Im new to this phone
So the original carrier is Claro PR. I have succesfully unlocked the phone cause im using AT&T SIM on it and it has signal and all but it wont make/recieve calls, nor text and wont go on the internet.
Anyone have had this happen before on unlocked phone? I was thinking on rootinh it and throwing a AT&T rom to see if it fixes it but im asking first before trying anything that can brick it
Did you unlock it using the free method or by a code?
For data, did you check the APN settings? Under network preferences, did you select auto? Are you sure the SIM is registered on the network?
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For data, did you check the APN settings? Under network preferences, did you select auto? Are you sure the SIM is registered on the network?
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yup just re verified and it says AT&T when you pull down the notification bar
it was unlocked by code
Strange. Did you have a chance to try the SIM in another phone?
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Strange. Did you have a chance to try the SIM in another phone?
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sim was being used used on an iphone
it also has pending update it has 4.1.1
Is this a prepaid SIM on ATT?
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Is this a prepaid SIM on ATT?
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nope contract its a contract one
I'm at a loss as to why it doesn't work even though it gets a signal. Maybe something is screwed up in the service menu settings.
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I'm at a loss as to why it doesn't work even though it gets a signal. Maybe something is screwed up in the service menu settings.
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Indeed I am baffled >_< first time this has happend to me and its really wierd
Can you try the phone with another provider? Is it possible the phone is defective?
audit13 said:
Can you try the phone with another provider? Is it possible the phone is defective?
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dont have another sim available
well talked to a buddy of mine he works for att he said the iphone brings a sim card already inserted that it maybe be that since supposly some iphone use special sim in order to sctivate the phone.
He told me to pass tomorrow to his store to check it out guess that my last chance since with my wife SIM it does the same signal and all but no calls or text >_> annoying
Well be happy sounds like the Sim which is really cheep if not free to get
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Just bought this phone... the power button doesn't work but that's another issue. The IMEI is fine, and the guy said the phone was unlocked. It is on 4.2.2 CM10... When I put in my T-mobile sim card, it does say there is a SIM but it refuses to register on any network. The SIM is fine (works on my other phone) so it is not a defective SIM. I have set the APN to epc.tmobile.com and everything, but when I go to mobile networks and try automatic registration, it attempts to register for a few minutes then says that the SIM won't allow me to register.
Like I said I checked and the IMEI is clean, phone not stolen... Any ideas?
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Just bought this phone... the power button doesn't work but that's another issue. The IMEI is fine, and the guy said the phone was unlocked. It is on 4.2.2 CM10... When I put in my T-mobile sim card, it does say there is a SIM but it refuses to register on any network. The SIM is fine (works on my other phone) so it is not a defective SIM. I have set the APN to epc.tmobile.com and everything, but when I go to mobile networks and try automatic registration, it attempts to register for a few minutes then says that the SIM won't allow me to register.
Like I said I checked and the IMEI is clean, phone not stolen... Any ideas?
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i have the same problem, except im in canada
Bump because I'm still having trouble. I restored to a 4.1.2 odexed/zipaligned Stock ROM and I'm still having trouble. I see a circle with a line through it in the status bar but that's the only indication of anything. Pulling down status bar doesn't show me anything and playing with mobile network settings doesnt even seem to be be giving me any error messages. SIM still works fine in my other phone and the note 2 is still clean imei...
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Bump because I'm still having trouble. I restored to a 4.1.2 odexed/zipaligned Stock ROM and I'm still having trouble. I see a circle with a line through it in the status bar but that's the only indication of anything. Pulling down status bar doesn't show me anything and playing with mobile network settings doesnt even seem to be be giving me any error messages. SIM still works fine in my other phone and the note 2 is still clean imei...
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Ok what phone carrier is it from? AT&T it T-Mobile? Sounds like a AT&T GN2.. did you try to flash another modem the newest release??
That might help you problem!
