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Hi, im new, 2nd post (1st thread)
So heres some background info, I have AT&T but i work for t-mobile. Had my AT&T GS2 phone stolen by a t-mobile customer and the company I work for are great people and decided to replace my GS2 with a t-mobile gs3 for $100. They even offered me a dealer line to go with it (I get unlimited everything [NO THROTTLING] for $22 a month)
So heres my question. I know for sure that it wouldnt connect to AT&T LTE but for whatever reason if I decide to unlock and use it on my AT&T plan, does it have the proper bands required to connect to AT&T's HSPA+ network or would I be running edge?
I know all iphone's used on T-Mobile only run EDGE. (Coming later this fall they will be able to connect to t-mobile's 4g HSPA+ network)
Anybody have a clue?
I'm pretty sure it would work on atnt 3g speeds
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It will work. The T999 has support for 1900 Mhz hspa+, which is the AT&T band.
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Confirmed working. I unlocked my T999. I have 2 sim cards, StraightTalk and Tmobile monthly 4G. I travel a lot, so depending on which carrier gives me the best signal that's what I would use. Usually, StraightTalk would give me the better signals...although Tmobile still gives me faster data speeds. just thought id share .02.
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Hi, im new, 2nd post (1st thread)
So heres some background info, I have AT&T but i work for t-mobile. Had my AT&T GS2 phone stolen by a t-mobile customer and the company I work for are great people and decided to replace my GS2 with a t-mobile gs3 for $100. They even offered me a dealer line to go with it (I get unlimited everything [NO THROTTLING] for $22 a month)
So heres my question. I know for sure that it wouldnt connect to AT&T LTE but for whatever reason if I decide to unlock and use it on my AT&T plan, does it have the proper bands required to connect to AT&T's HSPA+ network or would I be running edge?
I know all iphone's used on T-Mobile only run EDGE. (Coming later this fall they will be able to connect to t-mobile's 4g HSPA+ network)
Anybody have a clue?
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Sorry but i think is funny that you wotk for tmobile and get att instead lol, i would do it too,att has better service im on tmobile cause is cheaper tho
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Tmobile has a faster 4g network where im at (New Jersey)
22 dollars? What crazy plan is this
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babymatteo said:
Confirmed working. I unlocked my T999. I have 2 sim cards, StraightTalk and Tmobile monthly 4G. I travel a lot, so depending on which carrier gives me the best signal that's what I would use. Usually, StraightTalk would give me the better signals...although Tmobile still gives me faster data speeds. just thought id share .02.
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Hi, I'm waking up this thread as I have the T999 phone and recently switched to Straight Talk SIM (AT&T).
I only get EDGE on the phone using my Straight Talk SIM.
Is there anything I need to do with the phone? It runs the latest stock, not rooted or modified as such. It is carrier unlocked.
I unlocked my t999 and using it on my contract att plan, getting hspa+ atm, just check the bands that it supports, which are 850mhz 1900mhz for att's 3.5g(not 4g) LTE is 4G.
elaxsjo said:
Hi, I'm waking up this thread as I have the T999 phone and recently switched to Straight Talk SIM (AT&T).
I only get EDGE on the phone using my Straight Talk SIM.
Is there anything I need to do with the phone? It runs the latest stock, not rooted or modified as such. It is carrier unlocked.
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I also got straight talk att and I get hspa+.
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jose makalolot said:
I also got straight talk att and I get hspa+.
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What apn settings do you use? I plugged my ATT sim into an unlocked SGH-T999 today with the ST APN settings and only get 3G. Speed isn't bad - 1164k down/1041 up, but I would like to tap into the HSPA+ if possible.
I just recently bought a locked Rogers Galaxy Note II i317M and unlocked it using cellunlocker(dot)net; however, I am not getting a LTE signal on Bell for some reason — it's always just "4G".
I talked to a rep and he said that it should work since im in a LTE covered area. He also said that he can't help me further since I didn't buy the phone from Bell .
Anyone know what's happening here? Did the unlocking mess it up? Is that even possible?
