Anybody knows if Streaks sold by Amazon UK are operator-locked? It's not readily clear from the listing. Thanks.
From the description, in big capital letters...
"Product Description
3G DELL STREAK 16GB ALSO KNOWN AS DELL MINI 5 FACTORY UNLOCKED IN CARBON BLACK,............"
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What does A6262 mean? I went to ebay and found some Hero's that has A6262 and it shows on their description that you can use 3G in the US (American Version). Does anybody know about this? Thanks
I have no idea what it means, but why don't you give us a link to the ebay auction?
A6262 is a model number, same as the diamond was the T7272
i very much doubt that it is an American one as it has not been released yet and is probably a pre-order or a scam.
here's the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Hero-A6262-...ones?hash=item4a9a203f24&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
the box mine came in says A6262, and mine is a white UK SIM-FREE Hero.
pepoy said:
What does A6262 mean? I went to ebay and found some Hero's that has A6262 and it shows on their description that you can use 3G in the US (American Version). Does anybody know about this? Thanks
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If you read the auction, it clearly states way down at the bottom that it is not compatible with US 3G. The auction is just stating what the US bands are, not that the device is compatible with them.
I think this thread should be closed before it creates a whole muss of confusion over the inability to actually read something the whole way through.
Also, A6262 is the model number. A quick google search would have pulled that up as well.
it's still bogus though,surely? A UK "never opened" model can't be brown and unlocked, can it? isn't the white the only one that's available sim-free in the UK?
it could have been unlocked, reflashed, etc, but then it wouldn't be "never opened"
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it's still bogus though,surely? A UK "never opened" model can't be brown and unlocked, can it? isn't the white the only one that's available sim-free in the UK?
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It's not brown - it's black, as per the Ebay auction title. It just has a stock picture of a brown hero. Plenty of places seem to be selling black sim-free Hero's.
Regards,
Dave
I have a UK hero and it is the same code as posted by op, i got mine from mobiles.co.uk its unlocked as i have tried orange and o2 sims and it says brown but looks more black to me with a brown bezel round it.
dunno where I got brown from, odd I believe handtec said only the white model was available sim-free in the UK, *officially*, but they could be wrong. or I could
I see that neither of: Expansys, Handtec, Amazon, Insight, mobilephonesdirect - all official HTC retailers - offer a black Hero in the UK.
Expansys are the only ones offering brown, but have none in stock (6 day lead time), whereas they have hundreds of white in stock.
Handtec explicitly note that the brown model is not available in the UK.
The others offer solely white (in sim-free).
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dunno where I got brown from, odd I believe handtec said only the white model was available sim-free in the UK, *officially*, but they could be wrong. or I could
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Our stock of both pink and brown (no sniggering at the back) is sourced directly from HTC and so is generic, unlocked. However we only supply it on contract.
Cheers,
Mobiles.co.uk
thanks for the confirmation; ah well, white isn't so bad, he said, trying to convince himself. I'm getting quite used to it...
Ben_Mobiles.co.uk said:
Our stock of both pink and brown (no sniggering at the back) is sourced directly from HTC and so is generic, unlocked. However we only supply it on contract.
Cheers,
Mobiles.co.uk
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Had mine from you on contract you were a pleasure to use, does that mean mines brown as it does look black to me with a brown bezel.
badly needed one HTC HERO A6262 battery. If any one plz let me know
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I am planning on getting a Streak as a replacement for my HD2
I will be using an o2 sim card with the Streak. Would you recommend buying it from o2 or Dell? Are there any differences between the devices?
o2. it will save you £20. £449 from dell, £429 from cpw locked to o2. plus you can walk into a cpw and get it on the day
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I am planning on getting a Streak as a replacement for my HD2
I will be using an o2 sim card with the Streak. Would you recommend buying it from o2 or Dell? Are there any differences between the devices?
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The only difference is from o2 it has a bit of o2 software on it and its locked to o2. From dell its unbranded and unlocked and they are both the same price but dell has added £20 delivery on to there total. I would recommend getting one from dell you don't know in 6 months you may not be on o2 and you would have a phone locked to them where as for a extra £20 you can have any Sim card
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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If other devices are anything to go by updates for the unbranded Streak will be out before the operator versions...
regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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If other devices are anything to go by updates for the unbranded Streak will be out before the operator versions...
