Hi, I'm from Argentina and I bought a used G1, and I need to know if it is from the USA. Now, it's from T-mobile, does that guarantee me it's from the US?
Also, it has DRC83. As I have read (though there's not much info about that build), it is rooteable, so I'm wondering, what's the easiest way of doing it? I read a couple of guides, but there are so many methods I get lost.
Thanks in advance.
DRC83 is only for T-mobile G1 from the U.S. . Use the oneclick root from unlockr.com, do a google search and you will find it. Sorry I can't post links from my phone.
if its from the united states it says t-mobile on it
zachattack052 said:
if its from the united states it says t-mobile on it
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Wrong. My G1 is from Germany, and it also says T_mobile on it.
Dai323 said:
Wrong. My G1 is from Germany, and it also says T_mobile on it.
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really, i thought t-mobile was based in the us
zachattack052 said:
really, i thought t-mobile was based in the us
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Nope, Tmobile is in Europe also and probably other continents beside NA.
Ace42 said:
Nope, Tmobile is in Europe also and probably other continents beside NA.
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w/e my bad
h**p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile
It's a German company and we are not proud of it. ;-)
As I understand it, the hardware across all "tmobile" branded devices is identical, except for possibly a minor change in the button layout for languages other than english.
In other words, it doesn't matter.
Root it, install engineering bootloader, and you're all set.
You can tell by CALL and END buttons. If they are red/green, then the phone is from the US. If they are all of the same color (white) then it's European model.
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444092
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there is a cell phone provider in canada.
not tmobile or att..
they claim to get fresh inventory of N1's
they claim that they will be locked to their network only and cannot be unlocked at all..
level one rep couldnt tell me what band they use-- just that phones will use their own 3G
they will sell phones outright but said that they are useless on another network..
what stock can i put in what i was told?
thanx
Most probably - 0 credibility.
A nexus one CANNOT be carrier-locked. End of story. No matter where you get your N1 from, it WILL come UNLOCKED.
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A nexus one CANNOT be carrier-locked. End of story. No matter where you get your N1 from, it WILL come UNLOCKED.
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thanx for the replies..
the provider is mobilicity.
i shouldve been more specific..
what about the 3G capabilities of buying their phone and using on usa tmobile or ATT?
thanx
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A nexus one CANNOT be carrier-locked. End of story. No matter where you get your N1 from, it WILL come UNLOCKED.
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You say that, but there are numerous reports of the French (SFR) N1's being carrier locked.
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You say that, but there are numerous reports of the French (SFR) N1's being carrier locked.
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And it's about 100th time you're writing this and failing to read the reply - that ALL the SFR Nexus that were checked, weren't carrier locked at all. People report what the sales reps tell them.
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what about the 3G capabilities of buying their phone and using on usa tmobile or ATT?
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It will be working on one of those. There are only 2 models of Nexus, one WILL work 3G with TMo, one WILL work 3G with AT&T. Nobody can change it without digging into HW and changing antennas, or at the very least changing the radio to restrict some of the communications - and nobody could get any of this done. HTC doesn't allow HW changes in their phones, and Qualcomm doesn't provide customized radio builds on demand (or at all).
Considering this, I believe the story of this carrier's rep has the same credibility as SIM lock of SFR Nexus - which is, 0.
im pretty sure they are going to videotron in Quebec. they use AWS.
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And it's about 100th time you're writing this and failing to read the reply - that ALL the SFR Nexus that were checked, weren't carrier locked at all. People report what the sales reps tell them.
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I've mentioned it twice that I can remember. Good news they're not locked, but like I said I was only commenting on what I read.
I shall not mention it again
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I've mentioned it twice that I can remember. Good news they're not locked, but like I said I was only commenting on what I read.
I shall not mention it again
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I wasn't serious about 100 times, either
But there were 2 reports on this forum from people that bought the phone, were told that it's locked, checked it and discovered it completely unlocked.
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It will be working on one of those. There are only 2 models of Nexus, one WILL work 3G with TMo, one WILL work 3G with AT&T. Nobody can change it without digging into HW and changing antennas, or at the very least changing the radio to restrict some of the communications - and nobody could get any of this done. HTC doesn't allow HW changes in their phones, and Qualcomm doesn't provide customized radio builds on demand (or at all).
