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Moving to USA (CA) ...

Hi,
I'm currently living in Europe (France) but I will be moving to California (San Francisco) in early December. I own a blackstone, which I bought here in France.
How should I expect it to work in San Francisco? From what I understood, I might not enjoy 3G+ ... Is that true?
Any informations welcome

it will not have 3G service. Only the Tesla model will work with 3G in the states. My touch HD works works vary well in San Fran but it is the ausy model

As stated there is no 3G service.
However, plenty of free WiFi areas.
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Ok, thank you very much! I guess there IS a 3G service, but my phone isn't compatible, right? In that case I'll just sell my phone before moving ... Or is it possible that there is still no 3G service in SF??

mephisto3333 said:
Ok, thank you very much! I guess there IS a 3G service, but my phone isn't compatible, right? In that case I'll just sell my phone before moving ... Or is it possible that there is still no 3G service in SF??
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3G service in available in all major US cities; your phone needs to have the right US 3G bands. for at&t the 850/1900 band is used for 3G, for T-Mobile (i believe) it's 1700/2100.

what he said, so make sure the phone you buy next is North america 3G compatible (850-1900htz 3G). My Blackstone only has 850 htz 3G but I have never had a area where my ATT fuze was 3G and my Touch HD(ausy model) wasn't.

Okay, all clear now. Thanks a lot for all your help.
Cheers

PLS HELP! NO reception on TMOUS but FULL reception with european version

btw..i did read alot on the other forums about this..but nothing as bad
hi everybody, a friend of mine got a us tmobile version of the hd2 after he saw how cool my european hd2 is. (switched from an iphone )
so..we get no reception anytime the phone is inside a building...have to run on the balcony to make a call. outside it can get full signal but as soon as you enter building..NOTHING!
i flashed all possible radios and several different roms with ABSOLUTELY NO IMPROVEMENT.
switched different carriers..tried bell and fido which use different networks.
oh..and btw...when i put the tmous and european version side by side..one gets no signal and the other one..full bars.
also tried android :S..still nothing
i`m really out of ideas..should we send it back??

you might want to unlock the t-mo version 1st, but a better question; where are you using them?

it`s been already unlocked..using it in montreal canada on two of our major networks..fido and telus..which work really well on my european version

mikgangal said:
it`s been already unlocked..using it in montreal canada on two of our major networks..fido and telus..which work really well on my european version
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Telus isn't GSM... it's CDMA
It should work on fido, I was using it with my T-mo HD2 in Ontario.
Try disabling/enabling 3G. Also, try to get a newer sim card from fido. (try a friend's first)
But I think the problems comes from the frequency bands...
Fido/Rogers use the 1900/850 Band. The american phones usually are compatible with the 850 only. (I think) the T-mo HD2 has the 1800 and 850 bands.
So you might have a weak signals indoors because of that. Try rogers network, you might get better coverage.
Also, did you try swapping the sim cards between the 2 HD2s?

Metallic-Force said:
Telus isn't GSM... it's CDMA
It should work on fido, I was using it with my T-mo HD2 in Ontario.
Try disabling/enabling 3G. Also, try to get a newer sim card from fido. (try a friend's first)
But I think the problems comes from the frequency bands...
Fido/Rogers use the 1900/850 Band. The american phones usually are compatible with the 850 only. (I think) the T-mo HD2 has the 1800 and 850 bands.
So you might have a weak signals indoors because of that. Try rogers network, you might get better coverage.
Also, did you try swapping the sim cards between the 2 HD2s?
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i already tried swapping the sim cards between the two phones..same results in all the locations. and my friend`s sim card is brand new...:S
as much for the band...well..i do get full bars outside..i don`t really get what`s wrong
anybody has any other clues?
tnx alot

anybody has any ideas?

[Q] Unlocked Nexus S with 3G network

I want to get a Nexus S for myself, the unlocked without contract one, because I would like to use it in my home country (Malaysia).
So I would like to confirm one thing before I proceed:
I saw this from BestBuy forum FAQs:
Will an unlocked Nexus S work with carriers other than T-Mobile?
Yes, but it won’t run on 3G with all carriers. Speed and power will be reduced on non-3G networks.
Is that means that even though Nexus S did support the 3G band of my home country, it won't run on the 3G network?! Means that I can't use the 3G in my home country?

Anyone have answer for this? Anyone tried buy N1 and got the 3G working in country outside US?

gotta be 1700/2100 MHz i believe

Wont' work. Malaysia uses 2100mhz band for 3G.
The Nexus S on T-Mobile uses BOTH 1700/2100mhz AT THE SAME TIME for 3G.

It will work fine since the 3G band in Malaysia is 2100MHz and the Nexus S supports those bands.
I had the Nexus One (T-Mobile Version) in Thailand and it worked perfectly fine on 2100MHz 3G. My N900 worked as well.
Don't listen to nxt or slowz3r they have no idea of what they are talking about.

CooKies37 said:
Anyone have answer for this? Anyone tried buy N1 and got the 3G working in country outside US?
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You wont have a problem with most 3g phones in Malaysia - most of the rest of the world uses standard frequencies and the nexus s and nexus 1 work just fine.
If a phone works in Europe then it'll be fine in malaysia, and indeed most of the rest of the world.
Most of the noise on here is from people in the US where there are some weird frequencies being used... you can only use 3g on T-Mobile there -at+t uses different frequencies, and sprint and Verizon use a completely different technology.

