Hey all, I got one of these brand new in the box from one of those machines that you have to try and get the stick through the hole and it knocks down the prize. The thing is, this one was branded by Sprint (did NOT say Sprint anywhere on the box, only within the phone itself on startup.)
I tried to bring it to MetroPCS, and they said they can't flash it because it was too new or something.
Is there actually a way to flash/unlock it from Sprint to use on Metro?
No, there is not. You have Metro PC which is GSM and you have Sprint which is CDMA. You can contact Sprint to unlock for international use. But it cannot be unlocked for domestic, be it CDMA or GSM.
Call Sprint international customer support.
BTW: This is Dev Section of the forum.. You may want to post in the Q and A section of the forum for questions like these. Its easier to get a helping hand.
Actually i thought the note edge was capable of both. It suppose to run on cdma or gsm like the nexus
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Actually, there is a possibility that if there is no lein on the phone itself, you may be able to contact Sprint and get them to unlock it.
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If your near Minneapolis I'll trade you an unlocked nexus 6
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Ok so here it is in a nutshell. I spend half of the year in New Zealand and Half in the US, in new Zealand I am on a GSM network and have had good success unlocking IOS devices (AT&T) and buying a prepaid SIM card and using them there. I want to pick up a Samsung either a S2 or S3 and use it over there as I am just sooooooooo sick of IOS. with all of that being said. I have a few questions and I did a bit of looking but not sure.
I have a HTC Thunderbolt for Verizon (yes I realize it CDMA and wont work on GSM) and have rooted it and flashed a custom ROM on it so I am not unfamilliar with the process.
so first question
1. Do you have to Carrier Unlock Android OS phones like you do IOS devices Or do you just root and flash a new ROM to it?
2. Do all of the US based GSM carriers have SIM card slots? (I know the IOS devices on AT&T did.
3. If AT&T phones work over there will sprint and singular will work as well?
4. Since I will not be using 4G over there am I better off with the Galaxy S2, I was also looking at the Nexus as well any thoughts?
Guys I realize that there are probable 20 threads with the same questions or a variation and I have done some looking but with everything happening in my life at the moment I don't have a lot of time to make decisions about phones.
thanks.
I'm going to answer this as best as I can. A CDMA phone overseas isn't usually a hot idea. A gem phone will typically have a sim card in fact I haven't seen one that didn't... and still fell into the gsm umbrella. Get an unlocked device as the only way a CDMA phone overseas will benefit you is if you find a CDMA phone company in aus and flash it. But again gsm will be the easiest way to go. Its a T-Mobile phone call and say you want a sim subsidy unlock (current active and not past due tmobile customers only) can take up to 14 days for the code.all the phones you will get in USA will need a carrier unlock unless a software one is available. And I'd go with the galaxy s2 just because it has some beastly ROMs and great longevity
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jaidlion said:
I'm going to answer this as best as I can. A CDMA phone overseas isn't usually a hot idea. A gem phone will typically have a sim card in fact I haven't seen one that didn't... and still fell into the gsm umbrella. Get an unlocked device as the only way a CDMA phone overseas will benefit you is if you find a CDMA phone company in aus and flash it. But again gsm will be the easiest way to go. Its a T-Mobile phone call and say you want a sim subsidy unlock (current active and not past due tmobile customers only) can take up to 14 days for the code.all the phones you will get in USA will need a carrier unlock unless a software one is available. And I'd go with the galaxy s2 just because it has some beastly ROMs and great longevity
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ok just to be clear I won't be using CDMA overseas jsut GSM. does the Galaxy S2 have software unlocks?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sgs-2-sim-unlock-code-finder-frees-your-sgs-2/
Also most CDMA phones don't also come with a simcard slot. Gsm is your best bet so get your galaxy s2 with T-Mobile or att
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Hi, My friend Joined Boost Mobile and they gave him an HTC One. He is not happy with Boost and is going to change carriers. He wants to know if he can flash his phone for another carrier like Sprint or Verizon or ATT or T-mobile or is he better off selling the phone on Ebay and getting a phone through his new carrier? Does this Boost phone even have a sim?? He says it doesn't.
