MI-One on T-Mobile US

[dakluck]

Anyone have a definite answer on whether or not the the banding on the T-Mobile network will work with the MI-ONE?

 

[TechKidTarek]

it has wcdma and gsm bands it might be able to work on t-mobile us

 

[cyberstoic]

it has wcdma and gsm bands it might be able to work on t-mobile us

It is quad band gsm so the phone will work. Data will be 2g edge at best. No t-mobile us 3g bands on it. At least not from the specs listed.

 

[TechKidTarek]

the frequency bands are good for uk t-mobile 3g

 

[CamiloSan]

it's all about the towers. For T-Mobile USA you need a phone which supports BOTH 1700 & 2100. The MI-One doesn't support both. I'm going to give a t-Mobile prepay card a shot for one month. I'm going to guess that I will get 3G from 1700 towers but not be able to see 2100 towers. My reception will most likely be ******. I'll report real-world results from Los Angeles, USA

 

[CamiloSan]

i got a t-mobile sim. i haven't been trying too hard but it seems it doesn't work. I had a prepaid ATT sim card in there a while ago. that worked alright. i'm 90% of the time at a wifi spot so it wasn't much of a problem. as it turns out ATT stopped providing prepaid sim cards with data plans. that's when i tried a t-mobile sim and saw it fail.

shame. great phone. terrible carriers.