Unlocked Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge from other Carriers

[sd_N]

here's my reply...

Here is confirmation for anyone wonder if the Galaxy S6 unlocked from ATT or Tmoibile will work on Verizon just like the iPhones 6 6+ or Nexus 6
I have both ATT and Tmobile Galaxy S6 in hands, unlocked, inserted Verizon sim card in and there is no signal
However, when I check "About Device" it shows my phone number
Mobile Network Type: LTE
Service State: Out of Service
and LTE came up for a second and never came back on

I think they blocked the LTE bands or so to stop people unlock their phones using on another carrier

I have an unlocked T Mobile S6...just popped in an inactive Verizon sim, showed 4GLTE full bars the whole time it was in...althought the sim is an inactive prepaid sim, so of course the sim would not register. I then placed a Sprint sim in it out of an iPhone 5S, got full bars with LTE, just no registering on network because the sim is not active. I sure wish I had an active Verizon sim card to test. I'll work on that today just to test. My LTE was on the whole time...it never went off. I know this is an older thread but I still want to try it out. Current location is Paducah. All 4 carriers have very strong signal in this area.

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Any other people confirm non Verizon s6 working on Verizon?

I have to go get an active Verizon sim to find out. All the ones I have are inactive. Pulls up the 4G LTE...just wont register. I tried calling 611...the signal then went to 4G. I tried sending a text, it jumped to just G then message not sent error. The sim isnt active so those are standard messages for that. I'll let you all know what i find out tomorrow.

 

[warriorpluto]

I have an unlocked T Mobile S6...just popped in an inactive Verizon sim, showed 4GLTE full bars the whole time it was in...althought the sim is an inactive prepaid sim, so of course the sim would not register. I then placed a Sprint sim in it out of an iPhone 5S, got full bars with LTE, just no registering on network because the sim is not active. I sure wish I had an active Verizon sim card to test. I'll work on that today just to test. My LTE was on the whole time...it never went off. I know this is an older thread but I still want to try it out. Current location is Paducah. All 4 carriers have very strong signal in this area.

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I have to go get an active Verizon sim to find out. All the ones I have are inactive. Pulls up the 4G LTE...just wont register. I tried calling 611...the signal then went to 4G. I tried sending a text, it jumped to just G then message not sent error. The sim isnt active so those are standard messages for that. I'll let you all know what i find out tomorrow.

Keep me posted.Thanks

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[warriorpluto]

I have an unlocked T Mobile S6...just popped in an inactive Verizon sim, showed 4GLTE full bars the whole time it was in...althought the sim is an inactive prepaid sim, so of course the sim would not register. I then placed a Sprint sim in it out of an iPhone 5S, got full bars with LTE, just no registering on network because the sim is not active. I sure wish I had an active Verizon sim card to test. I'll work on that today just to test. My LTE was on the whole time...it never went off. I know this is an older thread but I still want to try it out. Current location is Paducah. All 4 carriers have very strong signal in this area.

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I have to go get an active Verizon sim to find out. All the ones I have are inactive. Pulls up the 4G LTE...just wont register. I tried calling 611...the signal then went to 4G. I tried sending a text, it jumped to just G then message not sent error. The sim isnt active so those are standard messages for that. I'll let you all know what i find out tomorrow.

Anything?

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[sd_N]

things have changed.

Anything?

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I didnt find an active Verizon sim... Hopefully someone else can test. I sold the phone, so I'm moving. The OP said he put a sim in and 4g lte popped up and was gone and never came back. Not the case on my end... It showed 4gLTE the whole time as I previously stated. And I guess I should say, the sim was an active sim, just the billing cycle had ended and I had not re-upped the prepaid sim. So, IDK

 

[lmazon86]

Unlocked at&t galaxy s6 on verizon. Data only works

I didnt find an active Verizon sim... Hopefully someone else can test. I sold the phone, so I'm moving. The OP said he put a sim in and 4g lte popped up and was gone and never came back. Not the case on my end... It showed 4gLTE the whole time as I previously stated. And I guess I should say, the sim was an active sim, just the billing cycle had ended and I had not re-upped the prepaid sim. So, IDK

I have tried a tracfone sim on the galaxy s6 as my service was ending with metro pcs and wanted to try net10 but came across a deal on a tracfone sim with service for verizon.
The sim works fine on a unlocked iphone 6 and even says verizon on the top bar with both data and calls working.
But in the galaxy s6 when I put the sim in I don't get call/text service but I do get data.
All I did was put the verizon apn settings and I instantly received Lte . In my area in Chicago both metro and Tmobile both have terrible download speeds and won't even hit 1mbps download speeds. But with this Sim I get about 5 mbps download speeds but again calls and text don't work.

