Hi everyone, Im considering buying a HTC Rezound off ebay, the thing is that I dont live in USA (I live in the DR) and I've read
a lot about the "GSM mode" on the rezound but I've still have a few question(Forget me if they've been already answered, as i've searched everywhere for clear answers, including the original gsm thread):
1- Do I need to get some sort of unlock code from verizon to use a sim card with it (an Orange sim card from The Dominican Republic)
2- Does the Rezound supports 3G on the 900mhz band?
thats for now, thanks in advance.
PS: Sorry again if this been answered before, believe me I searched, (Im a "former" HD2 owner, so searching an reading tons of tech stuff is not
something new to me )
I contacted a local seller who claims that the rezound supports 3g on 900mhz band, he told me we could meet so he can show me in person
that it is actually getting 3g.
elander said:
Hi everyone, Im considering buying a HTC Rezound off ebay, the thing is that I dont live in USA (I live in the DR) and I've read
a lot about the "GSM mode" on the rezound but I've still have a few question(Forget me if they've been already answered, as i've searched everywhere for clear answers, including the original gsm thread):
1- Do I need to get some sort of unlock code from verizon to use a sim card with it (an Orange sim card from The Dominican Republic)
2- Does the Rezound supports 3G on the 900mhz band?
thats for now, thanks in advance.
PS: Sorry again if this been answered before, believe me I searched, (Im a "former" HD2 owner, so searching an reading tons of tech stuff is not
something new to me )
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1) ok first of all the rez should work without an unlock code right out the box with ANY GSM sim card... if it's a stock rom you just won't have data(browse online) and if you try sending a text you lose service..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421341
that was when it first came out.. now you can just flash a custom rom and get full working data without worries... if you need help on that as well tell me
2) i live in the commonwealth of Dominica and i'm on GSM with Digicel... they don;t have 3g down here but they are on the 900 mhz band but the have 3g and even 4g in other countries so yes you should get 3g on the 900mhz band..
thanks a lot jahrize! I bought the phone, now all I have to do is wait for to arrive, I'll update this thread once I get it going.
thanks again.
elander said:
thanks a lot jahrize! I bought the phone, now all I have to do is wait for to arrive, I'll update this thread once I get it going.
thanks again.
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no probs... i'm sure you'll love the rezound we got a great dev community..
Right now I am contemplating on switching to Verizon, and this thread is of great interest to me. I hope you come back with great news!!!
Thanks for this!!!!
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El Ha$on said:
Right now I am contemplating on switching to Verizon, and this thread is of great interest to me. I hope you come back with great news!!!
Thanks for this!!!!
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Im not sure I understand, are you thinking of going TO Verizon? as What I meant is that I WILL NOT use this phone with verizon.
anyways if what you mean is that you're switching to Verizon but you're also planning to use this overseas as a gsm device from time to time then we're (almost) on the same boat, anyways the phone hasn't arrived yet, (think I'll be getting it by the end of the week). I'll post here whatever I find about it, wish me (us?) luck
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Im not sure I understand, are you thinking of going TO Verizon? as What I meant is that I WILL NOT use this phone with verizon.
anyways if what you mean is that you're switching to Verizon but you're also planning to use this overseas as a gsm device from time to time then we're (almost) on the same boat, anyways the phone hasn't arrived yet, (think I'll be getting it by the end of the week). I'll post here whatever I find about it, wish me (us?) luck
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Switching to Verizon but I travel to Dominican republic a lot and have a sim card with orange. So I would like to know if the rezound works with orange cuz we are (almost)in the same boat.
Sorry for the confusion.
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El Ha$on said:
Switching to Verizon but I travel to Dominican republic a lot and have a sim card with orange. So I would like to know if the rezound works with orange cuz we are (almost)in the same boat.
Sorry for the confusion.
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Oh Ok cool,thanks for the explanation, Now I understand , anyways,how do you like DR?
I'll be getting the Rezound today in about an hour or so, I'll update this (hopefully) from the phone itself.
elander said:
Oh Ok cool,thanks for the explanation, Now I understand , anyways,how do you like DR?
