Okay I replaced my headphone jack successfully but in the process broke a little end off the antenna connector. Bought a replacement hooked it up and put it together. Put sim card in after 2 weeks of being on razr hd. Instant ability to make calls and 3g... but no 4g. Verizon tech says sim card is probably bad because they go bad quickly. On their end the sim hasnt updated in a week, the day I activated the razr. Is it possible something isnt hooked up from me taking it apart, sim cards going bad, or ... what yiu tgink guys? He recommends going in and having then replace sim.
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Correct me if I am wring guys but I believe if u have 3g Sim isn't bad it would have no data period have u tryed toggling with network modes
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I have. Switched to and from global from 4g/3g. The onoy thing was that the antenna cable I bought came from a different model note 2. Not the verizon one.. everyone I talked to said that should work .. that it's just a cable connecting the lower antenna to the upper or something. ..
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You need a new SIM. Go to the store. This happens to me every time I flip phones.
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I hope so. Thank you dude. So worried it was that wire. I'll let you all know if it works. Thank you
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I hope so. Thank you dude. So worried it was that wire. I'll let you all know if it works. Thank you
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Okay, I spent some time at verizon, got a new sim, and talked to a guy who seemed to know what was up. It's the cable. The new sim card wouldn't give me 4g either. The sprint replacement antenna wire is not going to work because of the 4g LTE I guess.. Thank you all for the help. I have another thread dedicated to finding a replacement antenna cord..
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I just got a new Note for my mom. She is coming from an iPhone 3gs. Do I need to get her a new SIM card? The customer service reps at AT&T said that I do not, but won't that mess up the speed of the phone and stuff like that? Just wondering.
Thanks,
Patti
pc09 said:
Hi,
I just got a new Note for my mom. She is coming from an iPhone 3gs. Do I need to get her a new SIM card? The customer service reps at AT&T said that I do not, but won't that mess up the speed of the phone and stuff like that? Just wondering.
Thanks,
Patti
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U shouldn't but if u do just get one they usually give u one for free at att
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It'll work , but not lte. I would get a new one. Of course they told me I needed a new one. At least At&t is consistent.
Yes, Lte requires an lte SIM, if you are in an lte area you'll need one to get the best speeds. If lte is not in your area yet you don't really need a new one.
All you need to do is look at the sim num and if its a 25 for 9th and 10th digit then ur good. If its less than that u need a new sim
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My data wouldn't connect at all until I got an LTE sim. You can download the speed test app to confirm. Also, if you haven't modified it yet, the carrier badge will show what network you're connected to.
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They tell you that you have to have the newer sim card no matter what, that is a load of crap. If you have an older simply you have to change the APN setting, but it will still work. Only thing that wouldn't work would be LTE
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The iphone has a smaller sim card doesn't it? Its probably easier to get an new sim than to get an adaptor.
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The iphone has a smaller sim card doesn't it? Its probably easier to get an new sim than to get an adaptor.
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The 3GS used a standard sim card whereas the 4 and 4S use the micro, so it'd transfer over just fine
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They tell you that you have to have the newer sim card no matter what, that is a load of crap. If you have an older simply you have to change the APN setting, but it will still work. Only thing that wouldn't work would be LTE
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Not every cust is gonna go in and change their apn settings. Whats so hard about changing the sim card. Every time i get a new phone i always change the sim
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Not every cust is gonna go in and change their apn settings. Whats so hard about changing the sim card. Every time i get a new phone i always change the sim
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Nothing hard about it, just said it wasn't required like at&t says it is
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not only that but they need to change her data plan
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Nothing hard about it, just said it wasn't required like at&t says it is
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It is needed if you want to take advantage of all data speeds. Yeah you can aupposedly change your apn settings but not everyone who buys an lte phone knows about changing them. When 4g lte phones first came out so many people called in cuz they got new phones. Didnt want to use the new sim ao when the data plan was put to the correct one data still didnt work. Had them use the new sim and issue resolved. End of story
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While we are on the topic of simcards (i figured better to ask here then make a new topic) I'm currently in the republic of Georgia and my host mother really likes my galaxy note. while Sam sung phones are very popular here the note is not here. if she was to buy a note online could be put a Georgian simcard in it? the guy at the at&t store before i left said something about the code not being unlocked yet or something so someone there would have to know what they are doing. i know there is a international version so if possible should she buy that person?
