Just curious of anyone who bought the GN2 internationally, and is having it shipped to the US. I keep seeing "SIM Free" versions popping up on various amazon... i was under the impression most carriers was still using SIM's.
Anyone know their compatible bands and if they work with ATT's LTE? thanks :cyclops:
krushin said:
Just curious of anyone who bought the GN2 internationally, and is having it shipped to the US. I keep seeing "SIM Free" versions popping up on various amazon... i was under the impression most carriers was still using SIM's.
Anyone know their compatible bands and if they work with ATT's LTE? thanks :cyclops:
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"Sim Free" does not mean that it's not using a SIM card. It means that it's not carrier locked. The international version will not work with ATT's LTE. You can get HSPA+ with ATT.
The U.S. including ATT will get their version about a month later. That will work with the LTE. Samsung has an event on october 24th in new york. It's likely that the U.S. version will be launched then. http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57521523-85/samsung-teases-galaxy-note-2-launch-party-on-oct-24/
The Wiki details the bands for both the 7100 and the 7105 variants
Here in the UK - "Sim Free" means that the phone is supplied without a SIM card is not "locked" to any particular carrier and only has Samsung "bloatware/extras" not the carriers as well.
The 7100 takes a standard Micro Sim (sane as the Samsung Galaxy S3) rsther than the Mini-Sim
Does anyone know if I will be able to use the VZW G2 internationally on a GSM network by swapping out the SIM Card? Let's say I'm going on vacation for 2 weeks...would I be able to buy a SIM card locally, pop it in to my G2, and just pay as I go while I'm down there? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but in my experience the older VZW CDMA phones couldn't do this
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Does anyone know if I will be able to use the VZW G2 internationally on a GSM network by swapping out the SIM Card? Let's say I'm going on vacation for 2 weeks...would I be able to buy a SIM card locally, pop it in to my G2, and just pay as I go while I'm down there? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but in my experience the older VZW CDMA phones couldn't do this
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the Verizon sim slot as far as I know is for a 4g LTE sim, the GSM HPSA+ frequencies I dont think are active, and even if they are it's likely sim locked.
is there going to be an international version of this phone ? i'd love to get one but ordering from the US to use in saudi arabia entails the risk of getting a -very nice- paperweight.
i mailed sharp but so far no reply.
You can think of it as a cheaper and cooler iPod Touch.
Some of the pictures show it has a nanoSIM slot, despite being a CDMA phone. Anyone knows if it works on GSM networks?
If anything, the SIM card is for LTE.
I have the LG Optimus F3 on Virgin and it has a micro SIM card. There was a card included in the instructions that said it has something to do with LTE and is necessary to put it. I don't have it with me, or at all, to post what is exactly says.
It must be a recent thing since I owned the Galaxy Victory (****ty phone compared to the F3) for a year before the F3 and it did not have a SIM slot of any sort.
My sister owns the LG Volt on Virgin and it too has a SIM card.
Nope, tested, the nano sim slot doesnt recognise gsm sim cards, and being CDMA devices, the models from the US carriers are unusable in Europe. The only model that might be available for usage in the near future is the one from Softbank (Tokyo) which is a GSM model, but unfortunately no one has a clue if or when there will be available unlock or root at this point. Looking forward to get my hands on one thou
did someone try the cdma usim card ? will it work?
Kwell since no gsm how do we get this thing into diag for flashing to pageplus
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the sim card is for lte not gsm diff freqencies
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Hi all.
Does any one know if there is a plan to release Dual Sim variant ?
Thank you.
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Yes the H990ds V20 Dual SIM TD-LTE
For anyone At&t, frequencycheck.com says it misses half the LTE bands
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Yes the H990ds V20 Dual SIM TD-LTE
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That's great but who can actually sell me one. This phone seems to be like rocking horse droppings, talked about but non existent :crying:
I dropped my V10 from one foot last week and something internal has gone making a section of the screen dark. No cracks dents or otherwise - so much for the mil-spec six foot drop test rating....
Desperately need a replacement and the timing seemed prescient until it has become apparent that LG doesn't want to make hay whilst the sun shines over Samsung's nightmare !
If anyone knows where a dual sim lurks, please let me know
Philippines v20 is dual SIM. And if the sales person is right, doesnt share w sdcard like the note 7
Hong Kong and Taiwan version of LG V20 will probably be a dual sim version and both of them will be announced in 20/10, perhaps you can get one in the near future via parallel import.
jan george said:
it seems that the slot of microSD is also used as second sim slot like G5..
Any ideas??
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Did you really have to spam every other post here with this question?
And the answer is no, different hardware, pins, whatever you want to call it.
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Philippines v20 is dual SIM. And if the sales person is right, doesnt share w sdcard like the note 7
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I can also confirm that the V20 in Philippines is dual sim. LG concept store called me yesterday to inform me that the LG V20 is dual sim (they called because the initial specs says only single sim and wanted to confirm if I still wanted to pre-order). and yes I was also told that the micro sd slot doesn't share the sim2 slot (they say they already have the demo units and they have checked)
In the specs here
http://www.lg.com/ph/mobile-phones/lg-V20-titan
It calls it True Dual SIM which to me is a nudge at those who share with the SD card - in my opinion one of the dumbest things designers ever came up with. Hmm I'll make a Dual sim for the heavy duty users and remove their storage expansion....
