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thankyou for taking the time out to read this.. i have a question, I have an htc FUZE (touch pro) flashed with energy rom leo and my girlfriend has the htc Tilt 2 (touch pro 2) flashed with energy rom leo. oops that totally besides the point.lol just wanted to brag a lil anyways my friend came across a touch pro 2 from a barber, he held on to it for a few days before he decided to call sprint and activate it.. so when he does the phone is reported lost or stolen and he cant do anything with it, or can he? im thinking if i can take it off his hands and unlock the SIM can i use it? its a sprint branded htc touch pro..or is it a paperweight now?
Thanks in advance.
Mike V
I think you can if you sim unlock it and also even then you still cant use 3g speeds but can use the edge
Man I hope theres a way. if so i know he'll sell it to me CHEAP anyone know what to try? or point me in the right direction? im looking at SIM unlockers? am i warm or cold?
If I am not mistaken the Sprint version of the touch pro does not have a sim card,( I may be wrong ) and if that is the case then no it cant be used on a sim card based network.
Was not gonna say it but.....Not the right section. This really doesnt have anything to do with rom development.
actually it does have a sim card i seen underne
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ath the battery compartment already and i see a white sim looking card in there. ill see the phone in a few hours ill take a pic n post it up. also sorry will a moderator please move this to the correct forum.
yes my sprint tp2 has a sim card. pay to get the sim unlocked and there you go.
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yes my sprint tp2 has a sim card. pay to get the sim unlocked and there you go.
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I was aware that the Touch pro 2 had a sim slot, he has a Fuze\Touch pro
Ok I was wondering if I remembered right. Here is a convo on this same subject found with a simple search
http://eliteeternity.com/elite-tuto...-sprint-touch-pro-to-mighty-rom/#comment-1741 hi admin
you are doing an awesome job. i just had a question. it may sound stupid enough, but i am a noob. so there you go
i just got sprint touch pro. i use att carrier, is it possible to unlock touch pro to be used with att.
sprint is cdma, while att is gsm. can it be swapped? that is use sim card of att on sprint’s htc touch pro?
would appreciate if you could throw some light on this.
thanks
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http://eliteeternity.com/elite-tuto...-sprint-touch-pro-to-mighty-rom/#comment-1743 Mike,
No. That is IMPOSSIBLE. There are GSM, and CDMA Phones. There are also hybrids with both GSM and CDMA. (the touch pro 2 will be hybrid)
The Sprint Touch Pro does NOT have a SIM card slot, and the GSM version does. Sorry Mike, but you’re screwed.
This is the very reason CDMA folks want an iPhone or something similar so bad. Because you can jailbreak an ipod (see fluffyphones.com if you want to) and use with AT&T or T-Mobile. But not Verizon or Sprint.
Sim Card Slot In CDMA Phones
The Sim Slot on your Sprint phone is for Contact use. The Sim Slots in CDMA Phones are for storing Contact Information Only.
Dammit i was hoping it would work, o well ill just have to wait and shell out the cash for the tilt 2. thankyou everyone.
I think the OP is saying that his friend found a TP2 (NOT a Touch Pro), and wants to unlock it. This thread here (started by Olipro) shows how to a security unlock and flash a patched radio onto the Sprint TP2 so it works on AT&T. Pocketnow also wrote an article and created a video concerning just that. However, the OP should not use these techniques if it is indeed a Touch Pro his friend found. Otherwise, it should work absolutely fine.
YAY i think were getting warm. My Friend NOT ME has a Sprint Touch Pro 2, that is reported stolen or lost. He didnt know that it was in that condition as his intentions were to use the phone. well he cant activate it, so he's offering it to me. but i have AT&T and im wondering if theres a way i can use it? even though its reported lost or stolen through sprint? THankyou
Am I the only one that think the phone shoud be taken to Sprint so they can return it the it rightful owner?
Come on, it just the right thing to do.
Maybe there's some BS on having contacted Sprint in the first place.
