Can anyone confirm if my XDA will work with a 3 network card (in the UK) not sure what freq. they use?
Thanks
3 (3g / utms) can never be supported by a gsm phone
so you will never get the fast speed or video phone support
but since the utms covering is poor 3 also support gsm
and use other operators when their signal is too low
your xda should be supported in gsm mode
the freq. and gsm ONLY relates to EU vs, US where us use 900/1900 and eu use 900/1800
not sure if 3 will have gprs and mms support though i would try doing a search in the forum since it have been up before
i had a 3 usim in my xda and i could make & recieve calls, sms recieve only. but 3 sent me a updated sim(i didn't request one) and switched off the original one. Now none of my phones work with 3 sim, apart from my 3 phone!
Thanks guys. Guess none of the latest "3G" sims will work with the XDA.
Cheers!
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Hey everyone just a few questions.
*Fixed the 3g network , wondering if I can get 4g working ?
I have a Motorola Droid/Milestone 3 that is unlocked and I can use my Telus sim and make calls, and text and so on when set to GSM mode. The signal is a bit weak however. Is there anyway to increase the signal ? My local telus phone received 4 bars here and I only receive 1-2 if im LUCKY with the Droid 3 . Is there anyway to increase the signal, it's on GSM mode right now but when I switch to CDMA it gets a high signal but I hear the verizon woman talk.
Phone : Motorola Droid 3 / Verizon / Unlocked
Carrier : Canada / Telus Network
Data : I have a Data Plan
Thanks in advance ! If I need to provide anymore details just let me know!
David
Davidhalo said:
Hey everyone just a few questions.
*Fixed the 3g network , wondering if I can get 4g working ?
I have a Motorola Droid/Milestone 3 that is unlocked and I can use my Telus sim and make calls, and text and so on when set to GSM mode. The signal is a bit weak however. Is there anyway to increase the signal ? My local telus phone received 4 bars here and I only receive 1-2 if im LUCKY with the Droid 3 . Is there anyway to increase the signal, it's on GSM mode right now but when I switch to CDMA it gets a high signal but I hear the verizon woman talk.
Phone : Motorola Droid 3 / Verizon / Unlocked
Carrier : Canada / Telus Network
Data : I have a Data Plan
Thanks in advance ! If I need to provide anymore details just let me know!
David
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As far as the signal strength thing goes, you could try what is listed in the second post in the following thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812 . I think the issue isn't actually the signal strength, just that the indicator is showing it incorrectly, but I might be wrong. You must have a rooted phone to be able to edit the build.prop file.
I don't think the XT862 actually supports what is considered GSM 4G (14.4Mbps), it only does 7.2 Mbps, unlike the XT860 which does the higher.
*EDIT: Apparently it is capable of at least 10.2 Mbps download, but it just may not show a 4G notification icon. You should run a speed test on it next to a 4G phone there and see what it gives you.
Hopefully that will help you out.
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As far as the signal strength thing goes, you could try what is listed in the second post in the following thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812 . I think the issue isn't actually the signal strength, just that the indicator is showing it incorrectly, but I might be wrong. You must have a rooted phone to be able to edit the build.prop file.
I don't think the XT862 actually supports what is considered GSM 4G (14.4Mbps), it only does 7.2 Mbps, unlike the XT860 which does the higher.
*EDIT: Apparently it is capable of at least 10.2 Mbps download, but it just may not show a 4G notification icon. You should run a speed test on it next to a 4G phone there and see what it gives you.
Hopefully that will help you out.
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The signal indicator should show H+ or 3g depending on the rom
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Hi All,
I am starting a new thread for India specific networks on the Bionic.
I am new to this so please don't mind if i write anything stupid which i may haven't understood yet.
I got my Droid Bionic running on Stock ICS from States to India and inserted a couple of GSM sims which worked fine for a while without any tweaks. I used my device for one whole day(made calls didn't test data) and when in the morning i woke up there was no network. At that time in *#*#info#*#* it was showing as detecting network but as soon as the location updated, GSM would show out of service.
What i have done so far:
1. I flashed Eclipse ICS v 1.2 ROM and got network though very weak but couldn't make no calls.
2. I got ICARUS HD - 1.6.1 and applied the tweaks as mentioned in phone and got network stength increased but still no calls but a strange thing happened when i tweaked with build prop editor running ICARUS HD, when i changed to WCDMA Preferred and turned radio off and on it registered on the network gave full strength and GSM: showed in service as well, though this was only for 10-15 seconds and i couldn't test call.
