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Diamond on PR

Hello everyone, I'm new in this and English is not my first language so excuse me for my bad english. I'm planing to buy the HTC Diamond but I live in PR and I'm stock with cingular for one more year I think, so if I buy the phone what do I have to do to make it work with my cingular SIM card?
thanks

Where are you planning to buy it from?

I'm planning to buy it from ebay. Is there any web site where I can find it for less?

Mine works in PR
I can tell you about my experience with the sprint one. I ordered the day it arrived on US and when it got here the net wasn't working and overall crappy. Sure most of the problems are now fixed but thanks to the community. You can try it normally or you can purchase on of these to make it work.
http://www.opirata.com/sigma-xsim-alpha-p-1718.html

You can always try CTI-Miami, or some other third party reseller. Also, you just need to put the SIM card from your old phone into your diamond for it to work (that's all you need to do).

so I don't have to unlocked it or do anything like that? It will work with my cingular SIM.

kuraicircuit said:
so I don't have to unlocked it or do anything like that? It will work with my cingular SIM.
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well, as long as you buy a unlocked one, then you will be fine. (it should be unlocked anyway, since at&t isn't offering the diamond.)

The unlocked ones are more expensive than the ones that are for sprint, isn’t and easy way to unlocked them by myself?

kuraicircuit said:
The unlocked ones are more expensive than the ones that are for sprint, isn’t and easy way to unlocked them by myself?
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you can't use the one for Sprint on at&t, they use two totally different technologies, GSM vs. CDMA. so even if you buy the sprint one, you can't use it on at&t.

ok, thankyou everyone for your help!!!!! I guess I will have to save a bit more haha.

Anyone here have the Diamond on Rogers?

Any fellow canucks with the rogers branded HTC Diamond?
Mine's on order and I can't wait to start modifying and tweaking the ROM... Any pointers on what to do first would be great. I will share my experiences later on so others with rogers diamonds will know what to do...
Thanks,

hey mr_yellow
i'm interested to see how the rogers branded diamond performs.
i have diam100 model from asia with .05 radio, which works quite well on the 850mhz band.
I'm hoping for some miracle for a radio with 3G support. Maybe u can shed some light on that when it's in your hands?

What do you mean exactly by on order? I have not seen it on the website and none of the reps seem to know anything obout it. Anyways, I was tired of waiting I took the plunge and got the HD.

The HTC Diamond is actually in the system now... Official Launch is Dec 3rd (tomorrow). but I got a rep that knew about it and I'm having it shipped to me.
too bad you went with the HD. you're going to miss the 3.5G. 7.2mbit HSDPA connection!

Yea I just called,
They said they do have the HTC Diamond and when I asked about pricing, he said he couldn't tell me much, all I saw there, 3yrs/649$

mr_yellow said:
The HTC Diamond is actually in the system now... Official Launch is Dec 3rd (tomorrow). but I got a rep that knew about it and I'm having it shipped to me.
too bad you went with the HD. you're going to miss the 3.5G. 7.2mbit HSDPA connection!
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Well I am a relative noob, but from what I understand from nunerous sources including Rogers tech reps the data connection is no where near the "maximum" speed. I also thought I understood that Rogers only has 3g and not 3.5g or is that the same thing? Anyways, I won't miss out because I don't have any data now. I won't pay the monthly charges for something I hardly ever use. I do use WIFI from time to time since I live in downtosn Toronto and there are quite a few hotspots around.

yep
Just got mine tonight.
Still tweaking. haven't reflashed or unlocked it yet.
So far, so great. Faster than my Tytn was, but still subjective.
Will update you as things go.

nanastas said:
Just got mine tonight.
Still tweaking. haven't reflashed or unlocked it yet.
So far, so great. Faster than my Tytn was, but still subjective.
Will update you as things go.
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Nice man!
How is it? Did they add anything to it or?
Is it written rogers anywhere on it? (just asking haha )
I'm debatting like you may have seen on my other thread if i should buy it factory unlocked or branded from rogers...
How much did you get it for btw?

all good
its good so far, still loading things to get it functional like my old tytn.
Rogers mostly left it alone. Some bloatware, but just links to vision stuff.
I thinks its CID /SIM locked, so I gotta unlock before I flash anything.
no rogers logos on the device, just on the box.
really nice phone so far, gotta learn to live with the 4gb, had a 16gb in my tytn....
I'm Tier4, so my CSR quoted me 299 with a 3yr re-sign...

Rogers Name Display
!!! to all whom have a new rogers diamond !!!
i need your help getting name display to work on my unlocked euro/asia version diamond.
a thread exists already trying to solve this, see here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=347882
as you can see there are a lot of wm users using a variety of devices on rogers having this issue.
please upload your rilgsm.dll file in windows folder or any .dll beginning with "ril", here.
now i'm gonna need help getting this working so if you are exprienced with wm plz help. i have had my diamond since May, and have been waiting since for this rom to be avaliable.
if you can dump the whole rom and post it that will be more helpful, as i can post the link in the general dev and hacking, and it will be pounced on by those user also.
i am so tired of seeing "unknown caller" every time someone calls lol

I think it will help the community a lot if we can figure out how to grab a copy of the official Rogers ROM (so that we can reflash back to stock if something goes wrong).
After that, we can focus on things like App/CID/SIM unlocking...

