Any help would be appreciated...
Im a Sprint customer and my contract ends in May, I have learned to hate it... I want to change over to the AT&T Tilt phone... I been reading a lot about mods and unlocking this phone, etc. I understand that unlocking the phone allows me to use it on different networks but how does that really affect things.. what other service providers would support this phone? How does unlocking the phone and using it on another network work in relation to internet access, etc. Would it be that all Im doing is just giving myself the option to use this phone but with a plan from another company? Should I even worry about unlocking it? Just looking for some clear explanation of things.. thanks in advance
an unlocked tilt will work on any gsm network
and internet will work depending on the network both sittingwise
and speedwise
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So I have flashed to wm6 many times and to do that, you need to SuperCID the phone. Now I know this is an unlocking function, but does this mean that the phone is not able to be used under any other network other then T Mobile (which is where I got it from)?
Other way around. Unlocking the phone makes it able to be used under *any* GSM network, instead of being locked to TMobile's network.
I may have my facts a little off, as I'm a n00b too, but I'm pretty sure SuperCID allows you to use any provider's SIM card instead of just theirs - a process that's totally different from Application Unlocking.
djsleepwalker said:
Other way around. Unlocking the phone makes it able to be used under *any* GSM network, instead of being locked to TMobile's network.
I may have my facts a little off, as I'm a n00b too, but I'm pretty sure SuperCID allows you to use any provider's SIM card instead of just theirs - a process that's totally different from Application Unlocking.
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Yep. Good answer.
Whops, I didn't mean to put "not" in there, but you still answered my question so thanks a lot
Can anyone assist me with how to flash CDMA devices over to boost? I am a dealer for Boost and having inventory challenges, however I have access to unlocked CDMA phones but need to know how to activate them. Any assistance with this is greatly appreciated!
Glash Fordon
Any one out there that can help?
Heh, CDMA devices are locked to their carriers bud. Even if it were possible, most carriers are going to give you a 'WTF' response. It's not as simple as unlocking an HSPA/UMTS phone as the internal hardware has to be reprogrammed with different carrier codes. This is not something a provider will do over the phone.
there is 4 nv files to copy from a cheap boost phone and write to evo or so of course you need to read all info from boost .so you can finish the program once done you have now cloned phone
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Heh, CDMA devices are locked to their carriers bud. Even if it were possible, most carriers are going to give you a 'WTF' response. It's not as simple as unlocking an HSPA/UMTS phone as the internal hardware has to be reprogrammed with different carrier codes. This is not something a provider will do over the phone.
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cricket activates others carriers cdma devices all the time,its really not a big deal. if boost allows other carriers phones,you prolly just need to program them in a similar manner.
i know cdmaworkshop can be used to change meid,min,etc. but i dont know for sure thats the best thing to use.
hopefully someone has an answer,id like to know it as well
I'm hoping this will be figured out since it's a major feature that will never get to be used.
I for one am using the ATT Titan unlocked and on a different carrier (Telus) and yet when switching it on it still asks me to contact ATT or dial 611 to use tethering.
I highly doubt calling ATT from Canada will allow me to use this feature. I also doubt Telus (who doesn't support non Telus phones) will be able to help me either. I also doubt HTC can do anything.
There has to be a workaround for this.
I have got the same problem using an AT&T Samsung Focus S on Rogers. there seem to be no way to remove this unless you get it dev unlocked and play with the settings.
but even that is impossible now since Chevron Unlock has been down for a while now.
its actually a feature i used almost everyday. im gonna give it a few days, if there is still no solution, im going back to my galaxy s2. as much as i hate android, at least when you pay 500$ for a phone, you can what u want with it.
I would think that for HTC devices, that you could use the HTC Connection Setup app to configure your device for your carrier and that should point it in the right direction.
Most other manufacturer's provide a similar tool for their phones and I would assume using those tools would also configure your device to work specifically on other carriers.
Otherwise, it would be something that you'd have to contact HTC/Samsung/LG to see if they can provide a tool or fix to configure your device properly.
I doubt they would help since they sell devices to carriers, they will tell you to contact carriers. I downloaded the Samsung Wireless manager but even though i use Rogers APN, it seems stuck on AT&T APN for the Internet connection sharing.
aside from this issue i really liked the phone, too bad !
I have the same thing on my HTC titan from at&t - amazing phone but the tethering is a bummer --> starting to think I should have got the HTC ultimate from Brazil - it has the same bands as the at&t one but doesn't have any of the carrier branding on it.