3. Now I'm running CM 10 - released on Jan 18th and to my amaze I can use 2G Data though GSM state is Emergency Calls Only.
Following might be helpful to understand:
Current Network: TATA DOCOMO
Signal Strength: -99 dBm 5 asu
Neighboring CID: Unknown
Cellinfo: Blank
Roaming: Not Roaming
GSM Service: Emergency Calls Only
GPRS Service: Connected
Network type: EDGE(Also shows EDGE2 at times)
Message Waiting: False
Call redirect: false
Call Status: Idle
Preferred network type:
WCDMA preferred
I have changed to gsm only, gsm auto and all others applicable to no help.
I am trying to run my phone in India on network: Tata Docomo which probably operates on 1800 or it could be 1900 on 3G.
One thing which i am sure of now is that this phone certainly has all GSM capabilities and its some tweak which is required which i cant figure out. I have personally seen my phone making calls and now its running data as well.
Please help me on this!
Seems like settings changed with build prop to run on T-Mobile or AT&T dont seem to work for networks in India. Tmobile operates on 1900 and Tata Docomo on 1800
One thing which wont let me sleep is that why did it run perfectly at first and why did it fail if i did nothing to it. Can the network block the IMEI or something of that sort happened. It's been two sleepless nights for me now, now praying to the Radio God!! LOL!
Did you manage to get it to work? You might be right in thinking that it might be related to IMEI. Did you try and find out if the IMEI is considered valid by your operator since this is not a true worldphone its IMEI might not be in their database?
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Did you manage to get it to work? You might be right in thinking that it might be related to IMEI. Did you try and find out if the IMEI is considered valid by your operator since this is not a true worldphone its IMEI might not be in their database?
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Didn't work. I had to give up on it. There was actually no way in which i could get it checked with the network.
I sold it off on Craigslist last July!
I now have bought another one to test. Waiting to get back to India to test it again.
Not all bionic works with gsm, only wcdma. It's HW A after 36/11 and HW B
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Didn't work. I had to give up on it. There was actually no way in which i could get it checked with the network.
I sold it off on Craigslist last July!
I now have bought another one to test. Waiting to get back to India to test it again.
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It's quite interesting that it did work perfectly initially and then with CM10, the data worked. Did CM10 rom include its own radio as well?
I found something interesting in this thread (not related to Bionic):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945312
Good luck with your new Bionic! Does it work okay with GSM carriers in the US?
I finally got to try it and unfortunately it didn't work for me. Mine is HW A '12 Bionic and I am on ICS. If I go outside my house and search for networks, I get to see only one network(not mine). I see extremely weak signal in the phone info screen and also it shows gsm out of service. I tried 3 sims from different operators. Inside my house, nothing ever shows up. In other phones, I get to see many operators. Seems like it's definitely a signal strength issue if the gsm 900/1800mhz and wcdma 2100mhz bands are not locked. I'm not sure at this point what is the real cause. I even tried flashing just the radios from GB versions as complete downgrading is supposed to brick the device. Needless to say it didn't help. I'm still investigating and experimenting.
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I finally got to try it and unfortunately it didn't work for me. Mine is HW A '12 Bionic and I am on ICS. If I go outside my house and search for networks, I get to see only one network(not mine). I see extremely weak signal in the phone info screen and also it shows gsm out of service. I tried 3 sims from different operators. Inside my house, nothing ever shows up. In other phones, I get to see many operators. Seems like it's definitely a signal strength issue if the gsm 900/1800mhz and wcdma 2100mhz bands are not locked. I'm not sure at this point what is the real cause. I even tried flashing just the radios from GB versions as complete downgrading is supposed to brick the device. Needless to say it didn't help. I'm still investigating and experimenting.
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Hi,
I have now tried everything possible with the Bionic to run it on GSM network in India but it has failed to respond. I tried both hardware versions and can confirm that it is not registered as a world phone like most of new Verizon devices.
The worst thing which still bothers me is how and why did it work once(Yes, I made and receive calls on Docomo network in India). It will still show network strength , detect network but not register. I cant find no answers to it and have given up on this. The model is now obsolete and is clearly not a world phone in my dictionary but I won't deny it having GSM capability having seen it work personally. I have finally dumped the other bionic as well.
