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Question about traveling to another country?

Well, my girlfriend and her best friend are going to ireland, and I said I would let her use my captivate since it says" world phone" on boot up. Now, i have never dealt with anything like this, so how would I go about letting her use my cell phone and its full capabilities in ireland? Thanks. And sorry for posting in general! I thought I was in Q and A sorry!
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goob1284 said:
And sorry for posting in general! I thought I was in Q and A sorry!
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Please refer to the these guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276306

I have been overseas with an AT&T Blackberry world phone. When you boot up a phone overseas, it will piggy back onto whatever compatible GSM network is in the area. But keep in mind, you will get charged out the @ass with intl roaming and dialing. It may be a good idea to call up at&t to get on board with an intl plan depending on how long she will be over there. Once you establish a network connection, you should be able to make phone calls, text, and surf the web, should the local network have internet access. At minimal, you will be able to talk and text.

I travel to Europe frequently. I purchase a prepaid sim card for each country. They are good for a year. I buy/recharge them there since they cost half of what they do when purchased in the USA. The advantage is having a country local number with no roaming or LD charges for local calls. Even calling back to North America is less expensive than roaming on AT&T. The handset must not be sim locked. Check it by dialing *#7465625#.

ua549 said:
I travel to Europe frequently. I purchase a prepaid sim card for each country. They are good for a year. I buy/recharge them there since they cost half of what they do when purchased in the USA. The advantage is having a country local number with no roaming or LD charges for local calls. Even calling back to North America is less expensive than roaming on AT&T. The handset must not be sim locked. Check it by dialing *#7465625#.
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I've done this too. But it all depends on how long and how frequent the person will be over there. If she's going just for a two week vacation...getting the phone unlocked and putting in a sim card from a local carrier wouldn't be the way to go.

Captivate is Quad-band GSM (That's "World Phone").. But only Tri-band WCDMA, so no 3G/HSPA in Europe
I think you must put in your internal SDCard a couple of modems, from Europe i9000 900/1700mhz WCDMA, and American 850/1900MHz WCDMA..
When you're in a 900/1700Mhz country, flash with CWM the Europe's modem..
And, in USA, flash the 850/1900MHz modem..
All this, to avoid issues..

If you're going to just use your AT&T SIM card, internation roaming is like $2+/m for voice, $1 per SMS and data is pay per use. So basically, you need a bag of money to support it. Even if you sign up international roaming plan, it has plenty of caveat you need to know (you have to pay at least a month before hand etc.).

SnakeHaveYou said:
Captivate is Quad-band GSM (That's "World Phone").. But only Tri-band WCDMA, so no 3G/HSPA in Europe
I think you must put in your internal SDCard a couple of modems, from Europe i9000 900/1700mhz WCDMA, and American 850/1900MHz WCDMA..
When you're in a 900/1700Mhz country, flash with CWM the Europe's modem..
And, in USA, flash the 850/1900MHz modem..
All this, to avoid issues..
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The Captivate is quad-band GSM and quad-band UTMS. The hardware is limited to GSM850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS 850/900/1900/2100. The Captivate will never do 1700MHz no matter what modem firmware you install on it. Luckily, since most of Europe uses 900Mhz or 2100Mhz for UMTS (3G) anyone who takes a Captivate to Europe should be all set. T-Mobile USA and a few Canadian carriers are the only ones I know of using 1700Mhz.
If you are going to reply to a thread like this, at least look up your data and make sure it is accurate.

Make sure that your girlfriend either uses prepaid SIM cards (then you need to make sure your phone is unlocked first) or you call AT&T and sign up for an international roaming plan & allow international calling on your phone. Without an international plan you will be charged higher rates for her to any phone numbers. Without international calling, she will be unable to dial any numbers except for US numbers. You can cancel the international plan at any time (so you can only pay for an international plan for 1 month instead of the rest of your contract).
Even with an international plan, calling will be very expensive, make sure you are aware of the rates. Also make sure that your girlfriend knows how to make calls, AT&T should explain it to you when you sign up for international. For example, to dial back to the US, she will have to dial 1+ the 10 digit number.
If she can find free wifi hotspots, you can also install a SIP/VoIP application such as Skype, Fring or Nimbuzz which have much cheaper rates. Applications such as these allow for free calling to another Skype/Fring/Numbuzz user and low rates to physical phone numbers (sometimes as low as $.01 per minute).
edit: Oops, I almost forgot, skype only works on Galaxy S phones if you are running Froyo.

