Hey All,
I have an 8GB 8X and have ordered a 16GB because I need more space. Anyone know of a way I can backup my original and restore to the new? Is that even possible? TIA.
UPDATE: I was hoping I could restore from my old phone by signing into the store but that was not the case. Maybe I did something wrong... Anyway, I installed almost everything manually. The new phone is one from Bell Canada. It has the same radio as ATT so I can still take advantage of the LTE but now I can't get to the ATT branded apps. Any ideas?
mobi said:
Hey All,
I have an 8GB 8X and have ordered a 16GB because I need more space. Anyone know of a way I can backup my original and restore to the new? Is that even possible? TIA.
UPDATE: I was hoping I could restore from my old phone by signing into the store but that was not the case. Maybe I did something wrong... Anyway, I installed almost everything manually. The new phone is one from Bell Canada. It has the same radio as ATT so I can still take advantage of the LTE but now I can't get to the ATT branded apps. Any ideas?
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The carrier branding is determined by the 1st SIM card inserted into the phone upon a factory reset. You might want to try putting an AT&T SIM card and reseting your phone. I do not know if this will work an factory branded devices, but for "unbranded" devices, that's how it works.
matthew5025 said:
The carrier branding is determined by the 1st SIM card inserted into the phone upon a factory reset. You might want to try putting an AT&T SIM card and reseting your phone. I do not know if this will work an factory branded devices, but for "unbranded" devices, that's how it works.
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Unfortunately not. I did get my text message history back from the backup feature in settings but I had to set everythign back up as new. It's actually unbranded but it came from Bell Canada. The only branding it has is that in the about us it has their contact details like phone and website. The other downside is that I got the portico update on my ATT phone last week but I'm still waiting for this one. If I'm correct, it has to come through from Bell? Cheers.
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**I'm not sure if this is the correct place for my question; please forgive if I got it wrong***
I bought a Chinese Hero clone off of eBay (item #180499296099) and it doesn't recognize my US AT&T SIM card, nor will it allow me to choose the AT&T Network under "phone settings." Well, it allows me, but won't keep the choice. The SIM is seated & locked in properly in the Hero clone & it works fine on my Nokia E71. I even went and got a new one from AT&T. Any advice on how I can make this work? Will rooting the phone help me in this situation?
The seller is working with me on this and willing to reimburse if necessary, but I really want to make sure I tried everything to make it work. Believe it or not, I really like WinMo 6.5. Everything else on the phone works fine.
Hi there, the term "Root" only applies to android phones, as this is a WM device, there is no equivelent. the selller may be able to swap it out under warranty (?)
Goodluck
PS, Good Sig
Oh, I see. Do you think installing a different ROM would help? The seller is willing to take it back.
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**I'm not sure if this is the correct place for my question; please forgive if I got it wrong***
I bought a Chinese Hero clone off of eBay (item #180499296099) and it doesn't recognize my US AT&T SIM card, nor will it allow me to choose the AT&T Network under "phone settings." Well, it allows me, but won't keep the choice. The SIM is seated & locked in properly in the Hero clone & it works fine on my Nokia E71. I even went and got a new one from AT&T. Any advice on how I can make this work? Will rooting the phone help me in this situation?
The seller is working with me on this and willing to reimburse if necessary, but I really want to make sure I tried everything to make it work. Believe it or not, I really like WinMo 6.5. Everything else on the phone works fine.
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Have you tried a SIM card from someone else? It sounds like a hardware problem to me. I think your best bet (as the poster above said) is to get a replacement/ warranty repair.
it might, but you might want to try a hard reset firs
Yeah, I went and got a new SIM from AT&T. Same thing...
maybe it's SIM locked?
I got a free Samsung Focus today, thanks to the Microsoft giveaway for TechEd, where the first 50 from TechEd who publish get a free phone. I was told that the phone was carrier unlocked... But since I'm on Verizon, I can't use it anyway. I am probably going to sell it on ebay (although I'm considering loaning it to a couple iPhone friends for a bit, so they can get the full WP7 experience), but I want to make sure it is unlocked before I advertise it as unlocked. How do I know for sure?
