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I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom. What does it say or show on the screen when the sim is inserted? and what does it say on the screen when the sim isn't inserted? If it says the same thing i can't help you.
try a hard reset too.
When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy
most likely its the phone that's the problem. because if your sim was fried it wouldn't work in the razr. the razr couldn't be able to recognize the sim card at all if it was fried.
xtremdremz said:
When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy
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you may need to install another radio that is compatible.
Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).
redbandana said:
you may need to install another radio that is compatible.
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Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM
xtremdremz said:
Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM
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if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.
mfrazzz said:
Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).
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Its the new AT&T SIM. Its wierd, works perfect in my razr just not in my tilt. and like i said in previous post all the signs are there that it is reading my SIM Just not registering on the network for calls or data???
redbandana said:
if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.
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yeah they would LLLLOOOOOVVVVEEEEE that. LOL I just tried with the stock ROM and the SPL changed back, everything to stock and still no luck. Still get the voicemail icon and the message that I have a Voicemail though.
try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.
xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.
shutter13 said:
Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.
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oh yeah forgot that one too.
redbandana said:
try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.
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Tried this once and it didnt do anything, hard reset, tried searching again, went and grabbed a drink and after about 15 minutes it found network and all is good. Now back to flashing my 6.1 ROM. Ill never learn, but its so fun to have a phone that takes over all me free time on the road.
Thanks to all that helped and had some ideas. Thats why I love this place. Thank you.
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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I have already flashed My tilt with just about every ROM out there just to have fun and see what the differecnces were, WITH NO PROBLEMS. Then I tried to flash it with the new ROM and had the problem. I appreciate you trying to help but how you gonna end with calling me a n00b, when I have more posts than you and have been here a lot longer. But thanks for the help.
tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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ya that was unnecessary. he clearly knew what he was talking about (but maybe didn't explore different avenues before asking). in addition, its not necessarily true that the phone customizes for you.
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i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom.
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Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...
Sane said:
Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...
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no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.
redbandana said:
no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.
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I flash only via sd card and I have never taken out my sim card and I have never had one glitch at all. In my humble opinion, flashing via sd card is much quicker and safer.
I'm not sure if I am allowed to post links from other websites that are not approved, and if I'm not then Mods, please feel free to remove this post.
But here is the links translated from Chinese to English via google translate, for the wm 6.1 upgrade for the moto Q8.
This first link are the download page for the files needed, the zip file includes: the driver update for the Moto Q8, the RSD Lite 4.1, and the actual rom for the moto q8 (its an sbf file which is Motorola specific I believe) When you go to the link, scroll down a little and click the little orange tab that says "Local Download", then another window will open up, click on the mirror you want to use.
http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=...indows+mobile+6.1+moto+q8&start=60&hl=en&sa=N
This second link is the guide on how to do the flash and new rom installation:
http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=...indows+mobile+6.1+moto+q8&start=60&hl=en&sa=N
To be honest I tried to flash it using RSD Lite 4.1 but it just said Flash Failed and could not do anything and I was too scared to keep trying out of fear of bricking my phone, but thought maybe someone here would have the guts to go through with it and update us.
WARNING: I did not write any of these links, and will not be responsible for any damages that could occur to your phone if you follow them. This upgrade could very well brick your phone, so please attempt at your own risk.
Just thought it would be interesting to share!
Take care all!
Oh P.S. I think this upgrade will download the software as default chinese and you have to go into the settings and change the language to English.
I have a Moto Q CDMA (wm5 )will this work on my mobile phone?
My guess is no it wouldn't work, but to be honest I have no idea for sure.
I still haven't even tried it on my Q8 yet. My best friend is a manager at Motorola here, may take it to him and see if he can do it at his office.
Anyone try it out?
Hey has anyone tried it with the Q9h? I would like 6.1 on it but when I call Motorola they told me I have to wait till they make an update to allow the 6.1 update and they had no official release date set for the initial update
I tried it on My Moto Q & it didnt work , also i realised that it is for GSM Moto Q8 only .
CDMA versions will not work at all.
so if you have a GSM Moto Q8 you might as well try your luck. for the time being CDMA users have to wait.
