IPhone 4S GSM/CDMA?

I heard unlocked iPhone 4s supports dual GSM/CDMA supported.
Then why does Apple website says iPhone 4s can only support GSM?

If you read further on the Apple website, you'll see that unlocked phones are GSM unlocked only. CDMA phones are locked to their carrier. The GSM portion CAN be unlocked for international roaming.

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IPHONE 4s GSM & CDMA support

i live in Dubai and I want to buy the new iphone 4s but I need to know 1st since it supports both networks ( GSM and CDMA ( CDMA carriers are Sprint PCS, Verizon and Virgin Mobile) )
I have to be sure of this since I'm traveling to USA next month and it would be a big problem if it doesn't
I got confused when I knew that iphone 4s that has been released in UAE is unlocked and Apple it self made a statement on it's web site that all unlocked iphone 4s will only work with GSM networks
also the network carriers here are GSM (Du & Etisalat) and there tech support is very poor i can't get that info from them
and if it does support both networks how I can be sure of it. like doing a test or maybe from the model number since the model number for iphone 4s is A1387 so maybe they provide another model number for the GSM model only???
plz anyone can help???
sameh

Sprint uses primarily CDMA, though the iPhone 4S has GSM capability. It's locked, but Sprint can unlock it for use with GSM carriers in other countries.
Regards.

HT3939 if I purchased iPhone 5 GSM A1429, then I tried to use CDMA SIM card inside the same phone, does it'll work and provide me signals ???

Hi All,
Regarding iPhone 5, at the latest model, if I bought an unlocked one from UK Apple Store, iPhone 5 GSM A1429, then I tried to use CDMA SIM card inside the same phone, does it'll work and provide me signals or not. ??
Thanks for your answering.

The answer is complicated. None of the major carriers offer PAYG service in the US, but if you buy a contract-free phone for full price you can get a plan that can be canceled at any time from any of the major carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile). There are smaller resellers that offer PAYG service (StraightTalk, for example), but they are hard to deal with.
The most liberal is the GSM carrier T-Mobile. They have "unbundled" the phone from the service, so if you bring your own phone or pay full price for a phone the monthly cost will be lower.
The other 3 will charge you the same monthly cost whether you pay full price for the phone or get a subsidized phone.
Verizon iPhone 5 series phones are unlocked out of the box for international use (thanks to a condition the FCC imposed on Verizon when they were allowed to buy a substantial chunk of spectrum). They are the only phones sold in the US that will work on LTE bands in the UK and Europe.
Sprint is not a good choice, because they give you a hard time if you want to unlock your phone.
AT&T phones are locked, but they will unlock the phone if you pay full price or pay off your early termination fee. However, they will only work on GSM in the UK, not on LTE (4G).

IPhone 5 - GSM to CDMA?

I'm on Verizon, but I'm stuck with a GSM iPhone 5. I was on vacation when a relative from overseas thought my current phone looked shabby, and bought the 5 for me.. Unfortunately, the IMEI can't be recognized by Verizon, as it is most likely a GSM phone.
Is there anything I, Apple, or Verizon can do to switch the phone from GSM to CDMA? I realize other carriers such as AT&T can accept GSM phones, but I don't care to switch carriers because of a phone someone gave me as a gift.
Just to clarify--not all iPhone 5's are made the same, right? There is a physical internal difference between Verizon-approved iPhones, and GSM iPhones? It's not like I could get my tech-genius cousin to tinker around and get it to work, I'd actually need to change some physical network receptor in the phone?
Is there anything to be done other than switching carriers or selling it on Craigslist? Like I said, it was purchased abroad through am authorized reseller, so on don't think any Apple stores could help me.. I basically have a $600 brick sitting in my room lol.

You already posted your answer, sell it on Craigslist use that money towards a new Verizon iPhone. You can make a Genius Bar appointment at the Apple Store or call AppleCare and ask to be transferred to Customer Service, but the answer will still probably be no.

