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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gbmitchell:
Another update on my status. I am back to stock and in the same situation. Data works. Voice says that I am not connected to the network. The carrier name on the lockscreen displays searching for service and the same on Network in the status menu. My service state in the same menu says out of service and for Mobile network state it says connected. It also says the correct phone number. I guess I will call Verizon tomorrow and see if there is something that they can push down to my device. I thought I should keep everything I did documented in case someone comes across this in a google search. I also just want to make sure that people know there is some risk in this. As far as I can tell I did everything correctly and this is not my first rodeo with tweaks and such. Is it possible this is almost idiot proof and I caused it, sure, but something is off here and I don't know what caused it. Bottom line is, I would recommend not doing this unless you are out of time and have to try it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
lair12, thank you for your step-by-step guide to setting the phone up for global use! I will be travelling to Germany in a week and was dreading using one of my old gsm phones (HTC Fuze/Ericsson w810i). I'll be using O2 when I arrive in Germany, which also runs HSPA(+) on 2100.

I was stock unrooted when I began, and did your walk through exactly. I ran into no problems at all.

I used my T-Mobile prepaid sim (5gb/Unlim Text/100min) as a guinea pig to see if your steps worked. I used "global" mode despite this being a domestic carrier.

Attached are screenshots of T-Mobile and then the swap back to Verizon. I tested Call/Text/Data and each worked both with T-Mobile and back on Verizon. To those that are having issues, maybe go back to completely stock unrooted, then try all steps in order again?

Thanks again liar12, I look forward to being the second user to confirm this works overseas soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gbmitchell:
This will probably be my last post in this thread. Thanks to Lair pm'ing me trying to help. I went into Verizon and talked to a guy I know and he said he had seen the same thing on another S III recently and he had no problem initiating a swap for me. I still don't know the cause of the problem but I guess it is always possible that my problems may have just come from something not being perfect and my deviating off of the proper instructions in an attempt to fix it while in line at the carrier where I was. Whatever, right. Anyway, perhaps there was just something off with my device, who knows. I am doubting that this will work and I am not blaming anyone else. I just wanted to share my story. Luckily for me I had a backup for me while I was there and a backup at home so it's all good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nittin_sp:
To op

I have a strange problem

When I use a gsm sim in my verizon s3 I am able to make calls but after a while the dialer force closes and I am unable to make out going calls in coming works fine.

I have to do a wipe to enable outgoing

And again after 10 20 calls my out going dialer stops working.

Please guide dear

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
Hi ac21365, your screenshot suggests you were only able to receive edge 2G connection from T-Mobile. In your testing with them did you ever get anything other than edge? This would be a break thru for GSM on domestic carriers (ATT, TMO)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
Hi. As I was under the assumption that the Verizon Galaxy S3 did not do 1700, I did not expect to see HSPA using the T-Mobile sim (until they re-farm HSPA into their PCS spectrum, google it). GPRS and EDGE worked great, however.

I did get the chance to borrow an iPhone sim yesterday (and was going to do a write-up today on it in the other thread about domestic carrier 3g).

Unfortunately, regardless of the mode I put the phone in using Phone Info, I could only get EDGE and GPRS using the AT&T sim. I tried "Global", "LTE/GSM/WCDMA" only to get GPRS/EDGE, and when I put it into "WCDMA only" it did not pick up a signal. I tried both AT&T APN's to no avail. EDGE and GPRS were it.

*sigh* I was hopeful I would get HSPA(+) using the AT&T sim, but I had no luck. I am still hopeful that this works with O2 in Germany, as I -really- don't want to use my old HTC Fuze.

I will do some more research and see about trying with the iPhone sim again Tuesday.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
None of my initial OP was designed to have people use the Verizon SGS3 in the US on other carriers. I tried this as a test with T-Mobile and could get nothing more than 2G.

