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AT&T Galaxy Tab

I am on AT&T for the main reason that I travel frequently to Europe and Asia (Japan, Hong Kong) and it's the carrier who happens to have devices with 3G bands compatible nearly worldwide (Even though I don't like so much the price AT&T is costing me...)
So... really considering now to switch to the Galaxy tab and say good bye to my good old TP2 (heavily overclocked so still with a bit of life in it !)
I have a few questions
1. there are rumors here and there saying the Tab for AT&T wont have the front facing camera (And then some other places where it's listed as a spec of the AT&T tab). Anybody can confirm / infirm this ? (Would be really pissed to pay such a price for the device if it has been castrated)
2. AT&T is the last US carrier not to have announced a launch date for the tab... (Maybe it's willing to be a bit nice to Apple and its recently commercialized iPad, or maybe it's just an old and slow company...). Pure speculation: is there a chance we'll be able to switch the tab bands from T-Mobile like some have successfully done with other Samsung phones from the galaxy family ?
3. Another pure speculation: has Samsung actually disabled the hardware for voice calls on the US versions ? I hope his will be solved by flashing another firmware. Otherwise I'll just end up buying an international version (Which will be much more expensive...)

You can get the unlocked north american version which should be out by next week. It will cost you an arm and a leg but WILL work with the 850/1900 at&t 3g bands. Here are a few sites that have it:
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=26929
or
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-p1000-galaxy-tab-3g-850-1900-2100-oem-unlocked.html
Hope this helps.

Raspster said:
You can get the unlocked north american version which should be out by next week. It will cost you an arm and a leg but WILL work with the 850/1900 at&t 3g bands. Here are a few sites that have it:
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=26929
or
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-p1000-galaxy-tab-3g-850-1900-2100-oem-unlocked.html
Hope this helps.
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Thanks. Yes these bands are AT&T ones. Though waiting a few more weeks should allow to get it directly from AT&T at a lower price...
The good news is, if the websites are correct about the specs, the front facing camera is there (And I doubt Samsung will make a different Tab)
Seem to imply the voice call work to (negrielectronics) but it could be a mistake or a trick (works only through skype...) or just simple taht we are talking about an overseas model with the right 3G bands

Alcibiade said:
Thanks. Yes these bands are AT&T ones. Though waiting a few more weeks should allow to get it directly from AT&T at a lower price...
The good news is, if the websites are correct about the specs, the front facing camera is there (And I doubt Samsung will make a different Tab)
Seem to imply the voice call work to (negrielectronics) but it could be a mistake or a trick (works only through skype...) or just simple taht we are talking about an overseas model with the right 3G bands
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What concerns me are the comments that suggest US carriers will somehow restrict their service to GT so only data will work (no voice). So that raises the question for those of us who get the unlocked version - how do we get our Gt on to ATT or others? I guess I'm asking which ATT phone is it close enough to that I can acuire and swap the SIM card?

Alcibiade said:
Thanks. Yes these bands are AT&T ones. Though waiting a few more weeks should allow to get it directly from AT&T at a lower price...
The good news is, if the websites are correct about the specs, the front facing camera is there (And I doubt Samsung will make a different Tab)
Seem to imply the voice call work to (negrielectronics) but it could be a mistake or a trick (works only through skype...) or just simple taht we are talking about an overseas model with the right 3G bands
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Well, from what I hear is the 850/1900 band version will be an unlocked north amaerican version which can work with rogers (Canada) and at&t for the US by just adding your SIM card in. It is unknow weather the at&t network will identify the galaxy tab and change your plan accordingly if that is even how it will work with at&t. I beleive they WILL have a different plan for data for this device as T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon are following this. Also, the at&t version WILL be a different model in appreance and features as this unlocked one will not. Probablly because at&t WILL remove the front camera and who knows what else (thanks to the iphone). That is why the samsung site has not put the at&t version on their site yet. really do hope it will be treated as a PDA phone thru at&t's network (for the unlocked version)

