[Q] MA15a or MA15i HELP! - Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro

I am planning to buy an unlocked Xperia Neo. But there are two version MT15a and MT15i, for US version and International version, respectively. I wanna know what are the difference between these two versions. And I live in USA(my phone service is T-mobile) , can i still use MT15i? Are the chargers for both same?
Thank you so much!

Neo112011 said:
I am planning to buy an unlocked Xperia Neo. But there are two version MT15a and MT15i, for US version and International version, respectively. I wanna know what are the difference between these two versions. And I live in USA(my phone service is T-mobile) , can i still use MT15i? Are the chargers for both same?
Thank you so much!
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It's on page 6 of this document:
http://dl-www.sonyericsson.com/cws/download/1/922/664/1315210962/neo_WP_6.pdf
If the chargers are the same depends on where you buy it. It will be sold with a British charger if you buy it in the UK, but the MT15a will likely have an American charger.

I is for europe.
Might not work in usa, difrent network signal.
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Thanks for all responses!

I have an unlocked MT15a because i live in Latin america, and those are the bands that works over here, however, i'm going to spain for three months, and i was wondering if i could change the 3g bands on my device to work with the european bands. or in other words, turn my MT15a device to an MA15i.
My previous device was a Motorola Milestone, and this was possible via openrecovery.

I think my #2 post is also relevant for you, search if they use the one of the supported frequencies by MT15a in Spain

redondogabriel said:
I have an unlocked MT15a because i live in Latin america, and those are the bands that works over here, however, i'm going to spain for three months, and i was wondering if i could change the 3g bands on my device to work with the european bands. or in other words, turn my MT15a device to an MA15i.
My previous device was a Motorola Milestone, and this was possible via openrecovery.
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I think it will work. In Spain we use the 900/1800 band
From Wiki:
"Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia
In Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia, most of the providers use 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. GSM-900 is most widely used. Fewer operators use DCS-1800 and GSM-1800. A dual-band 900/1800 phone is required to be compatible with almost all operators. At least the GSM-900 band must be supported in order to be compatible with many operators."

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Would an unlocked amaze work on 3G in Europe?

Hello,
The title says it all really. Wondering if the Amaze would work here on T-Mobile Austria which uses UMTS 2100. I read somewhere else that it relies on 1700 and 2100 for upload/download. Don't much about how this works.... or can the phone do both on the 2100 band? I sort of prefer it to a normal Sensation available here because it has NFC. Not that it has much use as of now....
EDIT: on Wiki it appears that T-Mobile Austria uses 1900 for upload and 2100 for download so I guess it wouldn't work.
Lawk said:
Hello,
The title says it all really. Wondering if the Amaze would work here on T-Mobile Austria which uses UMTS 2100. I read somewhere else that it relies on 1700 and 2100 for upload/download. Don't much about how this works.... or can the phone do both on the 2100 band? I sort of prefer it to a normal Sensation available here because it has NFC. Not that it has much use as of now....
EDIT: on Wiki it appears that T-Mobile Austria uses 1900 for upload and 2100 for download so I guess it wouldn't work.
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I'm also interested in this.
I live in italy and I'm not sure it's working in europe. Generally t-mobile's phones works in italy, but I want to be sure before I buy
Metallaro said:
I'm also interested in this.
I live in italy and I'm not sure it's working in europe. Generally t-mobile's phones works in italy, but I want to be sure before I buy
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it should, considering the network bands are the same as usual...
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Those are three bands listed on my box. Shows 1900 so I'm guessing it would work.
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You will be able to use the HTC Amaze to place calls pretty much anywhere in the world since it's quad-band.
For 3G however, the box indicates only UMTS bands AWS & 2100. So you just have to check if your carrier uses one of those bands for 3G (you can look at this page for example). As you can see, the phone will work in 3G pretty much everywhere in Europe.
Some carriers however use UMTS bands 2100 and 900. The 900 Mhz frequency has a wider coverage area and is quite cheap to set up since the carriers can use existing GSM antennas (with some modification of course). If your carrier is listed as using "900/2100", it basically means you'll only have 3G in densely populated areas (where UMTS 2100 is used) but not in remote areas (where UMTS 900 is used). Both frequencies' coverage maps should be available on your carrier's website.
Lawk and Metallaro: 900 Mhz doesn't seem to be in use in Austria nor in Italy, so you should have full 3G coverage with the HTC Amaze (unless Wikipedia is wrong of course).
Ok, thanks to all

