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OK. So I am looking to buy the Bell HTC Desire Z to run CM on it... but I haven't heard of any confirmed roots yet. Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks
It's been rooted since the same time as the G2, earlier this month. CM 6.1 RC2 runs fine on it.
Yea so the same root as for the G2 works on the Bell Desire Z?
Beast11 said:
Yea so the same root as for the G2 works on the Bell Desire Z?
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Yes i have the desire z.look at our android development section. Root is easy as cake
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It's the same thing.
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It's the same thing.
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That is the answer i was looking for... Thanks. Gotta get my Galaxy S back from service then sell it to someone, and i'll have a Desire Z as well
Right now the Desire Z has its own set of forums. But this is causing a lot of overlap and duplication of efforts, so hopefully they'll be merged soon.
Right now the procedures to root your Bell DZ are in the DZ forums.
steviewevie said:
Right now the Desire Z has its own set of forums. But this is causing a lot of overlap and duplication of efforts, so hopefully they'll be merged soon.
Right now the procedures to root your Bell DZ are in the DZ forums.
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Oh wow...i completely missed that.
Yo I hope it's not too late.
Don't buy it from Bell at $499.95 no contract. It won't work cause you are fido. It will only work if you have a friend who is on the Bell network buy it for you. And even if you manage such a feat it is still too expensive.
I got my G2 off of this guy on Craiglist. It was brand new (even the battery had the little plastic thing on it), and I got it for $480.
I unlocked it, and even though it is a T-Mobile phone it works for Fido no problem.
BTW where in mississauga do you live?
I'm sure Square One might have some unlocking service.
Though if they don't, or if they have expensive ones, go to
mobileincanada.com.
They are the best there is.
convolution said:
Yo I hope it's not too late.
Don't buy it from Bell at $499.95 no contract. It won't work cause you are fido. It will only work if you have a friend who is on the Bell network buy it for you. And even if you manage such a feat it is still too expensive.
I got my G2 off of this guy on Craiglist. It was brand new (even the battery had the little plastic thing on it), and I got it for $480.
I unlocked it, and even though it is a T-Mobile phone it works for Fido no problem.
BTW where in mississauga do you live?
I'm sure Square One might have some unlocking service.
Though if they don't, or if they have expensive ones, go to
mobileincanada.com.
They are the best there is.
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What do you mean it wont work? it wont work on fido's network or the price isnt worth it? I'm also thinking of getting it from Bell.
lollipox said:
What do you mean it wont work? it wont work on fido's network or the price isnt worth it? I'm also thinking of getting it from Bell.
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I have mine running on Telus. It will work fine all 4 carriers (GSM and HSPA).
The TMobile version will not have 3g on Fido.
I got mine from Best Buy but I had to get manager's permission as I was not with Bell. The phone was only available for Bell customers when I got it. If they hassle you ask for the manager. They can make it happen.
It works just fine on fido...mine does. Bestbuy can sell it no porblem. Go to the queensway one as they sold it to me there. Yes you do pay a premium but i dont mind the extra cash as its brand new with a receipt with my name on it.
I mean you being a Fido customer just mosey on up to a Bell store to buy the Desire Z outright with no plan won't work.
It does work with Fido network.
I bought mine on Pay As You Go for $499 from Bell. Unlocked it and I'm now using it on Rogers.
Only issue is I can't send or receive MMS messages. I think it's just an APN issue thought. Mobile internet (3G and HSDPA) works great.
I never even tried MMS. Did you have to pay an activation fee?
No
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DVDWSN said:
I bought mine on Pay As You Go for $499 from Bell. Unlocked it and I'm now using it on Rogers.
Only issue is I can't send or receive MMS messages. I think it's just an APN issue thought. Mobile internet (3G and HSDPA) works great.
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Yea i think there is a separate APN for MMS.
I know abt the thing where bell doesnt let you buy it unless you are with them... I went through my cousin to get my sgs (unfourtunately). But will bb sell it to you if your not on bell?? Cause that could be ideal and i wouldnt have to pay the extra $20 bell charges for an upgrade to existing customers.
