Hi everyone,
Is anyone having problems with the three (3G) sim in australia ?
I am currently unable to send sms and cant access the settings -> personal -> phone -> voice mail and sms settings. Is there a third party program that can fix this issue ? or some sort of a registry hack ?
Also everytime i soft-reset the xda sometimes it tends to be very long before a carrier can be detected (contracted with vodafone). Sometimes its only a matter of seconds but sometimes it can take up to 5 min without signal. Im guessing its jus a roaming issue, but has anyone come up with a way of solving this ?
Any help is appreciated ..
Cheers guys
Just interested, your ID says Optus, you say you have vodafone sim in your XDA II and your also are on a 3G network.
sorry ... maybe i should've been more clear ....
currently I have 2 numbers 1 optus and I got a new Three sim. I use the Three sim in my xda now but since the xda does not support 3G network, instead on being on the Three network, they will put me on the vodafone network as Three have a roaming contract with them. (so disregard the whole optus thing).
Three have their own 3G network in Australia but when out of coverage, they will use the more extensively covered vodafone (GSM) network.
I dont think roaming will cause problems with sms :evil:
but anyway ... thats my main problem atm. I can put up with the delayed carrier signal upon reset but the sms is a real pain.
does that make more sense ??
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I can make calls with a 3G sim as the 3G network switches to o2 when it is unable to recieve a 3G signal, but I cant get GPRS to work, can any one help? has any one got a 3G sim to fully work with their XDAII?
I will post more info if required
Thanks
Jud
If im not mistaking, the data trafic is locked to a specifik 3G network?
if it were me i would ask 3 if they support grps
and if they did to turn it on
judsta said:
I can make calls with a 3G sim as the 3G network switches to o2 when it is unable to recieve a 3G signal, but I cant get GPRS to work, can any one help? has any one got a 3G sim to fully work with their XDAII?
I will post more info if required
Thanks
Jud
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AFAIK, if you are a Three customer, all of their services are available in proper 'Three' coverage areas.
BUT, they make it clear on their site, that in none Three coverage areas, coverage is then provided by O2 under a 'roaming' agreement Three have with them.
They point out that in these conditions, voice calls and sms are still possible (as this uses standard GSM, or rather CSD).
BUT, that picture messaging etc will not be possible.
This seems to indicate quite clearly, this is because a GPRS arrangement with them is not possible, or established.
Thus, in your case, a Three SIM card will work in an XDA (but only the OLDER ones allegedly, Three supposedly got sick of too many people buying them for just the high amount of free inclusive minutes and sticking them in their own handsets and incurring high roaming costs for Three with O2, so locked the newer ones), but GPRS is not available when in a none 3G handset, or in truth, on a none Three network!
Hi
Im on a Three network in Australia and i am able to use the three sim in my XDA however, I am unable to send sms as it cant read the sms function from the carrier sim. I have change to an optus sim and sms works on that, so im sure its just three's sim that doesnt.
Anyone having a similar problem ? and have a fix ?
Hi, I have Austrian 3 sim in my XDA II and GPRS works, however (of course) I am using national roaming partner's (A1) network, because XDA does not have UMTS radio.
Everything works OK. data, sms, email....
Buzz
Hi, I have been watching with keen interest the development of the Universal. I had the original XDA and the XDA2 but have been waiting for this 3G device before I upgrade.
I have one on back order, but not with Expansys. I have been watching Expansys wondering if I should get one through them instead of waiting however when I phoned them for some technical info about 3G networks the sales individual did not know anything about the "UK networks"!!!
So, does anyone know if you can take an unlocked, uncofigured, JasJar (such as those being sold on Expansys) and just configure the settings for 3G, or is it far more complicated than that.
I am sure I read somewhere that 3G settings need to be configured by the network, unlike GPRS which I have easily configured for my voda sim card in my xdas.
Well if it can be configured, anyone know the settings for the JasJar to use vodafone 3G ??
Cheers, Numb
jasjar on vodafone
just got my jasjar today, put in my normal sim which was purchased already on the normal 2g network and it not only came up ok but came up on vodafones 3g network with no problems what so ever.
talking to vodafone they also told me that for instance my 3g sim from my datacard which is not even on a voice contract would work though of course as i have no free minutes i would get charged at normal network rates for voice calls.
jasjar on vodafone
just got my jasjar today, put in my normal sim which was purchased already on the normal 2g network and it not only came up ok but came up on vodafones 3g network with no problems what so ever.
talking to vodafone they also told me that for instance my 3g sim from my datacard which is not even on a voice contract would work though of course as i have no free minutes i would get charged at normal network rates for voice calls.
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n1, thats good to hear. But did u have to configure any settings for 3G ? or was the phone already configured, and if it was already configured it who by, Expansys ?
If they are unlocked presumably you have to configure it to your chosen network ?
Thx fer the reply tho, can't wait to get mine now, you lucky devil.
Cheers, Numb
to make a long stiry short: settings for gprs and umts/3g are the same, no need to change anything, if you have your vodafone gprs set you are ready to use 3g as well.
cheers, lutz
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:lol: n1 lutzh that is what I was after. Keeping my fingers crossed for early next week. Otherwise I may to try a different distributer.
Thx again for the heads up.
