Hi guys,
I bought my HTC Desire from USA and I want to use it in Europe. My seller told me I can use it only in USA. Can I unlock it and use in Europe?
Thanks in advance!
pazymir said:
Hi guys,
I bought my HTC Desire from USA and I want to use it in Europe. My seller told me I can use it only in USA. Can I unlock it and use in Europe?
Thanks in advance!
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Is it a CDMA Desire from US Cellular? If so, it won't work full stop and can never be made to work.
If it isn't, you should be ok with an A8181 and an A8183, but not an A8182 which will not get European 3G.
Regards,
Dave
Yes, it is CDMA Desire from US Cellular.
So now I have to give it back.
Thanks for replay!
Regards!
pazymir said:
Yes, it is CDMA Desire from US Cellular.
So now I have to give it back.
Thanks for replay!
Regards!
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FYI, there are no CDMA carriers in Europe. So, any phone from a US CDMA carrier cannot be made to work on a European network, with the exception being a handful of so called "world phones" which essentially have both CDMA and GSM radios.
Regards,
Dave
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So...I am headed back to the U.S. permanently and wondering if there is a way to flash the radio to make it work on the U.S. 3G networks of either ATT or T-Mobile.... if not, no biggy...ill sell it and by a new one back home.
Thanks for any info you can give.
As far as I am aware mate as long as the desire has the capability of connecting to USA Phone Bands then it should just be a case of flashing the international ROM
jamesmcuk said:
As far as I am aware mate as long as the desire has the capability of connecting to USA Phone Bands then it should just be a case of flashing the international ROM
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That's the point - an A8181 doesn't support the 3G bands for any US GSM network. You would need an A8183 which at least works on AT&T, or a Nexus One on T-Mobile. If CDMA is your bag, your HTC choices are essentially the Evo on Sprint, or the Incredible on Verizon.
Regards,
Dave
guess you will be selling your desire then
I'm moving to the U.S. (california if that matters) in a couple of weeks and it's time for me to buy a desire. Being from Sweden I'm used to having great 3g service and use it well. What happens if i buy the phone here (not a U.S. specific model) and bring it overseas? Will 3g work? If so, can I choose from any carrier?
Woppe said:
I'm moving to the U.S. (california if that matters) in a couple of weeks and it's time for me to buy a desire. Being from Sweden I'm used to having great 3g service and use it well. What happens if i buy the phone here (not a U.S. specific model) and bring it overseas? Will 3g work? If so, can I choose from any carrier?
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No it won't - a European Desire won't give you 3G on any US Network.
Regards,
Dave
Woppe said:
I'm moving to the U.S. (california if that matters) in a couple of weeks and it's time for me to buy a desire. Being from Sweden I'm used to having great 3g service and use it well. What happens if i buy the phone here (not a U.S. specific model) and bring it overseas? Will 3g work? If so, can I choose from any carrier?
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it all depends on which carrier you use. I have ATT and I bought my Telstra (made for AUZ) that uses the same band for 3g as ATT does and I get great 3g in SO CAL.
if you buy one in Sweden it will not work on 3g here. You can buy one from US Cellular and it will work here but they don't have that great of coverage. You can buy a EVO from Sprint, but you won't have a sim card.
If you buy a Telstra for the US it will work in Sweden (not sure about 3g) but you will have 3g in US on ATT when you get here. I bought my from here
Thank you, that was helpful information!
Is a Desire using the 850MHz band what I need?
Woppe said:
Thank you, that was helpful information!
Is a Desire using the 850MHz band what I need?
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yes, the 850 will work on ATT 3g
I'm going to Florida on holiday next year. I intended on buying a prepaid sim for my Desire (from Orange, debranded and unlocked). I did intend using 3G if it were available but after reading some of these posts I'm now unsure this will work.
Much appreciated if anyone could give me any advice.
Many thanks.
or8it said:
I'm going to Florida on holiday next year. I intended on buying a prepaid sim for my Desire (from Orange, debranded and unlocked). I did intend using 3G if it were available but after reading some of these posts I'm now unsure this will work.
Much appreciated if anyone could give me any advice.
Many thanks.
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if you have an EUR desire it will not work on 3g in the US, it has different bands. it will work for Edge. If the phone's bandwidth (networks) don't match the carrier's it does not matter what sim card you have. Most EUR world phone's will work in US but just not on 3g, it must be same bandwidth.
if you must have 3g for your hoilday then you are better buying a prepaid phone, but that won't be a Desire
Thanks for explanation, very helpful.
Hi!
Type *#*#4636#*#* in dial pad, you will get to a screen where some information and hidden settings placed in; then tap on the first item which is "telephone information", and there press "menu" button, here in the android menu the first item is "select radio-band"! when you choose this menu option you will see a list of GSM/UMTS radio-band alternatives; Automatic, EURO, USA, JAPAN, AUS, AUS2 bands"
Well I'm not expert on this particular issue, just wondering what these radio-band options are for(?) Maybe you can change your Desire's radio band to USA band and try if it works in the USA (appreciate if you supply feedback whether or not it really works)
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You can't change bands that's hardware related, its cheaper to buy a TELUS desire, it has 850, 1900 bands
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htc fan89 said:
You can't change bands that's hardware related, its cheaper to buy a TELUS desire, it has 850, 1900 bands
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Unfortunately when the Telus Desire goes back to Sweden, it won't have 3G.
