I have a US tmobile p769. Can I stick a straight talk sim from walmart in the phone and everything work or do I need to change settings and/or unlock the phone? it is already on 10g rooted. if this has already been answered please direct me to the right forum, thank you
deadenz said:
I have a US tmobile p769. Can I stick a straight talk sim from walmart in the phone and everything work or do I need to change settings and/or unlock the phone? it is already on 10g rooted. if this has already been answered please direct me to the right forum, thank you
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Only if the Straight Talk sim is for the T-Mobile network. Straight Talk is a MVNO that runs on other providers towers. It can use Verison, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile.
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So my brother owns a Moto-Photon, and he doesn't like Sprint as a carrier, he wants to go to either Verizon or Tmobile instead. Is it possible to switch carriers? I own a spare SIM card from T-Mobile, and when I put it in his phone, it worked just fine with it, so maybe there is some compatibility? I really need some help with this. I already rooted the phone itself, and I will be doing a bootloader unlock so he can get CM9 for it.
So can I switch the carrier, like some form of Super CID or something? I know it is possible on my Tmobile Sensation, so is it possible here? Let me know, thanks.
Check this out. Works for t- mobile or att. Don't know about Verizon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
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Hi,
I am looking to get a S4 but can someone help me to confirm the following if you have a VZW S4 in your hand?
a). Does VZW S4 takes GSM SIM? Do I need to unlock it before I insert ATT/TMO SIM?
b.) If a is true, then can someone try to put a ATT LTE SIM and see if it picks up ATT LTE?
c.) If a is true, then can someone try to put a TMO LTE SIM and see if it picks up TMO AWS LTE?
d.) Can you check this hidden menu? *#2263# and check all the frequency there?
why I am asking those?
I am living near US border and carry two phones is a problem to me, and TMO GS4 is a 5band HSPA + 5band LTE phone, curious the VZW GS4 could be also multi-band Phone that works across the whole north america (well, maybe some nvram edits need to be done but still~)
I paid full retail for my vzw galaxy s4.
will work over seas - will not work on another domestic carrier. Verizon states it won't work at all between US carriers. They claimed there is no process that can be done on the phone to "carrier unlock" it.
A) it takes a micro sim.. I would think they'd fit. The verizon rep I just talked to said another customer tried this and the phone came up with "please insert a valid sim"
B / C ) I can't answer.
D) that didn't do anything on my phone.
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I paid full retail for my vzw galaxy s4.
will work over seas - will not work on another domestic carrier. Verizon states it won't work at all between US carriers. They claimed there is no process that can be done on the phone to "carrier unlock" it.
A) it takes a micro sim.. I would think they'd fit. The verizon rep I just talked to said another customer tried this and the phone came up with "please insert a valid sim"
B / C ) I can't answer.
D) that didn't do anything on my phone.
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Thanks a lot
I plan to use Rogers in Canada and Verizon in USA, i guess it should work for me?
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I've been trying to find the answer but haven't had any luck.
Simple question- is the Verizon G3 sim card locked? If so, is it just to US carriers or everyone?
I know the G2 was unlocked for international and US carriers. I'm trying to find out if the G3 is also just as open.
Thanks.
arich57 said:
I've been trying to find the answer but haven't had any luck.
Simple question- is the Verizon G3 sim card locked? If so, is it just to US carriers or everyone?
I know the G2 was unlocked for international and US carriers. I'm trying to find out if the G3 is also just as open.
Thanks.
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A quick search would show that all newer verizon phones are sim unlocked. Just only at 3g speeds. 4G will not work on other carriers. :good:
Thanks.
I was just hoping to get confirmation from someone who owned it already.
Thanks again.
Locked in the US. If you are traveling international then no problem.
johnciaccio said:
Locked in the US. If you are traveling international then no problem.
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That is not correct. I just put my T-Mobile SIM into my Verizon LG G3.
All I had to do to get it to work was manually input T-Mobile's APN, then search operators and select T-Mobile.
Got four times the download speed on TMo than I'm getting on VZW...unfortunately TMo can't penetrate my office building, so my G3 is sticking with Verizon.
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A quick search would show that all newer verizon phones are sim unlocked. Just only at 3g speeds. 4G will not work on other carriers. :good:
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I've got lte working on tmobile using my Verizon g3
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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.
justqt said:
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.
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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.
Hello all. I have an LG V30 unlocked from AT&T. I am currently in the market for some different phone service. I was looking to switch to T-Mobile. However, when I went to their BYOD Check Compatibility page and typed in my IMEI, it said my device was not compatible. Will I still be able to use T-Mobile, just miss out on a few features, or is it no use to try and get T-Mobile service? I have checked that my phone supports all of T-Mobile's bands save for band 71. I figured all I needed was a GSM device and a new SIM card. Am I unable to switch to T-Mobile, can I switch with limited features, or does it operate at full support on T-Mobile, just an error with the website? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello all. I have an LG V30 unlocked from AT&T. I am currently in the market for some different phone service. I was looking to switch to T-Mobile. However, when I went to their BYOD Check Compatibility page and typed in my IMEI, it said my device was not compatible. Will I still be able to use T-Mobile, just miss out on a few features, or is it no use to try and get T-Mobile service? I have checked that my phone supports all of T-Mobile's bands save for band 71. I figured all I needed was a GSM device and a new SIM card. Am I unable to switch to T-Mobile, can I switch with limited features, or does it operate at full support on T-Mobile, just an error with the website? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If your AT&T H931 phone is actually carrier unlocked, it will work with U.S. T-Mobile.
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ChazzMatt said:
If your AT&T H931 phone is actually carrier unlocked, it will work with U.S. T-Mobile.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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Thank you for your quick response. I will probably see if I can switch to T-Mobile now. I am still curious though. Why would T-mobile still register my device incompatible? Is it an error with my IMEI or the unlock? Is it something on T-Mobile's end?
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Thank you for your quick response. I will probably see if I can switch to T-Mobile now. I am still curious though. Why would T-mobile still register my device incompatible? Is it an error with my IMEI or the unlock? Is it something on T-Mobile's end?
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AT&T H931 is normally carrier locked to AT&T. So, normally it won't work on any SIM card not affiliated with AT&T. T-Mobile knows that. However, you say it's now carrier unlocked. But there's no way for them to know that, just by the IMEI.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
ChazzMatt said:
AT&T H931 is normally carrier locked to AT&T. So, normally it won't work on any SIM card not affiliated with AT&T. T-Mobile knows that. However, you say it's now carrier unlocked. But there's no way for them to know that, just by the IMEI.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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That makes more sense now. I can confirm that my phone is unlocked because I have actually used it with T-Mobile MVNOs in the past. I just didn't know if a full blown T-Mobile card would work in it, being scared of the website check and all. You've helped me to clear all this up and I can't thank you enough.