Is there a way to enable UMTS Band 900Mhz on n920T? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5

I believe my operator uses 900MHz, for both 2g and 3g, however, my phone is not conencting to 3G.
I have been reading the specs which says the n920t has no 900Mhz 3g band available.
my wife phone, n920V is connecting well to 3g.
is there any way to enable the 900Band to the n920t ?
any trick?

900 Mhz band is 2G only on N920T. It should be a different radio chip so it's phisically missing.
N920V is missing a good number of LTE bands instead. Try to get a N920C if you can, it has every band (I have N920T too and here we use a lot of bands but in rural settings I'm left with no phone at all as I have no 900 mhz on my phone...).

Are you sure about this? I have seen on some phones, bands can be activated by using specially crafted QCN files.

i cant find a site to check that, i mean the n920p (sprint) has Exynos SOC 7420 too and it has 900mhz so im kinda confisued, if i flash a global stock ROM into my n920t would it pick 900mhz ? or its just brick ? even if i can remove all the bloatware it will worth the try

AndroidXL said:
i cant find a site to check that, i mean the n920p (sprint) has Exynos SOC 7420 too and it has 900mhz so im kinda confisued, if i flash a global stock ROM into my n920t would it pick 900mhz ? or its just brick ? even if i can remove all the bloatware it will worth the try
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Just be sure to have the stock firmware handy before starting to play the flashing game...
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i do, but i havent flash it yet cause im scared, i dont have a clue what happens when u flash a global rom into a ex-company phone

Normally phone would not allow flashing if it dislike the new flavour.
Anyways you can wait for others to comment, out find some related info in the original Android development threads
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i see, well i cant get a new phone, so i will wait for LTE here which is soon according with my cell company (Cubacel) they are gonna use 1800 lte and 700 lte on rural zones and this phone has them.

AndroidXL said:
i see, well i cant get a new phone, so i will wait for LTE here which is soon according with my cell company (Cubacel) they are gonna use 1800 lte and 700 lte on rural zones and this phone has them.
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Are you sure it is 1800?
Did you send sms LTE to 2266?
700mhz band will not come until analog tvis shutdown
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It OK to me, I don't live in rural zones, and analog TV shutting down its near

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[Q] 3g 850 band

the O1 has 900 / 2100 3G band stock.. is it possible in any shape or form to add a band to it? for example the 850mhz band?? can any developer take a look into this? im already assuming its hardware related but for the many transformations the O1 has gone through im not ruling it out as impossible just yet.. please have a look into it thanks..
r3al_0g said:
the O1 has 900 / 2100 3G band stock.. is it possible in any shape or form to add a band to it? for example the 850mhz band?? can any developer take a look into this? im already assuming its hardware related but for the many transformations the O1 has gone through im not ruling it out as impossible just yet.. please have a look into it thanks..
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Well it's impossible, as in totally. These bands are not like porting ICS over and i guess they may need a change in chipsets or whatever.
r3al_0g said:
the O1 has 900 / 2100 3G band stock.. is it possible in any shape or form to add a band to it? for example the 850mhz band?? can any developer take a look into this? im already assuming its hardware related but for the many transformations the O1 has gone through im not ruling it out as impossible just yet.. please have a look into it thanks..
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2G Network:GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network :HSDPA 900 / 2100
850mhz band is for 2g
U want 2g while u select wcdma only, is it that ?
Why dont u select gsm only if thats the case
Perhaps it ispossible, but you need to flash another radio image for it. Also, your radio must support that frquency.
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rishabho1 said:
2G Network:GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network :HSDPA 900 / 2100
850mhz band is for 2g
U want 2g while u select wcdma only, is it that ?
Why dont u select gsm only if thats the case
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im on 2g.. the problem im facing is that the network im on the 3G band is 850 n the O1 doesnt support that band for 3g..
_Arjen_ said:
Perhaps it ispossible, but you need to flash another radio image for it. Also, your radio must support that frquency.
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thats wat i was thinking.. for example: the old motorola l7 stock was GPRS n with sum modifications was about to use EDGE.. the codes for the OS r different but what seemed impossible in the beginning turned out different after trying..
as Cresqo said, it cud b hardware depended n therefore would be impossible.. i personally have no experiencing where Android OS modding is concerned thats y im asking for advice here where experienced ppl are..
Well, say our phone supports that band (which I guess it does), we need to hack the radio image. I have done it on Nokia phones before, but never looked into it for LG P500.
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Well, say our phone supports that band (which I guess it does), we need to hack the radio image. I have done it on Nokia phones before, but never looked into it for LG P500.
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well at least we know it has been done b4 so its not impossible.. wud u take a look into it on ur time plz.. thanks
I was looking into this not too long ago. See the third post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26608544
P500 uses WCDMA band 8, which is 880MHz - 915MHz. This is determined by hardware filters unfortunately.
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curious_one said:
I was looking into this not too long ago. See the third post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26608544
P500 uses WCDMA band 8, which is 880MHz - 915MHz. This is determined by hardware filters unfortunately.
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thanks for the info.. i guess im stuck using 2g on my beloved O1
yeah, I'm in the same boat
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i saw the at&t version of the P500 on the same network im on with 3G
i dnt think its impossible.. (i got mine from t-mobile)

