Hey guys, I have a Xperia Play from verizon and its the R800X model. I have the bootloader unlocked on it as well. I really want virginmobile service on this phone though, and I know that there must be a way for a verizon wireless phone to have their service. Any help is greatly appreciated
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Does virgin use a sim card? If so there is no way as I believe the cmda play has no sim card slot. Could be wrong though.
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no guarantee but the the verizon xplay is cdma if you could flash over the proper files you should be able to run virgin....dont know if this is actually been done with this phone yet tho ive seen others happen
Thats what I'm saying, both verizon and virginmobile use cdma technology for their phone communication, so I'm certain it can be done. I've heard that there are programs that you can use but an completely lost as to how to do it.
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Virgin Mobile is on the Sprint network. Even if you flash the phone to Virgin Mobile/Sprint, it's based on it's internal hardware and dollars to pesos you won't get the same speeds/functions/clarity that you would using Verizon.
So it'll work, but your data speeds will probably be very slow and your calls will be most likely rubbish.
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So here's the deal my phone is on my dads plan and I absolutely love my dinc2 but u hate Verizon and frankly can't afford it is there a way to unlock this phone to work on virgin boost if tmobile? Do I need to be rooted? Can I have 3g still on another network ? I tried to search and only found issues regarding out of country sim card issues
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I read someone had luck using it on AT&T. This was only after using an XTC clip, though.
I think I read it in the group XTC clip but thread
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I just called Verizon and ask for the similar unlock code.
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from what i've read about verizon's 3G bands, you won't be able to use any verizon phone on 3G networks of other carriers, unlocked or not - only EDGE.
I've been with Verizon since their beginning and I've recently dumped them to go the prepaid route. I've currently bought and sim card and ported my number over to my new carrier while using the bring your own device plan. I'd like to get a GSM Gnex. My question is, is it just as simple as popping out my sim card from the my old phone and putting the sim in the new GSM Gnex to swap phones? Thanks.
yup, that simple.
Thats the beauty of gsm, all you have to do is swap the sim card. If your on att or tmobile, the phone will detect the correct apn settings. Im not sure about the other prepaid companies
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Toad858 said:
Thats the beauty of gsm, all you have to do is swap the sim card. If your on att or tmobile, the phone will detect the correct apn settings. Im not sure about the other prepaid companies
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That is the beauty and ugliness of GSM. If you want to steal phones then steal a GSM phone because there is no tracking of it. Just pop out their sim and put in yours. Whereas with VZW and Sprint the ESN would get locked. The only way for someone to use a stolen CDMA phone is to flash it to another company. But the government is trying to stop that too.
... either way your phone is stolen. A thief isn't gonna stop and say "oh this is the CDMA version never mind. There are ways to get around a bad ESN. They still sell them on craigslist. Just don't leave your phone laying around and you won't have a problem.
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Thanks for the replies. j I just ordered a galaxy nexus from the play store. I was pretty sure that's what needed to be done, but I just wanted some reassurance.
Hi guys,
My friend bought an incredible 2 and paid to have it sim unlocked. He put his at&t go phone sim in it and it doesn't recognize the sim in gsm mode nor does it even register in global mode. I did a search on Google and got yes and no answers on whether this is possible. I figure no one would know better than an xda guy, so any help is appreciated.
Phone is also rooted and s-off if that matters/helps on the newest rooted ota.
Thanks in advance!
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Technically speaking yes it should work but the phone will only be able to use the edge network due to limitations on the inc2 being built mainly for cdma network. I would try a different carriers SIM card to test. It is possible the unlock didn't work. I have seen a few people on here using the phone with tmobile which is almost the same network.
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zax10 said:
Technically speaking yes it should work but the phone will only be able to use the edge network due to limitations on the inc2 being built mainly for cdma network. I would try a different carriers SIM card to test. It is possible the unlock didn't work. I have seen a few people on here using the phone with tmobile which is almost the same network.
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Dkstunna's cm9 has working gsm 3g if I remember right
So it is just a matter of flashing a rom that will support it? I see that a few roms say they support GSM. I read somewhere that verizon blocked the radio in the phone from getting AT&T signal, is that true and if so would I need to flash a different radio for it to work? Data does not matter, he mainly uses it for talk and text (why he got an incred 2 for just talk and text is beyond me)
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So it is just a matter of flashing a rom that will support it? I see that a few roms say they support GSM. I read somewhere that verizon blocked the radio in the phone from getting AT&T signal, is that true and if so would I need to flash a different radio for it to work? Data does not matter, he mainly uses it for talk and text (why he got an incred 2 for just talk and text is beyond me)
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Its not blocked, the phone just doesn't pick up the right band or frequency to get gsm 3g on certain networks, all the different type of data and voice use their own frequency range and our phone can't pick up the right band to get it, our radio is not made for it.
