Hi, all
I'm travelling to Seattle soon and I would like to continue using my N7000 in Seattle.
I understand that I might not be able to use 4G connections but could someone please recommend a compatible/good network provider?
I'm especially interested in prepaid plans with data. Thanks heaps!
Regards,
Cary
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
[INFO][GSM] Own Your Cell Service ..with Prepaid and the Galaxy Nexus [UPDATED 5/24]
Its on nexus forum... but very applicable. Remember that note is not pentaband like G Nexus though, so you can't do highspeed on Tmobile networks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487293
[GUIDE] Getting your unlocked Note fully functional on Straight Talk (including MMS)
I'm using Straight Talk... basically Att service.... 45 bucks a month.
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AT&T and resellers of their network are the only way to get 3G data with an N7000 in the USA.
Straight Talk offers SIM-only plans that use AT&T's network for $45/month. One thing that may be tough for you - ST only ships SIMs to US addresses, and you cannot buy bare SIMs in any store to my knowledge, online only.
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Great, thanks for the information.
Looks like AT&T has a $50 prepaid plan which is quite similar to the Straight Talk plan. Would it be easier to get SIM from att shop?
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Carysyd said:
Great, thanks for the information.
Looks like AT&T has a $50 prepaid plan which is quite similar to the Straight Talk plan. Would it be easier to get SIM from att shop?
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AT&T's prepaid plans have all sorts of restrictions on permitting data with smartphones.
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AT&T's prepaid plans have all sorts of restrictions on permitting data with smartphones.
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Order a Straight Talk SIM ahead of time and have it sent to an address of someone you know in the Seattle area and pick it up there. Alternatively, they use Fed Ex for shipping their SIMS and you can have it delivered at a local Kinkos/Fed Ex location near where you'll be at in Seattle and pick it up from there. The delivery does require delivery confirmation with signature.
Thanks for all of your replies. I'll see if I can get the sim card delivered to my friend.
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anyone know of any good stickies on flashing a Samsung s3, note, or any other new Samsung, or iphone. im curious which prepaid carrier is the best to flash to. and should I try to get a phone with a sim card? just looking for some ideas. thanks
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Are you implying that you currently have a phone on a postpaid plan, and you want to use it on a prepaid plan? What are you thinking of flashing?
well ill put it this way. my friend wants a nice phone on prepaid. doesn't care about cost. he has 2 phones now. one is on straight talk other is on T-Mobile..he wants a nice phone I was curious if anyone has done it and if anyone had any suggestions on what phone to use with what prepaid. like Sprint Verizon or AT&T iphone 4/5 on tmobile or straight talk. or a Sprint galaxy s3...he'll use just about any new-ish phone.
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I guess the 1st decision is what service he wants to go with. Phones are either CDMA or GSM, and not both, with few exceptions (like the new iPhones). So, if he gets a Verizon phone, he can't use it on T-Mobile or AT&T prepaid, and vice versa.
Since cost of the device is no issue, he just has to buy one that's factory unlocked (a.k.a., SIM unlocked).
apologies, I personally have an s3 through Sprint which Ive rooted along with numerous other phones just never did anything of this nature. so I should have him buy a phone that takes a SIM card we'll say and use either straight talk SIM card or tmobile? as an example.
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where would be the best place to buy factory unlocked phones? ebay? and obviously the easiest would be to go the SIM card route
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If the phone he has/gets is unlocked, he should have no problem swapping the SIM cards, and using the phone on either provider. If you want help mulling over specifics of what particular phone to buy, post it here. You'll get shut down if you start a thread asking what phone to buy.
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where would be the best place to buy factory unlocked phones? ebay? and obviously the easiest would be to go the SIM card route
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"Best" is subjective. Some would say to buy it from the manufacturer, as then you would have warranty, return policy, & everything.
well I talked to him and he says he'd prefer to go the galaxy s2 or 3 route. would it be cheaper to buy a unlocked GSM s2? im just confused about the SIM ordeal and what carrier to go with, with what phone. I've tried changing MEID before on a epic to use it on straight talk, which it was CDMA but I couldn't get the MEID to write properly so that was a fail.
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Yeah, you don't have to deal with that stuff with GSM phones. That whole "flashing to another provider" thing is a CDMA issue. Basically, any unlocked GSM phone will work, with any GSM provider.
Another thing to consider, though, is 4G data speeds. AT&T (and their MVNOs) and T-Mobile (and their MVNOs) use different frequencies for the highest speed cellular data connections. For example, if you buy an AT&T phone and then unlock it, you won't get 4G data speed on Simple Mobile, since Simple Mobile is a T-Mobile reseller. Therefore, even when you've finally decided which phone to buy, you still need to decide which bands you want it to have, based primarily on which service provider you plaln to go with. One exception to this is the Galaxy Nexus HSPA+, which is pentaband, and can be used just about anywhere, at full speed.
nice. any suggestions for iphone? My apologies. just seems those appear to be the cheapest route via ebay for a gsm unlocked one.
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nice. any suggestions for iphone? My apologies. just seems those appear to be the cheapest route via ebay for a gsm unlocked one.
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I assume you live in Richmond VA. You probably have a choice between T-Mobile or AT&T 3G/4G. T-Mobile is far better than AT&T and the Monthly Prepaid stuff from T-Mobile isn't bad. I like the $30 plan personally.
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I assume you live in Richmond VA. You probably have a choice between T-Mobile or AT&T 3G/4G. T-Mobile is far better than AT&T and the Monthly Prepaid stuff from T-Mobile isn't bad. I like the $30 plan personally.
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There's two 30$ plans (the one with 100min, unl texts and 5GB data and a 1500 min/texts and a small amount of data (30MB?? I forget))
You should be specific. The 5GB data one is only available online or at Wal-Mart.
The other one is available in T-Mobile stores.
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Richmond Indiana, my apologies. I appreciate all of the suggestions. I can root phones and such no problem, very new to this prepaid & gsm(sim card) stuff, as I have had Sprint for 6 years lol
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so I can order a iphone 3g gsm unlocked for like $120 on eBay (or is there a better place to order them?) and it will work with a straight talk sim card? it's for a friend, im not a fan of either xD
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Yes it will.
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I am on the $30 plan from T-Mobile and is alright, however I am mowing to an area with Zero signal from T-Mobile.
Will switching to a Straight Talk Sim (At&T towers) and paying for their service give my phone their service?
Or would they 801 not work on those bands?
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Going to Nicaragua in a month.
Was going to take the g2 and simply swap out the SIM with a local carrier.
Any chance this will work without incredibly expensive Verizon international plan?
Thanks, and sorry for the noob question...
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Yes. The GSM portion of Verizon phones are unlocked out the box.
Hi im just wondering is there anyway at all to unlock this phone to att? Has anybody tried?
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I would also like to know. Anybody??
Me three, I can't even use USSD codes on my US cellular Note 3. I'm rooted but not unlocked and need this unlocked for tmobile
Not possible
Hardware disabled at the FCC. Only CDMA/LTE available. So your options are US Cellular, Verizon, Sprint and Straight Talk.