I have found that the so called UNLOCKED fire phone is a scam and it doesn't work in India. The return for refund process looks complex and I have to pay upfront for postage from India, an absolute nuisance, without knowing if they would really return the money for that. So instead I can give the phone to someone travelling to South africa if it works there. Kindly help
I would not call it a scam
Hi there!
I would not call it a scam.
Unlocked Fire phone works without problems in Europe and other countries.
I am living in Romania (Europe) and I use one of those "UNLOCKED" Fire Phones, You have mentioned.
And I can certainly confirm to You that everything is working on it as intended here.
Used frequencies on Orange Romania:
2G = 900 Mhz / 1800 Mhz
3G = 2100 Mhz / 900 Mhz
4G = 800 Mhz / 1800 Mhz / 2600 Mhz.
There might be an issue with the type of the SIM card (it is possible that there might be incompatible think USIM cards).
You can simply check if the card is SIM/USIM by the number of supported contacts (SIM has a maximum of 256).
Firetooth said:
I have found that the so called UNLOCKED fire phone is a scam and it doesn't work in India. The return for refund process looks complex and I have to pay upfront for postage from India, an absolute nuisance, without knowing if they would really return the money for that. So instead I can give the phone to someone travelling to South africa if it works there. Kindly help
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arth_ur said:
Hi there!
I would not call it a scam.
Unlocked Fire phone works without problems in Europe and other countries.
I am living in Romania (Europe) and I use one of those "UNLOCKED" Fire Phones, You have mentioned.
And I can certainly confirm to You that everything is working on it as intended here.
Used frequencies on Orange Romania:
2G = 900 Mhz / 1800 Mhz
3G = 2100 Mhz / 900 Mhz
4G = 800 Mhz / 1800 Mhz / 2600 Mhz.
There might be an issue with the type of the SIM card (it is possible that there might be incompatible think USIM cards).
You can simply check if the card is SIM/USIM by the number of supported contacts (SIM has a maximum of 256).
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Amazon has accepted that there is a problem with the phone in India and they have accepted that they have to look into their product description as Unlocked. But they have not made any changes in their page. So it is a scam (DOT)
As multiple people from India managed to resolve the issue, I'm afraid you are wrong.
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I'm sure that this device is usable in europe (gsm 900/1800), owever can I use it in the USA ????
Second question...if I'm using the GPRS connection, at the same time, can i receive a call??
Tnks, to all!
since us is 900/1900 and eu is 900/1800
you can use it in us if you can find a place where they are running 900
and yes GPRS should not blok the phone from working as a phone
....tnks!!
Rudegar said:
since us is 900/1900 and eu is 900/1800
you can use it in us if you can find a place where they are running 900
and yes GPRS should not blok the phone from working as a phone
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US is 850/1900 (not 900). Most carrier support 1900 but you got extra coverage in area where only 850 is exist.
I use it (Taiwan version) in California. It works, but TomTom6 still not useable. I already order the US map, let's see what's going on.
Dear xda Members and / or galaxy note 2 Users,
I'm a bit confused about the various versions of the Note 2.
In a few days I'll visit Florida and intend to buy the LTE version from Walmart.
ht.tp://ww w.walmart. com/ip/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-II-Smartphone-Titanium-Gray/22374238
(I don't know if shoplinks are allowed, but you can't buy it directly here and i hope you can accept it anyway this time)
However, I need to know whether the phone works in Europe/Germany and with which communication standards.
Is there a difference between the US and European GT-N7105?
on ht.tp://e n.wikipedia. org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_II i found various versions called
AWS phone
CDMA/EV-DO phone
TD-SCDMA phone
Dual-cell HSPA phone.
and the LTE where they tell that it would be kind of an "International" phone.
"Most of the variants support GSM/GPRS/EDGE in the 850 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1.9 Ghz, and 2.1 Ghz bands; and UMTS/HSPA+21 in 850 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1.9 Ghz, and 2.1 Ghz"
Does the version i found on the walmart page support UMTS? there are only specifications that it can handle GSM and LTE, but not which LTE Bands.
(I think I need support for 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and/or 2600 MHz in Western Europe)
correct me if i'm wrong with any statement and enlighten the confusion for me if pssible
Thanks in advance !
PS: I'm not allowed to post outside links here, so I addet space characters before .com and .org and in the www and the "en" and dots between the ht.tp's. remove them before copying.
