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[Q] HTC One V on Virgin Mobile

Hello All, I am one of those who recently bought an HTC One V from Virgin Mobile hoping to use it on Page Plus. For last several days I have been searching on how to unlock this phone but haven't found a way to do so. I recently found some answers and have been trying to unlock the boot loader but can't seem to find a way to do it. The instructions online said to first hold down the down arrow key and press the power button next but that is not working. Does anyone know if the option to unlock the boot loader is disabled by VM? Also, has anyone figured out a way to go around it? If someone knows how to use this phone on Pageplus or is aware of any how to's, please post and I would really appreciate it.
TIA!

Register on htcdev.com, sign in, select unlock boot loader, there will be a list of phones, choose the one that says other supported phones.
From there HTC will guide you through the unlock method. There are also some guides in the general section.
As far as page plus, I know some stores will flash it for you. Check craigslist in your area and I'm sure there will be a local shop that will do it for cheap. Just choose someone reputable, nothing worse than getting conned or scammed.
Good luck!
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whoshotjr2006 said:
Register on htcdev.com, sign in, select unlock boot loader, there will be a list of phones, choose the one that says other supported phones.
From there HTC will guide you through the unlock method. There are also some guides in the general section.
As far as page plus, I know some stores will flash it for you. Check craigslist in your area and I'm sure there will be a local shop that will do it for cheap. Just choose someone reputable, nothing worse than getting conned or scammed.
Good luck!
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There's no need to give it to someone to flash.
I registered my virgin htc one v on page plus last week. Procedure is as follows:
Unlock bootloader - basically htcdev as mentioned above, once the bootloader is unlocked you can use fastboot and install a root/custom recovery (cwm or teamwin)
Root phone.
Install MSL finder app that requires root. I think this is specific per phone, not 100% sure.
Use the diag code on the phone. I think it's something like ##3424#, use the msl code, enable the modem thing.
Install the HTC diag modem driver.
now you can access the phone using QPST or CDMA workshop.
Now all you need to do after that is find a online dealer, there are a few that will do this step for free. Basically port your number or establish a new activation, give them your esn and let them register the phone to page plus. Also download a pageplus prl.
Back in QPST (I think that's what it's called) or CDMA workshop, reset your msl code to 6 0s (000000) and load the prl file on the phone. You may also have to manually set your MIN/phone number. I think activation might take care of this for you? Not 100% sure.
Make sure with the new prl the phone is rebooted and perform an activation, dial *228. With your msl set to 000000 the verizon activation should be able to be completed fine.
Now you should have a working pageplus htc one v phone. Phone and text will work. 3g is another matter, all the settings will still be set up for sprint/virgin mobile. I'm working on the 3g portion but there are tutorials that cover how to convert any phone to verizon 3g and you should/can follow those.

Quick question, what's "page plus?"
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served24 said:
Quick question, what's "page plus?"
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One google search can clear that up. Since we're talking about cell phones and activating it, i would think it's safe to assume it's another prepaid carrier. P+ is a reseller of verizon. The only real benefit for me is that they have a real prepaid plan, you can buy 2000 minutes for a whole year which virgin doesn't seem to have available, which is perfect for my parents. They have monthly plans which are similar but i think a bit better than virgin.

hypergreatthing said:
There's no need to give it to someone to flash.
I registered my virgin htc one v on page plus last week. Procedure is as follows:
Unlock bootloader - basically htcdev as mentioned above, once the bootloader is unlocked you can use fastboot and install a root/custom recovery (cwm or teamwin)
Root phone.
Install MSL finder app that requires root. I think this is specific per phone, not 100% sure.
Use the diag code on the phone. I think it's something like ##3424#, use the msl code, enable the modem thing.
Install the HTC diag modem driver.
now you can access the phone using QPST or CDMA workshop.
Now all you need to do after that is find a online dealer, there are a few that will do this step for free. Basically port your number or establish a new activation, give them your esn and let them register the phone to page plus. Also download a pageplus prl.
Back in QPST (I think that's what it's called) or CDMA workshop, reset your msl code to 6 0s (000000) and load the prl file on the phone. You may also have to manually set your MIN/phone number. I think activation might take care of this for you? Not 100% sure.
Make sure with the new prl the phone is rebooted and perform an activation, dial *228. With your msl set to 000000 the verizon activation should be able to be completed fine.
Now you should have a working pageplus htc one v phone. Phone and text will work. 3g is another matter, all the settings will still be set up for sprint/virgin mobile. I'm working on the 3g portion but there are tutorials that cover how to convert any phone to verizon 3g and you should/can follow those.
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I am with you all the way and thanks for the response. My only other question is do you know if this will work for any HTV One V. I bought this from Virgin Mobile and I have a feeling that the have locked out certain things..do you know?