I'll be getting the Rezound today in about an hour or so, I'll update this (hopefully) from the phone itself.
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I love it over there. Completely different way of life compared to New York. At one point I was considering a move to there but decided I want until I'm in a better position.
Do you just for vacation purposes or family??
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El Ha$on said:
I love it over there. Completely different way of life compared to New York. At one point I was considering a move to there but decided I want until I'm in a better position.
Do you just for vacation purposes or family??
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Glad to hear you like it here, as for the reason I'm here,well I actually live here, Im Dominican. I bought the Rezound because the hardware is excellent and since CDMA phones are a bit cheaper than their GSM counterparts (at least on ebay) I went for it. Back to the phone, yesterday I spent a few (too many) hours trying to unlock it with HTCDEV.Com but I did not succeeded as the page was constantly logging me out, but today I tried it again at work (yeah I know ) and I finally got the unlock code, but I havent tried to unlock it yet as I read somewhere that it is best to first update to (offficial?) ICS to get the latest firmware and radio and then unlock it as if one tries to update after unlocking it will not update. By the way do you know how could I flashed the official update as I haven't been successful trying to get it OTA and im a bit confused with all the leaked ICS ruu floating around.
Thanks.
As promised here's the update: it works!!! It gets to connect to hdspa on the 900mhz band.
Of course setting it from stock was a bit of a chore. But it is done. I'm updating this from my HTC rezound running ics sense 4.0 3g on orange dominicana
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I think that is good news.
So just a thought, surely their GSM radio is not locked down to Domestic GSM networks - wonder if we can steal their radio image and pop a sim card in???
Just a thought since its been a fairly hot topic.
Best news I've heard all day! Anything to bring the photon to a much wider audience.
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So just a thought, surely their GSM radio is not locked down to Domestic GSM networks - wonder if we can steal their radio image and pop a sim card in???
Just a thought since its been a fairly hot topic.
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Anyone know if RSD Lite is capable of flashing a new radio image? If it is, I'll test flashing that to my phone. Although I'd still need a SIM card to test out.
Well now i know to hold onto my phone when im in Japan. One time i left my EVO next to me at the airport, and she flew away. not like they can use that phone there, but they will sure know what a Photon is. ha ha
yeah that would be one fast easy solution to unlocking the domestic GSM radios. be interesting if that works. and if it does.... lets see if the people who offered money on the bounty pay up lol
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Anyone know if RSD Lite is capable of flashing a new radio image? If it is, I'll test flashing that to my phone. Although I'd still need a SIM card to test out.
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Yes provided the files themselves aren't modified in any way to disrupt the signature if someone can get me the sbf I can make a radio only sbf
Great, I'm heading to Japan on Friday and hopefully I won't have any issues.
It is today. Hoping for good news @[email protected]
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I have been browsing these forums for a few days now and i'm wondering, I got a thunderbolt, rooted, tried a couple different radios, and i'm banging my head against the wall trying to figure out if it can be done.
I am a little bit of a noob when it comes to cellular phones but i have learned alot in the past week about CDMA, GSM, LTE and the sim cards. I have played with the android SDK a little bit have not published anything yet but It is a hobby currently that may go a little farther than that. also i read and understand that verizon phones do not natively use sim cards.
anyways, my phone recognizes that there is a sim card in it now when the T-Mobile card is in. and as a result I am led to the conclusion that it has something to do with the radio I am using.
Other maybe useful information (which could also be another thing in need of a solution) is the T-mobile phone I am using the sim card from was from a nokia phone that cost me $50.00 for the phone and service for a month.
Does the Sim card cause an issue switching it from a non-smartphone to a smartphone?
Other useful information is I am using the Thunderstick ROM
Revolutionary Rooted
HBoot(which I am unsure of the function of hboot) 6.04.1002
Radio 1.39.00.0430r
eMMC-boot
I like this phone so far and see it as a useful tool, got it from a relative after they upgraded their own.
If you need any more information let me know or if you know my problem would be helpful. again i have learned alot since i got this thing, and i've been just using the android emulator on a 6 year old computer so this is quite the present either way!
