Using Import Note with US Carrier

[kwilsonjr]

What features of the unlocked import Galaxy Note are ready to use 'out-of-the-box' with U.S. carriers? Can you just drop in your sim card and start using it? What kind of speeds can you expect?

Flash your technoweenie, let's see some outright speculation!

 

[kwilsonjr]

Here is the Note on Samsung's UK website Samsung Galaxy Note 5.3 inch | Android OS Smartphones | SAMSUNG UK

 

[FireAndGlass]

There's no speculation. You look at the bands it supports, and what bands your carrier uses, and see what matches up. It works on AT&T voice and data including 3G. For T-Mobile, it doesn't support it's 1700mhz (IIRC) 3G band, so you have to use EDGE (2G) with it. This info is in the other thread, btw.

 

[mastaofdacat]

I have a galaxy s 2 on att with smartphone 3gig data plan. I almost imported last night but I wanna make sure hspa + and it will get phone calls,mms and SMS no problem. Will it all work just putting my sim card in and typing all codes I have to do?

 

[Projectrally]

I've got AT&T. I had an iPhone 4. I yanked the Sim Card out, made an adapter out of a thin piece of plastic, and slapped it right into my Note. Total elapsed time: about five minutes. It worked perfectly, and was running HSPA+ speeds.

Then today, I decided to sell my iPhone 4, so I wanted to put the original micro sim back in it (short version: it won't restore to factory settings without a sim card in it). So I borrowed a friend's old AT&T iPhone 3G (regular sized sim) and went into the local AT&T store and told them I wanted to switch to using the old phone. They activated a new sim card for me free of charge. I walked out of the store, popped that newly activated sim into my Note, rebooted it, and I was back up and running in about 30 seconds.

Technically, I should tell AT&T I'm using an android device now, but I don't see the point. Everything works.