Cheers, Numb
I have two Dopod 810 running on Optus network. One running windows5, the other windows6 Dopod release. BOTH phones have the same problem of repeatedly disconnecting the phone call if the phone settings are
Network …… Auto
GSM/UMTS ..Auto
So to correct the problem Optus told me to change the the settings too
Network ……GSM
GSM/UMTS ..GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100)
This would stop the drop out, but I now don’t have 3g network, hence no MMS, video conferencing, web access is at dialup speed.
I had the Optus service department take both phones and they found they could not replicate the problems, installed the windows 6 pro upgrade on them and sent them back. Guess what, I still have the same connection problems. Put the phone settings back to the second settings above and have a phone back, but none of the 3g.
Any ideas why and what I can do? The only thing I can think of is to get Optus to replace the sim cards and see if that helps?
Ohh and this has been a problem since the phones were new.
I have the same problem too in indonesia Telkomsel network.
a incoming and outgoing call always drop or disconnected. and really difficult to setup a call. and very often my voice couldnt be heard.
anyone can help me?this is network failure or handset failure?
thx in advance
Hi!
I just got my HTC Touch HD a few days ago.
But some reception problems annoy me.
The phone is originally from Orange UK. Unlocked via Code.
Its now used with 3 Austria. 3 Austria has its own UMTS net and as fallback uses a GSM net from a different provider.
It often happens, was also like this with my previous Nokia, that when there is no more reception with 3G, GSM from the other Provider was OK.
Now with the HTC, when there is no 3G reception, the phone DOES NOT switch to GSM.
More interesting:
When I have bad 3G reception (2/4) and I start a call, the switchover to GSM is done (4/4 reception) automatically ("3 3G" -> "3")
Settings for Band are "Auto" and "Auto". When I set there "GSM", no net is found, even though the GSM net is strong there.
The phone is hardspl and I tried "Laurentius26 Touch HD L26_THDV6" and the german stock ROM from the Wiki. Its on all the same.
Is my phone defective?
I tried all 3 radio roms from here, since its doing GSM switch when I initiate a call when logged in in 3G, I dont think so.
But what else could it be? A problem with the "foreign" GSM net?
3 Austria also offers the phone here, so everyone with it would have the same problem.
Is it worth a try to flash back to stock Orange UK and undo the hardspl?
Plz Help
Best regards
I know, I provided lots of Information.
But please help me out.
Till Sunday I can decide to send it back to the eBay shop for minimal costs. If its defective.
Bye
Hi again.
After lots of hours of testing and flashing and testing I decided to try a different SIM card (this 1 yr old, originally tried 3.5 yrs old) of the same provider.
With that card, GSM is working.
So, is it a problem with the SIM in general. Are there some settings I can modify? Or need I get the provider to replace it against a new one?
The originally card works with UMTS and GSM in a Nokia N73, strange.
Bye
Hello, I've exactly the same problem, but in Italy...
My operator is H3G and when i can catch the 3g signal it's all good... wen it comes to roaming with the operator TIM (in GSM) i can't register on the net... (of course i can with a different phone)...
My touch HD worked a charm so far (i've bought it approx 5 months ago), but now i've got this strange problem... any advice?
Thanks
Velio
Hallo,
I have a world-wide gsm version of the htc Hermes. The device is simlock-free and always has been. I put the official, albeit leaked, WM6 rom on it and it works great. But: last week I switched providers (for better data plans) and here is the result:
Data connection works just fine
SMS works just fine
But, I can hardly make calls and I don't receive any. The problem is not the network, because I switched phones (I put my SIM in a €26 SamSung phone which I use when I go camping) and I receive all of the calls. When someone calls me, they hear silence for about 30 seconds and then end up with my voicemail.
Any ideas as how to solve this? Both my old and new carrier are GSM. The only difference between them is that my old carrier (Belgium, Proximus) uses has a 3G/HSPDA network whereas my new carrier (Belgium, MObile Vikings; uses the network of BASE) has an EDGE network. Both operate on Dual Band.
EDIT: Would a radio upgrade do any good? If so, any suggestion for a radio version?
Thank you!
Come on, 80 views and no reply. Someone must have had an idea!
I did a radio upgrade (1.48-> 1.50) but that didn't solve the problem. Any other ideas?
I have TyTN and similar problem. Installed WM6, and worked fine for a 6 months. Few days ago problem (Strange?) started. I have GSM signal, I can make calls, I can receive calls from fixed lines and other GSM operators, but I can't receive calls from users of my domestic network?!? They get info Connection error? Please, HELP.
Also, when I ask request service for Call Barring I get info "Can't read specified service..."
Change the Sim
Long shot but have either of you thought to get a new sim from your current provider (port your number across if necessary) and see if that works?
WB
I've changed SIM card, it's still same problem! But, with a SIM card of other mobile operators I have no problem.
kris1975 said:
I've changed SIM card, it's still same problem! But, with a SIM card of other mobile operators I have no problem.
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Sounds like a problem that's related to the network provider you are using. Have you chased down their technical dept for help? All else fails, move providers.
Once had a problem where I could not get mobile signals at home but could everywhere else. Turned out my service provider had issues with broadcasts to the cell near me.
They fixed it and gave me my charges back equal to the time the system had been out.
Good luck with it.
WB