So recently I came found pretty beaten up HTC ONE that is Verizon branded. I called and they said its a bad ESN that the previous owner didn't finish the payment. So I was wondering, (yes I looked through various threads and could not get to a final answer) if I use this phone with an AT&T sim, it will work right? Verizon HTC ONES are required to be GSM unlocked and ESN only matters to CDMA carriers and not GSM carriers. Thanks.
Are you asking the XDA community or are you telling us? I'm confused as to what you are getting across here. If you have an AT&T sim or know someone who does then pop the sim in and find out if it works... Did you call Verizon or AT&T and ask if they will activate it?
O-rangePeels said:
So recently I came found pretty beaten up HTC ONE that is Verizon branded. I called and they said its a bad ESN that the previous owner didn't finish the payment. So I was wondering, (yes I looked through various threads and could not get to a final answer) if I use this phone with an AT&T sim, it will work right? Verizon HTC ONES are required to be GSM unlocked and ESN only matters to CDMA carriers and not GSM carriers. Thanks.
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It is unlocked, so as long as it has the proper bands in it, it should work on AT&T. I'm not sure if it'll work with LTE or just 3G. No idea as I've never tried. I've also read that you have to update APN settings. AT&T may not "officially" let you use, like register it to your account because it wasn't an AT&T phone but if you can pop a SIM card in it you should be able to use it, as long as it works.
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It is unlocked, so as long as it has the proper bands in it, it should work on AT&T. I'm not sure if it'll work with LTE or just 3G. No idea as I've never tried. I've also read that you have to update APN settings. AT&T may not "officially" let you use, like register it to your account because it wasn't an AT&T phone but if you can pop a SIM card in it you should be able to use it, as long as it works.
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Thanks!
It'll be on 2G which will be fine for voice but you'll be stuck on slow data.
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jlczl said:
It'll be on 2G which will be fine for voice but you'll be stuck on slow data.
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Wrong. You're thinking of T-Mobile
http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-one/#specs
The VZW variant HTC One includes the following GSM bands: UMTS/HSPA 1900/2100MHz and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz. These frequencies align with AT&T's services. T-Mobile uses AWS bands (which include 1700mhz) for their HSPA.
I might be wrong.. but all Verizon Phones are Sim-Locked for any USA carrier, you could however use the phone just fine in any out of the country carriers. but like i said i might be wrong which i often am
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I might be wrong.. but all Verizon Phones are Sim-Locked for any USA carrier, you could however use the phone just fine in any out of the country carriers. but like i said i might be wrong which i often am
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It's actually the opposite. Verizon 4G phones are SIM unlocked.
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It's actually the opposite. Verizon 4G phones are SIM unlocked.
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See i ask because my wife also like to have an HTC ONE and i wont let her have mine but she like to be with cricket for some unknown reason, so i was looking online and best deal i saw a HTC ONE but verizon branded, so was thinking to get her a HTC ONE from sprint or tmobile and convert it to cricket but my concept seem to far fetched i think...
projektorboy said:
Wrong. You're thinking of T-Mobile
http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-one/#specs
The VZW variant HTC One includes the following GSM bands: UMTS/HSPA 1900/2100MHz and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz. These frequencies align with AT&T's services. T-Mobile uses AWS bands (which include 1700mhz) for their HSPA.
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Sorry but regardless what those specs state you are wrong. I have a Verizon HTC One in hand as well as at&t and T-Mobile sim cards and my statement is from ACTUAL hands on experience. You will only get 2G.
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jvasquezhhi said:
See i ask because my wife also like to have an HTC ONE and i wont let her have mine but she like to be with cricket for some unknown reason, so i was looking online and best deal i saw a HTC ONE but verizon branded, so was thinking to get her a HTC ONE from sprint or tmobile and convert it to cricket but my concept seem to far fetched i think...
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Don't waste your time. My thoughts were the same when I bought my Verizon One. I planned on using it with a GSM carrier. I had read that its hardware had the necessary bands and they probably are there but I can guarantee that they are at least being blocked somehow by Verizon (data-wise) . I only got 2G and this is from actual hands-on experience with SIM cards from both at&t and T-Mobile. Voice worked great but data was horrible.
