Hi all, I have a Sprint note 4 and love it. However I also have a Go Phone sim from work and want to use this Note 4 on that network.
I have looked all over the web for days and can't find the answer - can the Sprint Note 4 be SIM unlocked for domestic USA use for AT&T?
I know that the radios are there for every network (much like a Google Nexus phone has all radios)...
Thanks.
ronnienyc said:
Hi all, I have a Sprint note 4 and love it. However I also have a Go Phone sim from work and want to use this Note 4 on that network.
I have looked all over the web for days and can't find the answer - can the Sprint Note 4 be SIM unlocked for domestic USA use for AT&T?
I know that the radios are there for every network (much like a Google Nexus phone has all radios)...
Thanks.
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Yes, but good luck getting sprint to unlock it
ronnienyc said:
Hi all, I have a Sprint note 4 and love it. However I also have a Go Phone sim from work and want to use this Note 4 on that network.
I have looked all over the web for days and can't find the answer - can the Sprint Note 4 be SIM unlocked for domestic USA use for AT&T?
I know that the radios are there for every network (much like a Google Nexus phone has all radios)...
Thanks.
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Ignore Thanitos Post they are entirely wrong. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...al/sim-unlock-domestic-international-t3300059 that is listed for the S6 Edge Plus however if you read it is going to mention Note among other samsung models. Its worth a try as it is free. If that happens not to work use this.. http://www.idoneapps.com/ this guy charges but I know for a fact he does good work. I have used his service to unlock a Sprint S5 for use on AT&T Go Phone, as well as I purchased a used note 4 that had a security feature called reactivation lock enabled. It made it so that the $350 purchase was a literal brick couldn't unlock my phone. Contact the idone.apps guy because he seemed experienced with java and android. He definitely is and was able to unlock my device remotely. I am still using the same note 4 on AT&T GoPhone now :good:
Sprint/Verizon use a CDMA network and ATT/T-Mobile use GSM. Simply put, you can't use CDMA devices on a GSM network. They won't work at all (as opposed to working, but not getting 3G or something. They just won't work at all.)
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Hey guys!
I have a note 3 and its EOL. I was waiting for a Note 5 but I guess I dont have time now. I like the S6 Edge but it does not have key features I want (expandable memory card, extra battery).
This leaves me back with the Note... What's the best way to get it Rooted for Verizon? Can I buy it from T-mobile / ATT Auto Root it then switch it over to Verizon? Thoughts?
The other variants don't have the right bands in them for Verizon. I believe your only option is to pick up a developers edition.
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WarlockLord said:
The other variants don't have the right bands in them for Verizon. I believe your only option is to pick up a developers edition.
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Incorrect. They have the same bands for Sprint/Verizon/ATT/TMobile ect.. but IME's have been white listed and/or bands have been locked by the carriers. Global phones typically have all the bands necessary.
eskomo said:
Incorrect. They have the same bands for Sprint/Verizon/ATT/TMobile ect.. but IME's have been white listed and/or bands have been locked by the carriers. Global phones typically have all the bands necessary.
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Your statement is also incorrect in part, as the T-Mo and AT&T phones lack the CDMA radios required for Verizon.
dpoverlord said:
Hey guys!
I have a note 3 and its EOL. I was waiting for a Note 5 but I guess I dont have time now. I like the S6 Edge but it does not have key features I want (expandable memory card, extra battery).
This leaves me back with the Note... What's the best way to get it Rooted for Verizon? Can I buy it from T-mobile / ATT Auto Root it then switch it over to Verizon? Thoughts?
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You will need to get your phone unlocked first.
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You will need to get your phone unlocked first.
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I worked at VZW for 3 years in Tech Support. You can not take another phone from any other carrier (except the old Altel phones) and use it in Verizon with the exception of global phones with global sim cards. Verizon uses A-Key authentication which prevents taking a Verizon sim card and putting in a non-Verizon phone and using it. Verizon used CDMA unlike all the other carriers.
That really stinks, anything I can do on the Verizon Note 4?
For those of you that have the Verizon S9/S9+ .. have you flashed the U1 unlocked firmware? Any bugs?
Do any of you still have the grandfathered unlimited data plan? Wondering if I can get the VZW S9, flash unlocked firmware, and have native hotspot work.
