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[Q] Shield Tablet Radio

I need some help from the developers on this forum. I live in Botswana and both carriers here are GSM 900, which is the most 'popular' European carriers frequency. Few days ago I ordered the LTE version Shield Tablet from USA. In the specifications that I found the North American version radio has support for other frequencies than European -
North America LTE: Bands 2, 4, 5, 7, 17 (1900, 1700, 850, 2600, 700)
HSPA+: Bands 1, 2, 4, 5 (2100, 1900, 1700, 850)
Outside-North America LTE: Bands 1*, 3, 7, 20 (2100/1800/2600/800)
HSPA+: Bands 1, 2, 5, 8 (2100/1900/850/900)
My question is if there is any chance for me to flash the European firmware to change the supported GSM carriers or this will be impossible?

ValSimDim said:
I need some help from the developers on this forum. I live in Botswana and both carriers here are GSM 900, which is the most 'popular' European carriers frequency. Few days ago I ordered the LTE version Shield Tablet from USA. In the specifications that I found the North American version radio has support for other frequencies than European -
North America LTE: Bands 2, 4, 5, 7, 17 (1900, 1700, 850, 2600, 700)
HSPA+: Bands 1, 2, 4, 5 (2100, 1900, 1700, 850)
Outside-North America LTE: Bands 1*, 3, 7, 20 (2100/1800/2600/800)
HSPA+: Bands 1, 2, 5, 8 (2100/1900/850/900)
My question is if there is any chance for me to flash the European firmware to change the supported GSM carriers or this will be impossible?
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Nope. No chance at all.

LTE networks, bands and modes for various countries

Just thought i should post this since i noticed a lot of people complain about LTE not working for them on their Mate 7 even though their network operator has LTE. Well the truth is that unlike 3G, LTE has two different modes. One called TDD/TD(Time Division Duplex) and another FDD (Frequency division duplex). What this means is that if your LTE network is on say the FDD mode, and your mate 7 supports TDD, even if your frequency is supported it wont work for you due to the fact that your mode isn't supported on the device. This happened to me and i did a research and found the reason. Though there are some devices that support dual mode LTE (meaning they support both the TDD and FDD) but unfortunately the AM7 doesn't. Especially not the one that shipped to Nigeria. Mine supports TDD but unfortunately the only 4G network available for use on mobile in my country (Smile network) is on the FDD.
Also check this blog for your network operator to see the band, mode and frequency it uses. Hope am allowed to post links but if not moderators should feel free to remove it. Thanks
http://www.huaweimobileshop.com/blog/4g-lte-frequencies/

Your information are a bit off. The Mate 7 distributed in Nigeria supports both the FDD and TDD LTE. It just does not support the band that Smile is using which is FDD 800MHz or Band 20. It supports the TDD 2300MHz (Band 40) supported by both Spectranet and Swift Networks in Lagos. iPhone 6 supports both bands 20 and 40 in Nigeria. I think the people in Huawei in Nigeria miscalculated since only Swift and Spectranet are available in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria.
These are the bands supported by the Mate 7 sold in Nigeria. FDD-LTE 1800 / 2100 / 2600 and TDD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41).

S7 versions and their band frequencies in the US

Hi everyone,
I'm planning on buying the new S7 but I'm just interested in the Snapdragon version. Here in Europe we only get the chance to buy the Exynos one I will be visiting the US in the following months, and I would like to know if there is any US version for the S7 that has the following bands:
2G/GSM: 900, 1800 MHz.
3G/WCDMA: 900, 2100 MHz.
4G/LTE: 800, 1800 and 2600Mhz. - 1500 MHz will be deployed in a near future in Spain, so it's not so important -
I have been checking on the internet about several variants, but I didn't find any trustworthy source with that information. Thank you for your time guys!

Hey
I'd like to know the same.
I don't want the exynos one.
The snapdragon 820 model will get Cyanogenmod and other roms..
Gesendet von meinem SM-G900F mit Tapatalk

CDMA 1X and EvDO Rev 0/RevA; LTE (Domestic) B13, B4, B2, B5
GLOBAL NETWORK
LTE (Global) B3, B7, B20; GSM Quad B5, B8, B3, B2 (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) UMTS Quad B5, B8, B2, B1 (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); TDS CDMA 34, 39 TDD LTE 38, 39, 40, CAT 4 / CAT 6 / (CAT 9 capable)
Got this from Verizon wireless website.

Thank you Blade22222 for the information. I still don't have really clear if there is an US version that matches the bands I described on the post. I'm afraid it won't be possible. I'm trying to get some more inforation but I don't find anything

marcogz said:
Thank you Blade22222 for the information. I still don't have really clear if there is an US version that matches the bands I described on the post. I'm afraid it won't be possible. I'm trying to get some more inforation but I don't find anything
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You will be fine if you buy a US version and get it unlocked to work on any carrier globally.
You can compare the above bands from the last post with this list of frequencies to confirm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands
EDIT: You can also look at T-Mobile's bands here, they are almost identical the Verizon one: https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/android/samsung_galaxy_s_7#id_1299991

XT1541 FDD band compatibility

Does the XT1541 model supports the following network frequency range?
LTE (4G)
FDD band 3 (1700~1800 MHz)
FDD band 8 (900~960 MHz)
I have checked gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g_(3rd_gen)-7247.php though I prefer to be 110 % sure.

longtimejones said:
Does the XT1541 model supports the following network frequency range?
LTE (4G)
FDD band 3 (1700~1800 MHz)
FDD band 8 (900~960 MHz)
I have checked gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g_(3rd_gen)-7247.php though I prefer to be 110 % sure.
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The XT1541 supports LTE Bands 1, 3, 7, 8, and 20, according to multiple sources... all we are going to do is Google it just like you, but when all sources agree I don't think there is much chance it is wrong.
FrequencyCheck, GSM Arena, and Wikipedia all agree... If you are still in doubt, use https://willmyphonework.net/ and check your specific situation.

pixel 3 frequencies

Someone made a comparison for Pixel 3 between US Google Store and SG (Singapore) google store, the spec difference between these two sites for Pixel 3 will be the US version of Pixel 3 will not have:
UMTS/HSPA+/HSDPA: Bands 1/2/4/5/8
Will this affects the user as malaysia (like i am) operator still using HSPA+ frequency?
Network (Google store US)
World-wide network/carrier compatibility with
GSM/EDGE: Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
CDMA EVDO Rev A: BC0/BC1/BC10
WCDMA: W1/W2
FDD-LTE: Bands⁷ 1*/2*/3*/4*/5/7*/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25*/
26/28/29/32/66*/71
TD-LTE: Bands 38*/39/40/41*/42/46
Supports up to CAT 16 (1Gbps DL / 75Mbps UL), 5x DL CA, 4x4 MIMO, LAA, 256-QAM DL and 64-QAM UL depending on carrier support
eSIM⁹
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Channels (Google store SG)
World-wide network/carrier compatibility with:⁶
GSM/EDGE: Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/HSDPA: Bands 1/2/4/5/8
CDMA EVDO Rev A: BC0/BC1/BC10
WCDMA: W1/W2
FDD-LTE : Bands⁷ 1*/2*/3*/4*/5/7*/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25*/
26/28/29/30/32/66*/71
TD-LTE: Bands 38*/39/40/41*/42/46
Supports up to CAT 16 (1Gbps DL/75Mbps UL), 5x DL CA, 4x4 MIMO, LAA, 256-QAM DL and 64-QAM UL depending on operator support
eSIM capable
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