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[Q] Can I activate an I9500 on Verizon in the US

I just received (and opened) a new I9500 from Amazon that I intend to activate on the Verizon network sometime this week. After I did some research, I found that the I9500 does not support LTE. Is there a significant benefit to using LTE over a 3G network? Is it worth attempting to return the phone in favor of the I9505 (if possible)?
I'm kind of nervous now. I feel like I may have made a mistake, but I'm not sure and that's why I'm here. >.<
Next time I purchase a phone, I'll do things in the right order...

VerTiGo_Etrex said:
I just received (and opened) a new I9500 from Amazon that I intend to activate on the Verizon network sometime this week. After I did some research, I found that the I9500 does not support LTE. Is there a significant benefit to using LTE over a 3G network? Is it worth attempting to return the phone in favor of the I9505 (if possible)?
I'm kind of nervous now. I feel like I may have made a mistake, but I'm not sure and that's why I'm here. >.<
Next time I purchase a phone, I'll do things in the right order...
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Yes i9500 is a good phone but still does not support LTE
LTE vs 3G deftnlty a difference in speed but 3g will cost less and battery friendly now
If u are ok with 3G i9500 is a very good device its ok if u dont change it also
But if u care to use many diffrnt Roms / CM10 build etc u myte wanna go with i9505

VerTiGo_Etrex said:
I just received (and opened) a new I9500 from Amazon that I intend to activate on the Verizon network sometime this week. After I did some research, I found that the I9500 does not support LTE. Is there a significant benefit to using LTE over a 3G network? Is it worth attempting to return the phone in favor of the I9505 (if possible)?
I'm kind of nervous now. I feel like I may have made a mistake, but I'm not sure and that's why I'm here. >.<
Next time I purchase a phone, I'll do things in the right order...
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Yes, you should do things in order my friend and do your research. If you wanna use LTE on Verizon then get the Verizon galaxy s 4. Just came out not too long ago. And change the title of the thread while you're at it, it's misleading.
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Err. How do you plan to activate I9500, a GSM device on Verizon to begin with?
I9500 is out and out GSM device. Forget LTE, it wont work on Verizon at all.

Huge difference. About 25Mbps worth of speed loss.
Max 3g speed is around 7 whereas 4g can go up to 100.
It hovers sound 20 in the UAE these days.

Funkym0nkey said:
Err. How do you plan to activate I9500, a GSM device on Verizon to begin with?
I9500 is out and out GSM device. Forget LTE, it wont work on Verizon at all.
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You are absolutely correct. Verizon just told me that I can't activate the device on their network. I'm an idiot.

Verizon S5 on Straight Talk/GSM

Hey guys, my girl wants to move from Verizon to straight talk. She paid for the phone right out, so that she wouldn't have to renew the contract. I use straight talk, and have for 3 years now. So I know how to set up the phone with the apn settings and all.
Anyways, I've got it all set up, and everything is working great, except mms picture messages.
If anyone has any ideas, please leave a comment.
If u don't have anything nice to say, please don't even comment.
Thanks guys
Zounduser
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zounduser said:
Hey guys, my girl wants to move from Verizon to straight talk. She paid for the phone right out, so that she wouldn't have to renew the contract. I use straight talk, and have for 3 years now. So I know how to set up the phone with the apn settings and all.
Anyways, I've got it all set up, and everything is working great, except mms picture messages.
If anyone has any ideas, please leave a comment.
If u don't have anything nice to say, please don't even comment.
Thanks guys
Zounduser
Sent from my SM-G900V using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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If you're using Google Hangouts (which i would HIGHLY recommend) It has its own APN settings that you'll need to change which should fix your issue.

Does non-VZW SIM work out of the Box on VZW S5?
Does non-VZW SIM, example StraightTalk, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. work in VZW S5 with carrier APN? I'm expecting to only get H or H+ speeds.
Please provide feedback if you have tried it. I know VZW S4 works on other carriers out of box.
Thanks,

istundra said:
Does non-VZW SIM, example StraightTalk, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. work in VZW S5 with carrier APN? I'm expecting to only get H or H+ speeds.
Please provide feedback if you have tried it. I know VZW S4 works on other carriers out of box.
Thanks,
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my s5 gives me the sim error(unknown source) for at&t straight talk but it works with t-mobile,i dont use straight talk i flashed mine to page plus but id figure id give u what my outcome was with at&t straight talk sim was

Same Sim Error
njdan30 said:
my s5 gives me the sim error(unknown source) for at&t straight talk but it works with t-mobile,i dont use straight talk i flashed mine to page plus but id figure id give u what my outcome was with at&t straight talk sim was
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Im currently having this same issue. Ever since the update 4.4.4 im also having data issues. One min all my phone is getting is H, H+ then ill get LTE until I get a phone call then after I hang up ill lose data for maybe 25-30 secs then it comes back as E, G, then back to H, H+ then finally go back to LTE about 5 mins later. Not sure what is up with that and how to fix this problem. I have factory reset the phone and tinkered with the APN settings. I bought my phone off eBay its a Verizon S5 said it was unlocked but figured since its unlocked I wouldn't have any problem just switching out sim card to S5. Im almost to point in selling my Verizon S5 and just buy a ATT S5 figured I wouldn't have any problems since straight talk is a ATT sim anyways.

