I've been ignoring it all this time cause I was on stock and I thought imei were a GSM version of esn and sprint phones didn't have them
Can someone tell me the effect of having no imei on a sprint phone and how it happens
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sprint and cdma phones don't use imei numbers. so no there is no imei bug
That's what I thought but if you go to settings>about device>status we have an imei number
But thanks for telling me it don't matter
Now I can go on a flashing spree with no concerns
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Sprint does have IMEI numbers but they don't use them like the evo lte, you might loose it but you won't problems connecting to the network a verizon guy loss his but still connected to network lte like normal
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If you lose your IMEI you will probably not be able to connect to LTE. 3G and everything else should work, but I'm pretty sure LTE will not.
I say this because LTE is a GSM technology, which is why I think we have IMEI on our phones in the first place. I haven't heard of anyone that reported the bug yet on Sprint, though.
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I would like to know if anyone flashed their epic touch to another carrier if so which one? How is the coverage/service and does your 4g still work
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yes it is possible,it could be with boost or metro from what I know of,boost uses sprint cdma towers so its basically the same coverage as 3g that you would get from a sprint device,and no 4g does not work yet as of yet once you flash that was something I was trying to get help with,check my sig I started a thread there about the subject
I flashed mine to Alltel it runs on Verizon and I am always roaming do u think it has to do with the fact it runs on Verizon my prl is 31011 but my 4g does work
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There is no way u get 4G on Verizon unless u installed a lte radio in ur phone.... because it has wimax and Verizon uses lte for 4G
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I have no reason to lie it still works no bull****
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But it was still working when I had the phone flashed odd enough though the phone wasn't on? Well I couldn't text or call but could surf the web and connect to 4g and surf while I'm on it
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My phone is flashed to Cricket. I don't have any good Cricket PRLs for my area, so coverage is horrible and my battery took a serious hit thanks to that. You'll never have 4G. My 3G speeds are completely abysmal.
Everything still works, though, barring 4G.
My native sprint hot spot app works also
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For everybody who doesn't believe my 4g works
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So somebody tell me how do u roam on 4g????
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So somebody tell me how do u roam on 4g????
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Idk y but you sir are very lucky
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Yea wish I had my 4g working
I bought it off Craigslist and da guy lied to me cuz the phone was still active on his account well I could still surf the net so I got it flashed to alltel and the guy told me 4g wouldn't work but I tried anyway and it worked flawlessly
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Very simple. It's been confirmed on another forum however, I have flashed my old Epic Touch to Cricket and it works like this...
Let me explain what I did. Lost phone, got my new one... A month later, found it. Flashed it myself to Cricket. However, I still have Sprint service for my replacement phone.
I sold the flashed phone, that person can use my 4G still. Because you can not flash the 4G wimax antenna or do anything with it for that matter, ( except disabled it with the toggle ) the 4G antenna can still receive signal from an active Sprint account. Only thing that is effected is the cdma portion of the flash including the PRL thus, 3G and talk/text is on Cricket's network (or who's ever network flashed to) however, the wimax antenna can still receive signal only if the Sprint account in which the phone came from is still active.
Problem solved. Anything else, I call BS. Consider yourself lucky whoever you got the phone from still has Sprint active. As soon as the line is disconnected, so will your 4G. Unless that person is you lol. I'm sure you bought the phone off craigslist, it was probably an insurance claim or the person switched to another 4G phone and wanted to make up cost.
On the other hand, the 3G antenna in the Epic Touch does not play well with Cricket's towers. Ive tried so many PRLs, it's not even funny. You will need to pull the PRL from an Acsend 2 or Mercury to get it working correctly and that's just my assumption.
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Very simple. It's been confirmed on another forum however, I have flashed my old Epic Touch to Cricket and it works like this...
Let me explain what I did. Lost phone, got my new one... A month later, found it. Flashed it myself to Cricket. However, I still have Sprint service for my replacement phone.
I sold the flashed phone, that person can use my 4G still. Because you can not flash the 4G wimax antenna or do anything with it for that matter, ( except disabled it with the toggle ) the 4G antenna can still receive signal from an active Sprint account. Only thing that is effected is the cdma portion of the flash including the PRL thus, 3G and talk/text is on Cricket's network (or who's ever network flashed to) however, the wimax antenna can still receive signal only if the Sprint account in which the phone came from is still active.
Problem solved. Anything else, I call BS. Consider yourself lucky whoever you got the phone from still has Sprint active. As soon as the line is disconnected, so will your 4G. Unless that person is you lol. I'm sure you bought the phone off craigslist, it was probably an insurance claim or the person switched to another 4G phone and wanted to make up cost.
On the other hand, the 3G antenna in the Epic Touch does not play well with Cricket's towers. Ive tried so many PRLs, it's not even funny. You will need to pull the PRL from an Acsend 2 or Mercury to get it working correctly and that's just my assumption.
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Naw the person I got the phone from has a $450 unpaid phone bill on the account that's why I got it flashed. But like I said wen I got it I couldnt make/receive calls or text but the data worked. The phone is technically off for unpaid bills I figure the data would just work until the end of the billing cycle matter of fact I think he took his number to Verizon and just didn't pay sprint off either way I don't care. Only thing now is does flashing a rom affect your flash I mean like using Odin because doesn't it install sprint radios and what not I haven't rooted yet because I didn't kno
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What Ben's said sounds right. That 4G won't be sticking around.
And no, ROM flashing does not affect it. I've flashed several ROMs since going to Cricket. However, if you ever decide to change your phone number, you'll have problems.
If he did port his number over to VZW, then the account would be for sure canceled and 4G would stop working. I've been in this exact position but its been me on both ends of the deal. He probably told you what his plan was but ended up keeping Sprint. That's the only way your 4G is working.
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So what's a good rom since I'm new to the E4gt I was looking for an Aosp rom stock Android can't find one though so whats a good rom
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Couldn't really tell you that; you'd have to try each one for yourself. I personally prefer Blazer, but Calkulin's has also been wonderful for me.
I have mine "flashed" to Platinumtel prepaid. I pay 10 cents a MB, 5 cents per min & 2 cents per text. It uses Sprint's towers so all calls, texts, web (3 g only) work exactly as it would on Sprint. Most of my usage is at home so my bill will be under $20 a month. I use grooveip for free calls over wifi from my google voice #. This setup worls for me as I do most of my calling amd downloading at home over wifi. I don't care about 4G as I'm not watching movies when I'm out. I leave my house to experience the outside world at large! BTW you can get Clear 4G service activated on ANY wimax capable device by changing some IP settings. It's not free of course. You can pay just for a day if you like though. Bang it!
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My question is simply, can att track my phones Imei even if I don't give it to them? Like, say I put a different SIM card in my phone. Would att know it was my phone being used with that SIM?
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My question is simply, can att track my phones Imei even if I don't give it to them? Like, say I put a different SIM card in my phone. Would att know it was my phone being used with that SIM?
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I am pretty sure the imei is the phone i.d. of itself, and putting a sim card into it....ATT will still be able to track. What are you trying to do?
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Then why do they always ask for the Imei of the phone when you set it up? I'm just curious as to if they can look up a phones imei just by it being on the network.. because I had a blackberry and then an inspire and when I put my SIM into the inspire, I realised I had no data. I called att and the lady told me it was because they used different data plans and then promptly asked for my imei. A few minutes later I had data on my inspire but I slapped the same SIM into another phone and the data worked just fine without att needing the phones imei.. curious.
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Then why do they always ask for the Imei of the phone when you set it up? I'm just curious as to if they can look up a phones imei just by it being on the network.. because I had a blackberry and then an inspire and when I put my SIM into the inspire, I realised I had no data. I called att and the lady told me it was because they used different data plans and then promptly asked for my imei. A few minutes later I had data on my inspire but I slapped the same SIM into another phone and the data worked just fine without att needing the phones imei.. curious.
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There are different data plans for different types of smartphones. When I worked in phones iphone data, blackberry data, and Android data were all different, but iPhone data would work with other iphones and so forth.
They can track it on their network and block it. Just happened to a guy who bought one from CList and got hosed.
Yes, they can track the IMEI just by putting your sim card in and connecting to the network.
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There are different data plans for different types of smartphones. When I worked in phones iphone data, blackberry data, and Android data were all different, but iPhone data would work with other iphones and so forth.
They can track it on their network and block it. Just happened to a guy who bought one from CList and got hosed.
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But I placed the SIM from the inspire into an iPhone 3g I was working on and it was pulling data?
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But I placed the SIM from the inspire into an iPhone 3g I was working on and it was pulling data?
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It isn't supposed to, maybe it has changed. It has been a little over a year since I worked with them. Either way, they can track their phones imeis.
Alright, well thank you to all who answered. I appreciate yalls help.
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BlackBerry phones use a data plan called BIS. Which is needed for them to use cell data.
Androids and iPhones use regular data. You can switch sims between them if they're the same sims.
Now, withe different phones running on different networks, I believe you have to switch sims. Like if you have an LTE phone you can't use it on a UMTS phone.
And yes, your IMEI gets tracked whenever you use data.
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IMEI gets tracked even when your phone connects to network, not just when you make calls or use data... its like a unique identifier of your phone over the network.
Ok SO I could not find a proper thread for this since there are SO many threads. The issue I'm having is I got a Samsung galaxy S III that was unlocked, and after I put my ATT sim into it I could recieve texts and calls but I could not recieve data. So I rooted it and applied clockwork with all my mods and figured I could find some setting that would fix it... well I was wrong. I tried global, GSM and LTE settings none of which would give me data. If there is anything anyone can do to help I would be more than appreciative.
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Ok SO I could not find a proper thread for this since there are SO many threads. The issue I'm having is I got a Samsung galaxy S III that was unlocked, and after I put my ATT sim into it I could recieve texts and calls but I could not recieve data. So I rooted it and applied clockwork with all my mods and figured I could find some setting that would fix it... well I was wrong. I tried global, GSM and LTE settings none of which would give me data. If there is anything anyone can do to help I would be more than appreciative.
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Check ton make sure your proper APN setting is selected and filled in correct.
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In addition to the apn's, check your imei #
Also if this a new phone that u have not used before and just go call att so they can regester the devoce
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Also if this a new phone that u have not used before and just go call att so they can regester the devoce
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While I agree that you should always call at&t so they can register a device to your account, this will not help his current data issue
OP, is this an international s3, T-Mobile or at&t? What firmware/rom is installed? Again, verify your imei is intact
Ok so this is a verizon Galaxy S3. It is rooted running 4.1.2 JB, Kernal 3.0.31. After I got the phone I did go to an ATT store to register a micro sim because i didn't have one at the time. So the imei is registered to my sim card perfectly. I can get calls and texts without any issue but no data. How do I figure out what the apn settings are and if I have the right configuration?
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Ok so this is a verizon Galaxy S3. It is rooted running 4.1.2 JB, Kernal 3.0.31. After I got the phone I did go to an ATT store to register a micro sim because i didn't have one at the time. So the imei is registered to my sim card perfectly. I can get calls and texts without any issue but no data. How do I figure out what the apn settings are and if I have the right configuration?
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Stock APN settings can be found here based on your carrier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33060276
Settings > more > mobile networks > access point names
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Ok so this is a verizon Galaxy S3. It is rooted running 4.1.2 JB, Kernal 3.0.31. After I got the phone I did go to an ATT store to register a micro sim because i didn't have one at the time. So the imei is registered to my sim card perfectly. I can get calls and texts without any issue but no data. How do I figure out what the apn settings are and if I have the right configuration?
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You do realize you're trying to use a cdma phone (verizon) on a gsm network (at&t), right? Different radios. Different technology. Won't work
Well it was unlocked at the phone has a gsm option so if it wasn't compatable I don't see why they would have the option there to actually use a gsm network.
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Well it was unlocked at the phone has a gsm option so if it wasn't compatable I don't see why they would have the option there to actually use a gsm network.
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You need to read more.
this phone only supports GSM with EDGE data.* This essentially means that you'll get 2G data speeds (unless you have a WiFi connection) because it doesn't support UMTS/HSPA+ which is required for international and U.S. 3G data. the 4G LTE frequency supported by this phone is only used in the U.S.* For those who don't know UMTS/HSPA+ is the 3G technology used by GSM carriers internationally (and used by AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S.) which is different from the CDMA/EV-DO 3G technology used by Verizon and Sprint.*
This phone IS unlocked, that part is correct. But only for gsm carriers
So its preventing me from recieving ANY form of data possible?? It is a Verizon phone and I have ATT so you mean it doesn't support GSM then right?
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You're in an at&t s3 forum with a verizon s3 that has zero data. If you really want to pursue this issue, you should start looking around in the Verizon S3 forums
Ugh that'll be the third forum I've gone to... I'm so lost
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Ugh that'll be the third forum I've gone to... I'm so lost
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you have a Verizon S3, that is the FIRST place you need to go. always go to the forum for the device you have, bro.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1708
If I'm not mistaken, some Verizon devices will not work on US gsm networks even if unlocked, only foreign gsm networks.
Saw an article about this, although it might have been a different phone that was being discussed.
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Well rhank you everyone for dealing with my stupidity... I here on give up on this phone and am gonna sell/trade it for an ATT GS3...
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Well rhank you everyone for dealing with my stupidity... I here on give up on this phone and am gonna sell/trade it for an ATT GS3...
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If you are going to stick with AT&T, that is the way to go if you want to have data. No worries. Stupidity is only if you didn't learn anything. You had ignorance of the situation and now your don't. Do some research on any phone before you buy next time (especially if branded from another carrier). This can save you a lot of headaches as you have just learned. Just remember some basics from this forum. Good luck.
Hello all. I'm currently attempting to flash my SPH-L900 (Samsung Note 2) from Sprint to MetroPCS. I've been looking 'round the net for information on doing this and I'm kinda spinning my wheels. I'm getting info that the MEID need to be changed to ESN, I need to obtain the SPC (and the MSL would be nice to have as well), Does anyone have any links to a good tutorial or information they could share on this? I've gotten quite a bit of information already, but I want to be sure I don't brick this phone, and I want to keep full functionality (4G data, text, ect.). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
@fhaq While this is not exactly for metropcs it will cover the basics. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35753067 I used it as a guide to flash my sprint note 2 to cricket. You just have to use metro's info in place of the other.
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Thanks!
That info was right on point. Now I have a solid base knowledge to work off of. Thanks jlmancuso!
4G speeds?
Anyone know if I'll keep the 4GLTE on the Metro network? I think that it would now that they do 4GLTE.
Doubt it. Most providers use different frequencies for LTE. If they are the same the next issue is our LTE/gsm card is integrated into the board. Not completely sure but think only sprint companies can use the LTE (virgin, ting, etc..).
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Doubt it. Most providers use different frequencies for LTE. If they are the same the next issue is our LTE/gsm card is integrated into the board. Not completely sure but think only sprint companies can use the LTE (virgin, ting, etc..).
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Well looks like I wont be flashing to Metro then. I didn't even think about different frequencies for LTE.
If the ESPN's are good then you could use one of sprints sister companies. I use cricket and 3g is not bad get between 800k and 1.5 mb. Yes a long way from 4g but if you have WiFi you won't notice the lack of 4g most times.
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My s3 is unlocked and I have tried putting my verizon sim card in and setting the apn. I will get full signal with voice and data for about 30 seconds before switching to no signal. While I have signal I can make calls and a text or use data. Is verizon kicking the phone off their network or is there something else I need to change?
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Might be because you're using (I assume) a gsm device on a CDMA network. I have no idea really. Might want to ask in the Verizon forums where they are familiar with that network.
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Might be because you're using (I assume) a gsm device on a CDMA network. I have no idea really. Might want to ask in the Verizon forums where they are familiar with that network.
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Yeah I know that the att s3 is GSM vs verizon being CDMA however with their lte am card I wasn't sure. I'm not even sure which verizon forum to ask in. I have a feeling I'll get flamed if I ask in the verizon s3 forum.
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You shouldn't. Just say you asked here first but was told to as there as well since they're more familiar with what will or won't work on their networks. Ask if anyone's heard of any success using the I747 there.
Whenever you have device or rom type problems, its best to ask in the devices forum. But if you are having network connectivity issues it can be wise to ask someone with knowledge of the network you're trying to use.
If they do give you a hard time, let me know and I should be able to find someone who's willing to help.
If you explain why you are asking there it shouldn't be a problem though.
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