My current phone can't work in Europe which apparently uses a different system than in the US. Will the nexus 5 work in Europe?
If you buy a nexus 5 from the US you cannot get 4G/LTE in Europe. If you buy a nexus 5 from anywhere it is sold through Google play that is not the US/Canada you will get 4G/LTE. 3G works as per normal.
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As above.... everything except LTE will work if using a D820 in Europe torvalds D821 in US /Canada
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rootSU said:
As above.... everything except LTE will work if using a D820 in Europe torvalds D821 in US /Canada
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What are D820 and torvalds D821?
They are the 2 models of Nexus 5 available, D820 for US and Canada, D821 for the rest of the World
Anderson2 said:
What are D820 and torvalds D821?
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hahah. You know you're a geek when your auto correct knows the name "Torvalds". I was trying to type "or a"
There is no way to have D820 working on Europe LTE ?
bobby8921 said:
There is no way to have D820 working on Europe LTE ?
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No because LTE uses a different frequency in europe
Yo, Brainiacs. Are you aware that Europe is not a single country ?
There are like dozen different LTE frequencies there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks#Europe
Which country are we talking here about specifically ?
jodvova said:
Yo, Brainiacs. Are you aware that Europe is not a single country ?
There are like dozen different LTE frequencies there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks#Europe
Which country are we talking here about specifically ?
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yop Brainiac, can't you see that all european countries use bands 3, 7 and 20 ?
So the country doesn't matter
Is this setting set in stone in the hardware, or will devs be able to hack the phone's radio firmware to get band 3/7/20 support? I don't need CDMA.
tyteen4a03 said:
Is this setting set in stone in the hardware
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It's not a setting, but yes it is a hardware limitation
rootSU said:
It's not a setting, but yes it is a hardware limitation
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Care to explain a little bit more detailed about the hardware difference between 820 and 821, if you know?
I am just curious about what did they change that much.
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I wanted to know if anyone has tried ordering nexus 5 to India from US using shopandship.com or borderlinx or other similar means.If so how much did the total amount come to and how much time it took?
Incase people are wondering how to do it then here is the guide:
http://trak.in/mobiles/buying-google-nexus-4-india-price-rs-22500/
http://www.technodify.com/how-to-buy-nexus-4-from-us-and-get/
Is the US version the right one for India? Remember there is the D820 for North America and the D821 for the rest of the World
EddyOS said:
Is the US version the right one for India? Remember there is the D820 for North America and the D821 for the rest of the World
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My friends had bought it from there and its working in India without any issue.What is the difference between D820 or D821?
Editk i found the difference.Is it possible to tell them i need D821 when i buy it from US?
No, D821 is only available outside of the US so you'll have to get it from Europe if you want/need the D821 variant
EddyOS said:
No, D821 is only available outside of the US so you'll have to get it from Europe if you want/need the D821 variant
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My friend is using his phone which he got from US without any issue so it should work for me also right?
Yes, just not on 4G (unless your network uses the same 4G bands as Us networks)
EddyOS said:
Yes, just not on 4G (unless your network uses the same 4G bands as Us networks)
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As of now 3g only thanks a lot for ur help.But do u know the safest and cheaper way to ship it to India other than sending it along with someone.
Coz in india 32gb costs around 34k where as if i buy from US it will cost only 25k but i dont have anyone coming to india anytime soon
NO idea, I'm lucky enough to get it from the Play Store. Good luck
My N5 is from the US i.e. D820. Works perfectly.. And for 4G god in future may bless us with that..
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It's more likely to be your network provider giving you 4g but unlikely they'll give it on same band as USA. USA are rebels. Rest of the world adhere to global (or at least national) standards
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rootSU said:
It's more likely to be your network provider giving you 4g but unlikely they'll give it on same band as USA. USA are rebels. Rest of the world adhere to global (or at least national) standards
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Thanks
and which is the best screen guard and case u would suggest.I have heard about spigen?is it good?
I'm moving overseas and I was wondering if my N5 will have any issues. Such as missing frequencies and what not. If so, could I flash new ones?
D821 gets LTE pretty much everywhere except North America. D820 only gets LTE in north america
HSPA and lower works on both pretty much everywhere.
