So I have a sprint model HTC One M8 HK edition with straight talk service and sim card running Viper One OS, recently s-offed and sim unlocked my phone with the sunshine service. It worked well for the first day and then after that it kept asking me to set up my sim card. I thought it was just a read issue so i took it out, cleaned it off, and it worked for about 12-14 hours until I went to work today. Now it seems it is doing it nearly every hour or even less, I have to keep rebooting the phone to get it to read the card but every time it asks me to set it up again. After I select the set up prompt I go into my apn settings and the ones I had set before are all back and my data connection is back. After it happened again three times in an hour I downloaded a sim info app and here's where it starts to get weird...
I boot up my phone, the prompt is there to set up the sim card, so I press that and find my apn settings are back. I go into the sim app and it has my phone number and gsm phone type and all the regular stuff it should. I wait till it loses connection again and go back into the sim app, and now it has the previous user's phone number, listing the phone as CDMA, but still with my sim card number. So I rebooted the phone again, and out of curiosity, I did not press the sim set up prompt and went straight into the sim app only to see that my phone number and type and sim card are all still there, texting is working, but my phone says no data connection. I made sure the wifi was off (it was) and sent another text and went to a random web page, everything works fine but it still is asking me to set up sim card. So i go back into the sim reader app and when i open it it all of a sudden refreshes and the previous user's number and info are back. What the hell is going on? I thought it was a faulty sim card at first but it still shows my sim card number when I start to get no service. I have a new sim card on the way, just in case that's the problem. Anyone else had anything similar to this happen to them?
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Hi there,
I'm on vaca for one month in Africa and I am trying to use my sim card but I have this message :" Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network "
I tried two different sim cards but I still have the same issue.
Note that the phone was working perfectly yesterday with my Tmobile Sim Card.
It's an international One X so I don't think that I need to unlock it.
Do you guys have any solutions?
Thank you
it sounds like something tmobile end has changed on your account, if possible i'd call them to see if they can help get it working again
other thing to check is the roaming settings, check its enabled etc
Thanks for the reply.
I'm not using that Tmobile sim card anymore. But an Orange one.
Should I factory reset it and see if it'll work?
Thanks
i had this happen on mine, ive got tmobile sim, it went to tmobile orange signal, i tried to manually switch it back to tmobile (better signal coverage) and it said the same thing.
A reboot didnt fix it so i went into settings, storage, make more storage and then cleared all temporary data for all apps.
this seems to temp fix the issue and allows me to reconnect to my peferred network it still happens every now and then so it could be a software gitch with the hox
Just tried it. Didn't work
I will restore it and see how it goes
Even with the New Rom, Superwipe I still have the same issue ?
i have the gt-i9250 and i always used an at&t sim with it with out an issue, recently i wanted to switch to t-mobile (thinking the phone should be unlocked considering it was an international phone and was the yakjuxw than i flashed it to yakju which was wierd cause i had google wallet on it and it was working fine although i only thought it was compatible with takju, but anyway all and all i put it to the usa firmware of takju 4.0.4 not going to jellybean yet, but my issue is that i am not able to use the t-mobile sim card in it and i get this (look at screenshot where signal is) what does this mean and how come i cant get signal, when i go to settings and mobile networks it shows me the apn for t-mobile us but not selected so i select it than after i go to mobile networks and it shows t-mobile and at&t and when i click any of them they tell me its unable to connect and it cant connect to the network at this time, so what would this mean and how would i fix it so that i can use it with my t-mobile sim card, also i flashed the newer NA radio uglc1.
That is weird. It should work on either of them. It just means you have no signal. That is strange. You could've actually just popped the Sim right in. It didn't matter if you were using a ROM
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Is the SIM activated for sure? I know when I switched to the T-mobile $30 plan it took it a good 15 minutes or so to activate, and then I didn't actually get signal until rebooting the phone for whatever reason.
Did you reboot your phone?
Although you can sometimes hot plug a sim card by turning on flight mode, taking the sim card out and toggling flight mode a few times, it won't work sometimes.
probably your cell imei not free and therefore can not change your sim.