Also, if I do loan it out to friends, can an ATT (or T-Mobile since it is supposedly unlocked) customer just pull out their SIM and put it in here, and go with it? Or is there something their carrier needs to do?
Thanks!
hopmedic said:
Also, if I do loan it out to friends, can an ATT (or T-Mobile since it is supposedly unlocked) customer just pull out their SIM and put it in here, and go with it? Or is there something their carrier needs to do?
Thanks!
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Correct, you just put in a SIM card and use it. No carrier attention needed. To test if it is unlocked, you need to find a T-Mobile SIM card, or any other non-AT&T SIM card, and put it in. If it is locked, the phone will let you know immediately and you won't be able to use the phone or cell data.
Thanks. I'll have to have one of my iPhone friends try it for me. I don't know if anyone around here is on T-Mobile.
you can usually just go to tmobile and ask for one, sometimes they'll give one to you. and it doesn't have to be activated.
Hey guys,
I work for a second hand retailer and came across a phone we had in stock, it isn't accepting any T-Mobile SIM card we throw into it at all, just continues saying no service.
Is it possible that the previous owner flashed an AT&T radio to it? Is there another possibility?
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Here's a brief history...
Bought a used, 'unlocked' AT&T branded S6 from a local store. Worked fine with my T-Mobile service.
(Note: Phone boots AT&T, has AT&T bloatware, reports itself as an SM-G920A.)
Fast forward one year...
Wife wants an new phone, I buy her one. I go to sell the S6 on Swappa, and they tell me that the IMEI is wrong. Can't list it in as an AT&T, as the IMEI is for T-Mobile.
WHAT??!
So I do what I should have done from day one...I compared the IMEI from the system to the one printed on the back. They don't match. While the one in the system is clean, the one on the back is blacklisted.
Ok, so there's a new mainboard inside. And if the IMEI is T-Mobile, that means it's a T-Mobile board...right? Because you can't flash AT&T roms on T-Mobile phones and have them still functional...right? Oh, I should also note that the info in download mode also says SM-G920A, and official, and Knox is 0x, etc. ect. Everything I see says this is an AT&T board EXCEPT the IMEI!
I still plan on selling the phone, but I refuse to do so dishonestly. I need to know what exactly is going on so I can give full disclosure.
Any ideas as to what's happened here, or how I can discover what's what?
(I should have been a little more suspicious when the store's television was playing Tomorrowland while it was STILL IN THE THEATER.)
Another thought...is it possible the guy flashed the IMEI, instead of replacing the board?
One more thing I should note, don't know if it's important. The way he 'unlocked' it was using PingPong root and some other patch I don't know of.
When I decided to sell the phone, I used ODIN to flash factory fresh 5.1.1, AT&T version. No hiccups or problems, went smoothly.
Ugh, so confused!
I figured it out. Went to an AT&T store, the put a sim in and it worked without a problem. More than likely the store I bought it from used a factory unlocked T-Mobile board in it. I'm guessing you can flash whatever you want to these, carrier-wise?
No matter. I've listed it. If it sells, great. If not, might be time to upgrade from my Note 3!
Hello!
So I've been going through a saga of getting the right phone and even through googling its hard to decipher exactly what i need given my experience.
I'll provide some details and where I'm at or at the bottom i'll give a TLDR.
I live in the US have AT&T and I want a rooted S7.
Got a S7 for xmas, after doing some research found out that model isn't rootable (SM-G930).
Returned it got one I found was rootable SM-G930W8, said unlocked, and I saw on a few resources it was compatible with AT&T.
Rooted the w8 beautifully, got my new sim card and no signal.
Put in #7465625*638*# and said "Carrier Locked"
Worked with an unlock service, they looked up my phone to tell me exactly what it was, have the code on deck.
Enter code, crickets but possible my sim card doesn't work or i need to try on the stock rom.
Got a new new sim card, no signal. Erased my root and went stock data wipe, no signal.
Tried my best to find stock firmware that lined up with the info the unlock company gave, no signal.
Now, given all that information, can anyone recommend me a model? Just want it to be rootable and work with AT&T.
I'd appreciate any comments on my experience too because clearly i messed up somewhere or the phones sim card reader was busted etc.