Vlosaloty said:
Im currently having this same issue. Ever since the update 4.4.4 im also having data issues. One min all my phone is getting is H, H+ then ill get LTE until I get a phone call then after I hang up ill lose data for maybe 25-30 secs then it comes back as E, G, then back to H, H+ then finally go back to LTE about 5 mins later. Not sure what is up with that and how to fix this problem. I have factory reset the phone and tinkered with the APN settings. I bought my phone off eBay its a Verizon S5 said it was unlocked but figured since its unlocked I wouldn't have any problem just switching out sim card to S5. Im almost to point in selling my Verizon S5 and just buy a ATT S5 figured I wouldn't have any problems since straight talk is a ATT sim anyways.
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Sorry been a while but yes best bet would be get the proper phone to make life much much easier but if you have vzw phone try reset settings and then use the apn app from Google play for data. I still don't use att based carriers just because no service where I live.hope you get it figured

[Q] Rooted At&t phone on Tmobile, how do I get...

Hey guys. I have and Unlocked and rooted i9505 S4 (at&t branded), currently running the Goldeneye rom. I recently switched to T-mobile and wanted to make use of their wifi-calling feature but even after installing the t-mobile sim card, I dont see an option for wifi calling anywhere.
can anyone suggest a way I can get wifi-calling on my unlocked/rooted at&t branded s4? thanks!

I think you might need to take it to T-Mobile store. From my understanding, it is only for SGH-M919. AT&T phones are not compatible, even if you switch carriers. You may have to flash a T-Mobile Touchwiz rom, not sure. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, feel free to correct me. :cyclops:

RootNerd said:
I think you might need to take it to T-Mobile store. From my understanding, it is only for SGH-M919. AT&T phones are not compatible, even if you switch carriers. You may have to flash a T-Mobile Touchwiz rom, not sure. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, feel free to correct me. :cyclops:
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Thx for the reply rootnerd! yea thats the problem i'm having... I read that some people got it working with a flashed a T-mobile rom while others said they couldn't. So I was trying to see if anyone could shed some light as to which T-mobile roms with the wifi calling feature could be flashed via safestrap on an at&t phone, because I don't really want to buy a new phone from t-mo just yet

thatwasntnice said:
Thx for the reply rootnerd! yea thats the problem i'm having... I read that some people got it working with a flashed a T-mobile rom while others said they couldn't. So I was trying to see if anyone could shed some light as to which T-mobile roms with the wifi calling feature could be flashed via safestrap on an at&t phone, because I don't really want to buy a new phone from t-mo just yet
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Yeah this is where AT&T users would know the answer. I currently have a T-Mobile S4 but I really don't think it's worth keeping Touchwiz just for WiFi calling. But everyone has there own perspective.

help!!!!

Looking to switch carriers an not sure ware to go...my cousin works for us cellular an is trying to get me to come but not sure if it's better then verizon service wise an for rooting phones...I have also thought about t-mobile as well....any input would help pls need some gidance on this pls...
Thanks

donbudafuko said:
Looking to switch carriers an not sure ware to go...my cousin works for us cellular an is trying to get me to come but not sure if it's better then verizon service wise an for rooting phones...I have also thought about t-mobile as well....any input would help pls need some gidance on this pls...
Thanks
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Overall, in my opinion VZW has best coverage in the big picture. ATT next. That being said, it depends on where you are. I can only speak about Verizon. I've been happy since we got root. You can go up and down firmware easily.

I used USC for several years and as a constant US traveler, they did well by me until I got a data plan. Only 200mb of any data plan can be roaming. That's why I moved to VZW. If you don't leave the home area much, it shouldn't be a problem.
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Tulsadiver said:
Overall, in my opinion VZW has best coverage in the big picture. ATT next. That being said, it depends on where you are. I can only speak about Verizon. I've been happy since we got root. You can go up and down firmware easily.
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LazerDino said:
I used USC for several years and as a constant US traveler, they did well by me until I got a data plan. Only 200mb of any data plan can be roaming. That's why I moved to VZW. If you don't leave the home area much, it shouldn't be a problem.
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Ya I'm happy with Verizon just need to lower bill an can't do that anymore with verizon..since my cousin works at usc she so fare as gotten us down to 140-155 a month..I don't travel much maybe to Chicago but that's about it an just down sound to the in laws..so I stay close around me I think I got 7hr out is all I go..I live in des moines ia..my main conserbe is rooting I don't see anything on XDA for usc phones..can they be rooted

