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[Q] Overseas sales on droid 2 global?

I live in Vietnam currently and want to get that phone. Unfortunately the tax in this country for something imported (shipped) from the USA is ridiculous (50%). Does anyone know if they sell this in Bangkok or elsewhere in SE Asia?

It is only sold in United States unfortunately.

jb0072009 said:
I live in Vietnam currently and want to get that phone. Unfortunately the tax in this country for something imported (shipped) from the USA is ridiculous (50%). Does anyone know if they sell this in Bangkok or elsewhere in SE Asia?
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you can try the Milestone 2 as it is a similar phone to the Droid 2 Global without the CDMA radio in it. So if you want a Droid but are only going to use it on GSM mode you can get a European Milestone 2 and still have the similar hardware as a Droid 2.

... even some advantages like 720p HD video recording
I am sure CPU can be overclocked to match the 1.2GHz of the D2G. As newk8600 suggested, I am also suggesting you to consider MS2.
D2G, for now, is only worth in countries where WCDMA 850/1900 is required, as current MS2 model is Euro/Asia only (900/2100 WCDMA)

True about M2 but I plan to return to America in about a year and then the 900/2100 wont work there for 3G. Dam the US carriers for not following international standards

Try Canada
jb0072009 said:
True about M2 but I plan to return to America in about a year and then the 900/2100 wont work there for 3G. Dam the US carriers for not following international standards
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You can try Canada or send it to a friend in a different country nearby and get it from ur friend by shipiing or while on vacation.

yes,
there are a few seller in malaysia low yat plaza forum selling both D2G (unlock) n milestone 2
d price is around RM 1700-2000 (D2G n milestone 2)
expansys.com oso now shipped to asean country (free)
go to expansys singapore page

Mobile phone for italy

Xda Dear friends, I want to understand something, I would buy a phone from the states, the problem of the consignment through baipassato very useful website (viaddress) I find myself having to choose between the various types of cell present them with the board, without board, t-mobile, verizon, unlooked, etc., which can also be used in Italy?

Anything unlocked GSM with 850/1900 HSPA frequencies (aka AT&T frequencies).
But why are you ordering from the US? Surely the unlocked prices are much better from elsewhere in Europe.

so long as it's unlooked, because of the vast majority unlooked not report if they are at & t or verizon or t-moblile, says only unloked

ulkika said:
so long as it's unlooked, because of the vast majority unlooked not report if they are at & t or verizon or t-moblile, says only unloked
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Sorry having trouble understanding...
Phones in the US are rarely unlocked. They're almost always carrier locked devices.
Not to mention that ordering from the US severely cuts your choices down. The only phones that'll work in Italy are from AT&T. Verizon and Sprint are CDMA, and T-Mobile operates on different frequencies.
If you're in Italy looking for a device, the US is the wrong place to look.

I apologize but I had a t-mobile htc hd2 and it worked well but not great compared all'hd2 I've had since, as you said?

Also, several people in Italy are selling t-mobile, if as you say they work on different bands why we find them for sale.

not 'not true that mobile phones are cheaper in Europe, especially for used here in Italy is still a well spent money.

T-Mobile in Europe (run by Deutsche Telekom) is different from T-Mobile US.
Every carrier in Europe (with few exceptions) are running on 850/1900 HSPA+ (or within normal quadband UMTS). Buying a T-Mobile branded phone from the US means that it will not get 3G on your networks in Europe. T-Mo US branded phones in the US have AWS for HSPA+ (that's 1700/2100).
As I've said earlier and said in my reply to your PM, buying from the US market will not save you any money, and it will cause more problems for you. Retailers do not sell unlocked phones in the US. They're locked, and you will have even less of a selection because only AT&T has compatible bands for you. T-Mobile US, Sprint, and Verizon phones will not work for you in Italy.
As I said before and in my PM, just buy from Europe. You'll get an unlocked device that will work for your networks, and won't have to deal with hassles of importing form outside the EU. There are tons of quality importers, such as www.handtec.com, www.clove.com, www.expansys.com, and others. There's a reason why people who want cheaper unlocked phones for the US buy from Europe....
Prices are not lower in the US.

