My contract with my S3 is about to end in a few days, and I'm going to switch to Straight Talk since they now provide Verizon LTE sims. I wanted to know if Verizon would unlock the APN settings once it's over since they're blacked out, or if someone could point me to the correct forum to gain the ability to change this. My phone is rooted but I really really don't want to download a bunch of apps and add/change codes, download roms ect. The other question is do I need an unlock code from them even though I'm staying on their towers, or do I only need to worry about the APN? Maybe let me know what other problems I could possibly run into during the process. I want as much information and help here as I can get without talking to a person from either company. I already called Straight Talk, and they told me to call Verizon for some instruction on moving my phone else wear. I think, though, the only thing Verizon will do for me is unlock the phone and I'm worried they might not even do that for whatever reason. All I ask is for this not to be difficult.
Hi there,
The best place for this device specific question is here:
Verizon Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck
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Hey Guys,
Back Story (don't really have to read if you want to skip)
I was at the bar with some coworkers and a new guy I work with was talking about how he had bought a Samsung Fascinate from a friend of his that had gotten his account frozen (it was on Verizon Wireless). The coworker wanted to transfer it over to Cricket Wireless (it is a crappy carrier in my area if you haven't heard of it) but they told him that they could do it but that he wouldn't get MMS. He ended up just buying a new one from Cricket and offered to sell me the one he could use for 50 bucks (it is like new in a box with everything) and told me if I couldn't do anything with it he would buy it back. This was kinda a win/win no brainer for me so of course I took him up on the offer.
He also did say that he could not get Verizon to activate it because there was a hold on the account that the phone currently belonged to.
The phone obviously will not work for me because I am on Sprint but from what I understand is that it is pretty much the same phone as the Captivate on AT&T. My dad uses AT&T for his carrier and has an iPhone but hates it and wants to go to an Android phone.
The questions:
1. Can I get the Samsung Fascinate from Verizon Wireless to work with AT&T?
2. Can I somehow remove whatever information that has linked this phone to being locked on Verizon so that I could sell it or activate it on another Verizon account if I want to sell it or give it to someone who does have Verizon?
3. Are there any other good options that I can do with this if neither of these will work?
I have no issues with rooting/flashing/messing with whatever is on this phone. I am a flashaholic on my Evo 4g and know that Samsung is a bit different then HTC when it comes to this type of thing but should have no issues figuring out the difference as far as rooting and such from other posts on this site. I just did not see anywhere that this question was already asked and know this is the absolute best place to come to get the correct answers for questions like these.
Thank you for any help you can give!!!
Does anyone have any ideas? Sorry for the bump but its been 2 days now and I am trying to figure out what to do. Thanks!
hi all,
i have done quite a bit of searching and reading. there definitely seem to be a number of threads on this topic, but i cant locate a simle straight answer to my question.
heres my situation.
1. I am on sprint right now. my phone is smashed so i can make an insurance claim and get a new phone for 100 bucks.
2. my boss has an extra line on his verizon account that he is going to let me use, but he doesnt have a phone for it and cant upgrade till next august. 2013
3. what i want to do is get a new phone from sprint on my insurance claim and flash it to verizons network and see if i can get vzw to activate it.
4. CAN i do this? what phone should i choose (i was thinking galaxy nexus).
appreciate any feedback and im really sorry if the answer is already out there...i could not find it. i swear i looked! thanks!
nothing? anybody? if there is already a thread answering this please link it for me. thanks.
I wouldn't think it would require more than a VZW sim and either porting the existing number over, if that applies, or activating it on a new VZW number.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
It is possible. But you'll have to know someone or find a really nice rep to activate it for you, as its not allowed/illegal for Verizon to activate a device that isn't in their system. Just popping in the lte sim isn't possible because sprint has imbedded sims.
Tl;Dr possible, not going to happen
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
While I'm not new to rooting and flashing ROMs, I'm new to Samsung... I've done some research, but have had little luck fully understanding the steps to gain root on my S3. I've seen mskip's toolkit, but couldn't get it to work. I would appreciate someone's help for a Samsung noob.:silly:
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
Unlocking the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 I535
Greetings, I am new to this site and forum and I am looking for some information on unlocking 2 Verizon Galaxy S3 I535 phones that I bought recently. My wife and I are Straight Talk subscribers and we participated in their bring your own phone program where we could transfer any phone to their service. A friend of mine is a Verizon customer and he bought 2 new Galaxy S3 I535 phones and the bills got so high that he dropped these phones and bought standard phones to help reduce his bills, I contacted Straight Talk and they confirmed that these S3 phones could be used. We bought AT&T SIM cards and the phones can call and receive calls as well as texts but the media is not working. None of the apps work and it will not connect to the internet unless we are signed into a wireless network at home or at a restaurant or similar. I have contacted 2 web sites fir assistance with unlocking the phones by giving them the IEMI number and both companies said they could not generate an unlock code for me. So, my main question is how can I unlock these phones so that I can get my apps working without being connected to a wireless network? Are there any companies that I could send these phones to where they could unlock them and send them back to me? I do not have much experience with configuring cell phones and I would prefer that a professional unlock these phones as I am not sure I could do it unless the instructions were easy to follow. Any information would be most appreciated!
I am new to the science of rooting phones and such. I am trying to figure out the possibility of changing the carrier on my phone. I have an at&t sgh-i727 galaxy s2. and I would like to change it to a pre paid brightspot/ T-Mobile carrier. I just need a little guidance.
Hi you may want to read this here for instructions on how to unlock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289395
As for switching to prepaid, this is something you must do on your own with your prospect carrier
Good luck
First I am new to thread, know little of it and see their is huge amount of info here. So thought I'd just ask for what I'm looking for so possibly to get things working again quickly without me trying to learn all this stuff. I'm little overwhelmed with this phone at this point.
Recap- I have S5 samsung phone, had it since new. Bought thru ATT, my account paid and phone is unlocked (after att finally released it).
I have switched service to Tmobile, have two phones bought and working thru them. I have a sim card for my S5 from Tmobile.
So silly me who knows little thought I will figure out how to unmarry this phone from ATT so I can truley be free of them and use my phone on Tmobile.
Seemed as easy as installing an app, now I'm thinking what the hell have I got myself into.
So I'm just wanting my phone to work, I talk, text, run apps, take pics, ect.
I wish to remove ATT and add Tmobile.
please advise, thank you.