Considering this, I believe the story of this carrier's rep has the same credibility as SIM lock of SFR Nexus - which is, 0.
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i know that we can tell from the numbers under the battery cover.. but a rep isnt going to know OR tell me if he did know...
how can we find out which usa carrier they will work on?
the rep said that the company is using their carrier lines from old sony ..
i completely didnt understand this at all..
thanx
One way would be to find the carrier on this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UMTS_networks
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One way would be to find the carrier on this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UMTS_networks
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that answers it... perfect..
thank you
Hi, I am currently using Milestone 2 (non-us Droid 2) and I have been using this phone for around a year and a half. I have rom the phone, overclocked it, themed it. I have juiced every drop of my phone out.
Now the "C" button on my keyboard is a bit messed up, i need press down hard so that the phone can sense me.
Now I am 50/50 about the Droid 4 ( Milestone 4), I am a huge MotoFan, and I am a keyboard fan, leaving me no choice but choosing the Dorid series. But the current Droid 4 is only 1.2 dual core, 1785 mah battery, and rubbish screen, worst of all, I am from Hong Kong, tho the Droid 4 is a world phone, I am not sure if the phone will work in Hong Kong, a GSM city.
So will the Droid 4 work in Hong Kong, and should I get the Droid 4? (Or wait for Droid 5)
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I am not sure if the phone will work in Hong Kong, a GSM city.
So will the Droid 4 work in Hong Kong, and should I get the Droid 4? (Or wait for Droid 5)
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The Droid 4 currently cannot be used on GSM/UMTS networks. It does have a Qualcomm MDM6600 chip which technically can support both CDMA/EVDO and GSM/UMTS networks, but you'd have to flash a different baseband which I don't think is possible at this point.
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The Droid 4 currently cannot be used on GSM/UMTS networks. It does have a Qualcomm MDM6600 chip which technically can support both CDMA/EVDO and GSM/UMTS networks, but you'd have to flash a different baseband which I don't think is possible at this point.
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but i thought verizon and motorola said we can snap in an international sim and will be able to use the phone all over the world?
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but i thought verizon and motorola said we can snap in an international sim and will be able to use the phone all over the world?
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Not yet. The currently shipped radio firmware has no GSM support. We're all still waiting for an update to provide GSM...
(Also, my D4 is still SIM-locked.)
Hello i am from Hong kong either... I got my milestone 3 stolen today
So i am thinking to get a droid 4....
I wana ask is there any option of gsm after *#*#4636#*#*?
and the gsm code of milestone 3 *#*#2468#*#* still work for droid 4?
disablewong said:
Hello i am from Hong kong either... I got my milestone 3 stolen today
So i am thinking to get a droid 4....
I wana ask is there any option of gsm after *#*#4636#*#*?
and the gsm code of milestone 3 *#*#2468#*#* still work for droid 4?
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Sorry to hear that Unfortunately there is no way to use the Droid 4 on GSM/UMTS networks at the moment.
I found some successful cases in forum from China
But need to order the unlock code
Anyways i would order my xt894 and have a try
If i got luck i will tell the buddies on this forum~
Got a link for the order? My Droid 4 is coming in this week. It's at customs now. I live in NL, so trying once wouldn't hurt me.
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Not yet. The currently shipped radio firmware has no GSM support. We're all still waiting for an update to provide GSM...
(Also, my D4 is still SIM-locked.)
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VZW should unlock it for you if you call and ask. I think you have to have already met some minimum account duration and payment requirements.
I too am waiting for the GSM firmware. With VZW's CDMA roaming, I can go to 40+ countries, but not to Europe.
I finally got my droid4 in hand and confirm it got gsm function is working in Hong Kong!
However, I got it with GSM ALREADY UNLOCKED so I cannot tell you how to unroot it
But probably involve flashing chinese rom
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I finally got my droid4 in hand and confirm it got gsm function is working in Hong Kong!