Galaxy S III in GERMANY

Hi all, can anyone tell me if:
A) Can you buy outright a GS3 in Germany?
B) Is the ROM is English or German? Yeah probably a stupid question.
C) If in German how easy is it to change to English?
D) Is the hardware suitable for use in Australia?
Note that AU has 240v power.
Thanks.
Dands said:
Hi all, can anyone tell me if:
A) Can you buy outright a GS3 in Germany?
B) Is the ROM is English or German? Yeah probably a stupid question.
C) If in German how easy is it to change to English?
C) Is the hardware suitable for use in Australia?
Note that AU has 240v power.
Thanks.
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To point A: yes you can
To point B: you always can change the language to English language because it is included in the ROM
To point C: the charger definitivly not. You need an adapter
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To clarify point C:
The charger will just work fine but you need a plug adapter since the German version features an EU plug (2 round pins) while Australia has 3 flat pins.
to a) yes now even in both colors
to c again) i made a picture of the german one
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From Power it isn't a problem because it supports 240V
i dont know the australien plug, but if it is like in england and it the thrid pin isn't necessary u should use it.
Thanks for all the replies.
Australia uses these frequencies. So the German phone would work fine?
Australian 2G bands:
900Mhz (Telstra, Optus & Vodafone)
1800Mhz (Telstra, Optus & Vodafone)
Australian 3G bands:
850MHz (Telstra, Vodafone) – Exclusive 3G band
900MHz (Optus, Vodafone) – Re-uses the 2G 900 band for 3G in rural areas
2100MHz (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, 3 Mobile) – Exclusive 3G band
To change the language to English: Einstellungen -> Sprache und Eingabe -> Sprache
On an English device: Settings -> Language and input -> Language
Yes you can buy an S3 no problem...but might be more pricey i believe compared to England I think. O2 sells it for 650 euro. When you fire up the phone the first time, you select the language. English is my native language, so i set it to English at the start and everything after was all in English. You'll just get a few bloatware german apps the carrier puts in.....but can easily uninstall them. The german s3 is the quad core international version so im sure youll have no problem when your back at home.
bought my blue 32gb one for 608€ at http://www.handyschotte.com/ and use it in English (hate German translations). It is the VF version but i didn't care: I'm on vf anyway, plus i just flashed the latest non-branded fw, no branding on phone. BTW though first a bit skeptical was surprised by very fast delivery (ordered Thursday night, was delivered Saturday morning w/o express delivery) and excellent service (called them first to check if they really had one in stock, after purchase they send status updates for every ****ing step )

Xperia SX Band Question

I need some technical help; I want to purchase a SONY xperia SX or praying a 850/1900 shows up soon as I doubt the nexus variant will be this small (if it even will come).
However the spec sheet shows that:
LTE 2100 (Band I)
HSPA+ 800 (Band VI), 800 (Band XIX), 2100 (Band I) GSM 850/900/1800/1900
I want to use the phone on AT&T HSPA which is Band II (1900) and Band V (850) <-this one
This WONT work right even though Band VI and XIX are narrower in TX/RX than Band V? I don't want to spend $900 and be stuck using this phone on 2G/EDGE only. Stupid bands.
please forgive me as I posted in the arc s q&a but I never got a reply. i figure there are enough technical minded folk here that can answer my question.
T-Mobile USA
Similar question as OP, except for bands on T-Mobile (1700MHz & 2100MHz needed for 4G). I use an SE Xperia Ray (ST18a) on T-Mobile US, but only get 2G. It is adequate for now. Was wondering if I would be losing ALL data functionality or might gain some with the Sony Xperia SX SO-05D.
Thanks!
I have one!
I live in Japan and have just purchased an SX.
If there is anything I can do with the handset to answer your questions let me know how.
I am experienced in the fact i can follow forum instructions quite well (have rooted/Jailbroken/flashed custom firmware etc on mine and my friends' phones) but a newbie in the fact I have never coded, made my own ROMs etc.
As this is a Japan exclusive phone I really want to know if I am going to be able to flash custom ROMs etc? It seems there is already a "one-click root" on the Japanese forums but CWM isn't fully working yet and i don't know if they will develop ROMs or port CyanogenMod to it.
Seeing as SE are really unreliable with updates I would like to have a failsafe in case they dont release any. How would I go about porting CM10 for example myself? Is it something only an experienced coder can do?
Many thanks in advance.
As I previously wrote: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39144776#post39144776
I have been using an SX on AT&T in the USA for a couple months. LTE does not work but HSPA seems OK. Using speedtest.net, I have seen over 4 Mbps but usually it is much closer to 1 Mbps in practical use. That's a far cry from the theoretical maximum for HSPA, but it's pretty fast.
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Can anyone confirm Band 4 support?