And i cant find anyone on kijiji selling it... like there is no one...
convolution said:
Yo I hope it's not too late.
Don't buy it from Bell at $499.95 no contract. It won't work cause you are fido. It will only work if you have a friend who is on the Bell network buy it for you. And even if you manage such a feat it is still too expensive.
I got my G2 off of this guy on Craiglist. It was brand new (even the battery had the little plastic thing on it), and I got it for $480.
I unlocked it, and even though it is a T-Mobile phone it works for Fido no problem.
BTW where in mississauga do you live?
I'm sure Square One might have some unlocking service.
Though if they don't, or if they have expensive ones, go to
mobileincanada.com.
They are the best there is.
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Yea, unlcoking im not worried abt because the new root method unlocks the phone (im sorry if you paid to get it unlocked lol). And the Tmobile G2 will work on Bell/ Fido/ Rogers/ Telus, but without 3G speeds... and that is a requirement for me...
I'm a Rogers subscriber who purchased a Bell Desire Z outright last night. Played with it at work and then until almost 6am!! LOL
It was so tough to root for me....... because I mistakenly didn't have the gfree file in the directory and made another stupid mistake. Rooted, using a global stock ROM with ADWLauncher and the 1.4GHz kernal as I don't like the custom roms all too much. This is a HUGE leap forward from my Xperia X10. So happy right now (and tired!)
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Those jerks at my local Bell stored tried to make me pay a 30 dollar activation fee.
Bastards...
Craigslist is always ftw.
One stupid question. Can I put a different Sim card in the Telus Desire HD out of the box? I will try to buy one directly from the Telus website, and I won't be using it in Canada, so do I need to activate it or something before I can use it with a different type of sim card?
It's amazing how hard it is to get a new phone with the right 3G bands!! In my country the only 3G bands available are 850/1900, just like AT&T, so the Desire HD will be the next best thing after the Nexus One.
Thanks for your help.
Yes, mine was bought unlocked, and works perfectly with At&t. Telus version, of course. I can answer any other questions you might have.
Thanks for your help. You got the AT&T 3G bands working then? And how did you get yours? Because the Telus website won't send phones outside Canada. Mabey Ebay is an option.
And also, I've heard that it's easy to root the phone using unrevoked, and maybe that way you can use some kind of flavor of Gingerbread. Maybe CM7.
Thanks for your help.
I got it from here: http://negrielectronics.com/htc-desire-hd-ace-sense-850-1900-3gblack-unlocked.html
I pre-ordered it Dec. 29th, and forgot about it completely. I was going to get the At&t version, but they sent a email saying it already shipped!
Either way, I haven't rooted it yet b/c people have been saying that they've lot sound with the s-off method. I probably will when more people are successful
Thank you. I will consider that site. And I agree with you, it's better to wait until the root process is reliable.
Thanks for your help.
Ok... long story short, tmobile slowed my 4G the first month I got my G2 because I exceeded 5GB... that's BS if u ask me consider I pay for unlimitied... but its whatever. Next billing cycle rolls around, and my 4G is still at the pace of a snail. SpeedTest app is testing in @ a BLAZING speed of 0.03-0.05mbps with full 4G connection. Got a new sim, now they are sending me a new G2. Works for me ...
Anyway... they want my old G2 and I feel as though if they receive a phone all modded up they may say... "woah, he screwed his phone up himself..." so right now I'm rooted, s-off, running gingermex rom, updated radio and kernel... which was all easy to do... but getting back to stock seems a little more intricate. Maybe somebody knows what's wrong with my device since t-mobile is no longer slowing my speeds.. and yet they are still slow. Tried multiple radios, no success.. any input here on either matter will be greatly appreciated! Thanks
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Ok... long story short, tmobile slowed my 4G the first month I got my G2 because I exceeded 5GB... that's BS if u ask me consider I pay for unlimitied... but its whatever. Next billing cycle rolls around, and my 4G is still at the pace of a snail. SpeedTest app is testing in @ a BLAZING speed of 0.03-0.05mbps with full 4G connection. Got a new sim, now they are sending me a new G2. Works for me ...
