One of the top reasons I chose Xda IIs over Xda IIi was for its quad-band capability. And now, with the latest O2 Asia Blue Angel ROM installed, there is the option to switch bands easily.
But I need your help to understand the practicality of bringing my phone to the U.S. and using it there. I have no idea at all how things work over there.
Can I get a new number with a new SIM card? Or do I have to do something else? And will I have to change the ROM I use? Just the radio? All these questions are begging for answers.
I await any suggestions you may have. Thanks.
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One of the top reasons I chose Xda IIs over Xda IIi was for its quad-band capability. And now, with the latest O2 Asia Blue Angel ROM installed, there is the option to switch bands easily.
But I need your help to understand the practicality of bringing my phone to the U.S. and using it there. I have no idea at all how things work over there.
Can I get a new number with a new SIM card? Or do I have to do something else? And will I have to change the ROM I use? Just the radio? All these questions are begging for answers.
I await any suggestions you may have. Thanks.
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You will no prolem to use Blue Angles in US , if you XDAIIs is unlock than you can use any sim card in US,but you only can use T-Mobile or Cingual in here others carriers not a GSM system.
Thanks for that info! Now, just to clarify, by "any SIM card" you mean T-Mobile or Cingual SIM cards, which are indeed available in the U.S.?
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Thanks for that info! Now, just to clarify, by "any SIM card" you mean T-Mobile or Cingual SIM cards, which are indeed available in the U.S.?
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yes,you got it
Hi again. Getting closer to the date of my trip to New York. I've already started looking into getting a new SIM for the trip, but I still don't know:
1. Must I flash with a different ROM (I have O2 Asia ROM right now)
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2. Must I simply flash a different Radio version (I have 1.15 now)
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3. Can I forgo all flashing and simply switch to a different band (Settings>Tools>Options>Band>GSM 850)
I'm hoping the third option is viable - and why shouldn't it be? Why have an option of switching bands if it were instead necessary to flash one's device?
Any last bits of advice on this? Thanks again.
Just switch to a different band - and perhaps rescan the available networks in the dialler app.
@Biohead, thanks - that's just what I wanted to hear.
If you are visiting the US and do not mind paying roaming charges, then do nothing as the XDAIIs will automatically switch to TMobile or Cingular on the 1900 -- who ever your Asian company has an agreement with. You can also buy a prepaid SIM from one of these companies or others (check the web).
If you are coming to live in the US, I suggest you get regular service with TMobile or Cingular as they are the only US providers that have GSM service. Someone on this forum already suggested that. I have no problems using my XDAIIs with the TMobile SIM card. Just make sure that your phone is unlocked for this option!
@SKassam,
That's interesting. I'm not sure I understand though... "on the 1900"? The bands on my Xda IIs are 850, 900, 1800 and 900/1800. I will be staying for only 1 month, so maybe I _should_ go with roaming, as it seems that otherwise I'd have to pay for some kind of package deal for a new SIM from TMobile or Cingular. My Xda IIs will really just switch to one of them automatically upon my arrival? Is it fairly certain, then, that my current provider (Matrix/StarOne), probably unknown outside of Indonesia, has some kind of agreement with one or the other? Lastly, are roaming charges typically prohibitive and exorbitant, or sensible? Thanks for your info. I appreciate any advice I can get, as I don't want to find myself out of the loop for a month.
@sub_rosa25,
The XDAIIs is a Quad band phone as in this link:
http://www.seeo2.com/product/XdaIIs/template/XdaIIsProductInfo.vm
May be you have a different model and not an XDAIIs?
Sorry for the confusion. It's definitely an Xda IIs, and quad-band; it's just that 1900 is not covered in its specs. US uses 850 and 1900 - the Blue Angel is compatible with 850. My problem is just that I don't know if T-Mobile or Cingular will do what you suggest they'll do upon my arrival. I need to know if it's more cost-effective to roam for a month or to buy the costly T-Mobile package just to get a new SIM. I suppose I should just contact my current provider and ask about roaming coverage and fees. Your info did help, though. Thanks again.
