Anyone happen to know what SIM is needed to get this working on Sprint? Sprint rep didn't have any when I visited the stores but they assured me the SIM was different from the S4 SIM. Was going to try going to a local Best Buy to see if they might have them.
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I've read of people using S4 SIM successfully. I ordered my SIM from international Sprint chat. It was free.
Microsim
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I used my s4 Sim . I had to use the chat feature to activate .
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parmend said:
I used my s4 Sim . I had to use the chat feature to activate .
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Does LTE work for you?
I just activated my phone today and there is no LTE..
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Does LTE work for you?
I just activated my phone today and there is no LTE..
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I also used SIM from my S4. What is strange is some ROMs I have LTE, while others I do not. Doesnt make much sense, but when has anything Sprint related made sense!
Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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mumbles202 said:
Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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A lot of the stores won't have the Sim, for some stupid reason. If you can, talk them into giving you any micro Sim they have. The best buy ones are only $7 and they work like a charm!
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mumbles202 said:
Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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I'm relatively new to the SIM game but my understanding is that there is no difference between the SIM they will send you and the SIM from an S4. I activated my N5 using my S4 SIM and I get LTE just fine. The only problem I have is that when I'm on WIFI at the house, my N5 usually won't make or receive calls via the cellular network. I've seen others talking about the same issue in Google Groups.
mumbles202 said:
Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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S4 Sim works in mine and I get LTE just like my s4 did . the troubles I've read about seem to be in certain areas . I don't think all states/areas are having LTE issues . check out http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5001-tri-band-lteecsfb-issues-thread/
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Okay so I bought a AT&T htc one x. I rooted the phone. Unlocked the boot loader. Now on rebel rom. I put my tmobile SIM card in the phone and it gives me no reception. At all. And says no service. I went to the settings and mobile data, than did network operators. Did select automatically. And says "unable to connect to network at this time, please try again." So than I did search networks. All it pulls up is AT&T and US. So I got curious and tried us and it had no positive return. Now I need help as I seriously just got this phone yesterday and it sucks its just sitting here now. And no I have no phone. Any help would be appreciated.
did you SIM unlock it?
I SIM unlocked mine, and got no reception, but I didn't have a chance to change APNs and such.
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did you SIM unlock it?
I SIM unlocked mine, and got no reception, but I didn't have a chance to change APNs and such.
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Yeah I bought the sim unlock code prior to rooting with success on stock sense but still never had reception.
Update: I disassembled the phone to check the cables to see if any were loose or damaged and to find out that ALL antenna cables are in tact in good shape, connected perfectly and everything, so I know that this is a issue within the software of the phone. I did use an unlock code on the stock os and when I didn't get reception than is when I rooted the phone with still no change. Any help is appreciated thank you!
You still haven't mentioned if you changed your APN settings.
Same thing happened with me last night, but on an iPhone. Just won't get service no matter what SIM I put in.
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I did have the apns how they're suppose to be. And I put my sim back in my iPhone and it works fine. Its just every time I put my sim in this phone it will not work. Still really confused because hardware is fine.
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You still haven't mentioned if you changed your APN settings.
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What this person said....you have to change apn settings, also did you trim your tmoblie SIM card down to make it fit? Technically if apn if changed and you have a working tmobile SIM it shouldn't be possible to pick up att. Also did you try using it it case icons are saying att but signal is tmobile. You should be able to check what band you are on to verify.....good luck on your quest
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I did have the apns how they're suppose to be. And I put my sim back in my iPhone and it works fine. Its just every time I put my sim in this phone it will not work. Still really confused because hardware is fine.
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Lol, I put it in my other iPhone and it works fine too. Any phone really. Must be a hardware issue.
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So apn is set for tmobile. Micro sim was got from tmobile. Still no luck.
Craigslist..? Got an att sim to check out? Maybe a quick call to at&t to verify the imei is not blacklisted if you haven't already
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Yes. It was blacklisted sadly. This is why I hate craigslist. I got ripped off. Now I understand why it was so cheap compared to the other ones. I guess it was kinda my fault. Thanks guys for all your suggestions.
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mddcflimsreal said:
Yes. It was blacklisted sadly. This is why I hate craigslist. I got ripped off. Now I understand why it was so cheap compared to the other ones. I guess it was kinda my fault. Thanks guys for all your suggestions.
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That sucks so much man. I feel for you.
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It really wasn't what I was hoping. But it sucks they do that but they do what they gotta do. I'm just sol on this phone. Taking a $200 loss. But I think I may just part the phone out considering the screen is brand new and the parts are pricey now days. Well. Not to sure what I'm gonna do with it yet actually. But hopefully something beneficial.
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So here's the situation. I plan on activating on Sprint. Then waiting until my contract expires and then heading to T-Mobile. Anyone know of any issues I might run into. I would think it would be as simple as a SIM card swap.
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So here's the situation. I plan on activating on Sprint. Then waiting until my contract expires and then heading to T-Mobile. Anyone know of any issues I might run into. I would think it would be as simple as a SIM card swap.
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The only thing that you might have to do is manually enter the T-Mobile APN. Probably not though, I have a Sprint N5 and my APN's were set automatically when I put in my T-mobile Sim.
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So here's the situation. I plan on activating on Sprint. Then waiting until my contract expires and then heading to T-Mobile. Anyone know of any issues I might run into. I would think it would be as simple as a SIM card swap.
