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Changing the CDMA Radio

I just got off the phone with Telus and what they told me is that they are releasing ANOTHER TP2 on the GSM network and that I would have to buy another phone TP2 just to get onto the GSM network.
This being said, is there any way to modify the radio signal in my CDMA phone to read both CDMA and GSM, or atleast get more speed out of my phone for connectivity to the net?
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I just got off the phone with HTC and the lady I spoke with told me, that to change the radio frequency I just had to change the ROM. That being said IF, I put a Telus HSPA ROM on there the phone should be capable of working on the network. Now that being said. If this is possible would it not be possible to run on both networks, CDMA and HSPA, making the signal control software dependent, meaning I have CDMA controls for standard phone calls and HSPA for running the highspeed network?

Update in previous post.

Eazy, just HardSPL and security unlock your radio bro...Only then you can use the GSM networks in your country (I'm guessing it's US)
But you can only activate one at a time. Either GSM only or CDMA only..CMIIW..
Just my 2 cents

Actually it's Canada
Right but if I unlock the phone, and switch it back and forth on and off the networks, how would that affect my account, could I hide the fact i was doing this?

slight22 said:
Actually it's Canada
Right but if I unlock the phone, and switch it back and forth on and off the networks, how would that affect my account, could I hide the fact i was doing this?
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I have this phone on Telus...I got it unlocked and I put my work sim card in this phone and it's on rogers. I switch networks when necessary....If you get a Telus sim card you would be able to use it GSM.

You should be able to pick which network you use. I saw it in phone settings, I think.

bundybp said:
I have this phone on Telus...I got it unlocked and I put my work sim card in this phone and it's on rogers. I switch networks when necessary....If you get a Telus sim card you would be able to use it GSM.
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TELUS does not provide GSM at all. They are CDMA and UMTS.

So does this mean its possible. If i have a CDMA Sprint HTC Touch pro 2. That i have the potential of using it on At&t in the US?? All i have to do is unlock it?? Any information would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks!!

And if one does unlock a radio on said Telus phone, can one use both radio frequencies, thus enabling both CDMA and HSPA frequencies?

Spike15 said:
TELUS does not provide GSM at all. They are CDMA and UMTS.
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So Telus new 3G network is not GSM? It does have drop down menu showing "Send SMS over" GMS and CDMA. GSM is selected by default.

Force telus to bell

Ok, I have tried the registry editor for sprint to force to roaming....the reason I want to do that, is because I'm in southern Ontario, and the Bell network is using HSPA (which is a lot faster), its under my understanding that I would not get billed for roaming if I am using a bell tower.......Thank you

the HSPA network is gsm and you are running cdma. So unless you get a bell sim card I don't see this happening.

drewcam888 said:
the HSPA network is gsm and you are running cdma. So unless you get a bell sim card I don't see this happening.
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and i dont think you get 3g on gsm?

correct i doubt the phone supports the bell 3g gsm band

LTE in Kuwait under 1800MHz

Folks,
Please take a Min and help a me out. Me and wife are currently stationed and residing in Kuwait.We are using an Unlocked Roger Canada XT925. boot-loader unlocked as well Kuwait launched 4G LTE service late last year. The LTE network runs on 1800MHz band 3. the same Band as Telstra Australia, and O2 Germany. i have tired almost everything to get my LTE working, yet no luck. Now, the service run on the Iphone 5 and my LTE USB dongle with no problems.
List of things i tried.
1- flashed the following firmware using RSD LITE 6.4
a- JB Telstra Australia
b- JB Orange France- LTE ON
c- JB SFR France- LTE ON
d- JB Retail Brazilian
Currently running JB O2 Germany
2- tired the service menu to switch to LTE and that didn't work.
3- Attempted to change the band but unable to select or change.
4- the SIM card work fine on the Iphone, so no sim issue
5- The service is activated

Oops I answered on the thread in dev section lol here's my answer:
4G isn't really LTE. Since you said it uses the same band as used the other 2 providers you should be able to access LTE by flashing the correct radios or the whole rom & using an LTE sim
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Sent from my XT925

saloums7 said:
Oops I answered on the thread in dev section lol here's my answer:
Sent from my XT925
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I understand the different between 4G, 4G+ and LTE. Kuwait is LTE running on 1800MHz B3. my sim card is LTE. when i switch the sim card to the iphone 5 the LTE works fine. I listed all the firmware i tried. im not sure what im missing here

I will write it again
There are 3 version of Razr Hd
XT926 for Verizon
XT925 for Canada, 4G band 700/1700/2100
XT925 for UK & Australia 4G bands 800/1800/2600
That's mean if you bought your device from US or Canada then don't waste your time, 4G will not work...
But if you have the Europe or Australian version then you need to flash the correct firmware.

[Q] Photon q european 4g frequencies

I own a photon q 4g and did the sim mod
i live in the netherlands where the 4g frequencies are at 800mhz,1800mhz and 2600mhz
when i use the *#*#4636#*#* code i can see the different bands you can select but there is no EU setting
but if i look at screenshots of QPST i can see that the frequencies are usable.
Does anyone think it is possible to get the phone working with dutch 4G?
Is it possible to use QPST on a modded phone with cyanogenmod?
Greetings
Mafradon

What you are looking at is the UMTS and GSM Part, not LTE.
So that's nothing that tell you about usable frequencies.
Besides the LTE part of the Photon Q is using the "flashed" SIM-ID (or whatever name it has).
It can't use the SIM-card from the SIM mod.

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Loader009 said:
What you are looking at is the UMTS and GSM Part, not LTE.
So that's nothing that tell you about usable frequencies.
Besides the LTE part of the Photon Q is using the "flashed" SIM-ID (or whatever name it has).
It can't use the SIM-card from the SIM mod.
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but you remove the sim ic in the mod you substitute the sim card for the ic dont you?

Afaik the SIM-IC is/was used for GSM and WCDMA only.
LTE, CDMA etc. is using some in the phone flashed entries.
If you can correct me, please do it. I would love to be wrong.

what rom u are using? and what was your base (cspire / sprint) ?

rom
right now i am using the gsm version of cyanogenmod 10.1 the phone was a sprint phone originally.
I would love to now how the phone ties up the customer to the lte network (aka 4G) as all 4g phones over here do that with a sim card not through the system cdma uses. Or am i wrong altogeter and is an american lte network compleatly different as opossed to a european one?

Sprint a9 on T-Mobile

Do any of you guys know if I unlock my sprint htc one a9, will it work on T-Mobile?
If so where can I get an unlock code?

I don't think so, sprint uses CDMA while T-Mobile uses GSM, so I don't think the sprint variant has the capability to connect to a GSM network

Yes it will work - with lte ,but you have to unlock - either call sprint to unlock or use something like xtc2clip or gcdpro

MGfusion said:
I don't think so, sprint uses CDMA while T-Mobile uses GSM, so I don't think the sprint variant has the capability to connect to a GSM network
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According to PCMAG, it supports GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz), UMTS (850/AWS(1700)/1900/2100MHz), CDMA (0/1/10), and LTE (2/4/5/12/25/26/41) bands

The_scam said:
According to PCMAG, it supports GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz), UMTS (850/AWS(1700)/1900/2100MHz), CDMA (0/1/10), and LTE (2/4/5/12/25/26/41) bands
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Oh, well in that case then it should work, as long as it has GSM capabilities