Anyway... they want my old G2 and I feel as though if they receive a phone all modded up they may say... "woah, he screwed his phone up himself..." so right now I'm rooted, s-off, running gingermex rom, updated radio and kernel... which was all easy to do... but getting back to stock seems a little more intricate. Maybe somebody knows what's wrong with my device since t-mobile is no longer slowing my speeds.. and yet they are still slow. Tried multiple radios, no success.. any input here on either matter will be greatly appreciated! Thanks
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You don't need a new phone, you should have just wiped the throttle data and it would have been fine. Throttling is initiated on the PHONE side.
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You don't need a new phone, you should have just wiped the throttle data and it would have been fine. Throttling is initiated on the PHONE side.
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How is this task done? Please advise and thanks for the reply! But tmo throttled me over their network..
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Have done numberous wipes, new roms, radios, repartitioning... search only turns up old methods that don't work... help?
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Usually on phone replacements they send you the new one and you ship back the old with attached packing slips. So if that's the case then they can't do much about it. They want the old one to refurbish and make an extra bit of change
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Spastic909 said:
Usually on phone replacements they send you the new one and you ship back the old with attached packing slips. So if that's the case then they can't do much about it. They want the old one to refurbish and make an extra bit of change
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They would void is warranty for future replacements.
Best thing to do is drop that phone in water for an hour than put it in the shipping package.
They said the main thing for me getting the g2 replaced was that everything worked, no damage.. so no water lol. I wanna know how to do the "wipe throttle data" that was previously mentioned.
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Ok... long story short, tmobile slowed my 4G the first month I got my G2 because I exceeded 5GB... that's BS if u ask me consider I pay for unlimitied... but its whatever. Next billing cycle rolls around, and my 4G is still at the pace of a snail. SpeedTest app is testing in @ a BLAZING speed of 0.03-0.05mbps with full 4G connection. Got a new sim, now they are sending me a new G2. Works for me ...
Anyway... they want my old G2 and I feel as though if they receive a phone all modded up they may say... "woah, he screwed his phone up himself..." so right now I'm rooted, s-off, running gingermex rom, updated radio and kernel... which was all easy to do... but getting back to stock seems a little more intricate. Maybe somebody knows what's wrong with my device since t-mobile is no longer slowing my speeds.. and yet they are still slow. Tried multiple radios, no success.. any input here on either matter will be greatly appreciated! Thanks
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The going back to stock guide is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Returning_to_Stock
have fun - Guhl
Thank you very much....
.... still curious of how to "wipe throttle data". Have replaces service.jar and also removed the "throttle" folder and all its contents from /data. They come right back when phone reboots. Was able to access throttle folder and its contents using DroidExplorer. Too bad I can't get them to go away for good..
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bumpp... help?
Nothing I know of will work, currently. Sorry.
Vision rooted, booted and scooted
How did you go over the 5GB data "cap?" Tethering? I've watched movies over Netflix with my laptop, but I've never been able to even get close to that 5GB. I use netcounter to keep track.
Also, I don't believe there is currently a working method.
Tethering and "large downloads" such as movies and MAD ROMS lol...
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Got new G2 today.. brand new. Before sim insertion inside root/data there is NO throttle folder... after I put sim in and turn on root/data/THROTTLE magically appears.. tmo is f*ing with me and I don't like this.. any help will be appreciated..
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purplxhaze420 said:
Got new G2 today.. brand new. Before sim insertion inside root/data there is NO throttle folder... after I put sim in and turn on root/data/THROTTLE magically appears.. tmo is f*ing with me and I don't like this.. any help will be appreciated..
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Maybe the throttle folder is there simply because you have gone over in the past - they might not actually be throttling your data. I would recommend getting mobile signal widget and going to somewhere with HSPA+ data rates, and then doing several speed tests with various applications.
If you still have the issue, you probably should talk with customer service. If you can't get it resolved, I hate to say it, but you may want to switch carriers.
