Unlocked phones on MTS HSPA+: Success, Failures and Q&A

[no_dice]

Hi, has anyone tried to get an unlocked motorola flipout (MB511) working on any of the canadian networks? I've got one and haven't had any luck in getting it working using a vendor's sim card.

One of the mts dealers thought it might still be locked but wasn't sure. Any way to tell without inserting a sim card?

Cheers!

No_dice

[MC7]

Hey there,
I have a Blackberry bold that I got last year and I have the talk,text, surf plan. Wondering if I buy a Nexus S (UNLOCKED), if it will work with my SIM card (or w.e I have with my BB) with MTS. And if I can do it myself or do I have to go to MTS store to activate it? And if I have to go like some of you did, how much will it cost me! Thanks!

[MC7]

hey I see you sent your replies with a Nexus S, does it work with MTS?

[WPGHTC]

Works great.
Is your sim the "roaming" sim in the cdma BB?

Sent from my Nexus S using HowardForums

[MC7]

Works great.
Is your sim the "roaming" sim in the cdma BB?

Sent from my Nexus S using HowardForums

hey ya it is, says that and CDMA/GSM.

[MC7]

The Nexus I want is unlocked. And MTS on their site has APN profiles to use in the new android devices if needed. So let me know what to do. And if its the wrong SIM card then can i buy one?

[MC7]

K so i found out i need to go buy a SIM card from MTS, 10$ plus activation fee?? (not sure how much...anyone?) and if so this Android will work with my plan? (talk text and surf)... Let me know what I gotta do thanks ppl.

[drwestoya]

I'm thinking of getting the Samsung Galaxy S II from Expansys (http://www.expansys.ca/samsung-galax...d-16gb-209554/) but, as far as I can tell, there's no way to determine if it has NFC or not; some of the earlier UK editions did not have it. Any ideas/advice?

[neonneophyte]

the non nfc version is thinner and lighter. are you really going to use nfc?

[neonneophyte]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/31/s...andt-none-for/

[neonneophyte]

the one you linked does not have nfc. thats the uk version.

[Idzy]

Has anyone tried out a Rogers HTC EVO 3D on MTS yet

[ItsASpork]

Anyone tried the Bell Motorola XT860?

[drwestoya]

the one you linked does not have nfc. thats the uk version.

The earlier UK edition did not have it, the later edition did. That's why I'm trying to determine which edition is available from Expansys.

[neonneophyte]

The earlier UK edition did not have it, the later edition did. That's why I'm trying to determine which edition is available from Expansys.

the ones with nfc are a little bit thicker than the ones without