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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
So I've tried this with the rooted leaked VZW-JB release. There are good indications when using a sim from the tmo store. I tried an att sim with CM10 and couldn't get any sign of life. I think there is an issue with CM10 and i added bug tracker entry. Has anyone tried this with the CM10 stable release?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
I tried, won't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Thanks for the confirmation
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhony_rod:
Hey... Did you ever get your phone on 3G? I just activated mine with Orange running CleanRom 4.5 and everything works fine except that connection is only "G" not even "2G" lol... Then I also installed the Codename and Paranoid ROMS but as soon as I restart the phone the first time after manually imputing the APN info it shows "Unfortunetly, com.android.phone" error message... Please if you or anyone has any idea on this share it... Thanks...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I'll be trying a friends att sim card later today with the leaked VZW jelly bean rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TNScrambler:
On Saturday, I was able to swap SIMs with a buddy's S3, his is a true ATT S3, mine is running Clean Rom 4.5 as well... I was able to make and recieve calls and text as previously noted as well as connect to Edge....I didn't have time to try messing with the APN info to see if that would work, hopefully I'll be able to try again soon and have more time to play with it.

Justin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
So I'm not using an ATT rom installed on a VZW phone like others have suggested. I am using a leaked rooted official VZW rom found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974114. I'll let you what happens later today using this rom and APN Manager Pro is necessary.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TNScrambler:
Me too, I'm running http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832070 which is based off the leaked VZW JB....after booting up with the ATT sim it asked me about roaming, so I went to the settings and choose GSM instead of CDMA, and thats where I was able to get Edge/voice/text I didn't have time to mess with APN Manager Pro to edit the APN info.....let us know what you find out.

Justin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hyunge:
I have an sch-i535 (vzw) running cleanbean 4.5, stock kernel, with updated radios. Just inserted T-Mobile sim, popup asked if I wanted to go global, great signal, voice, text, and Edge working no issues. MMS (pictures) not working yet, will be adding apns and see what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TNScrambler:
From what I've read here in this thread and others (read: I could totally be wrong, just stating what I've read) is that we lac the 1700 band hardware that we would need to get 3g/hspa+ on T-Mo's network....but we do have the 1900 band that Att's 3G/HSPA+ runs on....if we can get it working that is. lol

Justin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
True but if you live in an area where TMo has refarmed 1900 MHz then you should be able get UMTS/HSPA as well...in theory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ibe550:
I post(#302) my situation before...i'm in Finland my phone is working fine(text,call,receive,data).

Anybody try this? and working? in us? or other country?

just wondering.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
So I wasn't able to get EDGE data working but voice seemed to work just fine. I tried APN Manager Pro both on the Global setting as well as the GSM/UMTS setting. Do you know what the difference between the two are?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I am stock, and all I did was download phone info, pop in my att sim, select gsm under settings in phone info, and I got call, text, to work, however I can not get picture messaging and data to work at all.,, does anyone have a solution for this?

I own an iPhone 5 on AT&T.l would I have to call AT&T and tell them to switch my data plan to a Samsung data plan?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Dude use search. The same ****ing questions over and over again.

This is about the d2vzw as a world phone, I don't understand why you att ppl came here in the first place.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zion800:
I've been travelling through Europe and found an easier way of switching through APNs.

1. Download Offline Sim APN Database Pro (OSADP). This app has most of the APNs you'll need while travelling so you don't have to hunt around for them all the time.

2. Using Titanium Backup Pro, convert the app to a System App

3. Pop in your foreign carriers SIM card when you're abroad.

4. Open OSADP and have it search for your APN based off of your sim. Usually there are a few different options for each carrier so you can easily switch to the APN that gives you the best results. Even though the app says you can't directly write APN settings, you can since you converted it to a system app.

I've used this method in Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium without any issues.

Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Great news! We know there are people in Europe/Asia that have 2100MHz HSPA working. Do we know about Latin America and Central America where UTMS/HSPA occurs on 850,900, and 1900 MHz?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmb3497:
Not sure where to post this, but figured this would be the place for it. I just flashed Jelly Beans build 4 (based off the latest JB leak), and restored APN manager pro as a system app (as someone mentioned earlier) in order to get my APNs up and running. A few days ago, the app works in reverse. With APN turned off, it picks up HSPA+ data just fine, I can use data, talk, sms, all that good stuff. With the APN on (green light and everything), it totally disconnects. I don't know if this has something to do with the way Jellybean handles APNs or what, but I thought it was really weird. Also, if people run into a problem on this rom (or other new builds) using APN manager pro as a system app, my advice is to turn the APN off and see if it works. I know it's counter-intuitive, but it worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vishalsheth:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_the_Americas
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Thanks, that is what spurred my question. Has anyone had experience with HSPA on a frequency different than 2100 MHz outside the US with the VZW SGS3? Any confirmed workings? Also do we know for sure which frequencies are supported by UMTS/HSPA?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] csaket:
So what speeds are you getting with HSPA+ and is it on TMobile?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I have started a issue tracker on cm10 regarding the lack of mobile network and APN settings. If more people star the issue it will get fixed quicker by CM's team. All you need to do is follow the link the click on the star. http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=6608

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vne147:
It works! Mostly...