So I've been seriously considering this phone. It seems that the Taiwan version (H990DS) is the one to get as it supports more North American bands, unlike the Hong Kong version (H990N). I've been scouring the web trying to find a user manual for either of them, but LG hasn't posted it yet, only the US versions. One of the things I've come across is that it appears as if the 2nd sim slot only supports 3G, not LTE. Does anybody have one of these yet to confirm or deny it? FYI, I'm in Canada, but travel to the US quite a bit where I use the T-Mobile $3/day plan. It sucks having to pop the back off and swap cards every time I cross the border, but if it's true that the 2nd slot only supports 3G, then I might as well get the single sim version.
may i know does anyone have any info regarding the dual sim version configuration ?
which is it below ?
- when one sim on 4G (browsing or VoLTE) the other Sim drops to 2G (both sim switchable with in phone sim management)
or
- when one sim on 4G (browsing or VoLTE) the other Sim drops to 3G (both sim switchable with in phone sim management)
or
- SIM 1 always on/have 4G/3G/2G the SIM 2 always only 2G (non switchable !!)
I have the hong kong version H990N, both sim supports 4G+3G, 3G+3G or 2G simultaneous on either sim 1 or sim 2, if anyone needs the specs of supporting bands on this model, please let me know.
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I have the hong kong version H990N, both sim supports 4G+3G, 3G+3G or 2G simultaneous on either sim 1 or sim 2, if anyone needs the specs of supporting bands on this model, please let me know.
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sorry to ask but can you add in the specifics ... what you are saying are when on standby time and that we all know (which clears out my option 3) but what i want to know is the moment you surf on 4G or call (either sim) what does the other sim becomes ?
drops to 3G or 2G ?
this is important to me as 2G will phase out end this year in my country so if this phone will drop to 2G means its useless to me and show no signal.
side note i saw a posting on the Philippines version it stated that the second sim is only on 2G
source ---> http://www.phonemore.com/phone/lg-v20-h990ds-dual/2847
when one sim is in use the other sim is disabled, but since i only have 2 3G sim, the othere sim still stays on 3G but is not usable.
I think only a handful of phones can do 2 sim active, they are all chinese brand.
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I have the hong kong version H990N, both sim supports 4G+3G, 3G+3G or 2G simultaneous on either sim 1 or sim 2, if anyone needs the specs of supporting bands on this model, please let me know.
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Hey, could you list the LTE bands? Thinking of importing this version for ATT.
Gsm 850/900/1800/1900
wcdma 850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100
td-scdma 1900/2000
lte b1/b2/b3/b4/b5/b7/b8/b12/b17/b20/b26/b28/b38/b39/b40/b41
It is always the case that one sim can run at 4g while another at 3g, i got 990N
At least there is improvement, it was the mi 5 that was the first phone, if you are talking about a none chinese brand, sony xperia XP the first note 7, then V20.
I got the Taiwan 990ds for 2 days and love it!
It supports 4G+3G (switchable between SIM1 or SIM2), meaning both sims will function in countries with 3G and above only. It also has separate TF card slot unlike the Samsung Note 7/S7 Edge which sacrifices SIM2 when using TF.
Fingerprint sensor is much faster than V10 and battery life is amazing compared to V10 (used for 16 hrs with a few hours of browsing and 2+ hours call, messaging, etc still with 10% battery left.... Forgot to check SOT though).
It is definitely a few notches better than the V10 and the S7 Edge (which I somehow didn't like the grip), and possibly on par with the Note 7 (iris scanner is way way better the finger prints!).
Now, if only we can get root it will be perfect!
zylem said:
may i know does anyone have any info regarding the dual sim version configuration ?
which is it below ?
- when one sim on 4G (browsing or VoLTE) the other Sim drops to 2G (both sim switchable with in phone sim management)
or
- when one sim on 4G (browsing or VoLTE) the other Sim drops to 3G (both sim switchable with in phone sim management)
or
- SIM 1 always on/have 4G/3G/2G the SIM 2 always only 2G (non switchable !!)
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I have the hong kong version H990N, both sim supports 4G+3G, 3G+3G or 2G simultaneous on either sim 1 or sim 2, if anyone needs the specs of supporting bands on this model, please let me know.
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Could I get you to check if the 990N has allot of languages avalible or only a few? Is Dansk/Danish avalible?
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Hi
I wonder whether or not the variant sold by oneplus.com website, when buying and sending the device in united states, will be single sim as in TMobile, or the regular, world wide variant with dual sim support as sold everywhere else?
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Hi
I wonder whether or not the variant sold by oneplus.com website, when buying and sending the device in united states, will be single sim as in TMobile, or the regular, world wide variant with dual sim support as sold everywhere else?
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The T-Mobile version is locked to T-Mobile so you can't use a second SIM.
I saw some pictures and it looks like the SIM doesn't have the second slot.
For the version listed at OnePLus, it has dual SIM support.
tech_head said:
The T-Mobile version is locked to T-Mobile so you can't use a second SIM.
I saw some pictures and it looks like the SIM doesn't have the second slot.
For the version listed at OnePLus, it has dual SIM support.
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So far it's just the tray that doesn't have a second slot. Nobody has yet confirmed whether there is a second slot in the phone itself.
eranyanay said:
Hi
I wonder whether or not the variant sold by oneplus.com website, when buying and sending the device in united states, will be single sim as in TMobile, or the regular, world wide variant with dual sim support as sold everywhere else?
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If you buy on OnePlus sure you'll have the regular phone. Only tmo sells the modified one
The tmo one has a tray with only one SIM case, and a modified firmware/modem. If you read the (too) many threads speaking of tmo you'll see the endlessly same questions and remarks about that.
Never buy a phone through a phone operator.