Hello everybody:
What I did: S-offed my HTC m8 Verizon via sunshine (it was on lollipop 5.0.1), rooted it, installed cyanogenmod, then installed android hidden settings that were able to help me to switch between CDMA and GSM. Acutally I had several entries there - Japanese bands, USA bands and Cellular (800). However on the next day I noticed that Japanese bands disappeared and now there are two identical entries of USA Bands (they don't work for me), and entry for CDMA, but no Japanese bands. Why is it so and what can I do about it to bring them back?
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Vadim Kolchev
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Hi,
I am fairly new to this site and i am not sure whether it has been asked already, but i was wondering if it is possible to flash a ROM that would grant access to Telstra's Next G Network.
I live in Australia and have a HTC Touch Pro and my carrier is Telstra. It is a GSM touch pro. In the 'network' and 'bands' tabs of my phone settings, i can only choose gsm on 900/1800/2100. Telstra's Next G network runs on 850.
Is there any way i can mod the phone to make use of the Next G network?
Any help appreciated
Thx!
What flavor is your phone (US or EU)? If I'm not mistaken US (AT&T) phones can use the 850 mhz band while European phones cannot. This is a hardware restriction and no ROM will be able to change that.
Hey thx for the reply!
I wasn't sure what flavour it is, so i went into the phone settings and went to the "About" section and it says something about the copyright being under U.S. copyright laws. So i can only assume it would be US. is there another way to tell?
Where did you buy it from?
I bought it through a Harvey Norman store in NSW. They had a telstra shop section there.
Not to worry!
i just found all my answers here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420865&page=39
thanks for your help.
Hi I've had a vodafone branded Palm Treo 750v (specs below) running OK on Telecom XT in New Zealand since May '09. On Friday the 13th Of November, the carrier line on today screen showed "53005" instead of "Telecom NZ" and may have even said "o2" in the spot for a bit...but still worked. Then, from mid-day on the 13th through now (17 Nov) it's said "No service"...and meant it.
There were 3 times where I briefly (minutes) got service...twice in central Hamilton and one in Papakura (near Aucklaland). A sim card from 2degrees works in the phone when I get no service from the Telecom sim. Got a v2 simcard from Telecom today...same problem in store, but when I walked out it started working outside building in central Hamilton! When I drove out of central Hamilton today it stopped working. Despite hours on phone/email with Telecom, no solution. So, I'm thinking it might have something to do with the bands...maybe they changed something on Friday? Some clues:
The band selection is set to auto and auto. I understand Telecom runs WCDMA 850...and in some city centres it runs 2100...but my phone has only:
GSM(900+1800)+UMTS 2100
GSM(1900+850)+UMTS(1900+850)
The places where I briefly got reception match up with where there is likely 2100.
Tried re-flashing ROM, removing sim, re-flashing radio, changing band settings to manual...no effect.
Any help appreciated.
I'd swap to a different ROM - preferably a generic one.
Those Vodafone ROMs are locked down for some frequencies.
Your best bet is to follow some of the guides which let you install a different ROM on your phone - a good one give you more control of the frequencies you can choose. The MiniSD card bootloader method is what you're after.
I can't speak for NZ, as I've not been over there yet to play with the XT network, but in Australia on Telstra's NextG network, I set the network to:
UMTS ONLY
and UMTS(850)
I've found the coverage of the 850 umts network to be better than any of the others, and stopping the phone jumping between frequencies also helps things considerably.
But if Telecom haven't rolled out 850 in the urban centers yet, I'd set it to UMTS ONLY/ UMTS (2100+850).
Hi there. I should've made it clearer...phone was Vodafone branded and I upgraded to a cooked ROM that was working fine. When problem happend, I then tried a couple radios and non-cooked ROMs...same issue.
Well...since my post Telecom replaced my sim card to a V2 card. But the new sim wasn't working at telecom store...went home not hopeful but then it just started working...problem seems to have gone. Still don't know what exact issue was...but it works.