I have successfully flashed U1 and Tmobile Firmware on my g960 (verizon version)
So far, I have not noticed "bugs"
From my understanding U1 is what you get from Samsung Directly. With that said, you wouldnt have any incompatibilities as the barebone hardware is the same in the US variants.
One thing that I dont know though is software updates, if they are pulled OTA or if I have to flash every time.
Advanced Calling works as well as Wifi Calling and visual voicemail.
video calling doesnt work unless you flash a carrier firmware
If you have the grandfathered account with verizon, and you flash the U1 firmware. You can wirelessly hotspot or USB tether "natively"
Thank you for the information! Bummer about video calling, I use that more than visual voicemail.
Definitely sounds like this is the way to go.
Hi there,
I have a verizon phone and I am trying to use the hotspot with my unlimited old fashioned plan. I don't want to root. Unfortunately I brought the Verizon s9 not the Samsung S9 unlocked. Is there a way to bypass the company prompt for the feature and turn the hotspot on yet? I tried the one that works for sprint and it did not work for me with Shortcut Master Lite. Any advice would greatly be appreciated?
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Hi there,
I have a verizon phone and I am trying to use the hotspot with my unlimited old fashioned plan. I don't want to root. Unfortunately I brought the Verizon s9 not the Samsung S9 unlocked. Is there a way to bypass the company prompt for the feature and turn the hotspot on yet? I tried the one that works for sprint and it did not work for me with Shortcut Master Lite. Any advice would greatly be appreciated?
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yeah you can flash your verizon s9 to the U1 firmware. this will remove that message, but not all things are guaranteed. also its not like youd be able to root your s9 as you got the US variant.
While I have a verizon hotspot plan, I tend to use USB tethering more than the Hotspot(wifi) option.
Checking on my dashboard online, shows that Im constantly within my Hotspot Plan.
I also noticed that on USB tethering, data doesn't count against my Wireless Hotspot plan.
Hotspot Verizon Free
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yeah you can flash your verizon s9 to the U1 firmware. this will remove that message, but not all things are guaranteed. also its not like youd be able to root your s9 as you got the US variant.
While I have a verizon hotspot plan, I tend to use USB tethering more than the Hotspot(wifi) option.
Checking on my dashboard online, shows that Im constantly within my Hotspot Plan.
I also noticed that on USB tethering, data doesn't count against my Wireless Hotspot plan.
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Hi Eastsidebiz
Thank you for your reply. I apologize about not understanding all the lingo. When you say flash is that different than root? If you can flash and not loose your warranty or anything. My question is where do I go to have that done? Or is it something I can do myself? Also what will I loose as far as stock features if any? I appreciate any feedback and really truly thank you.
VShark said:
Hi Eastsidebiz
Thank you for your reply. I apologize about not understanding all the lingo. When you say flash is that different than root? If you can flash and not loose your warranty or anything. My question is where do I go to have that done? Or is it something I can do myself? Also what will I loose as far as stock features if any? I appreciate any feedback and really truly thank you.
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Flashing the firmware is different from rooting
Flashing the firmware is like installing a new OS on the computer.
Rooting is flashed preboot of the OS, and then executed when the OS is up.
Warranty / Knox by flashing an OEM firmware, this should not trip warranty/knox
rooting a US variant, if you can even do it, will trip your knox, thus tripping warranty.
If you have a US variant, come back to this thread 2 years from now, as i dont think developers are able to do so as of yet.
this thread is very informational if you need to flash your U version to U1.
Which s9 do you have again?
I thought I'd update this thread. I bought the VZW S9 and successfully flashed it to the U1 firmware to get rid of the verizon bloatware. Nice side effect is that the hotspot seems to work.
freddie813 said:
I thought I'd update this thread. I bought the VZW S9 and successfully flashed it to the U1 firmware to get rid of the verizon bloatware. Nice side effect is that the hotspot seems to work.
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hey just a FYI.
If you flash another carrier firmware on that s9, you maybe stuck there.
personal experience: I can flash from Verizon to U1 and from U1 back to Verizon, (until verizon patches their firmware to lockdown)
on my other s9 (verizon, work phone) I flashed to U1 then flashed to Tmobile, now Im locked to tmobile, until another U1 and or Modded Odin
Thanks for that notice. As of right now I don't see any reason why I'd be inclined to flash anything other than the U1 firmware that I currently have.
