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I just sold my HTC inspire to get a vivid..
In Australia our 3g is 850 MHz and LTE is 1800 MHz...
If I buy an att vivid, will I be able to access these frequencies? My current phone is the att inspire.
There is a leaked pic of an Australian vivid on my carrier... Can anyone tell if its the same model as att one??
I don't wanna buy the wrong model....
Here is the pic..
http://m.cnet.com.au/htc-holiday-to-be-first-telstra-4g-smartphone-339323146.htm?redir=1
You will get the 3g speed but not LTE. AT&T LTE is 700MHz and the Vivid radio only supports the 700Mhz frequency.
Really? What are the numbers shown in these specs?
http://mobiles.maxabout.com/att/htc-vivid
It says 1800 MHz?
Is.there a model which will work in my area?
psupernak said:
Really? What are the numbers shown in these specs?
http://mobiles.maxabout.com/att/htc-vivid
It says 1800 MHz?
Is.there a model which will work in my area?
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not 1800mhz LTE for the VIVID.
why dont you get the HOLIDAY which is the same phone but made to work with your carrier?
really? Never new it was... Ill look it up now
Pirateghost- can you post a link to specs saying LTE 180 MHz? i cant find anything..
psupernak said:
Pirateghost- can you post a link to specs saying LTE 180 MHz? i cant find anything..
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Lte on at&t is 700 MHz. This is documented in many places.
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Pirateghost said:
Lte on at&t is 700 MHz. This is documented in many places.
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Yes I know America lte is 700 MHz, and Australia is 1800 MHz.....
You said use the raider as its for Australia....
I asked I'd you could show me where it shows the specs for the raider showing 1800 MHz...
ive looked and seem to get the same specs for the vivid and the raider...?
they both say LTE 700/1700/2100 MHz??
vivid-
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-Vivid_id6516
raider-
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_raider_4g-3958.php
psupernak said:
Yes I know America lte is 700 MHz, and Australia is 1800 MHz.....
You said use the raider as its for Australia....
I asked I'd you could show me where it shows the specs for the raider showing 1800 MHz...
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IIRC one of the Canadian carriers has an 1800MHz LTE spectrum. Bell, I think. Might be wrong, though.
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http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3958&idPhone2=4302
1800mhz is for GSM only AKA 2G/EDGE
Aus_Azn said:
IIRC one of the Canadian carriers has an 1800MHz LTE spectrum. Bell, I think. Might be wrong, though.
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Thanks. Could you help out with some questions in my pm?
Pirateghost said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3958&idPhone2=4302
1800mhz is for GSM only AKA 2G/EDGE
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Cheers.. but from your link it looks like the raider is same as vivid,but can also do 700 MHz lte???
Is this correct?
Rogers uses the same bands as AT&T
and it looks like Bell is using 700/1700/2100 for LTE according to their websites
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Cheers.. but from your link it looks like the raider is same as vivid,but can also do 700 MHz lte???
Is this correct?
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according to that link, they are the same, but NEITHER of them list LTE as running on 1800mhz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_frequencies
Pirate. Initially you said I should get.the holiday. Can you post a link showing the specs of this phone? If it operates lte on 1800 MHZ then ill buy it.
I've read that my carrier uses 1800 MHz frequency.. but also seen 1700 figure used....
My carrier is telstra in Australia.
This link explains our lte structure. http://m.zdnet.com.au/telstra-s-4g-lte-goes-public-339323055.htm
Can someone confirm to me that when they speak of lte for usb dongles, it also applies to mobile phones?
I ask because telstra has just released 4g lte for usb wireless but we dont have any lte phones available yet...
Which is why I wanna get one from america.....
psupernak said:
Pirate. Initially you said I should get.the holiday. Can you post a link showing the specs of this phone? If it operates lte on 1800 MHZ then ill buy it.
I've read that my carrier uses 1800 MHz frequency.. but also seen 1700 figure used....
My carrier is telstra in Australia.
This link explains our lte structure. http://m.zdnet.com.au/telstra-s-4g-lte-goes-public-339323055.htm
Can someone confirm to me that when they speak of lte for usb dongles, it also applies to mobile phones?