Can somebody tell me the difference between Wcdma and Utms frequencies ?. Im moving to France and will be with Free mobile there, they send there signal on Utms 900 and 2100 mghz, so will a phone that says wcdma 900 2100 work ? im thinking of buying a Chinese android phone, I had a lg and have now sold it.
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Can somebody tell me the difference between Wcdma and Utms frequencies ?. Im moving to France and will be with Free mobile there, they send there signal on Utms 900 and 2100 mghz, so will a phone that says wcdma 900 2100 work ? im thinking of buying a Chinese android phone, I had a lg and have now sold it.
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You may get a faster result, asking the above question here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help
As this section is for the LG OG and not general Q&A
Hope this helps
Califmike33 said:
Can somebody tell me the difference between Wcdma and Utms frequencies ?. Im moving to France and will be with Free mobile there, they send there signal on Utms 900 and 2100 mghz, so will a phone that says wcdma 900 2100 work ? im thinking of buying a Chinese android phone, I had a lg and have now sold it.
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UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) it a WCDMA ( Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) implementation.
A chinese phone with 900/2100 WCDMA will work perfect for you.
LG OG 975 would also get you 2600 LTE that will boost your network speed.
Hi,
First of all, I want to apologize me if this is a repeat thread, but I had taken a look in forum and I don’t find anything about this.
Second I’m really new in this of Android, ROMs… and maybe I’m asking stupid things that anyone must now.
I want the model 32GB but it is only available in the USA or Asia, not in Europe, could I buy it in the USA, and later change to a Europe ROM or something like this so it can works properly here in Europe, I mean the 4G and anything else it doesn’t work here in Europe with a American model phone.
I see in some Europe online shops that the 32GB model is coming soon, but it is coming since months, and I need a phone and want this one.
In the HTC web page put:
3G:
EMEA: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
Asia: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
AT&T: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps
Sprint: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA up to 14.4 Mbps
Verizon: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps
TMUS: 850/AWS/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
4G - LTE:
EMEA: 800/900/1800/2600 MHz
Asia: 700/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz
AT&T: 700/850/AWS/1800/1900/2600 MHz
Sprint: FDD 800/1900 MHz , TDD 2600 MHz
Verizon: 700/AWS/1800/2600 MHz
TMUS: 700/AWS MHz
EMEA means Europe?
If so, looks like it have to work, no?
EMEA: 800/900/1800/2600 MHz
Sprint: FDD 800/1900 MHz , TDD 2600 MHz
Verizon: 700/AWS/1800/2600 MHz
Am I rigth?
Thanks a lot for your help.
EMEA: Europe, Middle East and Asia.
I may be mistaken but I think an American phone should work in Europe without a new ROM. It will need to be SIM unlocked if it's SIM locked.
Thanks for your answer.
I think also it must work, but my doubt was about if the frequency has anything to see with the ROMs or it is only hardware matters.
Maybe I have to know also in which brands work my telephone company?
SIM unlocked is the same as Factory unlocked?
Thanks
pepillogrillo said:
Thanks for your answer.
I think also it must work, but my doubt was about if the frequency has anything to see with the ROMs or it is only hardware matters.
Maybe I have to know also in which brands work my telephone company?
SIM unlocked is the same as Factory unlocked?
Thanks
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Why a 32gb ? 16gb is enough, just put a 128gb microsd card in ^^
Onem8 said:
Why a 32gb ? 16gb is enough, just put a 128gb microsd card in ^^
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Hi,
Maybe not, I mean with one or two games, music from the Spotify, and an amount of apps, maybe is not enough, and until I have read there is a problem to send/use apps from SD card with this version of Android, or maybe as I'm pretty new in this world I have understood everything in the other way.
How many GB are really useful in the 16GB model with the Android?
Thanks for your answer.
pepillogrillo said:
Hi,
Maybe not, I mean with one or two games, music from the Spotify, and an amount of apps, maybe is not enough, and until I have read there is a problem to send/use apps from SD card with this version of Android, or maybe as I'm pretty new in this world I have understood everything in the other way.
How many GB are really useful in the 16GB model with the Android?
Thanks for your answer.
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9/10gb is free.. But if you unlock/custom rom, the system write protection is off
Onem8 said:
9/10gb is free.. But if you unlock/custom rom, the system write protection is off
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So, let me see if I understood you correctly.