Verizon Hotspot Free
freddie813 said:
Thanks for that notice. As of right now I don't see any reason why I'd be inclined to flash anything other than the U1 firmware that I currently have.
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Hi There,
So you are saying if I flash to U1 software I can use my hotspot. That is without being prompted by Verizon to add feature. What have you lost in the software from the U1 Flash compared to Verizon Software. If I do it and it voids the warranty so be it. I just want to see what I would lose before I do anything.
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Hi There,
So you are saying if I flash to U1 software I can use my hotspot. That is without being prompted by Verizon to add feature. What have you lost in the software from the U1 Flash compared to Verizon Software. If I do it and it voids the warranty so be it. I just want to see what I would lose before I do anything.
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Do you have the grandfathered unlimited data plan?
eastsidebiz said:
hey just a FYI.
If you flash another carrier firmware on that s9, you maybe stuck there.
personal experience: I can flash from Verizon to U1 and from U1 back to Verizon, (until verizon patches their firmware to lockdown)
on my other s9 (verizon, work phone) I flashed to U1 then flashed to Tmobile, now Im locked to tmobile, until another U1 and or Modded Odin
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Newbie here, trying to read as much as possible but it seems my answers will be here.
What does it mean to be locked to T-mobile? Does that mean you can flash another stock firmware?
I just bought an Unlocked VZW S9 plus but I'd like to use Mobile Tethering and get rid of verizon firmware.
What firmware should I flash?
eastsidebiz said:
I have successfully flashed U1 and Tmobile Firmware on my g960 (verizon version)
So far, I have not noticed "bugs"
From my understanding U1 is what you get from Samsung Directly. With that said, you wouldnt have any incompatibilities as the barebone hardware is the same in the US variants.
One thing that I dont know though is software updates, if they are pulled OTA or if I have to flash every time.
Advanced Calling works as well as Wifi Calling and visual voicemail.
video calling doesnt work unless you flash a carrier firmware
If you have the grandfathered account with verizon, and you flash the U1 firmware. You can wirelessly hotspot or USB tether "natively"
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I bought the unlocked S9+ directly from Samsung website to use with Verizon. I got advance calling (VoLTE) to work but I don't see any option for WiFi calling/WiFi texting. How did you enable it?
juanjosedag said:
Newbie here, trying to read as much as possible but it seems my answers will be here.
What does it mean to be locked to T-mobile? Does that mean you can flash another stock firmware?
I just bought an Unlocked VZW S9 plus but I'd like to use Mobile Tethering and get rid of verizon firmware.
What firmware should I flash?
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What you are looking for is here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/how-to/how-to-flash-u1-firmware-to-device-t3765200
Flashing this will rid of the bloatware from VZW and you can use the native mobile hotspot or PDANET
Locked to Tmobile can be a couple things, the Phone is actually locked to Tmobile's network (sim locked) ..then theres the Financial/Loss/Stolen/Fraud lock...
ALSO! have you updated your VZW S9's software from verizon in the last 3 months? If so, flashing a U1 may not work, I think the newest Update from VZW has v2 of the bootloader
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AlwaysNoob said:
I bought the unlocked S9+ directly from Samsung website to use with Verizon. I got advance calling (VoLTE) to work but I don't see any option for WiFi calling/WiFi texting. How did you enable it?
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What is your carrier?
I noticed that TMOBILE is the only one that allows all features to work when it comes to unbranded phones.
On my VZW s9, I flashed the U1 firmware. (using Tmobile) Then Wifi Calling was under the SAMSUNG DIALER option not in CONNECTIONS.
Then on my Unlocked S9, Wifi Calling was under the SAMSUNG DIALER settings (on tmobile), on Verizon SIM, this service is not available.
It looks like VZW/ATT both use their firmware to block outside access. Tmo on the other hand, allows you to fully use your Unbranded phone, but such terrible and outdated technology.
*for those who are getting 20Mbps on Tmobile and happy about that... why??!!?!?*
eastsidebiz said:
What you are looking for is here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/how-to/how-to-flash-u1-firmware-to-device-t3765200
Flashing this will rid of the bloatware from VZW and you can use the native mobile hotspot or PDANET
Locked to Tmobile can be a couple things, the Phone is actually locked to Tmobile's network (sim locked) ..then theres the Financial/Loss/Stolen/Fraud lock...
