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Anyone seen anything about eta on 3g enabled transformers?
Decided on getting one quite a while ago, but I need a enabled 3g tablet.
Initially it was supposed to come out around 1-3 months after wifi (April 6) and be everywhere around June/July.
Also, 3g will only be for the 64gb model and cost $699 in USA and 699 euros in Europe.
I hope they release it by late June at least , in India :S
Didn't know it was only the 64gb version getting 3g :/, that really sucks. I was hoping for a 32gb version.
But I don't see many alternatives to the transformer I want either. If another one came out that was both price competetive, comparable in hardware, and had honeycomb, I'd consider it. But right now the only 3g tablet being sold and easily accessable to me in norway is the xoom. And that seems far too expensive, for something not that spectacular. :/
Whats wrong with the wifi model and tethering to a smartphone when you want internet access, away from your home network?
I can use the same setup to my laptop, and it's an extra step. I've noticed it reduces the amount of times I check something on the laptop, because it's an extra thing to do.
"Just checking something" is a lot more work when I need to pull up the phone, go through 2-3 menu's. Pull up and refresh the wireless until the androidap shows up, connect. And then I'm ready to go.
Dear all
Couldn't find a DV8P forum section as yet.
I have the wwan (3G/HSDPA) version of the DV8P (brilliant device) but Dell have locked it to o2 and I use ee.
Does anyone know how I can remove the carrier lock given that it is not tied to carrier contract. Dell have said they don't knowhow too and have never had a request before???
The wwan card is a sierra wireless card which is branded as the Dell Wireless 5570e HSPA+ (42Mbps) Mobile Broadband Card.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Matthew
Hi,
I don't have DVP8, but I'm a little bit familiar with how most laptops wireless card works. (The WWAN card used on Dell VP8 is the same one used on Precision/Latitude Laptop)
Typically those WWAN cards (Especially GSM with simcard slot) are not locked, but the provided windows software does not support provider other the one it's bundled to (in this case O2),
So are you sure if your card is really locked?
I'd try the Connection Manager program that comes with the Latitude series http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=3336416242&languageCode=en&categoryId=CM. You might need to bypass the model check in order for it to install.
Side question, is the DVP8 WWAN card removable by user? I'm curious whether the Wifi model can be upgraded to 3g enabled.
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Side question, is the DVP8 WWAN card removable by user? I'm curious whether the Wifi model can be upgraded to 3g enabled.
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Assuming that Dell doesn't have different hardware layouts for different countries... my US Wifi module can't be 3g enabled... or at least, not without some serious soldering skills.
You can see where the slot would be, if it was soldered on.
Also, I don't know for sure, but it looks like it might be an m.2 slot instead of the mini pcie standard. Or the WWAN module might be soldered directly onto the mainboard, although there seems to be a spot to for a screw to hold the module in, so...
Now if Dell would only release the WWAN US version tablet... feels like I've been waiting forever.
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the_biochemist said:
I have the wwan (3G/HSDPA) version of the DV8P (brilliant device) but Dell have locked it to o2 and I use ee.
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You might also want to try setting up a dial up connection using the correct settings for your ISP, if a connection manager for your cellular provider doesn't exist. As WhizzWr said, the only locks on laptop cards are usually software based, or maybe profile/firmware based (such as Gobi cards that support multiple networks with different profiles).
I see. So apart from the lack of sim card slot, no place to add any expansion card, either.
I just googled a bit and some rep from Dell forum seems to confirm our finding: Wifi model is not upgradeable to 3G/LTE.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/mobile-devices/f/4586/p/19528733/20480210.aspx#20480210
That's too bad but considering the price difference between WIfi and 3G model, I'm okay with tethering
Thanks WhizzWR and Jackfrost7
It was a software thing.
It would only show telefonica as the available connection.
Uninstalled the driver and re-installed and it suddenly started showing an ee connection; took a few connection attempts before it seemed to work and now no more tethering!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Matthew
the_biochemist said:
Thanks WhizzWR and Jackfrost7
It was a software thing.
It would only show telefonica as the available connection.
Uninstalled the driver and re-installed and it suddenly started showing an ee connection; took a few connection attempts before it seemed to work and now no more tethering!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Matthew
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Glad you sorted it out!:thumbup:
Did you get the DVP8 direct from Dell UK? Mind giving us some price figure?