Raspster said:
You can get the unlocked north american version which should be out by next week. It will cost you an arm and a leg but WILL work with the 850/1900 at&t 3g bands. Here are a few sites that have it:
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=26929
or
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-p1000-galaxy-tab-3g-850-1900-2100-oem-unlocked.html
Hope this helps.
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I just heard today from Negri electronic that this version of the tab will not be available until JANUARY ...so don't bother pre-ordering it.

clubtech said:
I just heard today from Negri electronic that this version of the tab will not be available until JANUARY ...so don't bother pre-ordering it.
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That's funny as they told me last Friday that the warehouse in CA is expecting them on November 10th. Also, I work near the mobile city online store in NYC and stopped in there and they said this week they would have them. hmmm
UPDATE: Just sent a message to my contact @ Nergi. He said they just received the notice that this version of the tab will not be in till early 2011. You were right clubtech... Was hoping you were wrong.. lol That sucks!

Mmh all I have been reading so far sucks

Figured I would fire up this thread and bump it up as Bell is releasing the Galaxy Tab on November 12th. That will be our solution for the 850/1900 3G version I guess..? I sent a message to Nergi to see if they will have this version. I'll keep you posted.

I have my G-Tab now (Euro version with phone and data working great on AT&T in USA) Be glad to answer questions. General comment: I LOVE it! The form factor and wt are just right for me and it has all the features I miss on my iPad. Only criticism is that I find Android a bit less stable than IOS but that might be what Gingerbread or Honeycomb will address.

brucewilsonpa said:
I have my G-Tab now (Euro version with phone and data working great on AT&T in USA) Be glad to answer questions. General comment: I LOVE it! The form factor and wt are just right for me and it has all the features I miss on my iPad. Only criticism is that I find Android a bit less stable than IOS but that might be what Gingerbread or Honeycomb will address.
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Are you getting good 3g coverage? I see your in PA... Close to me. I know the 1900 band does blanket this area to some degree but the 850 band is alot stronger. I think I may wait for a full 3g band with both 850/1900 bands. Seems like the bell version will be the answer to that. Glad to hear you love the device.

I read that the bell version can't make any phone calls fyi .
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Raspster said:
Are you getting good 3g coverage? I see your in PA... Close to me. I know the 1900 band does blanket this area to some degree but the 850 band is alot stronger. I think I may wait for a full 3g band with both 850/1900 bands. Seems like the bell version will be the answer to that. Glad to hear you love the device.
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Yes the 3g coverage is fine in the Reading area (better than my iphone, not sure why) I made decision to go for the Eur version when it became apparent the ATT version would be limited to data (no phone) and I couldn't get an answer on whether the "North American" version (with 850 UMTS) would arrive with phone capability OK. I saw a map of ATT 1900 coverage and saw that it takes care of at least 75% of the US, including virtuall all of the East, so I'm comfortable with my decision.

Raspster said:
Figured I would fire up this thread and bump it up as Bell is releasing the Galaxy Tab on November 12th. That will be our solution for the 850/1900 3G version I guess..? I sent a message to Nergi to see if they will have this version. I'll keep you posted.
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Yes that's my hope. It's also probably a sign the AT&T one must be around the corner
I could not find out whether the Bell one would have call functions or not (That would be another great sign or opportunity)

clubtech said:
I read that the bell version can't make any phone calls fyi .
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Is it a confirmed information ?

