I received my Mi Max and love. However, straight talk is telling me that they do not recognize the MEID, IMEI, numbers. I have 2 IMEI slots. Straight talk said they couldn't find those numbers in their system. I talked to straight talk several times before I bought this phone and they told me that the max was compatible with their network. So How do I make it work? And what is the advantage of downloading the bootloader? By downloading the bootloader, will it allow me to get on straight talks network? I'm not a computer type guy so all this tech stuff is really new to me.
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I had to call to activate my nexus for straightalk becuase I needed to change the zip code associated with my number to be able to transfer my minutes to my nexus. It has been well over 24 hours of me waiting for my first phone to stop working so I could finally get my nexus to work, and I have called straight talk about this only to find out my number doesnt exist on their network and neither does the $45 dollar card. Does anyone know what might have went wrong here? I am pretty irritated because I have been waiting for this switch for a month only to find out something went wrong.
My friend had bought a phone off of craigslist claiming it was an at&t phone unlocked. So I go to switch the phone to straight talk and buy everything I need to buy and follow the instructions. The phone worked for about 2 mins and then proceeded to say the network was blocked. I called both straight talk and at&t. Straight talk tells me to call at&t so they can clear their info from the phone. I then called, and they told me that 111111111111111 (the imei that comes up when you dial for it) is not an imei number. So I gave them the one on the back of the phone under the battery on the sticker which is completely different (actually looks like a real one). They told me it is not a registered phone. Is there any way I can fix this phone or find out what it actually is? I'm so confused and don't know what to do. My friend who got the phone no longer remembers the person who sold it since it was months ago. Can anyone help me please?
laura0218 said:
My friend had bought a phone off of craigslist claiming it was an at&t phone unlocked. So I go to switch the phone to straight talk and buy everything I need to buy and follow the instructions. The phone worked for about 2 mins and then proceeded to say the network was blocked. I called both straight talk and at&t. Straight talk tells me to call at&t so they can clear their info from the phone. I then called, and they told me that 111111111111111 (the imei that comes up when you dial for it) is not an imei number. So I gave them the one on the back of the phone under the battery on the sticker which is completely different (actually looks like a real one). They told me it is not a registered phone. Is there any way I can fix this phone or find out what it actually is? I'm so confused and don't know what to do. My friend who got the phone no longer remembers the person who sold it since it was months ago. Can anyone help me please?
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What's the imei in the phone menue, if it doesn't match the one on the phone its probably stolen and has a dummy imei, the way around that is pay a service to illegally change your imei but if this is the case you've already seen what can happen, you get screwed. Buy from swappa.com or ebay it's safer and PayPal backed incase this happens.
I have been using my Pixel 128GB on Project Fi since October. While I'm a huge fan of the Fi service, the data cost doesn't compare with my Sprint unlimited data.
I spent three hours online and on the phone this afternoon trying to activate a BYOD SIM to move this Pixel from Fi to Sprint. The SIM UPC is 760492034500.
Online registration is a NoGo (I entered the IMEI from the phone and it's not in the Sprint ecosystem).
Chat registration killed 45 minutes to eventually say that I needed to go to a corporate store to have it 'reprogrammed'.
Telephone registration got a bewildered support agent that couldn't make it work after nearly an hour; she kept claiming that my phone was 'locked' and needed to be 'reprogrammed' to be used on Sprint. Of course, she (and the online chat agent) advised me to drive across town to a corporate store to let them 'reprogram' my Pixel so it would work on Sprint.
1) What's the easiest and fastest way to move this Pixel from Fi to Sprint?
2) Why does Sprint need the IMEI on their system? Isn't this what the SIM card is for?
I saw that @mattvalenz was offering advice for Sprint... Perhaps some help here?
Thanks in advance!
-Justin
They need the imei to activate the CDMA side of the phone. You can't just put the sim in the Device and have it work. The Sim is for the data side of the Device.
Also the sim upc should be
019962040146
When you're putting in the IMEI, leave off the last digit.
For example, if the box says the IMEI is 123456789;
Enter 12345678 into Sprint's website.
Semtronix said:
When you're putting in the IMEI, leave off the last digit.
For example, if the box says the IMEI is 123456789;
Enter 12345678 into Sprint's website.
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Can confirm, you need to Drop that 15th digit when you do it online.
I did the swap with both phones off, new sim out just in case.
Entered in the IMEI ID two times, entered in the SIM two times, then Powered on the phone.
You can either have setup the phone (google account stuff) or start from the very first power up.
The phone will go through the provisioning and sprint stuff.
I had my phone already setup cause I needed to find the right SIM card.