HT4623 I have iPhone 4S GSM , is there any way to make it works with CDMA SIM card ?

I have iPhone 4S GSM , is there any way to make it works with CDMA SIM card ?

No.

Is it possible to replace an iphone 5 A1429 CDMA model in the UK?

I bought my iphone 5 (A1429 CDMA) in the NYC apple store last November. As expected, I've managed to break my screen in under a year of having the phone.
I live in Dubai and the cheapest screen replacement cost i found was around $200, so I thought I may as well replace the whole phone (at the out of warranty price of $229 / 180 pounds in the uk) as I am going to the UK in September.
I understand that the UK apple store only carries the A1429 GSM model, which is fine for me as this model works in Dubai too.
My question is will they replace it for me??

As already provided:
No. You will have to physically return this phone to the US for all warranty/support issues. You can mail it to a friend/relative in the US, & they can take it to an Apple store for you, but you can't mail it to Apple.
Some Apple stores, in the US, have started replacing iPhone 5 screens, for I believe US $149.

Can I use iPhone 5 GSM AT&T in US, Japan and Europe

Can I use iPhone 5 GSM AT&T in US, Europe and Japan

Yes on roaming but only on 3G
However if you want to use a local sim only an unlocked iPhone will work but only 3G again
The US LTE bands in US shipped iP5 will not work in Europe or Japan
@serdriver There is NO CDMA in Europe for reference and OP is talking
a GSM AT&T

GSM & CDMA and the unlocked 4s - Technical or Business based limitation?

So there are many threads about the GSM & CDMA with CDMA only being available on a locked phone and that GSM roaming is at the indulgence on the carrier. I am in Canada so the carrier choices would be different.
My question is whether this is a technical limitation or based (presumably at the request of Verizon in the US) on official CDMA carriers not wanting the 4S to be used on different networks? Will an unlocked 4S never be able to have CDMA enabled or is there no legitimate way to do it? (I am not looking for "sure someone will be able to jailbreak it and turn it on" - though I guess this would answer the technical question, more along the lines of if 6 months down the CDMA is no longer officially locked but you bought your unlocked phone too soon, too bad or you.)
As for why I am asking: I need to wade through Canadian carriers and their plans and figure out which way to go if I get a 4S.

Meg St._Clair wrote:
Existing GSM iPhones will not work on CDMA networks because they don't have the right type of cellular radio. It doesn't matter if they're locked or unlocked. It would be like trying to get an FM signal on an AM only radio. It's just not possible.
The iPhone 4S has both CDMA and GSM capabilities. CDMA phones are not locked in the same way that GSM phones are. But, technical details aside, Sprint phones will not work on Verizon's network and vice versa. It's not clear, to me at least, how this will all play out with the 4S.
AT&T has only ever sold locked iPhones which they won't unlock. I haven't heard that they plan on doing any differently. The unlocked GSM iPhones that you can buy at the Apple Store can use any GSM SIM.
So if I'm a Verizon iPhone 4S user, would I be able to use the 4S if I went to Ukraine and bought a SIM card from an MTS store for their network?

Why my iPad 4G GSM-CDMA model cannot recognize my ruim cdma card?

I want to use cdma ruim on my iPad 4G GSM-CDMA model, but when I insert it, there is no respond from my iPad. Not detected. Anyone know why?

Oohh.. That bad news! :-(
So what I should do if I want use cdma if ruim is not supported.. :-(
Should I go to carriers and ask them to inject my iPad? If that so, then the worstnis the carriers in Indonesia until now cannot inject it to iPad or iPhone.. :-(

IPhone 5s GSM T-mobile. Model A1533. Is it unlocked?

