Hi, I'm having a problem with my new HTC6500LVW from Verizon.
Almost everything works good, except for the 4G/3G connection. I'm in México and my service is provided by Telcel, they use the band AWS-1 (1700Mhz upload and 2100Mhz download) for LTE, but the problem is that I found that Verizon use 700Mhz band to provide this 4G service.
I' have already configure the APN with the specifications indicated by Telcel, but nothing... All I get is EDGE connection.
My question is... Is there a way to... unlock or add this band (AWS-1) to make it compatible with the service proided here in México???
Thanks in advanced!
Sadly, no. The hardware doesn't support it. As for 3G (HSPA if it is GSM) the phone only supports certain frequencies from the website, it appears to be 900 and 2100 mhz.
http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-one-m7/
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Well, it's just as the title of this thread says... I have a Tmobile's G2 (A.K.A. HTC Vision), which its 3g default bands are under 1700 / 2100. Here on my country, all the providers have their 3g services on 900 / 2100.... soo... Is it possible to Flash T-mobile G2's Radio, an set it to work on 3g 900/2100 mhz, so I can use the phone on 3G, instead of that annoying and extremely slow EDGE??
Or, is there a Custom ROM that has these settings on it? (I mean, a rom that automatically turns the 3g band to 900 instead of 1700)
Thanx.
No you can't, the radio bands are set in hardware (e.g. the physical antennae in the phone), not just in the radio software.
Why would you need to, the phone would use the 2100 band for it's 3G in your country? I took mine to Russia and it worked fine.
I don't think it's that simple. I only get edge on my T-mobile G2 using the Rogers network.
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Rogers doesnt use 1700 or 2100 so that is to be expected. The original posters country has a 2100 3G, I would suspect he just isn't in a coverage area.
Circledog said:
Why would you need to, the phone would use the 2100 band for it's 3G in your country? I took mine to Russia and it worked fine.
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I don't think it works like that, I think it needs both bands to work. If it was that simple then surely they wouldn't bother making different phones for different markets (e.g. T-Mobile US vs Europe/Asia)
That may be...I'm only speaking of my experience in Russia, they have 2100 only 3G and mine worked without the second band.
Just to add, T-Mobile US use the 1700 MHz band for the uplink, and 2100 MHz for the downlink. So presumably the phones (i.e. G2, as opposed to the Desire Z) are physically setup like that too.
Oh I thought Rogers uses 2100. Either way, no worky.... sad.
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Ah, I think I'm following you, because Russia exclusively uses 2100 for up and down my phone worked, but since his county has a seperate uplink and a downlink band it won't?
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Ah, I think I'm following you, because Russia exclusively uses 2100 for up and down my phone worked, but since his county has a seperate uplink and a downlink band it won't?
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Yeah I think that's it. I don't know *that* much about this myself, just picked up on a few discussions about the G2/DZ on here over time.
Have a look at this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands
I think the "problem" is that the G2 uses exclusively "Band IV" for 3G (i.e. 1700/2100 split), but somewhere like the OP's Dominican Republic uses Band VIII (900).
What the OP needs is a Desire Z, which operates on Band I (2100) and Band VIII (900).
Russia appears to use Band I (2100) as well. Maybe a G2 can partially work there then ?
Rogers uses something else, Band II (1900) and Band V (850).
As I say, I'm don't know that much about this myself, so if anyone else can help clarify/confirm/deny, then that'd be great.
Much appreciated.
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Via Google, I dug up another interesting piece of info.
Although it's not on HTC's official spec list on their site, on T-Mobile's support pages it says that the G2 does Band I as well. Which would explain how it would have worked in Russia. That's not going to help the OP's problem though.
http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm24233.xml?&A2L.SERVICE=FeatureSummary
Wow mega confusing, but you helped clear it up, thanks!!
Mine worked very well in Moscow, I was pleasantly suprised, it was kind of a bonus to be able to get on the web, I wasn't expecting much.
I don't understand why the manufactures don't provide phones with penta-band 3G support like the Nokia N8. Maximize profit when producing 2-3 same phones with different frequencies maybe? I mean quad-band GSM has been supported for pretty much all of the current phones, why not 3G bands as well?
Has anyone tried this option?
bring up the dial pad and dial
*#*#info#*#* (aka *#*#4636#*#*)
press "Phone Info"
you'll get the screen with the imei, phone no, network and a button that says "Run Ping Test" at the top
press your "menu" button
when the menu pops up, it'll have 6 options, select radio band, view sim address book, view fixed dialling numbers, view service dialling numbers, get PDP list, and More.
Choose the first one "Select Radio Band" then select the appropriate band.
