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My new unlocked SGS

Just a few questions:
For those using an unlocked Galaxy S in the US, is there any 3G (data) issue you are noticing?
How is performance and availability of 3G with 1900Mhz spectrum when using a Galaxy S?
I am in NJ (Mercer county) and was wondering if anyone here was in NJ and had an unlocked SGS on AT&T and whether they were getting mainly EDGE.
How will I get official patches or Android updates for my unlocked SGS, does anyone have a link to a download page?

Where did you buy? How much?

H77P://negrielectronics.com/samsung-i9000-galaxy-s-black-8gb-unlocked.html

Updates should go through the samsung kies software (available on samsungmobile.com) or OTA. OTA is definitly possible even with unlocked handsets as I have received them on my unlocked htc desire.
Don't know which method samsung will choose tho, since I haven't received any updates so far.

Any user of an unlocked SGS in USA that can comment on the AT&T 3G (data) performance in the North East region?
I know AT&T is moving most 3g to 850Mhz but I cannot imagine that they would abandon 3G on the 1900Mhz spectrum since international (GSM) travelers would be unable to get any 3g when visiting (especially for business travelers).

kurtkbee said:
Any user of an unlocked SGS in USA that can comment on the AT&T 3G (data) performance in the North East region?
I know AT&T is moving most 3g to 850Mhz but I cannot imagine that they would abandon 3G on the 1900Mhz spectrum since international (GSM) travelers would be unable to get any 3g when visiting (especially for business travelers).
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They are not moving anything off 1900Mhz, they are just adding new 3g towers only on 850Mhz.
If you had 1900Mhz 3g in your area, it is not going to go away.
If you did not have 3G in your area or had spotty 3g and recently got good 3g then it is probably on 850Mhz.

I have same issue in my use. Used 2 get 3g off of i93. Thiswith my i8910 euro phone on 1900 now only edge same on galaxy. So they r definitely moving towers to 850.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

nice nice nice!!!

Thanks for all the information guys.
From what I am hearing it seems that this is a well designed phone (except for the plastic feel of the back and the lack of a flash for the camera).
This is my fist android phone and as a person who is seriously tied to my corporate email system (Exchange 2007), I can only hope for a quick implementation of Firmware 2.2 which will allow tighter integration with office systems (SSL VPN and Exchange).
I am really hoping to get this phone soon and I will be flashing it with the latest firmware as soon as I open it.
On a side note (not that I would try it without someone else going first) is anyone testing MoDaCo's custom build with WJG1 as the base? Also, if I am running a custom ROM I assume that when an official build is out I have to wipe and re-flash with an official build first before upgrading to 2.2?

I GOT IT !!
So far I am really loving the phone. Since I like breaking things I am going to flash it now with the latest FW since it has this singtel firmware.
Now I just have to find a way to rip all the DRM from my apple/itunes songs to be totally free.
Quick question, the email client sucks. I need to only let it pull email from my "inbox" folder not other (Exchange) email folders, How do I configure it to do that? Or is there a better app for corporate email that I can use?

Canada Telus,Rogers or Bell Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G stock rom

I missed up my Telus 4G 10.1
I could restored back but it seems I used unbranded 3G stock rom
it works fine but network mode showing CDMA not HASP+ as expected from 4G
so it behave as 3G not 4G
if anyone can post canadian stock rom or even a backup that would help me to bring back to normal

don't have the original firmware for my Rogers Tab. They are labelled 4G in Canada but that is actually 3g+ (there is a nice wikipedia discussion you can look up) and the Rogers model at least, will only run on 3G firmware not the LTE versions you can access -- the bootloader on mine has KG8 as its firmware, you can download that from sammobile if you want to restore your system or you can download the latest 3.1 firmware Ki2 here on xda or through check fus. The most recent firmware is 3,2 and there is a stock KJ6 version and a custom version Overcome 2.0.0 available.
The 3.2 based roms are significantly smoother,faster and without the launcher and browser lag sometimes evident with 3.1.
So, if its just to maximize your own use, I would suggest either stock or custom 3.2 firmware -- again, they will all show 3G as designation.

