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I really really want an s730 with US 3G bands and I found that O2 has one out that looks like it's the wings200 but I don't see a way to buy just the phone from them. Does anyone know if they sell the phones separate or if there is any other place selling wings200s yet?
I thought that the US s730 was due out later in the summer / fall. Cannot remember though.
Got to wait
Hi svanheulen. I am also wanting to buy this phone. I cant even buy it unlocked right now from anywhere. Also, it just came out on UK for O2 and they are only selling this phone right now for business customers only, not yey for consumers. When they start selling for consumers, I am sure they will unlock it and sell them in online stores. This phone is Quadband and 3G Tri-band. So there's no need to wait for it to hit USA. Only if you want the warranty I guess (which is a major thing cause this phone is $$$). Anyway, hope this helps. Just got to wait till they start selling to consumers. Later...
I have one of these on order thru my work - O2 are currently saying 16th June. Will let the forum know what it's like when i get my hands on it.
Can anyone who is using HTC Diamond from Orange can confirm me that he tried another then Orange sim card in it and checked that it is locked to Orange?
ell82 said:
Can anyone who is using HTC Diamond from Orange can confirm me that he tried another then Orange sim card in it and checked that it is locked to Orange?
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I would presume the Orange branded model would be SIM locked to their network I suggest this as normally orange phones except early releases of the Samsung E900 were locked.
Probably you are right and i know it before asked but from what i searched on this forum nobody has confimed that yet. That is why I'm asking is there anybody who can confirm that Diamond from Orange is simlocked?
hang on ill check mine
Thanks, waiting.
I'am sorry but the Orange Diamond are simlocked
Ok, thanks.
yep mine turned up today from orange locked, however tried the isim and it now works on the three network no problem
i'd say that 99% of phones sold by cellphone companys under contract are locked
otherwise they'd loose money selling them cheaper
Afternoon gents,
I am trading my iPhone 4 for the HD7 but i don't get very good signal with O2, so i was thinking about buying the handset unlocked and then putting a Vodafone contract SIM in it.
But, will this affect phone updates as carriers control WP7 updates?
Thank you.
You will have to wait for O2 to push updates as it will have an O2 ROM on it (O2 splash logo, locked yahoo search etc).
The only way around this is to flash a Euro branded ROM using Goldcard (exactly what I did) or one of the other methods floating around in the dev thread.
What about buying the phone from one of the East Asia compaines?
Found a site which offers the handset for £250 - checked reviews everywhere and all have recieved their items without fault.
One would assume that these devices would not have the O2 ROM?
No problem with Asia Phone
I bought my HD7 from an Asian shop on ebay. No problems whatsoever and I am also on Vodafone. I did use the disconnect trick and am now runing the nodo update with no issues. I also got my 16GB phone a LOT cheaper.
Crack on, it's well worth it!
Edit: Of course it was completely inbranded
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I bought my HD7 from an Asian shop on ebay. No problems whatsoever and I am also on Vodafone. I did use the disconnect trick and am now runing the nodo update with no issues. I also got my 16GB phone a LOT cheaper.
Crack on, it's well worth it!
Edit: Of course it was completely inbranded
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What's the disconnect trick?
Did Zune tell you that an update was available?
Casdawer said:
Afternoon gents,
I am trading my iPhone 4 for the HD7 but i don't get very good signal with O2, so i was thinking about buying the handset unlocked and then putting a Vodafone contract SIM in it.
But, will this affect phone updates as carriers control WP7 updates?
Thank you.
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You'll be fine i bought my via o2 but same reason due to poor data signal i ported over to vodafone, and it works brilliantly, update is fine, recently HTC push the NoDoUpdate via ZUNE and everything is runing smoothly.
Same here, I've been on Vodafone for years but pre-ordered a PAYG HD7 from O2 then just got it unlocked and has been great since.
Granted I did flash the latest Euro ROM using GOLDCARD so have no problems with updates or anything but all in all very much glad I sold on my iPhone 4 when I did, thankfully found someone nice to buy it and paid what I did as got a Unlocked one straight from Apple when they first came out.
If i bought a HD7 from the O2 shop, how would i go about unlocking it?
Would this also remove the O2 boot logo?
(You'll have to excuse my stupid questions, i do computers not phones )
You could either pay a unlock site to give you a unlock code or if you know a O2 Contract Customer they can fill out the unlock code request form online and request one for free. If you do it that way it may take two or three attempts as some guys email back and say no cos it's a contract phone but then somebody won't check as much and just issue the code, know loads of people done it this way, took 2 attempts to get mine.