ALSO! have you updated your VZW S9's software from verizon in the last 3 months? If so, flashing a U1 may not work, I think the newest Update from VZW has v2 of the bootloader
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What is your carrier?
I noticed that TMOBILE is the only one that allows all features to work when it comes to unbranded phones.
On my VZW s9, I flashed the U1 firmware. (using Tmobile) Then Wifi Calling was under the SAMSUNG DIALER option not in CONNECTIONS.
Then on my Unlocked S9, Wifi Calling was under the SAMSUNG DIALER settings (on tmobile), on Verizon SIM, this service is not available.
It looks like VZW/ATT both use their firmware to block outside access. Tmo on the other hand, allows you to fully use your Unbranded phone, but such terrible and outdated technology.
*for those who are getting 20Mbps on Tmobile and happy about that... why??!!?!?*
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Unfortunately my phone seemed to have the latest firmware out of the box (February security update) so I might be out of luck then.
My carrier right now is Telcel Mexico (and we don't have fancy features like WiFi calling or VoLTE). I'm planning on switching to T-mobile soon.
What's that of the 20Mbps on Tmobile? Should I pick another carrier?
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Unfortunately my phone seemed to have the latest firmware out of the box (February security update) so I might be out of luck then.
My carrier right now is Telcel Mexico (and we don't have fancy features like WiFi calling or VoLTE). I'm planning on switching to T-mobile soon.
What's that of the 20Mbps on Tmobile? Should I pick another carrier?
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Wait Feb 2018 may still be V1 bootloader....
So what I noticed with Tmobile (im sure this doesnt apply to everyone) is after 1.2 to 2 years. Your phone line is no longer "new" and data speeds are dropped to least prioritization. Newer plans or line activation obviously gets higher prioritization. Mind you, im not a prepaid user. The only way to fully take advantage of TMOBILE is to switch your device or renew your plan every 2 years, which makes sense and average to some.
on the other hand, I have been having Verizon for the past 4 years, and used 3 different phones then (no line modifications, upgrade.. etc) and my prioritization has been constant. and averaging 70Mbps real time, about 7-9 MB/s (i download torrents on my phone) and its always constant (even if i go over 65GBs a month)... just my 2 cents...
VShark said:
Hi There,
So you are saying if I flash to U1 software I can use my hotspot. That is without being prompted by Verizon to add feature. What have you lost in the software from the U1 Flash compared to Verizon Software. If I do it and it voids the warranty so be it. I just want to see what I would lose before I do anything.
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Here's my take: I bought bought an S9 U1 direct from Samsung, did a Smart Switch backup of my damaged S7 to my pc, swapped the SIM and SD cards to the new phone, powered it up, did the Smart Switch restore and was good to go in under an hour, hot spot without prompt etc.
Based on this, if you can flash the U1 firmware you should get the results. The kicker to that is the bootloader version. My wife's s9 from Verizon took the August update and is now on build ... S3ARG9 - the 3 indicating v3 of the bootloader. The latest U! firmware available is S2ARF4 - bootloader v2 and you cannot downgrade the bootloader. BUT if you happen to be on the ARF4 or earlier build then go ahead and flash. Samsungs Voicemail app works with Verizon's VVM (basic), Messenge+ also worked, though I switched to Mood so that I can assign specific notification sounds to certain people.
Att to Verizon.
I bought a in Att s9 g960u phone and I want to use it on Verizon. I got a sim unlock code from a 3rd party so it is sim unlocked but I put in a Verizon sim and it doenlsnt connect to verizon. Is this because of the Att phone uses GSM and Verizon uses cdma? How do I get around this
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I bought a in Att s9 g960u phone and I want to use it on Verizon. I got a sim unlock code from a 3rd party so it is sim unlocked but I put in a Verizon sim and it doenlsnt connect to verizon. Is this because of the Att phone uses GSM and Verizon uses cdma? How do I get around this
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Phone hardware should be the same. Possibly flash the U1 firmware. Or you may have to enter in carrier APN settings - I've never had to do anything like that but I have heard about it before.
Will the unlocked S20 Ultra work with Tmobile Wifi calling?
