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[Q] Phone Identity

I recently purchased a HTC Desire. On the BOX it says A8182 (Telus in Canada)
It came with FROYO which I found bizarre.
However, when I go into settings, about, phone identity I get:
Model Number: HTC Desire A8181!
But the Serial# and IMEI match exactly what the box says.
I am actually getting a 3G connection on Fido/Rogers (850Mhz)
I know this because of download speeds (3M DL / 1.5M UL) and in Settings/About/Network/ I see Mobile Network type as UMTS
Could the Model Number showing A8181 be simply because of the WWE Software Flashed on the phone?
SW: 2.10.405.2
BaseBand: 32.44.00.32U
I'd love to confirm this!
Thanks

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I would really try to figure this out.
Can a desire A8181 work on 3g fido or rogers?
It's supposed to work on 900/2100 !

Which Model A8181 or A8183
I have a similar issue having bought a A8183 Telstra branded phone from Australia, I never checked the phone identity but have upgraded to Android 2.3. When I go into the phone identity it says it is a A8181 however if I take the battery off the model on the back of the phone is A8183.
It is working but I am not sure if it is picking up the 850 frequency or not? I am in New Zealand and am using on Telecom which is 850/2100 which is what the A8183 uses, and voda fone uses 900/2100!
How can I test if the phone is 850 or 900 mhz?

[Q] Upgrade to Gingerbread 2.3.3

I recently upgraded an Australian Telstra issued HTC Desire A8183 (frequency 850/2100) to Gingerbread 2.3 as I am using in New Zealand and wanted ride of the Telstra apps and home screen. It was very straightforward however now if I go into the phone to look up Network identity it says it is model A8181, which would mean it was running frequencies 900/2100.
I spoke to HTC who say I must have changed the frequencies and need to send back to Australia to reflash the phone?
The phone appears to be working but I am concened that once I go outisde urban areas I won't have the 850 bandwidth Telecom uses rurally and won't get any signal if it really has changed.
I had read the frequencies were hardcoded into the CPU and couldn't be changed!
Does anyone know this for a fact?
Is there anyway I can check this?
Does anyone think this could have possibly have happened from a firmware upgrade?
I was recommended this forum as the best place to ask this. Thank you.

[Q] Bad call quality, wrong baseband?

So I bought a LG Optimus G here in Portugal. My device is made in Korea (in another LG devices I think LG 2x, they said that Korea versions have this same problem too, and they resolve it changing the baseband to a german version):
Android 4.1.2
Software version: E97510d-EUR-XX
Baseband version: APQ8064/MDM9x15M
I buy the phone from a online shop, so I don't know if they buy the phone from a foreign country and sell it here. Is this version the appropriate for Portugal? My operator 4G band is 800MHz, 1800MHz and 2600MHz.
The problem is that when I'm on a call I hear a static noise and bad quality calls, and the other people hear it too from my part (they do not hear it when talking with other people). I already did a factory reset when I received my phone before rooting it. This same problem happened to me with my nexus 4 some weeks ago, and I ask for a refund because of this same problem. I buy this phone hopping that at least I will not have bad quality calls problems but it seems that I'm out of luck.
I tryed with 4G, 3G and 2G and in all options the bad quality is there. So what can I do, anyone knows?
Best regards,
Pedro

I could reply in Portuguese but rules are rules. I do have a LGOG and don't have any issues with voice, at least in 3G, in 4G I can't. remember if I ever made a call showing 4G (brand new in Switzerland), but I'll keep an eye on it. I did have issues detecting 4G and I had to find the solution by myself, as none of the providers did it. Now it works fine. Swiss providers operate in the 1800 band.
Also, I solved my issue with 4G, among other change, by flashing version 10F Germany (France or Italy also have version 10F as well as Portuguese TMN).
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I found that the problem is in the operator. If I switch from 3G/4G to 2G everything works fine. So I will have to complain to operator TMN xD

(Q) 3G and 4G connection issues

Dear forum members
My name is Christophe and I live in Belgium. In february 2013, I purchased a galaxy note 2 LTE from Germany (T-mobile).
I've read a lot on this forum but I can't find the solution to the problems I'm having.
The reason why I bought the phone in Germany was because the N7105 model wasn't available on the Belgian market.
Phone Specs:
AP: N7105XXDMB2
CP: N7105XXDLL5
CSC: N7105DTMDMA1
PDA: MB2
PHONE: LL5
CSC: MA1 (DTM)
And at the moment I'm running on fully stock 4.1.2 (no root at all)
The problem:
When I opened the box and inserted my simcard for the first time, the phone was "locked" only emergency calls... Now I already solved this problem by using a thread on the forum (unlock N7105).
My provider is PROXIMUS (Belgium) and I used to have 3G and 4G all the time when I was in the good area. Now since a month or two it seems that the phone blocks when connecting to 3G. I see one blink of the green arrow, it disconnects and gets to H+ connection. (This happens all the time)
Now I maybe thought it was a sim problem so I went and replaced it, but no luck, still the same problem. The guy in the store said that my provider (proximus) probably has no agreement with T-mobile Germany for the use of 3G and 4G...
Another question...
Which firmware can be installed on my note 2 LTE? Is it possible to install firmware from other countries without any carries stuff on?
Can anyone help me? What should I do?
Thank you in advance
Lode

4G Compatibility Htc one M8 from Thailand into UK networks

Hello everyone and thanks in advance for any help you will provide to me !
To make it short, i bought an HTC one m8 in Thailand three month ago.
I did get 4G in France (Bouygues Network) but I moved to London last week and I do not get 4G on the O2 network.
So my questions are :
- Is there a network in the UK compatible with my phone LTE ?
- Can I modify anything on the phone to make it work ?
- Or do I have to be happy with 3G ? (Please no)
Thanks for those willing to help me !