I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks.
saffant said:
I just recently bought a locked Rogers Galaxy Note II i317M and unlocked it using cellunlocker(dot)net; however, I am not getting a LTE signal on Bell for some reason — it's always just "4G".
I talked to a rep and he said that it should work since im in a LTE covered area. He also said that he can't help me further since I didn't buy the phone from Bell .
Anyone know what's happening here? Did the unlocking mess it up? Is that even possible?
I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks.
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What are your APN settings?
Bell does not have a different apn for lte and hspa. After flashing some at&t roms, I am not getting lte at all. But the stock room is okay .
I'm on Rogers and couldn't get on LTE. It turned out to be my old SIM. Rogers replaced it and voila, LTE. Not sure if Bell has a similar issue with older SIMs or not, but maybe it's worth a try.
i flashed the Rogers modem. Works now.
Yeah check your apn settings and post them here
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I'm on Rogers and couldn't get on LTE. It turned out to be my old SIM. Rogers replaced it and voila, LTE. Not sure if Bell has a similar issue with older SIMs or not, but maybe it's worth a try.
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Ya. Its the same with Bell. You need to get an LTE sim card otherwise you'll be stuck with H+
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I have a corporate unlimited data plan from a while ago I get hspda+ all the time but never got lte. Im just curious do you need like a specific lte plan or you just receive lte in the coverage area?
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I have a corporate unlimited data plan from a while ago I get hspda+ all the time but never got lte. Im just curious do you need like a specific lte plan or you just receive lte in the coverage area?
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You don't need an LTE plan on Bell.
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Sometimes changing the apn to proxy.bell.ca instead of pda.bell.ca would fix the issue. . Although tried both ways on my SGN2 - both worked out well..
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Just called they said I need a compatable data plan and mine currently isnt able to get lte.
How do you change the apn? I found it but its all greyed out
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Iniquity0411: all the older UMB, UNPDA and any other unlimited data plans are not eligible for LTE. If you want all the nitty gritty details, you should be able to find relevant posts on HowardForums.
lte not working for me
hi guys i recently flashed miui for my note 2 and noticed im only getting 3g, my APN settings look the same and ive also played around with them but always end up with either no internet or only 3g. any suggestions?
As a canadian multi-carrier cell phone salesman you do need a data plan, sim, and phone all to be lte enabled for lte service. If you are on a plan roughly two years or older you most likely did not get upgraded to lte data. This sounds like your issue here, and you would have to go talk to your corporate to have the plan changed over. I'm not sure if its a personal under a corporate (this case changing should be easy) or a giant bucket plan, in which case good luck.
Rogers is the only canadian carrier to have an lte APN.
and lastly your bell micro sim should clearly be labeled LTE, and for others FYI Telus sim cards should be V31, and rogers I believe its B010 if memory serves me right.
On the note 2 lte is already a default setting if already enabled.
well i guess then miui for the note 2 is not an lte rom because ive checked and rechecked my apn settings, and i have all the above that u mentioned, the stock rom (4.1.1) had lte but when i flashed miui all im getting is 3g.
apn settings all blank i317m
I did something in odin.
I am on 4.3 official firmware but I have no mobile data. I checked my apn settings and virtually all settings are blank. Not set.
Help please
Thanks
I have found people who offer services for flashing a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 to Straight Talk but I am fairly decent at following instructions. I was wondering if anyone knew of any links to a good walkthrough on how to accomplish this properly. I tried searching the forums but haven't come across anything as of yet. Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but I was unable to find the information.
Also, does anyone know what network the service would run off of (i.e. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile)? I currently have my phone rooted and am running CM10, would I still be able to use the same root and rom files? Thanks in advance!
Yes, service provider and device are independent of one another, Comcast doesnt require using Windows 8 for internet right?
As for how to do it, I think I saw a thread in General about this, try searching "straight talk" just in this forum
And it would have to be one of the carriers that supports CDMA so At&t is out of the question
Sprint S3 is CDMA. Straight Talk is mostly GSM, AT&T and Tmobile, with the exception of Verizon. Not going to work.
