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Root [MetroPCS/CDMA] Turn the S3 to accept global Sim guide

has anyone tried this? i cant get "global" to stick!
and how can we know that metro service wont be on there anymore? i tried an old att sim i have. unfortunately the iphone 5 with my sis is a nano sim and on the s2 its standard -_-. so i cut up an old sim. it didnt show any sign of anything
 
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I used my friend t-mobile sim for a breif while today and I was able to make calls without even turning it into global. once I put global using phone info, I was able to see 3g pop up on top of my screen :) .
But I didn't had much time to do much testing tho like browsing or texting etc. I'll try again later with an at&t sim too.
 
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I used my friend t-mobile sim for a breif while today and I was able to make calls without even turning it into global. once I put global using phone info, I was able to see 3g pop up on top of my screen :) .
But I didn't had much time to do much testing tho like browsing or texting etc. I'll try again later with an at&t sim too.

So you put the tmobile card into the metro s3 is that what you saying?
 
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So you put the tmobile card into the metro s3 is that what you saying?

yes i put t-mobile sim to test out. I also tried at&t last night for a brief while. put my friends att sim and he called his office number and call went through. :)
But i tried changing to global nd it didnt stick as someone mentioned. Also i didnt have apn set to test out data. I will see if i get a hands on on a att sim for longer time so i can experiment more and confirm the proper working!
But for now it seemed to work:D
 
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lol u in tampa too tiede? yea thats about where im at with 4g. but we had some1 in ft.lauderdale get around 11 mbps so perhaps them speeds will continue to spread all over florida.:D

That was me sadly its only in my work place. But everywhere else I barely get 2 mb. And I hate the fact the texting are always out of order and delayed.
 
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