its unlocked non rooted?
No you can not. Sprint, like Verizon operate on a CDMA network while ATT and T-Mobile operate on a. GSM network.
Afraid not. Sorry. They use different bands. Plus Sprint doesn't use SIM cards
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I have a friend who currently has a Sprint BB (Tour) with a SIM card. He's looking to get the Captivate because it has a SIM card slot. I already know of the two different Network Types (GSM vs CDMA), and their different network frequencies. I was just curious if that SIM would work in that phone?
I would highly doubt it. But give it a shot
Sent from my captivate so excuse the spelling mistakes
Thanks, but I also read that the frequencies supported in the BB include the ones supported by AT&T network , 850MHz and 1900 MHz. We will just have to see tho..
No. Sprint & Verizon used CDMA networks. AT&T and T-mobile use GSM. Completely different radios. Square peg/round hole.
Thanks. I understand the CDMA/GSM differences, just thought that the SIM would support GSM networks and with the Captivate being a GSM phone, it would just work. But w/o an AT&T account, that just really wouldn't work out.
ddpacino said:
Thanks. I understand the CDMA/GSM differences, just thought that the SIM would support GSM networks and with the Captivate being a GSM phone, it would just work. But w/o an AT&T account, that just really wouldn't work out.
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Sprint sim in the BB is for overseas use making it a global phone. The sim that is in there should be Vodafone or something like that. It is so it can be used in the UK or accross the pond.
You can have the BB unlocked and put an ATT sim in it and use the edge network but no 3g. But the sim that is in the BB now will not work on ATT network.
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Sprint sim in the BB is for overseas use making it a global phone. The sim that is in there should be Vodafone or something like that. It is so it can be used in the UK or accross the pond.
You can have the BB unlocked and put an ATT sim in it and use the edge network but no 3g. But the sim that is in the BB now will not work on ATT network.
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Negative. It's not for use overseas like Verizon's BlackBerry devices.
The reason for the SIM Card in the Sprint BlackBerry devices is for connection to the old Nextel IDEN network for their push-to-talk system.
What that means is, though, that it will -not- work in a Samsung Captivate because though the IDEN SIM is the same size/shape as a GSM SIM, but they are not even remotely the same. Still square peg/round hole like a previous poster said.
Hello,
I have a T-mobile HTC ONE M7, I'm planing to switch to Verizon, Will I be able to get LTE/4G?
Is my Tmo M7 supported at all by Verizon? What network will I be able to connect to?
Is there any way to make my phone support all or some of Verizon's bands? A ROM or a Radio!! Maybe something else!!
I have tried to find this info, but I couldn't. The only thing I found is that both T-mobile and Verizon use the 1900 band for LTE!!
Please if you know anything about this let me know
Thank you
zaid2999 said:
Hello,
I have a T-mobile HTC ONE M7, I'm planing to switch to Verizon, Will I be able to get LTE/4G?
Is my Tmo M7 supported at all by Verizon? What network will I be able to connect to?
Is there any way to make my phone support all or some of Verizon's bands? A ROM or a Radio!! Maybe something else!!
I have tried to find this info, but I couldn't. The only thing I found is that both T-mobile and Verizon use the 1900 band for LTE!!
Please if you know anything about this let me know
Thank you
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T-Mobile is a GSM phone which doesn't have any CDMA bands, so you will surely limit yourself on their network. Also, T-Mobile and Verizon have different partition tables so the firmware and roms are not compatible. If you know someone on the Verizon network, ask them if you could use their SIM card to see what type of service you get with the TMO phone. Here is comparison chart of the various HTC One's, check out the Secondary Cellular Phone.
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Like said above, TMO htc one use GSM bands and Verizon use CDMA bands. Your phone also need a MEID # (the equivalent of the EMEI for CDMA network) which you don't have on a GSM HTC One (manufacturer-assigned). And afaik, Verizon will not accept non-verizon phone on their network. Your best choice if you want to quit TMO is to choose another GSM carrier (AT&T for example). Your phone also must be sim-unlocked to change carrier.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/verizon-cdma-explained-1189551
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_equipment_identifier
Thanks guys for the replies, I thought there might be some way to change bands :cyclops: I'm not an expert lol
Looks like I will be switching to ATT
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Can anyone confirm whether the Sprint variant of the Note 5 can be used on Verizon when unlocked?
None of the Sprint phones will work on Verizon since Verizon requires SIM cards.
Bummer, are there any Note 5 models that, unlocked, will work with Verizon's network? Their native variant reportedly bricks upon root, so I'm trying to avoid that.
There is a theory that the T-Mobile version will work (likely only the 4G radio) on the Verizon network.
Not sure if this is the correct forum but I can't seem to find anything about using VZ G4 on T-mobile? I don't mind if it need to be rooted, just want a stable setting that I can do. TIA.
Unless something has changed lately, you can't. Verizon uses CDMA for its voice network and T-Mobile uses GSM.
With that being said, the only way I've seen any Verizon phone being used on a GSM network is if the phone supports a SIM card (and I'm not sure the SIM card for the LTE counts) and the phone is unlocked to use international SIM cards (which, by default, will allow it to use T-Mobile). There's a catch to that, however. You may not be able to use the optimum frequencies T-Mobile uses if the Verizon phone doesn't support them, which may cause a less than desirable experience with your phone.
An unlocked AT&T G4 would be a better bet. Some international versions of the phone may also be better than the Verizon version. You'll have to do some research on the last one.
In the past I know Verizon would let their cdma/gsm phones work with international sim cards but not att or t-mobile. The verizon g4 supports lte bands 2 and 4 and that's the two main bands that t-mobile uses. It's not clear from the tech specs if the phone supports wcdma but if it does not you might drop to edge while on a call.
like tkirton said you would be much better off with a phone that's intended mainly for GSM. t-mobile branded phones, newer nexus phones(6 and later), and the iphone also have the advantage of volte and wifi calling.
My Verizon G2 worked on T-Mobile and Cricket which as both GSM. I got LTE also, but you'll loose LTE on calls, and probably won't have HD voice. So, G4 might be the same.
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My Verizon G2 worked on T-Mobile and Cricket which as both GSM. I got LTE also, but you'll loose LTE on calls, and probably won't have HD voice. So, G4 might be the same.
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i can backup/confirm this, i was using the G2 (VS980 Verizon) with T-mobile and i was getting nice LTE Speed in my area but loose some T-Mo features of course....
Hello everyone! I am trying to switch over to Straight Talk because my current carrier, nTelos, has been bought by Shentel and I was told that my current phone could not be used on the new network. Even though nTelos goes off of both the Sprint and Verizon network, my phone will not be able to use the new network that is owned by Sprint. (Which honestly confuses me since my phone has been running off the nTelos, Sprint, and Verizon networks just fine.)
Anyways, I was wondering if it was possible to use the AT&T or T-Mobile sim cards that come with the Straight Talk activation kit. I am wondering because AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon all use 1900MHz on band 2 for LTE. Also, the AT&T and T-Mobile variants have some of the same LTE bands as the nTelos variant. So, is it possible or should I just stick to the Verizon sim card that came with the activation kit?
Never mind. I can't get any of the sim cards in the kit to work with the phone.