Is it possible to use the Inspire without a sim card on WIFI for internet and email?
Every Android phone I have ever used has allowed me to "use" the phone without a sim card, but the inspire has a pop up message saying:
phone options
unable to detect your sim card.
Please make sure that your sim
card is properly inserted and
restart your phone.
The only two options that I have are "shut phone down" or "restart", and I have been unable to find a way past this message to use this as a wifi only device.
jeffiphone said:
Is it possible to use the Inspire without a sim card on WIFI for internet and email?
Every Android phone I have ever used has allowed me to "use" the phone without a sim card, but the inspire has a pop up message saying:
phone options
unable to detect your sim card.
Please make sure that your sim
card is properly inserted and
restart your phone.
The only two options that I have are "shut phone down" or "restart", and I have been unable to find a way past this message to use this as a wifi only device.
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I've done it many times no problem
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jeffiphone said:
Is it possible to use the Inspire without a sim card on WIFI for internet and email?
Every Android phone I have ever used has allowed me to "use" the phone without a sim card, but the inspire has a pop up message saying:
phone options
unable to detect your sim card.
Please make sure that your sim
card is properly inserted and
restart your phone.
The only two options that I have are "shut phone down" or "restart", and I have been unable to find a way past this message to use this as a wifi only device.
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You should have not an issue to do that....make sure that there's no SIM in the phone or you won't be able to use it. With no sim on it u can access the phone and use WI FI and mail with no problems at all...I am currently using it no sim at all...
theres no sim in it, yet i keep getting that same message....tried rebooting the phone and everything.
jeffiphone said:
theres no sim in it, yet i keep getting that same message....tried rebooting the phone and everything.
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That is weird...I have been using my Inspire with no sim for more than a month...Is your phone rooted? maybe try a different rom...
No its stock.
jeffiphone said:
No its stock.
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Have u entered wrong unlock code a few time? that will lock the sim...Maybe u can try rooting and gaining S-OFF to see what happens...of course is your choice, but the Hack Kit will give u simunlock...it should work after that.
glevitan said:
Have u entered wrong unlock code a few time? that will lock the sim...Maybe u can try rooting and gaining S-OFF to see what happens...of course is your choice, but the Hack Kit will give u simunlock...it should work after that.
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I actually just picked this phone up via a trade so my wife could try Android out, so all I can say is that I haven't entered the wrong unlock code as I haven't attempted to unlock it.
Thanks for the help, though, I appreciate it.
yeah easy way is just to run the ace hack kit...it will unlock and root it...THEN you shouldn't have no problem of running it without sim card...very simple and easy to do too
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OK so hears my question I currently acquired a t moble htc sensation 4g from a friend who cant afford it anymore. I have a free phone with 250 mins a month and it uses at&t network found that out by the phone number look up.
My nephew also has a t mobile Sim it wouldn't dial out but didn't say no Sim.
I already know that the phone has to be unlocked to use other Sim cards and I did method 1 of unlocking my phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232107 but only the date was displayed instead of my Sim code now before I proceed with method 2 of unlocking I wanted to know if it would then recognize my Sim card and work or any other way to make it work before I use this method Please help.
jeffand123 said:
OK so hears my question I currently acquired a t moble htc sensation 4g from a friend who cant afford it anymore. I have a free phone with 250 mins a month and it uses at&t network found that out by the phone number look up.
My nephew also has a t mobile Sim it wouldn't dial out but didn't say no Sim.
I already know that the phone has to be unlocked to use other Sim cards and I did method 1 of unlocking my phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232107 but only the date was displayed instead of my Sim code now before I proceed with method 2 of unlocking I wanted to know if it would then recognize my Sim card and work or any other way to make it work before I use this method Please help.
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I got the 'STRING: NOT FOUND' error on method one, so I moved to ADB Guide method and successfully unlocked it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16932972&postcount=2
Dhanu said:
I got the 'STRING: NOT FOUND' error on method one, so I moved to ADB Guide method and successfully unlocked it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16932972&postcount=2
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Thanks for the reply but I am worried it wont reconize my sim card whether the phone is locked or not locked
any other ideas please help
jeffand123 said:
Thanks for the reply but I am worried it wont reconize my sim card whether the phone is locked or not locked
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If you unlock the phone, it will still work with the original SIM card.
One possible reason that the other T-Mobile SIM didn't work is that it might not have been a newer 4G-capable SIM card, or the contacts became dirty ( they can easily be cleaned with a pencil eraser).
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Bought a locked Motorola Atrix 2 on ebay. Unlocked the phone and got the unlock sucessful screen. No when i boot the phone, it directly goes into the emergency dialer screen. I can`t even go into the android setup screen. Is there a hard reset option for the Atrix 2?
