i recently won a auction on ebay ,i got blackberry 8530 sprint ,anyway i live in europe ,so i wanna to get my sim card and looking were to put the card .Anyway
i'm going to sell that blackberry to sombody probobly to a pawn guy or something
Now i'm looking to samsung fascinate ,but i dont want to have the same problem as i did .
what samsungs ,or htc has a sim card slot ?
and another question ,i live in europe and in usa ,so i've got a samsung behold 2
t-mobile and it works fine in europe ,are htc or samsung fascinate would work europe ?
thanks mike
No it does. US carriers don't use sim cards. To make it worse, this is a Verizon phone so it is a cdma phone. I think international carriers are GSM.
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well some of the us carriers does not take sim cards i now ,but is there any chances to replace something that would work in europe ,and what htc androids for about 100$ takes sim cards ?
The GSM US carriers would be AT&T and T-Mobile. They would have some phones with sim cards.
I know there is at least one CDMA carrier in England, it might be Vodafone. Not sure about other countries; you didn't say where you were.
VERIZON Fascinate = CDMA no sim card
TELUS Fascinate = GSM and a sim card. I have no idea if the radio operates on the proper frequency for your provider however.
American (and Canadian too I think) GSM phones are simlocked to the issuing carrier. I'd recommend you buy a phone from your country. Unless the phone says "Unlocked" in the description, do not buy it. If you don't know what to buy, look it up on Phonescoop.com you want a 4 band GSM phone. However most 3G will not work in Europe because HSPA and HSDPA are running on different frequencies here than what you guys use.
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hi there im doing my rounds In LA soon and would love to buy a hero out there my main concern is, when i return to the UK will it work with one of my UK networks... any one have any insight into this.....
If it is unlocked , answer is tes.
My hero was on Orange UK ,and using with 3 network and will most certainly work with networks in US.
The answer is no!
The Sprint Hero is a CDMA device. It doesn't have a SIM card slot, because CDMA devices don't use SIM cards, so you can't give it another "identity" by inserting a different SIM like you can a GSM phone.
I believe that there are some phones that support both CDMA and GSM, and these can operate on both types of network because they have a radio that supports both and a SIM card slot.
Note that some CDMA networks have implemented what they call a UIM, which does the same job as a SIM card, but isn't compatible.
Regards.
Dave
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My hero was on Orange UK ,and using with 3 network and will most certainly work with networks in US.
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In the US, it will work on T-Mobile and AT&T (GSM networks) but not Sprint and Verizon (CDMA networks). Note that you will also not get 3G from the GSM networks, because the Euro Hero doesn't support the 3G bands needed by either AT&T and T-Mobile, so EDGE is the best you will see.
Regards,
Dave
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In the US, it will work on T-Mobile and AT&T (GSM networks) but not Sprint and Verizon (CDMA networks). Note that you will also not get 3G from the GSM networks, because the Euro Hero doesn't support the 3G bands needed by either AT&T and T-Mobile, so EDGE is the best you will see.
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Dave
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this doesent answer my question it does the opposite.....
im trying to find out.. if a US hero that i buy in the US will work on any uk network....??
My previous post answered your question! The second post was commenting on what Lord Lucan had said.
Regards,
Dave
so dave in the us cant i just buy a sim free non network hero... ?
The "worldwide" GSM Hero does not support any of the 3G bands employed by networks in the US. So, if you were to buy a GSM Hero, it would work on either T-Mobile US or AT&T, but the best you would get, data wise, is EDGE whilst you are in the US. When you come back to the UK, you would be able to get 3G.
The US Hero, otherwise known as the Sprint Hero, is a CDMA device. This will not work at all on any UK networks.
Regards,
Dave
cool thanks for reply's dave.. looks like im gonna get one. ok so does anyone know where i could pick one up while im there.. im staying in west hollywood.
Why do you want to physically buy one in the US?
You can buy one from Expansys in the US for $540, or in the UK for £370 (with £30 worth of vouchers).
Assuming you could find a local retailer which stocks them in West Hollywood with prices similar to Expansys, you'd have to pay sales tax on it @ 9.75% would bring the cost pretty close to £370.