Thanks for any input you can give.
HTC ONE?
unsatisfied?
boost is a CDMA carrier so no, it would not have a SIM
tell him I'll purchase it from him if he's serious about selling it.
flashing it to another carrier he would be limited to only CDMA carriers like Sprint or Verizon
AT&T is out of the question
and most likely whoever(if successful) he flashed the device to..... something would be broken
i.e. he might be able to get calls and text but would not be able to surf web without Wi-Fi or get mms.
unless he's a super developer/hacker it would be in his best interest to sell the device and buy another from a more satisfying carrier....(Verizon) is best in my opinion.......
let me know if he's up to selling to me, I'm not a cheapskate, but I'm not a moron either so keep the price fair..
#EDIT# are you sure it's not a HTC OneSV?
There is a guy who flashed a sprint Samsung S4 over to boost so he wouldn't be stuck on a contract lol. He was successful doing it. The guy posted a video on it over on YouTube. Pretty legit I thought .
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Okay so January 9th has passed and Best Buy is now "officially" selling the Prepaid Verizon Moto G in stores and online. I've searched online over the past few days and even on the forum and I can not find anything regarding information about flashing the Moto G CDMA version to Straight Talk. :crying:
The closest thing that I have found is a Verizon CSR telling me that the Moto G CDMA is not usable on a contract plan (for six months or some jazz). I already know the Moto G GSM can be used via Straight Talk's BYOP program ( I saw that thread in the forums), but I want to know if I can use the CDMA version as well? I know the phone itself seemingly meets all the requirements but I don't have a handset handy to check the ESN/MEID/IMEI on the Straight Talk website to confirm compatibility.
Anyone have any info?
I hope someone figures something out, I can't pay 50$ for 6 months for 1gb/month when I'm getting 2.5gb for 45$...
There is no 'flashing' involved in getting an unlocked phone to work with an MVNO. This of course may not be the case with Verizon Moto G's sold in their stores however...
If you find one on display in a store somewhere try entering in its information here
http://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home/h/byop/registration#.UtmhMhCwLXo
to find out if it's possible to register. Then you'll know if it's technically possible. A Verizon Moto G may still be locked to their network however and the only way you'd be able to find that out is to purchase the phone and activate service with straight talk. If the software is locked a dev may be able to create a rom without that limitation as has been done in the past for example the HTC Rezound, which was a Verizon Global phone that restricted using any US carrier GSM SIM, before devs got around to making a ROM that circumvented that restriction.
Good luck, if it works that's just one more wireless option available at an even cheaper price. Unfortunately I have no idea how good ST's CDMA network is, do they just piggyback off Verizon?
There have been attempts to activate the Verizon Moto G on Page Plus reported on Howard Forum. They were unsuccessful.
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Is it possible to get the SPC/MSL code?
I believe that the Moto G sold under Verizon is a CDMA phone. No GSM radios inside. You can flash the phone all you want, but you're not going to get it to work on any networks that use the GSM radios like T-Mobile, straight talk, or AT&T...I think people need to be aware of this fact in all the other posts about trying to use a CDMA only phone on GSM networks...I have never heard of an unlocked CDMA phone that works with all the CDMA frequencies in the U.S. also, I've never heard of a prepaid CDMA phone being able to be used through an MVNO...contract Verizon phones can be, but only the high end phones like the Samsung galaxy line or an apple iPhone which has both CDMA and GSM radios.
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Thanks for letting me know. I might just bite the bullet and make the full on switch to Verizon just for this phone.
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There have been attempts to activate the Verizon Moto G on Page Plus reported on Howard Forum. They were unsuccessful.
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Straight Talk introduced a BYOP CDMA program a while back, and I've had pretty good luck so far when it comes to flashing unlocked CDMA phones over. One of the biggest setbacks to this program though, is the fact that it does NOT support 4g LTE Verizon phones. With the ST program being locked to 3g only phones, you can imagine why everyone was so stoked to see such a decent handset come out that wasn't a 4g phone.