Hi,
Not sure but here's my history:
Bought an unlocked S9Plus from Samsung, had issues with WiFi calling on tmobile, never got it working.
So when S10 Plus came out I bought the Tmobile version from Samsung, everything works great.
So I just ordered the s20Plus from Samsung but the Tmobile version to make sure all is well with WiFi
and Tmobile's 5G systems. After a month or so I call Tmobile and get it unlocked, so no problem there.
Just safer to get all the Tmobile crap on there to be safe, also no issues with voicemail to text app either.
Ken
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Will the unlocked S20 Ultra work with Tmobile Wifi calling?
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WIFI calling may not work I've been told. I just ordered a S20 + unlocked that I plan to use on Verizon. I would have gotten the carrier specific except I am buying it out right and would only get $300 trade in on my S10+ unless I used Verizon financing.
I refuse to do that so I went with the unlocked and got my $600 trade in. If I have bad problems I can always send it back and get the branded one.
My concern wasn't WIFI calling or VoLTE I had to make sure Mobile hotspot and MMS will work and I have been told they will.
I don't use the other features, so they don't matter to me.
So I have the unlocked S10 I use on TMobile work's beautiful and the s20 should as well I can even use wifi calling like you questioned which I hope carries over as well but I'm assuming it should I'll know in about 4-5 days
yeah every unlocked phone I have used on Tmobile wifi Volte has always worked, that`s why I stick with Tmobile, ATT sucked for unlocked phones....... except for the pixels, anything else wifi calling and VOLTE would`nt work.
As soon as I put my t-mobile sim in my U1 it re-starts and installs wifi calling feature. Just confirming it does work
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Will the unlocked S20 Ultra work with Tmobile Wifi calling?
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Working fine on my S20+
Wi-Fi calling usually works on the unlocked Samsung phones, it's the in-dialer video calling that doesn't. Also, T-Mobile's implementation of RCS in the messages app doesn't work with the unlocked phones. It's usually very easy to flash the T-Mobile firmware using Odin on the unlocked model. That way you get all the carrier specific features. Make sure to boot your phone on the unlocked firmware (with the TMO SIM inserted) before you flash over to the carrier specific firmware. It's known to cause issues if you don't.
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Wi-Fi calling usually works on the unlocked Samsung phones, it's the in-dialer video calling that doesn't. Also, T-Mobile's implementation of RCS in the messages app doesn't work with the unlocked phones. It's usually very easy to flash the T-Mobile firmware using Odin on the unlocked model. That way you get all the carrier specific features. Make sure to boot your phone on the unlocked firmware (with the TMO SIM inserted) before you flash over to the carrier specific firmware. It's known to cause issues if you don't.
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Do you know if the same thing works for Verizon? In other words, can an unlocked Galaxy S20 be flashed with Verizon firmware in order to enjoy any Verizon specific features, but still enjoy being bootloader unlocked and rooted?
cognitivedissonance said:
Do you know if the same thing works for Verizon? In other words, can an unlocked Galaxy S20 be flashed with Verizon firmware in order to enjoy any Verizon specific features, but still enjoy being bootloader unlocked and rooted?
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You can't be bootloader unlocked and rooted since Samsung does not allow you to unlock the bootloader in the US for any carrier. If you're referring to Exynos phones, you can't flash those with the US (unlocked or carrier) firmware. For US phones, you can only flash the US unlocked to any of the US carrier firmware or the carrier phones to the US unlocked firmware.
You can find the firmware here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...g986u-g986u1-firmware-links-flashing-t4054629
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Wi-Fi calling usually works on the unlocked Samsung phones, it's the in-dialer video calling that doesn't. Also, T-Mobile's implementation of RCS in the messages app doesn't work with the unlocked phones. It's usually very easy to flash the T-Mobile firmware using Odin on the unlocked model. That way you get all the carrier specific features. Make sure to boot your phone on the unlocked firmware (with the TMO SIM inserted) before you flash over to the carrier specific firmware. It's known to cause issues if you don't.
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I heard about this was thinking if I could flash T-Mobile on the unlocked version will it remain unlocked? Or should I just use Google messages RCS
Franzferdinan51 said:
I heard about this was thinking if I could flash T-Mobile on the unlocked version will it remain unlocked? Or should I just use Google messages RCS
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It's a very easy process and it will not "lock" your phone. You can flash back and forth with no issues.
