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
MackDaddyC said:
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.
Hardware
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.
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I have been using the Touch Dual here in the US for a few months, and love it. I need to switch carriers. Will the Touch Dual work on the Sprint network in the US? What other carriers will work?
Thanks.
GSM networks only, so your only option is AT&T.
acwyau said:
GSM networks only, so your only option is AT&T.
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T-Mobile and AT&T are the only GSM carriers in the US. I don't know if Boost Mobile is or not.
I just picked a phone up unlocked on ebay and am using it on the AT&T network, only issue i've learnt of just now is AT&T uses a different band for the 3g than the touch dual does so i only recieve edge no 3g since its a different band, from what i've been told tmobile is offering it on the same band.
erandhawa said:
I just picked a phone up unlocked on ebay and am using it on the AT&T network, only issue i've learnt of just now is AT&T uses a different band for the 3g than the touch dual does so i only recieve edge no 3g since its a different band, from what i've been told tmobile is offering it on the same band.
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ATT operates on both 850 and 1900 bands. I had my niki working on it until I recently switched to TMobile. You're SOL if the ATT signal in your area is 850 because the Niki doesn't support it. TMobile doesn't us the 850 band so you would be better switching to them. I get a much stronger signal with them.
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ATT operates on both 850 and 1900 bands. I had my niki working on it until I recently switched to TMobile. You're SOL if the ATT signal in your area is 850 because the Niki doesn't support it. TMobile doesn't us the 850 band so you would be better switching to them. I get a much stronger signal with them.
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Niki doesn't support 1900 for 3g either though, how were you getting 3g if you don't mind me asking, maybe you have one of the Australia Versions? Probably gonna have to take your advice on switching, just on such a good rate plan only paying 24.99 for unlimited internet, hopefully a radio patch can help us soon or maybe AT&T and T-Mobile will share towers i know its been discussed between the companies in the past to help increase coverage (usually leads to merger though so i doubt it'll happen with such large corporations)
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?
navimban said:
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 bought this HTC Aria from USA and use it at my country (Indonesia) But unfortunately the signal is capped to search only gprs or edge, cannot hooked to 3G or hsdpa network..
I also have the asian market Aria, that works perfect in "wcdma only" netwotk. It don't have at&t logo on the upper right screen.
Question is how to make this at&t Aria working on my country wcdma network, bcoz I think that hardware already supported.. I just don't know how to hack it
I believe that its all about software or radio file or something like that , so I put my question here in this sub thread.. So sorry if I do a wrong post.
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I think it is more a frequency issue than a lock issue. This is a world phone and no frequencies are locked. But if your carrier doesn't use the same 3G frequencies, it will not work on 3G. The 3G frequencies for the Aria are 850mhz and 1900mhz. Your carrier is probably using 900mhz and 2100mhz for 3G. Your only fix (if this is your issue) is to either buy another phone or change carriers.
Not to threadjack, but do any US carriers use the [apparenlty] more common 900/2100mhz for 3G?
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Not to threadjack, but do any US carriers use the [apparenlty] more common 900/2100mhz for 3G?
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Nope. Neither AT&T or T-Mobile use 900/2100 for their 3G frequencies. AT&T uses 850/1900 and T-Mobile uses 1700(AWS).
The Aria should work
HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM; Dual Mode UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (1900/850MHZ) & GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Quad band 850/900/1800/1900MHZ); HSDPA/UMTS (3GPP Release 5 Compliant; 7.2 Mbps Enabled) EGPRS Functionality
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It's supposed to be a quad band.
No the HTC aria is not quadband for 3g or hsdpa. Basically there is a US versiont the 850/1900 . In Taiwan they released another version with the 900/2100. So if where you live doesn't have a place that uses the 850/1900 your basically stuck w/ 2g speeds.
so i got this fantastic HTC Touch HD (unlocked) to replace my beat up sidekick. anyway i want to know if there's any way to use this phone on t-mobile's 3G network? what a shame it'd be if i cant.
If you have a T8282 (BLAC100) then it's not possible, the hardware isn't there to support US 3G bands. The T8285 (BLAC120) should work fine though.
Not on T-Mobile though, 8285 is for 850/1900 3G bands (AT&T) and you need 1700 for T-Mobile
Can anyone confirm if these bands will work of AT&T? I found an unlocked HD2 with these bands, and bands for AUS, and need to know if they will allow this HD2 to use the 3G data service of AT&T.
GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz|HSDPA 900/2100MHz, 850/2100MHz (Australia)
This is what the overview says in the features list:
3G speed
Offers quick and easy connection speeds.
Operates on quad-band GSM/HSDPA wireless networks
For reliable wireless communication.
I don't think so because if I recall ATT needs 850/1900 for 3G.
It does look like it will work on tmobile 3G though.
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I don't think so because if I recall ATT needs 850/1900 for 3G.
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That would be a good reason to return it then. It's advertised as working on all data networks and has a quad band HSDPA radio in it. If I can't get it to work on AT&T, I will return it for a refund.
Thanks for the reply, by the way.
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That would be a good reason to return it then. It's advertised as working on all data networks and has a quad band HSDPA radio in it. If I can't get it to work on AT&T, I will return it for a refund.
Thanks for the reply, by the way.
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"working on all data networks" is correct, but not 3G. Any unlocked phone works on all data networks, but not all UMTS/HSPA networks. The quad band aspect of it is because it apparently works in Aussie and Tmobile, but from what I see there not on ATT