Confusions Regarding One XL

i am planning on buying either the htc one x or the xl (both international variants). i am more interested in buying the xl chiefly because of the newer processor....but i cant figure out how to root or unlock bootloader or find a rom here for the xl. most of the things i see regarding the one xl are mostly about the telstra or rogers xl....i dont know whether they are the same as the international variants of the xl.....could some help me with answering whether bootloader unlocking can be done on this or not? can this be rooted? if so then how? & can i install any custom roms or mods in it etc etc?

if your phone is an XL (code name Evita) this is the right forum.
Only the US variant on AT&T can't be bootloader unlocked via HTC Dev.
I wasn't aware the XL was available "carrier unlocked international" because it's LTE and implementation of LTe is country/carrier specific.

gunnyman said:
I wasn't aware the XL was available "carrier unlocked international" because it's LTE and implementation of LTe is country/carrier specific.
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The Hong Kong XL appears carrier independent. I also believe most of Europe, Asia and Australia use the same LTE standards and the phones can be shared between those regions.

twistedddx said:
The Hong Kong XL appears carrier independent. I also believe most of Europe, Asia and Australia use the same LTE standards and the phones can be shared between those regions.
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Pretty sure Europe uses completely different LTE bands than North America
Citing Wikipedia:
The LTE standard can be used with many different frequency bands. In North America, 700/ 800 and 1,700/ 1,900 MHz are planned to be used; 800, 1,800, 2,600 MHz in Europe; 1,800 and 2,600 MHz in Asia; and 1,800 MHz in Australia. As a result, phones from one country may not work in other countries. Users will need a multi-band capable phone for roaming internationally.

I excluded north America from my list. North America and Japan are often on non common tech compared to everyone else. For Europe, Asia and Australia it is likely lte will work by just changing apn's

twistedddx said:
I excluded north America from my list. North America and Japan are often on non common tech compared to everyone else. For Europe, Asia and Australia it is likely lte will work by just changing apn's
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Did you edit your original comment? Lol.

Not to remove north America. It was never listed.

Get the the One XL.
Snapdragon has better memory write speed making it slight faster in some usage.
Dont worry Bout not being able to play tegra games, Chainfire 3D will fix that.
as for root/bootlade, its no problem. Unless you have att version you cant overlock but still have custom roms.

i was hoping someone could provide me with links to guides for rooting, & maybe some roms

jhnsok said:
Get the the One XL.
Snapdragon has better memory write speed making it slight faster in some usage.
Dont worry Bout not being able to play tegra games, Chainfire 3D will fix that.
as for root/bootlade, its no problem. Unless you have att version you cant overlock but still have custom roms.
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I have an at&t hox and my boot loader is unlocked u can absolutely unlock the boot loader and I did it with HTC dev...mind u an extra step is required but its simple and it works
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app

linx1287 said:
i was hoping someone could provide me with links to guides for rooting, & maybe some roms
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Still not clear what version you are looking at buying. If its the dual core Snapdragon S4 version, everything you need is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237

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Again international model don't have all the bands for USA carriers

joeyac02 said:
Again international model don't have all the bands for USA carriers
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Hey there,
Not that I am 100% sure, but I've called this statement into question in another thread, I'll repost here.
In one of the threads here on XDA, another member suggested he ordered the intl. model and it didnt support the right bands for the USA. Leading me to think there were multiple models.
I'm starting to think there isn't, here is why.
1. Michael Fisher (I think he's in Canada) imported a TW market phone for his early review. It appears to have LTE in the film, and he doesnt mention anything about incompatibilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWbn8ecKwA
2. Jeff Springer (I think he's in the USA) imported a HK market phone, it also appears to have LTE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fclOYUyfxnE&t=522s
I believe the belief that the intl. model doesnt support USA bands (2/4, etc) comes from the practice (poor practice, admittedly) for HTC's Taiwanese website to only declare the bands that it perceives are relevant to Taiwanese users. The HK website suggests the same as taiwan = FDD: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28 TDD: B38/B39/B40/B41
The UK / India / USA / AU sites all state - FDD: Bands B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B20/B28TDD: Bands B38/B39/B40/B41
With USA & AU not stating support for dual sim, but HK, TW, India, UK do.
I believe there is only one model (with multiple software variations), and the information published being variable.
I now know there are at least 2 model numbers. U-1u (Taiwan and HK confirmed to use this model, dual sim), and U-1h (single sim, AU and UK confirmed). But given the info above (michael fisher and Jeff Springer both importing the U-1u, and seemingly can connect to north american lte, seems to suggest that the band support for U-1u is wider than the official website specs)

HTC U Ultra - got from imobilephonex
Hey there
I got from New HTC U Ultra form imobilephonex
Really good price & brilliant phone :good:

Here is the breakdown officially from HTC's website. The dual band international version is missing 2, 4, 12 and 17. 17 being the most important one.

So get this I wake up to a text from FedEx saying I have a package coming I didn't order anything else so it's out for delivery! I checked the HTC site and it still says it hasn't been shipped and no tracking number!

