I recently bought a Letv One S (X501) and I was impressed by the quality/design/hardware but, when I try to test the 2G/3G/4G connectivity I had a bad surprise. I live in Romania and we have here 4 operators, Vodafone, Orange, Telekom and Digi. The phone works only in 2G with first 3 and only 4G with Digi if a USIM is used in tray 1 (1st nanoSIM). 3G is not covered with any operator. In conclusion, I return the product and stuck with my old Galaxy S3 LTE which works perfectly 2G/3G/4G in Vodafone.
Be aware of the frequency of the phone's modem which I think is working good in China but in Europe/US will have issues.
I didn't find any solution to this issue on the local reseller support (they didn't test it before....) or the letv site
Is anyone else experiencing this issues? Was my terminal bad or it is a general thing?
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Number of questions...
I currently live in the UK and use the following mobiles the MDA Compact IV and the Samsung U900 soul as my back up phone (both currently locked to T-Mobile). I am about to move to Dubai and would like to know:::
1) Will these phones work over there... really confirm what I think (IE they will provided they are unlocked).
2) Does T-Mobile operate over there? If not what service providers are there and how competitive are they? I benefit from being on an employees tariff with T-Mobile at the moment.
3) Does anyone want to buy a T-Mobile branded Athena with the AP4.0 Rom?
http://www.dubai.ae/en.portal?topic,subscribemobile,1,&_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home
I think GSM and CDMA standard here is same as Europe. There are only 2 operators, Etisalat and Du.
Du is just new and has some coverage problem so you may want to go with Etisalat.
I have been here 2 years and I am not impressed by bought Etisalat and Du.
WCDMA is umts
CDMA is a 2g phone std. that America and few others use that don't use sim cards
don't believe Dubai use CDMA
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."
Bougt a Nexus 5 32GB D821 in December in England on holiday. When i came back to Norway the 3g/4g network worked fine but I dont get any signal when i switch to 2G.
I live on the coast so sometimes I lose 3G signals and then I have no signals at all.
I have testet the sim card on my old S3 and there it works fine. Since i bought it in England I have no warrenty and no one will fix my phone.
Is it an hardware problem or software problem?
The Doogee Dagger DG550e (although not listed on the Doogee website) is supposedly the version for the european market as it supports 3g band on 900/2100Mhz. I bought it from banggood. They sell both versions, the DG550 (3g: 850/2100Mhz9), and the DG550e (3g: 900/2100Mhz). I received the phone 3 days ago and found out that outside of the city I only get 2g band. I live in Croatia where the 3g band works on 900Mhz (outside of the cities) and 2100Mhz (in cities). I checked with the network operator and thay said that according to the settings and supposed phone specifications the phone should see the 3g when outside of the city, but it doesn't. Only possible answer is that the phone I received doesn't support the 900Mhz. Before I bought the phone of banggood I bought this phone here in Croatia, but returned it when I found out that the 3g outside of the cities is not supported as it was the regular Dagger dg550 (850/2100Mhz). After that I bought the Dagger dg550e of banggod and found out that the phone I received has the same problem.
What can I do? I already contacted the banggood customer service, and I'm waiting for the reply.
Is it possible that the phone lost 900Mhz 3g support after an update. I update the system (it was the regular 4.4.2. but some updates were available, so I downloaded them) before I used the phone in a rural area. Is it possible that the update somehow picked up the settings for the ¨regularˇ dg550 (that doesn't support 900Mhz), and thus I lost the 3g outside of cities
Thank you in advance for helping out
Edit: I've tried mobileuncle and the option for 900Mhz (in bandmode) is unchecked and grayed out (can't check it). I also tried returning the phone to factory settings but it changed nothing
I live in rural Nova Scotia, Canada and I had the same problem. I couldn't connect to my service providers (koodo) 3G service. When I went to settimgs ->About Phone it would say Doogee Dagger 550E. But under the battery It says only Doogee Dagger 550. So I flashed a stock rom for the 550 and got the 3G working. I then had to flash a custom rom to get the camera and gps to work properly. Now everything works and it is a sweet phone. PM me and I will send you a link to the files I used (Drivers, PC Software, ROMS, etc...)
hi just purchased a USA htc win phone ,does anyone know if 4g will work in UK ,if so witch provider cheers
no body tried then
not much happening here then
Not sure
I have just bought from USA a HTC One M8 T-Mobile 0P6B140 which I have unlocked. It is working fine but although it shows it is on Vodafone UK 4G, using the app NET CHECK it reports 3G HSDPA/HSUPA 57mbit. The only thing that I haven't got working is MMS. I have entered the APN details for my contract Vodafone sim which I found on the net, and there are various, but it tells me it cannot send and to contact mobile op. for settings.
As for the 4G, I live in a rural area it may be that Vodafone are transmitting on band 20 (800 MHz) and this phone doesn't support that. Vodafone only have the 800 and 2600 frequencies, band 7 and 20. My phone uses 3 (1800), 4 (AWS). 7(2600), 13 (not sure). I might be wrong with these.
Overall I am pleased, the phone is superbly built and it gives me something to think about!
I have the mms working fine, it was just the APN/MMS settings. So it is just the 4G not working but I can stream video from my synology ds214play with the 3g HSDPA/HSUPA.
Hi, LTE support depends on which carrier version you are bringing to Europe. My Verizon version did not work because it supports only "non-European" LTE Bands.
Now that I am using the AT&T version I can use full LTE in Europe (except the 800mhz band, which doesn´t matter for my country).
Be also aware that AT&T and obviously T-Mobile change the firmware so the phone will display 4G when in reality it is on 3.5/3.75G and LTE when it is on real 4G.
Cheers,
T.