Hi guys,
I bought my Samsung Galaxy S in Europe and I'm currently using Darky Rom 10.1 (Android 2.3.3).
I'm in Australia for 1 year and I can't get a service with Telstra (I bought a new sim card) when I'm "far" from big town. My friend bought a phone with telstra and he gets full bar signal when I get no service. It's almost okay when I'm in a big town like Cairns (I just visited this one for the moment).
I went to the Telstra Dealer shop to ask about the modem they used because it's a different frequency (850Mhz from what I read).
They told me they use ZTE or ZTA but I can't get to find it to download.
I tried several modem like jvk, jvh, jvo, ... but I can't get the SGS to work like I'm used to.
Can anybody help me with this ? A link with a cwm modem would be highly appreciated because I can't get internet everywhere and it's really expensive.
Thank you.
Here is a Telstra 2.2 modem DVJP9 which hopefully will help sort out your data issues. http://www.mediafire.com/?qdangyv87dtx1ai
I couldn't find a CWM zip for it, so you'll have to use Odin to get it on your Phone.
Remember as its a modem.bin, flash in the 'Phone' part in Odin.
If the hardware of your phone does not support 850MHz then changing modem firmware will not help unfortunately. In an Australian city you might be ok but coverage will still be not great as you will be running 3G on 1900MHz from memory and in the country you will be offline as all Telstra coverage efforts seem to have gone into 850MHz both in the country and city.
jim5055 said:
If the hardware of your phone does not support 850MHz then changing modem firmware will not help unfortunately. In an Australian city you might be ok but coverage will still be not great as you will be running 3G on 1900MHz from memory and in the country you will be offline as all Telstra coverage efforts seem to have gone into 850MHz both in the country and city.
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Ouch, that's what I was afraid of. I'll try the modem first and see. If that doesn't work, I'll have to buy a cheap phone.
Thanks a lot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934409
Check out this thread, there are hellstra owners in there, they will be better suited to giving you an answer
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Hy guys,
I've been reading on that thread for few days and one question raised in my head.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790984
And that post
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8299301&postcount=18
If I buy an International (European or other version) of the Galaxy I9000 that doesn't support frequencies HSPA 850MHz from scratch, do you think it has the same hardware as the Bell Canada one ans that it's just the firmware that enable or disable those frequencies?
If so, it may be interresting to try flashing one Internal version of the I9000 with the CSC and Phone file from firmware UGJH2 and see if it enable the 850MHz HSPA frequency.
If that work, that means that International and/or European unlocked I9000 phone are exactly same hardware and that, We could buy them and use them with Bell and other providers in Canada instead of buying a Bell one.
short answer no
it has been tested and re-tested by several people already
it doesn't work
but feel free to try if you have the time and money to spare
if you want the I9000M (3g 850/1900/2100) you can get it off ebay if you don't care about the 3 button issue, but if you do care about the 3 button thing, you can ping me
Wow thanks alot AllGamer for the quick reply. Sorry if that thread is a double post because I haven't seen one talking about this specifically. I've seen alot about the 850Mhz lost after flashing firmware thow...
So if I understand it correctly... the only option we have is to buy a I9000M from Bell and do the 3 buttons fix from that thread in order to be able to unlock and upgrade...
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784704
I still don't get why those big compagnies does different hardware versions of the same phone for different regions.... that must cost more money...lol
P.S. anyone know if Bell allow us to buy that phone full price (499$) without even activating it or we really need to get it activated for a month even at full price???
franckqcc said:
I still don't get why those big compagnies does different hardware versions of the same phone for different regions.... that must cost more money...lol
P.S. anyone know if Bell allow us to buy that phone full price (499$) without even activating it or we really need to get it activated for a month even at full price???
