Hi,
I would like to buy a Galaxy S4 before going to Canada. I'm currently in Morocco and I would like to know if there will be no issue with the gsm frequency.
Morocco uses the same gsm frequencies as Europe, and from what I understood North America is different.
From what I could find in the internet, canadian carriers use mostly 850/1700/1900/2100.
I will buy a new phone and from what I read there is like a region lock once you insert the first sim card.
Will the phone work in Canada? Which model of the Galaxy S4 should I buy?
Thank you for your help
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Hi. I'm thinking of getting the S4 in Korea, since it has both Exynos Octa and LTE. (The modem apparently supports 20 LTE bands, which hopefully includes1800/2600 MHz used in Singapore.) My question is will I be able to use it in Singapore if I buy an unlocked S4 from Korea? Some people I asked told me that Korean phones are country locked and cannot be used overseas. On the other hand, I know people who bought phones in Korea and used them in the USA. Any advise would be appreciated!
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I'm a bit confused with all the different bands and the regional lock, sim card locks, model numbers, etc.
I got this phone while away in Thailand and was hoping to use it back in Canada. The only companies with decent plans here seem to require the 1700 band which isn't listed as a supported one on the N900 by default, but I see that other models can be made to work on it even though they don't list it either.
Is there any way to use the SM-N900 (International Exynos version) on Wind Mobile?
If not, what other options are there in Canada for ~$40 with usable data allowances?
Hi Fellow Canadians,
Since there is a Canadian thread on M8 and G3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694297
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/canada-lg-g3-canadian-users-t2810696
but no S5
so, I'm opening this thread asking for help...
this is what i found:
Canadian Rogers Galaxy S5 SM-G900W8
Canadian Bell Galaxy S5 SM-G900W8
Canadian Telus Galaxy S5 SM-G900W8
but what model is Wind/Videotron/Mobilicity selling? is it the same one the big 3 are selling, OR just the kind with no LTE?
so far i'v heard unlocked big 3 s5 work on wind, but what about the other way around?
thanks
And the advantage or purpose of your thread is.. ?
Canadian carriers use the 900W8 variant as do some other regions e.g. Claro in Puerto Rico. The usual Oligarchistic suspects.. Bell, Telus, Rogers and their second tier brands e.g. Koodoo, Chatr, Fido, Virgin, et al are all W8 models. As are regional carriers such as SaskTel and Eastlink. The respective firmware versions for all of these Canadian carriers are mostly branding and interchangeable with respect to frequency band usage.
Wind models are also tagged W8, it's only the firmware that differentiates them. So the pretense of a unique model number as was done for the S3, etc has been dropped and it's just artificial firmware restrictions i.e. enabling the 1700 AWS band that distinguish the Wind variant.
Interestingly, TMobile also uses the 1700 band in their network, so the 900T will work on all Canadian carriers from Bell through Wind.
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If you had looked , i mean REALLY looked , you would have found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2777799
Hi,
My Note 4 is feom Australia and after coming to Canada I realised that it's not working on few networks in Canada. I am surprised that an advanced phone like this is not working on global networks. Is there anyway I can make it work on Canada operators like Wind or Mobilicity?
please help.it saves me lot of money!
Ps: phone working on Bell/Telus and rogers but they are damn expensive.
help please! Does anyone know which version samsung s5 works in s. korea and in US? any provider is fine.. (verizon, att, tmobile)
I am not very familiar with bandwidth and cell receptions. any contribution will be appreciated:good::good:
I brought my S5 from Korea to the U.S. From what I remember of my research it all depends on the carriers you want to use here and in Korea. I have T-mobile in the states and used a 900L variant through LG U+ in Korea. The bands available in this phone allows me to get perfect LTE in Korea. However, since bringing it back in the states I only get partial coverage. I am only able to get 3G. It's not ideal in my situation, but I am not worried about it. I recommend trying to figure out the available variants in Korea and the US and see which bands overlap the most.