Does anyone know if I can activate the Japanese model of the Galaxy S3 in the US on Verizon? I have some contacts there who may be able to send me one, and I dont want to upgrade from my Samsung Charge through VZ because I will lose my unlimited data. Also, will there be any issues flashing custom roms to this phone? I wouldnt think so, but Im not sure if there are any physical differences between the two that would cause problems. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Hello wonderful people!
I have a question for you. I have a Galaxy S4 on US Cellular, rooted, with Team Win recovery and Carbon Rom. On my old S1 and S3, I could run Verizon roms without any issues. However, I've noticed with this phone that i have run roms labeled as being specifically for USC or my phone won't fully boot. It seems like about half of the roms here also have a USC version, but I'd love to be able to run all the roms
Does anyone here know a workaround for this problem?
This information is just from my own experience. Does anyone have any more intelligent insight?
Does anyone know why the S4 is more picky about roms than the S3 was? Is there something that can be unlocked?
brendanvista said:
Does anyone know why the S4 is more picky about roms than the S3 was? Is there something that can be unlocked?
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Have you checked the Sprint forums also? I would read around, now that Sprint "owns" USC, things might be better for you over "there"
I am new to switching phones from carrier to carrier. I have a rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 on MJ7. What do I need to buy to get my phone to work on ST? I get lost on these forums because it seems there are multiple ways. I do not understand the APNs, which SIM card to use, etc. Please help and educate me!! I should also mention that I am grandfathered in to unlimited data...should I stay with Verizon then? Thanks!!!
Hello xda,
I'm looking at purchasing a S3 from eBay and I found a seller that is selling a factory unlocked S3. I'm not sure what that really means for me if I want to use the phone on PagePlus. I have a LG Lucid that has 4G capability so I had to reprogram it to use PagePlus on 3G. I never got MMS or data to work on it but that's another story.
Anyway, what does Factory unlocked really mean in terms of flashing? I like that idea of putting any SIM in the phone and using them without a lock is great and useful.
Is it less work to get the phone to use the Verizon/PagePlus network when it's already unlocked?
Also if getting a factory unlocked S3 is the best way to go for my situation, any help getting the phone flashed would be really appreciated.
Thanks
logitechnoob said:
Hello xda,
I'm looking at purchasing a S3 from eBay and I found a seller that is selling a factory unlocked S3. I'm not sure what that really means for me if I want to use the phone on PagePlus. I have a LG Lucid that has 4G capability so I had to reprogram it to use PagePlus on 3G. I never got MMS or data to work on it but that's another story.
Anyway, what does Factory unlocked really mean in terms of flashing? I like that idea of putting any SIM in the phone and using them without a lock is great and useful.
Is it less work to get the phone to use the Verizon/PagePlus network when it's already unlocked?
Also if getting a factory unlocked S3 is the best way to go for my situation, any help getting the phone flashed would be really appreciated.
Thanks
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You probably don't have to much more than what you did before on your Lucid, but idk
Page Plus is a Verizon MVNO, and a CDMA carrier. The i9300 will not work, as it is a GSM only phone. If you want a SGSIII on Page Plus, you need to look for the i535 variant. That is the CDMA release of the SGS III.
So basically, I've never really brought any phones from people before,
yesterday I brought a Galaxy S6 but is a fake.
I dont get any 4g coverage only 3g, and have noticed heaps of other things wrong with it! No Knox etc
The phone works 100% etc, but is there anyway I can get Australian Version Android on it so its not in chinese language etc?
Im only new to all this, so if you're going to tell me something on how to fix etc, please explain in depth.
TIA!
Hello, I have a carrier unlocked T-Mobile Galaxy S4 (SGH-M919) and I wanted to have it activated on Verizon wireless because come on, T-Mobile can really be garbage in some areas and I've never had a problem with Verizon.
First of all, there's a lot of controversy over this. Some people say it can't be done. Some say they've done it without a problem. I want to figure this out before heading over to Verizon and wasting mine and anyone else's time.
Would it be possible to test if this works by taking my friends activated sim card from their iPhone and putting it into my GS4? Would this mess with the data, contacts, or anything else with their phone?
Also if anyone has done this please give me some information on how and what I should do to get this going. Thanks!