IM wantin to keep my bad ace note but want verizon service. Can our note be unlocked to be used with verizon?
No verizon is a CDMA carrier and ATT is a GSM carrier.
harley1rocker said:
IM wantin to keep my bad ace note but want verizon service. Can our note be unlocked to be used with verizon?
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No. The phone uses a GSM radio. T Mobile and ATT use the GSM standard, while...
Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular, use a technology called CDMA.
Which is while you'll only really ever see unlocked phones that run on the ATT and T Mobile carrier networks.
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Hello guys i am new to this i just brought a note 2 from verizon and i would like to unlock it and use it for tmobile and att .is that possible and how ? thank you
I would also like to know this
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By default the Verizon Note 2 is SIM unlocked for voice and text, but not data. For data you need to get the details from this thread (or flash Beans ROM as the mod is included). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044449&highlight=apn
Hi i have an AT&T samsung galaxy note i717 and im wondering if i can use it on att's prepaid service?
the features i need is
1. Voice
2. Text
3. 4G Data
has anyone ever done this and can they confirm it will work like a normal plan should?
I use straight talk from wal-mart on my note. Before that I had a iPhone on ATT prepaid. I'm not sure if they have 4g on pre paid...
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I also have straight talk and I'm running jellybean on it and everything's pretty chill so far.. but just like any other carrier, be weary of speed caps cause man, ain't nothing really "unlimited" on any service lol smh..
Good luck, bud.:thumbup:
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You can use any GSM carrier with a sim card.
That Pay-as-you-go data is pretty expensive, isn't it?
Anyway, if it's at&t you don't need to unlock the phone.
You don't need to root the phone.
But you will need to flash a ROM so you can change the APN settings (the "pta" APN is usually the only setting the stock ROM let's you use). But before you flash the ROM see if you can add the APN for that data plan in the ROM you have now.
rangercaptain said:
You can use any GSM carrier with a sim card.
That Pay-as-you-go data is pretty expensive, isn't it?
Anyway, if it's at&t you don't need to unlock the phone.
You don't need to root the phone.
But you will need to flash a ROM so you can change the APN settings (the "pta" APN is usually the only setting the stock ROM let's you use). But before you flash the ROM see if you can add the APN for that data plan in the ROM you have now.
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I know any GSM works lol but I wanna make sure I'm gonna get 4g working (LTE optional) my T-Mobile service sucks in my apt and I wanna switch to att but I wanna test their service before I switch and sign a contract
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srkrono said:
I know any GSM works lol but I wanna make sure I'm gonna get 4g working (LTE optional) my T-Mobile service sucks in my apt and I wanna switch to att but I wanna test their service before I switch and sign a contract
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...e-3g4g-hspa-on-your-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717/
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Hope that wasn't against the rules?
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^^^^ forum tip number 1:
post what you want to say OUTSIDE the brackets that say QUOTE.
Otherwise it looks like what you posted was in the quote and your post looks empty.
Smh
kingstatus said:
Hope that wasn't against the rules?
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It wasn't, but it wasn't what he wanted to do.
The steps I gave will give the OP what he wanted.
civicgsr19 said:
I use straight talk from wal-mart on my note.
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What he said. :thumbup:
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srkrono said:
Hi i have an AT&T samsung galaxy note i717 and im wondering if i can use it on att's prepaid service?
the features i need is
1. Voice
2. Text
3. 4G Data
has anyone ever done this and can they confirm it will work like a normal plan should?
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I have an at&t Samsung galaxy note. I have an actual plan && i think its way too expensive. Did you try the prepaid service through at&t? If so, did it work?
At&t has me buying a mandatory data plan(3gb) when I use about 300mb a month and that is because I purposely shut off wifi so I dont feel like a jackass for paying for something I do not use...
I have no need at all for data,I am always near a wifi spot,is there a way to make it seem like my smartphone is a dumbphone?
I have a bunch of att branded flip-phones laying around,is there a way to take the imei from of these and put it on the Note i717?
I'm sure if it is possible,it is complicated.Just wondering.
Thanks.
Buy a sim card for a dumbphone and put it in your smartphone
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I tried to do something similar.
I called At&t and told them that I wanted to use a flip phone and gave them the IMEI and everything,I used it for a few days and after I put it in an Atrix 2 I have.After 3 days I got a text saying they added a data plan for $20 to my account lol.
They can read the IMEI of the phone,if you call customer service,they can even tell you what sim is in what phone at that very moment.
MarcquisDale said:
Buy a sim card for a dumbphone and put it in your smartphone
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I don't think that will work. I had that argument with at&t about not needing the data add-on for my sister-in-law's phone. She wanted the large screen for SMS and doesn't know the internet exists. I put an old 64k sim in the phone, and within the day the phone was cut off. After a call to at&t, they told me I need a data plan with the phone. They detect the type of phone.
