help please! Does anyone know which version samsung s5 works in s. korea and in US? any provider is fine.. (verizon, att, tmobile)
I am not very familiar with bandwidth and cell receptions. any contribution will be appreciated:good::good:
I brought my S5 from Korea to the U.S. From what I remember of my research it all depends on the carriers you want to use here and in Korea. I have T-mobile in the states and used a 900L variant through LG U+ in Korea. The bands available in this phone allows me to get perfect LTE in Korea. However, since bringing it back in the states I only get partial coverage. I am only able to get 3G. It's not ideal in my situation, but I am not worried about it. I recommend trying to figure out the available variants in Korea and the US and see which bands overlap the most.
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Hi all, I'm wondering if I may trouble you with a quick question.
I recently bought a Galaxy S5 (Galaxy S5 G900F) in the hopes to have it future proof as I move to Canada next year and would like to have a solid phone for about two - three years. I'm based in Ireland at the moment and wondering can the phone be used in Canada without issue?
I was looking at a phone company (Koodo) who offer great rates and once I inputted my IMEI it stated my phone wouldn't work on their network.
Surely the S5 would work on any network throughout the globe? Last year my Note 3 worked perfectly in America and it was an international edition also.
Is this a hardware issue (radios) or software (were a simple flash of a different rom could fix)?
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
gbyrne2011 said:
Surely the S5 would work on any network throughout the globe?
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Okay, let me ask you this question. If the S5 should work around the world.. why does Samsung have a dozen S5 variants?
Figured it out yet? Ironically the hardware is capable of supporting all GSM and LTE bands world wide. But Samsung endeavors to sell their phones for higher prices in more affluent countries. And carriers don't want to make it easy for you to jump ship and sign your phone up to another network. So they have artificial restrictions in the firmware and other measures e.g. region locking, SIM locks, to limit what you can do. They have to allow enough compatibility that you could usually roam when traveling. But not complete compatibility or you might buy a cheaper S5 from another country. Or change carriers willy nilly.
Yup, great system.
And so it is for your phone. It will work most of the time in Canada. But it isn't 100% compatible and you may find that it can't operate on the necessary bands in fringe areas or for niche carriers.
Most of the bands are the same between the S5 900F (yours) and the S5 900W8 (Canada)
The differences, I believe are:
2G: same for both
3G: Most bands are the same. But you have B8(900) in place of Canadian band B4(1700 aka AWS)
4G: Most bands are the same. But you have B5(850), B20(800) instead of Canadian bands B4(1700 aka AWS), B17(700)
In the case of Fido, their site says:
Fido said:
Things to Know
Your device must be compatible with the Fido network, which uses GSM, UMTS, HSPA and HSPA+ at 850 MHz and 1900 MHz and LTE at 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz. If you are unsure of how to check the frequencies your device supports, try the manufacturer's official website and search for the specifications for your particular phone/smartphone model;
If your device is currently locked, it needs to be unlocked by the carrier you bought it from;
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It appears to me that your phone supports all of the Fido bands. And most, but not all of the bands on other Canadian carriers. I don't believe that your phone will work at all on niche carriers Wind or Mobilicity.
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fffft said:
Okay, let me ask you this question. If the S5 should work around the world.. why does Samsung have a dozen S5 variants?
Figured it out yet? Ironically the hardware is capable of supporting all GSM and LTE bands world wide. But Samsung endeavors to sell their phones for higher prices in more affluent countries. And carriers don't want to make it easy for you to jump ship and sign your phone up to another network. So they have artificial restrictions in the firmware and other measures e.g. region locking, SIM locks, to limit what you can do. They have to allow enough compatibility that you could usually roam when traveling. But not complete compatibility or you might buy a cheaper S5 from another country. Or change carriers willy nilly.
Yup, great system.
And so it is for your phone. It will work most of the time in Canada. But it isn't 100% compatible and you may find that it can't operate on the necessary bands in fringe areas or for niche carriers.
Most of the bands are the same between the S5 900F (yours) and the S5 900W8 (Canada)
The differences, I believe are:
2G: same for both
3G: Most bands are the same. But you have B8(900) in place of Canadian band B4(1700 aka AWS)
4G: Most bands are the same. But you have B5(850), B20(800) instead of Canadian bands B4(1700 aka AWS), B17(700)
In the case of Fido, their site says:
It appears to me that your phone supports all of the Fido bands. And most, but not all of the bands on other Canadian carriers. I don't believe that your phone will work at all on niche carriers Wind or Mobilicity.