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I am with you all the way and thanks for the response. My only other question is do you know if this will work for any HTV One V. I bought this from Virgin Mobile and I have a feeling that the have locked out certain things..do you know?
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Erm, i bought this on the 50$ virgin mobile sale last week. it's on page plus now.
Does that answer your question?
I mean, any CDMA HTC One V should be portable to page plus. It's all the same radio technology. GSM however will not be able to be ported to P+.

hypergreatthing said:
Erm, i bought this on the 50$ virgin mobile sale last week. it's on page plus now.
Does that answer your question?
I mean, any CDMA HTC One V should be portable to page plus. It's all the same radio technology. GSM however will not be able to be ported to P+.
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Hi, i bought the $50 One V too and was wondering if I could follow your steps to activate on Verizon? Don't need text/3G, just wondering if my mom could use it in lieu of her dumbphone w/o paying for data on verizon postpaid. Thanks in advance!

imonfiiRe said:
Hi, i bought the $50 One V too and was wondering if I could follow your steps to activate on Verizon? Don't need text/3G, just wondering if my mom could use it in lieu of her dumbphone w/o paying for data on verizon postpaid. Thanks in advance!
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You get text, just got to fiddle with the settings for mms.
Basically from all my tinkering it comes down to this. Yes, it works. You have to follow the steps above,
unlock the boot loader
get root installed
install the msl finder
turn on diag mode (##3424# or something)
connect to qpst
change the msl to 000000
put in a prl that's made for sprint phones on verizon (not too hard to find)
reboot
make sure your esn is associated to pageplus (online resellers of minutes can do this for free if you look around), dial *228 for activation
make a call out to set up your voicemail
to get quasi 3g (it's not 3g due to ha/aaa shared secret passwords that as far as i know you can't get with a sprint phone for whatever reason) you have to play with qpst and setup the m.i.p. profiles, an/un for verizon. It says 3g but it's like 1x speed slow.
To get full 3g speed you have to get the right shared passwords which as far as i've been able to determine are associated with your esn. I've read somewhere that you need a real verizon phone, swap esns, reactivate data, copy the passwords, swap esns back and program the sprint phone with the shared secret passwords. As far as i can tell this is the donor phone method. I haven't been able to verify that method but i might be able to in a month or so when i get my hands on a verizon phone.
You'll want to do this setting up before installing any custom roms. I installed pacman on mine after setting it up for page plus.

hypergreatthing said:
You get text, just got to fiddle with the settings for mms.
Basically from all my tinkering it comes down to this. Yes, it works. You have to follow the steps above,
unlock the boot loader
get root installed
install the msl finder
turn on diag mode (##3424# or something)
connect to qpst
change the msl to 000000
put in a prl that's made for sprint phones on verizon (not too hard to find)
reboot
make sure your esn is associated to pageplus (online resellers of minutes can do this for free if you look around), dial *228 for activation
make a call out to set up your voicemail
to get quasi 3g (it's not 3g due to ha/aaa shared secret passwords that as far as i know you can't get with a sprint phone for whatever reason) you have to play with qpst and setup the m.i.p. profiles, an/un for verizon. It says 3g but it's like 1x speed slow.
To get full 3g speed you have to get the right shared passwords which as far as i've been able to determine are associated with your esn. I've read somewhere that you need a real verizon phone, swap esns, reactivate data, copy the passwords, swap esns back and program the sprint phone with the shared secret passwords. As far as i can tell this is the donor phone method. I haven't been able to verify that method but i might be able to in a month or so when i get my hands on a verizon phone.
You'll want to do this setting up before installing any custom roms. I installed pacman on mine after setting it up for page plus.
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Is it necessary to change the msl to 000000 in order for the phone to work? I didn't change it and my phone works fine on Page plus. I understand it won't be able to receive OTA updates, but is that 100% necessary? What happens if I don't change it to 000000?

