I'm using Telstra in Australia and I'm very suspicious that my imported phone that was purchased through Kogan doesn't have the 850Mhz 3G band that Telstra operates on. The phone was advertised as having 850Mhz 3G.
Is there any way of telling what frequencies that my variant of the phone is equipped with?
fastboot getvar all will tell you model number,then research that model number for band frequencies
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I don’t know how to find out what band my smartphone uses. It’s T-Mobile, so it should sell in US, where GSM band’s 1900. But my T-mobile was in box, designed especially for Russia. The letters are in Russian, a GSM band indicated on the box in big black font is 900\1800.
But device information tab in WM 2003 displays "Hardware Version: PW 10B1" (as far as I understand that means 1900 band). In spite of this on the back of my device is a sticker with PW10A2 sign. Where's the truth?
Maybe my device uses 1800 frequency?
But anyway in the band selection tab there's only 2 bands 800 and 1900 (
If my device supports 1800 band, how can I activate it?
The seller’s support tells T-mobile MDA supports 1800… But they can’t explain how to enable it.
I don't know whether connected my second problem with previous. I think it is.
Sometimes my device doesn't find network after it lost it. Example: after leaving an underground subway station. To find a network I have to turn the phone off and then to turn it on.
My radio version is T310. If this problem doesn't connected with the first, maybe I just should change a radio version to a newer one?
The sticker tells the truth normally. Are you going in to bootloader to choose your band?
How can I choose GSM band through boot loader?
Enter bootloader by holding power button while pushing stylus in reset hole, when bootloader appears push the button below antenna, you will then have all gsm options, choose 900/1800.
You may be S O L!!!
You better hope your XDA is not a 900/1800 MHz one otherwise you're going to be SOL unless you plan on living overseas because here in North America, the wireless carriers like AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless LLC and T Mobile USA use EDGE/GSM/GPRS on the 850 and/or 1900 MHz GSM aka Next Generation network. 900/1800 MHz GSM is used overseas and is considered the international GSM bandwidths. Cheers!
You may be S O L!!!
You better hope your XDA is not a 900/1800 MHz one otherwise you're going to be SOL unless you plan on living overseas because here in North America, the wireless carriers like AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless LLC and T Mobile USA use EDGE/GSM/GPRS on the 850 and/or 1900 MHz GSM aka Next Generation network. 900/1800 MHz GSM is used overseas and is considered the international GSM bandwidths. Cheers!
I understand AT&T 3G bands work 850/1900.
I also read that there are two models of the 800, one without the 850 band and one with.
If someone has a model from hong kong/ UK could you check your box to see what WCDMA bands are listed? I most likely will be getting one from either the said locations
See this thread for answers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392464
Quite simple:
If it's a RM-810 NO 850 MHz 3G, if it's a RM-813 it has 850 MHz 3G, but NO 900 MHz 3G.
Jack
Yes i saw that thread but im not sure which country has which model... so if someone has one from hong kong or the UK and could tell me their model number or frequencies that would be great
Hello everyone,
"The LTE standard can be used with many different frequency bands. In North America, 700 and 1700 MHz are planned to be used; 800, 1800, 2600 MHz in Europe; 1800 and 2600 MHz in Asia; and 1800 MHz in Australia. As a result, phones from one country may not work in other countries. Users will need a multi-band capable phone for roaming internationally." (en.wikipedia.org)
So far, I have not heard of any LTE cell phone able to adapt to this multi-frequency international situation.
Even within the USA, it does not seem possible for an unlocked LTE cell phone which has been bought through one carrier to be used with another one.
Well, it should be possible !
After all, LTE is an international standard supporting all frequency bands, flexible bandwidth and both FDD and TDD duplexes ...
So it might not be that difficult to make these phones be able to use different LTE frequencies.
All radio systems can easily scan the whole spectrum in order to settle on the next available or desired channel. Another example, on Android Gingerbread phones :
"Settings-->Wireless & Networks-->Mobile Networks-->Network Operators--> Search Network" shows you all the mobile carriers available in your area, offering you the possibility to manually register on a specific network.
All this means that it should be technically possible to buy an unlocked LTE cell phone in the US for example, buy a sim card in another country where the LTE frequency is different, and everything should work fine, maybe with some software tweak.
Has anybody tried this already ?
So on eBay this one vendor is saying that his Lumia 800 he's selling is the international version, and it has the 850/1900 HSPA bands ALONG with the 900/2100 bands.....is there such a thing? I've only heard of the two versions- the European version with the 900/2100 bands and the NA version with 850/1900.