Someone tried it...
the story is kinda long so I copied the best part:
Then on March 9th 2008, I was searching online one that board Xda Developers, when I saw people discussing the release of windows mobile 6.1 and downloading it from a Chinese website for the Q. Immediately I downloaded it (I even used Google Translate to be able to read Chinese), and I downloaded RSD Lite and began the upgrade, without even thinking once, My phone went into Bootloader mode…. I was so excited as I watched the screen do things, then all of a sudden, the message appeared on the screen, FLASH FAILED!!!! I tried once, I tried twice, and I tried four times, I tried 5 times, NOTHING!!!!!
AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE MY PHONE WAS STUCK IN BOOTLOADER MODE, I WOULD TAKE OUT THE BATTERY AND PUT IT BACK IN,. NOTHING, I WOULD HOLD THE POWER BUTTON, NOTHING!!!!!! MY PHONE WAS STUCK IN BOOTLOADER MODE!!!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MY PHONE WAS BRICKED, NO MATTER WHAT I DID, THE ROM WAS GONE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IN AN INSTANCE I CALLED MY MOTOROLA FRIEND, NOTHING, NO ANSWER, ANSWER MY FRIEND, I KNOW I’M CALLING FROM A LAND LINE AND YOU DON’T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT ANSWER DAMN IT!!!!!! I NEED YOU!!!!!!!! NOTHING!!!!!
I wait till the next day and put my sim in my older phone, my old Treo 750, what a bulky piece of crap, I call my friend and in a panic I tell him what happened. He tells me to calm down, and tells me to take it to the Motorola Repair Center and he will call them there to give them a heads up.
I go to the Motorola repair Center, which is conveniently located right in front of my office, I drive so fast hold my Moto Q8 close to my heart, as if I’m holding a dying child on the way to the hospital. In an instance all the lovely memories that I shared with my Moto Q8 come flashin in front of me, I immediately forget about the wet dreams I had about the 3G enabled Moto Q9H, and feel guilty that I ever had them, I speak to my Moto Q8 and tell it that I am sorry I thought about the Q9H, and that I will never leave it, all I want is my Moto Q8 back, I don’t care if it has GSM, I don’t care if its only EDGE enabled, I don’t care if I manually have to pull my e-mail on it unlike I had to do with my Blackberry 8700, I loved my Moto Q8 and I wanted it back more than ever.
So I walked into the repair center, and the manager approaches me, he had gotten the call from my friend that I was coming in, he knew my father quite well, and I told him, that he had to help me, that he had to fix my Moto Q8, I told him that I loved that phone, and he told me that it will be OK, I gave him my phone, and a tear dropped down my cheek. He told me to come back in an hour and he would update me. I had a meeting on the other side of Cairo and it would last almost 3 hours. I walked out of the repair center at 11 am. I was sad, I felt alone, and lonely, I felt dirty carrying around my old Treo 750, like a tramp – that is how I felt. I went to my meeting across town, the seconds felt like minutes, and the minutes felt like hours, and the hours felt like days.
In my meeting I could hardly keep my composure, My Moto Q8 was under the knife, it was alone in an operating room, it needed me by its side. I loved you so much my Moto Q8.
Finally the time went by slow, and at 2 pm I was standing outside the door of the repair center, I said a little prayer (even though I’m not very religious) and then I pulled the door. I went to the reception desk, and the gentleman behind the counter made a quick call, “Please have a seat” he said, “The repair manager will be out in 5 minutes” My heart beat so fast, I was shivering, it felt cold even though this is Cairo, one of the hottest cities in the world. On the wall they had posters of different Motorola phones, in a display case, they had many phones, past and present, they even had a Moto Q8 similar to mine, “Please god” I said “Let my Moto Q8 make it, I love it!!!”
