Will I be able to get it to work on Sprint's network here state side? I live in California and can get a great deal while I am here in Taiwan
I just know sprint doesn't have sim cards but there must be a way right? Also if not on sprint if I had to last resort go to another carrier?
Thanks in advance.
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No you can't use a gsm phone on cdma system. Sprint uses a different system then att or tmobile, which are gsm. The only hope for you if on sprint is if sprint themselves release this phone and if I have read correctly it might not be the quad variant. So save your money till you get home.
alternate carrier might be at&t. you can buy a micro-sim on amazon and even go for a relatively cheap prepaid phone plan. or buy the micro-sim from net10 and go for their $50/month everything "unlimited" plan - which we all know for most carriers still means limited data, you just have to find out at which point they kick you off. from what i've read, there's a similar possibility on straight-talk. i think net10 and straight-talk use the at&t towers on gsm. (on cdma, net10 where i live uses the sprint system.) i went for the at&t plan - $2/day unlimited talk/text when used (i don't talk or text that often) and a data plan (they come in different sizes/prices).
As stated, Sprint uses CDMA. Most of the world uses GSM. The international One X will never work on Sprint.
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I have T-Mobile service and I want a non-TMO branded HSDPA capable Rhodium (TP2). T-Mobile thinks it is reasonable to charge $25 per month for data, whereas they have a $10 a month plan but they don't let you use that plan with the TP2. Having a non-branded HSDPA 1700/2100 capable Rhodium will allow me to get the $10.00 data plan on the Rhodium with T-Mobile service because they would not know the phone's IMEI.
Does a phone like this exist? Possibly in another country? If so, where can I get one?
no. tmobile is the only carrier that uses the 1700 band. if they force you into a plan when buying the phone from them, you can buy it branded but from someone else.
In the US it's the only carrier that uses 1700MHz but are there companies in other countries who sell Rhodium that use that frequency?
Would HTC ever develop a phone that uses 1700MHz that is not specifically designed for T-Mobile (ie: a generic, non carrier specific phone)?
I'm running the T-Mobile Shadow Unlimited Web plan for only 10$ a month.
What are they responding to you asking for your plan?
T-Mobile has no reason to charge you what you don't want.
Changing the ROM of your phone will NOT change the IMEI.
You'll have to use a non T-Mobile Rhodium in order to get the $10 data, but then of course you won't get 3G.
Edit: Misread the post and thought the OP was looking for a ROM to solve the problem. Oops.
IMissPalmOS said:
Changing the ROM of your phone will NOT change the IMEI.
You'll have to use a non T-Mobile Rhodium in order to get the $10 data, but then of course you won't get 3G.
Edit: Misread the post and thought the OP was looking for a ROM to solve the problem. Oops.
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I don't know what you're talking.
I'm getting 3G with the 10$ plan.
The shadow supports 3G, and I'm running it right now as we speak through internet modem.
rossle12 said:
I don't know what you're talking.
I'm getting 3G with the 10$ plan.
The shadow supports 3G, and I'm running it right now as we speak through internet modem.
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You have a Shadow. I'm talking about the Rhodium. The Shadow is obviously not one of the phones that T-Mobile restricts from the cheaper data plan. If you had a TMO Rhodium and put your $10/month data plan SIM card into it, it would tell you, "This device is not compatible with your data plan." That's why it's in the Rhodium forums. It's not related to the Shadow.
They restrict certain phones from accessing their internet2 APN (the $10/month plan). Walk into a TMO store and try to get a new Rhodium or an Android phone... they'll tell you that you need a $25/month data plan. Even though all the data is accesible through any of their APN's, they restrict certain phones from accessing data using the cheaper data plan.
Update: The HTC Rhodium 100 (RHOD100) world version of the Rhodium supports all frequencies EXCEPT 1700. Bummer.
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Update: The HTC Rhodium 100 (RHOD100) world version of the Rhodium supports all frequencies EXCEPT 1700. Bummer.
