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RMA UK device, came back with US Motherboard, AT&T locked Internet.

I RMA-ed my HTC Titan X310e from UK because of the GPS Problem in tracking me down .
HTC sent it back with a US Motherboard of the Titan P series, which is from AT&T.
I have a goPhone service before and the UK Titan acquired great 3G for me, but now , i have the 4G icon popup, but i can;t access internet. I can call, text a message and receive them without any trouble.
I thought that even GoPhone services doesn't provide 4G Speed, at least they will still let me connect to the 3G network? Because i can't surf web at all.
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Download the HTC connection setup app while connected to the internet via wifi. Disconnect from wifi then run the connection setup app.

voluptuary said:
Download the HTC connection setup app while connected to the internet via wifi. Disconnect from wifi then run the connection setup app.
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I tried. No luck.
But guess what, i swap the IPhone 4S Simcard from my Brother. I was able to get online on that sim.
So look like AT&T locked my simcard? Can they do that? because my simcard is a goldphone one.

A gophone sim will work in any att phone and an att sim will work in any gophone or that's how it is supposed be. If it's not working for you even after using the network tool I would stop in an att store (a corporate owned one) and talk to someone about it. BTW that 4G is still really 3G it's just how att shows HSPA+.

voluptuary said:
A gophone sim will work in any att phone and an att sim will work in any gophone or that's how it is supposed be. If it's not working for you even after using the network tool I would stop in an att store (a corporate owned one) and talk to someone about it. BTW that 4G is still really 3G it's just how att shows HSPA+.
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I have the $50 Unlimited Plan, and yeah, whatever...
I had the H icon for HSPA+ ( I believe) when my phone is still an UK devices.
Now my titan is more like a mix from US Motherboard of AT&T Version and other part from UK version...
But what do you mean by a Corporate Ownder ATT Store?

Strike_Eagle said:
I have the $50 Unlimited Plan, and yeah, whatever...
I had the H icon for HSPA+ ( I believe) when my phone is still an UK devices.
Now my titan is more like a mix from US Motherboard of AT&T Version and other part from UK version...
But what do you mean by a Corporate Ownder ATT Store?
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The moment you walk into a corporate owned AT&T store and ask them to fix your phone because you wanted unlimited Internet again on your smartphone, they'll more than likely say its not possible.
The data plans on GoPhone pre-paid accounts were never meant for smartphones, as prepaid smartphones have their own capped data packages you can purchase.
So if you really find someone very nice or helpful (and that is a big if), then great. But more than likely, they will turn you away and tell you that you can only use regular data packages on your smartphone device with a prepaid account.

prjkthack said:
The moment you walk into a corporate owned AT&T store and ask them to fix your phone because you wanted unlimited Internet again on your smartphone, they'll more than likely say its not possible.
The data plans on GoPhone pre-paid accounts were never meant for smartphones, as prepaid smartphones have their own capped data packages you can purchase.
So if you really find someone very nice or helpful (and that is a big if), then great. But more than likely, they will turn you away and tell you that you can only use regular data packages on your smartphone device with a prepaid account.
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Yeah... at least they are right when i have Internet Service on the Contract-Based sim...
Freaking stupid...
Feel kinda regret for having the motherboard changed, lol.

Strike_Eagle said:
Yeah... at least they are right when i have Internet Service on the Contract-Based sim...
Freaking stupid...
Feel kinda regret for having the motherboard changed, lol.
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I think you need to get onto HTC and ream them for sending you back a different phone that what you purchased. You purchased a UK phone, did you not? They sent it back to you with AT&T parts. This is not ok, as far as I'm concerned... if the substitution was not approved by you. It's up to HTC to make your smartphone 'right' again.

+1 with Ansieo
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Here you can see the front of my Titan now
Clear, no AT&T mark.
But on the back, the model is from AT&T.
As far as i know, they said they replaced the MB and that is all they did, so, the screeen, camera... and something else that i don't know is still from UK.
As far as you guys tell me, i will have to find another temp replacement since this could happen regularly and i need my phone for my stuffs.
PS: I plugged the old GoPhone simcard in to a GSM Phone and i still have EDGE Signal and can surf web on it...
anseio said:
I think you need to get onto HTC and ream them for sending you back a different phone that what you purchased. You purchased a UK phone, did you not? They sent it back to you with AT&T parts. This is not ok, as far as I'm concerned... if the substitution was not approved by you. It's up to HTC to make your smartphone 'right' again.
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and no, they didn't call me at all. The phone was received on Monday , and it get fixed in Tuesday, and sent it back to me on Wednesday...

