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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
I got data but again it was only Edge and phone dialer kept crashing... :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parin11:
i have got Several phone Working for GSM Overseas in India

But Few phones are not able to Catch the Signal At all, Most of them are in White Colour, Dont know why

Attached Few Screen Shot,

U can See the Simcard Application Icon for Airtel in Last Image

Which means Simcard is Detected but Signals are Blocked

Is some one else facing the Similar Issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parin11:
make a Factory Reset & Choose GLobal Mode THis Should Solve the Problem of Dialer Crashing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbyte.me:
I am also facing similar problem and when u try to log on forcefully it says restricted access.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raghu135:
I have blue i535 using Indian DOCOMO , works fine , will try airtel and update on the same within 2 days
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] y0:
what process did you followed to make it work?

yes same issue even after flashing i747 ROMS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] y0:
And thats totally a strange thing that same i have 2 pcs both white color same hardware exactly same versions and modems one is working like born gsm after flashing i747 rom and other is not getting signals no matter what i try it always show block sign instead of network bars
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapki:
Is it necessary to be in the US to do those preliminary steps? Also I wanted to know if I am able to unlock GSM in the phone with bad esn.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaytronics:
No one here is going to answer the second question as to how to do it even if it could be done. A bad ESN is either a stolen phone. Or an insurance claimed phone. And if you have it I would not try to activate it. The insurance company will consider it stolen.

Don't thank me, send me a million no wait, a billion dollars!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapki:
Just found such phone on ebay. Price is very low. That's why I'm asking

So can you answer the first question?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rlin5741:
Clarifications

I am looking for three clarifications, hopefully from the OP or the author of the shortened instructions. Looked through all 24 pages and could not find answers, especially after it got off topic into activating Verizon S3 on US carriers.

1. What, radios, exactly, are in the S3? Phone Scoop seems to imply that there is no WCDMA (I.e. 3G GSM) in the Verizon version, but I think a couple posters here have said that they get 3G or HSPA overseas on the 2100MHz band, while others say that 900MHz and 1900MHz WCDMA does not work. AdditionallyIPhone 5 appears to support all 4 WCDMA bands and I believe it uses the same modem as the GS3.

2. Do you need a custom recovery or CWM to do this? The OP's instructions said he had a sprint recovery, but I (in my limited knowledge) do not see where a recovery is needed in the instructions, unless Phone Info somehow utilizes it as HiAPN in the long instructions and the APN app in the short one both just modify the APN instruction set.

3. Once Verizon pushes out Jelly Bean and/or their global capabilities patch, does doing any of these steps (incl setting the APN app as a system app) preclude you from installing the OTA? I.e. does the OTA refuse to install in a rooted device? I know on the Droid 3 my OTA installed even when I had avast installed as a system app, but not sure if the s3 is different.

Thanks for your responses!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
So much of this thread has deviated from my original intent of getting the Verizon SGS3 working on GSM overseas that I have stayed out of the ATT and other discussions.

With regards to this post, I believe:

1. Phone scoop shows the Verizon phone as having LTE 750,CDMA 850 / 1900,GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 bands, and I have no knowledge beyond this. I absolutely had 3g and 4g service in Russia and Finland. If a particular overseas carrier uses something besides these GSM bands, I just assume that it will not work.

2. I have had great success with the original Sprint recovery that I used, but obviously from other posts that is not a requirement. But to load some of the apps, you do need to be rooted, so you might as well have a custom recovery if you are doing this. I strongly recommend doing a full ROM Manager backup and Titanium Backup before you take the steps in this post. Again, I have had success using both the long and the short instructions, and hope to have the same success on a trip to India in December.