Regards,
Dave
becasue i have loads of usd to burn and not loads of GBP are you glad you now know my business......anyway back to where a retailer might be
i dont thing it would have uk 3g
would it?
Sorry probably none of my business but what use would the Sprint hero serve you in the UK since it is not possible to connect to any UK network or did I misunderstand. Wouldn't you be better off with the UK hero, at least that one could be rooted. Personally I would rather have that one, but the grass is always greener right.
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Sorry probably none of my business but what use would the Sprint hero serve you in the UK since it is not possible to connect to any UK network or did I misunderstand. Wouldn't you be better off with the UK hero, at least that one could be rooted. Personally I would rather have that one, but the grass is always greener right.
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no wrong your whole post is a wrong... i have a USD budget for every year.. so i dont care what price it is i just wanted to get one while im out there.. and as currently posted before like 3 times.. i don't want a sprint one.....so where might i be able to pick a non sprint hero up while in LA.. ?????????
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no wrong your whole post is a wrong... i have a USD budget for every year.. so i dont care what price it is i just wanted to get one while im out there.. and as currently posted before like 3 times.. i don't want a sprint one.....so where might i be able to pick a non sprint hero up while in LA.. ?????????
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umm...there is no non-sprint hero in the US. The cdma hero aka the US hero aka the SPRINT hero is ONLY available on sprint and from sprint. This phone does not use a sim card or any thing like it, when you turn one on for the first time it automatically connects to the sprint network and is linked to the number of the sprint subscriber that purchases by the phones unique ESN number, which cannot be changed legally. If you want a chinless hero, the one that is available on sprint and does not look at all like the UK hero, it will only and can only connect to CDMA networks and as far as I know only sprint. So no my post was not A wrong, I admitted to being kinda lost I just asked what use would a phone that you can not use as a phone serve you, a also asked if I had misunderstood, which I am sure now that I did not, you seem to be the lost one. When you get your US hero and try to unlock it for a gsm network, where are you going to stick the SIM card, please send me a video of you trying to put it into the phone, that will be fun to watch.
I have a question... when I go overseas w\ my old Infuse, I always had to flash a non-AT&T radio to truly "unlock" the device. The radio ATT had on the firmware made it so you can ONLY roam on the partners AT&T wanted you to be able to, even if you had a SIM from say Thailand.
For example, if I go to Thailand, there are about 5 GSM carriers. AT&T partners with 1 of them. If I put in a SIM from the UK who partners with 4 of them, the ONLY carrier the radio will let me latch onto is the ONE overlapping carrier that AT&T also partners with. Flashing a non-ATT radio resolves the issue, but it's quite frustrating to have had to deal with on the ATT Infuse, so I always used the Rogers radio, which didn't have the limitation.
I assume that's going to be the case with the AT&T SGSII that I just bought as well. Does anyone have any radio suggestions? And since we don't yet have ROM Manager, am I going to have to flash with my PC or what?
Thanks as always!
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I have a question... when I go overseas w\ my old Infuse, I always had to flash a non-AT&T radio to truly "unlock" the device. The radio ATT had on the firmware made it so you can ONLY roam on the partners AT&T wanted you to be able to, even if you had a SIM from say Thailand.
For example, if I go to Thailand, there are about 5 GSM carriers. AT&T partners with 1 of them. If I put in a SIM from the UK who partners with 4 of them, the ONLY carrier the radio will let me latch onto is the ONE overlapping carrier that AT&T also partners with. Flashing a non-ATT radio resolves the issue, but it's quite frustrating to have had to deal with on the ATT Infuse, so I always used the Rogers radio, which didn't have the limitation.
I assume that's going to be the case with the AT&T SGSII that I just bought as well. Does anyone have any radio suggestions? And since we don't yet have ROM Manager, am I going to have to flash with my PC or what?
Thanks as always!
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Interesting - I've never seen any indication that Rogers radios in the Infuse had this positive effect. Especially since the Indian users on the Infuse forums had no problems with any Indian carrier that had frequency bands the Infuse supported. Of course, maybe that's because they always used a local-carrier SIM, and not something a little wacky like a UK sim in Thailand with a US phone...