Yes - it was strange as I had been looking at it for ages on the 'for work' area but it had a lead time towards the end of March but suddenly dropped to 2 days so I went for it.
The price with no extras was:
Device £319
Shipping £5
VAT £64.80
Total £388.80
Not sure if the offer is still on at the moment it was when I ordered on the 24th Jan.
Ah thanks, I also have checked the Dell UK business website, the offer is still going on.
Aside from the fact I'm not in UK, I think extra £100 for WWAN card is a bit steep
So I planned to get a wifi only model soon.
But I also think DVP8 with always on internet is damn sweet.
I must admit the extra form the card is a little steep but having used tethering on my htc one for a couple of days till you helped me work out my issue drove me mad as it is nigh on impossible to cope with calls for work, tethering and general phone use without additional phone charges throughout the day.
It is a cost benefit question though.
It really is a brilliant tablet - was a little unsure about windows tablets, having memories of old atom netbook performance, but even have visual studio working on it not much slower than my i5 laptop.
Hello,
Recently I purchased a brand new note 2 from Best Buy Mobile who sells on behalf of Koodo Mobile. It was working just fine until I went on vacation where it's giving me a huge headache. Considering it was locked I contacted a good friend who unlocks phones, he rooted my phone ( Was extremely angry ... ) and told me he unlocked it, because of the friendship I couldn't say much, anyways, after rooting the phone stopped working inside the house. I purchased the phone in Calgary where it worked just fine and I am currently in Karachi ( Pakistan ), When I try to call someone it goes to dialing and just stays at dialing without any further updates, the phone never connects but the wierd thing is that it is getting 5 / 5 singles I am using the Mobilink carrier in PK, I've also tried Zong, Telenor, Ufone, Warid etc. and none of them work, BUT as soon as I step outside the call takes 2 seconds to connect, now I understand you may think it's a signal issue but first it's getting full signals and it tells me I am on the Mobilink service, secondly I have uncles from Saudia, America all who brought their phones and they work just fine. We have iPhone's, Blackberry's, Samsungs & Nokias inside the house all that are working just fine INSIDE & OUTSIDE.
iPhones - iPhone 5s
Blackberrys - Blackberry Torch 9800
Samsungs - Note 2, Note 3, S3, S4.
Nokia's - Nokia 225 etc.
ALL phones expect the note 2 work fine inside and outside, I've tried changing the connection method to GSM only, WCDMA only etc. The only difference I noticed was that GSM connected much faster once I stepped outside than LTE & WCDMA. I am extremely annoyed as this phone is less than a month old and was kept in storage 75% of the time, so it's basically new. I don't want to throw this phone away. My friend tells me the phone needs a hardware booster but I don't want to let him open up my phone after what he did to the software. Any suggestions on fixing this? I'm very worried as this cost me 300 dollars and I haven't even used it for a month. ANY help would be appreciated and I would not mind compensating the user who helps me fix this. Thank you very much!
guycheap said:
Hello,
Recently I purchased a brand new note 2 from Best Buy Mobile who sells on behalf of Koodo Mobile. It was working just fine until I went on vacation where it's giving me a huge headache. Considering it was locked I contacted a good friend who unlocks phones, he rooted my phone ( Was extremely angry ... ) and told me he unlocked it, because of the friendship I couldn't say much, anyways, after rooting the phone stopped working inside the house. I purchased the phone in Calgary where it worked just fine and I am currently in Karachi ( Pakistan ), When I try to call someone it goes to dialing and just stays at dialing without any further updates, the phone never connects but the wierd thing is that it is getting 5 / 5 singles I am using the Mobilink carrier in PK, I've also tried Zong, Telenor, Ufone, Warid etc. and none of them work, BUT as soon as I step outside the call takes 2 seconds to connect, now I understand you may think it's a signal issue but first it's getting full signals and it tells me I am on the Mobilink service, secondly I have uncles from Saudia, America all who brought their phones and they work just fine. We have iPhone's, Blackberry's, Samsungs & Nokias inside the house all that are working just fine INSIDE & OUTSIDE.
iPhones - iPhone 5s
Blackberrys - Blackberry Torch 9800
Samsungs - Note 2, Note 3, S3, S4.