As for the branding NO it would not get rid of it, to do that you would need to flash the phone with a different ROM like a HTC Euro ROM using such as the GOLDCARD Method. This will not make any difference to your unlock status so you know so you can't unlock it by flashing another ROM, and you can flash as often as you want and it won't relock the phone, once it's unlocked it's unlocked.
gloves085 said:
I bought my HD7 from an Asian shop on ebay. No problems whatsoever and I am also on Vodafone. I did use the disconnect trick and am now runing the nodo update with no issues. I also got my 16GB phone a LOT cheaper.
Crack on, it's well worth it!
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If you had to do the disconnect trick then it isnt de-branded.
The debranded HD7s got the update on the day of release.
I got my HD7 from O2, unlocked it through O2, and then left and went to 3.
I also did the debranded as said on here, which was nice and easy, and I got the nodo update on the day of release
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If you had to do the disconnect trick then it isnt de-branded.
The debranded HD7s got the update on the day of release.
I got my HD7 from O2, unlocked it through O2, and then left and went to 3.
I also did the debranded as said on here, which was nice and easy, and I got the nodo update on the day of release
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I assure it is unbranded and the update was not available on the day of release as reported all over the web. I have since however rolled back the update and received the official update with HTC additions via Zune.
Hi guys just bought a new samsung S3 i9305 LTE but its on orange (uk) and i want to use it on t-mobile (uk), can any give me some instructions on what software to use where to get the software and how to use the software please?
also is it different software to unlock the S3 LTE and If root my S3 LTE will it affect the fuctionality of the 4G when it launch?
thanks for any help
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Hi guys just bought a new samsung S3 i9305 LTE but its on orange (uk) and i want to use it on t-mobile (uk), can any give me some instructions on what software to use where to get the software and how to use the software please?
also is it different software to unlock the S3 LTE and If root my S3 LTE will it affect the fuctionality of the 4G when it launch?
thanks for any help
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Orange and T-Mobile phones don't need unlocking if used on each others network
Yeah, very technically, Orange and T-Mobile don't exist anymore. My GF's S3 says "EE" on it now.
yeh they do seem to work with t-mobile in and my mrs put her o2 sim in and that works as well ... was told they were locked but seems to be working fine on orange , o2 and t-mobile which is lucky as no body seems to know how to unlock the LTE 4g models yet...
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yeh they do seem to work with t-mobile in and my mrs put her o2 sim in and that works as well ... was told they were locked but seems to be working fine on orange , o2 and t-mobile which is lucky as no body seems to know how to unlock the LTE 4g models yet...
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Hi mate, did you buy your S3 LTE from Orange Pay as you go and managed to use a o2 Sim card without unlocking?
As I'm planning on getting the same phone but using my o2 sim card, if you can confirm this that would be great
Also is there an Orange splash screen on start up of the phone, how much Orange branding is there?
Cheers
lainuxuk said:
Hi mate, did you buy your S3 LTE from Orange Pay as you go and managed to use a o2 Sim card without unlocking?
As I'm planning on getting the same phone but using my o2 sim card, if you can confirm this that would be great
Also is there an Orange splash screen on start up of the phone, how much Orange branding is there?
Cheers
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yes m8 I bought 2 of them both on orange and they both work with orange, t-mobile, and o2... been few days now and rebooted and all seems fine still
sorry.. theres no orange branding on either of our phones why should there be?
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yes m8 I bought 2 of them both on orange and they both work with orange, t-mobile, and o2... been few days now and rebooted and all seems fine still
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Cool nice one Is there an Orange branded splash screen when you start up the phone
Thanks for the quick reply!
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Cool nice one Is there an Orange branded splash screen when you start up the phone
Thanks for the quick reply!
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theres no orange branding on either of our phones why should there be?
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theres no orange branding on either of our phones why should there be?
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Good to hear!
I thought Orange would put their own ROM/branded software onto the phone as the S3 LTE appears to be exclusive to orange at the moment.
Thanks for your info, think I'm going to order my S3 LTE titanium tonight from Orange
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Good to hear!
I thought Orange would put their own ROM/branded software onto the phone as the S3 LTE appears to be exclusive to orange at the moment.
Thanks for your info, think I'm going to order my S3 LTE titanium tonight from Orange tonight
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no there not exclusive to orange youcan buy them on ebay from most now, mine is orange but it was bought from a t-mobile shop as they were only £449 each two days before they were £360 i was gutted lol
sealover1 said:
no there not exclusive to orange youcan buy them on ebay from most now, mine is orange but it was bought from a t-mobile shop as they were only £449 each two days before they were £360 i was gutted lol
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Out of curiousity have you tried another Network sim apart from Orange/T-Mobile/O2 and does it work
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Out of curiousity have you tried another Network sim apart from Orange/T-Mobile/O2 and does it work
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no that was the only sims we had to hand but as sims are free now if someone wants to send me a diff one to try for them i could do for them if they liked
Ordered my phone from the Orange website tonight, should be with me on Monday, fingers crossed my ones works with o2 too
lainuxuk said:
Ordered my phone from the Orange website tonight, should be with me on Monday, fingers crossed my ones works with o2 too
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Fingers crossed mate let me know how you get on
lainuxuk said:
Ordered my phone from the Orange website tonight, should be with me on Monday, fingers crossed my ones works with o2 too
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Fingers crossed mate let me know how you get on
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Fingers crossed mate let me know how you get on
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My T-Mobile handset will not work with my GiffGaff SIM. Has anyone else tried this combination?