Name display at Rogers/Fido
I agree with Blazeitup123
I also fed up with unknown caller
I pay for the Name Display and I dont have it.
nanastas: Could you upload the rilgsm.dll
Thanks

Anyone unlocked their Rogers HTC Diamond yet. I'm thinking of doing it, sim unlocking and maybe flashing a better ROM.
Anyone tried already please post results.
Thanks.

Got my rogers HTC Diamond Today. CID unlocked, and SIM Unlocked. Flashed Olipro 1.40 Hard Spl. 1.00.25 Radio and Dutty's 3.5 Cookes Rom. Nice and Fast. Phone is Really nice. Paid 199 with 3Yr Contract with NO data plan need (Done through customer relations and not Customer Service). Let me know what you guyz flash and what radio you use!!!!

VarioIII said:
Got my rogers HTC Diamond Today. CID unlocked, and SIM Unlocked. Flashed Olipro 1.40 Hard Spl. 1.00.25 Radio and Dutty's 3.5 Cookes Rom. Nice and Fast. Phone is Really nice. Paid 199 with 3Yr Contract with NO data plan need (Done through customer relations and not Customer Service). Let me know what you guyz flash and what radio you use!!!!
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hey varioIII did u have 3g connection to rogers with the original radio, and does your current radio 1.00.25 have 3g connection as well?

VarioIII said:
Got my rogers HTC Diamond Today. CID unlocked, and SIM Unlocked. Flashed Olipro 1.40 Hard Spl. 1.00.25 Radio and Dutty's 3.5 Cookes Rom. Nice and Fast. Phone is Really nice. Paid 199 with 3Yr Contract with NO data plan need (Done through customer relations and not Customer Service). Let me know what you guyz flash and what radio you use!!!!
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hey how did you manage to get the phone for such an amazing price without data plan. can you please pm me. thanks.

Just got mine today. Nice change from the Hermes.
The only problem is that they sent me the french version. Not a big deal since there is no keyboard and I will be flashing a new english ROM anyway.

I got mine on the first day it was launched. So far it is really a good little phone (I am coming off using a 2G iPhone)
The tweaks I found here had made the phone even better!

why need CID unlocked, and SIM Unlocked.?
VarioIII said:
Got my rogers HTC Diamond Today. CID unlocked, and SIM Unlocked. Flashed Olipro 1.40 Hard Spl. 1.00.25 Radio and Dutty's 3.5 Cookes Rom. Nice and Fast. Phone is Really nice. Paid 199 with 3Yr Contract with NO data plan need (Done through customer relations and not Customer Service). Let me know what you guyz flash and what radio you use!!!!
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Hi, I am about to buy the rogers diamond. Could you advise my two concerns?
1) why need CID unlocked, and SIM Unlocked.?
After CID unlocked, can i see the caller id without subscribe rogers caller id service?
2) GPS is my must have function for a smartphone. I am using iguidance 3.0 on my hp 6955 now. Have you installed any gps app. in your diamond? how does it work?
Thank you!

rogers_smartpho said:
Hi, I am about to buy the rogers diamond. Could you advise my two concerns?
1) why need CID unlocked, and SIM Unlocked.?
After CID unlocked, can i see the caller id without subscribe rogers caller id service?
2) GPS is my must have function for a smartphone. I am using iguidance 3.0 on my hp 6955 now. Have you installed any gps app. in your diamond? how does it work?
Thank you!
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i got my rogers htc diamond, my cid works perfectly out of the box.
gps works perfectly, i have google maps and tomtom 7 installed and they both work great and is very accurate

My HTC Touch diamond has never been recognized by HTC!!!

Quick story:
I bought it off dell.com like 2 years ago. I saw there was an update for it, so I went on HTC's website and put in my S/N. It said it didn't recognize it. I tried returning it to dell, but it was after the 15 day return period. So, I got screwed...and out of frustration I just cut my losses, forgot to put it on ebay, and threw it in the closet.
What should I do? I'm thinking about just installing a custom rom on it and throwing it to a friend but there are too many....any recommendations on what my next step should be?
Oh yea, to note, this is the GSM version of the HTC Touch Diamond. I've seen roms for the CDMA version...but not the GSM

I have a same issue but I always use custom rom therefore I don't care about it.

Is it a branded diamond?
The HTC site doesn't allow you to update branded Diamonds. For example, it doesn't recognize the S/N for my O2 branded Diamond.
Just put in a custom rom, they're much better than the official ones albeit more prone to bugs. Try different roms to see which you like best. Don't forget the flash the HARD SPL first.

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Oh yea, to note, this is the GSM version of the HTC Touch Diamond. I've seen roms for the CDMA version...but not the GSM
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normal ROMs are for GSM, if it says CDMA, then its for the CDMA.

Hi guys
I head the same problem during a support.
It is surely due to the fact that the mobile is "branded".

[Q] Using HD7 on Vodafone UK Network

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

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!
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

loomx said:
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.

S3 i9305 LTE unlocking advice please

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!

lainuxuk said:
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

lainuxuk said:
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

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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
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Out of curiousity have you tried another Network sim apart from Orange/T-Mobile/O2 and does it work

lainuxuk said:
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.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app