nkrick said:
For example, to dial back to the US, she will have to dial 1+ the 10 digit number.
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Wrong. Dial '+1' then area code and phone numbers. Although 1 with area code and phone numbers may work but it depends on how the local carriers handle it.
+ is universal way to tell carriers that there is a country code after it. Country code for US and Canada is 1. Other countries may have 2 or 3 digits country codes.

if you want to use local sim card, make sure your phone is network unlocked.

foxbat121 said:
Wrong. Dial '+1' then area code and phone numbers. Although 1 with area code and phone numbers may work but it depends on how the local carriers handle it.
+ is universal way to tell carriers that there is a country code after it. Country code for US and Canada is 1. Other countries may have 2 or 3 digits country codes.
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Sorry if I caused any confusion. I meant dial 1 "plus" the 10 digit phone number. From China I have not had to use the "+1" but it surely does not hurt to include the "+" in case it is needed.

Run US T-Mobile tab on UK network...

First a little background on my situation before i ask the question, i was recently over in the UK (Northern Ireland) and was trying to use my tab there for a simple call and text so that i could be picked up at the airport but i could never get it to register in any of the local networks, so when i came back i called T-Mobile and they advised that i did not have the International Call Roaming on my plan that's why i was not able to use it. I have since added the service,also i unlocked my tab using Roto's method and tried an AT&T prepaid SIM to see if it worked, it did. Of course i am running my tab with my old Vibrant SIM that allows both voice+data and using Roto's Modem Switch for the edge+voice & 3G.
Now my question is, i will be going back to the UK in the next few weeks and i was wondering if my tab will play nice with the networks in the UK, i know the T-Mobile tab runs on some different frequencies than what the UK tab runs on (correct me if i am wrong) so just want to know if i will have any issues and if does work will i be able to have both voice+edge using a local SIM since the T-Mobile tab does not allow 3G+voice as of yet.

adinis78 said:
Now my question is, i will be going back to the UK in the next few weeks and i was wondering if my tab will play nice with the networks in the UK, i know the T-Mobile tab runs on some different frequencies than what the UK tab runs on (correct me if i am wrong) so just want to know if i will have any issues and if does work will i be able to have both voice+edge using a local SIM since the T-Mobile tab does not allow 3G+voice as of yet.
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The TMo US Tab supports UK 3G frequencies - so, if you've flashed your Tab for voice, you should have no problems getting both 3G and voice using a local SIM.
As to the SIM - my current advice would be either GiffGaff PAYG or T-Mobile PAYG, as you can get very decently priced data with these. I have a T-Mo UK SIM in my Tab at the moment, and I paid the princely sum of £10 for 6 months internet access with a 1GB per month FUP - that's £10 total, not £10 per month!
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
The TMo US Tab supports UK 3G frequencies - so, if you've flashed your Tab for voice, you should have no problems getting both 3G and voice using a local SIM.
As to the SIM - my current advice would be either GiffGaff PAYG or T-Mobile PAYG, as you can get very decently priced data with these. I have a T-Mo UK SIM in my Tab at the moment, and I paid the princely sum of £10 for 6 months internet access with a 1GB per month FUP - that's £10 total, not £10 per month!
Regards,
Dave
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how would i be able to run both voice+3g using a UK SIM if the US t-mobile tab does not support that at the moment?

