Is there any difference in performance of this devices or any other differences?
The Z Play Droid is a Verizon phone and supports CDMA, but it can't be rooted. Motorola won't unlock the bootloaders of VZ phones, afaik.
timster01 said:
The Z Play Droid is a Verizon phone and supports CDMA, but it can't be rooted. Motorola won't unlock the bootloaders of VZ phones, afaik.
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Oohk thanks for help
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Hi everyone, hope will get my Moto Z play but I don't know which should I get.
I'm living outside USA. We have 3g only. to LTE in country. so there are propositions to get Moto Z Play Droid (Verizon I assume) unlocked for any carrier.
And MOTO Z Play international version.
How do you think, will I have some issues if I get Droid? Firmware compatibility, battery life, something else?
the price is the same.
Thenk you in advance
Why would you even get the Droid, outside of the US mind you, instead of the International version?
uberano26 said:
Why would you even get the Droid, outside of the US mind you, instead of the International version?
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Yup i agree. Anyone should go for international ver.
For wider compatibility of frequencies
I'd imagine the Droid version would have more bloatware you'll not need as well.
Do not get the Droid version. You will not be able to unlock it or potentially even root it (you probably can currently with dirty cow). The only reason to get the droid version is if you need CDMA support, which almost all countries outside of the US (except china) use GSM.
There's no reason at all to get the Droid, you'll get a completely locked bootloader and bloatware, there's no benefit to it.
But if you use Verizon (me) then I have to get the droid version and stuck with a locked bootloader and no root until someone finds an exploit?
Before purchasing my Moto Z Play I searched google to see if anyone has been able to run Straight Talk on it. I found people who have confirmed that they are running straight talk with no issues other the VOLTE not working. I don't even know what that is so I likely won't miss that.
Fast forward a week or so. My wife and I both bought UNLOCKED Moto Z Play phones from Bestbuy and they delivered yesterday. I bought a Straight Talk BYOP sim card kit. I started activation on Straight Talk's website and followed the instructions to a T and the following message was displayed.
"Unfortunately, your device will not work with our Bring-Your-Own-Device Program.
The good news is that Straight Talk has all the best devices from all the brands you love. Find the best one for you online or at Wal-Mart."
So how are other people getting this combination to work together? I chatted with a straight talk rep who said it's because the phone is not unlocked.
I took a trip to the local Verizon store and they said "yes it is locked and can't be unlocked" and that "no Verizon phone can ever be unlocked". BS I know.
So what do I do next?
Straight Talk can be either CDMA or GSM. A Verizon phone is CDMA but can do either (no LTE on GSM I think), but a GSM phone won't work on CDMA. If you bought an unlocked Moto Z Play, that will probably be a GSM phone, so make sure you have a Straight Talk GSM activation kit and not a CDMA one.
gmkelly001 said:
Straight Talk can be either CDMA or GSM. A Verizon phone is CDMA but can do either (no LTE on GSM I think), but a GSM phone won't work on CDMA. If you bought an unlocked Moto Z Play, that will probably be a GSM phone, so make sure you have a Straight Talk GSM activation kit and not a CDMA one.
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The kit that I bought comes with both nano CDMA and nano GSM, plus adapters for different sizes.
There's one compatible with AT&T
one with T-Mobile
and one with "used Verizon LTE phone"
I used the sim for Verizon because I thought I had to with this phone. Do I not?
83HatchGTI said:
The kit that I bought comes with both nano CDMA and nano GSM, plus adapters for different sizes.
There's one compatible with AT&T
one with T-Mobile
and one with "used Verizon LTE phone"
I used the sim for Verizon because I thought I had to with this phone. Do I not?
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If this is the Moto Z Play you bought
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorol...e-unlocked-lunar-grey/5601604.p?skuId=5601604
use the GSM SIM.
If you bought Moto Z Play Droid
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/verizon...hone-black-lunar-gray/5624229.p?skuId=5624229
use the CDMA SIM.
gmkelly001 said:
If this is the Moto Z Play you bought
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorol...e-unlocked-lunar-grey/5601604.p?skuId=5601604
use the GSM SIM.
If you bought Moto Z Play Droid
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/verizon...hone-black-lunar-gray/5624229.p?skuId=5624229
use the CDMA SIM.
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I got the first one that you said works with a GSM sim. So i should use the ATT sim and not the verizon one. Explains a lot. lol
Better ask in a Moto Z Play subforum.
I fixed this. I just had to use the ATT sim card in the kit and then activate it.
Hello. I have a question about quality of service and Z play. I live in the USA and want a modernish phone with an unlocked bootloader. Doesn't seem too much to ask right? I have to buy the phone... Should be able to do what I want with it.... Right?
Will a sprint Z play work?
in the US that topic is very complicated. There are variants at least for sprint and verizon. Then there is an unlocked GSM version which supports bands from all major carriers, but not all of them. Then there are features like VoLTE that will only work e.g. with a Verizon variant with a Verizon SIM. So which variant is for you depends on which carrier you want to use and what special functions the carrier variants have. So a sprint Z Play will work if Sprint has a good coverage at your place. There is a thread at motorolas forum you might want to read to, there are some differences explained by a moderator:
here, starting from the 10th post.
Hello People, i have a brand new US Cellular without contract, Moto Z2 force that supossed to be unlocked. But Motorola says its a carrier specific phone and Us Cellular says, its not a world phone. My question is, is there really no chance to use a SIM Card from another carrier? Anyone else with the same phone and carrier that succeeded switching carrier? Changing ROM, unlocking bootloader, or something. There must be a way!
I am using a US Cellular phone in UAE and have no problems. You can check the specifications in the motorola site as different carriers have different network bands.
What does UAE means exactly? Sorry my ignorance. How did you unlock ir? I want to use GSM and LTE bands 4, 7 and 21.
jhttr1z said:
I am using a US Cellular phone in UAE and have no problems. You can check the specifications in the motorola site as different carriers have different network bands.
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Hello. Is your phone a Moto z2 force? How did you unlock it?
It is a z2 force. It was unlocked when I got it. USC should unlock it for you
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Hello. Is your phone a Moto z2 force? How did you unlock it?
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All Motorola phones from USC are Sim unlocked so just throw the Sim in and all good to go
My brother gave me his old Verison Moto Z Play to replace my crappy Coolpad Catalyst.
I'm on T-Mobile and the Moto was originally on Verizon. It's a 1635-01.
I see that later Motorola sold the Moto Z Play unlocked in the US with pretty much all the LTE bands as version 1635-02.
Is it possible to flash my 01 with Motorola firmare for the 02 to get band 12 4G VoLTE?
If not I'm guessing there's no other way to get it to work with T-Mobile's VoLTE which is supposed to be band 12, right?
Anyone?
Moto z play volte enable process