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[Q] Changing Numbers when Flashing to different carrier

In this thread, i do not ask for any help with any flashing to other carriers. I only have a question about it
Donor: Samsung Prevail
Phone to be flashed: nS4G
So i got a used NS4G from a friend. It has his number on it
My question is...if I flash it, will I have to take the phone to sprint to get the numbers changed? or will the number change to my donor number when I flash it? oR WILL a new number appear?

by the way my donor is activated and was used before

:banghead:
Be careful. What you're talking about doing is a felony and you seem to have no idea what you're getting into.
Good luck
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My friend us flashing it. His phone is flashed. I'm wondering if the number will transfer from the donor of not.
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Anybody?
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thanks over 175 views and nobody cares to say anything

Been sent yuu a pm
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CooLoserTech said:
thanks over 175 views and nobody cares to say anything
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Not to be rude but if your title is more specific, e.g. with NS4G in it, maybe there wouldn't be that many viewers. I thought it would be something I could help with, but I'm not familiar with CDMA networks. I used to be on Sprint once upon a time, and I remember I had to take the phone to the Sprint store to have them activate my number on it. Goodluck!

This may work but u 1st need to get the MSL code for the ns4g. Try the app called "get my msl" . U need this code to call sprint. Just say ur buddy had sprint and he gave u the phone.
When u call they will have u enter the phone prompt commands so be on a stock ROM so they work and it will match what they see in their monitor.
This is compared to actually having an old phone that u wanted to switching to ur number.
Now they may catch on or say that the phone was never a sprint phone since the ESN # behind battery isn't in their system. So hopefully they don't bring that up.. then ur good just as long as u did the flashing correct.
Good luck
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thedudejdog said:
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Be careful. What you're talking about doing is a felony and you seem to have no idea what you're getting into.
Good luck
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Felony? How about the carriers give users the ability to move a phone from one cdma network to another just like GSM phones are capable of. Is unlocking a simlocked GSM a felony also?
What should be a felony is having a user buy into an expensive 2 year contract by spending $299 on a phone made in China for $180 cost and not letting you use it anywhere but their network even after the contract.

CooLoserTech said:
In this thread, i do not ask for any help with any flashing to other carriers. I only have a question about it
Donor: Samsung Prevail
Phone to be flashed: nS4G
So i got a used NS4G from a friend. It has his number on it
My question is...if I flash it, will I have to take the phone to sprint to get the numbers changed? or will the number change to my donor number when I flash it? oR WILL a new number appear?
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Its sad you have to go through such measures just to get a decent phone without paying an arm and a leg for it. But to answer your question if I understand correctly, one you flash it and use the donor phone on ns4g it will look like the donor phone to sprint or other cdma carrier on the network. So the old number should no longer matter and the ns4g should register the Samsung Prevail number.

OK thanks for the help
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I got my NS4G flashed to boost, it is actually more than a simple flash, the ESN is changed to that of the donor phone. So sprint will always see it as the prevail. Just remember the prevail can never be used again without changing that ESN also.
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jwalk74 said:
I got my NS4G flashed to boost, it is actually more than a simple flash, the ESN is changed to that of the donor phone. So sprint will always see it as the prevail. Just remember the prevail can never be used again without changing that ESN also.
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Oh so I dont need to do so much to get it switched? only the esn? SO I can use shrinkage and use 3g on the boost mobile network
also, i cant seem to get the com port of my ns4g. can you help. I can find it in device manager with the drivers installed

You need to have your NS4G connected as USB modem.

my 10c on the matter - the number is tied to the SIM card you are using. No matter what you flash, you can't change that. My advice - do not play with this type of things, you'll get your phone locked up and from there on it's all downhill

granets said:
my 10c on the matter - the number is tied to the SIM card you are using. No matter what you flash, you can't change that. My advice - do not play with this type of things, you'll get your phone locked up and from there on it's all downhill
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4G/LTE phones don't use sim cards(so I'm told)
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granets said:
my 10c on the matter - the number is tied to the SIM card you are using. No matter what you flash, you can't change that. My advice - do not play with this type of things, you'll get your phone locked up and from there on it's all downhill
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He's talking about cdma phone. Flashing to other carriers is done ONLY on cdma networks for one reason and one reason only... they don't have sims.
LTE might change that but not yet.

