So, I excitedly purchased a Nexus S 4g off eBay the other day thinking, hey it's a CDMA phone it might work on the Verizon network. Now I'm not so sure. I'd even be willing to use the Sprint network but those guys just told me Sprint has no sims and the only option is to open a 2 year contract agreement to use that phone. Sounds a little crazy to me. I'm not willing or able to do that at this time.
I need a no-contract phone carrier for the Nexus S 4g. Are there any no-contract carriers in the USA that will provide service?
My wife uses her Nexus S 4G on Metro PCS.. there is probably a guide to alternative carriers on here if you look around. She only gets 3g on it but for phone and text its perfect.
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My wife uses her Nexus S 4G on Metro PCS.. there is probably a guide to alternative carriers on here if you look around. She only gets 3g on it but for phone and text its perfect.
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Hi thanks for your reply. If I remember correctly the phone you mention would be a GSM variety. I have a CDMA version. My phone's spec name is Nexus S 4G SPH D720.
Found some good info here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers
So just to get 3g I'd need to match up a carrier that supports CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, then a compatible sim, then assuming they allow a sim swap if I have to buy one of their phones unless they have a sim program like Smart Talk.
UNLESS... and this is the real reason I posted this on XDA, I can get some information on how to flash my phone to one of these carriers. I'm now looking hard at Cricket Wireless. They're pretty good in my neighborhood. I know I can pay somebody to do the flash but where would the fun be in that even if I could afford it lol.
So any info on how to flash the phone, correct the settings or whatever else I need to do to get this phone Cricket ready is appreciated!
I'm looking into net10 now. They have a SIM program and support 3g.
My wifes phone is the same.(I think) It was a sprint phone originally. Anyhow, I was in my local metro dealer the other day and he showed me some sim cards as they are about to start using them in September for the bring your own phone program. So if you have a sim slot, that is a possible option for ya! Good luck and keep us posted what you decide,so others know their options as well.
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My wifes phone is the same.(I think) It was a sprint phone originally. Anyhow, I was in my local metro dealer the other day and he showed me some sim cards as they are about to start using them in September for the bring your own phone program. So if you have a sim slot, that is a possible option for ya! Good luck and keep us posted what you decide,so others know their options as well.
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There's no SIM card in this phone. It arrived today. They used an embedded SIM from what I understand. Although I've used Metro PCS in the past it isn't even available in my area if my phone had a SIM. I do appreciate your responses as it appears this device is not getting much love anymore. Funny thing, the phone state is still in service although Sprint has closed usage. So I get a signal and all and have discovered the Sprint network is weak in my area. Specifically my home is a dead zone practically. Back to the drawing board. Be nice if I could switch out the radio I guess. Not sure I wanna undertake all that. Seems a shame as this is still a nice device running Jellybean as well.
You can use sprint or any derivative, ie boost or possibly virgin. No sim, but the phone can be flashed to work on boost. Pretty sure of that. It will never work on anything but sprint guaranteed.
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This might help. Different phone but good information. Still might work the same. Forgot about ting! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060085
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My opinion is buy gsm unlocked ns and your options are endless and I believe gsm has more development as well. Sell the ns4g to pay some of the difference. Gsm are almost always slightly more expensive than gsm but this Phone is 3 years old so it really shouldn't be a problem finding one for less than $100
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You could check out ting.
Thanks for the link. I'm gonna look into flashing this phone to Verizon today.
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Yeah good idea. i had very limited funds the other day while looking for a device and came across the sprint phone cheap. i figured the gsm phones would be just out of my pocket money's reach.
I might end up selling it off and getting a gsm version in the future. in the meantime i went and bought aSamsung illusion running on Verizon network. this phone is very similar to the Nexus phone. Smaller than the "s". Now that Im contracted with Verizon (prepaid) I'll see if i can move the sprint phone over via flashing it. Stay tuned!
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I heard of ting while researching possibilities. Don't quite remember what that was all about. thanks. will check it out.
