I'm thinking of getting a 'fully unlocked' S5 from an auction site. The seller has AT&T (SMG-900A) and T-Mobile (SMG-900T) versions available. Which is best? How do they differ from the international version apart from the printed logo and some carrier specific apps? Can they both be rooted?
The T-Mobile version has more bands of LTE support in the US. I am on ATT, and I bought a T-Mobile S5 a few days ago. I am loving the phone so far, and plan on getting it fully rooted and unlocked shortly. The international version that is sold doesn't have LTE band support. Both the ATT and T-Mobile versions can be rooted.
After using the G900A with AT&T (twice lol) I decided to pick up T-Mobile's S5 last Friday. Already running a custom rom and kernel. Love it. Only wish LTE reception was better optimized for AT&T's band 17.
Treybonew said:
The T-Mobile version has more bands of LTE support in the US. I am on ATT, and I bought a T-Mobile S5 a few days ago. I am loving the phone so far, and plan on getting it fully rooted and unlocked shortly. The international version that is sold doesn't have LTE band support. Both the ATT and T-Mobile versions can be rooted.
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That's incorrect. the ATT version cannot be rooted as of right now and has a locked bootloader. Definitely go with the Tmobile version if you want rooting and flashing ROMS
devoidx said:
That's incorrect. the ATT version cannot be rooted as of right now and has a locked bootloader. Definitely go with the Tmobile version if you want rooting and flashing ROMS
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How to check this on phone before buying?
zic1 said:
How to check this on phone before buying?
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You can see the phone model in settings>about phone
T-Mobile is SM-G900T
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devoidx said:
You can see the phone model in settings>about phone
Thanks! Please, can you help little bit more...
In case that bootloader is unlockable what will be stated in section "About phone"?
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I would like to ask if there are any ROMs in other Note 3 carrier sections (T-Mobile, AT&T, International) that can be flashed on Verizon Note 3 safely? I'm not using Verizon service. I only need the GSM service to use it internationally.
nukeman239 said:
I would like to ask if there are any ROMs in other Note 3 carrier sections (T-Mobile, AT&T, International) that can be flashed on Verizon Note 3 safely? I'm not using Verizon service. I only need the GSM service to use it internationally.
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Essentially NO, because the bootloader in the Verizon N3 is locked, you can only flash Verizon based ROMs.
BUT the Verizon N3 also does GSM via Global Mode; although, you'll need a SIM from a local carrier.
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donc113 said:
Essentially NO, because the bootloader in the Verizon N3 is locked, you can only flash Verizon based ROMs.
BUT the Verizon N3 also does GSM via Global Mode; although, you'll need a SIM from a local carrier.
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My phone is working fine here in my country on the GSM/UMTS mode. I am only looking for more ROMs to flash. I don't care about CDMA or LTE. So its a no go, right?
nukeman239 said:
My phone is working fine here in my country on the GSM/UMTS mode. I am only looking for more ROMs to flash. I don't care about CDMA or LTE. So its a no go, right?
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The only ROMs you can flash are the few here in the development section. Unlike many of the other Note 3 versions, the Verizon version has a locked bootloader and to-date, no one seems to be able to unlock it.
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So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
s7fnatic said:
So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Yes to both questions?
s7fnatic said:
So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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Yes you can flash it. I'm currently on T Mobile with ATT.
zombo91 said:
Yes you can flash it. I'm currently on T Mobile with ATT.
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Thank you. I am going to go ahead and give it a try.
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Can you advise the procedure? I'm currently permanently locked to AT&T network and would like to use a carrier (SK Telecom - Korea).
Wouldn't you still need to SIM unlock your AT&T phone to use on T-mobile network? I don't think just flashing another carriers ROM will allow you to use their network. Am I Wrong in thinking this way?
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Was the device on the PK1 firmware before flashing to tmobile??
jabreu203 said:
Wouldn't you still need to SIM unlock your AT&T phone to use on T-mobile network? I don't think just flashing another carriers ROM will allow you to use their network. Am I Wrong in thinking this way?
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I had the same question and that's why I haven't done anything on my phone so far. Also it does not help that I am a noob with all these things and dont want to mess up my phone since this is my daily driver.
vip_lexus147 said:
Was the device on the PK1 firmware before flashing to tmobile??
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I am not sure if I am looking at the right place but I think you are looking for the build number right? Mine is mmb29m.g935aucu4apj4
ronkim83 said:
Can you advise the procedure? I'm currently permanently locked to AT&T network and would like to use a carrier (SK Telecom - Korea).
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Go to http://www.cellunlocker.net/ and get an unlock code for your phone. I unlocked my tmobile S7 edge this way right out of the gate worked just fine.
ShrekOpher said:
Go to http://www.cellunlocker.net/ and get an unlock code for your phone. I unlocked my tmobile S7 edge this way right out of the gate worked just fine.
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I am confused. Can I not flash the phone with t mob firmware without unlocking? I thought this was just a software restriction and would have been removed by flashing a new firmware.
s7fnatic said:
I am confused. Can I not flash the phone with t mob firmware without unlocking? I thought this was just a software restriction and would have been removed by flashing a new firmware.
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Flashing the phones firmware will not carrier unlock the device. That is tied to the IMEI. It will boot up the Tmobile software, but it still will only work on AT&T network.
Also in order to unlock the device from AT&T they will most likely bill you for the remaining value of the device as soon as you request an unlock code. You cannot take a phone from one carrier to another unless it is fully paid off.
I have an Unlocked AT&T S7 and I can put in a T-Mobile sim and it works. So why Flash T-Mobile onto an AT&T phone if its Unlocked??? My AT&T S7 is Paid for in Full.