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Thank you very much for your reply. I figured it would be something to do with the radio.. Will check the bands for the network Koodoo, if it falls in ok and I can find a firmware to flash which hopefully should do the trick. Hell I might even just sell before I go, make it easier.
Cheers
gbyrne2011 said:
Will check the bands for the network Koodoo
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Koodo is a secondary brand of Telus.
They use 3G 850 CLR/1900 PCS
And 4G /LTE 1700/2100 (and possibly 700 in the future)
You are missing their 1700 LTE band, sometimes referred to as AWS. So you will have to find out how extensively they use that band and whether it is a sole frequency in any areas.
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fffft said:
Koodo is a secondary brand of Telus.
They use 3G 850 CLR/1900 PCS
And 4G /LTE 1700/2100 (and possibly 700 in the future)
You are missing their 1700 LTE band, sometimes referred to as AWS. So you will have to find out how extensively they use that band and whether it is a sole frequency in any areas.
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Thanks very much for all your help fffft, it's much appreciated.
Hi,
I would like to buy a Galaxy S4 before going to Canada. I'm currently in Morocco and I would like to know if there will be no issue with the gsm frequency.
Morocco uses the same gsm frequencies as Europe, and from what I understood North America is different.
From what I could find in the internet, canadian carriers use mostly 850/1700/1900/2100.
I will buy a new phone and from what I read there is like a region lock once you insert the first sim card.
Will the phone work in Canada? Which model of the Galaxy S4 should I buy?
Thank you for your help
Hi Fellow Canadians,
Since there is a Canadian thread on M8 and G3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694297
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/canada-lg-g3-canadian-users-t2810696
but no S5
so, I'm opening this thread asking for help...
this is what i found:
Canadian Rogers Galaxy S5 SM-G900W8
Canadian Bell Galaxy S5 SM-G900W8
Canadian Telus Galaxy S5 SM-G900W8
but what model is Wind/Videotron/Mobilicity selling? is it the same one the big 3 are selling, OR just the kind with no LTE?
so far i'v heard unlocked big 3 s5 work on wind, but what about the other way around?
thanks
And the advantage or purpose of your thread is.. ?
Canadian carriers use the 900W8 variant as do some other regions e.g. Claro in Puerto Rico. The usual Oligarchistic suspects.. Bell, Telus, Rogers and their second tier brands e.g. Koodoo, Chatr, Fido, Virgin, et al are all W8 models. As are regional carriers such as SaskTel and Eastlink. The respective firmware versions for all of these Canadian carriers are mostly branding and interchangeable with respect to frequency band usage.
Wind models are also tagged W8, it's only the firmware that differentiates them. So the pretense of a unique model number as was done for the S3, etc has been dropped and it's just artificial firmware restrictions i.e. enabling the 1700 AWS band that distinguish the Wind variant.
Interestingly, TMobile also uses the 1700 band in their network, so the 900T will work on all Canadian carriers from Bell through Wind.
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If you had looked , i mean REALLY looked , you would have found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2777799
I'm getting a LG v20 but I need advice from anyone who knows which LG v20 model would work best in the united kingdom I love the device but they keep leaving us and Europe out with this model,
So any help guys which version or model cos there's quite a few.
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I'm getting a LG v20 but I need advice from anyone who knows which LG v20 model would work best in the united kingdom I love the device but they keep leaving us and Europe out with this model,
So any help guys which version or model cos there's quite a few.
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I'm assuming the us996 is the model you want. But of course wait for someone else to confirm. Check the bands of the carrier you'll be using it on, and then check the bands used on the us996. I know the us996 is unlocked and can be used on any carrier here in the US.
There isn't a UK variant, but everything I'm seeing points to the H990DS, which is the Taiwanese variant, which works with:
Networks: GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, TD-LTE, LTE, LTE-A
LTE Cat12 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 (Bands 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,20,28)
TD-LTE 1900/2300/2500/2600 (Bands 38,39,40,41)
Hope that helps.
Hi,
I have no clue what i'm doing, so I was hoping someone here could help.
I want to get the s8, but i may move to japan very soon and don't want to have a useless phone there. I need to know what s8 will work with American and Japanese bands.
Japanese bands I know of (Docomo): 1, 3, 19 for LTE
As far as I go, tmobile or sprint are the companies i'm looking at.
Thanks!