I want to switch my carrier from verizon to TMO and im wondering if anyone here has done it or knows if the vzw n2 will work on TMO? If I set the network to GSM in settings and set the apns to t mobile will everything work ok or is my phone locked somehow by vzw? Thanks
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Im reading up on this a bit and I have a feeling that my phone is locked as I am still under contract for my n2. If so would I be able to unlock it with something like in the pic below? Or better yet would I need to unlock it if it is locked to use it on TMO?
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This video is a bit annoying but it shows someone doing exactly what I want to do. Now would my phone need to be unlocked to do this as it seems like it will work...
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...m3chBg65UoZ9gHXfw&sig2=g79tCwOTciOIGGkEwnK-9A
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35368033
Here you go buddy. This is how you can get your note 2 work and it's free and easy. Couple things though you will only get edge data unless in a reframed area (don't really know how far that's progressed in the last 6 months) also tmo coverage sucks inside buildings so you'll want wifi calling if you spend a lot of time in brick buildings. You can try flashing a tmo ROM (without kernel and modem) to get it, but I don't think that works
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Thank you very much. I don't ever use my pc to view xda since I got my n2. The search feature on tapatalk is horrific. I really appreciate it and wish I could thank you 100 times. Have a nice day.
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Hello..just a quick question. I have a unlocked tmoble t989 and I was wanting to pick up a free go phone sim from my local att store and use it as a go phone..I have read though that I will get no data access even if I pay for it but have also read that I will but it will be onle edge network..not 3g or 4g..so anyone know for sure?
Actually u will get data service u just have to set it up... also u will get 3g not 4g
Not sure yet but im about to try it ,from what i read it will get 3g with the correct att apn's .please confirm if u try it and it works i will also .
Thanks .
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It should use hsap+ ....yes or no....anyone know the answer?
Confirmed workin on att 3g!!
Works perfect!
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What are your data speeds likr?
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Thats great news..but I need more info..im just running Gingerbread and dont know how to get ICS and make this work correctly..how can I find out more info?..
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Thats great news..but I need more info..im just running Gingerbread and dont know how to get ICS and make this work correctly..how can I find out more info?..
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Stock gingerbread 2.3.5
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Here is what i got .
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Can one take s bell, rogers and flash an AT&T Modem/Radio in it and work like an AT&T?
Another words I will get all AT&T bands same at AT&T's?
No. I mean yes.
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???
Don't
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Why? Whats the big difference between the i747 & the i747M?
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Why? Whats the big difference between the i747 & the i747M?
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The "M"
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So they can be used same AT&T on Bell canada and vice versa? Even unlocking a bell or even togers to use on Straight Talk ising an AT&T sim?
Some people have reported that flashing the wrong carrier's modem had wiped their IMEI.
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I'd avoid it especially since it probably won't make a world of difference even if the performance was different. If the hardware is perfectly identical, I'm sure it would work but I still wouldn't want to try it.
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DO NOT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!! or say bye bye to your IMEI
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Can you not just reinput your IMEI?
If you really feel like trying it, go ahead.
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Can you not just reinput your IMEI?
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Yea you can if you got a day to kill messing with your phone and all the programs.... jesh. We tell you not to and it seems like you are making excuses to do it... just save yourself the huge trouble and headache. And us too... don't do it.
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Ok i was just being curious if it would be a massive undertaking.
I have a really quick and easy question. Im planning to buy an at&t gs3 phone from craiglist but im planning to use it on a different carrier, gosmart, what are the things I have to look for? Im sorry this sounds very elemental but I have always used sprint and I really dont know much about sim card.
Thank you very much for your time!
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lepapirriky said:
I have a really quick and easy question. Im planning to buy an at&t gs3 phone from craiglist but im planning to use it on a different carrier, gosmart, what are the things I have to look for? Im sorry this sounds very elemental but I have always used sprint and I really dont know much about sim card.
Thank you very much for your time!
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At&t phones operate on gsm. Make sure gosmart is a gsm carrier. Also, depending on the carrier, you may not see LTE speeds
Well i assume you would have to unlock it which is now illegal without carrier permission so you would have to call at&t and have them unlock if it doesn't already come unlocked
Gosmart uses a sim card( tmobile) but im not worried about lte speeds. What im worried is at&t claiming back their phone. Now this guya in craiglist says he bought the gs3 and then his job gave him the iphone, so he has no use for it. Will at&t will automatically unlock it when he got the iphone?
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Also how can I tell the phone its unlock or not? Anyway to check that?
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lepapirriky said:
Also how can I tell the phone its unlock or not? Anyway to check that?
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Put your gosim in the phone if it works its unlocked if not still locked.
To unlock read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
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hxphan said:
Put your gosim in the phone if it works its unlocked if not still locked.
To unlock read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
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And input the correct APN settings
Thank you everyone for helping me!