Thanks for the info

[Q] My G2 is running EDGE only...

hello, i just bought a week ago and htc g2/ vision, had it unlocked so i can have another sim card thats not tmobiles in.
i live in el salvador and my carrier is tigo and calls are perfectly fine and all but data connections are only edge! and i have no idea why??? i also have a x10 mini and i use the same apn and it connects to 3g
anyone know why and how to fix it?

nonione said:
hello, i just bought a week ago and htc g2/ vision, had it unlocked so i can have another sim card thats not tmobiles in.
i live in el salvador and my carrier is tigo and calls are perfectly fine and all but data connections are only edge! and i have no idea why??? i also have a x10 mini and i use the same apn and it connects to 3g
anyone know why and how to fix it?
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Did you check to make sure what GSM frequencies the carrier uses (sorry not familiar with El Salvador)? This sounds very similar to people trying to use G2's on AT&T / iPhones on T-mobile. Not all GSM carriers use the same frequencies for their service. If voice is working, but 3G data is not, this is very likely the issue. For example, AT&T operates both 2g and 3g on 850/1900, whereas T-mobile operates 2g on 850/1900 and 3G on 1700/2100; hence why voice and Edge can work, but 3G cannot.
Poking around a little, the X10 mini world phone version has an 850/900/1800/1900 for edge and 1900/2100 frequency radio for 3G data connection, although there are AT&T versions with slightly different bands too, which you may have I'm not sure.
The G2 runs on T-mobile in the US and has a 850/900/1800/1900 for edge and 1700/2100 radio for 3G data.
All according to Wikipedia from what I can scrounge up right now.
BTW I feel proud that I did this research lol. Enlightening.

I think tigo is at 850, is there anything I can do at this point?
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nonione said:
I think tigo is at 850, is there anything I can do at this point?
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no, you cant add more mhz bands. You should have checked this out before you bought it.

nonione said:
I think tigo is at 850, is there anything I can do at this point?
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If Tigo doesn't run 1700/2100 3g, there isn't anything you can do short of selling your G2 and buying a European Desire Z (same as G2) with the proper frequencies assuming you want the same type of phone. Shoulda checked this out lol just cuz it has a SIM slot doesn't mean it "just works" haha. sorry!

Hahah damn I'm screwed lol yeah I guess ill have to buy a european version I love this phone too much
Thanks a lot fot the help!
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Sell it, buy the canadian bell Desire Z (A7275) and you'll be fine. Its your only option if you want to keep the same phone with 3g data.
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Canadian bell that sounds easier to get ill look for it thanks
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nonione said:
Hahah damn I'm screwed lol yeah I guess ill have to buy a european version I love this phone too much
Thanks a lot fot the help!
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i didnt realize the euro version had different bands

Mog said:
i didnt realize the euro version had different bands
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Well the USA, Canada, and Euro ones all have different bands, depending on the carriers they are generally made for. The issue with the Euro ones can be that they don't come with English out of the box either

martonikaj said:
Well the USA, Canada, and Euro ones all have different bands, depending on the carriers they are generally made for. The issue with the Euro ones can be that they don't come with English out of the box either
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even the uk ones?

Mog said:
even the uk ones?
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Hm? Well yes the UK ones are made for whatever bands the UK carriers run on.

Just how hard is it to have a G2 world phone? Can you add all possible bands?

I believe that the Canadian/European Desire Z is the world phone edition which carries band support for all GSM bands. It is the USA T-Mobile G2 that carries support for the GSM bands specifically for the US market. Correct me if I am wrong.
Regards.

androidcues said:
Just how hard is it to have a G2 world phone? Can you add all possible bands?
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No, you can't just add bands to a phone.

