I recently sold my Incredible 2 to a friend and he is trying to use it on T-Mobile. I know this is possible, but I have no idea how to do it. The phone is S-OFF by XTC Clip running a custom ROM. When he inserts his SIM it doesn't ask for the unlock code, how can I get it to ask? Is there something else I need to do? Help much appreciated!
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I recently sold my Incredible 2 to a friend and he is trying to use it on T-Mobile. I know this is possible, but I have no idea how to do it. The phone is S-OFF by XTC Clip running a custom ROM. When he inserts his SIM it doesn't ask for the unlock code, how can I get it to ask? Is there something else I need to do? Help much appreciated!
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It wouldn't need to if you did it via xtc clip. That's a hardware unlock so it gets the Sim slot at the same time.
tylerlawhon said:
It wouldn't need to if you did it via xtc clip. That's a hardware unlock so it gets the Sim slot at the same time.
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So he doesn't need the SIM unlock code? I know the slot is unlocked, but the phone doesn't get service with his SIM card inserted. Is there a way to get the SIM card unlock prompt?
TB13 said:
So he doesn't need the SIM unlock code? I know the slot is unlocked, but the phone doesn't get service with his SIM card inserted. Is there a way to get the SIM card unlock prompt?
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That I have no idea. Sorry bud, anyone else have any idea on how to get this done?
So he called T-Mobile and they told him it should just work if the phone is unlocked, like you said above. He got the IMSI number and is calling them back, I have never done anything like this before so I have no idea what I'm doing
Still nothing, can someone please help me.
Since it is running a custom ROM, does that ROM support GSM? I would try the phone with zeus or Andy Bones stock rooted ROM just to be sure.
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He tried CM7 and another sense ROM, I'm not sure if either of those support GSM, but I will have him try out Andy's stock ROM in a few.
Any luck?
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Also check the mobile network settings and see if it is set to switch between cdma and GSM. Actually if he is strictly on GSM then I would turn off cdma all together.
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Does the DI2 has service at all or problems with data/mms only? Does the T-Mobile name show up as the carrier with the phone in GSM mode? For T-Mo, one has to subscribe or enroll in one of the data plan/option for mobile broadband access.
Is the T-Mo chip working or taken from another working T-Mo phone? Can you check for basic voice only service using an AT&T chip (prepaid or postpaid)?
Does it ring on incoming voice calls and answer? (Just starting with all the basics to try to eliminate the obvious ... )
If these checks are confirmed as functional - check and edit the APN and mobile internet/MMS settings (default locked to VZW/Vodafone ??) - changes made & saved?
Not all Sense ROMs are verified as GSM compatible (3.5 won't work, 3.0 is the highest with Sense 2.1/3.0 and hybrid usually with GSM functionalty) SR's Zeus V1.3 is good, same with andyBones's ROM or RMK's Ginger Sense released last year.
You need a P.U.K Code to unlock the apn side of the phone then input manually into new apn.
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Why'd you use XTC clip instead of Revolutionary?
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Here are some steps I used to help me use Incredible 2 for Tmobile
1. Under settings go to "Security" and "Disable SIM card lock" to enter the code. I bought my unlock code from ebay for $.99 from dr.unlockusa....others couldn't do it and refunded my money.
2. Make sure the back cover is on since antenna is integrated on the back cover. Also make sure that SIM card is inserted correctly...cut slanted side faces down.
3. Go to "Wireless and Network" and "Mobile Networks"....after your phone detects the sim card, you should now be able to click "GSM/UMTS MODE" under "Preferred Network".
4. After step 3, click "GSM/UMTS Options" and click APN settings. It should be blank....hit menu( it should be second button from left on the bottom) and add apn setting. Google APN settings for whatever network you're trying to use...either tmobile or at&t....and enter those settings....
5. Everytime you switch network or factory rest (done under "SD &phone storage) APN setting has to be entered again...it sucks...
hope this helped...
