So I pre ordered the ATT version of the Gnote. My current phone is the iPhone 3G. Yes 3G not even 3GS. I heard LTE phones require a sim card specifically for LTE phones. So my question is do I need a new sim card to use LTE on the Gnote or can I use my current sim card (from the iPhone 3G) and still receive LTE speed? I'm looking at my order and I see 3 things "Freight", "Samsung i717" and "Various Sim".
Thanks.
Ebae226 said:
So I pre ordered the ATT version of the Gnote. My current phone is the iPhone 3G. Yes 3G not even 3GS. I heard LTE phones require a sim card specifically for LTE phones. So my question is do I need a new sim card to use LTE on the Gnote or can I use my current sim card (from the iPhone 3G) and still receive LTE speed? I'm looking at my order and I see 3 things "Freight", "Samsung i717" and "Various Sim".
Thanks.
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Just make sure it's blue and orange, those are our most current ones. Yours is probably blue and white. You can go into any AT&T store and just ask for one. They're free and compatible with your iPhone until your note comes in.
SIM cards don't affect data speeds, but with LTE you should have the newer one
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Thanks MM! I'm gonna guess that "Various Sim" in my order is probably the sim card I will need. If not I'll stop by an ATT store as you mentioned.
Ebae226 said:
Thanks MM! I'm gonna guess that "Various Sim" in my order is probably the sim card I will need. If not I'll stop by an ATT store as you mentioned.
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In your order will be the newest SIM card (orange / blue) but you would have activate it. It may be more convenient to just get one before it comes in.
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My girlfriend bought a T-mobile HTC radar off craigslist and It wouldn't read a T-mobile sim card. Which I though was weird. So I bought a unlocked code and unlocked it with my AT&T sim card. The phone will work with the AT&T sim card but not with a t-mobile sim card. I've try a contract and pre-paid T-mobile sim and nothing. I went to T-mobile and got a brand new sim card and still nothing. Like I said if I put my AT&T sim in the phone it work fine. Can some one please help me to get this phone to read a t-mobile sim. I though once you unlocked it you could use any carrier that use a sim card.
you'll have to call t-mobile to activate it with the sim card
hardaysknight said:
you'll have to call t-mobile to activate it with the sim card
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I don't think so. I regularly bounce between T-Mobile and AT&T with all my unlocked phones. The only limiting factor is the radio and the data bands that it receives. And, of course the Radar was made for T-Mo. Mine has always been great there.
Now, there are two versions of the phone. The US version is simply called the Radar and can use either T-Mobile or AT&T's networks. The international version is model C110E and called either the Radar or the Omega. It will work on AT&T, but it does not have the T-Mobile bands. It is made for data networks in Europe and it additional bands for Asia. The antenna configuration is different in the two phones.
Does your Radar say "T-Mobile" in the top right corner? Is it possible that you have the C110E?
I got a unlocked code and it works on my at&t sim card but not a T-Mobile one. I've try contact and prepaid sim cards. Nothing! I got a new sim card and nothing! It a T-Mobile HTC radar. It should work on T-Mobile but it don't. A Friend of mine said T-Mobile has lock the phone from there end. I got the unlocked code and it works with at&t sim but not T-Mobile. I don't like the windows one. I've unlocked 3 mytouch, 4 SGII and a galaxy note. This has been a pain in the ass from day one. If u think of a idea let me know it won't hurt.
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Maybe the IMEI has been blocked by Tmo? Call and find out.
basically i wanna know if the bell/rogers i747M imei would show up on att imei database ?
i wanna use the non-smartphone unlimited data with it if possible
also whats the diff between the i747 and i747M ? only software ?
if you're trying this in order to use LTE, it won't work. you'd need an LTE simcard in which case AT&T will know you're on a real smartphone.
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if you're trying this in order to use LTE, it won't work. you'd need an LTE simcard in which case AT&T will know you're on a real smartphone.
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You actually don't need an LTE sim card. The HSPA+ sim cards that was previously used still picks up a LTE signal.
Spartoi said:
You actually don't need an LTE sim card. The HSPA+ sim cards that was previously used still picks up a LTE signal.
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i have a 3g sim card from my nokia n8 that gets "3.5 g" speeds, i was planning to cut down into a micro sim. but the main concern is if the Canadian imei's are on att's database or not ....???? maybe i'll have to be the guinea pig on this one ...
A few days ago I found out that T-Mobile's 3g won't work on the Photon (only their Edge service) after I'd already ordered 2 T-Mobile pre-paid SIMs. Yesterday I received my T-Mobile pre-paid SIM cards, and sure enough, it's like being back on dial-up.
