A friend of mine Purchased a Huawei U8150, and bought a carrier unlock code on ebay. When he inserts his sim card he has 2g but no 3g connectivity, in other words no internet. He already upgraded his data plan to android data plan, this is on AT&T. Just wanted to know if there is a way to enable data on this phone.
it doesnt support at&t 3g bands
like my hd2 its doesnt support at&t 3g bands so he cant get 3g on the phone at all its hardware u cant cant so tough luck
I friend offered me the opportunity to buy an HTC Arrive/7 Pro for a very attractive price, without contract, naturally.
Now, I love WP7, and I like my T-Mobile family plan (in the United States). Unfortunately, I'm a totally newbie in the area of using phones on different carriers. From what I understand, I think it's possible to use an HTC Arrive with a T-Mobile sim card, and make calls, but you cannot modify/unlock it to get 3G support, which I do kind of need.
Am I correct? Or am I way off? It'd be great if I could get it working, complete with 3G, with a little work, on the T-Mobile network, but it's just as possible that I couldn't even make basic calls.
3G worked fine (here in Europe) on tested HTC 7 Pro...
if you want use different mobile carriers, your device must be SIM free (SIM unlocked)
So, it would be possible to use my T-Mobile 3G, provided the phone was unlocked?
I've always been a bit fuzzy on the distinction between a normal non-contract phone, and one that is actually unlocked. I do know, of course, that unlocked phones go for a much steeper price then their locked counterparts...I've seen some websites detailing instructions how to do this, allegedly, is this something I could do myself to a non-contract phone (albiet with paying for a code)?
Phone must be unlock (no branding and no simlock). You nothng write about simlock that phone. When device not have simlock you can use everything simcard and everything frequency, but I don't know how work T-Mobile in your country (not from where you wrote) maybe operator locking 3G but i don't think. You must plug in sim card to phone and check that.
Ah, I'm starting to understand, I think. The HTC 7 Pro is, unlike a lot of Sprint's phones, GSM, HSDPA, WiFi, CDMA compatible--T-Mobile's phones are all GSM. I'm in the USA myself.
However, I can't say anything about frequencieis or anything like that. Has anyone ever tried? If not, I may have to just break down and try on the phone first (with an unlocking code).
I'm not sure but I think that HTC 7 Pro and HTC Arrive is the same only difference to Arrive not supported pre-NoDo. You must try plug in sim card and you learn.
On the page HTC specifications wrote that 7 Pro and Arrive frequency is the same:
Network
AT&T:
HSDPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Telus:
HSPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
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http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-7-pro/#specs
You must try.
Thank you, I think my only option will be to try.
I was able to find some information on T-Mobile's frequencies, but not Sprint's, at the moment.
I'll be able to return the phone, so the cost would be, potentially, the cost for the unlock code (assuming HTC won't give me one for free). I may have to try this out myself.
Sprint is CDMA and the Arrive doesn't have a SIM card (I have the Arrive and know this for a fact). You won't be able to use it on T-Mobile or AT&T.
LayneRobinson said:
Sprint is CDMA and the Arrive doesn't have a SIM card (I have the Arrive and know this for a fact). You won't be able to use it on T-Mobile or AT&T.
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I was about to say this, but I'll add my hat to the ring and also say there is no SIM card slot on the 7 Pro (Like there was on the TP2).
Though I wish there was. It makes the Photon look really compelling. :/
Really? That's extremely strange, there's a thread on this site showing how to access the SIM card slot and MicroSD slot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996015
Maybe this is only for HTC 7 Pros outside the US, which are not CMDA?
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Really? That's extremely strange, there's a thread on this site showing how to access the SIM card slot and MicroSD slot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996015
Maybe this is only for HTC 7 Pros outside the US, which are not CMDA?
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The guy who made that thread is from Prague, to that's probably the Euro version of the 7 Pro. Europe is mostly GSM. So if you got the unlocked Euro version, it would work on T-Mob, but only EDGE data, not 3G/4G. T-Mobile uses an oddball 3G frequency (UMTS 1700/2100 MHz, also called Band IV), that is not shared by many other networks in the world.
Desynthesis said:
Really? That's extremely strange, there's a thread on this site showing how to access the SIM card slot and MicroSD slot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996015
Maybe this is only for HTC 7 Pros outside the US, which are not CMDA?
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Err, I did a funny. I meant to say the Arrive and 7 Pro for US Cellular.
Hi All,
Please excuse me if this is a dumb question. I am moving over from Sprint to Verizon and travel to India a lot. I know and believe I will have no problem roaming over in India on CDMA, as I do so often on Sprint and Verizon's website shows CDMA coverage as well. What I would like to know and double check myself on is being able to switch SIM cards. I understand the GS3 on Verizon has a SIM card in it... is it possible to pickup a local sim card in India and put it in my phone to use local service?