I purchased iPhone5s from Apple online store a month ago or so. I wanted the unlocked phone, so I chose the T-mobile option. (It was before they added the Sim-free option). When I got the confirmation email it said "iPhone 5s 16GB Gold (GSM),T-Mobile". No mention of "unlocked" or "locked" next to it, while friends of mine who purchased it the same way and a bit earlier than me has "unlocked" written next to "iPhone 5s 16GB Gold (GSM),T-Mobile - Unlocked".
I checked the model of the phone it is A1533. I read that this means unlocked. I also read that there are 3 types of model A1533 (GSM, CDMA & something else I can't remember) But because it wasn't mentioned in the confirmation email, I am worried that it is locked :/
So before opening the box, I wanna know if anyone can help me and tell me whether this is unlocked or not? because if it isn't, then is it possible to exchange it from any apple store with an unlocked one?

If you bought it a month or so ago, it's too late to return it now. The only thing you could do would be to sell it and buy a new one.
However, IF you purchased the T-Mobile 5s from Apple and NOT from T-Mobile, then it should be unlocked.

A1429 GSM or GSM+CDMA

Hi,
I'm from Indonesia and I bought an iPhone 5 about nine months ago. The seller said that this phone A1429 GSM model. But yesterday I updated my iPhone manually download the firmware "iPhone5,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ispw" which they said it for GSM only.
But after I download those firmware and try to update my phone, itunes reject the firm ware and said "the firmware is not compatible with this model".
I do some research and I tried to download "iPhone5,2_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ispw" (GSM+CDMA) model and it works to update my phone.
I'm wondering which model that my iPhone 5 have? it is all iPhone 5 A1429 in SouthEast Asia (especially in Indonesia) use GSM+CDMA firmware to update it? or they just gave me the GSM+CDMA iPhone 5?
Why did Apple made the same model number A1429 with different hardware.. This is so confusing...
In my country doesn't have 4G LTE network yet, but I didn't planning to change my phone in 2 years from now. I just want to make sure that my phone do have 4G LTE network..
Thanks..

1 A USA iphone will not be covered by warranty outside US .The warranty is NOT international
If you are not concerned by this any fault will require you taking it back to the US for service ,warranty or post warranty .
2. The European version is the A1429GSM model not sold in US ad the US models will not work on LTE outside NA despite some commonality of bands .The bands apparently have to be the same set
3. An unlocked A1428 GSM will work on 3G ( not a sim free but must be a non carrier locked from Apple )
4 A1429 CDMA will work if the sim slot is not locked by the US CDMA Carrier on 3G in Europe with a local sim
Note there is NO CDMA in Europe it is all GSM

FaceTime no longer wotking on my iPhone 4 (GSM) iOS 6.1.4

Hello everyone,
My last successful FaceTime call was made on August 31, 2013.
When I tried to answer / initiate a FaceTime call to a family member over the weekend, I discovered that FT would attempt to connect, but fail to complete.
I have since discovered that several thousand people are having this same problem with iPhone 4 -- there is a discussion group about this problem in the apple "using iPhone" forum at this time, and that it may have something to do with the way Apple has changed the way in which FaceTime traffic is handled.
I have a question -- many folks have tried an "erase all content and settings" followed by a "setup device as a new phone" to restore FaceTime functionality,
It seems that simply updating from iOS 6 to iOS 7 by itself doesn't solve this problem, and that any attempt to restore backup simply installs the problem once again -- it appears to only be solved via the method that I mentioned.
I have a question, if I attempt to do this on my iPhone (without iTunes, since I can only utilize iTunes 10.6.3 on my Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.5.8), will this corrupt any information on my SIM card?
Has anyone else encountered this problem with FaceTime on their iPhone 4 (GSM) and attempted this solution?
Thanks in advance,
Bill

varunsharmaapplefan
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5209 might help you. An iPhone 4 can airplay content from apps that support airplay and iTunes but it cannot mirror. If your game does not have airplay in the app you cannot mirror it to the apple TV so I don't know if you can play just the music. You should have no problem playing your iTunes over airplay though.
This may also help http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4437
Regards
Jules

I have a Iphone 4 gsm (8f190) and it will not connect to itunes and when i put it in recovery itunes will not work. It won't show up when plugged into the computer. Only charges when plugged in the wall or a car charger.