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correct in all counts
yes, it's kinda stupid they have released more than 8 different variants of the same phone, each of them with just minor changes in hardware/software
like with TV, no TV
with Front Camera, no FC
with Upload speed cut off, Full speed upload (USA AT&T)
with Flash, with no Flash
with more storage, with less storage
with keyboard, without keyboard
with these radio bands, without that radio band
with... bah just too many
I have no clue how they keep up with all the different branches of the same tree
re: Bell...
nope, they do have an activation fee when you purchase it, even when you but it off at full price, the total is roughly $650~680 including all the taxes, activation, shipping materials, shipping, packaging, all the other crazy fees the Bell and the government charges
Just by curiosity.. Do you know a version of that phone that work with 850MHz but include the flash for the camera?
That would be nice to have a flash included with it
The flash is on the CDMA Galaxy S for Verizon only. I don't think this device can be unlocked but anyways I don't think you would want a CDMA smartphone in Canada.
he can always hook it up to Telus or Bell, both runs on CDMA
but you are right CDMA kinda sucks, you can't travel to Europe or most other countries with it.
Yep and since CDMA is way slower than HSPA, that would be useless....the only time we use CDMA is in the regions where HSPA isn't working...
Thanks all for your reply
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he can always hook it up to Telus or Bell, both runs on CDMA
but you are right CDMA kinda sucks, you can't travel to Europe or most other countries with it.
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Bell or Telus will not allow anyone to hook up another carriers CDMA phone. This is NOT an option.
In relation to this same question somewhat...What about a hardware transplant from a Bell Vibrant to a European i9000?
Does anyone know what radio chipset the Bell Vibrant uses and what radio chipset the European i9000 uses? I've seen two different radio chipsets for the i9000, one from Qualcomm and one from Triquint:
Qualcomm RTR8265: (Maybe the Korean i9000?)
http://translate.google.com/transla....com/News_List_View.php?nModeC=4&nSeq=1742568
Triquint TQM6M26028L: (Maybe the Singapore and European i9000?)
http://www.phonewreck.com/2010/08/19/samsung-galaxy-s-teardown/
http://www.careace.net/2010/06/09/disassembly-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s/
http://www.careace.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/galaxy-s-disassembly-28.jpg
Unless I'm reading all 3 disassembly wrong, they have conflicting info in regards to the radio being used. Maybe the radio chipset being used is dependent on the region where the i9000 is from? Can any one confirm? I plan on purchasing an international i9000 to replace my bricked i9000M and would like to see if I could transplant certain parts to see if I could get the 850 MHz via hardware. I plan to disassemble my bricked Bell Vibrant once my toolkit comes in and take some pictures so maybe it'll be of help to people in the future.
Electroz said:
Bell or Telus will not allow anyone to hook up another carriers CDMA phone. This is NOT an option.
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not sure where you got that from but i worked for Telus and we hooked up quite a bunch of USA verizon/sprint CDMA phones online.
we used to do a IMEI check first to make sure it was not blacklisted before signing them up for a plan with their phone
is there an easy way to find this out without taking apart the phone?
dawgpound6985 said:
In relation to this same question somewhat...What about a hardware transplant from a Bell Vibrant to a European i9000?
Does anyone know what radio chipset the Bell Vibrant uses and what radio chipset the European i9000 uses? I've seen two different radio chipsets for the i9000, one from Qualcomm and one from Triquint:
Qualcomm RTR8265: (Maybe the Korean i9000?)
http://translate.google.com/transla....com/News_List_View.php?nModeC=4&nSeq=1742568
Triquint TQM6M26028L: (Maybe the Singapore and European i9000?)
http://www.phonewreck.com/2010/08/19/samsung-galaxy-s-teardown/
http://www.careace.net/2010/06/09/disassembly-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s/
http://www.careace.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/galaxy-s-disassembly-28.jpg
Unless I'm reading all 3 disassembly wrong, they have conflicting info in regards to the radio being used. Maybe the radio chipset being used is dependent on the region where the i9000 is from? Can any one confirm? I plan on purchasing an international i9000 to replace my bricked i9000M and would like to see if I could transplant certain parts to see if I could get the 850 MHz via hardware. I plan to disassemble my bricked Bell Vibrant once my toolkit comes in and take some pictures so maybe it'll be of help to people in the future.
