Wondering if the Sprint version will work on Verizon? She has an iPhone so I know it works on Verizon and vice versa wondering if the v20 has the correct CDMA radios
Umm, try?
No, the Sprint model has ddifferent CDMA 850 MHz bands than the Verizon model.
an iPhone comes with all bands supported, so that it why they can pretty much be used on any network.
I wish LG would have done the same thing with the V20 instead of having a half dozen models.
Dammit the note 7 had all the band's on all the different carriers as well. Being that they are both 820 snaps I figured it was the same
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Here's the deal. I'm spending the next 12 months in Canada. I want to buy a phone on the marketplace here and use it this year on a month to month deal with Canadian service. They are mostly GSM on the same bands as AT&T. When I return to the US next year I want to be able to use the same phone on sprint. How do I identify phones that work?
They will say "World Phone" or under the specs you will see GSM bands and CDMA bands. were on most CDMA phone you see "CDMA EVDO Rev A xx/xx/xxx/xxx/" only.
EDIT: You were faster typing eck0728
They are called world phones.
As far as I know Verizon and Sprint have HTC devices that has both, CDMA and a SIM card slot for GSM.
Check your preferred models.
What bands do AT&T/Canadian carriers phones use for full 3g?
Thanks gentleman.
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atandt bands here
Canadian here
I am currently on ATT and was looking to purchase an off contract Moto X today but wasn't sure which one to get.
I've heard people say "Oh get the Tmobile version as it has bands for both and is unlocked"...
...but when I look at the specs for both I see the Tmobile version is missing LTE band 5 (850mhz)
Anyone here with technical knowledge of ATT LTE bands know how crucial 850mhz band 5 will be coverage wise?
Is it worth going with the ATT version to have that band for good LTE coverage long term?
ap3604 said:
I am currently on ATT and was looking to purchase an off contract Moto X today but wasn't sure which one to get.
I've heard people say "Oh get the Tmobile version as it has bands for both and is unlocked"...
...but when I look at the specs for both I see the Tmobile version is missing LTE band 5 (850mhz)
Anyone here with technical knowledge of ATT LTE bands know how crucial 850mhz band 5 will be coverage wise?
Is it worth going with the ATT version to have that band for good LTE coverage long term?
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Tmobile version is the same actually Motorola just changed it on their site from tmobile to gsm unlocked (comes with tmo sim)
bmt626 said:
Tmobile version is the same actually Motorola just changed it on their site from tmobile to gsm unlocked (comes with tmo sim)
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its not the same, BUT
I think band 5 is not used in USA
Hard to say what AT&T will do in the future. From reading here there are a few places where AT&T is using band 5 for LTE service. AT&T would have had the choice of hardware when they decided to sell the Moto X and they chose the XT1058 and not the XT1053. Maybe they consider band 5 support important, maybe they just wanted a phone which didn't fully support Tmobile.
Can you use an unlocked T-Mobile S7 on Sprint? I'm not sure if it has all the bands (CDMA & LTE) to be compatible. Would you need to flash Sprint firmware or is it simply not doable.
not possible cause it doens't have CDMA internals. CDMA phones on the other hand can, cause they have both CDMA and GSM internals.
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not possible cause it doens't have CDMA internals. CDMA phones on the other hand can, cause they have both CDMA and GSM internals.
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Figured but was hoping that wasn't true. Thank you.
all of the snapdragon s7's are the same internally.. you just need to flash g930u to it
Well, because it is unlocked, you CAN use it on Sprint, BUT you can only use it on LTE. Because it doesn't use CDMA, you won't have 3G and below. This is problematic in spots where you don't get LTE because you will instantly drop to no signal.
What about an AT&T S7 Edge? Would it work on Sprint? Model # SM-N935A?
All of the US S7 variants are exactly the same hardware-wise, meaning they all support CDMA.
You could flash the U firmware on it but you won't be able to activate it on Sprint becuase it is neither an original Sprint or an original U variant unit and hence isn't in their white list of allowed devices on their network.
I checked the LTE frequency compatibility with ALL US networks and noticed it's not 100% compatible with ANY of the carriers. It has zero CDMA compatibility and for T-Mobile 3/4 LTE bands are supported. 2/4 for ATT. I was going to buy this phone because it was closest to root but after reading this IDK if I will.
Can some American users chime in?
I am on ATT network. I know TMobile phones work on ATT network. But what about Verizon,Sprint and US Cellular models? Do they work on ATT if they are sim unlocked?
it depends on phone to phone and what bands each model comes with. usually verizon/sprint models are different from AT&T and all the classic GSM carriers but nowadays some carrier has some special band while the other has control of some other band etc so you gotta do a little research when you check out a particular model to see if it'll work for your needs