My friend has a sprint galaxy s4 and wants to bring it over to a Verizon prepaid account. Is this possible and how would I go about doing this? Rooting? Sim card swap? Thanks for any help
really? No one?
How to Flash the Galaxy S4 to Verizon Prepaid Ste…: http://youtu.be/SX9xFjKOiPI
Hopefully this works for you.
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I have an I717 galaxy note which i plan to unlock and use on simple mobile, but i want to know if there are any other prepaid plans i could use once the phone is unlocked.
galaxz said:
I have an I717 galaxy note which i plan to unlock and use on simple mobile, but i want to know if there are any other prepaid plans i could use once the phone is unlocked.
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Straight talk
I'm using mine on Family Mobile(T-mobile pretty much).
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I don't know where you are from or where you'll use the phone but any GSM carrier will work.
So if your rooted and unlocked can you simply switch a Verizon sim card for a Verizon sim card? Like my wife's unlimited data razr sim in place of mine?
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kalanyon said:
So if your rooted and unlocked can you simply switch a Verizon sim card for a Verizon sim card? Like my wife's unlimited data razr sim in place of mine?
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I'd say yes. When I got the note, I just pulled the sim from my rezound and put it in the note (had to cut it down to size first). No need to call Verizon for anything.
Yes I did that stock with no problems before I unlocked
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Another yes here. Pull the sim out of my galaxy nexus into the note 2 and had no issue. Even updated my account on Verizon within about 5 minutes
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This is cool. One thing I always liked on gsm carriers is the ability to swap phones whenever I wanted and as much as I wanted (work phone/play phone). What would really be cool is if could put my Verizon sim in my unlocked nexus 4.........
What if the Verizon note 2 had a bad esn? Would it still work I see a lot of deals on ebay for around 4 hundred!
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kalanyon said:
What if the Verizon note 2 had a bad esn? Would it still work I see a lot of deals on ebay for around 4 hundred!
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Nope, once it has a bad enough it can't connect to the network anymore, those aren't worth 400.
Edit: I'm not sure if you can unlock it and put it on another network, but it won't work on Verizon.
Hey guys i have looked through the threads is there a way to flash the Verizon S4 to Straight Talk if so can you point me in the right direction.
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bthorne79 said:
Hey guys i have looked through the threads is there a way to flash the Verizon S4 to Straight Talk if so can you point me in the right direction.
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You shouldn't need to flash to Straight Talk as the Verizon S4 already has an unlocked SIM slot and compatible radios with AT&T and T-Mobile (re-farmed markets) 3G. All you need to do is order a SIM card from them and then enter the APN information for Straight Talk and set the phone for GSM mode. The AT&T SIM card is probably a better choice since some T-Mobile markets still only use AWS for 3G which the Verizon S4 does not support.
I'm contemplating switching to Straight Talk and naturally I want to keep my S4 versus getting one of their phones..is this possible to just buy the AT&T GSM sim from them and use it with my Verizon s4? Or am I doomed to a Straight Talk phone.
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I belive it will I just got 2 vzw s4s im going to try and get them working on tmobile I did it with a vzw s3 and note 2 I dont see why you couldent. On note 2 and s3 I only got 2g data. Ive read elsewhere that the vzw s4 will get 3g possible 4g. Some1 correct me if im wrong
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I use straight talk (using there at&t version) and it works perfectly. The only thing I heard was if using at&t it might bump you to 2g phone in the states, but I don't think that's true for S4 like in previous models. But I'm not 100% sure.
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jman990 said:
I'm contemplating switching to Straight Talk and naturally I want to keep my S4 versus getting one of their phones..is this possible to just buy the AT&T GSM sim from them and use it with my Verizon s4? Or am I doomed to a Straight Talk phone.
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Did you ever get this to work? If so what steps need to be taken?
Any information would be appreciated.
jman990 said:
I'm contemplating switching to Straight Talk and naturally I want to keep my S4 versus getting one of their phones..is this possible to just buy the AT&T GSM sim from them and use it with my Verizon s4? Or am I doomed to a Straight Talk phone.
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Check out this thread. Looks like it can be done but it's time consuming:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521485
Her a friend of mine is on Verizon and wants to buy an s4. Do we need to buy a Verizon version s4 out will any unlocked phone work
Thanks
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With CDMA carriers like Sprint and Verizon, you have to use their carrier specific phones. So in the case of your friend, they have to get a Verizon S4.
That's what I gathered and had already texted them. Thank you for verification.
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Any cdma s4 will work on prepaid service such as page plus. Only a verizon model will work with verizon postpaid. If 4g/lte is not important but coverage is, go with page plus. It's a whole lot cheaper.
PM for flashing info if you decide to go that route.