@sub-rosa25,
I think you had better check with your provider because when I travel overseas, I have the world roaming option available free from my provider, TMobile. Roaming can cost a pretty penny so be careful how much roaming you do.
You can also check the websites for TMobile and Cingular and select Indonesia to see if Americans have your service provider when in Indonesia. You will also see how much your provider charges by the minute to Americans which should give you an idea as to how much raoming might cost in the US for you.
Just buy a phone card when in the US and it will be very cheap.
Right, there are several GSM bands available throughout the globe. Each continent usually uses a different one. I say GSM bands because there are also different types such as CDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, EV-DO etc.
There are 4 main bands of GSM. 850, 900, 1800 and 1900. Europe uses the dual band 900/1800 with the US using either 850 for some networks or 1900 on the others.
From what I can tell there are only 2 networks in the US that uses GSM technology: T-Mobile USA and Cingular. These are the only two networks that you will be able to use with the BlueAngel.
In order to use your BA in the US you have one of two choices. The first would be roaming. If Matrix/StarOne have an agreement with either T-Mob or Cingular it will automatically roam onto that network and it should lock it, much like it would at home. If not, you will have a choice of either of the networks - it won't really matter which one you choose. Just set your network selection to automatic and it will do the business itself
The other option (and it may be cheaper in the long run), will be buying a PAYG sim for either T-Mob or Cingular whilst in the states. Just bung the sim in (presuming the phone is unlocked), again set the network to automatic and it will do the job itself.
Roaming is generally an expensive option so is only worth doing for a small amount of time. In your case, it might be worth buying a PAYG sim and putting $10 on or so.
Long story short: as long as the network selection is automatic you will be fine.
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I saw the following url
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1387
on PDAdb listed as new for Kaiser 140, describing what in essence is the existing Kaiser. I searched this forum for any relevant terms and cannot find anything about it. Is this a new version? Has anybody heard of it?
It is also posted on the main front page of PDAdb.net:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=main
You'd probably get more of a response if you posted this in Kaiser general, especially since this isn't software related...
Added UMTS 1700?
That must mean it's for T-Mobile US. I heard T-Mobile was supposed to be getting the Kaiser. and their 3G is 1700 band(in case you didn't already know).
I wonder if that means us AT&T people could buy one and use it roaming on TMO's 3g network.
My apologies for posting in the wrong place! I usually check only the software section, it did not occur to me.
As for cellular networks, they llist GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1700, UMTS1900, UMTS2100.
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I wonder if that means us AT&T people could buy one and use it roaming on TMO's 3g network.
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I wonder if this means it has an updated hardware radio transceiver, and the rest of us are out of luck?
Would this mean there is no way to actually get 1700 through a radio flash like how Emobile's radio works on the current Kaiser without locking it to 1700MHz only, and flashing a Kaiser radio to Emobile won't give it 850/1900/2100?
I don't know, but I'd sure like to see a date on its availability and make sure those specs are real-- I travel a lot to Japan, and I want to switch to T-Mobile here in the states the second 3G gets turned on.
See, I'm with Sprint now but my contract is up September 1st. I'm supposed to be back in Japan sometime in October. My plan was to get the unlocked unbranded TYTN II from NewEgg and put it on T-mobile's flex pay plan until I leave. While I wouldn't have access to the 3G bands, T-Mo gives access to Wi-fi hotspots if you have a certain data plan, and I also have AT&T DSL service-- that gives me access to AT&T's Wi-Fi spots already. So I'm pretty much covered in most places if I need a faster conncection than EDGE.
In Japan, I'd just go with Softbank or Docomo--whichever is easiest to hook up the TYTN II to and keep SMS,MMS, and Internet to.
But after reading Emobile's plans on their site along with knowing T-Mobile USA will flip the switch on 3G on 1700MHz here in Atlanta soon... I may wait.
So will this actually support quad-band GSM/EDGE(850, 900, 1800, 1900) and quad-band HSDPA 3G (850,1900,1700,2100)?
