Hello.
I’m thinkin about to buy this model but I have some doubts. Right now I’m a happy owner of a Nokia N95. It’s been with me for the last 3-4 years or so.
But right now I’m considering two or three phones to buy. This model and two more: The just came out Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II I415 and the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G T699.
I’m considering more the Captative Glide as option because of his price and availability. It’s older than the others and probably with worse hardware performance, but complete enough to me and it will be probably the cheapest option between those three models.
But some questions:
This phone is sold with android 2.3. I was thinking about to buy it but I’ve read to some people who had problems with the unlocking of the phone –as it’s sold unlocked- after updating its firmware or rooting it. Does anyone know something about this?
I would like to know what’s the latest official firmware for this phone and if it has any problems.
I was wondering if Samsung Service Center in my city would care about this phone made a brick because of problems when updating, even when this phone is not sold in my country (Spain) –but it works. This or any other problem supposed to be covered by warranty.
Lastly I know there are 2 versions of this phone. i927 and i927R sold in Canada. I’ve read that the main difference is the internal memory -8GB vs 4- and the carrier iq software. Are there any other differences?
Ah. And if you have any comments about where to buy this phone in good conditions –reliable seller, warranty, etc- let me know.
Thanks in advance for any answers. I’m very lost in this “world” right now as an owner of a 5yo phone. And sorry about my English.
xdaforo said:
Hello.
I’m thinkin about to buy this model but I have some doubts. Right now I’m a happy owner of a Nokia N95. It’s been with me for the last 3-4 years or so.
But right now I’m considering two or three phones to buy. This model and two more: The just came out Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II I415 and the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G T699.
I’m considering more the Captative Glide as option because of his price and availability. It’s older than the others and probably with worse hardware performance, but complete enough to me and it will be probably the cheapest option between those three models.
But some questions:
This phone is sold with android 2.3. I was thinking about to buy it but I’ve read to some people who had problems with the unlocking of the phone –as it’s sold unlocked- after updating its firmware or rooting it. Does anyone know something about this?
I would like to know what’s the latest official firmware for this phone and if it has any problems.
I was wondering if Samsung Service Center in my city would care about this phone made a brick because of problems when updating, even when this phone is not sold in my country (Spain) –but it works. This or any other problem supposed to be covered by warranty.
Lastly I know there are 2 versions of this phone. i927 and i927R sold in Canada. I’ve read that the main difference is the internal memory -8GB vs 4- and the carrier iq software. Are there any other differences?
Ah. And if you have any comments about where to buy this phone in good conditions –reliable seller, warranty, etc- let me know.
Thanks in advance for any answers. I’m very lost in this “world” right now as an owner of a 5yo phone. And sorry about my English.
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Ok, i will answer what i know:
My phone locked again when i upgrade, some people say that if you upgrade without a sim, gets locked again.
The lastest oficial firmware is ICS 4.04
About the i927 and i92r, there is no major difference, but if you can, buy the i927 (from att) because a lot of people (like me) has freeze problem when flashing the CWM or something else (can be solved but dont know exactly why is the problem).
The warranty, i think is only in the country that you buy it.
I see that you are from Spain, so if you talk spanish i will say it in spanish too (is my language)
Bien, cuando yo actualice mi telefono, volvio a bloquearse y tuve que comprar el codigo para liberarlo, unos dicen que para evitar esto debes tener insertada una sim, pero no estoy seguro.
El ultimo firmware oficial es ICS 4.04 de ATT, no importa si tu telefono es la version de canada, puedes usarlo. Pero aca han desarrollado (gracias a Dman) la version 4.1.2 y 4.2.1, la cual va funcionando muy bien (faltan detalles, pero es muy bueno)
En cuanto a las versiones i927 e i927r, no hay gran diferencia, pero, si puedes compra la version i927 que es de ATT, porque hay muchos con la version de canada (como yo) que tuvimos (muchos tienen y nunca lo resolvieron) problemas de que la pantalla se congela cuando instalas el CWM o algo Custom, no se porque se da (yo pudo resolverlo con la ayuda de aca) pero muchos no lo logran resolver.
En cuanto a garantia, dudo que te cubra en otro pais.
El telefono en general me gusta, y creo que entre mas usuarios hayan, mas desarrollo abra.
lorddavid said:
Ok, i will answer what i know:
My phone locked again when i upgrade, some people say that if you upgrade without a sim, gets locked again.
