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Hi, tomorrow I will be in NY for a couple of days and I want to buy a Motorola Xoom, is possible to use it outside of the Us? And if it's possible could I use my sim for the 3g connection?
Thanks you in advance for your kind reply
If you buy it here, you will only be able to use it with WiFi. It doesn't support 3G sim cards.
Sorry for the dumb question, it's a wifi only model the one sold in Usa?
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Sorry for the dumb question, it's a wifi only model the one sold in Usa?
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No, its Wi-Fi and 3G, but it is Verizon only which has the Verizon 3G "Sim Card" built in.
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No, its Wi-Fi and 3G, but it is Verizon only which has the Verizon 3G "Sim Card" built in.
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no theres no Verizon sim card in it. There is a placeholder for where the LTE sim card will go once the upgrade happens, however at the moment its just an embedded CDMA radio
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no theres no Verizon sim card in it. There is a placeholder for where the LTE sim card will go once the upgrade happens, however at the moment its just an embedded CDMA radio
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Ah sorry, we don't have CDMA in the UK, so I wasn't 100% sure about it!
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I don't understand very well...It has a slot for SIM but only for Verizon's SIMs...?
No. It uses CDMA. No SIM card. CDMA is different from GSM and it doesn't exist in Europe.
Basically you can use it in Italy over wifi as your data connection.
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I don't understand very well...it has a slot for SIM but only for Verizon's SIMs?
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In the US there are basically 2 systems:
1- CDMA which is used by Verizon (xoom). There is not chip to be attached by the user. However the Xoom has an slot for the upgrade to 4g and that is the slot that you see in the tablet.
2- GMS used by other carriers and the standard in the EU.
You can use the xoom in Italy as a wifi only.
i want to change the system software in Italian of my xoom buyed in US on amazon...how can do it ?
Were the heck did this thread come from?? XDA members have people so afraid to start new threads this guy piggybacked this one.
Can I convert My galaxy y GSM into CDMA
nope,
thats a hardware thing,
you can't change the radio of your phone
In your dream maybe you could lol
or get a new phone
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Yep u can... Change your network hardware things with galaxy y cdma...
or wait... Till i create a GSM to CDMA converter software
Nope
You can't. :beer:
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hmahadi98 said:
Yep u can... Change your network hardware things with galaxy y cdma...
or wait... Till i create a GSM to CDMA converter software
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Thats the most impossible thing since its the cellular radio inside the phone and it uses a diffent frequency range
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Yes you can and radio has nothing to do with it. I worked at a gsm cellphone company. You can use a cdma on a gsm network. I also worked for a cdma.. yes you can use a gsm on a cdma network. Though it has to be hacked and changed. I'tl void your warranty but yes it can be done.
You have to search hard for it and again radio frequency has nothing to do with it so that is bull.
The phone in part was a factory bought unlocked gsm asus zenphone 2. They wanted to use there unlocked phone on a cdma network knowing it was a gsm.
I told them it's not possible. Sorry.
Well they came back a few days later same phone. I checked the serial ect to make sure. It went from gsm to cdma. He said he got it sent away by someone online who fixed the phone.
Entered a simple from our company and we'll it worked. Not the best signal 3g at best but it worked. He woudnt tell me how he did it other then it cost ALOT.
But it can be done iv seen it in person.
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Yes you can and radio has nothing to do with it. I worked at a gsm cellphone company. You can use a cdma on a gsm network. I also worked for a cdma.. yes you can use a gsm on a cdma network. Though it has to be hacked and changed. I'tl void your warranty but yes it can be done.
You have to search hard for it and again radio frequency has nothing to do with it so that is bull.
The phone in part was a factory bought unlocked gsm asus zenphone 2. They wanted to use there unlocked phone on a cdma network knowing it was a gsm.
I told them it's not possible. Sorry.
Well they came back a few days later same phone. I checked the serial ect to make sure. It went from gsm to cdma. He said he got it sent away by someone online who fixed the phone.
Entered a simple from our company and we'll it worked. Not the best signal 3g at best but it worked. He woudnt tell me how he did it other then it cost ALOT.
But it can be done iv seen it in person.
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I'd be very interested to learn more if anyone has additional insight. It occurs to me one might be able to swap the radio unit from a donor device if you want to make a "permanent" switch...
