rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 Verizon Nokia Lumia 822 CDMA Works On GSM SIM! Source As I was phone shopping last week I found out one the something that not a lot of people know out there. The Nokia Lumia 822 for Verizon is an unlocked GSM phone. That's right there is spot for a sim card in there and it almost doesn't matter who's card you slip in it works! A friend of mine is using his with a pre-paid carrier called Straight talk and I am using a local carrier called Immix Wireless on mine. Why is this such good news you ask? Because this device is bargain on sites like Ebay. In fact as am writing this there is an 822 on Ebay for under 200USD delivered! We are not talking about some old single cored low spec'd device here running Windows Phone 7.5. No, no, no this is a 1.5Ghz Dual Cored, 1 Gb of Ram, 16Gb of internal storage, 4.3 inch Gorilla Glass display with an 8mp camera on the back smartphone all for around 200USD contract free! This phone is a the Nokia Lumia 820's more beefier better spec'd twin brother. Which makes the real question for a lot of you out there will phone work with my carrier? The answer is that if the Lumia 822 supports your carriers bands and you have a GSM carrier it should. To make it easier I found the GSM bands the 822 works on and put them below for you. GSM 850 GSM 900 GSM 1800 GSM 1900 LTE 700 The other question is data speed on this device and your carrier... Again I will put that information below for you. HSPA+ (3G) EDGE/EGPRS (2G) FDD-LTE (4G) HSUPA (3G) GSM (2G) HSDPA (3G) LTE (4G) CDMA (2G) WCDMA (3G) CDMA 2000 EVDO (3G) Rejoice Windows Phone Lovers. This looks like a Very Good Windows 8 Phone with Great Hardware at Bargain Basement Cost. Specs: Windows Phone 8 4.3" AMOLED 800x480 Display. Corning Gorilla Glass 2 Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 Ghz Processor 1 GB RAM, 16GB Built in Storage, Upto 64GB Micro SD Card Bluetooth 3.0, NFC, WiFi, GPS 8 MP Carl Zeiss Tessar lens Main Camera, 1280 x 960 pixels Front Camera 1800 mAh Removable Battery Official Nokia Webpage >> http://www.nokia.com/us-en/products/phone/lumia822/ Nokia Lumia 822 - Verizon VIDEO http://youtu.be/VgJFcYAhjqA 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cavarun 13 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 Can we use this handset with rcdma omh. Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitalnirvana 646 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 CID at work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitink 279 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 amazing news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commonman 228 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 Only difficulty is it does not support 2100 band. So no 3G in India Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 ^ ^ ^ It does support 2100 band as mentioned in specs on Nokia Website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commonman 228 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 ^^<br />Then perhaps the quoted text at post #1 needs modification Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amit.shippie 135 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 Gr8 Info Rajan ji... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTD 60 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 Looks nice .. but the shape is not appealing ..... rather go for 920 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhi 4 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 is it possible to activate reliance number in lumia 822? i have a lumia 822 and want to use it on reliance. if it is possible, kindly guide me how to do it. thanks.. CID at work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 ^ ^ ^ BTW did it work for GSM as mentioned in this topic? Since you already have the handset, you can approach some reputed seller for MEID registration in Reliance & then follow this tutorial for flashing >> Tutorial: Flashing Your CDMA Handset After MEID/ESN Registration Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted March 4, 2013 ^ ^ ^ BTW did it work for GSM as mentioned in this topic? Since you already have the handset, you can approach some reputed seller for MEID registration in Reliance & then follow this tutorial for flashing >> Tutorial: Flashing Your CDMA Handset After MEID/ESN Registration its an LTE Device so Reg & All is of no use on this phone.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted March 4, 2013 ^ ^ ^ What is so special about LTE of this phone? Aren't many other CDMA device having LTE SIM like Verizon Galaxy S3 running on Reliance in NV only mode after registration? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityofgod69 1 Report post Posted March 4, 2013 if i buy a nokia 822 from ebay.com (verizon) , will it work on indian gsm sims out of the box or any unlocking needs to be done . also will gprs work ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piyushj 16 Report post Posted March 12, 2013 I m using in it in hyd with Airtel, no unlocking needed, 3g works fine ! USSD, etc all work in gsm. Needs micro sim though don't know about reliance/cdma status 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhi 4 Report post Posted March 12, 2013 my handset worked for data and sms out of the box. but when i updated the firmware and OS OTA, the latest firmware locked the sms function. the portico update blocks the sms function and i am no longer able to send sms. so kindly dont update untill a way is found to make the sms work. if anyone has made this work in reliance, kindly let me know. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarun_kabra 204 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 Nokia Lumia 822 working fine with MTNL 3G SIM. And the good thing Reliance CDMA OMH SIM also working but only for voice and text, not able to get data on this. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shan1212 7 Report post Posted May 1, 2013 Only difficulty is it does not support 2100 band. So no 3G in India Specification clearly mentions WCDMA Band I (2100), so have 3G band for India. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru Gopal 589 Report post Posted May 5, 2013 I am using this phone with bsnl sim and confirm that, 3g is working great. It supports indian 3g i.e. 2100 MHZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vll 1 Report post Posted May 6, 2013 had you updated portico update??? as after portico update madhivanan's lumia 822 locked sms function Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Babhishek 2 Report post Posted May 6, 2013 How much is this baby selling for now ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru Gopal 589 Report post Posted May 6, 2013 How much is this baby selling for now ?? Damages are 220$ from ebay.com with a reputed seller(I know this guy personally) . It comes mint condition 9.5/10 with box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru Gopal 589 Report post Posted May 6, 2013 had you updated portico update??? as after portico update madhivanan's lumia 822 locked sms function 1532.2108.1244.0003. I disabled autoupdate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Babhishek 2 Report post Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) How much is this baby selling for now ??Damages are 220$ from ebay.com with a reputed seller(I know this guy personally) . It comes mint condition 9.5/10 with box. Thanks! This is all inclusive? How did you get this down?? How much time to ship it to India?? please pm me a link from the seller if possible! Edited May 6, 2013 by Babhishek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atishj 8 Report post Posted June 28, 2013 What can be Done For CDMA Data...that is EVDO ..It will Work or NOT???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