NAY.. cmon man if given the oppurtunity would u pass up a phone like this if it was offered to you for less than 100$$? i already have a HTC FUZE and my Girlfriend Has the Htc Tilt 2 so really its not a need its more of a want. And what he chooses to do with the phone is none of my business.. he's simply offering it to me becuase he bought it off a barber didnt ask no questions.. tried to reactivate it and thats when he ran into all the problems.. so im really his last resort to make sumthin back from his money.
i sim unlock verizon storm and used it on tmobile so the tp2 should work as well...sprint selling it as a worldwide phone so thats why theres a sim slot so if u travel outside the country u can buy a pay as u go sim card...s0 just unlock and use it on any gsm network
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NAY.. cmon man if given the oppurtunity would u pass up a phone like this if it was offered to you for less than 100$$? i already have a HTC FUZE and my Girlfriend Has the Htc Tilt 2 so really its not a need its more of a want. And what he chooses to do with the phone is none of my business.. he's simply offering it to me becuase he bought it off a barber didnt ask no questions.. tried to reactivate it and thats when he ran into all the problems.. so im really his last resort to make sumthin back from his money.
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How would you feel if you lost your phone and come on this forum and see someone getting around the system to activate your lost...most likely stolen phone. (which it is at this point is stolen since you are planning on keeping it)
The technical idea of changing the radio is a cool idea for developers but if warez is banned on this forum then so should this thread on "how to steal a sprint phone and use on ATT".
This is a scumbag thread right here.
"How to re-up a stolen phone." WTF?
I agree... there is a large element of douchbagery associated with using someone's lost phone.
"Finders keepers" is fine when you are 10 years old.
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i already have a HTC FUZE and my Girlfriend Has the Htc Tilt 2...
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...and I'm sure their original owners would love to have them back.
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so really its not a need its more of a want.
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...which only makes you more of a handjob.
Sorry. I know I'm not Mr. XDA or anything, but this place is where a bunch of cool people figure out complicated things and share their knowledge with others purely out of goodwill, and you come here asking them to advise you on how to make a stolen phone work. You're a class act, pal.
wow keep bashing man if u must know my phones are through [email protected] so do me a favor and im asking nicely.. if you have nothing nice to say dont say nothing at all. i was simply asking for some technical support to see if it would be worth my time n money to invest in this phone. otherwise.. act your age not your shoe size k.
You're asking nicely, and I'm saying "no," nicely. What you're looking for will enable the larger stolen phone market, but you don't see that, do you? No, no, you just "want" to have a better phone at the cost of the poor sucker that it was stolen from.
So, yeah..... no.
Hi guys, my mother work at the airport of montreal and several days ago she find a HTC Evo 4G. She try to join the person impossible because there's a pattern to draw. She bring it back home since it was totaly impossible to call anyone and that no one call. That HTC is from spring and spring are in the USA at the beginning i tought that we could just replace the sim card, but I discover that this phone has no sim card on it. Now here is my question. Is there a way to pull out the sim card or is there a way to remove the lock that is set on it ?
Guys no answer with ''oh you should bring it back or call the company" look she found the phone no one call we try to join now that we have it we would like to use it.
Thank you.
Okay, I'll bite.
DISCLAIMER: I work for a vendor for Verizon tech, so I do know this stuff, but I am not speaking on behalf of Verizon Wireless in any way, all this knowledge is my own, for your personal benefit.
The EVO is a CDMA/Wimax phone. CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is a totally different technology than GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). CDMA phones do NOT utilize SIM cards. The only phones that are CDMA that have a SIM card are Verizon's 4G LTE phones (and the sim card is for the 4G radio in an LTE phone). Make sense? CDMA = no sim card, ever, cannot work overseas (i.e. Verizon and Sprint). GSM = yes, these phones use SIM cards. AT&T and T-Mobile are both GSM, as are most networks outside the U.S.
Fun fact: CDMA is a more secure connection and cannot be "tapped into" or "hacked" as easily as GSM.
Edit: Yes, Verizon has phones that can use both Cdma/Gsm connections, but there are very few. I am not sure if Sprint has any, but the EVO is certainly not one of them.