I have a Iphone 4 gsm (8f190) and it will not connect to itunes and when i put it in recovery itunes will not work. It won't show up when plugged into the computer. Only charges when plugged in the wall or a car charger. I've tried everything imaginable but I can't get the phone to register in iTunes at all.. The phone won't even reset.. when i try and reset EVERYTHING on the phone the apple logo with the progress bar starts to come up but the progress never moves.. PLEASE help me.. I'm at my wits end with this phone and I'm ready to just trash it.

martinfromdevon wrote:
Warning to iPhone users. Do not start the update of the iPhone software using iTunes.
Nonsense, and very misleading advice. I've updated iPhone 3G, 3Gs,and 4 through itunes many times, never had a problem once, not with one single update in nearly 5 years of iPhones. Of course, I've never jailbroken my phones either. Hack your phone and have update problems? I've got news for you, the problems are not a result of iTunes or Apple's updates.

I have a Iphone 4 gsm (8f190) and it will not connect to itunes and when i put it in recovery itunes will not work. It won't show up when plugged into the computer. Only charges when plugged in the wall or a car charger. I've tried everything imaginabl

I have a Iphone 4 gsm (8f190) and it will not connect to itunes and when i put it in recovery itunes will not work. It won't show up when plugged into the computer. Only charges when plugged in the wall or a car charger. I've tried everything imaginable but I can't get the phone to register in iTunes at all.. The phone won't even reset.. when i try and reset EVERYTHING on the phone the apple logo with the progress bar starts to come up but the progress never moves.. PLEASE help me.. I'm at my wits end with this phone and I'm ready to just trash it.

Dude you have a jailbroken phone as stated in your first post, no need to do a second post.
As per the forum term of service you can't get help here. Use google.
that's the downfall of jailbreaking your phone.

My iphone 4 gsm stuck in recovery loop and I get error message when trying to recover thru itunes, error message 1602. help!!!!

I removed the battery in my att iphone 4 (gsm) osi 6.2? when i turned phone on i got pug into itunes screen. I did that and it said phone detected in recovery mode click update recover butten so i did. everything started liek t was working, i tunes showes verifing with apple but never make it past that point. itunes gives error message 1602. tried fixes, got error 22 tried fixes got error 11, tried fixesand got error message 1602. i then got advice from friend who wrks with iphones. told me get inrecovery, turn off. take out battery for min at least and put back together nad then try. i could not turn it on so plugged into wll charger and screen showed osi 6 and slide bar. slid bar and asked for my pw. put in and low and behold icon on screen telling me to plug into itunes. Did that and got error messge 1602 again and itunes neer went past verifing with apple.

Error 1600, 1601, 1602
Follow the steps listed above for Error 1604. This error may also be resolved by disabling, deactivating, or uninstalling third-party security, antivirus, and firewall software. See steps in this article for details on troubleshooting security software.
Error 1604
This error is often related to USB timing. Try changing USB ports, using a different dock connector to USB cable, and other available USB troubleshooting steps (troubleshooting USB connections. If you are using a dock, bypass it and connect directly to the white Apple USB dock connector cable. If the issue persists on a known-good computer, the device may need service.
If the issue is not resolved by USB isolation troubleshooting, and another computer is not available, try these steps to resolve the issue:
Connect the device to iTunes, confirm that the device is in Recovery Mode. If it's not in Recovery Mode, put it into Recovery Mode.
Restore and wait for the error.
When prompted, click OK.
Close and reopen iTunes while the device remains connected.
The device should now be recognized in Recovery Mode again.
Try to restore again.
If the steps above do not resolve the issue, try restoring using a known-good USB cable, computer, and network connection.

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