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euro hero on telus problem!

so, i tried my mothers rogers sim card and my EURO hero works fine. I could not get my newly activated telus sim card to work in my hero though, it has the right bands, there site says it should work too!
does anyone else have a euro hero on telus?
how did you get it working!?
I appreciate any and all help! thank you!
ps i had a rooted hero with modaco 2.9 and my own theme.. but i thought updating to the latest ruu from htc would fix it but apparently it didnt!
also when i go into menu - settings-wireless controls-mobile network settings-network operators-search networks... i only get rogers wireless and no telus.. so i went driving (passsenger seat lol) to see if i just wasnt getting reception... but no matter where i went i did not get service...
also i called telus and they said there network is fine and that my sim card is activated..
my phone has popped up a few times "telus : temp. me error" or something like that too

urghh, i bought an unlocked phone... but i never tried a sim card till after i updated to the newest ruu from htc... maybe its not totally unlocked?
although it works on rogers! but arnt they roaming partners? maybe thats why it works on rogers?
idk im pretty sure bell has the new network too, and they dont show up on my phone either:\
please helpp!

k now i have used flash rec to get the recovery image, installed t-mobile image because the telus check to see if my phone will work said it was from there even though it was "unbranded and unlocked" but when i pop my telus sim there is nothing saying that the network is locked or anything :s
urgh i will try a replacement sim tomorrow hopefully!
still would appreciate any info anyone has!

Does anyone have the europen hero on TELUS or bell?

xsirhc6x said:
Does anyone have the europen hero on TELUS or bell?
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately the Euro HTC Hero will not work on Telus or Bell. Telus and Bell's new HSPA networks only work with phones that can support HSPA 850/1900. The North American HTC Hero (sold by Telus) has these bands. The Euro HTC Hero only supports HSPA 900/2100 (i.e. any 3G networks outside of North America). The reason you can see Rogers is because Rogers has GSM support (the Euro HTC Hero can only work on GSM networks in Canada - Rogers or Fido only).
I wish I had better news, but I'm afraid you'll need to purchase a North American HTC Hero (if you wish to use Bell or Telus' HSPA network), or alternatively, another cell phone that supports HSPA 850/1900.

but i read from htc site
HSPA/WCDMA:
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900/2100 MHz
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Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
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850/900/1800/1900 MHz
and telus site
Runs on 1900/850 MHz frequency bands and uses standard 3GPP SIM cards
so techinically i just cant get 3g, but i cant even get voice/text working
and im on pay as you go anyways

wait so your saying telus doesnt have anything but hspa and 3g going to their sim cards?
there website even says my phone is compatible! (after referencing my imei!)
it has to woork! i dont wanna use rogers.. even though thats who i originally planned on using before knowing telus was getting this network

It wont work.
timmacnaughton is right.
The euro Hero only has 2100 HSPA bands, which are not used in North America, Bellus uses 850/1900 (same as Rogers) for the HSPA network, however, the reason your phone is working on Rogers is because its on Edge (2G). Bellus doesnt have 2G to fallback on, only a 3G network.
2G bands are considered world frequencies, anywhere you go, if the carrier is GSM your phone will work with 2G, they use different bands but GSM phone are all quad-band 2G ready
So in all in all.. the european Hero will work on Rogers but Edge only and wont work at all on Bellus (Bell & Telus)
The best way to know if another device will work on Bellus, if you come from Rogers is just to see if you can use 3G on it. If your device cannot use 3G on Rogers, it wont work on Bellus.

ohh thats wierd, i thought telus was doing this because of the olympics, and if most people work on 2100, then they wont be able to use telus in which case they wont get the traffic from the olypmics :s

Lol, no.
Roaming contracts have been signed and delt with for a long time. Besides, Bellus's network cant even be used by a euro phone so yeah.
Anything that is roaming GSM will be on Rogers. even US phones, AT&T has a contract with Rogers for roaming.. in fact every GSM carrier has a contract with Rogers, they own roaming in canada for GSM. bling bling?!