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Bajanman said:
Ok what phone carrier is it from? AT&T it T-Mobile? Sounds like a AT&T GN2.. did you try to flash another modem the newest release??
That might help you problem!
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It is an AT&T Galaxy Note 2, I'm trying to use T-Mobile on it. I didn't flash any modems.
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It is an AT&T Galaxy Note 2, I'm trying to use T-Mobile on it. I didn't flash any modems.
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You can start here to try to put the phone back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43514894
Then go here to unlock!:thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34661189
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Bajanman said:
You can start here to try to put the phone back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43514894
Then go here to unlock!:thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34661189
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Welp... The bad news is that my power button is broken, meaning I can't turn on the phone (pulled battery and no way to get it past the "charing" screen) until I have fixed that.
The good news is... there is no good news...
So yeah, I guess I need to order the replacement part (it looks quite simple to fix, no ungluing/gluing required) so I will repair it myself then get on this next matter (SIM card not working)
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Welp... The bad news is that my power button is broken, meaning I can't turn on the phone (pulled battery and no way to get it past the "charing" screen) until I have fixed that.
The good news is... there is no good news...
So yeah, I guess I need to order the replacement part (it looks quite simple to fix, no ungluing/gluing required) so I will repair it myself then get on this next matter (SIM card not working)
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Wow ok. Sounds like a world of problems!:banghead:.
Probably why they got rid of it. Lol
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Bajanman said:
Wow ok. Sounds like a world of problems!:banghead:.
Probably why they got rid of it. Lol
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Yeah, I figure as much... I figured I was getting a deal at $240 since a power button would cost about $10 to replace, but now it's a whole nother issue....
Popped the phone open and the power button is unbelieveably easy to replace. Like the easiest fix I have ever seen in my life.
So I ordered the part ($4 shipped, should be here by friday) and will be able to fix that.
I figure if nothing else I can sell it as AT&T phone and just buy a T-Mobile one.
Lol..
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imranh101 said:
It is an AT&T Galaxy Note 2, I'm trying to use T-Mobile on it. I didn't flash any modems.
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Are you planning to use T-Mobile's UMTS network or AWS network?
To use AWS band you need to follow this thread.
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Are you planning to use T-Mobile's UMTS network or AWS network?
To use AWS band you need to follow this thread.
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I see. But I figure even without flashing that I should at least get 2g/Edge, right? I wasnt even getting that
Im coming from the Note 2 which has a non removable SIM to my knowledge. I used a relatives upgrade so I think Sprint assumed I have a SIM. Question is: Will I need to get a SIM card to activate the phone?
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Im coming from the Note 2 which has a non removable SIM to my knowledge. I used a relatives upgrade so I think Sprint assumed I have a SIM. Question is: Will I need to get a SIM card to activate the phone?
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All Sprint LTE phones come with a SIM card (paired with the MEID and/or IMEI of the phone). No, you don't need to get a SIM to activate the Note 4. It comes with one already and will be activated/provisioned on your account when you activate..
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All Sprint LTE phones come with a SIM card (paired with the MEID and/or IMEI of the phone). No, you don't need to get a SIM to activate the Note 4. It comes with one already and will be activated/provisioned on your account when you activate..
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So I'm assuming that the phone will come provisioned to activate using the phone number of the relative whose upgrade i used? Is this something we can call sprint and have switched so it activates using my phone number? Thanks for the help.
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So I'm assuming that the phone will come provisioned to activate using the phone number of the relative whose upgrade i used? Is this something we can call sprint and have switched so it activates using my phone number? Thanks for the help.
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Just call in to C.S or use web chat and they'll handle it fine.
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Im coming from the Note 2 which has a non removable SIM to my knowledge. I used a relatives upgrade so I think Sprint assumed I have a SIM. Question is: Will I need to get a SIM card to activate the phone?
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It will come with the SIM in the phone. I came from the Note II as well. All I had to do was go online to the activate tab. Boot up the phone, let it do it's thing and was all set. Took less than five minutes.
