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Hey folks,
Is there a utility/hack that allows you to change the GSM band from 900/1800 to just search the 1900 band? Since upping to 1.72 my radio always locks onto the 900 band and stays there for ages before locking onto my operator (on the 1900 band). I have to have at least 80% signal level. I know that 900 generally is a stronger signal (the other operator is always at least 10-20% over my operator), so thats why [note: I cannot roam with the other operator].. I know the new iPaq seems to have a band select, and my Treo 600 does too....
HTC do you have a util?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Art
under my phone settings i can choose network and set pref network and all kind of stuff like that
HTC do you have a util?
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i really doubt that HTC hang around this site you i think that
any questions you want to aim at HTC have to be mailed to them
Try this: go to phone, tools, options, network, network selection and put it in Manual, select your network and OK.
Tell us if it works well thus.
If it dont work, you can install old radio version.
Thanks folks for the replies.. That's actually how I have it set now (manual on my operator), but for some reason when you turn the radio on it locks on to the 900 band and just sits there.. If I walk around until a strong enough signal is obtained from my operator it'll lock on; but as you can imagine this is really annoying.
Thanks again for your pointers. If I find anything out I'll let you know, as I've also shot an e-mail to Carrier Devices; and will shoot something directly at HTC.
I may also drop down to Radio 1.10; but I hate having to re-install all my software again..
You can make backup, install old radio version and make restore.
Hi All,
Currently released version of Samsung Omnia i900 does not support UMTS 850/1900, which are north american 3G frequencies, according to official Samsung documentation, as well as FCC approval docs. However it has been recently established the radio chip does support those frequencies, and they are locked in the firmware only. Here is the evidence to support this claim:
This is the official FCC documentation for i900 certification:
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas...me=N&application_id=476604&fcc_id='A3LSGHI900
On the page 4 of the "Internal Photos" document you can clearly identify the radio chip - it's Qualcomm RTR6285 and according to Qualcomm:
"Support for Eight UMTS Bands, Four EGPRS Bands, Triple-Band Receive Diversity and GPS Integrated into Power-Optimized RTR6285 Device": http://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2006/060213_worlds_first_single.html
So, it's only as matter of unlocking those frequencies in the current firmware. Samsung made our job a little easier, by recently making a public release of new ROM with updated firmware, so we won't have to dump it ourselves: http://www.samsungmobile.com/promotion/omnia/sg/sub02_xp.jsp#
I have limited free time and limited experience with reversing PDA firmware, to be able to achieve this by myself - please help.
I just got an Omnia and sometimes it hits the 3g network so i am sure that the firmware is there but it is locked.
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I just got an Omnia and sometimes it hits the 3g network so i am sure that the firmware is there but it is locked.
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more details please - where are you at? what network/carrier do you mean? do you really see 3G icon and experience fast browsing/download? what is the firmware version on your Omnia? (Settings -> System ->Version)
AT&T.I have it from Singapore.PDA:i900DXHH3/DZHH3.As i mentioned it hits 3g for a minute or so and then it goes back to edge
man i sure hope this issue gets fixed!
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a US model for the Samsung Omnia is coming to the US in October via AT&T. Look for the Samsung Mirage.
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AllTheWay I started this thread to solve the problem for people in US,who already have Singapore/European Omnia, the i900. It's a well known fact Mirage hits AT&T on October 21st, but it doesn't help us one bit. Unless of course, you're willing to dump the ROM from i907, reverse it and replace the i900's radio with the one from i907 with all supported UMTS frequencies unlocked
I wish somebody could help us out on this issue, I dont know enough about rom editing to be of use ;(
besides, i think the 907 is already available but not branded to at&t: http://www.celluloco.com/samsung-i907-omnia-8gb-us-3g-support-version-hsdpa850-1900-e-pr-1873.html
any update of this thread?
HTC Diamond users with US 3G - please help
I'm starting to believe it might actually be possible to tweak existing radio firmware to unlock UMTS 850/1900Mhz bands using already embedded secret debug menu from Samsung developers, rather than having to dump it, reverse it, patch and flash back. Here is the secret code to access Root Debug Menu on Omnia: *#197328640#
Option #4 "UMTS rf nv" has sub-option "umts rf nv write", which I think allows to modify the active UMTS bands in the radio. Assuming we have that set correctly, option #9 "Common" from the same Root Debug Menu has sub-option #5 "WCDMA Set Channel", which allows to specify downlink channel range.
Here is my idea: some devices, such as HTC Diamond with US 3G enabled radio, have the same Qualcomm chip as Omnia, and run the same WM 6.1 OS. So,
I'm thinking it's worth a shot if someone with US enabled HTC Diamond provided us with settings from his device for those 2 configurable menus I just mentioned. If you backup your own settings, so you could restore them if it doesn't work - I think trying settings from another device will not fry the radio, worst case scenario transceiver will just shut down and be offline until settings are restored.
