Is there a Mod which will let you use a mobile phone Sim card for 3g??
Yeah, but its illegal in some areas, so you won't find it written here anywhere.
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How is it illegal? What other way is there to get 3g on a GSM tab
swyped from a galaxy far far away
If I'm not mistaken, it is illegal in some areas to mess with your imei, which is the only way I know how...
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I use the sim card from my vibrant in a t-mobile tab. I use the sim card from an at&t phone in my at&t tab. At&t had no issues. T-mobile was a little tricky, but it's all worked out there.
is there to do it on uk??
No mod needed, unless you don't have the phone dialer. If not you will need to flash any rom to enable the phone feature.
is the question specific to a particular tab model?I cannot understand the question because my reply now is thru my 3g- actually HSPA that my sim is providing.
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Title says it all. Got an ATT refurb but I have tzones with tmobile and would love to do better then edge. I would think that the hardware would be the same and all I need is just to use a TMO modem.
I would appreciate it if someone can tell me if this can be done.
Also, can I alter the IMEI so TMO will think that I have a different device? I currently have a Nokia that I use and I would love to "clone" it so I dont start getting charged for a tablet. I am only planning to connect the tab via 3G once in a while.
Sorry no, so many threads say only 2G+voice or 3G using rotohammers switcher
Attempting to alter imei is frowned upon.
Add some money promise to the bounty for a tmous 3G+voice modem to be cooked
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I think that you missed my point, I am asking only about TMO 3G on ATT tab not for voice. And the devs that do this do this for fun, $1K will not get you someone for this type of a problem as I understand that this is very hard or not possible at this point with available modes out there.
Att uses different 3g frequencies than t-mobile. I don't think there is a way to change a tab's frequencies; this is an attribute of the hardware/radio.
It would be cool to do what you ask, but you can't.
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I have a t-mobile galaxy tab that I am now using on Att, I installed the newest overcome rom, have been trying different modems but so far cannot seem to be able to get 3g to work. To clarify I am using att sim card in a att 3g area. Is there a specific modem to achieve this or some settings I need to set?
My t-mobile vibrant that is unlocked, works perfectly fine with the same att sim and I get 3g, can make calls and use data simultaneously.
Have you gone through your vpn settings?
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I have checked the APN settings and everything looks the same as what is set on my vibrant that is getting 3g.
I understand there ARE hardware differences between AT&T and T-Mo versions. As a result....only Edge on T-Mo network with AT&T tab....and only Edge on AT&T network with T-Mo tab.
I know...sux!
Oh, I was hoping that the hardware was just the same and the software was different on each carrier, like each one only enabled certain frequencies. Especially since the Vibrant is able to get 3g with At&t.
Big differences in the radios. They are compatible on each others voice frequencies, but they don't have the correct data frequencies.
what are your apn settings to make the att sim work and get data??
I flashed overcome v2.0.0 gold on my tmobile tab and flashed the jk3 modem for att... is that the modem I need to flash to work with at&t? I only get voice and 2G only. Someone said maybe I need to flash jpz modem? would that get 3g data on my tmobile tab with at&t sim?
I give up. What's the point of posting accurate information if people won't read it?
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I give up. What's the point of posting accurate information if people won't read it?
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Standing right beside you Captain.
I feel sad Cap, the crush on galaxy tab made me buy a Tmo TAB and I am a ATT user. I just want to sell my current one and get a ATT to enable 3G data...damn...
I have two tabs: the t-mobile tab I first bought, and the at&t tab I bought after I learned.
Hey,
if i buy the captivate is it able to be useable in germany? I think it have to 'cause it's quadband but i'm not sure. And i have to unlock it, or? (AT&T)
thx
no answer?
unlock it, Otherwise you would HAVE to use at&t and the bill would be rediculous. If the carrier's bandwith isn't on 1900 you will not be able to connect to 3g. So 2g might be the fastest you will get without wifi.
Might want to check out a galaxy S I9000, that is the international version of the galaxy S line.
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Might want to check out a galaxy S I9000, that is the international version of the galaxy S line.
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+1 The captivate is a crippled At&t version of the i9000
Only thing crippled about it lack of a secondary camera and rear flash. HSUPA isn't a big deal in ATT since most don't have unlimited data, and we do have the audience chip I9000 does not. BUT to OP yes check I9000 might server you better.
So far I like the tab, but voice+2G with absolutely no 3G, I am out of it.
ps: ATT user with Tmo Tab.
Now does any of you could confidently tell me that with ATT tab, I could have 2G+voice and 3G only by using ATT sim card? Cuz in that case I am gonna sell this one and buy a ATT tab and start all over again.
Thank you very much!
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At&t tab with at&t sim card with voice plan and data plan means your tab will get calls and 3g data without any modem switching. It will be a giant android smartphone.
If you moved to Spain or Isreal, you could have that with your t-mobile tab.
Thank you cap! You are always helpful. I actually asked the ATT store clerk and got the answer that I can only get data but no voice by using GT, hence the question. Would you enlighten me? Thanks!
Right, a stock at&t tab doesn't have a dialer app, even though the hardware supports it.
So when you get the at&t tab, flash the gingerbread stocksafe v5 rom from team overcome, sim card in, check apn values, and . . .
. . . BOOM . . . voice calls and 3g data, no switch!
There was some buzz a couple of weeks back about reflashing the modems in the Samsung Galaxy Note to gain access to T-Mobile's HSPA+ network.
Is there anything comparable for the Samsung Captivate? I realize we're talking about 3G here and not LTE. I want to take my Captivate, which is SIM unlocked, to My Simple Mobile. But they run off T-Mobile's network. I've searched around and have come up empty.
FWIW, I'm running CM7 and not the stock ROM.
I believe u would only b able to get the Edge on T mobile. No 3g.
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The Captivate's hardware isn't physically capable of HSPA+. I haven't heard about using these modems, but as stated above, usually the deal with T-Mobile is EDGE only. I don't think Vibrant (T-Mobile) modems work, so there doesn't seem to be a solution.
captivate technically is a 3g device, we only get hspa by using a re-oriented i9000 kernel and an i9000 modem. because its the same hardware... <backspace rant>
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You can only get EDGE on your Captivate. It is a hardware issue. You cannot do anything about it. I have mine running on T-Mo and unless somebody has a way of physically changing the hardware to upgrade the capability it will never be more than a fake 3G because EDGE isn't even really 3G. It is more like 2.75 G if there was such a thing.