This might seem like an odd question but I was poking around my note 4 today and i'm noticing something interesting within the settings. If you go into Settings> More Networks> Mobile Networks you can see a small list if mobile network options. If you select Network Mode, you can see it has GSM/UMTS as an option to select. Going back you can also see within that small list of network options a grayed out setting "Network Operators." This leads me to question, is this phone capable of being used on both GSM and CDMA? If not with factory Sprint settings, possibly something the hardware is able to do unlocked? I just find it interesting that the device offers different network options than the standard CDMA/LTE that I am used to only seeing on and once more there is no carrier branding on the device at all outside of the initial splash screen upon start-up.
What do you guys think?
Before my sprint note 4 was activated, in the apn settings,i was able to edit it as there was nothing in there. Once I had activated the phone it showed the sprint one and had became grayed out being uneditable.
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Before my sprint note 4 was activated, in the apn settings,i was able to edit it as there was nothing in there. Once I had activated the phone it showed the sprint one and had became grayed out being uneditable.
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Interesting, thanks for the share. During that brief moment you had in the APN Settings, did it display list of carriers or was it like an actual edit option for you to place input? Im curious to find out if this thing can actually run GSM network sims.
ask sprint for a sim unlock...and check
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Interesting, thanks for the share. During that brief moment you had in the APN Settings, did it display list of carriers or was it like an actual edit option for you to place input? Im curious to find out if this thing can actually run GSM network sims.
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It was the actual option to edit it and there were no carriers listed.
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You guys may be on to something!!!
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This might seem like an odd question but I was poking around my note 4 today and i'm noticing something interesting within the settings. If you go into Settings> More Networks> Mobile Networks you can see a small list if mobile network options. If you select Network Mode, you can see it has GSM/UMTS as an option to select. Going back you can also see within that small list of network options a grayed out setting "Network Operators." This leads me to question, is this phone capable of being used on both GSM and CDMA? If not with factory Sprint settings, possibly something the hardware is able to do unlocked? I just find it interesting that the device offers different network options than the standard CDMA/LTE that I am used to only seeing on and once more there is no carrier branding on the device at all outside of the initial splash screen upon start-up.
What do you guys think?
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Before my sprint note 4 was activated, in the apn settings,i was able to edit it as there was nothing in there. Once I had activated the phone it showed the sprint one and had became grayed out being uneditable.
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It was the actual option to edit it and there were no carriers listed.
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So me being the sly little devil that i am, decided to check my apn's on my phone which turns out, THAT THEY ARE EDITABLE!!!!. So i can know assume that the phone may come factory unlocked and that we should add another carriers apns and sim card to try it out. I believe this is the reason why the phones dont have the carrier branding on them, because they are proprietary to samsung before activation, and then that carrier adds the signed/encrypted packages to the phone. So, with that said.... I NEVER ACTIVATED MY NOTE 4. i SWITCHED BACK TO MY NOTE 3 AFTER I PURCHASED THE PHONE. ( sorry for the caps, pure excitement) Then I skipped the activation and blocked the phones internet access, so here i sit with an non activated sprint note 4. If anyone wants me to test anything let me know!
Here are the pics.
I got this ...
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I got this ...
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has the phone been activate via sprint?
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has the phone been activate via sprint?
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yeah... but I do believe if you get an unactivated one and run the setup with another sim you could get it to work!
I believe this as well
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yeah... but I do believe if you get an unactivated one and run the setup with another sim you could get it to work!
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Mine hadn't been activated yet! Now all I need is a tmobile or att sim. I'm to lazy to leave the house so I thinki will order one
so I got my att sim
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Any idea what I beed to do to save the apn. They wont atick. Should I acquire root?
i stuffed a tmobile sim in and got the invalid sim msg, if its anything like the s4 etc we will need to sim unlock it and then domestically unlock it.
you can always ##786# and enter your MSL to reset the device if you think sprints programming is the thing messing it up, however it really does wipe the device.
its a no go
shabbypenguin said:
i stuffed a tmobile sim in and got the invalid sim msg, if its anything like the s4 etc we will need to sim unlock it and then domestically unlock it.
you can always ##786# and enter your MSL to reset the device if you think sprints programming is the thing messing it up, however it really does wipe the device.