I ask because telstra has just released 4g lte for usb wireless but we dont have any lte phones available yet...
Which is why I wanna get one from america.....
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Don't bother getting one from here; looks like Telstra uses a very unique LTE band. 1800 means 1800, not 1700, so the Bell Raider won't work. Just wait for it when it comes out. The leaked ROM notes that it's to be called the "Velocity 4G", so keep an eye out for it instead of trying to fish on the international market.
LTE for USB dongles is using the same LTE as the mobile phones. It's on its way. It was like that on Verizon too, with the dongles first, then the rollout of phones.
@Pirate: Has HTC released an unbranded Raider? I didn't even know that existed already.
Aus_Azn said:
Don't bother getting one from here; looks like Telstra uses a very unique LTE band. 1800 means 1800, not 1700, so the Bell Raider won't work. Just wait for it when it comes out. The leaked ROM notes that it's to be called the "Velocity 4G", so keep an eye out for it instead of trying to fish on the international market.
LTE for USB dongles is using the same LTE as the mobile phones. It's on its way. It was like that on Verizon too, with the dongles first, then the rollout of phones.
@Pirate: Has HTC released an unbranded Raider? I didn't even know that existed already.
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i was under the impression that there would be some Holidays running around in the eastern hemisphere
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i was under the impression that there would be some Holidays running around in the eastern hemisphere
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There doesn't seem to be any concrete specs on the holiday. All I know is the leaked telstra pic shows a HTC holiday... I'm wondering if its a unique one or a vivid with different radio band....
psupernak said:
There doesn't seem to be any concrete specs on the holiday. All I know is the leaked telstra pic shows a HTC holiday... I'm wondering if its a unique one or a vivid with different radio band....
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not sure, but i do know that it runs sense 3.5 instead of sense 3.0 like on the vivid. LOL
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not sure, but i do know that it runs sense 3.5 instead of sense 3.0 like on the vivid. LOL
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It sounded like you knew a bit more about the holiday when you recommended it...
Hey guys!
I want to pre order the HTC one right now, it says it has 4g LTE; but im not sure, does LTE work everywhere now (multiple radios on board) or do the frequencies differ by regions
what I want to know is ; will this:
http://www.handtec.co.uk/htc-one-32gb-silver.html
Work wit LTE in Canada (Rogers, Fido, Bell etc..)
SS2006 said:
Hey guys!
I want to pre order the HTC one right now, it says it has 4g LTE; but im not sure, does LTE work everywhere now (multiple radios on board) or do the frequencies differ by regions
what I want to know is ; will this:
http://www.handtec.co.uk/htc-one-32gb-silver.html
Work wit LTE in Canada (Rogers, Fido, Bell etc..)
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1.) the LTE Frequencies vary from country to country...
From HTC:
EU: 800/1800/2600 MHz
US (AT&T): 700/850/AWS/1900 MHz
US (TMO): 700/AWS MHz
US (Sprint): 1900 MHz
Asia: 1800/2600 Mhz
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Now comes the great news.. as far as I know Rogers uses 2600 MHz . so EU Version from the UK WILL work!
99% confident
EDIT:
Maybe this Thread can be moved to Q/A
Rogers should have the phone next Friday....given that is when the pre-order offer ends
the one that available now, only has one band that matches rogers LTE band :2600
as far as i know and read from XperiaZ forum, (c6603 XperiaZ has almost same LTE band as ONE)
no one are able to get LTE.
if you need LTE. get it from your provider.
Montague said:
the one that available now, only has one band that matches rogers LTE band :2600
as far as i know and read from XperiaZ forum, (c6603 XperiaZ has almost same LTE band as ONE)
no one are able to get LTE.
if you need LTE. get it from your provider.