Good luck with your experimentation though!
i want to get the thl w200 which supports 2 sims but found that the uk networks do support 1 of 2 the frequency i meen o2 network only supports 900 & 1800 frequency
And i think that's just for calls (i think but could be wrong)
And to use 3g internet i need a network that supports 2100 frequency which o2 dose not but believe three network dose use it so i was thinking if i use 2 Sims o2 for calls and three network for internet.
Am iwrite in what i am saying or could what i saying work? I just don't want to buy this phone and find i have slow internet or bad call quality
I need to find someone that uses this phone in uk to see how it preforms
Thanks
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Hi all, I'm running AOSP 5.1.1 on my XT1068 and would like to know if there is a way that I can possibly set both SIMs to 2G ? I've noticed a couple of thing; (a) obviously 2G uses less power than 3G and for just occasional updates is sufficient and (b) this may sound strange but which SIM I set to 3G always has less signal bars showing.
I've tried the SIM settings but can only set one SIM to 3G and the other to 2G.
Thanks in advance of any assistance you can offer.
there's no way , it's a hardware limitation , 2G and 3G work on different frequencies and smartphone MODEM can not work with two chips on the same frequency operation, it can not even keep the data activated during a call.
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there's no way , it's a hardware limitation , 2G and 3G work on different frequencies and smartphone MODEM can not work with two chips on the same frequency operation, it can not even keep the data activated during a call.
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thankyou for your reply. I can understand how this may be a limitation with the xt1068 but there are phones available that can do 3G on both SIMs some newer chinese models can even do 4G on both SIMs and if that's the case then surely there must also be phones that can also do 2G on both SIMs, but like i said I take your point that the XT1068 may not be one of those phones.
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there's no way , it's a hardware limitation , 2G and 3G work on different frequencies and smartphone MODEM can not work with two chips on the same frequency operation, it can not even keep the data activated during a call.
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2g and 3g of the same carrier uses the same frequency, don't know how they differ but the frequency band is the same.
It's dualasim standby, it think that modem hop signal from Sim to Sim,
I use mine with both sims 850mhz frequency (same carrier same country) and i can set both sims to 2g but I haven't see any improvement in battery life except when I deactivate one Sim, but I don't know why 3g have the limitation to one Sim at the time.
This is my second phone dualsim standby and it's the same.
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thankyou for your reply. I can understand how this may be a limitation with the xt1068 but there are phones available that can do 3G on both SIMs some newer chinese models can even do 4G on both SIMs and if that's the case then surely there must also be phones that can also do 2G on both SIMs, but like i said I take your point that the XT1068 may not be one of those phones.
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I think those phones are dualsim active it means have two modems.
Having two fast "networks" the phone only uses one data connection at a time, It's for places where carriers operate only in 3g or 4g, not really needed in my country.
My 2 cents
i flashed my phone with the global rom and now when i lock the screen while using LTE Network i can't recieve phone calls
only text message arrives on locked screen
when the screen is not locked or when the phone plugged in charger every thing works fine
P.S. on 3g network i don't have this problem​
I bought new mi5 and faced similar problem and ordered a replacement.
But the same problem persists in the new handset.
So after going through a lot of search
I conculded:
The phone network does not support voice over LTE yet in some networks.
Currently it is supported in europe and japan and some networks of states.
So no need to panic xiaomi is getting a patch to update to fix this bug from their side.
Till time enjoy callin/ internet via 3g network
By pressing *#*#4636#*#*
Select network to wcdma by which u wont have any problem of incoming calls and no net issues!
If u dnt bother incoming calls ..u knw how to get 4g?
Well you're doing better than me my phones never displayed 4g in areas I used to have it with my lg g5 any ideas using the *#*#4636#*#* apparently lte is enabled I'm on Vodafone UK also allegedly supported
Vodaphone and o2 will not work on 4G with this phone as it only uses band 20/800Mhz which is not activated.
4G Network:
1800MHZ
1900MHZ
2100MHZ
2300MHZ
2600MHZ
There is a list of bands and UK networks here
http://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/xiaomi-mi-5-32gb-dual-sim-4g-lte-sim-free-unlocked-black.html
Network Compatibility
Operators in UK
LTE Network Frequency
3 800, 1800
EE 1800, 2600
O2 800
UK Broadband 3500, 3600
Vodafone 800
Fixed in Xiaomi Mi 5 Global Developer ROM Version: 6.8.11 (MIUI8)
Verified on Airtel 4G in Hyderabad, India
i can also verify it does not work stable rom but i works just perfect Latest Chinese developer rom.eventually they fixed this issue on latest developer roms.