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06-04-2011, 01:24 PM
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Afternoon fellows
This is my first post (and my first BB  ) so go easy on me
I have a Wind BB9100 and i'm moving in a few days, going back to europe.
Now Wind hasn't updated their BB OS to V6, so i was wondering can i just download the UK Vodafone OS6 and install that,or will it not work?Also there was an article on bgr.com stating that a change in bands might be possible (article link is here )
i looked back several pages on the forum already without finding anything, but if there is please point me to it!
thank you
Rgds
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06-04-2011, 03:14 PM
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now why would you want to upgrade to vista when you have a working copy of xp? really. no, you cannot change the hard settings in the phone.
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06-04-2011, 06:11 PM
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Your Pearl will only get EDGE speeds in UK, changing the OS does not make any difference, but if you can't buy a new BB right now, its better than no BB.
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06-04-2011, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TequilaAddict  Your Pearl will only get EDGE speeds in UK, changing the OS does not make any difference, but if you can't buy a new BB right now, its better than no BB.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com | Really? I thought aws bbs had euro bands.
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06-04-2011, 09:50 PM
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thanks a lot for the help guys  i don't use 3G too much so i'm fine with Edge
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06-04-2011, 10:23 PM
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Oh by the way, don't pay any attention to that bgr story. Its been a while since it was written, and RIM is not doing anything about changing bands on phones.
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06-17-2011, 11:20 AM
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Afternoon people,
afte a lenghty flight, i find my self in europe only to find out that my AWS bb which i though would be running on a 2G network...is actually running on 3G :O :O :O i was surprised as ****, the bbm is working and everything.This makes no sense since from what i've been reading here and everywhere else the bands are different and it shouldn't happen.Happy as a clam and not complaining about it.
However, for some odd reason, my wifi refuses to do a proper connection.It says connected, but the wifi icon is grey :s and there is no green check mark.I didn't touch the settings at all, i'm stumped here...what to do?
thank you for your help all of you
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06-17-2011, 12:05 PM
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never mind guys, it fixed itself...
but out of curiosity, how is it possible that my AWS phone picks up 3G signal in europe?
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06-17-2011, 02:06 PM
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don't know what carriers device you are using but you are prob using band 1, 2100 not AWS band 4
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Originally Posted by NikosB never mind guys, it fixed itself...
but out of curiosity, how is it possible that my AWS phone picks up 3G signal in europe?
N. | AWS phones have euro bands. They always have.
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06-17-2011, 03:49 PM
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huh, interesting, i thought it would only be getting 2G...good to know.
Now it's coming up with something weird again, the wifi only works when i have the canadian sim in it :s
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06-17-2011, 05:22 PM
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I don't know much more other than when I travel to Europe once a year and get off the plane it all works. I have tmo in los angeles -- I don't use the device for calling much, just txt and email so I have never even noticed how fast a pipe I am getting, I am just so happy to have email @ my fingertips that its enough for me
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06-19-2011, 12:52 PM
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sorry guys we are not so in a back country as you would think in the UK...we do get 3g on pearl and all works all ok,
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Originally Posted by robbo40 sorry guys we are not so in a back country as you would think in the UK...we do get 3g on pearl and all works all ok, | That's not what the issue is. The AWS model of the Pearl does not get 3G on AT&T in the US. The OP wants to know if AWS phones get 3G in UK.
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Originally Posted by TequilaAddict That's not what the issue is. The AWS model of the Pearl does not get 3G on AT&T in the US. The OP wants to know if AWS phones get 3G in UK. | It all depends on the carriers UMTS frequencies. Most UK carriers run on Band I and the Pearl 3G AWS does have Band I in addition to Band IV.
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