The lastest oficial firmware is ICS 4.04
About the i927 and i92r, there is no major difference, but if you can, buy the i927 (from att) because a lot of people (like me) has freeze problem when flashing the CWM or something else (can be solved but dont know exactly why is the problem).
The warranty, i think is only in the country that you buy it.
I see that you are from Spain, so if you talk spanish i will say it in spanish too (is my language)
Bien, cuando yo actualice mi telefono, volvio a bloquearse y tuve que comprar el codigo para liberarlo, unos dicen que para evitar esto debes tener insertada una sim, pero no estoy seguro.
El ultimo firmware oficial es ICS 4.04 de ATT, no importa si tu telefono es la version de canada, puedes usarlo. Pero aca han desarrollado (gracias a Dman) la version 4.1.2 y 4.2.1, la cual va funcionando muy bien (faltan detalles, pero es muy bueno)
En cuanto a las versiones i927 e i927r, no hay gran diferencia, pero, si puedes compra la version i927 que es de ATT, porque hay muchos con la version de canada (como yo) que tuvimos (muchos tienen y nunca lo resolvieron) problemas de que la pantalla se congela cuando instalas el CWM o algo Custom, no se porque se da (yo pudo resolverlo con la ayuda de aca) pero muchos no lo logran resolver.
En cuanto a garantia, dudo que te cubra en otro pais.
El telefono en general me gusta, y creo que entre mas usuarios hayan, mas desarrollo abra.
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Hey .Thank you for your comments they are very useful.
Hope someone else says any other useful information.
I'm thinking about to buy it on ebay. I met some people on the internet that bought it there and they are happy with the purchase.
Gracias por tu respuesta!
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But right now I’m considering two or three phones to buy. This model and two more: The just came out Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II I415 and the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G T699.
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You're in Spain. You couldn't use a Stratosphere II if you wanted to -- Verizon doesn't exist there.
Relay 4G is significantly better in a number of ways. There appears to be something going on for it on GitHub, but they're down for maintenance atm. Still, it certainly won't be as mature as what we have here.
This phone is sold with android 2.3. I was thinking about to buy it but I’ve read to some people who had problems with the unlocking of the phone –as it’s sold unlocked- after updating its firmware or rooting it. Does anyone know something about this?
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For some reason the phone tends to lose its unlock when switching between official versions, or wiping while on an official ROM -- it's trivial enough to get around, just have your unlock code handy.
I would like to know what’s the latest official firmware for this phone and if it has any problems.
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There's several revisions of an ICS beta floating around. They generally have more issues than the custom ROMs based on AOSP and dman's work. (His CM10.1 is a few minor issues away from PERFECT.)
I was wondering if Samsung Service Center in my city would care about this phone made a brick because of problems when updating, even when this phone is not sold in my country (Spain) –but it works. This or any other problem supposed to be covered by warranty.
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Warranty? What warranty? We're talking about a device that's only ever sold as carrier branded. Whatever warranty it had is only available through those carriers. (You'd have the same problem with the Relay 4G, FYI.) That said, the Glide is nigh impossible to brick. The bootloader and download mode are surprisingly tolerant.
Lastly I know there are 2 versions of this phone. i927 and i927R sold in Canada. I’ve read that the main difference is the internal memory -8GB vs 4- and the carrier iq software. Are there any other differences?
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Literally the only difference is branding. They both have the same 8GB NAND that houses bootloader, recovery, kernel, system, data, the whole nine yards, with a 4GB partition dedicated to the "internal SD".
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You're in Spain. You couldn't use a Stratosphere II if you wanted to -- Verizon doesn't exist there.
Relay 4G is significantly better in a number of ways. There appears to be something going on for it on GitHub, but they're down for maintenance atm. Still, it certainly won't be as mature as what we have here.
For some reason the phone tends to lose its unlock when switching between official versions, or wiping while on an official ROM -- it's trivial enough to get around, just have your unlock code handy.
There's several revisions of an ICS beta floating around. They generally have more issues than the custom ROMs based on AOSP and dman's work. (His CM10.1 is a few minor issues away from PERFECT.)
Warranty? What warranty? We're talking about a device that's only ever sold as carrier branded. Whatever warranty it had is only available through those carriers. (You'd have the same problem with the Relay 4G, FYI.) That said, the Glide is nigh impossible to brick. The bootloader and download mode are surprisingly tolerant.
