Hello all, first time poster, long time lurker. I'm interested in picking up a second-hand Galaxy Tab off of eBay/Craigslist or a refurb from one of the carriers, and I'm wondering what the best carrier variant is, especially for rooting/custom ROMs and such.
I'd like to have the freedom to hack and play with my SGT as much as possible, and I've seen some threads where the GSM model (AT&T/T-Mo) would be much better than a VZW/Sprint variant. I'm with AT&T for my current phone (iPhone 4), and I'm leaning towards the GSM (AT&T) flavor, so I can swap SIM cards at will. (With a homemade mini-SIM to regular-SIM adapter).
What are your thoughts & recommendations?
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I am thinking of buying HTC One when it is on sale here (India). I am not sure that HTC is gonna roll-out the LTE enabled version of the One or just the normal 3G one. I am mostly moving to the US for grad studies and I was thinking about buying the LTE enabled version or the normal (I'll call it that) version when I do. Should I buy the phone from India itself or from US? I don't think they would ask for residential proof or something to buy a sim-free unlocked phone.
I am kinda confused about the whole LTE thing as I feel it is..well a luxury item i guess?
And the main question, if I buy the phone from here........I think it would work only on limited GSM networks, right ?
Hi. we are interested in buying an samsung galaxy s8 from verizon. Is that unlocked for any gsm network? As we are planning to use that mobile in india. SO if you could help regarding this? Thanks
Hello everyone, wondering if I purchase this n9600 will it work on verizon?? Looks like there is a hk, latin american and international n9600. If i purchase this one will i be able to have cdma on verizon? Not too concerned with samsung pay working but I also don't want to root, I have pixel 3 for that. Just want to pop sim in and have working service like my n960u1 did
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Ga...:dPcAAOSwdrdcR04G:rk:18:pf:0&var=522129757336
Hi all,
Going to be purchasing a Tmobile Galaxy s10 for my girlfriend and wondering what, if any, drawbacks there are to buying a TMO variant but activating it on ATT? I'm pretty sure wifi calling won't work, but what about updates? The splash screen will still be TMO I would assume and then would it still be on the TMO update schedule? Has anyone done this? Thanks.
First of all, I never buy from the carriers anymore. Bloated software, ads, etc. & LOCKED BOOTLOADERS, drive me nuts.
I would buy the International Unlocked Model. If you are looking for the S10, the SM-G973F is the international version. AND the local USA carriers will not sell you this model because they want you LOCKED on to their carrier!
But you can buy from SWAPPA or Ebay or AMAZON. I have the international S10E with the fingerprint unlock in the Power button (no problems with installing a glass screen saver).
xgerryx said:
Hi all,
Going to be purchasing a Tmobile Galaxy s10 for my girlfriend and wondering what, if any, drawbacks there are to buying a TMO variant but activating it on ATT? I'm pretty sure wifi calling won't work, but what about updates? The splash screen will still be TMO I would assume and then would it still be on the TMO update schedule? Has anyone done this? Thanks.
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I'm curious as to why you're not just buying an unlocked model if wifi calling doesn't matter. In reference to another rant posted, I doubt she will need to unlock the bootloader so I see no need for the international version off Ebay depending on what country she'll be using it in. On what you're asking, yes someone has done it I believe.