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opiate82
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Porkchop
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Anyone know anything about changing IMEIs? I have a Galaxy Note 3 that I would really like to use but it was reported as stolen so Tmobile is blocking it. I've been told you can change the IMEI if you have another one that is valid. I've seen some boxes that do it for a few hundred bucks but I was wondering if there are cheaper routes.
Porkchop
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I don't have another one, but I was thinking of buying a broken one on ebay, as long as it had a clean imei. I also know that there is a free way to do it for the note 2, so i figured there was a way for the note 3, but my google fu is failing me.
Shitty timing on that. Seemed to me Tmobile was just starting to hit full stride from all their advertising and plan changes.
Will be interesting, Tmobile posted a response saying they stopped such billing over a year ago offering consumers the chance to get refunds for stuff they felt was not correct. Seems to me that there is some legs to the story and they are likely to get a nice slap on the ass.
I'm leaving for a trip to Norway and Denmark on Tuesday, and I figure this is a good place for a phone-newb question. I have a Verizon LG G2 with the following specs:
Network: CDMA, GSM, LTE Band 13/4 (700/1700 MHz), CDMA/1xEVDO Rev. A (800/1900 MHz)
Frequencies: CDMA 1.9 GHz/800 MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, HSPA/UMTS (850/900/1900/2100), LTE
Data Transmission: EVDO Rev 0, EVDO Rev A, 1x RTT, EDGE, GPRS Class 10, UMTS (W-CDMA), HSDPA
Where can I buy a sim card to pop in for our trip? How much do they generally cost, and how much data / minutes / texts do they generally come with? Finally, do they just come with a preassigned number that I inform my contacts of once I have it?
Thanks in advance, I am sure I can google my way to these answers but I'd rather have a direct answer from someone who's done this a lot.
Network: CDMA, GSM, LTE Band 13/4 (700/1700 MHz), CDMA/1xEVDO Rev. A (800/1900 MHz)
Frequencies: CDMA 1.9 GHz/800 MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, HSPA/UMTS (850/900/1900/2100), LTE
Data Transmission: EVDO Rev 0, EVDO Rev A, 1x RTT, EDGE, GPRS Class 10, UMTS (W-CDMA), HSDPA
Where can I buy a sim card to pop in for our trip? How much do they generally cost, and how much data / minutes / texts do they generally come with? Finally, do they just come with a preassigned number that I inform my contacts of once I have it?
Thanks in advance, I am sure I can google my way to these answers but I'd rather have a direct answer from someone who's done this a lot.
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Pretty much the rest of the world uses GSM(as opposed to CDMA). But more specifically, you'll want to look up what GSM frequencies are available in the locales that you're traveling and if your phone has antennae for them. A sim card won't help you if your phone can't physically pick up the signals. Generally, companies release two flavors of phones, ones for USA markets and one for world markets. They'll both have GSM antennae but different frequencies.
If you look at the "model variants" here:
LG G2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You'll see there's a different LTE bands between the VZW version and global version. Looks like you'll get 3G because the GSM coverage is the same, but probably not LTE.
As for where and what sim card to buy, no idea. I've never traveled abroad.
If you look at the "model variants" here:
LG G2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You'll see there's a different LTE bands between the VZW version and global version. Looks like you'll get 3G because the GSM coverage is the same, but probably not LTE.
As for where and what sim card to buy, no idea. I've never traveled abroad.
I'm not a Widows Phone fan at all. I am kind of surprised at just how bad its done recently and how much of their recently gained market share is getting lost.
Windows Phone market share: Crash and burn | BGR
Windows Phone market share: Crash and burn | BGR
Malkav
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Looks like people were willing to try it out...until they noticed the lack of apps.
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I can give reasons why I haven't adopted windows phone:
-I'm already knee-deep in the Android ecosystem. I have gmail, google drive, google calendar, etc. I imagine those systems will not be as well supported on windows phone.
-As far as I know, there isn't a relatively cheap flagship phone akin to the Nexus line.
-App support, or lack thereof.
But, I'm in the minority. I suspect it might be for 2 overwhelming reasons:
-It's not Apple.
-That interface looks weird.
-I'm already knee-deep in the Android ecosystem. I have gmail, google drive, google calendar, etc. I imagine those systems will not be as well supported on windows phone.
-As far as I know, there isn't a relatively cheap flagship phone akin to the Nexus line.
-App support, or lack thereof.
But, I'm in the minority. I suspect it might be for 2 overwhelming reasons:
-It's not Apple.
-That interface looks weird.
Siliconemelons
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Wow Blackberry is up in the US according to their little timeline slide-y thing.
BlackBerry just got into bed with Amazon Store and it will be part of BB 10.3 + stock, so you on your BB10 device will have access to all the amazon android apps- this makes it simple for the people who do not want to just side load the APKs.
And I linked the Andoird Nokia phone a bit back... not surprised the WP market share is showing decline.
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I have a windows phone, have had one since they came out and overall I love the OS. That said, even with the 8.1 Cortana update, it just can't keep up with Android. Microsoft is still playing catch up when they need to be innovating exciting new features. I don't want to be in the cellphone dark ages anymore, regardless of how much I love the OS itself.
I'm switching to Android on my next handset.
I'm switching to Android on my next handset.
