I just bought a Nexus S off of someone, who assured me it works with windmobile (in Canada). I pop in my sim card, and it shows 302490 (Wind tower) but whenever I click on it, it'll always say unable to connect at this time.
I did a full factory reset, and multiple reboots, and multiple sim cards (all wind).
Btw, it has an unlocked padlock on the bootup screen, but the person I bought it off of says its never been rooted. Don't know what to make of that.
Someone please help!
I think the unlocked padlock means the bootloader is unlocked. I was having a similar problem to you. Try this link out. It helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876583
Have you changed the network setting for Wind Mobile.
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if it says I9020T on the back under the battery then it is compatible if it says I9020A then its not compatible, simple as that
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Did you have to unlock the phone to do that?
I called AT&T and they said that they don't have the unlock code since they don't even sell the device, but that it works on sims outside the US. She seemed to imply that it won't work on tmobile but that if I go outside the US, and just put a sim in, it will work without me having to unlock the phone in anyway.
Can anyone verify this?
Thanks
dannypp said:
Did you have to unlock the phone to do that?
I called AT&T and they said that they don't have the unlock code since they don't even sell the device, but that it works on sims outside the US. She seemed to imply that it won't work on tmobile but that if I go outside the US, and just put a sim in, it will work without me having to unlock the phone in anyway.
Can anyone verify this?
Thanks
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Most customer service representatives are pure idiots .... Nexus S is a Google phone , so it's factory unlocked to any SIM card you use with it(you may or may not get 3G on other networks depending on the other network 3G frequencies , and if the forgein network has 3G on 900/1900MHz it will have 3G on this Nexus S)..
Hope this helps..
Well I went to tmobile and the guy put in a sim into the phone and the phone got no reception nor did it seem to recognize the sim at all.
So it seems that it isn't unlocked.
I tried putting in this code: *#7465625#
Its supposed to tell you if the phone is unlocked or not, but nothing happens, it just says: Connection problem or invalid MMI code.
I don't need it to work on tmobile, but I do need it to work on foreign simcards. And I saw on other forums that for some people it worked on tmobile and others it didn't so there doesn't seem to be any clear answers.
dannypp said:
Well I went to tmobile and the guy put in a sim into the phone and the phone got no reception nor did it seem to recognize the sim at all.
So it seems that it isn't unlocked.
I tried putting in this code: *#7465625#
Its supposed to tell you if the phone is unlocked or not, but nothing happens, it just says: Connection problem or invalid MMI code.
I don't need it to work on tmobile, but I do need it to work on foreign simcards. And I saw on other forums that for some people it worked on tmobile and others it didn't so there doesn't seem to be any clear answers.
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you have another issue here , check your phone
Thanks for the response.
What do you mean by other issue and how should I be checking my phone?
In any case, I put in a simcard that my brother gave me which I believe is from Mozambique on a carrier Vodacom. It asked for the code of the sim when I put the phone is as always, and so I got in putting in 0000.
It then showed no connection to anything whatsoever, also as always.
Keep in mind I did have wifi on.
Then all of a sudden it asked me to update my phone and install something. So I just said yes and it updated and rebooted.
All of a sudden I have bars here and there and it recognizes that tmobile and AT&T are in the area. I also saw I think at the top of the notification bar when I pull down the notifications tab, it said Vodacom. Of course I get no reception whatsoever but that is expected, this sim was a gophone sim in Mozambique.
Does this mean that its unlocked if it is recognizing another sim, even though no confirmation of reception? I plan to try again with tmobile now and perhaps make sure I have wifi connection while doing so and leave it in for longer.
Thanks and please let me know if you have any thoughts.
what ROM you're on now?stock or costum one ? you also might consider a FULL phone wipe.because this might be caused by a difference between at&t apn or other Sim data and the other .check for that
I'm on stock 2.3 that the phone came with. Haven't messed with it at all.
So I assume you saying that if I want to switch to another sim, I should do full phone wipe then? so that the at&t apn doesn't confuse it?
IF it doesn't work with tmobile again, I will try taht, and I will also try to learn what an apn is.
Thanks for the help.
Might work or might not !!! backup all your data and apps first then use the shotgun method lol
But what I am sure of is that Nexus S phones are always unlocked and SIM free..
Hey there, my brother recently inheritted someones old Rogers Galaxy S2 LTE. My brother is using MTS which uses the same bands/freqs (same towers in fact) as Rogers and was wanting to use this phone instead of his crappy Nokia.
He threw his SIM card in and got the screen asking for the network unlock key. He went to cellunlocker.net and purchased the unlock key and unlocked the phone.
However with his SIM card in he still doesnt appear to pick up any signal at all. I have an android (GNex) on the same network (MTS) and have never had an issue.
