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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vishalsheth:
You don't need a Korean resident. Just show your passport and they'll give you a prepaid sim. If your phone is not compatible then they would give you one of theirs on rent.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I may have somewhat misspoke. I think you can get a prepaid sim in Korean being a tourist but I think takes a while. It is not as straight forward as other parts of the world. This may have changed since last year though. Also it is really easy to rent a phone if necessary.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vishalsheth:
A while is like max 5/10mins depending on the waiting. I've taken it so many times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Has that changed since last year or am I thinking about a minimum length of stay?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kaalatittar:
I Am relatively new to XDA, wanting to buy a VZW GS3 for use during my trip to India. I read elsewhere that VZW when unlocked or set up by method described here, will only get 2G.

Is that true ?

Thank you so much in advance ( to anyone who can answer/ confirm 2G vs 3G on foreign country )

KT

edit: found some pointers by using 'search' fn

thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djteotancolis:
India uses 2100 band for most companies so you will be get 3G! i am doing the same thing as you! you need to Enter the APN yourself tho and other thing is to make sure you're on MF1 update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cheekoo:
AT&T switch?

can i use this method to switch to AT&T sim in my verizon s3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
AT&T = GSM. See what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
It should work, but you won't get 3g.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cheekoo:
I see.. thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SubMatrix:
Anyone know if VZW gs3 would work in Hong Kong using the instructions on page 11, post 106 (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31095006&postcount=106)? Heading there in a couple days. I'm specifically thinking about the SmarTone network, which seems to be the only one that offers 4G. Is it worth paying for the 4G prepaid SIM? In other words, can our phones even get 4G there?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Nope. Verizon LTE bands are "personalized" for Verizon only. Best speeds you'll see are usually Edge (2g) on GSM carriers. If the carrier is CDMA, then this will not work at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
You're right about the lte, but 3g(gsm) should work pretty much everywhere in the world except the US.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SubMatrix:
So are you saying I should be able to get 3G on GSM over there? If so, I'll just opt for the 3G prepaid sim.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
So our phone supports 3G in the 2100MHz band, which is what most of the world uses.

It looks like there are multiple carriers in Hong Kong, all of which at least partially support 3G in the 2100MHz band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UMTS_networks

I'm not sure if our phone supports the 850/900MHz 3G that some of the Hong Kong carriers use, maybe PCCW is your best bet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I was in Hong Kong in may and it worked great using 3 (the service provider).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SubMatrix:
Thanks for the info :) Did you use web-g.three.com.hk as your APN, and did you have to configure any of the other settings?

Also, what setting did you choose in Phone Info app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I didn't use the phone info ago but rather changed the seeing to GSM/UMTS under the mobile networks menu. I don't remember if I had to manually enter the apn using APN Manager Pro but I bought the sim card after customs where there was an electronics shop. The employees were very knowledgeable and had me up and running in 5 min start to finish. Then just user sms codes to activate mobile data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SubMatrix:
It'll be interesting to see if mine works, I'm currently running AOSP and the only choices under "Preferred Network Mode" are "LTE/CDMA/EvDo" and "CDMA/EvDo auto".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I've been hesitant to use an AOSP ROM though I'd love to. I'm using CleanROM 7 and it works great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolficus:
i'm running cm 10.2 and have all the network modes to select from..

in case you want to try that rom :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
In phone info or as part of the mobile network settings in the OS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djteotancolis:
I think you have to insert a GSM sim to get the GSM option
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I don't think so, but I do think it needs to be available in the rom itself to make it easier on the user to use a GSM sim. I have that option available on Slim Bean 4.3 build. I'm willing to bet this GSM setting is on each major AOSP rom on 4.3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
So last spring it was not available on cm10(or 10.1 I don't remember which) but no one has given me clear answer if it is currently available in cm. Do you have the option as part of the OS in cm10.1 to switch between cdma/lte and gsm/utms as well as change APNs without using helper apps like phone info or APN Manager Pro?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
The option to switch to gsm exists on cm10.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolficus:
was trying to get screen shot.. and failed... the options i have are

lte/cdma/evdo/gms/wcdma , lte/gsm/wcdma, lte/cdma/evdo, cdma/evdo auto, gsm/wcdma auto, gsm/wcdma preferred.

no special apps... built into the os.

there is also a place to manually put in the apn's as well.

