I am planning on going to a GSM 1800 country soon but I only have GSM 900 & 1900 (what i'm on now) listed as choices. Is that because of my current SIM card or is there a problem with my phone?
Thanks,
Daniel
Here a file to enable the band selection.
How do I run this?
It worked-
Thanks!!
I go to the States in August. Work the Magician in the USA ?
Thanks
Depends but most probably:
If you are going to be roaming with your current SIM card then find out which network you will be roaming on- if it's T-Mobile you will be fine because all the Magicians can work on he 1900mhz band- which T-mobile is. Cingular/ATT mostly is 1900mhz also but some rural areas operate on the 850mhz band- either way you should be fine, but find out who's service you will be on to be sure.
-Daniel
Thanks !
I use Proximus from belgium.
by the way, how u know gsm 1800 band missing? how u check it?
in the phone: Tools | Options and the tab Band is missing.
I have the band option, but I can only choose:
GSM 900 (europe)
GSM 1900 (North America)
Even after running the program in the second post.
Jackalope said:
Here a file to enable the band selection.
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Thx lots ! You made my day.
Cheers
Hans
hrb said:
Jackalope said:
Here a file to enable the band selection.
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Thx lots ! You made my day.
Cheers
Hans
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Can you choose 3 bands?
900; 1800; and 1900?
how to run file?
Hi,
was wondering how you run the actual file.
thanks
Con
Can you choose 3 bands?
900; 1800; and 1900?[/quote]
Yes, I can
no, don't have option
cong
This is the screen I am getting.
I only get
Phone, Services, Network, More
that's why I need to know how to run the program so I can get this extra
BAND option.
cheers
Con
im having same problem as cong... helpp pleeaasseee!!!
Hrb, what kind of Magician do you have?
I'm talking about a T-Mobile MDA Compact with a standard Rom WWE 1.10
And as told: I do have the Band Tab, but I can only select:
GSM 900 (Europe)
GSM 1900 (North America)
And Cong and Castiwo, have you ran the program and softreset the Magician?
I don't know how to run the program, that is the problem
Cong
Related
Hi,
is it possible to make the sx56 or tmobile ppc phone (normally 900/1900) work on the european 1800 mhz networks as well :?:
Thank you
Yes, you need to change it in the bootloader. Just select the one that has got the band you need. Don't try to change it in the phone settings, or it won't work.
Are you sure ?
I tried what you mention and it does not connect to Telstra...
I am running a 6.25 radio and an 4.01.16 TMO rom with a 5.17 bootloader.
I tried both 900 stand alone and 900/1800 but it did not work.
Any other trick ?
Thanks,
Bob.
so, has anyone ever succeeded with activating the 1800 mhz?
It's all depending on the device type ... PW10A works only for 900/1800 ... and PW10B works only for 900/1900 .... don't try the impossible!!! ... or you may permanently damage the RSU part!!!
better to get XDA II ... it's tri-band
well, I'm planning to buy one on ebay. how can I make sure, which one it is. what should I ask the seller to look for?
Thanks
is 900/1900 not only in America ?
in that case you should ask the seller to look at his address
ok, my question is if it's possible to make the american version 900/1900 to work on 1800 mhz
most countries in EU have both 900 and 1800 support
here is a list not sure if its 100% uptodate though but i doubt people are limiting the support
http://www.celluloco.com/products/customer/pages.php?pageid=18
zsilak said:
ok, my question is if it's possible to make the american version 900/1900 to work on 1800 mhz
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Yes, only if the network supports 900 MHz
Zsilak, it will work on 900 but not on 1800.
Hey guys my ex-Orange is on Virgin AU these days, using it as a tethered modem but I need to lock down to 900 as the Opyus/Virgin 2100mhz 3G spectrum is saturated in Melbourne to hell with all these 2100mhz devices over the last few years, any idea where I can get an application to lock to 900mhz 3G ?
Im using the HK rom a kind XDA'er uloaded for us
Under "Start\Settings\Personal\Phone\Band" (translated from German) you can preselect some frequencies.
thats the problem ! the only option is 2100/900 mhz together, nothing else under 3G
try....
On my rom I have two things to change on that page:
Networktyp: There I'm able to decide GSM or WCDMA
GSM should help you with your problem.