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they dont support the 1900 too and all of the cdma frequencies. so if you want to use att, tmobile, verizon, sprint, telus, or many others, you have to use a carrier branded phone.
hey peeps, I'm travelling to key west florida next week and would like to kno if I could get a pay and go service with tmobile oe verizon on my dz? rogers wants $25 extra a month for international text which is 100 sent ultd receive. I'm sure I can find something better down there? I'm sim unlocked, I kno tmobile will work but unfamiliar with pricing etc and I know there's a verizon in key west but dunno if they use the same freq bands.
thanks for any info you guys can help with!
cheers
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Can't answer for sure because there can be frequency issues depending on your carrier. But your options are going to be either T-mobile or a regional carrier that covers that area that will give you a prepay SIM. Verizon and Sprint are CDMA aka no SIM and won't work.
Just looked at T-mobile they offer a prepay plan of $30 for a month of service with 1500 talk&text and 30mb of web. You'll have to check coverage though and as I said you need to make sure your DZ will work with the frequencies that T-mo is on, which I think is 1700mhz.
ok I will see what google can find for me thanks for the input! even still at 30 a month I get more than rogers can cover me there. only issue is finding a tmobile store or. like u said a local provider. I will do some searching here in a bit.
if anyone else has any opinions or advice its welcome
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I think the Rogers desire z uses the same 3g as AT&T. If the Rogers phones work on the Bell 3G then this is true.
I 2nd ^^ this guy.
I think rogers is using the same 3G bands as AT&T, so you'd have to....
1. Unlock your DZ
2. Change the APN settings to AT&T
3. Enjoy your trip to florida
Since I don't want to renew my plan with ATT...I was told that it requires ESN swapping and that could get me in trouble? Can someone explain what this is and why and what are the chances of them knowing and getting caught?
Oh and would 3G work? I know hspa+ probably wouldn't since I don't think that's what sprint uses...?
No it's not possible, Virgin Mobile USA is owned by Sprint and uses Sprint's CDMA network, as the G2 is a GSM phone it doesn't even have a radio that can work on the network.
If you want to switch to a pre-paid carrier and keep you G2 you need to pick one that uses GSM technology such as Simple Mobile.
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No it's not possible, Virgin Mobile USA is owned by Sprint and uses Sprint's CDMA network, as the G2 is a GSM phone it doesn't even have a radio that can work on the network.
If you want to switch to a pre-paid carrier and keep you G2 you need to pick one that uses GSM technology such as Simple Mobile.
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Nailed it.
And as I've said in other threads, people need to chill out about the AT&T thing. Its going to be up to a year before the acquisition is complete, and at that time make your choice on where you want to move or if you're going to stay.
Freaking out now 1 day after its announced isn't gonna do you any good.
I would like to use my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 on Straight Talk on the AT&T network. I'm currently using Solavei running under T-Mobile's network, but T-Mobile isn't cutting it in my area. I really want to run on the AT&T network. Solavei only runs on TMO.
TMO is great when I can get 4G but it sucks when others in the same physical location can get AT&T to 4G and TMO is E or G network.
Examples of where AT&T is working great but TMO isn't are: up in the canyons (Millcreek, SLC, Utah), over the dunes at the beach (Topsail, NC), at my house (SLC, UT).
Questions:
1. Can I do this? Run a T-Mobile Galaxy S3 on Straight Talk on the AT&T network?
2. If so, If I buy a sim from Straight Talk what does it take to make sure it runs on the AT&T network and not on TMO? I'd really hate to go through all that and still end up on TMO and not AT&T. I've already had an AT&T sim running in my Galaxy S3 and everything was working great. I just didn't want to pay AT&T prices.
3. I've heard that Straight Talk will switch from TMO to AT&T depending on what area on the country you live in. Is this true? Is there anyway to override this?
4. I've heard that you can't buy AT&T sims anymore from Straight Talk. There seems to be a market now for AT&T sims that were available at the beginning of the year but are not now.
