I recently won a m8 in a contest. And through lots of searching I'm stuck, I live in the UK and my phone is from the US. I want to know if my phone has the right hardware to get lte on bands 3 and 7 as I'm on ee. But I cannot find out anywhere what hardware is inside the device, any suggestions? Thanks.
Check the preferred network (in settings) if you can enable lte connectivity.
Sent from HTC One m8, or maybe not anymore
LTE Bands
Hi!! a have the HTC One® Developer Edition (M8) and this supports the followings Bands in LTE: LTE Quad Band (Bands 17/4/2/5).
Check the exact model of your M8, with this tool: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.tritonsoft.cidgetter&hl=es-419
Cid code is needed to find your exact model and get the description of networks supporting.
Willham89 said:
I recently won a m8 in a contest. And through lots of searching I'm stuck, I live in the UK and my phone is from the US. I want to know if my phone has the right hardware to get lte on bands 3 and 7 as I'm on ee. But I cannot find out anywhere what hardware is inside the device, any suggestions? Thanks.
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Any carrier branding (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile) on the outside of the phone or on the OS (splash screen, etc.)? Mosts US M8s are branded, aside from Dev Edition, unlocked, or GPE.
As long as its a GSM M8 (Verizon and Sprint are CDMA/GSM) in theory you should be able to flash a different radio to get the proper band compatibility, even if your model doesn't officially support the needed LTE band (unlocking of bootloader and S-off required).
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Hello.
I'm wondering if anyone has had any success (or has even tried) unlocking LTE band 1 in a US model. I ordered an M9 but I am hoping to be able to unlock Band 1 to use it in Asia when I travel there.
I know there is a thread and people had some success adding bands to the M8, so just wondering if it'd work with the M9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
Thanks!
As far as I know, not possible on the M8 or M9. Where in that thread is the M8 referenced?
At the very least it was possible on the Verizon M8 for european bands:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55673438&postcount=475
duraaraa said:
At the very least it was possible on the Verizon M8 for european bands:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55673438&postcount=475
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Yes I believe that hack requires access to a menu found only on the CDMA menus.
I see. That's too bad. I wonder why they wouldn't just include Band 1 like so many other companies do.
Sorry for waking the dead
Check it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/how-to-change-network-bands-gsm-devices-t3135401
Hi all, I bought an HTC M9 from Asia and was very disappointed to learn that it does not work with Wind Mobile in Canada. Wind Mobile uses the AWS 1700 MHz band (same as T-mobile) which my phone does not carry. Will rooting enable the AWS band to allow me to use my phone with Wind?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
There are some variants of the HTC One M9 - do you know which one you have? For instance, is it branded to a particular carrier or is it a developer/unlocked version?
I don't know if bands can be unlocked, but we can at least help you find out what bands are supported by the variant you have.
Technically, I think (and someone with greater knowledge will have to confirm) a radio image from a variant that works with the 1700mhz band should do the trick. If, and only if, you variant support the band. Post all var info from download mode. Fastboot Getvar all while in download mode, iirc.
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TwinAdk
If it's the developers version. They don't have 1700. Been like that since m8
This didn't work in M7, or M8.. Sorry really doubtful if it will work on M9
That's bad news..
Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't HTC explicitly mention the 1700 AWS band as supported on the developer/unlocked versions of the M9? Perhaps someone with more experience & expertise can confirm.
computerslayer said:
Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't HTC explicitly mention the 1700 AWS band as supported on the developer/unlocked versions of the M9? Perhaps someone with more experience & expertise can confirm.
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Hi,
Anybody has any updates or success regarding this? I am still having problems getting 1700 AWS working with my M9. (M9u international version) It will be great if someone could just let me know if they have done it previously (or not), so at least I know it is possible or if I should stop trying!
Thank you.
peekolo
How to know which LTE band?
Hi!
I know that this has been talked before, but I could not find anything that works.
I have bought a HTC M8 dual sim in switzerland. Back in Argentina, I tried to make 4G work, and, of course, it doesn't.
I have read that there is some chance to change the band, by the qualcomm.
so.. how do I know which band(S) does my phone have?
Thanks in advance!
I use "LTE Discovery" App. Available on the Play Store.
xxopiumxx said:
Hi!
I know that this has been talked before, but I could not find anything that works.
I have bought a HTC M8 dual sim in switzerland. Back in Argentina, I tried to make 4G work, and, of course, it doesn't.
I have read that there is some chance to change the band, by the qualcomm.
so.. how do I know which band(S) does my phone have?
Thanks in advance!
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According to this webpage, it supports LTE bands 3, 7, 8 and 20. And according to list of LTE bands by country on Wiki, Argentina uses LTE band 4. So it makes sense that you don't have LTE.
