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Can't use direct carrier billing?

Hey guys,
I used to be able to bill my att account directly when I bought apps on my atrix, but ever since upgrading to the One X, I'm unable to do so anymore.
Calling tech support got me nowhere, they had no idea how to fix it.
Is anyone else having this issue? How'd you fix it?
Thanks!
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silentecho13 said:
Hey guys,
I used to be able to bill my att account directly when I bought apps on my atrix, but ever since upgrading to the One X, I'm unable to do so anymore.
Calling tech support got me nowhere, they had no idea how to fix it.
Is anyone else having this issue? How'd you fix it?
Thanks!
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I believe At&t has stopped offering that now the only way to do so is by credit card
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My girlfriend has an Infuse, and carrier billing works just fine for her, she just bought an app too.
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I just used carrier billing.
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I haven't had any issues with it on my HOX
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It doesn't seem to work with the newest market update either.

Clearing data did nothing, and att knows nothing at all either...
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Direct Carrier Billing
I was wondering if anyone who was previously unable to purchase apps with direct carrier billing are now able to and if they can share what they did. I have an AT&T HTC One X and I also don't see the ability to purchase apps with direct carrier billing. I have read in a few different forums that users with AT&T/Rogers version of the HTC One X are having similar problems but users of the international edition might not have the same problem.
I have carrier unlocked my phone and would really like to use the remaining $60 in my T-Mobile prepaid account to purchase apps instead of it going to waste, and direct carrier billing seems to be my only option. Thanks ahead of time.
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By going into App management and force-stopping Google Play and then uninstalling the updates, I was able to access the AT&T bill to carrier option when purchasing an app. I am still trying to get this to work with T-Mobile but I might need to switch plans or buy a day's access to mobile data for it to work.
Does anyone have any experience purchasing apps with carrier billing using a T-Mobile prepaid account?

Just tried that, carrier billing still doesn't show up for me, unfortunately.
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Are any of you still on stock saying its not working? It worked for me on stock but doesn't on the Asia one.

Mine still doesn't work..
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I've called HTC, att, and posted here, nothing works.
Even before I rooted my phone, the option wasn't there.
There's no purchase block on my account either ...
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silentecho13 said:
I've called HTC, att, and posted here, nothing works.
Even before I rooted my phone, the option wasn't there.
There's no purchase block on my account either ...
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have you had any luck? i got my one X yesterday and i cant bill to account

I called AT&t about this as well, they said they no longer support this feature.

Just checked, works for me.
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c5satellite2 said:
Just checked, works for me.
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are you on ATT?
What version play store are you on?

I am on AT&T and using Cleanrom 3.1 LE it shows up for me, but I haven't tried actually using it.
It didn't show up for me on several other ROMs though
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beyorj said:
I called AT&t about this as well, they said they no longer support this feature.
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When I called them, they said it was a device-specific feature and it wasn't supported on the HOX. Maybe they have a random answer generator!

hcricket said:
When I called them, they said it was a device-specific feature and it wasn't supported on the HOX. Maybe they have a random answer generator!
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I think all companies have one! Great idea, better patent it before crApple does......oops......too late!
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This is utter horse ****.
My first One X was able to do direct billing (and I've confirmed this with a purchase of Titanium Backup Pro in my Google Wallet, which states: May 10
Titanium Track charged your AT&T Mobility USA *number deleted* for $6.58. "GOOGLE *Titanium Track" will appear on your billing statement.") Then my dog decided to knock my phone out of my hand, so I got a replacement.
My new One X will NOT let me bill att. This is some shifty, sideway, backwards, secret-handshaking BS.
I'm on 1.85 with GP version 3.7.13... I'm betting it has something to do with the 1.85 update.

Anyone else receive this from att?

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Sorry cant upload screen shot so ill write it out." AT&T Free Msg: We've noticed you're continuing to enjoy the tethering feature with your smartphone. Your plan has been updated to a tethering plan ($50/mo, incl. 5GB) and you'll soon see this change reflected on an upcoming billing statement. Visit att.com/dataplans or call 866-679-7136." ?
Thing is I haven't use it since three.months ago and that was just for a minute.
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Did you check online to see if the changes were actually made to your account? Dunno why att would send you that several months later. I've never had that happen to me but then again I haven't used tethering in forever.
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No I didn't and i tether occasionally
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pjcanales said:
Sorry cant upload screen shot so ill write it out." AT&T Free Msg: We've noticed you're continuing to enjoy the tethering feature with your smartphone. Your plan has been updated to a tethering plan ($50/mo, incl. 5GB) and you'll soon see this change reflected on an upcoming billing statement. Visit att.com/dataplans or call 866-679-7136." ?
Thing is I haven't use it since three.months ago and that was just for a minute.
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They monitor your data usage, and if it spikes they go back and check to see if the destination ip of the packets is set to anything other than your phone.
You should have received at least one warning though.
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You should give them a call but they detect it with the number of bumps It takes to connect the data I believe..... But you should of recieved a warning