I already installed the KJ6 3.2 which runs very smooth with no problem
but I can see only CDMA or GSM
what you see in your network mode is it CDMA or HSAP as mentioned in user manual
and if I have a data plan up to 21 mb/sec do I can get this speed with this KJ6 rom

download network signal app from the market: it displays the signal our device is actually receiving on either wifi or 3G+: the device will support the speed, it whether or not you are in an area with that coverage
rogers will show umts
as wikipedia explains
UMTS supports maximum theoretical data transfer rates of 45 Mbit/s when HSPA+ is implemented in the network.[2] Users in deployed networks can expect a transfer rate of up to 384 kbit/s for R99 handsets, and 7.2 Mbit/s for HSDPA handsets in the downlink connection. These speeds are significantly faster than the 9.6 kbit/s of a single GSM error-corrected circuit switched data channel, multiple 9.6 kbit/s channels in HSCSD and 14.4 kbit/s for CDMAOne channels.
Since 2006, UMTS networks in many countries have been or are in the process of being upgraded with High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), sometimes known as 3.5G. Currently, HSDPA enables downlink transfer speeds of up to 21 Mbit/s. Work is also progressing on improving the uplink transfer speed with the High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA). Longer term, the 3GPP Long Term Evolution project plans to move UMTS to 4G speeds of 100 Mbit/s down and 50 Mbit/s up, using a next generation air interface technology based upon Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing.
the last iteration is LTE which we can access using the 7500 version we have but not with the sim card we have

Howdy! I have a stock Canadian (Telus) Samsung 10.1 4G [GT-7500DTLSKH4]. If you'd care to provide explict instructions (for this Telus model) on how to root and backup rom, I can archive and forward. If you also have instructions to "unroot" said device, that would be greatly appreciated, too. Further, have you received the 3.2 update for this model as of yet? If you have, was it VIA WIFI or OTA? The reason I ask is that it informs me there are no updates available (I use WIFI only at this time).
Thanks in advance!
Thomas

For Telus:
www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=3&o=1&m=GT-P7500D&r=-1#modelsa
Rogers, and Bell also at SamMobile Firmware page.
Telus is 3.1 (as is bell)
Rogers updated to 3.2 but has lots of rogers crap. ALSO note your telus sim with this firmware will pull the wrong apn, it'll get sp.telus.com and leave you with a HUGE data bill. SO if you use it make sure to change the APN before connecting to mobile data to isp.telus.com
Enjoy

Can the Rogers Firmware be installed to the bell model?

In the development forum the stock rogers is there ... I have the 7500r and running latest ics working great .... data rates are perfect
Sent from my GT-P7500 using XDA

Yes you can flash bell, rogers or telus firmwares. I've converted several.
Enjoy

darwoodcdn said:
Yes you can flash bell, rogers or telus firmwares. I've converted several.
Enjoy
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I hope you will forgive me for clarifying but I have the 7500R and I could flash the 7500M bell firmware to it with no issues?
Before any one asks why I would like to ask my other question... Has any one seen a Galaxy Tab re network lock? My device was unlocked since like November and all of a sudden today I am getting the SIM network unlock PIN. I tried the original unlock code but it doesn't work. As well I took the bell sim and used it in the Nexus S and accessed data so the sim seems fine. I know this might need to go to another thread but I thought maybe I should try flashing the bell rom? As well maybe I should just try a hard reset first? Any suggestions.
Thank you...
So it turns out some how it must have relocked... I used an app from the Marketplace that I linked to from XDA and unlocked it again... The original unlock was a code entry so I'm not sure why or if it should have relocked but I am back up and running now.

Sorry for the super late reply, I don't really monitor the threads.
Anyhow yes you can put any of the Canadian firmwares on your Rogers Tab. Or vs. No issues I've seen to date.
As for your second issue. A few months ago the same thing happened to one of my tablets it seemed to relock itself and would no longer accept the factory unlock code. I had to edit the nv file directly to fix that issue. And strangely enough another phone I had from Telus Samsung facinate 4G, did the exact same thing, and then another when that one was replaced by Samsung. On the facinate using a telus sim the phone would still ask for a unlock code. So something strange was happening. The phones were brand new, and never rooted, completely stock. The only thing I did was put in my kodoo sim and enter the unlock code.
So three devices in total did it.