Yes, I believe the USC phones can be rooted. Do a Google search for whichever phone you are interested in, and you should find information. You should also be able to find it here on XDA. BTW, Chicago is part of USC's home area.
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LazerDino said:
Yes, I believe the USC phones can be rooted. Do a Google search for whichever phone you are interested in, and you should find information. You should also be able to find it here on XDA. BTW, Chicago is part of USC's home area.
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I have but haven't came up with anything yet that an the phone I'll be getting would be the lg g4... UT I have looked up lg g3...
edit: the model number for the lg g3 for us cellular is US990..if u can find anything that I have miss that would be great I have been all over the forum an nothing yet...thanks

i prefer supersu w kingo root personally and use it as of now with all my galaxy versions on sprint.. bt my gf and i still keep a USC contract bc of theit superb coverage in OK..10+yrs and maybe two drops!! bt nonetheless USE KINGO ROOT WITH KINGO SUPERUSER ON USC!! Never failed yet on their phones LG or Galaxy

help: odin from 930U back to stock 930V

I am on 930U and trying to use odin flash back to stock 930V. But I got a SW REV check fail. The phone is bricked now. It seems that my current version is higher so cannot use the low version firmware I have now. I am wondering if anyone has the latest 930V or 930U firmware or any solution? Thanks!

http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=Sm-g930v&exact=1
Download the most recent from here.

It worked, I have my phone back to stock now, thank you so much!

JediDru said:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=Sm-g930v&exact=1
Download the most recent from here.
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I realize this post is a number of years old, but is this site still a trusted site to pull down latest versions of stock images? I'm not seeing a whole lot of other advise as to where to get the most recent image for the s7.

Yes I would think that it still is. Just make sure you have all the pieces you need to fill into Odin. Also consider flashing your device to 930U firmware. It's the unbranded one that unlocks all bands for any US based carrier. I turned my 930V into a U at the time to use on an MVNO network that was provisioned for TMobile or att a d it worked perfectly.

JediDru said:
Yes I would think that it still is. Just make sure you have all the pieces you need to fill into Odin. Also consider flashing your device to 930U firmware. It's the unbranded one that unlocks all bands for any US based carrier. I turned my 930V into a U at the time to use on an MVNO network that was provisioned for TMobile or att a d it worked perfectly.
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Thank you so much for your response! Here's my dilemma. When I bought the phone as a referb, it came with 930U. The only thing I really missed at the time was the visual voicemail app, but I found that samsung had a similar in their app store, so no big deal. However, now I'm getting emails from Verizon about them turning off the 3g band at the end of the year. The phones that would be affected are 3g obviously, but also the 4g phones without HD voice capability; the more I dug into it, I found that the 2 things you don't get with U are the vm app and verizon hd calling. I know that the phone is capable of it, as my wife has the same exact model, but with the 930V and the settings are right there.. So I guess this leads me to two more questions:
If I leave it as is, will is still work after they shut down the 3g towers?
The 930V receives OTA updates occasionally. If I keep it at 930U, how do I get the latest security updates?

sullyb007 said:
Thank you so much for your response! Here's my dilemma. When I bought the phone as a referb, it came with 930U. The only thing I really missed at the time was the visual voicemail app, but I found that samsung had a similar in their app store, so no big deal. However, now I'm getting emails from Verizon about them turning off the 3g band at the end of the year. The phones that would be affected are 3g obviously, but also the 4g phones without HD voice capability; the more I dug into it, I found that the 2 things you don't get with U are the vm app and verizon hd calling. I know that the phone is capable of it, as my wife has the same exact model, but with the 930V and the settings are right there.. So I guess this leads me to two more questions:
If I leave it as is, will is still work after they shut down the 3g towers?
The 930V receives OTA updates occasionally. If I keep it at 930U, how do I get the latest security updates?
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Sadly you won't
Once you flash the latest firmware
You won't get occasional updates
Samsung has cut support for security updates since 2020
EDIT:at neither of'em

sullyb007 said:
Thank you so much for your response! Here's my dilemma. When I bought the phone as a referb, it came with 930U. The only thing I really missed at the time was the visual voicemail app, but I found that samsung had a similar in their app store, so no big deal. However, now I'm getting emails from Verizon about them turning off the 3g band at the end of the year. The phones that would be affected are 3g obviously, but also the 4g phones without HD voice capability; the more I dug into it, I found that the 2 things you don't get with U are the vm app and verizon hd calling. I know that the phone is capable of it, as my wife has the same exact model, but with the 930V and the settings are right there.. So I guess this leads me to two more questions:
If I leave it as is, will is still work after they shut down the 3g towers?
The 930V receives OTA updates occasionally. If I keep it at 930U, how do I get the latest security updates?
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Gotta flash the Verizon firmware