QUOTE(Sky04 @ Aug 27 2012, 06:00 PM)
Er.. can elaborate this further?
2. whenever you go overseas, you can simply use the local pre-paid card to have cheap access to phone service without resorting to expensive roaming exorbitant fees
Thanks!
2. whenever you go overseas, you can simply use the local pre-paid card to have cheap access to phone service without resorting to expensive roaming exorbitant fees
Thanks!
QUOTE(Noobi3 @ Aug 27 2012, 06:11 PM)
well if you bought the phone at full price, chances are without rooting, the S3 may be already unlocked.I think you still need to root to get the other benefits for apps still
To unlock there is this Galaxy S3 SIM Unlock by Voodoo
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-...required-96395/
However there is an additional step to make sure the unlock sticks. Because everytime you update your rom, it will reset back to locked status. Refer to XDA forum via google on how to keep your unlock status.
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Another big question I get, is, “If I root my phone, can I use it on another carrier?” The short answer is no but I’ll explain.
Rooting and unlocking are two completely different procedures. Rooting your phone does NOT unlock it. In order to unlock your phone and use it on a different carrier, you must either purchase an unlock code (if you have GSM phone), flash a new carrier’s firmware manually through a cable (if you have a CDMA device), or you have to alter the phone’s baseband (as with the iPhone unlocking software).
Now, this seems to become a very confusing thing for people because of the iPhone I think. Sometimes people get confused with jailbreaking and unlocking by thinking they are one in the same (understandably with a name like jailbreaking you might think you are “setting it free”). But this is not the case. The iPhone has software to unlock it but that software is not automatically installed if you jailbreak your iPhone. The reason for the confusion, I think, is the fact that in order to use the unlocking software for the iPhone, you must have jailbroken it first (as the unlocking app needs root permissions to change the baseband, etc).
Read more at http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/27/android-1...XrjQ5DlQ6PrJ.99
Rooting and unlocking are two completely different procedures. Rooting your phone does NOT unlock it. In order to unlock your phone and use it on a different carrier, you must either purchase an unlock code (if you have GSM phone), flash a new carrier’s firmware manually through a cable (if you have a CDMA device), or you have to alter the phone’s baseband (as with the iPhone unlocking software).
Now, this seems to become a very confusing thing for people because of the iPhone I think. Sometimes people get confused with jailbreaking and unlocking by thinking they are one in the same (understandably with a name like jailbreaking you might think you are “setting it free”). But this is not the case. The iPhone has software to unlock it but that software is not automatically installed if you jailbreak your iPhone. The reason for the confusion, I think, is the fact that in order to use the unlocking software for the iPhone, you must have jailbroken it first (as the unlocking app needs root permissions to change the baseband, etc).
Read more at http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/27/android-1...XrjQ5DlQ6PrJ.99
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