Literally the only difference is branding. They both have the same 8GB NAND that houses bootloader, recovery, kernel, system, data, the whole nine yards, with a 4GB partition dedicated to the "internal SD".
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Well that's quite a lot of information for me to think about. I thought stratosphere would work in my country. I see in its specifications that it works under "GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900" and "HSDPA 2100 " and in spain the requirements are GSM 900, GSM 1800 and UMTS 2100 for 3g capabilities. In relation with the other phones i just thought that they would work better as they have newer processors and gpu's
I take note about all the stuff that you said. I'm new in this and i've just met with a lot of new technical terms in your comment. Well just one sidenote. I don't really know how difficult and costly is to get a unlock code for this phone. I guess it is not expensive, and I've read about some sim unlock projects for some android. I dont know if this would work with this one. For what you said one code would work as many times as you need what is something i didn't know.
Just one more thing. Would you guys say that as owners of this phone you experiment many issues due to the lack of development and options?
By the way any recomendations about where to buy it ?
Once again thank you for your colaboration
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Well that's quite a lot of information for me to think about. I thought stratosphere would work in my country. I see in its specifications that it works under "GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900" and "HSDPA 2100 " and in spain the requirements are GSM 900, GSM 1800 and UMTS 2100 for 3g capabilities. In relation with the other phones i just thought that they would work better as they have newer processors and gpu's
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I stand corrected, apparently the Strat2 has a GSM radio. I've never dealt with that -- I'd doublecheck to make sure you don't have to have VZW service to set it up.
I take note about all the stuff that you said. I'm new in this and i've just met with a lot of new technical therms in your comment. Well just one sidenote. I don't really know how difficult and costly is to get a unlock code for this phone. I guess it is not expensive, and I've read about some sim unlock projects for some android. I dont know if this would work with this one. For what you said one code would work as many times as you need what is something i didn't know.
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You should buy the phone already unlocked, and ask the seller to include the code with the phone before you buy/bid. Just basic SOP if you're buying a phone to use it on a different carrier or in a different country.
Just one more thing. Would you guys say that as owners of this phone you experiment many issues due to the lack of development and options?
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That was the case, but between gleaning crucial bits out of the ICS betas and connected source release, and dman's work porting the AOSP family, that has changed. We're riding rather high and pretty now
By the way any recomendations about where to buy it ?
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I got mine on eBay. Make sure it's a seller with some history on the site. If he doesn't know what an unlock code is, do not buy.
I found this thread a bit late otherwise I won't have Stratosphere here in Bulgaria and wondering if it can be unlocked someday as it seems for now nobody succeed but hopefully someday...
Any advice on how can I set it up? I am at this point that probably it needs to have one month prepaid service from Verizon together with global plan just to have network service to set it up before android load and it can be continued with some rooting or etc.
I am still optimist that at near few weeks someone will know resolution on this how it can work with other network provider.
Will appreciate any information on how can I handle it!
Alexander
Warranty will be a problem. Considering this is a North American phone, you won't be covered by warranty, unless you have someone state side willing to ship the phone back to you.
You can send it in from Spain and have it go back to a US resident. Whoever that is can ship it back to you. Although shipping will get very expensive.
I was considering the Relay as well, but it's a much more expensive device because it's newer. The Glide is almost the same physically, sans the trackpad.
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Can you recomend any local Sim card to buy once I arrive to Brazil,
I want to avoid expensive roaming specially as I will have to call Brazil-to-Brazil landline and to Brazil-mobiles to,
thanks for any tip.
Try teleco.com.br, onze you are there.
You can find it in every shops or minstores.
How long you are staying there?
There try Claro or TIM (telecon italia mobile), depends where are you going...
TIM - www.tim.com.br (I think the best option)
CLARO - www.claro.com.br
am going for 3 weeks
in Rio Grande du Sul, then Salvador,
I know I may get 2 different ones as the cost between region is a lot.
I don't know if Claro is present in Salvador. You can use TIM in the whole country.
the best choice is TIM
Salvador http://www.timmaxitel.com.br/
Rio Grande do Sul http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O5,00.html
Coverage Map
http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O10O1230,00.html
for Salvador, choose BA in ESTADO
for Rio Grande do Sul, choose RS in ESTADO
then you get the cities
Claro coverage (in english)
http://www.claro.com.br/portal/popRoamingInternacional.jsp
I had no trouble with Vivo but the big problem for me was finding someone with a Brazilian national ID number to register the numbers for me. Also the prepaid was pretty expensive something like 2 Rias per minute. I would recommend getting a monthly agreement for prepaid.
