Verizon Samsung Galaxy s5 to AT&T?

Hi @RoyalsForever!

Congratulations on your new phone! The Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 should work just fine on AT&T’s 3G and 4G LTE network and the good news, they do not carrier lock most phones to their network.

Once you activate AT&T service, simply place your new SIM in the S5 to get service and if you need to program the AT&T data settings into your Verizon phone, they are available Here.

Please let me know if you have any questions and we appreciate your interest in AT&T.

Have a great day!

Michelle, AT&T Community Specialist 

@RoyalsForever   I don't agree.  While the GS5 can work on ATT, it will be hobbled quite a bit.

No MMS, no HD voice, no wifi calling, and LTE may fight you a bit.  If using on prepaid, it will also not allow the use of the hotspot.

Why would you not use on Verizon?

BTW consumer cellular uses ATT and T-mobile, not Verizon.

Michelle,

I hope you realize that your statement, "The Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 should work just fine on AT&T’s 3G and 4G LTE network" is 100% FALSE.  Relying on AT&T representations like yours about LTE service (I have a chat transcript and recorded call), I ported from Verizon to AT&T.  Lo and behold, no LTE service on AT&T.  The local store was unable to resolve.  AT&T technical support was unable to resolve, but assured me that a higher level support department would call me in 3-5 days to fix the problem. They never called me, so I called them.  After 30 minutes of back and forth, an honest representative in Advanced Technical Support told me that there was zero chance of this device using AT&T's LTE service.  ZERO.

Here's a corrected version of your statement:  "The Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 DOES NOT AND NEVER WILL work on AT&T's 4G LTE network."

You're welcome.

Hello @IamSean,

Thank you for reaching out to us here on the Community Forums.  I can definitely understand your feelings about having an unlocked device when porting over to our services. I will be more than happy to help!  

 Most GSM phone are able to work on our network with very little, to no issues.  Non-AT&T branded phones may not be able to fully access all the features an AT&T branded devices has. However; to give the phone the best chance to work on our cellular network, it will need to have its APN’s or Access Point Names updated to match ours.  We have a fantastic article which helps guide on how to step up APNs.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.  I am more than happy to make sure your voice does not go unheard.  As we always strive to make improvements to our services and products.  I would like to thank you for the time you took to let us know about them.

Have a wonderful rest of your week. 

Katie, AT&T Community Specialist

@IamSean Your revised statement is not correct either. You see, ATT does not have 2 separate networks (4G and LTE), they have a single "4G LTE network" meaning you either get 4G service or LTE service but it's still the same network. So though you may be correct that a Verizon Galaxy S5 will never get LTE service, it does still work on the "4G LTE network" because it will get 4G service.

I think the question that isn't asked often enough is, "Will it work as well on ATT and on Verizon?"

And the honest answer is "no it won't".  

The only Verizon phones that will honestly work as well on ATT and other networks is iPhone 5S and newer or the google Pixel.  These phones have no carrier bloat that cannot be uninstalled.  

ATT considers H+ to be 4G, so from their perspective it does work on 4G.The whole 4G thing is all marketing anyway.  LTE isn't even true 4G.