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AllGamer said:
not sure where you got that from but i worked for Telus and we hooked up quite a bunch of USA verizon/sprint CDMA phones online.
we used to do a IMEI check first to make sure it was not blacklisted before signing them up for a plan with their phone
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Thats pretty weird then. CDMA phones don't even have an IMEI. That is a gsm/hsdpa specific number.....
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA App
you said IMEI people will understand what it is
you tell them ESN they will be like "wuuaaat number?"
cust: "my old number before DC?"
me: NO
Your number under the battery compartment or box that came in...
cust: "wuaaat? where?"
me: ohh... never mind, just give me the phone
cust: "here"
me: where's the sticker?
cust: "i peeled it, it didn't look good" (that happened once)
another time was
me: where's the sticker?, it's all smudged & worn out!
cust: "i dunno"...
needless to say both cases were denied, no IMEI/ESN can't register them
a couple of times we did get some black listed ESN from verizon/sprint, also denied on those cases
most of the time they are okay, and can easily be joined to the network, the only trouble was finding the re-programing instruction for those Odd phones as we knew by memory the models we sold, but anything weird will take some times.
we always charged extra for that.
Okay so quick update and something quite interesting. I'm disassembling my Vibrant right now and the piece where the antenna connects is labeled i9000T. More to come in a new thread.
dawgpound6985 said:
Okay so quick update and something quite interesting. I'm disassembling my Vibrant right now and the piece where the antenna connects is labeled i9000T. More to come in a new thread.
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ohhhhhhhh wow! so we got a Latin America model inside?!
AllGamer said:
ohhhhhhhh wow! so we got a Latin America model inside?!
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Seems to be one part. Check out the pictures here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8395614#post8395614
<farnsworth> Good news everybody! </farnsworth> I have the european i9000 (900/1900/2100) which I bought unlocked in New York City and have been using (with 3g/HSPA) on AT&T.
When I came home to canada, I got a bell sim card (as I have a bell plan, previously with a CDMA phone). When I started the phone, all I was getting was voice, and I was very dissapointed.
I decided to see if Rogers or Tellus would work (as somebody told me they use 1900 more than 850), and when the rogers guy tried his sim, it was the same story. THEN he figured out that for this phone, you have to manually enter the APN info for the canadian carrier. He tried it on my phone, and I started picking up EDGE.
I immediately called bell tech support for the same info, and they refered me to the website. I entered the bell APN info in the settings menu and I now have HSPA on bell in Canada on my european i9000! Spread the word!
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<farnsworth> Good news everybody! </farnsworth> I have the european i9000 (900/1900/2100) which I bought unlocked in New York City and have been using (with 3g/HSPA) on AT&T.
When I came home to canada, I got a bell sim card (as I have a bell plan, previously with a CDMA phone). When I started the phone, all I was getting was voice, and I was very dissapointed.
I decided to see if Rogers or Tellus would work (as somebody told me they use 1900 more than 850), and when the rogers guy tried his sim, it was the same story. THEN he figured out that for this phone, you have to manually enter the APN info for the canadian carrier. He tried it on my phone, and I started picking up EDGE.
I immediately called bell tech support for the same info, and they refered me to the website. I entered the bell APN info in the settings menu and I now have HSPA on bell in Canada on my european i9000! Spread the word!
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Go outside of a large metropolitan area and report back. Or maybe you could even try reading this thread....
Using TMO Tab with OC Kernel 2.1.6 (and bought a few six-packs for Alter to say TY for the great job!) and have been actively following the threads on the T-Mobile Modem.
Can't post in Dev section yet, so I am dropping this here in the hopes I can get an answer. There is a "bounty" offered on one thread for a modem.bin that will work with the T-Mo Tab, but so far no solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951930
For what it is worth, I am in for $50.00 on this, too, but I won't post for the sake of getting up to the required number to get on the Dev boards, so I am hoping the OP on this thread sees this and can add me.
Triplex76, at the end of the thread says he got this working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13585472&postcount=182
I have downloaded the t959 (galaxy s tmobile) modem.bin Triplex recommended, but I get the same poor result Roto reported in numerous threads - seems the signal comes and goes and this is too unstable to use.