On a side note, is it just me or are new tablets coming out with lower specs than they did a few years ago? I'm looking to get a new Tablet, compatible with Sprint. All their offerings are way underspec'd compared to my Galaxy Tab Pro c2014. It also baffles me that nobody bothers to offer a dual radio option, especially considering how (relatively) big devices have become. How much could a radio unit cost at quantity? I suppose the carriers are commissioning the designs to be best suited for their service alone?
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May be that device was a gsm and cdma when manufactured; and maybe the calling company that sold it first demanded the manufacturing company to lock it on a gsm. It seems that the online guy, who made it work on a cdma, had to only inlock the feature and not hack it’s hardware radio frequency to get it work.
what about honor play COR-L29?
Hi I wanted to buy this pone from amazon, but the thing is that I would buy the sprint versión with no contract and I don't live in the US, so my question is, can I unlock this pone to use it with any other company? like Movistar? I read that the pone was GSM so I thought it would be posible, however I won't take the risk of paying 590 dollars for a pone that I can't use, thanks
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Won't work. Sprint is NOT gsm
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Won't work. Sprint is NOT gsm
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if you dont know dont tell !! sprint s4 (gsm-cdma) but gsm its locked (low level lock )
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if you dont know dont tell !! sprint s4 (gsm-cdma) but gsm its locked (low level lock )
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What do you mean if I dont know dont tell? What does that supposed to mean?
I KNOW my Cellular Networks!
Sprint is a CDMA Network!
The ONLY part about sprint that is NOT CDMA is LTE which the sim card slot is LOCKED to sprint.
They MIGHT be a fix but right now there is NOT. Some of the older phones like the Moto Photon its not LTE but its a world phone and people could flash a few things and make it work, But only EDGE in the USA anyway.
But as of right now and problay for a while its NOT going to work.
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What do you mean if I dont know dont tell? What does that supposed to mean?
I KNOW my Cellular Networks!
Sprint is a CDMA Network!
The ONLY part about sprint that is NOT CDMA is LTE which the sim card slot is LOCKED to sprint.
They MIGHT be a fix but right now there is NOT. Some of the older phones like the Moto Photon its not LTE but its a world phone and people could flash a few things and make it work, But only EDGE in the USA anyway.
But as of right now and problay for a while its NOT going to work.
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Thats right sprint CDMA provider YES! but sprint announce more cdma-gsm phones (like blackberry) now sprint sell locked phones (htcone , S4)and this man need know maybe he unlock phone for him country(i think he live in spain(movistar as i know its spain company! right now he not can use gsm in this phone but i think i found solution maybe via nv maybe via modem patch !
sorry for my english )its not my own language !
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Thats right sprint CDMA provider YES! but sprint announce more cdma-gsm phones (like blackberry) now sprint sell locked phones (htcone , S4)and this man need know maybe he unlock phone for him country(i think he live in spain(movistar as i know its spain company! right now he not can use gsm in this phone but i think i found solution maybe via nv maybe via modem patch !
sorry for my english )its not my own language !
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Modem patch is not even possible with this phone right now... The phones are ONLY meant to run on GSM for LTE data and NOTHING ELSE
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Modem patch is not even possible with this phone right now... The phones are ONLY meant to run on GSM for LTE data and NOTHING ELSE
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bro you not right ! not only for lte data ! if we unlock this phone we can use it in at&t voice and data and t-mobile too ! belive me i know all about samsung phones !!
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bro you not right ! not only for lte data ! if we unlock this phone we can use it in at&t voice and data and t-mobile too ! belive me i know all about samsung phones !!
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I expect Sprint will provide a method soon to unlock the GSM and UMTS functions in the phone to be able to use it internationally. However, I don't expect the GSM and UMTS functions to operate inside the US. Sprint has always disabld them on GSM capable Android and iOS devices it sells.
I don't see why it wouldn't work for you as long as you can get it unlocked.
Sprint is not going to unlock it for you unless you are a long time customer or have the phone with them for 90 days.
hyelton is completely wrong though.. the sim does authenticate lte on sprint but also acts as a gsm sim internationally.
you can also remove the sim and insert any international sim once unlocked providing the carrier uses the correct bands.
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Modem patch is not even possible with this phone right now... The phones are ONLY meant to run on GSM for LTE data and NOTHING ELSE
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You are all kinds of WRONG.
Sprint's GS4 is fully capable of voice and data on international GSM/HSPA+/UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz networks. You have to request Sprint to unlock your phone's sim (or find a work around if you're not a Sprint customer), but once unlocked you can pop in any international sim and it will WORK JUST FINE on international GSM networks, they don't have to support LTE. Heck the only thing preventing the SG4 from working on US GSM networks is Sprint locked the Sim from using USofA GSM carrier sim cards.