jiayu g2

Purchased a Jiayu g2 to play with so far the phone is very nice. It is suppose to work with 850/900/1900/2100mhz wcdma however I cannot get it to work on 3g with att I only get edge and have tried just about every apn setting I can. Does anyone else in the US have this phone working on 3g? I have it rooted. Funny never thought I would say this but it is a very nice phone.
eaa628 said:
Purchased a Jiayu g2 to play with so far the phone is very nice. It is suppose to work with 850/900/1900/2100mhz wcdma however I cannot get it to work on 3g with att I only get edge and have tried just about every apn setting I can. Does anyone else in the US have this phone working on 3g? I have it rooted. Funny never thought I would say this but it is a very nice phone.
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A lot of these Chinese phones state they're quadband GSM, but only have 2100 for 3G. Correct me if I am wrong.
Also, do you accidentally have GSM Only set?
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KayxGee1 said:
A lot of these Chinese phones state they're quadband GSM, but only have 2100 for 3G. Correct me if I am wrong.
Also, do you accidentally have GSM Only set?
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here is the link for google translate.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.ejiayu.com/Product-5.html
this is the manufactures website and in the product parameters tab it shows 850/900/1900/2100 wcdma 3g and even in the engineermode menu it has them listed. i only paid 160 for it but to be honest it is a real nice phone and i was completely shocked at how well it was constructed. i even have it rooted. if there is anyone else out there that has this phone in the US or anywhere i would be interested to find out what bands you are on.
Take a look at the specshere
It shows 2100MHz for 3G
Don't be fooled by Engineering mode. It may show the options for specific MHz, but if the phone doesn't support it then the options pointless and misleading.
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KayxGee1 said:
Take a look at the specshere
It shows 2100MHz for 3G
Don't be fooled by Engineering mode. It may show the options for specific MHz, but if the phone doesn't support it then the options pointless and misleading.
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i hear what you are saying. but the fact that the manufacture website shows the bands. i understand that the selling sites are all diff some show 2100 some show 850/2100. but for 160 it was worth a shot.
So no one else in north America has this phone?
Hi,
I have heard that MTK6575 SoC does support 3G on 850MHz/1900MHz. Two things might prevent it from working.
1. Your cellular provider maynot be providing 3G on both 850 and 1900 where you live. It could just be on 1900MHz where you live. Could you go to some other part of the city and test it?
2. I have read that the antennae required for 850/1900MHz is different from 2100MHz. So, even if the SoC supports it, the signal strength is not strong enough to make it work.
I would be very interested in your test results since I am thinking of buying one.
KayxGee1 said:
A lot of these Chinese phones state they're quadband GSM, but only have 2100 for 3G. Correct me if I am wrong.
Also, do you accidentally have GSM Only set?
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Because China Unicom 3G is @ WCDMA 2100MHz.
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eaa628 said:
Purchased a Jiayu g2 to play with so far the phone is very nice. It is suppose to work with 850/900/1900/2100mhz wcdma however I cannot get it to work on 3g with att I only get edge and have tried just about every apn setting I can. Does anyone else in the US have this phone working on 3g? I have it rooted. Funny never thought I would say this but it is a very nice phone.
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Hi! Did you insert your 3G SIM on the SIM 1 slot? It is the only SIM slot capable of 3G (WCDMA). There are two slots in Jiayu G2 and only SIM 1 will work with 3G. SIM 2 is for GSM only.
toffzter said:
Hi! Did you insert your 3G SIM on the SIM 1 slot? It is the only SIM slot capable of 3G (WCDMA). There are two slots in Jiayu G2 and only SIM 1 will work with 3G. SIM 2 is for GSM only.
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yes i did. i have even tried to get help from Ejiayu.com and no one replies. the spec on the their website show is is 850/900/1900/2100 mhz wdma and it shows in the engineering menu as well but i think it is a lie i can not get it to work at all in 3g. My sim works fine in my Pantech Burst 4g LTE. i have not given u completely but i need someone who has an in depth knowledge of this phone to help
3g access
eaa628 said:
Purchased a Jiayu g2 to play with so far the phone is very nice. It is suppose to work with 850/900/1900/2100mhz wcdma however I cannot get it to work on 3g with att I only get edge and have tried just about every apn setting I can. Does anyone else in the US have this phone working on 3g? I have it rooted. Funny never thought I would say this but it is a very nice phone.
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u might try and see what the apn setting is
u might have to input the correct apn for your carrier