The US Cellular Desire won't work in Sweden at all since there's no CDMA carrier.
If it weren't so hard now to get a Nexus One I'd suggest that to you. Both version support Euro 3G and you'd use it on AT&T or T-Mobile in the US depending on which version you acquire.
The problem is, as far as I know, there are no tri-band 3G HTC Desires. There is 850/1900 (Telus), 850/2100 (Telstra) and 900/2100 (Euro). So Telstra is the only one that gives you some compromise of 3G on both continents.
On the other hand I'm pretty sure all the GSM North American Samsung Galaxy S phones (Bell Vibrant, AT&T Captivate, T-Mobile Vibrant) support the Euro 2100 band.
Hello everyone,
i will be living in California from March to July and therefore i'd like to know if i can use my GSM Desire from Germany in the US?
I understand that in europe GSM is used and in the US mostly CDMA. I know there are GSM networks as well in the US.
I've read somewhere that i won't be able to use HSDPA in the US, but only EDGE. Is that true? It would be really annoying if it were.
And if so, is there a way to turn my GSM Desire into a CDMA Desire? Somehow flashing another RADIO oder whatever?
Thanks for all the answers!
Regards,
Muuhmann
Muuhmann said:
Hello everyone,
i will be living in California from March to July and therefore i'd like to know if i can use my GSM Desire from Germany in the US?
I understand that in europe GSM is used and in the US mostly CDMA. I know there are GSM networks as well in the US.
I've read somewhere that i won't be able to use HSDPA in the US, but only EDGE. Is that true? It would be really annoying if it were.
And if so, is there a way to turn my GSM Desire into a CDMA Desire? Somehow flashing another RADIO oder whatever?
Thanks for all the answers!
Regards,
Muuhmann
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i think t-mobile support the same frequency for there 3g/hsdpa as eu desires
Really? That would be awesome!
Can anyone using t-mobile usa confirm this?
Sorry to chime in a little late.
I moved from Belgium to the US bringing with me a European T-Mobile Germany Desire. It works fine on the T-Mobile USA network, the only problem is that I can't get 3G or 4G to work. The only way so far to get internet access on my phone is through wifi.
I read somewhere that 2G is supposed to be supported but I came here on these forums to find out how and why, because I can't make it work..
Hope this is somehow helpful..
Hi chbau,
thanks for letting me know.
3G and 4G (that would be the "H"-symbol, right?) aren't working, if I understand you correctly?
But in the next sentence you also say that you don't get 2G (that would be the "E"-symbol) to work, am i correct?
That would be a real pain in the a**. That would mean no mobile internet.
Hello guys!
I just bought a simfree htc one x in amazon-japan.
i tried to insert my simcard but it always says no service.
i think it's because it is simfree and it's only applicable in UK.
(I don't have any idea about simfree. I just wanted to have the phone so badly.)
is there a way i can use this phone or should i sell it?
I hope you can help me.
Thank you very much.
are u using an aws sim card？
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Kevin Ma said:
are u using an aws sim card？
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I'm sorry but what's an aws sim card? soo sorry..
reikarlo said:
I'm sorry but what's an aws sim card? soo sorry..
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wait a minute...did u buy the japanese version of the 1x？ if so...i dont think they work on sims outside of japan
if not, google aws, its just another series of bands different from gsm
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Kevin Ma said:
wait a minute...did u buy the japanese version of the 1x？ if so...i dont think they work on sims outside of japan
if not, google aws, its just another series of bands different from gsm
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Thank you sir for your reply.
No, what i bought is the UK version and not the japanese htc one x.
I tried inserting a softbank sim card and it works fine now, but softbank is a W-CDMA (UMTS 3G) network.
some people say that "simfree" phones does not support GSM bands,
but i live in a country that all network providers use GSM networks. (I'm in japan only for a business trip)
can i use this phone in my country? because i'm really going to sell this phone if not.
It is defibitely a gsm phone. it should support any gsm sim cards , rest assured
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Kevin Ma said:
It is defibitely a gsm phone. it should support any gsm sim cards , rest assured
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well i need to trust you on this. :fingers-crossed:
thank you very very much!
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reikarlo said:
well i need to trust you on this. :fingers-crossed:
thank you very very much!
:highfive:
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no problem, enjoy your phone
Sent from the Best phone in the world. SOON TO BE BETTER
I wand to buy from usa a htc one m9 des they all work to Greece?
bear79 said:
I wand to buy from usa a htc one m9 des they all work to Greece?
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It'll power on, if that's what you're asking
Seriously, it all depends on your carrier. The big things you'll want to find out are:
- name of the carrier
- network (GSM or CDMA)
- carrier bands
If you know the name of your carrier, you can Google the name & the country (ie, keywords: T-Mobile, Greece, carrier bands) to find out the others.
Peace,
Computerslayer