Hi guys,
i am playing with the idea to buy the droid x. i will get it with a verizon contract but can i use the device, if i travel to europe, like germany, swiss, austria...
or does it only work in the states?
any ideas?
Unfortunately no. Droid X is a CDMA phone, and most of Europe uses GSM technology, where you can swap SIM cards. There are no SIMs for CDMA.
If you have time and don't mind waiting, there is some info going around about Droid Pro, which is a global version of Droid 2. You'll be able to use that baby in Europe.
http://www.androidcentral.com/search/"droid pro"
but the droid pro comes with the keyboard or? i would like to get something without keyboard. droid x looks great.
but how does it work out?
because right now i have a blackberry from vzw and this one workes in europe. i was thinking vzw uses only cdma technology?
Typically Verizon does only use CDMA.
The upcoming Droid Pro is said to have capabilities to do either CDMA or GSM. All of the hardware will be in each phone. Verizon supposedly is going to start using SIM cards around the time of the LTE rollout which could be around the same
time the Pro is introduced.
but the question is, why does my verizon blackberry work in europe, if the only use cdma.
for me cdma sucks, first you can have either data or voice and next thing is i hate to be dictated by the providers which phones i can use or if i want a specific phone i have to change to a diffrent provider. for example the HTC EVO, good device but crappy provider...doesnt make any sense have a high-tech device on a almost no coverage provider.
but you say verizion is switching over to sim? completely or do the use both then?
what is LTE?
Snake-Plissken said:
but the question is, why does my verizon blackberry work in europe, if the only use cdma.
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You have a global BB model. It has both CDMA and GSM capabilities. it uses cdma while you're here on Verizon and your sim card in europe. There is not that many phones like that though...
hmm and thats f... up... we are living in the jet-age, everything is glocal. within one day you can be every where around the world. and we are not able to fix this problem? and its only because everybody wants to push his standard. thats a nightmare....but well maybe it will be fixed one century...
I thought the phone had to be a quad band phone... or are GSM the only ones that can be?
i called verizon and they say i cant use it overseas, because they mainly use sim technology and it is a cdma phone...
another question.
is it possibly to keep my blackberry and if i go overseas to activate the blackberry (best would be if i can do it by myself, i think there was in one of there brochures a how-to) and in the states use the droid x?
or is it hard to get it activated or maybe vzw doesnt even want that?
@Snake-Plissken
Basically your blackberry has to be unlocked. That is it needs to be able to use sims other than default carrier. If it is or if you can get it unlocked, then all you do is buy a sim card from a local operator in europe (should be cheap), put it in your phone, and that gets you on a local network.
@mcwoods
Usually a "global phone" does mean it's quad band.
@meshdub
i think there is a missunderstanding.
how should i explain it: right now i have the blackberry storm 2 but i want to get a droid phone, either droid x or incredible. I am traveling a lot. My plan is to use with vzw my droid phone and when i go on a trip to europe, i will use my blackberry with vzw but on roaming in the country.
the question is, does vzw allow the switch of my phone like that. the best would be if i can activate the desired phone by myself. i think its only a bunch of numbers which have to be dialed.
i want to use both phones with vzw but be able to switch between them.
is this possible?
Oooh I see now, sorry. I didn't realize you wanna stay on vzw in Europe. That I'm not sure, you'll have to talk to them. But usually it's pretty easy to activate new phone. You just dial verizon's activation number and go through automated prompts. I'm not sure if it's any different when dialing from overseas though.
And I have no clue how verizon operates in Europe btw, you'll need to talk to them. They might give you their sim card, or you might have to get one from local operator that's contracted with verizon. I doubt there is a lot of cdma coverage there.
i think the blackberry has already a sim-card in it, it looks like one...and i am able to use it in europe.
my plan is. using droid x in the states and before i leave i will activate my blackberry to have coverage there...
or is there any droid coming up as global phone, except this droid pro or something.... i am looking for something like the x or incredible...
Snake-Plissken said:
i called verizon and they say i cant use it overseas, because they mainly use sim technology and it is a cdma phone...
another question.
is it possibly to keep my blackberry and if i go overseas to activate the blackberry (best would be if i can do it by myself, i think there was in one of there brochures a how-to) and in the states use the droid x?
or is it hard to get it activated or maybe vzw doesnt even want that?
