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Some of the Samsung lead phones have excellent support here on XDA... I have a GSII etc...
I was wondering which of the "dual sim" phones have almost equally excellent support on the forum here.
I admit dual sim phones are not available every where, and also as not as popular..
BUT I still have the question....
I would like to buy a dual-sim phone which I can easily install a custom rom, and a custom kernel...
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ghatothkach said:
hi
Some of the Samsung lead phones have excellent support here on XDA... I have a GSII etc...
I was wondering which of the "dual sim" phones have almost equally excellent support on the forum here.
I admit dual sim phones are not available every where, and also as not as popular..
BUT I still have the question....
I would like to buy a dual-sim phone which I can easily install a custom rom, and a custom kernel...
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Simple. Non. Dual sim phones are still too rare and not supported by any of the major US carriers. No Dual Sim phones have any real support here.
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Simple. Non. Dual sim phones are still too rare and not supported by any of the major US carriers. No Dual Sim phones have any real support here.
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I thought there were a number of folks here from Europe India and China here...
I guess its a common idea in those countries to use a dual sim phone, where one sim is your
personal sim and the other on is provided by your workplace/job...
Which is why Samsung/HTC and alll the major players have dual-sim or multi-sim phones...
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Oh there are. Many of our greatest developers are in Europe but very few use dual similar phones. No one has picked up development for them so they never get a forum. XDA is a US based site so I think that is why we see less of this really.
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zelendel said:
Simple. Non. Dual sim phones are still too rare and not supported by any of the major US carriers. No Dual Sim phones have any real support here.
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interestingly the Galasy SII-i9100 is NOT a US phone....
yet it has so much support on the forum here
the same goes for the Galaxy Note-II i7100 and various other phones which are not really US phones...
My next upgrade will be the S4, but I want the Exonys version, which wont be available here in the US and may be not in Europe too...
I wish T-moble with its new plans brings the Exonys version here, but thats still a dream...
Dont know if that is a problem or Qualcomm is blackmailing Samsung with Patents in not selling the Exonys here...
Samsung went head-head with Apple, but I bet they dont want to do that with Qualcomm..
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ghatothkach said:
interestingly the Galasy SII-i9100 is NOT a US phone....
yet it has so much support on the forum here
the same goes for the Galaxy Note-II i7100 and various other phones which are not really US phones...
My next upgrade will be the S4, but I want the Exonys version, which wont be available here in the US and may be not in Europe too...
I wish T-moble with its new plans brings the Exonys version here, but thats still a dream...
Dont know if that is a problem or Qualcomm is blackmailing Samsung with Patents in not selling the Exonys here...
Samsung went head-head with Apple, but I bet they dont want to do that with Qualcomm..
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It maybe the fact that alot of devs have threatened to leave samsung because of that exynos chip
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I have gotten fascinated by several Chinese phones lately, and plan to own one with Straighttalk or simpletalk soon.
I want to use this thread discussing the top Chinese phones by price/budget. I have added some names below - please suggest more. I also intend to put the supported bands, so people looking to use it on specific carriers will have best luck with these phones.
(Copied from a different thread For AT&T, the band is 850/1900 MHz for both GSM and WCDMA 3G. For T-Mobile 850/1900 MHz GSM and 1700 MHz for WCDMA 3G. If your phone is WCDMA 900/2100, 3G will not work for both AT&T and T-mobile. You must have at least one band that matches with your network. For best 3G coverage, both bands must be supported by the phone.
For under $200
Jiayu G3 - not yet release - MTK6577 chipset, 1GB RAM, Android 4.1
Star ule v12 - MTK6577 chipset, 512MB RAM, Android 4.0.3
HDC Star One - MTK 6577 chipset, 512MB RAM, Android 4.0.3
For over $200
Meizu M2
Good places to buy
AliExpress.com
DHGate.com
365Gate.com
FastCardTech.com
walletless said:
I have gotten fascinated by several Chinese phones lately, and plan to own one with Straighttalk or simpletalk soon.