I'd be losses if I bought an I branded phone, sent it in for repair, and received branded parts back.
Strike_Eagle said:
Here you can see the front of my Titan now
Clear, no AT&T mark.
But on the back, the model is from AT&T.
As far as i know, they said they replaced the MB and that is all they did, so, the screeen, camera... and something else that i don't know is still from UK.
As far as you guys tell me, i will have to find another temp replacement since this could happen regularly and i need my phone for my stuffs.
PS: I plugged the old GoPhone simcard in to a GSM Phone and i still have EDGE Signal and can surf web on it...
and no, they didn't call me at all. The phone was received on Monday , and it get fixed in Tuesday, and sent it back to me on Wednesday...
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Correction: I'd be pissed.
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I will call the lads down there to see what is up on Monday...
does HTC have an Unbranded US Version for Titan after all?

Strike_Eagle said:
I will call the lads down there to see what is up on Monday...
does HTC have an Unbranded US Version for Titan after all?
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To my understanding... no, they don't.

anseio said:
To my understanding... no, they don't.
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If i say i want an unbranded one, i bet they will say that there is not much difference between 2 version, and they can get me an Sim-Unlock Code...
But i just still wondering why i have 3g/4G access on the Contract-based Sim , but not GoPhone.

Strike_Eagle said:
If i say i want an unbranded one, i bet they will say that there is not much difference between 2 version, and they can get me an Sim-Unlock Code...
But i just still wondering why i have 3g/4G access on the Contract-based Sim , but not GoPhone.
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Probably because if its got an AT&T/US IMEI, then AT&T is well aware that you are using a smartphone and they can actively block you from taking advantage of smartphone internet without the appropriate data package.
See before, you had an unknown IMEI from out of the country, so AT&T can't make heads or tails of it, and therefore they don't do anything about it when you use it on a plan you aren't supposed to be using it for. But now that they know you are using a smartphone, they say no data plan for you.

prjkthack said:
Probably because if its got an AT&T/US IMEI, then AT&T is well aware that you are using a smartphone and they can actively block you from taking advantage of smartphone internet without the appropriate data package.
See before, you had an unknown IMEI from out of the country, so AT&T can't make heads or tails of it, and therefore they don't do anything about it when you use it on a plan you aren't supposed to be using it for. But now that they know you are using a smartphone, they say no data plan for you.
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I am using the $50 Unlimited All from GoPhone which is required for Smartphone.
"Smartphone users must purchase a data package to use data services with any plan. Pay-per-use is not available with smartphones."
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...cell-phone-plans.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-005ZH4-0-2

Strike_Eagle said:
I am using the $50 Unlimited All from GoPhone which is required for Smartphone.
"Smartphone users must purchase a data package to use data services with any plan. Pay-per-use is not available with smartphones."
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...cell-phone-plans.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-005ZH4-0-2
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When you imported your Titan from the UK, AT&T had no way of knowing it was a smartphone. Therefore, you get to bypass any of their 'requirements'.
For example. I have a $20/mth unlimited GPRS Media Max plan. I get unlimited GPRS (from my feature phone) and 200 sms. Tethering is 'not allowed'. Now, I only use imported phones. I'm able to tether at HSPA speeds and my Lumia 800 from the UK is unrecognizable. Last year, I once put my SIM into an AT&T HTC HD7S and they immediately (and w/o my permission) forced me off my plan. A nasty little call to them and a ticket that took 5 days to resolve got me back on my old data plan.
Long story short. If the imei of your device is not recognized by AT&T as a smartphone, then you're victim to all of their limitations.

anseio said:
When you imported your Titan from the UK, AT&T had no way of knowing it was a smartphone. Therefore, you get to bypass any of their 'requirements'.
For example. I have a $20/mth unlimited GPRS Media Max plan. I get unlimited GPRS (from my feature phone) and 200 sms. Tethering is 'not allowed'. Now, I only use imported phones. I'm able to tether at HSPA speeds and my Lumia 800 from the UK is unrecognizable. Last year, I once put my SIM into an AT&T HTC HD7S and they immediately (and w/o my permission) forced me off my plan. A nasty little call to them and a ticket that took 5 days to resolve got me back on my old data plan.
Long story short. If the imei of your device is not recognized by AT&T as a smartphone, then you're victim to all of their limitations.
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If i have to go with contract based... either the way is hurt, because their cheapest plan for an individual is like $69 for calling and data (they just require data for the contract, but we also need calling...)...
So basically, i don't really see the difference between branded and unbranded device if i use the contract-based sim (at least for me - who text and use data alot ) because there isn't much options,

Here is the Update:
I tried the iPhone Microsim in the slot for Titan, little weird, but it works.
The reason that i RMA-ed the phone was about my GPS when it fu(ked up. At least i know it is fixed (somehow) when it was able to acquire the position of mine, little bit slow, but i think that because i am staying inside the house and my location doesn't have great Signal for AT&T tho... ( i usually have 1-3 bar of AT&T inside.) But whatever, it was able to track down where i am and hold it for over 3-4 mins.
I also tried surfing web without Wifi:
So... I think i am going to AT&T store tomorrow. Sign up for a god damn contract...