Also no one could help you out for the fact that would be stealing. Also the person that lost the phone can have the location sent to their gmail if they know what to do. Otherwise it should remain in lost and found so when the person call to see if its there they can find it.
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Guys no answer with ''oh you should bring it back or call the company"
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ummm......you should bring it back or call Sprint. Although I will say it sounds like you are surrounded by some lucky people. Mom found Evo and you posted a few months back girlfriend found a phone in cab that you couldn't unlock either.
Umm yeah, what you are asking is stealing, and is illegal. Either take the phone to a sprint store, or take the battery out, write down the esn, and call sprint at 888-211-4727 and tell them you found the phone, they will ship you a box to send it back to them.
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lEdit: Yes, Verizon has phones that can use both Cdma/Gsm connections, but there are very few. I am not sure if Sprint has any, but the EVO is certainly not one of them.
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The Photon is a "worldphone"
Turn it in at a sprint store
Hey, don't listen to these guys. Stealing is perfectly okay. After all, there's no such thing as karma, right? Just solder a GSM radio into place where your CDMA radio goes and you'll be good to go!
^^sarcasm.
The photon... hmmmm i need to play around with it. I really hate motorola's just because all my friend's phones have ruined the experience for me.
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The photon... hmmmm i need to play around with it. I really hate motorola's just because all my friend's phones have ruined the experience for me.
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A lot of people are saying its the best phone they've ever used.
It has vanilla android with a Motorola launcher I believe.
All bloatware is uninstallable.
Very surprising. good info, for sure. I will have to pick one up and mess with it. Hopefully they do not break like all of the droid franchise
yeah definitely just call sprint and have them walk you through it although the guy from verizon has a point it wont do you any good unless you are living in the US since the phone will never ever pick up any signal overseas
If your mom work in an airport she should of done the right thing and turned it in not take it home. Well I'm glad I got sprint family locator and where's my Droid app to find my phone !
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I like the lookout plan b. nice and sneaky. always leave your gps turned on. hehehehehehehe. OP, you should be glad you don't have my phone right now...
How do you want me to take the phone to a sprint store i live in canada and this is a US store I mean do you really think that they will send somebody in canada to take back his phone come on.... Anyways I found a way to change the carrier and unlock it.
Thanks guys
call them and they will send you a return kit will cost you nothing to ship it back
by the sounds of it, you said his phone, you sure you dont know who's it is?
hey guys just wanna let ya know if u have any tmobile related questions let me know... i own the SGSII. i may be some help if u guys need help with anything regarding tmobiles side of the ball.
Hello, could you ask the powers that be when we'll be getting Ice Cream Sandwich?
Hey there. Stick around this forums, your will be a nice help to this community.
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Just ignore the trolls! ty and u will be a nice asset to this community!
Thanks for announcing yourself . To our forums.
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just 1 question regarding wifi calling is the update really happening first couple of weeks of november and is there a way to tell if my old sim card is able to use it which is about 8 months old or should i just install the new 1? Reason I ask is because I've read some people had the new sim card taken by a rep when they bought the phone saying the old 1 they had looked the same. Thx in advance
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just 1 question regarding wifi calling is the update really happening first couple of weeks of november and is there a way to tell if my old sim card is able to use it which is about 8 months old or should i just install the new 1? Reason I ask is because I've read some people had the new sim card taken by a rep when they bought the phone saying the old 1 they had looked the same. Thx in advance
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The rep also took my sim card! I didn't notice till later on.
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The rep also took my sim card! I didn't notice till later on.
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ordered mine online so i still have my new sim just havent installed it yet but want to make sure if i will get the update with the old 1 in or not and it would also be helpful to everyone else that got the new sim taken away if we could know the difference between the new 1 and the last 1 before it so we could either go grab 1 or install it if we have it.
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ordered mine online so i still have my new sim just havent installed it yet but want to make sure if i will get the update with the old 1 in or not and it would also be helpful to everyone else that got the new sim taken away if we could know the difference between the new 1 and the last 1 before it so we could either go grab 1 or install it if we have it.