Sell your Sprint S3 (or trade it) for either an AT&T or Tmobile S3 depending on which carrier you want to go with when on Straight Talk (you pick one). Their BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone) plan only works with GSM phones, either Tmobile or AT&T (no need to unlock either) or unlocked phones with the correct bands. Just insert a respective SIM card.
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Sprint S3 is CDMA. Straight Talk is mostly GSM, AT&T and Tmobile, with the exception of Verizon. Not going to work.
Sell your Sprint S3 (or trade it) for either an AT&T or Tmobile S3 depending on which carrier you want to go with when on Straight Talk (you pick one). Their BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone) plan only works with GSM phones, either Tmobile or AT&T (no need to unlock either) or unlocked phones with the correct bands. Just insert a respective SIM card.
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I may be wrong but I believe ST has both gsm and cdma phones. The model # for the phone ending in C for cdma.
Straight talk does support CD a. I work at Walmart and our prepaid straight talk phones use AT&T towers and some use sprints towers.
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It does support CDMA, theres a thread in the EVO 4G forums about how to flash that (cdma) phone to StraightTalk
Like i said, with the exception of Verizon. Verizon is a CDMA carrier. Their only CDMA phones are Verizon branded, that's it. Their BYOP program only works on GSM phones. Sell or trade your Sprint S3 for a GSM S3 (AT&T or Tmobile) and save yourself a lot of hassle and grief.
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Straight talk does support CD a. I work at Walmart and our prepaid straight talk phones use AT&T towers and some use sprints towers.
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AT&T is not a CDMA carrier, so what's your point?
Definitely possible
http://bit.ly/PnaTTs
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For people like me, where att service sucks, simply using an att phone isnt the solution. Not only that, att theottles their mvnos - I frequently get acces forbidden errors when trying to use data. Google it.
What you are asking for CAN be done. Straight talk offers service for gsm on att and cdma on verizon. Sonce you are coming from sprint - cdma - you will be using verizon towers. You will need to flash the phone. I am attempting to do this today by following on of the above guides.
I will post back how it goes for me.
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http://bit.ly/PnaTTs
http://bit.ly/VKzMwM
For people like me, where att service sucks, simply using an att phone isnt the solution. Not only that, att theottles their mvnos - I frequently get acces forbidden errors when trying to use data. Google it.
What you are asking for CAN be done. Straight talk offers service for gsm on att and cdma on verizon. Sonce you are coming from sprint - cdma - you will be using verizon towers. You will need to flash the phone. I am attempting to do this today by following on of the above guides.
I will post back how it goes for me.
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Any luck so far? I have a buddy who is asking me to do this for him. I couldn't find any guides specific to the S3. Would like to know if it actually works before messing with his phone lol.
Any guides for flashing to page plus also will work here except the esn will have to be switched i believe.... But i know it can be done... Galaxy s3 on verizon cdma straight talk towers....
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Thanks for the input. I know it CAN be done its just how and the details of which network it uses. Someone will do it for $50 but I can typically follow a guide well enough to do things on my own. I'll wait to see how some of these others go that are trying it. Thanks for the input!
Most of the time its put on verizon network for better swrvice area
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joshlevinson said:
http://bit.ly/PnaTTs
http://bit.ly/VKzMwM
For people like me, where att service sucks, simply using an att phone isnt the solution. Not only that, att theottles their mvnos - I frequently get acces forbidden errors when trying to use data. Google it.
What you are asking for CAN be done. Straight talk offers service for gsm on att and cdma on verizon. Sonce you are coming from sprint - cdma - you will be using verizon towers. You will need to flash the phone. I am attempting to do this today by following on of the above guides.
I will post back how it goes for me.
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So how did it go? Did you get everything working?
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I just had someone flash my g3 to straight talk and the data phone and messaging are all working. My only problem is watching videos on 3g.
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Wgats your prl and modem
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Has anyone else flashed their phones to straight talk? I've gotten everything to work except mms. Does anyone know how this might be fixed? Thanks
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Has anyone else flashed their phones to straight talk? I've gotten everything to work except mms. Does anyone know how this might be fixed? Thanks
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Mind PMing me how you got it done?