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Has anyone tested a SIM card in the Inc2 after using the XTC Clip? I have one that didn't seem to work which I attributed to being older and provisioned for a BB. However, I tried an original Verizon SIM card and I still get the same errors:
1. No Network is ever found
2. When going to GSM Call Settings - "Network or SIM card error."
Does anyone have any comments or different experience with it?
Thanks, Matt.
mattwood2000 said:
Has anyone tested a SIM card in the Inc2 after using the XTC Clip? I have one that didn't seem to work which I attributed to being older and provisioned for a BB. However, I tried an original Verizon SIM card and I still get the same errors:
1. No Network is ever found
2. When going to GSM Call Settings - "Network or SIM card error."
Does anyone have any comments or different experience with it?
Thanks, Matt.
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which ROM are you trying this on? XTC clip is a full NAND and SIM unlock should work.. strange.
I've tried it only on the nandroid backup I did of my system before trying other ROMs - currently only plainjane roms support SIM cards, but I cannot install them either (see my post in that thread). I would really like to see CM7 support the SIM.
I know that the clip successfully unlocked the SIM, because before my card would give an error; something like its not a valid SIM card even though it would ask me for my PIN at reboot.
Now, it doesn't pop up the error after a reboot, but still asks me for my PIN...so it sees it. Its just when changing to GSM/UTMS mode that I get the network/SIM error.
I'm going to try with a buddy's SIM that I know works in his iPhone so i'll see what happens.
I was just wondering if anyone else had tried it yet.
Thanks, Matt.
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I've tried it only on the nandroid backup I did of my system before trying other ROMs - currently only plainjane roms support SIM cards, but I cannot install them either (see my post in that thread). I would really like to see CM7 support the SIM.
I know that the clip successfully unlocked the SIM, because before my card would give an error; something like its not a valid SIM card even though it would ask me for my PIN at reboot.
Now, it doesn't pop up the error after a reboot, but still asks me for my PIN...so it sees it. Its just when changing to GSM/UTMS mode that I get the network/SIM error.
I'm going to try with a buddy's SIM that I know works in his iPhone so i'll see what happens.
I was just wondering if anyone else had tried it yet.
Thanks, Matt.
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Nice, am interested to see what would happen and if that works!
you will be the first to know!
OK, don't have a known-good SIM card to try yet, but I tried changing the mode to GSM/UMTS only on a stock INC2 with the stock verizon SIM card and it had the same behavior as mine - "SIM card or network error".
I will get an AT&T SIM card from an iPhone to try hopefully this week, but I wonder if its a provisioning issue with the SIM? Anyone have a SIM they can try with a rooted/XTC clip s-off'ed INC2?
Thanks, Matt.
VERY interesting...looks like verizon is doing some trickery in the radio firmware - I'm willing the be the same thing is going on here. I'd love to solve this before I leave for Europe next week, but if not I'll update the thread with what I find using my SIM card aborad.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838259
mattwood2000 said:
Has anyone tested a SIM card in the Inc2 after using the XTC Clip? I have one that didn't seem to work which I attributed to being older and provisioned for a BB. However, I tried an original Verizon SIM card and I still get the same errors:
1. No Network is ever found
2. When going to GSM Call Settings - "Network or SIM card error."
Does anyone have any comments or different experience with it?
Thanks, Matt.
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After unlock by xtc clip not success . I buy unlock code
but
Ive recently unlocked gsm , but can't change to GSM mode ( always show CDMA mode)
change to GSM mode , Incredible 2 show
"there is no Sim Card on your device . Your device will switch to CDMA mode now"
try another Sim card , change to GSM mode ,still show ""there is no Sim Card on your device . Your device will switch to CDMA mode now""
My incredible 2 , new in a box 100%
Unlocked by code
Solution ??? help
I think you hardware is just fine, but the radio firmware is filtering out any US GSM carrier codes - essentially making GSM operation in the US impossible.
However, I think there must be a software or radio solution to this.