Not sure if it helps in this situation, but I found it in a thread about gaining 3G in Europe on the N1
hey bro.. I read from one topic in TMo's official G2 forum that the G2 will work on a country with only a UMTS band of 2100 both for up and down (the answer is from TMo employee, an engineer)... hope you'll be enlightened. I bought an unlocked G2 and I researched extensively before purchase. Im from the Philippines which only supports the 2100 band for 3G. I Know and Im 100% positive that the phone will support the 3G band here in my country. cant wait for my G2 (arriving tomorrow)
btw... coverage is vital. if the 3G signal is weak or non-existent in your area, you'll be switched to edge for data on your phone (naturally).. good luck
sorry.. cant post the link. would've loved to have posted it.
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hey bro.. I read from one topic in TMo's official G2 forum that the G2 will work on a country with only a UMTS band of 2100 both for up and down (the answer is from TMo employee, an engineer)... hope you'll be enlightened. I bought an unlocked G2 and I researched extensively before purchase. Im from the Philippines which only supports the 2100 band for 3G. I Know and Im 100% positive that the phone will support the 3G band here in my country. cant wait for my G2 (arriving tomorrow)
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That's the Band I thing that I was talking about, that T-Mo shows on their spec sheets (but HTC doesn't seem to list, for some reason).
I think the G2 will do 3G if any one of the two bands are supported by the country. Correct me if Im wrong
juanito05 said:
hey bro.. I read from one topic in TMo's official G2 forum that the G2 will work on a country with only a UMTS band of 2100 both for up and down (the answer is from TMo employee, an engineer)... hope you'll be enlightened. I bought an unlocked G2 and I researched extensively before purchase. Im from the Philippines which only supports the 2100 band for 3G. I Know and Im 100% positive that the phone will support the 3G band here in my country. cant wait for my G2 (arriving tomorrow)
btw... coverage is vital. if the 3G signal is weak or non-existent in your area, you'll be switched to edge for data on your phone (naturally).. good luck
sorry.. cant post the link. would've loved to have posted it.
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There is nowhere in the world that uses 2100 in both directions. Band 1 is 1900 UP, 2100 DOWN.
In all cases, your phone must be able to upload on the frequencies that the towers listen on, and download on the frequencies that the towers transmit on.
I.e., north america vision transmits on 1700 or 1900, receives on 2100.
Hello Guys,
I am new to this forum and need some help with my DHD which I bought in Singapore.
I am using it in US with AT&T and unfortunately I am not getting 3G eventhough i have 3G service. I am getting EDGE after setting up the APN. Please let me know if there is a way to get this phone working on 3G. I have already called HTC and AT&T and they mentioned that there might be difference in the frequencies.
Thanks
DHD UMTS (3g) is 900/2100 MHz, check what your carrier provides.
My particular carrier in Thailand, TRUE, only broadcasts 850 UMTS, others here use 900/1900/2100.
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Are there any differences in the LTE support of N7105 bought in different countries?
Given that not all network providers support the same LTE bands, do the cellphones they sell get restricted to work only under their specific frequencies?
I am planning on buying a N7105 from TMN in Portugal, but I will be moving to the US for a PhD course after a couple months, and I would like my cellphone to not suffer any 4G speed losses due to connectivity restrictions in the device.
I have tried googling this, but could not come to any precise conclusion . Can anybody help?
Thank you in advance!
The N7105 has 800/1800/2600 MHz LTE capabilities, I believe. This is the same for every model sold.
On AT&T in the US, 3G will work just fine. I'm not sure you'll be able to use 4G, though, since they use different bands for LTE.
EDIT: Yes, AT&T uses 700 and 1700 MHz for LTE. The maximum you'd get on their network is HSPA+.
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I am considering to buy this set.
G2 Ls980.
Will this set work with GSM frequencies?
Does 2g/EDGE/3G/4G work on it? (GSM)
Thanks in advance
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I am considering to buy this set.
G2 Ls980.
Will this set work with GSM frequencies?
Does 2g/EDGE/3G/4G work on it? (GSM)
Thanks in advance
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Yes it works on GSM
You can find the network band comparison for all versions here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G2
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Yes it works on GSM
You can find the network band comparison for all versions here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G2
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Thanks a lot. It works supports GSM fine.
What about 3g? Does it support that as well? It says CDMA while other mobile specs mentions UMTS.
If you own this set. Can you confirm if the GPS works without internet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/development/gps-offline-t3034267
AhmedRana said:
Thanks a lot. It works supports GSM fine.
What about 3g? Does it support that as well? It says CDMA while other mobile specs mentions UMTS.
If you own this set. Can you confirm if the GPS works without internet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/development/gps-offline-t3034267
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Hi AhmedRana
I have ls950 and am using in India with GSM operator Vodafone. Both 2G and 3G data work fine.
I could not test 4G As India is using LTE band 40 which is not support by ls980.
I think the phone GPS needs data connection to work.
Hope it helps
~Kunal
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What about 3g? Does it support that as well? It says CDMA while other mobile specs mentions UMTS.
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Also very interested in the answer to this,can someone confirm in support umts ?
igos2 said:
Also very interested in the answer to this,can someone confirm in support umts ?
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You know, if you just do a simple Google search, you'd find quicker answers. Works all the time.
