I have a Verizon Pixel 3XL with stock firmware. When a some sims are installed, it says "No SIM" just like when no sim is installed. I'm seeing this with two different Verizon sims, and one T-Mobile. Several other sims are recognized normally, including AT&T, Cricket, Sprint, Tracfone, and a T-Mobile mvno. The sims that don't work are recognized normally in a different Pixel 3XL. So both the phone and the sims seem to be working independently, but they won't work together. I don't know if this is some kind of strange configuration issue with the phone, or a hardware issue.
Resetting doing a factory reset and re-flashing the factory image have not helped. Any other suggestions?
did you ever find a solution as i currently running on a esim as the only viable option to use my pixel 3 xl i bought it off ebay and really like the phone besides having to join a new network to use it
I am using an esim successfully if you still looking to use your phone
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Why cant I use an international sim in my Note 4. I have tried 5 different sims. Its like the phone isn't even trying to search for networks when I put them in.
If I'm not in the USA I cant activate the Phone can I?? I Think this maybe the problem. Its like the phone locks out the Gsm bands until its activated on the Verizon network. Ive tried a dummy Verizon sim but no dice.
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In advance
You have to call verizon before you travel to different country to unlock the phone. They will do it. I did the same. I traveled to India and used different sim and it worked. But you need to use apn settings from that carrier to make data work on note 4.
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gersrt said:
HI
Why cant I use an international sim in my Note 4. I have tried 5 different sims. Its like the phone isn't even trying to search for networks when I put them in.
If I'm not in the USA I cant activate the Phone can I?? I Think this maybe the problem. Its like the phone locks out the Gsm bands until its activated on the Verizon network. Ive tried a dummy Verizon sim but no dice.
Thanks
In advance
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Hi even i have the same problem .Verizon should not lock as per their policy but they are doing so.Someone should put a case on them and sue them
The problem is when I was in the States I activated it on the Verizon Network, when I got home to Ireland phone worked fine with International sim.
Last week I did a Factory reset and its asking me to Activate on the Verizon network again and no sim is working, so I'm screwed I cant activate on the Verizon Network.
The thing I find funny is If you look at vn_mobiles root videos he is able to stick in his Vietnamese sim card after a Factory reset and have it work without having to Activate again on the Verizon Network. So am I missing something here?
I hope he can tell me if there is a work around for Activation because it seems to work for him.
gersrt said:
The problem is when I was in the States I activated it on the Verizon Network, when I got home to Ireland phone worked fine with International sim.
Last week I did a Factory reset and its asking me to Activate on the Verizon network again and no sim is working, so I'm screwed I cant activate on the Verizon Network.
The thing I find funny is If you look at vn_mobiles root videos he is able to stick in his Vietnamese sim card after a Factory reset and have it work without having to Activate again on the Verizon Network. So am I missing something here?
I hope he can tell me if there is a work around for Activation because it seems to work for him.
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vn_mobiles is a scammer.Any solutions? You gave verizon customer care email id? I am sure they will unlock GSM if we give our imei number since locking LTE phones is against their policy.
Unfortunatly I think the problem is it can't be unlocked unless registered on the Verizon network first with an active Verizon Sim (Which it was before factory reset). As Im not in the states any more I can't connect to the network so I can't activate, so its not really unlocked.
My phone never been activated on verizon and have formated the phone many times and gsm works fine with no issue except the lack of band 3 support....
Are good with DFS tool? If so pm me to test a few things that might get your phone working...
Got it sorted thanks guys.
Really strange one. I tried another Verizon sim. Tried activating and of course it wouldn't let me as I'm in Ireland. But as soon as I start sticking my local Sims in they just start working. Going to guard this little Verizon Sim with my life. Lol
They are unlocked but they might be needed to have vzw sim for few seconds. I was in Poland for 2 months and used my now retired note4. Was getting edge,3g,h+
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My phone never been activated on verizon and have formated the phone many times and gsm works fine with no issue except the lack of band 3 support....
Are good with DFS tool? If so pm me to test a few things that might get your phone working...
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Hello Sir
I actually bought a Samsung Note 4 910v from eBay which was being sold for parts which was not connecting any phone networks...
When I received the phone....it was on lollipop 5.0.1 and tried inserting a Orange Sim card from Mauritius network but It didn't work.
I flashed the note 4 to lollipop 5.1.1 and rooted it but still couldn't get the phone connected to a network...
I checked the phone IMei with Verizon ...it's clean
I read your post....please see image...
Could you help me with dsf tool or run a check of my phone plz...
Awaiting a positive reply from your side.
Hi,
I purchased a Lenovo P2 from a Three store and set it up using the a Three sim card - everything seemed to be working fine. I've since switched to EE in the UK and cannot get my phones data to work. I've tried multiple APN settings with no joy. Does anyone have this phone working in the UK with an EE sim card?
I'm hoping this isn't an issue with the LTE bands.
Thanks,
Mike
Not strictly an EE aim but I have a plusnet aim in slot 1, runs 3G just fine( it's not a 4G sim).
Can't see any reason why EE should be a problem.