PS: I'm trying to do this for the TMO Note 2 also.
Yeah you can use tmobile's straight talk on at&t network. Just pop in sim and select roaming and available network select at&t. Should connect no problem
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rwitmer said:
I would like to use my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 on Straight Talk on the AT&T network. I'm currently using Solavei running under T-Mobile's network, but T-Mobile isn't cutting it in my area. I really want to run on the AT&T network. Solavei only runs on TMO.
TMO is great when I can get 4G but it sucks when others in the same physical location can get AT&T to 4G and TMO is E or G network.
Examples of where AT&T is working great but TMO isn't are: up in the canyons (Millcreek, SLC, Utah), over the dunes at the beach (Topsail, NC), at my house (SLC, UT).
Questions:
1. Can I do this? Run a T-Mobile Galaxy S3 on Straight Talk on the AT&T network?
2. If so, If I buy a sim from Straight Talk what does it take to make sure it runs on the AT&T network and not on TMO? I'd really hate to go through all that and still end up on TMO and not AT&T. I've already had an AT&T sim running in my Galaxy S3 and everything was working great. I just didn't want to pay AT&T prices.
3. I've heard that Straight Talk will switch from TMO to AT&T depending on what area on the country you live in. Is this true? Is there anyway to override this?
4. I've heard that you can't buy AT&T sims anymore from Straight Talk. There seems to be a market now for AT&T sims that were available at the beginning of the year but are not now.
PS: I'm trying to do this for the TMO Note 2 also.
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You have to SIM unlock your phone first as it won't take an at&t SIM out of the gate - either call T-Mobile for the code or you can follow this method - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023709
Note that if you are the latest radio (MD5), you will have to downgrade it to LJC or LJA for the radio unlock option to appear - the radio images can be found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880987
That trick works on the Note 2 as well, however, I don't know if the radio is an issue with the Note 2 you will have to check the Note 2 forum but chances are if Samsung updated it, you will have to downgrade the radio to get the option back.
StraightTalk will not sell you a SIM for at&t if you don't have at&t service in the area - at&t's StraightTalk SIM does not roam on T-Mobile except rarely as at&t's roaming agreement with T-Mobile is extremely limited.
One final thing, I wish you good luck. StraightTalk was a horrible experience for me and at&t throttles you like nobody's business. On the plus side though, Tracfone's wholesale contract with at&t means that you get access to their POSTPAID network which means you get better coverage than at&t's own prepaid or any other MVNO of at&t for that matter.
richardlibeau said:
Yeah you can use tmobile's straight talk on at&t network. Just pop in sim and select roaming and available network select at&t. Should connect no problem
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This is not what the OP was asking. He wants to switch his T-Mobile branded S3 with T-Mobile branded service to StraightTalk using an at&t SIM and service.
I am on TMO but I got a great deal on a Sprint S4. Given the proposed merger between Sprint and TMO I was wondering if the Sprint version will work on a TMO data plan. If not, will Sprint unlock a non blacklisted IMEI to allow its use on TMO?
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I believe Sprint is CDMA and TMobile is GSM so I don't believe you can use it on TMobile today. You'll have to call TMobile to confirm. If they do merge most likely they'll quickly have SIMs to support the tablet. So I'd hold onto the tablet.
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I believe Sprint is CDMA and TMobile is GSM so I don't believe you can use it on TMobile today. You'll have to call TMobile to confirm. If they do merge most likely they'll quickly have SIMs to support the tablet. So I'd hold onto the tablet.
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Doing some additional research, LTE is based upon GSM, not CDMA. The Sprint version has a sim card slot. If I can get it unlocked it should work fine on any other LTE carrier using the same frequencies. There's a store in town that charges a fee to unlock devices. I'll stop by and see if they can unlock my S4. It is also interesting that the Sprint version does not have the word "Sprint" printed on the back. I wonder if the Sprint version is the same as the international version locked to Sprint.