However, I got it with GSM ALREADY UNLOCKED so I cannot tell you how to unroot it
But probably involve flashing chinese rom
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So you have fully functioning GSM support? Does everething is working? 3g, HSPDA, sms, calls Friend of mine right now is in USA and will return back 29th of April, just thinking to ask him to buy the phone, but also need to be sure that I can unlock GSM feature.
where did you buy from?
what version id the radio firmware, the baseband and the os?
would/could you work with people here to get the radio firmware?
sorry i am a bit excited.
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So you have fully functioning GSM support? Does everething is working? 3g, HSPDA, sms, calls Friend of mine right now is in USA and will return back 29th of April, just thinking to ask him to buy the phone, but also need to be sure that I can unlock GSM feature.
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Ofcoz, I am actually replying on the droid4 now
All things are working well with HSDPA, SMS and calls, even EDGE
But the lack of alt key make a little trouble when typing chinese
I wonder if the LTE is being supported by china mobile hk
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where did you buy from?
what version id the radio firmware, the baseband and the os?
would/could you work with people here to get the radio firmware?
sorry i am a bit excited.
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I got it from a china auction website
I would like to post the info, any hot-key could take a screenshot in motoblur?
Previous key in milestone3 doesn't work here
And any way to map the 'alt key' back on the physical keyboard?
The info I gathered so far hinted the unlocking involve flashing another rom, *#*#2468#*#* and unlock the device with unlock code, but I got my phone unlocked out of box so I couldn't test it
i found this http://www.buyonsalecheap.com/motor...ocked-verizon-new-without-contract_p1190.html but it dose not look like a trustworthy site and its the only GMS Driod 4 i could find.
could you link to the site you got it from?
i dont know anything bout motoblur i have never owned a Motorola, but i do know you can take screens with the android SDK
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i found this URL BLOCKED but it dose not look like a trustworthy site and its the only GMS Driod 4 i could find.
could you link to the site you got it from?
i dont know anything bout motoblur i have never owned a Motorola, but i do know you can take screens with the android SDK
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Do not buy from that site. Its a scammers site. Not trustworthy at all.
@Disablewong I'm very curious. I too am waiting and trying to use the GSM radio on the Droid 4. Where did you get it? What rom do you use?
Do you know where I can buy an unlock code? I'm not a Verizon customer so they cannot help me. And I tried some 3rd party unlock sites, but none of them was able to generate an unlock code for me.
Thanks in advance.
There is a way to know if this device is a real Motorola Droid 4? I found some weird links about it[1]
[1] www indianexporters com / Motorola-DROID-4-XT894-unlocked-mobile-phone-sell-111965.html (I can not post links yet)
VMU,
Which ones did you try? I want to try this one because of their success with Razr and Atrix. Not so sure about a ferund though when they do not succeed.
http://sim-unlock.net/simlock/New_Motorola/Droid 4/
I tried mobile2mobile, networkunlockcodes, and unlockitnow.
I also found the site you mentioned. But before I contacted them before I place an order. If they can guarantee that they can unlock the Droid 4 I'll submit my imei.
Waiting for a reply.
Guys, will you expect the phone will work as GSM after unlocking? Or you will use it as CDMA?
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Do not buy from that site. Its a scammers site. Not trustworthy at all.
@Disablewong I'm very curious. I too am waiting and trying to use the GSM radio on the Droid 4. Where did you get it? What rom do you use?
Do you know where I can buy an unlock code? I'm not a Verizon customer so they cannot help me. And I tried some 3rd party unlock sites, but none of them was able to generate an unlock code for me.
Thanks in advance.
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I bought it from taobao, search for xt894
I got it unlocked out of box, so I can't tell you which code provider is right
i would like to upload screenshot....
but after losing my phone, I got my computer broken too....
So I would do so later this week after I got time get my pc repaired
what else information I should upload for help unlocking the phone?
Okay, I ordered me one from Amazon! Did have the AT&T Version. Its apparently going to be the German Version. Would I have any Issues with that being that im in the US?
None. I too have the German version and I use AT&T. Everything works nicely!
I've had the German version since mid December, on at&t, no issues at all.
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I've had the German version since mid December, on at&t, no issues at all.