3. Verizon has always promised a push to make all of this not needed. If they do this, then the phone should work like my old HTC Incredible2 as a world phone, but you would still want to root and control the APN information without having to use the Verizon paid service alternative. I hope to be able to load a ROM version of "official" Verizon Jellybean before December which should include all the capabilities created through the thread steps here. For ME, the OTA will not install, as I have a rooted phone that blocks this from happening. For those that want to stop the OTA and the notification you get of its impending download, for ME I have frozen FWUpgrade, Setup wizard, and SDM with AntTek App Manger.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parin11:
All the Given Steps are working Fine with Most of the handset, I have Configured more than 50 Handsets without a Problem,

But Now i am Facing this Issue Mostly with White Colour Handsets, Were GSM Signal is Not coming, May be this are from New Lot where its has been Blocked,

I have tried to ODIN Back to Older Version too but No Luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stevenjcampbell:
So if gsm data were to be working then it could be used on any USA carrier with gsm data?

I ask because it would be nice to drop Verizon for a prepaid unlimited 4G plan.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1895684
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rlin5741:
I think there is a distinction between GSM and WCDMA - the latter is the data connection at 3G speeds. So while our phone has 1900 and 900 GSM bands that domestic GSM carriers use, it may or may not have the WCDMA radio for those same bands.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
^^^^this. We're trying to get it working in the other thread. Domestic GSM carriers use 850/1900 for GSM.

AT&T uses those frequencies for WCDMA as well.

TMobile uses 1700/2100 AWS for WCDMA, but is refarming to 1900 WCDMA.

International GSM carriers use 900/1800 GSM and 2100 WCDMA.

The i535 supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 2100 out of the box. We are trying to get WCDMA 1900 working (and 850/1700 if we can).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbyte.me:
Agreed, I have tried 3 handsets till now. 2 were perfect nut the one that is on my desk right now works only with some selected sim. Vodafone/Airtel doesn't works. BSNL/MTNL works. Don't know about others.

One Solution (little risky though) I can think of is flashing the full nv data of a working S3 to this and see what happens, just restore the original imei/meid. I am ready to this experiment of some one can provide me full nv dump from a working phone.

And I535 supports WCDMA 21000, confirmed,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] y0:
It has nothing to do with NV data its need a right combination of a modem i suggest you to flash all modems which are available for i535

Or If you ready to risk than flash the i747 modem which probably result in unknown baseband
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Have you flashed the i747 modem? Did it brick your i535 or work? Be awesome if it worked!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vishalsheth:
I'm trying to follow this thread but I'm little list. What I've understood is that white handset has some issue for activation of GSM. For others there's no problem using on GSM. Only GSM or CDMA can be used at a time. The stock ROM can be used.

I'm in India & wish to use GSM which should be fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] levilib:
You seem to imply that 2100 is the only bands international 3G networks use, that is not true. 2100 happens to be a very common band across the world for 3G but there are plenty of countries that don't use it and there are also plenty of countries that use dual band 3G using 2100 as well as 850 or 900 meaning that you won't be able to fully take advantage of 3G data with this phone in such a country (Australia for example)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] levilib:
A lot of people keeps asking if they can use their Verizon SIM on other phones by flashing different modems/radios etc.

This question has been answered a few times in this thread and asked again so I just want to clarify the answer and add one more point.

Verizon, until recently, was an exclusive CDMA network, ie. they do not use SIM cards being that CDMA technology connects to its cell towers in a different way from GSM. Even today, all Verizon's 2G, 3G calling and texting (as well as MMS) are still using a CDMA network. Verizon's new 4G LTE network requires the use of a SIM card as LTE is essentially a GSM based technology (Yes, even Sprint needs SIM cards to use LTE but they chose to embed this SIM inside the phone where it's not accessible to the user). Therefore, the SIM card in a Verizon phone only gives the phone access to its 4G LTE network and not any GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ since Verizon doesn't have any of the above infrastructure. Theoretically speaking, when you remove the SIM card from a Verizon phone such as the Galaxy SIII you should still be able to make calls and texts and access 1X and 3G(EVDO) data, but I don't believe this works.

