Hello xda, im about to buy a Verizon LTE SGT! can I use GSM SIM card that has 3G ?
Im planning to buy it from US then take it back to Egypt, but im not sure that i can use it in Egypt's 3G Networks.
Searched high and low but cant figure that out, I need someone whom actually bought the verizon model, and verified that it can operate on 3G using GSM not CDMA?
One more thing, it might be locked to Verizon, but I think I can unlock it using some unlocking services which are available online, they say that they only need the IMEI and that once purchased (the unlock service) , they will send me an unlock code.
Your help is greatly appreciated
Will
Short answer, no it will not work. It will only operate on Verizon's LTE network, regardless of it being "unlocked"
Thanks Kevin for the short answer, short and to the point, will hunt for a 3G model instead
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Hi,
I have bough one HTC ThunderBolt Verizon in America,
I tried to insert my sim card without success, can I unlock it? or is it impossible at this moment?
BR
Zax
this post was a fail
the sim card in the phone is meant only for the 4g. the phone is only cdma, not gsm. you can't put the card in there and assume it's going to work.
The Thunderbolt isn't a GSM phone. It uses a sim card only on Verzion for 4G purposes. I doubt it would be useful to do any unlocks on it.
I think this thread is a fail.
I'm nearly certain that as of right now, the Thunderbolt will work on no other carrier but Verizon. MetroPCS flashing isn't really possible since the phone uses some of the new technology to activate itself, the old activation code doesn't work, I believe. And the voice technology is still CDMA, so even if the Verizon bands match up to a Euro/Canada carrier in the future, you'll have to wait for LTE to carry voice, which could still be quite some time.
My sim is 3g, and my operator are gsm/umts but 3G not 4G.
I cannot to use it? If I understand well it works only with operator 4G?
Thanks a lot
Z.
There is a solution to put it on metro and cricket.
Wow, how did you even find xda?
#EpicFail..
This thread is win.
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See what I did there?
So i am going to Israel this summer for a few weeks and am hoping to bring my rezound now that Joelz has worked out all the GSM bugs. I am totally lost as this is my first "Global" phone so any help on what i need to do would be appreciated
From what i understand i need to call VZW, and get it unlocked and order a GSM sim card from a provider in Israel. Any suggestions on how i should go about doing either of these? (like a provider that i can order a sim)
Thanks
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So i am going to Israel this summer for a few weeks and am hoping to bring my rezound now that Joelz has worked out all the GSM bugs. I am totally lost as this is my first "Global" phone so any help on what i need to do would be appreciated
From what i understand i need to call VZW, and get it unlocked and order a GSM sim card from a provider in Israel. Any suggestions on how i should go about doing either of these? (like a provider that i can order a sim)
Thanks
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Nope it is already unlocked. Just swap your lte sim with a local one and use the app lte onoff to toggle to wcdma or gsm depending which works better with your overseas carrier.
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Question??? Is There ANY WAY Possible to get a unlocked and rooted samsung galaxy S2 on AT&T using simple mobile sim to pick up 3g or 4g? I know that you get edge speed because of the way the phone is set to AT&T, but there has to be some work around. I mean is it possible to hack it someway so that you can use AT&T towers for data service and have access to their towers while still having you r simple mobile sim in the phone. This edge is killing me. I tried flashing a t-mo modem only to be let down when I flashed it and loaded it and it said please insert sim. I heard something about dialing on the phone and switching bands wondering if that was maybe a method?
Edit:forgive me for being a newbie found my answer. Thanks xda members
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This was just asked yesterday!
And no, there is no simple workaround, its a hardware limitation. The phone is not equipped to see T-Mo's frequencies.
Hey guys new to this site,
My mother recently switched to t-mobile and is in dire need of help. I did the general apn settings for t-mobile's let network but lte works in few places and she is unable to send texts. I heard there is a way to add lte bands to your phone but a root is necessary.
I am currently on lollipop 5.0.1, is there a way to unlock the bootloader to root the phone?
