Good afternoon XDA
I come here with a question, I have my hands on a Galaxy Nexus I515 and having micro sim reader like the Motorola RAZR XT912 is already being can unlock.
Now the question is ... you can unlock the micro sim to work on any GSM carrier either GSM or LTE? Or just I put any sim LTE and Can It Work?
Thank you very much to all!
pako_34 said:
Good afternoon XDA
I come here with a question, I have my hands on a Galaxy Nexus I515 and having micro sim reader like the Motorola RAZR XT912 is already being can unlock.
Now the question is ... you can unlock the micro sim to work on any GSM carrier either GSM or LTE? Or just I put any sim LTE and Can It Work?
Thank you very much to all!
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the verizon version is locked to CDMA. you cannot use it on ANY GSM carrier.
search must be a lost cause... since there was just a thread on this a day or 2 ago.
pako_34 said:
Good afternoon XDA
I come here with a question, I have my hands on a Galaxy Nexus I515 and having micro sim reader like the Motorola RAZR XT912 is already being can unlock.
Now the question is ... you can unlock the micro sim to work on any GSM carrier either GSM or LTE? Or just I put any sim LTE and Can It Work?
Thank you very much to all!
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No and no.
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Just curious if the Verizon one has a sim card slot? And if so, can it be unlocked and be used on like T-Mobile?
Has a sim card for LTE. Has no 3G GSM radio
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It cannot ever be unlocked to be used on GSM it doesn't have the radio.
It's not compatible.
Verizon LTE gn does have a 3g radio but not compatible with networks outside of Verizon.
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Does anyone know by chace if the SIM slot on the Verizon version is compatible with the GSM version? 2 pins are broken in my GSM version, so it will no longer read my SIM. Could I buy/get the part from the Verizon version and put it in the GSM one? (Just the SIM dock, not the whole board obviously.)
thanks.
good question. I remember I used to have a Blackberry storm from Verizon that had a sim card slot enabling me to use it with T-Mobile.
urfavoritemazn said:
good question. I remember I used to have a Blackberry storm from Verizon that had a sim card slot enabling me to use it with T-Mobile.
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Its because that was locked to using the SIM for world roaming.
If i buy a Verizon Galaxy Nexus, and unlock the bootloader.. Would it be able to work with a T-Mobile sim?
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i dont think it will sorry, but then again iam not to sure. i think sim unlocking and bootloader unlocking are two differant things. it dosent cost much to get a phone sim unlocked though and if you do some google searching you might be able to unlock it yourself.
i just read on google that you cant unlock verizon or sprint.
The verizon nexus only has cdma & LTE bands, so no, the only other possibilities are Sprint and other cdma carriers.
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umid21 said:
If i buy a Verizon Galaxy Nexus, and unlock the bootloader.. Would it be able to work with a T-Mobile sim?
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Boot loader != sim unlock
CDMA / LTE != GSM
Verizon phones not marketed as 'GLOBAL' will NOT work on GSM carriers. Unlocking a CDMA phone is hard and if done can only be used on CDMA networks (sprint or Verizon in US) and even then you need to provision the phone for the new network and CDMA network operators do not like to allow other phones on their network since you did not buy the phone from that carrier.
TL;DR:
Verizon only works on Verizon
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You can get a GSM Galaxy Nexus, unlock and work with T-Mobile.
I have the Nexus and am on T-Mobile.
umid21 said:
If i buy a Verizon Galaxy Nexus, and unlock the bootloader.. Would it be able to work with a T-Mobile sim?
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_Dennis_ said:
Verizon phones not marketed as 'GLOBAL' will NOT work on GSM carriers.
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yes a global verizon phone will but it is sim locked.
First of all non of the galaxy nexus phones are locked. The T Mobile version works with the Att version and so on. The Verizon version will never work on the other networks because cdma is not compatible with GSM period
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Verizon galaxy nexus only works on Verizon. It has a sim slot but it's designed strictly for LTE.