I'm going to give it some time - once interop unlock is available im sure someone will find a way around the at&t lockout - or at the very least we should be able to flash the Brazil rom onto our phones
My Surround didn't even get 7740...
I figured I'd ask here. I'm almost certain that it isn't possible at all to do but you never know what the great devs here at XDA has come up with.
I have a HTC HD7s from ATT. It's a GREAT phone in my opinion. Never had a single problem with it; but I did with AT&T. They were just; lacking in terms of anything in my local area.
Now for my question; It's probably not possible but like I said you never know until you ask. I am currently running on Sprint service with my Epic 4G Touch. Love the service as it does what I need it to do (a lot better then AT&T ever did). Now AT&T is GSM if I'm correct and I know sprint is CDMA.
But what could I change my HD7s over to via flashing/custom roms or whatnot. I doubt sprint would even think of being an option; but if there's a way to get it on even a pre-pay service; I'd love to have it sitting around as a backup phone if I ever needed it. So is it possible to flash over my HD7s to any other carriers? I have read that my current phone can actually be flashed to multiple other carriers, but with sprints (decent) service, there's no need.
Thanks ahead of time!
Your HD7S cannot work on a CDMA network (Sprint, Verizon) because it lacks the necessary radio hardware. No amount of flashing can fix that.
If it's unlocked, you can use it on any GSM network, however; no flashing would be required for that. The most obvious example of a non-AT&T GSM network in the USA is T-Mobile. Your phone will work on T-Mobile but won't get 3G due to lack of AWS UMTS support -- in other words, it doesn't have support for T-Mobile's 3G frequency.
If you can find a virtual network operator that uses AT&T's network, then you should be able to use your phone on that network and get 3G. I'm not up on which operators that might include.
The specific thing you need for your phone is a "SIM-unlock" which means removing the restriction that AT&T puts on their phones to prevent using SIM cards from other carriers. Typically, AT&T will remove this lock for you if you ask them, but otherwise there are sites online that can sell you unlock codes or you could try calling HTC.
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Please use search function, most of the questions are already answered. If you still need to post your doubts please do it in an existing thread. Is really no need to open a new thread with same topic. Dispersed information helps to nobody.
I recently left the United States, and now my phone isn't working as smoothly as I would like it to. So, now I have lots of question. I also missed the 4.3 OTA update, not sure if I even really need it from the flyer I looked at on VZW website. First things first.
I arrived in Buenos Aires 2 weeks ago and signed up with a local service called Claro, got a chip, found APN's and was online. Pretty smooth. However, I was stuck on the Edge network. So, after almost 2 weeks of pulling hair out and searching on the web for the problem. I called VZW global services and they told me that Claro is who they use for there PRL (preferred roaming list) and that if I use Claro's service with my VZW phone I will be locked in Claro's Edge network and never get 3g or HSPA+. They told me to use a different service in Buenos Aires if I want to get 3g or HSPA+. So I cancelled the Claro service and went to the other companies and their plans totally suck. None of the plans here are really that good, but Claro had the best plan for me.
My first question for this thread is, if I root my phone will it remove VZW's PRL from my S3 and allow me to get Claro's 3g and HSPA+ connection, or is there a way to remove the PRL?
Please help me figure this stuff out. I'm seriously tired of digging through forums. I feel like I have been devoting so much of my energy to a silly phone. :cyclops:
I don't think rooting the phone will get you anything new related to phone service, roaming, or priority access lists.
I don't know much about how PRL's work, but rooting your device might be the first step needed to tinker with embedded phone settings and flashing roms that might do what you need.
I found this: http://www.androidcentral.com/how-update-your-prl-your-cdma-device
may not apply to S3, but could be useful.
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I don't think rooting the phone will get you anything new related to phone service, roaming, or priority access lists.
I don't know much about how PRL's work, but rooting your device might be the first step needed to tinker with embedded phone settings and flashing roms that might do what you need.
I found this: http://www.androidcentral.com/how-update-your-prl-your-cdma-device
may not apply to S3, but could be useful.
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Thanks for reply.
I did some reading on PRL's, so yeah, I don't want to mess with that stuff on my phone.
I went to another carrier here in the city and I'm stuck on the same network, Edge. Basically I'm back at the same place as before and I was fed some bull**** from VZW global support. So, I called VZW global support again got totally frickin' nowhere! I should of bought an AT&T phone I wouldn't have this problem right now. [email protected]#k VZW, they sell a product and call it a "global phone" but then it has limitations in other countries, that's not [email protected]#cking "global." God bless corporate America! So fed up with phones right now, I was so much happier with a flip phone.