Alguien que haya comprado el Galaxy Nexus me podria decir el precio en Telcel y si es mejor mandarlo a traer por el internet ya que esta como a 400$ dolares?
Es que en unos mese me ire a vivir haya y en este momento tengo el Nexus pero de Verizon en Estados Unidos y se que no se puede convertir en con Telcel o Movistar.
Gracias
Hello, because of the rules of XDA you should post in english, I'm a mexican user founder of a mexican android users community (mexdroid) you can ask there in spanish if you want.
The price of the Galaxy Nexus here with telcel is about $10,300.00 mexican pesos off contract, that is about $800 USD, you can get it cheaper in some service plan. I would recommend you to buy some unlocked GSM galaxy nexus at the US and activate it here in some plan or prepaid. I have seen some offers in the US for about 500USD or less for the galaxy nexus, that's much better that buy it here but you also need to consider guarantee in case of problems.
I'm not really sure about the verizon Gnex is unable to work in mexico, maybe with Iusacell, I will take a look at it.
Regards and Bienvenido!
UPDATE: a couple of members of mexdroid reported that it could actually work with Iusacell, you can try to contact them via twitter and ask. @IUSACELL
Today I learned the hard way of Sprint Early Termination Fees!!!. this was verified by several customer service representative. only at 2 days before my trial period I had problems with my bill and found out that ETF(Early Termination Fees) are NOT PRORATED the way we used to know. just after 8 months is when you start your prorated cycle at $340.00, then from the 9th to the 19th months goes $20.00 per month, then form the 20th to the 23th month go to $100.00, and the Last month to $0.00. I did not knew that. on AT&T after the first month it will go by $10.00 a month until goes to $0. WHAT A RIPOFF!!!!!!!!!!!. I fought with 5 diferent representatives at the store and on the phone until finaly got a complete credit of my ETF!!!. WHAT A FIGHT!!!. I spended 7 years as a Tmobile customer before because this same problem with Sprint. almost leave for AT&T!. BUYERS BEWARE!!!!!.
Has anyone had this bad experience???
caguas56 said:
Today I learned the hard way of Sprint Early Termination Fees!!!. this was verified by several customer service representative. only at 2 days before my trial period I had problems with my bill and found out that ETF(Early Termination Fees) are NOT PRORATED the way we used to know. just after 8 months is when you start your prorated cycle at $340.00, then from the 9th to the 19th months goes $20.00 per month, then form the 20th to the 23th month go to $100.00, and the Last month to $0.00. I did not knew that. on AT&T after the first month it will go by $10.00 a month until goes to $0. WHAT A RIPOFF!!!!!!!!!!!. I fought with 5 diferent representatives at the store and on the phone until finaly got a complete credit of my ETF!!!. WHAT A FIGHT!!!. I spended 7 years as a Tmobile customer before because this same problem with Sprint. almost leave for AT&T!. BUYERS BEWARE!!!!!.
Has anyone had this bad experience???
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nah. I read my contact before I signed it, so I knew what the etf situation was.
SGH-I747
You sign a contract, and you've got 14 days to evaluate the phone, the service, and READ THE CONTRACT. They don't charge the ETF until you've gone beyond that 14 days, right?
You expect them to live up to their end of the contract, why not just be thankful that they were convinced to give you a break instead of being pissed that they tried to enforce a contract you signed.
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nah. I read my contact before I signed it, so I knew what the etf situation was.
SGH-I747
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trolololol
poit said:
You sign a contract, and you've got 14 days to evaluate the phone, the service, and READ THE CONTRACT. They don't charge the ETF until you've gone beyond that 14 days, right?
You expect them to live up to their end of the contract, why not just be thankful that they were convinced to give you a break instead of being pissed that they tried to enforce a contract you signed.
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as I understand it PRORATED means that as the months go by your balance will go down with it. that's not the case with Sprint. you have to wait 7 month to go down. that to me is not PRORATED!!!. SCAM!!!
