I use another service provider and was considering getting HTC Desire, but the only thing Desire lacked was a load of internal memory which incredible took care off.
So is this an exclusive Verizon phone ?
if not, how long would it take for it to be sold sim-free.
Thanks
Its a CDMA phone so its never gonna be sold "sim-free" Maybe they'll make a similar model for GSM but you will probably never see this exact phone in GSM
HTC has stated this phone is a Verizon exclusive.
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Hi all,
I am not sure what subforum to post it so forgive me if I've chosen wrong...
I have an unlocked HTC Desire HD bought in Europe (Poland in particular). I am currently in US for some time and to my surprise it does not work with AT&T GoPhone SimCard I hoped to use it with. The phone says "no simcard"...
Does anybody here knows what's the reason? Is there a way to correct it (load a different ROM onto the device?)? Or - if it's impossible to fix with AT&T - what are my options for finding a prepaid (I won't be here for a year to justify signing on for a full year contract) card that will work with this phone and have some decent data plan?
Poland uses GSM network and usually in US they use CDMA so it is not possible to use your DHD in US if the carrier uses other network than GSM because the 2 radios are completely different. Not sure if this can be changed but doubt it.
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I don't think this is a case.... This phone is AFAIK the same phone in technical terms as HTC Inspire being sold in US. This is a quad-band and is working in US with Polish sim-card in roaming mode (with horrendous prices of course). So this is something with a sim-card and/or radio-software compatibility. I would push for the first one as the phone is saying "no sim-card" signalling problems with recognizing it.
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i think your problem lies in the frequencies used by european phones, arent the same as in us... on my old HD2 you could change the freq, but afaik its not possible with android phones... check this chart http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
hope u solve the prob.
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I don't think this is a case.... This phone is AFAIK the same phone in technical terms as HTC Inspire being sold in US. This is a quad-band and is working in US with Polish sim-card in roaming mode (with horrendous prices of course). So this is something with a sim-card and/or radio-software compatibility. I would push for the first one as the phone is saying "no sim-card" signalling problems with recognizing it.
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Once again - I am afraid it's not that simple...
Once again - I am afraid it's not that simple... I believe the incompatibility is somewhere at the either sim card (being rigged in some special way by ATT) or radio software. The HTC Desire HD is a quad-band phone accodring to it's specs (I've checked at the GSMArena . COM). I've seen reports on the internet that people managed to run GoPhone simcards on unlocked HTC android-based phones. I just kind find any information about what might be wrong (incompatible) with my handset
Thank you for your replies anyway - hope someone will have other ideas what to do, otherwise I am stuck with $20 "phone" I got with my gophone card which is making me upset while having a proper phone not working...
RESOLVED!
I managed to google out the information that ATT is somehow locking the GoPhone simcard to the phone it was bundled with. I had to call Customer Support to get it unlocked which they did. Now my Desire HD is properly working with data plan accessible
Thanks for anybody who was trying to help me with this.
Regards!
HTC European Phone on AT&T
Hi There,
Does anybody know the access point configurations for an HTC Legend (or similar european HTC device) to access data on GoPhone on AT&T?
Thankss
Long story short Wife dropped her HTC wildfire S ...1 month prior to 1yr anniversary of being with Virgin Canada..apparently phone falling from pocket and smashing screen is not covered even though we were within 1 yr warranty. Currently paying for a service and supertab phone that can't be used ( I let the wife use my phone with her sim most of the time ).
I went online and bought her an HTC One V through Virgin USA ( the guy said it took a sim ) and Virgin Canada said they would add it to her account if it had a sim .PERFECT ! .Today I got the phone and guess what ? NO SIM SLOT !! It's a GD CDMA phone. Good news Virgin Canada does support CDMA as well just not the EIMI number that goes with it and can't add it to the account! No I'm utterly pissed and lost
Fast forward tonight and I'm reading on flashing /unlocking etc only to come across swapping/adding you old phones esn /iemi to you new phone. Now I read briefly there is certain legality's but I know in Canada there is no such law when you own your devices the only thing it does is void warranty. No even if I can't be helped here ..I need 1 question answered if it is at possible to do so and I read it is. Yet can or does it matter that one phone is of different make One V compared to the Wildfire S and as long as they are the same branded phone ( HTC ) and would it matter that one is GSM and the other a CDMA ??
Gsm phones have to have the sim card to work on the correct network. As far as I know, your gsm carrier can't use a CDMA phone because the info can't be pushed.
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Gsm phones have to have the sim card to work on the correct network. As far as I know, your gsm carrier can't use a CDMA phone because the info can't be pushed.
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I realize GSM phones have to have a sim card lol thats is a no brainer and not the issue and CDMA phones do work on all networks in Canada any phone that isn't a smart phone and older phone do not take sims and stil work fine on Bell/Virgin ......My issue is flashing my ESN on my broken phone to my new one that doesn't take a sim ...hence basically cloning it ....I know it can be done cause there is tutorials on it all over the web my thing is can you still do it if one phone is GSM and the other CDMA ? the only diff is the radio and no sim slot but as long as it works on the network ptting my briken GSM phones esn in my new CDMA phone should not be an issue. This issue ofr me is actually knowing how ?
You will have to look at qpst and dfs software. Needs to be rooted to get and change msl
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My girlfriend upgraded from HTC Desire to HTC One XL and she's never liked it.
Almost straight after she got it she accidentally dropped it from the car to the kerb and the screen cracked, but she carried on using it anyway.
It has a problem with the SIM card is not detected at least once a day and she has to reboot the phone to get it to detect it. This seems to be a design fault because lots of people are having it.
Ideally I want to sell the phone and get her a Samsung Galaxy SIII mini. I can get the screen fixed because the phone is insured, but then HTC might not accept the phone back because of the warranty being void. Or I can send the phone back to HTC but they might claim that dropping it has broken the SIM reader.
Well for starters, you could post this in the right device forum. One X and One XL...HUGE difference bro
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Well for starters, you could post this in the right device forum. One X and One XL...HUGE difference bro
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There is no forum for XL, unless I'm blind. I thought the XL was just the branding they used in the UK.
In markets outside of North America where the LTE version is sold alongside the international GSM version, the One X LTE is branded as the HTC One XL.
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The X is the branding they used in the US, any X with LTE is XL, correct forum is the AT&T HTC One X forum.
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if the phone was insured, you shouldn't be worried about screen. if you unlocked bootloader you only voiding your warranty
actually it depends what your insurance policy is. hope you'll get it fixed for free
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I bought an htc desire off of ebay it turns out it was not unlocked like they said and in fact was a us cellular phone which I cant even get in my area so my question is can someone tell me if and how I can unlock it or what other carrier I could use it on it is also a cdma phone thank you
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you can use CDMA in Europe..
Maybe things have changed since I last checked. I wanted to buy a DoCoMo phone and had this problem.
Good luck!
Hello,
How would I go about making my HTC One V usable with Pageplus' network? I've searched the forums and seen a lot of instructions on moving a One V purchased from Virgin Mobile over to Pageplus, however I'm in a bit of a different situation.
My current (though not for much longer) carrier is a local service provider (Mohave Wireless) that has been bought out by Verizon. Verizon has given me the option of walking away from my now void contract wish they will not honor, or purchasing a new phone and agreeing to pay their ridiculous prices. So I'm thinking of taking my business and my One V to Pageplus (which ironically enough, uses Verizon's network). Can I do this? Would the path to doing this be the same as those that took their HTC One V's purchased from Virgin Mobile to Pageplus? Or is my One V different being that it was purchased from, and configured for a different carrier initially?
My One V's model number is: ADR6290
Thank you for any help,