Introducing XDA:DevCon – A Conference For Developers By Developers
XDA Developers Android and Mobile Development Forum
Forgot your password?
 
Post Reply+
Tip us?
 
lepapirriky 		Old
23rd February 2013, 02:01 PM
#1  
Senior Member - OP
Thanks Meter 42
Posts: 417
Join Date: Oct 2008
Default Really quick questions
I know this a different forum but I know some people will know this.

My brother will be here in the states for 1 year and he wants the gs3, so we will be buying an at&t phone to use the sim card from gosmart. Now my question is, will the phone just work like that? What im afraid (like with sprint) if you brake your contract the phone will have bad esn, is it thr same case with gsm phones?

Thank you very much for your time!

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
 
REPLY
 
GiantJay 		Old
23rd February 2013, 02:04 PM
(Last edited by GiantJay; 23rd February 2013 at 02:08 PM.)
#2  
GiantJay's Avatar
Senior Member
Thanks Meter 434
Posts: 1,053
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Sacramento, CA
Default Re: Really quick questions
This is just from what I've heard from people about this sort of thing, not an expert by any means. Is it unlocked, probably not if it is a contract phone. So you won't be able to use it.
Edit
Wait I'm not sure what go smart is? So you want to buy a phone here and use it here for a year then take it back over seas? Anything you do depends if it is unlocked or not. If it is unlocked, sometimes your carrier has to do this like Verizon, you can do whatever you want with it. If it is locked you either have to get it unlocked or possibly flash it yourself which is now illegal again.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
 
REPLY
The Following User Says Thank You to GiantJay For This Useful Post: [ Click to Expand ]
 
lepapirriky 		Old
23rd February 2013, 04:46 PM
#3  
Senior Member - OP
Thanks Meter 42
Posts: 417
Join Date: Oct 2008
Default Re: Really quick questions
Well thats thing im not sure. This guys on craiglist is selling and said he bought the gs3 and then his job gave him an iphone. Im guessing the phone is not unlock or is it?

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
 
REPLY
 
CNexus 		Old
23rd February 2013, 06:59 PM
#4  
CNexus's Avatar
Senior Member
Thanks Meter 1823
Posts: 3,438
Join Date: May 2012
Default Re: Really quick questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by lepapirriky View Post
Well thats thing im not sure. This guys on craiglist is selling and said he bought the gs3 and then his job gave him an iphone. Im guessing the phone is not unlock or is it?

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
Well in that case you can only wait and see when you have the phone in hand
For GSM phones though, I think that the sim card is all you need unlike CDMA phones where you need a clean ESN as well
If anyone knows otherwise or would like to correct me, please do so

Sent from my PG06100
Sign up for the new Copy file storage service with this link and get both of us an extra 5 GB!
 
REPLY
The Following User Says Thank You to CNexus For This Useful Post: [ Click to Expand ]
 
lepapirriky 		Old
24th February 2013, 01:26 PM
#5  
Senior Member - OP
Thanks Meter 42
Posts: 417
Join Date: Oct 2008
Default Re: Really quick questions
Thank you everyone for helping me!!

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
 
REPLY
 
Post Reply+
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Go to top of page...