The international version comes unlocked meaning that it can use any sim card. I believe you can get it online for between 450 and 550 USD, but I've not looked at prices for a few months.
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The inernational N7000 version is just a little bit different than at&t i717 on the capacitive buttons area. But other than that she won't see any difference. That would be a sweet gift.
Ok thanks for all the replies. From what I have been told, she can keep the 3GS card which fits just fine, and she can keep her old 250MB data plan for now since she barely used any of that data with the iPhone. But I'm suspecting now that she can actually see the screen and she has been playing around with this phone more in the past week than she has with the iPhone in the past 3 years, I better upgrade her soon. Oh, the reason she didn't get a new SIM card, is that this phone was an insurance replacement for my old phone. And I got a new phone in the mean time while waiting (S3). So we are both happy, but I miss my screen real estate!!!
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Patti
pc09 said:
Hi,
I just got a new Note for my mom. She is coming from an iPhone 3gs. Do I need to get her a new SIM card? The customer service reps at AT&T said that I do not, but won't that mess up the speed of the phone and stuff like that? Just wondering.
Thanks,
Patti
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XDA is no longer worth my time.
As the title says, I got my Verizon Note II today but no LTE so far. I just took the SIM out of my Galaxy Nexus, which gets Verizon LTE in my home, and put it in my Note II (purchased for retail price without contract). Maybe the radio is just weaker in the Note II, but my Nexus always gets LTE in my home.
Do I need to contact Verizon to activate the phone or should I be able to just stick the SIM in there and have it work?
It should work fine, I did yhe exact same thing. I was told it was better that I jumped from a phone using Microsim to another microsim phone because verizon was knocking people out of yhere unlimited data plans
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I would be pretty irritated to pay $800 for a phone and then be told I had to give up my unlimited data. That would be the end of Verizon for me and my family, and we have been with Verizon forever.
I totally agree. I assume you have done a simple sim pull and reinsert. Have you tried Airplane mode on then off? Maybe something in the mobile network settings is wonkie?
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Rebel908 said:
I totally agree. I assume you have done a simple sim pull and reinsert. Have you tried Airplane mode on then off? Maybe something in the mobile network settings is wonkie?
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I'll see how it goes over the next couple days. Maybe it's just a radio issue peculiar to our house. Thanks for the help!
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I'll see how it goes over the next couple days. Maybe it's just a radio issue peculiar to our house. Thanks for the help!
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My brother had a same issue with his Galaxy S3, but it was resolved by changing to new SIM card. You can also wait for 1 day and see if you get LTE signal....if not, you should take it to Verizon and demand a new SIM card.
This happened to me as well. I thought I could use my gnex sim for the n2, but only got 3g. Called vzw and activated the new sim and got 4G right away.
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I'll see how it goes over the next couple days. Maybe it's just a radio issue peculiar to our house. Thanks for the help!
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its not a radio issue...this device blows the gnex away in signal!
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This happened to me as well. I thought I could use my gnex sim for the n2, but only got 3g. Called vzw and activated the new sim and got 4G right away.
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Very curious. When I bought my Gnote at the Verizon store, the rep removed the sim card from my Gnex and installed it in the note. Works fine for me. Have a strong LTE connection.
I switched from the GNex to the Note 2 and paid full retail for the phone to keep my unlimited data. But I activated my phone online and used the sim from my gnex in my note 2 and as soon as it booted up I had 4G.
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Sometimes if you go into settings, more settings, mobile network, and select lte/cdma instead of global, it'll pick up lte.
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Turned out I needed a new SIM card. Verizon store said it should have worked with the same card but that sometimes their system gets "confused". They swapped it out with no charge or hassle, and I still have my unlimited plan.
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I flashed a new kernel and my Dna went into a loop on the white screen. I got into recovery and flashed back to Nos M7 v1.0.6 with stock kernel. Now it has no signal and can not call out. It keeps saying perparing sim card. Anybody had this happen?
