A couple of months ago I really wanted to get the HTC Desire
a cool phone.. The only drawback was that the Desire was tailored exclusively for a Telstra phone plan, and I really didnt have any interest in signing up with them But I still wanted the phone though.Don't believe the salesman
So one day I go to the phone shop and tell the salesman
that I wanted to get the Desire without having to sign up
for Telstra. He tells me basically that if i buy just the
phone, i will have to unlock the phone if i want to use the
internet on it.
I ask salesman #2 what my options were. She was a little more
blunt, saying that nothing on the phone would work without
my having to unlock the phone, (even basic functions)!.
Salesman #3 tells me something else, that the phone should work
with other plans, but that I should get the Telstra plan.
Great.
So i decide to get the phone solo and take my chances.
If I have to unlock it for some reason, then ill just unlock
it.
Limitations
The HTC Desire is a pretty cool phone.It works with other
networks besides Telstras and I can take calls, receive calls,
send and forward messages, and have no problems with the signal
strength (even if i hold the phone in a weird way).
The only drawback was that eventually i found out that I couldn't
connect to the internet using my current mobile service provider.
Talking to the previous sales people, I thought i would have
to unlock the phone. So I went to a Telstra shop and asked
them what i should do. They tell me that the phone is already
unlocked, but that i just have to change the APN (access point
names) to my carrier.
So I add the APN from another HTC phone that I know of which
is already working with my network. I restart it - works
perfectly.
APN
How to change APN for HTC Desire ( this is the same for HTC legend )
Home Screen >
Press Menu button >
Go to Wireless & network >
Go to Mobile Networks > (not Mobile Network)
Go to Access Point Names >
Click Menu button >
Go to New APN >
Fill all the necessary fields for your carrier. you can always ask the
settings from their support team.
Vodafone APN settings
Name - can be anything eg: VF Live
APN - live.vodafone.com
MMS protocol - WAP 2.0
MCC - 505
MNC - 03
APN type - default
rest of the fields are blank. Then click the Menu button and
touch SAVE.
Restart your mobile and you should be able to
connect to internet from your mobile data plan.
So one day I go to the phone shop and tell the salesman
that I wanted to get the Desire without having to sign up
for Telstra. He tells me basically that if i buy just the
phone, i will have to unlock the phone if i want to use the
internet on it.
I ask salesman #2 what my options were. She was a little more
blunt, saying that nothing on the phone would work without
my having to unlock the phone, (even basic functions)!.
Salesman #3 tells me something else, that the phone should work
with other plans, but that I should get the Telstra plan.
Great.
So i decide to get the phone solo and take my chances.
If I have to unlock it for some reason, then ill just unlock
it.
Limitations
The HTC Desire is a pretty cool phone.It works with other
networks besides Telstras and I can take calls, receive calls,
send and forward messages, and have no problems with the signal
strength (even if i hold the phone in a weird way).
The only drawback was that eventually i found out that I couldn't
connect to the internet using my current mobile service provider.
Talking to the previous sales people, I thought i would have
to unlock the phone. So I went to a Telstra shop and asked
them what i should do. They tell me that the phone is already
unlocked, but that i just have to change the APN (access point
names) to my carrier.
So I add the APN from another HTC phone that I know of which
is already working with my network. I restart it - works
perfectly.
APN
How to change APN for HTC Desire ( this is the same for HTC legend )
Home Screen >
Press Menu button >
Go to Wireless & network >
Go to Mobile Networks > (not Mobile Network)
Go to Access Point Names >
Click Menu button >
Go to New APN >
Fill all the necessary fields for your carrier. you can always ask the
settings from their support team.
Vodafone APN settings
Name - can be anything eg: VF Live
APN - live.vodafone.com
MMS protocol - WAP 2.0
MCC - 505
MNC - 03
APN type - default
rest of the fields are blank. Then click the Menu button and
touch SAVE.
Restart your mobile and you should be able to
connect to internet from your mobile data plan.
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