I'm looking to get a non contract moto X but am confused by all the versions. For instance, Republic sells it for $299.
https://republicwireless.com/phones/moto-x
Is that the same moto X sold for $349 on cyber Wednesday and Saturday at
http://www.motorola.com/us/motorola-shop-all/motorola-shop-all-sale.html
If different, what's the difference?
(**I need to be able to root the phone).
Thanks
Anderson2 said:
I'm looking to get a non contract moto X but am confused by all the versions. For instance, Republic sells it for $299.
https://republicwireless.com/phones/moto-x
Is that the same moto X sold for $349 on cyber Wednesday and Saturday at
http://www.motorola.com/us/motorola-shop-all/motorola-shop-all-sale.html
If different, what's the difference?
(**I need to be able to root the phone).
Thanks
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Republic wireless phone only works with republic wireless.
Start with your carrier then go from there. If GSM and you NEED root i suggest t-mobile or dev edition so u can unlock bootloader and always guarantee root.
What carrier are you on? As the other guy said, if you have a GSM carrier (AT&T, tmobile, other mvno's of those carriers), then go with the tmobile version. You CAN unlock the bootloader and root it, and it comes sim unlocked so you can use it on att/whatever other gsm carrier you want. If you have verizon, then get the CDMA dev edition.
aooga said:
then go with the tmobile version. You CAN unlock the bootloader and root it, and it comes sim unlocked so you can use it on att/whatever other gsm carrier you want. .
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Sorry for jacking the thread... but does the T-mo version work on AT&T LTE?
netsyd said:
Sorry for jacking the thread... but does the T-mo version work on AT&T LTE?
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yes
aooga said:
What carrier are you on? As the other guy said, if you have a GSM carrier (AT&T, tmobile, other mvno's of those carriers), then go with the tmobile version. You CAN unlock the bootloader and root it, and it comes sim unlocked so you can use it on att/whatever other gsm carrier you want. If you have verizon, then get the CDMA dev edition.
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I want it as a non contract phone. Currently I'm on straighttalk and they have a system where you buy a sim from them. But I may go elsewhere. I'm debating between a moto X or a nexus 5.
Anderson2 said:
I want it as a non contract phone. Currently I'm on straighttalk and they have a system where you buy a sim from them. But I may go elsewhere. I'm debating between a moto X or a nexus 5.
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Then get a tmobile version. Sim and bootloader unlocked, so you can use it on straigttalk or att or any of those other mvno's.
aooga said:
Then get a tmobile version. Sim and bootloader unlocked, so you can use it on straigttalk or att or any of those other mvno's.
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Sorry if it sounds like I'm repeating questions, but I'm not from the US.
So I'm not too familiar with mobile phones being locked and sim locked and things like these.
My question is, I'm thinking of bringing a Moto X into Singapore for my daily use.
Just wondering, according to all the above comments, I should bring in a T-Mobile version instead since sim and bootloader is not locked to any carrier?
And I got one more question
All these different carrier version, the radios are the same? or do they all differ slightly? I'm asking because in Singapore, I think the radios here are a little different from the US
savagedp said:
Sorry if it sounds like I'm repeating questions, but I'm not from the US.
So I'm not too familiar with mobile phones being locked and sim locked and things like these.
My question is, I'm thinking of bringing a Moto X into Singapore for my daily use.
Just wondering, according to all the above comments, I should bring in a T-Mobile version instead since sim and bootloader is not locked to any carrier?
And I got one more question
All these different carrier version, the radios are the same? or do they all differ slightly? I'm asking because in Singapore, I think the radios here are a little different from the US
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The radios all differ slightly. And yes, you should get the tmobile one since it's sim unlocked. I don't know the bands of your carrier, so you might have to look it up and compare it with the US bands.
Ok just checked. Seems like only 3G will work in Singapore. LTE here is band 3 and 7. whereas T-mobile seems to be just on band 4.
Hey, I'm considering buying one off of Swappa. Most of them on there have come from T Mobile, Sprint or AT&T. I want to use this thing on Verizon. Do I have any worries about buying either of those carriers rather than direct from GPS or Motorola? I know all the hardware is the same, but wasn't sure how the SIM locking worked for those carriers.
normmcgarry said:
Hey, I'm considering buying one off of Swappa. Most of them on there have come from T Mobile, Sprint or AT&T. I want to use this thing on Verizon. Do I have any worries about buying either of those carriers rather than direct from GPS or Motorola? I know all the hardware is the same, but wasn't sure how the SIM locking worked for those carriers.