TL;DR : I'm USA & AT&T. I want an s7 that is rootable. Had an episode with my previous attempts and would love a guru's advice.
The sm-g930w8 is the same model sold by all carriers in Canada.
Does the phone have a clean imei? Sim card works in another phone?
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The sm-g930w8 is the same model sold by all carriers in Canada.
Does the phone have a clean imei? Sim card works in another phone?
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The old s7 has been sent back so I can't really answer that question.
Nor can I answer the sim card works, because i dont have an extra phone that uses that type.
I did go to the AT&T store to ask if they could check my sim card with an extra phone they have.
Apparently they don't have extra phones ready for that type of nature??? (wtf???)
So I got a new sim card activated from them to see if the s7 would take it, it didn't.
Still just sounds carrier unlocked to me, what service were you using to try unlock it?
Otherwise the G930F is the international model and easiest to mod.
Only concern you'd have is the US uses a different network standard to the rest of the world, so your 3G/4G won't work as well on a non-US device.
EDIT: There also seems to be some root methods for the US models:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to
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Still just sounds carrier unlocked to me, what service were you using to try unlock it?
Otherwise the G930F is the international model and easiest to mod.
Only concern you'd have is the US uses a different network standard to the rest of the world, so your 3G/4G won't work as well on a non-US device.
EDIT: There also seems to be some root methods for the US models:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to
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So to give more details.
I installed the Superman Rom, put the # in to input the carrier code. At the top, in all caps, above the input for the code "CARRIER LOCKED".
Would the superman rom mess with that? or show bad info? not sure
What i do know is that i factory reset the phone, tried the # to get the prompt didn't work.
Tried a few alternatives, same one with the actual network code in it, the 1101, both didn't work.
The company is "Unlock Scope"
Is the imei of the w8 clean?
The w8 should work with at&t when unlocked.
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Is the imei of the w8 clean?
The w8 should work with at&t when unlocked.
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So I'm not 100% sure but..
When I was originally using the unlock service they needed the original carrier information, which I didn't know, so they asked for the IMEI so they could look it up.
They emailed a full list of details on it and I'd think that it would of been flagged in that process, assuming though.
So the w8 is now unlocked through the unlocking service?
Here's a link to the swappa imei checker: https://swappa.com/esn
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So the w8 is now unlocked through the unlocking service?
Here's a link to the swappa imei checker: https://swappa.com/esn
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no the w8 never unlocked. code never worked.
Thanks for the link
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Checked and it came clear.
Was the phone sold as being unlocked? Is the seller able to give you any carrier information about he phone?
Are you able to change the csc by entering this into the dialler: *#272*Phone’s IMEI Here# ?
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Was the phone sold as being unlocked? Is the seller able to give you any carrier information about he phone?
Are you able to change the csc by entering this into the dialler: *#272*Phone’s IMEI Here# ?
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i don't physically have the phone anymore. Returned to seller
Okay. You looking to get another s7?
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Okay. You looking to get another s7?
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Yessir! I liked what I saw. My price range is 300-350$ and I'm seeing those types of deals on Ebay so i'm gonna keep going until I get what i want.
I'm open to other suggestions too.
You'll have to decide first if you want a Qualcomm or exynos phone.
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You'll have to decide first if you want a Qualcomm or exynos phone.
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So I was looked this up before and I remember thinking exynos.
Did some light research rn and i came to the same conclusion.
Your opinion?
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You'll have to decide first if you want a Qualcomm or exynos phone.
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From what I remember, when I researched before Exynos was the choice.
After some light research I came with the same conclusion.
You thoughts? I want to be able to root it and use it on AT&T network if those factor in.
I know the 930w8 is an exynos and should support att frequencies.
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I know the 930w8 is an exynos and should support att frequencies.
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Thats the exact model I just had problems with
That is weird because I got one for a friend, got a network unlock code,and it works perfectly on T-Mobile and all carriers in Canada.
Maybe there was something wrong with the phone you received? Where did your phone come from?
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That is weird because I got one for a friend, got a network unlock code,and it works perfectly on T-Mobile and all carriers in Canada.
Maybe there was something wrong with the phone you received? Where did your phone come from?
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I got it from ebay.