I am seeking to buy a phone and found a guy who sells a Simple Mobile locked phone. I am planning to use it with my TMO Sim card so the question: will it work? In my understanding MVNO-locked phones should work fine with the parent carrier, but I am not sure.
The phone is Samsung A03s if that matters
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Hi,
I have a friend in the US that uses Verizon as his Cell Company. He does a lot of traveling.
So, 2 statements and then what I am looking for:
1. International Phone calls on a Verizon Phone is prohibitive. (duh)
2. Verizon has a GREAT International Data Plan.
Is there a phone that can run on Verizon (CDMA) but has a 2 SIM card slots that (unlocked of course) that can be used with a local country SIM Card (GSM). AND also allows one to use the Verizon SIM to allow access to the Data Plan. Crazy? I do not think so. Possible? I am not sure.
Any guidance is appreciated as it would be nice to have only one smart phone when travelling.
Regards and thanks in advance.
Jim
I believe the CDMA touch pro 2 has a sim slot but it has to be unlooked oli and cmonex have a thread that unlocks your phone for a small fee head over to the touch pro 2 CDMA forum to find out more
Thanks, I will check it out.
Hey guys, I've been with Virgin Mobile, a prepaid subsidary of Sprint for a few years now. Virgin Mobile phones don't have SIM cards, so I've never delt with those before. I found out that T-Mobile has a prepaid service plan for the same price as my current plan, and I am wanting to switch over to them because I feel that Virgin Mobile has an appalling lack of good (or decent, for that matter) android phones. Here are a few of my questions:
1. Can I use a T-Mobile SIM card in any Unlocked phone? Even phones on another carrier such as Verizon or AT&T?
2. Is there a difference between T-Mobiles Pre-paid SIM cards and their contract SIM cards?
3. Would I have to get my phone / SIM card unlocked before I can use it in another phone?
Thanks for any help you can offer me.
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Please guys, I just need an answer
gerbetta33 said:
Hey guys, I've been with Virgin Mobile, a prepaid subsidary of Sprint for a few years now. Virgin Mobile phones don't have SIM cards, so I've never delt with those before. I found out that T-Mobile has a prepaid service plan for the same price as my current plan, and I am wanting to switch over to them because I feel that Virgin Mobile has an appalling lack of good (or decent, for that matter) android phones. Here are a few of my questions:
1. Can I use a T-Mobile SIM card in any Unlocked phone? Even phones on another carrier such as Verizon or AT&T?
2. Is there a difference between T-Mobiles Pre-paid SIM cards and their contract SIM cards?
3. Would I have to get my phone / SIM card unlocked before I can use it in another phone?
Thanks for any help you can offer me.
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Perpaid sim cards do not differ from contract sim cards.
Your sim card will work in most unlocked phones from other carriers. Verizon uses CDMA technology, and does not use a sim card, but they do have a few world phones with sim card slots.
I've never used a prepaid plan, so I'm not sure as to which devices will be compatible. From what I understand, (I could be wrong), iPhones and Blackberry devices are the only devices not compatible with prepaid sim cards.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
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wrenchmonkey26 said:
Perpaid sim cards do not differ from contract sim cards.
Your sim card will work in most unlocked phones from other carriers. Verizon uses CDMA technology, and does not use a sim card, but they do have a few world phones with sim card slots.
I've never used a prepaid plan, so I'm not sure as to which devices will be compatible. From what I understand, (I could be wrong), iPhones and Blackberry devices are the only devices not compatible with prepaid sim cards.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
Sent from my Samsung SGH-i777 using XDA Premium.
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thanks a bunch man.
gerbetta33 said:
thanks a bunch man.
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You're welcome.
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I bought a nexus s 4g sph-d720 on craigslist and found out it had bad esn but I want to flash to straight talk anyway. The phone is unlocked but what sim card should I get from straight talk? Will a sprint sim card work?
First things first: Sprint does not use SIM cards. CDMA phones in general don't use them. So if the carrier of choice you want to use this phone on requires a SIM card, this is not the phone for you.
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.
BlastFX said:
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
Having been a Sprint customer for years, I'm not that familiar with SIM cards, but I know that the S6 has one. For international travel, if I want to use local cell service, is it truly as simple as buying the right kind of SIM card and swapping it in?
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Having been a Sprint customer for years, I'm not that familiar with SIM cards, but I know that the S6 has one. For international travel, if I want to use local cell service, is it truly as simple as buying the right kind of SIM card and swapping it in?
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If Sprint sells the S6 'sim unlocked', yes, it's exactly that simple.
Thanks. I'm not positive that it is, but I contacted them and they said they were setting my phone up to work in Europe while I'm there. I think that means it's unlocked? So I might try a prepaid card in it and see what happens.
Make sure you've made at least 5 min of calls before putting a Euro sim in it or you'll have to worry about the region lock too.