CooLoser Tech: PM me if you still need help.

I'm fine I did it already. Thanks anyway
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[Q] How to get an Unlocked One S to pick up AT&T 3G

Hopefully I'm in the right spot here, first time posting.
I just bought an unlocked (T Mobile version) One S, popped in my AT&T SIM and I'm not getting any data whatsoever. From what I had read, it should be able to use AT&T's 3G, but I'm not picking it up. Is there anything that I need to do in order to activate it or whatnot?
Many thanks in advance.

EpicBlender said:
Hopefully I'm in the right spot here, first time posting.
I just bought an unlocked (T Mobile version) One S, popped in my AT&T SIM and I'm not getting any data whatsoever. From what I had read, it should be able to use AT&T's 3G, but I'm not picking it up. Is there anything that I need to do in order to activate it or whatnot?
Many thanks in advance.
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u need to setup AT&T Apn on ur phone

I'm having the same problem, I bought a second-hand device, T-Mobile Splash-Screen but using Orange (Romania). Calls/SMS work fine but no 3G. If the VPN settings are the issue, are they all the same, where could you find them and so on?

Just Google for the correct APN for your carrier.

baseballfanz said:
Just Google for the correct APN for your carrier.
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Do this. I've tried to post the exact settings on here, but some of the information will shop up as a link, and xda won't let me post links yet. If you google it there should be an xda thread about it, that's where I got my APN info from.

Hey! Were you able to access ATT's 3G towers?

I'm using it on straight talk att and I get 4g as soon as I enter the correct apn.
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droidmakespwn said:
I'm using it on straight talk att and I get 4g as soon as I enter the correct apn.
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I second this.
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[Q] att htc one x on Gophone: Should I cut my old sim?

I just got a good deal on a new att one x on ebay thats locked to att for now to replace my atrix 4g. My question is should I cut my sim since I know it will work or should I go to att and get one from them? If they do it can I still get data by changing the apn? there is alot of debate on this and I'm trying to get a definite answer.

savage388 said:
I just got a good deal on a new att one x on ebay thats locked to att for now to replace my atrix 4g. My question is should I cut my sim since I know it will work or should I go to att and get one from them? If they do it can I still get data by changing the apn? there is a lot of debate on this and I'm trying to get a definite answer.
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Well if you been with AT&T for more then a few months it doesn't matter if your contract or prepaid they'll give you the unlock code. If the phone is out for a year~ they give the unlock code out to whoever ask account or not.
The thing about AT&T is that they are very picky and know right away what phones are connected to their network. So as long as your paying for a smartphone data package then you can go ahead an cut the up and the phone should connect to data as long as it has the right apn settings. (if it's stock or cm10 it should load the apns by it self). I would go to an AT&T store and get a replacement sim for free (last time i checked) and keep your normal sim in case of anything (you never know).

Ok thanks ill go ahead and go to the store and get a new sim. All of the threads I read were pretty old.
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Straight talk with One S and changing apns