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I can see att and tmobile network, but i did some browsing in the build.prop file and discovered that there is a setting that says uses sprint sim card only. So It turns out that sprint used the same lock method as the note 3 on this. So now im trying some other things, going to look into a jtag and solder directly to the chip to read files and write them, so i can find out whats really going on with this unlock behind the scenes
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I'm stuck with my sprint galaxy note 4 unactivavted .
Did you guys ever get yours unlocked
if you are still with sprint .
One guy told me that i would have to get Sprint to do a international ulock and that will unlock the sim but the phone has to be active on sprint's network for them to do it
If their is a way to unlock my phone without going to sprint please tell me thanx and good luck
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So me being the sly little devil that i am, decided to check my apn's on my phone which turns out, THAT THEY ARE EDITABLE!!!!. So i can know assume that the phone may come factory unlocked and that we should add another carriers apns and sim card to try it out. I believe this is the reason why the phones dont have the carrier branding on them, because they are proprietary to samsung before activation, and then that carrier adds the signed/encrypted packages to the phone. So, with that said.... I NEVER ACTIVATED MY NOTE 4. i SWITCHED BACK TO MY NOTE 3 AFTER I PURCHASED THE PHONE. ( sorry for the caps, pure excitement) Then I skipped the activation and blocked the phones internet access, so here i sit with an non activated sprint note 4. If anyone wants me to test anything let me know!
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same here have this sprint n910p trying to unlock or use it with gsm slot any carrier how to go about it
I just hate sprint so bad, I have the nexus 6 witch I know I can take to a GSM carrier but we are wondering if my wife's Note 4 can do the same once we pay them off.
Currently the note is not sim unlocked in the US they are unlocked for outside the US. But with in time I'm sure some great xda member will find a way like they did on the note2
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I just hate sprint so bad, I have the nexus 6 witch I know I can take to a GSM carrier but we are wondering if my wife's Note 4 can do the same once we pay them off.[/QUOT
ask sprint to do a " international sim unlock" now because you are going overseas for vacation . they will not do it if you dont just to go to another carrier but thats what I found out after they do that then the phone can be used with another carrier. that is what I didn't do and now they said I would have to get their service two year contract and keep it for 3 months and then they will unlock sim pay early termination fee goodluck
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Galaxy Tools has a SIM unlock button in it. I pressed it and it says Im unlocked now but not sure. So as far as sprint unlocking it for you I think its possible you can do it yourself for international.
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I have a cricket sim card (in an adapter - nano >standard) in an Incredible 2.
The phone is unlocked.
When I put the sim card in, in both global and GSM mode, I get an error of an invalid sim and it won't let me edit the GSM settings or apn.
Has anyone done this? I just need a phone for the time being. I'm using the sim card in a different phone to type and post this, so I know the sim card is good and active.
Any ideas help? Phone is stock 2.3.4
Thank you in advance.
How exactly did you get the phone unlocked?
called Verizon, got the code. put it in, phone restarts, then says its unlocked.
Any help with the sim issue?
71pandas said:
called Verizon, got the code. put it in, phone restarts, then says its unlocked.
Any help with the sim issue?
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Alright, sounds like it should be gsm unlocked. Are you sure the cricket sim is GSM? I thought cricket was cdma but I might be wrong. If you can, try a tmo or att sim in the phone and see if you get signal. Also next time can you quote me so I can see your reply? Thanks.
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Alright, sounds like it should be gsm unlocked. Are you sure the cricket sim is GSM? I thought cricket was cdma but I might be wrong. If you can, try a tmo or att sim in the phone and see if you get signal. Also next time can you quote me so I can see your reply? Thanks.
