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.
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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.
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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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."
raptoro07 said:
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?
manuele.f said:
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?
Which phone should I bring to Europe for 8 months? Sprint HTC One sim unlocked or Nexus 4? The countries that I'm going to have the exact same bands being used by the HTC One(GSM 900/1800 and WCDMA 2100), however I'm afraid I might run into permanent issues after reading through the main sim unlock thread.
You can also get a Global GSM HTC One and its Quad band so it can work in any part of the world where there is a GSM network.
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I already have the Sprint version HTC One. Buying the official gsm version is out of my price range.
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Quickie... Since TMo version is missing some of the LTE bands that the AT&T version has, will this affect it's operation on ATT LTE in the near future?
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I want to purchase a unlocked Galaxy note 3, which version should I purchase that supports AT&T LTE and has Snapdragon processor?
Will this one work? http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...&qid=1387909957&sr=8-4&keywords=Galaxy+Note+3
That will work but you wont have LTE connection on ATT. The only variant that will give you LTE besides the ATT version is the Tmobile version SM-N900T
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That will work but you wont have LTE connection on ATT. The only variant that will give you LTE besides the ATT version is the Tmobile version SM-N900T
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Does full H+ work? Asking because I don't have LTE in my area or around it.
Yes sir.
get the tmobile version.
how do you unlock att note 3 for att? any tips?
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does anyone know if the Sprint Note 4 SAMSUNG N910 BLK XCVR SGL (SPHN910BK1) can be used on a T-Mobile network? the specs in PHONEARENA are all the same for the NOTE 4 regardless of carrier.
Thanks.
Sprint is a CDMA network. T-Mobile is a GSM. Unless there's a GSM modem in Sprint's Note 4, I highly doubt that it can be used.
Yes, it can be used on t-mobile. You need to fully unlock it.
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