pm me if you would like a link that i believe has the data issue fixed i cant post in thread

I read on another forum people were having problems doing this method after updating to the newest firmware with the phone. Mine is updated can anyone give me some insight on what I can do?

hypergreatthing said:
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Basically ...Yes, it works..
You'll want to do this setting up before installing any custom roms. I installed pacman on mine after setting it up for page plus.
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Hi, I recently installed the RhythmicRom v1.2e after failing to get PacMan to boot (latest radio update created issues...) I was using GrooveIP previously, but now I'm thinking PagePlus would be more mobile. Will I have to Factory reset/wipe Rom before flashing PP? any work arounds? thanks.

[Q] Unlocking for GSM service

Hi everyone,
I've got 3 weeks left before heading overseas for volunteer service. I'll be Lesotho, Africa for 27 months and surprisingly, they have cellular/edge/wimax/3G services there.
Has anyone unlocked our phone for GSM use before? I just want to get the facts straight before calling them up. I have my Dinc2 which is rooted and running CM7- will I need to flash stock to get the unlock prompt after they give me the code? Or will the prompt still display on a custom ROM?
I have a 2nd Dinc2 I just picked up on ebay. It is still "locked" as well but all stockified. I've read big red only allows 1 unlock per year.. but I bet with enough persistence I can get it done.
Thanks in advance
-rev

revile said:
Hi everyone,
I've got 3 weeks left before heading overseas for volunteer service. I'll be Lesotho, Africa for 27 months and surprisingly, they have cellular/edge/wimax/3G services there.
Has anyone unlocked our phone for GSM use before? I just want to get the facts straight before calling them up. I have my Dinc2 which is rooted and running CM7- will I need to flash stock to get the unlock prompt after they give me the code? Or will the prompt still display on a custom ROM?
I have a 2nd Dinc2 I just picked up on ebay. It is still "locked" as well but all stockified. I've read big red only allows 1 unlock per year.. but I bet with enough persistence I can get it done.
Thanks in advance
-rev
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The phone itself is unlocked. If you plan to use Verizon service, I don't think you have to do anything. If you want to use local service provider there, you have to "Sim unlock" Dinc2 by calling Verizon and request MEP code. This can only be done in stock rom as far as I know. After unlocking Dinc2 to use different carrier sim, you can reflash with a custom ROM. So far I have tested and it works with CM7 rom in the States but at the moment MROM is not working with me when I'm back to Vietnam so I have to investigate further. But that is the general process.

startrek1312 said:
The phone itself is unlocked. If you plan to use Verizon service, I don't think you have to do anything. If you want to use local service provider there, you have to "Sim unlock" Dinc2 by calling Verizon and request MEP code. This can only be done in stock rom as far as I know. After unlocking Dinc2 to use different carrier sim, you can reflash with a custom ROM. So far I have tested and it works with CM7 rom in the States but at the moment MROM is not working with me when I'm back to Vietnam so I have to investigate further. But that is the general process.
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This is exactly the advice I was looking for. Thank you very much startrek. I planned on using MROM but I'll be sure to have a copy of Official CM7 in the event it doesn't work.
Also, I'll note that VZW gave me the 2 unlocks codes for both my vivows, even though one of them was purchased on ebay. The customer service was surprisingly helpful.