You mean sim unlock?????
Hold both ends of volume rocker and power to get your menu with recovery as an option.
Yes, it`s SIM unlocked. Did the hard reset on the phone. Still it goes directly into the emergency dialer screen. I can`t even go into the home screen. Has the seller sent me a IMEI blocked phone?
when u saw the green android screen, press vol up/down together then u should be able to see the recovery option.
slightee said:
Yes, it`s SIM unlocked. Did the hard reset on the phone. Still it goes directly into the emergency dialer screen. I can`t even go into the home screen. Has the seller sent me a IMEI blocked phone?
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Dont have an answer for that. It seems i read somewhere att wouldnt allow any unlocking until spring 2012 but who knows. Who are you trying to use the phone with?
halfevildruid said:
Dont have an answer for that. It seems i read somewhere att wouldnt allow any unlocking until spring 2012 but who knows. Who are you trying to use the phone with?
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I am trying to use it in India. My service provider is called Airtel. It`s a GSM network.
Even without the sim card, It goes into the dialer screen.
slightee said:
I am trying to use it in India. My service provider is called Airtel. It`s a GSM network.
Even without the sim card, It goes into the dialer screen.
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With your airtel sim in it should prompt you for the subsidy code or unlock code. If it isnt working you may not have the correct code.
halfevildruid said:
With your airtel sim in it should prompt you for the subsidy code or unlock code. If it isnt working you may not have the correct code.
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It did not prompt me. I had to type #073887* to get the unlocking screen. I did enter a code bought off ebay. It did say unlock sucessful. But, instead of rebooting it seems to be stuck in the dialer screen.
what about get into recovery mode and do a factory reset?
athris said:
what about get into recovery mode and do a factory reset?
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Have done a hard reset. Still it goes into the emergency dialer screen even without the SIM card
Mine is sim unlock and i can use any simcard here in my country,has no problem with phone,but i'm affraid to do hard reset that it will lock again the simcard.
I'm from Indonesia.
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kojitabe said:
Mine is sim unlock and i can use any simcard here in my country,has no problem with phone,but i'm affraid to do hard reset that it will lock again the simcard.
I'm from Indonesia.
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But, i have not loaded the SIM card. Still it would not boot into the android screen.
did u try to put the sim card in it?
(factory reset wont lock the sim card again, once ur phone is unlocked)
athris said:
did u try to put the sim card in it?
(factory reset wont lock the sim card again, once ur phone is unlocked)
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Tried with and without the SIM card. It does go into the Android home screen for a flash and then is stuck on the Emergency dialer screen.
Hmmm that's interesting. I recently moved over to an Atrix 2. My old Atrix 4g was unlocked as well and I went back to it yesterday and it's behaving exactly the way your Atrix 2 is behaving. On the Emergency Screen with or without a SIM card.
dilwaala said:
Hmmm that's interesting. I recently moved over to an Atrix 2. My old Atrix 4g was unlocked as well and I went back to it yesterday and it's behaving exactly the way your Atrix 2 is behaving. On the Emergency Screen with or without a SIM card.
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Sorted the problem. Turns out, i was using a 32bit sim card. Thanks for all the replies.
slightee said:
Sorted the problem. Turns out, i was using a 32bit sim card. Thanks for all the replies.
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came here to say that, although dont you mean 32k?
Unlock code
I tried to get the NCK code from AT&T today and they also told me it can't be unlocked until after June of next year. Where did you get your code?
bimmerd00d said:
came here to say that, although dont you mean 32k?
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What's that all about? I'm courrently looking for an Atrix 2, do I need to pay attention to this? If yes how do I find out whether my SIM card is compatible or not...?
bimmerd00d said:
came here to say that, although dont you mean 32k?
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Sorry for the typo. Meant to say 32K.
i try to change simcard in my phone(different network)
when it load to homescreen it doesnt have signal but the phone can read
my contact and messages that are already stored in that simcard
is my phone sim locked?
if not.how is that it dont have any signal?
The phone is branded or unbranded?
kualmente said:
The phone is branded or unbranded?
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what do you mean branded or unbranded?is it fake or orginal?
how do i know if it is branded?
i think its all original cause i alredy rooted it and flash it to 6.5.1 XE
when i search network and select the correct network for my simcard it says
"Your sim card does not allow a connection to this network"
and when i turn it to automatic select network it says
"Unable to connect to this newwork at this time.Please try again later"
what does that means
zedrix53 said:
when i search network and select the correct network for my simcard it says
"Your sim card does not allow a connection to this network"
and when i turn it to automatic select network it says
"Unable to connect to this newwork at this time.Please try again later"
what does that means
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Seems like you need to get an unlock code.
