I have a G2X I unlocked and am using on Cincinnati Bell. I recently got the dreaded text saying ive been throttled till next billing cycle begins, and have been searching for a way to beat this. I came across a method to disable the data throttling on the g2x on tmobile that involves altering the services.jar file using root explorer, but it hasnt worked for me. Im assuming that cincinnati bell uses a different method to throttle people that tmobile does. Does anyone have any info on this that may be helpful, or know common methods that carriers use to throttle people. If I can figure out exactly how cincinnati bell throttles me, I likely can find a way to get around it. Thanks!
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OK, I could swear when the G2x was pretty new to market, it came to light that the unlock code was already on the phone? In the firmware perhaps, perhaps encrypted or obfuscated, but there was a way to read it. But Googling now and searching on here I find no mention of this anywhere. There are really cheap unlockers with good feedback on ebay, so that may be an option. But I also want to know if I just dreamed that!!!!
I can't get the code from T-Mobile because I'm no longer a customer, thanks to their inability to make the G2x actually function on their network and their continuing denial and lies ("Oh, there will be an update that will fix that! No need to worry about your return/exchange date expiring even if your phone still drops calls like a hot potato!" or "Of course the G2X will get an ICS upgrade, it's one of our high end phones!").
Let's hope the G2x works better up in Canada, because it was worthless on T-Mobile. Not sure if it was the phone or T-Mobiles network, but I did have one of my G2xes unlocked and for the few days I did use it, it seemed to work better than on T-Mobile. Other than slower data.
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OK, I could swear when the G2x was pretty new to market, it came to light that the unlock code was already on the phone? In the firmware perhaps, perhaps encrypted or obfuscated, but there was a way to read it. But Googling now and searching on here I find no mention of this anywhere. There are really cheap unlockers with good feedback on ebay, so that may be an option. But I also want to know if I just dreamed that!!!!
I can't get the code from T-Mobile because I'm no longer a customer, thanks to their inability to make the G2x actually function on their network and their continuing denial and lies ("Oh, there will be an update that will fix that! No need to worry about your return/exchange date expiring even if your phone still drops calls like a hot potato!" or "Of course the G2X will get an ICS upgrade, it's one of our high end phones!").
Let's hope the G2x works better up in Canada, because it was worthless on T-Mobile. Not sure if it was the phone or T-Mobiles network, but I did have one of my G2xes unlocked and for the few days I did use it, it seemed to work better than on T-Mobile. Other than slower data.
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The g2x sucks in Canada fyi.
You can only get 3/4g speeds on the wind mobile and mobilicity networks as I found out the hard way.... so if you're planning on using it with any other carrier enjoy the blazingly slow edge network speeds
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Hi, I am new to the forums, and was directed here by a friend who works with roms. I have a Droid 3 running on Verizon networks, and I am tired of paying for a premium service that fails to deliver. My phone can be sitting on a table stationary and my signal will constantly bounce from 1x - 3g. for the most part it doesn't even get 3g. I am in New york, and the coverage is supposed to be excellent. It has been terrible for over 6moths now. My download speeds (as shown by speedtest.net) vary from 200kbps (as i write this) to 700kbps, with a 250+ ping. Something tells me Verizon is trying to force its customers to buy 4g phones and throttling those with 3g. Also, I am grandfathered into the unlimited data plan.
So, I am looking to terminate my contract with Verizon and switch to cricket. Cricket has better 3g coverage than Metro pcs from what I understand. However, I cannot find a recent guide for the Droid 3. I don't want to link offsite, but I have found guides from back in 2010. I have tried searching these forums and all I found was the jimmy guide for the evo.
Can anyone help me out with this? From what I am reading it can be done, but I am not familiar enough with this stuff to know if these guides will work for phones that have been updated to date like mine.
Phone info:
Android 2.3.4
Kernel 2.6.35.7
PRL 52522
System Version 5.7.906.XT862.en.US
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi, I am new to the forums, and was directed here by a friend who works with roms. I have a Droid 3 running on Verizon networks, and I am tired of paying for a premium service that fails to deliver. My phone can be sitting on a table stationary and my signal will constantly bounce from 1x - 3g. for the most part it doesn't even get 3g. I am in New york, and the coverage is supposed to be excellent. It has been terrible for over 6moths now. My download speeds (as shown by speedtest.net) vary from 200kbps (as i write this) to 700kbps, with a 250+ ping. Something tells me Verizon is trying to force its customers to buy 4g phones and throttling those with 3g. Also, I am grandfathered into the unlimited data plan.
