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[Q] Using my phone internationally

I am leaving for Ireland on Sunday and want to use my G2 phone over there. I have rooted the phone successfully and don't know what the next step is. Do I just obtain a new SIM card from a cell phone store in Ireland? Do I create an account with them for the time im over there and my phone works like a local phone? This is my first time with international travel. Thanks in advance for helping a noob.

hchatts said:
I am leaving for Ireland on Sunday and want to use my G2 phone over there. I have rooted the phone successfully and don't know what the next step is. Do I just obtain a new SIM card from a cell phone store in Ireland? Do I create an account with them for the time im over there and my phone works like a local phone? This is my first time with international travel. Thanks in advance for helping a noob.
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honestly dont know but i would like to know as i like traveling to other countries. Im going to guess if i was you make sure your phone is sim unlocked and the bands of ireland match your phone

My phone is sim unlocked, but I don't understand how to match the bands of Ireland to my phone. Cant you explain this further please?

[Q] How do I tell if it is carrier unlocked?

I got a free Samsung Focus today, thanks to the Microsoft giveaway for TechEd, where the first 50 from TechEd who publish get a free phone. I was told that the phone was carrier unlocked... But since I'm on Verizon, I can't use it anyway. I am probably going to sell it on ebay (although I'm considering loaning it to a couple iPhone friends for a bit, so they can get the full WP7 experience), but I want to make sure it is unlocked before I advertise it as unlocked. How do I know for sure?
Also, if I do loan it out to friends, can an ATT (or T-Mobile since it is supposedly unlocked) customer just pull out their SIM and put it in here, and go with it? Or is there something their carrier needs to do?
Thanks!

hopmedic said:
Also, if I do loan it out to friends, can an ATT (or T-Mobile since it is supposedly unlocked) customer just pull out their SIM and put it in here, and go with it? Or is there something their carrier needs to do?
Thanks!
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Correct, you just put in a SIM card and use it. No carrier attention needed. To test if it is unlocked, you need to find a T-Mobile SIM card, or any other non-AT&T SIM card, and put it in. If it is locked, the phone will let you know immediately and you won't be able to use the phone or cell data.

Thanks. I'll have to have one of my iPhone friends try it for me. I don't know if anyone around here is on T-Mobile.

you can usually just go to tmobile and ask for one, sometimes they'll give one to you. and it doesn't have to be activated.

[Q] [q] d2g + us att sim?

So I've done a large amount of searching, not only on XDA but elsewhere to find a real 'answer' to my question, but I haven't found anything concrete, hence this thread.
I have aquired a Droid 2 Global from VZW for free, and I want to use it with my US ATT SIM, on the US ATT GSM Network.
Things i have done:
- Flashed the phone to the stock OS in order to....
- Flash the radio so it accepts ATT GSM signal
- Aquired the sim unlock code from ATT for my current phone/sim (I'm unclear on exactly what this whole sim unlock process is about, perhaps why I'm asking)
The phone boots, but when I have my SIM inserted, it asks for the unlock code.... What exactly IS it asking for?
The SIM unlock that I recieved from ATT doesn't work.. (I assume this is the unlock for my sim, in my current phone?)
What is the next step, if this is possible? I've looked at getting the phone unlock code via ebay, or one of the piggyback devices like TurboSIM, but I'm unsure what will work, if anything will work?
Help??
Thanks in advance for any info provided

It asks for the unlock code you can get from VZW's Global Support if you are a VZW customer.

Gasai Yuno said:
It asks for the unlock code you can get from VZW's Global Support if you are a VZW customer.
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Well, since I'm at ATT customer, how would I go about getting this code? I do have a friend that works for VZW, which is how i got the phone, and he is willing to assist me. Can he provide it?

The phone must be on an active line of service, and the billing history must be clean for the past 6 months.
If your friend works for Global Support, then maybe. If not, I doubt it.

