I am thinking to purchase an SIII in few days but i am confuse about which model of SIII would work for Fido. fido has started their LTE network as well so this is my biggest concern.
Shall i go for SGH-I747M or T999 or some other model ? Does anyone have any idea ?
..alee said:
I am thinking to purchase an SIII in few days but i am confuse about which model of SIII would work for Fido. fido has started their LTE network as well so this is my biggest concern.
Shall i go for SGH-I747M or T999 or some other model ? Does anyone have any idea ?
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I have the SGH-I747M which was locked to Rogers/Fido then I unlocked it and used it with Telus with LTE. T999 is the Wind/Mobilicity version which works on their bands. So a SGH-I747M is the one you want.
If you buy an unlocked phone, they are all going to work with fido.
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PhoenixBlitz said:
I have the SGH-I747M which was locked to Rogers/Fido then I unlocked it and used it with Telus with LTE. T999 is the Wind/Mobilicity version which works on their bands. So a SGH-I747M is the one you want.
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did you buy it from kijiji ? how much would i get it for from Future shop ? If its locked to Rogers then it might work fine with Fido as well ?
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did you buy it from kijiji ? how much would i get it for from Future shop ? If its locked to Rogers then it might work fine with Fido as well ?
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I bought mine of kijiji for $400 brand new sealed in the box and I'm certain that Rogers phones would work with Fido SIM since they are both on the same network. If you see ads up in kijiji for Rogers GS3s, they always say Rogers/Fido. (Also when you buy an unlock code for a Rogers phone is says unlock for Rogers/Fido phone (http://www.cellunlock.net/Unlock_Rogers_Fido_phones_p/rogersfidoimei.htm).
Hope this helped! :laugh: :good:
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I bought mine of kijiji for $400 brand new sealed in the box and I'm certain that Rogers phones would work with Fido SIM since they are both on the same network. If you see ads up in kijiji for Rogers GS3s, they always say Rogers/Fido. (Also when you buy an unlock code for a Rogers phone is says unlock for Rogers/Fido phone (http://www.cellunlock.net/Unlock_Rogers_Fido_phones_p/rogersfidoimei.htm).
Hope this helped! :laugh: :good:
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you got a nice deal ...
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you got a nice deal ...
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Thanks I had to negotiate a lot for that one, he originally wanted $600 but I talked him down to the price I paid.
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Thanks I had to negotiate a lot for that one, he originally wanted $600 but I talked him down to the price I paid.
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either you have very good convincing skills or that guy was an apple freak ..
I am tyring to find a nice deal on kijiji as well and it seems like no one is selling a *white* SIII but the dealers and dealers aren't gona come down to anything less than $550 ... lets see if i could find something like yours otherwise $550 it is ..
Looks like you have your answer. If you were to purchase any of them unlocked they would work, however the T-Mobile/Wind/Mobilicty variants don't have LTE. So you would be sitting on HSPA+ all the time.
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OK. So I am looking to buy the Bell HTC Desire Z to run CM on it... but I haven't heard of any confirmed roots yet. Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks
It's been rooted since the same time as the G2, earlier this month. CM 6.1 RC2 runs fine on it.
Yea so the same root as for the G2 works on the Bell Desire Z?
Beast11 said:
Yea so the same root as for the G2 works on the Bell Desire Z?
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Yes i have the desire z.look at our android development section. Root is easy as cake
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It's the same thing.
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It's the same thing.
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That is the answer i was looking for... Thanks. Gotta get my Galaxy S back from service then sell it to someone, and i'll have a Desire Z as well
Right now the Desire Z has its own set of forums. But this is causing a lot of overlap and duplication of efforts, so hopefully they'll be merged soon.
Right now the procedures to root your Bell DZ are in the DZ forums.
steviewevie said:
Right now the Desire Z has its own set of forums. But this is causing a lot of overlap and duplication of efforts, so hopefully they'll be merged soon.
Right now the procedures to root your Bell DZ are in the DZ forums.