I grabbed one at my local best buy. The card will have the model# ending in W416C.
I went through 2 cards before i found that one that works. You can also go to a local corporate store to get SIM that will work the pixel.
Good luck and enjoy!
I'm looking to get a Note 10+ phone that can be bootloader unlocked & rooted, but I'm tied to Verizon.
Anyone using either the N976F or N975F on VZW? Any issues or tricks in order to get them to accept something other than the "V" variant that is locked down and may never have root?
Trying to figure out which of these 3 Note 10+ phone variants to go with:
N975F
N976F
N9750/DS
TIA.
UPDATE: Not officially, but it seems possible. Keep reading below for my experience...
I'm on the n9750 on Verizon and it seems to be working well. I just got it so I haven't got to fully test quite yet.
Just for reference, I wanted to post this for others since I wasn't able to find true compatibility details other than VZW's ironfisted "certified" devices (ie the locked SM-N975U):
I recently purchased a Samsung Note 10+ (SM-N975F/DS) international variant online, and was able to get successfully attached to my VZW account. I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan, and was replacing an existing phone on my account.
Here's how it went down:
Initially when I tried to activate and attach the N10+ to my account via VZW website, it told me the phone couldn't be registered on their network.
Took my phone to a local VZW store.
Told the rep I bought a new phone and needed it attached to my account.
He validated my account details (he never asked for the IMEI of my new phone) & grabbed a new sim card, did his thing on the VZW tablet terminal and then popped the sim into my new phone.
At this point, the LTE data worked almost immediately, however the voice calling didn't work. Test calls just failed and quickly exited the phone app saying call failed/ended.
He said wait a couple minutes, sometimes it takes a bit, so we did. I think we also rebooted too. He was checking various things on my phone and the account.
He noticed that the VZW system said my phone couldn't be used on their network, but said there was something he could try...
He took the sim out of my phone and popped it into his already activated VZW phone. After a maybe 30 seconds, he made a test voice call, and it worked (my sim, his phone)
Then we swapped my newly activated sim back into my new phone and after about 30 seconds, I had both LTE data (as before) and now also had voice calling. A quick test call from my phone confirmed and I was good to go!
Obviously, YMMV, but it can be done, you just might need to find a VZW rep that is helpful and willing to go the extra mile to get the international version (SM-N975F/DS) activated onto the Verizon network.
So I just want to say Ive been on straight talk for probably 12-15 yrs. I thought I knew all the tricks for getting phones to work on certain networks.
I prefer verizon in my location, it has the best coverage but also verizon sims have always been tricky to use on phones I didnt buy from straight talk. In the past Ive been told by straight talk that my phone wasnt compatible with verizon network but then I would just buy a junk $40 verizon/cdma phone, activate the sim in the cheap phone, and then transfer it over to my owned,unlocked,nicer phone and that would be enough to get calls and text. then set a couple APN settings and you have data and mms.
So.... Ive had a verizon sim in my LG G7ulm for 3 or 4 years now...or since it came out in 2018.
I have an unlocked version I bought outright. I cant remember if straight talk let me register it directly on verizon sim or if I had to do the sim swap trick mentioned above but anyway....3 years at least of zero problems.
My phone been stuck on android 8 and running slow so decided to wipe it and flash android 10 firmware. After doing so I can boot the phone and for 20-30 sec it shows its connected to 4g lte but then drops and i have no service at all. Ive tried all network operators/modes, Ive set APN...reboot, Ive tried 6 or 7 various different firmware revisions and this is the same result....no service.
I even went back to stock oreo 8.0.0 firmware but the problem still persists.
I contacted straight talk via chat which always is a laugh because they cant trouble shoot a rock that wont roll downhill and just tells you the device is not compatible. My daughter has this same phone and it worked fine for years as well but she took her sim out to test a different phone and lost it and when she ordered a new one it wouldnt work and they told her the phone was incompatible even though me and her both had these phones working fine for years and know they work.
So is straigt talk just blacklisting my phone? Did reflashing a new firmware cause the tower to re-verify the device and blacklist it or something? I can still pop this sim in my old phone and it connects perfectly fine and has service.
I just dont get it. My daughter when she ordered a new verizon ST sim and activated it her phone did the same thing and they said it wasnt compatible with verizon which is bullsh## because if you activate the sim on a different device then swap it over it works great.
Why do they care what device it is solong as your paying for service?
I dont know whether I should try a new ST verizon sim, ST t-mobil sim, or ST att sim now.... Att always works on these unlocked phones but service is crap in this area with at&t.
Anyone have similar experience or knowledge about this issue?