My question is, if you do flash T-Mobile firmware on AT&T phone will you get OTA updates off of T-Mobile, like when Nougat comes out????? Also would you still have wifi calling and get all the LTE bands of a T-Mobile phone????
tailgunner9 said:
I have an Unlocked AT&T S7 and I can put in a T-Mobile sim and it works. So why Flash T-Mobile onto an AT&T phone if its Unlocked??? My AT&T S7 is Paid for in Full.
My question is, if you do flash T-Mobile firmware on AT&T phone will you get OTA updates off of T-Mobile, like when Nougat comes out????? Also would you still have wifi calling and get all the LTE bands of a T-Mobile phone????
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Yes. All the edge models have identical hardware. Their only differentiating factor is the firmware they run. I flashed the unlocked firmware onto my AT&T model and now get updates directly from Samsung. If you flash the T-mobile firmware on the AT&T device, all features will work and updates will come from T-Mobile. Same would work if you flash the AT&T firmware onto a T-Mobile variant. Or Verizon to Sprint, Sprint to AT&T, etc.
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stew1411 said:
Yes. All the edge models have identical hardware. Their only differentiating factor is the firmware they run. I flashed the unlocked firmware onto my AT&T model and now get updates directly from Samsung. If you flash the T-mobile firmware on the AT&T device, all features will work and updates will come from T-Mobile. Same would work if you flash the AT&T firmware onto a T-Mobile variant. Or Verizon to Sprint, Sprint to AT&T, etc.
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So you are saying this about S7 Edge, does this work the same for the AT&T S7 SM-G930A? Mine is not the Factory Unlocked model but I got the unlock code from AT&T. I thought the firmware came from the carrier and not Samsung on updates on a carrier branded phone???
So if I flash T-Mobile into my AT&T S7, I can also flash it back to AT&T firmware should I go back to AT&T???
Think you are talking about flashing firmware on your that is original for the Factory Unlocked version, think its SM-G930F
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So you are saying this about S7 Edge, does this work the same for the AT&T S7 SM-G930A? Mine is not the Factory Unlocked model but I got the unlock code from AT&T. I thought the firmware came from the carrier and not Samsung on updates on a carrier branded phone???
So if I flash T-Mobile into my AT&T S7, I can also flash it back to AT&T firmware should I go back to AT&T???
Think you are talking about flashing firmware on your that is original for the Factory Unlocked version, think its SM-G930F
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Well people on the S7 edge have flashed the tmo firmware on their AT&T models. Updates come from carrier on branded phones. So if you have an AT&T phone and flash another carriers firmware, it would only be branded by the physical logo on the back. It's like buying a Windows PC and installing Linux. The updates would come from Linux, not Windows, and vice versa. You could always go back to the AT&T firmware, just make sure that both firmwares you flash are on the same bootloader version.
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stew1411 said:
Well people on the S7 edge have flashed the tmo firmware on their AT&T models. Updates come from carrier on branded phones. So if you have an AT&T phone and flash another carriers firmware, it would only be branded by the physical logo on the back. It's like buying a Windows PC and installing Linux. The updates would come from Linux, not Windows, and vice versa. You could always go back to the AT&T firmware, just make sure that both firmwares you flash are on the same bootloader version.
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But I have always read that OTA updates come from Carrier not from Samsung. Thanks for the info. Maybe AT&T will be out with Nougat by Spring after S8 are out for sale.
tailgunner9 said:
But I have always read that OTA updates come from Carrier not from Samsung. Thanks for the info. Maybe AT&T will be out with Nougat by Spring after S8 are out for sale.
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Updates do come from the carrier. However, if you flash a different carriers firmware you will start getting updates from the new carrier.
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ShrekOpher said:
Flashing the phones firmware will not carrier unlock the device. That is tied to the IMEI. It will boot up the Tmobile software, but it still will only work on AT&T network.
Also in order to unlock the device from AT&T they will most likely bill you for the remaining value of the device as soon as you request an unlock code. You cannot take a phone from one carrier to another unless it is fully paid off.
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You can pay a 3rd party service to unlock it on contract or not I have done it several times. (I use UnlockUnit for all my devices contract or not get code in like 15min)
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so I'm buying the galaxy s8 its unlocked and an internation version , so I'm wondering if its possible to flash an AT&T rom so I can use volte and/or wifi calling on my phone I have the sim card from my s7 edge so ima just put that in the phone I get the sim belongs to at&t
950f??
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I have the same issue the phone is G950 F
Yep g950f
I have to double check about volte, but you will only get wifi calling if u provide att with a imei number from an att phone that has the capability.
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Alright can someone link me to a place i can get att stock firmware
yes
Saito209 said:
Alright can someone link me to a place i can get att stock firmware
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may be on sammobile.com
if it helps dont forgot to press thanks
Updato has faster downloads.
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Saito209 said:
so I'm buying the galaxy s8 its unlocked and an internation version , so I'm wondering if its possible to flash an AT&T rom so I can use volte and/or wifi calling on my phone I have the sim card from my s7 edge so ima just put that in the phone I get the sim belongs to at&t
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You cant Flash ATT Firm because you have different hardware
Is it possible to flash unlocked fw on s8 active?anyone try?
What is the model number for the domestic ATT version? I have Samfirm looking for model SM-N986U, region ATT, and it's not finding anything.
That is because At&t doesn't post U firmware
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And you just need to use one of the other carriers, like Tmobile. I just figured this out for myself, I've been bopping between this and another phone and got confused. Thanks!
bigfire said:
And you just need to use one of the other carriers, like Tmobile. I just figured this out for myself, I've been bopping between this and another phone and got confused. Thanks!
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Yea this is how I used to get cricket updated all the time was other carrier based and then let it do with my sim