It will not work with tmobile or att
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bmett said:
First of all non of the galaxy nexus phones are locked. The T Mobile version works with the Att version and so on. The Verizon version will never work on the other networks because cdma is not compatible with GSM period
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This is actually wrong, some of the phones being sold in Europe are actually sim-locked. There is a thread under the general section discussing someone trying to sim-unlock their phone.
trying to get a Verizon Galaxy Nexus to work with a T-Mobile sim card
is it possible? what are the steps?
thanks in advance
No
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The steps are:
1. Put T-Mobile GSM SIM card into your CDMA/LTE only phone
2. Cry and wet your pants because it didn't work.
just to be clear, tmobile uses gsm technology and verizon uses cdma. those two are different so they are not interchangeable.
Step 1: sell your Verizon Galaxy Nexus
Step 2: buy a GSM Galaxy Nexus.
thephantom said:
just to be clear, tmobile uses gsm technology and verizon uses cdma. those two are different so they are not interchangeable.
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thanks for the explanation
This isn't a dumb question BTW... There are several CDMA phones that support gsm .. Rezound for example... No need to be cruel
halfcab123 said:
This isn't a dumb question BTW... There are several CDMA phones that support gsm .. Rezound for example... No need to be cruel
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Thanks for your insight on a 9 month old thread.
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What's the SIM slot for?
josejimenez said:
What's the SIM slot for?
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LTE only.
Can someone help me with SIM Unlocking for the sprint galaxy nexus? Do I need an unlock code, or just flash the unlocked nexus firmware (i9250) ?
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus does not have a GSM radio. It will never work on a GSM carrier. Ever.
Do not try to flash GSM firmware to a CDMA phone.
I'm willing to buy a sprint galaxy nexus, how can I work with another carrier? (I have a vodafone SIM)
Bibicp said:
I'm willing to buy a sprint galaxy nexus, how can I work with another carrier? (I have a vodafone SIM)
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The Sprint Galaxy Nexus will not work with a GSM carrier.
martonikaj said:
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus will not work with a GSM carrier.
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Yes, Isn't it possible to sim-unlock it?
Bibicp said:
Yes, Isn't it possible to sim-unlock it?
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No because it's a CDMA phone, not a GSM phone. If you want to use your Vodafon sim card you will need to buy a GSM Galaxy Nexus
PhoenixBlitz said:
No because it's a CDMA phone, not a GSM phone. If you want to use your Vodafon sim card you will need to buy a GSM Galaxy Nexus
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I understand, I thought it was like unlocking the iphone.
Bibicp said:
Yes, Isn't it possible to sim-unlock it?
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No. You cannot SIM unlock it... How many ways can I say this?
Hello,
I have a locked T-999 and I'm getting my hands on an unlock code. Can I buy any cheap microsim card to unlock my device or does it have to be AT&T?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Phone-Cards...=R40&_clu=2&_nkw=at&t+microsim&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
I would think it'd need to be a tmobile sim, but I'm really not sure about that.
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kharnage said:
Hello,
I have a locked T-999 and I'm getting my hands on an unlock code. Can I buy any cheap microsim card to unlock my device or does it have to be AT&T?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Phone-Cards...=R40&_clu=2&_nkw=at&t+microsim&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
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Any non T-Mobile SIM card will /should being up the unlock menu.
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Insert any non T-Mobile micro SIM. You have to have a SIM that's not T-Mobile. T-Mobile s3 doesn't have access to unlock menu until another SIM is in the phone. At least it wasn't possible when I unlocked mine months ago
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Thanks for the responses!
So I can just get this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NET10-MICRO...130794368103?pt=SIM_Cards&hash=item1e73f3ac67) and it is guaranteed to bring up the unlock menu?
kharnage said:
Thanks for the responses!
So I can just get this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NET10-MICRO...130794368103?pt=SIM_Cards&hash=item1e73f3ac67) and it is guaranteed to bring up the unlock menu?
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or just go in to ATT and ask them to use one for a sec. Im sure if you tell them you need to unlock the phone to their network they will have no problem letting you use one for 30 sec.