Need Help - Rooted US Cellular Desire flash to Telus?
Hello my Northern Friends!
I'm writing from Wisconsin with a HTC Desire I got from US Cellular. Its a CDMA network much like Telus. The Desire is rooted and is currently running CyanogenMod but I want to switch the phone to Telus as my girlfriend is moving up to Newfoundland next week and doesn't want to sign a contact.
I know Telus had this phone so I'm hoping if someone can help me get a Telus stock ROM I can flash it on the phone and then she can activate it once she moves up to your neck of the woods. I know at least for US Cell you have to have the stock ROM so the phone can activated on the Network via a *228. Once active its easy to switch to CyanogenMod and such but before that it must be stock.
Has anyone on here had any experience with this? Your help would be much appreciated!
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Yeah, unfortunately TELUS won't allow any ESN's on their network that aren't in their system. And the only ESN's in their system are for their own devices.
Thanks for the fast responses! So even if I got a ROM it wouldn't activate? Bummer! I hate how CDMA carriers do that.
Do you have any suggestions on how to get decent Android phone off contact for less then $300 or so? If I got a 4G LTE Phone from Verizon could she swap SIMs and then run it on Telus?
@DennyCrane great signature line! Coffee from a clover is out of this world! I see you like the Bodum Press, ever try a Frieling?
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If you want to stick with a desire, you can fine plenty of used Telus branded Desire or Desire HD units for sale on ebay and kijiji for under $300. On HSPA you can use any unlocked phone with a compatible HSPA radio so you should not have any trouble working with a $300 budget.
You can even buy some older model Android phones brand new from Telus for under $300 like the old Milestone which is only $250
Some phones to try:
Telus Samsung Galaxy S 4G
Telus Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 3G (similar the the one above but slower radio)
Samsung Google Nexus S (Same as the Fascinate but with generic Google Nexus build of Android OS instead of Touchwiz)
Just make sure whatever you get has HSPA on the 850/1900Mhz frequencies. Be careful because GSM on those frequencies is not the same thing and many phones have GSM but only 2100Mhz or 1700Mhz frequency HSPA/3G radios.
Also consider if you want to sign a contract and get a full discount on a new phone. The renewal and cancellation policies are much more fair compared to the past.
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I guess it depends on your definition of decent, but I think the Samsung Ace at $230 MTM is a good value and easily obtained.
I don't think an LTE device from Verizon would be much use at all. Telus's LTE network is just a few pockets in a handful of major centers right now (literally launched this morning), and outside of that there would be no CDMA fallback (same story as above - no non-Telus CDMA devices will be activated). I'm not sure of the supported bands on Verizon LTE devices, so it's possible it wouldn't even work on Telus's LTE network either.
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Verizon LTE is 700Mhz but some devices support both 1700 and 700Mhz.
The big problem would be there is no voice on LTE. It's a data only network at this time. You can use VOIP but the LTE network isn't designed for 100% coverage even inside of the coverage zones. They assume all devices will have the ability to fall back to HSPA and they will require HSPA for all voice traffic anyhow so there is no need to engineer it for really good coverage.
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Originally Posted by KTEN05
@DennyCrane great signature line! Coffee from a clover is out of this world! I see you like the Bodum Press, ever try a Frieling?
Haha yeah! I've only had a Clover made coffee once in Seattle, but I agree that it was pretty amazing. The closest Starbucks with a Clover to me is downtown Vancouver which is about 45-60 minutes away I might make a day trip out there for a coffee (when I actually have time to do that) one day.
As for the Frieling versus Bodum debate, I did consider both when making my purchase. I almost went with the Frieling because reviewers seemed to like the all-metal filter compared to the Bodum which has the plastic ring around it. I ended up going with the Bodum because I liked the styling better. Then I actually ended up picking up a second one (Bodum), so now I have one for work and one for home.
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I might make a day trip out there for a coffee (when I actually have time to do that) one day.
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