850MHz possible?

[Guest Aidy12]

Hey, I live in Australia and recently bought an Omnia, and yeah it's great but has no 850MHz HSDPA.

I just wondered if it had the hardware for 850 built-in, like the HTC Touch, where it was enabled after a firmware upgrade, so if it was possible to enable it on the OMNIA.

Thanks, Aidan

[Guest phillipxenxciel]

its possible but not yet~~~im waiting too

[Guest EddieMx]

its possible but not yet~~~im waiting too

No, i dont think it will be possible, to get additional 3G bands support with just upgrading software. (yes, too bad!!) According to GSMARENA:

"...You may as well even remember that they initially announced the Omnia as having tri-band UMTS support, while only later on it became clear that the three bands will not find place on a single model. Nevertheless, it seems that they are in a hurry to remedy things with a spanking new US version..."

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_omnia_turn...s_-news-584.php

The Omnia that will support 850/1900 for 3G will be called i907 and it will consist in new hardware for supporting these bands!! ;)

[Guest pidsw]

That news article is a little old, the FCC filings were released earlier which spawned a number of questions on various boards. While there is no definite answer the general consensus is that it will be possible to "upgrade" via firmware.

The main rationale for this is the fact that the internal diagrams show that the radio hardware on the I900 is a Qualcomm chipset advertised to support the triband UMTS and Quadband GSM/Edge.

Designing the internal shipsets, memory controllers, etc for the hardware takes a fair bit of time, changing the design to remove parts is rarely worth the time, when filing for FCC in the US they provide different firmware (I907XXXX) so that it doesn't "Leak" into bands such as 2100.

The I910 will have different hardware and it will need at least a new radio chipset that supports CDMA,

[Guest juvaknin]

"...You may as well even remember that they initially announced the Omnia as having tri-band UMTS support, while only later on it became clear that the three bands will not find place on a single model. Nevertheless, it seems that they are in a hurry to remedy things with a spanking new US version..."

you wrong...

i have in my hands omnia I900 with all bands in one model....

we wroking on it to bring us firmware from this phone (if firmware will update our bands on the omnias...)

defently the chip support all bands!

see this topics also..

http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-omnia-h...-900-1900-2100/

http://www.modaco.com/content-page/271930/...the-us/page/40/