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Oh wow...i completely missed that.
Yo I hope it's not too late.
Don't buy it from Bell at $499.95 no contract. It won't work cause you are fido. It will only work if you have a friend who is on the Bell network buy it for you. And even if you manage such a feat it is still too expensive.
I got my G2 off of this guy on Craiglist. It was brand new (even the battery had the little plastic thing on it), and I got it for $480.
I unlocked it, and even though it is a T-Mobile phone it works for Fido no problem.
BTW where in mississauga do you live?
I'm sure Square One might have some unlocking service.
Though if they don't, or if they have expensive ones, go to
mobileincanada.com.
They are the best there is.
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Yo I hope it's not too late.
Don't buy it from Bell at $499.95 no contract. It won't work cause you are fido. It will only work if you have a friend who is on the Bell network buy it for you. And even if you manage such a feat it is still too expensive.
I got my G2 off of this guy on Craiglist. It was brand new (even the battery had the little plastic thing on it), and I got it for $480.
I unlocked it, and even though it is a T-Mobile phone it works for Fido no problem.
BTW where in mississauga do you live?
I'm sure Square One might have some unlocking service.
Though if they don't, or if they have expensive ones, go to
mobileincanada.com.
They are the best there is.
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What do you mean it wont work? it wont work on fido's network or the price isnt worth it? I'm also thinking of getting it from Bell.
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What do you mean it wont work? it wont work on fido's network or the price isnt worth it? I'm also thinking of getting it from Bell.
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I have mine running on Telus. It will work fine all 4 carriers (GSM and HSPA).
The TMobile version will not have 3g on Fido.
I got mine from Best Buy but I had to get manager's permission as I was not with Bell. The phone was only available for Bell customers when I got it. If they hassle you ask for the manager. They can make it happen.
It works just fine on fido...mine does. Bestbuy can sell it no porblem. Go to the queensway one as they sold it to me there. Yes you do pay a premium but i dont mind the extra cash as its brand new with a receipt with my name on it.
I mean you being a Fido customer just mosey on up to a Bell store to buy the Desire Z outright with no plan won't work.
It does work with Fido network.
I bought mine on Pay As You Go for $499 from Bell. Unlocked it and I'm now using it on Rogers.
Only issue is I can't send or receive MMS messages. I think it's just an APN issue thought. Mobile internet (3G and HSDPA) works great.
I never even tried MMS. Did you have to pay an activation fee?
No
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DVDWSN said:
I bought mine on Pay As You Go for $499 from Bell. Unlocked it and I'm now using it on Rogers.
Only issue is I can't send or receive MMS messages. I think it's just an APN issue thought. Mobile internet (3G and HSDPA) works great.
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Yea i think there is a separate APN for MMS.
I know abt the thing where bell doesnt let you buy it unless you are with them... I went through my cousin to get my sgs (unfourtunately). But will bb sell it to you if your not on bell?? Cause that could be ideal and i wouldnt have to pay the extra $20 bell charges for an upgrade to existing customers.
And i cant find anyone on kijiji selling it... like there is no one...
convolution said:
Yo I hope it's not too late.
Don't buy it from Bell at $499.95 no contract. It won't work cause you are fido. It will only work if you have a friend who is on the Bell network buy it for you. And even if you manage such a feat it is still too expensive.
I got my G2 off of this guy on Craiglist. It was brand new (even the battery had the little plastic thing on it), and I got it for $480.
I unlocked it, and even though it is a T-Mobile phone it works for Fido no problem.
BTW where in mississauga do you live?
I'm sure Square One might have some unlocking service.
Though if they don't, or if they have expensive ones, go to
mobileincanada.com.
They are the best there is.
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Yea, unlcoking im not worried abt because the new root method unlocks the phone (im sorry if you paid to get it unlocked lol). And the Tmobile G2 will work on Bell/ Fido/ Rogers/ Telus, but without 3G speeds... and that is a requirement for me...