Band: There I can select the frequencies, but as you mention, there are always a UMTS band included.
Good luck and regards from AUSTRIA.
Stefan
Hi,
I have being looking thru threads but couldn't find any info :$
Is there a way to enable UMTS 850Mhz on Topaz?
btw, UMTS 850Mhz is different from GSM 850Mhz
My topaz only shows as available bands:
Auto
GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(900+2100)
GSM(1900+850)
UMTS(2100)
I know that HTC Pure supports UMTS 850Mhz (from HTC tech specs)
I am wondering if I can apply a patch to get it or if it's a hardware limitation
Thanks a lot
Its a hardware limitation. Edge will be the fastest speed you will get. In other words.... no faster than 2g for the topaz.
Umbranded
I have unbranded Topaz with 5 option on Phone - Options - Band:
Auto
GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
GSM ( 900 + 1800) + UMTS ( 900 + 2100)
GSM (1900 + 850) + UMTS (1900 + 850)
UMTS (2100 + 800)
But I'm not test with 3G yet
:O :O
That give me little hope
Can you share the info about the rom and radio versions you have?
Or if you have a HTC rom, from which region the rom is?
Thanks a lot
I test a lot of ROM's and have lastest radio 4.49.25.57
but some Rom that I`ve tryed not show the
GSM (1900 + 850) + UMTS (1900 + 850) option
acytualy I`m try energy rom (28008.5.3.0)
Sorry for my english...
Thanks a lot
I'll give it a try
I'll post my results soon
Thanks a lot
jaime.rq , please report your opinion after trying, as soon....Very interest me, is it hangt from Radio ROM version and OS ROM, or really hangt about devices hardware ?
Thanks on answer forwarding.
Regards
i have been trying to get my 3g to work on my td2 for a while now with the latest radio and shadowline rom. i can select the 850+1900 umts, it will try and force the mode and then it shows an error that it does not work. only reverting back to auto
i have seen some strange things though, where i make a call and the E switches to G and then switches back to E when i hang up, 3G phone calls?
Hi Folks .. the topaz was not released with 850 UMTS and this is a hardware limitation.
Telstra Australia who NextG network is 850 UMTS even released their ROM and it had to fall back to 2100UMTS (The network they share with 3)
So at least in Australia you will get 3G via 2100UMTS but not the NextG Speed.
PS - got to HTC.co.au m and check out the specs for the TOPAZ - then have a look at other phones specs .. you will get the difference.
Topaz Don't Support 850Mhz UMTS, Hardware issue
I installed the rom and radio that ming_a suggested and tested out
unfortunately it didn't work now my topaz shows GSM (1900 + 850) + UMTS (1900 + 850) as an option but I am unable to connect to the 3G network.
It's a hardware issue
Now I have a nice GSM phone with a lot of capabilities that I won't be able to use... :'(
jaime.rq said:
Now I have a nice GSM phone with a lot of capabilities that I won't be able to use... :'(
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Well, it's always a good idea to read the specs before buying...
jaime.rq said:
I installed the rom and radio that ming_a suggested and tested out
unfortunately it didn't work now my topaz shows GSM (1900 + 850) + UMTS (1900 + 850) as an option but I am unable to connect to the 3G network.
It's a hardware issue
Now I have a nice GSM phone with a lot of capabilities that I won't be able to use... :'(
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its not that bad, your phone still works, just u lose more time waiting. . . . . .
Any suggestion for a good 850Mhz UMTS phone?
I have the same issue, I want to know if the chipset is the same. If I change the rom to an ATT?
Estamos en las mismas aqui en Costa Rica, yo igual tengo un TD2 version europea.
Nop ATT Rom won't make it to work sorry.
UMTS chip on topaz is different than UMTS chip on HTC Pure
Yo estoy en Costa Rica también...
jaime.rq said:
Nop ATT Rom won't make it to work sorry.
UMTS chip on topaz is different than UMTS chip on HTC Pure
Yo estoy en Costa Rica también...
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Yes. I asked everywhere and I always got he same answer... There is nothing to do...
Thanks for your reply!
Hardware limitation?
Hi I'm from Malaysia and I'm using a network which has 3G although I don't know exactly which type. The problem is, it always show E icon on my Topaz, and it never show 3G icon on top. I could not make video calls with this phone, but my old SE K610i could. What could be the problem? With my new topaz, when I try making video calls, it says there was no 3G network...