I am an inc2 Verizon customer. I called Verizon and got an unlock code easily. I have a T-Mobile prepaid similar that I put in and it works perfectly. I switched to GSM and made a call without issue.
Next I added the apn in settings for data, bought a web daypass, and data also worked.
I live in an edge only area or I would test for 3g. Ill update if I travel to an area that has it.
T-Mobile US bands work fine though
At&t sim works, tested today.
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At&t sim works, tested today.
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Do you get EDGE/1X or 3g/HSPA with ATT sim?
I believe it was edge, but I'm not familiar with AT&T in the area so I'm not sure if that is normal or not. I was more concerned with the overall ability to use a non-verizon SIM.
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Do you get EDGE/1X or 3g/HSPA with ATT sim?
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I believe it was edge, but I'm not familiar with AT&T in the area so I'm not sure if that is normal or not. I was more concerned with the overall ability to use a non-verizon SIM.
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hey..so did u ever go back to the sims that didn work in the first place n check? as in..after u got it working with your friend's at&t sim?
i have the gt-i9250 and i always used an at&t sim with it with out an issue, recently i wanted to switch to t-mobile (thinking the phone should be unlocked considering it was an international phone and was the yakjuxw than i flashed it to yakju which was wierd cause i had google wallet on it and it was working fine although i only thought it was compatible with takju, but anyway all and all i put it to the usa firmware of takju 4.0.4 not going to jellybean yet, but my issue is that i am not able to use the t-mobile sim card in it and i get this (look at screenshot where signal is) what does this mean and how come i cant get signal, when i go to settings and mobile networks it shows me the apn for t-mobile us but not selected so i select it than after i go to mobile networks and it shows t-mobile and at&t and when i click any of them they tell me its unable to connect and it cant connect to the network at this time, so what would this mean and how would i fix it so that i can use it with my t-mobile sim card, also i flashed the newer NA radio uglc1.
That is weird. It should work on either of them. It just means you have no signal. That is strange. You could've actually just popped the Sim right in. It didn't matter if you were using a ROM
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Is the SIM activated for sure? I know when I switched to the T-mobile $30 plan it took it a good 15 minutes or so to activate, and then I didn't actually get signal until rebooting the phone for whatever reason.
Did you reboot your phone?
Although you can sometimes hot plug a sim card by turning on flight mode, taking the sim card out and toggling flight mode a few times, it won't work sometimes.
probably your cell imei not free and therefore can not change your sim.
There is an application called "****docomo" worth to release the imei. Make a backup just in case
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mcg9gtn1ei85357/FuxkDocomoV3.1.apk
yosula said:
probably your cell imei not free and therefore can not change your sim.
There is an application called "****docomo" worth to release the imei. Make a backup just in case
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mcg9gtn1ei85357/FuxkDocomoV3.1.apk
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Don't think he has a SIM unlock problem. Considering that it was working with AT&T, which never had a locked version of the GNex, I think he's having another issue.
I'd tell the OP to make 100% sure that his new T-Mobile SIM is activated and not defective, then try a few reboots and swaps back to the old SIM and do some troubleshooting. If it's the phone and not the SIM, its likely a mobile network registration error or an APN issue.
Looking in the notification bar, it seems like the phone doesn't think there's even a SIM inserted. Make sure you didn't damage a pin in the SIM tray, and that the SIM is properly inserted and clean. I don't think you'd get this error of "no SIM" if your phone was locked. If that was the case, the phone would recognize the SIM and prompt for an unlock code, which you're not getting.
Hey guys,
I'm knew to these forums and I just made the switch from an iphone to the galaxy s3. My dad is with Rogers and he gave me his Samsung Galaxy s3 i747m. I'm with Fido and I purchased a unlock code from cellunlocker.net. The issue I am having is that when I put in my foreign sim card there is no prompt that asks for me to insert an unlock code. Can anyone help me out?
Might sound silly but did u reboot.
