Hi .. I was searching the forum because I want to purchase an HTC HD2 T9193 which, I know, has the 850 - 2100 Mhz band. But I found on the net a vendor who offers the HTC HD2 850 - 1900 Mhz band, is this right ?
On the other hand, if there is not such HD2 with 850 - 1900 Mhz band, the one with the 850 - 2100 band will pick up 3G in Canada ?
That model (850 / 1900) was supposed to come out (for AT&T most probably), but it has since been cancelled.
I'd be careful if I were you. You can find more info about it here
The Telstra model (T9193) supports 850 / 2100 MHz like you said. You'll need to check with your service provider if they support 850.
leepriestenator said:
...You'll need to check with your service provider if they support 850.
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Yes. You'll need to check if ATT supports the 850mhz band IN YOUR AREA.
I'm in a North Shore Suburb of Chicago area and have excellent reception with my T9193 in the area. There are 3 dead zones I've found so far that repeatedly drops calls using the HD2's 850mhz band exclusively. Other unlocked phones I've previously owned that used the 1900mhz band exclusively did NOT drop calls in these areas however. Other than that, reception has been great. It's been reported that ATT is "supposedly" moving their entire network to the 850mhz band exclusively by end of 2010. I'm doubtful they are on target for this date given the number of cities still without any 850mhz support.
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Hi guys ...thanks for your responses. Well, I know that the most important service providers in Canada (Rogers, Telus, Fido) transmit 3G in the 850 - 1900 mhz band. I suppose I will not have problems whether I use the T9193
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My provider (Telstra AU) uses UMTS 850 Mhz for their NextG network.
I've always wondered why my coverage was garbage.
Now I realise that my Atom Life has no access to the 850mhz band - only 1900 and 2100.
Is this a hardware level restriction, or are there updated ROMs etc that will allow me to use the 850mhz network?
Anyone has the answer to that?
I too like to know if there is a way to enable the 850 band for either 3G or GSM.
I have an old duel band phone that i was able to turn in to a quad ban with just a new flash, so that makes me wonder if it is possible with this phone as well.
hybiepoo said:
My provider (Telstra AU) uses UMTS 850 Mhz for their NextG network.
I've always wondered why my coverage was garbage.
Now I realise that my Atom Life has no access to the 850mhz band - only 1900 and 2100.
Is this a hardware level restriction, or are there updated ROMs etc that will allow me to use the 850mhz network?
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Would be nice because with 850/1900 umts you would also be able to use it with AT&T and Rogers in NA.
X1 has -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
ATT - is
850/1900
why cant i connect to 3G here in the US ?
You may have a X1i. Which has 3G bands 900/1900/2100 and you live in an area with 850MHz 3G.
Since the X1a, which is the model with the specs you posted, hasn't been released yet (apparently ships today according to Sony Style), I doubt you have the right Model. You have the X1i.
No i have
GSM 1900-850 and UMTS 1900 850
says so in my settings.. but i dunno
it reads X1
not X1i
and has an FCC ID under the battery where the S/N is
Did you get it from US? Or overseas? Europe Asia?
If not from US, then its X1i version.
And I think the X1a was just released today, right?
Sorry, but you probably have the X1i, unless you got a very lucky prerelease of the X1a which has not shipped yet. There are numerous posts that are confirming that there is only 1900 on the X1i and not 850. This means that it will work in some 3g areas, but not all.
The X1i lists all of the bands in the settings menu despite the above info. It's a bit misleading, but even though the software lists both, it doesn't always mean that the hardware supports it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2765192
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says so in my settings.. but i dunno
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Hi Uber,
You have an X1 also known as X1i
The UMTS is 900/1900/2100
Europe uses UMTS 2100 so you select setting 1= 1900/2100
USA AT&T uses UMTS 1900 in some areas, while in other areas it's 850
The reason your Xperia also have setting 2 as UMTS 850/1900
is for when you travel to a UMTS 1900 country like parts of USA
But since your device doesn't have UMTS 850
it won't work in a country with UMTS 850 like
Australia, Canada and some areas of USA.
Where in USA are you located?
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im using AT&T here in the los angeles area. i got 3G no problem indoors as well as out. so hope this helps others. also...you might have to disable the hsdpa/hsupa in the advanced network. if you dont, you get the "H" symbol...which i heard is a little bit slower than 3G. hope this helps
Hi vicsingh71
Sorry to tell you but that is wrong as 3G is a max speed of 384kbps whilst HSDPA is max speed of up to 7.2mbps for download and i think HSUPA is 2mbs for uploading. Anyway super fast Data also called 3.5G is what these two are and they are both much faster and a better service then just 3G.
Marc
i also have a x1i purchased in the uk. i live in Los angeles and the 3g works perfect! The only reason sony made the x1a is to be able to sell it in the us. the x1i uses a qualcomm prossesor that is in litigation with nokia here in the us, so it cannot be sold here. that is why the downgraded the chip for the x1a. my advice is to get the x1i
My HD2 is compatible with the Network Bands:
HSPA/WCDMA/UMTS: 900/2100 MHz
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
My Mobile Operator works only on:HSPA/WCDMA/UMTS: 850/2100 MHz with no GSM bands. The HSPA/WCDMA/UMTS 850 MHz has a better cover and is missing in my HD2. So I'm left only with the weak HSPA/WCDMA/UMTS 2100 MHz, wich sometimes is not enough.
