Hi!
I'm traveling to the US in December. I was just wondering if I have to change any settings in my XDA2 to use it there. I'm in the Philippines right now.
I remember when I was still using the SPV (Tanager), it took me three days before I found out that I had to set the band from "GSM" to "PCS", to use it in the US.
Do I have to do something of that sort with the XDA?
The Band selection on XDA2 is automatic, no need to change any settings. It will take 3-4 minutes after switching on before you get a signal.
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I think i have a faulty unit because i can not connect to the internet at all (although it worked last sat morning when i got the unit but i did not try again until my number got ported)i have tried it on GSM only and checked all the settings over with the guy from T-Mobile and they are ok but if i put my sim in my Jam i get a connection with no problems.
The guy from T-Mobile says it may be beacuse i am on the fringe for UMTS reception but i get the U symbol and 4 bars on the strength meter but surely it should go on to GPRS if it can not get reception on UMTS as it would do for phone calls anyone any ideas ?
Start>Settings>Personal Tab>Phone>Band>"Select Network Type" and change to GSM (it's probably on Auto), then ok it all.
If you now connect over GPRS (which is what the above is to do - force it not to use UMTS at all), then you're ok.
Next thing is to go to a UMTS strong area, and do the settings but set back to Auto and see if u get 3G connection.
Hope it helps.
i just get the message ''warning:unable to change GSM/UMTS Band, please try again later''
thanks anyway
I cannot get my brand new Jasjar to pick up any signal or network for T-mobile in the Atlanta area. What settings should I be using in phone settings? Right now it is set to Auto & I had an MDA Vario (that someone stole this past weekend when I send out of town) & it worked fine in the same place. What am I missing? Thanks
Set the frequency band to PCM 1900 and pray that they transmit on that frequency in your area.
This may sound like a silly suggestion, but is your Jasjar unlocked?
There really should not be any need to change the frequencies manually (particularly since it is set to automatic)
Try unlocking the phone with one of this forum's unlocking utilities, and if that does not work, there is always a good hard reset to solve most problems in M$ devices.
Hope this helps.
Hello all,
I have a XDA Exec, running windows 6.1, with a 3g sim and 10gig data plan from o2 in Ireland. My problem is I get nothing more than a few kb a sec. Normally 1-2kb/s. I've logged a call with o2 but expect nothing more that a response of "Its due to the area you are in" But I have tried it all over. In Dublin, Kilkenny, Waterford and a lot of other areas and its always old style GSM speeds. So has anyone got any ideas as to what it might be? Maybe a setting on the phone? Dont have an other 3g handset to try sadly. This is really needed as I have moved down to Kilkenny now and have no net other than what is on the phone.
Thanks
forgot to say, I am using radio 1.15 if that matters
ok, after a bit of searching, I am after setting the band to Auto under the phone settings. But still only GSM access speeds. I will be in waterford a little later and will try access the net there to see if there is a difference. Any other thoughts as to what it can be?
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ok, after a bit of searching, I am after setting the band to Auto under the phone settings. But still only GSM access speeds. I will be in waterford a little later and will try access the net there to see if there is a difference. Any other thoughts as to what it can be?
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Hope this helps:
Go to Start/Settings/Connections
On your conection (Proxy settings) be sure that "This network connects to the Internet" is selected.
Go to Start/Settings/Personal and select "Band" and change "Select your Network Type" to WCDMA and then "Select your GSM/UMTS band" a GSM(1900+850)+UMTS(1900+850)
that´s it, next time you connect to internet, it has to connect to HSDPA (the connection icon should change to "H")
Hello, a friend of mine just picked up a HTC Touch2 from a family member in Singapore, we are trying to get it to work on her Tmobile USA line but are having some issues. In the connection setup it has the option for USA/Tmobile however running that seems to have no effect, the phone doesn't connect and I just get a (!) next to the signal. With the software option to set it up for so many carriers does it still need a sim-unlock or something? Or am I missing something else about the setup? Thanks for any help.
ok, so given enough time I figured this out myself, here's what worked in case anyone else comes across this problem. I forget where in the phone settings but there was an option to 'Auto' select gsm/wcdma and the frequency, I manually selected the frequency set that included Tmobile's range and now its working (edge only of course).
