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.
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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.
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Not too long ago, I had heard that the Verizon Galaxy S3 would support global roaming in a future update. With the Verizon Galaxy S3 release imminent, I was wondering if this was still the case.
I recently ordered a Galaxy S3 for my Dad, considering his contract with Verizon was up and the data plans were changing. Now, my dad often travels back and forth between the US and South Korea; so often in that he carries two different Android phones for each country (DROID Incredible on Verizon and Nexus S on KT).
Would it be possible for him to dump both the Incredible and Nexus S phones and use only Verizon Galaxy S3 on both of the carriers (if unlocked), by just swapping out the SIM card when traveling between Korea and the US? He will be keeping KT as his cell provider in Korea and from what I've heard, KT does allow foreign phones to be registered on their network, as long as they're unlocked. Both Verizon and KT support CDMA & LTE, but I'm not sure if their frequency bands overlap and if the Verizon S3 would be able to hook onto both without having to flash the radio.
I see that there's already a Voodoo S3 SIM Unlock app on Google Play (probably not compatible with Verizon S3 yet, but maybe eventually possible?).
Either way, it'd be awesome to be able to use the S3 as his main phone on both carriers with a simple SIM card swap! Does anyone have any insight on this, whether it would be possible or not?
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Not too long ago, I had heard that the Verizon Galaxy S3 would support global roaming in a future update. With the Verizon Galaxy S3 release imminent, I was wondering if this was still the case.
I recently ordered a Galaxy S3 for my Dad, considering his contract with Verizon was up and the data plans were changing. Now, my dad often travels back and forth between the US and South Korea; so often in that he carries two different Android phones for each country (DROID Incredible on Verizon and Nexus S on KT).
Would it be possible for him to dump both the Incredible and Nexus S phones and use only Verizon Galaxy S3 on both of the carriers (if unlocked), by just swapping out the SIM card when traveling between Korea and the US? He will be keeping KT as his cell provider in Korea and from what I've heard, KT does allow foreign phones to be registered on their network, as long as they're unlocked. Both Verizon and KT support CDMA & LTE, but I'm not sure if their frequency bands overlap and if the Verizon S3 would be able to hook onto both without having to flash the radio.
I see that there's already a Voodoo S3 SIM Unlock app on Google Play (probably not compatible with Verizon S3 yet, but maybe eventually possible?).
Either way, it'd be awesome to be able to use the S3 as his main phone on both carriers with a simple SIM card swap! Does anyone have any insight on this, whether it would be possible or not?
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As far as I understand it, the Verizon S3 needs a software update to unlock the GSM bands within the radio, which currently is not available...Also the LTE Bands are Not Compatible, according to my research Verizon uses 700/750 KT uses 1800. The Verizon S3 has 700/750 LTE Support...Also note while the Verizon S3 likely will have GSM support via a software update it will be Edge bands not WCDMA/HSPA+...as for the CDMA side out of luck there too according to KT they use the 1800 band and the Verizon S3 only has 850/1900 band for CDMA...in short getting the Verizon S3 will in no way help your father ditch his second phone...If your father is an international traveler he would be better suited to using a GSM carrier then buying a phone like the Galaxy Nexus which is pentaband WCDMA, this will work in any country that has WCDMA, I can vouch personally that my GNex (GSM Unlocked) works in S. Korea with HSPA+ Data Speeds as I was just there this past February.
So though the GS3 would most likely not be able to use 4G (through HSPA+, I may also be misunderstanding...) would it be able to have 3G overseas? I ask since I will be traveling to China later this year and being able to use 3G over there would be more convenient than getting another phone...
I am currently on Sprint and want to get the Galaxy S6. However I would like to switch to T-Mobile soon. I know historically sprint versions have had band support issues but was wondering if anything has changed with the S6. I don't want to switch and not have access to LTE.
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Wonder if the unlocked AT&T Galaxy note 5 will work with tmobile 4g lte? Or will I only get 3G or HSPA+ ?
You will get LTE
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You'll get LTE but you may or may not get VoLTE, which could cause problems in Band 12-only areas if you don't.
I have searched and not really getting a clear cut answer on this question. i have an option to buy a Sprint S5 cheap, but need to be able to use it on ATT.
I haven't been able to clearly find whether this is possible, and whether it should work to the full capabilities of the ATT network.
Any help wold be appreciated before i go and purchase this phone.
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rumour mill says that you wont get 4g, not sure why tho. I have a note 2 (vzw version) thats getting hspa+ on at&t vis straight talk just fine. The g900p has the correct physical radios for the lte bands that att uses.... dunno man...
The sprint S5 has the AWS band disabled and only has LTE bands 21, 25, and 41 enabled. There's a thread here on XDA on how to enable additional bands by writing some NV values, but I can't guarantee that will work. I didn't have any luck getting my AWS band enabled.
Hello,
my provider is NET10. They support GSM,CDMA, and LTE. I am trying to find a Samsung Gala5y S5 to use at my provider, but I can only find versions for Sprint, T-Mobile, ATT, or Verizon. Sprint, T-Mobile, ATT show that they use only GSM and Verizon CDMA.
Does anyone know what I have to look for on the Galaxy S5 to use all networks (GSM,CDMA, and LTE) ?
Thank you
First step would be to verify with net 10 they are a GSM carrier if I am correct. This being said you could not use Verizon GS5. This would leave sprint to mobile AT&T I would verify with someone who is using one of those devices on NET 10. Sorry I am not more help as I have a Verizon GS5 but hopefully it is a start!