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Well now I dont know what version I ordered from Amazon directly instead so idk what version. How can I tell once I get it?
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Well now I dont know what version I ordered from Amazon directly instead so idk what version. How can I tell once I get it?
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Look at About Phone and see what model number it is.
But, it will work on ATT, you just will need APNs, which you can find. Or if you are on ICS, you might not need to put them in, because I didn't. ICS auto-populates APNs.
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Look at About Phone and see what model number it is.
But, it will work on ATT, you just will need APNs, which you can find. Or if you are on ICS, you might not need to put them in, because I didn't. ICS auto-populates APNs.
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Yea I know what, What APN do you all use? the Wap.cingular or the HSPA+ one? Cause When I had my International One x, data was HORRIBLE using the wap.cingular one, and once I put in the HSPA+ one it was normal like my att note.
Also does it matter where it comes from? like flaws or anything ? Sorry I`m OCD haha
My baseband is N7000UBKK1 Wheres it from?
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Yea I know what, What APN do you all use? the Wap.cingular or the HSPA+ one? Cause When I had my International One x, data was HORRIBLE using the wap.cingular one, and once I put in the HSPA+ one it was normal like my att note.
Also does it matter where it comes from? like flaws or anything ? Sorry I`m OCD haha
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My APN is on wap.cingular right now. That is the one that is auto-populating and I haven't changed it. It's not terrible. ATT sucks, so it is hard to tell. Lol.
What HSPA+ APN are you talking about? PTA one is for LTE and since we don't have LTE that wouldn't do any good.
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My baseband is N7000UBKK1 Wheres it from?
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What baseband is this? where did this phone come from
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AFAIK its UBKK1 its from Brazil. I got the same when I bought mine.
Regards from Venezuela.
Basebands/modems can be changed so don't get too caught up with that. You have to try a modem that fits best for you and your carrier. I am on LP6 now, but I have tried a lot.
Did Brazil Get the Offical ICS Update?
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Did Brazil Get the Offical ICS Update?
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Not yet. Quite frustrating if you ask me.
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Is there a certain reason why you US guys buy the german Notes?
In my case I don't even live in the US, bought my Note on Amazon, seller didn't specify country of origen for the device nor did I ask, when I received my device started looking around and found out that acording with the device's firmware it came from Brazil.
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Is there a certain reason why you US guys buy the german Notes?
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Bought mine on eBay instead of buying from ATT with a contract.
Also, this note has a better processor than the ATT version.
Amazon seems to be selling them the ones from brazil. And fsgtrading is selling ones for germany. I got my note brand new for 440 brand new with over night.
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Amazon seems to be selling them the ones from brazil. And fsgtrading is selling ones for germany. I got my note brand new for 440 brand new with over night.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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I think mine is the germany one, but I'm not 100% sure and there is no way to tell right now since I'm on a cm9 build and have done too much to it. The N7000 came from certain countries and then the other international model came from like china, I think. And then of course, att model is US.
hi to all of you. I bought very recently a Mate S in France for a Japanese friend. But when she went back there, and went to two different phone operators to get a micro sim card, they said that Europe phones won't work in Japan. I called today Huawei France and they told me the same. Phones bought in Europe won't work in Asia, and vice versa.
I can't believe that.
So my question is will it work if we change the firmware and do someone had such experience in the past?
It will be very helpful. Thank you.
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hi to all of you. I bought very recently a Mate S in France for a Japanese friend. But when she went back there, and went to two different phone operators to get a micro sim card, they said that Europe phones won't work in Japan. I called today Huawei France and they told me the same. Phones bought in Europe won't work in Asia, and vice versa.
I can't believe that.
So my question is will it work if we change the firmware and do someone had such experience in the past?
It will be very helpful. Thank you.
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You should first check if your phone hardware will work with your Japan operator, go to willmyphonework.net and see 3G/LTE support.
Another thing is that, if your phone is branded, you must change vendor/region on oeminfo file. It showed up that phone operators are limited by that, too.
And if that´s OK there is a useful post about converting to UL-00(China) which might be suitable for you. And it works, provided you´re on Android 5.1.X -so don´t upgrade to MM.