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I could assume they have the US Model then? If they have the European one, all they need is the correct apns and maybe activate LTE over Settings.. DIAL *#*#INFO#*#* and then phone information ... and see if LTE is activated
voltron2k11 said:
I could assume they have the US Model then? If they have the European one, all they need is the correct apns and maybe activate LTE over Settings.. DIAL *#*#INFO#*#* and then phone information ... and see if LTE is activated
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as far as i know
we tried everything possible can to test LTE
last hope wehave is flash the baseband when xperia zl came out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106818&page=40
anyhow
2600 is still not very realible (although i heard that one verison of Note2 that only got 2600 got LTE)
Alright so I guess I'll hold off. What band I'd missing exactly
So not 100%sure the uk version will work on rogers LTE??
how many version of htc one is there
i checked the htc uk n canada site
all the specs are the same
so ibm kind of confused
should i get that from uk or not
cuz its about 150$$$ different
Montague said:
as far as i know
we tried everything possible can to test LTE
last hope wehave is flash the baseband when xperia zl came out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106818&page=40
anyhow
2600 is still not very realible (although i heard that one verison of Note2 that only got 2600 got LTE)
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Phone - HTC One unlocked developer edition 64GB
SIM - T-mobile Unlimited Data package
I had a Google Nexus S and never had problems with data connectivity in Manhattan, NYC. But with the HTC One, the network keeps switching between 3G, EDGE and HSPA. The result - very embarrassing data connectivity - browsing, news feed sync, podcasts, and such.
Has anyone else experienced this issue ? Is there a workaround ?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
... Srilesh
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Phone - HTC One unlocked developer edition 64GB
SIM - T-mobile Unlimited Data package
I had a Google Nexus S and never had problems with data connectivity in Manhattan, NYC. But with the HTC One, the network keeps switching between 3G, EDGE and HSPA. The result - very embarrassing data connectivity - browsing, news feed sync, podcasts, and such.
Has anyone else experienced this issue ? Is there a workaround ?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
... Srilesh
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Well surprise surprise...please get a TMobile version which has the AWS 1700 band for 3G/HSPA+ ... the developer edition doesn't have that band and you are got get bad reception/speed. If you are in 1900 refarmed market it will be ok but still that is not covering enough market.
People are trying flashing TMo radio to get the AWS 1700 band but i think it still doesn't work.
Developer edition is the same as the international edition. If the signal is week, it will fall back to the other speeds 3g. So yeah like kirdroid said get the tmo version for better compatibility
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shouldve gotten urself the u.s version buddy..think next time
kirdroid said:
Well surprise surprise...please get a TMobile version which has the AWS 1700 band for 3G/HSPA+ ... the developer edition doesn't have that band and you are got get bad reception/speed. If you are in 1900 refarmed market it will be ok but still that is not covering enough market.
People are trying flashing TMo radio to get the AWS 1700 band but i think it still doesn't work.
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Been going back and forth between the Dev version and the Tmo one, looking like I'll stick with Tmo then.
However, think there's any chance flashing a new radio will eventually be ironed out?
thebigears said:
Been going back and forth between the Dev version and the Tmo one, looking like I'll stick with Tmo then.
However, think there's any chance flashing a new radio will eventually be ironed out?
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I think eventually it will be figured out probably once s-off is achieved...but not sure when that will happen. I guess there is a thread in TMobile One forum tracking this.
kirdroid said:
Well surprise surprise...please get a TMobile version which has the AWS 1700 band for 3G/HSPA+ ... the developer edition doesn't have that band and you are got get bad reception/speed. If you are in 1900 refarmed market it will be ok but still that is not covering enough market.
People are trying flashing TMo radio to get the AWS 1700 band but i think it still doesn't work.
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Think there's a little misinformation there as the Dev Edition has the AWS 1700/2100 band... and definitely supports T-mobile's LTE bands.
Ah thanks! I'll hop on over there and see what people are saying.
AndrewAmazed said:
Think there's a little misinformation there as the Dev Edition has the AWS 1700/2100 band... and definitely supports T-mobile's LTE bands.
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Yes it has the LTE AWS bands but not the AWS 1700 HSPA+ bands to get the TMobile fast HSPA downloads, both are different.There is no misinformation ... lots of people get confused with the LTE bands. Below are the specs...the missing band is in the HSPA/WCDMA section, if it had the AWS 1700 band here then it was perfect.
HSPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
LTE: 700/850/AWS/1900 MHz (US)
kirdroid said:
Yes it has the LTE AWS bands but not the AWS 1700 HSPA+ bands to get the TMobile fast HSPA downloads, both are different.There is no misinformation ... lots of people get confused with the LTE bands. Below are the specs...the missing band is in the HSPA/WCDMA section, if it had the AWS 1700 band here then it was perfect.
HSPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
LTE: 700/850/AWS/1900 MHz (US)
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Correct. If I it had the aws band I would have ordered the dev edition.
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AndrewAmazed said:
Think there's a little misinformation there as the Dev Edition has the AWS 1700/2100 band... and definitely supports T-mobile's LTE bands.
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The dev edition offered by HTC in the US has the below bands
HSPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
LTE: 700/850/AWS/1900 MHz (US)
I picked it up from the the HTC shopamerica page for HTC One Dev Edition
Kik, is right about it.
As you mentioned, I could wait for T-Mo LTE bands to be available in NYC or I could switch to ATT.
stevedebi said:
Correct. If I it had the aws band I would have ordered the dev edition.
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Me too ... don't know why HTC had to leave out that.
kirdroid said:
Well surprise surprise...please get a TMobile version which has the AWS 1700 band for 3G/HSPA+ ... the developer edition doesn't have that band and you are got get bad reception/speed. If you are in 1900 refarmed market it will be ok but still that is not covering enough market.
People are trying flashing TMo radio to get the AWS 1700 band but i think it still doesn't work.
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Thank Kir. How do I find if NYC & Jersey City are refarmed to 1900 ?
NYC is refarmed. Everything will be better when LTE it's rolled out in June.
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SmiLey497 said:
NYC is refarmed. Everything will be better when LTE it's rolled out in June.
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Agree, will have to wait till June but I believe it will be a bit choppy for some months like it was for ATT.
thebigears said:
Been going back and forth between the Dev version and the Tmo one, looking like I'll stick with Tmo then.
However, think there's any chance flashing a new radio will eventually be ironed out?
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Yeah, stick with the T-mo version, but maybe you would want to check when T-mo rolls out LTE in your region. Definitely the storage 64GB is important as the HTC One does not have a SD slot.
hello00 said:
shouldve gotten urself the u.s version buddy..think next time
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Not sure what you mean by US version. Did you mean a carrier specific version bound by contract ?
srilesh said:
Not sure what you mean by US version. Did you mean a carrier specific version bound by contract ?
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exactly
srilesh said:
Not sure what you mean by US version. Did you mean a carrier specific version bound by contract ?
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Except its TMobile, so you're not bound by contract.
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Used code *#*#4636#*#* to display the phone information. And it allowed me to choose the type of network. It provides more than in the Settings - Mobile Data - Network Mode.
I have chosen GSM Auto PRL and I do see an improvement in the reception. Not sure how it works but can anyone explain?
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Bought the developer edition, stuck in my TMo micro-sim and I'm only getting HSPA/3G.
Followed this post to no avail: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236735
What am I missing?
I'm in NYC so I'm in one of their 4G LTE markets.
you'll need the t-mobile version i think as they run on different bands?
blame the US carriers for that
The dev edition supports the T-Mo LTE bands out of the box. Shouldn't have to do a thing I don't think. Did you try it stock? Are you sure there's LTE where you're at?
blahblahyoutoo said:
Bought the developer edition, stuck in my TMo micro-sim and I'm only getting HSPA/3G.
Followed this post to no avail: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236735
What am I missing?
I'm in NYC so I'm in one of their 4G LTE markets.
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Did you change your network mode to LTE/GSM/WCDMA?
IINexusII said:
you'll need the t-mobile version i think as they run on different bands?
blame the US carriers for that
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No, the developer edition works for all US LTE bands. It doesn't work on T-Mobile's HSPA+, since that runs on mostly 1700 MHz AWS band. The Dev only has 1900. But, if you live in a refarmed area (where they change 1900 MHz towers to support HSPA+) then you'd be okay.
aznxk3vi17 said:
Did you change your network mode to LTE/GSM/WCDMA?