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In Japan, I'd just go with Softbank or Docomo--whichever is easiest to hook up the TYTN II to and keep SMS,MMS, and Internet to.
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Softbank. They're the only ones that support SIMs for rental. So so rates, but you could try to negotiate to a flat-rate plan.
Otherwise, you need to do full-contract w new phone, pull the sim, and then use it in the Kaiser. But why, since Japanese phones are so much better when you're there.
Hi,
I bought my HTC diamond in the US, but live in europe.
Obviously, I can't connect to the 3g network here.
Is there anything I could do? If I install European ROM will it work?
if so - which ROM should I install?
My current ROM - 1.93.422.4 WWE, 08/13/08
Thanks for your help,
Mike
It is not about the ROM but the hardware of the Diamond. There are different hardware revisions. Go to bootloader and check what you have.
It is something like DIAM100
Diam110, 64m, spl-1.93.0000
anything i can do?
thanks man!
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anything i can do?
thanks man!
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Most european diamonds are diam100 i think, you need to check what bands you diamond supports then check the bands the network/s you wanna use, use for there 3G/HSDPA Services, see if any are compatible
how do i check which bands my diamond supports?
I just had a look on google for you mate and this is what i came up with
The US 3G unlocked Diamond supports AT&T's 850/1900MHz HSDPA network, but not T-Mobile's US 3G bands. It is dual band 3G, so there's also no support for Euro 3G. It's a quad band GSM world phone with EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz), and that means you can make a phone call anywhere in the world GSM service is available, and you'll have access to the slower GPRS and EDGE data networks across the world. Since it's unlocked, you can use it with any carrier's SIM.
So it looks like it duznt support Euro 3G Bands, Sorry
thats a shame..
thanks anyway
thats a shame..
thanks anyway
I cant get 3G/HSDPA with orange here anyway, it dont bother me, i just steal broadband from unsecure wifi routers lol
*Double Post* Thats wot u get for stealing broadband lol
I'm in an opposites position here...
Live in the US with a European DIAM100...lol
Hello I have a European and like to trade it for a US version.
Also I'm sure like in in almost any Phones the UMTS Antenna is the same it is only limited by the Software (Radio) Big guys even on XDA developers denid that on the new Google Nexus one but HTC/Google confirmed it is ONly the "RADIO". GUess there is the whole world with one Standard and USA/ Canada with least than 6 different standards not compatibel to the rest of the World. THe Hardware guys pruduce for this development Country USA 7 extra and incompatibel HArdware version. It is haard to beleive and from any manufacture standpoint totaly inefficent.
So i would try first the regular Radios and good luck.
Hi. I am concidering to buy a Galaxy Tab 10.1 from the united states. But i was wondering if it would support the norwegian GSM network ?
Somehow i got the impression that Europe and USA have different types of technologies to connect phones to their carriers..
Becase we have _INSANE_ taxes here in norway, i'm guessing it will be much much cheaper having a friend sending it overseas from the us.
But i need to know if its compatible with norwegian gsm-based network.
Edit: will all tabs be cdma only?
Also: bump
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Theres no way they will all be cdma, and what are the networks you use?
Some will be gsm, some not (i think verizon is cdma, tmobile is gsm; gsm needs sim card). Just make sure that the model you buy requires a sim card. Then it will work. Alternatively you could get one from Canada.
It's possible, but consider two things (as above)
1. get a GSM tab (onw with a simcard slot)
2. have it unlocked (sim lock removed)
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Some will be gsm, some not (i think verizon is cdma, tmobile is gsm; gsm needs sim card). Just make sure that the model you buy requires a sim card. Then it will work. Alternatively you could get one from Canada.
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Unfortunately i dont know anyone that lives in canada. I need a friend that can ship it directly to me, with a note attached to it saying "happy birthday" or something to get away with the taxes from customs.
There are two types of GSM Tablets in the US. One is from AT&T, the other T-Mobile.
