Hello there!
I'm going to Thailand for a couple of months and I was wondering if my GT-i9250 "Maguro" will work properly there with their carriers or should I have to change anything? Do they use GSM or CDMA?
I have it rooted and I'm not an expert but I have Mobile ODIN Pro in case I have to change something.
Thanks in advance.
I had been in Thailand for travel. In Thailand they use GSM,you don't have to do any thing just buy a Sim and the account. If you want to use Internet you have to change the APN,the carrier will instruct you.
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In Thailand, almost everybody are using GSM (some may also use LTE but that's not the point here). Maguro is well supported by all major carriers -- DTAC, TrueMove, and AIS -- I have tested all of them .
You can get a prepaid sim card from any 7-eleven in pretty cheap price (~100baht = ~$3), put it in the phone, then make a call right away (the access point setup instruction is included in the sim's package I believe).
Welcome to Thailand!
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Dear Friends,
I am currently on Verizon Network and planning to upgrade my phone to Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
The problem is I am leaving to India in a couple of weeks and I will be staying in India for 3 months. During these 3 months I want to use Nexus with an Indian CDMA carrier.
1)My question is - can i use the Nexus with an Indian Carrier? If yes I guess i need to unlock my device.
2)Can someone help me with the information of how to unlock the Galaxy Nexus. It would be wonderful if someone can guide me with this.
3)If I unlock the phone will I have any problem using my phone with Verizon when I return to US after 3 months?
Really appreciate your help folks
Not possible on cdma
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Does india have any cdma carriers? I thought not.
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Not possible on cdma
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Well that's not true. It is possible, but not plausible. It requires you to completely re-flash the phone to a different carrier's network, and then have the carrier accept a device with an ESN not in their system, which at best is a long-shot combination.
So, it could work, but it probably won't. And it isn't really worth the hassle.
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Does india have any cdma carriers? I thought not.
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I was under the same impression.
OP, you should pick up a GSM phone for your travels and save yourself the trouble. Leave your Nexus in a safe place at home with the battery left at about 65% charge and the phone off
thank you very much guys for your replies
there is cdma network in india- Reliance Communications
Just trade it for a gsm one
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To be clear - Verizon stores even the CDMA subscriber information on the SIM for LTE phones. So if there is a provider in India that uses CDMA SIM cards (rare, but I know they use them in China) you might be able to get this working.
Or you could get a GSM/HSPA phone to use on your trip
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Greetings.
The wife wants to travel and live the next year plus In the philippines using a note 2.
We live in the USA and here are two very different versions of what we have been told we can do.
SAMSUNG SAYS:
(Rep is at the new Samsung store in best buy)
buy an $850 unlocked note 2, insert 4g lte carrier SIM in philippines, all is good. Do a happy dance.
Btw she says, you won't get the cdma vzw model but a gsm like tmo or att...
Vzw phones won't work on foreign networks properly
VERIZON SAYS:
buy the vzw carrier subsidized phone and its already unlocked. Talk and text no problem but DATA NOT GONNA WORK.
Just pop in a foreign SIM and boom.. just the apn settings are locked by Samsung.
They don't carrier lock them.
Vzw tells me Samsung lower level sales doesn't know this but higher up support does..
She recommends I get a razr or iPhone 5 as they apn isn't locked.
So which is true?
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Get an unlocked gt n7100. Gsm model. And you can do much better than $850 easily. Without trying you should be able to get one for less than $600 after tax. You probably won't get lte in Philippines though
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Okay interesting since the largest carrier there is claiming that their 4g is currently active.
They charge a amount for 21gb of data via a usb modem though (like $87 usd/month)
Thanks.
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I am traveling to Italy in a few weeks, I want to be able to tether of my phone and I am afraid my network provider Telstra (Australia) will charge me through the roof for data.
I was looking at getting a Italian sim and installing a European modem.
What do you guys think I should do ?
I cant post in the ([MODEMS] [N7105] CWM Flashable Modem Collection (updated 3rd August 2013)) it won’t let me
Tre.it microsim for the Ipad will happily work on the Note 2 and gives you 100 MB/24h for 5 Eur/month. I have one and has good speed and coverage. Don't forget you need a valid ID card to buy a Sim card in Italy.
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shippy__ said:
I am traveling to Italy in a few weeks, I want to be able to tether of my phone and I am afraid my network provider Telstra (Australia) will charge me through the roof for data.