[Q] IMEI blocked?

Okay so I found galaxy note 2 from a craiglist deal, popped in sim card, everything worked great as its a tmobile version but said per seller that it was unlocked. 30 minutes later after the deal my device had been blocked from network use. My sim would no longer work in my older phone, so I called and got that fixed, but I now have a stupid nice phone that im using for a paper weight. Obviously the person who sold it to me either knew it was reported lost or stolen, or reported it after selling it to me, its whatever it happens right.
What are my options? I really want to be able to use this phone and spent a lot of money on it. I appreciate all input.

Try using another sim card I suppose
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I did, I even went to the AT&T store and they gave me a new sim card and it worked, made calls, surfed the web for like 10 minutes and the same thing happened.

pr0cl1v1ty said:
I did, I even went to the AT&T store and they gave me a new sim card and it worked, made calls, surfed the web for like 10 minutes and the same thing happened.
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the only thing you can do is have the seller call att or tmobile, what ever its branded and tell them they found the devise and att can unblock the imei

Sounds like u was scammed.
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Only other option may be to try it on the other carrier. If it's a TMo phone, try it on ATT and vice versa.
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darocsfinest1 said:
the only thing you can do is have the seller call att or tmobile, what ever its branded and tell them they found the devise and att can unblock the imei
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Yea, I've been trying to figure out how to lookup the original buyer of this phone.

pr0cl1v1ty said:
Okay so I found galaxy note 2 from a craiglist deal, popped in sim card, everything worked great as its a tmobile version but said per seller that it was unlocked. 30 minutes later after the deal my device had been blocked from network use. My sim would no longer work in my older phone, so I called and got that fixed, but I now have a stupid nice phone that im using for a paper weight. Obviously the person who sold it to me either knew it was reported lost or stolen, or reported it after selling it to me, its whatever it happens right.
What are my options? I really want to be able to use this phone and spent a lot of money on it. I appreciate all input.
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If it is locked. Unlock and use through other carrier either tmobile or something that uses tmobile network mvno. If u have att note 2.

Its starting to look like its just not safe to buy this phone off Craigslist...
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Its not this phone. Its any phone. Run the numbers before you buy like a good consumer
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I don't know if you guys have reading comprehension problems or what... Dude said he used on tmo for 30 minutes and then got blocked, and then did the same thing with AT&T. For those of you that don't know AT&T and T-Mobile now share their blacklists, meaning it will not work on any carrier that uses any of those towers. Sad to say your best option would be to sell to an international user on celltraderonline. Be very clear that it is on the US blacklist and will not work with AT&T, T-Mobile or their sister carriers.

Have you tried any T-Mobile or AT&T MVNO's like Simple Mobile or Red Pocket? That might work. If not your pretty much screwed. Unless you use it in another country.
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JOSE89178 said:
Have you tried any T-Mobile or AT&T MVNO's like Simple Mobile or Red Pocket? That might work. If not your pretty much screwed. Unless you use it in another country.
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Wow, I guess you didn't read my post above yours.

I have been "burnt" also with buying a T-Mo Note 2 on Craigslist. I used my phone for 2 mos before it got blocked from T-Mo. I used the dialer tricked and unlocked the phone and now using it on Straight Talk Att sim. But you are right you can't use it on T-Mo network or any of the mvnos. You can only use it for ATT mvnos. I get 4g speeds and everything.

KillaHurtz said:
Wow, I guess you didn't read my post above yours.
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Wow, I guess two people can't answer at the same time.
The posts are just three minutes apart.

I guess you read my mind lol. I never saw your post. I never would of posted something double and make myself look like a fool CD they were less then 3 min apart. So excuse me :banghead:
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dwest3784 said:
I have been "burnt" also with buying a T-Mo Note 2 on Craigslist. I used my phone for 2 mos before it got blocked from T-Mo. I used the dialer tricked and unlocked the phone and now using it on Straight Talk Att sim. But you are right you can't use it on T-Mo network or any of the mvnos. You can only use it for ATT mvnos. I get 4g speeds and everything.
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if the phone has been imei blacklisted it will not work on any united states gsm service that includes straight talk... highly doubt you have a blocked phone working on straight talk

I had another thread going about being blocked on imei.
I just called tmobile and talked to them for about thirty minutes about my situation.
A quick summarization of the conversation is:
- The previous owner has been accused of fraud so that is the reason of the blocked IMEI.
- Can't do anything to unblock it, unless the previous owner retracts ther dues or whatever it is that needs to be payed.
- No third party unlocking will work.
Well for me, I fortunately have his information such as address and phone number and the text conversation still logged on my old phone. Luckily I called him today as a private number to check if he's phone still worked and still does, thank god.
Now I'm planning on calling him up tomorrow and, professionally, tell him my situation. When I met the guy, he didn't seem like a bad guy but hey, never judge a book by it's cover eh.
If he refuses any of these or won't agree to a median than I'll have to take legal actions.
That's my plan that is. I am not going to let $600.00 go to waste on a blocked phone! I'm taking this guy all the way.

