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01-12-2010, 12:08 PM
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9700 Bold 3g band change
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I just purchased 10 blackberry 9700's for our Panama office from unlocked t-Mobile and they are not working because:
1: the t-mobile 3g band is set to 1,4,8 and I need 3g band 1,2,5,6. I have read some threads saying its hardware, but thats not true because I also have some rogers and At&T 9700 with both 1,4,8 and 1,2,5,6. I know its software controlled.
Does anyone know how I can change this to be able to use these phones with 3g???
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01-12-2010, 12:13 PM
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Hoo boy. Here we go again.
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01-12-2010, 12:34 PM
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01-12-2010, 12:47 PM
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Wow.
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01-12-2010, 12:54 PM
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I have read all the threads. You can not determine the frequency when you buy these blackberries. Its not a t-mobile nor AT&T not rogers issue. I just purchased 20 more blackberrys mixed and 5 of the 10 AT&T blackberrys have 1,4,8 and the rest are 1,2,5,6. 5 rogers of which 4 are 1,2,5,6 and one came with 1,4,8 and all t-mobiles (5) came with 1.4.8. So its not that I can return these phones and the boxes do not say the actual bands. There must be a solution for this
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01-12-2010, 12:58 PM
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When you find it, because obviously no one here, OR ANYWHERE ELSE, knows how to change it, please let us know.
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01-12-2010, 01:07 PM
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I have read some threads saying its hardware, but thats not true because I also have some rogers and At&T 9700 with both 1,4,8 and 1,2,5,6. I know its software controlled.
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Now this is some funny logic. I love it.
I'd also like to see this magical AT&T phone with non-AT&T 3G bands. What's the Vendor ID for both of the AT&T phones (one from each band set)?
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01-12-2010, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hdel1531
I have read all the threads. You can not determine the frequency when you buy these blackberries. Its not a t-mobile nor AT&T not rogers issue. I just purchased 20 more blackberrys mixed and 5 of the 10 AT&T blackberrys have 1,4,8 and the rest are 1,2,5,6. 5 rogers of which 4 are 1,2,5,6 and one came with 1,4,8 and all t-mobiles (5) came with 1.4.8. So its not that I can return these phones and the boxes do not say the actual bands. There must be a solution for this
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I think you must be mistaken, or someone has changed the faceplate on some of the devices you purchased. AT&T does not operate on 3G bands 4 and 8, so you have to understand the skepticism of the users here.
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01-12-2010, 02:12 PM
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01-12-2010, 04:28 PM
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01-13-2010, 09:58 AM
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Can someone point me somewhere to tell me what band is what? i.e. what do bands 1-8 translate to in terms of frequencies? Thanks.
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01-13-2010, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Globetrotterdoug
Can someone point me somewhere to tell me what band is what? i.e. what do bands 1-8 translate to in terms of frequencies? Thanks.
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UMTS frequency bands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
check that out
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01-13-2010, 10:09 AM
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You either need to return them for a refund or hand out for paperweights and doorstops.
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01-13-2010, 06:59 PM
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Ok so I have a question and maybe it's stupid but some of this radio freq stuff goes right over my head and after reading all the "Bands" threads here I am curious.
TMobile states that they operate 3G on 1700/2100 as far as I can tell all devices from both tmobile and att/rogers work on the 2100 band. Also as far as I can tell all the devices operate in other countries on the 2100 band so why could a Rogers/Att device not operate on tmobiles 2100 band? I understand that a tmobile device could not operate on a rogers/att network because there is no 1700 or 2100 band, but don't understand why the reverse could not work. Obviously I am missing something and am curious as to what it is.
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01-13-2010, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor464
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Originally Posted by jpom
TMobile states that they operate 3G on 1700/2100 as far as I can tell all devices from both tmobile and att/rogers work on the 2100 band. Also as far as I can tell all the devices operate in other countries on the 2100 band so why could a Rogers/Att device not operate on tmobiles 2100 band? I understand that a tmobile device could not operate on a rogers/att network because there is no 1700 or 2100 band, but don't understand why the reverse could not work. Obviously I am missing something and am curious as to what it is.
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Read the Wikipedia article. Short answer, names like "1700" and "2100" are general names for frequency bands. The actual frequencies used are different.
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01-13-2010, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by hdel1531
I just purchased 10 blackberry 9700's for our Panama office from unlocked t-Mobile and they are not working because:
1: the t-mobile 3g band is set to 1,4,8 and I need 3g band 1,2,5,6. I have read some threads saying its hardware, but thats not true because I also have some rogers and At&T 9700 with both 1,4,8 and 1,2,5,6. I know its software controlled.
Does anyone know how I can change this to be able to use these phones with 3g???
Thanks,
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search about umts band in wikipedia.
UMTS frequency bands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3g band in onyx is fixed cannot change by software.
but you can choose either you want to use 3G only, 2G only or 3G&2G using e screen.
you cannot change 3G band on t-mo bb to 1,2,5,6.
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02-22-2010, 12:23 AM
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tmobile 3g movistar Panama...
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Originally Posted by hdel1531
I just purchased 10 blackberry 9700's for our Panama office from unlocked t-Mobile and they are not working because:
1: the t-mobile 3g band is set to 1,4,8 and I need 3g band 1,2,5,6. I have read some threads saying its hardware, but thats not true because I also have some rogers and At&T 9700 with both 1,4,8 and 1,2,5,6. I know its software controlled.
Does anyone know how I can change this to be able to use these phones with 3g???
Thanks,
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Hello, I have the same problem, its soo frustrating. I am talking with some guys inside tech support from movistar. Did you find something to solve the problem?
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02-22-2010, 12:31 AM
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how much more validation do people need on this subject? am i missing something else?
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02-22-2010, 06:50 AM
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You're not missing anything.
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