Recent content by BenH4

I'll likely use this phone on AT&T or StraightTalk but I'm considering the International Unlocked version. It appears the 950F version supports all the AT&T bandwidths except Band 17 so I should be able to use it on any of the US GSM Carriers. It also comes with TD-LTE but perhaps that won't...

For H811 on AT&T, is the missing Band 17 a fatal flaw ? T-Mobile G4's seem to be selling substantially cheaper than other models both used and new but AT&T is the only good network in my neighborhood.

I discovered the phone I had is a fake. I'm unable to post a link but there are fake S6 guides out there which confirmed that my problems were not due to the S6.

I went to the AT&T store and they were able to set it up on H+ but not LTE. Somehow the Unknown LTE thing at least allows it to work in some cases. Not having LTE though is a deal breaker.

OK, good to know before I spend any more time with Straight Talk tech help. The phone actually worked for a few phone calls but never did hook up to data.

In the phone's menu, it says under IMEI : unknown. Straight Talk wasn't able to get it working. I'm wondering if it's just a bad phone.

Yes, I believe so. I did a few forum searches on the subject to confirm before choosing this model that it had the right bands. Samsung's site says it suports: 4G FDD LTE B1(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B12(700), B17(700), B18(800), B19(800), B20(800)...

Does "Invalid IMEI" mean this phone has been reported lost by someone ? It's odd that it works for everything but data. I would assume if it's a bad imei, nothing would work.

I did call them. Talking to straight talk right now. I did have Data working on my LG G3 (our house is a problem spot but not this bad).

I just activated a phone on Straight Talk. Voice works but when I did the APN settings, I'm still getting no data. The lock screen displays "Invalid IMEI" which goes away when I type in my pin. This is a 920F (International Unlocked). Is it even possible to have a bad IMEI on a new phone ...

Thanks, I remember placing a few files in the filesystem of the phone flash drive and restarting it (or something like that) to get the CyanogenMod installed. When you say "(30, I guess" what does 30 refer to ?

I originally rooted the phone to get rid of stock bloatware and so the first Lollipop update wouldn't run so I installed CyanogenMod. With the mfr provided Lollipop (what I would have installed had I not rooted it), can I get rid of or hide the bloatware ? I use StraightTalk if it matters. Side...