Hello complete noob here, tried some searching but didnt come up with anything definitive. What would be required to use an EVO on US Cellular's network? What I have:
Newest USC PRL
MSL for EVO
Abilitiy to activate the ESN on USC
Read the tuts on Metro PCS hacks, how similar are the two? Is this possible?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Well I guess it could be possible, but you'd first have to find out of US Cellular is a GSM or CDMA network [I don't personally know] and then if they are CDMA, you'd have to find out if they have the equipment to flash the phone tot he network.
teh roxxorz said:
Well I guess it could be possible, but you'd first have to find out of US Cellular is a GSM or CDMA network [I don't personally know] and then if they are CDMA, you'd have to find out if they have the equipment to flash the phone tot he network.
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Theyre CDMA, USC also roams on Verizon as well as Sprint
Well then I guess you'd have to seif they can flash the evo over to it.
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Hey guys. Just wondering some things here, and can't get an answer anywhere. These same questions are posted all over the web, so please lend a helping hand.
So, there is already one CDMA Version of the Diamond released to Telus, and soon to be Verizon and Sprint. Now heres the question. If I were to buy a CDMA Diamond off the web, one that is used on Telus, can it be used for Alltel, Sprint, or Verizon?
If so, would it be possible to make a ROM to go along with these carriers? I see that there is already a Diamond Kitchen available, so what would have to be done to get one of these phones to work on these carriers? Or is it already possible?
Thanks for any help guys.
I think the rom would not help because it is hardware. Not too sure though.
u can unlock it but alot of good that will do since its cmda you have to give sprint/verizon your esn and they will have to allow your phone for use on their network and as far as i know they dont allow unlocked phones even if its the same model as one they carry since the esns have to be sprint esns. if im wrong someone feel free to correct me.
verizon said they will open their network so when that happens yes you can.
the rest no.
and telus has NOT released the diamond as of yet.
telus is launching this little cdma beauty aug 14th. my question is this:WILL THE CURRENT ROMS AVAILABLE WORK ON THIS DEVICE
sprint will let you activate any phone, they just have to load your esn into there system
You can't use a WCDMA Diamond on CDMA networks because of its hardware.
The CDMA version has got a different hardware for make it work on CDMA networks...
I think that actual ROMs for WCDMA Diamond will work on CDMA version... the software part that controls radio hardware is the Radio ROM.
A friend wants this phone but he's on Telus in Canada. Telus has CDMA and is also 3G+. I understand the EVO is CDMA so I am wondering:
a) Will the phone work on Telus under the CDMA network 850/1900.
b) If so do we need to do something TO the EVO in order for this to work (such as some form of unlocking)
Any help is very appreciated!
Telus is GSM, so no. Their CDMA is not compatible with the EVO (different signal characteristics and different frequency).
phobos512 said:
Telus is GSM, so no. Their CDMA is not compatible with the EVO (different signal characteristics and different frequency).
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This wrong information. I hope the original thread owner didn't take the response.
HTC Evo CAN work on Telus!
HTC Evo working in Canada
I got an Evo in December and just moved to Canada for a job (Vancouver). I love this phone and want to get it working here with Telus. From what I've read, it looks like there is a way to get the EVO working here, but I can't find any specifics. Any tips?
hi All!
I am in a big fix and need the right facts here... so please help if you know of it, and are sure about it.
I intend to buy the HTC Evo 4G outright from Sprint, from the HTC US online store, for around $549. Now would like to know if this would be network unlocked?
I need to use this phone in India on CDMA network of the same frequency as the Sprint's, and i know i can use it here without a sim card. Now my only worry is that whether this would be locked to only Sprint network when i pay the full price for it from HTC store?
Thanks a lot!
Without rooting and some modifications, it is locked to the Sprint network. However, if you poke around some of the other forums where people have unlocked CDMA phones (the CDMA Hero comes to mind) you might see what they've done to unlock it to other networks.
I know this is very old post, but help me too. I want to use my htc evo in korea. It is rooted with s-off and I'm wondering if the phone is country locked or locked to sprint network. How can I tell? thx.