I thought Canada had it bad when it came to plans but this is ridiculous. They actually force you to go on a tethering plan? $50 for 5GB?
Jeez... That's pricey.
I'm so glad Canadian carriers don't have restrictions on tethering other than you need at least 1GB of data.
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Ok so here the update I was busy at the time to go to att so my dad who is the primary account went to att and find out what's going on. According to them they say my number was detected as tethering. I don't believe this since I haven't done this in three months. They told my dad that were going to give me a warning...next time I receive this message I'm going down to att and make them prove to me that I'm tethering since all I do on my phones is surf the net, download apps, be on Xda, and on eBay.
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pjcanales said:
Ok so here the update I was busy at the time to go to att so my dad who is the primary account went to att and find out what's going on. According to them they say my number was detected as tethering. I don't believe this since I haven't done this in three months. They told my dad that were going to give me a warning...next time I receive this message I'm going down to att and make them prove to me that I'm tethering since all I do on my phones is surf the net, download apps, be on Xda, and on eBay.
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You wouldn't win if you go down the store....its quite simple to tell if someone's tethering just measure the number of bumps it took to carry the data.... Even if it was three months ago they recorded it and maybe youve been using a lot of data lately...don't use tethering now since you're on their radar

a box of kittens said:
You wouldn't win if you go down the store....its quite simple to tell if someone's tethering just measure the number of bumps it took to carry the data.... Even if it was three months ago they recorded it and maybe youve been using a lot of data lately...don't use tethering now since you're on their radar
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Tru.dat. And by "bumps", kittens means "hops". They will scold you for it. Which is bs. A "hop" is one device transferred to another. Aka AT&T to your phone is 1 hop.. AT&T to your phone to your PC is 2. They can see this.
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So does anyone here still use tethering?
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I only tether when I absolutely need too...they USUALLY will look at people who use huge amounts of data on their unlimited plans and from their they determine if they're tethering or not. .but if you have a huge data peak they will check you out so I try not to tether really except when its necessary

I agree. I'm on a 3gb a month plan and that barely gets me by the month. Time to hit the lotto and crest my own carrier
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What's the point with not be able to tether but there are apps that allow you to do so? Seems like my freedom has been taken away from me.
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More money for them...data is data they could easily allow you to tether on that 3gb plan it wouldn't any more of a hassle for them at all actually they wouldn't have to do anything...data is just data! One day you'll learn its all about money

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pjcanales said:
So does anyone here still use tethering?
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I've tethered, but very seldom. Most usually if traveling, and in a place that either doesn't have WiFi for my laptop or tablet, or the hotel WiFi is too slow. Haven't had any warning or message from AT&T. Pretty sure there are a decent amount of people tethering still.
There was another thread a couple months ago, where the OP got the warning message, but swore up and down that he didn't tether at all. He asked AT&T to prove it, but don't know if they ever gave him any proof.
The method by which data use is monitored by AT&T seems far from consistent, and also seems room for error. Which looks like might be the case in your instance.

im on my phone all day every day and i never break my cap of 3 gigs some times i barely break 1.5 gigs
i do tether when i need it but its very rare for me todo so

I was busted for tethering but they sent me a letter in the mail warning me that they would change my unlimited plan to a tethering plan if I was caught again. So no more tethering for me
AT&T HTC one xl viper xl 3.1.0

ericdhartmann said:
I was busted for tethering but they sent me a letter in the mail warning me that they would change my unlimited plan to a tethering plan if I was caught again. So no more tethering for me
AT&T HTC one xl viper xl 3.1.0
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Wow. I feel bad for you guys. Not only is tethering included on my normal data plan, but when I tether to upload, it never shows up on my data usage.
Gee. That sounds like I'm rubbing it in, but I'm actually just mad that they charge you.
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[Q] HTC One X can't find network on T-Mobile

Okay so I bought a AT&T htc one x. I rooted the phone. Unlocked the boot loader. Now on rebel rom. I put my tmobile SIM card in the phone and it gives me no reception. At all. And says no service. I went to the settings and mobile data, than did network operators. Did select automatically. And says "unable to connect to network at this time, please try again." So than I did search networks. All it pulls up is AT&T and US. So I got curious and tried us and it had no positive return. Now I need help as I seriously just got this phone yesterday and it sucks its just sitting here now. And no I have no phone. Any help would be appreciated.

did you SIM unlock it?
I SIM unlocked mine, and got no reception, but I didn't have a chance to change APNs and such.

mirGantrophy said:
did you SIM unlock it?
I SIM unlocked mine, and got no reception, but I didn't have a chance to change APNs and such.
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Yeah I bought the sim unlock code prior to rooting with success on stock sense but still never had reception.