Don't bring up the topic of phone cloning - its illegal and banned on xda, as it should be.
So it is "phone cloning"?
didnt know,thanks for the heads up.
I can understand making data mandatory on a subsidized phone but on one bought off contract,it is unfair.
PassingThruLife said:
At&t has me buying a mandatory data plan(3gb) when I use about 300mb a month and that is because I purposely shut off wifi so I dont feel like a jackass for paying for something I do not use...
I have no need at all for data,I am always near a wifi spot,is there a way to make it seem like my smartphone is a dumbphone?
I have a bunch of att branded flip-phones laying around,is there a way to take the imei from of these and put it on the Note i717?
I'm sure if it is possible,it is complicated.Just wondering.
Thanks.
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Illegal, and will get caught by the carrier...
Activate a flip phone if you don't want a smart phone ...IMHO ....g
PassingThruLife said:
I can understand making data mandatory on a subsidized phone but on one bought off contract,it is unfair.
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Believe me, brother, I'm in 100% agreement with you, but it's at&t's tune we dance to.
I think i am just going to sell this Note i717 and get a Nexus 7 for my tablet needs and pick up a tmobile branded galaxy s or something else cheap.
Pick up a Roger's I717R Note if you want to stay with this phone. ATT can't recognize the phone and won't put you on a data plan.
What kind of plan were you trying? Im using at&t prepaid and i havent been cut off
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Prepaid what? OP doesn't want data.
At&t no data just text,mms and calling
Using a sprint phone i gsm unlocked
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MarcquisDale said:
At&t no data just text,mms and calling
Using a sprint phone i gsm unlocked
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That doesn't make sense. Sprint phones are CDMA not GSM. Sprint network doesn't use a sim card to register. In other words, no sprint phone on at&t network.
rangercaptain said:
That doesn't make sense. Sprint phones are CDMA not GSM. Sprint network doesn't use a sim card to register. In other words, no sprint phone on at&t network.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
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It says MOTOROLA PHOTON. NOT I717..... Not sure where you trying to go with pasting a thread that has no relation to us....
I am pretty sure no one has successfully been able to do this unless the phone has hardware for both radios GSM & CDMA
Yes it has ability for both thread i posted allow for domestic gsm
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A Motorola photon from sprint with a Japanese radio. . .glad it works for you. But its off topic and not helpful for the OP.
I've been using AT&T prepaid plan for a few years now, the GNote is my third phone with prepaid plan ($50/mo: unlimited calling, text, data{only for non-smart phones}) but I'm cool with that. So I don't see why you can't do the same.
youngunix said:
I've been using AT&T prepaid plan for a few years now, the GNote is my third phone with prepaid plan ($50/mo: unlimited calling, text, data{only for non-smart phones}) but I'm cool with that. So I don't see why you can't do the same.
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Exactly what i did
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I don't think that will work. I had that argument with at&t about not needing the data add-on for my sister-in-law's phone. She wanted the large screen for SMS and doesn't know the internet exists. I put an old 64k sim in the phone, and within the day the phone was cut off. After a call to at&t, they told me I need a data plan with the phone. They detect the type of phone.
Don't bring up the topic of phone cloning - its illegal and banned on xda, as it should be.
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To add to this comment. At&t will also know if you are using any smartphone from any network or assume its a smart phone I guess. My wife uses a galaxy s 4g exclusive to t-mobile for about 4 months now. Last week she was hit with the 3 gig addition as well. They dont even know what type of phone it is. All she did was turn on the data to download an sms and bam a day later she got the the email.
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Wondering if I can use this phone with straight talk? it is rooted and unlocked.
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okoboji1 said:
Wondering if I can use this phone with straight talk? it is rooted and unlocked.
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I'm currently trying it out. I bought the AT&T compatible sim from their website, and got the APN settings directly from them. Everything seems to work ok.
From what I have read you can get HSPA+ but not LTE when using the AT&T SIM on straight talk with the verizon note 2. Also in 4.3 there is no need to root to update the APN. Otherwise it works fine.
I was thinking about switching but after doing the math my verizon ETF eats all but $40 of the savings over the next 8 months until my contract ends. Will check it out again come September.
Restola said:
From what I have read you can get HSPA+ but not LTE when using the AT&T SIM on straight talk with the verizon note 2. Also in 4.3 there is no need to root to update the APN. Otherwise it works fine.
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Correct. Our phones do have have the AT&T LTE bands. And actually being able to edit APN's was opened up on 4.1.2 without rooting but the thought is still correct.