If I root the phone, and later unlock the ROM I can use the SD card to storage apps, music, .... without connect it to a PC?
Other question, what is unlock? Is it the S-off?
Thanks a lot for your help.
pepillogrillo said:
So, let me see if I understood you correctly.
If I root the phone, and later unlock the ROM I can use the SD card to storage apps, music, .... without connect it to a PC?
Other question, what is unlock? Is it the S-off?
Thanks a lot for your help.
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Yes..
Unlock ( your bootloader ) is mean you can flash a recovery to install custom roms/kernel and mods( but for some mods you need s-off "haman/kardon").
S-off means that you can flash different radio/hboot/firmware, install your own splash screen. Remove the red text warning... remove your tampered banner. Not relock but lock your phone for waranty.. etc.
I was also scared.. coming from my 32gb HTC One X, but now i have 16gb internal sdcard and 32gb external sd-card. And it's enough 4 me.
Here some links :
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.be/2013/10/android-terminology.html
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.be/2013/06/do-we-really-need-s-off.html
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EMEA: Europe, Middle East and Asia.
I may be mistaken but I think an American phone should work in Europe without a new ROM. It will need to be SIM unlocked if it's SIM locked.
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EMEA is actually Europe, Middle East and AFRICA!
Otherwise why have an asia specific version of the phone?
Hi, i have a big problem with my LG G3 bought on january of this year. the version is the D855, italian warranty (as i am italian). from the moment which i put my SIM into the cell phone i noticed that it doesn't connect to 4G network (as just it found a 4G connectivity it started to search another network till it'd have found a 3G/H+ connectivity), delivered twice to the customer service (so i staied two months without mobile), LG wasn't able to solve the issue said that their test on the network was all right, now i found the only one provider that works with my device (i'm talking about H3G, before,when i bought it, i had Vodafone, but i have tried Wind and Tim though), but now i want to change it because it costs an arm and a leg, and i want to solve this problem by myself (as LG do nothing to solve it) and it seems there is no one with my same issue in the world wide, so what it would be a probably solution??? ask for other infos if you need!!!
ascone96 said:
Hi, i have a big problem with my LG G3 bought on january of this year. the version is the D855, italian warranty (as i am italian). from the moment which i put my SIM into the cell phone i noticed that it doesn't connect to 4G network (as just it found a 4G connectivity it started to search another network till it'd have found a 3G/H+ connectivity), delivered twice to the customer service (so i staied two months without mobile), LG wasn't able to solve the issue said that their test on the network was all right, now i found the only one provider that works with my device (i'm talking about H3G, before,when i bought it, i had Vodafone, but i have tried Wind and Tim though), but now i want to change it because it costs an arm and a leg, and i want to solve this problem by myself (as LG do nothing to solve it) and it seems there is no one with my same issue in the world wide, so what it would be a probably solution??? ask for other infos if you need!!!
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If LG found nothing wrong with your device, and and only one operator has 4G working on that phone, it means that your phone doesn't support the bands other carriers are offering.
LTE bands for this phone (855) are 700 Mhz,800 Mhz, 900Mhz, 1800 Mhz, 2100Mhz, 2300 Mhz and 2600 Mhz.
Also, worth noticing is that the coverage differs from carrier to carrier.
TonzaTheChosenOne said:
If LG found nothing wrong with your device, and and only one operator has 4G working on that phone, it means that your phone doesn't support the bands other carriers are offering.
LTE bands for this phone (855) are 700 Mhz,800 Mhz, 900Mhz, 1800 Mhz, 2100Mhz, 2300 Mhz and 2600 Mhz.
Also, worth noticing is that the coverage differs from carrier to carrier.
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i don't think that the problem is that, here are the LTE bands of the main italian carriers (included H3G):
-Telecom Italia: 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz;
-Vodafone Italia: 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz;
-Wind Telecomunicazioni: 800 MHz, 2600 MHz;
-H3G (3 Italia): 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz.
i have tried each one of these but the only one that works is H3G indeed and besides is the only one that doesn't own the 800 MHz band, so maybe the problem is that my mobile is not able to connect on this band (although it is available as you mentioned in your specs ). so is there a solution? p.s. on my old G2 work all four of them so it is undeniable that my G3 has a problem, i want just know if this problem is resolvable by myself and how!
whatever thank you for the help