this is cm 10.2 mind you... never messed with cm 10.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Great when cm10.2 moves into RC ill give it a try
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djteotancolis:
Here install this App, on the app switch to GSM mode! once you do that the APN option will show up in the settings
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djteotancolis:
Yes you do! and that was the plus point of using Slim Bean! and right now is too! sadly my phone is gone for repair. When CM went gold i tried it once with AT&T and it popped up with the GSM option hence why i said that.

off-topic I wish they would hurry up :P

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
The GSM options are there in CM10.1.3RC2, no need to wait.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I'll have check it out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] soft2:
thank, this method work 100% but there message appear every 10 second stay sending in the bottom of screen and i don't now what the application or service cause this message? any help please :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmm1:
WORKED on my verizon S3, 4.1.2. SCH-I535, baseband I535VRBMA2, rooted, unlocked bootloader, WIND network SIM in Greece.

It worked for me, everything that was sad in post number 1.

Well, some of app I did not need. The most valuable was HiAPN Global. I made a backup of existing list of APN, which, in my case were not listed under APN section on phone. But when vewing the original file, made by HiAPN Global I was surprised. Quite a big number of APN.

Backup that xml file through ES File manager, open the original, copy one instance of defined APN, put it on the end of the file and start editing.

After that save it, opened the HiAPN Global, pushed Restore APN (or something like that is the name of the button) and before restore the app informed me that can du writing only as system app. Ask me to reboot the phone.

I rebooted it.

Then Upgrade of apps started and informed me that was succesful and that HiAPN Global managed to write down the APN file.

Went to settings, more settings, mobile networks, access point names and under it i found my APN thet I created.

Turned off the WiFi and immediately was shown E sign. Opened the Crome and XDA developer site was fully loaded!!!!!

Thank YOU it was a nice experience.!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] r4zer91:
does this work with galaxy s3 uscelluar ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ammmaday:
How to add apn to verizon samasung galaxy s3 (Root required)

( Please forgive my bad English. I found this some days ago from another forum. I did not remember the site address. All the credits go to them. It worked for me 100% in Dhiraagu Network in Maldives)

Instructions:

1) Go to market install BuildProp Editor

2) Once installed find and open Build Prop Editor

3) Hit the menu button and select Edit

4) Scroll to the bottom of screen and add the following lines

ril.sales_code=LOL

ro.csc.sales_code=LOL

5) Hit the save button at the top right hand corner of the screen(looks like a disk)

6) Once this is done saving restart the phone

7) After restarting go to Settings>More Settings>Mobile Networks>Access Point Names>Menu Button>+ New APN

8) Add desired carriers APN info, when finished hit menu button and save

9) Power down and change to your desired SIM card if you hadn't already done so

10) Power back on and go to Settings>More Settings>Mobile Networks> Access Point Names (if done properly you should see the APN data you entered for your respective carrier).

11) Select the respective APN listing and then you should have working data

12) Congrats you can now natively add in any APN desired
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lekan Adeyeri:
I can confirm Cm works and Esn doesn't matter.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] T41NT:
Is there a way to make this a flashable zip in recovery? Editing buildprop scares me a little
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
does this actually do the carrier unlock?

i have the us cellular sch-r530u with stock non-rooted rom (android 4.3)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
i was on stock android 4.3 on my sch-r530u (uscc) i then cf auto root with cwmr 6.0.4.5 and SU 1.85

i then installed CM11 nightly

i became root and edited the file

i tried with some expired tmobile and att sims but no service

i can go into out phone and status and see it is pulling the original numbers off the sim cards

when i go into the apn settings it is showing 4 or 5 different selections for att and tmobile (so that is a good thing)

eventhough the sims are expired shouldnt it register on the network and pull the time or even show signal strength?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shibby87:
Apologies if this has been answered already. Does this work if say I want to take my VZW GS3 to T-Mobile or ATT? Its unlocked and rooted, I plan on getting an N5 in a few months but need a phone with working data in the mean time. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
Data will work at edge speeds, no 3g or 4G.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
this works great but i dont see area to ">Access Point Names>Menu Button>+ New APN" but i looked in the buildprop editor and both lines that i added are still there.

im only rooted with custom recovery on stock os

there was an apn mager floating around that actually worked. (the ones listed in 1st post are broken with android 4.3) so far

also put in a t-mobile sim and it says "searching for service" but i can only select lte/cdma or cdma in the more netwrok settings area under mobile networks

something not wroking or i just need a good apn manager but like i said i dont see the area to +new apn as described above
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NegativeOne:
Should I follow these steps if I'm on CM10.2? It has an APN editor of its own, though I have not been able to get it to actually persist my additions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bromhexine:
Will this method work on the METROPCS s3 to switch for use with GSM when abroad?	SCH-R530M model?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Only if the model includes a sim card slot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bromhexine:
I think all the metropcs s3's carry the sim card but its meant for 4g. i wonder if it didnt have a sim if you could just take the slot from another s3.

edit: not working for me on this model.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marianbot:
Help me please !

