In light of the new "Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act", why is it so hard to bring a Sprint Galaxy Note 3 to Boost Mobile? My Touch Pro2 came from Sprint, and I didn't have all of these problems. With the Galaxy Note 3 there is all of this talk of flashing, getting SMS/MMS to work, and 3G to work.
Question:
When you finish, will it have Boost Mobile LTE as on Sprint? When you do get it set up, and you reset the phone to factory because of a bad app install, now what?
Thoughts:
What I don't understand is why using a Note 3 with Boost Mobile should be any harder than using one of the S3s that Boost sells. Ting has BYOD and also uses the Sprint network. I've been with Sprint or Boost since the 90s. They phase out IDEN, then they go with Wi-Max? Now Sprint's new Spark network is using an LTE variant (TD-LTE), that doesn't work with any other U.S. carrier's phones, and works at 1/2 the speed? Sprint/Boost introduces new tri-band phones that cannot multitask, as an upgrade to earlier phones that can? The won't support phones even when they came off their own network?
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I am trying to figure out if I Unlock the Galaxy S 4G will I simply be able to go on Boost.com to input the ESN to the upgrade information on that page and will it allow me to use it for Boost? My Boost account is current, but I wanna use the Galaxy S 4G instead of the Prevail that I have. Any suggestions???
Isn't the GS4G a GSM Phone? The Prevail is a CDMA running on Sprints Network. Mainly all Boost smart phones are CDMA, or IDEN. So no, I'm sorry. If you use a regional carrier for T-Mo *as the GS4G is a T-Mo Band phone*. Walmart's Family Mobile is epic. It's also a HSUPA+ and 4G Network.
The Verizon iPhone 5s and 5c are sold carrier unlocked by Verizon and provide full voice and LTE service on 3 of the 4 major US carriers. Which is great, if you like iPhones.
Are there any Android devices which provide the same level of interoperability? It sounds like the developer version of the Note 3 is a typical example of the current best case, providing voice & data on all 3 carriers, but only providing HSPA+ for data on AT&T and T-Mobile, vs LTE on Verizon.
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Ok so I have two phones. One Galaxy S5 on Boost Mobile. And I have a Nexus 5 with no carrier. I want both phones to work with the same SIM when the SIM is inserted into either one of them.
So I put the Sprint/Boost Mobile SIM into the Nexus 5 and data works perfectly, but Call and MMS does not. On the Nexus 5 it reads a different number than the one on my Galaxy S5.
Is there a way that I can fix the Call and MMS. Is there a way to change the Nexus' phone number.
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Phone Specs
Galaxy S5: G900P
Android 5.0
Boost Mobile (A Sprint Network)
Rooted
Nexus 5:
5.0.1
Rooted
No Carrier
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Thanks In Advance
-Andrew
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dicecuber said:
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Already Did. They said it wasn't possible but i did it before on a different phone.
Boost isn't gsm is it.
It won't work. It's not like a GSM network where you can just swap SIMs at your leisure. The carrier needs to physically activate the phone on your account. With GSM you can swap phones all you want (I switch between 3 phones daily) but CDMA doesn't have that flexibility.
Since Boost is CDMA, the device would have to be whitelisted to work on their network, but unlike Sprint, Boost Mobile doesn't allow BYOP.
Hello, I currently have Sprint in the USA and locked into a contract but when travelling, the service is spotty. I have to take a 2nd phone that I have with tmobile. I understand I can buy like a new Sprint iphone or the new nexus and just swap sim cards and that will work? That is one option. I was also wondering if there is like a single phone that will work with both sprint and tmobile at the same time. Kinda like the samsung duos phones but those only work with 2 gsm carriers. Tried a search but didnt get anywhere. Thanks. Just weighing my options here.
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Hello, I currently have Sprint in the USA and locked into a contract but when travelling, the service is spotty. I have to take a 2nd phone that I have with tmobile. I understand I can buy like a new Sprint iphone or the new nexus and just swap sim cards and that will work? That is one option. I was also wondering if there is like a single phone that will work with both sprint and tmobile at the same time. Kinda like the samsung duos phones but those only work with 2 gsm carriers. Tried a search but didnt get anywhere. Thanks. Just weighing my options here.
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Not with Sprint. As you've no doubt seen, dual SIM phones aren't exactly common in the US. The few that are are imports, and fewer still will even support North American GSM bands. And of course, Sprint uses CDMA for telephony, and only Sprint phones work on their own network. Your only option would be to switch to AT&T and/or T-Mobile or their MVNOs that work on those networks, and find the rare phone that has LTE for both. But if you're sticking with Sprint, you'll either have to swap SIMs on a device that works with any (as you said, iPhone, Nexus...I think the Moto X Pure does too), or carry a 2nd phone for a different carrier.
Hi everyone, my wife and I use Verizon and I'm running into a problem that I hope you guys can help me find a solution to.
I recently bought my wife a Samsung Galaxy S8 SM-G950U (Unlocked by Samsung). Purchased from Amazon. The phone technically works with Verizon, but it seems that it only has partial compatibility with Verizon's CDMA network. I don't totally understand but from what I gather, it works well when it has 4G LTE signal, but really has problems with lesser signals (3G, 2G, 1G). It seems like it has no connection (no calling or data) when it's out of 4G LTE range. Her old phone (HTC 10) seems to have much better compatibility with Verizon's CDMA signals. She really likes the S8, but the importance of her ability to use voice calling outweighs the other benefits of the phone upgrade, so we're going to return the Galaxy S8 and she's going back to the HTC 10 until we find something that works better with Verizon's network.
So now to my questions:
1) Is there a version of the Galaxy S8 that has better network compatibility with Verizon?
2) Are there other Galaxy phones that work better with Verizon's CDMA signals?
3) Can you recommend any other phones that are known to have great compatibility with Verizon? (Google Pixel? any others?)
My goal is to get her a premium phone that is maybe 1-2 years old, but works great with Verizon. It doesn't have to be Samsung. Thanks in advance