As long as the OP can get their Sprint SG4 sim unlocked, they can pop in their international sim and use the GSM in their country NO PROBLEM like any other GSM phone.
SO ONCE AGAIN, Sprint's SG4 has a fully functioning GSM modem that supports international carrier GSM/HSPA+/UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz bands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You would think someone with almost 2,000 posts and who made a statement like "I KNOW my Cellular Networks!" would know better. Do yourself a huge favor and actually know what you're talking about before you go spouting off again, because you really made yourself look like an ignorant fool.
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You are all kinds of WRONG.
Sprint's GS4 is fully capable of voice and data on international GSM/HSPA+/UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz networks. You have to request Sprint to unlock your phone's sim (or find a work around if you're not a Sprint customer), but once unlocked you can pop in any international sim and it will WORK JUST FINE on international GSM networks, they don't have to support LTE. Heck the only thing preventing the SG4 from working on US GSM networks is Sprint locked the Sim from using USofA GSM carrier sim cards.
As long as the OP can get their Sprint SG4 sim unlocked, they can pop in their international sim and use the GSM in their country NO PROBLEM like any other GSM phone.
SO ONCE AGAIN, Sprint's SG4 has a fully functioning GSM modem that supports international carrier GSM/HSPA+/UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz bands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You would think someone with almost 2,000 posts and who made a statement like "I KNOW my Cellular Networks!" would know better. Do yourself a huge favor and actually know what you're talking about before you go spouting off again, because you really made yourself look like an ignorant fool.
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Well YES you can easily use your phone overseas, But it was POSTED in the Sprint Forum which is ONLY in the USA and in which using it does NOT apply in the USA. And to get the phone unlocked I`m not sure if a regular unlocking company would be able to do it someone with a sprint account would and it would be MUCH more trouble than just to pick up a ACTUAL GSM carriers Version of the phone.( I should had just said that to begin with) Its VERY pointless to TRY and want to use the sprint Version when they are SEVERAL OTHER varrients that are GSM they could have got to use.
EXCEPT... the op specifically said they wanted to purchase it from Amazon America to use on their country's GSM network.
Why they want to do that? WHO KNOWS, maybe it might be cheaper doing it this way, but that is what they want to do and despite all your unnecessary wrongful information, the OP can do what they asked as long as they can get the sim unlocked.
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EXCEPT... again EXCEPT the op specifically said they wanted to purchase it from Amazon America to use on their country's GSM network.
Why they want to do that? WHO KNOWS, maybe it might be cheaper doing it this way, but that is what they want to do.
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I sell on Amazon and Most people wont ship out of the USA on Amazon. Mostly only Candia but Ive tried ordering a lot of things overseas and 90% I cant as they wont ship here
Amazon sells the Sprint for $599 this is probably why. I bought mine at Best Buy and had them price match Amazon for that price.
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Yea but out of country cant buy FROM sprint...
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Looks like everyone here is an expert in this matter but so far haven't seen a single link to reputable sources... OP call sprint international department and get answer straight from the carrier (888) 226-7212
Even IF the phone is capable of being used in GSM bands internationally, you would have to get it unlocked by sprint and they change policies all the time so just call..
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I got my phone unlocked for international use. I contacted sprint international services. I was initially told that you have to be activated for at least 90 days before they could unlock the phone but would forward my request to some department. After one day I got a email that my phone has been unlocked.
fusiondynamics said:
I got my phone unlocked for international use. I contacted sprint international services. I was initially told that you have to be activated for at least 90 days before they could unlock the phone but would forward my request to some department. After one day I got a email that my phone has been unlocked.
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They unlocked Sprint Galaxy 4?
mkang said:
They unlocked Sprint Galaxy 4?
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Yea.... but it ONLY works internationally AND you have to be a sprint customer.
The POINT I have been trying to get across is that people need to understand Sprint is a CDMA carrier and ONLY relies on GSM for LTE. I think what people think is that they are solely a gsm carrier like most of the world is but its NOT
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Snapdragon 801 has support for dual sim dual active connection
If Samsung will bring us a version with dual sim and ip67 my money will go to Sammy!!!
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It might exist but only on China or India markets. The rest of the world doesn't care to have two sims.
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I haven't seen any S% which is dual sim yet.
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But Htc one dual sim exist. There is a big possibility that Samsung will follow the trend...(just rember that Samsung has S4 active experience so S5 is waterproof, and there is S4mini dual sim.