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Yes, you can have a Droid X and still use your Blackberry in Europe. I was in Europe this summer and spoke with VZW about this. They just asked me if I would like to activate my Blackberry while I was overseas.
that sounds good.
blackberry isnt that nice, but well at least i can use it...
Hey all,
My buddy managed to get his hands on a Droid 2 while at the MAX conference this week. Unfortunately for him, we are in Canada. If I were to root his phone could I just use the Telus radio frequencies that I use for my milestone on it?
Thanks!
I forget which Canuckian carriers are which, but if you have a Milestone, then Telus would be GSM and the Droid 2 won't work at all. You'd need to use one of the CDMA-based carriers to even have a chance.
Next is provisioning...all the programming for your carrier. I am not sure if the current level of unlocked-ness allows for other carriers' provisioning or not...someone with more knowledge in that arena would have to chime in, but I am leaning toward no, as I have not seen any discussion about converting a D2 to work on Sprint, etc.
And even if that works, the carrier will determine how easy it is to get going. They may activate out of network ESNs with no fuss, or more likely they will not allow it, in which case you have to go more illegal routes, that IIRC are not even allowed to be discussed on here.
FWIW, I used a Droid Incredible in BC (Vancouver, Victoria, Whistler) this summer. Worked fine, for the most part. However, I have a Verizon account and paid for their Canada roaming and international data packages. So I did not work directly with any Canadian carrier. But at the basic technical level, the phone CAN work in Canada.
Sent from my DROID2 using Tapatalk
Thanks guys ^^ I'll let my buddy know his phone is really just a android touch in Canada.
Hey all,
Instead of making a new thread, I figured I'd should just pull this one back since it's the same question.
I've been seeing talk about a droid 2 global. Is there now a way to make a droid 2 from the states work in canada?
Thanks
Hello Guys!
I want to purchase Droid X, because i find it very beautiful and cool than almost other android phones...
And the phone will be actually be used in India, so heard that it is boot loader locked and not unlocked yet
I googled yesterday whole night, but still my doubts are
1. Whats the loss of locked bootloader of Droid X (losses for just this phone)
2. So if i buy Verizon Droid X, is it possible it unlock for TATA DOCOMO (GSM) India
3. Or is it possible to use on CDMA Networks like Reliance or TATA Indicom (CDMA) India
4. Any advices?
smoinuddin1110 said:
hello guys!
I want to purchase droid x, because i find it very beautiful and cool than almost other android phones...
And the phone will be actually be used in india, so heard that it is boot loader locked and not unlocked yet
i googled yesterday whole night, but still my doubts are
1. Whats the loss of locked bootloader of droid x (losses for just this phone)
2. So if i buy verizon droid x, is it possible it unlock for tata docomo (gsm) india
3. Or is it possible to use on cdma networks like reliance or tata indicom (cdma) india
4. Any advices?
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no reply???
Anyone??
I had my DX in Dehli and Pune less than a month ago. It had a good signal everywhere and I used it a lot for texting. I was actually surprised at how will it worked. The radio is compatible at least. There are methods to unlock from VZ kicking around as well but you'll have to dig them out. A DX will only work on tata indicom since it is a CDMA phone.
Sorry, but I didn't look to see what network I was roaming on since I purchased a pre-paid Aircel SIM for local calling purposes and used it in one of my older WM phones.
smoinuddin1110 said:
Hello Guys!
I want to purchase Droid X, because i find it very beautiful and cool than almost other android phones...
And the phone will be actually be used in India, so heard that it is boot loader locked and not unlocked yet
I googled yesterday whole night, but still my doubts are
1. Whats the loss of locked bootloader of Droid X (losses for just this phone)
2. So if i buy Verizon Droid X, is it possible it unlock for TATA DOCOMO (GSM) India
3. Or is it possible to use on CDMA Networks like Reliance or TATA Indicom (CDMA) India
4. Any advices?
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dude check on ebay reliance version is available
Dear fellow Droid Turbo addicts,
as I lost last week during a business trip my HTC One I head over heals decided to buy a Droid Turbo. Went to a Verizon store, got a Ballistic Nylon (look way better then fibre, I think) and took it to EU, Germany. Slipped a Vodafone SIM Card in, works perfectly. To put it in words - Droid Turbo works in Germany perfectly!