I've seen youtube videos of people going to websites and putting in codes like *#06# but i think i need a little guidance to the right direction. i'll be checking this thread daily at least. thank you in advance for reading my small wall of text
long time reader, first time poster!
No T-Mobile is GSM thunderbolt is cdma
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it was fun banging my head against the wall the past few days, learned regardless. thank you for the speedy response!
i despise verizon wireless for their prices of their contracts, i think that the only other solution to use this phone with is MetroPCS, correct me if i am wrong (just watched the guy on the XDA TV go off about how much power the major 4 cell providers in america have so much power)
seems like they have affordable plans also.
Yes, a guy on here posted that you could flash your thunderbolt to PagePlus, but keep it mind that you will have no LTE.
Whoops, it was PagePlus not MetroPCS. Fixed in post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294179
thank you so much for that last post, i guess i didn't brows through everything because i missed that one, but i was aiming for t-mobile, but i'm thinking the transition to metropcs will be smoother based on they use LTE and CDMA, either way this is more than i thought i'd bite off, but i'm still hungry.
very interesting tutorial, again thanks so much for knowing the forums better than myself.
if this was a HD2 it would be sooo easy it seems.
while tinkering is always fun, why not just pick up a t-mobile phone on craigslist? For about 200-250, you can get most of the high end t-mobile phones, and you will have hspa+ which works great for data when you can get a signal (left t-mobile due to signal issues at work).
Today on Ebay Daily Deals, Samsung Google Nexus S GSM unlocked for 299. No Contract. 200ish left.
Also I am having signal issues where I am I figure of may be a good time to test the waters and swim to a new service provider. Tinkering is fun and educational. Found the service provider that fits the phone and think it will be fun
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Also I am having signal issues where I am I figure of may be a good time to test the waters and swim to a new service provider. Tinkering is fun and educational. Found the service provider that fits the phone and think it will be fun
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Especially since you'll be seeing Tmobile become ATT.
Looking to pick up the HTC Amaze from Mobilicty for $$300 and I have a quick question regarding the 3G capabilities. Do the ROMs or any mods from XDA here support the standard 3G networks, and not the AWS ones? I'm considering picking one up and then SIM unlocking it for use on the standard Rogers/Fido/Telus/Bell network, assuming it can be SIM unlocked.
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Looking to pick up the HTC Amaze from Mobilicty for $$300 and I have a quick question regarding the 3G capabilities. Do the ROMs or any mods from XDA here support the standard 3G networks, and not the AWS ones? I'm considering picking one up and then SIM unlocking it for use on the standard Rogers/Fido/Telus/Bell network, assuming it can be SIM unlocked.
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Sim unlock for free via s-off, I dunno about the 3G factor, though I do think it has them.
Really? Because on my Samsung Galaxy S, only specific modems have specific network bands, so I was thinking similar things would apply to the HTC Amaze. I do see that you're using a Telus ROM, so there's probably a Telus radio....
All Amazes no matter what carrier support the same bands out of the box, no radio flashing needed. You'll be able to use the Amaze on telus/rodgers, no idea about fido/bell youll have to see if the network uses the 800/950/1900/2100 3g bands
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All Amazes no matter what carrier support the same bands out of the box, no radio flashing needed. You'll be able to use the Amaze on telus/rodgers, no idea about fido/bell youll have to see if the network uses the 800/950/1900/2100 3g bands
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What this guy said, since I used practically every different providers stock Rom with the same service reception.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
Too bad I couldn't find an Amaze in stock... Apparently it was all sold out yesterday
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Too bad I couldn't find an Amaze in stock... Apparently it was all sold out yesterday
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ebay my friend used ones are going for 250-300
new ones like 400 still mine was $600 when it 1st came out i bought mine a week early b4 it came out thank god for being a dealer
Jay_Rulen said:
ebay my friend used ones are going for 250-300
new ones like 400 still mine was $600 when it 1st came out i bought mine a week early b4 it came out thank god for being a dealer
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Got mine for 250 locally, changed the back cover and applied a screen protector, it's practically new now, normally goes for 350 in the condition I got it.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
Can I use it on other networks without unlocking it first?
