Folks, just a question here as I have contemplated switching phones, I have someone who has a almost new HTC One M8 from Sprint and they are wanting to sell it relatively cheap, I'm with Verizon using a Iphone 5S with sim card, is it possible to purchase the phone and stick my sim card into it and having it work on the Verizon network and get LTE?
I know they are both CDMA carriers but wasn't sure.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
rockey95 said:
Folks, just a question here as I have contemplated switching phones, I have someone who has a almost new HTC One M8 from Sprint and they are wanting to sell it relatively cheap, I'm with Verizon using a Iphone 5S with sim card, is it possible to purchase the phone and stick my sim card into it and having it work on the Verizon network and get LTE?
I know they are both CDMA carriers but wasn't sure.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
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It *should* work but you may be limited to 3g
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Ok guys and gals here's the deal. I've been an android guy for years now (I have an Iphone 4 that I use as my iPod so I have some experience with iOS). But with all the recent phone releases I'm torn and heres why:
I travel overseas for big chunks of time so I am looking to get a phone that I can use with local sim cards wherever I am. I know the Iphone 4S is a global phone with the capability to just that. However I would like to find an Android phone that has the same capabilities, but the only global android phones I know of are on Verizon...with no sim slot for local sims.
Does anybody have any suggestions/experience with this? I need a phone that I can use local sims ONLY, no international roaming with us plans
thanks guys!
All AT&T phones are global, T-Mobile phones will give you EDGE data in Europe, and Sprint has the Motorola Photon that is a world phone.
I think Sprint is actually hte easiest since their phones are SIM unlocked so you can use foreign SIMS in them without having to mess around. Not sure about ATT and Verizon. Do ask sprint before you travel though just to be sure. If it isn't unlocked out of the box, they will unlock it for you.
I bought the 4S though...
greensnow said:
Ok guys and gals here's the deal. I've been an android guy for years now (I have an Iphone 4 that I use as my iPod so I have some experience with iOS). But with all the recent phone releases I'm torn and heres why:
I travel overseas for big chunks of time so I am looking to get a phone that I can use with local sim cards wherever I am. I know the Iphone 4S is a global phone with the capability to just that. However I would like to find an Android phone that has the same capabilities, but the only global android phones I know of are on Verizon...with no sim slot for local sims.
Does anybody have any suggestions/experience with this? I need a phone that I can use local sims ONLY, no international roaming with us plans
thanks guys!
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Android for Any and All Use... Lol!
PMGRANDS said:
Android for Any and All Use... Lol!
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agree what you say
Hi all,
In July I am studying abroad in Australia for about 5 months and am wondering what to do for phone service. I currently am on ATT and have an HTC Inspire 4G. What was recommended by the school is going through Global Gossip and purchasing a phone+credit. However, I also see that the website has an option to just purchase a sim card. Would it be better to unlock my phone and use the sim card or to just buy one of there phones? Also, should I rather be looking into activating the international services through ATT itself? Perhaps there are better alternative options to the ones I have outlined above? Sorry, I have never had to deal with this situation before.
Thanks!
I apologize ahead of time if this question is being asked in the wrong section. If so, please redirect me.
I mistakenly bought S3 L710 for Sprint even though I am currently under Verizon 2 year plan. The price on ebay was cheaper for the sprint version and I jumped on it without double checking. I have read online that the hardware is (essentially) the same and they both have 4G LTE technology. My question is whether it's possible to activate this phone on Verizon and then flash the Verizon's software.
PS: I have been reading this forum for a bit and it appears that some other people are trying to cheat with ESN/IMEI manipulation. I am not trying to do anything of the sort, all I am trying to do is activate a Sprint version phone of S3, that I paid full price for on ebay, on Verizon network.
Thanks in advance.
David
I want to know that too.I have sprint gs3 but i dont want sprint and waiting to flash it to Virgin Mobile but might flash to Verizon if i can use their 4g.
seeing as how the Sprint version does not have a SIM card slot (it's embedded), and all verizon LTE phones require an LTE SIM card, then no, you can't.
dLo GSR said:
seeing as how the Sprint version does not have a SIM card slot (it's embedded), and all verizon LTE phones require an LTE SIM card, then no, you can't.
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Oh so ever since Verizon got LTE now they got sims?So sprint is the only one that has cdma?
No, pure and simple.
If you use nefarious methods and spoof your ESN, you could get it to connect to VZW's network, but you would only have CDMA, since the LTE radios on Sprint and Verizon use completely different frequencies, and they can't be told to listen elsewhere.
Turn it back around on eBay and get (most) of your money back and put that toward the Verizon one. It's the only way it will work.