revile said:
This is exactly the advice I was looking for. Thank you very much startrek. I planned on using MROM but I'll be sure to have a copy of Official CM7 in the event it doesn't work.
Also, I'll note that VZW gave me the 2 unlocks codes for both my vivows, even though one of them was purchased on ebay. The customer service was surprisingly helpful.
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After spending a whole day testing and trying out, I finally figured out what was going on with MROM. Apparently the latest version of it (20130401) is not able to keep the phone sim unlocked after the first reboot when you are done flashing. I tried to downgrade from 2013-04-01 to 2013-02-15 without wiping data but the problem still existed. However, if you do a fresh reflash (wiping data, cache and all that jazz) of the 2013-02-15 version, the phone will work with GSM and it will NOT lock the sim back again as it happened to me with 2013-04-01 version.
The link is here if you still need it. http://goo.im/devs/mmontuori/mrom/vivow
However, I am still unable to get the data working. I've been trying but it hasn't worked. Probably have to take it to Customer Service Rep to figure it out. Other than that, voice and texts are fine.
And yes, Verizon rep are very comfortable with giving you the MEP code for some reason. They probably have had a lot of people requesting the same thing.

startrek1312 said:
After spending a whole day testing and trying out, I finally figured out ... the phone will work with GSM and it will NOT lock the sim back again as it happened to me with 2013-04-01 version ... I am still unable to get the data working. I've been trying but it hasn't worked.
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A # of newcomers and semi-related questions about Sim-unlocking the GSM radio so that it can work with Sim cards other than VZW/vodafone Sim pre-installed in the DI2 - let me share my limited expertise in this area.
You do NOT need to flash the RUU before calling for the unlocked code from VZW - if you want to be as close to stock as possible, download AndyBone's ROM as his link is apparently down - I posted Dropbox link to mine, in case anyone is looking for it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219471&page=184 (see post #1831) Or, just use Nit's TSM Sense 5"m" with or w/o Ext.4 option - based on Sense 2.1 - that's what I use when I travel abroad.
To verify, (borrow one if you do not have it) a working AT&T Gophone (prepaid) Sim from someone (or, a T-Mobile prepaid Sim, although it's a bit more work to modify the APN to get data & the account has to be provisioned for it) - put the Sim into the DI2, power up & change network to GSM only - and you should be good with voice & SMS. Make a test call to confirm that you can dial out and receive incoming call on that mobile # - you do NOT want to find out that it's not working traveling inside Mexico, Japan or somewhere in Europe or what not.
For mobile data on your GSM provider to work - you need to confirm that APN settings are valid & working - and that it is saved to the device. Those are your APN Name, Proxy, Port, Username, Password, MMSC, etc. - some are blank, others are carrier-specific, etc. AT&T has theirs, ditto for T-Mo and other GSM providers. If they are not set or incorrect, mobile data might but most likely not work - generic settings for Android phones should be sufficient, but not always. If yours aren't working, confirm that the Sim card is valid & working on an unlocked quadband phone and try again. It is sometimes possible for the carrier to do OTA download to update the device so that SMS/MMS & mobile data can work by loading the APN's to the device, otherwise - it has to be done manually by going to the sub/menus.
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Letitride said:
A # of newcomers and semi-related questions about Sim-unlocking the GSM radio so that it can work with Sim cards other than VZW/vodafone Sim pre-installed in the DI2 - let me share my limited expertise in this area.
You do NOT need to flash the RUU before calling for the unlocked code from VZW - if you want to be as close to stock as possible, download AndyBone's ROM as his link is apparently down - I posted Dropbox link to mine, in case anyone is looking for it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219471&page=184 (see post #1831) Or, just use Nit's TSM Sense 5"m" with or w/o Ext.4 option - based on Sense 2.1 - that's what I use when I travel abroad.
To verify, (borrow one if you do not have it) a working AT&T Gophone (prepaid) Sim from someone (or, a T-Mobile prepaid Sim, although it's a bit more work to modify the APN to get data & the account has to be provisioned for it) - put the Sim into the DI2, power up & change network to GSM only - and you should be good with voice & SMS. Make a test call to confirm that you can dial out and receive incoming call on that mobile # - you do NOT want to find out that it's not working traveling inside Mexico, Japan or somewhere in Europe or what not.
For mobile data on your GSM provider to work - you need to confirm that APN settings are valid & working - and that it is saved to the device. Those are your APN Name, Proxy, Port, Username, Password, MMSC, etc. - some are blank, others are carrier-specific, etc. AT&T has theirs, ditto for T-Mo and other GSM providers. If they are not set or incorrect, mobile data might but most likely not work - generic settings for Android phones should be sufficient, but not always. If yours aren't working, confirm that the Sim card is valid & working on an unlocked quadband phone and try again. It is sometimes possible for the carrier to do OTA download to update the device so that SMS/MMS & mobile data can work by loading the APN's to the device, otherwise - it has to be done manually by going to the sub/menus.
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Thank you for such an informative post. Apparently I've been setting up my APN wrong. I have to set my APN Type to be "default, supl" After I did that, it's up and running! I blame Vietnamese carrier for NOT being helpful whatsoever! But thanks so much!