Thank you for all the useful replies!
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[Q] T9193 Internal 'Anti reception' chip?

I went into Telecom today to get a SIM card, and the rep said that my phone (After putting the IMEI into her computer) won't work outside major service areas (Cities; I live in a rural area.) because it has some chip inside it to make it not work properly. Does anyone know anything about this? Also, I was convinced that the radio was incapable of Vodafone 3g. But guess what? it miraculously started working on VF HSPA and 3G. But soon after leaving town it dropped to GSM, as usual. Knowing that it is capable of Vodafone 3g, it should be able to get as good service as my GT540 did, right? Well it soon dropped on the way home. I scanned for networks and at one point it connected with full bars, but only for a second. It dropped before connecting data, and I went back into the parent menu. The 'Use only 2g networks' box was checked, which I had unchecked earlier. So I unchecked it and tried again. The box checked itself yet again. Everytime I'm in signal, use only 2g networks checks itself, reducing me to poor, constantly dropping GSM. I seriously need help with this one, guys. How can I disable this goddamned demon chip, and why is it in there? What is it and what does it do? All info appreciated. Thanks.

Bump. Anyone know anything at all?
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EU or TMUS?
EU does not have any such restriction.
However for a 3G or better service, it needs the reception - so if your service provider has a mainly built up area hspda/3G service and a mainly 2G rural service it not hard to figure it out.
google the coverage by post code/Zip for you provider and see

T9193 is the Telstra hd2, for Australia. I live in New Zealand, and I already know vodafone has no coverage whatsoever over my.house.
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Bump. Wtf is up with this?
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It is like this, the T-Mobile HD2 can only get 3G with the T-Mobile network because of the internal hardware can only use the bands/frequencies that the T-Mobile network or a network that uses the same bands/frequencies T-Mobile uses for 3G. The same is true for your TelstraT9193 HD2 it can only use the 3G from Telstra's network or a network that uses the same bands/frequencies that Telstra uses. You can get Edge/GSM bit no 3G with other carriers. If you lived in the US you could use AT&T to get 3G using your Telstra T9193 HD2 as they use the same bands/frequencies as the Telstra network, but I know of no other major carrier that uses the same as Telstra. Sorry man but it is a hardware thing.

It's been working on 3g multiple times. And it is a hardware issue; it has the right bands, so the only explaination could be this '2g service chip' that the clerk mentioned.
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Korntoff said:
It's been working on 3g multiple times. And it is a hardware issue; it has the right bands, so the only explaination could be this '2g service chip' that the clerk mentioned.
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There's no miracle chip, or pixie dust inside. It's simple. Voda NZ uses 3g 2100 in urban 900 elsewhere BUT, their rural (900) coverage is poor and it falls back to voda's old GSM 2G constantly. Telecom XT uses an all 3G wcdma (2100) urban (850) rural network, with excellent rural 850 coverage.
If you use a telstra hd2 you will only get vodafone 3g in urban areas and 2G GSM elsewhere, however; with Telecom xt you have good 3g coverage everywhere. With tmous (2100/1700), your choice is 2degrees or voda for 3g urban 2100 and 2g GSM rural. Xt will give you 3g coverage in urban areas but no coverage at all out of town as the 1700 band is not used in new Zealand. International hd2 is in the same boat with xt. But, it can use 900 vodafone band so you can get extended 3g infill coverage with vodafone, with fall back to legacy 2g voda network.
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It's quite simple, your telecom only offers 900/2100mhz 3G while the T9193 supports 850/2100mhz 3G. So guess what happen when you're in a 900mhz area? DING DING!! No 3G service for you because your T9193 doesn't support that band.

Oh, they use didderet bands for rural and urban coverage? That explains it lol. Thanks for the help, I was kinda confused.
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S4 don't have signal

I have a Samsung S4, I bought a S4 in Chile, but I live on Argentina, in Chile the smartphone had all signal 3G and 2G, but here in Argentina I don't have signal, ok I have, but only 10% and only 2G, I thought that the bands was the problem, so I forced Phone to use only 850/1900 band (my company use 850/1900 bands) but I still have only 10% 2G signal, I only want 2G GOOD SIGNAL, I don't need 3G, but I can't get GOOD 2G signal, (I have installed ROM STOCK from Argentina) but I still have the problem, do you know what can I to do to solve it? Thanks and sorry for bad english

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I have a Samsung S4, I bought a S4 in Chile, but I live on Argentina, in Chile the smartphone had all signal 3G and 2G, but here in Argentina I don't have signal, ok I have, but only 10% and only 2G, I thought that the bands was the problem, so I forced Phone to use only 850/1900 band (my company use 850/1900 bands) but I still have only 10% 2G signal, I only want 2G GOOD SIGNAL, I don't need 3G, but I can't get GOOD 2G signal, (I have installed ROM STOCK from Argentina) but I still have the problem, do you know what can I to do to solve it? Thanks and sorry for bad english
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Ask your operator about the same.
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