hey,
i am from India. My friend is going to gift me samsung galaxy s3 (unfortuantely and probably its t-mobile) from United States. i've no idea whether they are CDMA or GSM carrier. if its CDMA so my questions are :
can i get an unlock code which allows me access any gsm networks in India.?
And if it is GSM one, can i access 3g networks in India.?
i have read in a random forum that if its gsm carrier i can only use EDGE service in India.
AND the last one-
should i update official ics stock rom firmware for INDIA OR for The USA?
Hi, I am planning to purchase Galaxy Note 3 of US cellular or sprint carrier. I want to know can i unlock it and use it in India?
Because both carriers are CDMA, Is it possible to use any GSM sim in India on these mobile?
Last year in black friday deal I mistakenly bought LG Optimus F3 LS720 Virgin mobile and did not notice is CDMA version. My plan was to unlock it later and use internation GSM SIM while travelling but it is CDMA. So is there any way can I unlock it and use GSM SIM?
Also how to know that your phone is hybrid / Global (support both CDMA & GSM)? If CDMA cell phone conatin SIM slot does it mean it can be unlocked and can be used on GSM network?
Hello. Does the LG K8 prepaid phone come unlocked? domestically or internationally or both or none? Thanks.
The that device is unlocked but it isn't a world phone and it can only be used in the United States. ^Andria
Hi thanks for that reply. But in saying that if it is unlocked and it is used overseas on a 2g or 3g or 4g band that the phone supports it should work?
It's unlocked for use with another U.S. service provider but it can't be used abroad because it doesn't have world phone capability. ^Andria
What I can't figure out is does she mean its domestically unlocked but internationally locked? ( that wouldn't make sense would it?)
Or is she clueless or trying to bs me in how I said about the frequencies?
Lol.
Hi guys .i wondering if someone help me. I want to know how to unlock sim card.in our country we buy device's that came from the most common company in usa( vrizon and sprint).also in our country we use both network cdma and gsm .so what i need is to unlock sim to use it on cdma network and progamming the sim with the programming number that i got from the network service shop on the phone . When i bought my galaxy s7 from shop they unlock it to work in gsm. I hope* anyone help me with this.
kareem007g said:
Hi guys .i wondering if someone help me. I want to know how to unlock sim card.in our country we buy device's that came from the most common company in usa( vrizon and sprint).also in our country we use both network cdma and gsm .so what i need is to unlock sim to use it on cdma network and progamming the sim with the programming number that i got from the network service shop on the phone . When i bought my galaxy s7 from shop they unlock it to work in gsm. I hope* anyone help me with this.
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Thought VZW and SPR are giving SIM unlock service under the certain condition.
http://www.verizon.com/about/consumer-safety/device-unlocking-policy
Like VZW clearly states on their website, that they don't usually lock their 4G devices, so I guess S7 is included?
So as SPR
https://www.sprint.com/legal/unlocking_policy.html
you just have to use your device in certain amount of time on their network and they can unlock it for you.
Unless you can't connect to their network, I really don't see the need of any "programming" or "unlock SIM" that you do refer to.(though unlock SIM doesn't exist for Galaxy S7)
And lets talk about using your device on CDMA network. You have to be aware that which CDMA is used by your career and on which band, as CDMA is mainly ONLY used by USA,JAPAN,KOREA,China(sorry if I missed any) I think very few device supports CDMA, so it might be quite DIFFICULT(or even impossible) to use GSM device on the CDMA network.
Maybe you need to clarify a bit what information you need exactly?
In yemen we use cdma on cdma2000 ev-do band and gsm so My phone is compatible with this two network(s7/sm-g930p).why i need to use programming sim becuse to use both network cdma for internet connection and gsm for calls but not in the same time.i have to swith network band to use one of them .in phone store they have a method to unlock sim and progamming sim to work on cdma.i don't now the method but maybe by dfs .