No problems on the late reply. I ended up using an app by one of the xda members to edit the nv as you mentioned you had to do. I am actually very glad I purchased the app as it appears if you dont reverse it to check for firmware upgrades it is failing to connect.
In regards to the roms does anyone have any experience with one being better then the other? I am using a bell sim so was just curious if I should flash bell firmware.
Thank you for your reply.
Sent from my GT-P7500R using XDA

The firmware has nothing to do with your sim... I am running a generic ics build on my rogers p7500r, rogers 3g+ stillbworks, I plug in my tmobile $2/day sim card and it just works.
Good luck, pershots daily ics builds work great and so does overcome!
Sent from my GT-P7500 using XDA

Weak signal-Do I have a bad Note

I just got my Note yesterday and configured the APN settings for Straight Talk (AT&T sim) according to the instructions in another thread. According to the AT&T coverage viewer, my house is in a 3G area but where I work, the whole area shows "4G". However, I was getting HSPA+ at home and in the area that is supposed to be 4G, I'm only getting Edge.
I wonder if I have a bad Note because my signal strength never gets better than -101dB no matter where I am.
Anyone got any troubleshooting ideas?

Me too..but after i rooted my note,, its better than i used stock rom........
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Are you saying it got worse after you rooted your phone? Mine is rooted.

I assume you have the international unlocked version? That version does not support 4G; only ATT branded US version of Galaxy Note does. Also, even though Straight Talk uses ATT towers they do not provide 4G to customers. I think your connection is fine. Enjoy your new phone!

bhaffar said:
I assume you have the international unlocked version? That version does not support 4G; only ATT branded US version of Galaxy Note does. Also, even though Straight Talk uses ATT towers they do not provide 4G to customers. I think your connection is fine. Enjoy your new phone!
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the phone does support hspa+ which essentially is 4g... it doesnt support lte
as for the straight talk...you will get as fast as straight talk allows...

Could someone tell me you what kind of signal strength you're showing? Menu > Settings > About phone > Status > Signal strength.
I am pretty sure my Note is defective.
How can I tell if I am actually using AT&T for my network? I ordered an AT&T sim, but I want to make sure they didn't send me a T-Mobile sim.

MrNetwork said:
Could someone tell me you what kind of signal strength you're showing? Menu > Settings > About phone > Status > Signal strength.
I am pretty sure my Note is defective.
How can I tell if I am actually using AT&T for my network? I ordered an AT&T sim, but I want to make sure they didn't send me a T-Mobile sim.
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you said you were rooted... if youre on a custom radio and rom it may be the problem... try flashing full version back to stock and unroot. start from there... if its better then you have your problem... if not then you can get it warrantied cause its back to stock... kill 2 birds with 1 stone

kawgirlval69 said:
you said you were rooted... if youre on a custom radio and rom it may be the problem... try flashing full version back to stock and unroot. start from there... if its better then you have your problem... if not then you can get it warrantied cause its back to stock... kill 2 birds with 1 stone
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I don't think I'd go that far as to revert to stock and unroot. Why don't you try to test different modems and see if it helps. You'll find a choice of GB modems here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423396
You can safely test any of the GB radios, they are all compatible. Most of them are CWMR flashable. Just download them to your SD card, reboot to Recovery, 'install zip from SD card', navigate to your downloaded file and flash. Piece of cake.
You can unroot if the suggested testing fails.
Hope this helps.

chasmodo said:
I don't think I'd go that far as to revert to stock and unroot. Why don't you try to test different modems and see if it helps. You'll find a choice of GB modems here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423396
You can safely test any of the GB radios, they are all compatible. Most of them are CWMR flashable. Just download them to your SD card, reboot to Recovery, 'install zip from SD card', navigate to your downloaded file and flash. Piece of cake.
You can unroot if the suggested testing fails.
Hope this helps.
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As it turns out it must be AT&T that's the problem.
I unrooted. No custom rom installed.
I reset to factor settings.
I went to the AT&T story where I got the same signal on my Note as they did on their demo unit. (-51db)
I mentioned earlier, inside and outside my office, which is supposed to be in a solid 4G area, I'm only getting Edge speeds.As Kim Komando says, AT&T has no bars in more places.
If the situation doesn't improve by the time my first month of Straight Talk expires, I'll just not renew and then I'll have to put the Note on eBay. That's too bad because it is the best phone out there IMHO.

Should I leave it as a Verizon variant or convert it?