Nokia's - Nokia 225 etc.
ALL phones expect the note 2 work fine inside and outside, I've tried changing the connection method to GSM only, WCDMA only etc. The only difference I noticed was that GSM connected much faster once I stepped outside than LTE & WCDMA. I am extremely annoyed as this phone is less than a month old and was kept in storage 75% of the time, so it's basically new. I don't want to throw this phone away. My friend tells me the phone needs a hardware booster but I don't want to let him open up my phone after what he did to the software. Any suggestions on fixing this? I'm very worried as this cost me 300 dollars and I haven't even used it for a month. ANY help would be appreciated and I would not mind compensating the user who helps me fix this. Thank you very much!
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Until about last year, I trusted Android...
Then my mum bought me a present, a cheap Allview P7 Pro. Phone was looking fine, it was supposed to be Dual Mode 4G (FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE), Dual Sim as my old Allview V1 Viper...
She bought it in Romania and managed to send it to me in UK. Unpacked, plugged in both sim cards (Romanian Digi and UK Three). Been negatively impressed of the new interface looks, those devs really like to completely change interface from build to build, but it was very white-ish and I am a night person...
Impossible tethering. At the time, if I remember well, P7 Pro had Lollipop running, though now gsmarena says it's Marshmallow.
The phone was actually creating the wireless connection, but it was no tethering on it, as I presumed it was actually trying to tether internet from the Digi sim (which was disabled) instead of the one from the Three sim (which was enabled). I couldn't believe my eyes, there was no way to get tethering to work.
Then I just unmounted the Digi card and left just the Three. Finally tethering was working. But hey, we use dual sim phones for a reason.
Anyway, I've seen there were problems with connection. Even deep in the night towards morning when finally Three was working in the remote Highlands... (One of our colleagues had a Utok 400D, and I still think about buying that as a modem, he was shaming us with his phone, his girlfriend streaming a movie and he playing a game on the same connection during daytime, which was impossible for everyone else, but gladly I'm no longer there).
So I tried to download a movie. After about 2-3 minutes of download, it was actually going to stop. Pretty funny, Internet Download Manager, which didn't ever have any problem, before, or after that night, was becoming blocked into a "Connecting"/"Sending GET..." endless loop. Stop & resume. Did that more than 100 times in about 3 hours. Downloaded the movie, however, but I was determined to get rid of the phone. Packed the sims back on my old Allview V1 Viper, which I still use today and managed to sell the brand new P7 Pro...
Now I'd like to buy a new phone, but I'm really scared.
I don't know what's out there, I don't know how much devs possibly screwed Android builds, I don't wanna end with a defective flagship because some mofos talked to some networks in order to screw users tethering.
I still don't have good wireless in this location, but Three works very well. Still, I need to know which Android versions are to be trusted at least on this aspect of tethering.
TheEconomist said:
Until about last year, I trusted Android...
Then my mum bought me a present, a cheap Allview P7 Pro. Phone was looking fine, it was supposed to be Dual Mode 4G (FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE), Dual Sim as my old Allview V1 Viper...
She bought it in Romania and managed to send it to me in UK. Unpacked, plugged in both sim cards (Romanian Digi and UK Three). Been negatively impressed of the new interface looks, those devs really like to completely change interface from build to build, but it was very white-ish and I am a night person...
Impossible tethering. At the time, if I remember well, P7 Pro had Lollipop running, though now gsmarena says it's Marshmallow.
The phone was actually creating the wireless connection, but it was no tethering on it, as I presumed it was actually trying to tether internet from the Digi sim (which was disabled) instead of the one from the Three sim (which was enabled). I couldn't believe my eyes, there was no way to get tethering to work.
Then I just unmounted the Digi card and left just the Three. Finally tethering was working. But hey, we use dual sim phones for a reason.
Anyway, I've seen there were problems with connection. Even deep in the night towards morning when finally Three was working in the remote Highlands... (One of our colleagues had a Utok 400D, and I still think about buying that as a modem, he was shaming us with his phone, his girlfriend streaming a movie and he playing a game on the same connection during daytime, which was impossible for everyone else, but gladly I'm no longer there).