I don't live in so called mature market (us,UK,de,etc) but I live in European Union contry and I have a problem: I need to carry 2 phones all the time becaouse I have a phone from my employer and one personal. My employer does not give me internet acces. In that situation all my problems will be gone with a flagship dual sim...
P.S. I owned all the flagships from Samsung original S to S4, all the note series, xperia Z1 and xperia Z ultra and Galaxy gear. ATM I use S4mini dual for work+second sim for Internet and Z Ultra for everything else.
P.P.S. If Samsung will go out with S5 dual sim I will be the first to preorder.
Since Dual SIM is mostly popular in not rich countries that use prepaid those phones are usually low cost and therefore have low specifications that is why flagship phones like S5 will not have Dual SIM. Do you need full Dual SIM or you just want to swith between them. I am using dual SIM adapter.
I will not be a fan of S5 dual SIM. The S5 is perfect as it is. And having dual SIM will just lower its specs.
I disagree with your opinion. Tje chinese version of S5 dual sim is exactly like the international version. Too bad they don't release a international version...
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Yeah! I saw it, it's only available in china Telecom
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dual-SIM-Samsung-Galaxy-S5-Goes-Official-in-China-436041.shtml
I'm also waiting for this phone to come out. I'm currently using HTC one dual sim. No complain about it except the camera. Hope Samsung S5 camera is better.
The specs are the same as the none dual sim. One thing we're not sure is the built in memory, it does not say on gsmarena.
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Adapter?
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Since Dual SIM is mostly popular in not rich countries that use prepaid those phones are usually low cost and therefore have low specifications that is why flagship phones like S5 will not have Dual SIM. Do you need full Dual SIM or you just want to swith between them. I am using dual SIM adapter.
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Hello,
You mentioned a DS adapter. I take it that means you needs at least one SIM card spot available or is there an alternative. Such as a schematic for a HW setup that interfaces to the device without a slot available. I'm American with opportunities to work and live in Brazil. Sprint 's CDMA is ok for the US, but my SGSIII was not able to write GSM PRLs ( and function) and my phone was worthless there.
I was hoping that some commonality between HW revisions (every single business model supports this concept, why not here??) where Samsung could atleast use the same PCB footprints and populate components as needed for regional readiness.
Any ideas for my situation are welcomed... Or, should I say a univrsal situations.
In most countries the 9009 is useless as the 2nd sim is for CDMA only, we'll have to wait and see if china will release a 9002 version with both sim socket to support GSM and 3G.
The S3 (i9302), S4 (i9502), Note 2 (N7102) and Note 3 (N9002) all have the dual sim version, so I expect the S5 to have it soon.
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kms108 said:
In most countries the 9009 is useless as the 2nd sim is for CDMA only, we'll have to wait and see if china will release a 9002 version with both sim socket to support GSM and 3G.
The S3 (i9302), S4 (i9502), Note 2 (N7102) and Note 3 (N9002) all have the dual sim version, so I expect the S5 to have it soon.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems most/all varients will have GSMx on 1 and CDMAx (in my case) as 2 on standy by. I see SIM as the easiest way to switch between, but if carriers such as Oi (Brasil) has PRLs that can be first unhidden and then wrote as the radio it would solve some issues. I just believe SIM technology is simlplier and less work involved (to obtain the PRLs).
Since we can put our phones on other carriers Sprint to Verision for example, that should apply on supported GSM network also? I was just stuck on my Sprint SGSIII having no ability to deviate from the BS CDMA networks...
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titawgo said:
I'm also waiting for this phone to come out. I'm currently using HTC one dual sim. No complain about it except the camera. Hope Samsung S5 camera is better.
The specs are the same as the none dual sim. One thing we're not sure is the built in memory, it does not say on gsmarena.
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Sure the camera HW is better with stills and video (boo on the 1X zoom though). SW optimization (including Build Prop changes )and better applications will drive overall pix quality and reference. The question will be how much, my SGSIII is far better for both than any iPiece around, IMO......
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems most/all varients will have GSMx on 1 and CDMAx (in my case) as 2 on standy by. I see SIM as the easiest way to switch between, but if carriers such as Oi (Brasil) has PRLs that can be first unhidden and then wrote as the radio it would solve some issues. I just believe SIM technology is simlplier and less work involved (to obtain the PRLs).
Since we can put our phones on other carriers Sprint to Verision for example, that should apply on supported GSM network also? I was just stuck on my Sprint SGSIII having no ability to deviate from the BS CDMA networks...