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I would like to say that the old sim will work, but since I haven't even seen what the new sim looks like to compare the two I have no idea. I wonder if T-Mobile told the reps to take the sim card or the reps are just stealing them for their own personal reason.
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My rep told me wifi calling would not work unless you got the new sim card.
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go back to the store and get the new sim cards..some reps arent as informed as the others so they mistakenly must have taken the new sim cards. New sims are need for the wifi calling to work.
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I would like to say that the old sim will work, but since I haven't even seen what the new sim looks like to compare the two I have no idea. I wonder if T-Mobile told the reps to take the sim card or the reps are just stealing them for their own personal reason.
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was just comparing mine and my old 1 has a smaller almost square shape gold connector while the new 1 has a longer rectangular shape gold connector but not as big as the real older 1s that took up almost the whole card... guessing im gonna have to change mine up just in case because it is different. Just dont like taking the back off too much because it does feel like something might crack or break after so many times...lol
i had to return exchange my sgs2 because the touchscreen was acting up, would not charge anymore and would not mount usb storage. rep said because i used OLD SIM CARD. dont know how true it is, but all is well now.
If I did not buy the phone through Tmobile, but bought it outright elseware and it has given me problems (the battery life) will I be able to return/exchange in a Tmobile store for another one?
I still have all the accessories/box etc.
Depends on the location. Corporate stores can return purchases made at premium retailers and thats about it.
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Just ignore the trolls! ty and u will be a nice asset to this community!
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*agrees*
10-word
Those of you asking whether or not WiFi calling will work with your SIM card: You must have a card that has TM9177 printed on the back. (According a good friend who happens to be my T-Mobile rep)
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If I did not buy the phone through Tmobile, but bought it outright elseware and it has given me problems (the battery life) will I be able to return/exchange in a Tmobile store for another one?
I still have all the accessories/box etc.
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The short answer is no. You would need return it where you got it from. If it was from say....another person that got it through T-mobile, either locally or customer care you would need an order# or reciept for them to process an exchange. Samsung covers the device for one full year from the date of purchase (Samsung seems pretty strict and may ask for the original purchase reciept also). The best thing honestly, is to buy it from somewhere that will honor the warranty. Saving a few bucks now may cost you down the line.
Worst case senario, call tmo and tell them the deal. Tech support may be willing to work with you to get warranty replacement if you were the 1st # associated with the IMEI. Remember all of this is YMMV, I can almost always get tmo to help me out, but in a recent & super similar case I was denied. I ended up selling the one I had to buy a new one after some careful wording to a customer loyalty soop. Again YMMV, but some ideas and facts to consider
Hope that helps.
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hey guys just wanna let ya know if u have any tmobile related questions let me know... i own the SGSII. i may be some help if u guys need help with anything regarding tmobiles side of the ball.
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nice to see another tmo employee on xda! I know of a couple more around here
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Thanks for offering to contribute from your experience as a rep. It's much appreciated since, as you are even more aware than us, not all reps have the same knowledge base or interest in these devices.
One thing that would be awesome would be if you could let us know of any known issues that T-mo tells its reps to be aware of (i.e. if you receive any information about issues that customers may come in with).
We're pretty much all still in our 14 day period and sometimes it's nice to be aware of possible defects such that we can look for them as early as possible to see if we are affected.
Have you heard or experienced anyone coming in with complaints regarding the display having the "brushed metal" or "vertical line" issue? (There's a long thread on it in this forum)
First time I have imported a phone. Well bought from Newegg so guess its not an import. I dont have a micro sim in my phone (orig Craptivate). If I take it in to the ATT store will they sell me the sim and set it up? Anything I should know if they start giving me crap? I just couldnt see the 16gb working for me and no sd card just killed me for the XL version. Thanks in advance
JP
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First time I have imported a phone. Well bought from Newegg so guess its not an import. I dont have a micro sim in my phone (orig Craptivate). If I take it in to the ATT store will they sell me the sim and set it up? Anything I should know if they start giving me crap? I just couldnt see the 16gb working for me and no sd card just killed me for the XL version. Thanks in advance
JP
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I'm pretty sure they will give you a new micro-sim card, but I doubt they will be happy to setup your device for daily use ;-). But I guess that depends on who will be helping you!