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Good places to buy
AliExpress.com
DHGate.com
365Gate.com
FastCardTech.com
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Hi, did you ever get any of the chinese phones? If so, wher did you buy your phone?
I'm fairly settled on the upcoming 1GB RAM version of G2, but I'm having trouble deciding where to actually make the purchase. I've been in talks with etotalk, and while they don't seem to be out to scam people, it has become apparent that specs on pre-release devices are totally unreliable and should be triple-checked with their salespeople prior to purchase.
On XDA, it's apparent that FCT has some very bad rep and only people with single-digit post-count come to their defense. (Yeah.. totally trustworthy. )
So, have you any experience to share?
I wouldn't trust my money with those phones it's much better to save up and buy an official, 'real' phone for the security and support
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I wouldn't trust my money with those phones it's much better to save up and buy an official, 'real' phone for the security and support
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Jman, you're entitled to your opinion. I value your input. I'm not looking at the chinese phones because of the money, and would in fact gladly pay up to twice their price if they were on purchase here, with EU-mandated consumer protection and warranties.
The reason I'm looking at them is because I have looked at the offerings from the brands established-in-the-western-world and they're all pathetic. Show me a dual-core dual-SIM phone with screen no larger than 4.0", and a battery with a capacity at least 1.7 Ah.
Goophone Y5, soon launching Goophone I5 are great. Also S3 clones are quite trustworthy.
johhu12 said:
Goophone Y5, soon launching Goophone I5 are great. Also S3 clones are quite trustworthy.
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Hi Joh, thanks for the suggestions, but I'm asking about which e-shop to choose. Have you made a purchase at any?
Dual SIM Android phones seem to be an excellent mechanism by which device vendors can suppress the urge of us nerds to install alternative ROMs on our phones.
If I use a single SIM phone I have a choice between a decent cheap Internet connection, and expensive calls to friends and familiy, or a crap Internet connection and cheap telephony.
So if I (could) install CyanogenMod, I would effectively have a single SIM phone and have to settle for one choice or the other - right?
Dual SIM phones are popular in China, India, Africa, and probably South America - half the world's population or more. If Android had full support for multiple SIMs perhaps device manufacturers would think twice before going it alone purely on the grounds of cost, not to mention subversion of the common OS.
Nice weather today!
I would suggest waiting for something like the S4 Duos to come out. It already appeared in Sammobile. After it is released, Cyanogenmod might add native support for dual sim phones to their source code, making it easier for other dual sim phones to support dual sim on their respective Cyanogenmod builds.
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I would suggest waiting for something like the S4 Duos to come out. It already appeared in Sammobile. After it is released, Cyanogenmod might add native support for dual sim phones to their source code, making it easier for other dual sim phones to support dual sim on their respective Cyanogenmod builds.
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I used Cyanogenmod as an example. I think it is Android that needs to recognize people's justifyable need to use dual SIM phones, and make it core!
My carrier is US Cellular, but I notice this site has very little for the carrier. They have many of the newest phones, I picked up a note 3 (SM-N900R4) from there a little bit ago, and went to xda to find out what they had. I noticed that there are many threads for the seperate carriers, but not for US Cellular, this didn't affect me too much with my old phone, the mesmerize (SCH-I500), but most of the differences were small and could be overcome by using romkonverter. But I'm sure I'm not the only one getting frustrated with this site's lack of US Cellular support. What I'm asking is why is there so little support for US Cellular? Could I do anything about it?
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My carrier is US Cellular, but I notice this site has very little for the carrier. They have many of the newest phones, I picked up a note 3 (SM-N900R4) from there a little bit ago, and went to xda to find out what they had. I noticed that there are many threads for the seperate carriers, but not for US Cellular, this didn't affect me too much with my old phone, the mesmerize (SCH-I500), but most of the differences were small and could be overcome by using romkonverter. But I'm sure I'm not the only one getting frustrated with this site's lack of US Cellular support. What I'm asking is why is there so little support for US Cellular? Could I do anything about it?