You kind of went on a rant due to a mis-communication. Apologies.
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I believe that the Moto G sold under Verizon is a CDMA phone. No GSM radios inside. You can flash the phone all you want, but you're not going to get it to work on any networks that use the GSM radios like T-Mobile, straight talk, or AT&T...I think people need to be aware of this fact in all the other posts about trying to use a CDMA only phone on GSM networks...I have never heard of an unlocked CDMA phone that works with all the CDMA frequencies in the U.S. also, I've never heard of a prepaid CDMA phone being able to be used through an MVNO...contract Verizon phones can be, but only the high end phones like the Samsung galaxy line or an apple iPhone which has both CDMA and GSM radios.
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I apologize. I thought you couldn't flash prepaid phone on to straight talk :3
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Okay so January 9th has passed and Best Buy is now "officially" selling the Prepaid Verizon Moto G in stores and online. I've searched online over the past few days and even on the forum and I can not find anything regarding information about flashing the Moto G CDMA version to Straight Talk. :crying:
The closest thing that I have found is a Verizon CSR telling me that the Moto G CDMA is not usable on a contract plan (for six months or some jazz). I already know the Moto G GSM can/has been flashed to Straight Talk ( I saw that thread in the forums), but I want to know if I can use the CDMA version as well? I know the phone itself seemingly meets all the requirements but I don't have a handset handy to check the ESN/MEID/IMEI on the Straight Talk website to confirm compatibility.
Anyone have any info?
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GSM version "flashed to" straight talk? You don't "flash" a GSM device to anything. You pop your SIM in and go.
If you want to use Straight Talk, you are FAR better off getting the GSM variant.
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GSM version "flashed to" straight talk? You don't "flash" a GSM device to anything. You pop your SIM in and go.
If you want to use Straight Talk, you are FAR better off getting the GSM variant.
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Thanks for catching that. I updated the OP.
I don't have an extra 200 dollars lying around for the GSM version of the Moto G, otherwise I wouldn't have even bothered starting a thread. I was merely curious to see if anyone had any success with flashing the CDMA version to Straight Talk since the phone meets all the technical requirements of the program.
What is the situation with getting a more thorough guide on doing the flash for the Moto G?
I see some people are getting their phones activated but very little details on how they were able to do it. There are bits and pieces of info posted but its so scattered and incomplete that it is been hard for novices to get a handle on how to do it themselves.
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Can you give a good way and complete way to do this?
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You mean switching a CDMA Moto G to Straight Talk?
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You mean switching a CDMA Moto G to Straight Talk?
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I am was hoping for more detailed info on flashing a Boost Moto G in particular.
If you want to flash that Boost phone to work on Verizon towers, go to Kitty Wireless on Tapatalk, and there are guys there that can flash your phone for Page Plus. A great third party provider.
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There is a tutorial here and on HoFo, its not too difficult to do. You basically flash the vzw software to the Boost phone. It over the air activates and everything works. With the Boost version at $79 this week at Target its a great deal.
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So flashing it skips Verizon's 6 month prepaid requirement?
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So flashing it skips Verizon's 6 month prepaid requirement?
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I would like to know this as well. I doubt that it will "bypass" VZWs 6month blacklist because the Boost MotoGs IMEI still will not be in VZWs system. Meaning it can not be activated on a paid account. (maybe i am incorrect)
Can you give a link to HoFo and which VZW software they are flashing?
I am assuming you would only need to flash the Radio file and possibly the Kernel. Problem is I have not found those files yet.
Nevermind, answered my own question. Its exactly what I thought.
Here is the link to the HoFo thread: http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...o-G-to-Page-Plus?highlight=boost+moto+verizon
And the link to the XDA thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681166
So has anyone been successful with this yet? I want to make sure a CDMA Moto G works with straight talk before I go buying it. Any confirmation?
