I apologize profusely for being a "nubie" on smartphone technology.. I'm quite adept on PCs so I not stupid... just ignorant in this area.
OK.. I just bought a new Straight Talk Samsung S 4 i9505 and I'd LIKE to change the Serial IME to achieve anonymity which I unfortunately lost from a stupid move on my part.
So... is this possible and how would I go about doing so?
Many many thanks in advance...
GT-I9505 is the International S4. What you have is a SCH-S975L, which is Straight Talk's Galaxy S4 model, running on T-Mobile towers. If you had an I9505 like I do, you wouldn't have working LTE, as the International S4 doesn't have the proper LTE frequencies for the United States.
Changing the IMEI of a phone for any reason is illegal, and discussing it is forbidden here. Unfortunately, that means your post will have to be reported, before unwanted discussion on the topic begins.
Just a reminder:
Discussing IMEI is a touchy subject.
Do not provide your IMEI to anyone. Certainly not on XDA.
Thank you.
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Ok my question is, what non verizon 4g phones will work on the verizon network? that is if I can find them unlocked. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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hi there I found a site that might be able to answer your question..
http://ask.metafilter.com/57048/Can...given-only-to-those-blessed-with-GSM-carriers
it says that Verizon uses CDMA, and only very few other carriers use this technology. I think only Sprint, Alltel, and Amp'ed have phones that also run on the CDMA network so if you could find a second hand phone that runs CDMA
then you could register it under verizon if thats correct.
If you take a CDMA only phone it means you can't use it in much of Europe though.
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any tell me what kind of samsung this ....sprint with sim card
i cant found this in ebay
http://www.gulfup.com/?u1fElsa
I won't harp on this being the wrong device forum given your question, but come on now... post questions in the Q/A & Help subforum.
Answer:
SPH-D710 is Epic 4G Touch
You could have simply typed the model number into Google search to get your answer. Also, post all your questions to that device's Q/A forum.
As far as I'm aware, Sprint does not use SIM cards. If you happen across an international phone that Sprint sells, then it may have a SIM. However my gut would say it won't. Said international phone would have other radios in the device to access those bands abroad.
Hi
I'm thinking of ordering a galaxy s5 from ebay. There are many models that are priced siginificantly lower. I have certain questions before I make the purchase that I will be humbly thankful if anyone can help me with.
First of all, I want someone to confirm that a bad ESN ad means it's a CDMA phone where as a bad IMEI means it is GSM phone. My country only has GSM network I will probably go for a bad IMEI phone?
Second, What to do about the Bad IMEI. Is there ANY way at all taht I could make it work in my country with the GSM provider? (I'm comfortable with flashing, rooting etc).
There are some ads that say, Bad IMEI for USA. Does this mean that it iwll work in my country's network (outside of USA?).
Summary: So basically, I want to buy a bad imei galaxy s5 from ebay (mainly because of it's low price) and be able to use it in my country where all networks are GSM based. Is is possible? If so, what are the things I need to be careful about when buying a bad IMEI locked/unlocked phone?
Thanks for the help. I'm sure this will help a lot of potential s5 buyers!
Bump. I'm wondering about this too..
another bump.
Sorry, not in favour of helping people fix stolen phones. That can only spur additional thefts.
Do your best to buy a phone that doesn't have a bad ESN /IMEI in the first place.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon (SCH-i545) running Android 5.0.1. I cannot find a way to root after searching and searching threads and online! Please help!! Would love to root this phone.
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Did you look in the Verizon S4 forums? That is where you want to go for answers to your questions, as this is the international S4 forum, and we don't have a locked bootloader to prevent root.
Looked there, but didn't find anything. Maybe will post this there, thanks for your help. Can you explain locked bootloader or send me a link of a thread that does? I don't understand the difference of the international.
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Actually I see that someone moved this thread to this category... I posted it elsewhere, what should I do? Noob, sorry!
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Go back to your opening post and report it to the mods. In the text box that appears simply tell them it needs to be moved to the Galaxy S4 Verizon forums. They'll take care of it.
With a locked (i.e. encrypted) bootloader, rooting cannot be performed and custom ROMs cannot be installed. AT&T and Verizon are the largest of the carriers that do this, and they claim to do this in order to ensure consistent performance of the device on their networks. The reality is that they simply don't want you getting rid of their bloatware or working around their other restrictions by rooting and installing custom ROMs. International devices don't come with locked bootloaders, and customization is easy. However, an international phone in the US doesn't get LTE due to the international device not supporting the frequencies used in the United States.
In the US, if LTE is important, a T-Mobile device is the best option even though the device never received an upgrade to Android 5.x. But if you take it abroad, LTE will not function due to it not supporting international LTE frequencies. To the best of my knowledge, phones that support both sets of frequencies have yet to be released.
Thanks for your helpful reply! So... My provider is Verizon, if I get a "T-mobile phone" will it still work on Verizon's network and he rootable? There is some difference in Verizon and AT&T I know because Verizon and Sprint are CDMA and AT&T and others are GSM networks right? I'm not sure what all those mean, but I didn't think they were interchangeable. I thought T-mobile was GSM, but maybe I'm wrong...
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You'd have to leave Verizon if you want a phone you can modify. Verizon and Sprint are CDMA networks, while AT&T and T-Mobile are GSM networks. GSM is the global standard. A CDMA device won't work on a GSM network and vice versa.
I recently bought a US Cellular note 4. As the title implies I would like to make it work with my current Sprint service plan. I have already called US Cellular and the phone is unlocked according to them.
I understand the uncompatibility issues relating to the stock bands, is there anyway that I could realistically set the phone up to work with sprint? When inserting my SIM the phone say it is incompatible or does not recognize it.
Any Idea on where to go from here? Sorry if I messed up on some forum etiquette, this is my first post and I am not yet aquaintend with to goings-on of posting on XDA .
Duke Productions said:
I recently bought a US Cellular note 4. As the title implies I would like to make it work with my current Sprint service plan. I have already called US Cellular and the phone is unlocked according to them.
I understand the uncompatibility issues relating to the stock bands, is there anyway that I could realistically set the phone up to work with sprint? When inserting my SIM the phone say it is incompatible or does not recognize it.
Any Idea on where to go from here? Sorry if I messed up on some forum etiquette, this is my first post and I am not yet aquaintend with to goings-on of posting on XDA .
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http://www.droid-life.com/2015/02/0...sm-cdma-wcdma-lte-verizon-att-sprint-tmobile/
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