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Sprint S3 on Straight Talk
it is possible to flash a sprint s3 to straight talk, i am using one now that i flashed over...
because of things that cannot be discussed her, you will need to pm me for details...
as far as mms is concerned, you will need to use go sms from the play store and enter mms settings manually, this is what worked for me, i could not get the stock messaging program to work with mms
onedarkone said:
it is possible to flash a sprint s3 to straight talk, i am using one now that i flashed over...
because of things that cannot be discussed her, you will need to pm me for details...
as far as mms is concerned, you will need to use go sms from the play store and enter mms settings manually, this is what worked for me, i could not get the stock messaging program to work with mms
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Will I be able to get 4G with this??
I seen a YouTube video where someone used a at&t S3 and Was able to get 4G working..
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I understand that this phone has the same hardware and supports the ATT LTE bands. I am done with locked bootloaders, I need confirmation someone is using this phone on ATT Network w LTE successfully without any hacks..
Any other feedback will be great (call quality, radio performance on ATT network)
Seriously pondering getting the T-MO version. I am hoping I can get one off contract.
TIA
I am currently using the phone on at&t. LTE works. Just make sure you set your APN right. I just disabled WiFi calling because it is not supported.
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Yes I am. I had to add the apn and then choose lte in the network section. Works great though.
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Same here. Rooted, unlocked and running very smoothly, no lag at all.
Just need to get a case for it.
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what is the apn setting bc im looking to switch to t mobile with the s3 att
I am NOT able to get this to work at all on mine. I am unlocked, rooted and I am using a red pocket sim that uses AT&T towers.
Any suggestions?
Did you get an unlock code from tmo, a 3rd party, or some sort of debug method a la s3 and note 2?
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Did you get an unlock code from tmo, a 3rd party, or some sort of debug method a la s3 and note 2?
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I'm considering buying the TMO variant to use on AT&T as well and I have a few questions related to this topic:
Would service reception be restricted to just LTE or can the T-Mobile S4 still receive AT&T's E, 3G, etc as well when used on AT&T's network?
Also, and I'm sure this is dependent on the answer to my first question, would the T-Mobile S4 work with the AT&T 3G Microcell?
Whos Lte is faster tmobiles or att.
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Whos Lte is faster tmobiles or att.
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hard to answer; it really depends on the area, but for the most part im pretty confident in saying t-mobiles LTE is faster.
see attached photo
I've been using the T-Mobile version on AT&T for a few days. I unlocked using the debug menu instructions in this forum, setup the AT&T LTE APN and set the preferred network to LTE. It works fine on LTE, hspa, etc.
Speed test results were 53Mb down, 19Mb up, 66ms ping in Raleigh, NC.
I gave away my microcell with my POS iPhone because the Samsung phones performed OK without it. So, I can't answer whether the T-Mobile version will work correctly with a microcell.
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Help please...
Hi all,
I have a Galaxy S4 I9500, I keep my brightness at full all the time. When I finish playing games even "subway surfer" for 10 minutes, and exit to the desktop, I find that brightness is lowered alittle bit & increase gradually to the previous state which is full brightness (from 5 to 10 seconds). Could this be a result of that when playing games, the device uses the 1.6 quad core CPU and upon exit it takes alittle time (those 5 to 10 seconds) to shift to the 1.2 quad core CPU?
Really need your help.
Thanks alot.
So it seems this is the perfect phone to use on AT&T due to all that bootloader problems and crap on the AT&T version.
So folks still running fine without issues with this device on AT&T's network? I know LTE bands over lap so those are fine and the specs for the other frequencies all line up too but any problems with any data or voice stuff at this point after more time has passed? Including text and media messaging?
Screwbal said:
So folks still running fine without issues with this device on AT&T's network? I know LTE bands over lap so those are fine and the specs for the other frequencies all line up too but any problems with any data or voice stuff at this point after more time has passed? Including text and media messaging?
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I had left an area with LTE coverage before I was able to network unlock, so I can't comment as to how LTE is working... but I've had no problems using it on Edge or 3G, texting/mms, etc. It even works flawlessly on my Microcell with no modifications other than the network unlock.