Possible to unlock b20 800mhz mi4c ?

Hello I'm French and in my country the carrier use the B1 B7 and B20 to connect to network.
But all the xiaomi not use the B20 radion
I see it's possible to unlock B20 for smartphone use Qualcom soc ?
I don't know if is possible to unlock the B20 for the Xiaomi Mi4c ? It use a Qualcom 808 soc.
Please help me for use the B20 in the Xiaomi Mi4c
ggkameleon said:
Hello I'm French and in my country the carrier use the B1 B7 and B20 to connect to network.
But all the xiaomi not use the B20 radion
I see it's possible to unlock B20 for smartphone use Qualcom soc ?
I don't know if is possible to unlock the B20 for the Xiaomi Mi4c ? It use a Qualcom 808 soc.
Please help me for use the B20 in the Xiaomi Mi4c
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Unfortunately you can't unlock band 20 at the moment, in fact you might not ever be able to unlock the band. So if it's crucial for you to have band 20, buy a different phone.
However, it's a really nice phone, if if you don't necessarily need the specific band, then this phone is a good buy I believe.
ok thank's a lot
@ggkameleon,
I don't have this phone (yet ) But, my Telco uses Band 20 too.
What I intend to do is use my sim for phone calls/TXT's and get a 'Pay As You Go' LTE sim for Net access.
If you see the most good chines provider don't use B20 Mezu Xiaomi Lenovo why ? And other use it but it's not the more good smartphone or huawei use it but the price are expensive. When you see the last Xiaomi Redmi 3 Redmi note 3 and now MI5 very good smartphone and not expensive.
Hi din't know what is it a 'pay as you go' ?
But if your telco use b20 you can't have 4g lte in b20 ! But if use with b20 the band b7 or b3 the phone connect to b3 or b7 if ist possible or connect to wcdma in 3g network !
But i can't know why meizu pro 5 use the same soc exynos than galaxy s6 and the galaxy s6 work in b20 ! It's not possible to unlock b20 in meizu?
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Hi din't know what is it a 'pay as you go' ?
But if your telco use b20 you can't have 4g lte in b20 ! But if use with b20 the band b7 or b3 the phone connect to b3 or b7 if ist possible or connect to wcdma in 3g network !
But i can't know why meizu pro 5 use the same soc exynos than galaxy s6 and the galaxy s6 work in b20 ! It's not possible to unlock b20 in meizu?
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He meant he'll use a second, prepaid sim to get LTE from another provider who uses a different band. Although it's been said that using the dual sim function on this phone reduces battery life quite a bit.
Yes, if you don't have the correct 4G bands, but do have the 3G or 2G bands, your phone will be fully functional, just not have the best speed possible.
It's not just a matter of having the same soc, it's a combination of soc, radio and firmware. In some phones a workaround can be found to unlock the radio, others not.
Logic_ said:
He meant he'll use a second, prepaid sim to get LTE from another provider who uses a different band. Although it's been said that using the dual sim function on this phone reduces battery life quite a bit.
Yes, if you don't have the correct 4G bands, but do have the 3G or 2G bands, your phone will be fully functional, just not have the best speed possible.
It's not just a matter of having the same soc, it's a combination of soc, radio and firmware. In some phones a workaround can be found to unlock the radio, others not.
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Ah ! Ok but if they are a provider don't use B20 go it ! Don't use two provider ? Ok it's not possible to unlock.
Me in my country (France) They are 4 provider Free use 2600 for 4g, but it's a new provider and they are not many radio in 4g and even less 3g I test it's not possible. Bouygues use for 4g 1800 2600 and a little 800 it's the best for chinese smartphones but where I leave there are not radio Orange use for 4g 800 2600 and in radio there are two band in city but in campaign only 800 Sfr use 800 2600 and use a lot of 800 and it's actually my provider. I speak with users of chinese phone the best are Bouygues or Orange because the one don't use many 800 and the second if don't possible to use 800 the phone go to H+ (wdcma 900) and the speed of 4g 800 it's the almost the same of H+ wcdma 900 !?
If I buy a Xiaomi or Meizu I do change my provider but the smartphone do use the 3G Wdcma 900 ! I believe do use it.
The problem now it's Xiaomi block the boot loader of the new phones ? I see the new Redmi note 3 Pro it's a more good quality but It's more complicated to change language and don't use B20 ! I'm disappointed.... I stay to see what Xiaomi make for international customers.
"He meant he'll use a second, prepaid sim to get LTE from another provider who uses a different band. Although it's been said that using the dual sim function on this phone reduces battery life quite a bit.