Both tablets support 850/900/1800/1900mhz bands so if your carrier is on these bands you should have no problem getting it to work. Whether its 3g capable or not, that's a different story as at least in the US only AT&T has the tri band UMTS necessary to get 3g and voice capability.
You can go here to read about sim unlock.
Hi. I am living in New York.
I am supposed to buy a sim card to make my Gnote available.
I want to choose straight talk sim card, but i can't proceed because i don't know for various options.
this is the link what I am struggling for.
if anyone know about it, please help me.
Thank you.
I would suggest option 2 if you have the international version of the note..
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific)
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Hi. I am living in New York.
I am supposed to buy a sim card to make my Gnote available.
I want to choose straight talk sim card, but i can't proceed because i don't know for various options.
this is the link what I am struggling for.
if anyone know about it, please help me.
Thank you.
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Hi there,
do you have an unlock Gnote? On that link you got there, you need to choose the 'Unlocked GSM phone' (that is if your using the international GNote).
Basically you got 2 options I can think of on which simcards/carrier your going to opt to use.
1. AT&T
2. T-Mobile
Personally, I'd choose T-mobile's compatible prepaid simcard. Last time I heard from my cuz whose using T-MO, he got a $45 per month unlimited everything and no contract deal. Unlimited means you get unlimited voice minutes,text and HSPA+ data ($45 /month). Data cap is limited to 2GB monthly usage or about 100MB a day.
Only thing you need to contend with if your going to the route of T-mo is that they got intermittent drpped calls (depends on where you at though in NY)
If you have the international Note, you will not be able to use t-mo's 3g band. Voice, sms and 2g/edge will work fine though.
The international Note is fully compatible with the at&t network.
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Hello, It is possible to buy moto x phone on official site and receive in France. The phone support french phone networks like Orange or SFR ? Sorry for my english.
Thanks.
i would guess the only way you will be able to buy it is say through ebay from a seller willing to ship to you (i sent a puerto rico XT1058 unlocked to a guy in the UK...)
they are GSM phones so it shoudl support at least HSPA+. none of the moto phones support the french LTE bands i dont think though.
I agree: you will have to buy it on ebay(like me) or use one of the services that gives you temporary adress in USA so you can order it(this will cost you more, but you can create your own Moto on moto maker, so it can be worth it if you want some unusual color).
As far as I know, majority of Europe networks are GSM, so you don't want one from Verizon or US Cellular(these are CDMA, although I have once seen GSM Verizon version, but they are quite rare on ebay)
Also don't be afraid of locked phones, 99.9% of them can by unlocked for something around 15$ and amount of carrier bloatware is minimal. (Mine Moto is from AT&T and I was able to disable everything except one contact synchronization service)
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I agree: you will have to buy it on ebay(like me) or use one of the services that gives you temporary adress in USA so you can order it(this will cost you more, but you can create your own Moto on moto maker, so it can be worth it if you want some unusual color).
As far as I know, majority of Europe networks are GSM, so you don't want one from Verizon or US Cellular(these are CDMA, although I have once seen GSM Verizon version, but they are quite rare on ebay)
Also don't be afraid of locked phones, 99.9% of them can by unlocked for something around 15$ and amount of carrier bloatware is minimal. (Mine Moto is from AT&T and I was able to disable everything except one contact synchronization service)
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the verizon XT1060 edition , is GSM compatible, just no LTE (really no difference from your point of view in france). verizon's new moto phones have been GSM unlocked for a while from the factory (even the last generation).
i wouldnt recommend it unless it was very very cheap though as verizon updates are slow, and the bootloader is locked. you'd be better off with one of the puerto rico / chile ones since at least you could unlock and flash the dev images.
Hello all,
I live in the US now but gonna back to France eventually. I plan on buying a Moto X with moto maker using the 150$ coupon and using it in France at some point. My questions are :
- Is there any difference beetween the T-Mobile and ATandT version ? (I know that I don't want a CDMA version)
- Is there a difference beetween the GSM Developper Edition and the one from T-Mob. and ATandT ?