Hello,
I just moved back home to Guam a few weeks ago from Colorado and I am wondering how I should go about getting service in Guam.
After I pay off my Wife's and I services with Verizon I want to try and connect it with the carriers here. To my understanding, after I pay Verizon the early termination fees etc, the phones should be unlocked*carrier unlocked*?
The phones in question are the HTC 10*mine* and S7 Edge*wife's*, we spoke with Verizon before we left, they told us that the phones are unlocked already and wouldn't have any issues using other carriers.
Should I change the HTC 10 to the Unlocked variant is this even possible? I've read about unlocking it to T-mobile or ATT etc so should I leave it and see what my local carriers can do or should I get it in an unlocked carrier state?
Before we left I used a Sprint variant of the M7, lots have changed since then, I didn't have to do anything to change the MID etc, I was sorta gimped on Data connection, but that was a few years ago, NO 4g LTE, but now the local carriers are on it.
Thanks for your time

If you stay with Verizon, keep the stock software. Also you're already sim-unlocked.
If you change to a GSM carrier, not sure the VZW software will work or not but you can definitely "convert" it to the U.S Unlocked version. That's the easiest/safest way since both phones have the same MID. You'll need S-off ($25).

I am S-off already.
Would being U.S unlocked be a viable option to not have issues trying to connect with local carriers?

v1ral said:
Hello,
I just moved back home to Guam a few weeks ago from Colorado and I am wondering how I should go about getting service in Guam.
After I pay off my Wife's and I services with Verizon I want to try and connect it with the carriers here. To my understanding, after I pay Verizon the early termination fees etc, the phones should be unlocked*carrier unlocked*?
The phones in question are the HTC 10*mine* and S7 Edge*wife's*, we spoke with Verizon before we left, they told us that the phones are unlocked already and wouldn't have any issues using other carriers.
Should I change the HTC 10 to the Unlocked variant is this even possible? I've read about unlocking it to T-mobile or ATT etc so should I leave it and see what my local carriers can do or should I get it in an unlocked carrier state?
Before we left I used a Sprint variant of the M7, lots have changed since then, I didn't have to do anything to change the MID etc, I was sorta gimped on Data connection, but that was a few years ago, NO 4g LTE, but now the local carriers are on it.
Thanks for your time
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First, great info above me. 2nd, you could actually go ahead and superCID and run latest 1.96.617.20 US Unlocked RUU. I'd say the best method is to try them out, RUU or firmware. If on a custom ROM and say chose VZW, you'd have to flash again and chose US unlocked. If you are on stock ROM then I'd try and see if it works as vzw says. If not I'd flash The Us unlocked firmware (modified for vzw you may need the radio.img and cardio.img that is normally removed). Best of luck my friend. I hope all goes well!

Will I have issues flashing viper after SuperCID?
OR should I go down to my carrier and try my luck as the device stands?
Thanks a lot!

v1ral said:
Will I have issues flashing viper after SuperCID?
OR should I go down to my carrier and try my luck as the device stands?
Thanks a lot!
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No issues at all. Supercid, basically makes it so you can flash any firmware and other things like RUU from other carriers like us unlocked -- (so make sure you know what you're flashing!!!) .
I'm not sure of your carrier or what they'd say. I'd honestly play it by ear and see what happens. I have faith that with the 10 you will be able to get everything working; although I can't say for sure.

v1ral said:
I am S-off already.
Would being U.S unlocked be a viable option to not have issues trying to connect with local carriers?
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I'm using a Verizon phone flashed with Unlocked ruu on a GSM network. The conversion improved the phone for me. Better reception in my area, able to connect to more lte bands, txt msgs come/go faster, and the initial connection to the network after boot up or getting outta airplane mode is much faster since I got away from VZW stock software. Also you get OTA updates as they become available, and you don't have to deal with Verizon's worthless software modifications like no battery saver mode, Wi-Fi notifications, etc if you're gonna stay stock.

Flashing the Unlocked firmware is your best bet. The only thing I'll add is that if possible find out what bands are being used by the carriers over there, and see if its compatible.
HTC 10 Unlocked Band Support:
LTE Bands FDD 2,3,4,5,7,12,13,17,29; 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE - 850/900/1800/1900; 3G UMTS - 850/AWS/900/1900/2100; LTE - FDD - B28/B12/B13/B17/B29/B20/B5/B4/B3/B2/B1/B30/B7.