The same issue you describe happened to me a couple of weeks ago and now my phone works only 2g. Have you tried using it in gsm only mode?? What kernel have you flashed? Beastmod?
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Yeah and it come up with no service. The last kernel was beast mod 5.0
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Yeah and it come up with no service. The last kernel was beast mod 5.0
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Are you on Verizon? Because I'm a gsm user. As far as I know the only fix for this is to replace the phone. I cannot since I bought this phone online and I'm using it in another country overseas so send it back for replace it'll cost me 200+.
The 3g/4g antenna is a very delicate coil, during the beastmod flashing bootloop the phone got extremely hot so the antenna coil should be damaged/grounded.
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Thanks for the info. I have just got the phone back to stock. Time to call Verizon to get a replacement!
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It sucks because I will most likely get a updated replacement
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Verizon sent me updated replacement and new sim card but I did a factory reset with the new sim card and my old phone is up and running. They told me it must of been just a bad SIM so I could just send back the new phone
The tec told me there is going to be a new update in 2 week but wouldn't say if it was sense 5
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I doubt there will be an update in 2 weeks most of those reps don't have a clue what they are talking about. I called one time because my data was gone and the rep had the same phone and he said "oh my data hasn't been working eaither" he walked me through steps I had already gone through and fixed his issue but then proceeded to tell my my modem was dead. Well I told him it wasn't o got transfered to a higher tier and they fixes it. But we will just have to see I guess. Hopefully that's the case that we get one and get sense 5 that would be nice for those of us who are locked down.
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So my buddy is selling a Verizon galaxy note 2 and I was gonna buy it for my girl, but its been turned off by verizon. I was thinking about taking the sim out and putting it on straight talk, with one of there tmo or at&t sim cards. But idk if that would work. Anyone have any ideas?
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So my buddy is selling a Verizon galaxy note 2 and I was gonna buy it for my girl, but its been turned off by verizon. I was thinking about taking the sim out and putting it on straight talk, with one of there tmo or at&t sim cards. But idk if that would work. Anyone have any ideas?
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I see people posting about using bad ESN phones on straight talk all the time. I'm not brave enough to try it, but apparently somebody is making it work.
I pulled the trigger and grabbed super cheap so if this doesnt work ill just use it on wifi. I have the sim installed and everything, but im getting an error when sending calls or text so idk ill see wbat i can figure out.
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Best thing i ever did! Worked like a charm!
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Best thing i ever did! Worked like a charm!
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great to hear that it worked out for u :laugh:
Can you let everyone know what you had to do please?
I used an apn unlock mod I believe and just stuck the sim in and put in the correct apn settings and it worked.
The mods here on xda
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I need help. I am losing my mind. I ordered a Verizon note 2 from eBay with a bad display so I could swap the mobo from it into a Sprint note 2 with a good display that I had laying around. The seller swears the phone was functional before the screen broke. Once I installed the mobo in the Sprint note 2 I immediately noticed it had no signal. Thinking I got scammed I bought another board off of eBay and upon installation I am in the same situation - no signal. Since then I have installed both Verizon mobo in two different Sprint note 2s and both have no signal.
Now, I realize that I could have gotten scammed on both boards, but I find it highly unlikely. An I missing something? Is it not as simple as just swapping a Verizon mobo into a Sprint housing? Do I have to swap every single piece from a Verizon phone into a Sprint housing? Doesn't Sprint and Verizon use the same frequencies, therefore their antenna arrays would be the same? I'm hoping someone can give some answers to the above. I thank anyone in advance the can help cure my insanity!
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Is there anybody with some insight???
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Is there anybody with some insight???
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Unlike Sprint, Verizon uses a SIM card to activate on the network. I bet both your motherboards would work (assuming they have clean ESN) if you went and activated the phone at a Verizon store. I'm guessing you don't want to signa two year contract to test this, so if one of your friends has Verizon you can try to swap their SIM card into your Note2 and see if it picks up any signal.
I don't think it's possible for a Verizon Note II to work on the Sprint network though, if that is what you were trying to do. Sprint has some special chip that hard-codes the SIM information in their phones.