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as I understand it PRORATED means that as the months go by your balance will go down with it. that's not the case with Sprint. you have to wait 7 month to go down. that to me is not PRORATED!!!. SCAM!!!
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Sprint es una mierda vete con ATT o Verizon!
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Sprint es una mierda vete con ATT o Verizon!
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Son muy caros, como $30 pesos mas ademas no tienen planes de Data ilimitados y yo tengo descuento en mi trabajo por Sprint.
viste Sprint brega con los precios pero el servicio y la seleccion no es tan buena...alla donde tu estas tienen LTE ya o todavia?
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as I understand it PRORATED means that as the months go by your balance will go down with it. that's not the case with Sprint. you have to wait 7 month to go down. that to me is not PRORATED!!!. SCAM!!!
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/facepalm/
I have absolutely no sympathy for you dude. Its not a scam for you to have to pay the price for breaking contract.....
And I hate to break it to you, but you just created a new thread with information that........wait for it...........everyone already has available to them in their contract that THEY ALREADY WILLINGLY SIGNED.
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viste Sprint brega con los precios pero el servicio y la seleccion no es tan buena...alla donde tu estas tienen LTE ya o todavia?
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Si, en muchos sitios tengo LTE incluyendo en casa la mayor parte del tiempo. a mi el servicio de Sprint es bueno y eso que yo manejo mucho pero el servicio al cliente.... ni te cuento!!!. hace 7 años me fui con Tmobile pero por no hacer upgrade a sus torres volvi con Sprint.
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I have absolutely no sympathy for you dude. Its not a scam for you to have to pay the price for breaking contract.....
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Well, I'm not looking nor I need sympathy from no one. My purpose was for information to others not to make the same mistake I did. whoever don't like it,,, TOUGH!!!
Gotta to read the contract !
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III via Tapatalk II
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Si, en muchos sitios tengo LTE incluyendo en casa la mayor parte del tiempo. a mi el servicio de Sprint es bueno y eso que yo manejo mucho pero el servicio al cliente.... ni te cuento!!!. hace 7 años me fui con Tmobile pero por no hacer upgrade a sus torres volvi con Sprint.
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ahh ps bien entonces quizas es mejor Sprint alla...aca donde estoy Sprint casi no tiene sen~al...yo tuve Sprint por un mes y tuve k cambiarlo rapido porque nunca podian ayudarme en nada me mandaban a llamar el numero 800...pero na picheale a la gente aca uno no puede tener una opinion sin que te caigan encima
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Gotta to read the contract !
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III via Tapatalk II
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I'm telling you. I recognize I did a mistake. that's why I post it. to warn others not to do what I did. I will man up to my mistake. but there is no need to make stupid comments about reading contracts when I already took responsability of it. just saying.....
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ahh ps bien entonces quizas es mejor Sprint alla...aca donde estoy Sprint casi no tiene sen~al...yo tuve Sprint por un mes y tuve k cambiarlo rapido porque nunca podian ayudarme en nada me mandaban a llamar el numero 800...pero na picheale a la gente aca uno no puede tener una opinion sin que te caigan encima
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donde tu estas?
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donde tu estas?
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ahora mismo en Carolina del Sur, pero el lunes que viene me voy pa La Porte, TX por dos meses por cuestiones de trabajo
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ahora mismo en Carolina del Sur, pero el lunes que viene me voy pa La Porte, TX por dos meses por cuestiones de trabajo
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yo estoy en el area de Dallas-Fort Worth y he viajado al este y oeste del estado y en la gran mayoria de los casos he tenido señal especialmente de Data.
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yo estoy en el area de Dallas-Fort Worth y he viajado al este y oeste del estado y en la gran mayoria de los casos he tenido señal especialmente de Data.
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afuego me dicen k ATT esta fuerte alla ojala y sea cierto porque yo dependo mucho del LTE cuando no tengo una conexion de wifi disponible
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afuego me dicen k ATT esta fuerte alla ojala y sea cierto porque yo dependo mucho del LTE cuando no tengo una conexion de wifi disponible
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Te recomiendo entonce AT&T. yo use att por 15 dias como prueba y creo que es el mejor servicio que he probado hasta ahora. 4G LTE lo hay por donde vayas con att. lo unico es que son caros y la data no es ilimitada. tendras que escojer un plan de 3 o 5 GB.
