Hey,
I just need a bit of help. I am interested in buying Galaxy S6 International model. The reason is for quicker updates and what not. I live in Canada and my carrier is Windmobile which uses 3G - BAND 4 (AWS). I did read through forum, but still unsure. Can someone 100% confirm that Galaxy S6 G920I has 3G - Band 4 (AWS)? And does this G920I model support LTE Band 4, 17, 2, for Rogers and Bell in Canada?
Thank you!
I want to know too.
im interested in knowing the answer to this as well.
its cheaper for me to buy a g920i model from amazon than buying the canadian version from wind.
will the signal strength be different?
According to Expansys.ca the 920i will work on WIND for voice and HSPA+ but not LTE; it does support LTE on Bell, Telus and Rogers. No version of S6 currently supports LTE on WIND AFAIK. I ended up getting a 64GB 920f from Expansys because I wanted a white device right away. Shipped it was $30 less than outright from Bell with the perk of being unlocked.
Need some help. I am planning on switching from Sprint to T-Mobile as Sprint has become outrageously expensive if you own your phone with all these additional fees they are charging. So I wanted to know if the Galaxy S6 from Sprint would work with the T-Mobile network including LTE and all of it's features or what would I need to do for it to be able to work on T-Mobile. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
T-Mobile uses LTE bands 2, 4, and 12. Band 4 seems to be the primarly LTE band T-Mobile uses. The Sprint S6 (920P) does not have LTE bands 4 and 12 according to this thread/page. I would get a T-Mobile model phone to get full access to their network.
Are the bands on both the same or different. The Verizon Pixel XL seems to be lacking band 7, 12,17 26, 29, 30. Verizon has a habit of blocking essential bands so they don't work on LTE with other carriers in North America such as ATT and Tmobile. Can someone confirm? Thanks.
zboy2 said:
Are the bands on both the same or different. The Verizon Pixel XL seems to be lacking band 7, 12,17 26, 29, 30. Verizon has a habit of blocking essential bands so they don't work on LTE with other carriers in North America such as ATT and Tmobile. Can someone confirm? Thanks.
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All VZW LTE phones are carrier unlocked. Most of these phones have bands to work on TMO and ATT. My son used a VZW Note 3 for a few years on TMO. The VZW Pixel should have all the same bands as the Google Store version. We'll find out in a few days but I'd bet you'll be fine.
Yes all of us know verizon phones are UNLOCKED. But they DONT have ALL THE BANDS that ATT and Tmobile use. The note 3 has band 4 and 13 and lacks band 17 and 12 so if you have ATT and tmobile where they use band 12 or 17 it will revert TO 3G SPEEDS. I use ATT And VZW . If I am buying the VZW model i want FULL FUNCTIONALITY OF ALL THE BANDS that the google store Pixel xl offers. NOT THE HALF ASSED with BANDS MISSING NOTE 3 or Samsung esque like versions.
google store pixel lte bands: FDD LTE: B 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/20/25/26/28/29/30 TDD LTE 41
VZW pixel LTE BANDS 2,3,4,5,7, 13, 20,28 Missing BANDS 1,8, 12, 17, 25,26,29 and 30.
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Yes all of us know verizon phones are UNLOCKED. But they DONT have ALL THE BANDS that ATT and Tmobile use. The note 3 has band 4 and 13 and lacks band 17 and 12 so if you have ATT and tmobile where they use band 12 or 17 it will revert TO 3G SPEEDS. I use ATT And VZW . If I am buying the VZW model i want FULL FUNCTIONALITY OF ALL THE BANDS that the google store Pixel xl offers. NOT THE HALF ASSED with BANDS MISSING NOTE 3 or Samsung esque like versions.
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Thanks for that but do you realize 3 years ago TMO didn't use band 12 in Chicago let alone anywhere because they didn't own the spectrum so that's a non issue. Around here TMO primary LTE band is still 4. Three years ago the VZW Note 3 worked perfectly w/ TMO, ATT I don't care about since I nver use them. The VZW Pixel will have all bands, to change that they need a different radio which isn't going to happen since Google is in charge of the software not to mention the hardware is the same for both, wait 3 days we'll see for sure.
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zboy2 said:
google store pixel lte bands: FDD LTE: B 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/20/25/26/28/29/30 TDD LTE 41
VZW pixel LTE BANDS 2,3,4,5,7, 13, 20,28 Missing BANDS 1,8, 12, 17, 25,26,29 and 30.
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Won't happen, I'd bet on it. They will be the same, VZW is known for lying a little.
They DONT need different chipsets or hardware for different bands. I am in the hardware industry. You can have the same chipset and lock different bands via different firmware. The qualcomm chips allow for that.
Can someone please confirm this? I am in the same boat as the OP. Want to use ATT Band 12/17 on the VZW model Pixel. I had to flash AT&T firmware onto my Verizon Galaxy S7 Edge in order to unlock these LTE bands. Hoping that since this is a more "vanilla" phone it may have the bands unlocked already.
I was wondering about this as well. I was going to just go to Verizon store and buy it since they have Pixel XL in stock but I am not sure if it has Band 12 for T-Mobile. Any information on this would help! Thanks guys!
Doesnt seem to be good news some guy on the pixel xl forum used att sim with the verizon pixel and only getting H+ speed. So lets see. Dont believe the PC mag article one bit. They said the boot loader was unlocked but turned out to be LOCKED.
I have purchased the S8+ US unlocked variant (SM-G955U1) from best buy and as per the Specs page in best buy, the phone supports LTE band 40. The same is listed even on B&H as well. But the Samsung website doesn't include Band 40 in their specs for Unlocked Variant where as Band 40 is included for all the carrier versions. Since Band 40 is one of the major bands in India and this phone is intended to be used in India, can some one let me know how to check the supported bands on this phone? I tried *#2263# but I get a message that RAT selection option is restricted.
Does anyone know the band spec of S536DL? Is it same as Tmobile side? or is it Same as Verizon?
Anyone able to flash this one to either stock firmware? tks
I'd like to know the same thing so I know what cellular radio bands it has. I just got the A53 5G on Straight Talk, & and it's the same specs as the unlocked version: 128GB of storage & 6GB of RAM - not the 4GB which it is listed as having - and was my main concern. It could Be the "V" version since Straight Talk/Tracfone/Total Wireless all use Verizon Towers. But the "U" version would also work well with Verizon bands. The "V" version has mmWave and my thinking is the Tracfone Samsung A53 S536DL would have that clearly marked in the advertising as a marketing ploy if that was the case... so my 50% guess is it's the same as the "U". But then again it uses Verizon towers, so maybe "V"? I don't know of an app that will scan the phone and tell me what radio bands it has.
I entered service mode by dialing *#0011# in the phone dialer and seeing as I was connected to LTE band 13, so I've come to the conclusion it's definitely the "V" variant since the "U" doesn't support band 13. I don't think you can flash it because as far as I know the boot loader is locked. But if you SIM unlock it, you'll get all the same compatible LTE T-Mobile bands that the "U" has (2,4,12,66). For 5G you'll get Band n260 (39 GHz) & Band n261 (28 GHz). So it will totally be usable on T-Mobile. You'd only be missing out on one 5G band (Band n41 (2.5 GHz). I don't now what carrier you have but mine is a Straugh Talk Pre-paid and I'm going to unlock it after 60 days and use it with Mint Mobile which uses the T-Mobile network.
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and I'm going to unlock it after 60 days and use it with Mint Mobile which uses the T-Mobile network.
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How did that turn out? I am thinking of doing the same thing. HSN A53 Tracfone deal, then unlock to mint after the bundled plan is used up.