I don't want to buy something and have it not work with my 3G service with Telus, so confirmation would for sure help.
Thanks!
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try dialing this.. then hit the ... and click settings
u can play with the 2G and 3G
Over8ted said:
So on eBay this one vendor is saying that his Lumia 800 he's selling is the international version, and it has the 850/1900 HSPA bands ALONG with the 900/2100 bands.....is there such a thing? I've only heard of the two versions- the European version with the 900/2100 bands and the NA version with 850/1900.
I don't want to buy something and have it not work with my 3G service with Telus, so confirmation would for sure help.
Thanks!
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My understanding is there are 2 versions (if we exclude China), the RM-801 and the RM-819. They support the 4 GSM voice bands (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) but differ with the data bands:
* RM-801 with WCDMA HSPA 900/1900/2100 MHz
* RM-819 with WCDMA HSPA 850/1900/2100 MHz
So I believe the eBay vendor is wrong and might be mixing up the voice and data bands.
But don't quote me on this, although I checked Nokia's web site and the full product sheets.
Yeah, I'll have to ask him. He says it isn't compatible with his T-Mo 3G service in the US either.
Would it still operate on Telus' network with just a single 1900 data band? From what I know Telus doesn't run an EDGE network as they had adopted from CDMA to HSPA not that long ago. I guess I'd still get voice services but that kind of defeats the purpose of my data plan.
I guess this leads me to another thing.....how can the vendor find out which rm version it is?
The fellow just posted a picture of the tag, says 801 on the box so that must be it.
I have just purchased a Gear s, which looks like it was purchased from the USA (T-mobile) & I am using it in the UK. It has been unlocked but when I put in the sim I do not get any single & within the call settings it displays unexpected response from network.
Any Ideas what could be wrong?
Thanks
Gear S is a dual-band phone only. So North America models won't work in rest of the world and vice versa. You are SOL.
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Gear S is a dual-band phone only. So North America models won't work in rest of the world and vice versa. You are SOL.
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Can you suggest where I might find out if my Australasian purchased Gear S + S4 will work in the UK?
Both devices bought outright (though so was my iPhone but the carrier still locked it into their service as soon as I put their sim card in)
To ask the question another way - if say travelling back to the uk (and assuming my devices are compatible with their networks ) - would I be better off prepurchasing a still quite expensive international package from the Australian bandits - or would an international package from Amaysim Lebara etc work with one their sims in the gear s and another in the galaxy device?
my provider is now offering slightly less extortionate international deals but as you say it depends on whether the GS is compatible with the other country's network.
I'd be happy to do that tap tap tap thing and just use the Gear S as a phone back in the uk
thanks
You need check Samsung for the specific frequency bands any of these specific local variants support. For Australia, it has networks use 850Mhz (which is one of the bands North America uses), 900 and 1800 (both are commonly used in rest of the world). So, I'm not sure what bands an Australian version supports.
Gear S for North America supports only 850MHz and 1900 MHz.
Gear S for rest of the world supports only 900Mhz and 1800 MHz.
Australia and Brazil have more complex frequency usage. So I don't have any idea. Japan is WCDMA 2100 only. So Japanese version contains no cell radio.
Thanks
I will get it exchanged
Best model for Western Australian users hoping to use it abroad
Gear S for North America supports only 850MHz and 1900 MHz.
Gear S for rest of the world supports only 900Mhz and 1800 MHz.
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The somewhat-difficult-to-navigate Samsung Aus store is currently showing 2 different models
Telstra (900/2100) ----- GSM 900 DCS 1800 ---- 3G UMTS B1 (2100) B8 (900)
Optus Vodafone Virgin (850/2100) ----GSM 850 DCS 1800 ---- 3G UMTS B1 (2100) B5 (850)
Th Gear S still doesn't appear on the Telstra website ....(though it's their PAYG simcard in my watch)
but Optus is already offering the watch with a shared data plan
I bought mine from a 3rd party electronics reseller "**** Smith" but the Gear S has since disappeared from their store - go figure!
Thanks again for the ongoing education on battery considerations, pairing solutions, different types of network frequencies, and all your other helpful contributions
I'm not posting the details above in the hope of more free specific advice but more to share my experiences with other less techie users and potential users - plus writing it down helps my own understanding
http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/comparison?prda=SM-R7500ZKAOPS&prdb=SM-R750BZKAXSA