[Q] SCH-R970 - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I have a seemingly simple question... I am in South Africa, a friend in the states sent me a US Cellular Galaxy S4 (SCH-R970)
I have read all over the place to see if this phone can be SIM unlocked to work outside of the USA but I'm not getting any definitive answers.
Some say all S4's have GSM capabilities so there has to be a way to unlock it, others say it is only CDMA making it impossible to work on GSM...
So can someone please give me a straight answer?
Is it possible to SIM unlock a US Cellular Galaxy S4 (SCH-R970) to work OUTSIDE the USA ???
Thanks so much, appricate the time and help!

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solat said:
i popped in my inactive wind sim and it shows wind home when i search for mobile networks but i am not sure as it was inactive
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Thank you for your help. Did the roaming icon show up at all? I saw on the wiki that it's not supposed to work.
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kenoreeves said:
Hi,
I have a wind sim (Canada), it doesn't work on my S4 i9500 which i bought from UAE. Is there a way AWS frequencies can be enabled on this phone? I am desperately looking for a work around. To me, XDA is my only hope left.
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