I have a HTC One M8, t-mobile, rooted ,s-on , unlocked sim , new sim for 4g ...but I don't have 4g, only 2g, what should I do ... I live in europe albani
You should find out what frequency bands your carrier uses and match that up with what your phone has.
Chances are you have a phone that does not support your carriers 4g bands and its reverting back to the more basic 2 g stuff.
IAmSixNine said:
You should find out what frequency bands your carrier uses and match that up with what your phone has.
Chances are you have a phone that does not support your carriers 4g bands and its reverting back to the more basic 2 g stuff.
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any idea how to add bands ? for t mobile ??
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hi everybody .. i just got HTC Desire for my wife and we have this phone for 2 days now .The phone don't read 3G and when i checked the network info the phone read EDGE and when i checked my nexus at same time i seen the network UMTS . so what i can do make this desire read 3G
Check your carrier's APN setting.
Menu->Settings->Wireless & networks->Mobile Network Settings->Access Point Names
You are on T-Mobile USA right?
Sorry but there is NO version of HTC Desire that is compatible with T-Mobile USA 3G network. No, T-Mobile in Europe does not use the same 3G bands for 3G as T-Mobile USA, so even if the phone was sold with a T-Mobile (Europe) logo on it it won't have 3G in the US.
Currently there are TWO hardware versions of the HTC Desire. The first one, A8181, is the one that is sold in Europe and Asia, and this one does not have 3G in the US. The second one, A8183, is sold in Australia by the carrier Telstra. This version is compatible with AT&T's 3G network in most part of the US, but it is not compatible with T-Mobile USA's 3G network.
tsekh501 said:
You are on T-Mobile USA right?
Sorry but there is NO version of HTC Desire that is compatible with T-Mobile USA 3G network. No, T-Mobile in Europe does not use the same 3G bands for 3G as T-Mobile USA, so even if the phone was sold with a T-Mobile (Europe) logo on it it won't have 3G in the US.
Currently there are TWO hardware versions of the HTC Desire. The first one, A8181, is the one that is sold in Europe and Asia, and this one does not have 3G in the US. The second one, A8183, is sold in Australia by the carrier Telstra. This version is compatible with AT&T's 3G network in most part of the US, but it is not compatible with T-Mobile USA's 3G network.
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Yeah .. i am T-Mobile US
and my phone is the first one A8181 i bought it from UK . Anyways this mean NO DESIRE work 3G in USA . Thats sucks
NICEGYPT said:
Yeah .. i am T-Mobile US
and my phone is the first one A8181 i bought it from UK . Anyways this mean NO DESIRE work 3G in USA . Thats sucks
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There is, as I said above, the A8183. It works only with AT&T's 3G though.
i have the A8183 And works fine on at&t 3g i will sell if you are interested or anyone for that matter..
$550
NICEGYPT said:
Yeah .. i am T-Mobile US
and my phone is the first one A8181 i bought it from UK . Anyways this mean NO DESIRE work 3G in USA . Thats sucks
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You will find that very, very few "worldwide" GSM phones will work with T-Mobile US's 3G due to the split 1700/2100 AWS band that TMo US uses.
Ironically though, you can take a TMo US phone out of the US and it will happily talk 3G to most other non-US GSM networks.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
You will find that very, very few "worldwide" GSM phones will work with T-Mobile US's 3G due to the split 1700/2100 AWS band that TMo US uses.
Ironically though, you can take a TMo US phone out of the US and it will happily talk 3G to most other non-US GSM networks.
Regards,
Dave
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Most Europe/Asian carriers only use 2100 band for 3G, so as long as your phone supports that band (most GSM phones do) you can get 3G on their network.
T-Mobile USA on the other hand, requires BOTH 1700 & 2100 bands support in order for your phone to get 3G on their network. For a long time, T-Mobile USA was the ONLY carrier in the world that use 1700 band for 3G, and therefore if a phone was not carried by T-Mobile USA it didn't have 1700 3G band support (it doesn't need to because no other carrier in the world used it). Well, lately a new Canadian wireless carrier, Wind, also employs the 1700 & 2100 bands for their 3G network... so the chance of getting more phones to support these 3G bands has slightly increased. Slightly, because Wind is a new and small carrier...
Wasn't aware that Sprint had GSM phones.
So is this the perfect inexpensive (<$300) phone for 3G & 4G LTE in China?
From the specs, it appears to have Band I (2100MHz) 3G and Bands 25, 26 & notably 41 (2500MHz) LTE. Can someone confirm that this is indeed a GSM phone with those bands and would thus be the perfect phone to use in China?
ther00kie16 said:
Wasn't aware that Sprint had GSM phones.
So is this the perfect inexpensive (<$300) phone for 3G & 4G LTE in China?
From the specs, it appears to have Band I (2100MHz) 3G and Bands 25, 26 & notably 41 (2500MHz) LTE. Can someone confirm that this is indeed a GSM phone with those bands and would thus be the perfect phone to use in China?