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karn101 said:
It's actually the opposite. Verizon 4G phones are SIM unlocked.
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They ARE sim unlocked but crafty Verizon somehow managed to block high speed data even though they are SIM unlocked. I'm sure this can be fixed somehow but nobody seems to be that interested in getting this taken care of. Fortunately for me I was able to get a very good deal on my Verizon plan so I kept it for myself and my family is still on my original T Mobile plan.
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jlczl said:
Sorry but regardless what those specs state you are wrong. I have a Verizon HTC One in hand as well as at&t and T-Mobile sim cards and my statement is from ACTUAL hands on experience. You will only get 2G.
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Don't waste your time. My thoughts were the same when I bought my Verizon One. I planned on using it with a GSM carrier. I had read that its hardware had the necessary bands and they probably are there but I can guarantee that they are at least being blocked somehow by Verizon (data-wise) . I only got 2G and this is from actual hands-on experience with SIM cards from both at&t and T-Mobile. Voice worked great but data was horrible.
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They ARE sim unlocked but crafty Verizon somehow managed to block high speed data even though they are SIM unlocked. I'm sure this can be fixed somehow but nobody seems to be that interested in getting this taken care of. Fortunately for me I was able to get a very good deal on my Verizon plan so I kept it for myself and my family is still on my original T Mobile plan.
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Have you changed your APN settings? From what I've read, you can't just pop in the SIM and go, you have to change the APN settings for the new network
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josh995 said:
Have you changed your APN settings? From what I've read, you can't just pop in the SIM and go, you have to change the APN settings for the new network
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Yes, believe me I read every single thread there is about this issue when I first got my One. It will work but it will not work on hi speed 3G or 4G. I changed every APN setting possible, tried several different ones, nothing worked.
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jlczl said:
Yes, believe me I read every single thread there is about this issue when I first got my One. It will work but it will not work on hi speed 3G or 4G. I changed every APN setting possible, tried several different ones, nothing worked.
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I've gotten 3G/4G HSPA+ off T-Mobile (1900) on my One. Or are you referring to something else?
karn101 said:
I've gotten 3G/4G HSPA+ off T-Mobile (1900) on my One. Or are you referring to something else?
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Is that a Verizon HTC One? If so please let me know how you did it step by step as I have been wanting to do this for a long time.
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karn101 said:
I've gotten 3G/4G HSPA+ off T-Mobile (1900) on my One. Or are you referring to something else?
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Is it a Verizon One? Did you flash anything to turn off the speed cap?
I have a Verizon HTC one and I have a Straight talk ATT Micro sim card. ATT has great coverage in my area. You will only get Edge data. But text and calls will work. Reason is because you need both the 850Mhz and 1900Mhz band for ATT. I believe you will get HSPA on a Tmobile sim if Tmobile has the 1900 band rolled out in your area.
I have a droid DNA and with the ATT Sim card in the DNA I get HSPA speeds but only edge speeds on the One. The DNA has more bands available where as the HTC one from Verizon has the 800/1900 gsm bands. Since most of ATT uses 850Mhz, you can't just have one band and expect 3g/4g you need both.
Also just tried a tmobile straight talk SIM card in my Verizon one and still only get edge. To get better speeds you would have to get a different phone like the DNA, gs4, or an actual att or tmobile phone.
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Until recently I have been with Sprint. And I am located in South Florida.
I am considering going with Simple Mobile as I'm told that T-Mobile has one of the best data speeds in this area. And I want to get a Galaxy S3 as the phone to use with this service.
Can anyone here advise as to whether this would work with Simple Mobile (I called them but they won't say anything only that they don't don't support it - meaning they don't sell it so don't bother them), at what speeds?
I also assume that I must get the T-Mobile version of this phone. That seems quite difficult unless I want to pay a big premium to T-Mobile, who charges much more than say AT&T for their version. So if anyone has any suggestions where I can get one (I would prefer a store, not eBay)?
Thanks
try the xda marketplace
edit: nvm just saw you dont have enough posts.
I read that the Sprint variant of the S3 would work on T-Mobile. You just have to unlock the phone I believe.