You could also try getting ahold of people on XDA that have worked on removing evidence of throttling on the phone side.
Good luck man! Sorry to hear you're still having the issue. This 5GB cap is ridiculous - they should not be able to call this "unlimited data."
I have honestly been considering switching carriers. I have already told them I will most likely cancel, and refuse to pay 200 to do so if I choose. Customer service has been completely wretched. I know it sounds kind of like a conspiracy or something, but I have called like 13 times today and maybe 8 of the calls were "dropped"... IMO they are hanging up on me because they can't provide any help! Numerous of the reps were supervisors,too! I have never had a problem with tmo and this is like bad... I can't understand them they all sound like the same indian woman changing her name every time she answers lol...
People are saying in older threads that this happens with the services.jar that is in root/system/framework... anybody have any more ideas? Relatively desperate..lol
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Maybe the throttle folder is there simply because you have gone over in the past - they might not actually be throttling your data. I would recommend getting mobile signal widget and going to somewhere with HSPA+ data rates, and then doing several speed tests with various applications.
If you still have the issue, you probably should talk with customer service. If you can't get it resolved, I hate to say it, but you may want to switch carriers.
You could also try getting ahold of people on XDA that have worked on removing evidence of throttling on the phone side.
Good luck man! Sorry to hear you're still having the issue. This 5GB cap is ridiculous - they should not be able to call this "unlimited data."
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Went to tmobile store lady was able to get a trouble ticket filed and she said an engineer should be contacting her or me by noon tomorrow.. we shall see.
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Ok... long story short, tmobile slowed my 4G the first month I got my G2 because I exceeded 5GB... that's BS if u ask me consider I pay for unlimitied..
well, you are getting unlimited data, just not at the speed of 4G
Exactly.. that's tmo's loophole. My issue is.. that was last billing cycle and I've used barle 100mb this month...
Issue remains unadressed by tmo, and unsolved on my end.
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Ok... long story short, tmobile slowed my 4G the first month I got my G2 because I exceeded 5GB... that's BS if u ask me consider I pay for unlimitied..
well, you are getting unlimited data, just not at the speed of 4G
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gotcha
sorry cant help you out then =/ wish I could but that must SUCK
Firmware : 1.66.661.3
Baseband: 20.67.30.0831U_3831.15.00.28_M
I noticed my phone has an amazing amount of bloatware on it. I was wondering since I have the Canadian version if I'm able to flash any other roms? I see a lot are Europe/Asia and I imagine are not compatible. I had the galaxy ace before this and remember losing the ability to connect to Koodo (my provider) without the Canadian version of their baseband.
Also with unlocking bootloader/rooting/flashing CWM, are there any repercussions since I have the canadian HTC phone? (t320a)
Thanks all.
chevymeister said:
Firmware : 1.66.661.3
Baseband: 20.67.30.0831U_3831.15.00.28_M
I noticed my phone has an amazing amount of bloatware on it. I was wondering since I have the Canadian version if I'm able to flash any other roms? I see a lot are Europe/Asia and I imagine are not compatible. I had the galaxy ace before this and remember losing the ability to connect to Koodo (my provider) without the Canadian version of their baseband.
Also with unlocking bootloader/rooting/flashing CWM, are there any repercussions since I have the canadian HTC phone? (t320a)
Thanks all.
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as far as i know it must have no problems
dont just say thanks hit thanks if i helped
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I have the Koodo phone, exact same firmware as you. I haven't had any problems with CWM, rooting, unlocking, flashing, etc.
You should be fine.
Alright, awesome! So most of these roms, even though the ruu is from eur/asia it won't change my baseband or anything? Gonna love getting rid of all this bloatware.
chevymeister said:
Firmware : 1.66.661.3
Baseband: 20.67.30.0831U_3831.15.00.28_M
I noticed my phone has an amazing amount of bloatware on it. I was wondering since I have the Canadian version if I'm able to flash any other roms? I see a lot are Europe/Asia and I imagine are not compatible. I had the galaxy ace before this and remember losing the ability to connect to Koodo (my provider) without the Canadian version of their baseband.