Then 5 minutes later, I saw the repair manager walk out, My Moto Q8 in his hand, and as he approached me I heard the start up sound playing, ITS OK!!!!! ITS OK!!!!!!! I HELD IT IN MY HAND AND I WATCHED IT LOAD!!!!!!!!! I looked at the repair manager as he smiled at me!!!!! I told him, that I did not know how to thank him, I did not know what I could do, but I was filled with endless Joy, My Moto Q8 GSM was ok!!!!!!!!! I shook hands with the manager and finalized some paper work, He told me that they had to re-install the windows mobile software from scratch as if brand new, I was so delighted, and I walked out, My Moto Q8 GSM in Hand, Loving me and my Loving it back, it was like a new life. And as I walked into my office and played with my Moto Q8 GSM a little more I realized that there were some extra treats there that were never there before, when they had re-installed the new software onto the phone, they installed AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and ICQ – I only had MSN Messenger before, My Moto Q8 was back and with even more to offer me. THANK YOU GOD FOR SAVING MY MOTO Q8!!!!! I HAD NEVER BEEN HAPPIER IN MY LIFE.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY: Do not download software from Shady Chinese websites, wait for the original release from the official companies!!!
So here I am sharing my tale, My Moto Q8 by my side in all its glory!!!
LONG LIVE THE ORIGINAL MOTOROLA Q BE IT CDMA OR GSM!!!!!
if anyone want's to read the entire thing:
hxxp://www.everythingq.com/forum/motorola-q/my-journey-to-a-bricked-moto-q8-gsm-and-back-19004.html
Yup thats me, LOL I tried it with a different rom - not the one listed on the website I posted above, that was a bad experience and my heart was POUNDING!!!!!!
Never again!
Hey I already found a working version, tried it and even make a vid so you can all trust it works. This is just for Q8 GSM
Here is the link:
Link
Here is the link to my vid:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp9yh-7XYuE
I share this with you because I hope people that know about rom cooking will help on improving this cause actually this are the things I found are missing.
- It starts in chinesse(you can change the language if you find the regional settings menu ^^)
- It only has chinesse and english
- It has a preinstalled t9 program (wich cannot be deactivated) wich is very uncomfortable for ppl who doesn't want t9 like me
- You have to enable cleartype through registry
- Keyboard light doesn't turn on automatically, you have to turn it on by holding the msg button for 2 or 3 secs
(but you can solve this by a registry tweak)
- It doesn't come with msn messenger, you have to install metanol version for sp(search the forums)
Anyway I think it can be a lot improved with more languages specially
Cheers
Dear aneotoena you said that it has T9 preinstalled. Does that mean we cannot use the qwerty keyboard. Please explain.
mmzubair said:
Dear aneotoena you said that it has T9 preinstalled. Does that mean we cannot use the qwerty keyboard. Please explain.
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with t9 I meant predictive text, its not default one but a preinstalled program wich only has chinesse and english.
I have installed it and my moto q8 is working fine now. It even feels a little faster.
One problem is that its speaker phone button does not function for speaker phone fuction, instead if I press this button it launches internet explorer.
Can some body help me with this problem?
mmzubair said:
I have installed it and my moto q8 is working fine now. It even feels a little faster.
One problem is that its speaker phone button does not function for speaker phone fuction, instead if I press this button it launches internet explorer.
Can some body help me with this problem?
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hmmm sounds tricky ............................ok i searched ALL MY Q8 (it feels as if i raped it for no reason) and no settings i cud find to change that u shouldve just wait for the official release
though i hear rumors of a tweak that can fix this AKA ha4x
i used to use tweaks2k2 but i dont think that one has anything about back light
big ach said:
I'm not sure if I am allowed to post links from other websites that are not approved, and if I'm not then Mods, please feel free to remove this post.
But here is the links translated from Chinese to English via google translate, for the wm 6.1 upgrade for the moto Q8.
This first link are the download page for the files needed, the zip file includes: the driver update for the Moto Q8, the RSD Lite 4.1, and the actual rom for the moto q8 (its an sbf file which is Motorola specific I believe) When you go to the link, scroll down a little and click the little orange tab that says "Local Download", t
Take care all!
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well guys theres some guy who keeps saying motoqspanish and doesnt say anything else he says the QM6.1 CUSTOM fixes the backlight errors and speakerphone to IE error has anyone tried this who can verify?
http://translate.google.com/transla...6.1&hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&rls=en&hs=4Oo
Howdy Partners !!!
Being the sporty dude that i am , i tried this update on my Moto Q CDMA .................
It didnt work & it didnt brick my phone as well.
so i guess i gotta keep on trying till i either brick my phone or i get myself a WM6.1
YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAW !!!
