Hi. A Verizon agent told me that if I use an unlocked Lg G6 like model 997, certain features will not work like visual voicemail, VM notifications, cloud features etc.
Are any of you having trouble with Verizon features when you use the unlocked Lg G6. The model for Verizon is VS988 and is quite expensive.
The price for US997 seems to be better than Verizon locked phone. But I am afraid that important features may not work if using unlocked.
Also I heard the IMEI number of digits is 14 for unlocked and Verizon customer service will not activate these models.
Any advice , suggestions? Thanks
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What are the differences in my options for purchasing a Verizon compatible LG V20? Direct from VZW, Best Buy, US996 version from Newegg/B&H.
What are the differences in the versions available from these vendors? Do we know yet? Thanks.
The Verizon model is VS995, it is the same model if you buy it from Verizon directly or Best Buy.
The US996 is carrier unlocked and will work on most US carriers, including Verizon. But the hope is that the US996 will have its bootloader unlocked like on the Tmobile model, which could lead to possible root.
indeed. the US has a few more frequencies and bands than the Verizon one. I believe Verizon has 17 and US has 21. seems the unlocked won't be shipping until November for B and h and Newegg and who knows if best buy is going to get it. I think my plan is to get the unlocked version when available and use it with Verizon. I'm not dealing with Verizon's crap, I'd much rather have an unlocked phone again.
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Hello everyone,
I am looking to upgrade from my S4 to an S7 over the next few days, and I have been trying to decide which is the better option between the Verizon model and the unlocked model. I will be using this phone on a Verizon network for now, and was leaning to the unlocked model to get rid of the Verizon bloatware. There is a chance I will be living in a different country in another year or so, so I figured the unlocked model would also give me more flexibility with my next carrier, as I had heard the Verizon model does not support all carrier frequencies. Are there any distinct advantages to going with the Verizon model over the unlocked model, or are there any other important differences I'm overlooking between these two options?
Thanks!
Unlocked how? Boot loader unlocked or carrier network (SIMM) unlocked? Verizon phones are carrier unlocked. Meaning, you can already take an AT&T SIMM and put it into the Verizon S7 and it will work.
As for removing verizon bloatware, that's only possible if you root. Unlocked is specific to the carrier only, not an unlocked bootloader. None have an unlocked bootloader that I know of.
The carrier unlocked phones also receive updates much slower than the normal ones.
https://plus.google.com/+DroidLife/posts/ENv2fH9zD7e
If you want carrier unlocked phones that get updates faster than the generic carrier unlocked phones, get the Verizon phone. As per this article, it's already carrier unlocked and it's already updated to Nougat. Might be some hoops to jump through, but it works:
http://www.androidcentral.com/yes-verizon-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-are-sim-unlocked
The generic unlocked ones are still on Marshmallow and there is no word on if/when they'll get Nougat. Also, the Verizon one is cheaper than the generic carrier unlocked phones. Expecially if you can find a sale going on for it.
There is a hybrid rom that is debloated and works great for all models, it is posted in the vzw amd tmo s7 forums. I'm using it on two phones myself.
The U firmware has no bloat, and has all bands available for use. The main downside is that nougat still isn't out for it, and certain apps won't work if you're from Verizon such as their voicemail app.
On the plus side you get some features that Verizon charges extra for, such as caller ID built in for free.
Regardless you can flash any firmware to any S7 so long as it's the snapdragon variant.
cadcamaro said:
The U firmware has no bloat, and has all bands available for use. The main downside is that nougat still isn't out for it, and certain apps won't work if you're from Verizon such as their voicemail app.
On the plus side you get some features that Verizon charges extra for, such as caller ID built in for free.
Regardless you can flash any firmware to any S7 so long as it's the snapdragon variant.
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I've been curious about the G-930U also. If you know, please tell me if these working assumptions are correct or not: The "U" has no carrier branding on it and it has no carrier "bloat" in it (although maybe some Samsung stuff). The "U" CANNOT be bootloader unlocked because it has the Snapdragon processor and at present none of the Snapdragon variations can have their bootloaders unlocked (how I hope this isn't true!). The "U" can be flashed to carrier-specific firmware, although I don't know what the advantage would be.
I'm still mostly using an XT1575, the Motorola X Play Edition 2015. It too had no carrier contamination but it's bootloader was easy to unlock. All I had to do to get it to work with Verizon was insert my nano SIM card. Do any phones still work like that?
Hello,
I recently received an LG G6 model # US997 and have been trying to activate it on Sprint.
Sprint Customer Service and retail employees are unable to add the IMEI to their system/inventory.
I've been told even though the phone supports the Sprint LTE, band 25 it will not work on the Sprint network.
My questions:
-Is this true or just a lie so they don't have to deal with a technical issue?
-Would swapping the modem stack allow me to activate on Sprint or no?
-Do I have any course of action or do I have a beautiful paperweight?
Thanks for the help!
I'm pretty sure the only difference between the unlocked us variant and US Cellular variant is USCELLs bloatware. On the uscell unlocking page all past LG G series models were sold unlocked ( edit: except for the g3). I'll try and insert my ATT prepaid sim in a bit. Has anyone tried a different sim in their USCELL g6? The model number alludes they are the same.
Edit: here is uscells woefully outdated unlock page. the last g series phone sold by uscell that was carrier locked was the g3. It hasn't been updated for the g6 yet
Edit 2: I can't post links yet, but search Us cellular unlock on your search engine of choice and go to the official carrier unlock page
According to this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g6/help/cellular-version-to-verizon-t3576440 he got his USCELL to work on verizon.
My only question left is whether the financed lg g6 will work with different sims/carriers. I have an att sim at home I'll try in a few.
It's carrier unlocked (SIM card unlocked) if you pay in full, but does not qualify for bootloader unlock -- even though it's the same model number as the one that qualifies for bootloader unlock.
They must go by IMEI numbers or something.
I have the model V350ULM purchased from bhphotovideo. According to them this is the unlocked version that works on all 3 US networks including Verizon. Is this the same as the Amazon version except for the fact that the Amazon version has more bloatware?
The AT&T version V350AWM I believe is GSM only and would not work on Verizon, correct?
Is it fair to say that the ULM version is "better" than the AWM version since the ULM can work on Verizon? Or is there a way to root and load a custom rom on the ULM version so that the AT&T version also works on Verizon?
Reason for asking is that I am getting ready to sell the ULM model on ebay and want to be honest and accurate in the listing and description.
I think all of my V35 were AT&T version and I flashed the ULM software on all of them. Recently I tried both Verizon and Sprint sims in one of them. Verizon worked fine but that may be because Verizon has mostly moved away from CDMA. When I tried a working Sprint sim card in it, it did restart and adapted to it showing MEID number, other CDMA settings, and it also automatically put in APN settings as well. I can't be sure if this is the function of ULM software that it did that or it actually has CDMA bands but my hunch is that similar to Samsung (they started with Note 8 and may be even earlier) starting with LG V30, LG is also making just one hardware unit and using software (KDZ) to set it for different regions and carriers.
To help answer your actual question, I can confirm that it will work on Verizon and it should work on Sprint but in Sprint's case you will actually have to request that it's ESN be added to some list through Sprint customer service which it seems is a headache. If you or anyone wanted detailed information about this and how to convert an AWM unit to a ULM one, check out this thread, particularly post #6 and also thank the author of the guide while there:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v35/help/att-v35-unlocked-wont-verizon-t3958765