I'm heading to Costa Rica for a couple of months. Can I use my stock Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 with a Costa Rica Sim Card or does it need to be rooted and unlocked? While I'm on the subject, I have the same question about Thailand since I'm heading there in the next year. Thanks!
I could not get my Vz S4 to work in Costa Rica on anything but WiFi.
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Amandaville said:
I'm heading to Costa Rica for a couple of months. Can I use my stock Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 with a Costa Rica Sim Card or does it need to be rooted and unlocked? While I'm on the subject, I have the same question about Thailand since I'm heading there in the next year. Thanks!
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The I545 is not sim locked. If your Costa Rican carrier uses a GSM band that matches the bands that the phone uses, it'll work.
Without a local SIM it's not likely to work at all.
k1mu said:
The I545 is not sim locked. If your Costa Rican carrier uses a GSM band that matches the bands that the phone uses, it'll work.
Without a local SIM it's not likely to work at all.
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That's what I thought/hoped. Thank you for confirming that. Does anyone know what bands are used in Costa Rica?
Amandaville said:
That's what I thought/hoped. Thank you for confirming that. Does anyone know what bands are used in Costa Rica?
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I was in Costa Rica over the summer and used my phone with one of their carrier's sim cards. After setup it worked fine. I don't recall what bands they used though.
zamboniman87 said:
I was in Costa Rica over the summer and used my phone with one of their carrier's sim cards. After setup it worked fine. I don't recall what bands they used though.
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Thanks zamboniman87... I read somewhere last night that the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 used GSM 850/1900 and the Costa Rica carriers are on GSM 1800 but if your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 worked, then I'm thrilled! Thank you so much!
We have 850 and 2100. Lte on its way...
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There are two Verizon s4s one might have different bands than the other
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Hey just want to be sure before i spend $700 on a phone.
I have Nexus One At&T model and am looking to buy the GS II. I live in Costa Rica here the 3g bands are on the 850mhz frequencies same as AT&T. If I buy the unlocked version i9100 it will work on the 3g correct? The specs on Samsung site say it will just want to be sure.
Thanks
Tech_Boy said:
Hey just want to be sure before i spend $700 on a phone.
I have Nexus One At&T model and am looking to buy the GS II. I live in Costa Rica here the 3g bands are on the 850mhz frequencies same as AT&T. If I buy the unlocked version i9100 it will work on the 3g correct? The specs on Samsung site say it will just want to be sure.
Thanks
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I don't know about costa rica, but we get 3g speeds for att in usa. So if your carrier uses same 3g bands as att usa you should be good.
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K cool yeah. My AT&T nexus one works great here with 3g so GSII should too.
Thanks!
Tech_Boy said:
K cool yeah. My AT&T nexus one works great here with 3g so GSII should too.
Thanks!
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Yep, your good.
I know that it couldn't 5 months ago，but I don't know if it works today...
And if the international version doesn't work on Tmobile 3g and 4g, how about the Tmobile version of Galaxy S2（T989)？
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I know that it couldn't 5 months ago，but I don't know if it works today...
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Unfortunately it still doesn't work now and for the unforeseeable future it wont ever work.
Luckily the tmobile sgs2 does work on tmobiles network.
nope i got mine in europe and the antenna hardware acquires different frequency than the one in the US. Just google search "T-mobile frequency"
I thought there was a version from asia that had a aws band. And are any of you using the europe one on T-Mobile? If so how are slow is 2g?
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ok！I give up buying the international version since I live in The US......
So，how about ATT version（i777）？does it work on Tmobile 3g and 4g？
It's just because ATT version is cheaper,and so is Tmobile's plan.
yongjingmo said:
So，how about ATT version（i777）？does it work on Tmobile 3g and 4g?
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No..............
Has anyone used the photon international yet?? I am wondering if the sim needs to be unlocked to use another countries or if I can just put a sim in it and it will work. I couldn't find anything in here saying anything about it.
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I use it in Colombia and Venezuela, the photon is unlocked gsm in Colombia in me works 100% with all operators and low performance in Venezuela but it works well, of course it can be for the quality of the operator in the two countries but in terms photon generally working well. excuse my English but I use a translator
Lol that's ok thank you for the response. I knew it was locked for domestic gsm but I didn't think it was for international.
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I can confirm that the gsm part is unlocked for international carriers.
