Cell Phones Dedicated Discussion (Market Prices/ Troubleshooting/ Advice/ Recommendations)

[s15]

S4 Verizon has good compatibility with GSM than S3 Verizon. It supports more GSM bands.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SCH-I545ZKAVZW

People should take these band frequencies into account.

But Verizon doesn't support LTE 1800mhz, so no 4G compatibility in Pakistan.

S3 Verizon
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SCH-I535MBBVZW-specs

[s15]

so bro, mujhe kya krna chahye? i mean should i go for a full mobile flashing and reinstallation from an expert in market or what?

The official specs show no compatibility with GSM networks, though many CDMA phones have some compatibility with GSM/WCDMA after unlocking, but Verizon S3 has none. Even Gsmarena said it won't work with any GSM worldwide.

So i don't think there is a way to fix that on Verizon S3 at all. If it had some gsm/wcdma frequency support, then it was possible via service mode.

My mistake, i should have checked the operating frequencies of Verizon S3 earlier!. Sorry!

I think better sell it.

[ihpwf12]

I know this, i already told him about CDMA. That's why CDMA devices should be avoided to begin with. There is no permanent solution to this issue, especially on some older CDMA devices. The carrier based phone firmwares and modem (hardware) are optimised to run on that specific GSM or CDMA carrier.

Bootloaders can be unlocked, so no big deal, but CDMA is the deal breaker.

CDMA and GSM are two different things, even on hardware level, so software modifications doesn't help much. But the CDMA phones have some compatibility (though limited) with GSM, this is why they can be GSM sim unlocked. After unlocking, they search for both, but the priority is CDMA over GSM, like you said. Service mode can reverses that priority too. In some phones, this tinkering may help sometimes, though not all the time.

There is no harm in trying this simple code as try. It won't brick the device [emoji4].

That error notification can be vanished usually by removing Verizon bloat by rooting.

True about band frequencies. No doubt S3 CDMA has more complaints on GSM, though many CDMA phones run satisfactorily on GSM.

I agree with everything, except the bootloader part.

A Verizon S3 will have an unlocked bootloader, so, yes you can root it.
A Verizon S4 (on 4.4.2) will have an unlocked bootloader, so you can root that too.
Same goes for the Verizon S5 and Note 3.

However, on a Verizon Note 4, or S6, or even S6 Edge. Its currently impossible to unlock the bootloader and get root.

As a security measure, AT&T and Verizon have started shipping their new devices with Locked bootloaders that can't be unlocked.
With the launch of the new Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus, Samsung announced that KNOX will be deeply integrated into the kernel and ROM, and the bootloader will remain locked and if any attempt to root is made on the device, it will not boot. Samsung did this as an encouragement for AT&T and Verizon customers to use Samsung phones as 'Work phones', because the updated KNOX thing has very secure encryption techniques.

So currently only T-Mobile and Sprint devices can be rooted, because they're shipped with unlocked bootloaders.

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[curiousdevil]

Guys want to buy my mom a phone in the budget of 22k please suggest some good phones new obviously I was thinking about j5

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[s15]

You can also look for specifications of Lumia 540, J5, Lumia 640 (available at iShopping.pk only) & Lumia 640 XL. Windows 10 mobile is coming in a month or two.

[MrUnknown]

If you add for 4k more you would get new Infinix Hot note from daraz.

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Cant add 500 even kindly suggest in 10k dont matter if its new or used

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[s15]

I agree with everything, except the bootloader part.

A Verizon S3 will have an unlocked bootloader, so, yes you can root it.
A Verizon S4 (on 4.4.2) will have an unlocked bootloader, so you can root that too.
Same goes for the Verizon S5 and Note 3.

However, on a Verizon Note 4, or S6, or even S6 Edge. Its currently impossible to unlock the bootloader and get root.

As a security measure, AT&T and Verizon have started shipping their new devices with Locked bootloaders that can't be unlocked.
With the launch of the new Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus, Samsung announced that KNOX will be deeply integrated into the kernel and ROM, and the bootloader will remain locked and if any attempt to root is made on the device, it will not boot. Samsung did this as an encouragement for AT&T and Verizon customers to use Samsung phones as 'Work phones', because the updated KNOX thing has very secure encryption techniques.

So currently only T-Mobile and Sprint devices can be rooted, because they're shipped with unlocked bootloaders.

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Yeah, Verizon and AT&T latest devices have some serious restrictions on bootloaders and sometimes messing to unlock results in very unfavourable circumstances, but i don't see any need of rooting any high end devices or latest devices. They receive OTA updates very frequently and then you need to update manually (via odin) and root access and rooting related changes are lost, which is very annoying.

Those devices have 'enterprise' grade KNOX, so even if one gets to root it, every firmware update makes it almost impossible to re root them.

Many people buying carrier based models are usually not too technical even to read the specs and match operating frequencies correctly, so usually they don't know about bootloaders, rooting stuff at all.

For someone interested in rooting related stuff, carrier based phones are not a very wise choice, as they have less support available than international variants. No doubt these Verizons and AT&T phones have always been troublesome when it comes to rooting due to bootloaders lock, though with time they can get unlocked, but still there are complications, after every update.

[arsalankhan321]

Can any one have experience of using microsoft lumia phones my budget is 15000 .

[Panther]

Guys want to buy my mom a phone in the budget of 22k please suggest some good phones new obviously I was thinking about j5

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I will recommend you Galaxy E5. Just bought it for my daughter and seems very fine to me.

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[s15]

Its surprising to see the Galaxy J Series on top of trending phones at Gsmarena. I don't think Galaxy J series is that much good.

http://www.gsmarena.com/the_top_10_trending_phones_of_week_41-news-14396.php

[typeN]

I have a T.Mobile varient S4 4g Lte. Will zong 4g lte band work? Has anyone tried it?

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[s15]

I have a T.Mobile varient S4 4g Lte. Will zong 4g lte band work? Has anyone tried it?

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In Pakistan, 4G LTE requires LTE 1800 (Band 3).

Your T-Mobile S4 (M919) doesn't support LTE 1800 (Band 3), so it will not support 4G in Pakistan.

Specifications
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-M919ZWATMB

[zia1288]

Kindly suggest a low end phone with great battery timing. At least 3000 mAh (the more is better). it is to be used a secondary phone for calls/texts only but it must be a smart phone for greater contacts and messages storage.

[altisdualvvti]

Kindly suggest a low end phone with great battery timing. At least 3000 mAh (the more is better). it is to be used a secondary phone for calls/texts only but it must be a smart phone for greater contacts and messages storage.

U can buy lenovo A5000 I think its for 12k it has 4000mAh battery
Through I have having no experience of any lenovo phone.

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[zia1288]

U can buy lenovo A5000 I think its for 12k it has 4000mAh battery
Through I have having no experience of any lenovo phone.

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How is Qmobile M95?

[altisdualvvti]

How is Qmobile M95?

I don't know

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[maple]

you can get the lumia 540 which is 15200 excellent phone also 550 is launched with pre installed win 10 similar specs on both devices
price of 550 is not known but should be around 15, for detailed info on lumia devices there is a seprate forum on pw do check

[maple]

Cant add 500 even kindly suggest in 10k dont matter if its new or used

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go for new lumia ul love it

532 fits in your budget but note does not have a flash otherwise strong mobile

[MrUnknown]

go for new lumia ul love it

532 fits in your budget but note does not have a flash otherwise strong mobile

Never tried windows! Can we manually install apps in windows phone like androids?

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[maple]

manualy as in not from store ?