[Q] Toronto's Bell Carrier

My friend was testing out my phone and decided to put his Bell sim card into my "unlocked" T-Mobile HD2. The problem we couldn't figure out was why the phone wouldn't get any signal what so ever and even configured my phone to Bell Mobility settings.
I use Energy's Rom and changed some of the Band/Network setting but that didn't seem to work.
Any suggestions?

Tmo HD2 uses normal gsm and 1700/2100 hsdpa aka aws, bell does not support that. Wind mobile uses aws (which is what i am using with my hd2) all though you should get a roaming signal.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

I know in Energy's Rom there is an option to change the 3G bands from like 850+1900 and stuff, shouldn't that work?

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Is that Bell SIM card for a prepaid account? If so that's why it doesn't work. Prepaid cell services don't work the same way as regular ones, and have to use specially configured devices in order to gain a signal.

Thanks for the replies! Yes i think the Bell Sim Card is a prepaid account one. The probably explains the problems we were having.
What are some carriers that are confirmed to work with the T-Mobile HTC HD2? Rogers, Fido?, Wind?, Mobilicity?
Also want to know if i'm using Rogers would the 3G capability work. I am currently using Energy's Rom.

Roger's Wind and Mobilicity are the ones that I know for sure should work. I dunno about Fido, but basically any GSM service around the world that DOESN'T use prepaid SIM cards should work with an unlocked HD2, or any device for that matter. And as far as Roger's 3G capability I don't know, what bands does Roger's use for 3G access? The TMO US HD2 uses AWS 1700/2100.

I believe rogers uses 850/1900. Not too sure but thats what i heard. Theres an option on the rom i flashed to enable 850+1900 umts or something. Im guess that would work. Cause i know if you use the stock rom that came with the T-Mobile, you the 3G doesn't work since its like 1700/2100.

Lahnas said:
I believe rogers uses 850/1900. Not too sure but thats what i heard. Theres an option on the rom i flashed to enable 850+1900 umts or something. Im guess that would work. Cause i know if you use the stock rom that came with the T-Mobile, you the 3G doesn't work since its like 1700/2100.
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The rom will not enable 850 or 1900 umts. Ask any at&t subscriber trying to use a tmo hd2 on their network and trying to use 3g. Won't happen. If your looking for 3g, you need aws (and canada does have one, i don't remember who they are at the moment) or 2100mhz 3g/umts. gsm will work with a lot more bands.

ashasaur said:
Roger's Wind and Mobilicity are the ones that I know for sure should work. I dunno about Fido, but basically any GSM service around the world that DOESN'T use prepaid SIM cards should work with an unlocked HD2, or any device for that matter. And as far as Roger's 3G capability I don't know, what bands does Roger's use for 3G access? The TMO US HD2 uses AWS 1700/2100.
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your wrong the Prepaid part, most prepaid cards do work like At&t, some dont work if they are like the ones sold by wallmart, but ANy GSM Sim card should work. i tried it on AT&T, VODAFONE AND AIRTEL
Lahnas said:
I believe rogers uses 850/1900. Not too sure but thats what i heard. Theres an option on the rom i flashed to enable 850+1900 umts or something. Im guess that would work. Cause i know if you use the stock rom that came with the T-Mobile, you the 3G doesn't work since its like 1700/2100.
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Those options are there in all of his roms, but the phone doesnt have the hardware to support it

djdanska said:
The rom will not enable 850 or 1900 umts. Ask any at&t subscriber trying to use a tmo hd2 on their network and trying to use 3g. Won't happen. If your looking for 3g, you need aws (and canada does have one, i don't remember who they are at the moment) or 2100mhz 3g/umts. gsm will work with a lot more bands.
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So you are saying UMTS(2100) will work with rogers 3G? Cause i know the stock T-Mobile roms have a GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) band option.

