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jimbo1mcm

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I will be travelling to London in early May with my new HTC One!! This will be a US ATT phone. I want to be able to use Google Maps on a network and surf the internet. What is the best way to get a Prepaid Microsim and who has the best network for data in Metropolitan London? Thanks.
 
You can buy a microsim at any shop for one pound. I used Vodafone when I was there, but not data. Check their website for data rates. I love traveling myself, and love the flexibility of gsm phones. Enjoy.
 
jimbo1mcm said:
I will be travelling to London in early May with my new HTC One!! This will be a US ATT phone. I want to be able to use Google Maps on a network and surf the internet. What is the best way to get a Prepaid Microsim and who has the best network for data in Metropolitan London? Thanks.
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The best for you would be three mobile, get the sim when you land and top it up with
 
I have a question about using a verizon 4g LTE SIM card from my samsung galaxy tab 7.7 data only plan. Basically, if you buy one of verizon's tablets, they will let you get data only 4g LTE service that is provided via a microSIM. I don't make many phone calls, and any that I do I could just make using VOIP.

So I activated the data only SIM in the verizon store, all the while telling them it was for my galaxy tab (they are very clear that they don't offer data only plans for smartphones). When I took out the SIM and plugged it into my new unlocked HTC one (I think it's the US unlocked version) the it says "preparing SIM" for a second, then nothing. No recognition of the SIM, no LTE bars, nothing. So is there a way to get the phone to recognize the SIM. Do I need to register the HTC one's IMEI# to the SIM? Is that even possible?

There are lots of accounts of people doing something similar with iPhone 5's from verizon, so this has to be possible.

Thanks for any help.
 
What you could do is #*#*4636#*#* and see if there is a phone number and current network listed.

If the sim cannot be read by the phone I suspect those would be blank values.
I would imagine that at least the phone number in the sim would show up.

Edit: I just stuck a Verizon sim in and the number appears but the network name does not and it just shows "no service"
It was an interesting thing to try out... but it's not going to work.
I did try selecting other bands and stuff to see if I could trick it into working but nope...
 
New update released today for the sim free UK model. 1.29.401.12

Main fix is for the camera but also bluetooth issues have been sorted.

The update makes picture s more vibrant. Also zoe improvements, I have not tried those yet but pics are definitely looking better.
 
Thanks for the heads-up Spewy, downloading it now.

The update splash screen looks like this:
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My settings > About shows software version of 1.29.651.7. Are we yanks getting an update, too? Or did we get the updated software already?
 
toad6386 said:
My settings > About shows software version of 1.29.651.7. Are we yanks getting an update, too? Or did we get the updated software already?
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We don't have the new update. 1.29.***.12 The 3 digits are generally the Carrier. The first 3 and last 2 are the numbers of interest. .7 is Older than .12. Hope this helps.

Spewy said:
The update makes picture s more vibrant. Also zoe improvements, I have not tried those yet but pics are definitely looking better.
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You can check the web there is several before and after pics out there. The difference is a big improvement. From what I have read the sound is greatly improved. Be glad when the US gets this update. Great phone making it alot better.
 
Hi
Wondering if anyone can help.
I have just purchased the HTC one, I use 02 so had to contact them to get the data settings as they dont supply them thru text.
I have had 3 different sets from them and i have also contacted HTC for the settings but none of them seem to work on this phone. i get an error message saying wrong APN ?
I can connect to Wi-Fi just not mobile network and also cant send/recieve mms
Any advise would be great
 
you have an issue with the sim and/or your account. only your carrier can help you. i suggest contacting someone over the phone and trying again.

the fact you can access thru wifi tells us the phone is working, so its your carrier that is causing the issue.
 
thanks for the reply, i spent about 30 min on the phone with them and the suggested it may be the sim and to go to my local shop. was just hoping it would have been something else
thanks again
 
Hi, ive just bought a ONE from ebay UK, it was locked to O2, it unlocked in 5 mins,, phone signal, texting and wifi work spot on, but the 3g wont connect. any ideas.... cant ring orange up at work... does anyone know if theres a network problem.. On the mobile network tab it says "service unavaiable", then says disconnected???

cheers...
 
A strange thing happened today, I was out of town with my HTC One connected to data which I get 3g in my home town, I looked at my phone when out in the country and there was an R above the phone signal icon on the top bar with a triangle on the left of the top bar saying that I may be charged for data roaming, I checked my settings and Data roaming is unlocked. What is happening, is there something in settings that I should be doing. I am with 3 in the UK with all you can eat data.
 
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