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Has anyone been able to use the 3G networks in North America using their 905i
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Posted by: Maikurukun

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lol... because so far what i've read, everybody is on GSM in north America.. Nobody abusing the 850 3G band.

Posted by: murdoc2k

Hawaii would be

Some believe that Vancouver users might be able to luck into the 3G sector although I'm pretty sure it's hopeless for Toronto =/

Posted by: Maikurukun

haha.. yaa but... is there anything thats confirmed

Posted by: yangj08

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Originally Posted by murdoc2k

Hawaii would be

Some believe that Vancouver users might be able to luck into the 3G sector although I'm pretty sure it's hopeless for Toronto =/

Nope. Both Vancouver and Toronto are covered by 3G according to DoCoMo's roaming page, as are Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Kelowna, St. Catharines, Regina, Kitchener, Sudbury, Chicoutimi, Barrie, Victoria, and Whistler, among others. So go out and get that SH905iTV if you live in any of those places and want one, I guess...

Posted by: murdoc2k

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Originally Posted by yangj08

hmm... I think I've asked about video calling in Toronto and people told me it wasn't possible cause 3G frequencies were different?

Posted by: mrcrispin

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Originally Posted by Maikurukun

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lol... because so far what i've read, everybody is on GSM in north America.. Nobody abusing the 850 3G band.

Most keitais do not support 3G on the North American bands (850 and 1900), and so you're stuck with 2G GSM.

The X01HT does (in both 850 and 1900!), and I can confirm that 3G works just fine.

Posted by: yangj08

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Originally Posted by mrcrispin

Most keitais do not support 3G on the North American bands (850 and 1900), and so you're stuck with 2G GSM.

The X01HT does (in both 850 and 1900!), and I can confirm that 3G works just fine.

Actually, since the 901iS series DoCoMo has used 850 for 3G as well as 2100 so all of their phones support it (in fact, the SH905iTV is 3G only, but will work in North America and has been FCC-certified because of the 850MHz support).

Posted by: joshyth

i got mine p905i to work on the 850Mhz 3G band on att, but all i can do is make call and nothing else, cant send sms, or receive call.

Posted by: Sturmtruppen22

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Originally Posted by joshyth

i got mine p905i to work on the 850Mhz 3G band on att, but all i can do is make call and nothing else, cant send sms, or receive call.

if you can make a video that would be great

Posted by: Maikurukun

i feel like we've been thorugh this before.... like 109248098423 times.
Keitai from docomo can work with North American 3g.
So i'm glad strumtruppen manage to do it with the p905i.

Posted by: Sturmtruppen22

yeah since the 901i, i was think abt getting a n702iD before, or any 903i series

. But idk if they support english, i want an n904i though all white

Posted by: murdoc2k

so I should be spending money on testing 3G on Rogers (Toronto) then?

Posted by: yangj08

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Originally Posted by murdoc2k

so I should be spending money on testing 3G on Rogers (Toronto) then?

Well, I don't know about spending additional money on that- DoCoMo's roaming page states that 3G is OK for the Canadian cities I mentioned (Toronto included). However, their page states that videocalling won't work. Wonder why?

Posted by: Sturmtruppen22

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Originally Posted by yangj08

Blame Rogers, only approved Rogers phones can use the 3G network

Posted by: deasine

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Originally Posted by Sturmtruppen22

Blame Rogers, only approved Rogers phones can use the 3G network

Not to sure about that one... I've used a Nokia XpressMusic 5610 phone and video calling works on that.

Posted by: Sturmtruppen22

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Originally Posted by deasine

Not to sure about that one... I've used a Nokia XpressMusic 5610 phone and video calling works on that.

interesting, ive been hearing other phones cant do it, but good to see some get through

Posted by: yummin

Has anyone had any luck with 3G in Edmonton with a P905i?

Posted by: murdoc2k

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Originally Posted by Sturmtruppen22

Blame Rogers, only approved Rogers phones can use the 3G network

I called rogers and the sales person told me that as long as the phone supports 3G It will work. Now I don't know how knowledgeable these guys are about phones but I'm just here to report what I was told. I asked them if the phone had to have "Rogers Vision" software in order to get onto their 3G network and the answer as "no". So it's possible.

