I have been doing a bit of research over the last few days and I have read from a few people that the Rogers Galaxy Note 3 will work with a Fido sim card without having to unlock the phone. Is this true? Has anyone here on the forums tried?
I am getting my Note 3 in 3 weeks and would love to know because I am with Fido and don't really want to pay 50$ to unlock it. I also don't trust any online website that unlocks phones.
All Rogers phones work fine with a Fido sim unless the sim is very old (before Rogers bought Fido)
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I purchased my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in person at a store in Germany. I used it on a prepaid card for two weeks while I was over there.
When I came back into the US, I've been using the Note 3 with AT&T and sometimes T-Mobile prepaid SIM cards.
How will my Note 3 get Kit Kat? Does AT&T or T-Mobile send out the OTA updates themselves?
Thanks!
youphone said:
I purchased my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in person at a store in Germany. I used it on a prepaid card for two weeks while I was over there.
When I came back into the US, I've been using the Note 3 with AT&T and sometimes T-Mobile prepaid SIM cards.
How will my Note 3 get Kit Kat? Does AT&T or T-Mobile send out the OTA updates themselves?
Thanks!
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Assuming it's an Unbranded N9005, and depending on which firmware you have on it, depends on whether you get the KK update directly from Samsung, T-Mo or ATT
youphone said:
I purchased my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in person at a store in Germany. I used it on a prepaid card for two weeks while I was over there.
When I came back into the US, I've been using the Note 3 with AT&T and sometimes T-Mobile prepaid SIM cards.
How will my Note 3 get Kit Kat? Does AT&T or T-Mobile send out the OTA updates themselves?
Thanks!
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I'm not sure how it works in Germany but here in Canada if you buy a phone from a certain carrier the update should be pushed by same provider and not another carrier you're currently with even when you have the phone unlocked.
i have had the verizon s3 work in global mode dge only tmobile
ive had the verizon s4 work in global mode hspda+ tmobile and att h+
ive had the verizon note 3 work in global mode on tmobile and h2o aka att mvno
all have had good and bad imei with verizon didnt seem to stop them from working altho 1 out of the 5 or so s4 phones just wouldnt get signal had to force wcdma mode we never did figure out just what was wrong with it as i switched over to h2o and it wasnt doing that issue anymore
since then ive kept my h2o att mvno simcard
been using 2 verizon s5 phones mine bad imei verizon after got on craigslist
and my wifes intentionally known was bad but bought anyways since we knew the darn thing would get signal on our h2o
now.... i got sick of my s5 and wanted to go back to note3
so i got a note3 happy happy joy joy and i was about to sell my s5 to a friend who knows the circumstances and was going to use it on tmobile
when we turn the s5 on verizon onn with tmobile sim it displays tmobile for 2 secs and then no signal ?!?!??!?! insert my h2o simcard wha la everything is perfect
im afraid its being blocked from tmobile use altho my friend has a in contract sim account and ive read that maybe it needs to be used with a month 2 month tmobile sim but i dont have any clue as to if this is true seems nonesense that an account type would matter insert friends sim in 4 other s5's idk if all of the ones he tryed were all bad imei tho or not but he said he hasnt had any luck trying to find a s5 its the reason i offered mine in the first place
im stumped is verizon sharing imei with tmobile do i need to worry about h2o not working later
been using this devices since aug just fine on h2o and still works on h2o just fine but tmobile doesnt seem to work apn or not global mode or any other mode
i havnt tryed phone info samsung and the secret code menu to force a specific band only but im thinking it still wouldnt work
long story short i see tons of people saying it wont work bla bla some saying it needs a carrier unlock and a bunch of people saying thier s5 verizon works just fine with tmobile so
im super sad is my verizon s5 just a att phone now or what the heck is going on here
now im wondering should i keep it and sell my beloved new note3 i dont want anyone getting screwed with my phone but i hate the task manager button !! i want my note3 but would need to sell s5 everyone wants tmobile no one wants att lol
i need to know DOES ANYONE HAVE A BAD IMEI VERIZON S5 WORKING ON TMOBILE IS THERE A CHANCE ITS A DUMB SIMCARD ISSUE ? NEEDS A MONTH TO MONTH PREPAID SIM NOT A INCONTRACT LEGACY SIM PS MY FRIEND GOT A SIM REPLACMENT 3 MONTHS AGO TOO HE SAID I GUESS THE DAYS OF CHEEP VERIZON UNLOCKED GLOBAL GOODNESS IS OVER
Hey everyone. I am new to the whole factory unlocked phone game.
Recently I acquired a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 that was factory unlocked from Amazon to use abroad, however, I would like to use for Sprint or Verizon here in the US. When I put in the SIM card, the device will not work. I am curious as to what needs to be done to get my SM-N910H to work? I thought unlocked meant usable on any carrier?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
mheller91 said:
Hey everyone. I am new to the whole factory unlocked phone game.
Recently I acquired a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 that was factory unlocked from Amazon to use abroad, however, I would like to use for Sprint or Verizon here in the US. When I put in the SIM card, the device will not work. I am curious as to what needs to be done to get my SM-N910H to work? I thought unlocked meant usable on any carrier?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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First of all, Verizon and Sprint are CDMA carriers, thus they do not use SIM cards. Unlocked devices won't work on these carriers. Return the device and you need to purchase the device from Sprint or Verizon.
Unlocked means you will be able to use it on any GSM carrier (carriers that utilize SIM cards), not CDMA.
I am aware of that, however, that statement that Sprint or Verizon does not use Sim cards in incorrect. Sprint and Verizon use UICC Sim cards. I checked my buddies Sprint Galaxy Note 4 and it has a sim card in the sim card slot in the same slot as the GSM device.
I'm pretty sure i unlocked the phone with the hack when it first came out. i'm now selling the phone to someone on wind. I tried his sim card and nothing happened for about 2 minutes. He got impatient and left. If the phone was not unlocked wouldn't it ask for an unlock code when you insert a different sim?
Given to me a Samsung Note 4 Tmobile version 4.4.4...may i have you help me how to SIM unlock it to use it with other prepaid cheap service, please?.......Thanks!