Help needed - htc amaze in india--kindly advice

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hi guys,am planning to buy a htc amaze unlocked from the u.s for use in india on vodafone.is it possible...what problems will i be facing by using an unlocked phone in india or do i need to root the phone in order to use it...i heard that when we use unlocked phones in india the battery drains faster as it keeps searching for the signal...am a bit of a noob so dont know much about this....also in a previous post someone said that thier sensors werent working...is it bcos of country diff...i really like the phone and my cousin has one and says he can bring it ...so any help on this matter would be hugely appreciated...thanks a lot....

as long as they use GSM, you should be fine. the U.S. Version of Amaze is a pentaband world phone...it should work anywhere in the world...check your band frequencies with the provider and look in www.gsmarena.com under amaze 4g to see if those bands match, just to be on the safe side.

besides that I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be able to use the phone. You don't have to root.

here are the bands:
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

Originally Posted by DR.GOD

hi guys,am planning to buy a htc amaze unlocked from the u.s for use in india on vodafone.is it possible...what problems will i be facing by using an unlocked phone in india or do i need to root the phone in order to use it...i heard that when we use unlocked phones in india the battery drains faster as it keeps searching for the signal...am a bit of a noob so dont know much about this....also in a previous post someone said that thier sensors werent working...is it bcos of country diff...i really like the phone and my cousin has one and says he can bring it ...so any help on this matter would be hugely appreciated...thanks a lot....

I use it in India and it works fine on BSNL and Vodafone. You don't have to root if you don't want to.

"battery drains faster as it keeps searching for the signal." - this is BS. Of course you can root the phone and get rid of bloat to improve battery life. I get 1.5 to 2 days of battery.

Sensors don't have anyting to do with country.

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thanks a lot seansk and chem.manish.....looking forward to the htc amaze.....

hey chem.manish....just wanted to know how to update htc amaze to ics in india....if i give check now on htc updates it says ur softwere is upto date....

Originally Posted by DR.GOD

hey chem.manish....just wanted to know how to update htc amaze to ics in india....if i give check now on htc updates it says ur softwere is upto date....

You'll need to download the update file and do it manually via hboot.

ty...am a bit of a noob in these things...so is there any link or thread or forum where theres a step by step account of how to do it....

Originally Posted by DR.GOD

ty...am a bit of a noob in these things...so is there any link or thread or forum where theres a step by step account of how to do it....

Check my thread how to use the OTA files right in this very forum, just scroll down a bit.

Wrong section. Please keep all question/help related threads in the Q&A section.

Thread Moved.

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is it possible to manually update an unrooted phone or do i have to root it in
order for the ics update