Hi,
I already sent emails for you and I didn't obtain a concrete answer.
I live in Brazil and I am developer, work with you vary lines of PDA'S.
Is interested in this line of PDA and Telephone and he would like to know as I can buy a XDA. Here in Brazil the frequency GSM is 1800 Mhz, the same of Europe and unhappily there is not a competitor here for NOKIA and SIEMENS.
The apparels are very expensive and they don't compensate the investment on the part of my customers, that want to acquire PDA'S /Telephones to automate its areas of sales.
I reinforce again, that here in Brazil apparels work only GSM in the frequency of 1800 MHZ.
That my search in the European apparels, because they possess the same frequency and they are cheaper.
It would like an answer the briefest possible.
Thankful.
Allan Claudio Mello
Analista Desenvolvedor
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Ehm...
I know it's partly a language problem, but it's really not that clear from the above what the question is. I think its is either whether you can use European XDAs on the Brazilian network. If that was indeed the question, the answer is yes, provided the phone(s) you get are unlocked, or you are able to unlock them (=you have a serial cable). If you buy simlocked phones which are locked to the European O2 networks, they will not work on Oi/Telmar or any of the TIM networks without unlocking them first.
If the question is "where do I buy XDAs", I think you should check with various web-stores that carry O2 or T-Mobile in Europe or O2 in Asia.
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XDA developer Peter Poelman said:
Ehm...
I know it's partly a language problem, but it's really not that clear from the above what the question is. I think its is either whether you can use European XDAs on the Brazilian network. If that was indeed the question, the answer is yes, provided the phone(s) you get are unlocked, or you are able to unlock them (=you have a serial cable). If you buy simlocked phones which are locked to the European O2 networks, they will not work on Oi/Telmar or any of the TIM networks without unlocking them first.
If the question is "where do I buy XDAs", I think you should check with various web-stores that carry O2 or T-Mobile in Europe or O2 in Asia.
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Yes, I would like to buy a XDA. But, I don't get information from where you buy it, and he would like to know even in the European frequency of 1800 Mhz he angers to work here in Brazil (that is the same frequency of Europe). And as I do for you activate it.
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Yes.
XDA in Brazil
I use a XDA in Brazil, with Oi sim card. I brought from UK and installed the Developers ROM.
Actually I am selling it, if someone is interested...
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Hi guys,This is my first post here, this is an excellent forum, keep up the good work2! I am living in the UAE where it looks like the SGS2 wont see the light of day till Q3 2011, I cant wait till then so I am looking at my options. I am not very comfortable with ordering it online from sites like Expansys or Handtec, so would prefer getting it from a physical store.
I will be visiting South Korea very soon and have heard that the SGS2 is already on sale there. My questions are:
1) Are the Korean models (sold exclusively through the carriers I hear) fully unlocked?
2) I will be going to study in Manchester for the next two years, so would like to use the SGS2 there. Seeing that S Korea, UK (and the UAE) use the same GSM and 3G bands - 900/1800 and 3G 2100, I understand its possible but are there any other problems that could crop up? I cant find any specs online for the Korean SGS2.
Thank you!
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Guess noone knows or must be thinking that I didnt search before starting a new thread. Thanks to those who did help! Found the answer from a variety of sources, just listing here in case anyone needs it:
The Korean SGS2 are not quad-band, and are physically thicker due to the inclusion of NFC and a TV tuner. Some carriers have different (non global) MMS standards as well. I have been informed that they are probably locked as well and available on contract to locals only. Also the Indian SGS2 has NFC and costs just 675$ to 700$, guess I will just get it from India!
I will tell you what i know.(it is not 100 sure.)
You are correct that there are three different models of SGS2 in korea.
If you want to use the phone in UK,
You should buy SHW-250K( from KT, one of the service provider)
it meets the mms standard of other countries.
Once again this information is not sure.
I need someone's confirmation for this.
Thanks.
If you're going in on a standard tourist visa then you will NOT be able to buy a phone, even outright. Phones are only available to locals and people on long term visas.
Yeah, get it from India.
