Hi everyone, I'm hoping for some good advice and opinions on what I should do.
I want to purchase a Galaxy Note II on Verizon and use it on their prepaid service, I would buy the phone outright, but I have been told Verizon's prepaid does not support 4G devices. (Is this true?)
If I still purchase a Verizon Galaxy Note II what other prepaid service could I activate it on, even if I unlock the phone?
Or should I just go buy the Galaxy Note II outright from AT&T and go the SIM/GSM route?
I really do want the phone with Verizon because I believe in the near future they will accept 4G devices on their prepaid service.
THANKS EVERYONE!!
Sidiously said:
Hi everyone, I'm hoping for some good advice and opinions on what I should do.
I want to purchase a Galaxy Note II on Verizon and use it on their prepaid service, I would buy the phone outright, but I have been told Verizon's prepaid does not support 4G devices. (Is this true?)
If I still purchase a Verizon Galaxy Note II what other prepaid service could I activate it on, even if I unlock the phone?
Or should I just go buy the Galaxy Note II outright from AT&T and go the SIM/GSM route?
I really do want the phone with Verizon because I believe in the near future they will accept 4G devices on their prepaid service.
THANKS EVERYONE!!
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Try PagePlus since they use 3G and Verizon towers. Finding someone to activate it is another story since it's a 4G phone that is 3G compatible. I recommend just going to Sprint or T-Mobile since they have 4G and your bill will be cheaper than Verizon or AT&T. But again, this is just my opinion.
The vzw version of the note 2 is unlocked and once rooted can be used with just about any carrier. Simple mobile is a good one to try or any tmo based mvno will work. I know with simple I was pulling 15mbs down at times. Just depends if tmos spotty coverage is good enough for your needs.
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Sidiously said:
Hi everyone, I'm hoping for some good advice and opinions on what I should do.
I want to purchase a Galaxy Note II on Verizon and use it on their prepaid service, I would buy the phone outright, but I have been told Verizon's prepaid does not support 4G devices. (Is this true?)
If I still purchase a Verizon Galaxy Note II what other prepaid service could I activate it on, even if I unlock the phone?
Or should I just go buy the Galaxy Note II outright from AT&T and go the SIM/GSM route?
I really do want the phone with Verizon because I believe in the near future they will accept 4G devices on their prepaid service.
THANKS EVERYONE!!
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Unless Verizon changes their prepaid options, you will not get anything other than 3G from them.
I would get either a VZW Note 2 and go to another GSM prepaid carrier as it is a global phone from the start and will work with any GSM carrier.
Or, get a Note 2 from AT&T and use a GSM prepaid option.
I use a Verizon Note 2 on AT&T prepaid right now.
This is my responses to similar questions in other threads about my experience with connectivity and data speeds on a VZW Note 2 on a GSM network.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42880422&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42953285&postcount=4
I hope this helps you.
Milimbar said:
Unless Verizon changes their prepaid options, you will not get anything other than 3G from them.
I would get either a VZW Note 2 and go to another GSM prepaid carrier as it is a global phone from the start and will work with any GSM carrier.
Or, get a Note 2 from AT&T and use a GSM prepaid option.
I use a Verizon Note 2 on AT&T prepaid right now.
This is my responses to similar questions in other threads about my experience with connectivity and data speeds on a VZW Note 2 on a GSM network.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42880422&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42953285&postcount=4
I hope this helps you.
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I went to the links you provided, but is it absolutely possible to run a Verizon Galaxy Note II on an AT&T prepaid service? Do I need to root the phone? Or just change the APN settings? I am very new to all this, and like I have said I really prefer to buy a VZW Note II
THANKS
From my experience using my verizon note 2 on t mobile. I was only able to get hspa (sometimes hspa+). It was pretty slow roughly around 2-3mb down and my phone would get really warm.
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Sidiously said:
I went to the links you provided, but is it absolutely possible to run a Verizon Galaxy Note II on an AT&T prepaid service? Do I need to root the phone? Or just change the APN settings? I am very new to all this, and like I have said I really prefer to buy a VZW Note II
THANKS
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As i said I am currently using a Verizon Note 2 (SCH-i605) on AT&T prepaid now.
I do not get LTE but I do get HSPA+ (3.5G) of around 4mb/s down and 1.5mb/s up consistently.
I do not have any issues with my phone heating up at all.
For me HSPA+ is plenty fast enough. When I was with Verizon my 3G there would top out at 1mb/s down, it was pretty horrible.
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Another post about the actual speeds I have been getting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42880422&postcount=2
This week the major carriers announced they will be unlocking their customers phones once their contracts run up.
Does this mean that my Verizon Galaxy s4 will work on a GSM network once it becomes unlocked by Verizon? Will I be able to use it on a carrier like T-Mobile?
its already unlocked, theres a guide on how to switch to tmobile in the general section
Another noob baptismal ... Here goes ,,, I.may soon be the recipient of a Samsung Galaxy S3 U.S. cellular (SCH-R530) ... Of course its locked and I will also be repairing the screen it looks like.
Currently, I have an SCH-720C (Samsung Proclaim) bought from StraightTalk and running on Verizon towers, completely stock. Since both are CDMA units, will it be possible to unlock the S3 and find a way to use that phone on my straighttalk account?
If so, what will be required? Can I plug and play using the Straighttalk sim?
Thanks for the warm welcome.
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What is the difference between the t-mobile variant and the international one accepted that the T Mobile version doesn't come with headphones?
Do I get updates from LG or need to wait for t-mobile to release it also like with a galaxy s6 edge on AT&T? That btw I waited forever!!
There's going to be an international variant to the us unlocked or only carriers?
Tmobile version update is provided through tmobile. But this is xda, I am sure can run international update at some point.
Tmobile version currently got unlocked bootloader.
If you wait a few more there should be some international varient unlocked to work with tmobile, but you wont see them being sold in store....ebay maybe amazon is best bet.
I recently purchased a s9+ from a amazon seller thinking it was a universal unlocked phone. However, the phone is a At&t unlocked phone and I'm using tmobile. I believe I'm losing VoLte, wifi calling HD voice and band 71. I called Samsung and ubreakifix and they started flashing the pho e would brick the device. What can I do to make this phone compatible with tmobile? I don't know anything about flashing but was referred to this site. I greatly any information you guys have.