*#06#
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not sure but can't you get rid of your IMEI by flashing a bunch of times? I had this happen with my SK4G, my IMEI number under settings was a bunch of 0s. When I called up T-mobile and asked for an unlock code for the phone, it didn't work because my IMEI was screwed up. I ended up having to alter some Hex file in order to unlock it

Unlocking Your Phone Is Illegal Starting Tomorrow (1/26)

http://gizmodo.com/5978982/unlocking-your-phone-is-illegal-starting-tomorrow
oh boy - i wonder how strongly they'll track this ...

Personally, I think thats really dumb because its only gonna make people want to it more.
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That is NOT rooting. That is using QPST to flash to another carrier and there are so many exceptions in there that it probably affects 0.2% users on here. It just means that a Boost dealer is not going to just randomly unlock any phone and flash it for you.
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kennyglass123 said:
That is NOT rooting. That is using QPST to flash to another carrier and there are so many exceptions in there that it probably affects 0.2% users on here. It just means that a Boost dealer is not going to just randomly unlock any phone and flash it for you.
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Since 2010 rooting has been protected. But they'll probably go after it again soon
The prey is just simply another predator
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Since 2010 rooting has been protected. But they'll probably go after it again soon
The prey is just simply another predator
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In order to go after rooting they would need to get SCOTUS to change their ruling. Even an act of congress can't overturn the SCOTUS ruling so it would take a hell of alot of good convincing arguments to get them to do a 180. Apple tried and failed, Google doesn't care if you root or not and Verizon is the only carrier that would really put up a fight against rooting so I don't see it happening anytime soon. The problem is they let old farts that have no clue about technology write these stupid laws. When you have an uneducated person write a law you end up with laws that make no sense. More or less someone's just trying to make up a new crime to generate more revenue personally I'll tell em right where they can take that law turn it sideways and shove it
I like to break stuff!

So I don't need to scramble and root my phone tonight possibly bricking in fit of panic?

bob_ross said:
So I don't need to scramble and root my phone tonight possibly bricking in fit of panic?
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No you don't. Lol, honestly even if you want to unlock a gsm phone I wouldn't rush, how the hell will they prove you did it after tomorrow
I like to break stuff!

Lol I don't care
The slight chance I leave sprint for a GSM carrier I'll be sure to buy the play store nexus but I guess not being able to use whatever phone I want defeats the purpose of a GSM carrier
But if rooting becomes illegal I wonder what I'll do
I like to brick stuff!
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Edit: because every one who's phone I root or jailbreak always tells me the wrong phone name or gets scammed in to getting the wrong phone.
One guy bought a galaxy s 4g from Chinatown with the galaxy s 4g box and back cover but it was a vibrant in disguise

Yup guys lol, rooting is to unlocking as peanut butter is to jelly. They go hand in hand but totally different things
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Well there really is no such thing as unlocking a cdma phone. If you are flashing your sprint phone to another carrier you were already doing something in the gray area of illegal.
For gsm this sucks a lot. One of the big reasons to go gsm is the open ability to pop a sim into any phone and use it. I hope this is repealed. Sure, companies are pretty willing to unlock phones now, but I can see that all changing now that the law is in their court.
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Here's a petition I stumbled across today
http://androidcommunity.com/unlocking-your-phone-petition-started-to-make-it-legal-20130127/
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Really don't care what they make illegal.. ..I don't like rules anyways..!

Just 1 question. What for thay make it? I`m trying understand their law about "music content", they make on it huge money. But unlocked devices? All were made on open code, midified it (even adding 1 letter) & closed it. Which ":silly:" will modify it, if it works well? But if it works sh..ty & developer doesn`t want to improve it why they prohibiting us to do that. If it has sh..t code it can`t have any value, if it really good code & we can improve it (without taking money for & from it), why they prohibit this?
& what they prohibit next..?

Just an fyi, that this isn't for phone purchased prior to the ruling. This ruling is only for newly purchased phones, as in the date of ruling and going forward. Also this is more for large scale/business purchases. Apparently business would buy the subsidized phones, then unlock them and send them overseas for sale. This was the main reason for this new law.

just signed the petition but would like to ask a Q.
i just bought a Sprint S3 with cracked screen and bad esn off craigslist for $125 total
i was thinking about flashing to boost or straight talk but can see that is possibly illegal.
anyhow what if i get a sprint donor phone and flash it over to my bad esn sprint s3?
since its not switching carriers that would be ok wouldnt it?
do i need to take the esn sticker off donor phone and put it on phone with bad esn whenever i do this if i do?

