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v1ral

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I have quite a dumb question, but not all questions are dumb.
Where I'm from my carrier sells the HTC one sprint variant the silver/white color.
I'm wonder if I made a mistake buying the black version.
Main question and a little back ground, I bought an HTC thunderbolt a few years ago and I was bummed that I couldn't activate it with my carrier. I am afraid that I won't be able to activate my shiny new black HTC one.
I've asked my carrier what variant the sell, and they told me the sprint branded HTC one.
Do you think I'll have any issues with activation?
Does the black have the SAME exact radios/etc, I am hoping this will be as painless as possible.

Thanks for your time
 

JoeNeckbone

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I have quite a dumb question, but not all questions are dumb.
Where I'm from my carrier sells the HTC one sprint variant the silver/white color.
I'm wonder if I made a mistake buying the black version.
Main question and a little back ground, I bought an HTC thunderbolt a few years ago and I was bummed that I couldn't activate it with my carrier. I am afraid that I won't be able to activate my shiny new black HTC one.
I've asked my carrier what variant the sell, and they told me the sprint branded HTC one.
Do you think I'll have any issues with activation?
Does the black have the SAME exact radios/etc, I am hoping this will be as painless as possible.

Thanks for your time

It depends which modes your carrier supports and if the phone is sim unlocked or not.

These are the modes the sprint htc one supports.

LTE 1900
WCDMA 1900 / 2100
CDMA 800 / 850 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Verizon version supports LTE 750 instead of 1900

edit: here is a more detailed list of modes supported:

2G/2.5G - GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

850/900/1800/1900 MHz

3G - UMTS/ HSPA:

Europe/ Middle East/ Africa: 900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
Asia: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
Canada/ Latin America: 850/1900/2100 MHz up to HSPA+ 42 Mbps
T-Mobile (US): 850/ AWS/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
AT&T: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps
Sprint: 1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps

3G - CDMA:

800/1900 MHz for Sprint

4G - CDMA:

Verizon: 800/1900MHZ, UMTS/HSPA 1900/2100MHz,GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz, LTE 700MHz (Band 13)

4G - LTE:

Europe/ Middle East/ Africa: 800/1800/2600 MHz
Asia: 1800/2600 MHz
T-Mobile (US)/ AT&T/ Canada/ Latin America: 700 MHz and AWS band
Sprint: 1900 MHz
 
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v1ral

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Oct 24, 2010
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HTC One (m7)
HTC Droid Incredible
Hmm..
Well ATM I have the first HTC dinc which is from Verizon which made me I can activate the thunderbolt I had purchase, they weren't able to do it.
Im hoping its just an easy set-up, but my carrier does in fact carry the phone.
So as long as specs line up I should be good to go?
 
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JoeNeckbone

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Hmm..
Well ATM I have the first HTC dinc which is from Verizon which made me I can activate the thunderbolt I had purchase, they weren't able to do it.
Im hoping its just an easy set-up, but my carrier does in fact carry the phone.
So as long as specs line up I should be good to go?

It should work....It might be slow as hell depending on the coverage near you. Check out this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586704
 

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    I have quite a dumb question, but not all questions are dumb.
    Where I'm from my carrier sells the HTC one sprint variant the silver/white color.
    I'm wonder if I made a mistake buying the black version.
    Main question and a little back ground, I bought an HTC thunderbolt a few years ago and I was bummed that I couldn't activate it with my carrier. I am afraid that I won't be able to activate my shiny new black HTC one.
    I've asked my carrier what variant the sell, and they told me the sprint branded HTC one.
    Do you think I'll have any issues with activation?
    Does the black have the SAME exact radios/etc, I am hoping this will be as painless as possible.

    Thanks for your time

    It depends which modes your carrier supports and if the phone is sim unlocked or not.

    These are the modes the sprint htc one supports.

    LTE 1900
    WCDMA 1900 / 2100
    CDMA 800 / 850 / 1900
    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
    Verizon version supports LTE 750 instead of 1900

    edit: here is a more detailed list of modes supported:

    2G/2.5G - GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

    850/900/1800/1900 MHz

    3G - UMTS/ HSPA:

    Europe/ Middle East/ Africa: 900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
    Asia: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
    Canada/ Latin America: 850/1900/2100 MHz up to HSPA+ 42 Mbps
    T-Mobile (US): 850/ AWS/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
    AT&T: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps
    Sprint: 1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps

    3G - CDMA:

    800/1900 MHz for Sprint

    4G - CDMA:

    Verizon: 800/1900MHZ, UMTS/HSPA 1900/2100MHz,GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz, LTE 700MHz (Band 13)

    4G - LTE:

    Europe/ Middle East/ Africa: 800/1800/2600 MHz
    Asia: 1800/2600 MHz
    T-Mobile (US)/ AT&T/ Canada/ Latin America: 700 MHz and AWS band
    Sprint: 1900 MHz