Also with unlocking bootloader/rooting/flashing CWM, are there any repercussions since I have the canadian HTC phone? (t320a)
Thanks all.
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What bloatware if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks man
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jmitr said:
What bloatware if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks man
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After rooting you can use titanium backup to uninstall "system" apps that are operator bloatware, or even manufacturer bloatware.
Edit 2: Arrgghhh stupid tapatalk, I meant this as an edit to my previous post, my apologies for the unintentional double post.
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Edit:
After rooting you can use titanium backup to uninstall "system" apps that are operator bloatware, or even manufacturer bloatware.
Edit 2: Arrgghhh stupid tapatalk, I meant this as an edit to my previous post, my apologies for the unintentional double post.
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This is most likely the solution to my problem then. It just has stuff like Dropbox, Twitter and a bunch of other apps I'll never use and don't want on my phone. Lol. Plus I'd like to run Adfree and a few other root worthy programs
chevymeister said:
This is most likely the solution to my problem then. It just has stuff like Dropbox, Twitter and a bunch of other apps I'll never use and don't want on my phone. Lol. Plus I'd like to run Adfree and a few other root worthy programs
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Ah cool, I use dropbox, twitter etc.
Totally agree with root, TB, adfree to name a few are pretty much necessary!
I was hoping by bloatware you didn't mean at&t or verizon style bloat, in Canada most provides are not that bad with carrier bloat. Bell is the worst and their phones are stock compared to their American counterparts! Never had a Koodo phone, and I'm planning on unlocking it and using it on Telus, so I was curious about any carrier bloat (dropbox and twitter are HTC added programs).
One more thing, with the free 25gb of storage you get with the purchase of the One V, why don't you give dropbox a try? That's a sweet amount of free cloud storage to add to google drive.
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Ah cool, I use dropbox, twitter etc.
Totally agree with root, TB, adfree to name a few are pretty much necessary!
I was hoping by bloatware you didn't mean at&t or verizon style bloat, in Canada most provides are not that bad with carrier bloat. Bell is the worst and their phones are stock compared to their American counterparts! Never had a Koodo phone, and I'm planning on unlocking it and using it on Telus, so I was curious about any carrier bloat (dropbox and twitter are HTC added programs).
One more thing, with the free 25gb of storage you get with the purchase of the One V, why don't you give dropbox a try? That's a sweet amount of free cloud storage to add to google drive.
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Just to help you out and potentially save you some money (if you unlock it through Koodo), but a locked Koodo phone will still be able to use a Telus SIM without any issues; at least, they used to last summer. I have no clue if the reverse is true, but I'd assume it would be.
I would never use that much space on my phone, I also have 4 tb of space on my home pc's. I'm not hurting.
Also to the prior post, I believe that's correct. Koodo is a subsidiary of telus so I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Does anyone have the RUU for the Koodo/Telus version or know where to get it?
Thanks in advance
Well if it's easy to do, I'm up for helping.
chevymeister said:
I would never use that much space on my phone, I also have 4 tb of space on my home pc's. I'm not hurting.
Also to the prior post, I believe that's correct. Koodo is a subsidiary of telus so I don't see why it wouldn't work.
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No probs,
To TelusHTCHero as well, already knew telus / koodo were compatable as Koodo is a sub-brand of Telus running on the same network. The fact that it takes a full size sim unlike the rest of the One series is a cool selling point too, after unlocking ($14.99 btw) I can just drop the sim card in from my desire and away I go.
Telus wants to charge $289.99 no term / $189.99 2 year / $229.99 1 year. $175 Koodo no term plus $14.99 unlocking is a no brainer. I got my desire by pre-order August 2010, for the standard 3 year contract, so unless I wait another 8-12 months I will have to pay a penalty to cancel my current contract.
After buying a top of the line phone (Desire) and watching it become obsolete for all intents I will never again sign a three year term, technology moves too fast and I want my new toys sooner! The One V has a newer (though similar clocked) processor, better screen (I compared the two side by side), better camera, no storage issues like the desire, etc etc and cheaper than a Galaxy SIII on a 3 year term off contract? Sold, while waiting to see what the HTC "Two" series brings!