- When it's come to Android update, wich version will you think update the fastest ?
Thanks,
Julien
Different types of Moto x
If you want to use the Moto x in Europe (France) you should know these:
1 Basicly you have two different types of Moto x as far as concerns radio frequencies: GSM type and CDMA type. You can't use CDMA type in Europe therefore you must select between GSM types. CDMA types are phones branded for Verizon, Sprint and any others intended for their networks (US Cellular...).
2 Special case is Republic Wireless which seems to use the dedicated voip application (sip), working primarily on its wireless network and in extension on the Sprint CDMA.
3 On the GSM side you have in the USA phones for the following operators: AT&T, T-mobile and developers edition. In Canada you can get Rogers network which is host for the Fido operator as well.
4. In central and South America you can find Nextel in Mexico, Claro in Chile, Columbia, Peru, Brazil and Puerto Rico and Movistar in Argentina. I might have ommited some of them but they all operates on GSM network.
5. Moto x is sold on the contract in Germany as well for pretty high price and i believe that it is a T-mobile model.
So what is important for the Eropean to make a right choise? You must know that all this phones are more or less branded and some of them locked to the original network. You might experience a serious problem trying to unlock one.
The second fact worth to be considered is the LTE network. It is true that it is not so widely spreaded in Europe as in the USA but it can comes a point in the year or two. And you don't want to buy a fairly expensive phone for six months, do you?
Taking these into the consideration I've been learned so far:
Model XT1058 covered highest number of LTE bands among all. Model XT1058 covers LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100/2600. It is sold by AT&T and some Central/South American operators. While is likely that AT&T's model lacks 2600 band as Jelly Bean and regarding some testimonies gains it with the KITKAT, the others seem to have even more LTE bands deactivated and are practically unuseful in Europe.
Unfortunatelly AT&T's model has others significiant disadvantages: the bootloader is not unlockable what simply means that you might never have opportunity to install the custum ROM. And what is worst: in the last time you hardly get unlock code and that might force you to be hooked on the AT&T network for a long time or forever.
T-mobile and developers models both work on LTE 700 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 frequencies, what means that they match only one european band - 2100. LTE frequencies which are mostly in use in Europe are: 1800, 2100 and 2600. Otherwise this two models come with unlockable bootloader and they are not locked to any network.
Rogers and Fido have both unlockable bootloader, they are not locked to any network, not branded and they work on LTE 2100 and 2600.
It's hard to collect these information and make an optimal decision. Feel free to correct or amend me if you find that I failed in any part of my explanation. But now I know for sure: if I had this knowledge before, I'd undoubtly opted for the Rogers model.
Thanks for this amazing explanation ! It should be pinned somewhere.
Here is what I understand from your answer and all I read :
- I might be able to have the 4G LTE in France with the ATandT version (2600) but it could be tricky to unlock. I'm not sure I understand the KITKAT parts (My english is not so good)
- T mobile are not locked and it's easy to unlock the bootloader. About LTE you say it has 2100. But I don't think we have this frequency available in France. From the wikipedia article it's more 800, 1800 and 2600. So I might not have LTE. Do you know about HSPA+ ?
- The rogers version could be the best option. What about the price ? Can I pick this provider trought the motomaker with Cybermonday deal ?
Now About the 4G LTE in France 2 things :
- The cover is really poor right now unless you live inside a big city
- The plan are way more expensive than regular 3G (HSPA+) except for ''Free Mobile'' who just add the LTE for free at no extra cost (But has a really really bad cover)
That's why I could go with a HSPA version only.
Thanks you again for you answers ! I'm glad I registered on the XDA forum today
[email protected] said:
Thanks for this amazing explanation ! It should be pinned somewhere.
Here is what I understand from your answer and all I read :
- I might be able to have the 4G LTE in France with the ATandT version (2600) but it could be tricky to unlock. I'm not sure I understand the KITKAT parts (My english is not so good)
- T mobile are not locked and it's easy to unlock the bootloader. About LTE you say it has 2100. But I don't think we have this frequency available in France. From the wikipedia article it's more 800, 1800 and 2600. So I might not have LTE. Do you know about HSPA+ ?