I was looking at getting a Italian sim and installing a European modem.
What do you guys think I should do ?
I cant post in the ([MODEMS] [N7105] CWM Flashable Modem Collection (updated 3rd August 2013)) it won’t let me
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the N7105 is an international LTE version which supports 2G,3G & 4G so there really is no need of flashing any modem really you might actually be inviting potential risks unnecessarily... just find an operator with SIM cards who supports the above technologies and not CDMA..you should be fine
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So I heard from a friend of mine that the LTE Nexus 7 doesn't work with Singaporean networks, and the sim cards work with Japanese Nexus 5. Now I'm confused about the compatibility to the basebands available in my country, Indonesia, which are mostly the same as in Singapore.
Anybody else can confirm this or it was just a problem with my friend's Nexus 7?
I read over the info from gsmarena.com, and the basebands available include those used in my country, but I want to be sure before purchasing it. Would be a waste of money if the cellular connection doesn't work at all here.
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So, anyone can share a view on this? Maybe users from other countries?
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Why not wait for the localized version of the N7 LTE?
Okay so I am with wind mobile using zenfone 2 4gb version right now and I do plan on switching over to virgin mobile because I cant seem to get any data connection on wind and when I do it takes like 4 minutes just to load. Now I was wondering if anyone has used Virgin and whether or not its any good thanks in advanced. I am sick and tired of Wind Mobile in Alberta. --Mark
First things first, where did you buy your phone from? Is it the US/CAN model or Chinese version? That will determine if your going to get much better data rates. If you have the US/CAN version you should get 4g speeds, if your on the Chinese version you probably going to be limited to 3g
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First things first, where did you buy your phone from? Is it the US/CAN model or Chinese version? That will determine if your going to get much better data rates. If you have the US/CAN version you should get 4g speeds, if your on the Chinese version you probably going to be limited to 3g
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I bought the US/CAD version at Memory Express in store.
Then it should work well on virgin but to be sure check in on the will my phone work here website
http://www.willmyphonework.net
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jimchee said:
Then it should work well on virgin but to be sure check in on the will my phone work here website
http://www.willmyphonework.net
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Okay will do thanks just sick and tired of wind mobile.
Okay I just checked it myself you have 3g and 4g/LTE connectivity with Virgin but no 2g so if you use a 2nd sim it won't work on virgin
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Okay I just checked it myself you have 3g and 4g/LTE connectivity with Virgin but no 2g so if you use a 2nd sim it won't work on virgin
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Thanks currently I only use the 1 sim card slot and don't see a need for my 2g slot right now thanks for all the help.
Anytime
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I'm from France with Virgin Mobile and 2G/3G/4G works well. In my country, Virgin use SFR's network so i have to enable roaming.
quick05 said:
I'm from France with Virgin Mobile and 2G/3G/4G works well. In my country, Virgin use SFR's network so i have to enable roaming.
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Out here virgin mobile don't require roaming unless I leave the virgin network or country.
mastermarkofroms said:
Out here virgin mobile don't require roaming unless I leave the virgin network or country.
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So I can't help you.. listen it
Thread complete switched to Virgin mobile
A bit OT... I hear that Shaw cable intends to buy Wind to become a national provider. Be interesting competition (as right now, it's the big three - Bell, Rogers, and Telus - including their respective resellers - Virgin, Fido, and Koodo), but based on your experience with the limited bands (which won't change until the next national auction), I don't plan on jumping the Eastlink ship (an east-coast provider) for Shaw/Wind.
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A bit OT... I hear that Shaw cable intends to buy Wind to become a national provider. Be interesting competition (as right now, it's the big three - Bell, Rogers, and Telus - including their respective resellers - Virgin, Fido, and Koodo), but based on your experience with the limited bands (which won't change until the next national auction), I don't plan on jumping the Eastlink ship (an east-coast provider) for Shaw/Wind.
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I think shaw might take it as Shaw is the only big company in canada that does not Offer cellphone services and they wan't to get into the game like Bell,Rogers and Telus in my opinion it will be interesting as to how far they make it as they have been trying for a couple years to get into the Mobile Spectrum. Also I am interested to see if wind prices sky rocket as shaw buys wind. According to Global news the planned deal is $1.6 billion.