands too, if you SIM unlock the Vibrant, you can get 3G on AT&T.
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/08/22/samsung-galaxy-unlockable-tmobile-vibrant-supports-att-3g/
It's very rare to see a phone that supports both T-Mobile and AT&T 3G bands.
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T-Mobile uses 1700 2100 MHz bands for 3G/"4G"
AT&T uses 850 and 1900 MHz bands for 3G/"4G"
Yes if a phone has all those bands for 3G, and it's SIM unlocked you can get 3G on other cell company.
It's very rare to see a phone that supports both T-Mobile and AT&T 3G bands.
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Thanks for the clarification. In hopes that im not being a further nuisance, I was wondering, what about a phone that has 1 of the matching bands?
T-Mobile USA is using the 1700/2100 Mhz bands for 3G (UMTS)
T-Mobile Germany uses 1900/2100 Mhz for 3G (UMTS)
If you couldnt tell, im considering buying an iPhone (to develop on for fun). Will a phone that uses 2100 Mhz only be usable on USA towers (for 3G service)?
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Will a phone that uses 2100 Mhz only be usable on USA towers (for 3G service)?
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No it will not get 3G
After looking many phones, I like One S. but seems it's exclusive for T-mobile?
because the 3g band of T-mobile is differente of my country I would like to know if there is a One S which is not for T-mobile. I need 1900mhz support
thanks
kossel said:
After looking many phones, I like One S. but seems it's exclusive for T-mobile?
because the 3g band of T-mobile is differente of my country I would like to know if there is a One S which is not for T-mobile. I need 1900mhz support
thanks
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Yeah there is. There a lot of site that sell International HTC One S. Of course, its full price.
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Z520E-VILLE-COLOUR-UNLOCKED/dp/tech-data/B007H7G6IE/ref=de_a_smtd
kossel said:
After looking many phones, I like One S. but seems it's exclusive for T-mobile?
because the 3g band of T-mobile is differente of my country I would like to know if there is a One S which is not for T-mobile. I need 1900mhz support
thanks
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Where do you live?
The One S is exclusive to T-Mobile only in the USA afaik. The international variant (PJ40100) supports WCDMA at 850, 900 and 2100 MHz. T-Mobile USA variant (PJ40110) supports WCDMA at 850, 1700, 1900 and 2100 MHz but (My speculation here!) I guess if your carrier has a 1900 network they might sell the PJ40110 variant without the branding, isnt this what some canadian carriers do btw?
Some details here
frdd said:
Where do you live?
The One S is exclusive to T-Mobile only in the USA afaik. The international variant (PJ40100) supports WCDMA at 850, 900 and 2100 MHz. T-Mobile USA variant (PJ40110) supports WCDMA at 850, 1700, 1900 and 2100 MHz but (My speculation here!) I guess if your carrier has a 1900 network they might sell the PJ40110 variant without the branding, isnt this what some canadian carriers do btw?
Some details here
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I live in Mexico, as far as I know 3G band here is 850mhz/1900mhz. I think it's the same with AT&T (because most at&t phones works here). I'm sure 1700/2100 won't work (because once I have droid Incredible 2, never got 3g works)
I don't like One X because it's too big. so any chance HTC One S will work here? (either T-mobile or international)
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I live in Mexico, as far as I know 3G band here is 850mhz/1900mhz. I think it's the same with AT&T (because most at&t phones works here). I'm sure 1700/2100 won't work (because once I have droid Incredible 2, never got 3g works)
I don't like One X because it's too big. so any chance HTC One S will work here? (either T-mobile or international)
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I have T-Mobile USA HTC One S with me and on the box it says that it supports 3g of 850, 2100, 1700/2100 and 1900Mhz. I just don't have AT&T sim card to test, but looking at the specs on the box it has to work at 1900Mhz.
I've read that it picks up 4G on at&t just not LTE.
T-MobileUS HTC One S running Stock Rooted 2.21.
Hello XDA members,
Has anyone unlocked (via commercial $ payment services) their LG G4 from AT&T? I want to make sure it can be unlocked prior to purchasing so I can use it overseas while on vacation.
Thanks.
I did. Bought the code from a guy on eBay for $4.25. In under an hour I was entering the code and using a T-Mobile SIM.
Looks like he's out of stock now, but he relists every few days.
phineous said:
I did. Bought the code from a guy on eBay for $4.25. In under an hour I was entering the code and using a T-Mobile SIM.
Looks like he's out of stock now, but he relists every few days.
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For that matter - does anyone know if the t-mo version will work on the att LTE bands? Wasn't sure if it was like the iphone where the tmobile version of the iphone 6 was already unlocked so we could use it on att.
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For that matter - does anyone know if the t-mo version will work on the att LTE bands? Wasn't sure if it was like the iphone where the tmobile version of the iphone 6 was already unlocked so we could use it on att.
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There's a thread on here somewhere that lists the bands, but I couldn't find it right away. Here's one from Android Central.
Here are the AT&T frequencies. If your T-mobile has these it should work:
GSM 850 MHz and 1900 MHz.
HSPA+ 850 MHz (Band V) and 1900 MHz (Band II)
LTE 700 MHz (Band XVII) and some 1700 MHz (Band IV)
The ones below are the 815 Model that is generally available on the web for about $515 unlocked.
It has been shown to work with AT&T in LTE mode.
2G: 850/1900MHz
3G: 850/1900MHz
4G: Bands 2,4,5,17 (1900,1700,850,700MHZ)
also i f you purchase the device in full no contract you can request the sim unlock code from att for free here https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/?#/ i did with mine received my unlock sim code the next day