I plan to visit Italy in mid-November (Rome, and a few other places I haven't decided on), so I just thought I might use that trip to get myself an 800. So I would appreciate if our Italian fellow XDAers or people who know could answer a few questions about shopping for phones in Italy.
First of all, are there multibrand phone stores that sell unbranded SIM-free phones? If yes, what are they called?
If not, do operators sell SIM-free phones like in some other countries?
Are there chains like MediaMarkt or BestBuy? Are they good for phone shopping?
Molte grazie!
vangrieg said:
I plan to visit Italy in mid-November (Rome, and a few other places I haven't decided on), so I just thought I might use that trip to get myself an 800. So I would appreciate if our Italian fellow XDAers or people who know could answer a few questions about shopping for phones in Italy.
First of all, are there multibrand phone stores that sell unbranded SIM-free phones? If yes, what are they called?
If not, do operators sell SIM-free phones like in some other countries?
Are there chains like MediaMarkt or BestBuy? Are they good for phone shopping?
Molte grazie!
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Hi vangrieg, in Italy most of stores sell a lot of unbranded phones and smartphones. The only problem seems that, at the moment, Nokia Lumia 800 is not present in many stores.
In fact some stores accept Lumia 800 preorders, but the release date is set for 20 November.
There are lot of chains. I am not from Rome but they are more or less the same in all country: Mediaworld, Euronics, Trony, Unieuro are just some good known.
e.g. Euronics (Lumia preorder)
Enjoy your visit to Rome!
n1ghtm4r said:
Hi vangrieg, in Italy most of stores sell a lot of unbranded phones and smartphones. The only problem seems that, at the moment, Nokia Lumia 800 is not present in many stores.
In fact some stores accept Lumia 800 preorders, but the release date is set for 20 November.
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Ouch, I plan to leave on 19th. Is that date certain?
n1ghtm4r said:
There are lot of chains. I am not from Rome but they are more or less the same in all country: Mediaworld, Euronics, Trony, Unieuro are just some good known.
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Thanks for the names! I've seen their websites but wasn't sure if they had brick and mortar stores, most seem like online only. Will check these out.
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Enjoy your visit to Rome!
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I'm sure I will. Not yet decided whether to go up North to Firenze/Venezia/Genova/Milano or South to Napoli/Palermo. The North has more familiar names, the South is warmer. Tough choice!
So, I see Best Buy are going to be selling this for $600 SIM-free, a good £100 cheaper than the UK.
What sort of issues will I see using the device in the UK if I buy it in the US? Will HSPA+ work? What about LTE?
Careful there: if it's the AT&T model, full price doesn't mean it's unlocked; it's just the price without the 2 year contract.
It is still alot cheaper buying it this way if you want a SIM free phone, the only issue is whether it will be possible to unlock it. I have found 1 site where they 'claim' to be able to unlock it for $79.99!!!
Im considering this as I really really want the cyan version, how likely do you think it will be that there will be a hack to unlock this?
psalmu said:
Careful there: if it's the AT&T model, full price doesn't mean it's unlocked; it's just the price without the 2 year contract.
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Well, that's just terrible.
Oh well, back to the drawing board.
edgedemon said:
It is still alot cheaper buying it this way if you want a SIM free phone, the only issue is whether it will be possible to unlock it. I have found 1 site where they 'claim' to be able to unlock it for $79.99!!!
Im considering this as I really really want the cyan version, how likely do you think it will be that there will be a hack to unlock this?
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If it is like Lumia 900 of AT&T, you will have to wait 6 to 8 months to get any unlock code from anyone, regardless how much you paid.
Also, AT&T itself is selling 920 for $449 without contract. 3rd party retailer will always sell for higher prices than AT&T because they don't get paid otherwise for contract free phones. But there is a slight chance that Best Buy can price match AT&T price for you.
On the other hand, Rogers version of 920 from Canada is selling for not much more and is known to be unlocked.
Both probably won't work with EU's LTE bands.
foxbat121 said:
If it is like Lumia 900 of AT&T, you will have to wait 6 to 8 months to get any unlock code from anyone, regardless how much you paid.