Japanese Xperia arc unlocked and working on U.S 3G network

Ok guys the Dcomo SO-01c (japanese xperia) has been successfuly unlocked and working on the U.S 3G network
so you dont have to wait for SE USA or Rogers no more
the bands it uses are
GSM/GPRS/Edge 850/900/1800/1900
UMTS/HSPA bands 1/2/5/6
which is equivalent to 2100/1900/850/800
possibly WCDMA for verizon will work (correct me if i am wrong) which is a big positive on this japanese version , another positive is being available in three colors.
blue
pink
silver
the phone comes with a 16gb memory card
i ordered the pink color for someone and i will order a silver one for myself
so you dont have to wait for SE USA or Rogers no more
i am so glad that this has worked after so many people have doubted that it would work and been told not to waste my money.
i dont want to waste your time explaining my story on how i got the courage to risk trying one and how i found out it will work, but if you want to know i will gladly answer ur questions.
i found a japanese seller that happened to know some english and willing to help and luckily he had an ebay account.
he sold me the phone for $770 including superfast shipping. he said he could sell it to me for $720 on paypal but i chose ebay since it was my first time.
if you can find other sellers good luck . the phone at docomo is around $600 without shipping
i got called by FCC to fill a form and send it to them to be able to get cleared by customs which i did.
when i got the phone all i did was unlock it using ezSEMC and purchased 10 credits from a provider and took about 1 minute to unlock.
http://www.2shared.com/document/F9cAO3Z5/xperia_arc_unlock_instructions.html
it can also be unlocked via entering unlock code provided by cellunlocker.net($8) or other different sites
all you have to do is flash the LT15i rom or the Lt15a rom and you will be able to get the unlock code screen
user morita0107 has unlocked it by entering an unlock code after flashing the LT15 rom on it(same way as x10)
3G popped the moment i put the APN settings which i got help from nimche who has been a great deal of help and support. He has also uploaded the rom for the LT15a which i will flash later on.
download LT15a rom from here (thanks Nimche)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13206058&postcount=110
APN AT&T 3G settings provided by Nimche(show him thanks)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13206058&postcount=110
thank u NIMCHE and also
shutterpark
ferraripassion
morita0107
feel free to ask any questions . (Nimche can also answer if i get busy)
i have an ebay invoice up for grabs if anyone wants it for the black color
and i can contact the seller to prepare one for you if you want silver or pink
i have flashed the device with the LT15a rom and everything is working fine, even the Docomo logo in the begining dissappeared
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PIVClzP0E

Good job. Finally you got your hand on an arc. at least I am not alone anymore.
When are you getting yours?

Glad it worked out for you! Enjoy your phone!

Nimche said:
Good job. Finally you got your hand on an arc. at least I am not alone anymore.
When are you getting yours?
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i ordered one today, and the seller was so impressive shipping so fast. if he ships today i will get it on monday

batman_112 said:
Glad it worked out for you! Enjoy your phone!
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thank you
but its not mine . i have ordered a silver one

alsaqr said:
i ordered one today, and the seller was so impressive shipping so fast. if he ships today i will get it on monday
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Nice, why I can't see you in IM? You are hiding.... Its nice. So decided to get Midnight blue?
Since I was forced into Midnight blue but now every time I look at my phone I want to die. It is very nice. Clean and wonderful.

alsaqr said:
i ordered one today, and the seller was so impressive shipping so fast. if he ships today i will get it on monday
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I have a question for you. Where do I get ezSEMC? Is there an official website or something? I googled and came up with nothing.

alsaqr said:
thank you
but its not mine . i have ordered a silver one
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Nice choice. I am debating whether to go for one or wait until the Arc successor is released? I am confused!

T-Mobile 3G
Would the 3G work on T-Mobile or is it only for AT&T?

adibaiz said:
Would the 3G work on T-Mobile or is it only for AT&T?
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Only ATT. Tmobile needs 1700 frequency which arc doesn't support and I have not seen any in production. Sorry

batman_112 said:
Nice choice. I am debating whether to go for one or wait until the Arc successor is released? I am confused!
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You want Acro? It coming this summer but it is not as thin as arc... @ this point I won't want to lose this thinness to NFC and Infrared but phone is nice.

adibaiz said:
Would the 3G work on T-Mobile or is it only for AT&T?
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good question
i have just updated and added the bands that work on it . check back above.
im not sure what t-mobile uses i will check tonight and update if 3G works on tmobile
i guess nimche has answered
switching to att might work since tmobile might dissapear anyway

Man, i hate it, there no unlocked phones that would work on the 1700mhz for T-Mobile....i want to get a new phone but i have nothing to choose from...any suggestions? Thanks.

alsaqr said:
good question
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Can you get online when you can. I have to ask some questions. Whenever...
Thanks.

