Hi ,
I recently bought Vodafone Smart Ultra 6, which is obviously locked to Vodafone. I did all the start-up settings and everything was running fine. Since my actual network carrier was EE ( Orange ) I unlocked the phone, which worked alright up until the point where it suddenly the phone would lose reception and regain it at random times. I thought that since my sim was really old and cut with a template to fit the nano sim requirement, I messed something up. I didn't mind swapping carriers since I wasn't that happy with my tarrif, so I ordered GiffGaff sim, got my PAC number from EE and activated my new GiffGaff sim with my old number.
I know for a fact that the sim works, because I tried it on different device, but my phone acts like it's locked to EE after the unlocking I did from vodafone. Every sim card I insert is unrecognisable by the phone, except the old EE card which is no longer active.
I tried doing factory restore, which didn't do anything.
Dialing *#*#4636#*#* and turning the radio on and off -> still nothing
I have no other idea what to do and I can't find any solution on the internet.
My android is 5.1.1 which I read has similar problems on different devices, but none of the solutions I found worked for me.
Any help will be much appreciated.
I am sorry if the post is confusing and doesn't make much sense :/
To summarise:
The phone was locked to Vodafone and Unlocked immediately with an EE card inside
Now the phone constantly shows NO SIM CARD - Emergency Calls Only ( tried on GiffGaff and Vodafone Sim )
No Network Connection - Can't connect ( tried on EE Orange after initially unlocking, the sim is no longer active)
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
Try posting your question here:
Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
The experts there may be able to help.
Good luck!
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Hi,
I recently unlocked a Vario III. It was successful in the sense I could insert a new SIM card without it barring me from starting the phone, I do end up getting an error when inserting the new SIM, "Phone Not Allowed MM#6". Does anyone know what that means? I inserted a T-Mobile SIM and while it doesn't give me the error, it doesn't connect to the T-Mobile network either.
I'm mostly curious to know if this is a defect in the phone, network, or the unlocking procedure.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
ssvirk83 said:
Hi,
I recently unlocked a Vario III. It was successful in the sense I could insert a new SIM card without it barring me from starting the phone, I do end up getting an error when inserting the new SIM, "Phone Not Allowed MM#6". Does anyone know what that means? I inserted a T-Mobile SIM and while it doesn't give me the error, it doesn't connect to the T-Mobile network either.
I'm mostly curious to know if this is a defect in the phone, network, or the unlocking procedure.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Hello I got the same error. did you manage to solve this problem
any help will be apratiated
Hi
Just wondered if you guys ran the unlocker from the hermes forum?
do somebody know how to resolve this kind of problem? i am having this problem now.. i already changed the sim but still the error "phone not allowed MM #6" still appears
ddrfreaks01 said:
do somebody know how to resolve this kind of problem? i am having this problem now.. i already changed the sim but still the error "phone not allowed MM #6" still appears
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Wow........digging in the graveyard.
Have you check with your carrier to make sure that the sim you are trying to use is enabled for the network and not locked . The sim unlocker, unlocks your phone to use any sim. It does not unlock a locked sim card.
Have you ran the sim unlocker?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375583
Or followed the steps from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835
I'm in Bolivia. I have a samsung galaxy s, I unlocked with SUperOneClick (for rooting) and sgs tool to unlock it. Then after using a local carrier for about two weeks my phone got the mm#6 error. I was looking for solutions, and then my brother realized that I have to register the phone with the line (IMEI with line). Here in Bolivia exists a law that block phones if they are not registered at someones name and Id. So with nothing to lose, I called assitance of the carrier and register the IMEI I found in the Android menu (About phone>status>IMEI) with the GSM chip/line I have. Wait for 20 minutes and voilá! phone got signal and it's working now. I hope still working from now and on. SO IF YOU HAVE THIS TROUBLE CALL YOUR CARRIER AND REGISTER YOUR PHONE'S IMEI WITH THE LINE YOU ARE USING, IT'S SIMPLE. YOU CAN TRY THAT BEFORE GETTING INTO SOFTWARE STUFF.
HOPE THIS HELP SOMEBODY.