It's supposed to support Band 4 LTE and H+ with a change in APN settings. Therefore it should work on T-Mobile USA. Can anyone please confirm? A few guys here on Band 4 in Argentina say it works.
Would like to know as well, bump.
It does work. I have straighttalk with the att lte sim card and i was getting LTE speeds on the vendor rom that came with the note 3 pro but then i upgraded to the official global (was afraid vendor rom was infected with malware) and since im using the official global rom all i get is HSPA+. Cant seem to figure out what changed from roms that i cant get lte back. But to confirm yes it does get lte and hspa+
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kobe4rings said:
It does work. I have straighttalk with the att lte sim card and i was getting LTE speeds on the vendor rom that came with the note 3 pro but then i upgraded to the official global (was afraid vendor rom was infected with malware) and since im using the official global rom all i get is HSPA+. Cant seem to figure out what changed from roms that i cant get lte back. But to confirm yes it does get lte and hspa+
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That's great news. May I ask which vendor you bought it from. There are three versions apparently China, Global and India. Global definitely works but some China versions don't. Don't know about India. I bought mine from Gearbest with the Focal Tech vendor rom that I haven't changed but I have no way confirming which version it is though I suspect it's one of the China versions. Is there any way to find out? T-Mobile H+ is plenty fast but it would be nice to have LTE.
Twotems said:
That's great news. May I ask which vendor you bought it from. There are three versions apparently China, Global and India. Global definitely works but some China versions don't. Don't know about India. I bought mine from Gearbest with the Focal Tech vendor rom that I haven't changed but I have no way confirming which version it is though I suspect it's one of the China versions. Is there any way to find out? T-Mobile H+ is plenty fast but it would be nice to have LTE.
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I bought it from banggood.com, it was i think 25 dollars cheaper than gearbest at the time (3gb ram, 32gb model). I was getting LTE and over 25mbps always but once i flashed the official global rom all i can get is a little over 8mbps. This seems to be a common issue as ive seen it posted various times. (screenshot for speed reference. had more lte speed comparisons but i deleted the app once so i only have the only in the screenshot)
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LG G5 Model RS988 will have AT&T LTE?

I'm seriously considering the LG G5 Model RS988 that you can get on Amazon because it's cheaper and easier to get that at AT&T or Best Buy, but will that version work with AT&T LTE Bands? AT&T LTE bands are 2,4,5,12,29, and 30. I see that the RS988 model doesn't have bands 29 and 30. Will that affect AT&T LTE performance? Please let me know. I want to get the phone in the next day or two. Thank you in advance for your help!!!
You can always check the bands that the device supports, though, yes it does.
But is band 29 and 30 critical for LTE on AT&T?
junodragon said:
But is band 29 and 30 critical for LTE on AT&T?
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No its not just don't change your imei from the phone you have right now
I wasn't going to change anything. I was just going to pop in my nano-sim from my Iphone and it should work automatically right? Or do I need to do anything else?
junodragon said:
I wasn't going to change anything. I was just going to pop in my nano-sim from my Iphone and it should work automatically right? Or do I need to do anything else?
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Nope. That's the beauty of GSM carriers.
also it has band 17..... which Att uses alot too, which is used lot in southern Michigan where I lived, but I use Cricket wirless which uses the same towers, I ordered my RS model from Amazon about hour ago and will be here tomorrow:good:
2003vstrom said:
also it has band 17..... which Att uses alot too, which is used lot in southern Michigan where I lived, but I use Cricket wirless which uses the same towers, I ordered my RS model from Amazon about hour ago and will be here tomorrow:good:
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Just received mine off Amazon this morning and confirm after changing the apns my LTE is working awesome! Faster then my 6S was.
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No LTE love for me...
I would love my RS988 to get LTE on ATT... I switched from Cricket which has LTE on it, to ATT GoPhone and I only get a max of HSPA+. I can scan for networks and click on ATT LTE but it just fails to register. ATT support said they cannot force it to work because their system shows my IMEI as an unknown manufacturer. ... what?
I already have the same APN settings as listed. I would LOVE some help with that!

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