Yesterday I bought a phone on eBay Moto x operating CDMA (Sprint network). I would like to use the phone in Europe in the GSM network. Is changing the firmware on at & t I can use the phone in Europe? OR change the firmware change to GSM radio?, And that phones with at & t or t mobile chipset vary from phone sprint network?
If i buy a sprint Moto X is there a way to unlock it to allow me to use it on Att or Tmobile w/ LTE? Thanks
anyone? thanks
Did you ever figure this out?
Compare the bands of the Sprint Moto X to the bands of ATT and TMo.
I am looking to buy Moto X on eBay which has spec as below,
Product Identifiers
Brand Motorola
Carrier U.S. Cellular
Model Moto X
(Unlocked For Non GSM)
Type Smartphone
Storage Capacity 16 GB
Network Generation 4G
Network Technology CDMA / EVDO Rev. A, LTE
Camera 10.0 MP
Battery
Battery Capacity 2200 mAh
Will this phone work in the UK. Any idea?
Thanks in advance.
smohanv said:
I am looking to buy Moto X on eBay which has spec as below,
Product Identifiers
Brand Motorola
Carrier U.S. Cellular
Model Moto X
(Unlocked For Non GSM)
Type Smartphone
Storage Capacity 16 GB
Network Generation 4G
Network Technology CDMA / EVDO Rev. A, LTE
Camera 10.0 MP
Battery
Battery Capacity 2200 mAh
Will this phone work in the UK. Any idea?
Thanks in advance.
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The phone will work with WIFI. You need a GSM phone, not a CDMA phone, if you want cellular reception.
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(I didn't realize the O.P. was asking about a US Cellurar Moto X, which apparently may have a crippled GSM radio.
Arak-Nafein said:
The phone will work with WIFI. You need a GSM phone, not a CDMA phone, if you want cellular reception.
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Thanks for your response. I will stay back from buying as there is no point having a device with broken wifi. .
@smohanv
While this wiki page -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_X indicates the XT1055 does support 850/900/1900/2100 UMTS/HSPA, the FCC docs don't list any UMTS/HSPA/WCDMA tests, only CDMA, LTE, and Wifi. And US Cellular's web site doesn't list UMTS/HSPA as supported either. So I'm not sure. Reading THIS FCC doc for the XT1055 indicates only CDMA 800/1900, LTE Bands 4, 5 and 12 only. No mention of UMTS/HSPA/WCDMA.
UMTS and HSPA will be needed if you want faster than 2G speeds on GSM networks.
one other thing I'm unsure of, if the US Cellular X (XT1055) is SIM unlocked for GSM.
KidJoe said:
@smohanv
While this wiki page -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_X indicates the XT1055 does support 850/900/1900/2100 UMTS/HSPA, the FCC docs don't list any UMTS/HSPA/WCDMA tests, only CDMA, LTE, and Wifi. And US Cellular's web site doesn't list UMTS/HSPA as supported either. So I'm not sure. Reading THIS FCC doc for the XT1055 indicates only CDMA 800/1900, LTE Bands 4, 5 and 12 only. No mention of UMTS/HSPA/WCDMA.
UMTS and HSPA will be needed if you want faster than 2G speeds on GSM networks.
one other thing I'm unsure of, if the US Cellular X (XT1055) is SIM unlocked for GSM.
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Thanks. It is very strange that Moto X comes in different model by network and confusing which one to choose from for the GSM networks like in the UK.
Motorola Moto X XT1058 for AT&T
Motorola Moto X XT1053 for T-Mobile
Motorola Moto X XT1052 for Europe
Motorola Moto X XT1056 for Sprint
Motorola Moto X XT1060 for Verizon
Motorola Moto X XT1055 for U.S. Cellular
smohanv said:
Thanks. It is very strange that Moto X comes in different model by network and confusing which one to choose from for the GSM networks like in the UK.
Motorola Moto X XT1058 for AT&T
Motorola Moto X XT1053 for T-Mobile
Motorola Moto X XT1052 for Europe
Motorola Moto X XT1056 for Sprint
Motorola Moto X XT1060 for Verizon
Motorola Moto X XT1055 for U.S. Cellular
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This is because of the different frequencies in use by location, and by carrier as well in the case of the USA...
I would be been nice if Moto could have made one GSM version that supported all GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA/LTE frequencies around the globe, and then the CDMA variants (like Verizon, Sprint and US Cellular) as needed.
From that list, most would probably say... XT1052 or XT1053 for use in Europe, but keep in mind the XT1053 would be missing some LTE bands and/or UMTS/HSPA bands that are likely used in Europe.
XT1058 could also work, but you can't unlock its boot loader, and you'd have to watch out for one or two bands not being there.
Today google announced Google Fi and only named the Nexus 6 citing that it could handle both Sprints & T-Mobiles Network. But I want to know if my unlocked (2013) Moto X could run on those networks? The theory being that they might open it up to other phones that can do both networks.
Also lastly I thought sprint was a CDMA network or is that only Verizon?
Thanks for the help in advance.
Does anyone know if the at&T variant of the 2014 moto X has the necessary radio bands to function on a CDMA network like Sprint, provided that it is unlocked.