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I remember negri sells the phone for $599 unlocked. That's the cheapest I've seen for the TMobile version. It's not cheaper by much but it's unlocked and you may save on taxes.
http://negrielectronics.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=t999#.UDfVdr3n_Fo
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AttachedSilver said:
I read that the Sprint variant of the S3 would work on T-Mobile. You just have to unlock the phone I believe.
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Sprint is cdma and T-Mobile is GSM. How are you going to stick a sim card in that sprint phone?
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My wife is using it on Simple Mobile. It works great.
Simple Mobile is a Mvno of t-mobile so you don't need to have an unlocked T999. Just change the apn. A's far as speeds. I live in Central Florida and I get the same speeds as t-mobile. I recommended. As far as where to buy the phone. I went to t-mobile and paid $599 for it. Haven't really seen it cheaper.
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brooksyx said:
Sprint is cdma and T-Mobile is GSM. How are you going to stick a sim card in that sprint phone?
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It's a world phone, my friends HTC Rezound is on Verizon which is CDMA but works on ATT
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AttachedSilver said:
It's a world phone, my friends HTC Rezound is on Verizon which is CDMA but works on ATT
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The Sprint version does not have the AWS bands that T-Mobile requires.
joshnichols189 said:
The Sprint version does not have the AWS bands that T-Mobile requires.
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Not to mention the Sprint sim slot is sealed and inaccessible.
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It's a world phone, my friends HTC Rezound is on Verizon which is CDMA but works on ATT
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You didn't answer my question, how are you going to put a sim card in it. The sprint galaxy siii does not have a sim slot...
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Also for Data?
Will it work for all the difference data protocols, and 2G, 3G, 4G?
AttachedSilver said:
I read that the Sprint variant of the S3 would work on T-Mobile. You just have to unlock the phone I believe.
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Which phone is she using?
What plan (40, 50, 60) does she have? What data speeds is she getting?
tengtengvn said:
My wife is using it on Simple Mobile. It works great.
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sun365 said:
Will it work for all the difference data protocols, and 2G, 3G, 4G?
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No. It doesn't have the AWS bands that T-Mobile requires. And they don't have "4G".
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brooksyx said:
You didn't answer my question, how are you going to put a sim card in it. The sprint galaxy siii does not have a sim slot...
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It does have a sim slot but it's not user accessible.
It's hidden behind the plastic under the battery.
Sprint has taken this approach with all there LTE devices.
The only exception may be the Photon Q since it's touted as being a global device.
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It does have a sim slot but it's not user accessible.
It's hidden behind the plastic under the battery.
Sprint has taken this approach with all there LTE devices.
The only exception may be the Photon Q since it's touted as being a global device.
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There is no sim slot. There is an embedded lte chip in there but no slot.
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tengtengvn said:
My wife is using it on Simple Mobile. It works great.
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So she did get 4G from simple mobile or only edge speed?
Also did she get MMS problem? I saw someone open a thread says he have MMS issue. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791451)
I got a free Verizon s3.... I need to know if i can use Tmobile on it?
I read several threads....but no real info.
Any help would be great.
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No. Verizon is CDMA TMo is GSM.
alloycowboy said:
I got a free Verizon s3.... I need to know if i can use Tmobile on it?
I read several threads....but no real info.
Any help would be great.
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verizon is cdma tmobile is gsm But:
u can sign up with metroPCS (uses cdma) owned by tmobile till 2015 ....that's when tmo will phase out cdma network.
hope that helps!
Alright....thank you for the help
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No. Verizon is CDMA TMo is GSM.
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Wrong, You can use Verizon S3 with Tmobile if you unlock the phone. Verizon S3 has Sim Slot. I'm using one right now
check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013647
and this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809314
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No. Verizon is CDMA TMo is GSM.
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Wrong, You can use Verizon S3 with Tmobile if you unlock the phone. Verizon S3 has Sim Slot. I'm using one right now
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Double wrong. Verizon has a different RADIO frequency than AT&T and/or T-Mobile. It is impossible to update/change the radio for a sim on att/tmobile for it to work on Verizon phone. Like said before: Verizon is CDMA (code division network based) AT&T/T-MOBILE is GSM (global system network) now let me Synthesise, IMPOSSIBLE for the simcard to work in Verizon phone with out the appropriate radio for the network!
