Hi folks,
we have had T-Mobile for awhile and while they are doing a lot of neat things with their un-carrier events/plans, at the end of the day we just dont't have good cell reception here were we live. We thought about moving two of us both with Galaxy S5 over to Cricket. We used to have AT&T before we moved to T-Mobile so have an idea of the coverage...
Will our T-Mobile phones work ok with Cricket?
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i am currently on Sprint and have had it with their service. I live near Chicago, supposedly one of Sprint's maiden Spark cities, and their speeds have either stayed the same or have been worse than in the past. Because I just bought my phone under contract and other reasons, I am looking to jump to T-Mobile.
One thing I am considering is whether or not I should keep my current S5 or trade it into T-Mobile and get a new S5 from them. I know T-Mobile has the Download Booster feature unlocked on their handsets, but I am not sure if this is something deleted from Sprint's handsets before they sold them, or if the device is locked by the SIM or any other reason.
Has anyone else had an experience making this switch? I am curious what others have experienced.
u can not use Sprint S5 on T-Mobile anyway, time for new S5 if u made that switch.
koolboyztn said:
u can not use Sprint S5 on T-Mobile anyway, time for new S5 if u made that switch.
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In the past, that is true. The S5 actually uses a SIM card and can be used on a GSM carrier.
lookup Sprint S5 (CDMA) and T-Mobile S5 (GSM) then u will know what is the different.
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lookup Sprint S5 (CDMA) and T-Mobile S5 (GSM) then u will know what is the different.
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I am fully aware the difference between Sprint's CDMA network and T-Mobile's GSM network. If you look at Sprint's S5 specs, it still has a GSM antenna. Here's my reference.
Cricket is moving to being a GSM carrier and without thinking I bought my girlfriends mom a Galaxy s4 for a christmas preset.
The last phone I flashed was about 5+ years ago. I've found guides on how to flash a Sprint or contract Verizon phone to Verizon pre-paid,
but I am unsure if the Cricket S4 would be the same , also all of those guides are for before Verizon updated their prepaid plan to their 4G LTE coverage.
I'm also not opposed to using a different prepaid service as long as they are decent speed and coverage wise. (Vancouver, WA)
if anyone could spell it out for me or point me in the correct direction it'd be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to get this done before christmas.
Hey Everyone,
My friends girlfriend dumped him and gave him back the phone he bought her for Xmas last year verizon s5. He gave it to me because my nexus just broke. It works fine with my tmobile sim, but would it be best to just sell it and get a tmobile version? Only thing that bugs me a little is the Verizon sim activation notice when I restart the phone and sometimes data will hop around 4G lte, h+ and h.
I've been with T-Mobile for many years and am currently using a rooted S5. Recently moved to a rural area where the only good cell signal is Verizon, so thinking of switching. Is it still true that GSM and CDMA phones are not at all compatible on each other's networks, or is this possible? My S5 is all paid off and working fine, so I'd hate to have to start over with paying for a new device since Verizon has now gone to the same "non-subsidized" equipment model as TMO.
It doesn't look like it's possible. https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/822033?forceNoRedirect=true
Considering switching to Tmobile with my LG V20, only paid $350 for it not looking to really switch to T-Mobile variant if I don't need to. Does anyone know if Sprint version will work Flawlessly under Tmobile Network. Any feedback given is appreciated. Thanks.
Did you ever figure out the answer? Thinking of getting the LS997, but might move to T-Mobile when contract ends. Thanks!
Also interested in knowing this, and AT&T?
I think I can be of help here! I used to own a Sprint V20 and got it remotely unlocked to be used with GSM. Everything works great including I got LTE with AT&T. TMo should not be a problem either. My only gripe was the damn phone went into "Hands free activation" on every reboot.
I have since moved on to a Verizon V20 unlocked for GSM and am perfectly happy with that. The only reason I did this was to try Total Wireless in the future. Since I am not going to use Sprint in the foreseeable future, buying a Verizon phone made sense in that I can use Verizon and GSM networks globally.
Anyway, your V20s should be fine with LTE signal from GSM carriers.
Sweet thanks