Do I have to flash a non-rogers ROM to get it working? I saw the SKY ICS one and was thinking I might flash that one to try it out. Unfortunately I wont have access to the phone until tomorrow
EDIT: I should have mentioned that his phone is completely stock right now. I have read about "Locked" radios and am wondering if that isnt the cause of our issues. I have heard from other I727 owners who were able to get their phones on MTS
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Hey Guys,
So i picked up the Motorola Razr HD LTE from fido today. The phone was purchased from a company that sells both rogers and fido (sister companies).
When i posted last night, i noticed after i put the fido sim in SIM CONFIGURATION popped up and told me all info off the phone will be deleted etc...
Last time it basically branded my phone to fido. Got a fido boot screen, all these fido apps i can't remove.
UPDATE:
I got them to replace the phone from yesterday, and this time around i purchased a unlock code, put in a MTS sim ( that carrier don't have the motorola phone) and its working but still asks me for SIM CONFIGURATION, im just going to keep pushing cancel.
Is there remove sim configurator and keep stock factory ICS (no carrier bloatware, nothing!)?
Updated, Anyone get one of these Rogers/Fido Phones?
I got one. I bought my phone from someone who supposedly got it from Fido, but when I checked the version it was the RCI version and had the versions in the screenshot. After I popped in my Rogers sim it got Rogers branded for me and reset the configuration/factory reset my phone (I wanted to see the new features of smart actions, so I didn't lose any data).
Afterward, I popped in my coworkers BELL Sim card to enter my unlock code (I always buy unlock codes as soon as I get the phone... You never know) and noticed the configuration didn't reset.
Look at the screenshot for my radio.
I'm not rooted or modded at all.
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I got one. I bought my phone from someone who supposedly got it from Fido, but when I checked the version it was the RCI version and had the versions in the screenshot. After I popped in my Rogers sim it got Rogers branded for me and reset the configuration/factory reset my phone (I wanted to see the new features of smart actions, so I didn't lose any data).
Afterward, I popped in my coworkers BELL Sim card to enter my unlock code (I always buy unlock codes as soon as I get the phone... You never know) and noticed the configuration didn't reset.
Look at the screenshot for my radio.
I'm not rooted or modded at all.
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But when i restored with my the other phone i got for that one day, it wouldn't let me reconfigure the sim it just stayed fido, with the splash screen and bloat.
I tried to use the RAZR HD Root tool and restore from there and the the same thing, i just keep hitting cancel everytime i boot up, i just wish i could get rid of that sim configuration message without rooting. (its not my phone my sisters so she wants to keep the warranty).
Danielk91 said:
But when i restored with my the other phone i got for that one day, it wouldn't let me reconfigure the sim it just stayed fido, with the splash screen and bloat.
I tried to use the RAZR HD Root tool and restore from there and the the same thing, i just keep hitting cancel everytime i boot up, i just wish i could get rid of that sim configuration message without rooting. (its not my phone my sisters so she wants to keep the warranty).
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Don't worry about it. The bloat can all be disabled (in the all programs menu puss and hold on the program you want to disable then choose app info and stop then disable the app). I also found the Rogers bloat didn't really slow down the phone much either (I came from a Verizon phone....)
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danifunker said:
Don't worry about it. The bloat can all be disabled (in the all programs menu puss and hold on the program you want to disable then choose app info and stop then disable the app). I also found the Rogers bloat didn't really slow down the phone much either (I came from a Verizon phone....)
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True, just the fact of knowing that it is there pisses me off though LOL.
Im going to try and work on a few things, like possibly trying the sim configuration with a SIM from a carrier that doesn't carry motorola/android phones, and see what happens.
P.S: Thank for your help with the motorola razr, i used your guide to upgrade to jb a while ago
I recently got an HD2. According to the seller it is unlocked, but With my AT&T SIM card in it, it won't connect to the network. Originally it had WM6.5 but I have also tried it with ICS and GingerBread and it does the same thing. The closest I have gotten is a message that says "Registering on AT&T..." then after that it says it failed. Help? I know 3G wont work, right now I'm just trying to get phone and SMS working.
If anyone has some input it would be really appreciated. :good:
Please help
I have a brand new in the box Nexus 5 from sprint running stock 4.4.4
The thing is the phone grabs service with At&t and sprint but when you insert the T-mobile Sim card it goes to "emergency calls only"
I tried selecting manually T-mobile from the search of carriers drop list (T-mobile APPEARS on the list) but it says it cannot register
I already checked the imei on the tmobile website so it's not blacklisted also on checkesnfree
Any help would be greatly appreciated
You might need to hard reset the device to make it work when you insert from CDMA to tmobile I had to do that
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You might need to hard reset the device to make it work when you insert from CDMA to tmobile I had to do that
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Actually the phone switches back from sprint to At&t just fine the problem is only with tmobile
I tried a factory reset anyways no luck still
thanks for the reply