No, the developer edition works for all US LTE bands. It doesn't work on T-Mobile's HSPA+, since that runs on mostly 1700 MHz AWS band. The Dev only has 1900. But, if you live in a refarmed area (where they change 1900 MHz towers to support HSPA+) then you'd be okay.
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Yes, it's set to "GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto".
Do I have to delete the old default APN?
gtg465x said:
The dev edition supports the T-Mo LTE bands out of the box. Shouldn't have to do a thing I don't think. Did you try it stock? Are you sure there's LTE where you're at?
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Yes, left it stock for a few hours and then tried the above settings.
According to this, I am.
http://ltemap.org/tmobile
LTE is not officially out in NY yet, so far it's available in certain subway stations and the majority of Queens. June is the official roll out.
SmiLey497 said:
LTE is not officially out in NY yet, so far it's available in certain subway stations and the majority of Queens. June is the official roll out.
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interesting. the map says it is, but I'll check back next week in June.
Essentially I am on AT&T in Chicago, I would love to buy an International edition this go-a-round. Get the updates faster and not deal with AT&T bloat. However I am curious if any country other than the US will carry a LTE variant of the Note III that will support AT&T LTE out of the box (with the correct APN settings) or am I stuck buying the AT&T version if I want access to their LTE network?
Any insight would be awesome. Thanks...
Im 99% sure the exynos processor would only receive 3g on ATT whereas the qualcom gets the full 4g LTE.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
d12unk13astard said:
Im 99% sure the exynos processor would only receive 3g on ATT whereas the qualcom gets the full 4g LTE.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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You are correct, the Exynos would get me HSPA only... I am hoping that countries other than the US will carry the Snapdragon 800 and that it would be AT&T compatible for LTE.
I edited the OP to clarify.
If its any help, my International Note 1 gets anywhere from 3Mbit to 13Mbit on HSPA+. I've tested with service from both AT&T (straight talk) and t-mobile now that t-mo has re-farmed the 1900mhz spectrum to hspa in my city.
Not sure how fast LTE is but probably at least twice as fast depending on congestion. The real question now is battery life between LTE version and exynos non LTE version.
And in my opinion, its very much worth having the international version. Big drawback though: NO samsung warranty in the USA. To some that might be an issue.
This has been discussed a lot. The international SD 800 variant, from what I understand, should be able to work on AT&T LTE. I guess we won' t know 100% for sure until someone in NA who uses AT&T orders the international SD800 and can confirm that it does work on AT&T LTE. As as this (and ability to root) is confirmed, I'll be ordering my N3.
hockeyfan said:
This has been discussed a lot. The international SD 800 variant, from what I understand, should be able to work on AT&T LTE. I guess we won' t know 100% for sure until someone in NA who uses AT&T orders the international SD800 and can confirm that it does work on AT&T LTE. As as this (and ability to root) is confirmed, I'll be ordering my N3.
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Thank you very much, my search didnt turn up that link. Much appreciated!!
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If its any help, my International Note 1 gets anywhere from 3Mbit to 13Mbit on HSPA+. I've tested with service from both AT&T (straight talk) and t-mobile now that t-mo has re-farmed the 1900mhz spectrum to hspa in my city.
Not sure how fast LTE is but probably at least twice as fast depending on congestion. The real question now is battery life between LTE version and exynos non LTE version.
And in my opinion, its very much worth having the international version. Big drawback though: NO samsung warranty in the USA. To some that might be an issue.
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To give you and idea...I avg around 70mbps down on lte and have been over 100 lots of times...ill see around 25-30 upload. big diff betwee lte and h+
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Phone for ATT
I too am looking for purchasing a phone either T Mobile or International and using it on the AT&T network. It will be my first foray into GSM but so far I have found the following about the 3 different US GSM versions of the Note 3.
http://negrielectronics.com/
ATT
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
T Mobile
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100
N9005
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
What I don't know about GSM smartphones is if its possible to flash different modems and enable different bands/frequencies. They have the same SOC but such a variance in frequencies... to me it sounds like a modem mod, but I'm by no means an expert
Anyone whom knows more want to expand on my comments? It would be appreciated!