This would be great.... Iv'e been dieing to get 3g in the usa with the omnia.... Can anyone help with this?
Any updates on this? Would be nice. Especially now since we know omnia isn't coming to ATT as i907
If possible i will donate to the guy that dicover how to enable!
It may be easier to copy the setting from an I907 Epix. That has almost identical hardware and it is ATT + Samsung + Tri Band UMTS.
When I try writing the WCDMA channel it says "That value is wrong".
Also, I can only set one number, so I assume that they want me to set one in the listed range which is WCDMA2100.
Here are the bands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands
Oddly, the Channels currently set stretch a few beyond the range cited on Wiki for WCDMA 2100. They start on the same channel.
Another oddity is that there is no uplink channel. I suppose that people just use Edge for this? Does the I907 do HSUPA?
well...
i'm living in ISRAEL,
and we have GSM network but we also have another cellular company that work with "UMTS 2100/850" band..
i'm working well on 3G with the 2100 band (my onmina have only UMTS/WCDMA 2100 only without 850 also..)
i will be happy to open if it's possible the UMTS/WCDMA 850 also.. so i'll have both 2100 + 850 on WCDM/UMTS (not GSM) freq...
but i'm not shure it's possible to open what ever you like.. anyway i'll try to ask our guys (at my cellular company i'm working at) about this freq stuff...
hope this thread will bring us good information..
also, just know.. my job is with Cellular phones.. and we have "for Testing" Omnia phone with WCDMA/UMTS 2100/850 bands..
but i don't know how i can download the firmware to my pc and try to use it on my omnia back...
if anyone know how i can "take-out" the firmware explane to me and i'll try to do it....
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Someone else has further evidence:
http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-...6374/open-omnia-umts-wcdma-850-900-1900-2100/
OK guys,
i had this omnia in my hands..
the Version says
PDA: i900LJJHK1/JJHK1
PHONE: i900LJJHK1
as i think.. it's diffrent model.. I900L this "L" model.. not like ours phones... (i think, it's looks exactly the same!)
i don't think the ROM will chane the bands anyway..
anyway as you asked me to do.. when i'm doing the *#2263# code
i'm getting diffrent menu then our Omnias..
i'm getting 3 options that one of them it's "WCDMA Band Select" and in there you have ALL the UMTS bands and there is "Automatic" option.. what says this phone open to all kind of UMTS networks............ (including GSM also..)
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jakeordie said:
juvaknin, you posted this on Modaco as "PHONE: i900JJHK1" without the L. Please let us know which one it was. Thanks!
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yes, it was suppose to be with "L" mabe i forgot it on Modaco forum
anyway i hope this is only Rom issue... but anyway i can't "Rip" the rom right now.. because this phone is 24/7 testing time and i can't "make it gone" from the test station to drop the rom to my PC
i hope there are more guys who have this I900L to share the rom with us..
anyway you remmeber the code that you can change the phone settings buy country?
the main code is (type it from the dailer) *#1546792*#
and the password for section "2 - Preconfiguration" is *#81230*#
it's looks like if we will have the code for the "Internal" section, mabe we will find something in there ?!?!
if we will change to another country.. like Austrlia or something.. the bands will change also? what you guys think?
Hi juvaknin I was reading on web that this i900L is for latinamerica and its frequency was
Cellularhone
Cellular_Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900
Cellular-Data;Links: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
found this at hxxp://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1446
change the xx for tt. Also wher did you buy this phone this info is real ?
juvaknin said:
OK guys,
i had this omnia in my hands..
the Version says
PDA: i900LJJHK1/JJHK1
PHONE: i900LJJHK1
as i think.. it's diffrent model.. I900L this "L" model.. not like ours phones... (i think, it's looks exactly the same!)
i don't think the ROM will chane the bands anyway..
anyway as you asked me to do.. when i'm doing the *#2263# code
i'm getting diffrent menu then our Omnias..
i'm getting 3 options that one of them it's "WCDMA Band Select" and in there you have ALL the UMTS bands and there is "Automatic" option.. what says this phone open to all kind of UMTS networks............ (including GSM also..)
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Hi I would like you to help me with my network settings.
I'm from Mexico city and I bought a HTC Blackstone few days ago. First of all let me tell you that in my country we don't have a provider for HTC phones, we just have some of them but the old ones. So I bough my Blackstone from a US online-store.