Posted by: deasine

But to use all of Rogers vision services such as TV, you need their software

Posted by: murdoc2k

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Originally Posted by deasine

But to use all of Rogers vision services such as TV, you need their software

well.. hm... that's kinda gay. It's not a huge loss for us keitai users because we can't use 1-SEG to use the TV feature anyways. So it's useless. I'm more interested in their video calling service. I really want to put that inside camera into some good use.

Posted by: Maikurukun

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Originally Posted by Sturmtruppen22

Blame Rogers, only approved Rogers phones can use the 3G network

hmmm for some reason.. i know thats a plain out lie. lol.. cus i work for Rogers.
just look at the N95-3 series. ^^ that wasn't supported on Rogers yet but it worked with 3G

Posted by: marktang

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Originally Posted by Sturmtruppen22

Blame Rogers, only approved Rogers phones can use the 3G network

of course that's not true. any 3G phones with 850/1900 3G will work with rogers or fido 3G network.

Posted by: aw614

i think he probably meant rogers vision plans or something

Posted by: marktang

yes any phone with the right 3G frequency can use rogers vision plan. i have used it since the launch of it with my SoftBank X01HT then with tytn II then with the Cruise. Video calling worked and Mobile TV worked on it too (at&t version of mobile tv).

Posted by: Sturmtruppen22

makes sense now, good to know

Posted by: murdoc2k

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Originally Posted by marktang

yes any phone with the right 3G frequency can use rogers vision plan. i have used it since the launch of it with my SoftBank X01HT then with tytn II then with the Cruise. Video calling worked and Mobile TV worked on it too (at&t version of mobile tv).

So is there any hope that Video calling would work on P905i on Rogers say here in Toronto?

Posted by: marktang

that i dont know...does all DoCoMo phones have 850 3G?

Posted by: liteldevil

AT&T seems to have 3g in their service,can i actually use 905 on that??

Posted by: murdoc2k

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Originally Posted by liteldevil

AT&T seems to have 3g in their service,can i actually use 905 on that??

So you're on 3G already? Can you do regular internet browsing / Email checking / 3G video call?

Posted by: Sturmtruppen22

anybody can lend me their 905i, i have 850 3G in my area to test it out

Posted by: liteldevil

i dont have the unit itself so im doing a bit of research before buying the phone...
at&t offers video call and CV so you'll be able to watch HBO,ESPN and more...
does anyone on AT&T tried this service on their keitai's???

Posted by: marktang

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Originally Posted by liteldevil

i dont have the unit itself so im doing a bit of research before buying the phone...
at&t offers video call and CV so you'll be able to watch HBO,ESPN and more...
does anyone on AT&T tried this service on their keitai's???

you cant watch tv on your jap phone because at&t has their own phone program for these things.

Posted by: liteldevil

ok,thankz for the info...
so basically no internet functions here on north america...

Posted by: marktang

no one has figured out how to use the internet on their phone yet. so the answer is no right now

Posted by: murdoc2k

well I'm only really concerned about the Video call feature in North America (Canada). So if anyone has any info on how to get it work please let me know. BTW I'm looking for specific information about 3G Video call in Toronto.

Posted by: marktang

what do u need to know bout video calling?

Posted by: murdoc2k

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Originally Posted by marktang

what do u need to know bout video calling?

How to get it working on P905

And perhaps what simhacks I need to get the 3G part working.

I have Rogers3040 sim, it should work with it right?

Posted by: marktang

yeah video calling works on 3040 on other phones...i dont know how to make it work on DoCoMo phones though...does hte SO905iCS have 850 3G as well?

Posted by: murdoc2k

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Originally Posted by marktang

yeah video calling works on 3040 on other phones...i dont know how to make it work on DoCoMo phones though...does hte SO905iCS have 850 3G as well?

technically they should. My Next Sim V6 haven't detected 3G networks and I'm in Toronto so... If you want to try with yours by all means...

Posted by: marktang

i dont think 3G works. im trying to force it to run 3G but it doesnt.

Posted by: yangj08

Maybe it only works for the SH905iTV. That's the only phone that's had its 3G FCC-certified for the US and Canada.

Posted by: shadow84956

how do u force 3g on sh905i?