Dear All,
I've bought a RAZR M in the states a few weeks ago and was using it with net10 after unlocking the device for other carriers than VZW. I found the instructions on XDA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166542) and it worked like a charm.
Two days ago I went back home to Germany and in joyful anticipation i popped my german O2 sim into the phone. To my surprise the phone did not connect to the O2 network. Since I've read about Germanese experience with O2 in Germany (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017987) I was positive it'll work. However, when I set the network mode to "GSM/UMTS" and try to select a network manually, the list of available networks is empty (see screenshot).
@Germanese: Am I missing something?
I continued fiddling with the parameters available in the hidden radio menu (dialing *#*#4636#*#*), tried all options on the "preferred network type" parameter and changed the radio band from "USA band" to "Cellular". Still no connection.
Then I've proceeded with unlocking the bootloader and installing CM 10.1 to check if I get a few more options. Surprisingly in CM 10.1 I wasn't even able to choose a network provider manually, the option simply doesn't exist. In the hidden radio menu (which can be accessed in the same way as in the stock system) on the other hand the list of radio bands looked slightly different: I was offered to choose between US band, Japan band and two other options (can't exactly remember what it was and already reverted back to stock), while for all of them the actual frequencies were displayed. It caught my attention right away that there wasn't an option for a 2100Mhz band (which is the frequency all German carriers use). Needless to say I didn't get it working on CM 10.1 either.
Anyone can point me in the right direction?! Maybe flashing the AU radio from xt905 firmware? Although Germanese pointed out it works just fine with stock ROM?
Any help is super appreciated!!!
All the best!
Henry
Dear Henry,
My Girl is actively using Razr M (Verizon Model) In Germany Munich.
The stock Rom works but has very Poor signal as you see yourself.
We got her working nicely with the Australian Radio.
The other way was to modify some codes with the RadioCom But not advisable if this is your first run.
So yes the best thing to do is to do the AU Radio Flash Mod.
Hope this helps...
Thanks for the fast reply! Do you have a link to the RadioComm Mods you're talking about? I've used RadioComm for the "00" NV tweak to get the phone working with net10 in the US - so I have a little experience
Wooohoooo!
AU radio is working! What a hike
Can't say anything about data for now as I don't have a data plan activated yet. However, signal strength is good and call quality is absolutely fine.
Cheers
Henry
data working, but only egde/gsm
Dear All,
Got myself a data plan with O2 two weeks ago and it works on EDGE/GSM. However, I can't use UMTS/CDMA network.
@Germanese: How did you configure your girlfriends phone to make 3G work?
The NV value @8322 is still 00 - the factory reset I performed after changing it didn't have any impact on this setting. I've tried to change the preferred network type in the *#*#4636#*#* menu without any success. The radio band selection holds only one option: GSM/UMTS band.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Cheers
Henry
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Dear All,
Got myself a data plan with O2 two weeks ago and it works on EDGE/GSM. However, I can't use UMTS/CDMA network.
@Germanese: How did you configure your girlfriends phone to make 3G work?
The NV value @8322 is still 00 - the factory reset I performed after changing it didn't have any impact on this setting. I've tried to change the preferred network type in the *#*#4636#*#* menu without any success. The radio band selection holds only one option: GSM/UMTS band.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Cheers
Henry
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She stays in Munich.
Runnig the Aussie Radio.She then set the Radio to World.
That's it sorry about the late reply.
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Germanese said:
She stays in Munich.
Runnig the Aussie Radio.She then set the Radio to World.
That's it sorry about the late reply.
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Thanks for the reply!
Sorry for keeping bugging you, but how do I set the radio to "world"?
Cheers
Henry