I did Hard SPL on my phone and installed Laurentius26 "L26_THDV5" ROM. After that I took some time to configure the network settings from my country and everything was ok. But my problem is that my Blackstone is not working on 3G mode, it's using EDGE. Actually I don't know how far the differences are, but I can feel that it's slower with Youtube or Internet than my previous phone (a Nokia N75). I don't know if I changed something with the new ROM or if there is some way to fix it and work on 3G mode because actually I'm paying that service with my provider (Telcel).
Please, could someone help me with it?
The Nokia N75 supports the 850MHz / 1900MHz 3G bands.
The HTC Touch HD supports the 900MHz / 2100MHz 3G bands.
Depending on your provider you will not have 3G at all.
are you sure ?
I've started a thread about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477426
in the menu: phone - options - BAND
which options are present?
Dear All,
I've bought a RAZR M in the states a few weeks ago and was using it with net10 after unlocking the device for other carriers than VZW. I found the instructions on XDA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166542) and it worked like a charm.
Two days ago I went back home to Germany and in joyful anticipation i popped my german O2 sim into the phone. To my surprise the phone did not connect to the O2 network. Since I've read about Germanese experience with O2 in Germany (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017987) I was positive it'll work. However, when I set the network mode to "GSM/UMTS" and try to select a network manually, the list of available networks is empty (see screenshot).
@Germanese: Am I missing something?
I continued fiddling with the parameters available in the hidden radio menu (dialing *#*#4636#*#*), tried all options on the "preferred network type" parameter and changed the radio band from "USA band" to "Cellular". Still no connection.
Then I've proceeded with unlocking the bootloader and installing CM 10.1 to check if I get a few more options. Surprisingly in CM 10.1 I wasn't even able to choose a network provider manually, the option simply doesn't exist. In the hidden radio menu (which can be accessed in the same way as in the stock system) on the other hand the list of radio bands looked slightly different: I was offered to choose between US band, Japan band and two other options (can't exactly remember what it was and already reverted back to stock), while for all of them the actual frequencies were displayed. It caught my attention right away that there wasn't an option for a 2100Mhz band (which is the frequency all German carriers use). Needless to say I didn't get it working on CM 10.1 either.
Anyone can point me in the right direction?! Maybe flashing the AU radio from xt905 firmware? Although Germanese pointed out it works just fine with stock ROM?
Any help is super appreciated!!!
All the best!
Henry
Dear Henry,
My Girl is actively using Razr M (Verizon Model) In Germany Munich.
The stock Rom works but has very Poor signal as you see yourself.
We got her working nicely with the Australian Radio.
The other way was to modify some codes with the RadioCom But not advisable if this is your first run.
So yes the best thing to do is to do the AU Radio Flash Mod.
Hope this helps...
Thanks for the fast reply! Do you have a link to the RadioComm Mods you're talking about? I've used RadioComm for the "00" NV tweak to get the phone working with net10 in the US - so I have a little experience
Wooohoooo!
AU radio is working! What a hike
Can't say anything about data for now as I don't have a data plan activated yet. However, signal strength is good and call quality is absolutely fine.
Cheers
Henry
data working, but only egde/gsm
Dear All,
Got myself a data plan with O2 two weeks ago and it works on EDGE/GSM. However, I can't use UMTS/CDMA network.
@Germanese: How did you configure your girlfriends phone to make 3G work?
The NV value @8322 is still 00 - the factory reset I performed after changing it didn't have any impact on this setting. I've tried to change the preferred network type in the *#*#4636#*#* menu without any success. The radio band selection holds only one option: GSM/UMTS band.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Cheers
Henry
emsone said:
Dear All,
Got myself a data plan with O2 two weeks ago and it works on EDGE/GSM. However, I can't use UMTS/CDMA network.
@Germanese: How did you configure your girlfriends phone to make 3G work?
The NV value @8322 is still 00 - the factory reset I performed after changing it didn't have any impact on this setting. I've tried to change the preferred network type in the *#*#4636#*#* menu without any success. The radio band selection holds only one option: GSM/UMTS band.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Cheers
Henry
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She stays in Munich.
Runnig the Aussie Radio.She then set the Radio to World.
That's it sorry about the late reply.
Should rojsre
Germanese said:
She stays in Munich.
Runnig the Aussie Radio.She then set the Radio to World.
That's it sorry about the late reply.
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Thanks for the reply!
Sorry for keeping bugging you, but how do I set the radio to "world"?
Cheers
Henry
Brothers , Need your help !!!
Got a Nexus 6p from US , model is A1 H1511 which has less radio bands compared to the global version A2 - H1512 .
