I am new to the science of rooting phones and such. I am trying to figure out the possibility of changing the carrier on my phone. I have an at&t sgh-i727 galaxy s2. and I would like to change it to a pre paid brightspot/ T-Mobile carrier. I just need a little guidance.
Hi you may want to read this here for instructions on how to unlock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289395
As for switching to prepaid, this is something you must do on your own with your prospect carrier
Good luck
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Hey all. known of the forum for quite some time, but never posted. So, i guess ill just ask. I have a north american (if it matters) verizon samsung galaxy s lll. I recently canceled my verizon account for obvious reasons. Anyway, where i live we have a carrier called virgin mobile. They run off sprints and verizons towers from what i've been told. I'm pretty savvy so i was wondering if i could simply unlock this and use it through virgin. I know how to root if I have to so that wont be a problem. Just a simple yes or no and the easiest most successful way at accomplishing this is all that will be needed. Thank you guys for reading, and thanks in advance for your help. Great forum:good:
I would call Virgin Mobile.
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I am going to have to say NO.
Virgin Mobile uses Sprint's network. You cannot use Sprint on Verizon, Verizon on Sprint. Different CDMA. In theory, you could use a Sprint GS3 on Virgin Mobile, but it is not a guarantee either.
Usually it involves getting a donor phone on Virgin, pulling the appropriate info(meid, keys, etc..),& cloning to the phone you want service on. In some states, cloning esn is illegal, so I doubt anyone here will help you.
PS, the above info I got was available through a google search
I have heard mention of people flashing modems to switch their CDMA carrier but haven't seen a specific how to in the Verizon Galaxy SIII thread, is this possible with the verizon s3 to sprint? If so how? I am fairly familiar to rooting and flashing custom roms.
Maybe thishttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787677 has something to do with it?
Same idea as this?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2235104&highlight=sprint
blu422 said:
I have heard mention of people flashing modems to switch their CDMA carrier but haven't seen a specific how to in the Verizon Galaxy SIII thread, is this possible with the verizon s3 to sprint? If so how? I am fairly familiar to rooting and flashing custom roms.
Maybe thishttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787677 has something to do with it?
Same idea as this?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2235104&highlight=sprint
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People here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41196913#post41196913 seem to have found a way but still not tutorial...
Its illegal. The reason you wont find a guide on here is because it is illegal, because the only way to do it is to use spoofing, which is ILLEGAL. Good day.
Illegal or not (and it is), you wouldn't get LTE 4G. Verizon is on different frequencies and use a SIM. Sprint, as I've read, is the only S3 without a SIM in the US.
Your best bet is try to find someone (Craig list?) that might want to swap. If not, sell yours and buy a Sprint model on eBay.
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Illegal or not (and it is), you wouldn't get LTE 4G. Verizon is on different frequencies and use a SIM. Sprint, as I've read, is the only S3 without a SIM in the US.
Your best bet is try to find someone (Craig list?) that might want to swap. If not, sell yours and buy a Sprint model on eBay.
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thanks for the info everybody! I found a business that'll do it for me. although it would be cool to learn how... just for educational purposes
My contract with my S3 is about to end in a few days, and I'm going to switch to Straight Talk since they now provide Verizon LTE sims. I wanted to know if Verizon would unlock the APN settings once it's over since they're blacked out, or if someone could point me to the correct forum to gain the ability to change this. My phone is rooted but I really really don't want to download a bunch of apps and add/change codes, download roms ect. The other question is do I need an unlock code from them even though I'm staying on their towers, or do I only need to worry about the APN? Maybe let me know what other problems I could possibly run into during the process. I want as much information and help here as I can get without talking to a person from either company. I already called Straight Talk, and they told me to call Verizon for some instruction on moving my phone else wear. I think, though, the only thing Verizon will do for me is unlock the phone and I'm worried they might not even do that for whatever reason. All I ask is for this not to be difficult.
Hi there,
The best place for this device specific question is here:
Verizon Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck
Ok, so I have a sprint samsung galaxy s6, that is not tied to any sprint account currently. It was given to me as a prize. I need to make it work for AT&T.
Model number is SM-G920P
I know it is a CDMA network phone and AT&T is GSM. I have read about other phones being able to change between cdma and gsm.
I'd like to know if it is possible (however improbable) and if anyone knows where to start? I was going to read about how to do it on other phones, but wanted to be sure it was not a lesson in futility before I do. I am willing to try no matter how complicated. If I have to take the phone apart and change parts, I will do that as well. So yeah..
Any help would be appreciated.
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There is a lot of info about the Samsung Galaxy S6 for other carriers but not so much for the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy S6 (S907VL).
I'm interested in buying this phone but I'm not sure whether this device is carried locked and if so whether it's easy to unlock.
Besides that, does anyone know whether this phone supports overseas GSM bands?
Lastly I would like to know more about what kind of ROMs are flashable on this phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
straight talk phones are sim locked and ST will not unlock them
I just picked this one up a couple days ago and so far I love it, but I've had no luck finding any info about this model (SM-S907VL) I'm mostly looking for root and maybe a custom recovery but I'm at a bit of a lose here
As far as the Sim unlock goes, I thought ST would only allow unlocks after a year of active service, but maybe but don't hold me to that
Need root and ability to use a rom that is upgraded to android 7