$720 is WAY too much for me.....
I wish I could get it for $600...

alsaqr said:
Ok guys the Dcomo SO-01c (japanese xperia) has been successfuly unlocked and working on the U.S 3G network
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This is fantastic news.
However... just one question remains for me:
Bootloader. Are you carrier-locked or free as the air we breathe?

You'll need 1700 mhz to get 3G on Tmobile, which the Arc doesn't have. If you can live with edge only on Tmo then no prob. No manufacturer supports AWS (1700 mhz) unless it's a Tmo US phone.
WCDMA actually refers to GSM band 850/1900 (I think those are the frequencies), regardless it is a GSM distinction not what you think of in the US as CDMA. So no, it won't work on Verizon. Even if it was a CDMA device you'd still have to get VzW to allow it's ESN on their network and that's not easy, not saying it's impossible, just difficult.

zeorai said:
You'll need 1700 mhz to get 3G on Tmobile, which the Arc doesn't have. If you can live with edge only on Tmo then no prob. No manufacturer supports AWS (1700 mhz) unless it's a Tmo US phone.
WCDMA actually refers to GSM band 850/1900 (I think those are the frequencies), regardless it is a GSM distinction not what you think of in the US as CDMA. So no, it won't work on Verizon. Even if it was a CDMA device you'd still have to get VzW to allow it's ESN on their network and that's not easy, not saying it's impossible, just difficult.
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well this phone in japan is not even used with sim card. Docomo uses cdma .
but i connot confirm the verizon thing.
i have tried a tmobile sim and it is only working on Edge, but the speed is OK.

omfg said:
This is fantastic news.
However... just one question remains for me:
Bootloader. Are you carrier-locked or free as the air we breathe?
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i can't confirm this now , all i have done is network unlocked it and it is working on the AT&T 3G.
now i am flashing the LT15a rom that nimche has uploaded.

alsaqr said:
well this phone in japan is not even used with sim card.
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That is entirely incorrect. DoCoMo uses SIM cards on all of their phones.

Gt-i9500 vs Gt-i9505 frequencies

Can anyone verify the difference in frequencies that each phone is capable of? I am here in the USA on AT&T and last year bought a GT-I9305 and found out I could not get high speed 3G coverage. So I bought a GT-I9300 and everything works fine. Out of all the frequencies I needed 1900mhz for HSPA 3G. I am suspecting these models to be similar.
If you dial this code number *#197328640# into your phone dial pad you can get to a hidden service menu. (note: use the lower left button to go back each time you select something, otherwise you have to dial the whole number again.)
On my International SGS3 (GT-i9300) I can go in here and select different data frequencies (I leave mine on Auto) by going to Debug Screen-> Phone Control-> Network Control-> Band Selection-> then when you select one of the options, there with be a * next to each frequency that the phone is capable of. Just looking to see which version has what frequencies. Thanks!
** Thanks, this is a code to get into the menu that tells you what you are on, then you can use the lower left button and select back to get back to Phone Control-> Network Control-> Band Selection->:
sanjaybenjamin said:
On the phone Dial Pad you run *#0011#
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Nobody? Anybody?
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highaltitude said:
Nobody? Anybody?
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You might want to fix your title/subject.

LOL, thanks, I think when I posted it I did it from my phone and it auto-filled the word. Thanks!
I am thinking the Gt-i9500 will be the one I'll want for USA and AT&T. I just wanted to confirm ahead of time this. I learned the hard way on the 9300 vs 9305.

Tried the code twice on my i9500... no dice.

I am curious as well, moving to ATT, and while they say the 32GB GS4 is coming soon, I don't know what soon is.

If you look at both phones, they both support the same freqs. I'm on H+ with my i9500, same sort of speed and signal as I got with my international Xperia Z, SGS3, SGS2.. etc.