So, I am looking to terminate my contract with Verizon and switch to cricket. Cricket has better 3g coverage than Metro pcs from what I understand. However, I cannot find a recent guide for the Droid 3. I don't want to link offsite, but I have found guides from back in 2010. I have tried searching these forums and all I found was the jimmy guide for the evo.
Can anyone help me out with this? From what I am reading it can be done, but I am not familiar enough with this stuff to know if these guides will work for phones that have been updated to date like mine.
Phone info:
Android 2.3.4
Kernel 2.6.35.7
PRL 52522
System Version 5.7.906.XT862.en.US
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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This the guide i used and it was easy http://www.cricketusers.com/verizon...a-droid-3-cricket-talk-text-mms-internet.html
So, I just bought a used Skyrocket off of eBay and Net10's $50/mo unlimited plan w/SIM card. I plan on loading up Cyanogenmod right away. Is there anything in particular that I should be aware of? What kinds of speeds can I expect? If I understand correctly Net10 now runs on T-Mobile's 4G network.
Thanks!
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So, I just bought a used Skyrocket off of eBay and Net10's $50/mo unlimited plan w/SIM card. I plan on loading up Cyanogenmod right away. Is there anything in particular that I should be aware of? What kinds of speeds can I expect? If I understand correctly Net10 now runs on T-Mobile's 4G network.
Thanks!
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If it does run on T-Mobile's network you'll need to flash a T-Mobile radio. I don't know what speeds you can expect, but here's Vincom's one-stop for everything related to custom software. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999
I use the skyrocket on T-Mobile
And from what ive found...its hard finding a modem that works best for you, and your area .
You will most likely spend about a week going thru the tmobile sgs2 forum and this forum flashing modems till your content.
Download speedtest.net from the market and begin flashing lol.
Good luck with your endeavors.
P.s. when you flash a modem and the phone boots up....reboot it one more time, let it settle and then test it.
Hello, This has been covered before, and I see it CAN be done, but so far I can only find companies that do this for a hefty charge. My apologies, but after a couple hours searching, I haven't found a definite answer.
First, we do NOT have any GSM service in our area, only Verizon. So what we are trying to do is flash a Verizon S3 to Straight Talk, to run on Verizon towers, 3G only it seems. There is a way to use a ST IMEI on the S3 to "fool" ST's system as far as I can tell.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to do this at home without sending it out? I've been rooting and flasing phones since the OG Droid days, so it should be a piece of cake lol.
Thanks in advance
Should be a simple matter of calling Straight Talk and asking them to put the phone in their towers. They should give you a Network Access Code. These can also be found at your local Walmart in the form of a Bring Your Own Phone kit.
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I broke my current phone "optimus zone" and i am looking for a new phone so i decided to get the galaxy s3 well im on verizon prepaid so i need a galaxy s3 that will work on prepaid verizonm and i need it to be rooted so i can use as a hotspot. i did some research and found that the i535 can be flashed to verizon prepaid "I Think" and it can also be rooted.
so i did some looking on ebay and found 3 things
1 i535 verizon unlocked - i looked at what a unlocked phone was and found out it just means it can be used with any compatable service provider. Can this be used with verizon and if so how?
2 i535 verizon - If i got this one can it be flashed to verizon prepaid? Can it get 4g on prepaid?
3 i710 sprint - i already ordered a sprint flashed to verizon prepaid one and found out u needed add on apps to use the sms and it cant get 4g so im woundering , if the' i535 verizon would be a better choice. i would have to learn to flash but thats no big deal.. i havent recieved the one i ordered yet but when i do i think im going to return it...
I have looked all over and can not figure out if the verizon i535 will get 4g after its flashed to verizon prepaid and i havent found out 100% that it can be flashed to verizon prepaid. Im posative it can be rooted i think lol. Or can i buy a unlocked i535 and use it on verizon prepaid somehow, easier than learning to flash???
