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Help HTC one m9 software update
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lvt
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It means that your phone's firmware has been specially tuned to use CDMA networks (usually Sprint and Verizon phones).
Try a SIM card from one of those two operators to see if your phone will download the update.
Or there is a setting where you can enable CDMA mode, just do it.
Try a SIM card from one of those two operators to see if your phone will download the update.
Or there is a setting where you can enable CDMA mode, just do it.
syrianboy1997
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syrianboy1997
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syrianboy1997
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Woops double posted
There are no CDMA networks in United Arab Emirates, and in fact actually it's only United States, China and Japan that has CDMA carrier networks AFAIK. Where did this HTC actually come from, was it one of those countries that has CDMA carriers?
Sure we had a post a while back about a China Telecom CDMA version HTC, that would only work with that carrier in China, and nowhere else.
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syrianboy1997
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So it could have come from anywhere then, like US or China? Doesn't have any carrier branding or carrier specific apps on it, like Verizon, Sprint, China Telecom, etc? And if it is a CDMA only variant, quite frankly I don't think you're going to be able to do much with it in UAE. Any chance of returning it to souq.com(owned by Amazon) for a refund?
Guthix
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i probably could return it but i think im over the 15 day period and i thought maybe i could do something to fix it, since i hear alot about roots and stuff plus it was only 300 dirhams ( 80 dollars ) thought i could upgrade from my old lenovo, thanks for the help =/
If it is a US model and you know what network it was originally sold through you may be able to download the software directly from HTC: https://www.htc.com/us/support/rom-downloads.html.
These downloads will probably be windows executables, so you would connect the phone to a PC and run the program on the computer. Unless the phone has been modified (e.g. says S-Off on the bootloader screen) it should not apply the update unless it's for the right network.
If you do this back up everything first, as it will wipe the phone in the process.
US carrier handsets will have been locked to the carrier originally. If it was unlocked officially then running an update like this will not relock it. If some hack was used to unlock it I cannot guarantee that a software update won't undo it (I think it's not likely, but cannot promise).
These downloads will probably be windows executables, so you would connect the phone to a PC and run the program on the computer. Unless the phone has been modified (e.g. says S-Off on the bootloader screen) it should not apply the update unless it's for the right network.
If you do this back up everything first, as it will wipe the phone in the process.
US carrier handsets will have been locked to the carrier originally. If it was unlocked officially then running an update like this will not relock it. If some hack was used to unlock it I cannot guarantee that a software update won't undo it (I think it's not likely, but cannot promise).
Guthix
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is there a way to figure out which carrier it is from? i cant see any apps relating to any phone carriers and nothing in the about section to give it away
The phone model (full model, not just m9) will give some clues. Try the "about phone" info in the system menus or look at the bootloader screen (it will tell you it is a m9_something). If you're OK with installing fastboot on a computer there will be ways of getting more information that way.
When you talk about bad GPS, have you tried it in "device only" mode rather than "high accuracy"? The difference is that "high accuracy" uses wireless network information as well, but sometimes that can get confused and make things worse. If putting it in "device only" improves performance then the problem isn't the phone but Google's wireless database isn't up to date. If it makes no difference it might be the phone.
When you talk about bad GPS, have you tried it in "device only" mode rather than "high accuracy"? The difference is that "high accuracy" uses wireless network information as well, but sometimes that can get confused and make things worse. If putting it in "device only" improves performance then the problem isn't the phone but Google's wireless database isn't up to date. If it makes no difference it might be the phone.