GOOD LUCK!
I have recently purchase a Note 4 clone phone from China. It works very well but I have a problem. When I got it I inserted an EE micro simcard which work fine whilst I waited for my proper talktalk simcard to arrive. Now however when I insert the talktalk simcard in I get no signal and the message emergency calls only.
I think with these types of the devices, once you insert the first sim card into it, they tend to lock onto that network and won't work with anyone other.
My question is therefore:-
Is there a way to unlock a Note 4 clone phone
If the phone can not be unlocked, I was thinking that if I back up the ROM and reflash the phone with the same ROM it might fix the problem. But I do not know how to back up the ROM. I've read a number of threads but still remain confused.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can not use the phone at all now. The device is rooted.
Thanks in advance
Any help guys
UK3G said:
I have recently purchase a Note 4 clone phone from China. It works very well but I have a problem. When I got it I inserted an EE micro simcard which work fine whilst I waited for my proper talktalk simcard to arrive. Now however when I insert the talktalk simcard in I get no signal and the message emergency calls only.
I think with these types of the devices, once you insert the first sim card into it, they tend to lock onto that network and won't work with anyone other.
My question is therefore:-
Is there a way to unlock a Note 4 clone phone
If the phone can not be unlocked, I was thinking that if I back up the ROM and reflash the phone with the same ROM it might fix the problem. But I do not know how to back up the ROM. I've read a number of threads but still remain confused.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can not use the phone at all now. The device is rooted.
Thanks in advance
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Is anyone able to help?
Hi All
I hope this is the right forum, but am now at my wits end...
I have a UK Galaxy S4 (GT-i9505)... it was factory unlocked and I tested this by trying an EE SIM and a Tesco's SIM (O2) before buying and all seemed good and I made outbound calls on both networks.
Anyway I upgraded via Kies to the current Lollipop ROM (5.0.1) and immediately couldn't always make calls on EE - so as it worked sometimes and not others I suspected that the SIM tray was failing (especially as I was getting 'No SIM card' error ocassionally). So I ordered a new SIM tray and replaced the old one last night - but still have the same error.
Last night it was working on Tesco (O2) and not on EE... then after a reboot it was suddenly all working and so I assumed it was a glitch, but I have played about with it a bit more today and sometimes both SIMs work and sometimes only the Tesco (O2) one works. When I put the EE SIM in it doesnt ask me for a network pin - it usually says "not activated on network". The only consistent thing is the O2 SIM seems to work all the time. When the EE SIM is inserted, the "No SIM Card" message does disappear - so I am sure it is seeing the EE SIM OK. Also - the EE SIM is my main carrier and is working with no problems in my EE locked Galaxy S4 running KitKat - so I am happy that the SIM is OK!
I have checked the IMEI number on Swappa and it shows as not blacklisted and indeed describes the handset as an unlocked S4.
Can anyone help? I cant be 100% sure but I think that when I had KitKat ROM loaded it did on one or two ocassions give a SIM error but this just supported my thought that the SIM tray was faulty. It is only now that I am at a loss
Just for info, here is the other info about the handset;
BB - I9505XXUHOD5
Kernel - 3.4.0-3996895 / [email protected]#1 / Wed Apr 15 20:54:31 2015
Build - LRX22C.I9505XXUKOD5
Any help would be very welcomed!!
Thanks in advance
No thoughts anyone?
OK, will try to downgrade to KitKat and will let you know what happens when I have done it
Thanks
SlipMat said:
No thoughts anyone?
OK, will try to downgrade to KitKat and will let you know what happens when I have done it
Thanks
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Hi,
This may help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9505-downgrade-5-0-lollipop-to-4-4-2-t3052472
Hi ,
I recently bought Vodafone Smart Ultra 6, which is obviously locked to Vodafone. I did all the start-up settings and everything was running fine. Since my actual network carrier was EE ( Orange ) I unlocked the phone, which worked alright up until the point where it suddenly the phone would lose reception and regain it at random times. I thought that since my sim was really old and cut with a template to fit the nano sim requirement, I messed something up. I didn't mind swapping carriers since I wasn't that happy with my tarrif, so I ordered GiffGaff sim, got my PAC number from EE and activated my new GiffGaff sim with my old number.
