Hi guys, new to ths and apologies if I am asking something already asked but I tried to check and didn't see anything similar. I was send a samsung galaxy s vibrant from the US and it was unlocked in my country (Zimbabwe). The phone worked fine for a while and then started having a weird problem. The phone loses network or does not recognise the sim card but if I restart the phone whilst the USB cable is connected into a computer then it reads the sim card and also gets network. Any ideas what the problem might be or more importantly how to solve it?
hello, i am having a problem unlocking my samsung captivate from the rogers network, i just bought this phone used. i put an active sim card in the phone from the mts network and power the phone on, i get an error message saying "network unlock pin number is entered incorrectly. contact your service provider. Cellphone : Samsung Galaxy S Captivate IMEI : 354182040128892
ive read all the other posts about using odin and such but that is all greek to me, and before i even try to mess with all that i was wondering if anyone had a for sure answer for me that doing all that will even fix this problem.
any and all help is really appreciated!! thanks alot
note: my friend has the same captivate, i896 on the rogers network, if i put my mts sim card in his phone it prompts me for an unlock code like it should, and if i put his fido sim card in my phone it works and makes calls as it should.
does any one have any ideas?
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..
Hi all,
I just bought a used Skyrocket and unlock the phone using unlock code I bought from other website. But when I put the TMobile Sim card and restart the phone, the phone took about 2 to 3 minutes to acquire the network signal. So I used a friend AT&T Sim Card and restart the phone but the phone still took 2 to 3 minutes. The Android version is 2.3.5 and Kernal Version is 2.6.35.11. Does anyone encountered this problem before? I search around but didn't found any thread mention about this problem. I just don't know if it is because of the phone or because of the unlock code? Thanks all.
nevermind... found a solution. Have to reset the APN so it recognize Tmobile. Now it is able to pickup TMobile right at startup.
Depending on where you are signal wise when useing a unlocked phone it is pretty typical bout taking it's time connecting on a different network other than what it was set up for but over all would say if it pick's up and function's properly it should be fine. I have had a few do the same thing sound's pretty normal. Hope this helped ya.
I have recently purchase a Note 4 clone phone from China. It works very well but I have a problem. When I got it I inserted an EE micro simcard which work fine whilst I waited for my proper talktalk simcard to arrive. Now however when I insert the talktalk simcard in I get no signal and the message emergency calls only.
I think with these types of the devices, once you insert the first sim card into it, they tend to lock onto that network and won't work with anyone other.
My question is therefore:-
Is there a way to unlock a Note 4 clone phone
If the phone can not be unlocked, I was thinking that if I back up the ROM and reflash the phone with the same ROM it might fix the problem. But I do not know how to back up the ROM. I've read a number of threads but still remain confused.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can not use the phone at all now. The device is rooted.
Thanks in advance
Any help guys
UK3G said:
I have recently purchase a Note 4 clone phone from China. It works very well but I have a problem. When I got it I inserted an EE micro simcard which work fine whilst I waited for my proper talktalk simcard to arrive. Now however when I insert the talktalk simcard in I get no signal and the message emergency calls only.
I think with these types of the devices, once you insert the first sim card into it, they tend to lock onto that network and won't work with anyone other.
My question is therefore:-
Is there a way to unlock a Note 4 clone phone
If the phone can not be unlocked, I was thinking that if I back up the ROM and reflash the phone with the same ROM it might fix the problem. But I do not know how to back up the ROM. I've read a number of threads but still remain confused.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can not use the phone at all now. The device is rooted.
Thanks in advance
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Is anyone able to help?