Lahnas said:
So you are saying UMTS(2100) will work with rogers 3G? Cause i know the stock T-Mobile roms have a GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100) band option.
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yeah but only If Rogers supports 2100 cuz i dont think they do but i could be wrong

Im using prepaid on wind mobile both voice and data.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Won't work. Bell (and Telus, Virgin, Koodo, Solo) only has 850/1900 HSPA... which this phone doesn't.
Wind, Mobilicity, Videotron have 1700 AWS so this phone will work with them, ditto for Rogers and Fido but in 2G mode only (since they have 850/1900 GSM)

[Q] Does i9505 works on Bell LTE nework???????

Does i9505 works on Bell LTE nework???????:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
here is the spec from Samsung HK website: LTE (800/850/900/1800/2100/2600)
please help...........................i want to get i9505 instead of the Canadian version is because it can flash Google rom later...

lf2net12 said:
Does i9505 works on Bell LTE nework???????:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
here is the spec from Samsung HK website: LTE (800/850/900/1800/2100/2600)
please help...........................i want to get i9505 instead of the Canadian version is because it can flash Google rom later...
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First of all, it's already confirmed that the CDN and US GS4 for GSM/HSPA/LTE carriers already supports flashing the Google ROM.
Second, it would support the 2600 MHz coverage on Bell and Rogers, but Bell has only limited zones for 2600 LTE.

I just moved to Vancouver with my i9505.. Could you please tell me which carries support it? Other than Rogers, Telus and Bell.. they seem to be very expensive

gtirsmiley said:
I just moved to Vancouver with my i9505.. Could you please tell me which carries support it? Other than Rogers, Telus and Bell.. they seem to be very expensive
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Um what do you mean "other than" Rogers, Telus, and Bell? Those are the major carriers. Their sub-brands Fido, Koodo, Virgin (and Telus MVNO PC Mobile) are marginally cheaper.
The device is not expected to be compatible with WIND or Mobilicity.

Only get 2G on on Telus (AT&T band), what am I doing wrong?

The phone we have is a SM-G900F international, unfortunately I can only get 2G on this thing while on Telus and won't even connect on Rogers (which doesn't make sense). Is it possible this phone is bricked? If yes, can it be fixed?
Thanks,
Xol

xoltrix2000 said:
The phone we have is a SM-G900F international, unfortunately I can only get 2G on this thing while on Telus and won't even connect on Rogers (which doesn't make sense). Is it possible this phone is bricked? If yes, can it be fixed?
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You don't understand what bricked means. If your phone was bricked, you wouldn't get 2G either. You would have the same reception as a brick does.
Your model supports most, but not all of the Telus and Rogers frequencies. So one would expect it to work most of the time. If you have a Telus or Rogers SIM as opposed to roaming on those systems, then open a support ticket with your carrier.
It sounds like your phone is not provisioned correctly. That may be as simple as updating your APN information or may need carrier side adjustments to your account configuration.
If you are in a fringe area, one that is only served by a single 3G /4G band then the problem could be that your phone simply does not support 3G 1700 or 4G 700/1700 that are used in Canada.
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Bell and Telus M8 on Windomobile/Mobilicity - YES!

To those Canadians who want to use HTC One M8 from Bell and Telus on Windmobile/Mobilicity networks.
I can confirm that Canadian HTC One M8 from Bell and Telus (and surely from their low cost Branches - Virgin and Koodoo) supports AWS! Hence, they work on Windmobile/Mobilicity/T-Mobile 3G+ networks.
A friend of mine a while ago unlocked his Telus M8 and tried Wind sim-card, and it worked. I have just recently tried to do same with M8 from Bell Mobility. So, I sim-unlocked it and installed Windmobile's sim-card - it worked too.
Since Windmobile uses AWS (Band IV), so it will work on Mobilicity, Videotron, and surely on T-Mobile HSPA+ networks too.
Cheers!
P.S. Though not sure about Rogers, but I assume that HTC ships to Canada same device to all carriers. So, M8 from Rogers probably supports AWS too.