Hello everyone. I am in Milan, Italy and have a VZW Samsung Galaxy S3. I'd like to post my successes and failures with this method.

After arriving in Milan I purchased a Vodafone SIM card from a retailer. I followed the abbreviated method in post #106 and my phone is working. Well, it's mostly working. I have a good data connection. I get at least 3G all the time and sometime H or H+. I did a speed test and the results are:

Download: 11438 kbps

Upload: 2024 kbps

Ping: 75 ms

The data connection works (Internet, Google maps, Instagram, etc). I can send and receive SMS, I have not tried MMS, and I can receive but not make phone calls.

Whenever I try to make a phone call, my phone freezes and then about 15 seconds later I get an error dialogue stating "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped". I seem to have no problems when receiving call though.

I read in another post on this thread that this problem sometimes occurs and the solution is to restore the com.android.phone app through Titanium Backup but when I go into that, com.android.phone doesn't even show up in the app list.

Can anyone help me solve my problem? I can supply whatever other information you think might help. Thank you in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
I'd recommend to flash a TW JB based rom if you have the dialer FC problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vne147:
BlackBytes,

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll go that route if I have to but I'd like to avoid flashing a ROM if at all possible. I'm in Milan for 4 - 6 weeks on business and even though it's a pretty small risk, I'd like not to brick my phone. It would be a major headache to replace it over here.

Anyone other ideas?

EDIT: By the way, I assume JB is Jelly Bean. What's TW?

EDIT 2: I think I figured it out. Touch Wiz right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Sorry for the SGS3 newbish question, what's TB?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] junksecret:
TW = Touchwiz (Samsung native overlay)

TB = Titanium Backup

tappity tap tapped on my SGS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vne147:
Another interesting tidbit I just discovered is that on Vodafone in Italy, you're supposed to be able to enter 404 into your dialer, hit send, and then a minute or so later you get a text telling you your prepaid balance. When I try to do that, my dialer crashes and I get the aforementioned error dialogue. However, I just download an app called 404 Italia by Omar Miatello and when I send the 404 request from the app, it works. So apparently, the app is using some back end dialing feature that works while the dialer is not. Not sure if that's unusual behavior to people in the know but it seemed noteworthy to me.

Last question (for this post anyway), is SynergyROM a TW ROM? It looks like it. I just want to make sure though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prittyboy203:
Lol great job used this on my 2nd galaxy s3 works great
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Yes, the are a few other TW JB roms as well: Jelly Bean's Build 5 and CleanRom 5.0. Each TW JB rom should have an option to manually switch to Global Mode in: Settings/Mobile Networks/Network Mode

By the way, I was in Milan over the summer. It's an amazing city! I just wish this thread was at its current state over the summer so I could have used my GSIII phone while over there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Duh...stupid me. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vne147:
SlimSnoop,

Thanks for the info. I am on a rooted GS3 but running the stock ROM. I have the Phone Info app installed which I use to switch between network modes. I played around with almost all the different modes last night and the only ones that seemed to give me a data connection were "GSM Only" and "LTE/GSM/WCDMA". Although with "GSM Only" selected it was very slow and I don't even think I was getting 2G speeds. The OP kind of mentioned that not all networks would like the Global mode.

That being said, I'm still hoping someone could suggest a fix or at least something to try that doesn't require me flashing a new ROM. If I was home I'd take the risk but I'd prefer not to while traveling internationally.

As for Milan, I've only been here 3 days but so far it's awesome. I had the best pizza of my life for dinner last night and Italy is beautiful. I'm going to try and convince my employer to keep me here over the holiday break so I can travel around the rest of the country and explore.

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I just used Titanium Backup to look at an overview of app storage and the dialer has 72.3 MB of data storage. That more than any other app by far. Is this normal?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
View attachment 1516093

So if you are using a stock VZW rom, you will have to flash BUT this rom won't delete any of your data as it is a rooted stock VZW ROM. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974114. After that you can follow post #106 except that you don't have to use "Phone Info" to change your mobile network settings. Just goto mobile network settings and select global.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
Just to be sure. Using the abbreviated method is there anything we need to do to unlock (the global bands not bootloader) the phone first, or has this already been through an update?

