Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-26 Thread elhennig
Michael Spacefalcon msoko...@ivan.harhan.org hat am 26. Februar 2014 um 05:44 geschrieben: Of course all those proprietary 3G+ smartphones (Apple/Samsung/GTA04/etc) which we are all surrounded with typically act as quadband when they go into 2G compatibility mode, but because

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-26 Thread Nick
First, please can you try to keep things civil and respectful (even if you feel provoked)? This list has become quite draining recently. Quoth elhennig: And you really think this matters to users of phones which band the phone is currently using? Well it matters to me, because 850MHz is

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-26 Thread Boudewijn
On 26-2-2014 10:28, Nick wrote: First, please can you try to keep things civil and respectful (even if you feel provoked)? This list has become quite draining recently. Thanks :-) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-25 Thread Nick
Thanks all for your responses. I'll be going to the Boston area, so if you don't hear me complaining about it not working sometime soon, presume it's working fine ;) Yup, that's the band I've been using here for all my cellphone-using life. I have yet to use a phone with 850 MHz

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-25 Thread Michael Spacefalcon
Nick openmoko-commun...@njw.me.uk wrote: It's interesting to hear that 850MHz is a quite recent addition, Just keep in mind that my idea of recent is within the last 10 y, at least in this case; most other people's definition of this word probably means a shorter time span. :-( All I know is

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-21 Thread Ed Kapitein
Hi Nick, Thanks for the change in tone, for me it was more then welcome. I have been to the USA with my FR and had no problem whatsoever in connecting to the network, also the gprs worked just fine. I did bought a USA sim card on ebay, just to cut the costs. I traveled California, Nevada,

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-21 Thread Andrew Schenck
I can corroborate that report. Bought my FR from Belgium, so I presume its the 900/1800/1900 version, but I haven't found any way to verify that. It works fine in San Francisco, CA and Chicago and central Illinois on Simplemobile (which uses T-Mobile's network). -Andrew On 2/21/2014 4:37

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 21.02.2014 um 18:51 schrieb Andrew Schenck: I can corroborate that report. Bought my FR from Belgium, so I presume its the 900/1800/1900 version, but I haven't found any way to verify that. 1. remove battery cover 2. take out battery 3. look at serial number sticker under battery 4.

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-21 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Fri 21 February 2014 18:51:37 Andrew Schenck wrote: its the 900/1800/1900 version, but I haven't found any way to verify On Fri, 2014-02-21 at 12:07 +, Nick wrote: there. It is a European 900/1800/1900MHz version (I presume - I bought it 2nd hand - is there an easy way to check?).

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-21 Thread Andrew Schenck
That's much easier than I thought it would be, then I can confirm that I have the wrong 900/1800/1900MHz but it still works fine. -Andrew On 2/21/2014 10:03 AM, joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Fri 21 February 2014 18:51:37 Andrew Schenck wrote: its the 900/1800/1900 version, but I haven't found

Re: GSM frequency bands in the USA

2014-02-21 Thread Michael Spacefalcon
Nick openmoko-commun...@njw.me.uk wrote: I'm going to the USA soon, Do you know which part of USA? and would ideally like to use my GTA02 there. It is a European 900/1800/1900MHz version (I presume - I bought it 2nd hand - is there an easy way to check?). As others have said, look at the