Also, AT&T itself is selling 920 for $449 without contract. 3rd party retailer will always sell for higher prices than AT&T because they don't get paid otherwise for contract free phones. But there is a slight chance that Best Buy can price match AT&T price for you.
On the other hand, Rogers version of 920 from Canada is selling for not much more and is known to be unlocked.
Both probably won't work with EU's LTE bands.
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So you are saying it will not support LTE 1800Mhz?
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So you are saying it will not support LTE 1800Mhz?
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Att here only uses 700Mhz for lte. Att phones typically come with 700Mhz and 1700Mhz bands. Even my dev version of 920 which supports more bands than att version only has 700/850/1700/2100 lte bands.
The RM820 (North American model) also has support for LTE 1900 (doesn't help anyone in Europe though).
so... is unlocking a cell phone tough?
the price is really very low.
pay extra 79.99$ is still cheaper than buying one in Europe. (but i hate the logo ._. )
but as edgedemon said, they just CLAIM that they can.
unlocking a phone must do this way?
or can jb the phone and install something to unlock?
or.. flashing the ROM?
Any idea how I'd go about getting a Rogers phone when I'm in the US? They're Canadian, right?
I'm not so concerned about LTE if it does HSPA+ on European frequencies.
What about flashing a US Device with a EU's Rom ?
I'm a real noobie in that domain !
In France LTE bands are 800 and 2600 ...
thx for advices !
Well, the rumour goes that all the 920s have all the bands available, but only the certain ones for that region are activated in software.
If that's true, then some day someone might work out how to flash the Radio ROM. But I doubt flashing the software ROM (which you can do just now) will make any changes to the radio ROM, so we'll need to wait until/if someone cracks it.
That goes for the 3G bands... I don't know if the phones come with all LTE bands available (and it's still a rumour that they even have all 3G bands)
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Well, the rumour goes that all the 920s have all the bands available, but only the certain ones for that region are activated in software.
If that's true, then some day someone might work out how to flash the Radio ROM. But I doubt flashing the software ROM (which you can do just now) will make any changes to the radio ROM, so we'll need to wait until/if someone cracks it.
That goes for the 3G bands... I don't know if the phones come with all LTE bands available (and it's still a rumour that they even have all 3G bands)
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Many thanks for your answer... I think I'm gonna buy it into my country ...
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What about flashing a US Device with a EU's Rom ?
I'm a real noobie in that domain !
In France LTE bands are 800 and 2600
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AT&T device (a) can't be unlocked, so you can't use it with anything other than an AT&T SIM and (b) won't have European LTE frequencies.
I'm in England. If I were to purchased a MediaPad in Germany, change the UI language to English, and bring it back to the UK. Would I be able to use it here without problems, or might there be issues with updates later on? Any thoughts/tips would be much appreciated, thanks.
I think there should be no problems since the region falls under Western Europe, and the Germans seem to get good updates.
Officially it should be the 7D-501L.
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LTE might not work with all UK providers.
Many thanks, guys. Hmmm ... the LTE comment worries me slightly. Part of the reason for my considering buying in Germany (as well as that it's cheaper than in the UK), is that I've read on a couple of threads about people buying the English model and having trouble with telephony, saying that for some reason that the UK version is not good as others. Can anybody speak for that? I want to buy the M1 to use as a hold-to-your-ear phone, so this is a critical factor for me to sort out before purchase.
There was a thread he discussing that pretty much all work except xyz?
Found it: forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-mediapad/general/honor-x1-uk-sim-data-access-t2853362
Wherby the TO has a 503L. But the discussion contains all needed data. The 501L has mor european frequencies if I recall correctly. But pls do check.
Apologies for the delayed reply, I'm already abroad and had trouble logging in. Many thanks for the help, but I'm afraid you're over my head, and I need some guidance. I don't understand the terms "xyz", "TO", "503L" or "501L". Any chance of layman's language please?! If I'm going to purchase an M1 I'll have to do so Friday latest. Thanks.
xyz=anything or whatever
TO = thread opener = you
Sometimes called OP = opener.