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Te recomiendo entonce AT&T. yo use att por 15 dias como prueba y creo que es el mejor servicio que he probado hasta ahora. 4G LTE lo hay por donde vayas con att. lo unico es que son caros y la data no es ilimitada. tendras que escojer un plan de 3 o 5 GB.
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si ya tengo plan tengo un pana k trabaja pa ATT y me dio un descuento ahi y pago mas que 130 por 2 lineas y 3gb cada uno y no tuve k pagar deposito...no es ilimitada pero primero averigue en Verizon y por dos lineas compartiendo 2gb eran 160 por ahi con taxes, asi k me salia mejor irme con ATT
Hello friends from xda.
I bought my HTC on Amazon:
Amazon.com: HTC One X S720e Cellphone - No Warranty - White
When I got it I toke it to my phone company (Claro Honduras, 1900 band) agency to cut my regular shape SIM into a Micro Sim shape, but it didnt works, (I noticed the phone still can see the SIM Toolkit options) but no network at all. Then I toke it to the competency company (Tigo Honduras, 900 band) and they cut a regular shape Sim too and it worked without problem. But I need to use my Claro company as a must. I went to three different agencys and Claro people couldnt help me. I have tried like 5 differente Claro Sims and any of them worked, I tried those Sims at other phones and they worked, the problem is only with my HTC One X.
Writed HTC and they asked me to do a factory reset, wich didnt solved the problem, then they asked me to send the phone to Bogota for check. The Amazon seller also says the phone have no problem.
Im so frustrated since i have this amazing phone and cant really use it and I cant find any way to solve it. Plz guys halp! =(
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Hello friends from xda.
I bought my HTC on Amazon:
Amazon.com: HTC One X S720e Cellphone - No Warranty - White
When I got it I toke it to my phone company (Claro Honduras, 1900 band) agency to cut my regular shape SIM into a Micro Sim shape, but it didnt works, (I still can see the SIM Toolkit options) but no network at all. Then I toke it to the competency company (Tigo Honduras, 900 band) and they cut a regular shape Sim too and it worked without problem. But I need to use my Claro company as a must. I went to three different agencys and Claro people couldnt help me. I have tried like 5 differente Claro Sims and any of them worked, I tried those Sims at other phones and they worked, the problem is only with my HTC One X.
Writed HTC and they asked me to do a factory reset, wich didnt solved the problem, then they asked me to send the phone to Bogota for check. The Amazon seller also says the phone have no problem.
Im so frustrated since i have this amazing phone and cant really use it and I cant find any way to solve it. Plz guys halp! =(
¡Thanks a lot in advance!
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maybe they cut wrong your SIM damaging it
BlazeHN said:
Hello friends from xda.
I bought my HTC on Amazon:
Amazon.com: HTC One X S720e Cellphone - No Warranty - White
When I got it I toke it to my phone company (Claro Honduras, 1900 band) agency to cut my regular shape SIM into a Micro Sim shape, but it didnt works, (I noticed the phone still can see the SIM Toolkit options) but no network at all. Then I toke it to the competency company (Tigo Honduras, 900 band) and they cut a regular shape Sim too and it worked without problem. But I need to use my Claro company as a must. I went to three different agencys and Claro people couldnt help me. I have tried like 5 differente Claro Sims and any of them worked, I tried those Sims at other phones and they worked, the problem is only with my HTC One X.
Writed HTC and they asked me to do a factory reset, wich didnt solved the problem, then they asked me to send the phone to Bogota for check. The Amazon seller also says the phone have no problem.
Im so frustrated since i have this amazing phone and cant really use it and I cant find any way to solve it. Plz guys halp! =(
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Some SIM cards have larger chips and are not suitable to be cut to Micro-SIM (older ones usually). When those larger chips are cut they break the connectors and the card will not work. Maybe that's what happened with your SIM card.
Only recent SIM cards that have smaller chips are suitable to be cut. Can you post a photo of your SIM cut so we can see if the chip has been cut as well?
It can also be the sim card tray that is faulty which mine was sent back to HTC who replaced it under warranty.
Well the SIM is not damaged as far as I know, because I have tried them in other phones and works normally, then try it on my HOX and "No Service"
Im attaching an image with the Claro (light blue with red, not working one) Sim and the Tigo (dark blue, working one) Sim. Both of them were cut from normal Sims and both of them works at other phones. I also tried another Claro Sim with a bigger golden contact shape and didnt worked neither. Also tried a not cutted Micro Sim (the ones that comes already with that shape) from an Iphone on Claro and didnt worked neither.