adinis78 said:
how would i be able to run both voice+3g using a UK SIM if the US t-mobile tab does not support that at the moment?
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It's a question of frequencies!
In order to use voice+3G on a TMo Tab, you need to use the Bell radio (I believe), but that radio doesn't support the AWS bands (1700/2100Mhz) that TMo US uses and the TMo Tab doesn't support 3G over 850MHz and 1900MHz that AT&T uses.
However, it *does* support the 2100MHz band that the networks in the UK use for 3G, as does the TMo US Tabs hardware.
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
It's a question of frequencies!
In order to use voice+3G on a TMo Tab, you need to use the Bell radio (I believe), but that radio doesn't support the AWS bands (1700/2100Mhz) that TMo US uses and the TMo Tab doesn't support 3G over 850MHz and 1900MHz that AT&T uses.
However, it *does* support the 2100MHz band that the networks in the UK use for 3G, as does the TMo US Tabs hardware.
Regards,
Dave
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so then i would just need a modem that runs 3g+voice and i'll be all set to use the tab in the UK, but when will one be available for t-mobile is unclear i guess i could just keep using Roto's modem switch until then. Thank you for the good news since i will be moving to the UK permanently within 2 years or so and it would be a shame that my T-mobile tab would not work there.

adinis78 said:
so then i would just need a modem that runs 3g+voice and i'll be all set to use the tab in the UK, but when will one be available for t-mobile is unclear i guess i could just keep using Roto's modem switch until then.
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If you are using Roto's modem switch, you already have the required radio!
The radio that gives you 2G+voice on TMo in the US is a 3G radio with the necessary bands for the UK!
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
If you are using Roto's modem switch, you already have the required radio!
The radio that gives you 2G+voice on TMo in the US is a 3G radio with the necessary bands for the UK!
Regards,
Dave
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really??? so no need to switch from edge+voice to get 3G? that is wonderful news, with this wonderful news i guess i can bear to be with AT&T for one year then if the merger goes through.....lol!!!!!

foxmeister said:
I have a T-Mo UK SIM in my Tab at the moment, and I paid the princely sum of £10 for 6 months internet access with a 1GB per month FUP - that's £10 total, not £10 per month!
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That should have said £20, not £10! Mind you, it's still a blinding deal!
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
That should have said £20, not £10! Mind you, it's still a blinding deal!
Regards,
Dave
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Seems like a good deal but if anything i will have to go with O2 since they seem to have the better service in Northern Ireland.
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adinis78 said:
Seems like a good deal but if anything i will have to go with O2 since they seem to have the better service in Northern Ireland.
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If you have to go for O2, try GiffGaff instead, which is prepaid brand run by O2.
Regards,
Dave

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If you have to go for O2, try GiffGaff instead, which is prepaid brand run by O2.
Regards,
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was looking over the website and noticed the various options they offer, i like the 10 british pounds and it looks good, 250 min, unlimtd txt and lunlimtd web, but how does that work? does money only get deducted when you call/receive a call and not when you use text and web?? and how long is it good for? a month?

When you buy a "goodybag", the money is deducted from your available credit.
i.e. if you have £20 credit and buy a £10 goodybag, you will have £10 credit left, and 30 days service with 250mins, and unlimited text and web.
Regards,
Dave

And I should probably add that in the UK, we don't generally pay to receive calls, so when some one calls you, it won't use up any of your credit or inclusive minutes.
Regards,
Dave

Well seems like a really good deal but it does say that the unlimited web was until april 4 but its too early for me to worry about this right now i wont be moving there for like 2 years or so.
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Traveling to USA from Europe..

Hi.
This summer I will be traveling in USA(New York and Florida). I have the LG Optimus 2X which according to the specs supports: "GSM (850/900/1800/1900), UMTS (900/2100), HSDPA 7.2/HSUPA 5.76".
1) Will I be able to use my Optimus 2x? I know that the US Nexus S works in Denmark because of the 2100 band..
2) If I can, what kind of pre-paid cards with data can I get? I saw T-Mobile has a Prepaid monthly plan called "Unlimited Talk & Text with 2 GB data" for 70$.
I have been searching but have not been able to get a clear answer. Hope you guys can help me out!
Last year I gave up trying to find any pre paid card with data on, for my HTC Desire. It really sucks to have a phone designed for having internet, when there is none!

GSM won't be a prob, all listed frequencies are used over here i guess the most hassle will be able to find a decent priced 3G prepaid sim; i do wish you luck with your journey; the phone can handle it!
p.s. any change if you can post your prepaid madness with us? Data roaming is a real ***** over here ....