en11gma said:
just signed the petition but would like to ask a Q.
i just bought a Sprint S3 with cracked screen and bad esn off craigslist for $125 total
i was thinking about flashing to boost or straight talk but can see that is possibly illegal.
anyhow what if i get a sprint donor phone and flash it over to my bad esn sprint s3?
since its not switching carriers that would be ok wouldnt it?
do i need to take the esn sticker off donor phone and put it on phone with bad esn whenever i do this if i do?
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How is that not switching carriers? Sprint is a carrier and Boost is an "Affiliate" carrier or whatever you want to call them. Just just pay Sprint to run off their towers.
Unlocked phones can be used on multiple GSM carriers. If you flashed one to Boost, I personally don't think that matters.

chrischoi said:
How is that not switching carriers? Sprint is a carrier and Boost is an "Affiliate" carrier or whatever you want to call them. Just just pay Sprint to run off their towers.
Unlocked phones can be used on multiple GSM carriers. If you flashed one to Boost, I personally don't think that matters.
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re-read what i wrote
guess you didnt get it.
My S3 (WITH BAD ESN)
Get a DONOR (SPRINT Phone)
(Flash Donor Phone SPRINT Info to the Sprint S3 Bad ESN phone)
Get it?
is it illegal?

en11gma said:
re-read what i wrote
guess you didnt get it.
My S3 (WITH BAD ESN)
Get a DONOR (SPRINT Phone)
(Flash Donor Phone SPRINT Info to the Sprint S3 Bad ESN phone)
Get it?
is it illegal?
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So you're saying you want to take a non-S3's ESN / IMEI and attempt to flash it to the BAD ESN S3?
So when you say DONOR, you just want the other "DONOR" phone's ESN.
Yes. That is supposedly illegal. If you're here even asking if that's illegal or not, I don't think you'll even be able to pull it off.

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So you're saying you want to take a non-S3's ESN / IMEI and attempt to flash it to the BAD ESN S3?
So when you say DONOR, you just want the other "DONOR" phone's ESN.
Yes. That is supposedly illegal. If you're here even asking if that's illegal or not, I don't think you'll even be able to pull it off.
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what i said was clearly stated and now you are twisiting it again.
SPRINT Bad ESN (my GS3)
DONOR = SPRINT Good ESN
TAKE DONOR INFO PUT IN MY GS3?
SAME CARRIER

Rooting and unlocking are 2 different things. Please do some research. Even if rooting becomes illegal people will still continue to do so...
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"Not registered on network" when trying to make a call...

Hello! I am a repair tech and I have a Samsung T999 Galaxy S III here and when I try to make calls on it a message pops up saying "Not registered on network" and I'm just wondering if there is a fix? I am using a valid SIM card and it works in other phones I have here.
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Being a tech and all I am sure you already checked your APN settings and EMEI correct?
Has the phone ever worked, and if so what were you doing when it stopped working?

jcbofkc said:
Being a tech and all I am sure you already checked your APN settings and EMEI correct?
Has the phone ever worked, and if so what were you doing when it stopped working?
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The APN settings currently in the phone are below. I don't know the exact settings, but will definitely look it up unless someone can tell me if what they see is correct? I checked the IMEI with T-Mobile and it doesn't have any bad history. The phone worked when I first bought it from a customer, but now that I am trying to sell it, any SIM card I put in there gives me the error.
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Is the imei still there in settings/about phone/ status? Did you root it or flash anything since it quit working? I know you checked the emei with tmobile but did you get it from the phone or the phone box?
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tgamble160 said:
Is the imei still there in settings/about phone/ status? Did you root it or flash anything since it quit working? I know you checked the emei with tmobile but did you get it from the phone or the phone box?
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I run a business and we buy used phones, etc. for resale. I just bought it from a customer the other day and I do not know the complete history of the device, but it is stock. The phone worked with SIM card in the phone upon purchasing, but now a week later when I am trying to sell it, it is giving me that error. I got the IMEI from settings/about phone/status.
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haoleflip said:
I run a business and we buy used phones, etc. for resale. I just bought it from a customer the other day and I do not know the complete history of the device, but it is stock. The phone worked with SIM card in the phone upon purchasing, but now a week later when I am trying to sell it, it is giving me that error. I got the IMEI from settings/about phone/status.
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If you're sure it worked when it was sold to you, and IMEI is in contact, and you're using a T-Mobile SIM...it's very likely he conned you for whatever reason or that HE STOLE the phone, and the owner called T-Mobile to blacklist the IMEI and you're no longer able to connect.

