I'm looking to upgrade to an S4 but I want to make sure the one I get has Sprint Spark and isn't older stock.
Is there any way of doing this?
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im looking into the note 3 or lg g2 to upgrade from my gs4 on verizon since we are not getting the nexus. so one thing thats very important to me is aosp roms, so im kind of curious if much is known on the situation with the note 3. i know lg g2 bootloader is unlocked so thats not a problem. Anyone have any suggestions on which way i should go for a new phone?
I'm looking to buy an S4 unlocked to use with straight talk, but I'm not sure if I should go with the i9505 or the i337. I've read where some people say the AT&T version will have lots of updates, which will slow down the performance of the phone, and that it can not be rooted. On the other hand, the i9505 will not have 4g LTE. I'm undecided on which one to choose. I could deal with not having LTE speeds if I absolutely had to, and I want to have the option to root my phone if I decide to. Can anyone confirm if this info is correct, and based on what I want out of the phone which one I should get?
r0xy100.77 said:
I'm looking to buy an S4 unlocked to use with straight talk, but I'm not sure if I should go with the i9505 or the i337. I've read where some people say the AT&T version will have lots of updates, which will slow down the performance of the phone, and that it can not be rooted. On the other hand, the i9505 will not have 4g LTE. I'm undecided on which one to choose. I could deal with not having LTE speeds if I absolutely had to, and I want to have the option to root my phone if I decide to. Can anyone confirm if this info is correct, and based on what I want out of the phone which one I should get?
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Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 have 4G LTE.
I know it has LTE capabilities, but the way I understood it was it just wouldn't work in the US?
I'm thinking about purchasing a Sprint Galaxy s4 (what can I say, it's purple). However my provider is AT&T. If the owner gets it unlocked, is it compatible with use on AT&T? I'm thinking I could flash an AT&T ROM on it, but if I can't do that without bricking it, maybe I can still use it stock and rooted. If I use this on AT&T are there any features I might lose, for instance LTE? Thanks for any help on this.
Hi everyone!
So during my trip in the US, I decided to buy a brand new Galaxy S5. I was going to use it outside US so I wanted an unlocked version (since they don't sell international versions in us)
So I got a verizon version of the S5.
Model: SM-G900V
The problem
The problem is that i am getting notifications like. Non Verizon sim inserted. Loads of verizon bloatware. and I cant use my mobile hotspot. Similar to this
I absolutely hate this. I paid $800 for this phone and I'm bombarded with verizon's nonsense and restricted for no reason
My question
The question is, can I install a stock rom on my S5? more specifically can I flash the SM-G900f ?? So that I can get rid of this custom verizon software.
vidhu1911 said:
The question is, can I install a stock rom on my S5? more specifically can I flash the SM-G900f ?? So that I can get rid of this custom verizon software.
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Well it's complicated and you have some reading to do if you really want to understand your options. But broadly speaking, the answer is yes. Since you were (or are?) planning to use the phone elsewhere, you'd have been happier had you bought a different S5 variant e.g. a TMobile S5 rather than the Verizon one because you would find it a lot less restrictive, give you more choices and options. And even access to a larger palette of frequency bands should you end up roaming somewhere that uses unusual frequency bands.
Note that there is a dedicated Verizon S5 forum here where you'll find most of what you are looking for. What you are thinking of as a stock ROM would be more accurately called a custom ROM. A stock ROM is.. well what you currently have, with all of the included carrier /Verizon applications that are annoying you. You'll probably want to root your phone and flash a custom ROM to get rid of a lot of superfluous Verizon stuff. That may have warranty implications and you should do some reading about warranty and locked bootloaders (something extra nice that Verizon and ATT do to make it harder to flash your phone).
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I was wondering if its possible, There is no good phones on craigslist in my hometown and there is an AT&T Note 3 for sale, i called verizon and they said it was possible as long as the phone is unlocked. Ive been searching about it and I can't seem to find anyone on here who has done it. I know AT&T is GSM and Verizon is CDMA so that's what is making me wonder if it is possible or not. Any help would be awesome
No not possible.
Sent from my leanKernel 3.5 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF4) SM-N900T