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free google voice calls on Tmobile??

Hey all! I just bout a tab on Tmobile. I'm pretty experienced with android. Ill be rooting as soon as it gets here.
I have found basically this same thread for a sprint galaxy tab. I'm just wondering if this is possible on T-mobile?

[Q] Tethering

I'm new to this forum and had a quick question. I'm planning on upgrading my Verizon S3 to a Verizon Galaxy Note 3 (I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan). My S3 is rooted and tethering is simple, reliable, and works without a hitch with tablets, PCs, and any other wireless device I've tried. In reviewing posts on this and other forums, I haven't gotten a clear picture that this would be the case with a rooted Verizon Note 3, at least right now. Is anyone having success tethering a rooted Verizon Note 3 with a wide variety of devices? If so, what app works best? Any info appreciated and thanks in advance.

verizon galaxy s5 on canadian network (rogers)

i found a verizon galaxy s5 that's very reasonably priced. im just wondering if you experts out there can help me out.
the specs listed on verizon's website seems that the phone does match up the frequenceis which Rogers here in canada uses. however, this was also the case for european version of galaxy s5 and i was told that it will not work with the 4g network in Canada.
any input would be much appreciated!

bump! thanks for any input.

FWIW, my understanding is Rogers doesn't support something called fast dormancy (very long explanation short: if the phone is connected for data but idle, the connection is depreciated from 4G down to eventually 1X - this minimizes the phone's impact on the carrier and reduces battery demand; start to move data and the connection ramps back up again - all of this is done very quickly). The good news is there's an app to disable the phone's attempts to use fast dormancy. But... the phone must be rooted to use the app.
I ran into the fast dormancy issue in the Bahamas (Bahamas Telephone Co.). Using their SIM in a RAZR MAXX, the phone would basically become slower and slower until it locked up. Reboot and the process started all over again. Voice-only worked 100%. Cutting to the chase, the problem turned out to be fast dormancy isn't supported by BaTelCo. The fix for the RAZR MAXX was to root the phone and edit a system file called build.prop (there's an app for that - the needed code can be found with Google). In doing the research on this problem, Rogers came up as also not supporting fast dormancy. All of this happened two years ago, so things may have changed. I haven't been back to the Bahamas since then and I've never used Rogers. NTL, I'd take a serious run at getting the answer to this question. It may take some pushing but Rogers should produce the answer sooner or later.
Summarizing, AFAIK your VZW S5 should be just fine in Canada. My guess is fast dormancy is the key to why 4G may not work. And there is a work-around for that.
All of that said, please remember I do not have first-hand experience with my VZW S5 in Canada or anywhere but the US. I'll return to the Bahamas a few months and be in Germany in December; I expect to know much more then. But I doubt you want to wait that long for my first-hand report.

RBEmerson said:
FWIW, my understanding is Rogers doesn't support something called fast dormancy (very long explanation short: if the phone is connected for data but idle, the connection is depreciated from 4G down to eventually 1X - this minimizes the phone's impact on the carrier and reduces battery demand; start to move data and the connection ramps back up again - all of this is done very quickly). The good news is there's an app to disable the phone's attempts to use fast dormancy. But... the phone must be rooted to use the app.
I ran into the fast dormancy issue in the Bahamas (Bahamas Telephone Co.). Using their SIM in a RAZR MAXX, the phone would basically become slower and slower until it locked up. Reboot and the process started all over again. Voice-only worked 100%. Cutting to the chase, the problem turned out to be fast dormancy isn't supported by BaTelCo. The fix for the RAZR MAXX was to root the phone and edit a system file called build.prop (there's an app for that - the needed code can be found with Google). In doing the research on this problem, Rogers came up as also not supporting fast dormancy. All of this happened two years ago, so things may have changed. I haven't been back to the Bahamas since then and I've never used Rogers. NTL, I'd take a serious run at getting the answer to this question. It may take some pushing but Rogers should produce the answer sooner or later.
Summarizing, AFAIK your VZW S5 should be just fine in Canada. My guess is fast dormancy is the key to why 4G may not work. And there is a work-around for that.
All of that said, please remember I do not have first-hand experience with my VZW S5 in Canada or anywhere but the US. I'll return to the Bahamas a few months and be in Germany in December; I expect to know much more then. But I doubt you want to wait that long for my first-hand report.
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i think i undestood maybe 50% of that...LOL
So you're saying the s5 is a phone that supports fast dormancy, or the s5 specifically form verizon is a phone that supports dormancy, which therefore may affect how it performs on Rogers network?
Anyhow, im happy to report back here to let those who are interested to know that my verizon s5 is working fine on Rogers in Canada. I get 4G LTE (of course unless i'm in places where reception is crap, but that applies to any phone on any network) and voice is 100%!