BUT the key is that is worked fine for me in Europe, and this was my whole goal

. So, please don't approach this post with plans to use ATT or T-Mobile in the US, as I don't think this will necessary work. My thoughts (and hopes) are that you should have no problem with O2 in Germany if you follow the steps. I've used Vodaphone in the UK, DNA in Finland, and MTS in Russia, and I would not expect O2 to not work. Please do let me know if you have success or failure. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
Will do. Sorry for the spillover, I've gone into more detail in the other thread, and will keep my posts here related to overseas from here on out.

That said, Germany soon!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] essojay:
Hi,

the problem you are having is because Hiapn tampers with the phone application. To be sure this is correct after resetting your phone, dont install hiapn and everything should work very well. and you can get data and everything working without using Hiapn, which is like complicating a simple task

follow the instruction below and you should be good to go

here:

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I dont think starting another thread for this is necessary.

You can actually get data to work following the steps

below.

what you need:

1.

.xml editor

http://www.firstobject.com/foxesetup242.exe

2.

Root File Explorer application with r/w permission capability

example is root explorer. (check on google play)

3.

Phone Info application (if *#*#4636#*#* method not

working for you) from the market to change network

type to any of the option with wcdma / gsm etc

4.

rooted phone

5.

your apn settings for your intended network ....google that

INSTRUCTION:

Start file explorer and head over to /system/etc and

copy apns-config.xml to your pc. (make backup just in

case)

Fire up xml editor, open the apns-conf.xml and edit

from the first line, click on the plus sign by apn

after the line version = 7

edit away according to your apn setting, move to the

next do samething, save and copy over the edited .xml

file back to the phones /system/etc overwiriting the

old using the root explorer.

Reboot,

All done!

T-Mobile USA may not have HSDPA / 3G on this phone as it doesnt seem to have the 1700mhz band. It does have 2100mhz frequency band ..this effectively limits tmobile to the gprs / edge frquency
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] colton1118:
Can't wait to try this for 'zain Bahrain' I'll be in Bahrain for 6 months in September..... thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nittin_sp:
I formatted my device installed a new rom and did not load hiapn

Still my dialer force closes

Please help dear am totally fused

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shassouneh:
Help!

Hi All,

I tried both the steps outlined here and by the OP. I made sure I read, re-read, re-re-re-read everything and performed everything step by step to no avail. The root method I'm using is this one on the STOCK (untampered with) ROM --> http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=60539706

Just to be clear, I'm using a US Verizon Galaxy S3 outside the United states on prepaid carriers. I have tried both Zain Jordan, and Orange Jordan (and looked up their apn settings accordingly on www.unlockit.co.nz)

I can verify that I can register on the GSM networks (both Zain and Orange with their respective microsims).

However, i CANNOT set the APNs whatsoever. The APN list is completely blank both in system settings -> more -> mobile networks, as well as APN Manager. HiApn just says "no apn" despite the fact that I succesfully backed up, edited, restored, rebooted, plane mode on/off!

Swapping out the sims back with the Verizon sim (please note Jordan is strictly GSM/WCDMA and there is no roaming Verizon CDMA service here), I see the APN lists fine.

So "something" out there is "blocking" the APNs from showing at all when using a foreign sim. My guess is that something in the stock rom is doing this, since I'm seeing a "non-verizon sim: Sorry this SIM card is not supported" notification in the notification bar.

To recap: I CAN register on the mobile network, but I CAN'T set the APN's (no APNs show up in system settings, or APN manager, or even hiAPN). I double checked the .xml file over and over again using both the OP's location as well as /system/etc to no avail.

Can someone please help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] essojay:
it works very well and very easy.. you need to have a rooted phone..whichever root method. get root an superuser. .. then very important you should use a file manager that has root support, so you can access /system/etc and have read/write access to the folder as you will need to copy apns-config.xml out from this directory and paste maybe on the sdcard. from where you can copy to your pc, and the start the xml editor. then drag and drop the apns-config into the xml editor and then edit the first apn after the version , replacing the Verizon details with your network apn details. Then save after editing, then copy back into sdcard, then use the file manager again to copy into the /system/etc folder. At this point if you dont have R/W access to the folder you wont be able to overwrite the file. thats why a file manager with root read/write is important.

