The people that pre-ordered from Rogers would be receiving units by now. Anything unique besides the branding ? Are features same? And what are the frequenecies listed on the side of the box? (pics please)
Anything else different or unique from what has been written about the AT&T model, please post here.
Picked up the Lumia 900 from my local Rogers store yesterday as soon as I got the call.
As you mentioned, the box is slightly different than what I've seen from the AT&T unboxing videos.
The unit itself thankfully has no Rogers branding whatsoever on it, so the Nokia logo is nicely centered unlike the AT&T version.
Another thing of note I guess is that the rogers version comes with a nokia in-ear headset (albeit cheap-looking).
Everything else is pretty much the same as the ATT (except no "Do not TXT and Drive" warning adhesive on device, just clear plastic ).
Sorry for no pics but I can list the frequencies for you that is on side of box:
Nokia 900.1 RM -808 ROGCA Black
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA/HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
Hope that helps!
keepo12 said:
Picked up the Lumia 900 from my local Rogers store yesterday as soon as I got the call.
As you mentioned, the box is slightly different than what I've seen from the AT&T unboxing videos.
The unit itself thankfully has no Rogers branding whatsoever on it, so the Nokia logo is nicely centered unlike the AT&T version.
Another thing of note I guess is that the rogers version comes with a nokia in-ear headset (albeit cheap-looking).
Everything else is pretty much the same as the ATT (except no "Do not TXT and Drive" warning adhesive on device, just clear plastic ).
Sorry for no pics but I can list the frequencies for you that is on side of box:
Nokia 900.1 RM -808 ROGCA Black
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA/HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
Hope that helps!
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Pics of the HSPA Bands? I wonder if the ATT version just has the 900/1700 bands disabled through firmware
keepo12 said:
Sorry for no pics but I can list the frequencies for you that is on side of box:
Nokia 900.1 RM -808 ROGCA Black
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA/HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
Hope that helps!
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HELLO !!! Those specs are very nice !! If those bands are true
WCDMA/HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100, then if unlocked should work quite nicely with Mobilicity. T-Mobile people in the USA will want to take note !
I'll have to see if Rogers store has got any to sell. I'm not a Rogers customer and could not do a pre-order.
you guys could go to the website lol.
heres a pic, sorry for my awesome circle
http://i42.tinypic.com/o925qf.png
There IS a Rogers boot logo when you start up the phone unfortunately. Rogers also preinstalled a few apps but like all WPs, these are removable.
(Got mine yesterday as well)
Love to see a pic of the front. These are unlocked?
stratax said:
you guys could go to the website lol.
heres a pic, sorry for my awesome circle
http://i42.tinypic.com/o925qf.png
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Well in typical fashion what is stated on the website and what is on the side of the box don't match ! This is why I ask the question because websites are hand typed by humans and they get it wrong. Especially at Rogers ! When I bought my Lumia 710 there, the specs on the website had no mention of 1700/2100 bands, yet the box had it listed. I unlocked my 710 and works like a charm on Mobilicity.
The box for the Lumia 900 is exactly what the 710 has, and there is no mention of LTE bands on the box at all. So more investigation is needed. But this is very encouraging to see.
I have verified at a WirelessWave kiosk (they had stock), and called a few Rogers store, and found a 1 store with stock. I would have bought it at WirelessWave but they would only sell off contract with a protection plan. The protection plan was another $100. No thanks!
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA/HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
On my way out the door in 10 minutes. Need to do some more reading first.
If these are unlockable and have unrestricted tethering I think we have a real winner on our hands for using with T-Mobile.
What is the tethering situation?
It has potential. Here is a picture from the unit that I just bought. No pre-order, no waiting, just called around to see who had stock. Rogers store just south of me had them. I asked if they would sell off contract and they said sure. Went to store, no muss no fuss, checked the spec before making purchase, and here is the picture!
Will try to unlock now. I suspect that might take a day or two by the sounds of things.
Okay... paid for unlock code.. 35 minutes later... it arrived !
Now the snag... seems I'm not getting any reception. Wireless (WiFi) works, but no cell reception or carrier name coming up.
Checking in Nokia Apps, there is no Network Setup App on the phone or appearing to be available in the Market Place. Uh-oh....
Anyone got any suggestions?
Well...
I'm also with Mobilicity and I've been waiting on a confirmation that the phone has the AWS Band 4 frequency (1700). I'm afraid to say that the Lumia 900 clearly doesn't have the necessary bands even though the box says it does. I got my hopes up too, but it seems pretty definitive here. If you unlocked it and popped in the Sim card you should get phone reception no problem, you would only need the network app to configure the Data, but phone should definitely show bars within a min or so.
This blows big time. I say return it now that you've confirmed it doesn't have the frequency. But, complain big time to Nokia, because this is not right! Absolutely ridiculous that the box lists the frequency!
