Hello all. I have a question for the experts here.
I want to take the AT&T sim out of my company owned iPhone 5, and put it in my HTC One (so I may benefit from their service, but on a device I actually LIKE). But, I don't want AT&T to detect the swap.
any idea how to prevent AT&T from detecting I put my iPhone sim in my HTC?
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I know the iPhone isn't supported here, but I'm not sure where else to ask.
My friend has an iPhone, and he is about to trade it via craigslist for a barely used at&T tilt.
Now, if we trade, do you have to re-activate the iPhone, or can the guy just put in his sim card and be ready to go?
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I know the iPhone isn't supported here, but I'm not sure where else to ask.
My friend has an iPhone, and he is about to trade it via craigslist for a barely used at&T tilt.
Now, if we trade, do you have to re-activate the iPhone, or can the guy just put in his sim card and be ready to go?
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There are enough websites offering a pretty simple "solution" to remove the SIM lock from the iPhone, so I wouldn't worry.
The latest FW 1.1.4 is easily unlockable, same applies to the file system, modem fw, etc.
To make it short: if the iPhone WORKS and isn't bricked, it can be MADE to work with any SIM card, no problem.
Activation can be done too this way, again no problem.
Well the other guy has at&t as his carrier.
So if we exchange devices, I'll have to sim unlock it for him?
Or is it just like any other phone, put in your sim card and you're good to go?
How do you sim unlock the iphone?
Hey all,
I have the Bell unlimited mobile browser with my Samsung Impact. I used to have an HTC Touch that was older, but had much better capabilities with the umb but unfortunately was damaged. If I were to get, say an unlocked Samsung Galaxy and put my sim card and and enter the proper asn settings, would Bell know I'm not using my Impact and charge me data rates? Thank you
Amazing, I am literally in the exact same scenario. I had an HTC touch, it broke, bought an impact because I was told it was the highest level of phone that could still use the Unlimited Browser.
I am looking at a Samsung wave. I talked to customer service, and the woman told me that I could use my wave by simply switching the sim card, and still access the browser. She said she uses a blackberry smartphone, and it works that way. But I havent bought the wave yet, so I havent verified this. I guess I will find out once I attempt it. Have you gotten any info back on your question?
The way carriers know which phone your using, in general, is they have a database of IMEI numbers. But only the phones that they sell you directly (the ones with their branding) are in their database. So if you, for example, took an unlocked Roger's phone and put a Bell SIM card into it, they wouldn't know what phone you're using. But if you put your Bell SIM into a Bell Galaxy S (even if it's unlocked), they would know and probably alert you that you need to change your plan. This is how AT&T caught iPhone users on the cheaper feature-phone data plans over here in the states.
tl;dr: As long as the phone you want to use doesn't have Bell branding on it, they won't know.
Hi, I live outside the US and I'm planning to purchase a HTC One X+ 64GB (AT&T). Is it possible to activate this device outside the US without an AT&T sim? And to unlock it later to use it with another carrier outside the US? Thanks a lot.:fingers-crossed:
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Hi, I live outside the US and I'm planning to purchase a HTC One X+ 64GB (AT&T). Is it possible to activate this device outside the US without an AT&T sim? And to unlock it later to use it with another carrier outside the US? Thanks a lot.:fingers-crossed:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056499
How did you miss the sticky..
As mentioned, this forum is only for the One X (dual core version), and the X+ is a completely different device, hardware wise. You'll likely find a better answer in the proper forum.
But while I'm not 100% on this, I think the AT&T activation process is just to get the phone working on their network and the correct AT&T account. I don't think its required to power on the device. You should be able to turn it on just fine, insert another carrier's SIM, and enter in the proper SIM unlock code.
Buying AT&T devices for use overseas seems to be somewhat common on here. So perhaps somebody can chime in with some first-hand experience.
With that said thread closed.
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First, I'm not sure if this is the right group to ask this, but here goes.
A couple years ago, I bought a used HTC Resound (I think) for a family member from overseas who had a really crappy blackberry. We installed her SIM and the phone worked fine, here and when she got back to the country she is living in--which is GSM. Anyway, after two years, that phone has been having trouble! So I picked up an eBay Verizon "certified like new" LG G2 replacement for her. This phone has never been activated. Do I need to activate it on verizon before I can give it to her? I had a French SIM that I installed to try setting it up, but the setup wizard said "unknown Sim" and would not let me go any further. So my question is, how can I prepare the phone so she can just swap the SIM from the resound to the G2 and it will work.
I also have a G2 on Verizon. Would installing my sim in this phone to set it up and then removing it work? Or would that tie my sim/verizon account to the new phone?
Folks, just a question here as I have contemplated switching phones, I have someone who has a almost new HTC One M8 from Sprint and they are wanting to sell it relatively cheap, I'm with Verizon using a Iphone 5S with sim card, is it possible to purchase the phone and stick my sim card into it and having it work on the Verizon network and get LTE?
I know they are both CDMA carriers but wasn't sure.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
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Folks, just a question here as I have contemplated switching phones, I have someone who has a almost new HTC One M8 from Sprint and they are wanting to sell it relatively cheap, I'm with Verizon using a Iphone 5S with sim card, is it possible to purchase the phone and stick my sim card into it and having it work on the Verizon network and get LTE?
I know they are both CDMA carriers but wasn't sure.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
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It *should* work but you may be limited to 3g