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T-Mobile and Sprint will work right out of the box. AT&T will require you to purchase a sim unlock code.
normmcgarry said:
Hey, I'm considering buying one off of Swappa. Most of them on there have come from T Mobile, Sprint or AT&T. I want to use this thing on Verizon. Do I have any worries about buying either of those carriers rather than direct from GPS or Motorola? I know all the hardware is the same, but wasn't sure how the SIM locking worked for those carriers.
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I bought a tmobile Nexus 6 off craiglist. Slipped in my Verizon trimmed down micro-sim card in and it works flawlessly.
I bought a G4 att branded does any one know how to unlock to use with sprint. Ive searched around and looks like people mostly want to do the opposite sprint to att. thks in advanced.
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I bought a G4 att branded does any one know how to unlock to use with sprint. Ive searched around and looks like people mostly want to do the opposite sprint to att. thks in advanced.
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It won't work... Sprint uses CDMA and Att is GSM only so there is no way to use an Att phone on Sprint. However you can use a Sprint phone on Att with a sim unlock.
Looking to upgrade to an LG G4 and I know the H811 is easier for rooting and flashing.
Does anyone know if an unlocked H811 will work on cricket wireless?
Sorry if the info is somewhere already but I've looked and can't find any straight answer.
cricket wireless uses cdma phones I think so no go on the t-moblie version.
jesful2011 said:
Looking to upgrade to an LG G4 and I know the H811 is easier for rooting and flashing.
Does anyone know if an unlocked H811 will work on cricket wireless?
Sorry if the info is somewhere already but I've looked and can't find any straight answer.
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If your H811 G4 is sim unlocked it should work with Cricket as it uses the same GSM network technology. Cricket is the best prepaid cell provider because its prices are low and it is owned by AT&T and uses same cell towers. I had them for a year and their service is 100 times better than T-Mobile. Only reason I switched to tmo was for unlimited data. But now Cricket has unlimited data too.
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I haven't purchased my G4 yet but now I'm thinking maybe I should get an unlocked T-Mobile G4 because of the unlocked bootloader. Should work with cricket as a lot of unlocked T-Mobile phones do.
And I'm on cricket's unlimited plan I can use a lot of data in month.
jesful2011 said:
I haven't purchased my G4 yet but now I'm thinking maybe I should get an unlocked T-Mobile G4 because of the unlocked bootloader. Should work with cricket as a lot of unlocked T-Mobile phones do.
And I'm on cricket's unlimited plan I can use a lot of data in month.
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The Global H815 is unlocked from factory. I'd rather get that unless you know 100% the Tmo h811 is unlocked.
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Hello XDA,
Do we know if we are able to flash the firmware of another carriers to the LG G6? I remember we were able to do that with the S6/S7 so that Wifi Calling and VoLTE would be fixed for users on Tmobile using an unlocked phone (Sprint unlocked phone etc). Since they had the same physical hardware.
I'll be getting a Sprint LG G6 from my job but I have tmobile, I can get it unlocked thats not a problem, but I need Wifi Calling to work. Has anyone tried to flash another carriers firmware on their LG G6 // do we know if they are the same hardware wise? Thanks in advance guys!
Is Sprint using GSM now?
skywalkr2 said:
Is Sprint using GSM now?
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The devices have been GSM capable since the S3. NVTOOLs usually has some flags you can flip to enable the bands/radio. Of course it needs to be clean ESN with Sprint, and internationally unlocked from Sprint.
Does any one know what i need to do to get my sprint lg g6 working on other carriers sprint says its unlocked but when i put at&t sim card in it does not register
Bigken5508 said:
Does any one know what i need to do to get my sprint lg g6 working on other carriers sprint says its unlocked but when i put at&t sim card in it does not register
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Did Sprint just say it's unlocked or did they give you a code? From what I know they are suppose to give an unlock codes for Android devices and for iPhones they just unlock them. Your phone is suppose to prompt you when you put a different carrier SIM in and once you out that code in your permanent unlocked.
Can anyone second this?
I wouldn't trust Sprint. They need to give you the unlock code. I found someone to pay to do it. There are very few.