From my understanding at the moment, if I want to do this, I need to follow this thread and steps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809314
Is it possible to have Verizon give me an unlock code to be able to use a different local SIM in India? Any help would be grateful.
-Grand
Hey all,
I received this beautiful samsung flip phone designed inspired from yesteryear as a gift from a good mate in China:
http://www.samsung.com/cn/smartphones/samsung-w2017/SM-W2017ZKYCTC/ [use Google Translate - see specifications more for supported GSM bands (a lot of them are AU compatible) but then goes to say phone only works in China, Macao, HK and Taiwan!]
I'm in Australia but I'm finding that out of the two SIM CARD slots. Slot 1 (4G LTE) does not work and a message pops up saying 'It's detected that your inserted card doesn't match the terminal. Please replace it with a China Telecom 4G user card in time'. Slot 2 works fine (but only 2G service!!) which is pretty useless.
Any chance any of you can point me to a solution? My friend tells me the store never provided any prior notice that the phone was locked to the China Telecom telco, simple the GSM frequency bands. Are there any XDA guru's who can cook an unlocked ROM for this phone as it's only released/sold out of China...
Any help, greatly appreciated - would hate to send this back!!!!
Anybody....? Really lovin' this phone, but would be AWESOME if anyone can help me unlock it's 3G/4G SIM Slot 1! I've been liaising with this sim-unlock.net site, are they trustworthy and can do the job? Clearly told them phone is not asking for any unlock code, just doesn't accept non-China Telecom SIM cards for sim slot 1.
tribestar said:
Hey all,
I received this beautiful samsung flip phone designed inspired from yesteryear as a gift from a good mate in China:
http://www.samsung.com/cn/smartphones/samsung-w2017/SM-W2017ZKYCTC/ [use Google Translate - see specifications more for supported GSM bands (a lot of them are AU compatible) but then goes to say phone only works in China, Macao, HK and Taiwan!]
I'm in Australia but I'm finding that out of the two SIM CARD slots. Slot 1 (4G LTE) does not work and a message pops up saying 'It's detected that your inserted card doesn't match the terminal. Please replace it with a China Telecom 4G user card in time'. Slot 2 works fine (but only 2G service!!) which is pretty useless.
Any chance any of you can point me to a solution? My friend tells me the store never provided any prior notice that the phone was locked to the China Telecom telco, simple the GSM frequency bands. Are there any XDA guru's who can cook an unlocked ROM for this phone as it's only released/sold out of China...
Any help, greatly appreciated - would hate to send this back!!!!
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Unfortunately I don't know of anyway to carrier unlock samsung phones without either going to the original carrier or a third party unlocking service. The second sim for 2g is normal in china, they have one sim for calls (2g) and one for data (4g)
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Any third party unlocking service that you know will do the job? I really need to get the 4g slot working to make the phone worhtwhile using!
Location: Japan
Carrier: au KDDI and/or Docomo
Phone: OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren Edition (T-Mobile unlocked)
My phone that I bought through au KDDI broke and I wanted to get a new phone anyway, but I wanted to venture into the world of unlocked phones for the first time. I know there is complications with getting phones that are unlocked and compatible with carriers with regards to CDMA/GSM, frequency bands, etc. When I checked info on frequency bands for the OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren I bought it seemed like it would work but it didn't. Still doesn't work with a new carrier who seemed even more likely to work.
Timeline:
1. Using au KDDI
2. Buy this OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren Edition (T-Mobile unlocked)
3. Put in au KDDI sim card. "Emergency Calls only/No service"
4. Manually make APN settings. Still doesn't work
5. More research looks like au KDDI is maybe CDMA, and that phone only works on GSM. Docomo is GSM and many reports of Docomo being usable with many unlocked phones.
6. Buy this prepaid sim card that apparently uses Docomo's network as a test, per advice of anonymous online user.
7. Put in prepaid sim card; works immediately without any APN shenanigans or anything.
8. Go to Docomo, sign a contract with them and get a sim card.
9. Put in new Docomo sim card, and doesn't work ("Emergency Calls only/no service") regardless of which APN settings I select or make.
I give all the links to the exact products and companies I'm using in case someone can find the compatibility issue. Is there something I can do or do I just give up and return this OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren? I'd like to maintain my contact with both companies and try different unlocked phones until I find a phone/carrier combination that works, but do you think any unlocked phone would work? Am I stuck using the phones they carry? Also why would the prepaid card on Docomo's network work but not their actual sim card?