While radios are typically interchangeable among "regular" GSM M8 versions (s-off required to flash radios); this is not true for the Dual SIM. So while you are correct that band support is software based on the Snapdragon 801, the normal method to change bands is to flash another carrier version's radio. I don't think you have another version's radio to flash. Some folks have modified the the NV values on the CDMA M8 to change band support. But to my knowledge, nobody has gotten this to work on non-CDMA versions of the M8 (the changes just revert themselves after reboot).
I suspect you are out of luck. This is really something you should have researched before buying the phone.
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According to this webpage, it supports LTE bands 3, 7, 8 and 20. And according to list of LTE bands by country on Wiki, Argentina uses LTE band 4. So it makes sense that you don't have LTE.
While radios are typically interchangeable among "regular" GSM M8 versions (s-off required to flash radios); this is not true for the Dual SIM. So while you are correct that band support is software based on the Snapdragon 801, the normal method to change bands is to flash another carrier version's radio. I don't think you have another version's radio to flash. Some folks have modified the the NV values on the CDMA M8 to change band support. But to my knowledge, nobody has gotten this to work on non-CDMA versions of the M8 (the changes just revert themselves after reboot).
I suspect you are out of luck. This is really something you should have researched before buying the phone.
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I kind of did. This is an fantastic mobile, besides the LTE detail; and by buying it in europe I've spent less than half of its price in Arg. pitifully.. I need the dual SIM. So, still a win win.
I will try to modify the NV values with QXDM... maybe i still have some luck left.
thanks =D
Hi,
Does the German HTC One M8 has a Multi-band support for american networks?
thx
For T-Mo and AT&T, yes.
For Sprint and Verizon, no.
How can I find out which Version do I have? (I have bought it on ebay)
install adb & fastboot
reboot to fastboot
type " fastboot getvar all " in cmd
post the result after removing serialno and imei
Checked the mid. Bad luck Verizon :/ thanks anyway
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Meaning what, the US network you want to use is Verizon?
If so, than you need a Verizon version phone. No way around that, they don't have a GSM based network, its CDMA.
Also, even for AT&T and T-Mob US, a Euro version M8 won't have all the bands needed for LTE. Although, 3G and voice/SMS should work fine.
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I have the same problem?
siemre I used htc one m8 since 2014 and recently bought another because he had sold it turns out that changing operator in my country, El Salvador.
which it is the company Digicel and using the band 900 Mhz to 4G.
It is to change the m8 and is supposed to be international version but it turns out it's version of att as I can do to release the bands and use it with any operator.
greeting
This is not remotely the same problem. The OP has the German version, want to use it on a US network, possibly a CDMA one (Verizon - although that part is not clear per my comment above).
I'd return the phone, if you can. There is no guarantee you can get LTE 900 MHz running properly on this device. At a minimum, it would cost you $25 US to s-off by sunshine (unless its already s-off), and then you can flash a different radio baseband firmware. Even then, its not a sure thing that it will work on your LTE network. I've seen plenty of cases where phones properly "converted" to the proper band support, still won't work on the desired LTE band.
So the money for s-off may just be wasted (plus the time and effort). Plus, if the phone is not previously modified, you may be voiding whatever return/refund rights you have (if you have any).
I have a m8 asia version.
rooted, unlocked with a custom rom.
This is my phone spec with the supported freqs:
https://goo.gl/HLiiF2
Am I able to use at&t's 4G LTE service?
If not, what's the max I got with this phone?
If it's below a H+ I might consider buying a new one..
Thanks for the help!
I don't think the link you posted is specific to the Asia M8 (does not list the proper LTE bands for the Asia version - and band support varied by version). It lists the LTE bands for the EMEA version. I think the following has the proper bands for the Asia version: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_(m8)-6074.php
In either case, the bands listed (either on your link, or the one I posted) do not include any of the LTE bands used by AT&T. AT&T uses LTE bands 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), and 17(700)
Support of all the bands (2, 4, 5 and 17) is needed to ensure LTE service in all regions serviced by AT&T (what band they use, varied by locality). So just missing one of the bands can be a problem. And your phone doesn't support any of the bands used by AT&T!
It very unusual for phone versions intended for other (foreign) regions to support all the AT&T bands. So when purchasing a new phone, its best to look at models intended for use on AT&T.
Note, that with s-off ($25 by sunshine is the only way) you can flash the AT&T baseband radio, which in theory changes the band support. However, its still not guaranteed that you will still get LTE on AT&T's network with an M8 "converted" in such a way. We've seen reports of folks getting s-off, and flashing the "proper" radio, only to fail getting LTE on their local carrier. I haven't seen a satisfactory explanation of this, or a fix, unfortunately.
So its an endeavor which costs money, and may ultimately not work. So if you have the option to do so, I would recommend to return the phone, and get another model that supports AT&T's bands out of the box (for the M8, that would be an AT&T branded version, or US Developer's Edition).