Overall I expected a lot of the Turbo and... everything was satisfied so far! The screen is amazing, handling easy, the look great, cpu fast and the battery - mind breaking. I don't get all the posts here about whats wrong with battery etc. etc. why does the Turbo has such a bad design etc. With ballistic nylon the Turbo looks absolutely great. Using my phone as I used my HTC One I get in the evenings ~40% Battery left under my usage (will post statistics soon).
Will update this thread with impressions from a non developer and just user view! Questions? Feel free.
Regards
Lyson
Lyson said:
Dear fellow Droid Turbo addicts,
as I lost last week during a business trip my HTC One I head over heals decided to buy a Droid Turbo. Went to a Verizon store, got a Ballistic Nylon (look way better then fibre, I think) and took it to EU, Germany. Slipped a Vodafone SIM Card in, works perfectly. To put it in words - Droid Turbo works in Germany perfectly!
Overall I expected a lot of the Turbo and... everything was satisfied so far! The screen is amazing, handling easy, the look great, cpu fast and the battery - mind breaking. I don't get all the posts here about whats wrong with battery etc. etc. why does the Turbo has such a bad design etc. With ballistic nylon the Turbo looks absolutely great. Using my phone as I used my HTC One I get in the evenings ~40% Battery left under my usage (will post statistics soon).
Will update this thread with impressions from a non developer and just user view! Questions? Feel free.
Regards
Lyson
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What bands does Germany have?
Did you buy it outright from a Verizon store?
Wanna do the same thing and use it on other US carriers, the was always told by the sales representative that purchase without contract is not possible for verizon smartphones.
Lyson said:
Dear fellow Droid Turbo addicts,
as I lost last week during a business trip my HTC One I head over heals decided to buy a Droid Turbo. Went to a Verizon store, got a Ballistic Nylon (look way better then fibre, I think) and took it to EU, Germany. Slipped a Vodafone SIM Card in, works perfectly. To put it in words - Droid Turbo works in Germany perfectly!
Overall I expected a lot of the Turbo and... everything was satisfied so far! The screen is amazing, handling easy, the look great, cpu fast and the battery - mind breaking. I don't get all the posts here about whats wrong with battery etc. etc. why does the Turbo has such a bad design etc. With ballistic nylon the Turbo looks absolutely great. Using my phone as I used my HTC One I get in the evenings ~40% Battery left under my usage (will post statistics soon).
Will update this thread with impressions from a non developer and just user view! Questions? Feel free.
Regards
Lyson
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Wanna do the same thing and use it on other US carriers, the was always told by the sales representative that purchase without contract is not possible for verizon smartphones.
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I bought a Verizon Droid Turbo new on Swappa and am getting LTE on T-Mobile in the US. I'm very pleased.
Verizon Issues
Hi,
I am based in SIngapore and was planning to do the same thing.
I just wanted to ask; I have heard that Verizon has disabled the wireless tethering and also pushes a lot of ads to the phone.
Once you put in a different sim card on a different network outside the USA do these issues still exist?
Also have you received any software updates?
Thanks a lot.
Santino
Lyson said:
Dear fellow Droid Turbo addicts,
as I lost last week during a business trip my HTC One I head over heals decided to buy a Droid Turbo. Went to a Verizon store, got a Ballistic Nylon (look way better then fibre, I think) and took it to EU, Germany. Slipped a Vodafone SIM Card in, works perfectly. To put it in words - Droid Turbo works in Germany perfectly!
Overall I expected a lot of the Turbo and... everything was satisfied so far! The screen is amazing, handling easy, the look great, cpu fast and the battery - mind breaking. I don't get all the posts here about whats wrong with battery etc. etc. why does the Turbo has such a bad design etc. With ballistic nylon the Turbo looks absolutely great. Using my phone as I used my HTC One I get in the evenings ~40% Battery left under my usage (will post statistics soon).
Will update this thread with impressions from a non developer and just user view! Questions? Feel free.
Regards
Lyson
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I am also in the UK and i was wondering if its better to buy the American verizon exclusive, or the droid maxx iteration for brazil?
Lyson said:
Dear fellow Droid Turbo addicts,
as I lost last week during a business trip my HTC One I head over heals decided to buy a Droid Turbo. Went to a Verizon store, got a Ballistic Nylon (look way better then fibre, I think) and took it to EU, Germany. Slipped a Vodafone SIM Card in, works perfectly. To put it in words - Droid Turbo works in Germany perfectly!