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Hi guys,
My friend bought an incredible 2 and paid to have it sim unlocked. He put his at&t go phone sim in it and it doesn't recognize the sim in gsm mode nor does it even register in global mode. I did a search on Google and got yes and no answers on whether this is possible. I figure no one would know better than an xda guy, so any help is appreciated.
Phone is also rooted and s-off if that matters/helps on the newest rooted ota.
Thanks in advance!
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I have rooted and have mine s-off. Prior to doing this Verizon gave me the unlock code for GSM as I travel overseas. I am running aeroevan's cm9 on it and recently tried the local GSM providers SIM here in Wyoming (Union Cellular) in the phone. I switched the network to GSM and it picked up nothing at all. I have used this overseas with a Movistar SIM and have had voice and SMS. Some how I wonder if there is something built in that blocks GMS when the phone can receive a CDMA signal from Verizon.
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I have rooted and have mine s-off. Prior to doing this Verizon gave me the unlock code for GSM as I travel overseas. I am running aeroevan's cm9 on it and recently tried the local GSM providers SIM here in Wyoming (Union Cellular) in the phone. I switched the network to GSM and it picked up nothing at all. I have used this overseas with a Movistar SIM and have had voice and SMS. Some how I wonder if there is something built in that blocks GMS when the phone can receive a CDMA signal from Verizon.
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Did you see what bandwidth/frequency union cellular runs off of compared to the inc2
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Did you see what bandwidth/frequency union cellular runs off of compared to the inc2
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I thought that by being a quad band gsm the dinc2 would get any gsm frequency.
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I thought that by being a quad band gsm the dinc2 would get any gsm frequency.
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Yes but not always the case. It most be one of these. Google is your friend
The handset is a dual-band EV-DO Rev A (850/1900MHz), quad-band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz), and dual-band HSDPA (900/2100MHz) device
So, this is more complicated thant i tought. I was under the impression that I could prety much unlock my phone to work with any companie.
Called Telus ( I want to sell my T-989, and found a Rogers buyer)
They told me they could unlock it but that it wouldnt work since Telus is on a HSPA network and Rogers is on a GSM...
Any way to get around this by flashing a different modem ??
Or am I stuck to sell it to a compatible network buyer?
I have this phone unlocked and it works fine on Rogers. It just can't do the hspa+ speeds so it would be stuck on 3G.
So basically don't worry, the phone works fine on gsm carrier's.
Also for future reference Telus is using a CDMA network but the T989 supports both CDMA and GSM.
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That is great news. Only thing is that Telus want to charge me 35$ for the process.
Are the online websites that offer that kind of service trustable ??
Iv'e seen a website think its like cellphonecanada blabla something like that. 20$ for the unlock.
I got mine unlocked at a local mall for 20 bucks. Perhaps try that?
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I have an HTC EVO 4G from Sprint, I recently did the HTCDev unlock on the bootloader, but what I'm trying to accomplish is unlocking/rooting the phone to be used on another carrier other than Sprint, but all the info I've gathered I can determine that my phone's bootloader is unlocked, but can't find any info on whether or not doing so also unlocked it so I can use the EVO on another CDMA carrier or if there are additional steps needed to make that possible as well?!?! Just need some helpful advice whether I've truly already achieved what I'm wanting to do or point me in the right direction to finish the process so I can take my phone to another carrier other than Sprint. Thanks for any help
What carrier are you trying to flash to?
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I'd like to flash it to work with Verizon or any other CDMA company, which I know both companies (Sprint and Verizon) use CMDA instead of GSM, like I said I know for certain my bootloader is unlocked, just wanting to make sure it actually unlocked it to work on another carrier.
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No one has any input at all??
Unlike gsm cdma are not locked to your carrier. Just look for a guide to flash to the carrier you want. I would suggest boost or cricket if they have good coverage in your area.
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Oh ok I'll have to look into that then, are Boost and or Cricket good carriers?
I use cricket myself and while the actual service in my area is good customer support is worthless. Most of their employees are brainless and have no clue about anything. On the plus side they will activate any phone from any carrier.
I believe that with boost it is a bit more work. Been told you need a donor phone from boost to activate but again I am not 100% sure on that.
I suggest checking out the coverage maps for your area before flashing. Also both offer 4g but use lte while the evo uses wimax so you won't be able to get 4g coverage no matter the carrier you choose.
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Thanks for the info! I greatly appreciate it, I've been trying to locate a good link to download CDMA Workshop to be able to get my MSL so I can flash different PRL's to my phone because the Evo is not activated right now so I can't download the free MSL reader from the Play Store and every link I find is broken and doesn't work to actually get the CDMA Workshop downloaded....
Google "how to flash evo 4g to cricket" open guide from lovelysms and use the link there.
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Thanks! I'll do that, I greatly appreciate all your help