Update: I disassembled the phone to check the cables to see if any were loose or damaged and to find out that ALL antenna cables are in tact in good shape, connected perfectly and everything, so I know that this is a issue within the software of the phone. I did use an unlock code on the stock os and when I didn't get reception than is when I rooted the phone with still no change. Any help is appreciated thank you!

You still haven't mentioned if you changed your APN settings.

Same thing happened with me last night, but on an iPhone. Just won't get service no matter what SIM I put in.
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I did have the apns how they're suppose to be. And I put my sim back in my iPhone and it works fine. Its just every time I put my sim in this phone it will not work. Still really confused because hardware is fine.
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WTFunk said:
You still haven't mentioned if you changed your APN settings.
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What this person said....you have to change apn settings, also did you trim your tmoblie SIM card down to make it fit? Technically if apn if changed and you have a working tmobile SIM it shouldn't be possible to pick up att. Also did you try using it it case icons are saying att but signal is tmobile. You should be able to check what band you are on to verify.....good luck on your quest
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mddcflimsreal said:
I did have the apns how they're suppose to be. And I put my sim back in my iPhone and it works fine. Its just every time I put my sim in this phone it will not work. Still really confused because hardware is fine.
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Lol, I put it in my other iPhone and it works fine too. Any phone really. Must be a hardware issue.
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So apn is set for tmobile. Micro sim was got from tmobile. Still no luck.

Craigslist..? Got an att sim to check out? Maybe a quick call to at&t to verify the imei is not blacklisted if you haven't already
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Yes. It was blacklisted sadly. This is why I hate craigslist. I got ripped off. Now I understand why it was so cheap compared to the other ones. I guess it was kinda my fault. Thanks guys for all your suggestions.
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mddcflimsreal said:
Yes. It was blacklisted sadly. This is why I hate craigslist. I got ripped off. Now I understand why it was so cheap compared to the other ones. I guess it was kinda my fault. Thanks guys for all your suggestions.
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That sucks so much man. I feel for you.
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It really wasn't what I was hoping. But it sucks they do that but they do what they gotta do. I'm just sol on this phone. Taking a $200 loss. But I think I may just part the phone out considering the screen is brand new and the parts are pricey now days. Well. Not to sure what I'm gonna do with it yet actually. But hopefully something beneficial.
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ATT sends HTC One XL without LTE Sim Card

Wife just got an HTC ONE XL.... came with a sim card.
Had a hard time getting it activated... but eventually ....
After playing with it for a couple hours i found that it would not send SMS images.
Finally did a chat with ATT and was informed that the account had been changed to a Pay Data plan and that the Sim card listed was not a LTE sim card.
Hard to fathom that 2 people before never made that connection and that they actually sent an LTE phone without the proper SIM card.
Said it will take 3 days to get the LTE card when the phone was sent overnight.

krelvinaz said:
Wife just got an HTC ONE XL.... came with a sim card.
Had a hard time getting it activated... but eventually ....
After playing with it for a couple hours i found that it would not send SMS images.
Finally did a chat with ATT and was informed that the account had been changed to a Pay Data plan and that the Sim card listed was not a LTE sim card.
Hard to fathom that 2 people before never made that connection and that they actually sent an LTE phone without the proper SIM card.
Said it will take 3 days to get the LTE card when the phone was sent overnight.
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AT&T never informed me that they had no 4g in our area. Needless to say I found out the same way you did. They're really "good" for that.
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Turns out that everything was wrong...
1) it is an HTC One VX not HTC One LX
2) ATT only uses one type (different sizes) of SIM cards and they are 3g/4g and LTE compatible.
3) The person who activated the phone, put the phone on a Pay per use plan (not LTE)...
4) The rep I just got off the phone with, is fixing that... temp 200mb LTE plan until the Unlimited LTE plan is put back on, Credit to cover the cost and fixed a number of other issues (like turning me on paperless billing).
So I was in the wrong thread... sorry bout that.

Wow I read that completely wrong lol. Time for me to go to bread.
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jacobas92 said:
Wow I read that completely wrong lol. Time for me to go to bread.
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Go to bread???? Where that????