It's cheaper on eBay (649) and it's from a US based seller instead of having it shipped from Asia. What is holding me back from this phone is the horrific resale value of HTC and LG products. Once the S8 is announced/released this HTC U Ultra can be purchased for an insane amount less than full retail. Apple and Samsung phones hold their value well even used but unfortunately phones like this are not worth buying new for full retail IMO.

sephstyler said:
Hey there,
Not that I am 100% sure, but I've called this statement into question in another thread, I'll repost here.
In one of the threads here on XDA, another member suggested he ordered the intl. model and it didnt support the right bands for the USA. Leading me to think there were multiple models.
I'm starting to think there isn't, here is why.
1. Michael Fisher (I think he's in Canada) imported a TW market phone for his early review. It appears to have LTE in the film, and he doesnt mention anything about incompatibilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWbn8ecKwA
2. Jeff Springer (I think he's in the USA) imported a HK market phone, it also appears to have LTE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fclOYUyfxnE&t=522s
I believe the belief that the intl. model doesnt support USA bands (2/4, etc) comes from the practice (poor practice, admittedly) for HTC's Taiwanese website to only declare the bands that it perceives are relevant to Taiwanese users. The HK website suggests the same as taiwan = FDD: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28 TDD: B38/B39/B40/B41
The UK / India / USA / AU sites all state - FDD: Bands B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B20/B28TDD: Bands B38/B39/B40/B41
With USA & AU not stating support for dual sim, but HK, TW, India, UK do.
I believe there is only one model (with multiple software variations), and the information published being variable.
I now know there are at least 2 model numbers. U-1u (Taiwan and HK confirmed to use this model, dual sim), and U-1h (single sim, AU and UK confirmed). But given the info above (michael fisher and Jeff Springer both importing the U-1u, and seemingly can connect to north american lte, seems to suggest that the band support for U-1u is wider than the official website specs)
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Having an LTE sign does not mean it supports the entire range of the network.

Hi wondering if the european version will work in us need some advice

hi wonder if the european version of this phone will work good in us?
when looking on network specs on the uk and us page it seems they support same bands and so but the us version is a single sim and the uk one is a dual sim hope somone can give a good answer thanks in advance.
here is the links to the us and uk sites.
https://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-u12-plus/buy/
https://www.htc.com/uk/smartphones/htc-u12-plus-spec/

LennartL said:
hi wonder if the european version of this phone will work good in us?
when looking on network specs on the uk and us page it seems they support same bands and so but the us version is a single sim and the uk one is a dual sim hope somone can give a good answer thanks in advance.
here is the links to the us and uk sites.
https://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-u12-plus/buy/
https://www.htc.com/uk/smartphones/htc-u12-plus-spec/
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the u12+ is fully unlocked and supports all bands afaik, doesn't matter if dual or single sim. unlocked even supports the carriers and you get the same phone, just different software version. but should work fine

ok are u sure about that ? .Was talking with htc on their chat. but they didn't to make any promises if it will work in us or not. From what i have understood the uk (european) version and the us one has same network capabilities. So in theory the europé version should work on same network as the us one or do i misunderstand ?

LennartL said:
ok are u sure about that ? .Was talking with htc on their chat. but they didn't to make any promises if it will work in us or not. From what i have understood the uk (european) version and the us one has same network capabilities. So in theory the europé version should work on same network as the us one or do i misunderstand ?
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If the bands are complete the same, since it's unlocked anyways and both variants share the same bands for GSM/WCDMA etc, it should be fine. You can always buy the phone and test it and otherwise send it back
Sent from my HTC U12+ using XDA Labs

So since I am in the US and have a US u12+, if I RUU using the Exodus firmware, I should be safe, correct?

I go back and forth between Europe and the US, the U11 works there, the U12+ has more bands available. You won't get band 71, unless someone works out an activation hack and somehow the hardware can still use it, even if not the specific band 71 hardware.
You'll get 4G on ATT, you'll get band 12 4G on T-Mobile. If the carriers lock anything out on non-native devices, I don't know. Also the local municipalities may not have certain bands available, either. Too many variables.
A lot of the confusion comes from Samsung and other companies that uselessly institute the same practices as them- they cripple their phones so they can't be used properly on another continent. I would buy an S10, but will be stuck with Exynos and bands not fully compatible with the US, while the US gets Snapdragon, bands specific for North America, but due to the Snapdragon, has a better chance of having the missing Europe frequencies activated.
The idiots pretty much locked out the frequencies for the other continent that would give one 4G, leaving most all others the same.