Thanks - kind of what I figured. I've tried the EE sim in a Moto G4 Plus and I'm being told the sim is "Suspended" (Whatever that means). So I'm assuming it's a sim problem rather than a phone problem - will give EE a call later.
Cheers,
Mike
Hope you get it sorted so you can use this beast of a phone.
BT Sim working fine. EE by another name.
I use an EE sim in the primary sim slot without any problems, I'm also using a Three sim in the secondary slot.
All up and running now! Needed a sim reset from EE.
Few teething problems - I find the way doze works on this phone pretty annoying (using Disable Doze atm) and I miss the Moto G4 Plus' slightly more stock Android but the battery life is just fantastic and the screen is lovely. Hoping the Nougat updates will fix some of the issues.
Has anyone flashed generic Pixel XL with factory image meant for "Telstra, Rogers, TMO, Sprint, USCC, Project Fi"? I have a Pixel XL that I got from Google at the time and using it on Rogers Canada. My phone drops LTE to 3G every time I get a phone call (no VoLTE) despite "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" being enabled. I heard unless my Pixel was purchased from Rogers, I won't get VoLTE. I though flashing the carrier specific image would allow VoLTE, but I'm not sure if hardware is compatible.
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Has anyone flashed generic Pixel XL with factory image meant for "Telstra, Rogers, TMO, Sprint, USCC, Project Fi"? I have a Pixel XL that I got from Google at the time and using it on Rogers Canada. My phone drops LTE to 3G every time I get a phone call (no VoLTE) despite "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" being enabled. I heard unless my Pixel was purchased from Rogers, I won't get VoLTE. I though flashing the carrier specific image would allow VoLTE, but I'm not sure if hardware is compatible.
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Hardware is identical. Don't know if it will solve your issue but you certainly should use your carrier specific version.
Well, I decided to try it. Flashed all good, now running Oreo, but VoLTE still MIA
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Hello everyone, Just would like to know if anyone tried to activate their Pixel 3 XL eSim on T-Mobile? If it's possible, do I need to have a physical sim from a different carrier? Will eSim work overseas when roaming? Thanks
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Hello everyone, Just would like to know if anyone tried to activate their Pixel 3 XL eSim on T-Mobile? If it's possible, do I need to have a physical sim from a different carrier? Will eSim work overseas when roaming? Thanks
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I was able to activate my esim on tmobile when people were going through the 'back door' method of not ever mentioning that they want to activate the esim. There has been threads on Reddit that they are no longer allowing that and that customer service is catching on and no longer allowing activations of esim on tmobile.
You do not need another physical sim from another carrier as your phone will work fine with just tmobile esim. Having that physical sim available will allow you to pretty much go with any other secondary carrier that you want to (just can't use both at once)
As far as the overseas when roaming, that I have to defer to as I don't (or haven't) traveled overseas yet. I would 'imagine' that it would work just as if you had a physical sim in your phone as many European carriers already use esim and is not a new technology over in the European countries.
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I was able to activate my esim on tmobile when people were going through the 'back door' method of not ever mentioning that they want to activate the esim. There has been threads on Reddit that they are no longer allowing that and that customer service is catching on and no longer allowing activations of esim on tmobile.
You do not need another physical sim from another carrier as your phone will work fine with just tmobile esim. Having that physical sim available will allow you to pretty much go with any other secondary carrier that you want to (just can't use both at once)
As far as the overseas when roaming, that I have to defer to as I don't (or haven't) traveled overseas yet. I would 'imagine' that it would work just as if you had a physical sim in your phone as many European carriers already use esim and is not a new technology over in the European countries.
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Did you notice any difference in the signal reception? Is it the same as the physical sim, better or no different? Thanks
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Did you notice any difference in the signal reception? Is it the same as the physical sim, better or no different? Thanks
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I haven't noticed any difference in signal.
After 5 or 6 times trying using different methods (Twitter, FB, app/site chat, etc.), I finally convinced a rep to activate my eSIM a couple of days ago. It does take some massaging to get them to agree to it. Most of the time I was told there wasn’t a way to activate on postpaid. In the end, I experienced faster loading times on sites and faster downloads my video and podcast apps.
I just picked up a U.S. model unlocked A50, but before I open it I wanted to find out if anyone has successfully used a data-only T-Mobile SIM in theirs. This plan and SIM I have I've been able to move between any unlocked phone or tablet I've tried over the last few years. Works great for what I use it for - a secondary device.
The reason I'm wondering if it works in the A50 is because it did not work in my old unlocked model S9+, I'm guessing because T-Mobile had the IMEI registered in their system as a smartphone and not an unlocked tablet or phone.
Since the A50 is not sold by T-Mobile, I'm hoping I won't have this issue...any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
I'll go ahead and answer my own question in case someone needs this info in the future.
Yes, my data-only SIM works perfectly in the unlocked A50. Once I put the SIM in, the phone rebooted and reconfigured itself for T-Mobile and automatically setup the correct APN. Data and texting worked great, only issue was the APN was not editable and I needed to do this to enable the hotspot.
I manually created an identical APN to the stock one, with the only addition being a ",dun" added to the end of APN type to enable the hotspot feature.
Everything is working great now, very happy with this phone. IMO, this is by far the best phone out there for the price.