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So I bought my son straight talk pre paid plan for his tmobile one s. Where we live straight talk uses T-Mobile as a carrier. Right now he is visiting his mom for xmass and the area he is in has straight talk but through at&t. Can I change the apn settings to make his tmobile straight talk work on at&t straight talk? I did try to change his apn settings to at&t straight talk and the apn wouldn't stick. He's running Zen Rom. Also I never updated the hboot. It's still below v .13 (that iterations not right but I think u guys well know what I mean.) Thanks for the help!
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Anyone?
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Hard to say. I also have ST but I unlocked my phone and am using the micro at&t sim card. I'm not sure exactly how it works buy considering there's a at&t and TMO sim card. I think it works with the network the sim card is associated with. I could be 100% wrong but I may also be right.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm going to give ST customer service a call. How lame though tmobile ST doesn't work on at&t ST. I asked at the store where I bought the SIM card and they said that they only sell ST through Tmobile in the twin cities... oh well maybe I can get it online or just change to another at&t prepaid.
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Hopefully CS will give you some good info. They are never too helpful when i call in.. Not sure if it'll work but maybe order an at&t sim and just switch out which ever sim with the better coverage is.
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Hi everyone!
I just got on to ST with a t-mobile htc one s and am using the APN given on the sheet that came with the sim card. My emails are coming in just fine but when I go to send or attempt to download a picture text, it fails. Can anyone tell me what they have used for their APN? I was also curious if maybe the locked tmobile APN's are having something to do with the fail. Anyone know how to get rid of them so I can create a separate MMS APN?
THANKS!

Hypatia24 said:
Hi everyone!
I just got on to ST with a t-mobile htc one s and am using the APN given on the sheet that came with the sim card. My emails are coming in just fine but when I go to send or attempt to download a picture text, it fails. Can anyone tell me what they have used for their APN? I was also curious if maybe the locked tmobile APN's are having something to do with the fail. Anyone know how to get rid of them so I can create a separate MMS APN?
THANKS!
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What Rom are you on? If stock Sense what version? Also are you using the TMO ST SIM card or are you unlocked and using AT&T?
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Mathato said:
What Rom are you on? If stock Sense what version? Also are you using the TMO ST SIM card or are you unlocked and using AT&T?
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Just noticed actually that the ST APN isn't sticking. It keeps going back to the locked TMO APN. The version of Android I'm on is 4.0.4. I just tried to use the app APN Lock, but it states that Android versions 4.0+ don't allow it to work. I'm using the TMO ST SIM card.

Hypatia24 said:
Just noticed actually that the ST APN isn't sticking. It keeps going back to the locked TMO APN. The version of Android I'm on is 4.0.4. I just tried to use the app APN Lock, but it states that Android versions 4.0+ don't allow it to work. I'm using the TMO ST SIM card.
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I'd definitely recommend you unlock your bootloader(if you haven't done so already) flash recovery and install a custom Sense Rom or maybe even give a AOSP Rom a try. I personally just installed LiquidSmooth Rc1.5(AOSP) And when I booted up the ST apn was already there and selected..
All the necessary tutorials and roms are located in the Development Section.
This all assuming you haven't unlocked/rooted your one s before
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Mathato said:
I'd definitely recommend you unlock your bootloader(if you haven't done so already) flash recovery and install a custom Sense Rom or maybe even give a AOSP Rom a try. I personally just installed LiquidSmooth Rc1.5(AOSP) And when I booted up the ST apn was already there and selected..
All the necessary tutorials and roms are located in the Development Section.
This all assuming you haven't unlocked/rooted your one s before
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Thank you for your reply! I really appreciate it!
I haven't rooted it or done anything with it. I'm a super total noob when it comes to this stuff. Before this phone I had a blackberry forever and a day so I'm a bit lost.

For Those looking to use the N5 On AT&T...

Just wanted to give you a heads up on my experience today based on the N5 and AT&T. I walked in and told them what phone i was waiting for and they pretty much set me up in 5 mins with a sim and a plan. They said when i get the phone i should be able to put the sim in and it will activate. He did say that i may have to come in to have the APN fixed if im not seeing the correct speeds. It was a lot easier then i expected, but if your interested in using the N5 with at&t just go in and they can have everything set up for you for the arrival of your N5. As of right now, I'm on their mobile share plan, But i can easily switch to prepaid if i want. I don't don't trust prepaid when it comes to speeds and coverage.

idk about prepaid but hopefully i will just take mine out of my One and throw it in the N5

Just a heads up, you will not have to go in to AT&T to have them make APN changes. You can find all of the different APN settings for AT&T here on XDA on many different threads. That being said, I have the HTC One Google Edition and did not have to change the APN settings at all when I stuck in my sim. I had LTE immediately.
If you do need to change the APN settings they are really easy to do in the settings of the phone, but hopefully the phone will read your sim and know automatically which APN to use.