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Might sound silly but did u reboot.
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Do you mean just powering the phone on and off? Yes I did that already and I've tried these codes from the dialling screen:
#7465625*638*UNLOCKCODE#
#0111*UNLOCKCODE#
#7465625*638*#
Fido, being a Rogers subsidiary, might not need an unlock for a Rogers phone. (Just an educated guess on my part.)
Is the SIM working for you? Are you getting network access? If so, can you find another SIM to try (perhaps enlist a friend's help), and if not, are you perhaps on a non-stock ROM, most of which have issues with the unlock screen?
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Fido, being a Rogers subsidiary, might not need an unlock for a Rogers phone. (Just an educated guess on my part.)
Is the SIM working for you? Are you getting network access? If so, can you find another SIM to try (perhaps enlist a friend's help), and if not, are you perhaps on a non-stock ROM, most of which have issues with the unlock screen?
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I think this is actually the case. I get a signal but my data/3G/HSPA doesn't really work...I read somewhere its probably because my SIM card has been on an iphone for so long that I need to get a new one. Do you think this would help?
You need a different SIM
I went through the same problem (trying to unlock my Rogers S3 for Fido). Because Fido and Rogers are sister companies, a Fido SIM won't bring up the prompt. The phone will work for voice on Fido but not for data until you unlock it.
You need to run out and get a prepaid SIM for a different carrier (I chose a Bell one), or put one in if you have one lying around. The Bell SIM cost me about $10.50. Reboot with that inserted, and the prompt will come up where you can enter your code. Then, you can reboot with your Fido SIM inserted and all will be well.
If you can't get data at that point, make sure the APN settings are correct for Fido. You'll be good to go at that point.
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I went through the same problem (trying to unlock my Rogers S3 for Fido). Because Fido and Rogers are sister companies, a Fido SIM won't bring up the prompt. The phone will work for voice on Fido but not for data until you unlock it.
You need to run out and get a prepaid SIM for a different carrier (I chose a Bell one), or put one in if you have one lying around. The Bell SIM cost me about $10.50. Reboot with that inserted, and the prompt will come up where you can enter your code. Then, you can reboot with your Fido SIM inserted and all will be well.
If you can't get data at that point, make sure the APN settings are correct for Fido. You'll be good to go at that point.
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Thanks, I'm going to try and put in my friend's Telus SIM card and hopefully that works later today. Your post was very helpful/encouraging, thanks!
Glad to be of help. Let us know how it works.
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Thanks, I'm going to try and put in my friend's Telus SIM card and hopefully that works later today. Your post was very helpful/encouraging, thanks!
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Glad to be of help. Let us know how it works.
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Hey so yeah I got the unlock prompt to come out. What APN settings? My data is still kinda messed/doesn't work.
Go into System Settings, then More Settings -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names
Sometimes, "Fido Internet" or "Fido LTE" shows up automatically. If it doesn't, click the Menu button, then Add, then use the settings found on this page:
[I'm not allowed to post links, so Google fido apn settings unlocked device, and click the first link]
Go to "How to configure an Android device." Don't use LTEMOBILE.APN unless you have LTE in your area. When you're done entering, hit the Menu button, then Save, and make sure it's selected in the list. It should start working right away!
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Go into System Settings, then More Settings -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names
Sometimes, "Fido Internet" or "Fido LTE" shows up automatically. If it doesn't, click the Menu button, then Add, then use the settings found on this page:
[I'm not allowed to post links, so Google fido apn settings unlocked device, and click the first link]
Go to "How to configure an Android device." Don't use LTEMOBILE.APN unless you have LTE in your area. When you're done entering, hit the Menu button, then Save, and make sure it's selected in the list. It should start working right away!
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Thank you so much that was really helpful. Everything is good to go now!
Excellent. Enjoy.
My phone (and my wife's MyTouch 4G) are both rooted and running AOSP ROMs. Do I still need an unlock code from T-Mobile before I can switch to Straight Talk Wireless?