On the phone Dial Pad you run *#0011#

sanjaybenjamin said:
On the phone Dial Pad you run *#0011#
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I'm currently on WCDMA 1900 Band 2

BoostedSR20 said:
I'm currently on WCDMA 1900 Band 2
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Excellent so are you on AT&T?

highaltitude said:
Excellent so are you on AT&T?
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Yep, AT&T.

I need to know 9500's frequencies too.
Wikipedia didn't help.

Hi guys, I'm running a GT-i9500 on Bell mobility in Canada which uses same bands as AT&T. It is set to WCDMA 1900 Band 2, but the phone reverts to 3G at rest and goes up to H+ as soon as anything that requires data is launched. Is this normal behavior? I get great HSPA+ speeds too!

ponts said:
Hi guys, I'm running a GT-i9500 on Bell mobility in Canada which uses same bands as AT&T. It is set to WCDMA 1900 Band 2, but the phone reverts to 3G at rest and goes up to H+ as soon as anything that requires data is launched. Is this normal behavior? I get great HSPA+ speeds too!
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Yes. :good:

My GT-i9500 is made in China. How about yours?

So hey, I was wondering the i9500 frequencies too. I live in Finland and I want the Exynos Octa variant. I guess all the 2Gs and 3Gs etc works just perfectly in here?

TouchWizard said:
So hey, I was wondering the i9500 frequencies too. I live in Finland and I want the Exynos Octa variant. I guess all the 2Gs and 3Gs etc works just perfectly in here?
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Yes. 900/1800 mhz for 2g, 2100 for 3g.
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Does the 9505 get WCDMA 1900? Anyone know?
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highaltitude said:
Does the 9505 get WCDMA 1900? Anyone know?
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Why not just check on GSMArena?

because I have in the past found conflicting information on different phone models, and its usually better and more reliable to get information from people who actually own the phone and use it every day..

Current Ascent Mate 7 is not US-carrier compatible, a new model being release will be

My apologies for the multiple threads. If the moderators see the other one, please delete it.
i spent part of tonight emailing back and forth with Huawei's customer support. You would have to scroll through the public emails I posted and their public responses. What I don't get is why NO reporter NO journalist NO ONE in tech thought to ask Huawei straight out if there is ANOTHER model coming out for the US market? NOTHING I've read talked abou it, so, I asked them, and they responded:
The current model is NOT US-carrier compatible for the following reasons (quoted from their email response):
Huawei Mobile
Thank you for your mail.
Huawei Ascend Mate7 specification is the same, but the 4G frequency is not the same, it support 4G LTE FDD Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/20/28(Aphase), It will be released in the United States.
I went on to ask them when the US-compatible version would be available and they said the following:
Huawei Mobile
Thank you for your mail.
Huawei Ascend Mate7 have a version can work in the United States, but there is no release.

sanjsrik said:
My apologies for the multiple threads. If the moderators see the other one, please delete it.
i spent part of tonight emailing back and forth with Huawei's customer support. You would have to scroll through the public emails I posted and their public responses. What I don't get is why NO reporter NO journalist NO ONE in tech thought to ask Huawei straight out if there is ANOTHER model coming out for the US market? NOTHING I've read talked abou it, so, I asked them, and they responded:
The current model is NOT US-carrier compatible for the following reasons (quoted from their email response):
Huawei Mobile
Thank you for your mail.
Huawei Ascend Mate7 specification is the same, but the 4G frequency is not the same, it support 4G LTE FDD Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/20/28(Aphase), It will be released in the United States.
I went on to ask them when the US-compatible version would be available and they said the following:
Huawei Mobile
Thank you for your mail.
Huawei Ascend Mate7 have a version can work in the United States, but there is no release.
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But with all those LTE frequencies, doesn't it kind of have to be compatible? AT&T uses band 2, 4 and 17 so this phone should work on AT&T LTE since it supports band 4.