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Bought a new i317 and unlocked it now I'm using it for another carrier: Telcel
I do get 3G the only problem is that it loses the signal every once in awhile, sometimes it goes for 2 hours without it.
Everytime I notice that it isnt getting a 3g connection (because I want to use it for checking email and web browsing) I turn off/on mobile data and it registers again and no probs until a few hours pass by and then i dont have 3g anymore
The 3g icon never really stops appearing I just cant get mobile data service.
Did I make the mistake of buying an i317 over the n7100 (which is the one my carrier sells and uses) ?
nothing...?
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nothing...?
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you may have to change the APN setting!
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Bajanman said:
you may have to change the APN setting!
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I'm getting mobile data, my problem is that it doesn't seem to be consistent :/
could that still be corrected through APN settings though?
marcotics said:
I'm getting mobile data, my problem is that it doesn't seem to be consistent :/
could that still be corrected through APN settings though?
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Are you still on the original AT&T modem? Or what modem are you on J2, K7, or MA4. That might b an issue also. And don't try to flash a different carrier radio. I've read that that'll just give a world of trouble.. FYI
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you may have to change the APN setting!
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Bajanman said:
Are you still on the original AT&T modem? Or what modem are you on J2, K7, or MA4. That might b an issue also. And don't try to flash a different carrier radio. I've read that that'll just give a world of trouble.. FYI
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I'm on MA4 right now. Thanks for telling me not to flash another modem lol I swear I was just about to do that
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I'm on MA4 right now. Thanks for telling me not to flash another modem lol I swear I was just about to do that
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No problem. I just did my buddies TMO GN2, to work on AT&T. And someone posted that they tried that in the TMO thread and the phone kept restarting. Guess it doesn't play nice with each other?
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Ok so I thought I'd contribute a bit and start a topic regarding what people thought of AT&T's LTE network.
I got an iPhone 5 the day they came out and was getting some amazing speeds. Like 15 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. But within a few weeks of having my phone I started noticing dramatic drops. I live on Los Angeles and in the city I now get 2-3 down and less than 1 up. So what I would do with my iPhone was turn off LTE and too my surprise the 4g network was doing leaps and bounds better. About 6-8 down but still less than 1 up.
Now I have my new galaxy note 2 and still don't have the best of LTE but 4g is still giving me the high downloads I was seeing on my iPhone 5. So for the most part I keep my LTE shut off on my phone though turning it on and off isn't as easy to do on android as it was on my iPhone. Unless anyone knows a toggle I can add some how?
Anyways just thought I'd start this little discussion to see what everyone else thought about their LTE in their area. Personally I think it's a joke how expensive AT&T is and how poor quality their bandwidth is. If it's gonna be expensive it ought to work great. But I guess that's just how things go with all carriers. Well love to read your guys' thoughts.
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Sounds like your LTE network is saturated with users. It was bound to happen:thumbup:
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Sounds like your LTE network is saturated with users. It was bound to happen:thumbup:
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thats what i figured but whats good is since most people dont know how to turn it off it leaves my 4g network wide open haha. even though my phone wont boot again now after trying to boot with no sim card in it, back to the forums i go.
how does one force 4g mode from lte?
Take out your sim card. Turn your phone on. Go to your dialer and dial *#2263#
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The nearest lte to me is 50ish Mbps but on the other end of town its only 10mbps average
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Daaamn where's that?
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I get a consistent 30-40 down
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I tested mine last night I was getting 25KBS.!!
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elhefe420 said:
I tested mine last night I was getting 25KBS.!!
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Thats very slow. Thate 2G
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Welcome to Los angeles
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Was down in Sacramento this morning. .. ran a couple of SpeedTests... blazin' fast LTE network.
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Welcome to Los angeles
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Hey down in Diego I get 50+mb down!
LOL
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Wtf! Am I the only one getting hosed!
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This is middle of the night. Off peak hours. Koreatown. Middle of Los Angeles.
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Unfortunately I only get hspa+ in my area but in Allentown, PA about 45 minutes away I got these LTE speeds on rt. 78. Wish I had LTE in the Poconos
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I get no more than 12mb down/9mb up in Margate/Coconut Creek/Boca Raton, FL area and that is at NIGHT when no one is on. During the day, the HSPA+ is faster.
I usually get 10-15 mbps in Tulsa Ok. I have seen 50+ a couple times. Unfortunately I don't get LTE anywhere I go on a daily basis. I can get it by going 2 blocks south of my house, but my daily commute takes me north away from any coverage. Still happy enough with hspa+ as I usually get 4-5 mbps which is plenty fast to do anything I really need to do on my phone.
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I drove through San Diego over the weekend and saw 60 down 14 up.
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elhefe420 said:
Take out your sim card. Turn your phone on. Go to your dialer and dial *#2263#
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what does that do? if it turns off lte somehow ( please include how ), then how would it then be reversed to turn lte back on?