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i guess i would say that us cellular is a a bit more unpopular then Verizon/t-mobile/at&t carriers. its kinda strange that virgin mobile gets some devices on here such as the lg optimus V which is still being sold and is a great phone for such little specs. you could check here http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/forum/259-android-development/ i just recently found out about it
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i guess i would say that us cellular is a a bit more unpopular then Verizon/t-mobile/at&t carriers. its kinda strange that virgin mobile gets some devices on here such as the lg optimus V which is still being sold and is a great phone for such little specs.
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I'm seeing development for the note 3 all over on xda, but the site you linked me to has very little to say about anything related to the note 3. I know there is development going on for the US Cellular note 3 because in the generic note 3 page (no carrier labeled), there is maybe one or two examples of things listing the SM-N900R4 as compatible, but not nearly as much as I would imagine, considering they all use the same hardware. For my mez, the only difference with that and the fascinate were the apns, you could flash kernels and roms for fassy on mez without romkonverter. I don't know what differences are in all the variances, but what I would like to know is, how could I actively get this site more involved with the development US Cellular devices?
BKrofl said:
I'm seeing development for the note 3 all over on xda, but the site you linked me to has very little to say about anything related to the note 3. I know there is development going on for the US Cellular note 3 because in the generic note 3 page (no carrier labeled), there is maybe one or two examples of things listing the SM-N900R4 as compatible, but not nearly as much as I would imagine, considering they all use the same hardware. For my mez, the only difference with that and the fascinate were the apns, you could flash kernels and roms for fassy on mez without romkonverter. I don't know what differences are in all the variances, but what I would like to know is, how could I actively get this site more involved with the development US Cellular devices?
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probably only developing a rom on your own or with another person. start with Cyanogenmod, always the easiest to me.
Hi guys. I'm planning on buying an sch-i535 which I know is a US Verizon exclusive phone. my question is, can I use it with GSM (SIM) generic European bands?
and does CyanogenMod support it on GSM. are there any restrictions of using it on GSM, like being able to only use 2G mobile data. or can I tune it to be just like a normal S3. I like this model only because it has 2GB of RAM. And I'm trying to mainly use it with CM12.1 as I hate Samsung's stock ROM.
Please guys reply quickly as I'm talking to the seller now and I want to confirm. thank you
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Hi guys. I'm planning on buying an sch-i535 which I know is a US Verizon exclusive phone. my question is, can I use it with GSM (SIM) generic European bands?
and does CyanogenMod support it on GSM. are there any restrictions of using it on GSM, like being able to only use 2G mobile data. or can I tune it to be just like a normal S3. I like this model only because it has 2GB of RAM. And I'm trying to mainly use it with CM12.1 as I hate Samsung's stock ROM.
Please guys reply quickly as I'm talking to the seller now and I want to confirm. thank you
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A few things to consider before buying this variant would be if the bootloader is indeed unlocked. If not you will not be able to run CM on a locked bootloader.
I've used my old S3 on a GSM carrier here in the states with no issues however it needed a CDMA sim card to work properly. I know you can choose which network you want to use and there may even be an option for a specific type of mobile data used, sorry I haven't been on the stock rom verizon uses in quite a long time. Personally I would look for an unlocked phone. This may be SIM unlocked via the factory but I've seen a lot of people use it internationally and have tons of issues with it
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Yes. there seem to be tons of issues with this model, I already have an I9300 and an Xperia Z2 which is an astonishing phone, I only like Samsung because of the strong developers contribution and development support in general as I'm a super used, besides, I like the small form factor of the S3 and it's pocket-friendly size and weight. I'm not gonna consider this i535 due to all the hassle it's gonna leave me with . Thank you very much, I'll try to look for an I9305 or even an S4
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Yes. there seem to be tons of issues with this model, I already have an I9300 and an Xperia Z2 which is an astonishing phone, I only like Samsung because of the strong developers contribution and development support in general as I'm a super used, besides, I like the small form factor of the S3 and it's pocket-friendly size and weight. I'm not gonna consider this i535 due to all the hassle it's gonna leave me with . Thank you very much, I'll try to look for an I9305 or even an S4
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I'n my opinion it's a better option to stay away from this variant
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I am looking for a new phone. It must be easily rootable, probably using Magisk, so I can record calls. Recovery would be nice, too.