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Yes.. I still need an unlock code to use it with a different carrier
Rooting does not unlock your phone. Common misconception
Thanks guys. I knew rooting didn't affect SIM lock, but wasn't sure about running a whole different ROM.
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also bro
JaylanPHNX said:
Thanks guys. I knew rooting didn't affect SIM lock, but wasn't sure about running a whole different ROM.
Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.
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you also need to call straight talk to give them you imei and phone info i did it for att worked fine if it works let me know i might get a strau=ight t. sim too lol good day to you :fingers-crossed:
Well I live chatted with T-Mobile support and put in a request for unlock codes. Hopefully I'll get those within 24 hours. Then it's on to Straight Talk.
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Okay, I've got my unlock codes and my SIM cards, but now I'm having another issue. I put the straight talk SIM card into the phone, but was never prompted to enter the unlock code. I can make and receive calls and have data, but it won't let me dial Straight Talk's voicemail number. I get an error that says my call can't be completed as dialed and to call 611 for assistance. Is there a way to force the prompt for the SIM unlock code, cause I think that's my problem?
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JaylanPHNX said:
Okay, I've got my unlock codes and my SIM cards, but now I'm having another issue. I put the straight talk SIM card into the phone, but was never prompted to enter the unlock code. I can make and receive calls and have data, but it won't let me dial Straight Talk's voicemail number. I get an error that says my call can't be completed as dialed and to call 611 for assistance. Is there a way to force the prompt for the SIM unlock code, cause I think that's my problem?
Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.
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You have to be on Stock Rom (ICS) to be able to input the code.
So, you have to flash back the stock Rom, unlock it and flash back
whatever Rom you want after that.
Thanks. Though I'm beginning to think that may not be the problem, since I can make calls and get data. Just not sure why I can dial Straight Talk voicemail.
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you can always call tmobile and have them unlock it for you
Thanks, but I forgot to update: all is well, the issue wasn't the unlock, but a problem on Straight Talk's end that they eventually resolved.
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Hello,
I will be traveling soon overseas and I was hoping to swap out my SIM card for one to use locally. I already have the unlock code from AT&T and was wondering if that would actually work or not. By what I have read, I have my doubts.
I am running CM 10.1.2 (Android 4.2.2). I have heard that the LTE phones (which this is being on AT&T's 4G network) running CM will not let you enter the unlock codes once you've inserted a new SIM.
I don't know if entering *#*#4636#*#* and switching my network type to something besides LTE/GSM auto (PRL) would help or not. If somebody could give me some kind of definitive answer about this, I'd appreciate it so I don't waste my time trying to pick up the SIM card at the airport.
Thanks in advance.
I'm subscribing, as I'd like to know, too. I unlocked when I was using a stock touchwiz rom, so this wasn't an issue, but it's good info to know.
logistician said:
Hello,
I will be traveling soon overseas and I was hoping to swap out my SIM card for one to use locally. I already have the unlock code from AT&T and was wondering if that would actually work or not. By what I have read, I have my doubts.
I am running CM 10.1.2 (Android 4.2.2). I have heard that the LTE phones (which this is being on AT&T's 4G network) running CM will not let you enter the unlock codes once you've inserted a new SIM.
I don't know if entering *#*#4636#*#* and switching my network type to something besides LTE/GSM auto (PRL) would help or not. If somebody could give me some kind of definitive answer about this, I'd appreciate it so I don't waste my time trying to pick up the SIM card at the airport.
Thanks in advance.
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My brother is currently trying to Unlock my old GS3.. Have you had any luck with this? It has CM10 and he wants it on T-Mobile. Would flashing a stock ROM solve all of this?
Try This... did it to my S3 & S4
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I'm also on MF3 w/ SafeStrap using STOCK ROM (SGH-i337) and this "Region Lock" by chainfire unlocked my SIM. I can now use a T-Mobile SIM and its recognized fine.
Region Lock Away
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