A word of advice before buying a android from someone ask about the original box and when it was bought maybe a receipt if possible. If that person gives you the run around and looks fishy don't buy the phone. Now you got a paper weight and its a win-win for seller since he's really not losing anything. Check if the EMEI matches from the battery on the back of the phone to the number on status of a phone. You can try using Odin as a last ditch effort to stock.
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If you're sure it worked when it was sold to you, and IMEI is in contact, and you're using a T-Mobile SIM...it's very likely he conned you for whatever reason or that HE STOLE the phone, and the owner called T-Mobile to blacklist the IMEI and you're no longer able to connect.
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But I have already checked with T-Mobile and the IMEI that the phone is reading is not blocked or reported lost or stolen. I spoke to two different reps because I was skeptical about the first answer I got. I am going to try to reload stock to see if that fixes anything.
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T-Mobile s3 will only work on whatever tower the SIM is for. Say you put a T-Mobile SIM in the phone is useless with out a T-Mobile tower. Same happens if you put a at&t SIM.
I've had 3 galaxy s3 phones and my brother has had a few as well. ALL do the same thing yours does. It just doesn't roam on any other tower then what the SIM is for. and even T-Mobile techs couldn't figure out why. Contacted Samsung about the issue and nothing ever came of it.
Do a manual search for networks. If your using a T-Mobile SIM look for there tower. If you don't see it there's your problem.
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haoleflip said:
But I have already checked with T-Mobile and the IMEI that the phone is reading is not blocked or reported lost or stolen. I spoke to two different reps because I was skeptical about the first answer I got. I am going to try to reload stock to see if that fixes anything.
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Unfortunately, that doesn't matter. It's what happens after that that matters. What needs to be asked is "is this phone on a EIP" (installment plan). If so, then it could easily be blacklisted by the seller stopping the payments. This just happened to me. The sale date and the blacklist date were 2 months apart. So, ebay and paypal were NOT interested in helping me since it was beyond 45 days. My credit card company took over. I got my money back and they went after the seller.
The bigger scam that caused T-Mobile to start blacklisting is people getting a phone for $199 on a two year deal, then selling it for $650 and never making a payment.
edit: the error "Not Registered on Network" is the error I got that prompted me to call T-Mobile only to find out I had been blacklisted. It was the second level tech that got me that information. He knew right away.

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T-Mobile s3 will only work on whatever tower the SIM is for. Say you put a T-Mobile SIM in the phone is useless with out a T-Mobile tower. Same happens if you put a at&t SIM.
I've had 3 galaxy s3 phones and my brother has had a few as well. ALL do the same thing yours does. It just doesn't roam on any other tower then what the SIM is for. and even T-Mobile techs couldn't figure out why. Contacted Samsung about the issue and nothing ever came of it.
Do a manual search for networks. If your using a T-Mobile SIM look for there tower. If you don't see it there's your problem.
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I know it's not an issue with towers as I have a bunch of other T-Mobile phones here that work just fine with the same SIM.
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ridobe said:
Unfortunately, that doesn't matter. It's what happens after that that matters. What needs to be asked is "is this phone on a EIP" (installment plan). If so, then it could easily be blacklisted by the seller stopping the payments. This just happened to me. The sale date and the blacklist date were 2 months apart. So, ebay and paypal were NOT interested in helping me since it was beyond 45 days. My credit card company took over. I got my money back and they went after the seller.
The bigger scam that caused T-Mobile to start blacklisting is people getting a phone for $199 on a two year deal, then selling it for $650 and never making a payment.
edit: the error "Not Registered on Network" is the error I got that prompted me to call T-Mobile only to find out I had been blacklisted. It was the second level tech that got me that information. He knew right away.
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I think I know someone who works with t-mobile, so I'll ask him if he can find out anything more. Thanks for the info.
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flash tab3 for phone use

Okay so I want to buy a tab3 and flash to use my phones sim card and be able to do sms and voice calls.. i did this with tab2 is there anything out yet for tab3? or nexus7?

Frustratez said:
Okay so I want to buy a tab3 and flash to use my phones sim card and be able to do sms and voice calls.. i did this with tab2 is there anything out yet for tab3? or nexus7?
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Not possible.
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Which model? A few Tab 3's are voice capable (without flashing), as is the international Note 8.

I'm curious about this as well. I have a t217a for ATT. I was under the impression that the gsm versions were all capable. I know I am boot loader locked...
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Not possible.
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Could you elaborate on that. Did they remove some of the hardware from the previous version

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Could you elaborate on that. Did they remove some of the hardware from the previous version
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To simplify even more - show me where the actual development is taking place on these devices.
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To simplify even more - show me where the actual development is taking place on these devices.
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I havent heard of any development. but if the hardware is capable then i was wondering along with everybody else, could we enable the dialer and use it could it be reverted back to the android 2.2 to enable that part of the radio? do you have any info on this? I know the 8 inch international version has it,