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Hi I'm from Malaysia and I'm using a network which has 3G although I don't know exactly which type. The problem is, it always show E icon on my Topaz, and it never show 3G icon on top. I could not make video calls with this phone, but my old SE K610i could. What could be the problem? With my new topaz, when I try making video calls, it says there was no 3G network...
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Ummm....read your existing thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=606763&highlight=malaysia
Hello,
I can't seem to find a 6.5 ROM in English or German that supports UMTS.
Am I blind or is there a reason?
TIA!
Fkrois
FKrois said:
Hello,
I can't seem to find a 6.5 ROM in English or German that supports UMTS.
Am I blind or is there a reason?
TIA!
Fkrois
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this is what Palm Treo supports
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA
You wrote:
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
3G HSDPA
And so it does support UMTS. I use a UMTS ONLY carrier in Austria (HUT 3) and it works fine with the stock ROM.
So something can't be right with what you wrote.
FKrois said:
You wrote:
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
3G HSDPA
And so it does support UMTS. I use a UMTS ONLY carrier in Austria (HUT 3) and it works fine with the stock ROM.
So something can't be right with what you wrote.
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im sorry i actually don't know what im talking about i thought i did but actually i don't sorry
As far as I can tell every ROM here supports UMTS, you might however need to turn it on in the settings (Phone settings, "Band", and UMTS/auto).
Just a word of caution concerning custom ROMs... I'm probably going back to the stock OEM rom due to data-connection issues with my current carrier (A1/bob in Austria) ... and it seems to be ROM-related. (Only encrypted connections work without problems, unencrypted e.g. http-traffic only works every now and then. payed support couldn't help either and told me it must be phone-related, which I'm inclined to believe.)
If all you need is a non-german/english ROM, you'll find it her as well as at the ppcgeeks forum.
I just thought it was a bit strange that all the ROM cooks add the extra GSM Tag up front. If they also support UMTS Band why call it a GSM ROM?
Is there something I'm not getting?
FKrois said:
I just thought it was a bit strange that all the ROM cooks add the extra GSM Tag up front. If they also support UMTS Band why call it a GSM ROM?
Is there something I'm not getting?
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we write that so people that have CDMA Treo Pro don't flash that ROM because its only made for Phones that use a SIM
ok super.
Thank you very much. I think now I get it. Since wie only have SIM Phones here in Austria I really didn't get is. Funny thing is, I sell Cell phones for a living...bit embarrassing.
thanks!
FKrois said:
ok super.
Thank you very much. I think now I get it. Since wie only have SIM Phones here in Austria I really didn't get is. Funny thing is, I sell Cell phones for a living...bit embarrassing.
thanks!
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np glad i could help CDMA isn't really used a lot in most countries like UK and i think GSM is more convenient because all you have to do is change Sim's to use it on another carrier compared to CDMA which they have to flash there phones to change carriers
UMTS = GSM
Hey guys.
UMTS is based on GSM technology, so if you flash the phone with a GSM ROM, you'll be sweet.
Here in Oz, I've used my 3G UMTS-based Treo Pro on the Hutchison 3 Network with a GSM rom flashed on it.. No issues with calls / data connectivity.
There's plenty of GSM ROMs lying around for the Treo Pro
GSM ROM 6.5 in German
there is a WM6.5.3 ROM für GSM !!!!! (not CDMA) look the Thread
"WinMo6.5 GSM Build 21884. Build date: 2010-8-26 3 Attachment(s)" vom mort4z i also use his ROM - it works quite great.
GSM mean european standard and includes UMTS/HSDPA. never use a cdma ROM for a "european GSM Palm Treo Pro".
i just dumped my original 6.1 Rom for mort4z - he will extract the German language an maybe we get a 6.5.3 Build 21884 version in German the next days.
greetings from Austria
Paratwa
HI Guys,
did a bit of a search, but couldn't come up with too much. I;'m in australia, and have a mate who imported a UMTS 900 DVP. He now wants to change operators to Telstra.
Their "Next G" network is 850. Is there any way to hack it, or even flash with an 850 UMTS version of the ROM?
Cheers
Mike
Nope.
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