- The rogers version could be the best option. What about the price ? Can I pick this provider trought the motomaker with Cybermonday deal ?
Now About the 4G LTE in France 2 things :
- The cover is really poor right now unless you live inside a big city
- The plan are way more expensive than regular 3G (HSPA+) except for ''Free Mobile'' who just add the LTE for free at no extra cost (But has a really really bad cover)
That's why I could go with a HSPA version only.
Thanks you again for you answers ! I'm glad I registered on the XDA forum today
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Hi,
the detailed description of Moto x LTE frequencies could be found on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_X. The only question is how accurate it is. Regarding my experience you should be careful with Central/South American bands and ask the seller about details before buying one. I asked a lot and once got the information that Claro's from Puerto Rico only supports LTE 700/850/1700. And it is confirmed that AT&T's Moto x with initial operating system (4.2.2) doesn't work on 2600Mhz. Regarding Wiki and some claims, when you upgrade it to 4.4 (KitKat), you get 2600 on LTE. That's what I ment in previous comment about LTE and AT&T. But this is just unproved information though there isn't any 2600MHz LTE network in the USA and nobody has tested it yet. In the USA they prefer lower LTE bands (700, 850 MHz) because they can obtain better signal range and penetration through buildings. But you can gain broader bandwith on higher frequencies, that's why Americans later built more networks on 1700, 1900 and 2500 MHz.
To make the situation clear: AT&T has on the LTE the most suatible frequencies to European networks. According to the Wiki is the same with other XT1058 models, Central/South American Vivo, Claro, Movistar. But for the latest Wiki might be wrong, it worth checking before buying.
As I mentioned before, AT&T's models has other more serious disadvantages. But I wouldn't neglect the LTE capacity of the phone, the features of modern phones which firstly look uninteresting becomes very actual this year. I mean NFC (apps management, direct payment) and LTE. Although LTE is not even nearly as widely spreaded in Europe as in the USA, the situation might change in the near future. European Commission which is very innovative on the field of mobile communications, issued last year the Decision 243/2012/EU establishing a multiannual radio spectrum policy to year 2020. In this policy it not only encourages member states to develop the 4G networks but make them also commited to. The frequencies available for the LTE should be:
- 790 do 862 MHz,
- 880 do 915 MHz,
- 925 do 960 MHz,
- 1.710 do 1.785 MHz,
- 1.805 do 1.880 MHz,
- 1.900 do 1.980 MHz,
- 2.010 do 2.025 MHz,
- 2.110 do 2.170 MHz,
- 2,5 do 2,69 GHz in
- 3,4 do 3,8 GHz.
In fact most of the European countries opt primarly for 2600MHz, 1800MHz, 800MHz and 2100MHz. In concreto in France a rollout of LTE networks began, mostly on 2600MHz and less on 800MHZ. The situation regarding LTE coverage might be completely different at the end of 2014.
There is no problem with GSM and 3G frequencies, all GSM models opreate on: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA (T-mobile and Developers edition additionally on HSDPA 1700).
To summarize, what should be advised to the European buyer of Moto x:
1. Buy a new phone (although the service is only in the USA you still get full warranty registering your phone on the Motorola website).
2. Choose the right model taking into consideration: SIM unlocked/locked, bootloader locked/unlocked, LTE band. Sometimes is worth pay more to have significant less problems.
3. Pay with PayPal (you have effective claim against the seller if you don't get the phone as described).
4. Run it at least 1 or better 2 weeks before root or change ROM. That is minimal sufficient time to find out possible malfunctions.