bmolloy said:
Just a heads up, you will not have to go in to AT&T to have them make APN changes. You can find all of the different APN settings for AT&T here on XDA on many different threads. That being said, I have the HTC One Google Edition and did not have to change the APN settings at all when I stuck in my sim. I had LTE immediately.
If you do need to change the APN settings they are really easy to do in the settings of the phone, but hopefully the phone will read your sim and know automatically which APN to use.
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Where can I find these apn settings? How would I know if I need to apply these settings?
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Here is a post that has them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26821716
To get there you go to Settings>More>Mobile networks>Access Point Names > the either select the AT&T PTA from the list or hit the plus button to add the APN settings in this post.
I will take a screen shot in a minute and post it, I have to switch my AT&T Sim card back into my phone to do it (I am using a TMobile sim for a while to see the differences).

Here is a screen shot of the APN selection screen and then the settings held within the PTA APN (which is the LTE APN for AT&T). Just a note this is 4.3 but I am sure it will be very similar on 4.4. Good luck. Mine won't be here until the 7th, after that I will know for sure if it has the pre-programmed APN's.
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This phone will not be coming to at&t with a contract correct? Or will it be coming later on, because I know T-mobile said is going to have it in the "coming weeks."

Wow. This sucks doing this from the mobile app! Last try.
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Marco Munoz said:
This phone will not be coming to at&t with a contract correct? Or will it be coming later on, because I know T-mobile said is going to have it in the "coming weeks."
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I would not expect to see this on AT&T at all. The nexus 4 never made it there, but it was at T-Mobile. That does not mean that it will not work on AT&T though. I have been using nexus phones on AT&T's network since the Nexus One without any problem. You do have to make sure you have an LTE enabled plan to get LTE however. You should be able to do that online.

I too have an HTC One on AT&T. I converted it to a GPe though and receive OTAs. That said, I never had to change APNs either with that device. My N5 should be here before the 7th and I can tell everyone if it's a simple sim swap or changing of APNs
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Yeah, I have the mobile share plan w/ 4GB and unlimited talk/txt. So LTE should be enabled.

littleguevara said:
I too have an HTC One on AT&T. I converted it to a GPe though and receive OTAs. That said, I never had to change APNs either with that device. My N5 should be here before the 7th and I can tell everyone if it's a simple sim swap or changing of APNs
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Awesome, let us know when you get a chance. I should have mine by the 9th.
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I'm on AT&T, going to switch the sim from my Note 3. Not expecting any issues. I'm gonna have it on Monday :victory:

918273645ams said:
I'm on AT&T, going to switch the sim from my Note 3. Not expecting any issues. I'm gonna have it on Monday :victory:
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Me to same boat here in Iowa
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Sim swap worked fine coming from HTC One.
Service is much better up the street but clearly it works, no APN changes.
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bmolloy said:
Wow. This sucks doing this from the mobile app! Last try.
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Thanks for posting the screencaps. Does the APN have to be this ATT PTA? Because I see ATT Phone is a choice and that is the APN I use on my HTC One with Google Play Edition rom flashed, and I have an ATT LTE sim which works fine, I get normal LTE speeds.

kayone73 said:
Thanks for posting the screencaps. Does the APN have to be this ATT PTA? Because I see ATT Phone is a choice and that is the APN I use on my HTC One with Google Play Edition rom flashed, and I have an ATT LTE sim which works fine, I get normal LTE speeds.
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I think both work for LTE now. I just checked and seem to come up with the same results with LTE speeds. Something else you might want to check is if MMS works on both APN's. Sometimes this is another area that gets messed up when switching APN's.

I didn't have any problems switching my sim from my S3. Though AT&T still seems to think I have an HTC One X+.

spotdog14 said:
I didn't have any problems switching my sim from my S3. Though AT&T still seems to think I have an HTC One X+.
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That's because AT&T only has your One X+ IMEI on file with your account
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