So,
I am planning on being in India for about 3 months next year doing some backpacking and wanted to bring my phone along. Before I go through the trouble of unlocking it and all, I just wanted to know if you can purchase pre-paid SIM cards and what the coverage is like...
Any help would be much appreciated!
well you can buy a sim card if you have a proof of address if you have friends here ask them to get one for you. I'm using Airtel and the coverage is pretty good I dunno much about the other networks
Airtel, vodafone
Which state u gonna go?
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Hello ,
I plan to travel overseas and want to use the Sim card slot with a local carrier . Is there a method to unlock the SIM ?
Zan
Zanral said:
Hello ,
I plan to travel overseas and want to use the Sim card slot with a local carrier . Is there a method to unlock the SIM ?
Zan
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Id like to know this as well.
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It it already unlocked for overseas carriers.
brianez21 said:
It it already unlocked for overseas carriers.
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I have verified this with many support reps in the international department at sprint... you're good to go!
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There is a thread thatwas just created saying it is unlocked for voice butnot data...i didnt understand much of it and may have interpreted it wrong
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SIM card Slot can be used overseas!
I spoke to Sprint International services , they mentioned that I could use a local carrier SIM for voice and data as long as I used a 128 k sim card , also and obviously they dont guarantee quality of service of the local carrier !
Will update next week , when I hopefully will use a local SIM overseas...
128 k sim card. interesting.
yes, please keep us updated, i would like to know how it goes.
TS
i bought this phone n guy scammed me now i cant use with sprint
any idea what should i do ??
or can i go around with making it clean ??
and does it ganna work overseas or no ??
help me out guys please
symond said:
i bought this phone n guy scammed me now i cant use with sprint
any idea what should i do ??
or can i go around with making it clean ??
and does it ganna work overseas or no ??
help me out guys please
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Sell it somebody that would want to flash it too cricket etc.....there is no workaround the esn
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oh dang
is it ganna work abored ?? like out side us ?? with other sim card
do i need to unlock for that or not ??
Are you sure it is BAD?
Sometimes the phones are still attached to an old line, and they need the original account holder to call Sprint and free it up. If you are not sure, you should contact the seller and find out.
If it is really bad (i.e. someone did not pay the bills) your only option is to sell on CL or such with a "flash to cricket or Metro only" tag line.
symond said:
oh dang
is it ganna work abored ?? like out side us ?? with other sim card
do i need to unlock for that or not ??
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It should work with a Sim from over seas because it would be using sprints network.
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I will sell u a brand new photon !
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One thing you can do is wait it out the restrictions will lift on the phone once the account is in collections and sell to a third party but there's no telling how long that takes.
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Foreign sim
symond said:
oh dang
is it ganna work abored ?? like out side us ?? with other sim card
do i need to unlock for that or not ??
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I can guarantee you it will work with a foreign sim, yet it will only do so outside the country, .
I have a movistar sim from Mexico , but it only works outside the U.S
If you still have the phone try selling it I would love to buy it off you I do a lot of travel and a spare is always a must ,
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I can guarantee you it will work with a foreign sim, yet it will only do so outside the country, .
I have a movistar sim from Mexico , but it only works outside the U.S
If you still have the phone try selling it I would love to buy it off you I do a lot of travel and a spare is always a must ,
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So......with a movistar sim the phone will not work on the US??, only Mexico???
Shouldn't it roam once in the US with the movistar sim????
I thought they where only locked for US sims.....
I was gonna do the same thing......
Cks69 said:
So......with a movistar sim the phone will not work on the US??, only Mexico???
Shouldn't it roam once in the US with the movistar sim????
I thought they where only locked for US sims.....
I was gonna do the same thing......
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Yea but foreign sims still have to connect through US domestic networks. Movistar might have a thing with AT&T and when u try to join, it registers as an at&t sim/network and wont work
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It's the is towers that are blocked not the sim card.... if you have an att or T-Mobile sim it will work fine just not in the USA. In short until the radio is fixed, no gsm in the USA
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Ok i m new here i really dont know what i m doing my question is i m going abroad for some time and i need a descent cellphone to use abroad some guy i know is offering to sell me photon very cheap but he says its bad esn but will work abroad now first of all what is bad esn? will affect the functionality of the phone in any case? and i will be using it on 2g gsm network so will it work fine and do i have unlock and if yes then how ?
so plz help me out thnx in advance
Bad esn means you can't use it on sprint. Using abroad you can buy a sim card, put it in and it will work fine. Will not work in the US. It is unlocked already for this. You may want to read the forum on bypassing sprint activation. In the us you can flash it to another carrier, like cricket.
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Thnx a lot can u send me the link on how to bypass sprint activation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265816
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Hi
I will be moving to USA (NJ) my SGS2 will work in USA? All I have to do is get a wall charger that works with the voltage there and I have to change the radio that I have in my custom rom. Is there anything else I need to know so my phone will work there..
Thanks
u will be fine with what u have guy I just got my phone from fr and it works great here nj
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sipher26 said:
u will be fine with what u have guy I just got my phone from fr and it works great here nj
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Hi
Thanks for the reply, can I ask you what carrier you have because I read that some people dont like at&t and sprint. I dont use to DL alot of stuff (use wifi instead) just need for calls&sms.
I will be moving to Ocean County NJ
Thanks
The i9100 only or rather primarily works in AT&T. I changed from Verizon to AT&T just a few month ago and its good. No problem with call quality or calls as long you are not in a really rural area.
It will also work with T-mobile, but you will only have edge speeds so forget about browsing the web as page will take forever to load.
Phone will not work with Verizon or Sprint.
hello ,,,
i bought galaxy s3 internationl version two days ago
but i am still looking for unlimited data plans
i heard that the i9300 is not working with verizon , and if i choose T-MOBILE i will get only 2G
i also heard about SIMBLE MOBILE great offers
so what is the best carrier and best unlimited plans should i choose ?!!
i am asking this because some carriers not working with my phone .
this is my first post , thanks alot :good:
I started with AT&T here in Phoenix. I have in the last month gone to T-Mobile for the price. Where I didn't roam before I do now. As Leo Leporte "The Tech Guy" says get the carrier that works best for you.
You might pay more for data but if it does work when you want it it doesn't do you any good. There is a post in this category that talks sbout get AT&T using none smart phone plan. Also most 4G that AT&T won't work on I9300. Read this site carefully for the right model of your phone. Good luck!
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The best carrier in my opinion for the i9300 is t-mobile and while you won't get 4G in the LTE sense you'll get T-mo's faux-G which is HSDPA
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