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I heard of ting while researching possibilities. Don't quite remember what that was all about. thanks. will check it out.
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Ting runs off Sprint towers. You can use any previous Sprint contract phone that Ting has on their eligibility list. Just go to their web site and enter your phone's ESN/MEID to check for eligibility.
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Ting runs off Sprint towers. You can use any previous Sprint contract phone that Ting has on their eligibility list. Just go to their web site and enter your phone's ESN/MEID to check for eligibility.
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Good to know thank you. I ended up signing with Sprint and getting an EVO 4g LTE. I did have the nexus running on Sprint for a few days whil I made my decision.
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Will unlocking and rooting a NS4G allow me to switch to Verizon or other cdma companies?
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Not Verizon but cricket and some other cdma carriers. There is a q&a section here also, just so you know
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Noob question.
Will unlocking and rooting a NS4G allow me to switch to Verizon or other cdma companies?
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Verizon uses different 3G bands so it won't work.
Uh, doesn't Sprint roam and data roam on Verizon?
You can't flash a sprint phone to work on Verizon's network. It doesn't work
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Uh, doesn't Sprint roam and data roam on Verizon?
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Uh, doesn't Sprint roam and data roam on Verizon?
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They do not but not exactly. Go look at the data bands on a tech sheet for a verizon phone vs a sprint phone.
And even if they were the same, they lock the esn number
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Im using a verizon prl on my nexus right now and it uses their 3g...
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Im using a verizon prl on my nexus right now and it uses their 3g...
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once they find out you are doing that they will ban you from the network. have fun having your contract terminated.
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once they find out you are doing that they will ban you from the network. have fun having your contract terminated.
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Not true. Sprint has roaming contracts for a reason, and we have unlimited roaming.
I've never seen anyone's contract get terminated over it, then fine, make a trip to t mobile.
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Not true. Sprint has roaming contracts for a reason, and we have unlimited roaming.
I've never seen anyone's contract get terminated over it, then fine, make a trip to t mobile.
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This is true. Sprint and Verizon offer network reciprocity in their roaming contracts. They will work, technically, on each others networks, but the ESN lock would disallow a change.
I run a Verizon PRL on my wifes Epic and it functions just fine on Verizon towers, but will always show as "roaming". We have not had our contract termed after almost four years with various phones, because it will still default to Sprint tower first.
There are guides on how to get a Verizon PRL loaded, so go give it a try. No harm in it if you dont **** up your profile...but even then, Sprint is pretty cool about reprovisioning.
Yes you can run a Verizon prl on a sprint phone. You can't flash a sprint phone to Verizon though. It just doesn't work. And that's what the op wanted to know.
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Actually, it is possible to get a Sprint phone on Verizon, but it would involve changing of the MEID/ESN, which is illegal. More or less, you trick Verizon into thinking its one of their own phones. You could try your local metroPCS, Cricket, or US Cellular dealer as they might have the experience to do this. Also, try mobile-files.us.
Also, just to re-affirm, Verizon and Sprint share the same bands 3g and 1x.
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Not true. Sprint has roaming contracts for a reason, and we have unlimited roaming.
I've never seen anyone's contract get terminated over it, then fine, make a trip to t mobile.
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Sprint will boot you for too much roaming. Also, your roaming is not unlimited. 200mb of data roaming is all you get. Also if you use more than half of your normal voice usage in roaming, sprint can terminate your contract. I have seen it happen, I work for sprint.
This may be different when you actually use a verizon prl as I don't know how that looks to sprint on their systems. I've never tracked usage while using a verizon prl.
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I have read many forums and have flashed new PRLs with QPST but have never really got it to function properly. What PRLs are working for you guys (Verizon or hybrids) and what steps do you take after you write the PRL to your phone?
Exactly what does using Verizon's prl do? I'm a little new to all of this, but to my understanding, you can basically constantly roam on Verizon's 3g network? If so, does the phone struggle at all deciding which tower to connect to (thus hurting battery life)?