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So has anyone been successful with this yet? I want to make sure a CDMA Moto G works with straight talk before I go buying it. Any confirmation?
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If they will accept ESN I believe it will work.
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Previously on the S4 I came to the conclusion I could use the international variant of it on Verizon as it had the proper CDMA bands for the job, is this the same case with the S6? Could I buy the international one that is unlocked and use it on VZW network without problems and if I have them what would they be? Going to do my own homework of course but I always want XDA's opinion on things like this.
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Previously on the S4 I came to the conclusion I could use the international variant of it on Verizon as it had the proper CDMA bands for the job, is this the same case with the S6? Could I buy the international one that is unlocked and use it on VZW network without problems and if I have them what would they be? Going to do my own homework of course but I always want XDA's opinion on things like this.
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I was actually in the process of typing up this thread myself! I am also interested in the answer to this one. And can the international version be rooted? I need me some Greenify!
Edit: After speaking to a Verizon rep online, I was told "In theory, it should work; but we cannot guarantee device usability and stability from non-verizon devices".
Any other XDA thoughts?
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I was actually in the process of typing up this thread myself! I am also interested in the answer to this one. And can the international version be rooted? I need me some Greenify!
Edit: After speaking to a Verizon rep online, I was told "In theory, it should work; but we cannot guarantee device usability and stability from non-verizon devices".
Any other XDA thoughts?
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The International one is fully bootloader unlockable and rootable from the start, hence why I want it over this locked down one. Though someone suggested to me in a PM to post this in the international forum so I will try that and update here with whatever results I get.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
The International one is fully bootloader unlockable and rootable from the start, hence why I want it over this locked down one. Though someone suggested to me in a PM to post this in the international forum so I will try that and update here with whatever results I get.
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From what I could find it won't work because it's GSM and won't work with CDMA carriers. Here is a link to the info I found.
I remember reading that the Verizon and Sprint variants have a separate Qualcom modem in them to connect to their CDMA and LTE bands.
I have the US Verizon Galaxy S6 as well as my wife now. Currently in Cancun using a popped in TelCel SIM card seeing crazy 4G speeds on the hotel strip area.
So yea. The S6 from Verizon is killer with foreign SIMs.
Lil
lilsalmon said:
I have the US Verizon Galaxy S6 as well as my wife now. Currently in Cancun using a popped in TelCel SIM card seeing crazy 4G speeds on the hotel strip area.
So yea. The S6 from Verizon is killer with foreign SIMs.
Lil
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Can i ask what this has to do with OPs question?
Sorry I just reread the post and thought it was referencing using the vzw version abroad.
You can delete my post if it offends you that much. Was just trying to help because I just went through the process of using it in Mexico for the first time.
It's not that big of a deal, I just thought I was missing something
No worries here ...
Any answers yet? Thanks.
Just want to let you all know the international version will not work on Verizon.
I have one was going to sell on craigslist and we met at verizon and it will not recognize the mobile network.
Im still trying to sale this thing lol
I just purchased a Sprint S5, planed to sign up R+.
The S5 already has Android 6.0.1.
Is there a way to unlock the phone for the GSM carriers, such as T-Mobile or AT&T ?
By law, Sprint has to unlock your phone if you request it. You can just call them and ask them to unlock the phone. I think you can also unlock it online without calling Sprint, but their website is down right now so I can't give you specific instructions. Sign into your Sprint account on the web, and next to your phone, there's a drop down menu that (I think) has an option to unlock.
Idoneapps(.com) do hell of job. I'm using ATT, the only catch is I only get 3g. But I don't really care because I have a 3g throttler in use because of my custom ROM. It's around $30 for the app. But it works.
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i can also confirm the idoneapps.com method as working. its $35, but it just works. Plus their support forums is backed by a fellow called NoDial and he is johnny on the spot with regards to responding to queries! also, xda member @stifilz can unlock with no preset cost, but donating to him for his time is always a good thing