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Yes, you can use the Sprint G2 with gsm, there is an unlock method on Xda to perm unlock it, or you could flash CloudyG2. I only have 3G in my country and it works perfectly. Not sure if 4G would work, you'd have to check if the bands used on your network are the same as the ones the phone has. *sigh* Bought mine for the same purpose, used for a week then hard bricked it
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Yes, you can use the Sprint G2 with gsm, there is an unlock method on Xda to perm unlock it, or you could flash CloudyG2. I only have 3G in my country and it works perfectly. Not sure if 4G would work, you'd have to check if the bands used on your network are the same as the ones the phone has. *sigh* Bought mine for the same purpose, used for a week then hard bricked it
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Thanks for the response. I'm mostly skeptical because I always thought Sprint was CDMA only and this still appears to be a hybrid device so I'm curious if all the bands listed are indeed GSM based and not CDMA.
ther00kie16 said:
Thanks for the response. I'm mostly skeptical because I always thought Sprint was CDMA only and this still appears to be a hybrid device so I'm curious if all the bands listed are indeed GSM based and not CDMA.
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GSM and CDMA bands are listed seperately I believe. Most global phones made for US networks have all the bands to support global GSM use, just not US GSM use. I've owned 4 of such carrier locked phones and have had no problems. So in China I think you'll be fine.
Will it get 4g LTE with any carrier with or without any modification?
Sent from my LGLS740
DML92 said:
Will it get 4g LTE with any carrier with or without any modification?
Sent from my LGLS740
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Nearly all mobiles these days have LTE or 4G bands. if you buy an International device (D855) then the device will "Support" LTE, but it depends if your carrier has activated it. For example, Here in UK we have EE UK, which is comprised of Orange, T-Mobile and EE. If I want 4G I need an EE contract. If I just make phone calls and texts and dont bother with web usage I would get a cheaper 3G Contract with Orange or T-Mobile UK.
Yes my D855 supports 4G if I want it, but my Phone will always say "3G / H / H+" because my contract I bought only supports 3G.
Hope that helps
It also depends if the phone supports the LTE band. Might be worth googling the LTE band for your carrier to see if the phone supports it
Will I lose any lte band support if I convert to tmobile?
Yes, flashing T-Mob US (I assume you mean US, since you are talking AT&T) firmware or RUU will change band support, and you will lose some LTE bands.
According to the specs on GSMarena, with the T-Mob firmware, you will have support for LTE bands 4 and 17; and will lose support for 2, 5, and 7.
What bands do you need, and what carrier are you using?
Tmo USA
What if I merely flash a tmobile based rom
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Tmo USA
What if I merely flash a tmobile based rom
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Just flashing the ROM, you won't change the band support.
But again, I'm curious what carrier you are actually using the phone on?
redpoint73 said:
Just flashing the ROM, you won't change the band support.
But again, I'm curious what carrier you are actually using the phone on?
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Tmobile USA
I installed insertcoin and used the tmobile setting hopefully it works
PunishedSnake said:
Tmobile USA
I installed insertcoin and used the tmobile setting hopefully it works
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Should work fine.
Being on T-Mob US, and using AT&T radio baseband (part of the firmware that determines band support) should be fine for the most part. Reason I say this is:
1) ATT radio supports the same LTE bands as the T-Mob radio (4 and 17), and then some.
2) ATT radio is missing HSPA (3G) Band 4 (AWS). This used to be the band most widely used by T-Mob for 3G. But my understanding, is that they are well underway in migrating 3G service to 1900 MHz (Band 2) which is supported by the ATT radio.
3) The only "negative" to staying on the ATT radio, that I can see, is that if you happen to be in area where T-Mob is still using AWS for 3G , and you don't have LTE service in that area, either. In that instance, your data will drop down to EDGE (2G). I don't really have an idea of how widespread this situation may be; but I have a feeling its relatively small.
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Should work fine.
Being on T-Mob US, and using AT&T radio baseband (part of the firmware that determines band support) should be fine for the most part. Reason I say this is:
1) ATT radio supports the same LTE bands as the T-Mob radio (4 and 17), and then some.
2) ATT radio is missing HSPA (3G) Band 4 (AWS). This used to be the band most widely used by T-Mob for 3G. But my understanding, is that they are well underway in migrating 3G service to 1900 MHz (Band 2) which is supported by the ATT radio.
3) The only "negative" to staying on the ATT radio, that I can see, is that if you happen to be in area where T-Mob is still using AWS for 3G , and you don't have LTE service in that area, either. In that instance, your data will drop down to EDGE (2G). I don't really have an idea of how widespread this situation may be; but I have a feeling its relatively small.
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Yea thats why I got an unlocked ATT m8 instead of a tmobile one for the extra lte bands. I have yet to run into band 2 lte and all the aws hspa has been reused for lte. Luckily.
My internet works only with GSM.
When I change to LTE / 4G it will not work.
I flash back to stock.
It has worked LTE 4G earlier.
I have the correct APN set.
Could it be a setting in my phone or hardware?
hammen said:
My internet works only with GSM.
When I change to LTE / 4G it will not work.
I flash back to stock.
It has worked LTE 4G earlier.
I have the correct APN set.
Could it be a setting in my phone or hardware?
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You have to make sure ure models lte bands support ure carrier lte bands.
Like i know my note 5 verizon motherboard does not support atts lte band ony 3g.
Its support lte i have lg h815 eur.
Before i have bootloop every time on my phone and install new firmwere ihave working lte.
Now i have no bootlopp and all working in my phone but not lte.