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Exactly what does using Verizon's prl do? I'm a little new to all of this, but to my understanding, you can basically constantly roam on Verizon's 3g network? If so, does the phone struggle at all deciding which tower to connect to (thus hurting battery life)?
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I'm using a hybrid PRL that will roam on sprint and runs normally on verizon. Where I work verizon is not available so I use sprint all day while I'm there but when I'm at home I am using Verizon, the speed difference is incredible in some places, I might get 100Kb down with sprint and 300Kb with verizon, or the opposite it doesn't always work out it your favor.
And to the guy saying I'm going to have my contract terminated, why are you being such a jackass? No they aren't going to terminate me for roaming 100megs a month. Not everyone abuses the system.
*THEY mostly CARE ABOUT DATA ROAMING! SO DONT USE DATA CRAZY!!
* WHEN YOU ROAM U USE YOUR ANYTIME MINUTES*
DON'T GO OVER 300 MB in data Monthly*
ALSO NOTE that if you abuse this u get a warning letter** Ur not just dropped..
Those are the basic rules. Ive long been using a HYBRID PRL!!! and works wonders...For those who need it
Can you guys point me to where I can find the Sprint/Verizon hybrid PRL please?
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Can you guys point me to where I can find the Sprint/Verizon hybrid PRL please?
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look under my name and the posts i made.. I have a tutorial
Verizon and Sprint have the same frequencies. The only thing preventing you from activating the phone on Verizon would be the ESN not in their database; they will only activate phones in their database.
I know you can definitely activate it on MetroPCS/Cricket. If you just have no signal in certain areas and want to force roaming, download Roam Control. I think it's like $4 but it works beautifully and the dev even just added a homescreen widget so you don't even have to go through the app.
Want to trade/sell my inspire to get a different phone... something with around the same specs and screen size. Is a iPhone 3GS better? I need a new phone cause I can't handle the edge connection. I unlokced my ispire for tmobile and that's all I get is edge, I want 3g...
Any ideas or thoughts on good trades...
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Yeah go buy an iphone. Oh wait, you will only get edge with it too. If you want 3G data on T-mobile then buy a T-mobile phone. Try this link: http://www.t-mobile.com
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Is a iPhone 3GS better?
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You're joking, right?
Seriously though, if you are on T-Mobile, you should be looking for a phone that works on their bands. As far as a trade, I don't know what you could expect to get for an Inspire right now.
I know on cdma theres an app to force 3G on roam and it works pretty good. And there are tweaks for unlocked phones on other networks to force 3G. Is this not possible for GSM?
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Roaming has NOTHING to do with it. T-mobile has it's own distinct 3G data bands that are different from the rest of the world. If you want 3G on T-mobile, get a T-mobile branded phone. Go to the T-mobile link I gave you and look at the phones and their reviews. And this topic has nothing to do with the Inspire let alone the development of it.
How much are you asking for your inspire?
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We arent your financial advisers haha. best thing wouldl be go to tmobile and find a phone that works on their network. google gsm arena, that will get u a site that lists phone specs and you can compare them. research = key.
I have to agree. If you want 3g then get a tmobile phone. Its hat simple.
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Can it be done? If so, how?
Here is the various information I have to far. The Verizon galaxy s3 uses both CDMA and GSM.
My father has a Verizon Iphone 5 he unlocked and put on straight talk.The iphone 5 uses both CDMA and GSM and is 4G just like my S3. Theoretically it should work the same, right? WRONG. I have yet to be able to find a site or program that can unlock my i535. Even if I could get it to unlock, would I need to also flash the cdma portion over to straight talk?
I borrowed the SIM card from a friends T-mobile S3 and without doing ANYTHING to my phone I was able to make calls and send texts with her SIM card in my phone,no data though.
The i535 has a "global mode" which essentially allows me to switch between the classic Verizon LTE-CDMA mode and a GSM mode for use outside of the U.S. Is that only good for making calls? do I even need to unlock my phone in order to use straight talk on my handset?