Once you ve overwritten the apnxs-config.xml. reboot the phone and you should have data.

Look at the content of my own apns-conf.xml and edit same way ..thats all

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!-- use empty string to specify no proxy or port -->

<!-- This version must agree with that in apps/common/res/apns.xml -->

<apns version="7">

<apn carrier="Verizon"

mcc="234"

mnc="10"

apn="giffgaff.com"

type="default,mms,supl"

mmsc="http://mmsc.mediamessaging.co.uk:8002"

protocol="IPV4V6"

/>

<apn carrier="Three UK"

mcc="234"

mnc="20"

apn="three.co.uk"

type="default,supl"

protocol="IPV4V6"

roaming_protocol="IPV4V6"

/>

<apn carrier="TMobile"

mcc="234"

mnc="30"

apn="general.t-mobile.co.uk"

type="default.mms"

protocol="IPV4V6"

roaming_protocol="IPV4V6"

/>

<apn carrier="Orange"

mcc="234"

mnc="33"

apn="orangeinternet"

type="default,supl"

protocol="IPV4V6"

roaming_protocol="IPV4V6"

i replaced the Verizon details with the UK network details as you can see, dont forget you need to change the mcc mnc to your network ones too!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shassouneh:
Thank you for your response. I really do appreciate it.

I had already tried all of that. I use both ghost commander, and ES File Explorer, both of which have been configured with root access. I edited both the file on /etc/system AND the one on the sd card. BOTH methods did not work.

What appears to happen is that at least one, possibly both, of the sims somehow cause the APN list to be completely blocked. Even when i go into hiApn and do a restore, it says "Restore success", but either cycling through "net" or "auto select" BOTH throw a message saying "no apn".

There is definately something going on here that's not covered by this guide.

With lots of respect and gratitude to the OP, this is not working for me.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
Great thread! I travel frequently for work, so this would be great.. I just have a question regarding multiple providers;

I am going to be doing some traveling to Germany and the main providers there are Vodafone, E-Plus, O2 and Telekom, (I think). I have been planning on using a SIM from someone like Telestial or ONESIM, who i believe use more than one carrier.

So if I use ONESIM, and they use Vodafone and E-Plus (for example) will I be able to roam between the two or am I stuck with one provider at a time?

I'm hoping all I have to do is enter the APN info for each carrier and i can have the phone switch between them automatically (like my ATT Blackberry does now).

If not, would I be better just getting, say a Vodafone SIM and sticking with one carrier?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
Beemer533, I too will be in Germany soon and am sticking with a single carrier.

Logic being that, since we have to manually change APN's, I'm not sure if the phone will automatically handle using 2 different networks. So, for simplicity's sake, I'm going with O2 and will let that be that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
Yeah, the more I thought about it, it didn't seem likely that we could auto switch.... I ended up getting an Ortel SIM from Amazon, which uses the E-Plus network.. mainly because they advertise an "unlimited" 3G data (Up to ~750MB on 3G, after that 2G) for 9 Euros a month...

Out of curiosity, where did you get the O2 SIM? I couldn't find one online....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
Can't tell you exactly, but I can confirm that when I had my DNA card from Helsinki in and then went to Tallin, Estonia for the day, it roamed (at least for phone) on the Elisa network which is one of the other providers in Helsinki. But I should have turned this off as it ate up my DNA plan by being on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
There's an O2 shop in the Frankfurt airport. Gonna dive in there, use my Fuze to get things running, then fiddle with the Galaxy once I'm settled in elsewhere.

Interesting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
Is it in T1 or 2? I'll have to check out the prices..

---------- Post added at 11:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:16 PM ----------

Hmm, I wonder if you have the APN info from one provider you can roam onto networks they have arrangement with, without having to enter in each APN?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
Clicky for the O2 shop. Click the link in the link for a map. Terminal 1.

http://www.o2online.de/tarife/o2-go-prepaid/ <- O2's data plans for prepaid. I'm fairly certain you can haphazardly add voice and text prepaid plans to your sim a'la carte in addition to data. At least, I'm hoping.