503L short for Huawei Honor X1 7D503L = chinese 4G/LTE version
501L is the international 4G / LTE version.
I would not get the M1 unless 8" is a desired factor.
Many thanks for that, I'm grateful. Yeah, 8" is very much desired over 7", otherwise I would certainly go for the X1. I think I'll chance it with a German M1 then. It sounds as though even if I do have telephony issues they should be solveable, so I won't end up with a useless device. I'll get one on Friday then, unless anyone posts anything here to the contrary...!
It will work. You just may not be able to select a specific LTE provider due to the frequency it uses.
For what its worth I have a Chinese 501u in the UK, and it works great on Giff Gaff (but 3 think its a tablet )
Thanls. What worries me now is that I'm currently with 3 so fear I may have to change to GiffGaff.
I'm afraid so.
I'm pretty certain the 7D-501L supports all three LTE bands used in the UK (3,7,20 or 800, 1800, 2600). The simple reason is that these are the same three bands used in Germany and across Europe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks
Also, see here:
http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/comparison/11b918f9
Hope that helps.
Many thanks for that. The M1 had been on sale in Mediamarkt Germany for EUR 209, but incredibly on Thursday, the day before I was going to buy one, it was withdrawn from sale in favour of the X1 - grrrr! Consequently I've returned home without one and so have decided to give the whole purchase a bit more thought.
I am from Norway and got my Gear S as a gift at the Samsung Developer Conference. It was locked to AT&T. I unlocked mine using cellunlocker.net. I received the network lock code less than an hour after submitting the order and it worked like a charm.
However, here in Norway we have GSM 900/1800 and the AT&T device is only GSM 850/1900 from what I can find on the net. Which matches my end result of not being able to connect to my network even after unlocking.
I should probably have thought of this before spending 29USD on an unlock code, but anything less than Quad-band on a phone just seems so '90s. As I do not have a compatible Samsung Phone either, the device is pretty much useless for me without GSM. I have Sony Z1 Compact (great), iPhone 5s (meh), Lumia 920 and 1020 (great), so buying a new phone is not an option at the moment.
Is the GSM-bands controlled by firmware or are there hardware differences between the US and European versions?
Does anybody know if it could be possible to load a European FW and get GSM 900/1800?
I'm fairly sure that's hardware controlled. Sorry
I also wish these were quadband.
You could try to sell yours on Ebay.com (I see they are currently going above suggested retail price), and buy one in Europe. They are, however, a bit more expensive there, EURO 390 in Germany including tax, for instance, but they also don't have SIM lock there.
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I am from Norway and got my Gear S as a gift at the Samsung Developer Conference. It was locked to AT&T. I unlocked mine using cellunlocker.net. I received the network lock code less than an hour after submitting the order and it worked like a charm.
However, here in Norway we have GSM 900/1800 and the AT&T device is only GSM 850/1900 from what I can find on the net. Which matches my end result of not being able to connect to my network even after unlocking.
I should probably have thought of this before spending 29USD on an unlock code, but anything less than Quad-band on a phone just seems so '90s. As I do not have a compatible Samsung Phone either, the device is pretty much useless for me without GSM. I have Sony Z1 Compact (great), iPhone 5s (meh), Lumia 920 and 1020 (great), so buying a new phone is not an option at the moment.
Is the GSM-bands controlled by firmware or are there hardware differences between the US and European versions?
Does anybody know if it could be possible to load a European FW and get GSM 900/1800?
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Have you tried contacting your local Samsung Developers on Google+? Samsung Developers US are very responsive on there.
I can't believe they didn't think about that!
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Have you tried contacting your local Samsung Developers on Google+? Samsung Developers US are very responsive on there.
I can't believe they didn't think about that!
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Yes, but no luck. Says there are differences in the hardware and that it cannot be changed in software.
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Yes, but no luck. Says there are differences in the hardware and that it cannot be changed in software.
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I mean contact them to find out if they can replace it with one that actually works where you live.