Just a question for those HD7 owners on Wind have you unbranded your phones before the update to nodo and does it affect the radio setting on the phone. I am getting tired of waiting for the T-Mobile roll out and based on what I see from the MS timeline I do not want the phone to be TMo branded when they join AT&T (none of the AT&T phones have left stage 1). Any instructions on updating would be appriciated. I have everything except for the ROM image is their one that you would suggest?
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I I have a chance to buy an HD7 for 150$. IF I unlock this phone and use it on Telus will I have any issues with Mango , MMS etc.? Are there any draw backs to doing this versus getting a telus Win7 Device?
Also, what is the best method to unlock this phone so it works on Telus? I've seen many posts on Chevron, and I see many people doing the IMEI developer unlock.
Thanks.
Unlocked Bell HD7 on Telus - Any known issues?
I did the opposite..Bought a Telus HD7 Unlocked and use it with my Bell sim card no issues at all..No issues during updates Im now 7740 Mango. Dont get your hopes up for internet tethering from Bell.. seems it was prevented in the upgrade.. Rogers did not provide the tethering option for there Samsung Focus so Im assuming Telus will not provide it as well.
So id say go for it...Should have no problem...
DISCLAIMER:
I'm from Belgium and English is not my native language, I am aware that my English is not great so please forgive me.
Hello,
I recieved my HTC One two weeks ago after waiting 2 months. It was a pain in the ass to get the phone.
Here in Belgium the phone is still not for sale so I had to buy the phone on a site from the Netherlands (algebeld.nl).
Now, here is the problem:
I wasn't aware that I was able to recieve 4G LTE in my region until a few days ago, I didn't know this because I never recieved 4G on my phone. Aparently I should recieve 4G and looked into the settings and everything is set to recieve 4G, so my settings are not the problem.
Another thing I noticed was that I am still on older software and didn't recieve the latest update, I'm still on 1.29.111.11.
This concerned me so I did some research and it turns out (not 100% sure though) that my device is branded to T-mobile, even though it is an unlocked device.
So the reason I can't connect to 4G is (I think) the radio module is clocked at a different frequency so I can't recieve 4G.
I was under the impression that I was buying an unbranded device so this kinda blows...
No 4G isn't the only problem, I will also have to wait for OTA's a lot longer.
So my question is:
Is there a way to solve this? I could root my phone in order to get the latest software but still if there comes an update which updates the hboot, it will check my cid and there will be a chance I won't be able to update my hboot and install the update.
If I could just solve the cid problem it would be awesome because 4G isn't THAT big of a deal, but it would be even better if there was a way to recieve 4G or totally debrand my device. I don't know if there is a way to solve this through software since it's the radio module that has a different frequency and that's a hardware problem :s
Anyway, thanks in advance!
Misterthomas32.
All,
I've been out of the Android loop for some time, I bought a HTC One M7 from T-Mobile UK (EE), it's a non contract/non payg model just the handset, I decided to switch providers and unlocked the phone with no issues.
However T-Mobile have modified the device somehow and locked the APN/MMS settings, I have put new ones in but it defaults to the T-Mobile (EE) settings, as I am using a Virgin sim card it sort of half works as it's on the same network. But I do not get MMS etc.
Also when I dial my voicemail it will no longer allow me to make calls until I remove the sim or reboot the phone which is annoying!
What I would really like to do is turn it in to a non carrier UK/EU device and get OTA updates from HTC.
I have looked and looked at information, but my head is fried, can anyone help me with this, OTA updates are important, I do not want any modified ROMS and I want to revert it to normal if I need to send it in for a repair.
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
I bought an HTX 8X on Vodafone business (unlocked) some months ago. Got an OTA upgrade recently and now I'm on:
firmware version is 3030.0.34101.401
OS: 8.0.10327.0
I also bought my wife an HTC 8X from an online retailer who sold it unlocked. However when the phone boots it displays the Three network logo briefly so I'm presuming the phone was originally tied to the UK Three mobile network? She has never got an OTA upgrade since I bought the phone for her in July 2013. Her phone's on:
firmware version: 1532.20.20100.771
OS: 8.0.10211.0
How do I upgrade this second 8X to the latest firmware/OS so that it is at least on par with my own 8X? I've checked for updates (OTA) and none are available. HTC don't appear to provide a firmware upgrade tool on their UK web site and the Windows Phone app, when loaded and when my wife's phone is connected via USB, does not offer any upgrade option.
Thanks.
The original carrier still controls the update schedule. Your second phone will get the update when the carrier approves it. If there's a way to force it to update faster, I'm not aware of it (though there might be, anyhow; there was for WP7 and we've been able to proxy some of the WP8 update network traffic).
My HTC One went through a washing machine cycle, and has just returned from being repaired under insurance. However, I have a few concerns about the replacement...
1) The phone I sent off was locked to the 3UK network, and had 3UK branding. However, the phone I've received back has Vodafone branding! My 3UK SIM is working in it, but I'm just concerned that I might run into problems down the line.
2) When switching the replacement phone on, it has downloaded a software update to version 3.63.161.6 A quick Google of this software version *seems* to indicate it's a Vodafone UK update. Again, I'm concerned I'm going to run into problems with this down the line.
So, seeing as how my 3UK SIM seems to be operating in a phone which has Vodafone branding, I'm thinking it could be an unlocked phone. Fair assumption? Other than trying a different network SIM in the phone, is there any way I can tell whether the phone is an unlocked version?
I'm after a bit of advice really, as I'm not sure whether to bring this to the attention of my network provider. Plus also I'm not liking the Vodafone branding! What would you guys be thinking?
EDIT - CID Getter reports the CID of the replacement phone to be VODAP001. My original 3UK phone had a CID of H3G_001