Phone deactivated message when trying to make calls on a rooted sprint galaxy s5 that was flashed to straight talk
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Phone deactivated message when trying to make calls on a rooted sprint galaxy s5 that was flashed to straight talk
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Hello, and welcome to XDA!
Seems like the old CDMA vs. GSM compatibility issue. Even CDMA phones can have (what looks like) SIM slots, except CDMA providers like Sprint use different frequencies than GSM providers like AT&T. The phones as a result, cannot be guaranteed to have both sets of frequencies and technologies.
Please try this thread:
> Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 5 > Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] sprint sm-g900p can not work straight talk
It may be the case that your post will just be a "+1", as there does not seem to be any solution (please note, you will need an XDA account to post there).
Hope this helps.
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Hey ladies and gets,
I am new here and I do not have much experience. I have been on an android binge for a week now and I have read a lot of threads, and flashed my phone so many times already.
Here is the info:
Samsung Galaxy SIII (LTE I guess)
SCH-R530, and in some places it shows SCH-R530U
Currently running on the latest nightly cyo..10.2
IMEI starts with 99000... and I have checked its not stolen or anything - there is also a sticker behind the bat that confirms it.
Originally a US Cellular Phone, I want to get it working with T-Mobile.
Things I have tried:
-I got the Samsung Tool Kit (donated), received all the updates - and the phone still does not unlock the network operators.
-Used a method from youtube - CDMA Workshop - connect to the serial port - security - samsung defaults - screen on pc says unlocked but phone is not although it is answering to the program.
- No option for the network lock as known in the 530
-Used three different online services - but they said no can do.
- Called tmobile - and placed a request and they said - that IME does not correspond to the model of the phone(???)
I am a student, I can't afford to get anything else - so please help or point me in the right direction. Thank you
I don't think you can do it.
I don't believe it will work because Us cellular is cdma and T-Mobile is gsm.
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GottaProblemBro said:
I don't believe it will work because Us cellular is cdma and T-Mobile is gsm.
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There seem to be different opinions on the net. Phone like mine have the added abillity to receive CDMA radios i guess, but they do not lack any of the hardware for gsm.
I am not sure about any of this however, thats why I came here.
Bsqueeze44 said:
There seem to be different opinions on the net. Phone like mine have the added abillity to receive CDMA radios i guess, but they do not lack any of the hardware for gsm.
I am not sure about any of this however, thats why I came here.
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in my experience with all the cdma gs3 varian, only the verizon one that have gsm capability.
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Just a little update:
I have not been able to make any progress at all.
I have updated my 4.3 on the regular basis - however when I did the nightly 6, and 7 both locked up on the boot menu.
Anyways, today i reinserted my tmobile sim card and when I try to make a call - I get Verizon Wireless automated services that say that i can be transferred to complete the call with a credit card and stuff.
Why verizon? this is a us cellular phone?
Also when i switch to gsm mode - it still does not locate any tmobile operators?
US Cell phone is a dead end. This thread might as well be deleted.
Bsqueeze44 said:
Just a little update:
I have not been able to make any progress at all.
I have updated my 4.3 on the regular basis - however when I did the nightly 6, and 7 both locked up on the boot menu.
Anyways, today i reinserted my tmobile sim card and when I try to make a call - I get Verizon Wireless automated services that say that i can be transferred to complete the call with a credit card and stuff.
Why verizon? this is a us cellular phone?
Also when i switch to gsm mode - it still does not locate any tmobile operators?
US Cell phone is a dead end. This thread might as well be deleted.
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Vzw bought out USC... in some areas I believe? Any how now no the USC will not work on T-Mobile. At least not stock....yet. It may be possible to get voice working but that would be about it. If you could vet data the most it would possibly be is edge as far as I know.... If you want to try something I would try flashing a sch-i535 ROM of 4.0.x-4.1.1 Odin would be best but do not flash the radio/modem. I am not Of 100% on this but Odin might skip over the modem if flashing i535 ROM to the r530. If not mobile Odin is able to only flash selected partitions of choice. Make sure you use a pre rooted ROM. After that and it is successful you may be able to follow the guide posted some where in here on how to use the i535 globally. It will require APN pro I believe. And another app to be able to select gsm global (don't recall for sure) if you find the guide it will tell you. . good luck and let me know if that helps.
Bonkurei said:
in my experience with all the cdma gs3 varian, only the verizon one that have gsm capability.