If your S5 is working on Rogers without messing with fast dormancy, that's what counts. If there was a problem, you would know it.
AFAIK fast dormancy support is the default for the phone. I suppose a phone sold by Rogers would have fast dormancy disabled if Rogers didn't use fast dormancy. Since your phone came from outside of their system and it's working, there you are. [/grin]

kl25 said:
i think i undestood maybe 50% of that...LOL
So you're saying the s5 is a phone that supports fast dormancy, or the s5 specifically form verizon is a phone that supports dormancy, which therefore may affect how it performs on Rogers network?
Anyhow, im happy to report back here to let those who are interested to know that my verizon s5 is working fine on Rogers in Canada. I get 4G LTE (of course unless i'm in places where reception is crap, but that applies to any phone on any network) and voice is 100%!
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I can confirm. My Verizon S5 phone is also working fine on Rogers network. 52Mbps down 18Mbps up when I checked. Has anyone tried the rogers stock rom on the Verizon?

Eaglebiker said:
I can confirm. My Verizon S5 phone is also working fine on Rogers network. 52Mbps down 18Mbps up when I checked. Has anyone tried the rogers stock rom on the Verizon?
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How did you unlock it?

Verizon is sold unlocked

Eaglebiker said:
I can confirm. My Verizon S5 phone is also working fine on Rogers network. 52Mbps down 18Mbps up when I checked. Has anyone tried the rogers stock rom on the Verizon?
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How did you unlock it for rogers? (many of the unlocking threads and websites dont do Verizon - unlockthatphone.net nor cellunlocker.net)

[Q] [T-Mobile] VZW S5 Poor Performance on T-Mobile - Bad ROM?

Hello All,
I have 2 Verizon Wireless Galaxy S5s running on T-Mobile, but the performance is awful.
LTE is highly unstable
Overall radio signal in the same place can go from 4 bars to 0
Text messages don't send 1/2 the time, especially over Wi-Fi
Currently I'm running Rick'sRom V20 on 4.4.4 NK2.
I do not want to have to sell the S5 to buy a T-Mobile handset, as I have heard others having good experience taking other World-Devices from VZW to T-Mo without these sort of issues.
Is there anything I can do to improve this? Flash any newer ROM or radio?
Please let me know, thank you!
-Taxmaster

Taxmaster said:
Hello All,
I have 2 Verizon Wireless Galaxy S5s running on T-Mobile, but the performance is awful.
LTE is highly unstable
Overall radio signal in the same place can go from 4 bars to 0
Text messages don't send 1/2 the time, especially over Wi-Fi
Currently I'm running Rick'sRom V20 on 4.4.4 NK2.
I do not want to have to sell the S5 to buy a T-Mobile handset, as I have heard others having good experience taking other World-Devices from VZW to T-Mo without these sort of issues.
Is there anything I can do to improve this? Flash any newer ROM or radio?
Please let me know, thank you!
-Taxmaster
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Wouldn't hurt to try different modems to see if one works better than the next. Here is an article on how to see what band your phones are operating on. My understanding is you need to be on band 4. I checked to see if this works on the galaxy s5 and it does. Mine is running on band 4.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...enable-band-4-aws-sm-n900v-requires-root.html

Tulsadiver said:
Wouldn't hurt to try different modems to see if one works better than the next. Here is an article on how to see what band your phones are operating on. My understanding is you need to be on band 4. I checked to see if this works on the galaxy s5 and it does. Mine is running on band 4.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...enable-band-4-aws-sm-n900v-requires-root.html
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Which ROM are you running by chance?
Sent via Tapatalk 2 using my:
Verizon Galaxy Note 2 (SCH-I605)
Unlocked, Overclocked, and Undervolted
Bean's ROM 22 w/SaberKernel 42.4

RicksRom v19

Tulsadiver said:
RicksRom v19
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How would you say your performance has been? Do you ever experience the phantom changes in signal strength like I had indicated above?
Sent via Tapatalk 2 using my:
Verizon Galaxy Note 2 (SCH-I605)
Unlocked, Overclocked, and Undervolted
Bean's ROM 22 w/SaberKernel 42.4

Never. I've been running different versions of RicksRom since back when we first got root and I was on NGC 4.4.2. Never any issues at all.

straightalk users, help please

I have been on pageplus since they take the verizon phones but the data speed is very slow. I got better results with straighttalk wireless here but i didnt realize until lately that they now have a verizon 4glte sim card that is supposed to work in our smn900v. I checked the byop page and it sure enough says that my smn900v is compatible with the byop service plans. woohoo , so my question is: Has any of you with the smn900v used the straighttalk verizon 4glte sims yet and if so, do they seem to work good for you, thanks

I am a straight talk user and am using the Verizon sim and have no issues with my Note 3 at all. The data speed is great and works just like it would on any other carrier.
Hope this helps.
Sent from my SM-N900V using XDA Free mobile app

Thanks for the question and feedback, I'm looking to go to StraightTalk as well...

Thanks so much.

Glad to be of help. Enjoy!

I am also a Note 3 (verizon) user on straight talk use 4glte sim and I can verify that the straight talk service is on par with original verizon service. Maybe a little speed difference but barely noticeable.