How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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ilaf0106 said:
How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
krohnjw said:
This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
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What he said.
It's pretty much the same as your existing T-Mobile phone, if not.. better.
what he said, but.....
it also depends on which radio you have installed. Samsung has a handful of different5 radios depending o where the phone was originally marketed for. All are basic GSM 5-band capable but each one has minor tweaks for specific networks. There are several threads on here debating which radio works best. Do a search if you are interested. For mine, the XXKK6 radio it arrived with (ordered from the UK) gets comparable reception to any other phone I have used on T-Mobile. You can see the radio version under settings .. about phone .. baseband version. Changing radios is easily done if rooted and you have basic mod skills.
My service wasn't the best at first but after I flashed UGKL1 radio my data speeds on HSPA+ went from 2mbs down up to 10mbs consistently.
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As good as any other quality T-Mobile phone.
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So this phone is compatible with T-Mobile with no problems right?? I'm debating on the galaxy nexus n the white T-Mobile gs2
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Everyone said yes..
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joshnichols189 said:
Everyone said yes..
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Thank you!!
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For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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vince7 said:
For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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As long as it is a GSM Nexus, then yes. They use either ATT or TMobile towers.
This thread might help you also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
Well I have the Verizon model so I assume they won't let me?
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vince7 said:
Well I have the Verizon model so I assume they won't let me?
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CDMA does not work on GSM. period.
Damn that really sucks
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So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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vince7 said:
So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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yes.
vince7 said:
So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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You could try and flash it to cricket, boost mobile, Virgin mobile, page plus, etc. Some people have seemed to get it to work.
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brooksyx said:
You could try and flash it to cricket, boost mobile, Virgin mobile, page plus, etc. Some people have seemed to get it to work.
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Do I do this myself or do I ask them to do it?
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vince7 said:
Do I do this myself or do I ask them to do it?
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This is something you will need to do yourself. There are a few tutorials floating around here.
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brooksyx said:
This is something you will need to do yourself. There are a few tutorials floating around here.
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Thank you very much I saw a tutorial for cricket and I might do that
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OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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vince7 said:
OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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Basically yes.
-Brought to you by Marino's Galaxy Nexus-
vince7 said:
For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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Yes you can bring any AT&T or T-Mobile compatible device to Straight Talk. Just choose at the time of order whether you want AT&T or T-Mobile service. The GSM GNex can do either one.
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vince7 said:
OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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Basically those are your two options. Considering you won't get LTE when you leave Verizon, and its a huge hassle to flash, I'd just sell it buy a GSM model and put it on a GSM prepaid carrier. Faster speeds and less hassle on your end.
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Yes you can bring any AT&T or T-Mobile compatible device to Straight Talk. Just choose at the time of order whether you want AT&T or T-Mobile service. The GSM GNex can do either one.
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Basically those are your two options. Considering you won't get LTE when you leave Verizon, and its a huge hassle to flash, I'd just sell it buy a GSM model and put it on a GSM prepaid carrier. Faster speeds and less hassle on your end.
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Is it really a huge hassle? I've never heard of anyone doing it
And also cricket has very cheap unlimited data plans for are the plans like for the per paid card?
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vince7 said:
Is it really a huge hassle? I've never heard of anyone doing it
And also cricket has very cheap unlimited data plans for are the plans like for the per paid card?
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Ya its a big hassle when compared to just buying a Straight Talk (or any other carrier) SIM and just putting it in the phone.
Not to mention that on Cricket you'll be stuck on EVDO 3G, which is quite slow often.
Where can I check out gsm pre paid cards? Are these expensive and have 4g speeds?
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And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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vince7 said:
And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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I have at&t straight talk and I get hspa+ speeds a lot. Some people call it 4g. I would consider it like 3.5g. But I can pull like 4Mb down, which is fast enough for me
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vince7 said:
Where can I check out gsm pre paid cards? Are these expensive and have 4g speeds?
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Check out the massive prepaid thread. Popular options right now are T-Mobile Monthly 4G, Straight Talk, Simple Mobile and Net10.
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And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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You get HSPA+, the faster-than-normal-3G connection. Plenty of info out there about it. No LTE on prepaid carriers just yet. The GSM Galaxy Nexus doesn't have LTE either way though, so the only way you'll get LTE is to go Verizon (or Sprint lol).
Speeds will be dependent on your area and network saturation. YMMV, I'd expect 2-7mbps down / 1-4mbps up.
Im thinking about switching carriers from att to simply mobile will it work with a rooted and flashed galaxy s3? Does anybody know???
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asiaticl said:
Im thinking about switching carriers from att to simply mobile will it work with a rooted and flashed galaxy s3? Does anybody know???
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Att version? Or tmobile?
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I have at&t
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There is a way to unlock the phone but i fear that these roms are catered to 4g lte and simply mobile is only 4g will that affect service as far as data or email and text etc? Will it even work at all?
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asiaticl said:
There is a way to unlock the phone but i fear that these roms are catered to 4g lte and simply mobile is only 4g will that affect service as far as data or email and text etc? Will it even work at all?
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No lmao. If u dont know the difference between att radios and tmobile radios, then id advise u not to even bother with rooting and flashing. U can only get and will only get EDGE/2G data speeds. Period
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Can the nexus be flashed to cricket? I can get a used one in great cond for $150.
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yes its fully flashable
Thanks dude, im on verizon with gnex, but wife has cricket for unlumited to venezuela. She wants my phone
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donnyp1 said:
Thanks dude, im on verizon with gnex, but wife has cricket for unlumited to venezuela. She wants my phone
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I flashed a Sprint Galaxy Nexus to Cricket.
It was a little complicated and uses a few programs I have not used before and it took me a few tries but I got it.
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I flashed a Sprint Galaxy Nexus to Cricket.
It was a little complicated and uses a few programs I have not used before and it took me a few tries but I got it.
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I can pay $35 to flash a phone to cricket here. Its for my wife, I think ill buy the phone. I won't be rom flashing her phone, got mine for thst!
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Hey will I still be able to root my Verizon galaxy nexus after I get it flashed to crickets service? I kinda need to know today I'm getting it done tomorrow I can't afford the payments on vzw. Someone Please help!?
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I dont see why you wouldn't.
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A rep in wichita told me you can root and flash even after switching to cricket. Im getting one for my wife, so i wanted to know.
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