Yes, if you don't have the correct 4G bands, but do have the 3G or 2G bands, your phone will be fully functional, just not have the best speed possible.
It's not just a matter of having the same soc, it's a combination of soc, radio and firmware. In some phones a workaround can be found to unlock the radio, others not."
Ok i understand
Yes it's not a good idea to use 2 different provider one don't use b20 and one use it !
Because if you have a provider don't use b20 go for this provider Because you paid 2 provider ! It's just if you are in contract you can make this option but it's more expensive.
In France all provider use b20 ! Only one don't use but there are not enought radio.
Thank you for your message I understand it's to complicated to unlock band and it's possible to use only in 3g.
Yes, too complicated or simply not possible with the hardware. Whatever the case, 3G can be more than sufficient.. I have never done anything with my phone that required more speed than 3G.
However, the phone does have a lot of other LTE bands, be sure to double check if there's not one that matches, it was the case for me.
1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks_in_Europe according to this, there should be enough in france that match to provide normal LTE operation.
Free Mobile is fine for Mi4c you know
I have LTE in outdoor in all Paris (indoor i'm always on wifi)
Thank you for your support and link
Actually my provider are Sfr (because I have a promotion for one year 10€ calls/sms unlimited ans 20go of data) and I do not want to break this wonderful contract
This provider use fifty/fifty FDD B20 800mhz/B7 2600mhz and UMTS B8 900mhz/B1 2100mhz
That good for Xiaomi Meizu FDD-LTD except FDD B20 800mhz
But there are a new problem with Chinese smartphones the Boatloder are lock now
I use Apple phones after Samsung with 3gs 4s and 5s but now the price of their phones are to much and not as high as the difference of Use Android phones ! It's stupid now to buy a smartphone than 800/1000$ it's not possible to my heart and my wife said go out of home if you buy it !!! Paid us a travel and buy another phones. she's right you know.
I like Xiaomi phones and I stay for the mi5......
jonasb_dk said:
Unfortunately you can't unlock band 20 at the moment, in fact you might not ever be able to unlock the band. So if it's crucial for you to have band 20, buy a different phone.
However, it's a really nice phone, if if you don't necessarily need the specific band, then this phone is a good buy I believe.
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Wat about other bands ?
i used also my Mi4c with 2 SIM cards (one private with Free operator and the second one with SFR for pro usage). No real problem with 800mhz band used by the two operators.
Ok thank you
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i used also my Mi4c with 2 SIM cards (one private with Free operator and the second one with SFR for pro usage). No real problem with 800mhz band used by the two operators.
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Did you unlock any bands on it ?
cy-rock said:
Did you unlock any bands on it ?
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The problem will be in a zone where the SFR antenna will deliver 4G only on the unsupported band, you will have only 3G.
That'all. So, it's up tio you to test in the main zone you are, what bands are used by SFR.
Kéno40 said:
The problem will be in a zone where the SFR antenna will deliver 4G only on the unsupported band, you will have only 3G.
That'all. So, it's up tio you to test in the main zone you are, what bands are used by SFR.
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I know which bands i need or use
...but i tried with qxm and qps to unlock bands on the mi4c but i was unable too !
so i was wondering if anyone else with this device was succesful !
Not possible. Maybe never...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-4c/general/unlocking-lte-bands-t3215763
Sorry, I let the link for the others, but I've seen you've written something at the end....
You can try to contact him for expertise!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56577252&postcount=455
Kéno40 said:
Not possible. Maybe never...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-4c/general/unlocking-lte-bands-t3215763
Sorry, I let the link for the others, but I've seen you've written something at the end....
You can try to contact him for expertise!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56577252&postcount=455
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Yeah i read all that ...i was hopiing
thx tho....i can still use band 7 here LTE is doing great ...band 4 would be nice for full coverage especially inside building and metro ...