O2 also has no restrictions for running Gvoice/Skype over data from the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
Hey peeps. This thread has greatly piqued my interest. I am thinking of buying a BAD ESN Verizon S3 off ebay for cheap and try and see if these steps can help me get the S3 to work here in India.

Verizon had the Rezound which was confirmed to be a world phone by similarly curious XDAers as the OP. Later Verizon themselves released the update for RAZR and RAZR MAXX making them world phones without having to root or do any tweaking at all.

Now i just wanted to ask a few things before i spend the $350 i plan to for the S3. Just some general things.

1) Let us assume i don't want data. So does the phone catch the signals and can be used for voice by just going into global mode or is there a SIM lock code that i might encounter. I am 99% sure that is not the case.

By this point i just wanna know whether this phone can be used for voice by just popping in an Indian SIM and selecting Global Mode and leaving the sorcery(read HiAPN) for data only.

2)Can i add APNs for all the carriers of India at one go in the XML file or is it necessary to add the APN of the SIM one is using only. Just want to clarify this because it will be a PITA to edit the XML everytime i change the SIM. In short, i want to add the APN settings of all the carriers at once and then just use HiAPN to cycle to the APN settings of the SIM i have inserted at that moment.

3) Logic dictates that all these steps will have to be repeated in case i decide to change the ROM. However i am more interested in knowing the effects of rebooting the phone. Does rebooting the phone cause any settings to be tampered with which would require us to redo the procedure?

Thanks to the OP for taking time to write this guide. Should be picking up the S3 in a couple of minutes. Will be back with more questions and hopefully good feedback regarding this method in a week's time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
So I just tried editing the apn-conf xml file on my pc(I used notepad ++)

I copied the first line, pasted it at the end and added the details for the e-plus network, saved it and over wrote the original file using root explorer (using post 67)

I rebooted and everything seemed fine, I could make calls, but I no longer had 4G or data....

I did a restore with hiapn and I have data/4G back....

I'm still in the us btw. Any ideas why this might have happened?

---------- Post added at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:32 AM ----------

One other question..... Can you provide a link to this app?

I've tried several "phoneinfo" " apps and I can't seem to find any option to change to global?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] awmobjects:
Google Play Store look for phone info (by sc@taiwan)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
Sweet, that's what I needed!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nom303:
Does this help with getting verzion sg3 on tmobile prepaid(walmart $30/m?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
I'm sure some of the discussion in this thread may help; but specifically, this thread (as indicated by the title) is intended to get this phone working on GSM networks outside the US.

I think you are looking for THIS thread...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suhailstar:
Firstly, thanks very much for this valuable info..

Actually, I'm wondering if it possible to do the vise versa??? I have meant that, is it possible to hack Galaxy S3 19300 (international version) to run on CDMA network??? I bought mine and the promoter told me it can run cdma beside the gsm network. since I've reached my country which is the best provider use CDMA, network I've been trying to run cdma Sim card but a pop up message usually appear showing (not registered on network). Can you find a solution to this? I read info saying that, GS3 has both CDMA and GSM radios so it should be capable to run both somehow!!!!

I am really waiting for your reply and thanks in advance for your reply
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
To run a SGS3 Verizon phone in the US, you need to have a 4gLTE SIM card, otherwise the phone will not even activate. I believe that getting this requires the Verizon store to link it to your Verizon account...so you must be a Verizon customer for this to function. If there is a work-around to this, I've not seen anything.

On top of this, according to phonescoop.com, the global version does not have the correct bands for Verizon, and certainly not for the Verizon 4g service. See attached.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suhailstar:
thanks for your interaction with me....