I don't know if you still looking here , but I need your help .Please send me a PM , and I explaine to you my problem ! Thank you so much !:o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolficus:
i know its been nearly a month... but here are some results with me playing with my telenor sim card (had to make it a micro sim first)

seems when i insert it and switch to gsm. it took the apn's from the sim card. so i didnt need to add them.

thing is.. i am not in norway to test full functionality.

and yup i am on cm 10.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marianbot:
I realy need your help , because i have a verizon gs3 and i am not so pro with all this programs ! Thank you so much !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sandrotb:
Does this metod work on Galaxy S3 sch r530 US Cellular version? Did anybody try with this model?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
if the phone is a world phone then yes if not no.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnytraveler:
If you are on the latest vzw radio, than your phone will work as a global phone without mod. I am in Vietnam and simply plugged in a Viettel sim card and I was up and working. This was not the case last year.

Prior to taking my trip I called tech support at vzw and they said that I shouldn't have any problems if I took the latest radio update (I didn't take the update, but I did manually install the radio). So I can confirm this is correct.

So imo, this is a dead issue.

Sent from my Cromix TF700T tablet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dyskinesia:
so what is the most current VZW radio that is confirmed working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] locorecto:
Confused

Can anybody confirm which Frequency does the phone works is UMTS? XDA Wiki here says it supports 850, 1900 and 2100. However, I am in the Dominican Republic and Claro, who uses 850 for HSPA+/UMTS doesn't work. It only connect to 2G data.

Can anybody confirm the frequencies you have been able to use on this phone? Does UMTS 850 works?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxixis:
Literally all you have to do is power off, change SIMs, then power back up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zcmack:
can anyone confirm this? i'll be headed to london in a few weeks and if this works i'll be very happy.

if no one confirms, i will give it a shot!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Should be the case since our 4.1.2 VRBMB1 update which enabled global roaming February of 2013. You may have to edit APNs if you receive no data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] antawnm26:
I know this post is old, but my girl is planning to visit Germany....So, this process cant be shorten if her phone is sim unlocked verizon version, by rooting and putting native sim in and doing the apn settings?

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did you try it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yamaha_wins:
Can I use this process to have my phone for in the Dominican republic?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ramdesai:
If you have latest OTA updates then this process is not necessary. Only you need to change fro CDMA to Global and configure the apn for your provider
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yamaha_wins:
I'm running slim ROM 4.4.4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Then you are on your own. Need to ask in the Slimrom thread. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shallwedance:
Can you reconfirm this? We are talking about the SS SIII for Verizon (with the latest official firmware) and it works perfectly on the Vietnamese Viettel carrier on both 2g and 3g network without rooting/modding? I want to buy this phone for my mom (she's in Vietnam) so I want to make sure about this before spending money. By the way, does the phone support Vietnamese language?

Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skrypj:
Apparently there is a guide over on the S5 forum for unlocking bands on Qualcom SoC's. It appears to have been done and confirmed working on the AT&T S3 already. I may try this out just to see if i can get mine to work on AT&T fully.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FaridAlkorashy:
It seems like doing international unlock for an iphone device. thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] slem182:
Someone have tried this tutorial?

I wanna try this, but I'm a bit affraid :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
I know someone in the Alliance rom thread said all he did was pop in a tmobile sim. I believe you'll be limited to 3g but don't quote me on that. I think if you are on a stock based rom you can just change to global mode in network settings and most carriers should work as long as the network bands are supported by the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
I can't say anything about Vietnam specifically, but I can say that all Verizon 4G phones are unlocked.

I just got back from Portugal 2 days ago with my S3, all I did upon arrival was buy a Vodafone sim and switch the phone to global..

No 4G data of course, but the 3g was pretty fast. I haven't had any issues doing this in several different countries now..