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porto35 said:
Wrong, You can use Verizon S3 with Tmobile if you unlock the phone. Verizon S3 has Sim Slot. I'm using one right now
check this:
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Wrong, You can use Verizon S3 with Tmobile if you unlock the phone. Verizon S3 has Sim Slot. I'm using one right now
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Double wrong. Verizon has a different RADIO frequency than AT&T and/or T-Mobile. It is impossible to update/change the radio for a sim on att/tmobile for it to work on Verizon phone. Like said before: Verizon is CDMA (code division network based) AT&T/T-MOBILE is GSM (global system network) now let me Synthesise, IMPOSSIBLE for the simcard to work in Verizon phone with out the appropriate radio for the network!
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The first touch screen BlackBerry made for Verizon works on T-Mobile so why wouldn't this ? Granted the phone sucks and can only get edge, but it worked none the less
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Spastic909 said:
The first touch screen BlackBerry made for Verizon works on T-Mobile so why wouldn't this ? Granted the phone sucks and can only get edge, but it worked none the less
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some of the verizon phones are "world phones" and have both gsm and cdma. all verizon lte phones have a sim card but only some have gsm. I don't know anything about the verizon s3 but you would be better off asking in the verizon s3 forums.
I know what world phones are. Was just stating to the other dude who thinks it completely impossible.
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Not impossible. I get 3g on it and that's it. But when i change ROMs i have to redo the whole freaking APN settings again!!!
Too much of a hassle. So i got rid of it.
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alloycowboy said:
I got a free Verizon s3.... I need to know if i can use Tmobile on it?
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Yes you can, see this right now you can only get E speed on it. My S3 is actually flashed to Pageplus and I can use it with any GSM carrier here in the US, it's fairly easy to do but like I said you only get "Edge" speed for now. I've use Net10, Simplemobile and StraightTalk, any GSM will work you can also flash to other CDMA like Metro, Cricket or Pageplus.
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you have no idea about Verizon S3. Don't try to be smart my friend. I'm very sure that you don't own any S3 from Verizon. Stop BS about CDMA and GSM radio. I have been used my Verizon S3 for Tmobile for more than 8 months.
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you have no idea about Verizon S3. Don't try to be smart my friend. I'm very sure that you don't own any S3 from Verizon. Stop BS about CDMA and GSM radio. I have been used my Verizon S3 for Tmobile for more than 8 months.
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See... This is what happens when a ignoramus tries to be smart .. You don't know what you're saying.. It is a proven fact that you can't put a GSM into a NON-gsm phone and expect it to work! (i tried it.. And it failed.. Invalid sim[in a unlocked vzw phone])
Now, this is posted in the wrong thread.
Phone history:
1.T-Mobile Mytouch 3G Fender Ed. - lost
2.T959V - ROOTED#bricked/trying to fix
3.T959 - ROOTED#SlimRom build 5.5 - backup
4.Moto Razor V9 - broken
5. Samsung Intercept - ROOTED#Stock
6.I897 - ROOTED#SlimRom build 3.1- backup/usb port broken-MIA
7.T989 - ROOTED#SlimRom build5.5 - present
yes but havent tried
there are several places saying it is totally possible and ive called verizon trying to see what they would say and the answer i got, at least for out of the country GSM, is that the S3 comes "unlocked already" and you just put in the sim card from whatever out of country carrier you want. apparently that came with the 4.1.2 update to the phone. Now putting with a us carrier might be different but i cant try it because i have my phone flashed to metropcs and i cant just put a metro sim card in it. here a few places i found just by looking on google
http://rootandunlock.blogspot.com/2013/04/rooting-and-unlocking-your-verizon.html
http://androidrays.com/518/change-cdma-verizon-galaxy-s3-to-gsm-handset-by-hack/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc7PRDPIzHY
and theres a couple more
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See... This is what happens when a ignoramus tries to be smart .. You don't know what you're saying.. It is a proven fact that you can't put a GSM into a NON-gsm phone and expect it to work! (i tried it.. And it failed.. Invalid sim[in a unlocked vzw phone])
Now, this is posted in the wrong thread.