There is an application called "****docomo" worth to release the imei. Make a backup just in case
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mcg9gtn1ei85357/FuxkDocomoV3.1.apk
yosula said:
probably your cell imei not free and therefore can not change your sim.
There is an application called "****docomo" worth to release the imei. Make a backup just in case
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mcg9gtn1ei85357/FuxkDocomoV3.1.apk
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Don't think he has a SIM unlock problem. Considering that it was working with AT&T, which never had a locked version of the GNex, I think he's having another issue.
I'd tell the OP to make 100% sure that his new T-Mobile SIM is activated and not defective, then try a few reboots and swaps back to the old SIM and do some troubleshooting. If it's the phone and not the SIM, its likely a mobile network registration error or an APN issue.
Looking in the notification bar, it seems like the phone doesn't think there's even a SIM inserted. Make sure you didn't damage a pin in the SIM tray, and that the SIM is properly inserted and clean. I don't think you'd get this error of "no SIM" if your phone was locked. If that was the case, the phone would recognize the SIM and prompt for an unlock code, which you're not getting.
Hi. i have unlocked Sony Xperia Ion LT28at.Was using it for couple of months but recently phone start shutting off, first battery lower than 30% but now even with 100%. Found out that it only when tmobile card is inserted. Tried my wife's card ,the same. without card phone still works and also when I inserted att card .I also just did factory reset Like I said phone worked perfect until like a week ago.
I just make factory reset and tried to play with the phone with different sims i collected over years. It works perfectly with Orange, Play,Cingular,ATT sims, but when I put old prepaid tmobile, it is shutting off again.
latawiec said:
Hi. i have unlocked Sony Xperia Ion LT28at.Was using it for couple of months but recently phone start shutting off, first battery lower than 30% but now even with 100%. Found out that it only when tmobile card is inserted. Tried my wife's card ,the same. without card phone still works and also when I inserted att card .I also just did factory reset Like I said phone worked perfect until like a week ago.
I just make factory reset and tried to play with the phone with different sims i collected over years. It works perfectly with Orange, Play,Cingular,ATT sims, but when I put old prepaid tmobile, it is shutting off again.
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Old sim's do that. They short circuit your phone, because they are old. Don't use it, or change it with a new one.
zupadroid said:
Old sim's do that. They short circuit your phone, because they are old. Don't use it, or change it with a new one.
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It may be so, but the same sim card work without the problem in another phones and the 12 year old cingular card does does not cause the problem, only tmobile cards. My daughter card is like a year old and it is causing shut down also.
latawiec said:
It may be so, but the same sim card work without the problem in another phones and the 12 year old cingular card does does not cause the problem, only tmobile cards. My daughter card is like a year old and it is causing shut down also.
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Call tmobile and let them know about the sim problem.
Someone says that it is a "safety" measure built in the system.
I'm not sure about that though.
Ok right now I reflashed the phone with current firmware, there is no programs installed. tried old sim cards from Orange,cingular, ATT and one more company I think Play, all works with the phone no shutting down. Then I tried my old prepaid Tmobile then my daughter's and my wife's tmobile cards all of them are shutting it down within a minute. I am using replacement unlocked samsung and have no problem with my sim card , same my wife's tmobile samsung and my daughther HTC oneS. Have only problem when I want to pair sony ion with any tmobile sim.
Try to disable the PIN CODE just for a few minutes. See what that goes.
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Try to disable the PIN CODE just for a few minutes. See what that goes.
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Don't know exactly what a pin code is, but just re-flashed the phone to LT28i, did not helped. phone still shutting off.
I had the same problem too.This worked for me:
1.Open your phone without sim
2a(Ice cream Sandwich):Then Go to the settings->more->mobile networks->Network mode or 2b(Gingerbread) Settings>Wireless and networks>Mobile networks>Network Mode
3:And change network mode to WCDMA only(this worked for me).
4:Insert your Sim and restart your phone
If "WCDMA only" doesn't work you can try "GSM" only.
Old thread but I hope someone else gets helped by this.