I'm a Rogers subscriber who purchased a Bell Desire Z outright last night. Played with it at work and then until almost 6am!! LOL
It was so tough to root for me....... because I mistakenly didn't have the gfree file in the directory and made another stupid mistake. Rooted, using a global stock ROM with ADWLauncher and the 1.4GHz kernal as I don't like the custom roms all too much. This is a HUGE leap forward from my Xperia X10. So happy right now (and tired!)
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Those jerks at my local Bell stored tried to make me pay a 30 dollar activation fee.
Bastards...
Craigslist is always ftw.
Hi there,
If I were to buy a G2 and get it unlocked, would it work perfectly on the AT&T wireless network? AT&T doesn't really have any great Android phones, so I really want this one! Thanks!
You can unlock it and use it on att however you only get to use edge. No 3g. I used my old adp1 on att for over a year. Edge is fine for normal stuff like maps and gps. As long as you got wifi for everything else you will be fine. Fyi i switched to tmobile a few months back cheaper and faster service imo. Coverage not as good though.
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I also have another question. I am thinking buying this phone from T-mobile retail store. Since I am with AT&T do I need to be a T-mobile subscriber to purchase a G2 from there retail store?
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I also have another question. I am thinking buying this phone from T-mobile retail store. Since I am with AT&T do I need to be a T-mobile subscriber to purchase a G2 from there retail store?
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No you dont, you just walk in and ask to buy the phone "outright."
samven582 said:
I also have another question. I am thinking buying this phone from T-mobile retail store. Since I am with AT&T do I need to be a T-mobile subscriber to purchase a G2 from there retail store?
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You do know its a $600 phone right? Outright that is. You're better off finding someone selling one.
Yea like the above post.... the only reason i would buy it at tmo full price it to get phone ins.
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Don't buy a G2, but a NAM model Desire Z, e.g. from Bell. Then you can unlock it and it will have the right bands to work on 3G on AT&T.
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You do know its a $600 phone right? Outright that is. You're better off finding someone selling one.
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*499.99 + tax
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Don't buy a G2, but a NAM model Desire Z, e.g. from Bell. Then you can unlock it and it will have the right bands to work on 3G on AT&T.
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That's right. You want the NAM version of the DesireZ, or the A7275. Paying $500 for the G2 that only works on EDGE is a bad idea, when you can pay $600 for the Desire Z NAM that will have 3G on ATT. Buy it unlocked, or unlock it yourself.
Mine is in the mail, and scheduled to arrive tomorrow!
Hi guys,
Sorry if this has already been posted but I've been researching but couldn't find anything. I couldn't find any release dates for Canada except for the UK on November, 17, 2011, but now I'm hearing it's being delayed until the 2nd of December. Anyone got any idea of when this phone will come out in Canada? Or even if it's coming to Canada? Thanks for the help.
It's coming to Canada, but no one knows the release date. Here's a Mobilesyrup (Phone blog run by Canadians) hands on of the phone: http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/11/09/samsung-galaxy-nexus-hands-on-video/
Papaniz said:
Hi guys,
Sorry if this has already been posted but I've been researching but couldn't find anything. I couldn't find any release dates for Canada except for the UK on November, 17, 2011, but now I'm hearing it's being delayed until the 2nd of December. Anyone got any idea of when this phone will come out in Canada? Or even if it's coming to Canada? Thanks for the help.
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They showed it on CTV two days ago, which is owned by Bell.
Also, a Phandroid member said their store was visited by a Bell corporate Rep recently, and the Rep said it was coming to Bell around Christmas.
Keep in mind this is some random person on reddit...
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/maz4c/galaxy_nexus_coming_to_canada_on_rogers_for_launch/
Sometime in November sounds better than Bell at Christmas, if there's any truth to it...
A friend of mine was recently in a Rogers store looking for a new phone. She ended up getting an EVO 3D that they had on for $0.01, but she said the guy in the store was telling her all about the Nexus. I might stop by a Rogers store tomorrow and see what they say.
