Could I flash a t-mobile radio to get my GSM/UMTS radio to operate on ALL of T-Mobiles HSPA frequencies? cause edge sucks and I know for a fact there's HSPA in my area cause my friend with the Galaxy note 2 T-mobile has HSPA.
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I know telus used to be strictly cdma, however i know as of 2010 they have made some upgrades.
Does anyone know if unlocked phones such as this one:
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would fully funcionall work on telus?
Just by looking at the supported bands it won't work on Telus or Bell. It will only work on Rogers but at EDGE speeds. The current supported bands by Telus and Bell are 3G only which are 850/1900 frequency. The only other provider in Canada which has a different one is Wind which is on the AWS 1700 frequency so T-Mobile 3G phones should work.
Telus and Bell Canada are not GSM because that refers to 2G which is a legacy network they do not have. They are 3G which all the 2G providers such as AT&T have upgraded to. Their CDMA network is still there running in parallel for now.
They use the exact same 3G system and frequencies as AT&T. So any AT&T 3G phone will also work on Bell or Telus. They do not have the legacy network so 2G phones will not work. Only 3G phones.
To put it another more technical way:
They support 3G UMTS/HSPA 850MHz and/or 1900MHz
They do NOT support 2G GSM/EDGE on any frequency
I know the Jetstream was designed to be run on AT&T and Rogers, but I am curious if it is possible to flash a radio to enable usage of T-Mobile's HSPA network, much like the Samsung Galaxy Note has been enabled to, as seen here.
Can any of the amazing Devs out there shed some light on this?
jdavis08 said:
I know the Jetstream was designed to be run on AT&T and Rogers, but I am curious if it is possible to flash a radio to enable usage of T-Mobile's HSPA network, much like the Samsung Galaxy Note has been enabled to, as seen here.
Can any of the amazing Devs out there shed some light on this?
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jdavis08, Simple answer is yes. It is a standard 2G / 3G / LTE (AT&T / AWS band) phone. So you can use it on ANY 2G / 3G / LTE network with a SIM. But you may need to break the SIM Lock on any handset.
Just wanted to clarify. The Jetstream is 2G/3G/LTE /capable, 2G (GSM): 850/900/1800/1900MHz, 3G (UMTS/HSPA): 850/1900/2100, and LTE: 700mhz & AWS-1700/2100.
Currently, T-Mobile only uses the AWS for their HSPA+ network, not LTE (from what I understand, AWS will be transitioned for LTE and 1900mhz refarmed for 3G/4G early 2013) - and if I'm not mistaken, the HSPA+ is only supported by the "3G" band of this device, not the "LTE"
So - to make a long story short. I am a T-Mobile subscriber with various "4G" phones from T-Mobile. Their 4G only works if the phone has a radio with AWS for HSPA as T-Mobile (unlike AT&T) does not use the 1900mhz for their HSPA (yet). I own this tablet.. It has been SIM unlocked and it simply does not get anything above EDGE... and I live near and visit major cities in Washington State, Seattle/Bellevue/Tacoma, which definitely have TMo's 4G coverage.
I know I should just cool my jets until TMo rolls out the network upgrades, as I have no interest in joining AT&T. I was just curious if there was some way to "trick" the phone to use the AWS frequencies for HSPA, like the Galaxy Note has been made to do as the radio specs are identical.
I know that the Note was enabled to do this by flashing another radio. Support is minimal for the Jetstream these days... so I was just reaching out.
Thanks guys
im from mexico, we had 850 mhz like at& for 3g (we had lte but since my carrier sucks at lte i dont care lte but hspa+ AKA 3.9G)
so im trying to check offers on ebay (really expensive for internaitonal buyers ) but i saw some t-mobile htc one, so im wondwering t-mobile sim Unlocked will work on at&t 3g bands? hspa+?
Thanks
I have a samsung galaxy note i717 i am using on tmobile. My area has half the towers refarmed to 1900mhz and running lte on the AWS band, the others are still on aws hspa+. I can either use a modem that uses LTE and get better speeds or flash a AWS modem and get alot more coverage with hspa+
I am running (i believe) tmobile stock rom with att stock modem. I get LTE.
My question is.. Is there a modem out their that will give me the best of both worlds (Lte and AWS hspa+)?
It sucks going into boonyville with 2g.
Hey.
Please tell me if Galaxy Alpha G850f will work normally in the USA?
All I know is that there are different frequencies in the USA and Europe. Do my european model G850F support both of it?
From the spec I saw, you may get 3G on AT&T. Not so much on T-Mobile because the lack of 1700MHz band support that is still in use by T-Mobile 3G in many places. The LTE bands are probably not going to work. Of course, CDMA carriers like Verizon and Sprint will never work. So, you are guaranteed to have 2G data (which is like dial-up modem speed) if you choose a GSM carrier. Everything else depends.
I had 85of on att it is very fast hspa plus. No lte