It must have a micro sd slot, so I can easily
back it up so if I have to factory reset it, my texts, call history, Pictures, etc. will not be lost. I would like it to be usable with any US
Carrier. Regardless, it must work with AT&T. Maybe dual sim, not a deal breaker if it's not. Needs to have a decent Camera. Please,
suggest some phones for me. The phone also needs to have decent 5g capability
Galaxy A52 5G
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Galaxy A52 5G
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Thanks for the reply, but I have heard you have to pay to have the bootloader unlocked on the Samsung phones, is that true of tha A52 5G? If anyone else has suggestions of other newer 5g phones that meet these specs, please post. Let's make this a complete list, thanks, everyone. And if you want to list other models with no sd slot, OK, but please specify that in your post.
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Thanks for the reply, but I have heard you have to pay to have the bootloader unlocked on the Samsung phones, is that true of tha A52 5G? If anyone else has suggestions of other newer 5g phones that meet these specs, please post. Let's make this a complete list, thanks, everyone. And if you want to list other models with no sd slot, OK, but please specify that in your post.
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Galaxy A52 5G has all your post requirements. What you have heard about is carrier lock, for an example, if you bought a Verizon Galaxy Note8, Verizon can choose to not allow modifications.
The problem with carriers is that they demand locked bootloader, not so cool with power users.
You can buy an unlocked model, of course. But if you are bothered, then I can only recommend you Xiaomi devices. They're the most developer friendly phones so far, with great specs, and very affordable prices, and availability in USA.
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Galaxy A52 5G has all your post requirements. What you have heard about is carrier lockghe, for an example, if you bought a Verizon Galaxy Note8, Verizon can choose to not allow modifications.
The problem with carriers is that they demand locked bootloader, not so cool with power users.
You can buy an unlocked model, of course. But if you are bothered, then I can only recommend you Xiaomi devices. They're the most developer friendly phones so far, with great specs, and very affordable prices, and availability in USA.
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I am interested in the A52 5G. Looking online it seems they are only available in international versions, and some of them seem to lack some of the 5G bands, or functionality, and they don't properly list the phones specs. I want to avoid buying a one that was built without all functionality. Would you mind recommending where to purchase one, I want one with Max memory, and with the SD slot, that will support as much of the 5G spectrum that at&t offers as possible. Thanks.
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I am interested in the A52 5G. Looking online it seems they are only available in international versions, and some of them seem to lack some of the 5G bands, or functionality, and they don't properly list the phones specs. I want to avoid buying a one that was built without all functionality. Would you mind recommending where to purchase one, I want one with Max memory, and with the SD slot, that will support as much of the 5G spectrum that at&t offers as possible. Thanks.
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Galaxy A52 5G specs. As you can see, device can go up to 256 GB of storage, and 8 GB of RAM, the specs are magnificent, has all what a premium user might need.
The SD Card slot on this device can run up to 2 TB in size. That's very huge, compared to the 512 GB limit on last year's Galaxy A51.
However, I'm sad to deliver you this, Galaxy A52 5G does not have AT&T's 5G bands. Check this site to know more. This does not mean 5G won't work. But it'll be limited to only certain areas. (AT&T are still working on their 5G).
You can use that site to check another phone, if your eyes fell on one, and see which bands it possess that is compatible with USA carriers.
We don't use online markets for shop, I lack the experience. Apologies, I won't be able to help you at that.