Ok so here it is in a nutshell. I spend half of the year in New Zealand and Half in the US, in new Zealand I am on a GSM network and have had good success unlocking IOS devices (AT&T) and buying a prepaid SIM card and using them there. I want to pick up a Samsung either a S2 or S3 and use it over there as I am just sooooooooo sick of IOS. with all of that being said. I have a few questions and I did a bit of looking but not sure.
I have a HTC Thunderbolt for Verizon (yes I realize it CDMA and wont work on GSM) and have rooted it and flashed a custom ROM on it so I am not unfamilliar with the process.
so first question
1. Do you have to Carrier Unlock Android OS phones like you do IOS devices Or do you just root and flash a new ROM to it?
2. Do all of the US based GSM carriers have SIM card slots? (I know the IOS devices on AT&T did.
3. If AT&T phones work over there will sprint and singular will work as well?
4. Since I will not be using 4G over there am I better off with the Galaxy S2, I was also looking at the Nexus as well any thoughts?
Guys I realize that there are probable 20 threads with the same questions or a variation and I have done some looking but with everything happening in my life at the moment I don't have a lot of time to make decisions about phones.
thanks.
I'm going to answer this as best as I can. A CDMA phone overseas isn't usually a hot idea. A gem phone will typically have a sim card in fact I haven't seen one that didn't... and still fell into the gsm umbrella. Get an unlocked device as the only way a CDMA phone overseas will benefit you is if you find a CDMA phone company in aus and flash it. But again gsm will be the easiest way to go. Its a T-Mobile phone call and say you want a sim subsidy unlock (current active and not past due tmobile customers only) can take up to 14 days for the code.all the phones you will get in USA will need a carrier unlock unless a software one is available. And I'd go with the galaxy s2 just because it has some beastly ROMs and great longevity
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jaidlion said:
I'm going to answer this as best as I can. A CDMA phone overseas isn't usually a hot idea. A gem phone will typically have a sim card in fact I haven't seen one that didn't... and still fell into the gsm umbrella. Get an unlocked device as the only way a CDMA phone overseas will benefit you is if you find a CDMA phone company in aus and flash it. But again gsm will be the easiest way to go. Its a T-Mobile phone call and say you want a sim subsidy unlock (current active and not past due tmobile customers only) can take up to 14 days for the code.all the phones you will get in USA will need a carrier unlock unless a software one is available. And I'd go with the galaxy s2 just because it has some beastly ROMs and great longevity
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ok just to be clear I won't be using CDMA overseas jsut GSM. does the Galaxy S2 have software unlocks?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sgs-2-sim-unlock-code-finder-frees-your-sgs-2/
Also most CDMA phones don't also come with a simcard slot. Gsm is your best bet so get your galaxy s2 with T-Mobile or att
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Hi, a friend of mine from the US is selling his HTC 7 Pro from Sprint and he's offering me a sweet price ($50) but he claims that the phone has no SIM slot. I did some research and it seems that there actually are some units around without a SIM slot from Sprint, U.S. Cellular and possibly other carriers.
I'm thinking there still has to be a SIM in it somewhere (right?) and since I'm not afraid of disassembling stuff I'd have no problem changing it. After that unlocking the phone shouldn't be too difficult.
Basically I need someone to tell me whether there is a SIM slot in this phone (although inaccessible) or if it's something completely different and I won't be able to stick my SIM in it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hi, a friend of mine from the US is selling his HTC 7 Pro from Sprint and he's offering me a sweet price ($50) but he claims that the phone has no SIM slot. I did some research and it seems that there actually are some units around without a SIM slot from Sprint, U.S. Cellular and possibly other carriers.
I'm thinking there still has to be a SIM in it somewhere (right?) and since I'm not afraid of disassembling stuff I'd have no problem changing it. After that unlocking the phone shouldn't be too difficult.
Basically I need someone to tell me whether there is a SIM slot in this phone (although inaccessible) or if it's something completely different and I won't be able to stick my SIM in it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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The HTC Pro 7 (or HTC Arrive on Sprint) comes in two different hardware models. Codenames are: Gold and Gold_C
GSM/Sim card models are Gold
Sprint/US Cell/Cell South/Alltel are CDMA Gold_C (which means Gold_CDMA).
The Gold_C does not have a SIM card, it is different hardware. There is no "Gold_W" such as the Spark_W (HTC Trophy on Verizon) which has both CDMA and GSM abilities.
So no, no slim slot on the phone, your SOL. Sorry. :/
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That sucks.
Thank you very much for your reply, you've saved me 50 bucks