I have searched a ton of Forums and must be blind, because I cannot find a single how-to video or good explanation on how this is done. I HAVE found, however that there are a lot of people out there who are just like me who are trying to find out, and they get dead threads, mis-information and vague "It may work..." Any help or information that ANYONE can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Yeah I don't see it as a priority item for any dev to create something so a great phone with the best network coverage would half work on straight talk. Straight talk has android phones appropriate for their network I would suggest selling your verizon phone and buying the straight talk phone.
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what about flashing an AT&T rom?
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Yeah I don't see it as a priority item for any dev to create something so a great phone with the best network coverage would half work on straight talk. Straight talk has android phones appropriate for their network I would suggest selling your verizon phone and buying the straight talk phone.
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Is the hardware the same between the Verizon and the at&t s3? Can I flash the at&t rom to my Verizon s3? Will it brick the phone for good or can I flash it back?
Straight Talk runs the Galaxy S3 on Sprint network rather than Verizon. Your best luck would be trading the Verizon S3 for a Sprint S3 and going from there... or even trading the Verizon S3 for an actual Straight Talk S3. I'm pretty sure the LTE is a different frequency that you won't be able to get working right. I know there is a way to get a Verizon S3 on AT&T and T-Mobile with edge data... but not Sprint.
Long story short, I don't think it will be able to work unless you get either a Straight Talk or Sprint S3.
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Straight talk is at&t, and t-mobile. Not Sprint
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Straight talk is at&t, and t-mobile. Not Sprint
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Oh, I originally thought that but read somewhere that the Straight Talk S3 is run on Sprint. Strange.
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Boost is on Sprint iirc
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I have Straight Talk with a T Mobile SIM in my Nexus 5 and I am getting awesome LTE coverage, although my friend has the exact same setup and is only getting H data and not LTE. We are both using the same APN settings, and the only difference that I can think of is that I bought my SIM card more recently. I didn't think that the T Mobile SIMs on Straight Talk supported LTE, but I am definitely getting it and was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same. If you are getting LTE, what are your APN settings?
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I have Straight Talk with a T Mobile SIM in my Nexus 5 and I am getting awesome LTE coverage, although my friend has the exact same setup and is only getting H data and not LTE. We are both using the same APN settings, and the only difference that I can think of is that I bought my SIM card more recently. I didn't think that the T Mobile SIMs on Straight Talk supported LTE, but I am definitely getting it and was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same. If you are getting LTE, what are your APN settings?
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I thought ATT was the only one you could get LTE through on Straight talk, Tmobile is the 4G speeds but HSPA+.
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I thought ATT was the only one you could get LTE through on Straight talk, Tmobile is the 4G speeds but HSPA+.
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That's what I thought, but I am definitely on Straight Talk with a T Mobile sim and am getting LTE data. Not just in my area either, since I recently took a trip and had LTE coverage in many major cities.
I can confirm that the new ST T-Mobile SIM cards support LTE. Received my new SIM one week ago and have been enjoying LTE speeds for the past week. Interestingly, the color of the SIM card was hot pink as opposed to the light pink T-Mobile SIM I used to have.
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I can confirm that the new ST T-Mobile SIM cards support LTE. Received my new SIM one week ago and have been enjoying LTE speeds for the past week. Interestingly, the color of the SIM card was hot pink as opposed to the light pink T-Mobile SIM I used to have.
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Right on, will have to tell my friend to order a new Sim then!
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I can confirm that the new ST T-Mobile SIM cards support LTE. Received my new SIM one week ago and have been enjoying LTE speeds for the past week. Interestingly, the color of the SIM card was hot pink as opposed to the light pink T-Mobile SIM I used to have.
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Thanks for this. I tried to contact useless Straight Talk support regarding this question. They didn't seem to understand it, sent me the at&t APN settings, when I called them on it, they sent me the non-smartphone APN settings. They said that yes, t-mobile does support LTE, not just H+ (but I didn't actually trust them to understand the question), however said nothing about needing a new sim card. I have the light pink sim right now.
