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#153597 2-Oct-2014 14:10
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Hello I am looking at purchasing a VF branded galaxy S4 and want to check if it will work on Spark.
Link to phone
http://www.noelleeming.co.nz/shop/communications/smartphones/samsung-galaxys4cat4-galaxy-s4-cat4/prod127570.html


Also want to know if I can delete the VF welcome screen and just have a blank screen ?

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  #1145614 2-Oct-2014 14:13

It will work just fine. You may need to enter the APNs manually.

There is no Vodafone branding on local Galaxy S devices - no boot screens or similar - so nothing to remove.




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  #1145636 2-Oct-2014 14:23
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You may need to enter the APNs manually. ??
Sorry what is APN

 
 
 
 


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  #1145638 2-Oct-2014 14:26
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if you can spare a few dollars more get the S5. i hate my S4.




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  #1145639 2-Oct-2014 14:26
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(or you can buy mine :D spark branded :D)




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  #1145640 2-Oct-2014 14:27
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I really like my S4, works fine on Spark. APN = Access Point Name, can be thought of as the internet gateway.

btw cross posting is unnecessary and frowned upon.

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  #1145645 2-Oct-2014 14:43
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S4 on spark is $499 at warehouse stationary

here




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  #1145679 2-Oct-2014 15:15
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Make sure you get an i9506! It has the snapdragon 800 processor, much faster!!

 
 
 
 




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  #1145689 2-Oct-2014 15:26
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Make sure you get an i9506! It has the snapdragon 800 processor, much faster!!
How can I tell ??

http://www.noelleeming.co.nz/shop/communications/smartphones/samsung-galaxys4cat4-galaxy-s4-cat4/prod127570.html



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  #1145691 2-Oct-2014 15:28
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BTW

Is it easy to change APN and how is it done ?

Thanks

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  #1145693 2-Oct-2014 15:29

beenz: Make sure you get an i9506! It has the snapdragon 800 processor, much faster!!
How can I tell ??

http://www.noelleeming.co.nz/shop/communications/smartphones/samsung-galaxys4cat4-galaxy-s4-cat4/prod127570.html





That link is indeed the i9506, aka Galaxy S4 Cat4, which has better internals than the standard i9505 S4.




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  #1145713 2-Oct-2014 15:46
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^+1. The Warehouse stationery device is an i9505, which runs the slower 1.9ghz Snapdragon 600 processor.
The Snapdragon i9506 has a 2.3ghz quad core, plus faster Cat4 (150mbps) LTE vs the i9505 with Cat3 LTE (100mbps.)

The Snapdragon 800 endowed device also features a better camera (same as the i9500) which offers 720i 120FPS where as the i9505 is 576i 720fps.

Edit: Sorry I posted that on mobile, I was going to sit down and explain when on a PC :)

Edit2: SPARK APN settings: http://help.spark.co.nz/app/answers/detail/a_id/2273/~/settings-to-make-my-mobile-device-work-with-spark

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  #1145726 2-Oct-2014 16:06
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I'm sure the 9506 is better than the 9505, but the 9505 is no slouch. Works good :)

beenz: BTW

Is it easy to change APN and how is it done ?

Thanks


Yep, it's easy, just go into settings, connections, more networks, mobile networks, access point names.



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  #1145732 2-Oct-2014 16:10
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What do you charge it to for the Soark network ?
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  #1145734 2-Oct-2014 16:11
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i9506-lte16gb-black

I got my current phone from these guys. (mainly because I live nearby but they turned out to be decent)




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  #1145746 2-Oct-2014 16:18
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beenz: What do you charge it to for the Soark network ?
Thanks


http://help.spark.co.nz/app/answers/detail/a_id/2150/~/spark-mobile-broadband-(data-apn)

 

Found by googleing "spark apn".

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