Having said that, there is no reason why a phone made for a GSM network would waste space and money and put in a (physical) CDMA radio. (I believe the iPhone 4 (or 4S?) does have a CDMA radio in all phones, even the ones sold by GSM networks all over the world, this was done so as only to require 1 model of the phone and not have to make special versions for CDMA carriers) and being that all phones made for GSM networks wouldn't have a CDMA radio, there is no way to use it on a CDMA network.

Another point I want to add is that even if there was a CDMA radio present in a GSM phone (such as the T-Mobile GS3) and you were able to flash a Verizon radio to it, you still wouldn't be able to use it on Verizon's CDMA network as both Verizon and Sprint will not allow you to use any other CDMA phone other than their own and they have a list of all the ESN (CDMA equivalent for IMEI) numbers of all their phones, that's why customers moving from Verizon to Sprint etc. cannot bring their own device even thought they both use the same technology and frequencies. (Moving from Sprint to a Verizon MVNO (such as PagePlus) may work as most MVNO's are not subject to verifying that your device is listed in their respective provider's list)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BubbaGumprc:
MTN sim card not seeing

New to the verizon galaxy s3 but came over from using a epic 4g that was all custom everything and deployed right now and followed the steps on page 11 and cant not get the phone to see my MTN sim card. I am just rooted stock rom, Clockwork recovery, and used the EZ-unlock app to unlock the bootloader. I also cant not find the apn info for MTN for afghanistan. Any help would be nice cause i really dont want to go buy a unlocked non branded s3. Im also getting the no sim card error and when i go in to mobile networks portion
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MadManMoon:
I'm running the JB leak (VRBLI5) and apparently you no longer need the Phone Info app (doesn't allow selecting Global mode), but now under the phone's Settings > Wireless and Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode there's a Global option, and once I selected this I could use T-Mobile voice and 2G data (same as before). So I guess VZW is unlocking the global capabilities with JB's release!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Yeah but the Rom won't read apn info from system/etc/apn.conf so no 3G with my German GSM sim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zion800:
Hey BlackBytes- I'm travelling in Germany right now and have an o2 prepaid SIM. Any solution to get it working on the JB leak rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayco88:
I'm currently in Berlin enjoying voice and data with incubus' Verizon JB leak. I used the same technique I've been using with all the roms I've ever flashed on the GS3.

-Download APN PRO and make it a system app with titanium backup. For some reason the application will hang in the process, but you can go ahead and force close it after 30 seconds.

-Next, use a file explorer like Root Explorer, and navigate to /system/app/ You will find that APN pro was successfully converted to a system app (it's named ale.android.apnmanagerwithanimation.apk). Make sure you have R/W enabled and open up the Permissions menu for the file. Allow the Owner and Group to read,write and execute within this application.

-Open APN Pro, add the APN info for your respective carrier-- you can find this online. In my case i'm using Medion mobile and all I had to add was a name for the APN (***Whatever you want***), the address (internet.eplus.de), the generic username for my carrier (eplus), and the password (gprs).

-Thats it. Browse the APN list and make sure your new APN is active (it lights up green).

Between flashing roms I'm able to do this within 2-3 minutes. I've never had a problem with this technique except for Titanium backup freezing on Jelly bean while converting APN pro to a system app, but as I mentioned before TB still gets the job done and you just have to force close it. Also, I once had a problem with the SIM activation process when I flashed a stock ROM. It would fail for obvious reasons, but I was able to bypass this process with a neat trick (google 4 corner tap). I then just had to freeze the setup wizard with TB in order to get rid of the "invalid sim" notification, even though calls and texts work perfectly with foreign sims and the notification is just an aesthetic nuisance.