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I'm not sure at 100% that it ll work for u but i personaly tested it and worked fine
so you just have to activate the pin code on security and location setting
but the SIM card must be inserted to activate the pin code
If you never activated the pin code, then the default code must be 0000
if the phone turn off before u get acces to the setting menu so u have to
- boot without the sim
- turn on flight mode
- power off and insert the sim card
- boot with sim
- after this follow the above instructions
- reboot and after u enter the pin code turn off flight mode and see if the phone shutdown or not
- if it shutdown try to go back on setting and set mobile network to use gsm only
if u don't understand reply !
I hope it work for u
Is there any solution to this problems? Previous suggestion is not work..
- When insert sim card, the phone will shut down when try to search the network.
- The phone will not shut down if switch on without sim card
- But if the phone was connect to the charger, it can switch on with the sim card.
I don't think the battery is bad...
mohdikramj said:
Is there any solution to this problems? Previous suggestion is not work..
- When insert sim card, the phone will shut down when try to search the network.
- The phone will not shut down if switch on without sim card
- But if the phone was connect to the charger, it can switch on with the sim card.
I don't think the battery is bad...
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I just realize that, the problem is went want to search th 2G (GSM network). My area did not have 3G (the phone have poor 3G reception). So, the phone need to be in 2G mode, so it keep going shut down.
The problem is simple. The battery contacts need to be cleaned. Use a cotton swab, damp it with rubbing alcohol and clean the battery contact on both the battery and of the phone. The rubbing alcohol is safe for the metal contacts. Install the battery back and turn the phone on. This took care of in my case. Avoid touching these contacts as they're sensitive.
Amazing workaround!
ariss1986 said:
I had the same problem too.This worked for me:
1.Open your phone without sim
2a(Ice cream Sandwich):Then Go to the settings->more->mobile networks->Network mode or 2b(Gingerbread) Settings>Wireless and networks>Mobile networks>Network Mode
3:And change network mode to WCDMA only(this worked for me).
4:Insert your Sim and restart your phone
If "WCDMA only" doesn't work you can try "GSM" only.
Old thread but I hope someone else gets helped by this.
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Amazing! This is a great workaround. The reason is actually batteries getting faulty. I moved to 110V country from 220V and used a voltage transformer in front of adapter to charge the phone. It did something bad with the batteries. Though phone works fine when on charging- no shut down. It shuts down only when I try to place a call. Also I now charge it via laptop usb and disabled the fast charging and I think that also made batteries a bit better as phone is not switching off that frequently as it used to be. So also see how u are charging the batteries
Hi, my sister bought a used phone off eBay. When she got the phone it needed a Nano Sim and she converted her standard sized sim into a Nano Sim with the help of T-Mobile and installed the sim card. Everything went well until her husband went to buy a Galaxy S6 used off of someone on Craigslist and he took her Nano Sim out and put it in that S6 to test the phone. But when he put that Nano Sim back into the HTC One M9 the phone stopped working and says "Limited Service." The phone shows the phone number on the sim correctly and all the contacts stored on there show up but there is "Limited Service." Manually trying to select the service provider says "Your sim card is not authorized on this network." But taking the sim card out of the HTC One M9 and testing them in a Lumia 950XL, and Galaxy S6 it works perfectly fine with data and calls. Also testing the working sim cards from the Lumia 950XL and Galaxy S6 on the HTC One M9 results in the same "Limited Service" notification on the phone.
Things I have tried:
