I'm switching to Tmobil from AT&T.
ATT has been very helpful during this.
Here's my question.
What's going to happen to all the ATT crap on my unrooted stock phone? Will I be missing out on somethings because I'm not an original Tmobile customer and this phone was not theirs?
Any pitfalls I may face ?
Thanks.
AKA_Rizzo said:
I'm switching to Tmobil from AT&T.
ATT has been very helpful during this.
Here's my question.
What's going to happen to all the ATT crap on my unrooted stock phone? Will I be missing out on somethings because I'm not an original Tmobile customer and this phone was not theirs?
Any pitfalls I may face ?
Thanks.
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All the AT&T stuff will be left on your phone. You will have to root to remove it. Also, you will only get updates (if there are any), when AT&T push them out to your device. However, if you wish to get any updates (there are rumours of 4.4 in Q2), then there isn't much point removing the AT&T stuff as it may just come back in the update. Also, being rooted and then updating can cause problems.
As for the T Mobile stuff, as long as the apps are in the google play store you will be able to get them. To check search on your computer, not on your phone as they will only show up on the phone with a T Mobile sim card, whilst they will show up on any computer. If you can't find them, you may able able to find the apk file's elsewhere.
Also, I would be careful, as the E980 may not be fully compatible with T Mobile's network. From some quick research I can see that the E980 will support T Mobile's 2G and 4G networks but may not support the 3G fully. The E980 is able to operate on 850, 1900 and 2100 mhz for 3G but T Mobile's network uses 850, 1700 and 1900 mhz for 3G. This means that in areas only covered by the 1700 mhz spectrum, you will not be able to get 3G. Unfortunately, I have no idea where these area's actually. T Mobile has said that they are moving more of their 3G from the 1700 mhz to 1900 mhz but you still may have a problem at some point.
Thank you for a rather good reply.
Is it possible or do I need to get a new phone?
I don't think so...but give it a whirl
hentaiwarlord said:
Is it possible or do I need to get a new phone?
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The D-852 supports the 1700 MHz band, but apparently not the 2100 MHz one. My understanding is that you will need both bands to use the device with Wind. Unlock the phone and try it out!
chmelyk said:
The D-852 supports the 1700 MHz band, but apparently not the 2100 MHz one. My understanding is that you will need both bands to use the device with Wind. Unlock the phone and try it out!
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This is correct. Unlocking wont make it magically work. You may need to get the International version D855 or a TMobile Version.
i don't think it will work in wind. Since Wind is using AWS as their HSPA network(not lte) and D852 doesn't have support AWS in HSPA. So i think you might need D851(Tmobile) for wind network.
i don't think international will work, since it is not support AWS.
Don't think the T-mobile version would work either
athris said:
i don't think it will work in wind. Since Wind is using AWS as their HSPA network(not lte) and D852 doesn't have support AWS in HSPA. So i think you might need D851(Tmobile) for wind network
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I don't think the D851/T-Mo supports 2100 MHz either (at least I did not see the band listed in the FCC test reports for the model)
i did it with qpst and mztool !
You keep saying this, but not showing or providing proof bin01t
Hello community what a great help can someone found from here ... so here we go ...
My problem is i turn on my mobile data to get 4g then stay's for a while but then it dissapears and then drops down to E and it wont change from there ... and in order to bring back the 4G i need to restart the phone or to shut it down and turn it on again ...
do i need to change my rom or i need to change / flash my radio ? rom is the stock rom i think i got on it ( 5.0.1 sense 6.0 )
see attachment
thx in advance
What is your location and carrier, and what bands do they use for 3G and LTE?
redpoint73 said:
What is your location and carrier, and what bands do they use for 3G and LTE?
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my location is cyprus and my carrier is MTN now the bands i think are these but i am not sure i just find out now from a website http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
Cyprus 900 1800 3G 2100 MTN / 3G 2100 Cytamobile-Vodafone / 4G LTE MTN / 4G LTE PrimeTel;
italianveins said:
my location is cyprus and my carrier is MTN now the bands i think are these but i am not sure i just find out now from a website http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
Cyprus 900 1800 3G 2100 MTN / 3G 2100 Cytamobile-Vodafone / 4G LTE MTN / 4G LTE PrimeTel;
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That doesn't tell me what band MTN uses for LTE (4G). You should call your carrier and ask them (and confirm they use 2100 MHz for 3G).
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That doesn't tell me what band MTN uses for LTE (4G). You should call your carrier and ask them (and confirm they use 2100 MHz for 3G).
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ok i go tomorrow morning at there office and ask them in person what you just ask me .
thank you in advance as always very much i appriciate ur time as well
italianveins said:
ok i go tomorrow morning at there office and ask them in person what you just ask me .
thank you in advance as always very much i appriciate ur time as well
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ok so frequencies are from 900 - 1800 for all speeds E up tp 4G and are using At&T Mobile
italianveins said:
ok so frequencies are from 900 - 1800 for all speeds E up tp 4G and are using At&T Mobile
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I take this to mean 900 and 1800 MHz (bands 8 and 3), rather than the way you have it typed "from 900 - 1800" which makes it sound like a range, which doesn't make any sense.
I also don't think this information is correct (as I've interpreted it), as far as I can tell, 1800 MHz (Band 3) is not used for 3G anywhere in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands#Deployments_by_region_.28UMTS-FDD.29
You need to be sure of exactly what band is used for each (2G, 3G, LTE), before we can proceed:
What band (or bands) used for 2G?
What band (or bands) used for 3G?
What band (or bands) used for LTE?
It pretty rare that the same exact band or bands are used for all 3 (2G, 3G and LTE) by one carrier, so the answer is expected to be different for each, and should be asked, and answered on an individual basis.