Hmm... in Settings>system>cellular right now. Punched in the APN. It does find Bell, Telus and CDN Roaming. No matter what Mobilicity or Wind is not there. Not giving up on this yet....
but,
that's the settings for data. If the phone had the 1700 frequency it would work on it's own, at least the phone. You'd be able to make and receive calls. Every phone I ever used, once you pop in the SIM card, if it has the frequency it will work at least to make calls. I don't see what can be done. The settings on the phone are limited, even IF it has the frequency and it's been disabled or something, nothing we can do, we can't enable it
I'm bummed about this too. I have the Lumia 710 on Mobilicity and was hoping this bad boy would work.
Try restarting the phone, pulling out the battery for 30 sec, and doing a hard reset....although I don't think it would do much. Let me know.
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oops, forgot battery can't be pulled.
Yes... it could be Rogers has some kind of other lock on it ? When WiFi is tunred on I can surf no issue. I went to the Market Place and the Network Setup App is not there. Could be Rogers has a profile setup on the phone and that cannot be changed?
I have a Lumia 710 as well and that is on Mobilicity with no issue other than standard unlock. I think the bands are right on the box (I took a pic and posted) but seems there is some other kind of lock.
PS: the 900 is a completely sealed phone... cannot pull battery. Will try a factory reset though.
PaullikesWINMO said:
Okay... paid for unlock code.. 35 minutes later... it arrived !
Now the snag... seems I'm not getting any reception. Wireless (WiFi) works, but no cell reception or carrier name coming up.
Checking in Nokia Apps, there is no Network Setup App on the phone or appearing to be available in the Market Place. Uh-oh....
Anyone got any suggestions?
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Where did you pay for the unlock code, exactly? I'm skeptical about most places. Thanks!
PaullikesWINMO said:
Yes... it could be Rogers has some kind of other lock on it ? When WiFi is tunred on I can surf no issue. I went to the Market Place and the Network Setup App is not there. Could be Rogers has a profile setup on the phone and that cannot be changed?
I have a Lumia 710 as well and that is on Mobilicity with no issue other than standard unlock. I think the bands are right on the box (I took a pic and posted) but seems there is some other kind of lock.
PS: the 900 is a completely sealed phone... cannot pull battery. Will try a factory reset though.
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According to Nokia, the Lumia 710 doesn't even HAVE the 1700MHz frequency. So how does it work exactly?
Update: Ok, so the US page has WCDMA Band IV which is 1700 for the Lumia 710. The Lumia 900 has LTE Band 4 which is 1700. Does Wind/Mobilicity support LTE?
MrGreencastle said:
Where did you pay for the unlock code, exactly? I'm skeptical about most places. Thanks!
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I bought it here....
http://www.remotecellunlock.com
Have used them before as well and they were quick.
JMackey said:
According to Nokia, the Lumia 710 doesn't even HAVE the 1700MHz frequency. So how does it work exactly?
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This is why the old saying... read the label... set a better table ! lol....
this might help.....
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_lumia_710-4276.php
I've been using the Nokia Lumia 710 from Rogers for well over a month now on Mobilicity. Was hoping the Lumia 900 would work is same fashion. I'm close but I think Rogers has got it locked down more than standard lock.
okay.. here is the picture again of the label that is on the box for the Rogers Nokia Lumia 900. It clearly reads:
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA/HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
Hi all you guys,
I'm going to buy Nokia Lumia 900 with Rogers, wondering if we can unlock these. If you have any news, please let me know. Thanks so much !
I used www.cellunlocker.net it cost me about $ 8.99
Jeeverz said:
I used it cost me about $ 8.99
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tks bro. contact them now.
I unlocked mine there on 26th and it worked fine, but price I paid was $16.99 for the Lumia 900
Just wondering whats the pros of unlocking ?
- Does any other carrier in Canada has LTE ?
- If i take to europe, will it work on their LTE ?
- After unlocking when i connect to zune, can an AT&T Lumia 900 Update will pop up for my Lumia 900 ?
- Does any other carrier in Canada has LTE ?
Telus has LTE, not sure about Bel, Fido well have it in the coming future as I'm sure Bell will also if they don't already.
- If i take to europe, will it work on their LTE ?
As long as the band was supported
- After unlocking when i connect to zune, can an AT&T Lumia 900 Update will pop up for my Lumia 900 ?
Only real issue you're going to get is that you won't be able to send/receive MMS until/if Nokia releases the Network Setup App in North America or someone figures out how to hack/enable ADC.
Yes
Bell has LTE as well.
I use mine on TELUS and LTE works.
In Europe it won't work as Europe adopted different frequencies for LTE.
