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No, its a hardware thing not software, you will be stuck on edge. Best bet is to buy the DZ.

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Thanks. I was worried this might be the case.

I'll read the other persons suggestions anyways and follow that lead.

Sucks, cause here in San Diego, I can find all kinds of G2's and I'm currently using one. Got it for $200 on CraigsList. Works great with T-Mobiles MySimpleMobile $60 a month pay as you go plan! Not as good of coverage as Verizon.. but for half the price.. I'll live with it until I can afford to use the LTE network.

But Girlfriend wants a phone. We've been tryin the MyTouch Slide 3g with mixed results and lost texts, but it doesn't have the right UMTS either and it is just 2G.

So if I'm going to buy another one.. I want it to work.

Droid 2 Global is another option according to my search on Gsmarena.com

I'm hopping I can just burn a custom rom onto a G2 if I can't find a "true" Z.

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It could be your APN settings. I have no idea what they need to be setup for telcel. I would ask at xda lots of really smart people.

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Nope. APN has nothing to do with Text Messaging.

Friend of mine who is a big wig at Qualcomm is here today and was just explaining to me that the APN is for data.

Text messaging is on a much older and simpler frequency and has nothing to do with APN. We talked about the SIM. And said that a bad SIM could very well be the problem. Something on the SIM get's verified and the text message some how gets authenticated by the SIM.

So.. today we try and get a new SIM and see if that works.

I also know that the APN's are correct.. cause we get WiFi no problem. She was sitting at an outdoor Taco Shop in East Tijuana last night and we could talk and use a chat program LiveProfile no problem. So data is not an issue.

The problem is isolated to texting.. and it is getting corrupted somehow.

Thanks to all in these communities. This problem with her phone made me read up on my phone and learned a lot.

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I have a desire z working fiine with telcel in mex. Even the mms works good. The only issue that i cant config properly is the 3g, i can conect using edge. I already check the apn but i cant connect in 3g mode