startrek1312 said:
Apparently I've been setting up my APN wrong. I have to set my APN Type to be "default, supl" After I did that, it's up and running! I blame Vietnamese carrier for NOT being helpful whatsoever! But thanks so much!
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Happy to hear that you got it working - by any slim chance, it's MobiFone in HCMC, last used one of their prepaid Sim 3 years ago, voice was easy and just work. Our bilingual English tour guide tried all day as we got it while stopping for Pho near one of the older market in District 1, and no luck at all. Back at our hotel, we tried using the online website for self-help and it wasn't useful either, details within the English website were mostly in Vietnamese, except for the pictures - and, looked like nothing much has changed. This is off-topic, another recommendation for a local mobile provider should we plan another visit in the future?
Take care & have fun - and are you now getting 3G speed or at least showing that on the screen?

Letitride said:
Back at our hotel, we tried using the online website for self-help and it wasn't useful either, details within the English website were mostly in Vietnamese, except for the pictures - and, looked like nothing much has changed. This is off-topic, another recommendation for a local mobile provider should we plan another visit in the future?
Take care & have fun - and are you now getting 3G speed or at least showing that on the screen?
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I'm glad you are thinking about returning to Vietnam. Most people don't after their first visit lol. I personally use MobiFone in Vietnam and I don't plan to change that. Their voice quality is really good and Customer Service number is toll-free unlike another popular carrier Viettel (or at least it was when I left Vietnam). I really enjoy using them and would recommend you to use them as well.
Are you talking about trouble getting SMS work or just data? My friend uses Galaxy Note 2 and everything automatically got set up and ready to go (APN and SMS centre) after she just popped the SIM in her phone so I blame the Dinc2 for being so troublesome. I can post their APN setting down here if you want to. I had to do a little bit of Googling but it shows up in the first 5 results.
And yes I am able to get 3G speed. MobiFone uses Hspda+ in Vietnam.
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[Q] Alternate method of carrier unlocking?

This is the only thing left to solve for a working phone. AT&T branded E980, but trying to use another carrier. Entering code "2945#*980#" gets me to the "SIM unlock process" 5 category unlock screen. They are all clickable, but the message "Your phone is not personalized" pops up on all of them, with the unlock code area grayed out, & then a "dismiss" message pops up. I can't enter an unlock code in a grayed out screen. With all of the software available, there must be one that allows USB unlocking. Can someone please point me in the right direction, even if I have to pay to have it done.

Ttongsul said:
This is the only thing left to solve for a working phone. AT&T branded E980, but trying to use another carrier. Entering code "2945#*980#" gets me to the "SIM unlock process" 5 category unlock screen. They are all clickable, but the message "Your phone is not personalized" pops up on all of them, with the unlock code area grayed out, & then a "dismiss" message pops up. I can't enter an unlock code in a grayed out screen. With all of the software available, there must be one that allows USB unlocking. Can someone please point me in the right direction, even if I have to pay to have it done.
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Are there not unlock sites anymore ? I bought mine unlocked and haven't unlocked a phone since my note i717
2SHAYNEZ

shayneflashindaily said:
Are there not unlock sites anymore ? I bought mine unlocked and haven't unlocked a phone since my note i717
2SHAYNEZ
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What good is a code if you can't access the unlock screen because it's grayed out? BTW, I may have not been crystal clear in other started posts, but I did buy it unlocked, even though it wasn't what we would consider unlocked, & the vendor wont admit it wasn't fully unlocked. I made the mistake of having played with it since then (my mistake), figuring it was returnable, but can't get around the grayed out code unlock screen.