So, the Lumia 800 (US version) RM-819, shows the Tango Update available in Navifirm. But the only device still showing nothing is Nokia's flagship device the Lumia 900. this is ridiculous
The international versions have it, only at&t doesn't. Lookup RM-823
Sent from my Lumia 900 using Board Express
http://www.nokia.com/global/support/software-update/lumia/america/availability/
chrisz5z said:
The international versions have it, only at&t doesn't. Lookup RM-823
Sent from my Lumia 900 using Board Express
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I know, but the Lumia 800 is also on AT&T and its already showing the firmware update on Navifirm.
Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not being worked on or available. The last AT&T update for the 900 didn't show up on the site until 1-2 weeks after it was released.
I have a factory unlocked Lumia 900. And my Area is about to get 4G connection.
Will I be able to use it?
Somewhere I remember reading about 4G being exclusive to AT&T... I'm not sure.
Thank you in advance.
Sent from my Lumia 900 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
If your phone is model RM-808, you have 4G support. If it's RM-823, then, according to our current knowledge, no. (The RM-823 is missing one PA chip compared to the RM-808 - however, I doubt that that's the only PA used in the RM-808 for 4G. AFAIK the RM-808 is 4G multiband.)
EDIT: The RM-808 supports LTE on bands 700, 1700 and 2100 MHz.
It's an RM823... No luck I guess.
Thank you for the reply.
Sent from my Lumia 900 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
Only ATT version has LTE, all other versions have 3G only. Good news is that if you have T-mobile LTE works in most major cities after you run Nokia Network Setup program.
Only for T-Mobile USA. I guess the OP is not American.
I have an AT&T Lumia 900 and I noticed that it has only English and Espanol language. I noticed that Rogers' 7.8 Rom is 60MB larger and I guess it will come with Chinese language too.
I wonder if I can flash Rogers' ROM to AT&T Lumia 900? Has anyone try this option?
Flash Rogers' Lumia 900 (RM-808) 2175.2301.9779.12222 (059P7D1) ROM to AT&T Lumia 900 (RM-808) 2175.2301.8779.12223 (059M7R3)
jasonring said:
I have an AT&T Lumia 900 and I noticed that it has only English and Espanol language. I noticed that Rogers' 7.8 Rom is 60MB larger and I guess it will come with Chinese language too.
I wonder if I can flash Rogers' ROM to AT&T Lumia 900? Has anyone try this option?
Flash Rogers' Lumia 900 (RM-808) 2175.2301.9779.12222 (059P7D1) ROM to AT&T Lumia 900 (RM-808) 2175.2301.8779.12223 (059M7R3)
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Not sure if this is going to be helpful, but I have an unlocked Lumia 900, which came from Rogers. I updated it on january to 7.8 with zune when Microsoft released the update, but I was annoyed by the fact that internet sharing still didn't work (it was not working on 7.5). After learning that the issue was because a restriction Rogers puts in place, I read that some were having success flashing the TELCEL MX variant ROM with Nokia Care suite to the Rogers Lumia. I tried to do that, but the Nokia Care Suite refused to flash that ROM, since the product code of my phone (Rogers cyan Lumia 900) didn't match the product code of the ROM I was trying to flash. But then I downgraded the phone to 7.5 again using Nokia Care Suite (the corresponding Rogers cyan 7.5 ROM), and while being on 7.5, Nokia Care Suite happily flashed the phone with the TELCEL MX ROM. Then I upgraded to 7.8 with zune. Now Internet Sharing works (and as an added bonus, the phone is unbranded).
Long story short: If you have already upgraded to 7.8 (which I assume you have), then downgrade to your corresponding 7.5 ROM, and then try flashing with Nokia Care Suite the ROM of your preference (as long as the ROM you chose belongs to the same product, RM-808 ROM to a RM-808 phone, or RM-823 to a RM-823 phone). I personally recommend the TELCEL MX LTE variant (for a RM-808 phone), since internet sharing works, and it has the language you are looking for.
Nice find. Unfortunately this works only on the Rogers devices... AT&T version doesn't.
Connection sharing working on ATT branded
aquanaut88 said:
Nice find. Unfortunately this works only on the Rogers devices... AT&T version doesn't.
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Not sure about the language packs but my ATT branded but unlocked lumia 900 has internet connection sharing working using TMobile sim. I used it for months as my only home internet since Brooklyn NY was on 1900MHZ. I'll need to try if it still works using net 10 ATT sim
Good to know
flyingroach said:
Not sure about the language packs but my ATT branded but unlocked lumia 900 has internet connection sharing working using TMobile sim. I used it for months as my only home internet since Brooklyn NY was on 1900MHZ. I'll need to try if it still works using net 10 ATT sim
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I thought the AT&T Lumia 900s could only get 2G connections. Very interesting.
Is it possible to extract the language from this Telcel mx Rom ? And send it with cap Sender to att Rom ?
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