Of course, do not mess with this if you have very little or no experience, as you´re likely to end up in a brick.
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You should first check if your phone hardware will work with your Japan operator, go to willmyphonework.net and see 3G/LTE support.
Another thing is that, if your phone is branded, you must change vendor/region on oeminfo file. It showed up that phone operators are limited by that, too.
And if that´s OK there is a useful post about converting to UL-00(China) which might be suitable for you. And it works, provided you´re on Android 5.1.X -so don´t upgrade to MM.
Of course, do not mess with this if you have very little or no experience, as you´re likely to end up in a brick.
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Thank you very much Ricky for fast reply.
First of all, I checked it on willmyphonework.net and 3G and 4G is ok. I made it with Softbank which is my friend's operator, but I guess it will be almost same with another one.
Now I need to know how to change vendor/region on oeminfo file. Any link will be welcome, but I will search by myself.
The problem is that this phone is in Japan now and my friend is not familiar at all with these tech things. But you gave me some informations she can bring to the operators for a first step.
Another step could be to go to Akihabara, well known as the tech city in Tokyo. There she could find some informed technician.
Really thank you for useful help.
Alain.
alain belay said:
Thank you very much Ricky for fast reply.
First of all, I checked it on willmyphonework.net and 3G and 4G is ok. I made it with Softbank which is my friend's operator, but I guess it will be almost same with another one.
Now I need to know how to change vendor/region on oeminfo file. Any link will be welcome, but I will search by myself.
The problem is that this phone is in Japan now and my friend is not familiar at all with these tech things. But you gave me some informations she can bring to the operators for a first step.
Another step could be to go to Akihabara, well known as the tech city in Tokyo. There she could find some informed technician.
Really thank you for useful help.
Alain.
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If your friend isn't familar with tech things then she won't be able to convert it herself.
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If your friend isn't familar with tech things then she won't be able to convert it herself.
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+1
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Finally, she went to another phone seller, the vendor tried with a micro SD and... it worked!! She will suscribe there.
It means that this phone bought in Europe does work in Japan! Very good information and thank you for help again.
Does it matter with whom the carrier is from?
can they be flashed or rooted?
Currently there's a procedure to unlock boot loader for all models *except* t mobile. The procedure isn't simple though. Look in rom/devs sub forum.
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Currently there's a procedure to unlock boot loader for all models *except* t mobile. The procedure isn't simple though. Look in rom/devs sub forum.
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Alright thank you
does it matter if I buy a AT&T version or Sprint Version?
Would it affect performance or what bands I can connect to?
aceofpilots said:
Alright thank you
does it matter if I buy a AT&T version or Sprint Version?
Would it affect performance or what bands I can connect to?
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That I don't know. I got a Sprint model and it seems to work fine with att, though I've been stuck at home like everybody else so I haven't really tested the network. The Sprint model is on Android 9. I don't know what the situation is on att.
Sprint does load the phone with a bunch of bloat and spam ware, most of which you can disable. I imagine att does the same. I'd just buy what is available at lowest price.
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That I don't know. I got a Sprint model and it seems to work fine with att, though I've been stuck at home like everybody else so I haven't really tested the network. The Sprint model is on Android 9. I don't know what the situation is on att.
Sprint does load the phone with a bunch of bloat and spam ware, most of which you can disable. I imagine att does the same. I'd just buy what is available at lowest price.
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Im just worried cause its my first real phone and i dont wanna spend $150+ on the wrong one and get crappy reception or use it properly.
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Im just worried cause its my first real phone and i dont wanna spend $150+ on the wrong one and get crappy reception or use it properly.
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What made you decide to get this phone? If you explain what you want/need people will be able to advise you better.
barth2 said:
What made you decide to get this phone? If you explain what you want/need people will be able to advise you better.
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Really the Quad DACs mainly and Camera Quality
i'm upgrading from an S6
Get the AT&T version...it has more bands than the Sprint version.
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Get the AT&T version...it has more bands than the Sprint version.
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from what I was told you could just flash the firmware on it to the US unlocked and that would allow more band usage?