I want to convert my verizon htc 10 to international version
Guys, do you know how can i possibly convert my Verizon HTC 10 to works the same as the global unlocked phone? I'm so sad with the verizon version, I got weak signal in my country and barely reach to 4G LTE network. Most of the time I can only use 3G and some features also not work I'm trying to read lots of forums and watch youtube, but still couldn't get what I want! Plz let me know.
Thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:

cheakimpor said:
Guys, do you know how can i possibly convert my Verizon HTC 10 to works the same as the global unlocked phone? I'm so sad with the verizon version, I got weak signal in my country and barely reach to 4G LTE network. Most of the time I can only use 3G and some features also not work I'm trying to read lots of forums and watch youtube, but still couldn't get what I want! Plz let me know.
Thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
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Did you even bother to read this entire thread? Did you search on the forum? This question has been answered (and you didn't need to start a new thread).

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Sorry man! I'm new to here!
hgoldner said:
Did you even bother to read this entire thread? Did you search on the forum? This question has been answered (and you didn't need to start a new thread).
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Sorry brother, I'm here for helps to switch my Verizon HTC 10 it has weak signal and couldn't share wifi hostpot :\ especially i couldn't do system update unless I use CDMA :\ but in my country didn't support!

I'm trying to run the RUU.exe and it's not doing anything when I open it up...
Any ideas?

v1ral said:
I'm trying to run the RUU.exe and it's not doing anything when I open it up...
Any ideas?
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The installer installs prerequisites first. Then launches the installer. Did you get that far?
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk

dottat said:
The installer installs prerequisites first. Then launches the installer. Did you get that far?
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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Okay I am trying again now...
It's going further than it did the other time..
It gave me error 155 and 170.. even with a full battery...
So I can just RUU the U.S Unlocked version and and try and use the radios, if not I can just flash back the VZW RUU with no ill effects?
SuperCID to 11111111....

v1ral said:
Okay I am trying again now...
It's going further than it did the other time..
It gave me error 155 and 170.. even with a full battery...
So I can just RUU the U.S Unlocked version and and try and use the radios, if not I can just flash back the VZW RUU with no ill effects?
SuperCID to 11111111....
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If on Verizon you won't get any service on unlocked without Verizon radios. Why not just flash a custom rom?
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk

dottat said:
If on Verizon you won't get any service on unlocked without Verizon radios. Why not just flash a custom rom?
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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I am trying to get my local carrier data and sms to work...
data and sms don't work... system update doesn't work too.. modified system error...
Should I change CID to bs__X ?

Re-opening thread..
Can I convert on Oreo?

v1ral said:
Re-opening thread..
Can I convert on Oreo?
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Nothing preventing you to convert from VZW to U.S Unlocked, as long as you're s-off. I'm running Unlocked Oreo on my VZW variant.

How Do You Get 4G LTE from AT&T on SM-G935V?

Hello, I'm a bit new to all this, so please bear with me if I sound a bit out of the know. I currently have a SM-G935V, from Verizon of course, but I recently switched to AT&T as they have better service for me, however, the best connection I seem to get at the moment is H+ (it switches from 3G to H and H+ but I know for a fact that there is 4G LTE in my area). Not sure exactly what to do in order to get consistent 4G LTE. I have called to troubleshoot with technical support; we set up a few APN's, but to no avail. Would flashing the SM-G935U firmware help me at all, or am I doomed from the start since I have the Verizon variant (they claim that all of their LTE phones are unlocked)? Also, I heard that for the US version of the phone they will not let you flash anything on them. Is that true? Thanks for any help or advice in advance, I greatly appreciate it!

CsPPP said:
Hello, I'm a bit new to all this, so please bear with me if I sound a bit out of the know. I currently have a SM-G935V, from Verizon of course, but I recently switched to AT&T as they have better service for me, however, the best connection I seem to get at the moment is H+ (it switches from 3G to H and H+ but I know for a fact that there is 4G LTE in my area). Not sure exactly what to do in order to get consistent 4G LTE. I have called to troubleshoot with technical support; we set up a few APN's, but to no avail. Would flashing the SM-G935U firmware help me at all, or am I doomed from the start since I have the Verizon variant (they claim that all of their LTE phones are unlocked)? Also, I heard that for the US version of the phone they will not let you flash anything on them. Is that true? Thanks for any help or advice in advance, I greatly appreciate it!
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I'm not 100% sure AT&T is included but you can try following the instructions and flashing Jrkruse's U Firmware ROM here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3603231

DildoMaster said:
I'm not 100% sure AT&T is included but you can try following the instructions and flashing Jrkruse's U Firmware ROM here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3603231
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Thanks! Just an update for anyone who reads this thread having the same problem. Flashing the U firmware did in fact do the trick, but sadly I am not getting HD calling. Data works on LTE just fine though.