However I'm still not entirely convinced. Here's a picture on ebay of what I assume is the new hot pink sim:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Straight-Talk-Micro-SIM-Card-T-Mobile-Network-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/b7gAAOxy3zNSlQHw/$_57.JPG
You can see clearly on the card that it admits "4g" is HSPA+, not LTE. I'm also suspicious because T-Mobile has a different APN setting for LTE, while Straight Talk does not. Has anyone checked the "Mobile Network Type" in settings to verify that you really truly are getting LTE? Could the hot pink be because it's in micro sim size? The at&t cards have a similar color scheme (light blue for full sized sim, dark blue for micro), and I think offering the Micro Sim size for t-mobile is new, but the internals of the sim may not be.
Can someone post a speedtest speeds result of their "LTE" speeds? My H+ speeds are very fast, so I don't know if there'll be much difference..
T-Mobile sucks where I'm from. New England so I got the at&t Sim
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T-Mobile sucks where I'm from. New England so I got the at&t Sim
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Wow, incredibly helpful comment.
Going to order a T-Mobile sim and see if I can get LTE. Hoping i can use straight talk with LTE vs the $60 T-Mobile plan. Tried the $30 T-Mobile plan but need more than 100 minutes and VoIP isn't cutting it
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Going to order a T-Mobile sim and see if I can get LTE. Hoping i can use straight talk with LTE vs the $60 T-Mobile plan. Tried the $30 T-Mobile plan but need more than 100 minutes and VoIP isn't cutting it
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Please update us. From what I can understand it seems like they're only advertising "4g" as the H+ speeds.
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Please update us. From what I can understand it seems like they're only advertising "4g" as the H+ speeds.
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Just got the T-Mobile sim yesterday and can confirm that LTE is working on straight talk. I'm getting great speeds too
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Just got the T-Mobile sim yesterday and can confirm that LTE is working on straight talk. I'm getting great speeds too
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This is great to see. I actually email support and their replies were so generic that it didn't answer my question.
So best place to get SIM card to insure i get LTE for tmobile?
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This is great to see. I actually email support and their replies were so generic that it didn't answer my question.
So best place to get SIM card to insure i get LTE for tmobile?
thank you,
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I ordered mine directly from the straight talk website but I think you can order one from Walmart
Just curious if anyone here has been cutoff by straight talk. I read the small print, and you are only unlimited on their web space. So technically they can cut you off if you use too much data.
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Its unlimited 2.5gb LTE. Then they throttle you down.. Maybe if you blew threw all your 2.5gb in five minutes by downloading a torrented movie they'd shut you off. All your data in less then a day.
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I ordered mine directly from the straight talk website but I think you can order one from Walmart
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Ok cool. So as long as i order it from straight talk, i should get the LTE card? I need to order two and wanted to make sure before i do it.
Currently have the older card and i'm not getting LTE on TMobile. After reading through this thead, sounds like the newer cards will do it.
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Ok cool. So as long as i order it from straight talk, i should get the LTE card? I need to order two and wanted to make sure before i do it.
Currently have the older card and i'm not getting LTE on TMobile. After reading through this thead, sounds like the newer cards will do it.
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Yeah if you order it from them you should get the newest sim cards.
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Just got the T-Mobile sim yesterday and can confirm that LTE is working on straight talk. I'm getting great speeds too
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Download/install LTE settings app. Run your test and look at the app. You can see this in your settings about phone status as well. What does it say you're connecting at?
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Just curious if anyone here has been cutoff by straight talk. I read the small print, and you are only unlimited on their web space. So technically they can cut you off if you use too much data.
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In my personal experience, I can confirm you get throttled/data cut off on ST-AT&T sims.. It happen to me, but has never happen to me on a ST-Tmobile sim.
BUT YMMV...
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Download/install LTE settings app. Run your test and look at the app. You can see this in your settings about phone status as well. What does it say you're connecting at?