Overall I expected a lot of the Turbo and... everything was satisfied so far! The screen is amazing, handling easy, the look great, cpu fast and the battery - mind breaking. I don't get all the posts here about whats wrong with battery etc. etc. why does the Turbo has such a bad design etc. With ballistic nylon the Turbo looks absolutely great. Using my phone as I used my HTC One I get in the evenings ~40% Battery left under my usage (will post statistics soon).
Will update this thread with impressions from a non developer and just user view! Questions? Feel free.
Regards
Lyson
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Can you do wifi tethering? does 2G and 4G work? I'm waiting for mine to arrive to the UK and after reading that Verizon disabled the tethering I'm a bit of scared as I use it a lot, I have unlimited data and my career allows me to do tethering
Seventhwave said:
Wanna do the same thing and use it on other US carriers, the was always told by the sales representative that purchase without contract is not possible for verizon smartphones.
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I bought it with a single line added to a friends "More" Plan. 40$ first month, then deactivated the line on the plan.
OMEiAM said:
I bought a Verizon Droid Turbo new on Swappa and am getting LTE on T-Mobile in the US. I'm very pleased.
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santino2014 said:
Hi,
I am based in SIngapore and was planning to do the same thing.
I just wanted to ask; I have heard that Verizon has disabled the wireless tethering and also pushes a lot of ads to the phone.
Once you put in a different sim card on a different network outside the USA do these issues still exist?
Also have you received any software updates?
Thanks a lot.
Santino
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Received on update last week, have no idea what happend though. Lollipop will definitly come, keep you up to date!
josebama said:
Can you do wifi tethering? does 2G and 4G work? I'm waiting for mine to arrive to the UK and after reading that Verizon disabled the tethering I'm a bit of scared as I use it a lot, I have unlimited data and my career allows me to do tethering
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Thetering work absolutely fine. I had a few phones before (HTC One, Desire ...) all with custom roms and I don't miss any feature on that phone. So far, because it is a blank Google Android, there is even absolutely no need for a custom rom.
Back to my topic, BATTERY TIME! So guys yesterday I used my phone from 6 am over the whole day till 10 pm whilst driving to a business partner in germany with only 3g net on german autobahn. I used google Navigation for 4 hours (driving time both ways) AND did 2h38min calls. Much time spent on-screen, wifi, bluetooth and 3g all the way! I don't have a LTE plan so far. And guess what... Battery was still 16% last time looking before I got to bed.
So kick my ass or not, the. best. phone. I. ever. had! Battery-Life is extensive. Extremely fast (compared yesterday to a hardcore nexus buying friend and his nexus 5 [i should bring him a droid turbo next time I'm in the states]). Good looking. Does not get warm (FIRST PHONE EVER not getting warm). Fast charge does its job, though I charge with 750mA during night to safe lifetime (I'm an eletrical engineer in battery technology, trust me fast charge kills your battery).
Cheers
Lyson
PS: In a hurry as always so I'm sorry for all typos.. Will do correction on the weekend.
So tethering and mobile hotspot functionality work fine in Europe? I was told this is locked to Verizon in the US.
Also is there an option for English UK under language settings?
Thanks in advance.
Bilhouse said:
So tethering and mobile hotspot functionality work fine in Europe? I was told this is locked to Verizon in the US.
Also is there an option for English UK under language settings?
Thanks in advance.
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Think it should work. Verizon told me over Twitter that it's unlocked. The bootloader might be locked though.
People who got it shipped in uk, how much vat did you have to pay?
Hi everyone... I walked into bestbuy and bought my droid turbo outright two weeks ago. I am from toronto, canada and i can confirm all features work ie. Mobile hotspot and such. The phone is unlocked and i popped in my sim and had lte right off the bat. No need to even update the apn settings. Also recieved the first ota without issue. Phone is a beast... Really looking forward to lollipop!!
Bilhouse said:
So tethering and mobile hotspot functionality work fine in Europe? I was told this is locked to Verizon in the US.
Also is there an option for English UK under language settings?
Thanks in advance.
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Works absolutely fine - UK English implemented.
tonyvigs said:
Hi everyone... I walked into bestbuy and bought my droid turbo outright two weeks ago. I am from toronto, canada and i can confirm all features work ie. Mobile hotspot and such. The phone is unlocked and i popped in my sim and had lte right off the bat. No need to even update the apn settings. Also recieved the first ota without issue. Phone is a beast... Really looking forward to lollipop!!