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Data roaming is a real ***** over here ....
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It sure can. I dont mind paying the 70$ for the 2GB T-mobile prepaid that I found, but I cant help but wonder if there are any hidden extra charges(signup or whatever) and if It is possible to return the card if it does not work on 3G.

ravn1 said:
It sure can. I dont mind paying the 70$ for the 2GB T-mobile prepaid that I found, but I cant help but wonder if there are any hidden extra charges(signup or whatever) and if It is possible to return the card if it does not work on 3G.
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I had the same one when I was in L.A. But I only got Edge cause the phone I used did not support de band.

T-mobile use 700/2100 band for 3g/4g so it will not work with 3g just edge

I got my O2X from Singapore and it support 900/1900/2100Mhz UMTS and i am using it on AT&T's 3G without a problem.
Check the box of your phone, it should state the accurate frequencies as most online stores advertise the wrong frequencies.
My phone retail box states the 1900hz band and it is indeed working fine on AT&T's 3G.

clubtech said:
I got my O2X from Singapore and it support 900/1900/2100Mhz UMTS and i am using it on AT&T's 3G without a problem.
Check the box of your phone, it should state the accurate frequencies as most online stores advertise the wrong frequencies.
My phone retail box states the 1900hz band and it is indeed working fine on AT&T's 3G.
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Hi, can you tell us the specific Model/Version of your LG Optimus 2X?,
IT is P990?, And where did you buy the phone (online retail?)
Let us know,
Thanks

[Q] newbie question, AT&T or TMO Moto X outside US

Hey all,
Hope this is in the right place. Saw a few similar questions, but nothing exactly like what I was looking for.
I currently have a VZW Galaxy Nexus, rooted, running Shiny ROM with Xposed and GravityBox. Thinking about dumping VZW and going to a Moto X on AT&T or TMO, both prepaid. Question is, which carrier's phone would I be able to use outside the US? I'll be going to Europe this summer and would like to purchase a local SIM in Europe and use it there, instead of paying roaming fees on AT&T or TMO.
According to Wikipedia (can't post link) and what I've read on here, the TMO version is SIM unlocked. So this means it will work on all GSM carriers, right? In the US, that would be AT&T (if TMO doesn't have good signal where I live), and when I travel, that means I can use a local SIM, correct?
Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated!

lmm5247 said:
Hey all,
Hope this is in the right place. Saw a few similar questions, but nothing exactly like what I was looking for.
I currently have a VZW Galaxy Nexus, rooted, running Shiny ROM with Xposed and GravityBox. Thinking about dumping VZW and going to a Moto X on AT&T or TMO, both prepaid. Question is, which carrier's phone would I be able to use outside the US? I'll be going to Europe this summer and would like to purchase a local SIM in Europe and use it there, instead of paying roaming fees on AT&T or TMO.
According to Wikipedia (can't post link) and what I've read on here, the TMO version is SIM unlocked. So this means it will work on all GSM carriers, right? In the US, that would be AT&T (if TMO doesn't have good signal where I live), and when I travel, that means I can use a local SIM, correct?
Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated!
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Yep, that's correct. T-mo is SIM unlocked. I use mine with AT&T actually too. It should work abroad with no trouble other than tracking down a local nano sim or cutting one down.
If however you want to use LTE abroad I don't think the bands in the T-Mobile version match those used in Europe. HSPA+ should work fine though.
From my experience when traveling abroad a prepaid SIM w/ LTE was way more expensive than something I wanted just for being able to gchat home and look up directions on gmaps so it was a moot point.

superm1 said:
Yep, that's correct. T-mo is SIM unlocked. I use mine with AT&T actually too. It should work abroad with no trouble other than tracking down a local nano sim or cutting one down.
If however you want to use LTE abroad I don't think the bands in the T-Mobile version match those used in Europe. HSPA+ should work fine though.
From my experience when traveling abroad a prepaid SIM w/ LTE was way more expensive than something I wanted just for being able to gchat home and look up directions on gmaps so it was a moot point.
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Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for! I figured LTE wouldn't work in Europe, I was fine with settling for HSPA+ or 3G.
Found a thread here explaining the differences between AT&T, TMO, and Dev Edition. From what I can see, the TMO edition is more flexible than the AT&T edition. Only difference compared to Dev Edition is that unlocking the bootloader on TMO voids your warranty.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546466