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I understand that this phone has the same hardware and supports the ATT LTE bands. I am done with locked bootloaders, I need confirmation someone is using this phone on ATT Network w LTE successfully without any hacks..
Any other feedback will be great (call quality, radio performance on ATT network)
Seriously pondering getting the T-MO version. I am hoping I can get one off contract.
TIA
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Mohan,
Which phone are you getting? The T-mobile version or the Google S4? I read online that the Google version of S4 is the same as the T-mobile version. I'm a T-mobile customer but I want to follow you using the Embryo rom on your new phone selection and hopefully get wifi-calling feature. I'm currently using the Embryo rom on my T989. Thanks.
adding an APN ... issues
lemme ask what will undoubtedly be a noob question. i've unlocked my T-Mo S4. confirmed. i popped in my AT&T iPhone 5's SIM card and boot up. i see that i have a signal, am able to make and receive phone calls. but no data. when i look at the APN, i'm seeing Cingular APN. what gives? i thought the phone would auto-detect and attach to the correct APN and i'd be good-to-go. thoughts? do i need to manually add the APN? I have all of the info necessary. when i try to add the APN, i am able to get to the proper menu, add all of the info. however, when i try to "save" the info, it never shows up as an APN for me to select. so whatever info i've just entered was never saved.
help!
Hey guys I'd like to use my retail note 4 on Verizon until paid off then was thinking of using strict talk Verizon Sim. Has anyone does this does it get the same lte speeds? Is the service the same? Can I use Internet and mms properly?
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I'm using mine just fine. 4g lte, sms, mms and web work as the should.
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I'm using mine just fine. 4g lte, sms, mms and web work as the should.
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If you get the Verizon Sim do you still need to put in the apn?
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I think I had to add straight talks verizon apn.
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Hello,
Question.. I have a verizon note 2 with straight talk service and I just got a verizon note 4. Can't I just put the sim card from the note 2 into the note 4, use the same apn, and get it to work? Or do I still need to get a new verizon straight talk sim? I got this sim a long time ago so I don't remember if it was a verizon straight talk sim but I assumed it was because it works in my Verizon note 2.
Note 910v on straight talk NEED HELP! PLEASE
I've had straight att for years.. just got 2 new note 4s for Verizon to use on straight talk.. both are working but I can't change the APN settings.. the "+" is not lite up to select it and input the changes... how can I change these settings? Someone Please help me..
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Hello,
Question.. I have a verizon note 2 with straight talk service and I just got a verizon note 4. Can't I just put the sim card from the note 2 into the note 4, use the same apn, and get it to work? Or do I still need to get a new verizon straight talk sim? I got this sim a long time ago so I don't remember if it was a verizon straight talk sim but I assumed it was because it works in my Verizon note 2.
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Depends if the SIM fits and what service the SIM is for. If your on the straight talk verizon you need to call in and transfer service to the new phone. If the SIM fits and is for anything other the verizon you'll need to add the apn.
For whatever reason the apn is blocked on mine as well. I'm guessing straight talk updated my apn when I called and gave them my imei number to transfer my account.
Only thing I can recommend is to call straight talk
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Ok i found my old activation kit with all the Sim cards in it for at&t and tmobile.. the Sim card I was using was straight talk tmobile which works fine in my Verizon note 2. But when I put it in my Verizon note 4 I get nothing.. no signal bars nothing.. I don't think it's the apn because I put the sim card back in my note 2 and deleted the apn and I still at least got signal bars just no Internet of course. So i got my number switched to the at&t sim card and tried it and got the same results. Works in my note 2 but nothing works in the note 4. No signal at all. Do you think downgrading to kitkat would get it working? I noticed others who said they were using Verizon note 4 with a at&t straight talk sim card was on 4.4
There's a thread here about tmobile. Works for some and not for others. Some tricks to get it working in the thread as well. Again worked for some not for others.
If coverage is good I'd buy a straight talk verizon SIM for it on eBay(where I got mine) and transfer your account to that. You'll have to buy a 6.99 activation from straight talk when you call. Your number won't change either.
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