I'm planning on switching to O2 since I recently found out they offered 4G here in Berlin. I expect the process to be the same with 4G.

good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
I am also using it and now instead of seeing "E" for Edge data i see "G"... any ideas what G stands for? Is this the same as edge?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
E Edge, G 3G/UMTS, H HSDPA

@jayco88 no dialer FC after reboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Thanks a bunch for the heads up! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zion800:
Since my last message somehow the SIM started working. I think it was an issue with registration...but I only get 3G. Since I'm in Berlin I'm positive it's the phone not getting WCDMA...but I could be wrong. I've tried different APNs and they all only get 3G (with o2).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vishalsheth:
G would be for GPRS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
On stock with root, latest ota not the JB TW leak, I get H/+ with eplus/blau.de in Cologne
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayco88:
Nope. I've never experienced this issue with any of the roms I've flashed (both ICS and JB).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Weird well I'm on JellyWiz now and the regular way (APN manager pro as system app) worked, no dialer FC, speeds up to H+
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
You have H+ speeds here in USA on a I535 Verizon phone? I have a straight talk sim for At&t and i could not get those speeds no matter what apn settings I used. Using 81 square paid version and converted with titanium pro as well.

Please enlighten us how you did it.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] csaket:
does it do T-Mobile 3G?

I have just bought a new Verizon S3 and wanted to know if I could use it on a t-mobile plan like the $30 100minTalk/unlimited data plan and get 3G speeds or not.

I read some pages of this thread but was not able to get this clarified.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
I was not able to get anything more then Edge data however blackbytes posted above stating he is getting H+ speeds. Waiting for him to post back and tell us how...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
Using claro in Dominican republic didn't achieved speeds above 2g:mad:

iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vishalsheth:
Shouldn't one be getting H+ with any operator? This should be the case even if unlocked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nutzzer:
All,

Just flashed CleanRom 4.0 with the leaked Jellybean TW rom for Verizon S3. Is there any changes or different operation I need to do from the page 11 post 106 directions?

Just wanted to know if there is a difference from ICS to Jellybean.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
I'm in Germany atm :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kundalus:
R u able to get 3g on Vodafone? M getting broken data on Vodafone India
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigbyte.me:
On my phone vodafone india data works perfectly. Issue is with voice calls.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imagecolour:
I am getting one Samsung Galaxy S III SCH-I535 Pebble Blue tomorrow, Hope it works on all GSM networks in India .Or i hope i can get the MEID registered and get the CDMA working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kundalus:
I got the issue sorted with the someone's guide few posts back to today at&t rom without radio. This will give u gsm unlocked s3 with no issues at all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sunilj75:
It works out of box no problems

Even cdma is easy to setup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
Just no 3G. Which makes the phone useless

iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
For those using the s3 1535 on AT&T

Which apn settings are u guys using for full access to everything? Call, Internet, text and everything
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Not sure off the top of my head but a simple Google search will get you that info. I had a Verizon working on AT&T but you only get edge data , its sloooooow...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sunilj75:
Hi

Can you pls guide me properly as i am getting FC on aircel mumbai gsm with stock rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Did anyone try the d2vzw CM10 stable already?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Mobile Network Settings?

I did but I'm unclear how to go about setting up the GSM settings including the APNs. I recently moved to VZW and a SGS2, I've used CM for years with T-mobile prior to VZW but all of the typical settings do not seem to be present. Can someone explain some of the mobile network settings to me (Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> More -> Mobile Networks):

Network Mode: LTE/CDMA/EvDo or CDMA/EvDO auto - This is just a 3g vs 4g selector right?

System select: Home only or Auto - What is this for?

CDMA subscription: RUIM/SIM vs NV - I assume this is based on how the phone communities it identity to the network (VZW)

So how do I get at the GSM settings and APNs in CM10 on my VZE GS3?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Check page 11, there's a how to based on Titanium Backup and APN Manager Pro.