Triplex indicated you have to have the corrrect email.apk to make this work, and I figure I do, with OC's ROM.
Can anyone else who has tried this yet weigh in? Keeping fingers crossed.
I scolded him for putting that stuff up without a complete explanation. Outside of the US some members can use a T959 vibrant modem and get voice, data, and 3g speed. But in the US it is not possible, so the bounty is out there to encourage someone to work around the T-Mo restriction. In the US we can use the Roto Switch to get those features, as two separate modem flashes. Sorry.
Thank you for the insight. Near as I can tell the modem will work well in Europe (3G and Voice there vs 2G and Voice or 3G only here). I am on an upcoming working vacation in Europe in September and need data there for maps, nav, contact with tour providers, hotels, rail, etc. Net-net very data intensive. Appreciate your clarifying the distinction. Seems ironic that my only.optimal experience will be over there unless a fix for Tmous modem comes sooner.
Now I have to find a reasonable global SIM card. Or switch my eoc Verizon to a new AT&T phone and use that SIM.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
You can get T-Mobile prepaid sims in a lot of Europe. You are better off that way, to get the 3g on their unique frequency.
Question about SIM cards
Ranger -
Thanks for the advice. I just saw the latest Overcome ROM so I will be downloading and running the full install before I wrap up the night.
Meantime, I am still struggling with the SIM thing - I have a VZ phone coming off contract next month, and I am thinking of switching to an AT&T. Do you know if I can use that SIM for voice and data in the T-Mo Tab overseas (or here with the 2G Data until someone comes up with a modem )? I can get a local SIM once I am on the ground there, but I have to have access once the plane lands as I have a group of 4 of us I am responsible for managing travel for.
On an aside, I was hoping the Gingerbread release would offer some better modem options but it now seems there may never be a fix, which is too bad, because I would infinitely rather have just one device (my Tab!).
Thanks infinitely for your help and enjoy the new ROM!
@Ranger - Can you help me out again please?
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You can get T-Mobile prepaid sims in a lot of Europe. You are better off that way, to get the 3g on their unique frequency.
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I flashed Hermes, then Icarus, and the Tab Experience gets better each time! I am now able to use the modem switcher (and by changing the line to "reboot normal" in gscript, it still reboots - not bad for a noob, huh? ), but I want to use this as my primary phone, so T-Mo seems to be out.
Can I buy either the AT&T or the International TAB if I want 3G+Data and am willing to get a 3rd Party pay-go SIM (like Tru)? Thank you again for all your help!
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I flashed Hermes, then Icarus, and the Tab Experience gets better each time! I am now able to use the modem switcher (and by changing the line to "reboot normal" in gscript, it still reboots - not bad for a noob, huh? ), but I want to use this as my primary phone, so T-Mo seems to be out.
Can I buy either the AT&T or the International TAB if I want 3G+Data and am willing to get a 3rd Party pay-go SIM (like Tru)? Thank you again for all your help!
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In the US, the at&t tab is the best "everything" experience. Friends in Spain and Isreal have done what you thought - they bought a local sim equivelent to t-mobile (2100 band, without the 1700 band) and the Roto 2g modem gave them voice and 3g data with their t-mobile tab! I have not verified this, so perhaps a few members can confirm this for you.
Bottom line -- at&t tab will do everything everywhere you are traveling. T-mobile, with the switch, -- might do most of what you want. The international tab is mostly like at&t tab, it will work voice and 3g everywhere.
Hi all,
I own an Australian Telstra-compatible GT-P1000T onto which I've flashed the Overcome ROM v1.6.4. However, i am now using the Tab with an Optus SIM here in Brisbane.
I was simply wondering of anyone knew what the best modem would be to maximize my 3g speed and coverage on Optus. Im currently running the JMA modem, if that helps.
Thanks everyone,
agc93
There is a modem stickie. The correct Telsra modem for your region is there.