About the Sim Card Tray that sounds like something, but just gotta add that the Tigo Sim works perfectly with the Sim Card Tray as it is now. Also with the Claro Sim on I can see the features from the Claro company on the Sim Toolkit application.
Any more ideas guys? Plz :S
Thanks a lot.
Yo creo que tu problema no es el chip, es con el operador, en este caso Claro. Si aparece «no service» es porque efectivamente está leyendo el chip pero el operador no deja que el teléfono se registre, cuando no puede leer el chip dice simplemente «no SIM». Debes ir directamente al servicio técnico de Claro, probablemente tengas que registrar el IMEI del teléfono para que lo deje activar.
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motumbo said:
Yo creo que tu problema no es el chip, es con el operador, en este caso Claro. Si aparece «no service» es porque efectivamente está leyendo el chip pero el operador no deja que el teléfono se registre, cuando no puede leer el chip dice simplemente «no SIM». Debes ir directamente al servicio técnico de Claro, probablemente tengas que registrar el IMEI del teléfono para que lo deje activar.
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Gracias amigo, ya fui a 4 agencias diferentes incluyendo la principal. La gente que atiende parece no tener idea y solo se limitan a hacerme una "reposicion de chip" y al ver que eso no funciona ya solo me dicen que el telefono no esta desbloqueado, cosa que yo se no es así.
Me da la impresion que si podria ser algo asi, pero al menos la gente de escritorio que atiende en Servicio al Cliente no parecen tener ni idea de que hacer y al parecer uno solo tiene acceso a tratar con ellos. =/
EDIT: Acabo de hablar con un amigo que trabaja en Claro comentandole lo que me sugeriste motumbo sobre el IMEI, me dijo que mañana intentará ayudarme con eso. Te actualizo de cualquier cosa si eso lograra solventar el problema.
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Gracias amigo, ya fui a 4 agencias diferentes incluyendo la principal. La gente que atiende parece no tener idea y solo se limitan a hacerme una "reposicion de chip" y al ver que eso no funciona ya solo me dicen que el telefono no esta desbloqueado, cosa que yo se no es así.
Me da la impresion que si podria ser algo asi, pero al menos la gente de escritorio que atiende en Servicio al Cliente no parecen tener ni idea de que hacer y al parecer uno solo tiene acceso a tratar con ellos. =/
EDIT: Acabo de hablar con un amigo que trabaja en Claro comentandole lo que me sugeriste motumbo sobre el IMEI, me dijo que mañana intentará ayudarme con eso. Te actualizo de cualquier cosa si eso lograra solventar el problema.
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In english please. This is an international forum.
doom_71 said:
In english please. This is an international forum.
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We're just talking about this is a mostly a carrier issue. I've a lot of experience traveling and swapping sim cards in many android phones I had before (X10, Inspire, Infuse, GNote, SGS3), right now I own a HOX and I haven't had any issue with it regarding sim swapping so I guess this could be just the carrier is not allowing his phone to get registered into the network.
By the way if you go to Settings>Mobile Network>Network Operator and you try searching operators with Claro Chip installed what happens? Does it say something like: It is not possible to get registered to the network? If so then your phone is reading the chip but the problem is just carrier.
Or maybe your carrier is using a band that is not supported by the hox
BlazeHN said:
Hello friends from xda.
I bought my HTC on Amazon:
Amazon.com: HTC One X S720e Cellphone - No Warranty - White
When I got it I toke it to my phone company (Claro Honduras, 1900 band) agency to cut my regular shape SIM into a Micro Sim shape, but it didnt works, (I noticed the phone still can see the SIM Toolkit options) but no network at all. Then I toke it to the competency company (Tigo Honduras, 900 band) and they cut a regular shape Sim too and it worked without problem. But I need to use my Claro company as a must. I went to three different agencys and Claro people couldnt help me. I have tried like 5 differente Claro Sims and any of them worked, I tried those Sims at other phones and they worked, the problem is only with my HTC One X.
Writed HTC and they asked me to do a factory reset, wich didnt solved the problem, then they asked me to send the phone to Bogota for check. The Amazon seller also says the phone have no problem.