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Same experience here in Germany. No APN nothing. Nano Sim in there, that's it!
I've just got mine in the UK and I can confirm that it works fine with 3G and 4G under the three network. I'm able to do hotspot as well, so pretty happy with my new purchase. Yes it was unlocked so I just threw away the Verizon SIM card and put mine instead. Also, I didn't need to set up any APN and the phone started working right away without configuring anything.
This is the mobile networks setting with which I have the best performance in terms of signal stability:
BTW, I was able to disable almost all the bloatware from Verizon except for the voice mail app and something called Setup Wizard, which keeps telling me that my SIM card is not from Verizon every time I boot up the phone. Anyone knows if there is any way to disable those or at least to disable the notifications of the setup wizard? The notifications only come from time ti time, but it will be nice to just disable them and forget about it.
Hey @Lyson - which carrier do you recommend for a prepaid SIM card?
I'm heading to Oktoberfest and southern Bavaria for two weeks and am hoping to have a good data connection (preferably LTE if it's available) for Google Maps.
TheCheeseball said:
I am also in the UK and i was wondering if its better to buy the American verizon exclusive, or the droid maxx iteration for brazil?
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Droid Maxx? You are confusing different models.
Also there is no Verizon exclusive. (Only Verizon marketing LIE.)
These are 2014 Motorola Quarks. None are called Droid Maxx. Droid Maxx was something else entirely different, from 2013 and not for Brazil.
There's U.S. Quarks and International Quarks. There's basically two Quark devices sold under three model names:
Droid Turbo
Moto Turbo
Moto Maxx
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USA:
* XT1254 Verizon Droid Turbo/XT1250 U.S. Moto Maxx.
FCC ID IHDT56PK1
Same phone, same FCC ID. NOT EXCLUSIVE to Verizon! CDMA/GSM/HSPA/LTE. Identical device -- except for model name. The XT1250 will run on Verizon, with a Verizon SIM card. This device has LTE bands 2, 3, 4, 7, 13 enabled.
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XT1250 U.S. Moto Maxx sold by smaller regional CDMA/LTE carriers. The U.S. XT1250 can be unlocked and fully rooted, but is harder to find.
The XT1254 ("Droid Turbo") is the Verizon bootloader locked version of the XT1250. They are the same device otherwise. When Verizon says the "Droid Turbo" is "exclusive", they are talking about the NAME "Droid" which they have licensed from Disney/Lucas Arts. NOTHING else about the device is exclusive. It has the same FCC ID as the XT1250. The tech media is lazy and does not report this, and just keeps repeating it's "exclusive" to Verizon -- which is basically a LIE.
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INTERNATIONAL:
* XT1225 Moto Turbo and Moto Maxx.
FCC ID IHDT56PK2
Sold in Latin America under one model name, sold in India under another. Doesn't matter which one you have. Same device in all regions, same bands: GSM/HSPA/LTE -- but no CDMA. (Slightly different mix of LTE bands than the U.S. QUARK. See below.)
All XT1225 have the same FCC ID, no matter what model name, no matter where it's sold.
64GB storage only, with Ballistic Nylon (which has Kevlar underneath). The Ballistic Nylon versions of the Quark are really Ballistic Nyon + Kevlar.
"International " XT1225 has LTE bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 17.
Most importantly, bootloader can be unlocked.
We have FULL root, updated TWRP recovery, THREE custom Lollipop 5.1 ROMs (AOSP and CM12.1).
[Rom] NEXUS EXPERIENCE 9.8 [Quark]
[ROM][5.1.1][OFFICIAL][QUARK] MoKee OpenSource Project
[Moto MAXX XT1225][OFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 12.1
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U.S XT1254/XT1250 has LTE band 13, but does not have LTE bands 5 and 17.
Being in the U.K., unless you specifically need LTE band 13, then the XT1225 Moto Turbo/ Moto Maxx is the best phone for you.
I'm in the U.S. and I own two "international" XT1225 (Puerto Rico and Mexico), because AT&T uses LTE bands 2, 4, 5, 17. (I also have no use for CDMA.)
My wife is Brazilian, and the major carriers there use 3, 7.
So the XT1225 is perfect for me, as I can use in both countries. I have FULL root, TWRP, and custom Lollipop 5.1 ROM installed.
Hi ,
I got it in France and work perfectly (i got it since january )
All the network work well too.