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Sure the camera HW is better with stills and video (boo on the 1X zoom though). SW optimization (including Build Prop changes )and better applications will drive overall pix quality and reference. The question will be how much, my SGSIII is far better for both than any iPiece around, IMO......
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From my understanding
model number ending with 2
sim 1 GSM/WCDMA
sim 2 GSM
model number ending with 9
sim 1 GSM/WCDMA (roaming only)/CDMA
sim 2 GSM
Sprint Specific #'s or all Variants
kms108 said:
From my understanding
model number ending with 2
sim 1 GSM/WCDMA
sim 2 GSM
model number ending with 9
sim 1 GSM/WCDMA (roaming only)/CDMA
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And the rest have no SIM access? Such as the SM-G900P (suspected Sprint ) variant not having SIM access correct?
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kms108 said:
From my understanding
model number ending with 2
sim 1 GSM/WCDMA
sim 2 GSM
model number ending with 9
sim 1 GSM/WCDMA (roaming only)/CDMA
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And the rest have no SIM access? Such as the SM-G900P (suspected Sprint ) variant not having SIM acess correct?
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if you want one to access the sprint network, I think you will have to get the phone from sprint, if they have one, the G9009 only support cdma 800 from the chinese provider, I think it's locked to the network.
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Sprint + GSM
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Fly-n-High said:
if you want one to access the sprint network, I think you will have to get the phone from sprint, if they have one, the G9009 only support cdma 800 from the chinese provider, I think it's locked to the network.
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Essentially I see that I’m forced under that scenario (which is fine), but just interested in knowing if it will internally support GSM on its secondary antenna and how versatile (will it support in PRL (or equal) development on most or all GSM supported networks, specifically Brazil and Italy) it will be. Also the difficulty to change between 1 &2, if there is any. Thanks
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kms108 said:
Essentially I see that I’m forced under that scenario (which is fine), but just interested in knowing if it will internally support GSM on its secondary antenna and how versatile (will it support in PRL (or equal) development on most or all GSM supported networks, specifically Brazil and Italy) it will be. Also the difficulty to change between 1 &2, if there is any. Thanks
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These are the actual bands for the g9009 on the china telecom network.
sim 1
CDMA 800MHz
WCDMA 850/1900/2100MHz will only pickup signal whiles roaming
GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
sim 2
GSM 900/1800/1900MHz
if you have used dual sim phones before, you will have no problem with this, when receiving call, it will indicate which sim with the icon 1 or 2.
when making a call through the dialing pad, there is a icon sim 1 or sim 2 to send.
when making a call through the phone book, as soon as you press the telephone number, there is a pop up to select which sim you want to make the call from.
There are other alternative with the slide down menu or through a widget.
all these are from my i9192, but should be the same.
hopefully they will bring out a g9002 version and not have gsm only for sim 2, but if this is for china market it seems to be the case, at present it seems like the i9192 (S4 mini dual sim) is the only samsung phone that support WCDMA and GSM in both sim 1 and 2 if i'm guessing correctly.
Here is that phone we dream of:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5_dualsim_version_hits_china-news-8222.php
However this phone will not see the light of the day in other countries besides China. Sad. I actually have some strong arguments against S5 due to dual sim adapter which I like to use. Probably using this adapter might affect the water resistance capabiluty. Since everything is so tightly packed under the cover when adding dual sim adapter there is a risk of leaking the water in since it might cause the cover not to close very tight. This is what I currently have in S4. So it is water resistance or ability to switch between sim cards. Choice is yours.
Questions about s5 dual SIM
Hi folks I have many questions....
Where as possible buy the S5 dual SIM?
The model is G9009D?
What the frequency for 4G/LTE? Here in Brazil the frequency is 2600.
Can I use both SIM card for GSM?
Has Google Play?
Has english language?
emersonvier said:
Hi folks I have many questions....
Where as possible buy the S5 dual SIM?
The model is G9009D?
What the frequency for 4G/LTE? Here in Brazil the frequency is 2600.
Can I use both SIM card for GSM?
Has Google Play?
Has english language?
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read through the thread, the info has been posted.
hi,
lets talk about the "D" (G9009D) I think its means Dual-Sim no more "2"(G9002) and it will be conflict with N9002 note 3 if thy use "2"
from my understanding this phone will work in china as CDMA 800MHz(using china telecom sim) and will work as WCDMA 850/1900/2100 MHz out side china if using any els provider sim.
please correct me if i am wrong,and if some can confirm
I have a Samsung Note 3 that I bought from Mobilicity (Canada).