Would it even matter what provider got it first, I thought these things are unlocked anyways?
sal14m said:
Would it even matter what provider got it first, I thought these things are unlocked anyways?
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It should be unlocked, and that's exactly why one carrier getting it "sometime in November" is better for everyone than another carrier not having it until Christmas.
Of course, the carrier that gets it first might still matter to some people if they want to buy on contract...
http://www.google.ca/nexus/
Canadian sign up page.
Bell and Virgin Mobile now both have official Galaxy Nexus pages, with their own sign-up forms. No date other than "early December" so far, but this is the first official carrier confirmation I've seen in Canada, so it's still good news.
http://galaxynexus.bell.ca/
http://www.virginmobile.ca/en/hot-offers/offer-nexus.html
Would a Bell.ca phone be compatible on T-Mobile US? They don't use LTE, so I assume it is the GSM version. Would probably be a lot cheaper then importing from europe...
Most Canadian carriers, including Bell, are compatible with AT&T for 3G or 4G HSPA+ and not T-Mobile.
However... the Galaxy Nexus is a peta-band phone so it would work on any of them, including T-Mobile so importing would work.
EDIT: Bell and Rogers do both have LTE in a number of locations in Canada, but it's not very likely they'll be using the LTE version.
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Most Canadian carriers, including Bell, are compatible with AT&T for 3G or 4G HSPA+ and not T-Mobile.
However... the Galaxy Nexus is a peta-band phone so it would work on any of them, including T-Mobile so importing would work.
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Thanks! Know any good reseller sites that would import it to the US? I assume bell wouldn't export it.
Anyone else preorder from Negri, handtec or clove? I did, not sure if i should cancel!
Thanks! Know any good reseller sites that would import it to the US? I assume bell wouldn't export it.
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Expansys Canada is taking pre-orders, but it's not cheap: http://www.expansys.ca/google-nexus-prime-android-smartphone-unlocked-16gb-224148/
Not sure about any other sellers yet, but maybe someone could buy you one from Bell and send it
Anyone else preorder from Negri, handtec or clove? I did, not sure if i should cancel!
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Not me... even paying full price without contract from Bell or another Canadian carrier is likely going to be cheaper than importing, and "early December" is soon enough for me that I'll just wait it out.
phazerorg said:
Expansys Canada is taking pre-orders, but it's not cheap: http://www.expansys.ca/google-nexus-prime-android-smartphone-unlocked-16gb-224148/
Not sure about any other sellers yet, but maybe someone could buy you one from Bell and send it
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Yeah, that is way too expensive to me. I figured without it coming from europe with all that VAT taxes, ect, it would be around the 600's
Looks like Rogers is getting the Galaxy Nexus too!
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/11/14/rogers-to-release-the-samsung-galaxy-nexus-in-january-2012/
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Telus will be getting the Nexus as well, looks like people can finally stop complaining over the internet over which carrier gets the Nexus...
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/11/14/telus-will-also-launch-the-samsung-galaxy-nexus-in-january-2012/
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Looks like Rogers is getting the Galaxy Nexus too!
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/11/14/rogers-to-release-the-samsung-galaxy-nexus-in-january-2012/
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Not until January though. I'm considering switching to Bell when they have it in early December, after 11 years with Rogers. Rogers also has hardly any HSPA+ coverage in Nova Scotia, while Bell has it over the whole province, so Bell getting the Galaxy Nexus first might just make me switch...
Bell and Virgin are first to get Galaxy Nexus in Canada.
http://galaxynexus.bell.ca/en/?INT=MOB_hmpg_BAN_GalaxyNexus_prereg_mass_111411_TM_ALL
as u know Future Shop will start getting pre order from monday in canada...
any one have any information about which version is supposed to release by Future Shop? ( GSM,CDMA,LTE........... )
unlocked or .....
tnx
According to the Verge, the LTE 32GB model is for Verizon only. The rest of the world gets the 16GB unlocked pentaband HSPA+ model.