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I havent heard of any development. but if the hardware is capable then i was wondering along with everybody else, could we enable the dialer and use it could it be reverted back to the android 2.2 to enable that part of the radio? do you have any info on this? I know the 8 inch international version has it,
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I don't know much about this device even though I own one.
There's no normally placed earpiece so I can't imagine using it as a phone, hell, a tablet would look pretty stupid held to my face - which reminds me, no proximity sensor in it....
Revert back to 2.2? This device comes with 4.2 out of the box. No way to downgrade versions that I can see.
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I don't know much about this device even though I own one.
There's no normally placed earpiece so I can't imagine using it as a phone, hell, a tablet would look pretty stupid held to my face - which reminds me, no proximity sensor in it....
Revert back to 2.2? This device comes with 4.2 out of the box. No way to downgrade versions that I can see.
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I got rid of my phone service a long time ago and just use voip now on with my samsung note with the tmobile 5gb $30 plan, but i switched over to att for this tablet and have been using it with voip with no problems call quality is excellent, speakerphone is crystal clear but i like using my headphones i use grooveip so all my calls to all phones in the us is free. this thing makes a great phone. but knowing that the hardware is there it would be nice to just enable it and have the regular android dialer, the reason i said to revert it to 2.2 was because people have been doing that to enable the specific gsm frequency radio hardware on certain devices.
I think you are not really understanding what we are talking about, true it does not have a built in earpiece like a traditional phone, but it does have bluetooth for a headset and it does have a headphone jack for headphones and speakers for speakerphone and it has the gsm radio hardware for it, im using it right now as my phone using voip with att 4g network and it works great, someone calls my USA telephone number from a phone and my tablet rings, i answer and it works great as a phone..... but it would also be nice to have the regular gsm phone service active on it as a back up and for texting. and 911 so yes it works great as a phone now. we were just trying to flash it to enable the gsm radio
So you are not being helpful at all. because you dont seem to have knowledge regarding the issues we are referring to, and correct you would not hold it to your head because it has no earpiece but that does not matter and also it might look ridiculous to you but others might not really give a sh** what people think.
so to simplify even more , why dont you just stop discouraging people from trying to make things better

Im with @mentalmike99 on this if your not trying to further the discussion in a positive way no need to post. as for Groove IP I never could get it set right to work correctly so I use Zoiper or OBiON with my G-Voice # and they both work great. As far as sms use the G-Voice app or Hangout's now does sms as well. Just an Idea for you to look into for sms.
Hope we can get this figured out. You couldn't use that $30 5GB T-Mo plan on the AT&T GTAB 3 if it were unlocked? If not is the plan tied to the imei & not the Sim card? I was thinking about going to that plan is why I am asking. Thanks

I am using tablet voice with my Google voice number. It works, but I'm not real impressed with it. I only use it on speaker. Having the full on phone active would be a he he plus for me as well, but I'm wondering if its going to happen because of the bootloader being locked still. I can't really speculate about the older tabs because I didn't have one, but I thought the hardware was there and just needed to have a modem fw flashed to enable it. It seems like the ATT version is going to be uncharted territory for a while, but I'm hopeful...
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Hope we can get this figured out. You couldn't use that $30 5GB T-Mo plan on the AT&T GTAB 3 if it were unlocked? If not is the plan tied to the imei & not the Sim card? I was thinking about going to that plan is why I am asking. Thanks
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the tmobile plan is awsome but i had to change to ATT because tmobile's cell tower is messed up in my home area so i havent been able to get data for like 2 months here so i finally had to give up on them. trust me i would have loved to stay with them cause i think ATT really sucks, good service technically but price wise no way!. thanks for the info on the other voip services because grooveip works good but it keeps loosing the incoming connection so i sometimes cant receive calls unless i exit and restart the program
As for using it on Tmobiles network, i dont think it would be a problem as long as Tmobile had "refarmed" their tower in your area to the LTE freq. if not then I believe you can only get 2g , not sure on all of that.
Just so you know you will need to get a new tmobile sim from walmart or at least tell them you got it from walmart to activate on the $30 plan.
i really hope we can get the phone part going cause thats the only thinkg i miss about using my samsung note

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the tmobile plan is awsome but i had to change to ATT because tmobile's cell tower is messed up in my home area so i havent been able to get data for like 2 months here so i finally had to give up on them. trust me i would have loved to stay with them cause i think ATT really sucks, good service technically but price wise no way!. thanks for the info on the other voip services because grooveip works good but it keeps loosing the incoming connection so i sometimes cant receive calls unless i exit and restart the program
As for using it on Tmobiles network, i dont think it would be a problem as long as Tmobile had "refarmed" their tower in your area to the LTE freq. if not then I believe you can only get 2g , not sure on all of that.
Just so you know you will need to get a new tmobile sim from walmart or at least tell them you got it from walmart to activate on the $30 plan.
i really hope we can get the phone part going cause thats the only thinkg i miss about using my samsung note
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I bought 4 sims Directly from T-Mobile awhile back well actually I didn't "BUY" them they were free. All I read about it was that you have to Activate online to get that plan which is not an issue for me cause that's all I do is Activate Customers online all day long its just thru my dealer portals lol I guess its kinda different but don't tell anyone shh lol kinding anyway well thats good to know that it should work & sorry to hear about ur tower issue. The coverage map says they have "4G" in my area & people that have stopped buy with T-Mobile 4G enabled phones get 4G here & some of the T-Mo MVNO's I sell get 4G so I think im good to go on that front unless they are selling hspa+ as 4G still then I may b alittle disappointed idk we will see.
So what is the "UNLOCKED" comment about? was that about the Bootloader or Sim Part? If you want a Good site to get SIP info for G-Voice that will work in any SIP App let me know I'll point u toward a site that u can get it free I gave a "donation" & got the GSM band but you can use other bands I didn't see a difference honestly I just think DEV's & Other that do stuff like need paid for their HARD WORK they put in. Diff topic all together I know