lmm5247 said:
Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for! I figured LTE wouldn't work in Europe, I was fine with settling for HSPA+ or 3G.
Found a thread here explaining the differences between AT&T, TMO, and Dev Edition. From what I can see, the TMO edition is more flexible than the AT&T edition. Only difference compared to Dev Edition is that unlocking the bootloader on TMO voids your warranty.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546466
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LTE works in Europe although is not yet as widely spreaded as in the USA. But you'll be fine with 3G which is fast enough and most countries are well covered with that network. More important issue is roaming if you are planning to visit different countries. You must switch between different operators and even using service from the same operator in different states ( e.g. T-mobile) imply roaming charges. In my opinion the best solution is using local sim with best data plan and voip for calling in every country. If you don't want to switch sim cards, you may find the best roaming solution with prepaid Vodafone Italy. You can buy its clone online (http://www.motorhomewifi.com/product/europa-sim-roaming-data-sim-card/) and refill it in any Vodafone shop around Europe.

N950N Olympics Edition on UK carriers

Is anyone using this phone on a UK carrier without any mods at all?
This is the KT branded/unlocked version gifted to athletes.
I don’t care about WiFi calling, just wondering if it will work well on any UK carrier without my having to do anything to it.
Thanks....

rljuss said:
Is anyone using this phone on a UK carrier without any mods at all?
This is the KT branded/unlocked version gifted to athletes.
I don’t care about WiFi calling, just wondering if it will work well on any UK carrier without my having to do anything to it.
Thanks....
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It should be fine if the basebands match.
Find the baseband of the network you want to use, (so for 3g I need baseband 2100 and for 4g I need 900)
In the link below you can then compare it to your model (I will assume its the same as the U version despite the KT)
If the baseband matches for 3g you will only get 3g or visa versa. Hopefully they will match for both 3 and 4g.
https://www.techwalls.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-sm-n950-model-number-differences/

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It should be fine if the basebands match.
Find the baseband of the network you want to use, (so for 3g I need baseband 2100 and for 4g I need 900)
In the link below you can then compare it to your model (I will assume its the same as the U version despite the KT)
If the baseband matches for 3g you will only get 3g or visa versa. Hopefully they will match for both 3 and 4g.
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Thanks for your reply.
On paper, this phone has all the necessary bands to work on TMobile USA but a test at one of their stores with an active SIM didn't have good results. Although the phone displayed LTE, outgoing calls took between 40 and 60 seconds to initiate dialing out, and SMS texts would not go out at all (or if they went out, they didn't arrive at destination phone).
I travel frequently to the UK so I was just hoping that this phone would work out of the box with a UK SIM with no need for mods....

How did you get this phone? I want one so bad.. the colors are so cool

justinxfan said:
How did you get this phone? I want one so bad.. the colors are so cool
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I acquired it directly from an athlete.
I hope to make it work. If not, It may soon be available... (I hope it’s not against the rules to say that).

Seeing as the N950N is GSM device, you should have no issues using it with any UK cell provider.

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Seeing as the N950N is GSM device, you should have no issues using it with any UK cell provider.
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Thanks, that would be my hope, though it didn’t bear out for TMobile USA, which is also a GSM network.

rljuss said:
Thanks, that would be my hope, though it didn’t bear out for TMobile USA, which is also a GSM network.
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You would need to contact T-Mobile or visit their retail branch and have them add your devices IMEI# on their network. For some strange reason some networks require that...

