Hello,
How would I go about making my HTC One V usable with Pageplus' network? I've searched the forums and seen a lot of instructions on moving a One V purchased from Virgin Mobile over to Pageplus, however I'm in a bit of a different situation.
My current (though not for much longer) carrier is a local service provider (Mohave Wireless) that has been bought out by Verizon. Verizon has given me the option of walking away from my now void contract wish they will not honor, or purchasing a new phone and agreeing to pay their ridiculous prices. So I'm thinking of taking my business and my One V to Pageplus (which ironically enough, uses Verizon's network). Can I do this? Would the path to doing this be the same as those that took their HTC One V's purchased from Virgin Mobile to Pageplus? Or is my One V different being that it was purchased from, and configured for a different carrier initially?
My One V's model number is: ADR6290
Thank you for any help,
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My gf has just received her new Desire from MPD, T-mobile contract. Thing is, the phone appears to be branded Virgin, as it has a Virgin Media widget on the homescreen and a virgin scene. I thought MPD sent out unbranded phones, my hd2 was anyway? Anyone else had this?
amh82 said:
My gf has just received her new Desire from MPD, T-mobile contract. Thing is, the phone appears to be branded Virgin, as it has a Virgin Media widget on the homescreen and a virgin scene. I thought MPD sent out unbranded phones, my hd2 was anyway? Anyone else had this?
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Your just lucky it virgin, as virgin only do those two and the bootscreen.
Everything else is untouched, but it is very odd you got that. Did you ring them up and ask "Why dose my t-mobile contraqct come with a virgin branded handset???" lol
Yeah I got the same thing from mpd. There have been a number of threads about this issue before, and I think someone said that it was an issue with stock availability and that HTC shipped some unlocked ones with the virgin widget and home screen. I have had the phone for a month and once its deleted it should never pose a problem again.
I haven't spoken to MPD yet, but will do tomorrow if the number hasn't transferred as it currently has no number. Again, with my HD2 I had a temporary number until it transferred.
I did wonder about stock, and just getting whatever was available. At least it's unlocked, and not like a full on 'branded' ROM.
You might also find that the SIM Card says it's a Nokia and that you don't have the 3gb data allowance. See other threads on MPD.
I use another service provider and was considering getting HTC Desire, but the only thing Desire lacked was a load of internal memory which incredible took care off.
So is this an exclusive Verizon phone ?
if not, how long would it take for it to be sold sim-free.
Thanks
Its a CDMA phone so its never gonna be sold "sim-free" Maybe they'll make a similar model for GSM but you will probably never see this exact phone in GSM
HTC has stated this phone is a Verizon exclusive.
Hi all,
I am not sure what subforum to post it so forgive me if I've chosen wrong...
I have an unlocked HTC Desire HD bought in Europe (Poland in particular). I am currently in US for some time and to my surprise it does not work with AT&T GoPhone SimCard I hoped to use it with. The phone says "no simcard"...
Does anybody here knows what's the reason? Is there a way to correct it (load a different ROM onto the device?)? Or - if it's impossible to fix with AT&T - what are my options for finding a prepaid (I won't be here for a year to justify signing on for a full year contract) card that will work with this phone and have some decent data plan?
Poland uses GSM network and usually in US they use CDMA so it is not possible to use your DHD in US if the carrier uses other network than GSM because the 2 radios are completely different. Not sure if this can be changed but doubt it.
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I don't think this is a case.... This phone is AFAIK the same phone in technical terms as HTC Inspire being sold in US. This is a quad-band and is working in US with Polish sim-card in roaming mode (with horrendous prices of course). So this is something with a sim-card and/or radio-software compatibility. I would push for the first one as the phone is saying "no sim-card" signalling problems with recognizing it.
Hey
i think your problem lies in the frequencies used by european phones, arent the same as in us... on my old HD2 you could change the freq, but afaik its not possible with android phones... check this chart http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
hope u solve the prob.
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I don't think this is a case.... This phone is AFAIK the same phone in technical terms as HTC Inspire being sold in US. This is a quad-band and is working in US with Polish sim-card in roaming mode (with horrendous prices of course). So this is something with a sim-card and/or radio-software compatibility. I would push for the first one as the phone is saying "no sim-card" signalling problems with recognizing it.
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Once again - I am afraid it's not that simple...
Once again - I am afraid it's not that simple... I believe the incompatibility is somewhere at the either sim card (being rigged in some special way by ATT) or radio software. The HTC Desire HD is a quad-band phone accodring to it's specs (I've checked at the GSMArena . COM). I've seen reports on the internet that people managed to run GoPhone simcards on unlocked HTC android-based phones. I just kind find any information about what might be wrong (incompatible) with my handset
Thank you for your replies anyway - hope someone will have other ideas what to do, otherwise I am stuck with $20 "phone" I got with my gophone card which is making me upset while having a proper phone not working...
RESOLVED!
I managed to google out the information that ATT is somehow locking the GoPhone simcard to the phone it was bundled with. I had to call Customer Support to get it unlocked which they did. Now my Desire HD is properly working with data plan accessible
Thanks for anybody who was trying to help me with this.
Regards!
HTC European Phone on AT&T
Hi There,
Does anybody know the access point configurations for an HTC Legend (or similar european HTC device) to access data on GoPhone on AT&T?
Thankss
Long story short Wife dropped her HTC wildfire S ...1 month prior to 1yr anniversary of being with Virgin Canada..apparently phone falling from pocket and smashing screen is not covered even though we were within 1 yr warranty. Currently paying for a service and supertab phone that can't be used ( I let the wife use my phone with her sim most of the time ).