LS980 supports -
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 2100*
LTE CAT 3, HSPA+ 21 Mbps*
EDGE, GPRS Class 10, UMTS, HSPA+, WCDMA, LTE Bands 25/26/41*
http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-LS980-g2/technical-specifications
i m using this phone in india with cloudy g2 2.2 works good on all networks 2g 3g .. gps works without data connection..
buy it .
I am using this phone on Cricket in U.S. which is ATT (GSM) and I'm getting HSPA+ speeds.
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The LS980 (Sprint G2) works fine on 2G, 3G/UMTS, and 3.5G aka HSPA and HSPA+ networks here in the U.S. for AT&T and T-Mobile - it will not work on any LTE networks in the U.S. except Sprint's network because it is limited to using their particular LTE bands (bands 25, 26, and 41) which do not have any crossover for AT&T (bands 2, 4, and 17) or T-Mobile (bands 2, 4, and 12).
With the last G2 I had (might be getting another one later today, another LS980) I was easily pulling down close to 39Mbps using T-Mobile's HSPA+ without issues which is just shy of the theoretical maximum of 42Mbps so it worked great for me, YMMV as always.
for 3G, isn't LS980 limited to UMTS band 2100 ?
what about the other bands 850/900/1900 ?
Back of phone's box. See by yourselves.
Looking at these I had my hopes up:
Sprint SM-N900P
WCDMA Band 2 1900 MHz (tx and rx)
WCDMA Band 5 850 MHz (tx and rx)
LTE Band 25 1900 MHz (tx and rx)
T-Mobile SM-N900T
WCDMA Band 2 1900 MHz (tx and rx)
WCDMA Band 4 1700/2100 MHz (tx/rx)
WCDMA Band 5 850 MHz (tx and rx)
LTE Band 2 1900 MHz (tx and rx)
LTE Band 4 1700/2100 MHz (tx/rx)
LTE Band 5 850 MHz (tx and rx)
LTE Band 17 700 MHz (tx and rx) Note this is also the band for AT&T but not Verizon which is band 13 700 MHz.
Only to learn from here (thanks to the search button) that this still was not possible. The only explanation that most have is that (despite what is listed above) CDMA wont work on a GSM phone. I'm posting here in hopes for a little elaboration. Doesn't sprint now give SIM cards to some phones so that we can register our N3 on there network using the above bands?
Also, I'm comfortable converting my phones hardware to CDMA if it saves me a few $$$. Is this a viable solution? I love my Note and cant justify a new phone when this one makes me so happy.
TIA -
It won't work no matter what you do. First reason is that CDMA and WCDMA are completely different. Sprint and Verizon use CDMA sim cards/RUIM in their devices. They wouldn't need cards at all but LTE is a fork of the GSM path. Our N900T can only use GSM sim cards and it doesn't contain the CDMA radio. Even if it did and we could unlock the radio, we have no way to program the MEID, MDN, MIN, PPP settings and profile settings into the phone for it to use Sprint's towers.
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On top of that, Sprint has a policy that, unless the phone is a Sprint branded phone (one that was never registered before but is designed for the Sprint Network or has only been activated on Sprint), they won't activate the phone to be used on their network (this includes any phone that was activated on Sprint, but was converted to Boost or Virgin Mobile). They are notorious for pulling this policy when someone wants to activate a Verizon phone on Sprint. Sometimes you could get someone at a store (usually a tech) to activate it, but I heard it was usually at great risk to their job.
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It won't work no matter what you do. First reason is that CDMA and WCDMA are completely different. Sprint and Verizon use CDMA sim cards/RUIM in their devices. They wouldn't need cards at all but LTE is a fork of the GSM path. Our N900T can only use GSM sim cards and it doesn't contain the CDMA radio. Even if it did and we could unlock the radio, we have no way to program the MEID, MDN, MIN, PPP settings and profile settings into the phone for it to use Sprint's towers.
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tkirton said:
On top of that, Sprint has a policy that, unless the phone is a Sprint branded phone (one that was never registered before but is designed for the Sprint Network or has only been activated on Sprint), they won't activate the phone to be used on their network (this includes any phone that was activated on Sprint, but was converted to Boost or Virgin Mobile). They are notorious for pulling this policy when someone wants to activate a Verizon phone on Sprint. Sometimes you could get someone at a store (usually a tech) to activate it, but I heard it was usually at great risk to their job.
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I believe they actually just changed that policy. They just very recently started a "Being Your Own Phone" policy, but I'm not sure about what phones they allow. It seems like they would allow any that will work on their network.
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Well put guys, thanks!
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Oh, they did? Tells you how much I keep up with them after I left.
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I believe they actually just changed that policy. They just very recently started a "Being Your Own Phone" policy, but I'm not sure about what phones they allow. It seems like they would allow any that will work on their network.
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Oh, they did? Tells you how much I keep up with them after I left.
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Yep... I just saw the commercial for it last week sometime. Verizon is about the only one left not doing it now.
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Sprint is now owned by T-mobile dunno much else tho