Sorry if this was already answered. I know I could call Verizon and see if they'd give me a code, but wanted to check if that was even necessary anymore. I'm on the latest radio

Sent from my SGS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vne147:
I'm happy to report success! I now have a fully functional VZW GS3 in Italy working at 4G speeds. I didn't have to flash but I did do a bunch of things between now and my last post so I'm not exactly sure what fixed it but here's what I did.

I switched the network type to Global. When I wrote earlier that it didn't work for me I was wrong. Apparently last night I just didn't wait long enough. It does take a while for me to get a signal and a data connection. Like 2-3 minutes. It's just as long after a reboot too. But once it gets a connection, it seems to keep it.

Then in Titanium Backup I cleaned up the Dalvik cache.

Reboot

Then again in TB, I cleared cache in user and system apps.

Reboot

Now it works.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions but I'm going to quit while I'm ahead.

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I doubt VZW would give you a code. They told me a few weeks ago that my phone wouldn't work at all in Italy because the hardware isn't compatible. I feel like calling them on my phone from Italy to say, "Oh yeah!?!?!?"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
I've read they say that because the radios they have released don't support it and that the JB update will have the radios that support the other bands. Not sure if that true as it was someone opining.

You answered my question though. Just follow the steps and all should be good.

Sent from my SGS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tiraceite:
Hi... iam in México and still have edge... no 3g... carrier movistar... i don know if telcel or Iusacell could get 3g

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Iam in México.. iam using stock jelly bean leak 3 and still have edge... not 3g.. carrier movistar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] smnrock:
Any updates on this? Did you solve voice call issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] noobabuser:
So I rolled into Venezuela armed with Synergy r79 (ICS) w/ APN Manager Pro as a system app and the Phone Info app. At the time of arrival I was running the VRLG7 radio baseband.

A prepaid Movistar chip was aquired which wouldn't get any data at all or report how many bars of services were available until I'd entered the APN info in APN manager pro. Text and voice worked (except that the dialer was broken which made outbound calls impossible). After inserting the APN config the best I was able to get was 2G EDGE on the data side... And so began the hunt.

CM10 was then installed, but it wouldn't support the "Global" radio option, so that got nixed with a quickness.

Flashing Synergy r118 (which is JB based) fixed the dialer issues but made no difference on the data.

Updating the baseband to VRLK1 didn't help. Flashing VRLEC actually downgraded my data connection from 2G "E" to just "G" which I assume is 1G. So VRLK1 got flashed again and that's how it stayed. 2G. Movistar runs it's 3G data network at 1900MHz.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
So based on the past few posts I wonder if UMTS/HSPA is supported on any frequencies other than 2100MHz. Thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tiraceite:
Jb radios supported 2100mhz for hspa???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
We have established through previous posts that 2100MHz umts/HSPA is working in Europe so in principle it should elsewhere too, Asia for example. The question is about other frequencies which are more commonly used in the Americas.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thornev:
I get "Voicemail has stopped" when I freeze something in this list. Don't know what it is but will have to defrost some stuff.

UPDATE: I narrowed the problem down to about 6 apps I froze. I don't suppose anyone cares since the objective was to get GSM working and I don't need that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luisipr1:
Im running simple mobile and cant get speeds over G.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Which country and do you know what frequency?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Simply Mobile is an MVNO of T-Mobile. HSPA over 1900Mhz (UMTS band II) and AWS 1700Mhz/2100Mhz (UMTS band IV)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
So unfortunately not helpful because as others have remarked, i think there may be a carrier lock for T-mobile, ATT and their subsidiaries. Also at this point VZW isn't too helpful as the global capability isn't public yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
We're working on getting 1900Mhz hspa working over on the 1900Mhz bounty thread in the general section.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skrypj:
Am i missing something. I edited the D2att values in the Meta Script on CM10 but CWMR wont install the zip. Is there something special i have to do to get a i747 rom to install?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Are you flashing an AT&T rom on a Verizon GSIII? If so, why would you do that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skrypj:
Cause that's how half the other people in this thread got their Verizon GSIII to work on GSM networks and could provide a way to gain access to the 1900 mhz band if it can be unlocked
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tiraceite:
In México movistar works on 1900mhz...