You can't unlock a CDMA phone, only GSM can be network unlocked. You can use your Sprint phone only if Sprint has set up an agreement with the country you are going to. But then you'd have to pay Sprint International Roaming rate.
According to this,
http://internationalroaming.sprint.com/IntlCoverage/SearchCountry.do?ECID=vanity:sww
South Korea is listed.
KJ
gooruma said:
I know this is very old post, but help me too. I want to use my htc evo in korea. It is rooted with s-off and I'm wondering if the phone is country locked or locked to sprint network. How can I tell? thx.
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You can if you can do the following:
1. Have a way to activate the EVO in S. Korea with a provider that runs CDMA in 800mhz (create account, and add the EVO's ESN to that account)
2. Have access to a PRL file that gives priority to the CDMA network by the provider in #1, and update the PRL on your EVO with it.
I think #2 is doable, #1 may be difficult unless you know Korean well, or know someone who understands the issues and is willing to help. Also, while Korea has "PCS" bands, but they are not the same as the 1900 mhz PCS bands in the US, I believe they are in the 1700 mhz range, and are not the same as the AWS bands in the US, also in 1700mhz, but also in 2100mhz.
All that maybe fruitless, as you'll only have voice call capability, unless you also know how to program the mobile ip settings to get data working as well.
I did a search but didn't see any recent information.
I have the Droid Incredible on Verizon, rooted, S-off, custom ROM installed. Is it possible to unlock it and use in on Sprint's network? If so could someone lead me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.
Does sprint use sim cards? If so, than no you cannot.
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tehpwnerer1918 said:
I did a search but didn't see any recent information.
I have the Droid Incredible on Verizon, rooted, S-off, custom ROM installed. Is it possible to unlock it and use in on Sprint's network? If so could someone lead me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.
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What you need to do is to flash a sprint prl and have sprint add the ESN to their database.
Flashing prls is the easy part, having sprint add the esn to their database is the "not going to happen" part.
Other methods involve delving into the underground worlds of cloning, e.t.c, which is a no-no around here.
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Will a HTC Sensation XE work with sprint 3G its GSM and unlocked.
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Will a HTC Sensation XE work with sprint 3G its GSM and unlocked.
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Sprint is CDMA not GSM so no it will not work.
will Verizon or T-mobile work then?
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will Verizon or T-mobile work then?
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Only AT&T or T-Mobile are GSM in the US but not sure about their policies on activating phones you did not buy from them. I think you also have to unlock the phone from its current carrier. Not sure if you could buy a sim card for Virgin Mobile or other pay-as-you-go providers and use it or not. Not even sure sim cards are available in the US to just put in a phone like they are overseas?
GSM vs. CDMA
The few phones that I know of in the US that are GSM (Sim Card company's) are AT&T, T-Mobile, Nextel, And Boost. The CDMA ones are Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular Virgin Mobile and tracfone straight talk and a couple other pre-pay guys. I do know that in some parts of the US that you can use a straight talk phone on verizon and vice-versa. Sprint and Nextel phones can be used on boost (Nextel if you can get a sim card from boost. ) Tracphone, Net10 and Straight talk are "leach" phones to the best of my knowledge. They use whatever service is around according to a built in code list. Hope this helps! Google is great for this kind of research.
I have an unlocked and rooted Evo 4G Sprint phone and am wanting to flash it to a different carrier. I want to use either ST, Net10, or Tracphone, but am unsure which would give me the best reception. I live in a very rural area so this decision is critical. I know for sure that I get no signal with ATT, Tmobile, or any other GSM carrier that I've been able to test. I do get signal with US Cellular, Net10, and Tracphone, have not been able to test with ST. I'm unsure what towers these CDMA carriers operate off of. If any use USC, it would be best, but I've never found where any of them use USC.
I can't find guides to flash my EVO to Net10 or Tracphone, but guides for ST are all over the place.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. If no one can answer my question, I'll probably just flash it to ST and if it doesn't work I'll sell it and try something different.
Thanks!