Though, you haven't given specifics so I in turn, can not be specific
rootSU said:
D821 gets LTE pretty much everywhere except North America. D820 only gets LTE in north america
HSPA and lower works on both pretty much everywhere.
Though, you haven't given specifics so I in turn, can not be specific
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Just looked on the back of my phone, I have D820. Should I get a new phone?
dinggus said:
Just looked on the back of my phone, I have D820. Should I get a new phone?
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Where are you moving to?
rootSU said:
Where are you moving to?
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Belgium. Sorry I wasn't more specific.
dinggus said:
Belgium. Sorry I wasn't more specific.
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So you'll still get 2g, 3g and HSPA+ most likely. You'll just miss out on LTE
rootSU said:
So you'll still get 2g, 3g and HSPA+ most likely. You'll just miss out on LTE
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Alright. Don't know if I could go backwards. Lol.
dinggus said:
Alright. Don't know if I could go backwards. Lol.
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There was a thread I read a while back that told ya how to unlock the other LTE bands. You do lose the north America ones. I guess only so.many can be active at once.
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31ken31 said:
There was a thread I read a while back that told ya how to unlock the other LTE bands. You do lose the north America ones. I guess only so.many can be active at once.
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Its only a couple of bands. You can't change a d820 into a d821 or vice versa. Just swap a couple to work in China. There is a thread though...
31ken31 said:
There was a thread I read a while back that told ya how to unlock the other LTE bands. You do lose the north America ones. I guess only so.many can be active at once.
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Its only a couple of bands. You can't change a d820 into a d821 or vice versa. Just swap a couple to work in China. There is a thread though...
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Thanks guys. You wouldn't have to know the same info for a Note 3?
dinggus said:
Thanks guys. You wouldn't have to know the same info for a Note 3?
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Samsung devices typically are much more restricted. Not sure because of snapdragon whether it is similar. Ask in note 3 forum.
Is it possible to change the radio antenna or whatever is the hardware piece to get LTE bands of D821 (I need band 7 / 2,5 mhz in Brazil) And if its possible, what is the piece and where to buy it? (Links to Ebay very welcome! )
Anyway, thanks!
Hello friend, I am in it, but I want to convert a D821, D820 in, haha, I need the band 17 for Bolivia
kevast said:
Hello friend, I am in it, but I want to convert a D821, D820 in, haha, I need the band 17 for Bolivia
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you can check this for LTE, not sure about band 17. No need to replace anything. just some edit. tinkering time. [Radio] Enable LTE Band 3 and 8 on D820 and LTE Band 2 and 4 on D821
anazhd said:
you can check this, no need to replace anything. just some edit. tinkering time. [Radio] Enable LTE Band 3 and 8 on D820 and LTE Band 2 and 4 on D821
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I read this topic a few weeks ago, but is it possible to turn on the band 7 / 2,5Mhz? Because I think is a hardware issue and some people told that on the topic
Toper_ said:
I read this topic a few weeks ago, but is it possible to turn on the band 7 / 2,5Mhz? Because I think is a hardware issue and some people told that on the topic
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I'm not sure about that. Never tried anything other than LTE band. But theoretically speaking, it's possible. Changing parts in your phone is way messy.
anazhd said:
I'm not sure about that. Never tried anything other than LTE band. But theoretically speaking, it's possible. Changing parts in your phone is way messy.
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I just want to know how to do it, never seen this before =\
Sure just swap the motherboard from a D821 in to your current phone.
tebore said:
Sure just swap the motherboard from a D821 in to your current phone.
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Change the whole motherboard!? Oh no, no ones sell it here =\
I need to wait Nexus 6P or import anyway, but $1 costs R$4,20 now... :crying:
You and the second poster could just swap motherboards
wangdaning said:
You and the second poster could just swap motherboards
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...or just swap phones!
replace D821 motherboard with D820 one
pls help... can i replace D821 motherboard with D820 one??
undeadmax said:
pls help... can i replace D821 motherboard with D820 one??
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Yes, you can.