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Which one radio are u using??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Have you been able to make umts/HSPA work properly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luisipr1:
VRLG7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lord dredd:
Thanks a lot !!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PVLMTREE:
T-Mobile plan on the Verizon Galaxy S3 running CM10:

Everything works besides sending SMS, Receiving is fine. Edge connection, though. Not sure about MMS.

APN is set correctly, SMSC is correct, still can't get SMS to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
What procedure did you use?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PVLMTREE:
I used the same procedure posted on the OP but the simplified version.

This only works on Stock-Based ROMs for me, not AOSP. Idk why.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pvndpk:
Hi i am from india and using cleanrom 5..I am using vodafone GSM..I am able to get voice calls and sms but not internet..I am using hiapn global and have set apn to www,mcc=404,mnc=86 and numeric=40486..But still internet is not working ..I rebooted 10 times but still no E or H symbol..Please help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ludakrish:
Verizon GS3 on Vodafone India

I have gotten the Verizon Galaxy S3 working, with voice only, on Vodafone in India (not Gujarat circle). I plan on testing 3G later today using the Vodafone APNs listed on their website (http://www.vodafone.in/support/pages/dataservice_faqs.aspx). According to the Vodafone store it's the 'WWW' APN that should be used for 3G. I'm not sure but it seems MMS might be an additional, different service to regular mobile internet.

My GS3 is white, though I pre-ordered they day of the release, so it might be an older model with less advanced lockdown features. Curious to know whey some people with white GS3s were having trouble unlocking their phones.

Also, mad props to lair12 and Beemer533 and all the others who contributed to this. You guys saved me several hundred dollars in buying a new phone. I yelled at Big Red for about an hour but they refused to temporarily comp rent me a world phone, despite sellling me the GS3 as one. Cheers guys!

Try using MNC = 20, leave numeric blank and APN type = 'Internet'. Let me know if it works. I'll try later today and report back if I'm successful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Janudallah:
Works

I would like to verify that this phone is unlocked and will work with any SIM Card. You could just download the Phone info app and select LTE/GSM/WCDMA. Then reboot, this will give you the ability to talk and text.

I hope that makes it easier if that's all you are looking for.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlackBytes:
Did anyone try the CM10.1 nightlies yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
I asked someone on the CM nightlies forum and it seems that they have not added APN settings or some of the other necessary functions yet. This was heresay though and I have not tried it yet. If you would like this feature on CM please star it here: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=6608
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Phone info app doesn't work with jellybean. Just go into settings, more settings, mobile networks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddrum2000:
Yes that is true but those mobile network settings are not enabled in CM10/10.1 to the best of what I can tell. I would really like to use CM but not having that ability is a deal breaker for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yaosers:
Hi,

With Verizon's release of JB, are all these steps still required when traveling internationally and using foreign SIM cards? Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tiraceite:
Nou. Just change in settings to gsm and thats all. Ohh of course you need to set your apn.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgorrell:
Can you clarify? I'm moving to Germany in two months. With the new OTA, can I drop Verizon permanently and use a German carrier's SIM? Will it require any of the steps from the guides earlier in this thread? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tiraceite:
If you have jb rom.. just need tu set in gsm mode in settings... and set you carrier apn. Im in mexico (not verizon) .. the only issue is that i just have edge... not 3g... :(

Regards...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trungctu:
May I get phone info app in direct link. It seems to be deleted in Google Play.

Thank in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
Search for phoneinfo.apk SC@Taiwan in Google.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trungctu:
All the links are broken because the original file at Google Play was deleted.

Do you have any file in direct link.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] t00c00l4m3:
Unzip the file and paste to titanium backup directory, I should work but no garantee.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
Working fine here on Vodafone UK. I used the offline apn database app and after I converted it to a system app it worked fine. I don't get any 3g, but I guess that's expected? Does our radio not support 2100 mhz 3g gsm?

Edit : never mind 3g works fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gbmitchell:
I was referring to the website referenced in OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
I see. As I said before it probably depends on your provider. Some may just need the bare info. I

I'd ask when you get your card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shassouneh:
Can you please clarify the following:

a1- rooted the phone with stock ROM

a2- use sprint.recovery.image for clockworkmod (others may work as well)

1.) Does this mean you have to load a stock rooted ROM or can you just root the rom (the difference being is if you just root, you keep all current customizations on the phone)

2.) What exactly is meant by the sprint recovery image? Where do I go about finding it?

Thanx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lair12:
Use this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756885 for directions.

In step #3, I used the first stock link... http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/r...system.img.tar

In step #4, I used the first recovery image... http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/recovery.img

I have found that the recovery image that I used works (for me) better than the stock clockworkmod, as other seem to get bad backup dates (1970), with I can backup through ROM Manager and get the correct date.