Reason we need to be so specific here, is that there is no radio for this phone that supports Bands 3 and 8 across 2G, 3G and LTE (and in fact, no radio that supports Band 3 for 3G).
Once you've properly determined what bands are needed, and identified what M8 version supports those bands, the way to proceed would be:
1) S-off by sunshine
Note: If sunshine temp root doesn't work, you may need to unlock bootloader and root, before you can s-off with sunshin
2) Possibly need to change phone's CID and/or MID
3) Flash the firmware or RUU which contains the desired radio baseband
Even then, its not guaranteed that LTE will work. I've see a good number of folks on these forums that properly flashed the radio baseband (or converted to another version by RUU) that supports the desired bands, but still didn't get LTE service. I don't know why this happens, and have never seen a solution. But its a distinct possibility.
But at a minimum, you should be able to get 3G working on your carrier. Which alone may make the above process worthwhile.
redpoint73 said:
I take this to mean 900 and 1800 MHz (bands 8 and 3), rather than the way you have it typed "from 900 - 1800" which makes it sound like a range, which doesn't make any sense.
I also don't think this information is correct (as I've interpreted it), as far as I can tell, 1800 MHz (Band 3) is not used for 3G anywhere in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands#Deployments_by_region_.28UMTS-FDD.29
You need to be sure of exactly what band is used for each (2G, 3G, LTE), before we can proceed:
What band (or bands) used for 2G?
What band (or bands) used for 3G?
What band (or bands) used for LTE?
It pretty rare that the same exact band or bands are used for all 3 (2G, 3G and LTE) by one carrier, so the answer is expected to be different for each, and should be asked, and answered on an individual basis.
Reason we need to be so specific here, is that there is no radio for this phone that supports Bands 3 and 8 across 2G, 3G and LTE (and in fact, no radio that supports Band 3 for 3G).
Once you've properly determined what bands are needed, and identified what M8 version supports those bands, the way to proceed would be:
1) S-off by sunshine
Note: If sunshine temp root doesn't work, you may need to unlock bootloader and root, before you can s-off with sunshin
2) Possibly need to change phone's CID and/or MID
3) Flash the firmware or RUU which contains the desired radio baseband
Even then, its not guaranteed that LTE will work. I've see a good number of folks on these forums that properly flashed the radio baseband (or converted to another version by RUU) that supports the desired bands, but still didn't get LTE service. I don't know why this happens, and have never seen a solution. But its a distinct possibility.
But at a minimum, you should be able to get 3G working on your carrier. Which alone may make the above process worthwhile.
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Hello and thank you very much for you time i will go again and ask for more direct info's about bands individual
i have found back up of a radio and i flash my phone and now i do get LTE singnal's but hardly get H and 3G when no 4G detected it goes to E ... well ....
now i got another problem maybe i shou ld post a new thread ... my gestures won't work suddenly ( omg !! ) i calibrate and uncheck and reboot and check them from setting's over and over nothing worked
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i have found back up of a radio and i flash my phone and now i do get LTE singnal's but hardly get H and 3G when no 4G detected it goes to E ... well ....
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You need to specify exactly what you flashed, and where you got it from, for this info be worthwhile in any way.
Also, still need to know what bands your carrier is using, in order to determine what radio to flash.
Why you are flashing radios, without knowing if its the right one (supports your carrier's bands)? This is really careless and reckless.
Is the phone s-off? That is normally the only way you can flash radios manually (aside from a signed OTA, RUU, firmware.zip). And flashing things with s-off is a great way to brick the phone, if you flash the wrong thing (and it doesn't sound like you know well enough to know right vs. wrong).
Hey guys.....
Search as I may I can't find anything about getting aws ... Band 4 with both 1700 and 2100 to work on my x800 specifically for wind!
Seems it has 2100 which isn't enough to connect.....
So...... Can 1700 be activated at all?
Or is this antenna simply not available for this device?
Someone has to have run into this problem or I may be SOL with this phone.
Side note... Same issue with my Z30. New phone just not working out as smoothly as planned!
Any help would be greatly appreciated......
According to Kimovil: http://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-letv-s1-pro-64gb this phone does not have a support for 1700MHz.
If your phone is X800 US version, then it should have band 4 AWS 1700/2100. I'm sure Wind uses much the same frequencies as Telus, and I can get Telus 4G LTE for voice, text and data no problem. My seller (Hong Kong Goldway on Aliexpress) specifically listed band 4 AWS, otherwise, I wouldn't have bought the phone.
Thanks for the feedback....
This is the US version..,.. yeah the add and email queries did list band 4 but stopping in to Wind to try a test sim it didn't get the 1700 half of the band.... Seems it matches the specs of the 1st reply link.....
Reading other successful connections making me wonder if it's a variant version or if the antenna is present and just needed to be activated. .,... Or could be..,..
So if yours came that way only makes this more puzzling....
My cousin just moved from Asia to Canada and wanted to use his HTC One M8 on wind
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_(m8)-6074.php
based on the my information wind needs 1700/2100 bands for 3g but dose that mean the phone would need both? It seems to have the 2100 band but not the 1700 band. Is this a software restriction that I can get around by flashing the t-mobile firmware? Is the phone having just the 2100 band enough?
Thanks for any help in advance
sunfirestorm said:
My cousin just moved from Asia to Canada and wanted to use his HTC One M8 on wind
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_(m8)-6074.php
based on the my information wind needs 1700/2100 bands for 3g but dose that mean the phone would need both? It seems to have the 2100 band but not the 1700 band. Is this a software restriction that I can get around by flashing the t-mobile firmware? Is the phone having just the 2100 band enough?
Thanks for any help in advance
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Yeah, that will work on Wind with no issues. AWS (something you probably saw when checking on Google) means 1700/2100, and that is something that Wind supports.