YourManAdrian said:
But with all those LTE frequencies, doesn't it kind of have to be compatible? AT&T uses band 2, 4 and 17 so this phone should work on AT&T LTE since it supports band 4.
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Buy one and find out. I'd like to know.

So wait - Not LTE compatible, but will work on HSPA?
sanjsrik said:
My apologies for the multiple threads. If the moderators see the other one, please delete it.
i spent part of tonight emailing back and forth with Huawei's customer support. You would have to scroll through the public emails I posted and their public responses. What I don't get is why NO reporter NO journalist NO ONE in tech thought to ask Huawei straight out if there is ANOTHER model coming out for the US market? NOTHING I've read talked abou it, so, I asked them, and they responded:
The current model is NOT US-carrier compatible for the following reasons (quoted from their email response):
Huawei Mobile
Thank you for your mail.
Huawei Ascend Mate7 specification is the same, but the 4G frequency is not the same, it support 4G LTE FDD Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/20/28(Aphase), It will be released in the United States.
I went on to ask them when the US-compatible version would be available and they said the following:
Huawei Mobile
Thank you for your mail.
Huawei Ascend Mate7 have a version can work in the United States, but there is no release.
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Will it work on AT&T in the US - I'm ok if it's not LTE as HSPA pretty fast/reliable.

destardi001 said:
Will it work on AT&T in the US - I'm ok if it's not LTE as HSPA pretty fast/reliable.
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Yeah it's confirmed to work with att without lte. Tmobile works with LTE

confirmed to with T-Mobile how?
10pmStalker said:
Yeah it's confirmed to work with att without lte. Tmobile works with LTE
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Sorry, I'm a bit confused. From Huawei, I got that it isn't compatible with any US-carrier's networks, how is it working with T-Mobile's LTE network? How was that confirmed that it will work with T-Mobile's LTE? Just curious what you mean here?
Thanks in advance.

sanjsrik said:
Sorry, I'm a bit confused. From Huawei, I got that it isn't compatible with any US-carrier's networks, how is it working with T-Mobile's LTE network? How was that confirmed that it will work with T-Mobile's LTE? Just curious what you mean here?
Thanks in advance.
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http://youtu.be/vnCR3G0b8oI?t=41m5s
Sorry that was supposed to start around 40 minutes.

thank you
10pmStalker said:
http://youtu.be/vnCR3G0b8oI?t=41m5s
Sorry that was supposed to start around 40 minutes.
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Thanks for the youtube link. I think I'm going to wait until I know that it is supportrd by T-mobile's LTE network. He states in the video that he put a T-mobile SIM in therr and it worked fine, just want to double-check with Huawei and see what they say. It's a lot of money for a new devuce, just want to be sure.
Thank you for the link.

sanjsrik said:
Thanks for the youtube link. I think I'm going to wait until I know that it is supportrd by T-mobile's LTE network. He states in the video that he put a T-mobile SIM in therr and it worked fine, just want to double-check with Huawei and see what they say. It's a lot of money for a new devuce, just want to be sure.
Thank you for the link.
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Don't waste your time ask Huawei service team.. They doesnt know the phone much than you.
There is 2GB+16GB ROM version FDD-LTE band: B1/B3 1800MHz/2100MHz
3GB RAM+32GB ROM version FDD-LTE band: B1/B3/B7 1800MHz/2100MHz/2600MHz
T-Mobile FDD-LTE: 1700/2100 ?
There are only B1/B3/B7 now because the MIIT(Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,Chinese Telecom manage department) limited.
You will enjoy more bands after un-limited-- Need 2-3 months since Chinese FDD-LTE marketing develop slowly.
Yes, Need flash NEW ROM un-limited then.

xjarl said:
Don't waste your time ask Huawei service team.. They doesnt know the phone much than you.
There is 2GB+16GB ROM version FDD-LTE band: B1/B3 1800MHz/2100MHz
3GB RAM+32GB ROM version FDD-LTE band: B1/B3/B7 1800MHz/2100MHz/2600MHz
T-Mobile FDD-LTE: 1700/2100 ?
There are only B1/B3/B7 now because the MIIT(Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,Chinese Telecom manage department) limited.
You will enjoy more bands after un-limited-- Need 2-3 months since Chinese FDD-LTE marketing develop slowly.
Yes, Need flash NEW ROM un-limited then.
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This still doesn't answer the question as to why the hell the Mate 7 works on T-Mobile LTE (at least according to the guy that reviewed it in the video). Huawei says it doesn't, your spec images say it doesn't, but it does?
What a **** show.