Hmph..
I guess I overestimated the difficulty of getting this to work. It was just another case of having to get the unlock code from the phone itself via IMEI number,and yahtzee, working as I had hoped.
For some reason I had the notion that it was significantly more difficult after reading all of the posts about trying to get other SIMs to work.. but its actually very very straight forward and easy.. it just seemed that nobody had ever really made it clear that a US ATT sim could work on a VZW D2G handset with US ATT service.
Thanks for your input!

move sprint phone to verizon network?

hi all,
i have done quite a bit of searching and reading. there definitely seem to be a number of threads on this topic, but i cant locate a simle straight answer to my question.
heres my situation.
1. I am on sprint right now. my phone is smashed so i can make an insurance claim and get a new phone for 100 bucks.
2. my boss has an extra line on his verizon account that he is going to let me use, but he doesnt have a phone for it and cant upgrade till next august. 2013
3. what i want to do is get a new phone from sprint on my insurance claim and flash it to verizons network and see if i can get vzw to activate it.
4. CAN i do this? what phone should i choose (i was thinking galaxy nexus).
appreciate any feedback and im really sorry if the answer is already out there...i could not find it. i swear i looked! thanks!

nothing? anybody? if there is already a thread answering this please link it for me. thanks.

I wouldn't think it would require more than a VZW sim and either porting the existing number over, if that applies, or activating it on a new VZW number.
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It is possible. But you'll have to know someone or find a really nice rep to activate it for you, as its not allowed/illegal for Verizon to activate a device that isn't in their system. Just popping in the lte sim isn't possible because sprint has imbedded sims.
Tl;Dr possible, not going to happen
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Verizon Note 5 international use

Hey fellas,
I am travelling abroad to india for a vacation. Can I insert a Indian GSM Sim in my note 5 and have it working.... Or will it not? I know documentation says Verizon note 5 supports international GSM. But is the note 5 Sim unlocked ... If not I have to buy another unlocked phone before I leave.. I know it's a noob question..but jus wanted to make sure.
Thanks for any input !!

anilpalepu said:
Hey fellas,
I am travelling abroad to india for a vacation. Can I insert a Indian GSM Sim in my note 5 and have it working.... Or will it not? I know documentation says Verizon note 5 supports international GSM. But is the note 5 Sim unlocked ... If not I have to buy another unlocked phone before I leave.. I know it's a noob question..but jus wanted to make sure.
Thanks for any input !!
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I actually called CS with the same question. While they won't Sim unlock the phone they will be happy to offer you to purchase the global data plan which seems to be a very feesable option seeing as how we all have boatloads of money falling out of our pockets and good samaritan Verizon goes out of their way to clean up the streets cause who wants all that dirty money laying around?
Jokes aside, while you will be able to switch sims and make phone calls and texts, data might be an issue cause you will need to change the apns. At least this is what I gathered from my conversation with customer service.
Sent from my SM-N920V

toskabab said:
I actually called CS with the same question. While they won't Sim unlock the phone they will be happy to offer you to purchase the global data plan which seems to be a very feesable option seeing as how we all have boatloads of money falling out of our pockets and good samaritan Verizon goes out of their way to clean up the streets cause who wants all that dirty money laying around?
Jokes aside, while you will be able to switch sims and make phone calls and texts, data might be an issue cause you will need to change the apns. At least this is what I gathered from my conversation with customer service.
Sent from my SM-N920V
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Oh ok.. I guess I will be satisfied with calls and texts as long there are no hiccups there..guess I will use wifi wherever available..
Thanks for the info and quick reply.. Appreciate it.

anilpalepu said:
Hey fellas,
I am travelling abroad to india for a vacation. Can I insert a Indian GSM Sim in my note 5 and have it working.... Or will it not? I know documentation says Verizon note 5 supports international GSM. But is the note 5 Sim unlocked ... If not I have to buy another unlocked phone before I leave.. I know it's a noob question..but jus wanted to make sure.
Thanks for any input !!
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It comes Sim unlocked. I'm using it on att network

jacky37 said:
It comes Sim unlocked. I'm using it on att network
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Thanks..

Obviously you have international phone. You can use it anywhere in the world.

markzuekarly said:
Obviously you have international phone. You can use it anywhere in the world.
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It's not really that simple, but best of luck on your trip and let us know how the phone works.
Sent from my SM-N920V

toskabab said:
It's not really that simple, but best of luck on your trip and let us know how the phone works.
Sent from my SM-N920V
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Yeah will report back next week with the update..