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12-21-2009, 11:26 PM
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I get spotty reception in my home. Currently, I use an 8900 and use UMA via my wireless internet connection. If I were to purchase a Storm and unlock it, could I still use UMA calling? Or, would I have to connect via a mobile network?
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12-22-2009, 12:33 AM
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I believe that all blackberry's are able to do UMA calling as long as the network supports it. So i would think the storm would work for UMA calling on the T-Mobile network.
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12-22-2009, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by jyo  I get spotty reception in my home. Currently, I use an 8900 and use UMA via my wireless internet connection. If I were to purchase a Storm and unlock it, could I still use UMA calling? Or, would I have to connect via a mobile network?
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com | You're overlooking one big fact. The Storm does not have wifi. The Storm 2 does, if that's what you're referring to. I've seen an occasional post about getting UMA to work on unlocked devices, but they've all been devices that have UMA on T-Mobile, such as an unlocked AT&T 8900. The Storm 2 doesn't have UMA support natively, so I don't know that it will work.
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12-22-2009, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by NorrisCell The Storm 2 doesn't have UMA support natively, so I don't know that it will work. | I agree with Norris. I'd be wary about this.
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12-22-2009, 12:29 PM
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I've heard of some non-Tmo phones being modified to use UMA on tmobile...usually I've heard of the ATT 8900 that can use tmo UMA...but this is because it has the hardware to do so. Not all phones have the hardware required to do UMA.
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12-24-2009, 02:31 PM
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The way it was explained to me, "UMA" & "Wi-Fi" are different things... A phone might have wi-fi capability but still not be able to make a "UMA call"... All UMA capable phones have wi-fi but not all wi-fi phone has uma capability...
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12-24-2009, 02:40 PM
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The only current UMA Blackberry's i know of are the 8900 and 9700...
Its not just a software feature or every phone with wifi would have UMA also built in as an addition selling feature
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12-24-2009, 03:32 PM
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UMA calling requires coding that only T-Mobile phones have. The T-Mobile 8900 and the T-Mobile 9700 are the only two phone that will support UMA.
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12-24-2009, 07:57 PM
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Not entirely true - there are others (but they are all Tmo provided)..... Blackberry 8320 is UMA enabled too for example. Also, there is at least one samsung that Tmo offers with UMA calling.
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12-25-2009, 02:11 PM
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As far as I know, many of the T-Mobile BBs support UMA. As for dumbphones, you have a slew of Nokia, Samsung, and SE phones that support it.
You're right..there is a difference between Wi-Fi and UMA.
If you want to get a UMA product, you need to look for "Wi-Fi calling" in the features, not just "Wi-Fi" or "Wi-Fi capable". Wi-Fi calling = UMA.
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12-25-2009, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Artemis68 As far as I know, many of the T-Mobile BBs support UMA. As for dumbphones, you have a slew of Nokia, Samsung, and SE phones that support it. | The Nokias tend to run UMA a bit smoother than the Samsungs, in my experiences. SE has yet to make any UMA enabled phones, which is a shame. All BBs since the 8820 have had UMA.
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12-25-2009, 07:07 PM
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Gah, I'm sorry, you're right...No SE phones have UMA.
For some reason, I was thinking that the old SE 506 flip phone had UMA but I just looked it up and I was wrong...
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12-25-2009, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Artemis68 Gah, I'm sorry, you're right...No SE phones have UMA.
For some reason, I was thinking that the old SE 506 flip phone had UMA but I just looked it up and I was wrong... | It's funny, I just had this discussion with a coworker last week. He thought the TM506 had UMA as well
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12-25-2009, 11:17 PM
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you can unlock factory provisioned UMA features on ANY blackberry WITH wifi.....just gotta know how.....Its risky.....and Ive had a million PM's about it....im not posting it in a forum though cuz you can easily smoke your BB beyond recovery trying it....and I mean perma bricking it.......you WONT recover it......so just go to craigslist and swap it fo a UMA pre prov device
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12-25-2009, 11:19 PM
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and artemis and berryite will tell you ......I WAS the UMA king.....before I got disgusted with crackberry....its ridiculous mods and VZW favoritism......now I just spread discontent
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