I9100 radios will not work on the I777.
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Interesting - I've never seen any indication that Rogers radios in the Infuse had this positive effect. Especially since the Indian users on the Infuse forums had no problems with any Indian carrier that had frequency bands the Infuse supported. Of course, maybe that's because they always used a local-carrier SIM, and not something a little wacky like a UK sim in Thailand with a US phone...
I9100 radios will not work on the I777.
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HEHE, yeah. AT&T has several roaming partners in India, so odds are they'd be able to use it just fine with any SIM even if a non-Indian SIM.
UK sims are not as uncommon as you think. MOST global travel sims are registered in the UK or Eastern Europe. Mine is a Tru SIM. Tru is from the UK (you may have heard of their VOIP service, TruPhone). The SIM has a US number, it's just UK-based, since their carriers are far ahead of the US in terms of EU roaming, so it gives the most beneficial rates of any SIM.
It's really the most noticeable in countries where AT&T only has 1 or 2 roaming partners, but the country has 4-5 GSM carriers. Most southeast asian countries like Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore fall into this category, so it can be a bit annoying be limited by my phone. Even in Japan last month I had issues because the roaming carrier Tru will allow (almost any) didn't jive with what AT&T's radio wanted to attach to (it had weak signal). Flashing the rogers radio solved, but hopefully there will be radio updates out for GSII.
EDIT: it's likely that it's not less of a restriction, but just a better roaming relationship with more countries. Canadian Carriers are a bit more "traveled" and progressive than Ma Bell. AT&T loves to advertise that you can use your phone in many countries, but they don't say that in many countries the one and only provider they roam on has TERRIBLE coverage or only a tiny part of the country covered and just gives them a good deal to boost their roaming count.
BTW, good to see you again Entropy! I missed you the couple weeks I had Infuse while you were away, hehe. Glad to be back w\ a phone you have so I can enjoy the great things you put out!
I could be wrong, but i thought it was the SIM card that told the phone what towers were roaming and not roaming. The only way an AT&T phone would keep you from going on another providers towers in another country is if you were still using your AT&T SIM card, or if your phone simply didn't work on the band of the carrier you were trying to use.
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I could be wrong, but i thought it was the SIM card that told the phone what towers were roaming and not roaming. The only way an AT&T phone would keep you from going on another providers towers in another country is if you were still using your AT&T SIM card, or if your phone simply didn't work on the band of the carrier you were trying to use.
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Well a SIM is just like an ID, and the carriers will either let you register with that ID, or not let you register. However, AT&T in all of their glory modified the radio so when you go to a country, the radio will disallow access to a carrier. I am not quite sure how they do it. For example, if you go to Thailand w\ an ATT sim card you'll likely roam on DTAC or AIS. You can't roam on Tru w\ an AT&T sim card because they don't have a roaming agreement, but the phone fully works fine if you put a Tru sim into it. Where the radio also limits you somehow, is if you have a SIM from say O2 in the UK, and you pop it into an unlocked Infuse 4G, you can't roam onto Tru, even though Tru is a roaming partner of O2, and the phone fully supports the frequencies and everything works just fine.
Weird right? Now flash the Rogers radio. Since Rogers has Tru as a roaming partner, it works if you put in a Rogers SIM, Tru SIM, O2, etc.... that's where the mystery and misery lie. I'm really hoping they didn't do the same to the SGSII's radio.
I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
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I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
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Don't bother talking to sprint. Look at this thread and delete the specified apps that force activation through Sprint: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265816&highlight=bypass+sprint+activation
You will want to put in your local SIM card once activation is bypassed.
photon gsm now unlocked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
For use in Asia
Photon works out of the box on GSM no need to program or unlock it.
As far as skipping activation is concerned there is a thread in this forum by Farookh.
Enjoy Photon
xyzdan said:
I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
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you dont to do anyting.
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xyzdan said:
I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
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the sim card is already unlock. i used this phone in indonesia, malaysia and singapore no prob. just select gsm networks only to avoid the sprint activation thing. its a great phone. nowadays sprint has their sim cards built into the phone.