ImagioX1 said:
Go to bread???? Where that????
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Bread=Bed
Its a joke :v
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Misterowl said:
Bread=Bed
Its a joke :v
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Some bodys rely sleapii.

krelvinaz said:
Turns out that everything was wrong...
1) it is an HTC One VX not HTC One LX
2) ATT only uses one type (different sizes) of SIM cards and they are 3g/4g and LTE compatible.
3) The person who activated the phone, put the phone on a Pay per use plan (not LTE)...
4) The rep I just got off the phone with, is fixing that... temp 200mb LTE plan until the Unlimited LTE plan is put back on, Credit to cover the cost and fixed a number of other issues (like turning me on paperless billing).
So I was in the wrong thread... sorry bout that.
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As a former employee I used to get mistakes like this from all sorts if co workers. Hated it. I knew how to fix it, just couldn't tell. Also you know have an LTE sim card when the 9th and 10th number is 25 or 27
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In response to: Bread??? Wheres that???
Lmfao!!! Sorry....bored. Reading older posts/forums this seriously cracked me the f up!!!...
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Lmfao!!! Sorry....bored. Reading older posts/forums this seriously cracked me the f up!!!...
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Bread???? Wheres that????
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[Q] Different Carrier??

So I found a HTC One X from AT&T on the side of the road the other day, surprisingly in great condition. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, have SuperCID, and have S-OFF. I was wondering if anyone here knew if it is possible to change this phone over in order to use on the Virgin Mobile network?

tintguy said:
So I found a HTC One X from AT&T on the side of the road the other day, surprisingly in great condition. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, have SuperCID, and have S-OFF. I was wondering if anyone here knew if it is possible to change this phone over in order to use on the Virgin Mobile network?
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You can buy a sim unlock key.
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Don't be surprised if someone comes looking for it. Very simple matter to track these phones to their exact location.

tintguy said:
So I found a HTC One X from AT&T on the side of the road the other day, surprisingly in great condition. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, have SuperCID, and have S-OFF. I was wondering if anyone here knew if it is possible to change this phone over in order to use on the Virgin Mobile network?
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Nope, Virgin uses Sprint network CDMA as opposed to GSM for ATT

exad said:
Don't be surprised if someone comes looking for it. Very simple matter to track these phones to their exact location.
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When i lost my sensation I used Google play and maps combo to track it within 30'
If imei has been registered with Google it can be easily tracked even without a aim card as long as it gets WiFi signal. And the phone can easily be blacklisted as long as imei is known.
And on the point of using it on virgin mobile if they are at all like Verizon they will have a SIM but only for the 4g data. Like a sprint iPhone. Uses cmda for calls and the sim for data connection.
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RollTribe said:
You can buy a sim unlock key.
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He should just buy his own device, and look in the one xl for a contact named mom, dad or something and call and let them know u found the phone. That's the right thing to do.
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@31ken31 I know it's the right thing to do, but I was just answering his question.
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So you didn't try to find the owner and return the phone? That's pretty dodgy man.
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So you didn't try to find the owner and return the phone? That's pretty dodgy man.
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Finders keepers I assume. Lol when I left my hox at
the grocery store I was happy the person who found it was honest. They called my mom and told her it was found, I had it back an hour later. Worse part was I didn't realize I had even lost it yet
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Karma. If you take someone's property without even trying to return it, you deserve to have your property stolen or destroyed without a word of complaint.

I tried to return the phone....the phone was locked and I was unable to retrieve any numbers from it. There was a missed call on the lockscreen and I called that number but it had been disconnected. I put an ad on craigslist for a "FOUND LOST PHONE", I got a few replies but they were all looking for a different brand of phone.I have found atleast half a dozen phones in the last year and returned everyone of them. It's not like I just picked up the phone and immediately done a factory reset so I could start using it.
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OK your karma should be in line then lol
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Yea, if you tried but could not find the owner then finders keepers kicks in

tintguy said:
I tried to return the phone....the phone was locked and I was unable to retrieve any numbers from it. There was a missed call on the lockscreen and I called that number but it had been disconnected. I put an ad on craigslist for a "FOUND LOST PHONE", I got a few replies but they were all looking for a different brand of phone.I have found atleast half a dozen phones in the last year and returned everyone of them. It's not like I just picked up the phone and immediately done a factory reset so I could start using it.
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As long as a honest attempt was made. But you will need to switch to a gsm carrier and need an unlock code
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31ken31 said:
As long as a honest attempt was made. But you will need to switch to a gsm carrier and need an unlock code
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I read a thread for the One S that said the unlock code could be mathematically derived from the IMEI. Any known method such as this for the One X?
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No. The same method may work. Never tried it.
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