Cheers guys, hopefully I can join you soon as a One V owner.
You can't really compare it to an s3 though. It's only arm7 and the adreno 205.
I'm sure the s3 has a way better gpu and is an a9 cpu. That would explain the price difference. Realistically I only go with cost/performance phones and I only pay 30/month at koodo. The phone cost me 25 bucks for a great phone that has ICS. Surely a great replacement for my galaxy ace.
Hey quick question. If a ruu is uploaded here, do we need to use the WWE ones if we are from Canada? I noticed my software version is a little past the posted WWE versions.
I have no clue about compatibility or which ruu's to use so I'm a little scared attempting to tinker with my phone with no backup. Lol.
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Hey quick question. If a ruu is uploaded here, do we need to use the WWE ones if we are from Canada? I noticed my software version is a little past the posted WWE versions.
I have no clue about compatibility or which ruu's to use so I'm a little scared attempting to tinker with my phone with no backup. Lol.
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The WWE will be compatible, once you root use clockwork to do a full ROM backup and your good to go.
The only thing RUUs are good for are " warranty backups" as flashing them will lose root and s-off etc. For this, a carrier RUU is best.
If you can return it for exchange at a store, a rooted backup works, most mobile store employees wouldn't know a rooted phone If it slapped them in the face!
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So I need to unlock bootloader, then cwm, backup.. and I'll still have stock with OTA updates? I guess that's all I need.
I beleive that as soon as you unlock, you loose the OTA updates. At least that's how it is with my transformer Prime. As far as getting the phone from Koodo to get on Telus network, I don't know why you would do that as they are physically the same network, just different as virtual networks. I'm on Koodo, periodically I look the other providers and still can't get a better deal for phone + data. There is always 6 gigs a month with Fido but you need to get 3 years contract with penalty, so ---
Anyway. Coming from the optimus one this is quite a good phone. I put the mocado rom + titanium kernel, excellent combination ! You just have to manually add your APN for Koodo and here you go.
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I beleive that as soon as you unlock, you loose the OTA updates. At least that's how it is with my transformer Prime. As far as getting the phone from Koodo to get on Telus network, I don't know why you would do that as they are physically the same network, just different as virtual networks. I'm on Koodo, periodically I look the other providers and still can't get a better deal for phone + data. There is always 6 gigs a month with Fido but you need to get 3 years contract with penalty, so ---
Anyway. Coming from the optimus one this is quite a good phone. I put the mocado rom + titanium kernel, excellent combination ! You just have to manually add your APN for Koodo and here you go.
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Nope, unlocking or rooting does not stop ota updates. Loading a custom ROM would, but then again flashing custom ROMs would negate the need for ota updates anyways.
As far as using a koodo phone on Telus. I have a great plan with them, 6gb data, north American calling, voicemail to text, lots of other extras. Lastly, I signed a three year contract for my Desire September 2010, still some time left. That's the attraction of the koodo One V, $175 plus hst = $196 plus $14.95 to unlock and use my current Telus sim.
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AFAIK Koodo won't sell you a phone at that price of 175 unless you are currently in a plan with them, unfortunately.
Also I've read you shouldn't flash OTA if you root/unlock bootloader for the chance you can brick your phone
Seeing as we in Canada are stuck with version 1.66 and the rest of the world is on 2.08 I think maybe I will switch to custom roms lol. I hope development really sparks here though.
Hi all, Iam about to upgrade my Desire S and have been looking at Galaxy S III. I have just had a chat to Trish at Tmobile UK and she offered a great deal on a new Samsung but when I asked if it would be LTE enabled out of the box or a software upgrade she said it wouldn't be enabled and couldn't give any date if it could be. So I will give it a few weeks and then ask again.
This is a dumb question. Lock and ban!