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I too am looking for purchasing a phone either T Mobile or International and using it on the AT&T network. It will be my first foray into GSM but so far I have found the following about the 3 different US GSM versions of the Note 3.
http://negrielectronics.com/
ATT
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
T Mobile
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100
N9005
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
What I don't know about GSM smartphones is if its possible to flash different modems and enable different bands/frequencies. They have the same SOC but such a variance in frequencies... to me it sounds like a modem mod, but I'm by no means an expert
Anyone whom knows more want to expand on my comments? It would be appreciated!
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I have a pretty good feeling that you cant flash different modems, the modem needs to match the device or else it will brick. But then again I could be wrong.
I was quite delighted to find that there was LTE support for the Tmobile version
TerryNova said:
I too am looking for purchasing a phone either T Mobile or International and using it on the AT&T network. It will be my first foray into GSM but so far I have found the following about the 3 different US GSM versions of the Note 3.
http://negrielectronics.com/
T Mobile
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100
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daraj said:
I have a pretty good feeling that you cant flash different modems, the modem needs to match the device or else it will brick. But then again I could be wrong.
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we have been doing that for some times already since Galaxy S2 and Notes and Blazer phones were released.
people have been flashing back and forth HSPA vs LTE radio back and forth without a problem.
The only gotcha is Battery drain rate is horrendous on non-native phones using the other radio
some ROMs managed to optimize this to one degree or another, but it's definitely not the same as using a phone that was originally made for that radio.
But the point is, it's do-able and it works.
AllGamer said:
I was quite delighted to find that there was LTE support for the Tmobile version
Looks like the Tmobile version will support AT&T LTE bands. Correct?
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daraj said:
AllGamer said:
I was quite delighted to find that there was LTE support for the Tmobile version
Looks like the Tmobile version will support AT&T LTE bands. Correct?
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Yup...refer to my thorough research on the topic...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45746715#post45746715
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daraj said:
AllGamer said:
I was quite delighted to find that there was LTE support for the Tmobile version
Looks like the Tmobile version will support AT&T LTE bands. Correct?
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Negative. 700/1900 is what runs on ATT LTE. They just bought the lower band of 700 from Verizon.
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daraj said:
Negative. 700/1900 is what runs on ATT LTE. They just bought the lower band of 700 from Verizon.
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Are you sure its not 700/1700 ?
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antiochasylum said:
Are you sure its not 700/1700 ?
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Crap you are correct. My fault. It is 700/1700 so the TMobile one will support ATT LTE.
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antiochasylum said:
daraj said:
Crap you are correct. My fault. It is 700/1700 so the TMobile one will support ATT LTE.
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Thats what I thought. Now If I can only find a cheap Tmobile version so I can buy full price I will then have LTE on att and an unlocked bootloader:good:
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daraj said:
antiochasylum said:
Thats what I thought. Now If I can only find a cheap Tmobile version so I can buy full price I will then have LTE on att and an unlocked bootloader:good:
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Are we sure the ATT's boot loader will be locked?
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antiochasylum said:
daraj said:
Are we sure the ATT's boot loader will be locked?
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Considering whats happening with the s4 and their HTC line now and their press releases, I wouldn't have much hope.
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daraj said:
antiochasylum said:
Considering whats happening with the s4 and their HTC line now and their press releases, I wouldn't have much hope.
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Exact reason I'm holding out for Nexus 5 announcement.
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daraj said:
antiochasylum said:
Thats what I thought. Now If I can only find a cheap Tmobile version so I can buy full price I will then have LTE on att and an unlocked bootloader:good:
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^^^ this....... This seems to be the answer because of the locked boot on at&t's ....... So could I walk into a TMO store and tell them I wanna buy one for my prepaid sim.? That's probably what I'll end up doing. Looks like best buy will have the unlocked Octa.......
rooted,recovered,and rebooted from the ol' i777.......
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