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Im in the uk and im thinking of buying a second hand galaxy tab p1000.
I think it was bought in american on the sprint network.
What its is that im wondering is will i be able to mod it in anyway to firstly take my uk tmobile sim card and will i be able to have the phone feature.
And how would i go about this.
Thanks
Steven

Newb at Android! Need help with choosing a phone to use..

Hi everyone.
I am a newb to Android, and I have a difficult situation at hand.
Here is my long and winding story.
I am currently living in Canada, using Rogers Mobile, and someone is giving me a Galaxy Note from South Korea (SHV-E-160S).
It is unlocked.
Will I be able to use this phone in Canada? I don't have a data plan so using 3G or LTE or anything like that is not a major problem.
Also, if I root it, will I be able to use any useful custom roms? or is that impossible because of the lack of developer support?
Here is the second part of my problem. If I opt to sell the Note, and get a galaxy S3, which model should I be looking into?
I am trying to use the phone in both Canada and in South Korea, and I want it to work on both. However, I know that Rogers is GSM and most of the networks in South Korea are WCDMA. Also, which model has the best developer support for ROMs?
Sorry, I just have so many questions and not enough answers anywhere.. Please help!

The note will work.
The international gs3 will work in Korea
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Yes you should be able to use it!
And be able to root and customize it as well!
Btw...the galaxy note is a stable phone...but if you are still opting to sell it...then the galaxy s3 international version will do!
It should work in South Korea and Canada as well!
Dont know as to which model has the best developer support yet...Sorry!

[Q] Unlocking US iphone 5 or Samsung Galaxy II for Europe: possible?

Hello all,
a Greek friend will be staying some months in US. He can get at a good price either an iphone 5 or a Samsung Galaxy S II. This, with a contract of course, Verizon/T-Mobile/AT&T-something.
My pal was asking whether he could get a phone that could be unlocked for usage in Greece, so he can continue using the phone when back. Is it possible for either of these phones? Caveats?
Sorry for not taking the time to plunge into the forum to read, this question was in a hurry.

if you want to use a us carrier phone unlocked, then you have to pay for a termination fee, so it not recommended.
Because the such phone are usually cdma, they are not compatible with gsm so it would be pretty useless to buy a gs2 or a ip5 with a us carrier.
So to answer your question?
not really
Click thanks if helped

[Q] Samsung galaxy s5 gt 19700

Hi everybody, my wife has this Samsung galaxy s5 gt-19700 that she purchased when she was out of the country to India. I went to a T-Mobile store to have it activated and for some reason I was told that it cannot be activated because the device was not manufactured to work with the U.S networks. I google this device and there seems to be no report about it here in the states. Does anybody have this, and if so, is the fellow at T-Mobile pulling my legs about activating this device.
Any comment will be greatly appreciated

Its a fake Galaxy S5. The model number for Galaxy S5 is SM-G900, and for a T-Mob variant its SM-G900T.
If your wife bought it in India then there's a high chance it'll be optimised for India's/standard GSM or CDMA networks. US networks are different to India's and so the T-Mobile guy's probably right in saying it can't be activated on their network

Im going to buy An Galaxy S5 after 2 days...... is it a good idea? Btw i live in India.
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RomanIsRaw said:
Im going to buy An Galaxy S5 after 2 days...... is it a good idea? Btw i live in India.
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Just buy from a trusted Store.. Go for it,, It's a Nice Device

Only Problem with Indian version of S5 is its 3G.... But i can deal with it..... Anyway thnx for replying
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Samsung galaxy s5 gt 19700
Soryuu said:
Its a fake Galaxy S5. The model number for Galaxy S5 is SM-G900, and for a T-Mob variant its SM-G900T.
If your wife bought it in India then there's a high chance it'll be optimised for India's/standard GSM or CDMA networks. US networks are different to India's and so the T-Mobile guy's probably right in saying it can't be activated on their network
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Thnx., it was too good to be true/genuine device, but she used it while she was over there. Anyways, thanks for the info. I will have to toss it in the trash where it belong.

Want to sell my T-mobile Gear S3 3G

In anticipation of the release of Gear S3 Fronteir (maybe this month or next), I want to sell my Gear S2 3G sooner than later to hopefully get more $$ than when the new watch comes out and prices on the S2 drop. Since the Gear S2 3G has an e-SIM and I bought it from T-mobile, do I have to sell to someone who is also on T-mobile? Or can I sell to anyone looking for the 3G version regardless of the provider they intend to use?

Chances are, they are locked to the carrier you bought it from. So they would need to be on T-Mobile, find a way to unlock it (which I have my doubts with eSIM's) or understand that it can only be used as a BT/Wi-Fi device.
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Quick search seems to indicate that you can pay to unlock them if the carrier won't, but I have no idea about the validity of these services.