Phone history:
1.T-Mobile Mytouch 3G Fender Ed. - lost
2.T959V - ROOTED#bricked/trying to fix
3.T959 - ROOTED#SlimRom build 5.5 - backup
4.Moto Razor V9 - broken
5. Samsung Intercept - ROOTED#Stock
6.I897 - ROOTED#SlimRom build 3.1- backup/usb port broken-MIA
7.T989 - ROOTED#SlimRom build5.5 - present
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U actually can use the Verizon variant s3 on tmobiles network as the s3 is a world phone, now here's where and why most ppl don't, Verizon's network is CDMA as we all know and T-Mobile is a gsm network, so with the s3 being a world phone it can be used on a gsm network but u will never see 4g or even real 3g speeds, Verizon's s3 doesn't have the ability to pick up anything but "E", edge speeds on T-Mobile so is it really worth it? Not in my opinion, if I'm going to blget an s3 I want the full functionality of the devices capabilities, just saying though lol
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Si you have any idea how to do that?
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Metro now had sim cards running off of t-mobiles towers so I don't think it has to be flashed anymore but unlocked
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Si you have any idea how to do that?
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Metro now had sim cards running off of t-mobiles towers so I don't think it has to be flashed anymore but unlocked
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Well I actually already flashed mine to metro but then for anyone else that would mean you have to figure how to unlock the verizon s3 and move it to the Gsm for metro. And what I want to see is if it'll pick up 4G
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Well I actually already flashed mine to metro but then for anyone else that would mean you have to figure how to unlock the verizon s3 and move it to the Gsm for metro. And what I want to see is if it'll pick up 4G
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I can say with some certainty that u will not see 4g using a Verizon variant s3 on T-Mobile network, yes its a world phone and yes u can get it to "work" on T-Mobile but it doesn't have the right kind of internal for gsm 4g network speeds, the most u will see out of it is E or edge, 2g speeds, at least until the towers get updated
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I can say with some certainty that u will not see 4g using a Verizon variant s3 on T-Mobile network, yes its a world phone and yes u can get it to "work" on T-Mobile but it doesn't have the right kind of internal for gsm 4g network speeds, the most u will see out of it is E or edge, 2g speeds, at least until the towers get updated
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I dont know why im complaining except for the 4G status but i get full 3G and i have no buffering at all on youtube and its so quick. but you think if the towers get some kind of update then maybe 4g might work one day? because i understand if i dont get t-mobiles 4g but what about metro pcs 4g lte
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I dont know why im complaining except for the 4G status but i get full 3G and i have no buffering at all on youtube and its so quick. but you think if the towers get some kind of update then maybe 4g might work one day? because i understand if i dont get t-mobiles 4g but what about metro pcs 4g lte
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I can't say for certainty but as of right now any unlocked world phone from a CDMA based network will only pick up 2g or edge network speeds, it may say 3g or even 4g but believe me unless ur in an area where towers have been remapped u will not see anything above 2g ,maybe base 3g ,only because the radio isn't designed to pick up the gsm frequency, now in the near future cdma will be phased out so u may be able to get 4g in the future but not as of now
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I am wondering if a sprint Htc One flashed to verizon would get as good of a signal and a verizon branded One?
Most likely not. Different carriers run on different frequencies.
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Most likely not. Different carriers run on different frequencies.
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But if they run off the same tri-band cdma freq. , or for example sprint run 800 and verizon run say 805 ?
Just curious is all.
funone46 said:
But if they run off the same tri-band cdma freq. , or for example sprint run 800 and verizon run say 805 ?
Just curious is all.
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That's LTE which isn't used for voice right now. The CDMA networks aren't even close.
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That's LTE which isn't used for voice right now. The CDMA networks aren't even close.
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Like I said just curious, I see sprint phones flashed to verizon and claim to work just fine.
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Like I said just curious, I see sprint phones flashed to verizon and claim to work just fine.