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the sim card is already unlock. i used this phone in indonesia, malaysia and singapore no prob. just select gsm networks only to avoid the sprint activation thing. its a great phone. nowadays sprint has their sim cards built into the phone.
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Hi guys!
do yuo konw if the same thing for Photon Q with carrier CSpire ?
many thanks!
Looking at pictures of the Rezound, it looked as if it has sim card support, is there any known way to root/unlock the phone to use on T-mobile/AT&T?? if so i need one...
no the sim card is for LTE only. Sorry! It doesn't have GSM or HSPA support. Only CDMA EvDo 1xRTT and LTE
Ah bummer. Well ill definently have to consider virizon instead of tmobile when i get my own contract
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Excuse my ignorance, but just trying to sort this out. Realise it uses an LTE sim card, but as I live in China was hoping to put in a china telecom sim card and use it on their CDMA2000 network (which it does support).
This possible? Thanks in advance.
The sim card is solely for LTE if that helps. It may be possible to flash it to their network but I cannot answer a yes or no
It depends on the spectrum your LTE network uses. The phone should function CDMA only if you or your carrier know how to flash it correctly. Verizon uses a special LTE spectrum range they bought from the FCC known as C-Class if I remember correctly. It was sold after the US went from Analog to Digital TV. There were A-E Class Spectrum and C apparently was the best for whatever reason. I don't know to say anyone on here would know any more info than that in regards to the frequencies.
Thanks, I don't know how to flash it and I assume my carrier probably doesn't know how to or want to either. Shame. Really wanted this phone. It is being sold on taobao here (Chinese ebay equivalent) so maybe a solution will be found in the future.
There is a program called CDMA Workshop that most places in the US use to flash CDMA phones from major carriers to pre-paid carriers. I am sure someone over there could do the same. I lived in South Korea for 2 years, the stuff they could do was ridiculous, and I know China is the same. Actually, my neighbor is from China and is pretty tech Savvy too. I will text him later as he was just in China a couple weeks ago.
He said his girlfriend was able to bring her iPhone from China and have it flashed. Should work the other way around. As far as LTE though, beyond me.
My girlfriend bought a T-mobile HTC radar off craigslist and It wouldn't read a T-mobile sim card. Which I though was weird. So I bought a unlocked code and unlocked it with my AT&T sim card. The phone will work with the AT&T sim card but not with a t-mobile sim card. I've try a contract and pre-paid T-mobile sim and nothing. I went to T-mobile and got a brand new sim card and still nothing. Like I said if I put my AT&T sim in the phone it work fine. Can some one please help me to get this phone to read a t-mobile sim. I though once you unlocked it you could use any carrier that use a sim card.
you'll have to call t-mobile to activate it with the sim card
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you'll have to call t-mobile to activate it with the sim card
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I don't think so. I regularly bounce between T-Mobile and AT&T with all my unlocked phones. The only limiting factor is the radio and the data bands that it receives. And, of course the Radar was made for T-Mo. Mine has always been great there.
Now, there are two versions of the phone. The US version is simply called the Radar and can use either T-Mobile or AT&T's networks. The international version is model C110E and called either the Radar or the Omega. It will work on AT&T, but it does not have the T-Mobile bands. It is made for data networks in Europe and it additional bands for Asia. The antenna configuration is different in the two phones.
Does your Radar say "T-Mobile" in the top right corner? Is it possible that you have the C110E?
I got a unlocked code and it works on my at&t sim card but not a T-Mobile one. I've try contact and prepaid sim cards. Nothing! I got a new sim card and nothing! It a T-Mobile HTC radar. It should work on T-Mobile but it don't. A Friend of mine said T-Mobile has lock the phone from there end. I got the unlocked code and it works with at&t sim but not T-Mobile. I don't like the windows one. I've unlocked 3 mytouch, 4 SGII and a galaxy note. This has been a pain in the ass from day one. If u think of a idea let me know it won't hurt.
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Maybe the IMEI has been blocked by Tmo? Call and find out.