Just sign up with Page Plus. They've been offering Verizon 4G LTE for a month now
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I can't get survice with anyone but verizon i dout page will work in my area. And I'm not really really consurned about 4g i just hate to have a sprint phone that only gets 3g if the same phone on another carrier can get 4g... but i just need to know yes pr no can the i535 be flashed to prepaid verizon?? And if it can it be used on 4g or only 3g like the sprint one after flash... i live in a rural area and i bairley get signal as it is... i hear that this page plus provider uses verizon towers.. i don't understand does that mean it will get the exact same signal as verizon prepaid cuz that's thr ONLY provider i can use.. pleas let me knoq if the i535 can be flashed to prepaid verizon and can it get 4g yes or no please let me know I'm without a phone and really need to know what to do... i feel like i made a mistake buying the sprint one...
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If they're truly Verizon towers I'd say page plus should work fine. I was told however by a guy with a local shop (I live in the boonies), that because we have so many towers around here that are owned by a regional carrier appalacian wireless that have an agreement with Big Red, that page plus would Roam more whereas Selectel wouldn't. Now, I don't know if the guy was telling the truth or not. I do know from Selectel's website that if you sign someone up to selectel and that person continues to use Selectel and re-ups through the website or whereever, the original person who signed you up gets a cut of the profits. Page Plus may not offer such a deal, so I don't actually know 100% either way. I'm looking to find something cheaper than Big Red myself. I have two phones with them at the moment with a bill of 105.00 or 107.00 but with only 250Mb of data and 1GB free for a year. I can get by with little to no data, I really don't use much, but I'd like to have it available should I need to go out of town and use the internet or use navigation which I suspect would drink the data. I know you can pre download maps with many apps these days though.
Let me know what you find out. I have the Verizon sch-i535 sgs3 with a broken power button but otherwise it's a good phone. Still does what I need it to, and development hasn't stopped yet, it's still going pretty strong on the aosp side..
Edit: I recently had my phone flashed to selectel wireless. If you have a cdma phone you can do the activation from their website. However, I think it must be a phone without a sim such as a DX or DX2. a cdma only phone. I had to take my s3 to a local selectel dealer who did the flash and got me on selectel. I went with selectel because it will roam on the regional towers in my area albiet voice and texting only not data. So, when roaming I won't have data. Pageplus from what I've read on both their site and another forum will roam but they will charge you quite a bit to do so. If you don't have the issue of roaming like I do and are near verizon towers all the time, I'd probably go with another MVNO.
I tried tracfone BYOP with my DX2 and spent a small fortune in service and gas going from here to there trying to get it activated. First they said to go to a town about 25min away from home. I did this and no dice. I called them twice using a wifi app (hangouts) and spent about 4 hours in this town trying to get the activation to work to no avail. I called again from home and was told to go to another town about an hour away. The next day I did just that. They had me dial *22891 *22801 this time activation went smooth and I was able to use data and make and receive calls perfectly. If I had known this in the closer town it would have worked there but the rep never told me that. To top things off when I got home I had no service at all. Zip None. When I called I was told that a BYOP android phone would not roam on the regional towers although a feature phone would. I was also told incorrectly I believe that if I had purchased an android tracfone from a local store that it would roam. This too from what I've read is incorrect. No android tracfone will roam on regional towers, they will only work on genuine verizon towers. I was hoping to purchase the moto e from ebay with a 400min card which tripled to 1200 min for 99 bucks. This would have been a great deal since the 400 min card alone is around 90. I never did find out the entire truth about roaming with tracfone android phones. But from what I read on the other forum and another site dedicated to tracfones, that they would not roam period. What a freaking ripoff. The same goes for a lot of other MVNO's they simply won't roam. Even Verizon perpaid phones won't work on any towers other than verizon. Again, this came from someone who supposedly had experience with this.
The bottom line is beware of MVNO's if you require roaming. Straight talk may or may not work I do not know if they roam or not. But either way selectel was cheaper. Granted it sucks that I can't get data when roaming but at least I can make and receive calls and texts. At least SMS. I haven't tried MMS and I'm guessing it won't work due to it requiring data. Remember your results may vary and I'd certainly like to hear from others who use a MVNO that is Verizon based. Or even MVNO that is ATT based ATT's coverage map says there's coverage in my area, and i know there is across the stateline where I live. A friend used to have an ATT phone a few years back and he had zero service when he crossed the line by about a half a mile, probably out of range of the ATT tower. He now has NET10 using ATT and has the same coverage.
Good luck and keep me posted please on this.
Thanks
I don't wunt page plus i need to be able to use on verizons prepayed network... can the i535 be flashed to prepayed verizon.. or is there some way to use a verizon sim to get prepayed please let me know thank you
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