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I agree with
that verizon is (gsm+cdma)
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I have a sprint Galaxy S5 with sprint and it is unlocked via UICC, what do i do from here? I'm trying to switch to prepaid Boost Mobile, The sim is entered and I have LTE / CDMA network, from boost mobile, but my problem is, is that i cannot change my APN, please help me find out how to change this, Thank you for your help!
Update!
Here is my Modem with the UICC unlock and the EFS, hope these files help out the community!
Modem Download Link,
dropbox.com/s/9mz4v8hmmqt4mi9/Modem.zip?dl=0
EFS, in attachments!
P.S Please help me with my mentioned question!
to change your apn try ##3282# then View-> APN Settings
Thanks for that but, unfortunately i figured out that it is not changeable, I guess due to stock APN, now what i need is a guide on how to flash my phone to boost mobile, I recently seen on the forums forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060085 this thread, is there a way i can follow this thread? or someone remotely flash for me , (not sure how that will work) Thanks for the info!
unlock boost Mobile galexy s5
I am a boost Mobile customer, I likat I get for how cheep I get it for.
I want to root y boost Mobile galexy s5, I know unlocking it is the first step. But what if you don't want to change carriers, do I still need to unlock the phone to root it, do I need to go buy a sim from a different carrier to unlock the phone just so I can just turn around and put the boost Mobile sim back in.
Cant find any info on the situation I'm in. Any help would be grate.
My sister just got a sprint s5 and wanted to use it when she travels to Europe. Did this actually work for anyone? If not, is there another way?
If you have a sprint phone and would like to use it for boost mobile all u have to do is call boost customer service and tell them that you need to have the phone rescued. From there they will ask u for the meid number and all done. I have done this several times with my phones. I have sone this with numerous galaxy s3 and now currently my phone i have now which is a s5.
I bought a galaxy note 3 t-mobile that is unlocked from a friend. I have cricket as the service provider and I do have 4g lte only ever once in awhile it will connect to it though but most of the time it's on "e" about 98% of the time. I Google the cricket apn setting and put those in to see if it would change but still nothing happens still the same thing. Would anyone happen to know apn settings or something I can try? I've even tried *#2263# and changing those setting but still nothing. Any ideas?
Hi there,
The best place for this device specific question is here :
T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck
Hi there! This is my first post here, not sure if I'm posting this to the right place or not, hopefully I can get some help with this problem I've been having... Recently I purchased an unlocked, "International" version of the Samsung Galaxy s6 edge online. As soon as it arrived, I noticed that it used a nano sim, rather than the micro sim that was in my old device, an At&t LG G2. So today I went to the At&t store to get a nano sim for my phone. They got things all squared away, and at the moment, it appear that my phone is fully functional on the at&t network except for one thing - I don't see a 4g lte symbol on the top taskbar in android. It just read "4g". I did a lot of research, and a couple people claim that the international versions don't display lte, rather they display "4g" for whenus versions of the phone would display "4g" and "4g lte". After doing some speed tests and comparing against a speed test run on a phone that I know for sure is on at&t's 4g lte network, I am thoroughly convinced that this true. (speeds are about the same, in some cases my s6 actually performed better). But I am still unsure... Help would be appreciated. My knowledge of cellular networks is pretty limited. Thanks!
Hello, and welcome to XDA Assist! I would recommend you ask your question here: Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting. I'm sure someone will be able to answer your query. You will need to register to post.
Good luck!
I have a Verizon S4 and switched service to T-Mobile. The phone works for calling but rarely works for texting. Messages fail to send. Data is also not working well. As per advice of Tmobile tech support, I changed the APN settings to work on their network. This did not fix my problem.
Do I need to flash the ROM? Can someone point me in the right direction?
Any help would be appreciated!
XDA Visitor said:
I have a Verizon S4 and switched service to T-Mobile. The phone works for calling but rarely works for texting. Messages fail to send. Data is also not working well. As per advice of Tmobile tech support, I changed the APN settings to work on their network. This did not fix my problem.
Do I need to flash the ROM? Can someone point me in the right direction?
Any help would be appreciated!
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Hello there! Welcome to XDA!
First register an XDA account (so you can ask in the proper forum)
then, please visit the following forum... (see below)
try asking here: (You will have a much better chance of getting help there)
T-Mobile S4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
or
T-Mobile S4 Main Section
Good Luck!