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galunga · 05-03-2008, 10:59 PM

I acquired a q9h through South Africa's Vodacom network (although the splash screen at power up actually says Vodafone.) It was not carrier locked, so I have been able to sign up for an AT&T account and use it here in the US for voice calls and text messaging. My intent was to be able to do a SIM swap when I travel back and forth, and use a single phone.

I really need to be able to use email and some websites while here in the US, but despite having a data plan on AT&T, my phone refuses to connect to their data network. I have gone to the local AT&T store and copied the connection settings from their floor model into my phone, and still nothing. (I've tested settings from various websites.)

The problem lies (I think) in that the non-U.S.-market Q I'm using wants to access the 3G data on the frequency bands used for 3G in S.A., rather than the bands used by AT&T. I would be happy at this point being restricted to just EDGE/GPRS speeds here, but I can't even get that working. (I understand that this particular handset won't ever be able to do 3G on AT&T)

Does anyone have any experience getting European q9h's to get data connections on AT&T's network at any speed?

I would appreciate any help you could give!

05-03-2008, 10:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
galunga Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	European q9h on AT&T - no data? (Not even GPRS?) I acquired a q9h through South Africa's Vodacom network (although the splash screen at power up actually says Vodafone.) It was not carrier locked, so I have been able to sign up for an AT&T account and use it here in the US for voice calls and text messaging. My intent was to be able to do a SIM swap when I travel back and forth, and use a single phone. I really need to be able to use email and some websites while here in the US, but despite having a data plan on AT&T, my phone refuses to connect to their data network. I have gone to the local AT&T store and copied the connection settings from their floor model into my phone, and still nothing. (I've tested settings from various websites.) The problem lies (I think) in that the non-U.S.-market Q I'm using wants to access the 3G data on the frequency bands used for 3G in S.A., rather than the bands used by AT&T. I would be happy at this point being restricted to just EDGE/GPRS speeds here, but I can't even get that working. (I understand that this particular handset won't ever be able to do 3G on AT&T) Does anyone have any experience getting European q9h's to get data connections on AT&T's network at any speed? I would appreciate any help you could give!