Hi guys,
I bought my Honor 6 in India and am currently residing at the USA. As you would guess, only 2G works in my mobile. When I look up the frequency bands, H60-L01 has 3G (atleast) frequency bands which my network supports. Is it possible to install the ROMs of H60-L01 in H60-L04 variant? If I do install, will the 3G frequency bands of H60-L01 work in my phone? (I was googling about the frequency bands and people generally say that the mobiles might generally be capable of supporting multiple frequency bands, only, the software programming would restrict them to specific bands.)
If someone has the time to explain how/which hardware actually governs mobile data frequency bands (CPU, isn't it???) I'd be grateful.
Thanks a lot,
Jay
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Hi guys,
I bought my Honor 6 in India and am currently residing at the USA. As you would guess, only 2G works in my mobile. When I look up the frequency bands, H60-L01 has 3G (atleast) frequency bands which my network supports. Is it possible to install the ROMs of H60-L01 in H60-L04 variant? If I do install, will the 3G frequency bands of H60-L01 work in my phone? (I was googling about the frequency bands and people generally say that the mobiles might generally be capable of supporting multiple frequency bands, only, the software programming would restrict them to specific bands.)
If someone has the time to explain how/which hardware actually governs mobile data frequency bands (CPU, isn't it???) I'd be grateful.
Thanks a lot,
Jay
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I doubt you'd be able to do that because its mostly a hardware setup. fixed radios and all. besides flashing another model or variants rom will definitely result in brick or bootloop
goldfinv said:
I doubt you'd be able to do that because its mostly a hardware setup. fixed radios and all. besides flashing another model or variants rom will definitely result in brick or bootloop
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Hi Goldfin,
Thanks for your reply. I remember seeing some posts in this forum where people were given tutorials on changing Chinese Honor 6 to European model. That's why I asked.
Besides, is there a way to check the hardware's supported frequency in our mobiles?
jayyeahkay said:
Hi Goldfin,
Thanks for your reply. I remember seeing some posts in this forum where people were given tutorials on changing Chinese Honor 6 to European model. That's why I asked.
Besides, is there a way to check the hardware's supported frequency in our mobiles?
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If you mean bands, then yes.
Go search in google "will my phone work" and type what is your phone and everything else
jayyeahkay said:
Hi Goldfin,
Thanks for your reply. I remember seeing some posts in this forum where people were given tutorials on changing Chinese Honor 6 to European model. That's why I asked.
Besides, is there a way to check the hardware's supported frequency in our mobiles?
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Yes. It's more if changing region and language to have a less Chinese oriented ROM. And you can always check your phone specs on GSMarena to see what bands are supported per variant
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Hi all, I ordered a 32 GB Pearl White (presumably FRD-L04) on Amazon's Black Friday sale, I live in the UK, had it shipped to a friend in the US. According to hihonor, the phone should support all the US and UK bands. According to FrequencyCheck, only the 64GB (FRD-L14) US model supports the European bands 3 and 20. Which is correct? If the phone I ordered won't support 3 and 20, I may as well return it now.
Thanks!
I also bought Honor 8. Only difference is that US version is single sim and much more LTE bands. According to official site it should support that bands.
I finded here specifications for all versions: http://www.smartphonerankings.com/huawei-honor-8-frd-l04/
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I also bought Honor 8. Only difference is that US version is single sim and much more LTE bands. According to official site it should support that bands.
I finded here specifications for all versions: http://www.smartphonerankings.com/huawei-honor-8-frd-l04/
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Yes, I believe FrequencyCheck is wrong, but it claims the European bands 3 and 20 are only supported in FRD-L14 (the 64 GB version) and not in FRD-L04. Hopefully this is untrue.
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Hi all, I ordered a 32 GB Pearl White (presumably FRD-L04) on Amazon's Black Friday sale, I live in the UK, had it shipped to a friend in the US. According to hihonor, the phone should support all the US and UK bands. According to FrequencyCheck, only the 64GB (FRD-L14) US model supports the European bands 3 and 20. Which is correct? If the phone I ordered won't support 3 and 20, I may as well return it now.
Thanks!
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marko207 said:
I also bought Honor 8. Only difference is that US version is single sim and much more LTE bands. According to official site it should support that bands.