Enable UMTS 900 on TMO NOTE 5

Hi Guys, I recently bough a TMO note 5, previously I had a Sprint note 5 and I used it overseas and worked fine on UMTS 900.
I did not know that TMO note 5 has not access to UMTS 900 as the Sprint one had... is there any way I can flash a modem so the TMO note 5 can recognize UMTS 900 or is it hardware based? :crying:
I was reading that all version have identical Hardware, dont know it flashing an alternate rom or a modem file might enable umts 900 or if I can enable it via service mode (Don't know the code to type and access service mode :crying
Regards.
linkultima said:
Hi Guys, I recently bough a TMO note 5, previously I had a Sprint note 5 and I used it overseas and worked fine on UMTS 900.
I did not know that TMO note 5 has not access to UMTS 900 as the Sprint one had... is there any way I can flash a modem so the TMO note 5 can recognize UMTS 900 or is it hardware based? :crying:
I was reading that all version have identical Hardware, dont know it flashing an alternate rom or a modem file might enable umts 900 or if I can enable it via service mode (Don't know the code to type and access service mode :crying
Regards.
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Dial *#2263# and profit
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Dial *#2263# and profit
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Thanx!!! sadly It does not show 900 band So I guess it is hardware related.
Thank you for your support!!!
linkultima said:
Thanx!!! sadly It does not show 900 band So I guess it is hardware related.
Thank you for your support!!!
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Which band number is 900mhz?
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Which band number is 900mhz?
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Hi, I don'd understand what you mean by which band number is 900mhz ?
All I see are 850,1900,2100, 900mhz is supported by sprint's note 5, assuming they share the same HW with tmo note 5, I thought of enabling 900mhz somehow but using the code you gave me I dont have 900mhz listed, maybe flashing another modem ?
Well you need to look closely... you need the 900mhz WCDMA band... which would be referred to as "WCSMA Band xx", for instance here on T-Mobile, LTE band 12 is the 700mhz band that has good building penetration...
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Under the menu you'll want to see that WCDMA is included in the list of bands, for instance, "LTE,GSM,UMTS,WCDMA,TDS" ......
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WCDMA Band 8 support in my phone

Hello,
If my phone supports 2G's GSM 900 isn't it supposed to support also 3G's WCDMA 900 ?
yoelian said:
Hello,
If my phone supports 2G's GSM 900 isn't it supposed to support also 3G's WCDMA 900 ?
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Maybe, maybe not. You didn't say what device you have or what network your device is activated on, that can make a difference.
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Droidriven said:
Maybe, maybe not. You didn't say what device you have or what network your device is activated on, that can make a difference.
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You're right, it's a LG (AT&T) Phoenix 2 K371 and from what i've read at Qualcomm's site i think i understood that it's modem supports it. I mean at least the antenna for the 900MHz is the same for GSM and WCDMA?
Thanks

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