T-Mobile RCS shows users who are on with a blue dot next to the contact name. It is also different than the Google RCS. If you want to use Google RCS, then everyone you message also needs to use Google Messages in order to take advantage of it. It's up to you if you choose to do it, but if you use T-Mobile and your friends and family do too, it might be worth it.
EDIT: Also if your phone is carrier SIM locked, flashing an unlocked firmware will not unlock it for use on other carriers.
I purchased a Verizon Galaxy Note 10+ 5g from ebay last year to use for Total Wireless. Well the phone wasnt compatible with Total Wireless at the time and I had to switch to Verizon prepaid. Now the phone is compatible but I cant add APN's to the device because Verizon has greyed out the option. I bought a US Mobile Sim card so I can switch all of our phones over since it is cheaper and is a Verizon MVNO, but I cant get everything to work on my note 10+ 5g. I was able to download an app that let me add APN's and the LTE comes up but now I cant get VoLTE to work. Its turned on but when I make a phone call, it switches to 1x. This is a problem since Verizon is doing away with their CDMA Network. I have spoken to Verizon, US Mobile, and Samsung with no help. My other Note 8 will work just fine when I put the US Mobile Sim card in and my Samsung a71 5g wont work at all and wont let me add APN's even with the app.
I have been doing research and found out about SamKEY and bought some credits to change the CSC from VZW to XAA. I was in the process and it gave a warning about locking the SEC so I decided to do more research before I screwed something up.
The phone is unlocked but for some reason, Verizon phones have these issues with a Verizon MVNO. I can add the TMO sim card from US Mobile and it will allow me to edit the APN's without an issue but I get zero coverage here so I cant use it. So how can I change the CSC to get VoLTE working on a Verizon MVNO? Or can I even change the CSC on this phone? I am so sick of Verizon phones but Im afraid to buy an unlocked phone since It doesnt support all of Verizon's bands.
Jmp7624 said:
I purchased a Verizon Galaxy Note 10+ 5g from ebay last year to use for Total Wireless. Well the phone wasnt compatible with Total Wireless at the time and I had to switch to Verizon prepaid. Now the phone is compatible but I cant add APN's to the device because Verizon has greyed out the option. I bought a US Mobile Sim card so I can switch all of our phones over since it is cheaper and is a Verizon MVNO, but I cant get everything to work on my note 10+ 5g. I was able to download an app that let me add APN's and the LTE comes up but now I cant get VoLTE to work. Its turned on but when I make a phone call, it switches to 1x. This is a problem since Verizon is doing away with their CDMA Network. I have spoken to Verizon, US Mobile, and Samsung with no help. My other Note 8 will work just fine when I put the US Mobile Sim card in and my Samsung a71 5g wont work at all and wont let me add APN's even with the app.
I have been doing research and found out about SamKEY and bought some credits to change the CSC from VZW to XAA. I was in the process and it gave a warning about locking the SEC so I decided to do more research before I screwed something up.
The phone is unlocked but for some reason, Verizon phones have these issues with a Verizon MVNO. I can add the TMO sim card from US Mobile and it will allow me to edit the APN's without an issue but I get zero coverage here so I cant use it. So how can I change the CSC to get VoLTE working on a Verizon MVNO? Or can I even change the CSC on this phone? I am so sick of Verizon phones but Im afraid to buy an unlocked phone since It doesnt support all of Verizon's bands.
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IDK about unlocking an US device. I prefer unlocked devices.
US unlocked versions of Samsung devices are called "U1". It's part of the model number/name.
E.g. SM-G981U is the US locked Samsung Galaxy S20 5g (like for Verizon), and the SM-G981U1 is the US unlocked version of the same device.
It_ler said:
IDK about unlocking an US device. I prefer unlocked devices.
US unlocked versions of Samsung devices are called "U1". It's part of the model number/name.
E.g. SM-G981U is the US locked Samsung Galaxy S20 5g (like for Verizon), and the SM-G981U1 is the US unlocked version of the same device.
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Thanks for the reply. I ended up selling the phone and buying a Google Pixel 4 XL. Saved some money and its unlocked. Ill never buy another Verizon Edition of the phone again.