No. Verizon works very hard to lock down their phones. There are rumors that this phone may work on other GSM networks but no HSPA+. It won't be easy to get working...
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No. Verizon works very hard to lock down their phones. There are rumors that this phone may work on other GSM networks but no HSPA+. It won't be easy to get working...
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Looks like it works just fine on GSM networks
The preview units seem to be unlocked, and I really hope that this continues on the phones sold on the 21st.
The Verizon iPhone 5 comes unlocked out of the box, a Verizon representative confirmed with CNET today.
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The Verizon iPhone 5 comes unlocked out of the box, a Verizon representative confirmed with CNET today.
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Its been confirmed since day one.
From what I hear, it doesn't appear the DNA will be unlocked
we really need a definitive answer here.
There are quite a few people who already got the phones.. I asked a few times from them to try it out but so far nada...
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we really need a definitive answer here.
There are quite a few people who already got the phones.. I asked a few times from them to try it out but so far nada...
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OK, I can confirm a few things for the shipped Verizon DNA's. They can't currently be unlocked on the htcdev website. I have heard that some of the Dev's have found a solution however and we should be hearing on a workaround very soon.
I can confirm that they are still SIM unlocked though! I successfully used an USA AT&T SIM and got both voice and H data speeds (~2mbs down) on AT&T network.
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OK, I can confirm a few things for the shipped Verizon DNA's. They can't currently be unlocked on the htcdev website. I have heard that some of the Dev's have found a solution however and we should be hearing on a workaround very soon.
I can confirm that they are still SIM unlocked though! I successfully used an USA AT&T SIM and got both voice and H data speeds (~2mbs down) on AT&T network.
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That's awesome! Using AT&T and T-Mobile SIM's was a huge selling point for me.
Hi guys.i am in south .africa.A friend is coming from the US and he can bring me a DNA ?Can i use it in my country.
Thanks
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You can on any gsm network.
Hey guys I've spent the last few days reading old threads about using the i545 on USA GSM Carriers.
I bought a Bad ESN Verizon Galaxy S4 on eBay. From what Ive been reading these phones come factory unlocked and i figured I would
buy one to use on T-Mobile.
I have tried countless things now and for some reason all I get in the status bar is a circle with a line through it.
I have tried various APN settings found around older threads but still i get no signal.
I rooted and installed the newest hyperdrive and still nothing.
Ive even tried an AT&T sim & an old Orange Sim I have lying around for these testing situations.
They both show a circle with a line through the middle and when I try to make a call it just says "Mobile Network Not Available"
If I remove sim and power on the phone it states there is No Sim Installed.
I am running Hyperdrive RLS15 with 4.3 MK2
I've heard that if a phone is blacklisted it cannot be used in the USA on any carrier is that true? and if so why are some users stating they bought a bad esn phone and works fine on GSM US Carriers? I am really confused decided to make an account and maybe get some more insight.
Thank You guys!
Any XDAers have any suggestions?
Anything would be appreciated, Thank you guys again
I apologize for the self bumpage, I dont now what else to do.
This is my final bump, Should I just resell on ebay?
How can you even use this phone can it be flashed to any service or used anywhere?
tried at&t and t-mobile sims with apn settings to no avail just a circle with a line through it on the status bar.
Thanks
Peace
Bad ESN usually means it was reported stolen. You're basically SOL
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Kole_Ackerson said:
Bad ESN usually means it was reported stolen. You're basically SOL
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Thanks man, I guess I didnt want to face this truth,
Is it SOL internationally as well? Wondering if i can state that if I try to resell it on ebay.
Since im honestly dubious this thing works anywhere, is there a global IMEI database?
hempcures said:
Thanks man, I guess I didnt want to face this truth,
Is it SOL internationally as well? Wondering if i can state that if I try to resell it on ebay.
Since im honestly dubious this thing works anywhere, is there a global IMEI database?
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Sorry but you will have a hard time getting any help with a bad IMEID phone.
That's a stolen or insurance fraud device. Parts only.