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That can't be... Unless I'm mistaken that is impossible. The CDMA frequencies aren't even close...
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That can't be... Unless I'm mistaken that is impossible. The CDMA frequencies aren't even close...
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I have a Htc evo 4lte flashed to pageplus which runs on verizon pre paid coverage.
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I have a Htc evo 4lte flashed to pageplus which runs on verizon pre paid coverage.
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.... That sounds wrong... Maybe their postpaid is different. From what I understand not only are the frequencies different version must sign off on every phone on their network...
After some research I've seen both sides being positive they are right. One constant though is that Verizon must sign off on every phone in their network. Perhaps their post paid works differently.... Or maybe I'm wrong
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I used to run a Sprint HTC Touch Pro on the Verizon network.
I ported it over, but that was years ago.
Both 1x voice and evdo/3g worked fine.
Was a bit trickier to get 3g then it was the 1x but lte certainly won't work on a Sprint on Verizon.
I certainly wouldn't go buy one from Sprint though planning on getting the ESN to get passed by their checks.
That's all I will say about that aspect.
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I am wondering if a sprint Htc One flashed to verizon would get as good of a signal and a verizon branded One?
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I'm not sure about sprint but the vzw one is global which means ANY network will work, but you won't get better data . I just popped a metro pcs Sim in my DNA and my son is using it with no issues except weak data .
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cbrown245 said:
I'm not sure about sprint but the vzw one is global which means ANY network will work, but you won't get better data . I just popped a metro pcs Sim in my DNA and my son is using it with no issues except weak data .
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just because a phone is global doesn't mean it will work on all networks. there are too many possible bands to acct for. You would need several radios, which would eat battery.
"Global" phones will work on the most popular bands.
As far as LTE, there is not a chip that has all the US bands.
cbrown245 said:
I'm not sure about sprint but the vzw one is global which means ANY network will work, but you won't get better data . I just popped a metro pcs Sim in my DNA and my son is using it with no issues except weak data .
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Global doesn't mean that at all.... The Droid 2 Global doesn't work on all networks. It simply means it will work in multiple countries...
Okay this may seem entirely stupid,but coming from mostly Nexus devices I haven't had to worry about radio bands so please excuse me. If I was to flash the AT&T radio would it enable the bands that are not enabled now or is this controlled by hardware?
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Okay this may seem entirely stupid,but coming from mostly Nexus devices I haven't had to worry about radio bands so please excuse me. If I was to flash the AT&T radio would it enable the bands that are not enabled now or is this controlled by hardware?
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If your talking about trying to put an at&t radio on a different carrier phone like tmobile, verizon or sprint, dont do it. It will not change your phone to work on at&t because its the hardware that is different.
You can use a tmobile phone on at&t though I dont think you will get at&t LTE though, I think you will get the HSPA and 3g data.
If this is the case trade your phone off or sell it and get an at&t one if you want at&t you would be better off.
You can also dowload any radio apps from play store.
Roefastford said:
If your talking about trying to put an at&t radio on a different carrier phone like tmobile, verizon or sprint, dont do it. It will not change your phone to work on at&t because its the hardware that is different.
You can use a tmobile phone on at&t though I dont think you will get at&t LTE though, I think you will get the HSPA and 3g data.
If this is the case trade your phone off or sell it and get an at&t one if you want at&t you would be better
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I'm receiving 4g and if I turn it to LTE only I never lose it. But then I can't make or receive phone calls. As soon as I switch to gsm/wcdma/lte I'm consistently switching between LTE and H+. Is there any way to get it to stock on LTE? Also, the reason I'm not selling it is we're getting 4G in my town on t-Mobile at the end of May but right now it's only Edge. So I'm using an unlocked T-Mobile one with straight talk until that happens. I'm stuck on contract with then because I have three phones to pay off,also everywhere else around me has t-Mobile 4g just not my town
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andrewnelson said:
You can also dowload any radio apps from play store.
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FACEPALM!
mm79k said:
FACEPALM!
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DOH !!
Is it possible to use the AT&T version on T-Mobile and get LTE? I compared the bands online and it looks like it should work, but wondering if anyone has actually tried yet?