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There's no such thing as dumb questions. If you're in the UK I'm pretty sure your phone already canes LTE enable unlike the our version. If it doesn't come with the latest update you can simply update it yourself
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deviusdragger said:
This is a dumb question. Lock and ban!
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Nice thing to say in the Q&A section
If your phone is a international quad core then it will never have LTE because it does not have the hardware to support it.
The US dual core Snapdragon 4 phones have the hardware in them and should already support it.
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Nice thing to say in the Q&A section
If your phone is a international quad core then it will never have LTE because it does not have the hardware to support it.
The US dual core Snapdragon 4 phones have the hardware in them and should already support it.
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Actually...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/05/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-lte-korea-launch-date-july-9th/
ward360 said:
Nice thing to say in the Q&A section
If your phone is a international quad core then it will never have LTE because it does not have the hardware to support it.
The US dual core Snapdragon 4 phones have the hardware in them and should already support it.
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This is general.. but you are correct. But the T-Mobile US S3 does NOT AND NEVER WILL have LTE. The t999 does not have LTE hardware.
1SiK1500 said:
Actually...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/05/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-lte-korea-launch-date-july-9th/
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That's different. The i9300 will also never have LTE. The i9305 does however.
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Not this topic again did OP even ask a q? Or just tell us what happened with the rep?
The reason I contacted Tmobile UK is that we are about to get 4G and they are pushing it in adverts. Tmobile and Orange are to be named EE, this is the Email :-
Superfast is on its way
Hello John
Everything Everywhere, the company behind T-Mobile and Orange is about to launch a new brand called EE.
EE is the new brand for a digital age and will offer the UK's first mobile 4G network and Fibre Broadband for the home, along with the UK's biggest 3G network. 4G will give you superfast internet on the move, making things like downloads, Facebook® and YouTube™ unbelievably quick.
It's all good news for you
As a T-Mobile customer you'll now use EE's new 3G network, the biggest in the UK. Soon you'll start to see EE on your phone screen.
We will be replacing your local T-Mobile and Orange stores with exciting new EE stores, giving you access to almost twice as many stores as today. These EE stores will be staffed by teams of brilliantly helpful people – including specialists in smartphones and systems like Apple, BlackBerry®, Android and Microsoft.
As part of these changes, if you pay by Direct Debit, you'll notice that the name on your bank statement will change to "EE and T-Mobile" within the next two months.
Still the T-Mobile you know and love
You will continue to be a T-Mobile customer. Everything you love about T-Mobile will stay exactly the same. You'll still enjoy the same great value, and your number and plan details won't change either. If you have any further questions you'll find the answers here
Be one of the first to know
Be one of the first to find out about all the great things EE has to offer, including how to move from T-Mobile to EE to start enjoying 4G as soon as it's ready. Sign up now
It's going to be great
T-Mobile
I didn't want to lumber myself with a phone on a two year contract, so it's not a dumb question for us over here. Thanks for the other replies.
It says new 3G network? I'm really confused.. I think your best bet is to change the thread title and put UK so people know what you're talking about. The difference between the US and UK is pretty huge. You're not going to get much help because the LTE in the US on tmo topic has been beaten to death.
Come on people CLEAR thread titles! Please!!
I still stand behind my post. People should research what is LTE and how it works.
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I did research, have a look here :-
h t t p://www.t-mobile.co.uk/ee/?wt.mc_id=OFF_TMUK_V_ee&wt.tsrc=Vanity
h t t p://ee.co.uk/?wt.mc_id=ON_TMUK_C_breakcover-consumer&wt.tsrc=cross%20brand
I don't know if live links are allowed. Just take out the spaces.
You will see they have several phones which are LTE enabled. So they are saying it's going to work but the reply from Trish not yet. So I was hoping that someone here and some have given me the info. Your reply was US based and what I wanted was a UK answer.
I already answered it. The i9300 does NOT have LTE. The i9305 does. These are UK phones.
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Thanks joshnichols for that.
It's just we over here are getting crossed info and I didn't want to get locked into a long contract with a phone that may or may not work on their network, if it takes a few weeks so be it.
Thanks all.
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