I know for a fact that the sim works, because I tried it on different device, but my phone acts like it's locked to EE after the unlocking I did from vodafone. Every sim card I insert is unrecognisable by the phone, except the old EE card which is no longer active.
I tried doing factory restore, which didn't do anything.
Dialing *#*#4636#*#* and turning the radio on and off -> still nothing
I have no other idea what to do and I can't find any solution on the internet.
My android is 5.1.1 which I read that has similar problems on different devices, but none of the solutions I found worked for me.
Any help will be much appreciated.
I am sorry if the post is confusing and doesn't make much sense :/
To summarise:
The phone was locked to Vodafone and Unlocked immediately with an EE card inside
Now the phone constantly shows NO SIM CARD - Emergency Calls Only ( tried on GiffGaff and Vodafone Sim )
No Network Connection - Can't connect ( tried on EE Orange after initially unlocking, the sim is no longer active)
Thanks in advance!
XDA Visitor said:
Hi ,
I recently bought Vodafone Smart Ultra 6, which is obviously locked to Vodafone. I did all the start-up settings and everything was running fine. Since my actual network carrier was EE ( Orange ) I unlocked the phone, which worked alright up until the point where it suddenly the phone would lose reception and regain it at random times. I thought that since my sim was really old and cut with a template to fit the nano sim requirement, I messed something up. I didn't mind swapping carriers since I wasn't that happy with my tarrif, so I ordered GiffGaff sim, got my PAC number from EE and activated my new GiffGaff sim with my old number.
I know for a fact that the sim works, because I tried it on different device, but my phone acts like it's locked to EE after the unlocking I did from vodafone. Every sim card I insert is unrecognisable by the phone, except the old EE card which is no longer active.
I tried doing factory restore, which didn't do anything.
Dialing *#*#4636#*#* and turning the radio on and off -> still nothing
I have no other idea what to do and I can't find any solution on the internet.
My android is 5.1.1 which I read that has similar problems on different devices, but none of the solutions I found worked for me.
Any help will be much appreciated.
I am sorry if the post is confusing and doesn't make much sense :/
To summarise:
The phone was locked to Vodafone and Unlocked immediately with an EE card inside
Now the phone constantly shows NO SIM CARD - Emergency Calls Only ( tried on GiffGaff and Vodafone Sim )
No Network Connection - Can't connect ( tried on EE Orange after initially unlocking, the sim is no longer active)
Thanks in advance!
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Greetings,
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
Please create an account so you can post in the other forums here.
After that, please post your question here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2259645
You'll find expert advice there.
Good luck and welcome to XDA!
I recently bought a secondhand phone from someone. It was locked to a certain network so I tried to get an unlock code from two different websites and they both said they couldn't find the code for that IMEI.
I bought a sim card from the network it is locked to and it registers and shows it has signal but I can't make calls or send texts, but strangely enough the very odd time it starts working normally for a few minutes and then stops working again. Since I got the new sim card there has been no problems with the mobile data 3g and 4g.
I brought it into the networks store thinking it was a problem with them but they tried other sim cards and it still didn't work.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
z3r0sum said:
I recently bought a secondhand phone from someone. It was locked to a certain network so I tried to get an unlock code from two different websites and they both said they couldn't find the code for that IMEI.
I bought a sim card from the network it is locked to and it registers and shows it has signal but I can't make calls or send texts, but strangely enough the very odd time it starts working normally for a few minutes and then stops working again. Since I got the new sim card there has been no problems with the mobile data 3g and 4g.
I brought it into the networks store thinking it was a problem with them but they tried other sim cards and it still didn't work.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Greetings and welcome to assist. It looks like someone else had a similar problem here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/help/network-sim-card-dload-method-debrand-t3532705
It could be a stolen phone with fake IMEI but you could try flashing a different firmware for your device to see if that fixes the issue. The experts here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/help
will guide you
Good Luck
Sawdoctor