I'm going to clear this for u in order to know my exact situation. I'm not a USA customer and what I've been looking/asking for is it possible to for GS3 the international version to run CDMA SIM card. I already have an activated CDMA SIM card (which I can insert in my GS3) and when I put it in my SIM card slot, a pop up message appears saying Not Registered On Network. My concern is how to hack/amend my cell phone radio to match/run CDMA radios in order to activate the service of the CDMA network. In fact, I read info in many forums saying that, the GS3 has both GSM and CDMA radio inside it that's what I've been looking for. I hope you can help me with this bro....

sorry if my English is not clear as it's not my native language.

Waiting for u................
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] varunrs:
The International S3 is only GSM. Only Verizon and Sprint S3 are CDMA phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
Okay, so I went, I saw, I have HSPA+ on O2 with very little effort. This would seem to confirm my suspicion that the Verizon tech manual is correct in that this phone only talks WCDMA on 2100. It went straight to HSPA+ using the same steps I got T-Mobile and AT&T to work while in the states.

I did not use "global" in Phone Info app, gsm/wcdma/lte did the trick.

My sim also cam preloaded with the APN info... info that my phone automatically imported without the need to fidget with hiapn (your milage may vary by carrier).

Atached is a screenshot I took soon after activation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
I do want to note that now the O2 sim is in, the phone no longer properly save foreign phone numbers in my contacts, and the phone dialer itself is completely broken.

The dialer worked until the foreign sim was put into my phone. Incoming calls, data, and sms/mms still work properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] helal348:
Can I do this on CleanRom or do I have to be on a stock rooted rom?

Also will someone help me get this APN written, please?

"Add a new APN:

Name: GP Internet

APN: gpinternet

MMS:

In same menu add another APN named gpmms

MMSC: http://mms.gpsurf.net/servlets/mms

Proxy: 10.128.1.2 Port: 8080 and

Type: MMS"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suhailstar:
If Galaxy S3 international version is not able to run CDMA why once I use the code *#*#4636#*#* i can see between the preferred network CDMA ONLY?????????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ogxjason15:
I just arrived in Hong Kong and am trying to get the phone to work on the "3 Network". I have successfully gotten connection with a "H+"....but my phone app has been crashing every time I try making a call....see pictures below....anyone know how to fix this? (It has been crashing ever since I landed, was perfectly fine when I was in the states) Its pretty annoying that I have to restore from my nandroid back up every time this happens.

I'm currently using Bean 10 Rom with a modified APN list in /system/etc/ ....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
I'm trying to get a solution to this, as it has come up several times. But I also see this happen on many phones that are not SGS3 or having changed APNs.

My first question is did you use HiAPN, or post #67 method, or some other method for editing your APN data file?

As far as the phone call out problem, there are some postings that talk about clearing cache and/or data in the Phone app and the Contact Storage app which solved their issue. Of course I cannot test it from here.

If you can, backup your Phone application in Titanium Backup or AntTek App Manager and try the following steps and report back on the results:

1. Install AntTek App Manager from Google Play.

2. Open this, and on Apps tab, scroll down to Phone

3. Clear Phone Cache, reboot, and see if that solves the problem.

4. If not, clear Phone Data, reboot, and see if that solves the problem.

5. If not, go back to the app list and select Contact Storage and clear the cache and data.

6. If not, go to Google Play and install Go Contacts EX. See if this phone dialer will work for you.

Please let me know the results and success or failure of each step.

As far as restoring goes,can't you do a Titanium Backup of the com.android.phone when it is working properly, and then just restore that? D you then have a working data and working phone?

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jclendineng:
Would we be able to modify a radio to enable 850/1900 mhz? Just putting that out their.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rohanjain91:
hey guys, i'm looking to buy a verizon s3 and use it in india.. i dont need data at all .. all i need is PHONE CALLS WORKING .. do u guys think it could be feasible to me ?

because from what i can see there is a mix response about things working and crashing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nittin_sp:
It works perfectly.

Can arrange one for you in India @ 33k ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rohanjain91:
33 would be a bit high :( sorry .. but if I buy from else where could you help me configure it please ? I want to use it on gsm ?