Locked is for boot loader, meaning if there are any packages/firmware that needs to be flashed the ATT people may be out of luck. Sprint on the other hand is not boot loader locked. Sim unlocked is something else, mainly moving to a different provider with existing equipment.
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Ok so I got to wondering if it is possible to use this as a phone. Im not a programmer but I went into the Build.prop file & it looks like the phone part of this device is enabled. I took a screen shot & put some red arrows by what I am talking about. I don't have any clue if those help or mean anything but I would think that phone enabled is a good sign.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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Why not?
I use this tablet primarily for voice calls, sms texts, net surf, games, etc etc just like normal android phones out there.
got earpiece at the topside (chrome holes thingy), so when making voice calls, we don't need to use external speakers, just hold it just like normal phones do. It also got proximity sensor.
mine is tab 3 7.0 model t211, GSM HSPA, 16gb.
got to admit tho, earpiece voice not loud, had trouble hearing especially at crowded and noisy places.
looks weird placing voice calls with this huge thing, everyone is looking at me lol.

NO Ear Speaker on a T211 that I know of Included link also
tukulll said:
Why not?
I use this tablet primarily for voice calls, sms texts, net surf, games, etc etc just like normal android phones out there.
got earpiece at the topside (chrome holes thingy), so when making voice calls, we don't need to use external speakers, just hold it just like normal phones do. It also got proximity sensor.
mine is tab 3 7.0 model t211, GSM HSPA, 16gb.
got to admit tho, earpiece voice not loud, had trouble hearing especially at crowded and noisy places.
looks weird placing voice calls with this huge thing, everyone is looking at me lol.
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I don't know how to edit the info up top I stand Corrected before you chew into my A**.
Is that the International Version? I did a search on it & didn't see the Speaker till after I put my post up then I seen this pic on phone arena & I see the 1 with the speaker ur talking about but haven't seen it anywhere for sale I don't believe. Where did u get it & what carrier is for? AT&T?
Most of us are using bluetooth or wired headsets & using our Google Voice with 1 of many app's & ways to use the setup. I personally have 3 diff apps I on my tab that I could use at anytime but none of them are a "Great" or "Perfect" solution to a stock dialer setup like a normal phone. I'm willing to pay a little bit & help with whatever I can to get this done. If theres a dev out there that wants to look into this & uses hangouts hit me up at snyderswireless if you need a file pulled from the tab or whatever. It would be nice to have a stock dialer that we could use.
I know i'm thinking about getting rid of this tab & getting either a Note 8(for the Phone) or Nexus 7(leaning toward this) on T-Mo but haven't made up my mind yet on what I want to do.

the OP original question is IF he buys the tab3, then will phone/mms work.
and the answer is "depends" on which model he buys.
Some work right out of the box with your existing sim out of your smart phone.
Some wont.. rule of thumb would be the price point.. and the screenshot of the device..
I say if its close to 300$ and higher, it may have the capabilities built in..
cheaper tab3's, (and if the phone icon) doesnt show on the home screen..May or May not.
We should start to list the models we have and let him know what we do to get them to do what he wants..
Tab3 - 8" T-315 international version. Phone/data/mms are built in from the get go. just take the sim out of my smartphone and stick it in the tab.

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I don't know how to edit the info up top I stand Corrected before you chew into my A**.
Is that the International Version? I did a search on it & didn't see the Speaker till after I put my post up then I seen this pic on phone arena & I see the 1 with the speaker ur talking about but haven't seen it anywhere for sale I don't believe. Where did u get it & what carrier is for? AT&T?
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I bought it here :
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http://www.lazada.co.id/samsung-galaxy-tab-iii-t211-7-putih-89977.html
that's our local online store, trusted. i say, local only.
here's the pictures i snapped for your reference
and yes, it's basically a cell phone, a BIG cell phone, you can place voice calls and texts as normal phones do, runs on WCDMA (HSPA) frequencies, and unlocked, SIM free in Indonesia.
I don't know which frequency AT&T is based on, but this information below might be useful for you.
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http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/indonesia.html