EDIT: I forgot to mention that my phone is bone stock, not rooted and with VZW latest firmware...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cigikomar:
You sir deserve a cokie!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jerickypops05:
how can i make a foreign sim 4g??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
See my post #14. I don't know the band number MHz's but can confirm that I get what shows on my phone as Edge, 3G, 3.5 G (HSPA) and 4G (HSPA+). This has been true for me in both Russia and Finland.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdubbs:
The radio in this phone IS capable of any US GSM band. It's using the Snapdragon S4, which is the same across every phone/carrier. Whether Verizon disabled the band in the radio is another story, but in theory, the hardware is capable of T-Mobile US 4G, AT&T 4G, European, and Asian HSPA+. Some brave soul with a bit of cash on hand should attempt to swap radios with one of the T-Mo GS3s and see what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aatreya:
I believe MTS in Russia uses the 2100MHz band, which this phone supposedly has. I'm not sure about Finland, though. This might explain why the phone doesn't get 3G on ATT in the US.

The phone is definitely capable of quadband GSM, according to the manual. That won't give you 3G, though. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Philosuffer:
I'm wondering this too. Would this mean that you could use the phone on Straight Talk?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
Hi all. I've been following this thread for a while now as I am travelling to Germany in the coming weeks and was dreading the thought of having to use my old HTC Fuze (TouchPro/Raphael) during the trip.

I will give your directions a try next week probably, and use my T-mobile prepaid sim (5gb/100min/ulimtext) a try just to ensure I can swap from/to Verizon before I go. I'll be using O2 in Germany, which uses 2100 for their UMTS/HSPA(+) service. Fingers crossed, but I don't forsee much of an issue getting that working.

I'll be able to give yall feedback from a phone with as few modifications as possible (not even rooted at this point) and I'll be on the stock rom as well.

Here's an interesting tidbit I have not seen mentioned here: T-Mobile is doing a frequency refarm on their 1900 PCS band, to phase out using it solely for GSM, while adding HSPA+ (in markets with 15mHz or more, 5 for GSM, 10 for HSPA+). There are several areas around the country that are confirmed to have HSPA+ online on 1900mHz (One of those is near my home of Birmingham/Hoover in fact). There's a thread over on Howard Forums and a website called "airportal" (search for it on howardforums, can't post links quite yet) that have some of the markets listed. I'd be interested to see if our phones would pick up T-mobile's HSPA+ on 1900. I'm going up to Denver this weekend and will carry my old Fuze with me, if I hit any refarmed spectrum, I'll give it a try with the Galaxy.

I'd be interested to see if it works if any of you others are lucky enough to be inside some of the confirmed refarmed areas.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarora24@gmail:
Sprint S3 with GM?

i mean, m planning to buy sprint S3 & that i wants to use with GSM in India.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ogxjason15:
I can confirm that it only has 2100mhz 3G band. I have tried both Tmobile and AT&T in the US and am unable to get a 3G signal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gbmitchell:
I'm going to have to tap out on this one. I reflashed and started from scratch. I followed the instructions to the letter and I uploaded the xml file to my computer to make sure I was not accidentally messing it up on the phone. I just can't get this apn to show up in apn manager.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rcastel2:
Sprint GS3

Can you post a picture of the microSIM slot on the GS3? I wanted to see if this is possible on the Sprint GS3

According to phonearena.com specs for the Verizon GS3 and the Sprint GS3, they both have microSIM cards. http://www.phonearena.com/phones/co...Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon/phones/7099,7114
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
I've posted a few clarification steps on the OP that deal with getting the apn's properly loaded. I hope the lack of this info did not cause your issues.

PM me if you have questions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parin11:
Sprint S3 has no Sim Card Slot

I have both
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lipak:
I read in XDA and understand that in sprint version LTE sim is fixed to the board (soldering kind of stuff)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Platin465:
I think they are mistaken on a couple of things on the phone. Check out phonescoop for the hopefully correct specs on all the GS3s:

GS3 specs comparison
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jclendineng:
I am getting mixed data...different sites say each variant supports different band's. I know not to get a sprint, as the sim is non removable, but I was wondering if a US Cellular would work as a world phone? As in, could it technically support tmobile/att hspa+? Thank you so much for any input.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parin11:
I don't think US Cellular will work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jclendineng:
So it must be Verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ericerk:
So since the bootloader is unlocked does this mean testing the other radios could be activated now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gbmitchell:
So, now that I am back I can't get my voice working. While overseas I could get voice but no data and now data works perfectly EVDO and LTE and I have no idea what to do about voice. The only thing I have not tried is flashing back to stock, which I guess I am going to do in the next few minutes. I have done wipes and flashed nonstock roms and nothing seems to help. It looks like everything is going to work and then when I make a call, I get a popup that says mobile network not available, even though it is clearly connected and 3g is working.