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Simple as a SIM swap. I bought a Sprint nexus 5 and am running it on straight talk with no issues. Just needed a reboot. You might have to add the correct APN settings for your carrier. But that is pretty straight forward.
Ok thanks for the info. I just wanted to make sure. Didn't want to accidentally lock it to Sprint somehow.
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Hi guys.
So i was given an cdma S3 as a present.
Now I do not know what network it belongs to.
Is there a way I can
a) Find out if its verizon or sprint?
b) Unlock it ?
c) wild question.... Can it be changed to GSM
Thanks
To find out the carrier that it belongs to: Settings - About Phone - Model Number. Go to Google and then type in the model number ... Voila! You cannot switch to GSM.
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schooner said:
Hi guys.
So i was given an cdma S3 as a present.
Now I do not know what network it belongs to.
Is there a way I can
a) Find out if its verizon or sprint?
b) Unlock it ?
c) wild question.... Can it be changed to GSM
Thanks
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You can use a CDMA S3 on GSM networks. I am using one right now. If you pop your GSM SIM card in the phone, you will have service to make calls and text. Getting data is a bit trickier.
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You can use a CDMA S3 on GSM networks. I am using one right now. If you pop your GSM SIM card in the phone, you will have service to make calls and text. Getting data is a bit trickier.
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But there is no where to put the sim card
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But there is no where to put the sim card
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Then you have the Sprint S3 and are out of luck. Sorry.
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ProtheusIRC said:
Then you have the Sprint S3 and are out of luck. Sorry.
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Ah ok fair enough.
So this phone is more less useless
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Ah ok fair enough.
So this phone is more less useless
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Well, no. Sprint has prepaid plans, right? And with WiFi its a small tablet. There are tons of thing to do with it. If you don't want it, I can give you my mailing address
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Well, no. Sprint has prepaid plans, right? And with WiFi its a small tablet. There are tons of thing to do with it. If you don't want it, I can give you my mailing address
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Is there really no sim card under the battery on the Sprint S3? I wasn't aware of that but clearly so since I don't own one.
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Is there really no sim card under the battery on the Sprint S3? I wasn't aware of that but clearly so since I don't own one.
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From what I've read, Sprint does not use Sim cards. I could be wrong though.
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The lte sim card is built in, under the center mid cover. Unfortunately, I have never tried to rrplace one with a prepaid.
I can, and have, flashed them to boost mobile and page plus. Talk and text is easy using wifi to update the profile, but data better than 1x is trickier, and requires a "friend".
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Can this phone be used on Straight Talk via Sim card?
If so will it be carrier unlocked like my GP Nexus 5 or will I need to have it unlocked?
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Can this phone be used on Straight Talk via Sim card?
If so will it be carrier unlocked like my GP Nexus 5 or will I need to have it unlocked?
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all nexus 5 are unlocked, no matter what sprint employees tell you. and with a sim card, they will also work on tmobiles and atts network,. so yea, pop in the right sim and itll work on straight talk.
Thanks homie
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I dont think that will work. i put a tmobile sim and nothing happened. no calls could be made or received.
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I dont think that will work. i put a tmobile sim and nothing happened. no calls could be made or received.
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When I put my sprint sim in nothing happened either... than I went online and activated it and all functions worked
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I received my Nexus 5 before leaving to work and on my lunch brake I took my full size AT&T Sim card out of my S2 and trimmed it to fit,popped it in and works great.I did need to activate the IMEI the next day and have had strong LTE
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My fiance just bought the OnePlus One on eBay for a cool $400, no shipping. 64GB. Very nice deal, no yellow bands, no WiFi issues. She loves it and I admit, I do like it. A lot. However, she activated it yesterday on TMO and it doesn't seem to be getting LTE signals. I was told the back of the Chinese variants do not have the CYANOGEN branding, but hers does. Is there something I'm missing?
No idea... But LTE working fine here out of the box. Make check APN?
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No idea... But LTE working fine here out of the box. Make check APN?
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I'll try that later. I'm trying to get on the line w/ TMO about a similar issue on my Shield Tablet. We're both at work so may not be able to check that for a day or two.
I just purchased mine brand new from OnePlus One website for total of $363 .. 64 GB.
Idk why you over paid.
I, too, use t mobile and will be able to comment on this once I receive my phone.
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Crisisx1 said:
I just purchased mine brand new from OnePlus One website for total of $363 .. 64 GB.
Idk why you over paid.
I, too, use t mobile and will be able to comment on this once I receive my phone.
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She didn't want to wait on invites or open pre-orders.
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She didn't want to wait on invites or open pre-orders.
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Same thing I said because I was going to buy it from Craigslist but I got an invite with in hours.
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Same thing I said because I was going to buy it from Craigslist but I got an invite with in hours.
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I'm still waiting on mine ^.^ Having played with hers (and having an HTC m7 and Sony Z3 to compare it to), it's quite the nice device! Glad her first Android experience is one of these w/o issues. She loves the screen size.
I'm not trying to insult with this but...
The obvious question is: does Tmo provide LTE in your area?
What APN is showing in settings?
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I'm not trying to insult with this but...
The obvious question is: does Tmo provide LTE in your area?
What APN is showing in settings?
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Considering I've got LTE on my XPeria, TMO, probably. I'll check her APN against mine when I get the chance
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My 64GB Sandstone works great on TMO... No issues with LTE.
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Hers seems to be working fine.. Must've been some initial provisioning issue
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