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Cricket is owned by ATT, I think they phased out CDMA in 2014 or 2015. They use all ATT towers now.
71pandas said:
Cricket is owned by ATT, I think they phased out CDMA in 2014 or 2015. They use all ATT towers now.
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Ahh, im behind on this kind of thing. Does the sim work on any other gsm phone? I would also try to flash a stock ruu.
ethanchow said:
Ahh, im behind on this kind of thing. Does the sim work on any other gsm phone? I would also try to flash a stock ruu.
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Using the sim in a different phone to write this post. Phones are bone stock.
thank you for the continued troubleshooting, really would like to get this figured out. I've been around here much longer than this username. Normally I find the answers without the need for more specific help. This one has me stumped though.
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Using the sim in a different phone to write this post. Phones are bone stock.
thank you for the continued troubleshooting, really would like to get this figured out. I've been around here much longer than this username. Normally I find the answers without the need for more specific help. This one has me stumped though.
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Just try to RUU to stock and factory reset. Sometimes you need to wipe everything after entering the code so the phone will autodownload the apn settings.
Just bought an unlocked SM-G960U1 from Samsung.com. I used my active SIM card from the old Moto G4 on the S9 and it didn't work. Checked IMEI with Verizon and it said the phone should work perfectly with their network. I talked to tech service by phone and they told me to look for LTE/CDMA in Settings but I only have LTE/3G/2G and such. in settings. What is wrong with the phone? Is it a real unlocked one or they shipped me a wrong model? Please help. Thanks.
Reset the APN settings
then reboot the phone
and make sure you have store bought sim, they do update SIM models and sometimes it can matter.
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Reset the APN settings
then reboot the phone
and make sure you have store bought sim, they do update SIM models and sometimes it can matter.
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Thanks for answering. I reset all APNs to default and reboot but it didn't work. It seems the phone does have any setting related to CDMA network.
That phone is perfect for Tmobile and Metro PCS ...
Is Verizon using GSM type phones ?
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That phone is perfect for Tmobile and Metro PCS ...
Is Verizon using GSM type phones ?
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No. Verizon is using CDMA.
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Thanks for answering. I reset all APNs to default and reboot but it didn't work. It seems the phone does have any setting related to CDMA network.
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Yep there is definitely something wrong. Maybe I missed it but I don't see where you mentioned getting a new sim. The best option would be going into a Verizon store and getting them to put in a new sim. If that isn't possible get them to send you a new sim.
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Yep there is definitely something wrong. Maybe I missed it but I don't see where you mentioned getting a new sim. The best option would be going into a Verizon store and getting them to put in a new sim. If that isn't possible get them to send you a new sim.
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Thanks for the reply. I am using my existing sim card which was purchased two years ago. I will visit a Verizon shop and see if a new sim can do the trick.
New sim card is the solution
Thanks all. A new sim card from Verizon activated the CDMA connection of the new G960U1. I am a happy S9 user now.
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Thanks all. A new sim card from Verizon activated the CDMA connection of the new G960U1. I am a happy S9 user now.
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also for future reference, ive had issues setting to lte/cdma on verizon.. works best for me in global mode
Lol that's literally 1 of the first things i said to check :/
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Lol that's literally 1 of the first things i said to check :/
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Yes, I certainly got your advice. The time when I asked the question was the evening but I did go to a Verizon store and get a new sim next day. Thanks again. :good: :highfive:
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Thanks all. A new sim card from Verizon activated the CDMA connection of the new G960U1. I am a happy S9 user now.
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Does your model number change to SM-G960U, after activation with a Verizon SIM or does your ABOUT PHONE section list your S9 as an SM-G960U1?
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Does your model number change to SM-G960U, after activation with a Verizon SIM or does your ABOUT PHONE section list your S9 as an SM-G960U1?
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If you flash U1 it will remain u1 until you flash u firmware
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If you flash U1 it will remain u1 until you flash u firmware
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I've since found that out from Samsung.
Kinda surprised they were correct.