So I tried to download a movie. After about 2-3 minutes of download, it was actually going to stop. Pretty funny, Internet Download Manager, which didn't ever have any problem, before, or after that night, was becoming blocked into a "Connecting"/"Sending GET..." endless loop. Stop & resume. Did that more than 100 times in about 3 hours. Downloaded the movie, however, but I was determined to get rid of the phone. Packed the sims back on my old Allview V1 Viper, which I still use today and managed to sell the brand new P7 Pro...
Now I'd like to buy a new phone, but I'm really scared.
I don't know what's out there, I don't know how much devs possibly screwed Android builds, I don't wanna end with a defective flagship because some mofos talked to some networks in order to screw users tethering.
I still don't have good wireless in this location, but Three works very well. Still, I need to know which Android versions are to be trusted at least on this aspect of tethering.
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I think that would be more of an issue of the network involved instead of the device or android version.
Tethering should not be a problem if you root the device though. There is usually a mod or an app of some sort that can be used to enable hotspot/tethering on pretty much every device.
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Droidriven said:
I think that would be more of an issue of the network involved instead of the device or android version.
Tethering should not be a problem if you root the device though. There is usually a mod or an app of some sort that can be used to enable hotspot/tethering on pretty much every device.
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Still, my old Viper V1 never had a problem to tether, it never needed root for that (I rooted it because I believed at some point the speeds were too low for that to be the network's fault, believed it to be a policy thing, but Three in Highlands is 2G basically).
I was 100% convinced it was a Lollipop bug, that some developer addressed a wrong object, trying to get the internet from a wrong sim. I could not swap the sims, cause they were different sizes, however it could tether when only the Three sim was physically inserted in the phone. Still, there was the other bug, connection not actually working after a few minutes.
I mean the surprise was too much. You don't expect that kinda issue with a brand new phone and a supposedly newer version of Android. (I remember when Ice Cream Sandwich came out, I couldn't even find the internet settings, in 5 minutes I was flashing back Gingerbread, but Gingerbread was working fine on my Galaxy S at the time). Hate those interface changes they dish out on every new version.
Still, my question is: are the new versions having the same Lollipop bug on dual sim phones ? Can I safely buy a new phone now ?
Alright guys, I haven't done a lot of research on this but I'm hoping someone who's already familiar with what I'm dealing with might have an easy answer.
I have been using PDAnet for years, most recently with a Samsung Galaxy S9. When tethered to my PC, the results of Speedtests on my phone and on my PC were comparable, usually identical. If I got 50 down and 25 up on the Speedtest app on the phone, I'd get the same when tethered and testing the speed on a browser.
Well as batteries do, the battery in my Samsung turned into a balloon and it was time for a new phone.
I picked up the Moto One 5G Ace from MetroPCS and I'm stuck with it because the salesman decided not to disclose that it was a final sale and the phone is locked for six months. Literally could not return it the next day.
The issue? Now when I run a Speedtest on the phone, I'm still getting my standard 50 down and 25 up, actually a little better, possibly better tech as it's a newer phone, but when I tether in with PDAnet and then test the speed I get exactly half the download speed, but the same upload speed, so 25 down and 25 up. In order to test if it was possibly a cable issue, USB port issue or anything like that, I switched over to the built in tethering service and suddenly speeds went back to normal, 50 down and 25 up on both phone and PC Speedtests. My theory is that something in the phone is throttling the app itself, but I've got no clue where to start on that. I've gone through some options to make sure the app is not restricted on data and all that jazz, but I might be missing something, or maybe it's something built into the software, would love to hear what you guys think or if anyone has a solution. I live very rural as can be and this is my only access to internet, for me the difference between downloading things at 25 Mbps and 50 Mbps is huge, any help will be greatly appreciated.
As a side note I have switched from PDAnet to Klink and while Klink is a much better service in the way it emulates a traditional internet connection and has allowed me to do things I wasn't able to do on PDAnet, I still have the issue of only getting half the download speed the phone is recognizing.
Thanks for the info on Klink. You saved me $3 versus PDANet. PDANet's popularity seems to bog down their customer service. Looks like the Klink developer is actually reachable if I encounter any issues.