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Hey,
I've already got my SIm Unlock code (this guide helped me get it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233513 )
However when I placed my non-TMobile Sim, I don't get the "SIM Code" popup. This phone belongs to my godfather and he's not sure if he tried entering the code too many times when he tried to use an AT&T Sim.
How can I check if its permanently locked and/or force it to bring up the Sim code popup?
I'm rooted with S-OFF but still on the stock HTC rom.
Thanks.
Edit: I've done the Diag screen to Clean S58 Data and it's still not showing up.. :-/
Edit 2: Scratch the above. I did the Clean S58 data twice, and I got signal. My godfather will love this!
zedrix53 said:
what do you mean branded or unbranded?is it fake or orginal?
how do i know if it is branded?
i think its all original cause i alredy rooted it and flash it to 6.5.1 XE
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Branded or unbraded doesn't mean fake or original.
Branded = it came with your sim carrier (any logo of your carrier on it?)
Unbranded= means the opposit
If you have a branded phone, you can use only the sim of your carrier unless you unlock it.
This is why I asked. Good luck!
Nushio said:
Hey,
I've already got my SIm Unlock code (this guide helped me get it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233513 )
However when I placed my non-TMobile Sim, I don't get the "SIM Code" popup. This phone belongs to my godfather and he's not sure if he tried entering the code too many times when he tried to use an AT&T Sim.
How can I check if its permanently locked and/or force it to bring up the Sim code popup?
I'm rooted with S-OFF but still on the stock HTC rom.
Thanks.
Edit: I've done the Diag screen to Clean S58 Data and it's still not showing up.. :-/
Edit 2: Scratch the above. I did the Clean S58 data twice, and I got signal. My godfather will love this!
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i already did cleaning s58 twice but still have the same problem
kualmente said:
Branded or unbraded doesn't mean fake or original.
Branded = it came with your sim carrier (any logo of your carrier on it?)
Unbranded= means the opposit
If you have a branded phone, you can use only the sim of your carrier unless you unlock it.
This is why I asked. Good luck!
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i dont know if its branden.i just bought to a site here in the philippines.is there any other way to unlock this.i tried cleaning s58 and still no signal
it also doesnt ask for sim code.
I switched my Infuse over to MIUI from stock, first time ever trying to flash a rom, got it all done, put in my pin to unlock my sim card and it won't go past the unlocking sim screen it just sits there won't let me do anything, i take the sim out and phone works perfectly just can't text or anything.....any ideas how to fix it?
camaross1969 said:
I switched my Infuse over to MIUI from stock, first time ever trying to flash a rom, got it all done, put in my pin to unlock my sim card and it won't go past the unlocking sim screen it just sits there won't let me do anything, i take the sim out and phone works perfectly just can't text or anything.....any ideas how to fix it?
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you have a pin to unlock your sim? sounds like a carrier thing...should still see and id your phone...try a new sim card...
I'm doing this for a coworker, his phone is permanently locked (code has been entered 10 times in the unlocking screen), it's the koodo version (if it makes any difference). Is there anything to do with that?
MatLax said:
I'm doing this for a coworker, his phone is permanently locked (code has been entered 10 times in the unlocking screen), it's the koodo version (if it makes any difference). Is there anything to do with that?
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I believe this is how it goes:
1) 3 tries to unlock using the SIM code
2) After 3 fails, you have 10 tries to unlock using a PUK code (must call provider for that)
3) After 10 fails, your SIM card is locked permanently.
To get into the phone after those 10 fails, try turning on the phone without the SIM card. I believe putting the phone into airplane mode may also do the trick. But as for the SIM card, it might be locked permanently.
sweetnsour said:
I believe this is how it goes:
1) 3 tries to unlock using the SIM code
2) After 3 fails, you have 10 tries to unlock using a PUK code (must call provider for that)
3) After 10 fails, your SIM card is locked permanently.
To get into the phone after those 10 fails, try turning on the phone without the SIM card. I believe putting the phone into airplane mode may also do the trick. But as for the SIM card, it might be locked permanently.
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Sadly with this phone there's only the 10 tries, there isn't a second option to unlock it (no pop-up when a bad SIM is inserted, only #2945#*500# to access the hidden menu). I'll be going to a place specialized in unlocking cellphones, if they have LGTool I know they're able to do something with that... What a stupid thing to put on the phones, what do the manufacturer cares if the phone is unlocked?
Hi, was you able to solve the problem? I had the same problem with LG V60!
Nehmea said:
Hi, was you able to solve the problem? I had the same problem with LG V60!
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Same here