Also read a post in another thread where the guy claimed that the AT&T version is unlocked out of the box... seems unlikely, can anyone verify? Thanks.
aimfire72 said:
Is it possible to use the AT&T version on T-Mobile and get LTE? I compared the bands online and it looks like it should work, but wondering if anyone has actually tried yet?
Also read a post in another thread where the guy claimed that the AT&T version is unlocked out of the box... seems unlikely, can anyone verify? Thanks.
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it is not unlocked out the box my att asked for sim unlock code when i tried different sim but i would like to know abut using it on tmobile anyone have info on that?
I am curious about this too. I have an AT&T G3 coming tomorrow and would like to know if I will be able to put a T-Mobile SIM card in it
yes u can
But if it's not unlocked how can it work?
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Once you SIM unlock it you'll be fine. However you will not have VoLTE (coming soon), WiFi calling, or an unlocked bootloader. I'm not sure why you would even want to do this...
Other than those things... It works fine.
arcanexvi said:
Once you SIM unlock it you'll be fine. However you will not have VoLTE (coming soon), WiFi calling, or an unlocked bootloader. I'm not sure why you would even want to do this...
Other than those things... It works fine.
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No variant of the g3 has a unlocked BL. Its cheaper than s T-Mobile version and it's the same other than the carrier bloat so why not pay less?
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Pilz said:
No variant of the g3 has a unlocked BL. Its cheaper than s T-Mobile version and it's the same other than the carrier bloat so why not pay less?
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Because the bootloader on the D851 is in fact unlocked. It's the only US variant with an unlocked bootloader. And if you didn't care about that you'd still be missing WiFi calling and VoLTE when they push it out.
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/488353823660863491
Just sayin.
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Because the bootloader on the D851 is in fact unlocked. It's the only US variant with an unlocked bootloader. And if you didn't care about that you'd still be missing WiFi calling and VoLTE when they push it out.
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/488353823660863491
Just sayin.
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Thanks for the update last I heard it was locked just like all of the others. Hopefully this will allow the others to gain an unlocked BL.
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arcanexvi said:
Because the bootloader on the D851 is in fact unlocked. It's the only US variant with an unlocked bootloader. And if you didn't care about that you'd still be missing WiFi calling and VoLTE when they push it out.
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/488353823660863491
Just sayin.
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I have a T-Mobile SIM card for a prepaid plan. I don't get WiFi calling, as far as I am aware. I just want to be able to make and receive calls. Data isn't even that big of a deal for me since I'm around WiFi so much.
Does anyone know the process to unlock the SIM?
I don't believe the ATT version supports AWS band over 3G/H+, so if you're in an area where the TMO tower is using that, you might be forced down to E, G, or have no signal.
I believe the TMO version doesn't support LTE band 5, while the ATT version does. The only carrier I know of using LTE band 5 is U.S Cellular, so that might not be an issue.
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I don't believe the ATT version supports AWS band over 3G/H+, so if you're in an area where the TMO tower is using that, you might be forced down to E, G, or have no signal.
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Yes it does support it, surprisingly. Per FCC documentation. Of course, AT&T might have disabled those bands in software.
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I believe the TMO version doesn't support LTE band 5, while the ATT version does. The only carrier I know of using LTE band 5 is U.S Cellular, so that might not be an issue.
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AT&T also uses it here and there.
flinttownbrown said:
I don't believe the ATT version supports AWS band over 3G/H+, so if you're in an area where the TMO tower is using that, you might be forced down to E, G, or have no signal.
I believe the TMO version doesn't support LTE band 5, while the ATT version does. The only carrier I know of using LTE band 5 is U.S Cellular, so that might not be an issue.
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Old thread, but it's worth pointing out that T-Mobile also refarmed 1900mhz in a number of areas to support HSPA+, so the potential lack of 1700/2100 HSPA+ shouldn't make that much of a difference.
Once or twice, my wife's Lumia was connecting on HSPA+ when all I could get was EDGE, suggesting to me at least that HSPA+ over 1700/2100 does not seem to be possible on the d850, despite what the FCC filing might say. If I'm wrong, I'd love to be corrected on that.