It is unlocked.
When I put my Wind Mobility SIM card in, the data says 4G.
I want to give the phone to my sister, who broke hers, but she is with Rogers.
I put her Rogers SIM in my phone and everything works great.
But, I don't understand why the phone says 3G with her Rogers SIM in it.
Does anyone know why? I was under the impression that Rogers is faster than Wind's data. So how can Wind be 4G but Rogers 3G.
Both carriers have the same model number of the Note 3.
Wind has 4g? Maybe the Rogers card is not an LTE sim?
Could be any number of reasons:
- The provider isn't enabled for 4G in the Build.prop.
- The SIM is too old.
- The SIM doesn't support LTE
Probably the first. The list of 4G enabled providers rarely makes sense. It is literally just a matter of 'true' or 'false'.
We had a similar issue in the EU with various firmwares when 4G became available, every CSC has its own list of 4G enabled providers. For instance, DBT (Germany) had 4G enabled for T-Mobile NL, while the T-Mobile NL firmware didn't have 4G enabled for itself.
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Wind has 4g? Maybe the Rogers card is not an LTE sim?
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Hmm... I'll ask my sister to check her SIM card. But I doubt they would have given her the wrong "new" SIM card that she just got.
If the Rogers sim card is new, it would be a LTE-enabled card so that can't be it. Also, Wind only has a 3g network.
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If the Rogers sim card is new, it would be a LTE-enabled card so that can't be it. Also, Wind only has a 3g network.
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Okay... but like I said, when my Wind SIM is in, my Note 3 displays 4G.
When my sister's Rogers SIM is in, it shows 3G.
With the Wind sim, is it connected to the Wind network or is the phone roaming? Is the phone set to auto/LTE in settings? The phone is running a completely stock ROM? Phone is the sm-n900w8?
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With the Wind sim, is it connected to the Wind network or is the phone roaming? Is the phone set to auto/LTE in settings? The phone is running a completely stock ROM? Phone is the sm-n900w8?
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It's connected to the Wind Network... it's not roaming.
Under "Network Mode" it says:
WCDMA/GSM (auto-connect).
Wcdma/gsm appears with the wind card or Rogers card?
I've seen Samsung phones with stock firmware incorrectly displaying 4G for Wind, even though Wind's network is 3G.
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I've seen Samsung phones with stock firmware incorrectly displaying 4G for Wind, even though Wind's network is 3G.
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Wind is 4G.
Wind mobile has HSPA+ but friends that have their service usually get 3G.
audit13 said:
With the Wind sim, is it connected to the Wind network or is the phone roaming? Is the phone set to auto/LTE in settings? The phone is running a completely stock ROM? Phone is the sm-n900w8?
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Okay thanks for this comment above. It was helpful because it got me searching for more along that line.
When I went into the settings, there was no option to choose LTE, but I know it's an LTE capable phone because the box said it was, and the sticker on the phone said 4G/LTE.
So I did some searching and found that there is a code that you have to use to set the phone to the Network you are using if you want to make use of the LTE.
Rogers has LTE.
I will go into a Rogers and ask them to do it, because I don't want to ruin my sister's phone (my phone that I gave to her, because her's broke).
It's *2012# (IMEI)* Something like that. I have it written down, so I'll bring it to the Rogers store and ask them.
Hopefully that will get her phone working on Rogers LTE, but in the meantime, she hasn't noticed a difference in data speed anyway.
But thanks for your help, and also to everyone else who posted a reply. :victory:
Have a similar thing going on with EE.
Supposed to choose 4g if available but it's not always the case.
Sometimes shows 3g or H+ but if I change my network mode to LTE only then I get 4g no problem.
MystaMagoo said:
Have a similar thing going on with EE.
Supposed to choose 4g if available but it's not always the case.
Sometimes shows 3g or H+ but if I change my network mode to LTE only then I get 4g no problem.
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Oh okay thanks.
kat.hy said:
Oh okay thanks.
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I choose LTE only by
settings
more networks
mobile networks
network mode
LTE only
your phones rom may be different?
MystaMagoo said:
I choose LTE only by
settings
more networks
mobile networks
network mode
LTE only
your phones rom may be different?
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I don't have the phone anymore. My sister has it, so I can't check. She's technically challenged, so I wouldn't even be able to get that info from her on the phone. Lol
But I will see if I need to turn on the other bands by using that code to set it to Rogers' service.