Daniel_GB said:
as u know Future Shop will start getting pre order from monday in canada...
any one have any information about which version is supposed to release by Future Shop? ( GSM,CDMA,LTE........... )
unlocked or .....
tnx
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It could only be the HSPA+ version, as the CDMA/LTE version works ONLY on Verizon's network. I would guess Future Shop would be selling them for Bell or Virgin (can anyone confirm?). It should be unlocked (Nexus S was), but we won't know for sure until someone gets one and reports.
Hey guys,
I was looking around for an unlocked version of the Galaxy Nexus in Canada, and stumbled on some information that the Bell/Virgin versions were actually sim-unlocked (being Nexus devices, and all). However, when I called The Source (closest store to me), they said that it is, in fact, locked.
Can anyone confirm that an off-contract Bell/Virgin Galaxy Nexus is sim-locked?
Thanks.
Don't listen to any of the workers. They tell you that to scare you into signing 3 year contract or they just don't know. Most of the workers have no clue about phones except what they are trained on.
Ex: last week in best buy mobile one girl told me they had the Galaxy Nexus for Rogers and they were selling them already.... I walked out once I heard that lol
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Don't listen to any of the workers. They tell you that to scare you into signing 3 year contract or they just don't know. Most of the workers have no clue about phones except what they are trained on.
Ex: last week in best buy mobile one girl told me they had the Galaxy Nexus for Rogers and they were selling them already.... I walked out once I heard that lol
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Thats what I figured, and I know that Nexus devices are (almost?) always unlocked, but $650 is a lot to drop on a phone if I don't know for sure that I won't be able to use it, you know?
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Thats what I figured, and I know that Nexus devices are (almost?) always unlocked, but $650 is a lot to drop on a phone if I don't know for sure that I won't be able to use it, you know?
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If you want to have some more peace of mind about the unlocking situation, i picked up a Galaxy Nexus from Virgin on the 7th. I threw my Rogers SIM in it without issue. So rest assured that are unlocked and work perfectly on Rogers.
Unlocked!! 4 SSure!
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If you want to have some more peace of mind about the unlocking situation, i picked up a Galaxy Nexus from Virgin on the 7th. I threw my Rogers SIM in it without issue. So rest assured that are unlocked and work perfectly on Rogers.
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I also picked my Nexus up but at the bell store. I actually was on rogers at the time, was going to bring it back to rogers. But, Rogers upload speeds on their network (Not LTE) is nothing more then 1Mb. Were as bell i've seen and i get 4-5Mb which is very nice for VOIP calling and video.
They also offered me a cheaper package deal then i was paying on rogers with the same features. And so i switched HAHAHA Never thought i would.
But this phone is unlocked as i did place an AT&T sim inside the phone and it also worked fine.(I have a AT&T account as well).
Hi all,
My brother bought me a Sprint phone in US and I want to use it in Israel - can that be done?
I mean, he told me that the phone is somehow locked to Sprint, but he paid a full price with no plan or anything so I'm guessing the the phone is probably Sim-Free?
Can the phone be somehow unlocked and used in Israel with all the features?
The phone uses CDMA technology so it can't be used worldwide.
You'd need a GSM phone since those work on worldwide common frequency and work with a SIM card.
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Hi all,
My brother bought me a Sprint phone in US and I want to use it in Israel - can that be done?
I mean, he told me that the phone is somehow locked to Sprint, but he paid a full price with no plan or anything so I'm guessing the the phone is probably Sim-Free?
Can the phone be somehow unlocked and used in Israel with all the features?
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Ship it back its a paper weight for then have him get you the att/T-Mobile model
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ks2332 said:
Ship it back its a paper weight for then have him get you the att/T-Mobile model
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Guys thank you for your replies. I'll try returning it.
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Guys thank you for your replies. I'll try returning it.
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Also, you need to get the international model, NOT the att/t-mobile. Those specifically only work with those carriers to my knowledge.
The international model is the only one that accepts a SIM card from other carriers. If you use a SIM card, then get international.