When I go to StraightTalk's website to order a SIM card and put in my zip code, it tells me that it will send me an AT&T compatible SIM card. Here's my question: Since AT&T is also GSM, will I still be stuck with 2g speeds or will I be able to get 3g? I know that both AT&T and T-Mobile have good service where I live. (Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I've been on CDMA for almost a decade).
Thanks in advance!
--Adam
niphoet said:
A few days ago I found out that T-Mobile's 3g won't work on the Photon (only their Edge service) after I'd already ordered 2 T-Mobile pre-paid SIMs. Yesterday I received my T-Mobile pre-paid SIM cards, and sure enough, it's like being back on dial-up.
When I go to StraightTalk's website to order a SIM card and put in my zip code, it tells me that it will send me an AT&T compatible SIM card. Here's my question: Since AT&T is also GSM, will I still be stuck with 2g speeds or will I be able to get 3g? I know that both AT&T and T-Mobile have good service where I live. (Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I've been on CDMA for almost a decade).
Thanks in advance!
--Adam
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Yes, you will get 3G data speeds. I have 3G data speeds that beat Sprint's 3G speeds.
Make sure to flash the KDDI radio before doing so or you won't get any results.
tmobile is unique in that they use 1700mhz for 3G (which isnt used by any other US carrier). The photon is a quad band (not penta band) phone and doesnt pick up 1700mhz frequency. Tmobile is making a transition to put 3G on 1900mhz so that it is more iphone friendly. Some locations in the US have already made that transition.
Thanks for the help guys. I guess I'll finish out this month on T-mobile then switch to straight talk.
I've read somewhere that the two LTE networks are compatible, but I cannot get the Verizon sim card to work on an AT&T phone.
StiffiousTH said:
I've read somewhere that the two LTE networks are compatible, but I cannot get the Verizon sim card to work on an AT&T phone.
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This happens because Verizon is a cdma network, at&t is a gsm one, verizon uses lte only for data, and the at&t phone doesn't have cdma hardware
Are those places (sites) that you pay to unlock your phone legit? Is it possible to unlock the Verizon version of the G6 so I can use it on T-Mobile or does the Verizon G6 not have the proper bands support?
Gasaraki- said:
Are those places (sites) that you pay to unlock your phone legit? Is it possible to unlock the Verizon version of the G6 so I can use it on T-Mobile or does the Verizon G6 not have the proper bands support?
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Verizon doesn't lock their LTE phones. You should be able to drop a SIM card in it and have it work.
I don't know about all the LTE bands though.
I'm on Verizon. Seems everyone I had would work on most carriers out of the box. I had S7 Edge (Verizon) worked on a few different prepaid Sims. I also added a new phone for me and put a dif sim in my old LG Stylus and sent to my son in Boise. And put old sim in my LG G6 and it worked (cause I needed old number in new phone and new SIM went in older phone.
Hopefully that made since haha.
Just remember that the phone/SIM must be in good standing or you will have problems sometimes when activating on major companies. Unless its prepaid SIM you can pop a new one in that's already activated.
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I'm on Verizon. Seems everyone I had would work on most carriers out of the box. I had S7 Edge (Verizon) worked on a few different prepaid Sims. I also added a new phone for me and put a dif sim in my old LG Stylus and sent to my son in Boise. And put old sim in my LG G6 and it worked (cause I needed old number in new phone and new SIM went in older phone.
Hopefully that made since haha.
Just remember that the phone/SIM must be in good standing or you will have problems sometimes when activating on major companies. Unless its prepaid SIM you can pop a new one in that's already activated.
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I'll have a chance to buy new Verizon LG G6 for cheap, but I'm on AT&T network. Just want to confirm before pull the trigger, do I need a Verizon SIM to activate the phone first then swap with AT&T SIM, or just put in the AT&T SIM would be fine? Thanks in advance!
Put the att sim in, during setup connect to WiFi. After setup input apn settings. Restart the phone. The phone may occasionally inform you that the inserted sim is not a VZW sim. I think that will go away after you disable all the VZW apps.
I have tried different sims but does not recognize the sim. Only recognizes verizon sim. I'm not a verizon customer and where I am at we don't have verzion.
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Update: Working now. Sim card readers were bent.
sinkoo1979 said:
I have tried different sims but does not recognize the sim. Only recognizes verizon sim. I'm not a verizon customer and where I am at we don't have verzion.
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Update: Working now. Sim card readers were bent.
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Thinking of switching from a tmo baby carrier to one on ATT. What are the highest speed bands you able to get ... LTE, HSPA...?
jayinc11 said:
Thinking of switching from a tmo baby carrier to one on ATT. What are the highest speed bands you able to get ... LTE, HSPA...?
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I'm sorry but where I live don't have Tmobile or Atnt. I was getting 4g LTE with my carrier.