What are the chances of the droid incredible s running at&t gsm network since this is a world phone?
Are you talking about the Droid incredible 2 from verizon? If it is, that phone would end up being the same as what happened to the Droid 2 global, gsm bands being locked down. That's just my guess.
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Any of the Canadian versions (Bell/Sasktel) will work on AT&T if unlocked.
MTS, Bell, Sasktel, Telus and Rogers all use the same bands as AT&T.
sactoguy said:
Are you talking about the Droid incredible 2 from verizon? If it is, that phone would end up being the same as what happened to the Droid 2 global, gsm bands being locked down. That's just my guess.
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i'm talking about the Droid Inc 2 from Verizon Hopefully the GSM bands can be unlocked easily with the Gfree
I am looking to buy S since I heard that it works on 5.99 Tzones plans, so I think I found the best price at MCO, but it doesn't seem to list AWS in the specs. Does anyone know if they have a different version then others that sell for over $500? I just want to make sure I'll get the one that supports TMO 3g.
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=27668
No one knows if the phone supports TMO 3G?
i bought mine from ebay. make sure you get the s710e model. that's the one with tmobile bands
What's the other model?
I believe the one you are looking at is the correct one that supports Tmobile 3G/4G bands. The other model which supports AT&T 3G/4G bands is the one that is sold in Canada.
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The other model is S710A. You want to make sure you get model number S710E.
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At my second job my company is sending me a Sprint HTC one to use as my work phone and they want me to activate it on my Sprint account or they'll pay the deposit to open the account if there's one. But where I live I don't good coverage from them and there 3G is SUPER SLOW, I can't really stand the sucky service in my area. I Have T-Mobile and have good coverage where ever I go and was wondering if the sim tray in the Sprint Htc one is Unlocked so I can just activate with my T-Mobile account and pop in a T-Mobile SIM card. If any one can please confirm this would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
No
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I'm 99% sure it's a no. T-Mobile uses different radios from Sprint, I think AT&T and T-Mobile use the same radios, which is why you can use unlocked AT&T phones on T-Mobile.
001isj said:
I'm 99% sure it's a no. T-Mobile uses different radios from Sprint, I think AT&T and T-Mobile use the same radios, which is why you can use unlocked AT&T phones on T-Mobile.
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This. Att and tmobile use gsm radios and sprint and verizon use cdma.
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The sprint one has support for some gsm bands. Read this...
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-342-updated-all-for-htc-one-htc-one-for-all/
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david279 said:
The sprint one has support for some gsm bands. Read this...
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-342-updated-all-for-htc-one-htc-one-for-all/
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I'm sure those bands don't exist anywhere significant.
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It says the HTC one has been modified for sprint and it doesn't confirm that the phone supposes gsm on the sheet it only specifies CDMA and lte frequencies
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According to some Sprint forums it is a world phone. It just isn't unlocked.
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A world phone can have many different interpretations such as using a gsm network somewhere else or just roaming outside the us and we can all roam outside the us such as mexico which is domestic roaming and I think that is also considered a world phone since ur using it somewhere else
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In the OP's case, a discussion as to whether the phone is SIM locked or unlocked on the One is completely moot because the Sprint variant of the device does not possess the GSM or UMTS/WCDMA frequency bands needed to operate in most of the Americas, including the United States. It only does GSM 900/1800 and UMTS 2100. In other words, even if it was unlocked for other companies' US GSM or UMTS SIM cards it wouldn't be able to get any signal in the US, or for that matter, anywhere in most of North, Central, or South America or in other parts of the world where the GSM or UMTS 850 or 1900 MHz bands are used.
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The sprint one has support for some gsm bands. Read this...
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-342-updated-all-for-htc-one-htc-one-for-all/
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shook187 said:
I'm sure those bands don't exist anywhere significant.
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According to this article, which I have linked several times on here in response to this question, the ONE on Sprint most likely has GSM 900/1800mhz capability. Which is the GSM most all of the world uses except for the US. That is why it is a "World Phone."
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According to this article, which I have linked several times on here in response to this question, the ONE on Sprint most likely has GSM 900/1800mhz capability. Which is the GSM most all of the world uses except for the US. That is why it is a "World Phone."
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Partially true since this does not only apply to the US specifically. See my post right before yours.
myphone12345 said:
True since this does not only apply to the US specifically. See my post right before yours.
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Fixed that for you. You could not use it in the US.
but even by flashing a customized firmware once the phone has been rooted the phone is unable to manage others sim cards?
is there any change to remove the sim lock somehow?
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but even by flashing a customized firmware once the phone has been rooted the phone is unable to manage others sim cards?
is there any change to remove the sim lock somehow?
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Even if it was sim unlocked it wont work. Its a hardware limitation, not a software one. It cant run on the frequencies that North America uses for GSM.
It does run frequencies that we run here in the us. It supports 1900 and 2100 utms. 850 and 900 gsm. Both are used here in the us by at&t and t-mobile.
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It does run frequencies that we run here in the us. It supports 1900 and 2100 utms. 850 and 900 gsm. Both are used here in the us by at&t and t-mobile.
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Isnt it hardware limited to a point where it cant operate on a 3g/hspa gsm data network? i.e. if you do sim unlock and take it to a gsm carrier you will not get anything over 2g/edge speed?
Does any bady know if there is an HTC One variant that works in the 900 Mhz 3G band? I mean HSDP/UMTS 900 Mhz
Thanks in advance
The one bought in EU certainly does... The htc one from EU doesn't have the UMTS 850 band, so beware...
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From HTC UK web site
http://www.htc.com/uk/smartphones/htc-one/#specs
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Oh yeah. HTC updated the specs site a couple of times. I was misled by other review sites which claimed that this phone was global for GSM and UMTS.
I anyways can't understand this fragmentation in the specs for different markets and wonder what the benefit for the manufacturer is.
First and last time I buy an HTC device because of this. Next time I will aim at an iPhone or a Nexus. These devices are global enough for my needs (roaming between EU and Americas).
I crossed out Samsung from the list because I don't like their untidy and cheap phone design. Yet their high-end phones are GSM and UMTS-global.
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Have the LTE bands for the upcoming Verizon model been confirmed yet? I'm assuming it'll be an unlocked works phone like all others Verizon sells, but hoping Band 4 is present so I could potentially switch to T-Mobile later on.
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band 4 and band 13 block C