Problem :- GSM radios are not working , Unable to call or receive calls. Seems like the bands are still set to US frequencies
Solution Tried (with no luck yet) :
> *#*#4636 and tried to change bands
> As per some forums tried flashing Chroma ROM
> CM 14 rom
> Latest Radio bands and most of the old ones
> Bitdomo's pure nexus rom and other roms
still no luck , Can anyone suggest anything on this . Looking forward for your support . Thanx
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Brothers , Need your help !!!
Got a Nexus 6p from US , model is A1 H1511 which has less radio bands compared to the global version A2 - H1512 .
Problem :- GSM radios are not working , Unable to call or receive calls. Seems like the bands are still set to US frequencies
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Is the phone used? Which carrier are you on? What is your current Baseband version? Have you tried creating a new APN profile based on the carrier? Have you tried a known working SIM from a DIFFERENT carrier, and then swapping your's back. Why did you bring the International model into the conversation unless it applies somehow?
Hi, i have thé same trouble with my model buyed in switzerland.
When i'm be back from Thaïlande, After 2 days, m'y GSM signal die.
I tryed hard reset, *#*#4636#*#*, flash thé rom with an older one .....Nothing happen.....
Restore Factory setting, another sim, Nothing happen.
It's very frustrating..
I hope someone have a solution.
Thanks guys
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Is the phone used? Which carrier are you on? What is your current Baseband version? Have you tried creating a new APN profile based on the carrier? Have you tried a known working SIM from a DIFFERENT carrier, and then swapping your's back. Why did you bring the International model into the conversation unless it applies somehow?
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> My Uncle had given it to me during his last visit here in India from the US, He has upgraded to Pixel. He had bought it from Google store.
> Indian Carrier Airtel/Vodafone/Jio tried all
> Baseband Version 3.79
> Jio carrier is Only LTE with Band 3,5 and 40. But the main band i.e Band 40 is not included in the North American Nexus 6P so signal strength not that gr8 . So using a GSM sim would be an ideal choice here.
Comparison of Radio bands supported by Nexus 6p versions
North America: A1 - H1511
GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
UMTS/WCDMA: B1/2/4/5/8
CDMA: BC0/1/10
LTE (FDD): B2/3/4/5/7/12/13/17/25/26/29/30
LTE (TDD): B41
CA DL: B2-B2, B2-B4, B2-B5, B2-B12, B2-B13, B2-B17, B2-B29, B4-B4, B4-B5, B4-B13, B4-B17, B4-B29, B41-B41
Rest of world: A2 - H1512
GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
UMTS/WCDMA: B1/2/4/5/6/8/9/19
TD-SCDMA: 34/39
CDMA: BC0/1
LTE (FDD): B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/9/17/19/20/28
LTE (TDD): B38/B39/40/41
CA DL: B1-B5, B1-B8, B1-B19, B3-B3, B3-B5, B3-B7, B3-B8, B3-B19, B3-B20, B3-B28, B5-B7, B7-B7, B7-B20, B7-B28, B39-B39, B40-B40, B41-B41
> M not planning to give it back to my uncle :silly: . And have read on forums that people do have resolved such issue's while flashing chroma and other roms . tried all that but no luck yet.
Fred92100 said:
Hi, i have thé same trouble with my model buyed in switzerland.
When i'm be back from Thaïlande, After 2 days, m'y GSM signal die.
I tryed hard reset, *#*#4636#*#*, flash thé rom with an older one .....Nothing happen.....
Restore Factory setting, another sim, Nothing happen.
It's very frustrating..
I hope someone have a solution.
Thanks guys
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Ya Fred, I can understand your frustration. As I can't use this phone my Primary, for now, is a windows phone.
WP10 does not have any apps to be used and this is not having signals to make calls..
ramrock007 said:
Ya Fred, I can understand your frustration. As I can't use this phone my Primary, for now, is a windows phone.
WP10 does not have any apps to be used and this is not having signals to make calls..
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Dude you're not alone.....facing similar problem here...
I live in India and In my case the signal comes and goes in every 5 minutes or so automatically. But after the signal loss it sometimes shows "No Service" and sometimes "emergency calls only" in the Network Tile in Quick settings.. But with both the error it also shows the network name like:- "No Service-Network name" and "Emergency calls only-network name" ?.. And also while there is signal I'm not able to make/get any calls or messages from my telenor and jio sim but in airtel I get signal for more long time than the others(max 1hr I got ) and also I can make/get calls 'MOST OF THE TIMES' through Airtel and 'NOT A SINGLE TIME' with the others...:crying:
Really frustrated. Did an upgrade to android O dp4 still the same issue.. Was there in N too..Also did a factory reset on N but no success... Imei shows in my about phone in sim information...
And btw I also have H1511 model factory unlocked purchased from US.... Same like yours... Did you find any fix??
Thanks!!!
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