Im so frustrated since i have this amazing phone and cant really use it and I cant find any way to solve it. Plz guys halp! =(
Thanks a lot in advance!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31535478&postcount=251
Please try (with patience) sticking thin paper/plastic plates on the back of the sim card to thicken it. This problem occurred after 3-4 months use. Since I unlocked the bootloader HTC decline to repair for free. After raising a complain to the consumer council, they replaced the motherboard for me free of charge. But your case seem different since it s no warranty at the beginning? (But I think your local HTC repair center would still repair it .. with or without maybe $40-50 international repair charge ....?)
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Kenneth
Was your sim card like this:
SIM card 1
http://www.internationalstudent.com/images/simcard.jpg
Or
SIM card 2
http://www.satphone.com/media/catal...972d/i/r/iridium-satellite-phone-sim-card.jpg
If it your SIM card was like the first one befone cut then it was ehen it was cut that the chip was broken. Only when the SIM card is like the 2nd one it suitable to be cut.
Or else you can have a bad SIM tray or motherboard.
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BlazeHN said:
Hello friends from xda.
I bought my HTC on Amazon:
Amazon.com: HTC One X S720e Cellphone - No Warranty - White
When I got it I toke it to my phone company (Claro Honduras, 1900 band) agency to cut my regular shape SIM into a Micro Sim shape, but it didnt works, (I noticed the phone still can see the SIM Toolkit options) but no network at all. Then I toke it to the competency company (Tigo Honduras, 900 band) and they cut a regular shape Sim too and it worked without problem. But I need to use my Claro company as a must. I went to three different agencys and Claro people couldnt help me. I have tried like 5 differente Claro Sims and any of them worked, I tried those Sims at other phones and they worked, the problem is only with my HTC One X.
Writed HTC and they asked me to do a factory reset, wich didnt solved the problem, then they asked me to send the phone to Bogota for check. The Amazon seller also says the phone have no problem.
Im so frustrated since i have this amazing phone and cant really use it and I cant find any way to solve it. Plz guys halp! =(
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Hello.
We in Slovenia actually had same problem. I bought unlocked HOX in France but it didn't work with my carriers micro SIM (carrier Mobitel). But it worked with my friends SIM from other carriers (Simobil and Tusmobil). So I returned HOX to France seller and bought HOX from Simobil carrier (Mobitel wasn't selling them). My SIM from Mobitel couldn't be recognized in this new device. I started to read forums and all ppl with Mobitel SIM had same problem with unlocked HOXs.
I took it to HTC repair center but they had no idea what could be wrong. And that I should wait for OTA update that was comming in few days. In a week when OTA came everything was resolved.
And few days later my carrier Mobitel started selling HOX. It was actually problem in HOX software.
On forums in Slovenia I saw maybe 20 ppl with same exact problem.
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so i got a Lg g8 off ebay and it's clean but i've tried so many ebay unlocks from $0.99 to $39 "premium databases" etc. , but all of them, after waiting 3-4 days cannot unlock my phone and some have said that the databases are very thin for the lg g8.
why is this..? does this mean i can never unlock my phone or databases will expand as time goes on? should i get rid of it now or keep waiting?
I was in the same situation with a T-Mobile version, I messaged T-Mobile themselves from Facebook and they suggested getting a prepaid SIM card with 100 dollars and be in the US and I'm UK based.
I had to sell it because no one could unlock it.
wilpang said:
I was in the same situation with a T-Mobile version, I messaged T-Mobile themselves from Facebook and they suggested getting a prepaid SIM card with 100 dollars and be in the US and I'm UK based.
I had to sell it because no one could unlock it.
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ur G8 wasnt unlocked? u buy a t mobile locked?
juninhoak said:
ur G8 wasnt unlocked? u buy a t mobile locked?
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Yeah I bought it unlocked because it was meant to be straightforward to unlock as per research. But it wasn't activated via T-Mobile so the IMEI wasn't on their records so they wouldn't unlock for me.
Seller was willing to unlock for me but I had to send it back to him but it was a hassle as there was no guarantee.
The same problem With AT&T G8 LM-G820UM (((( Few months no any result (((
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The same problem With AT&T G8 LM-G820UM (((( Few months no any result (((
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I have the same problem. Has anything changed in this topic? Still cannot unlock this phone?
Saludos tengo el mismo problema con mi LG g8 ese mismo modelo de at&t, aún no hay solución? Que me recomiendan hacer??