A few words regarding warranty, SIM unlocking, rooting, bootloader unlocking:
In Europe SIM unlocking, rooting and bootloader unlocking is legal and for natural person, any of these acts could not void the warranty regarding Directive 1999/44/CE if the warranty claim doesn't derive from such act and the operating system is recovered to the original. In the USA rooting the device is legal and couldn't void the warranty as long as the device is reverted to original. The situation with SIM unlocking and bootloader unlocking is somehow funny. As from January 26th 2013 according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act unlocking SIM without operators permittion is ilegal. But this rule only applies to cell phones, not to for example to tablets and other devices which use SIM cards and at least data transmittion if not telephony functionality. As regard unlock bootloader the previous stand of Motorola was even more absurd: They sell developers edition of Moto x and they encouraged usesrs to unlock the bootloader but they warned them if they had done so, they warranty would be void. Latter they changed that collision by issuing an original system image for recover and announcing that they would recognize the warranty despite the unlocked bootloader.
In other parts of the word including Canada SIM unlock doesn't have inpact on the warranty.
Just adding one thing!
If you want to set your use the touchless control in French, it is not possible with Latin American phones, they don't have this option and you can't set your phone in French (only English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish available), so even if you set your voice search language to French in Google Now or in settings, the recognition is working well but it will never reply to you or do any action. Which ruins all the interest.
Now I think the AT&T phone got French in the settings but I am not sure, can someone confirm this? Not the Voice Search language (all Google languages are available there) but the phone language settings, is there French?
Thanks,
Tih
tihtow said:
Just adding one thing!
If you want to set your use the touchless control in French, it is not possible with Latin American phones, they don't have this option and you can't set your phone in French (only English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish available), so even if you set your voice search language to French in Google Now or in settings, the recognition is working well but it will never reply to you or do any action. Which ruins all the interest.
Now I think the AT&T phone got French in the settings but I am not sure, can someone confirm this? Not the Voice Search language (all Google languages are available there) but the phone language settings, is there French?
Thanks,
Tih
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I read on another thread that the T-mobile version comes with french (I don't know for AT&T). For this reason and for the fact that this version is less locked, I bought it on the moto maker. Thanks piskr and all other XDA members for helping me in this choice !
I will let you know what I think of the phone once I received it.
[email protected] said:
I read on another thread that the T-mobile version comes with french (I don't know for AT&T). For this reason and for the fact that this version is less locked, I bought it on the moto maker. Thanks piskr and all other XDA members for helping me in this choice !
I will let you know what I think of the phone once I received it.
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I'm curious, how did you manage to buy it on motomaker from outside the USA? Do you have a US credit card? How are you shipping it to France? I'd like to do the same thing (but shipping to Canada) but not sure how to proceed...
BlackAurora said:
I'm curious, how did you manage to buy it on motomaker from outside the USA? Do you have a US credit card? How are you shipping it to France? I'd like to do the same thing (but shipping to Canada) but not sure how to proceed...
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I have the AT&T model, it supports touchless control in French. Though I don't recoomend it. I guess that all American and Canadian models support French. Better go for Rogers, Fido or T-mobile.
BlackAurora said:
I'm curious, how did you manage to buy it on motomaker from outside the USA? Do you have a US credit card? How are you shipping it to France? I'd like to do the same thing (but shipping to Canada) but not sure how to proceed...
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I'm living in the US right know. And my american roommate was kind enough to use his card. It didn't work with my French one.
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I'm living in the US right know. And my american roommate was kind enough to use his card. It didn't work with my French one.
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I can confirm that none of my credit cards worked on motos website (master cards issued in Sweden). They reserve money at your bank but you get it back a few days later.
I have a friend who studies in the states and he has an american credit card. He will buy it for me and take it to Sweden. I will design the phone at moto maker and save the design. He will then log on to my google account and choose carrier and do all of the "checkout".
So much work for a bloody phone.
mavericktc said:
I can confirm that none of my credit cards worked on motos website (master cards issued in Sweden). They reserve money at your bank but you get it back a few days later.
I have a friend who studies in the states and he has an american credit card. He will buy it for me and take it to Sweden. I will design the phone at moto maker and save the design. He will then log on to my google account and choose carrier and do all of the "checkout".
So much work for a bloody phone.
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So, how does it work, the 1058, in your countries?