(Just guessing though)
Reason I ask is one of my friends imported his SGS 2 and his local ATT store refused to help him with it as it wasnt released in the US yet. He got it done at another store (ie got the sim and some help on setup). I am just hoping to avoid that problem and was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience.
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Reason I ask is one of my friends imported his SGS 2 and his local ATT store refused to help him with it as it wasnt released in the US yet. He got it done at another store (ie got the sim and some help on setup). I am just hoping to avoid that problem and was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience.
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Well it isn't that much of a problem to setup the phone yourself. It's a very easy proces and it really isn't worth all the hassle. (The phone literally walks you through each step, from configuring wifi to adding your facebook account).
Oh I know I am mostly concerned about the APN's. Several people I have talked with use different APN settings in the US. LOL I know for that info to come here not the flunkies at the ATT store. Just wanting to know if I get a jerk rep how others handle them.
i'm already on ATT under contract and they told me i could exchange for a micro sim at no charge. if i don't have the right service when it starts up, then they will have to help me get my phone working. if you aren't on ATT, then i guess it's up to them.
So how do you like your One X?? Did you try to cut your sim. I think mine might be to old from looking at it lol
Ok im new here mainly to try to find answers to my problem. Apparently i bought a stolen S3 that is blacklisted through AT&T. Phone turns on and looks like its brand new except i cant do anything on it (make calls, text, internet) my question is can there be ANY solution to this, or am i just SOL. Its fine if i am, but just figured i could try all options and thats when i stumbled upon this site. Im not asking anyone to do anything for me, just can it be done. Is it "locked" or "blocked" ? If i unlocked it would it work then? Please any help is appreciated
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Ok im new here mainly to try to find answers to my problem. Apparently i bought a stolen S3 that is blacklisted through AT&T. Phone turns on and looks like its brand new except i cant do anything on it (make calls, text, internet) my question is can there be ANY solution to this, or am i just SOL. Its fine if i am, but just figured i could try all options and thats when i stumbled upon this site. Im not asking anyone to do anything for me, just can it be done. Is it "locked" or "blocked" ? If i unlocked it would it work then? Please any help is appreciated
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Unlocked might work on tmo 2g. Other services that use att might work on prepay.
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It'll work on StraightTalk
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It'll work on StraightTalk
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So those are my options? Im very green in the cell phone lingo, if i use straight talk im not on my service right its a pay as you go thing right?
Just wish i could unlock it and be good with full function lol. Any other responses would be appreciated
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So those are my options? Im very green in the cell phone lingo, if i use straight talk im not on my service right its a pay as you go thing right?
Just wish i could unlock it and be good with full function lol. Any other responses would be appreciated
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Did AT&T tell you that it's blacklisted, or is that just your assumption? Just trying to make sure it isn't something else like a missing IMEI code.
And if it was stolen, I'd get rid of it if it were me. You can get in a lot of trouble for receiving stolen goods.
At any rate, not here to preach. You can unlock it for free using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34661189#post3466118
That said, if you use a T-Mobile sim card you'll probably only get Edge network, which is slower than dial-up (not really, but it is agonizingly slow). In some areas of the country T-Mobile has rolled out newer networks and you might get H+. Worth a shot at any rate. Good luck. :good:
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And if it was stolen, I'd get rid of it if it were me. You can get in a lot of trouble for receiving stolen goods.
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Chances are, it could be blacklisted on all GSM networks, not just AT&T. All a person would need to do is call up respective customer care, and get it disabled. If he got it for one, I don't think he'd be stupid enough not to get it disabled on other MAJOR networks.
When you got it, didn't you put in your cell sim and check if it was working or not?