tmobile sim card in dell streak unlocked from dell.com

[Guest khakiman]

have a flexpay unlimited data texting and minutes sim card can i put it in my unlocked dell streak?

any chance of getting 3g speeds. can i root it and install a different android version to unlock 3g?

can i use the rebelsimcard 2 to unlock 3g speeds? with only 2.1 version or 2.2 as well?

thanks!

[Guest SKYSCRAPER04]

now way to get 3g.

[Guest jmhalder]

now way to get 3g.

The baseband chipset physically doesn't support the frequency needed to do 3G on T-Mobile, not physically possible. There were prototypes in the wild that DID support Tmo's 3G bands. Sorry that you're out of luck, I know the pain, I used a TMO G1 on AT&T edge for about a year, its painful.

[Guest khakiman]

according to rebelsim 2 website 3g is available only on android 1.6 and 2.1. i wonder how this is when you guys are saying its not physically capable.

[Guest jmhalder]

according to rebelsim 2 website 3g is available only on android 1.6 and 2.1. i wonder how this is when you guys are saying its not physically capable.

they are refering to when you are using it with a carrier that uses compatible bands. Like if you were to use a rebelsim in a AT&T locked phone on the Rogers network in Canada. Rogers happens to use the same bands as AT&T, they are saying in a scenario like that, 3G would work on 1.6 and 2.1... Seriously, this is fact:

AT&T uses 850/1900 for 3G

T-Mobile US uses 1700/2100 for 3G

however, it is a quadband "GSM" device, which means you will be able to use edge on any of the 4 frequencies.

If you buy a Streak in the US, it will NEVER work with T-Mobile 3G. It will however work on T-Mobile for Calls/text/EDGE data.

Edited March 27, 2011 by jmhalder