It should work in the UK no problem. Go-to thr Samsung website and it shows all the bands for your specific model (950N) and cross reference it with the ones used in the UK. I think you'll find it's all there. No need to over think it.
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Limeybastard said:
It should work in the UK no problem. Go-to thr Samsung website and it shows all the bands for your specific model (950N) and cross reference it with the ones used in the UK. I think you'll find it's all there. No need to over think it.
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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Thanks. For some reason, although Tmobile USA has all of the required bands, this phone will not work properly on their network without mods.
The purpose of this thread was to hopefully get confirmation from anyone who is actually using an N950N on a UK network without mods.

rljuss said:
I acquired it directly from an athlete.
I hope to make it work. If not, It may soon be available... (I hope it’s not against the rules to say that).
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rljuss said:
Thanks. For some reason, although Tmobile USA has all of the required bands, this phone will not work properly on their network without mods.
The purpose of this thread was to hopefully get confirmation from anyone who is actually using an N950N on a UK network without mods.
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I am using the same Olympic Edition phone in the UK no problem at all. I had to reset my network in order to get LTE working though. I was actually thinking of selling mine, but I decided to keep it and I absolutely love it and sold my iPhone instead!

Frozenrosen said:
I am using the same Olympic Edition phone in the UK no problem at all. I had to reset my network in order to get LTE working though. I was actually thinking of selling mine, but I decided to keep it and I absolutely love it and sold my iPhone instead!
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Thank you, that is good to know. Which UK carrier are you using? I have a Vodafone UK sim, but if it doesn't work on that, I'll get a different one.
And what do you mean exactly by "I had to reset my network".... ?

rljuss said:
Thank you, that is good to know. Which UK carrier are you using? I have a Vodafone UK sim, but if it doesn't work on that, I'll get a different one.
And what do you mean exactly by "I had to reset my network".... ?
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I'm on EE but I haven't tried any other carrier, but I'm sure it would work the same.
What I meant by reset my network, go to settings - general management - reset - reset network settings and then I just reset my network that way and I got the LTE working that way. Let me know if this works for you on Vodafone

Frozenrosen said:
I'm on EE but I haven't tried any other carrier, but I'm sure it would work the same.
What I meant by reset my network, go to settings - general management - reset - reset network settings and then I just reset my network that way and I got the LTE working that way. Let me know if this works for you on Vodafone
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Thank you. I will arrive in the UK tomorrow morning (Sat 21 July) and see how it works with Vodafone. I'll let you know.

rljuss said:
Thank you. I will arrive in the UK tomorrow morning (Sat 21 July) and see how it works with Vodafone. I'll let you know.
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Ok great! Good luck, you will love the phone, I know I do! I just saw a teammate last night who was in Korea also, and he loves the phone as well! Let me know if that works!

rljuss said:
Thank you. I will arrive in the UK tomorrow morning (Sat 21 July) and see how it works with Vodafone. I'll let you know.
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Is it working ok for you? Also I have a question, what software version are you on? I'm on the Oreo update but still on the April patch? I am trying to see if anyone has a newer software patch that they have got. I find it strange that I haven't had any updates in 3 months.

Hi. I arrived in London on Sat 7/21... phone would only receive 2G (phone displayed E) and occasionally 3G. I stopped by Vodafone shop and they confirmed all settings were correct. I went across the street to EE and tried one of their sims, strong 3G but nothing better. As I was going to Cardiff for a few days, I used the Microsoft 950XL that I have which receives 4G and better (often displays 4G+).
Not sure what the next step is...
Regarding updates, the last one I got installed Oreo 8.0.0 and Samsung Experience 9.0 on May 24, 2018. Last security patch date is April 1, 2018.

rljuss said:
Hi. I arrived in London on Sat 7/21... phone would only receive 2G (phone displayed E) and occasionally 3G. I stopped by Vodafone shop and they confirmed all settings were correct. I went across the street to EE and tried one of their sims, strong 3G but nothing better. As I was going to Cardiff for a few days, I used the Microsoft 950XL that I have which receives 4G and better (often displays 4G+).
Not sure what the next step is...
Regarding updates, the last one I got installed Oreo 8.0.0 and Samsung Experience 9.0 on May 24, 2018. Last security patch date is April 1, 2018.
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Have you tried the reset network with the Sim in now you are in the UK? That sounds like what happened to me, would only get 3g until I would reset the network with the Sim in. I once tried to put in another Sim and when I put my EE Sim back in I had to reset the network again. I'm even in Germany now for the past week and I get LTE here as well.
Ok thanks, we are on the same security patch. But I would think that we would get updates that are newer than that. On Reddit people are already talking about getting thier July updates, while we are still on the April update.