I went online and bought her an HTC One V through Virgin USA ( the guy said it took a sim ) and Virgin Canada said they would add it to her account if it had a sim .PERFECT ! .Today I got the phone and guess what ? NO SIM SLOT !! It's a GD CDMA phone. Good news Virgin Canada does support CDMA as well just not the EIMI number that goes with it and can't add it to the account! No I'm utterly pissed and lost
Fast forward tonight and I'm reading on flashing /unlocking etc only to come across swapping/adding you old phones esn /iemi to you new phone. Now I read briefly there is certain legality's but I know in Canada there is no such law when you own your devices the only thing it does is void warranty. No even if I can't be helped here ..I need 1 question answered if it is at possible to do so and I read it is. Yet can or does it matter that one phone is of different make One V compared to the Wildfire S and as long as they are the same branded phone ( HTC ) and would it matter that one is GSM and the other a CDMA ??
Gsm phones have to have the sim card to work on the correct network. As far as I know, your gsm carrier can't use a CDMA phone because the info can't be pushed.
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Gsm phones have to have the sim card to work on the correct network. As far as I know, your gsm carrier can't use a CDMA phone because the info can't be pushed.
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I realize GSM phones have to have a sim card lol thats is a no brainer and not the issue and CDMA phones do work on all networks in Canada any phone that isn't a smart phone and older phone do not take sims and stil work fine on Bell/Virgin ......My issue is flashing my ESN on my broken phone to my new one that doesn't take a sim ...hence basically cloning it ....I know it can be done cause there is tutorials on it all over the web my thing is can you still do it if one phone is GSM and the other CDMA ? the only diff is the radio and no sim slot but as long as it works on the network ptting my briken GSM phones esn in my new CDMA phone should not be an issue. This issue ofr me is actually knowing how ?
You will have to look at qpst and dfs software. Needs to be rooted to get and change msl
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Hi,
I just ordered an unlocked HTC One (M8) (US Version). Has anyone tried this unit on the new Cricket Wireless? (Not the old CDMA)
How is your speed, do you get LTE?
Thank you!
I'll answer my own question, and give you all (who live in the USA) an FYI, I ordered my Cricket Wireless Nano sim 2 days ago, it came in today. Super easy activation, instant access. From my house it switched to 3G, I called customer service since I am clearly in an LTE area. They said 2 towers were getting upgrades, and for my trouble, they gave me 5$ credit. Now that's service! Right down the street LTE comes in like gangbusters.
If your looking for a good non-contract place to park your unlocked HTC One (M8), take a look at Cricket wireless.
It's cheap and includes intentional features, and utilizes AT&T's great LTE network.
Hope this helps some of you!
Cheers!
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I'll answer my own question, and give you all (who live in the USA) an FYI, I ordered my Cricket Wireless Nano sim 2 days ago, it came in today. Super easy activation, instant access. From my house it switched to 3G, I called customer service since I am clearly in an LTE area. They said 2 towers were getting upgrades, and for my trouble, they gave me 5$ credit. Now that's service! Right down the street LTE comes in like gangbusters.
If your looking for a good non-contract place to park your unlocked HTC One (M8), take a look at Cricket wireless.
It's cheap and includes intentional features, and utilizes AT&T's great LTE network.
Hope this helps some of you!
Cheers!
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It works and my data speed is about 6-8 mbps.
Same boat
I'm planning on buying an unlocked HTC One M8 direct from HTC. Did you have to do anything special to get the phone fully operational and is your MMS working?
First Post - AT&T HTC One M8 on Cricket
Hi all,
This is my first post. I was on AT&T for a few years, but then decided to switch to Cricket mid 2014. I bought a new HTC One M8 AT&T new and off contract from an ebay seller last year. I got it off contract so I was able to take it to AT&T to get a sim card and activate it on my service at that time. Then I used their unlock service to get it carrier unlocked since I was not on contract anymore.
After I got it carrier unlocked, I ordered my cricket sim and it was super easy to port my number and get my new phone on Cricket service. Had been working great for more than a year. However, after Lollipop came out and it was announced that the HTC One M8 would get it soon, I kept waiting.... Then I realized that I am not going to get any OTA updates. Damn, I'm stuck on 4.4.2 using my AT&T branded HTC One M8 on Cricket. What to do?
I've had some limited experience rooting, recovering, and flashing my old Nexus 7 tablet. So I decided to research what I could do with my phone.
So the short story is. I am currently running the Skydragon 5.0.2 with Sense 7 ROM. It's running great! How did I get to this point?
Ok, so I had a little trial and error on some of my steps. But basically I was able to root (unlock the bootloader successfully), flash the firmware on my phone (was necessary to do otherwise installing any of the lollipop roms would not boot afterwards), install TWRP and make backups for recovery, and then flash the custom ROM.
More details: I tried to install the Skydragon before flashing the firmware and it got stuck booting. I flashed a new lollipop firmware version (probably the most scariest part. However if you try and flash the wrong firmware, it is supposed to fail.) Then after that installed the Insertcoin ROM. It worked great. After a couple of days I was reading their site and it looked like they are not going to develop further. I really liked all the tweaks available from Insertcoin, but was kind of discouraged to keep it because of maybe not future updates (marshmallow?). So I went ahead and installed SkyDragon and it works great. Another good thing about flashing the firmware and installing a custom ROM? No AT&T branding or bloatware at all. It's great. Oh, BTW, I was able to do this with S-ON. :victory:
I also learned to use TWRP to create backups. This easily allows you to try another ROM just for fun and then just recover your last backup.
Hope this helps anyone that is interested in doing this!
wowmail said:
Hi,
I just ordered an unlocked HTC One (M8) (US Version). Has anyone tried this unit on the new Cricket Wireless? (Not the old CDMA)
How is your speed, do you get LTE?
Thank you!
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I know this is an old post, but I'm picking up a m8 for cricket and was wondering if you had to change the apn settings to get everything working?