lainuxuk said:
Ordered my phone from the Orange website tonight, should be with me on Monday, fingers crossed my ones works with o2 too
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Mate I ordered my i9305 from orange on pay as you natter on 9 October - still haven't got it yet. Not sure if I'm particularly unlucky of if the titanium version is just out of stock but I've chased them twice and checking online it just says order is being readied for dispatch. When i made the order it said on the receipt it would be sent out within 2 days but that was clearly a lie!
Would be interested to know how quickly yours arrives. Also how are people getting hold of the t-mob payg version? I thought it was only available from orange online on payg...
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My T-Mobile handset will not work with my GiffGaff SIM. Has anyone else tried this combination?
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I have a spare GiffGaff sim, shall give it a try when my handset arrives, my e-mail said it would arrive with me on Monday, though not received a dispatch e-mail yet.
i bought mine in a t-mobile shop for £449 the gun metal gry as well. never wanted to wait for the post lol
Yesterday I bought titanium i9305 from ee store and cancelled my order from orange online, should have done it weeks ago.
Bought an unlock code from mobileunlocked, cost 15 quid and phone was unlocked and using giffgaff SIM in less than 20 mins.
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In the process of negotiating an upgrade deal. Currently on Voda.
Just wanted to know the difference between getting the phone from Vodafone or P4U.
Does the branding make much difference ??
branded phones seem to get updates later as they have to get branding added and in some cases don't get some update at all due to vodafone/networks not signing the ok on versions
Huge difference as stated above, update always comes late on branded phones, or never come.
But unbranded phone gets updates directly from HTC not vodafone so you are guaranteed to have them as soon as they are released.
Also, you have no bloatware on unbranded phones, and normally unbranded phones are unlocked on any network meaning when you sell the phone, it worthes more. But there are exceptions, my galaxy s3 lte is unbranded but locked to orange.
Anyway, if p4u's price is acceptable, better go with them. I sacrificed my 40% off discount with Orange and went upgrade with p4u even paying a bit more, but I never regretted.
Anyone actually got a branded phone?
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I can't comment on voda but I've just recieved a branded device from EE and Tbh there is no bloat or pre installed crapps in fact it looks completely the way HTC intended. I'm guessing different networks will have different amounts of input but more are straying away from loading the handsets with crap for update purposes. If your rooted it don't matter anyway.
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I read reports on the Vodafone forum of their customers receiving phones that have Vodafone on the bootscreen, definitely branded and I would definitely avoid that if you can P4U will be unbranded and will of course price match anyway.
Electronic Punk said:
I read reports on the Vodafone forum of their customers receiving phones that have Vodafone on the bootscreen, definitely branded and I would definitely avoid that if you can P4U will be unbranded and will of course price match anyway.
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Can confirm the Vodafone version has a Vodafone boot and shutdown screen. They haven't put any bloatware on it but it's definitely branded
Is there any branding on the phone itself or just software?
I have the "One" branded to Three. As far as i can see there are branded start and shutdown and two branded apps "Three Music" and "Three Games". They seem to have also installed the Amazon and Ebay apps.. I think given a chance i'll be installed the HTC standard build as soon as one is available... neither of the above apps are worth anything to me..
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Can confirm the Vodafone version has a Vodafone boot and shutdown screen. They haven't put any bloatware on it but it's definitely branded
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Sorry to clarify, the hardware is identical and has no Vodafone markings.
The phones software is Vodafone branded and comes with both their CID and usual bloat.
Just to throw this out there.
When I had a unbranded S3 Vodafone users got their official OTA updates before me.
Pretty sure you could use Kies to get it the same time if you really wanted.
With Samsung you would never be left hanging for a JB compatible HBOOT if you wanted it.
Electronic Punk said:
I read reports on the Vodafone forum of their customers receiving phones that have Vodafone on the bootscreen, definitely branded and I would definitely avoid that if you can P4U will be unbranded and will of course price match anyway.
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Your not wrong I got a simfree device from them on contract.
Good times.
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It's got no Vodafone branding on the actual handset, and no pre-installed apps, only the Voda logo when staring up and shutting down
Yeah thing is...your cid
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Hi I have question, I get today HTC One Gold from P4U and there is Vodafone branded rom, I konow was lots question about this but can someone write me step by step what I spouse to do to get on my HTC One factory clear rom and after get update via OTA.
Thanks