well i know this has nothing to do with windows or android but if i bought an unlocked iphone from another country eg china or india or usa
would i need to change the software so that i can get the phone to work on the network i want here in australia
or does the phone have an international modem which allows me to roam on any network around the world
for example a samsung galaxy y needs differant modems on the phone to operate in differant countries
im just hoping thats not the case with phones because they are way cheaper in china
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Hello ppl, as u c on the title, I want to buy a new phone, but the problem is that here on my country we dont have such high-end devices like Iphone 4 or HTC EVO 4G, or phones like that, what i want to know if you can recommend a hihg end phone like those ones, here in Costa Rica there are just 2 bands
GSM- 1800Mhz
3G- 850Mhz
Thank you for your answers, at let me know if im asking or doing something wrong, thank you again
Same as In México the bands
At&T american cell provider branded phones will be the only ones will work with your local 3G, other than that you can buy any phone you want.
Have a look on marketplace section
I recommend an HTC device weather WM or Andorid
i've a relative in the USA, and he wants to buy a smartphone like present for me, I'm looking for a smartphone Android that can i use in Italy, i saw the Galaxy Nexus, Rezound, can you help me for this?
He needs to make sure that it's a GSM phone that supports your carrier's frequencies.
My Carrier is Vodafone, and i will use 3g and Gsm, what are the models that can i use in Italy?
Coz i'm interested in Beats Audio and Htc, and i'm interested to buy also Galaxy Nexus... but I must can use it in Italy (Can i use Verizon's Galaxy Nexus in Italy)?
Hello, Am trying to get a phone to a relative that lives in the Dominican Republic, i live in Puerto Rico where we get all the US phones(we are a common wealth of the US) so basically i got access to all US version of the phones, the problem is that on the Dominican the company that am trying to get the phone on is Orange and they use HSPA(3g) in the 900mhz. Is there any US branded phone that works on that frequency? as of right now none us cellphone company uses those, nor At&t or Tmobile or even Claro PR(all gsm).
I know that even though the company doesnt use certain frequency the phone could still support it. Have any one here know of a US android phone working on Orange Dominicana 3g network??
[Specs am looking for]
Front Facing Camera
Led Flash for the back camera
Decent size screen 4.0"+
You'd probably be best off sourcing an International Asian or European model from eBay. Most APAC/EU networks use 900/2100 for 3G.
Good luck!
I decided to go into the webpage of the company am trying to get a phone to work on, i just went trough the phones they sell, found the LG 3D which is sold here locally around my budget, and it uses the 900mhz band . My issue is somewhat resolved.
...there should be an accurate way to find information of the radios/freq. our phones hardware comes with....
phonearena.com not reliable
gsmarena.com not reliable
Not too long ago, I had heard that the Verizon Galaxy S3 would support global roaming in a future update. With the Verizon Galaxy S3 release imminent, I was wondering if this was still the case.
I recently ordered a Galaxy S3 for my Dad, considering his contract with Verizon was up and the data plans were changing. Now, my dad often travels back and forth between the US and South Korea; so often in that he carries two different Android phones for each country (DROID Incredible on Verizon and Nexus S on KT).
Would it be possible for him to dump both the Incredible and Nexus S phones and use only Verizon Galaxy S3 on both of the carriers (if unlocked), by just swapping out the SIM card when traveling between Korea and the US? He will be keeping KT as his cell provider in Korea and from what I've heard, KT does allow foreign phones to be registered on their network, as long as they're unlocked. Both Verizon and KT support CDMA & LTE, but I'm not sure if their frequency bands overlap and if the Verizon S3 would be able to hook onto both without having to flash the radio.
I see that there's already a Voodoo S3 SIM Unlock app on Google Play (probably not compatible with Verizon S3 yet, but maybe eventually possible?).
Either way, it'd be awesome to be able to use the S3 as his main phone on both carriers with a simple SIM card swap! Does anyone have any insight on this, whether it would be possible or not?
CKTurbo128 said:
Not too long ago, I had heard that the Verizon Galaxy S3 would support global roaming in a future update. With the Verizon Galaxy S3 release imminent, I was wondering if this was still the case.
I recently ordered a Galaxy S3 for my Dad, considering his contract with Verizon was up and the data plans were changing. Now, my dad often travels back and forth between the US and South Korea; so often in that he carries two different Android phones for each country (DROID Incredible on Verizon and Nexus S on KT).
Would it be possible for him to dump both the Incredible and Nexus S phones and use only Verizon Galaxy S3 on both of the carriers (if unlocked), by just swapping out the SIM card when traveling between Korea and the US? He will be keeping KT as his cell provider in Korea and from what I've heard, KT does allow foreign phones to be registered on their network, as long as they're unlocked. Both Verizon and KT support CDMA & LTE, but I'm not sure if their frequency bands overlap and if the Verizon S3 would be able to hook onto both without having to flash the radio.
I see that there's already a Voodoo S3 SIM Unlock app on Google Play (probably not compatible with Verizon S3 yet, but maybe eventually possible?).
Either way, it'd be awesome to be able to use the S3 as his main phone on both carriers with a simple SIM card swap! Does anyone have any insight on this, whether it would be possible or not?
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As far as I understand it, the Verizon S3 needs a software update to unlock the GSM bands within the radio, which currently is not available...Also the LTE Bands are Not Compatible, according to my research Verizon uses 700/750 KT uses 1800. The Verizon S3 has 700/750 LTE Support...Also note while the Verizon S3 likely will have GSM support via a software update it will be Edge bands not WCDMA/HSPA+...as for the CDMA side out of luck there too according to KT they use the 1800 band and the Verizon S3 only has 850/1900 band for CDMA...in short getting the Verizon S3 will in no way help your father ditch his second phone...If your father is an international traveler he would be better suited to using a GSM carrier then buying a phone like the Galaxy Nexus which is pentaband WCDMA, this will work in any country that has WCDMA, I can vouch personally that my GNex (GSM Unlocked) works in S. Korea with HSPA+ Data Speeds as I was just there this past February.
So though the GS3 would most likely not be able to use 4G (through HSPA+, I may also be misunderstanding...) would it be able to have 3G overseas? I ask since I will be traveling to China later this year and being able to use 3G over there would be more convenient than getting another phone...
Has anyone tried bringing random unlocked Chinese phones to MetroPCS? They seem to support unlocked GSM phones but i've really only seen it used with like, flagship from other US carriers.
If there's anyone who has done it, how does the network behave with your device? Purely curious.
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Purchased a Leagoo Elite 5 phone from China was able to connect with metro pcs but only with 3G service. Tech rep told me that not all phones from China will be able to connect to metro and get full 4G service and the only way to find out if any particular phone will work is to purchase and try to connect. There is no master list from metro of which Chinese phones are supported on their network.