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Dell said at the launch that it will defiantly get 2.2 so cannot see them going back on that just wonder why they did not build it with 2.1 on board strange
regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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Hi Regtee2 - Can I ask how do you get this 10% EPP? Have googled it and tried various things on the Dell website and the most I can achieve is 3% EPP off a dell desktop.. Have you actually gone through to the basket and got this 10%? Ta.
You can get it from O2 online for £399. Thats £50 saving over Dell UK.
http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/Dell/Streak_16GB_PayG
EDIT: Just to confirm I have ordered one and will be receiving it tomorrow total cost £399. I tried getting one from a O2 store but they wanted me to purchase a £10 top up aswell. I already have an O2 contract I want to use, didn't fancy spending a tenner to chuck in the bin.
I went into 3 O2 shops and tried to buy a Dell Streak on PAYG. Two of the shops wouldn't sell it to me on PAYG, just contract and the third said they can't sell it until the 24th July.
Think I'll go buy direct via Dell.
Hi all
Just a couple of points the only branding on the Streak from 02 is an 02 splash screen on boot up and some 02 themed wallpapers and that's it. Oh and the first bookmark and the page that the Browser opens up to is set up to be 02 but this is easily changed or can even be deleted if you want.
Also the update will be coming over the air direct from Dell not from 02 as their is no 02 branding on the device for them to need to approve it thankfully.
Marc
Streak from CPW
Hi all
I got a Streak from CPW believing it to be unlocked, but from CPW they are still locked to o2, thus my story begins.
Since it was locked I looked into ways of unlocking it or using an o2 PAYG sim with it, you cannot according to o2 use PAYG as the streak relies on their post pay settings, so I looked online and found the Rebel simcard option, and gave that some thought.
However in the meantime I visited the o2 store at Hempstead Valley, and at 1st there only option was for me to "put that one you have on ebay and buy a new one from us", I was not overly impressed with this, and after some cajoing the Sales assistant called o2 and they said they could not sell me the price plan (I want data only as I have a vodafone contract) without selling me a new streak. I went away, had a subway and returned to the store with a mission, get a data plan from o2, as they locked the handset, they could bloomingwell support it! after a few more phone calls they decided that they could do me a MBB plan with a dongle and just put the sim into the streak! success, all on 3g and works like a dream,
a message to o2 however, if you are gonna sell a device, no matter who it is bought via, you have to support it, not just tell people to bay the one they have and buy a new one in store!
Hi,
when you order the Dell Streak directly form dell.co.uk with "One year Collect & Return Hardware Support included", is this an european warranty or only valid for UK citizens?
Normally imo Dell gives european warranty on Notebooks etc.! But I don't know how it works with the Streak!
Anyone knows?
Hi,
On my streak when I search Market, I only see "free" items.
Apps with price are not showing up.
I purchased the Streak from UK (unlocked) and I live in Turkey.
What may be the problem ?
Thanks.
mrmrmrmr said:
Hi,
On my streak when I search Market, I only see "free" items.
Apps with price are not showing up.
I purchased the Streak from UK (unlocked) and I live in Turkey.
What may be the problem ?
Thanks.
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Need a bit more info mate like is it o2 or dell direct and what are you running 1.6 or 2.1
it is dell direct purchase, not O2. Actually this info is already available in the first post.
I am running 1.6 on it.
Thx.
I brought mine direct from Dell and I am able to view apps with prices on, though I am in the UK on O2 network....so no idea dude!
mrmrmrmr said:
Hi,
On my streak when I search Market, I only see "free" items.
Apps with price are not showing up.
I purchased the Streak from UK (unlocked) and I live in Turkey.
What may be the problem ?
Thanks.
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http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=143779
Buy a UK SIM on ebay. Then you will be able to download paid apps over wifi. Then switch back to your regular SIM
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I want to buy the Dell Venue Pro, and I was hoping to buy it on expansys. But sadly they removed it from sale os I can't get it there. So I am searching for a european store (UK would be nice) that sells this phone and ships to Slovenia. Does anyone have any idea where I could get it? Nobody seems to have it anymore and there are no other phones (except HTC 7 PRO) that have QWERTY keyboards. So if anyone has any idea where I could get it, please tell me.
The dell website.
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Which proabably doesn't ship to Slovenia. I couldn't find any information about that. Now if I go to Slovenian Dell site, the mobile phones and tablets doesn't even exist.