Poi25 said:
This still doesn't answer the question as to why the hell the Mate 7 works on T-Mobile LTE (at least according to the guy that reviewed it in the video). Huawei says it doesn't, your spec images say it doesn't, but it does?
What a **** show.
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If the T-mobile LTE band is 2100MHz, works no problem.
You will unlock the band after NEW ROM released out.
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Poi25 said:
This still doesn't answer the question as to why the hell the Mate 7 works on T-Mobile LTE (at least according to the guy that reviewed it in the video). Huawei says it doesn't, your spec images say it doesn't, but it does?
What a **** show.
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T-Mobile LTE Band is 1700/2100MHz

xjarl said:
T-Mobile LTE Band is 1700/2100MHz
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And you need 1 band or the other, but not both? Isn't it depending on area?

Poi25 said:
And you need 1 band or the other, but not both? Isn't it depending on area?
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Im wrong. Sorry.
You need Both 1700/2100MHz support the same time then 4G available.
Here it is a document of T-mobile about Network band:
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-6991

Are you saying all it needs is a software update later on to support LTE on more US carriers?

xjarl said:
Im wrong. Sorry.
You need Both 1700/2100MHz support the same time then 4G available.]
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So once again, that should mean that the AM7 will not work on T-Mobile, but according to others, it does.

Better than ever time to wait...
Poi25 said:
So once again, that should mean that the AM7 will not work on T-Mobile, but according to others, it does.
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THIS is why it makes sense to wait. The device is very expensive. rather than plunk down that kind of money for something that "may" work with US carriers, wouldn't it make sense to just wait and see what else is released?

sanjsrik said:
THIS is why it makes sense to wait. The device is very expensive. rather than plunk down that kind of money for something that "may" work with US carriers, wouldn't it make sense to just wait and see what else is released?
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Of course, I'm not buying it right now, just trying to make sense of this mess.

Definitely confused.
Poi25 said:
Of course, I'm not buying it right now, just trying to make sense of this mess.
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Just because it was working doesn't mean he got full LTE speed. As far as my research took me Band 4 (AWS) of T-Mobile uses a 2100 MHz range downlink and 1700 MHz range uplink.
Specs on the Huawei site lists a whole slew of bands, including band 4. It is strange though that sellers on Alibaba and emails from oppomart.com state to the contrary. I just asked oppomart about this and pointed them to the Huawei spec page, and they said then it should support band 4...

jzchen said:
Just because it was working doesn't mean he got full LTE speed. As far as my research took me Band 4 (AWS) of T-Mobile uses a 2100 MHz range downlink and 1700 MHz range uplink.
Specs on the Huawei site lists a whole slew of bands, including band 4. It is strange though that sellers on Alibaba and emails from oppomart.com state to the contrary. I just asked oppomart about this and pointed them to the Huawei spec page, and they said then it should support band 4...
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It was full LTE speed. He said it was way faster than his LG G3 on LTE.

jzchen said:
Just because it was working doesn't mean he got full LTE speed. As far as my research took me Band 4 (AWS) of T-Mobile uses a 2100 MHz range downlink and 1700 MHz range uplink.
Specs on the Huawei site lists a whole slew of bands, including band 4. It is strange though that sellers on Alibaba and emails from oppomart.com state to the contrary. I just asked oppomart about this and pointed them to the Huawei spec page, and they said then it should support band 4...
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I think this is what is happening. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55734439&postcount=9