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Here is what I get
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Looks promising, you must be in a test area.
I have a Verizon Note edge, it's currently on my mom's Verizon plan but I have no data, she took off on me so I need to switch carriers.
I'm running lollipop. Is there a way for me to use metro pcs fully with lte and all?
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All recent verizon phones with LTE should be unlocked.
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I keep reading that, however I've been doing a bunch of searching and have found a bunch of issues with people not getting them to work.
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Anyone?
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So after calling Verizon, calling metro and T-Mobile. I'm still left without a straight answer. But from what I'm hearing it's not going to work.
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Just to report in on this, I went out and bought the SIM kit, got a spare phone just in case, activated it and everything. It does not work.
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Will this not work because my phone is still on contract with Verizon?
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Huge update. This phone is now working 99% on Metro. Even still being associated on my mom's Verizon account. It is using my metro service, on a tmobile apn. Full lte, working mms, voice, text, data, everything. So happy to have resolved this.
Future reference, it won't work if you add your imei via the metro website, you would have to call metro or in my case use the online chat support.
The only thing not working is the hotspot built in. I have yet to test if a third party hotspot app will work or not.
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Why not hop on Page Plus Cellular while your Verizon Note Edge esn is still clear. Maybe they'll let her/you pay off the phone or it's already out of contract and you won't have to worry about a blacklisted esn, or if all else do a basic bare minimum plan with it on Verizon keeping the esn in good standings.
But I believe their sim's are usually international use only and metroPCS isn't CDMA anymore, so you'd get spotty coverage as it'd only be dependent upon the sim cards coverage which my not meet the specifications for metro's coverage, but with Page Plus Cellular you'd get the coverage that works for your phone model and carrier and you'd also get LTE with it.
I've never heard of page plus here in Tampa bay area. Metro is huge here, and $60 for unlimited LTE ain't a bad deal lol. I need the unlimited LTE also.
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I've never heard of page plus here in Tampa bay area. Metro is huge here, and $60 for unlimited LTE ain't a bad deal lol. I need the unlimited LTE also.
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Yea man I'm on metroPCS too T-Mobile Note Edge. haha! I work for Cricket wireless too and the owner is always 24/7 trying to convince me to switch. LMAO
I didn't see your post before mine, that's cool though it's all working good, yea I was using PPC before I switched back over to metroPCS: They're a Verizon MVNO https://www.pagepluscellular.com/plans/ another good company of Page Plus Cellular reseller is http://kittywireless.com they're always doing special promotions and extra plans.
Not sure exactly how that would work with the phone still being under contract. If ya have walgreens drug stores there look at the wireless cards section you'll probably see a Page Plus Cellular card.
Hey, HOW DID YOU GET THE PHONE TO WORK ON METROPCS NETWORK????! I have a note edge on verizon and want to switch it over to metropcs. I called verizon and they said the phone was unlocked so I took it to metropcs for activation. They put a metropcs sim card and turned my phone on but it wouldn't read the metropcs sim card and the phone stated that the sim card was not a verizon sim card. What do I do now? Any help would be much appreciated!
I am just starting with MetroPCS with my NoteEdge which I had been using with Verizon. I am having the same problem when trying to use the MobileHotSpot.
Any luck finding an answer or solution?
Thanks in advance
volant007 said:
Hey, HOW DID YOU GET THE PHONE TO WORK ON METROPCS NETWORK????! I have a note edge on verizon and want to switch it over to metropcs. I called verizon and they said the phone was unlocked so I took it to metropcs for activation. They put a metropcs sim card and turned my phone on but it wouldn't read the metropcs sim card and the phone stated that the sim card was not a verizon sim card. What do I do now? Any help would be much appreciated!
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A little different for me. I have a USC and put a StraighTalk sim in and it works. Just edit the apn. To verify what I read about the 6.0.1 update. I downgraded back to Kitkat and got "Invalid" sim. Might be worth a try and nothing really lost...