1. Putting tape in the sim card tray to increase the height of the sim card so the pins make good contact
2. Setting the APN manually or manually selecting the network
3. Testing the sim card on another phone
4. Testing working sim cards from other phones on the HTC One M9
5. Re-flashing the official 6.0 update from HTC - RUU_HIMA_UL_M60_SENSE70_TMUS_MR_TMOUS_3.39.531.7
6. Turning Airplane Mode on and turning it off to attempt to get the phone to connect back to the network
7. Disabling all other wireless services i.e. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc...
8. Removing the sim card and turning the phone off and waiting 5 minutes, putting the sim card back into the phone and powering the phone on
9. Removing the sim card and turning the phone off and waiting 5 minutes, and then turn the phone back on and then inserting the sim card
10. Booting into the phones modes and wiping all data and cache and restarting the phone
Pretty much I am at a dead end here with this phone. It seems to be a re-occurring theme with the HTC One phones where you end up with the "Limited Service" notification. Long hours of Google research yielded that there were problems with the HTC One M7 & M8 having the same notification issues. I was going to attempt to unlock the bootloader in order to flash custom roms onto the M9 but HTCDEV's website has a broken registration button that is linked to an HTML anchor (#) and submits no data from the form into their database so you can actually register. Attempting to use the WayBackMachine to see what that button was linked to yielded no help at all as it was still linked to the # anchor and pointed nowhere. As in HTML the # anchor just makes the page jump all the way back up and submits no form data into their database for registration. In this case it just jumps to the top of the page and erases all data filled in the registration form.
So pretty much I've exhausted all my resources and the only answer is to get access to HTCDev's website to unlock the bootloader but the registration process is broken for quite sometime now. I suspect the problem is either with the latest update or broken hardware but cannot confirm as I can't install any custom roms to test the hardware. The only other option right now is to take the phone apart and see if there is any loose parts or damage inside the phone but I don't have the correct torque tools to remove the screws.
Any help appreciated.
I can almost guarantee that the phone is on the blacklist and your sister has become a victim of insurance fraud.
Double check with the carrier and if it is blacklisted hand it in to the police with the name and address of the person that sold you it and explain your situation and that the seller might have committed fraud.
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Hey all,
This may or may not be ROM specific, but I just switched carriers and for the time that my number was being ported, I had both my old SIM card (Net10 on AT&T towers) and my new SIM card (T-Mobile) in the phone. During that crossover time, everything worked fine. In the SIM settings page, the carrier for each SIM and the associated phone number appeared correctly. However, once I removed my old SIM (phone was powered down any time I changed SIMs) the phone still functions fine for calls, texts, and data, but it no longer recognizes the SIM carrier or phone number.
This is made worse, as the carrier has an app that checks the SIM card before running, now, the app just shows "We do not recognize your SIM card".
I also noticed that carrier specific dialer codes no longer function. For example, if you dial #264# you should be presented with the status of T-Mobiles "Binge On" feature, but now it just does nothing once I hit call.
I have tried swapping the SIM between slot 1 and slot 2, I have also tried rebooting numerous times, all to no avail. I'd really prefer to not have to switch ROMs, but if that ends up being the solution, I guess I'll do it.
Any help would be appricated.
Thanks,
Austin
saleenman95 said:
Hey all,
This may or may not be ROM specific, but I just switched carriers and for the time that my number was being ported, I had both my old SIM card (Net10 on AT&T towers) and my new SIM card (T-Mobile) in the phone. During that crossover time, everything worked fine. In the SIM settings page, the carrier for each SIM and the associated phone number appeared correctly. However, once I removed my old SIM (phone was powered down any time I changed SIMs) the phone still functions fine for calls, texts, and data, but it no longer recognizes the SIM carrier or phone number.
This is made worse, as the carrier has an app that checks the SIM card before running, now, the app just shows "We do not recognize your SIM card".
I also noticed that carrier specific dialer codes no longer function. For example, if you dial #264# you should be presented with the status of T-Mobiles "Binge On" feature, but now it just does nothing once I hit call.
I have tried swapping the SIM between slot 1 and slot 2, I have also tried rebooting numerous times, all to no avail. I'd really prefer to not have to switch ROMs, but if that ends up being the solution, I guess I'll do it.
Any help would be appricated.
Thanks,
Austin
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What does your Settings>About Phone>Sim Status show?
There are some apps (root+Xposed required) which edit the number in the sim. You can also input a number if it is blank in the sim.
Failing this, you may have to approach your service provider.
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What does your Settings>About Phone>Sim Status show?
There are some apps (root+Xposed required) which edit the number in the sim. You can also input a number if it is blank in the sim.
Failing this, you may have to approach your service provider.
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The Phone Number row shows as Unknown in there as well. However, if I insert my old sim in the other sim slot it then shows my correct phone number.
So the number is there in the sim, but for some reason is only read if I have both sims in.