OK my Buddy bought a note 3 on craigslist ... Through some digging it used to be in a T-Mobile contract that wasn't honored... He is with sprint and wants to use it there... is it Sim locked it... if not could he just get a a card from sprint and call and switch it over or is there more to do.. Any advice would be appreciated..
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Sprint is CDMA, Tmo is GSM so no.
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toastido said:
Sprint is CDMA, Tmo is GSM so no.
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so the unified build stuff is custom only? I've seen the g2 from sprint work on T-Mobile
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goast said:
so the unified build stuff is custom only? I've seen the g2 from sprint work on T-Mobile
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I think it only works one way. You can use the Sprint version on T-Mobile, but not the T-Mobile version on Sprint. His best bet is to unlock the phone and head over to AT&T or an MVNO like Straight Talk.
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I have a extra tmo s4 and I was wondering if I were to unlock and flash an att rom n apn'z would I still get lte speed.
And does a bad tmo imei get blocked on att too?
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It will work as long as the imei isn't affected on the att side. If device was reported lost or stolen it will be blocked on both carriers I believe. If just unpaid on tmobile it sometimes works but I'm not for certain. Att Roms will work but you'll have to flash a T-Mobile or i9505 kernel I believe as most att custom Roms have loki kernels.
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Thanks Febby. I'm glad u reminded me about the kernel. Probably would of bricked.
Its just an unpaid tmo phone from a family plan gone wrong.
I suppose I could use a GE rom too I hope.
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spodie said:
Thanks Febby. I'm glad u reminded me about the kernel. Probably would of bricked.
Its just an unpaid tmo phone from a family plan gone wrong.
I suppose I could use a GE rom too I hope.
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Any ROM will work, such as i9505 Roms or even T-Mobile. Just add the APN for att.
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Hello.
I have a L720 with a active vzw sim card and the phone is running cm11 but it says roaming in the status bar but the phones 3g and phone and texting works. Is there a way to get it to say 3g of lte up there? A better rom maybe? I have searched and there is no one that has this phone on vzw. Any help would be so nice! Thanks
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I'm pretty sure Verizon and sprint use different spectrums for LTE you'll get 3g but no lte
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OK but the phone should have the right stuff but what about the prl and roaming thing?
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I see it has extended pcs for late bands lol
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So gsm on t mobile would be better.
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tydiamond11 said:
So gsm on t mobile would be better.
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Yeah sprint galaxy s4 has the bands for T-Mobile and Att 3g and hspa+ networks Verizon I have no clue which bands they use you'd be better off just trading in and getting a Verizon phone to get their speeds
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I agree, if you are paying the premium for Verizon service I would just get the Verizon version of the phone.
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Thanks this is not my phone just was testing it that's all lol thanks again! The friend that owns this is going to try it on t mobile next but the first time they tried it did not work only data worked for some crazy reason voice and texting came on and went off so we will try that latter.
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I want to maybe try to run it on pure talkusa which is an Att mvno but they have really good plans
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Where did you hear this from?
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I want to maybe try to run it on pure talkusa which is an Att mvno but they have really good plans
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I think that you can use it but won't get LTE
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I want to maybe try to run it on pure talkusa which is an Att mvno but they have really good plans
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yes it is gsm unlocked http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-s-lg-g2-unlocked-att-and-t-mobile-hspa
It's the only explanation I can come up with none of the tmobile s4 roms work for me I have the tmobile s4 but I have at&t service jw
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Class_of_punk26 said:
It's the only explanation I can come up with none of the tmobile s4 roms work for me I have the tmobile s4 but I have at&t service jw
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You may have to flash your carriers kernel/modules. I don't have TMO S4, check on TMO rom thread for help/anyone running on att also. :good::good:
If I flash a stock image to the sprint phone will it work on Verizon?
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greatnesstx said:
If I flash a stock image to the sprint phone will it work on Verizon?
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No.
You would have to change the MEID to one that is used by Verizon. They also don't use all of the same frequency bands, so if you were able to change the numbers (which is illegal, btw) you would still not be able to get the same service.