Thanks in advance,
James
helppppp said:
Hey guys new to this site,
My mother recently switched to t-mobile and is in dire need of help. I did the general apn settings for t-mobile's let network but lte works in few places and she is unable to send texts. I heard there is a way to add lte bands to your phone but a root is necessary.
I am currently on lollipop 5.0.1, is there a way to unlock the bootloader to root the phone?
Thanks in advance,
James
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for T-Mobile, this phone only supports their 3g bands and will not use their 4g bands. there is no way to add bands, and if someone tells you there is, theyre lying and don't know what they're talking about.
to answer your other question, you can not unlock the bootloader on this phone, however, you can root if you are on the OC1 build using the kingroot desktop program. warning: it's all in Chinese
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Straight talk offers Verizon 4g for 45 a month 5gb of data is hard to beat I'm truck driver And their are very few spots I don't have 4g
Hello, this phone was never released in Canada and I am thinking of purchasing one. Problem is I'm not sure what version will work to allow me to get lte signal. I am looking at a unlocked tmobile phone. Would anybody know what versions will work? Sorry for the question but I am not sure how to figure out the bands, and I don't want to purchase something that won't work properly. Thanks for the help!
you can use a T-mobile one just fine. However you must purchase it unlocked. DO NOT under any circumstances buy one that is not confirmed to already be unlocked. You will likely not be able to unlock it yourself. Many of us (myself included) have failed miserably to unlock this particular device.
Hello, thanks for your help! The search for a phone will continue the guy selling the phone doesn't want to ship to Canada. I did find a person selling international version. Just never seen a duel sim phone before so going to do some reading on it. Once again thanks!!!
I have the dual SIM version (h961n) and I'm on Virgin Mobile. Out of the box, it works with full 3G and limited LTE support (2600mhz - works only in Downtown Toronto). However, after rooting and following the LTE band enabling instructions, I was able to get all the LTE bands I need for the network (Band 2, Band 4, etc...). I hope this helps in your search for a phone
Thanks for the help! Going to continue looking for a tmobile or At&t so I hopefully can get full lte without doing any root. Thanks again for the help appreciate it!!!
The Mexican one works for Roger's!
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The Taiwan version of the V10, H962, are all sold unlocked, even those which are sold through carriers. They are bloat free too. Dunno if they can be used I Canada though. But they are all dual sim and have 64gb of internal storage.
gbssengo said:
I have the dual SIM version (h961n) and I'm on Virgin Mobile. Out of the box, it works with full 3G and limited LTE support (2600mhz - works only in Downtown Toronto). However, after rooting and following the LTE band enabling instructions, I was able to get all the LTE bands I need for the network (Band 2, Band 4, etc...). I hope this helps in your search for a phone
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Hello, How hard was it to root and make the changes to get LTE bands to work? thanks for the information. I am having a hard time finding a phone out of the US with the exchange rate and the duty and shipping.
Hello,
Can someone tell me if there is any better or worse US version of this phone to purchase when it comes to bloatware? as on ebay the verizon version seem to sell cheaper than the at&t or tmobile version. I like the tmobile version because they don't stamp there logo on the back of the phone. But read there phones get blacklisted alot? any suggestion would be great! Thanks
gbssengo said:
I have the dual SIM version (h961n) and I'm on Virgin Mobile. Out of the box, it works with full 3G and limited LTE support (2600mhz - works only in Downtown Toronto). However, after rooting and following the LTE band enabling instructions, I was able to get all the LTE bands I need for the network (Band 2, Band 4, etc...). I hope this helps in your search for a phone
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How did you manage to enable lte bands? If you can help, or post a link to the forum, that would be great...
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gbssengo said:
I have the dual SIM version (h961n) and I'm on Virgin Mobile. Out of the box, it works with full 3G and limited LTE support (2600mhz - works only in Downtown Toronto). However, after rooting and following the LTE band enabling instructions, I was able to get all the LTE bands I need for the network (Band 2, Band 4, etc...). I hope this helps in your search for a phone
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I have one H962. Do you mind sharing how to enable LTE on it? Thx.