It works just fine with TW Roms but the last time I tried it with CM10 the phone started spamming dialer FCs. I posted a logcat here

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/35602-ro...yanogenmod10-builds/page__st__60#entry1018173
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I understand the procedure about Titanium Backup and APM Manager Pro and all of that makes sense with the latest VZW JB leak. The menu options are different with CM10 and I don't see anywhere to view/enter/select APNs like I did on my old G2 with CM7. Do you I have to use the phone info app to switch from LTE/CDMA auto (prl) to GSM/CDMA auto (prl) to see those options under the mobile network settings or are they hidden somewhere else? Thanks. Sorry I've been living the GSM live for 10 years and never owned a CDMA phone before 2 days ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
To insert a new APN, go into APN manager pro and select."insert apn"

Once you enter it use "swap apn" to switch to the new one or back to the original.

Just remember that this won't work until you set apn manager pro as a system app in TiBu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
So does that mean that we cannot access the APNs through the phone settings like in CM7?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
Honestly, I can't say as I never used CM7...

I am running CM10 right now though, and I don't see an option for editing APNs, other than with the app...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Thanks for the through answer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parin11:
Select Global mode to Use GSM this wil Solve the Issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smnrock:
i tried all the steps here, signals are showing, but i'm unable to make calls :(, my baseband is VRLHE. Getting error of Phone not allowed MM#6" Google search shows, its reported as lost phone... Any help here?

Edit: Data services are working both in 2G as well 3G. Tested in BSNL and Aircel. Only voice call is the problem :(

Tried different modems, still same issue... no voice calls :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smnrock:
Did you solve this issue? I'm also having same problem. getting data in bsnl as well aircel, but no voice call :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Which ROM, which carrier?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parin11:
All the New S3 Has this Issue...

Be it White or Blue Colour

Had discussed this issue Long ago

Now Buying a New S3 Verizon for GSM is not a Safe buy

May Be People Can try ATT Partion as Mentioned by other members to Use it exclusively on GSM

It would be better if Some one can Open a Thread to Convert the S3 Verizon to GSM with ATT Partition would be Better
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smnrock:
tried with stock VRALHE, then flashed older ODIN, then tried with JB(clean rom 4.5) :( none of them working.

Finally flashed stock rooted at&t rom... still no go. in AT&T rom, it gives an error "Phone not allowed MM#6"

But data is working fine!

---------- Post added at 01:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:42 PM ----------

It looks like network is not allowing these new IMEI's :( Error message "Phone not allowed MM#6" is for IMEI is blocked as per the google search.

To prove that, suddenly an hour ago my phone is started to work(voice calls/sms). Network operator name was saying "BSNL MOBILE". But until when it was not working, it showed as "CELLONE". I guess BSNL network in india, has 2 different networks(CELLONE and BSNL MOBILE). Most of the time my postpaid bsnl is conneted to CELLONE and prepaid connected to BSNL MOBILE.

Again for testing, i tried with aircel sim, it was not working!

So my assumption is, new series of IMEI/MEID is not working the indian networks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ibe550:
I live in Finland but i'm using Verizon Galaxy S3.

Before I used to use Incubus26jc_JellyWiz_VZW_10_11_12_RLS9_Hybrid rom.

But recently I flashed newest rom which is I535VRBLJ1 then I can't add APN.

I know if I use APN manage pro and Titanium backup pro then it will be working but I don't want to install program for APN.

so I want to figure this out then I found something.

And it's working for me.

Here is what I did.

Before you flashed any custom rom.

Open custom rom zip --> system folder --> etc --> apns-conf.xml

replace this file apns-conf.xml to attached file.

then I flashed custom rom...it is working right away(Data and Voice and text message).

I don't know it is working in USA because I live in Finland and using Saunalahti for my phone.

I'm sorry my English is not really good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarora24@gmail:
tried this method but still no luck with data.

is there any changes required on xml file before import to system folder .

i am living an India using BSNL service provider.

i edited the xml file first line

apn mcc and all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Messing with the apns-conf won't work in JB. There's a new file - service-providers.xml or something like that.

APN Manager Pro & TB Pro still works (at least for me in Germany).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarora24@gmail:
which rom u are using?

GB or ICS