Then I don't know what to tell you bud ...... Keep searching
2SHAYNEZ

Sent the phone out for warranty service. Received it back a few days ago with a voided warranty & a SOL message. Not happy. Today I looked for a local business that could help out. It was a fun day running around to different cell phone stores that listed unlocking as a service. I finally found one that knew what they were doing. They claimed the phone was already unlocked, & tried an AT&T prepaid SIM to test it. After it passed that test, all it took was a call to Metro to register the IMEI on their network, & then entering the correct APN numbers. I now have a fully functioning E980. As for the seller & the warranty center, pretty obvious they don't have a clue & need some lessons on customer service.

So you needed the APN set lol
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Ahhhh...... No. I figured out what the APN was from my other phone & entered it manually. It's the same one that's in there now, so it was a different problem causing the non-connection. The phone automatically found both AT&T, MPCS, & some other unidentifiable networks by searching. It wouldn't automatically connect, then it timed out. Then when the APN was manually entered it would save, but still wouldn't connect. It had to be registered manually with MPCS, through MPCS, & by MPCS. In fact, when I popped the SIM card in & started the phone, it would find MPCS, the company icon would briefly show on the screen, & then it would disconnect. After they registered the IMEI, it took a couple of minutes to find the phone over the network & connect. It's all good now.

Just so you know, if you are getting the "Your phone is not personalized" message, that means the phone is already network unlocked.

cougar214 said:
Just so you know, if you are getting the "Your phone is not personalized" message, that means the phone is already network unlocked.
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There was some confusion about that in other forum posts, because the wording wasn't exact compared known unlocked conditions. It can now be added to that group of known unlocked terms.

Should I upgrade my Sim Card?

I have been reading some really scary things regarding Sim Cards and viruses or malware or whatever and am wondering if I should change my sim card. A part of me thinks that the idea of a Sim card being infected is silly, but at the same time, I really would not know, lol.
If I were to upgrade my sim card...
Would it put my unlimited data at risk? (Verizon)
How would I go about changing my Sim? Could I use the sim that came with my note 4?
Also, should anyone even worry about their sim cards? o .0

SIM cards are free at corporate stores and you will not lose your unlimited.
Just take your phone in and ask for a new SIM. If they ask why tell them you've been getting errors or something. It takes like 5 minutes if there's no wait.
I don't think you can do a SIM swap online but you probably can by calling customer service from a different phone
Edit: If you call CS for a SIM swap make sure you have your other SIM on hand for the ICCID

Ah.. I see!
I actually tried to do a sim swap at home because google made it seem simple; however, it never worked to my knowledge. At first, I popped in the sim and it said that it was setting up, but never finished. While my phone was trying to activate with the new sim card, I went to the verizon wireless website and tried to activate my phone there, but could not find my phone listed in the section with previously activated phones. I did not try the option to activate a phone that wasn't registered already and just backed out. I did not - to my knowledge - see any screen indicating plan changes so I'm assuming that I did not do anything that could compromise my plan(?). When I dialed the number for activating sim cards, it went to the visual *611 screen and claimed that it did not recognize my number and asked me to log in to my verizon account. After doing so, nothing seemed to happen and it just sent me back to my home screen.
In hindsight, I probably should have stopped after it asked me to log in to my verizon account, but I suppose now all I can do is wait and ask questions to ease my anxiety x_x

JippleStar said:
Ah.. I see!
I actually tried to do a sim swap at home because google made it seem simple; however, it never worked to my knowledge. At first, I popped in the sim and it said that it was setting up, but never finished. While my phone was trying to activate with the new sim card, I went to the verizon wireless website and tried to activate my phone there, but could not find my phone listed in the section with previously activated phones. I did not try the option to activate a phone that wasn't registered already and just backed out. I did not - to my knowledge - see any screen indicating plan changes so I'm assuming that I did not do anything that could compromise my plan(?). When I dialed the number for activating sim cards, it went to the visual *611 screen and claimed that it did not recognize my number and asked me to log in to my verizon account. After doing so, nothing seemed to happen and it just sent me back to my home screen.
In hindsight, I probably should have stopped after it asked me to log in to my verizon account, but I suppose now all I can do is wait and ask questions to ease my anxiety x_x
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You have to call that number from a different phone. Your phone doesn't hold your phone number so just popping a new SIM won't do anything.
You could try to do the "activate device" thing online but I don't know if there's an option to use a different SIM.

