I had issue using verizon mvno on US unlocked S8 and S9. Does anybody know if the issue has been resolved for unlocked S10 such as Redpocket verizon sim card? Thanks.
I am using an unlocked S10+ on Straight Talk CDMA (VZW) with no issues.
A colleague is using the GS10+ on Boom Mobile without issue and another colleague is using a Galaxy Note 9 on Spectrum Mobile (running on VZW) without issue.
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Hey guys,
I know there are a few threads that contain bits and pieces about using a T-mobile variant with an At&t sim card so was just hoping for some straight answers.
a) does at&t service work correctly when using a tmobile variant of the galaxy s6 (g920t)?
b) if you're already doing this, how did you go about sim-unlocking the phone
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks!
Currently using my T-Mobile 920t on att with no issues, everything works and now don't have to deal with dropped calls. I unlocked it by using the tmobile unlock app so unless you are a T-Mobile customer for 40 days you will probably have to use the metro pcs firmware method and buy an unlock code from a third party.
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OK guys, somewhat of a newbie, so try and give me a break. I am looking to upgrade to a Galaxy S8 and came across an unlocked T-Mobile S8. Can I flash the AT&T firmware to this phone? If I run the T-Mobile firmware on the AT&T network, I assume I won't get any updates? What about the radios? I know both are GSM networks and with both the AT&T and T-Mobile S8 sharing the same model number, I assume this won't be a problem.
Anyway, any guidance is appreciated.
Thanks!!!
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I believe if it's unlocked from t-mobile, all you have to do is put your sim in it. Given they are both GSM and all the relevant info is stored on sim card and not the phone
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you will still get updates from t-mobile. i am using a note 4 unlocked from tmobile on at&t for about a year, getting my s8+ tomorrow actually. the only thing you have to do is add at&t apn settings which are easy to find if you google. i would like to know if its possible to flash another carrier and then flash back to the phone's original carrier tho
I was wondering if I should take the update from att for my unlocked note 8? I am planning on installing my Verizon SIM in the phone next year. Or are there special updates that comes from sammy?
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Unlocked means it will work on all the networks. It provisions to the SIM to better utilize the hardware in your phone. When you switch to Verizon, it will switch to their network bands.
Hey all. Just wanted to see if any one could answer this. Since all the major carriers sold the same model then each phone should be able to work on every carrier. More specifically I have a Verizon gs8 wanted to know if it would work on sprint or even t mobile. I did pop a sprint sim in here and it wasn't working but I didn't mess with any settings. I'm also running unlocked firmware. Does anyone have this phone running on sprint or t mobile? I did call sprint but they said my imei wasn't present in their database so they couldn't garuntee it would work. Thanks
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I have a Verizon Samsung S8, that worked fine with T-mobile with few issues.
- WiFi calling can't be enabled on non Verizon Sims
- Voicemail would by default direct you to Verizon voice mail service
- Kept getting an error every time I restart the phone that the sim is not from Verizon
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I've been through hell and high water trying to get this phone to function on Sprint but the guys at the local corporate store and technical team (via phone support) are telling me it cannot be done. Is anyone in the same predicament as me or has a functioning AT&T Note 8 activated on the Sprint network? I'm using a BYOD SIM and have also flashed my device with N950U1 unlocked firmware.
As AT&T is a GSM network and Sprint is CDMA, I don't think this is possible...
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Sorry, I guess times have changed. It seems possible now, once the Note8 is unlocked from AT&T.
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gc86 said:
I've been through hell and high water trying to get this phone to function on Sprint but the guys at the local corporate store and technical team (via phone support) are telling me it cannot be done. Is anyone in the same predicament as me or has a functioning AT&T Note 8 activated on the Sprint network? I'm using a BYOD SIM and have also flashed my device with N950U1 unlocked firmware.
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Carrier switching is very much possible with the US variants, so if you flash the Sprint firmware (N950U, not U1) and the Sprint CSC as well, in theory it should work just fine. If there are IMEI complications about not being in 'Sprints system', that's another issue, but hardware wise it should be 100% compatible with Sprint's network.
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Carrier switching is very much possible with the US variants, so if you flash the Sprint firmware (N950U, not U1) and the Sprint CSC as well, in theory it should work just fine. If there are IMEI complications about not being in 'Sprints system', that's another issue, but hardware wise it should be 100% compatible with Sprint's network.
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This is precisely what I kept telling the guys at the store, that all of the USDM Note 8's are hardware identical. My only theory at this point is that the device isn't Sprint BYOD eligible because it has an outstanding balance on the AT&T side and therefore isn't "officially unlocked".