Take home point: If you have issue, try new sim card and maybe give it a few hors to work.
Hi there,
I am having the same problem on HTC Touch Pro. It is Vodafone branded. I am using NATF latest standard rom.
Does anyone have any advice? I would love a fix as I do not want to have to change networks.
From Liam
Not sure but might want to look here:
http://pdabreak.com/2008/htc-touch-pro-review/
"And here is the bad news now: It has been officially confirmed by HTC that the devices would be available as quadband, with separate versions available for North American and rest of the world markets. That means if you own the European version of the HTC Pro and afterwards fly to the US, your $1000 piece of hi-tech gadget simply won’t work on their 850mhz band or even if it does with the custom Rom pack, but in that case won’t be able to use 3G frequencies there. A disappointing fact indeed as most phones these days offer seamless connectivity to all 3G and HSPA bands throughout world. Further to agonize, the North American version won’t be available anytime sooner than December this year."
Hello
My wife is with his German HTC TP in NY, does anybody explain me the settings for the American mobile network. Or is that with the German device not possible ….?
Thank a lot Ingo
gsm phones works without any settings change
if
1. it's not on a cdma network which don't work with gsm phones
2. it's a gsm network with don't use special American frequencies like 850Mhz and the likes the wiki should state which frequencies the device support and which operators which support those frequencies is covered by various operators in the area you will be in I have no idea
Thanks, but my wife tells me the phone works !
I have TP2 CDMA version (Initially a US cellular phone i think)
I have Unlocked it (sim and CID) then installed the world phone rom as well.
Put a AT&T sim in and it works
But no 3g!! - Only edge 2g
The settings are already on the phone (with cilgular login)
Anyway of getting the 3g to work?
You phone might not have compatible AT&T 3G bandwidth. Check your specs to see if you do have it.
I have recently received a Telus HTC Touch Pro 2 unlocked, running on the Rogers Wireless Network. Everything works accordingly after setting up the network settings, although it does not run in 3G mode. It works fine in EDGE mode, but the speed difference is fairly significant. I have been doing some indepth reading, although I have not been able to come across any answers on how to get the Rogers 3G mode to operate on the Telus version of the TP2. If anyone has any information as to whether or not it is capable of running 3G, and if so how to you enable the 3G capability?
The CDMA TP2 is not compatible with most gsm 3G services. There is no fix it has to do with the hardware radios.
Nope!
No 3g data in GSM mode.
drewcam...horndoc..what's up ! @ the op, as previously stated, no gsm 3g in north america but it's suppose to work in most countries.
Hey everyone,
My friend is currently in the US and wants to purchase a phone that can be used both in the US and in Europe (more specifically in Hungary) as he's probably going to be travelling between the two continents. If he were to buy the phone through Moto Maker in the US, would everything (phone calls, 2g, 3g, 4g) work as it should? Or 4g wouldn't work? I'm confused by these band-related things.
Thanks in advance for the answers!
Pipusz said:
Hey everyone,
My friend is currently in the US and wants to purchase a phone that can be used both in the US and in Europe (more specifically in Hungary) as he's probably going to be travelling between the two continents. If he were to buy the phone through Moto Maker in the US, would everything (phone calls, 2g, 3g, 4g) work as it should? Or 4g wouldn't work? I'm confused by these band-related things.
Thanks in advance for the answers!
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2G and 3G would work... 4G/LTE is a different matter entirely.
The "LTE Bands" refer to specific frequency space in the wireless spectrum licensed to carriers in various parts of the world. Your device must have support for the LTE band(s) used by your carrier in order to connect to their LTE service.
US Version supports LTE Bands 2, 4, 5, 7, and 17, these are commonly used LTE Bands in North America... In the European version LTE Bands 1, 3, 7, 8, and 20 are supported and are the most commonly used across the EU. Only 7 overlaps (note that 7 is not in widespread deployment in Europe, only certain carriers in specific areas use it), whether this is good enough would depend on the carrier that would be used in Europe.
You can check what carrier uses what bands here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks