So I am a little hesitant about activating the replacement device I received today...I got my Nexus before they switched to the shared data and was told I can keep it until I activate another 4G phone. I am wondering if their automated systems will treat this device as a new phone considering its got a different serial and all. Has anyone went through this recently?
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So I am a little hesitant about activating the replacement device I received today...I got my Nexus before they switched to the shared data and was told I can keep it until I activate another 4G phone. I am wondering if their automated systems will treat this device as a new phone considering its got a different serial and all. Has anyone went through this recently?
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I haven't done it recently, but that shouldn't be an issue.
Can't you just pop your sim in and go?
This is my first 4G device with a sim so I wasnt quite sure how exactly it will work out and calling Verizon didnt help at all the two ladies I talked to couldnt grasp the question I was asking with one telling me that as long as the Unlimited Data is on my account i'll never lose it...Figured I was much better coming here instead
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This is my first 4G device with a sim so I wasnt quite sure how exactly it will work out and calling Verizon didnt help at all the two ladies I talked to couldnt grasp the question I was asking with one telling me that as long as the Unlimited Data is on my account i'll never lose it...Figured I was much better coming here instead
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I have unlimited data on VZW, and I had an LG Revolution, granted this example is before the shared data BS, I just bought a used GNexus off ebay about 2 months ago. I just walked into the store, said I need to get a micro SIM (REVO used full size SIM), they got me a new micro SIM, even activated it for me, and I specifically said I want to make sure my plan does not change and she said of course not, and it did not.
You should only loose it if you buy a new phone from them and then re-up your contract.
From this point forward pretty much all VZW customers with unlimited plans need to buy phones from other sources than VZW.
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You should only loose it if you buy a new phone from them and then re-up your contract.
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This is true. You will only lose your unlimited if you use a subsidy or do a transfer of liability.
Thanks guys it went off without a hitch and when i checked with *#*#RTN#*#* i was surprised to find that this phone has not been reconditioned...So I am assuming its new which is nice...Its a v.9 though while my previous one was a .10. Doesn't look like the signal has improved though so far which is frustrating.
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Thanks guys it went off without a hitch and when i checked with *#*#RTN#*#* i was surprised to find that this phone has not been reconditioned...So I am assuming its new which is nice...Its a v.9 though while my previous one was a .10. Doesn't look like the signal has improved though so far which is frustrating.
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Its a refurbished phone. Trust me. They're good at refurbing the nexus. I have no idea why you thought you'd lose unlimited...all you have to do is slip in your SIM, no activation required.
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I'm not asking you to give me your galaxy nexus
but instead, I've been reading some posts in the Galaxy Note forum, where some of the At&t users have been getting blocked by At&t cus the notes shows up in the system as a galaxy tab.
so what some users did, was they backed up their /efs folders, and then empted the contents.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=86
If you wipe the efs, you get the generic IMEI
Then run that generic Imei on theis site:
http://imei-number.com/imei-lookup/
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could someone try this on their Galaxy Nexus and see if they get similar results as this? I am currently contemplating on importing a Galaxy Nexus and I'd like a "backup plan" in case At&t starts blocking us
thats all! thanks!
I'm lazy. That being said, I used the Note and now the Nexus without any issues. This is on a grandfathered unlimited iPhone data plan as well...
You've got nothing to hide as long as your on the proper plan. I went to the Nexus from a Iphone 3gs(granfathered unlim. data) and walked into a corporate store with my Nexus and said
"hey i got this new phone and I new a SIM card for it & my plan provisioned for HSPA+" he said, great lemme see the phone and i'll get it switched right over. About 10 minutes later i walked out with a free new sim card and the proper plan and still contract free.
I'm a newbie at the changing sim game.
I too, am coming from a 3Gs on an unlimited plan and was under the impression that I can simply swap the sim from the 3Gs to the GNex and continue with my current plan.
Am I wrong and will I need to go to the Corp store for the swap.
thanks
ashman5 said:
I'm a newbie at the changing sim game.
I too, am coming from a 3Gs on an unlimited plan and was under the impression that I can simply swap the sim from the 3Gs to the GNex and continue with my current plan.
Am I wrong and will I need to go to the Corp store for the swap.
thanks
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The SIM in your iPhone is a micro SIM, so you will need to get a new SIM from the store for the Nexus.
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The SIM in your iPhone is a micro SIM, so you will need to get a new SIM from the store for the Nexus.
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the 3GS uses a normal sim card.. they started microsim with iPhone 4.
That's correct, the 3Gs has a full size sim. Will I be able to simply swap the sim to the GNex and continue service as normal?
thanks
Yes, you can swap it.
My GN worked simply swapping the sim over but I felt better going to the store and getting the correct plan on my account so i didn't run into any issues getting flagged or any other nonsense.
WARNING!
the /EFS backup process might no longer work in these new Samsung phones
the last few new models released, Samsung has dramatically changed the stuff in /EFS
meaning those are not the real files anymore, so that means the backups are useless as they are only 1k files (hard links) of real files mounted elsewhere
several guys are still trying to crack this but so far it has come up empty handed.
jopherr said:
I'm not asking you to give me your galaxy nexus
but instead, I've been reading some posts in the Galaxy Note forum, where some of the At&t users have been getting blocked by At&t cus the notes shows up in the system as a galaxy tab.
so what some users did, was they backed up their /efs folders, and then empted the contents.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=86
could someone try this on their Galaxy Nexus and see if they get similar results as this? I am currently contemplating on importing a Galaxy Nexus and I'd like a "backup plan" in case At&t starts blocking us
thats all! thanks!
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If the EFS backup process don't work anymore it must be a lot riskier to flash ROM now?
Any backup solution can backup the "elsewhere" files and the hard link?
Google has temporarily disabled the provisioning of prepaid cards in its Google Wallet service over fears that it can make users' finances easily accessible should they lose their mobile device.
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http://bit.ly/zoznqV
Didn't say what that means if you have your own money charged onto the prepaid Google card...
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Didn't say what that means if you have your own money charged onto the prepaid Google card...
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As far as I know this only affects users who do not yet have a pre-paid card or are trying to re-add their pre-paid card after wiping their device (i.e. me). If your pre-paid card is already active you should not have any issues using it.
In my opinion this issue has been blown way out of proportion...
Oh I agree completely. Its still at least as secure as my actual wallet. In my case more so, as I have a pin on my phone, and of course GW too. Those along with Cerberus to find/wipe as needed I feel as safe as can be expected.
I'll try to use it today when I leave the gym. There's a CVS right next door that has Paypass.
The rumors I've been reading suggest that as long as you have funds remaining on your Prepaid Card you can continue to use it as usual - but I don't think the balance will update after a transaction due to the whole "cannot contact bank" message in your screenshot. When you need to top up the card (which you'll only know is out of funds when it gets declined, I suppose), you'll be out of luck.
Don't reset or you won't be able to add it back.. That's the boat im in now essentially breaks wallet for me now since I don't use citi... wish they would fix it already
According to Money Network support they are supposed to have this feature back up and working in the next day or two.
Yea I used it 2/9 and I had the transaction location along with the deduction from my prepaid amount available. It looks like this only affects new activations. Everything seems to be working fine for me.
If there is still a balance left on it then u can use the balance amount but u cannot add anymore funds to it.
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I can confirm that I can still purchase things, the balance updates, and I can even see the last 4 of the prepaid card (user id).
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I can confirm that I can not purchase anything since I can't connect to the money network.. I have $28 loaded, still getting declined.
Not only is mine working again, I was just able to add funds to my card.
Still won't let me re-add my prepaid card...
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Still won't let me re-add my prepaid card...
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I am in the same boat after flashing AOKP 23.
For this hack to even work, someone needs your phone. If my phone is lost or stolen, Google wallet would be the least of my concern. My saved passwords on my browser would be 100x worse than this hack
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i am getting the same error, it says prepaid card unavailable. any1 know when this will be fixed??
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i am getting the same error, it says prepaid card unavailable. any1 know when this will be fixed??
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I've been hearing both here and from calling Money Network that it should be resolved by Friday or Monday. I don't know if you'll have to call to get your card reprovisioned (would make sense to me, since it's a "security" issue) or if it will just start working on its own.
I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S II T989 off of craigslist. It was described as Brand New, and came with box and all original accessories, etc. Still had screen protectors and everything on it, so i assumed i would have no problems. I am using AT&T and wanting to unlock it so that i wouldn't have to switch carriers. I paid a pretty reputable website 25$ for the unlock code, which i received and entered as directed.
I attempted to enter my SIM and i get an invalid SIM message. I called Samsung to figure it out and they had me send them the phone. They received it and inspected it to ensure nothing was wrong. They then tested the IMEI which came back as a black-listed phone, but would not disclose the reason.
So t-mobile will offer me no help what so ever, nor will samsung. I try calling the *#7465625# number to test if the phone is unlocked, but i get an error message stating "The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly" and i have only one option which is force quit. I used the factory reset option a couple times to see if this helped at all, and got nothing.
I only have experience with iphones, so i really know nothing about the android OS. I've heard a lot about "rooting" and such for the unlock but it's like a whole different language for me. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated. This phone has just been sitting in my drawer for the past month because i have absolutely no idea what to do.
Sounds to me like you may have bought a phone that someone perhaps filled an insurance claim on. I know I had a phone taken once and filed a claim on it and got a new one, eventually got the old one back and when a friend took it in it was taken on the spot. This may or may not be the case.
Yup sounds like someone bought a phone, Reported it lost,Kept the replacement, and sold you the stolen one. The same thing happened to me about a year ago with a HTC G2 from craigslist. You could try rooting (really not as scary as it seems) putting a new ROM then try to unlock again
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That is what i'm assuming the case is. I've heard of friends and such running into the problem, but never thought i would fall victim to it.
Do you know where i might be able to find a rooting guide for a complete noob like myself? Step by step in depth kind of stuff? Would the fact that the phone is blacklisted cause me to get the error i'm getting whenever i try to test the unlock? Is it possible to unlock the phone for another GSM carrier even though it is blacklisted with t-mobile.
Explore all the options of getting your money back. If no good, you can always try to get someone to chqnge the imei for you, beware tho, its same illegal as changing vin plate on a car. Theoretically noone will help you, but practically, there are plenty shops selling nintendo cardridges with 100 original games in one...
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You cannot ask on here how to fix this problem. It is against the rules, and illegal. This thread will be closed.. Just saying.
Ebay it with bad efs in the title, sell for parts, will probably get a coupe hundred for it. Don't buy a phone off frauds list unless you meet them at the retail store and have the number ran. At least then if they report it stolen you have some record of the transaction and may be able to get it UN black listed. Crappy situation that is for sure.
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As stated, the course of action you were proposing is illegal and therefore discussing it on the forum will not be tolerated.
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I bought my LS970 from a guy, I didn't ask many questions. Shortly after I got it, I flashed it to PagePlus and had it activated. I dropped it and the touch screen stopped working. So I let the service go. I just got it fixed again and I tried to re activate it back with PP, but they said my phone is no longer in service with them and they can't reactivate it because it's not a Verizon phone.
I would like to get it activated on another pre paid plan, but I'm not having any luck finding one that works. ANY help at all would be appreciated. Another thing, I checked the MEID and I got this back.
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I'm just guessing, but I think I'm going to have to pay someone to unlock my phone from Sprint so I can use it on Net10 or whatever. I could be wrong, but does that seem like that's what I have to do?
Strizay said:
I'm just guessing, but I think I'm going to have to pay someone to unlock my phone from Sprint so I can use it on Net10 or whatever. I could be wrong, but does that seem like that's what I have to do?
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Sounds like it may need to be flashed. Carrier unlocks usually apply to SIM (GSM) devices. If you want to use a CDMA device on another carrier you need to flash it. Unfortunately it looks like a lot of carriers communicate now than before and someone seems to have blocked your IMEI and as far as I know, changing it is against some laws, depending on your location.
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Sounds like it may need to be flashed. Carrier unlocks usually apply to SIM (GSM) devices. If you want to use a CDMA device on another carrier you need to flash it. Unfortunately it looks like a lot of carriers communicate now than before and someone seems to have blocked your IMEI and as far as I know, changing it is against some laws, depending on your location.
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I flashed it to PagePlus and was using it on that carrier until the phone broke, like I mentioned above. It's just still seeing the MEID number as being as a Sprint contract phone. I think I just need someone to unlock it or find a way to get the unlock code so I can do it myself.
so what you're saying is, that I can't just get an unlock code to get it off of Sprint, I actually have to flash it to another carrier again? What carrier would you suggest? Could I use NET10 or StraightTalk?
Anybody?
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OK, I didn't really get any help yet, so instead of another bump could maybe someone point me to a working tutorial to flash my LS970 to another network? One that I can use as a pre paid service. Like Ting or Net10 or Virgin? Please.
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I used wireless workshop. Pm me for details. Or goto wireless workshop dot com
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I used wireless workshop. Pm me for details. Or goto wireless workshop dot com
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I sent you a message toneloclbc
Got my new unlocked moto z play today. Went to the AT&T store to get a new sim. Had a micro needed a nano. Anyway did this during my lunch hour, they activated my phone and I left. Later on noticed I had no internet. The data icon showed a question mark. I called support an after an hour they stated my phone is not compatable with there system. I have phone and text, but no data. The phone is being marketed as AT&T compatable. After going to the moto site they have an area that states the phone may not be compatable with all services that AT&T has. I find it hard that they would exclude data.
Anyone else with this issue?
Funny enough I also have no data. However my issue started when I tried to root, and ended up having to flash a boot.img from another variant to even boot anymore. You can check to see if your APN's are set up correctly, or if you have any. Before all of this though, I had data working fine.
Seems like ATT says any unlocked phone is not compatible, or they send you the wrong SIM in the mail. Like was said before, check that you have an Access Point Name setup. I always have to with unlocked phones.
Well it seems it was the APN, damn spent an hour with a tech and the didn't know that. You would think after checking to see that the sim matches there account that would be next. Thanks all for your help. Love the phone would have hated to return it.
Tech support for most companies are useless. They read off of a list of things that could be wrong. Passed that list they have hardly any technical knowledge. 99% of the time you're better off coming here with questions...
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Tech support for most companies are useless. They read off of a list of things that could be wrong. Passed that list they have hardly any technical knowledge. 99% of the time you're better off coming here with questions...
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That is so true, thats y i ask here first.
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enferraro said:
Well it seems it was the APN, damn spent an hour with a tech and the didn't know that. You would think after checking to see that the sim matches there account that would be next. Thanks all for your help. Love the phone would have hated to return it.
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Can I ask what apn settings gave you data? It could help with my problem.
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jon7701 said:
Can I ask what apn settings gave you data? It could help with my problem.
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the link i got from the tech was the following, fixed my issue
https://
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esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KB424489?source=redirect
sorry cant post links.... take the spaces and stuff out can i ask a more senior member to fix and repost?
I am getting band 17 on Att
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the link i got from the tech was the following, fixed my issue
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KB424489?source=redirect
sorry cant post links.... take the spaces and stuff out can i ask a more senior member to fix and repost?
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Fixed the link. The APN settings are correct, but my problem is from software corruption of some kind. I just have to wait until the RETUS stock firmware gets released...