PizzaSauce said:
You have to call that number from a different phone. Your phone doesn't hold your phone number so just popping a new SIM won't do anything.
You could try to do the "activate device" thing online but I don't know if there's an option to use a different SIM.
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Cool! Now I know
Thanks for your incredible fast help!

LG G2 Sprint to Net 10 not working.... almost there...what am I missing????

Hello,
First, let me express my deepest thanks in advance for those of you who may be of assistance. I have visited this site many times over the years when I needed to find the answers to smartphone related issues (mostly rooting..etc). I have usually found the information that I needed via reading posts and trial and error; however, I am having a problem that I cannot find the answer to and it is frustrating the crap out of me.
So, here goes:
I bought a LG LS980 off of Ebay. It was locked to Sprint and I had a friend of mine root it (since I couldn't figure it out and it ended up being that the firmware had to be downgraded since a patch was bumped to it) and unlocked (or so i was told, but I do not know how to find out). It is currently running Cyanogenmod 12.1. I wanted to use my old phone's SIM and pop it into my new phone so that I could enjoy it (the old phone was a Nexus and ran hella slow). So, anyway.... I contacted NET10 customer support since that is my carrier and explained what I wanted to do. They let me know that as long as it is unlocked that I would be able to just swap the SIM into the new phone and should be good to go. They checked my IMEI and said that the phone was, indeed, compatible and as long as it is unlocked it should just be a matter of a simple ROM swap. Not the case. I put the SIM in and booted it up. It went from No Service to saying "Sprint" on the upper left hand corner. I try to make a call and it states that, "The code or number that I am dialing is incorrect, please try the code or number again". I looked this up on the internet and didn't find a focused answer. I talked to my friend and he stated that I may have to set up a new APN profile.
I have checked the APN settings on it and all of the APN profiles have the prefix "Verizon". I used this mini tutorial at http://forums.androidcentral.com/goo...-settings.html along with the NET10 settings to try and make a profile. Both of their workarounds don't seem to work. I can enter about half of the information and then either click BACK or SAVE and then the profile is gone. I am not sure this is the reason that my phone is not working, but I thought I would give it a try. I have also tried to use this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2798566 as a loose guide, TWRP installed. Keep in mind that I believe that my firmware was rolled back to ZVE. and not ZVD. When I have tried to edit the build.prop values at the tutorial states it does not save. Also, there are two lines that are not even in my build.prop (ro.build.target_operator and persist.service.crash.enable). When I have tried to edit or add it adds them but does not save and definitely does not persist through reboot. I feel as if I am close to getting the phone to work, but I am unsure where to go from here. I really do NOT want to have to go back to a stock ROM and all of that because....well.... my friend did the rooting and installing of cyanogenmod and I don't want to risk undoing all of his work and having to pay $ to have it done all over again (I have rooted phones..etc, but this G2 was a MOFO because of the firmware patch for me). NET10 CS and TS was of no help and they gave me a ticket number (and to tell you the truth the are outsourced and I can't understand what their reps are saying). So, does anyone have any advice or threads that I can look at? Like I said, I feel as if it is close, but no matter what number I call it says that recording. I get no incoming calls (although it rings when listening to the incoming calling phone's speaker). I am also unable to send or receive SMS or MMS messages. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am not the most technically savvy person, but I can answer your questions to the best of my ability and I am good at following directions. (I have about 5-6 phone root/ROMS under my belt and even 2-3 SPRINT to NET10 activations, but this one is just perplexing the crap out of me) . Could it be that the phone is not unlocked???? How do I check this??? Is there a way??? When I put in the NET10 SIM it never asked me for an unlock code so I am assuming that my friend unlocked it? I have also tried "Turn the phone ON and type 2945#801# If nothing happens, type 2945#802# or 2945#*803#" and no hidden menu appears asking for an unlock code.

You can unlock your Sprint phone for GSM but you can't activate it to Verizon or its MVNOs.