I know the 3G frequencies arent the same but can I use the myTouch on att's edge data?
yea just get the att apn info and enter it into the phone in the mobile network settings
well you can buy a htc magic from europe and it will work on the 3g network
Just buy a Rogers HTC magic it has more has slightly better hardware than the mytouch and you will be able to have 3g
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I have read all over this looking for a way to enable 3g on the mytouch 3g (T-Mobile unlocked to AT&T) for AT&T Frequency band. Is there anyway to do this, or am I stuch with edge?
You need a Rogers Magic for AT&T
yes it is hardware related, not software. you cannot just unlock the frequency. sell the mytouch and invest in the roger's magic if you want at&t 3g frequency. also comes with more ram and memory, good investment =)
dkirchik said:
I have read all over this looking for a way to enable 3g on the mytouch 3g (T-Mobile unlocked to AT&T) for AT&T Frequency band. Is there anyway to do this, or am I stuch with edge?
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The 3g frequencies are incompatible. It is a hardware issue, rather than a software one.
Tmobile operates their 3g on the 1700/2100 bands, and their myTouch 3g comes with that respective antenna.
ATT operates their 3g on the 850/1900 bands. ATT 3g phones need to have that matching antenna to get 3g speeds.
You are stuck with edge. I was in a similar situation. I have a mytouch (no 3g) and a HTC Magic from Rogers (3g works). Overall, the difference is not a huge difference. Loading NYTimes takes 16 seconds over 3g and 26 seconds over EDGE.
Rogers operates their 3g on the same bands as ATT, mainly because Rogers used to be Rogers ATT. A Rogers HTC Magic will be 3g capable on the ATT network. Additionally, the Rogers HTC magic has 288mb of RAM as opposed to the 192mb inside the myTouch 3g. The Rogers Magic is also 32A with a more friendly SPL.
Overall, unless ATT ups their network speed, it is not worth the premium, in my opinion.
Unlocked myTouch3G phones
for those who are using AT&T, does AT&T force you to have unlimited internet plans using unlocked myTouch3g?
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for those who are using AT&T, does AT&T force you to have unlimited internet plans using unlocked myTouch3g?
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I have a myTouch on AT&T and it works with or without a data plan. Be aware that unless you specifically ask AT&T to block data, you'll be charged a per kb rate. I am currently using my device with MediaNet for $10 a month. I have unlimited family messaging so I save $5 a month on MediaNet.
I have no real complaints on using just Edge. I usually have wifi access anyway. It picked up my myTouch for $250 and it was basically new in box. The use of 3G was not worth a $200 premium for me.
I hope this not a problem posting this here. I am from Delaware and I am trying to get rid of my iPhone 3gs and get an htc magic with AT&T 3g bands. I am having no success with craigslist, it is flooded with iPhones. If anyone out there has a htc magic in great condition with warranty and wants a iPhone 3gs with a full zagg invisishield already on the phone. Please contact me at
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Won't happen.
The Roger's Magic isn't going to put out the 3G capability you're looking for on the AT&T frequencies.
It would have to be properly scaled and designed to function on those frequencies, which it isn't. If a phone is GSM, that doesn't necessarily mean it can output the 3G speeds on any GSM provider. The MHz bandwidths need to be the same.
htc magic at&t 3g
Can anyone else confirm this, I have read multiple forums that have said that it is possible. The specs for Rogers say UMTS 850,1900 which is the same 3g freq. that AT&T uses.
It works with Rogers HTC Magic
I can confirm 3G works on AT&T with the Rogers HTC Magic.
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The Roger's Magic isn't going to put out the 3G capability you're looking for on the AT&T frequencies.
It would have to be properly scaled and designed to function on those frequencies, which it isn't. If a phone is GSM, that doesn't necessarily mean it can output the 3G speeds on any GSM provider. The MHz bandwidths need to be the same.
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Rogers uses the same bandwidths that ATT uses.
This is for the reason that Rogers used to be Rogers ATT.
I can confirm that my HTC Magic from Rogers gets 3g.
i have a mytouch that i am trying to make work with at&t can anyone help me out with this
http://www.htccode.com/
Just curious...
Just want to make sure you understand that because AT&T uses a different frequency (800/1900) than T-Mobile (1700/21000) for their 3G network, so you won't get 3G speed on your MT3G when you switch to AT&T... Much the same reason you can't get 3G speed on the T-Mobile network with an iPhone 3G.
Voice, text and 2G data (Edge) will still work as always, the limitation is 3G.
My guess is that you have a spare MT3G and want to use it on AT&T... if so, my suggestion would be to trade/sell the device and get something with 3G speed for the AT&T network.
Good luck.
Please, is it possible to make the HTC magic (Tim version) work on AT&T 3G network? Right now, it can only work on EDGE...
Thanks!
I goolged around. Seems it is a hardware issue making European version Magic cannot work on AT&T 3G...
You should have gotten a Rogers HTC Magic from Canada. It can run perfectly on AT&T's 3G network.
I have am htc surround unlocked from at&t and using it currently with t-mobile everything works fine however the 3g is not working is there any configuration for the apn our something that I need to do to make it work please somebody help me.....
No. The hardware is different.
T mobile and at&t use different frequency for 3g data.
Unfortunately surround only support at&t frequency so u can't use 3g on t mobile network.
if i not mistaken the htc surround supports lte 4g.... so you might be able to
im not sure you might have to wait for a update
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if i not mistaken the htc surround supports lte 4g.... so you might be able to
im not sure you might have to wait for a update
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Not true. The Surround does NOT support 4G LTE.
In reply to the OP, the Surround isn't getting 3G on T-Mobile because it only supports AT&T's 3G bands. Carriers do that so you cannot use the phone elsewhere if you try to weasel out of your contract. If you bought it off-contract, you should have stuck with AT&T because there is no configuration or any setting that exists that will get the Surround to use T-Mobile's 3G.
If you need 3G, you should probably consider returning the phone if you still have the chance and go get the HD7 instead.
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The Data bands used for AT&T are different yes, but this phone is a data quad band phone, so the antenna should be able to pick up the signal for T-Mobile or AT&T. It should be no more than a configuration issue. Both the HD 7 for T-Mobile and the Surround for AT&T have the same radio for data reception (/us/products/compare/120-121?view=1-1&sort=0&filters=0-11-0). Add www and htc and dotcom to the link.
Nope.
ATT offers UMTS or 3G using 850mhz(the old TDMA band) and 1900mhz.
While T-mobile offers HSDPA (technically 3.5g part of the UMTS specification) using 1700MHz for uplink and 2100MHz downlink.
The Surround would have to be 850/1700/1900/2100 3G and 850/1900 GSM (voice) to work on T-Mo's 3G.