Roaming when not in the U.S. - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

A few weeks ago I went overseas on vacation and had no service at all, not even roaming. Only way I had service was when I was at a WiFi hotspot. This is the first time this has happened. Is it the ROM I'm on? Do I have to call Sprint? Some feedback would b help guys, thanks.
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shakim24 said:
A few weeks ago I went overseas on vacation and had no service at all, not even roaming. Only way I had service was when I was at a WiFi hotspot. This is the first time this has happened. Is it the ROM I'm on? Do I have to call Sprint? Some feedback would b help guys, thanks.
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That's because you have a CDMA phone and most of the world uses GSM (sim card). Unless you get an international version you are pretty much stuck with no signal overseas.
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That's because you have a CDMA phone and most of the world uses GSM (sim card). Unless you get an international version you are pretty much stuck with no signal overseas.
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Had the Samsung Epic when I was overseas and had roaming though. Also have a sim card as well with the phone I'm on now.
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Any options on international use?

I'll be going out of country for few months, and If I need to make phone calls over there what will I have to do? Going to India btw. The
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Buy a cheap pre paid cell from there.
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mikel719 said:
Buy a cheap pre paid cell from there.
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Pretty much this. No CDMA networks over there, AFAIK.
If you can get on Wifi, you can use Skype on your phone. I'm going to Egypt in February and hope that works for me.
Skype or google voice or something, free too over any wifi.
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take a unlocked GSM phone and just get a prepaid sim from one of the shops there. Goodluck with wifi over there haha.
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ripalsanghani said:
take a unlocked GSM phone and just get a prepaid sim from one of the shops there. Goodluck with wifi over there haha.
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lol i'm hoping on the wifi man lol I hope it's more than 700kbs or else i'll go crazy!!!
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I just got back from Europe and used an unlocked my touch 3g that I bought on Ebay. However, I found out when I got there that they use different frequency bands than in the us and so I could not get 3g data. (i had data but only at slow speeds) This likely affects any t-mobile or ATT phone you would buy here in the us. Not sure if India is the same but you need to be sure....
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Roaming not working

I called Verizon about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus not roaming on us cellular towers. They told me it should roam, but all I get is 1x 3g and no data. I'm in a area with to no coverage. The Verizon tech told me my phone should roam. A theory was because my phone was lte with a sim card and it wasn't compatible with us cellular towers and wouldn't work on my phone.
My question is, is my phone broken or is my theory correct?
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Neither
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Ok so wat is the problem?
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Settings - more - mobile networks - make sure data roaming is checked
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Settings - more - mobile networks - make sure data roaming is checked
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Sorry I should have included that. Me and the Verizon tech went through all the checking the roaming and setting the device to cdma only and roaming as automatic. I just noticed that in the about phone section it says the network I'm on is extended it means roaming on another tower. In the roaming part it says not roaming so I'm guessing this part is useless. What made me think there was no roaming was because there was no special icon for it. I guess 1x is roaming. The Verizon Tech couldn't tell me the special symbol for roam on my phone. He said it was either a triangle or a R.
Here's what I see to help ya understand me since my explaining is horrid.
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(Q)why does the data icon disappears on AOKP official build...

Can someone please answer that and maybe provide a solution?
Thanks!
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r3dp0is0n2012 said:
Can someone please answer that and maybe provide a solution?
Thanks!
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All speculation and although I cant provide an asnwer, im guessing that problem probably wont be solved until Devs can actually autopsy a working TMO LTE...
Unlike other carriers with working LTE, TMO devs cant fully compare and contrast our phones setup to anything, whether it be another TMO Note 2 with working LTE or even another varient of the GNII with work LTE (as we all know ATT modems with LTE arent exactly conveniently flashable to TMO (yet), or even any other TMO LTE phone.. NOTHING, ZILCH, NATA to Bwork with"
In conclusion, once TMO flips on the LTE switch and devs have a complete setup to work with (thankfully our GNII is the first in line) then note only is that problem solved, but then think how many other (capable phones will be flashing ported GNII LTE modems just to get their LTE capable phones on our 42+...
The flood gates will be opened and these problems will be washed away
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Finally LTE in Dallas.

Hey guys looks like we finally got LTE in dallas YAY!!!
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How is the reception for Dallas?
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I'm only getting two bars in Plano. But it's plenty fast. Can't wait to see when I get full bars.
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It looks like they might have rolled it out in Denver/Aurora CO too... Im really hoping this isnt just another test (already seen a few), its been working for more than a few hours, which makes me think it isnt.
I'm thinking a soft launch since it is spotty and unannounced. Maybe official by end of month. Tmobile store guy did say he was told by July is when Lte is deployed here.
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Lte has been consistent buy signal is poor.
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unciviilized said:
Lte has been consistent buy signal is poor.
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This. I used to have complete bars and excellent data, and while the lte is great I only have one bar, two at most.
Signal strong at work in Richardson.
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LG G3 GPS issue :(

Hello guys, today with my first day with this phone GPS dont lock any ssttelites.
Im very bored, in galaxy s5 Works great
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Please any solution?
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Hmmm. No issues here. Try another gps app? Like gps status.
Does Google maps find your location at all?
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It finds. But if i put to drive it doesnt recognize, neither waze.
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Velcis Ribeiro said:
It finds. But if i put to drive it doesnt recognize, neither waze.
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Check the location settings. The gps was disabled on mine by default so it was only using cell towers to provide location.
High precision, activated... Having issues there is anyway to calibrate it? Im crying, sold my S5 for this new G3..
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Call T-Mobile and see if they can tell you what to do. I know you can go into the special settings by entering a code in the dialer, but I forgot what it was.
I'm bored to thiss... sold my S5 with better GPS of the world to this

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