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Yep, works fine for me in New Zealand on my carriers 3G 850/2100 network.
Just make sure you get root access and disable the sprint activation if you plan on using the stock rom otherwise it will take an extra few minutes to boot up.
Link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265816&highlight=activation
Here is my issue. I am currently in the US. I might teach ESL overseas in Korea in January. I am not sure which phone to get. Will the USA one work over in Korea? Will thew international one work in the US?
It could work but Sprint has the radios locked.
Would developers be able to get them unlocked?
Buy international set
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thegameksk said:
Would developers be able to get them unlocked?
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They propably can but the intl one supports more radio frequensies and is assembled to work worldwide so I'd buy it in any case rather than us version.
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The international one works in the US flawless... just not on all carriers... it works the best on AT&T if you want to use it in the US and get 4G(HSPA+)
You can use it on T-Mobile but you will have to settle for EDGE(2G)
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It would work on most carriers which uses the international frequencies.
Not just AT&T for US. Works with Rogers, Fido, Telus, and Bell Mobility in Canada for instance.
YoungAceAtlanta said:
The international one works in the US flawless... just not on all carriers... it works the best on AT&T if you want to use it in the US and get 4G(HSPA+)
You can use it on T-Mobile but you will have to settle for EDGE(2G)
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Just a side note, HSPA+ is not 4G. It's still 3G. LTE/WiMax is 4G.
so which companies will it work with 4g/lte? Will it not work with Sprint? Anyone know any deals for the international version?
Sprint (and Verizon) is on an old CDMA network while the majority of the world is on GSM, you know, operating with a SIM card. If you're set on travelling, it's better to get any of the GSM-variant, that way, you can just pop in any sim card from any major carriers all over the world.
I currently have a photon which has a sim card slot in it. So the Galaxy s international wont work on Sprint? Damn I want to keep my SERO plan lol. So where can I get an international verison from? Also would I have to pay full price for it?
Does the photon has an active sim card in it? I'm assuming no. I've never used a dual-mode phone before (nor am I familiar with how they operate on different networks), so I dont know the ins-and-outs on how to get it activate for a GSM carrier.
Damn, now i have a headache just trying to figure out how it works to have an intl GSM phone on a network that is predominantly CDMA whom happens to offer a dual-mode phone on their network
Call sprint problem solved
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Chaos Residue said:
Just a side note, HSPA+ is not 4G. It's still 3G. LTE/WiMax is 4G.
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In 2010 the International Telecommunications Union redefined 4G to include HSPA+.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374564,00.asp
thegameksk said:
I currently have a photon which has a sim card slot in it. So the Galaxy s international wont work on Sprint? Damn I want to keep my SERO plan lol. So where can I get an international verison from? Also would I have to pay full price for it?
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The SIM in the Photon is just for roaming. Sprint does not use SIM cards - even their LTE phones have them embedded rather than user-accessible.
As the Sprint Galaxy S III is not a 'global' phone - i.e. does not have both GSM/UMTS and CDMA radios - do not purchase it if you have any intention of using it outside the US. CDMA is no longer a global technology.
Confuses me a little that people spend so much on devices without checking what networks they support. Ho-hum.
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I just want to know if my Galaxy S3 will work with T-Mobile, because next month I will go to NY, Orlando and Miami. I want to buy a T-Mobile sim and use it on a prepaid plan. I'm Brazilian and my S3 is the international version, GT-I9300. It will work well? Will I use 3G data normally? Thanks.
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GiulioPasini said:
I just want to know if my Galaxy S3 will work with T-Mobile, because next month I will go to NY, Orlando and Miami. I want to buy a T-Mobile sim and use it on a prepaid plan. I'm Brazilian and my S3 is the international version, GT-I9300. It will work well? Will I use 3G data normally? Thanks.
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everything will work well, T-Mobile is a gsm network carrier and sgs3 i9300 is too the same.
GiulioPasini said:
I just want to know if my Galaxy S3 will work with T-Mobile, because next month I will go to NY, Orlando and Miami. I want to buy a T-Mobile sim and use it on a prepaid plan. I'm Brazilian and my S3 is the international version, GT-I9300. It will work well? Will I use 3G data normally? Thanks.
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Yes, as long as you are buying the SIM in the US, it will work just fine.