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Root [Verizon] What's the difference ?

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Nucleus

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Hey everybody... I'm new and I have some questions. Looking to buy S3. Been reading the forums for a few days ... So here are my 1st questions ... :)

1. Can I buy an S3 from any vendor and root it to run CleanRom, or is that specific to a Verizon S3 phone?

2. Does it matter where I buy the phone?

3. Should I buy already unlocked? (Want to use Boost Mobile)

Thanks all ...
 
I'm not 100% on this, so perhaps someone will correct me if I'm wrong... but I believe that there is likely a Verizon CleanRom along with one for each carrier. I'm guessing you'd need to do *something* to get your phone to work on boost mobile. I remember there were a few guys doing that kinda thing in the evo root forum, but I'm not sure everything they had to do.

I think the main thing you'd need to know about would be if Boost is CDMA or GSM, I'm pretty sure it's CDMA, but I don't know. You also may want to look into Boost's policy with activating unlocked phones... I think with GSM devices you could just pop in the sim card of an unlocked phone - but I don't know how that'd work on CDMA.

Hope that helps a little bit.
9to5
 
Nucleus said:
Hey everybody... I'm new and I have some questions. Looking to buy S3. Been reading the forums for a few days ... So here are my 1st questions ... :)

1. Can I buy an S3 from any vendor and root it to run CleanRom, or is that specific to a Verizon S3 phone?

2. Does it matter where I buy the phone?

3. Should I buy already unlocked? (Want to use Boost Mobile)

Thanks all ...
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Boost is Sprint. You should get a Sprint S3 then install ROMs specific to Sprint.
 
Thanks 9to5cynic and Captain Brick, that was a big help. Much appreciated ...

Boost is Sprint. You should get a Sprint S3 then install ROMs specific to Sprint.
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Does this mean that if I want to switch carriers at a later date, that I would have some issues?

Thanks again ...
 
Different carriers use different networks which use different hardware, so yes, generally.
 
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