I finded here specifications for all versions: http://www.smartphonerankings.com/huawei-honor-8-frd-l04/
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Yes, I believe FrequencyCheck is wrong, but it claims the European bands 3 and 20 are only supported in FRD-L14 (the 64 GB version) and not in FRD-L04. Hopefully this is untrue.
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Hey guys, can you update on this?
I'm studying abroad in England for 5 months and I have this exact model of the Honor 8, and wanted to know if I can get a reliable 4G LTE connection while I'm in England... I'm going to get a plan with Vodafone, EE, or O2 when I get there. If you could let me know, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
connorhiller said:
Hey guys, can you update on this?
I'm studying abroad in England for 5 months and I have this exact model of the Honor 8, and wanted to know if I can get a reliable 4G LTE connection while I'm in England... I'm going to get a plan with Vodafone, EE, or O2 when I get there. If you could let me know, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
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Check a website called "will my phone work..." (Search in google) and input phone, model...etc
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Check a website called "will my phone work..." (Search in google) and input phone, model...etc
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I tried that, but, unfortunately the particular model sold at Best Buy and Amazon isn't an option on willmyphonework.net
connorhiller said:
I tried that, but, unfortunately the particular model sold at Best Buy and Amazon isn't an option on willmyphonework.net
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then, you'll have to test it by yourself
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then, you'll have to test it by yourself
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That's why I'm asking the 2 people who commented in this thread, they live in the UK and can tell me for sure.
Here you go here is a list for radio bands compatibility list for Honor FDR04 /14 /01 AND 14 for use in UK with most of the providers..
www.frequencycheck.com/compatibility/K0BOsOx/huawei-honor-8-dual-sim-lte-a-frd-l04/united-kingdom
You can select any country by the way.. If I were you op for Virgin mobile or Plusnet both run off EE but have better signal and deals to the overs..
I bought the FRD-L09 model while I was overseas and I live in the USA, the salesperson assured me it would work on 4G here but it definitely doesn't... If you still have the FRD-L04 model would you be willing to trade? Mine is the blue 32G model and it is basically new, I bought it about a month ago. I love the phone but only having 3G is killing me...
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Here you go here is a list for radio bands compatibility list for Honor FDR04 /14 /01 AND 14 for use in UK with most of the providers..
www.frequencycheck.com/compatibility/K0BOsOx/huawei-honor-8-dual-sim-lte-a-frd-l04/united-kingdom
You can select any country by the way.. If I were you op for Virgin mobile or Plusnet both run off EE but have better signal and deals to the overs..
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Thanks for this, but as someone stated above, I think Frequency Check is wrong here. According to Huawei Customer Care team on Amazon, the supports bands 3, 7, and 20 which are used for LTE in the UK, while Frequency Check doesn't have those.
I have posted a picture of both Huawei's listed network frequencies compared to Frequency Check's.
I never even knew that Honor released a single SIM variant of the Honor 8. I thought all Honor 8's were dual SIMs.
I can confirm Frequency check is wrong. I'm not back in the UK yet but I'm getting LTE on SoftBank in Japan. A warning - this model follows the American practice of calling 3G "4G". Only "4G LTE" actually means 4G.
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I can confirm Frequency check is wrong. I'm not back in the UK yet but I'm getting LTE on SoftBank in Japan. A warning - this model follows the American practice of calling 3G "4G". Only "4G LTE" actually means 4G.
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Awesome. Thanks, this is very relieving for me! Loving the phone so far... Had to put Nova Launcher on it but that's OK. I'm quite confident it will work in the UK now.
connorhiller said:
Awesome. Thanks, this is very relieving for me! Loving the phone so far... Had to put Nova Launcher on it but that's OK. I'm quite confident it will work in the UK now.
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Did you have any luck? I will be traveling with this and am trying to figure out the discrepancy between Honors specs and Frequency Check (and also the FCC testing report).
Bobomo said:
Did you have any luck? I will be traveling with this and am trying to figure out the discrepancy between Honors specs and Frequency Check (and also the FCC testing report).
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I think it's because not every country use every bands so Honor indicates only bands used for specific country.
I make an example: Band 20 could be used in USA but not in UK so indicates on UK version it have Band 20 is useless for UK's people