question about band frequencies:

[ippon]

are the frequencies hardware bound or software bound??
i read that on the typhoon, depending on which rom you flashed, it will change from 900mhz to 850mhz, or vise versa. is this a possibility with the magician platform?

[ippon]

perhaps i should have been clear.
with the magician, we have a tri-band phone. most of them are 900/1800/1900mhz and US models have 850/1800/1900mhz.
with the typhoon, i read that the device is quadband capable, but only three bands are enabled at once. so you can get a audiovox smt5600, which has 850/1800/1900mhz, and flash a c500 rom to it and you will end up with a 900/1800/1900mhz device.
i always thought that the frequencies are dependent on hardware settings, but i guess there is more to it than that.
so what i am asking is, is it possible to get a lets say, qtek s100 and flash it with i-mate jam US version rom, than will it enable the 850mhz band and disable 900mhz band?

[ippon]

i didn't think this was so much a stupid questions....
enlighten me!

[Koksie]

I remeber reading a thread on Modaco or Hofo a month ago about this issue. Try to search there and see if you can find the thread. The general result was that you can flash a 850 Rom on a 900 Magician and the 850 will work, the 900 will be disabled. There were a few posts there of members who confirmed it worked. However, because the radio part was designed for the 900 band, the slight change in frequencies can over time damage your radio and make it useless. So be carefull to try this. read the mentioned fora for more info.

[elyl]

As far as I am aware the 850/900 difference is in the radio hardware and cannot be changed in software.