Hi,
Thanks for the advice but as stated in the post, I'm not using the Telstra network. Doesn't that mean a Telstra modem is going to give me sub-standard performance? I believe the stock Optus modem would be best, but I wasn't sure if using a GT-P1000T made that choice any different?
Thanks again.
They are not "branded", they are just the modem.bin files that work best for a given region/carrier. You can flash any modem you want, some will give better performance than others.
After you flash a modem go to the wireless settings and check your apn settings. If you are using a different modem you might have to enter the values. To get the values google "my-carrier apn settings" where my-carrier is optus, or whatever.
Hi,
Yeah, I realise that, so i was looking to see of anyone on XDA had worked out what modem gave the best Optus performance. Plus, there has been some.confusion over whether the P1000T has a different radio or just a different software to the P1000 since it has the extra 850 band (same problem as the SGS i9000/i9000T debate).
All I was looking for was to see if any XDA users had tested or could recommend a good modem to use for an Optus tab (preferably one with better performance than the stock one)
Thanks.
Your radio has the 850 band? Cool. If it has it, its not software, its in the radio chip. What did you pay for your tab? Can you buy it without a contract?
3G strength poor
Hi. I think I have the same issue. I purchased it as an Australian Telstra unit. I have since had the firmware changed to a non-carrier European version, rooted and unlocked. I use it on Optus. I believe that the 3G signals and speeds could be a lot better. I had a Samsung B2700 and B2710 Antenna Gain increased and those made all the difference to not dropping calls!
I have searched but cannot find anything about adjusting Antenna Gain on my TAB, nor for my SG2. This thread is the closest thing I can find to being able to improve it.
Can a different modem help or is it the radio chip that holds it back, and can that be changed?
*#1234# gave me the following...
PDA : NIL
PHONE : P1000XXJHA
CSC : NIL
Is it strange that the PDA and CSC are empty?
So I sold my i9000, and the buyer claims that 3g, wifi wont work and they hardly get reception.
I did load stock JVP Gingerbread onto it,
I thought this would make it as it originally came.
Australian outright.
So, if they do send it back, what rom do I load on it and what modem for Telstra ?
thanks
I live in China
Buy hard It's a long way
Ok, what's the deal with all the firmwares available for razr i and wich one would work in Canada...
I just got a Razr i, after i was unable to get a XT905 working with Rogers in Canada. Was working only with Bell and Telus. Rogers use 850/1900, bell and telus use 900/2100 frequency.
Now i got a razr i, retail great britain version.
It is not working with any of the carriers here. Well it work only a couple of minutes. Then it fall on "emergency only" and loose the radio.
I tried it with a Rogers sim card and a Bell simcard, same deal. Work fine at startup and loose signal a couple of minutes later.
What's the point to get a quadband phone unlocked, if it cannot work anywhere in the world ?
Is there a firmware version that would work worldwide ?
Or, maybe it's the phone that is defective ? But i don't think so...
Does someone have a razr i working in canada and wich version software do you have ?
Do i try flashing some versions or i just put it back in the box and return to the shop ?
In the hidden menú .... (easy acces via pymp my rom) your choice the frecuency for area or region ...... Default is automatic selection ....... In you case.... Select Euro Band form telus and bell for example
Check pictures in the next Dropbox folder ..... is mine
https://db.tt/6oRobHXH
Enviado desde mi GT-I8190
Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately i tried it and it doesn't work. Did test usa and euro bands, forcing gsm only, no luck.
Strange thing, when i search for available networks, instead of Rogers i see "302720" wich is the network i.d. of Rogers.
But it should read Rogers in clear text, as it read Bell and Telus networks.
Sometimes it loose signal after 5 minutes, sometimes after a couple of hours.
Is it possible Razr i could not work in Canada ? Does someone use one ?
I have Razr i working on Rogers for 4 months without any problems. Retail GB version with 91.2.29001.xt890.Retail.en.GB rom. May be your phone is defective?
Thank you my_esperanza, that's the kind of feedback i was waiting for.
I have the exact same version of firmware too, so the phone is going back to where it's coming from.