which carrier does the Note 8 work on? TMobile or Verizon?

[mysamsungs7e]

My Note 8 is on Verizon but it's paid off ...would the Note play nice on TMobile?

 

[B. Diddy]

According to the specs, it should work on LTE, but interestingly, I don't think the Verizon variant supports T-Mobile's 3G bands:

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...tphones/samsung-galaxy-note-8/&token=1MQLOVPT
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988

So as long as you have good LTE signal, it should work ok.

 

[mysamsungs7e]

According to the specs, it should work on LTE, but interestingly, I don't think the Verizon variant supports T-Mobile's 3G bands:

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...tphones/samsung-galaxy-note-8/&token=cgtF0EAr
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988

So as long as you have good LTE signal, it should work ok.

Thanks for that. Yeah I think I had better stay with Big Red

 

[anon(7901790)]

Your Verizon Note 8 will work fine on T-mobile. The problem will be getting updates.

 

[Bl00dRunzC0ld]

If you're on Oreo, it would automatically switch to T-Mobile firmware when you add the T-Mobile sim. All US Note 8's have the same hardware, so they can work on any carrier. I just picked up a Verizon Note 8 on Swappa and received it today, once I put my T-Mo sim in, it restarted and added T-Mo's apn, carrier splash screen on bootup, wi-fi calling feature, and bloat. I'm now flashing the unlocked firmware to get rid of all that though lol.

 

[anon(5719825)]

If you're on Oreo, it would automatically switch to T-Mobile firmware when you add the T-Mobile sim. All US Note 8's have the same hardware, so they can work on any carrier. I just picked up a Verizon Note 8 on Swappa and received it today, once I put my T-Mo sim in, it restarted and added T-Mo's apn, carrier splash screen on bootup, wi-fi calling feature, and bloat. I'm now flashing the unlocked firmware to get rid of all that though lol.

This is correct. I have an unlocked T-Mobile Note 8 and when I insert a AT&T sim, the phone reboots, shows the AT&T boot up logo as if it were an AT&T branded phone and everything works, including WiFi calling. Even all the AT&T bloat installs including DirecTV and the MyAT&T app.