There is any way to add the possibility to work also on the HSPA/WCDMA/UMTS 850 MHz?
I heard than there is a version of the HD2 in Telstra company in Australia which includes the HSPA/WCDMA/UMTS 850 and 2100.
No, you must buy the Telstra version if you want 850. Sorry for the bad news.
Yes, the only way to add a band is to buy a new phone, at least in this case.
Is it a Hardware matter?
Yes.
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Hey,
I like the Desire Z, I use rogers is this going to be possible?
I currently run t-mobile touch pro2, but in my city they are just upgrading to 3g unlike bigger cities liek Toronto already have it.
# GSM/GPRS/EDGE on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands (Also known as 2G GSM, or 2.5G in the case of EDGE)
# UMTS/HSPA on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands (Also known as 3G GSM)
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Wireless
Blesseld said:
Hey,
I like the Desire Z, I use rogers is this going to be possible?
I currently run t-mobile touch pro2, but in my city they are just upgrading to 3g unlike bigger cities liek Toronto already have it.
# GSM/GPRS/EDGE on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands (Also known as 2G GSM, or 2.5G in the case of EDGE)
# UMTS/HSPA on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands (Also known as 3G GSM)
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Wireless
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According to this article...
Bell is going to launch the Desire Z it will have the bands you need for 100% 3G compatibility, since I'm on ATT here in the US, I might have to pick one up too.
Thanks,
that's definetely what I was after... i get confused sometimes...
cheers
Hi guys! Thought I would put this here since I saw from the past few weeks about some people having signal issues with the HTC One.
Unfortunately HTC updated their HTC One page with the new frequency bands list.
2G/2.5G - GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
3G - UMTS/ HSPA:
Europe/ Middle East/ Africa: : 900/1900/2100 MHz with HSDPA up to 42 Mbps
Asia: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSDPA up to 42 Mbps
Canada/ Latin America: 850/1900/2100 MHz up to HSDPA 42 Mbps
T-Mobile (US): 850/ AWS/1900/2100 MHz with HSDPA up to 42 Mbps
AT&T: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSDPA up to 21 Mbps
Sprint: 1900/2100 MHz with HSDPA up to 14.4 Mbps
3G - CDMA:
800/1900 MHz for Sprint
4G - LTE:
Europe/ Middle East/ Africa: 800/1800/2600 MHz
Asia: 1800/2600 MHz
T-Mobile (US)/ AT&T/ Canada/ Latin America: 700 MHz and AWS band
Sprint: 1900 MHz
http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-one/#specs
To the australian people who preordered their phones from EU. It is indeed official now that 850mhz is not supported.
*Australian on the 850MHz carrier here*
On one hand, I'm glad HTC acknowledged this and I've have been put out of my misery. On the other, I want to do a facepalm at HTC.
I understand how 850MHz testing of the European model could have been deprioritised. And I still believe HTC should be supported for coming out with a great phone at a time of trouble (possibly as many articles on their profit report as phone reviews!), but boy are they making it hard for themselves. They are not a new company. What's different about this phone vs the other internationally available in different variants phones they've released?
I have a quiet chuckle every so often about the saga of getting this phone. Excitement, delay, delay, worry about 850MHz support, dispatch!, oh what it won't work?!?, return, wait for local launch, to be continued...
You wouldn't happen to know what type of NFC it has?
Looked at GSM arena, no where does it go in to any depth on the NFC...
Cheers,
deeevan said:
*Australian on the 850MHz carrier here*
On one hand, I'm glad HTC acknowledged this and I've have been put out of my misery. On the other, I want to do a facepalm at HTC.
I understand how 850MHz testing of the European model could have been deprioritised. And I still believe HTC should be supported for coming out with a great phone at a time of trouble (possibly as many articles on their profit report as phone reviews!), but boy are they making it hard for themselves. They are not a new company. What's different about this phone vs the other internationally available in different variants phones they've released?
I have a quiet chuckle every so often about the saga of getting this phone. Excitement, delay, delay, worry about 850MHz support, dispatch!, oh what it won't work?!?, return, wait for local launch, to be continued...
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I'm in the same position here, buggered cos i was so excited. Plus only being able to realise this in the last day or so, now i'm probably now at the end of a very long wait list on the Harvey Norman preorders.
The HTC Unlocked from the US site has the following information:
This HTC One® unlocked version comes with: 32GB of onboard memory and is SIM unlocked.
- HSPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- LTE: 700/850/AWS/1900 MHz (US)
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From my understanding this works in Europe too, except for the LTE?
Frequencies:
900 / 1800 MHz GSM, GPRS, EDGE
2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+
900 / 1800 MHz LTE
As I pretty don't much care about 4G/LTE the US unlocked will work otherwise without any problems, right?
Yes you are correct!
Other thank the UK variant not having 850mhz HSDPA frequency all bands from 2g to HSPA should be compatible worldwide.
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The HTC Unlocked from the US site has the following information:
From my understanding this works in Europe too, except for the LTE?
Frequencies:
900 / 1800 MHz GSM, GPRS, EDGE
2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+
900 / 1800 MHz LTE
As I pretty don't much care about 4G/LTE the US unlocked will work otherwise without any problems, right?
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snowblind2142 said:
You wouldn't happen to know what type of NFC it has?
Looked at GSM arena, no where does it go in to any depth on the NFC...
Cheers,
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It has the NXP PN544 chip with its usual level of support it seems. Unlike the S4, it should therefore support Mifare tags without issues.