The galaxy s6 has a secret menu by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and by clicking on device info it seems like you can change your preferred network.
I have changed it to both wcdma and CDMA and when switching to wcdma I get signal bars but lost data and still can't make calls or send text. Data works fine if phone is left on Lte/GSM or just Lte only.
If someone can help. I have taken screen shots of the verizon apns working and I even did a speed test on a unlocked at&t Galaxy s6

 

[rbeavers]

CDMA needs to be registered on the network. Have you called tracfone?

 

[warriorpluto]

I have tried a tracfone sim on the galaxy s6 as my service was ending with metro pcs and wanted to try net10 but came across a deal on a tracfone sim with service for verizon.
The sim works fine on a unlocked iphone 6 and even says verizon on the top bar with both data and calls working.
But in the galaxy s6 when I put the sim in I don't get call/text service but I do get data.
All I did was put the verizon apn settings and I instantly received Lte . In my area in Chicago both metro and Tmobile both have terrible download speeds and won't even hit 1mbps download speeds. But with this Sim I get about 5 mbps download speeds but again calls and text don't work.

The galaxy s6 has a secret menu by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and by clicking on device info it seems like you can change your preferred network.
I have changed it to both wcdma and CDMA and when switching to wcdma I get signal bars but lost data and still can't make calls or send text. Data works fine if phone is left on Lte/GSM or just Lte only.
If someone can help. I have taken screen shots of the verizon apns working and I even did a speed test on a unlocked at&t Galaxy s6

This is good news. All iPhones are made the same so I knew am AT&T iPhone works on Verizon. Ill try to get a tmobile s6 edge plus and fool around with it. I sill have unlimited data so the call and texts not working won't bother me.

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[warriorpluto]

Ok I finally got my hands on a rent a center t mobile note 4. Disabled rent a center lock and returned to stock. Verizon 4g works, but it does not connect to voice and text. We need someone to work on this.

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[mademan420]

Ok I finally got my hands on a rent a center t mobile note 4. Disabled rent a center lock and returned to stock. Verizon 4g works, but it does not connect to voice and text. We need someone to work on this.

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My guess is its missing the cdma antenna is the reason you cant call or text. All vzw phones still require a CDMA antenna for voice and text. You could maybe enable VoLTE if you have access to the online account associated with the sim card for calls but probably wont work for text.

 

[warriorpluto]

My guess is its missing the cdma antenna is the reason you cant call or text. All vzw phones still require a CDMA antenna for voice and text. You could maybe enable VoLTE if you have access to the online account associated with the sim card for calls but probably wont work for text.

All of them have the same antenna. I checked a while back and compared all the specifications

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[mademan420]

All of them have the same antenna. I checked a while back and compared all the specifications

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Don't no where you saw that, but they do not all have the same radios/antennas.

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/compare.php?p=4573,4580

The GSM variant(tmobile, AT&T, international) does not have the CDMA 850 / 1900 radios in it. This is the entire backbone on Verizon's network. WCDMA is not the same.

http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=104

 

[gcuevas97]

I have an s6 edge originally from Bluegrass Cellular but all of a sudden the cell phone quit reading the sim card, but will still read a Verizon Wireless Sim card, anyone have a possible answer to such issue?

 

[rbeavers]

I have an s6 edge originally from Bluegrass Cellular but all of a sudden the cell phone quit reading the sim card, but will still read a Verizon Wireless Sim card, anyone have a possible answer to such issue?

APN settings??

 

[thisisbose]

I heard today that Samsung S6 Verizon Unlocked (from Best Buy) can be used with any carriers (including ATT and TMobile in USA) across 205 countries. Courtesy: Samsung representative inside BestBuy.

 

[warriorpluto]

I heard today that Samsung S6 Verizon Unlocked (from Best Buy) can be used with any carriers (including ATT and TMobile in USA) across 205 countries. Courtesy: Samsung representative inside BestBuy.

We know this already. We are talking about a phone from other carriers working on verizon. Namely sprint since it has cdma

 

[tgee0907]

I'm using the verizon s6 edge on cricket but still have some connection issues with LTE

 

[rbeavers]

Sprint on Verizon will never happen.
Verizon won't register Sprints imei on their network.

 

[telveer]

Verizon blocks some apps (GOOD for Enterprise, Tethering, etc) on unlimited data plan when you use their own device (like VZW Galaxy S5). However, no such restrictions are in place when using Nexus 6/6P/5X on VZW. I would love to have a Generic Galaxy S6 or Note 5 activated on VZW

 

[BoJatey]

Sorry, posted and can't delete. In reference to a G920T working on Verizon. Now I know it won't.

 

[warriorpluto]

Sprint on Verizon will never happen.
Verizon won't register Sprints imei on their network.

We already know this too. Just giving him an example