Rednecks rule !!!
rahulduggal said:
Howdy Partners !!!
Being the sporty dude that i am , i tried this update on my Moto Q CDMA .................
It didnt work & it didnt brick my phone as well.
so i guess i gotta keep on trying till i either brick my phone or i get myself a WM6.1
YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAW !!!
Rednecks rule !!!
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LMAO!!!!!! i cudnt stop laughing when i saw this post ur a cool dude im sure u know its made for GSM moto q lol good joke
nicostar said:
well guys theres some guy who keeps saying motoqspanish and doesnt say anything else he says the QM6.1 CUSTOM fixes the backlight errors and speakerphone to IE error has anyone tried this who can verify?
http://translate.google.com/transla...6.1&hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&rls=en&hs=4Oo
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Yes I tried that and the flash failed.
mmzubair said:
Yes I tried that and the flash failed.
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omg ouch mmzubair plz im begging u vouch for ur experience on the http://www.hellomotoq.com/forums/index.php forums and tell them it has failed
i agree that rom Q_GSM_01.07.21R_WM61_CUST_MSOFFICE_ADOBEREADER_NOCMCCAPP_by_allway not flashed
but chinise Q_GSM_01.07.24R_withoutBP_GSZDRWNAPCNCMNSL003_secure_188686041_1FF works well.
waiting 4 pure english rom without t9
hooddy said:
i agree that rom Q_GSM_01.07.21R_WM61_CUST_MSOFFICE_ADOBEREADER_NOCMCCAPP_by_allway not flashed
but chinise Q_GSM_01.07.24R_withoutBP_GSZDRWNAPCNCMNSL003_secure_188686041_1FF works well.
waiting 4 pure english rom without t9
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well i am waiting for what you are waitn for but i want them to correct those PESKY errors like speakerphone key opening IE and backlight once those are gone im all for it
hello im quite new hear but i just have one consern at the moment that im hopeing someone will help me with i just bought a hct hd2 and put wp7 on it
curently running mango os version 7.0.7392.0
any way i just got my pre payed sim card from tmoble and everythang seams to be working fine but when i set it up i couldent do the part ware it says connection setup i got
WARNING
Thare is no SIM card or PIN code has not
been input.
Please insert SIM card or input PIN code
first to use Connection setup
so any way i skiped that and chated wit ms toget my activation code everythangs seams to work fine on my home wifi
but now i have my sim card and i just put it in AND THE PHONE STILL SAYS I DONT HAVE A SIM CARD? i havent activated it yet at tmoble because be4 i do i wana make sure my device settings are right so its suposed to get recognised as an hd7 am i right?
in my settings /about it clearly states I have name /model htc hd2
so my question is am I good or did I do something wrong IS MY REGISTRY EDITED CORECTLY TO MAKE IT HD7 OR NOT HOW CAN I TELL? AND WHAT PHONE SHOULD I SAY I HAVE WHEN I ACTIVATE IT AT TMOBLE?
You'll probably get better luck asking the HD2 forums since this is in regards to their phone.
But as for the SIM issue, if your SIM card is not activated then the phone will say that there is no SIM card in the device. It needs to be activated before the phone will recognize it as a legit SIM card.
firstly 7392 is NODO,7712,7714 & 7720 is Mango.Does the features of wp7 in your hd2 workable ?
jackrabbit72380 said:
hello im quite new hear but i just have one consern at the moment that im hopeing someone will help me with i just bought a hct hd2 and put wp7 on it
curently running mango os version 7.0.7392.0
any way i just got my pre payed sim card from tmoble and everythang seams to be working fine but when i set it up i couldent do the part ware it says connection setup i got
WARNING
Thare is no SIM card or PIN code has not
been input.
Please insert SIM card or input PIN code
first to use Connection setup
so any way i skiped that and chated wit ms toget my activation code everythangs seams to work fine on my home wifi
but now i have my sim card and i just put it in AND THE PHONE STILL SAYS I DONT HAVE A SIM CARD? i havent activated it yet at tmoble because be4 i do i wana make sure my device settings are right so its suposed to get recognised as an hd7 am i right?
in my settings /about it clearly states I have name /model htc hd2
so my question is am I good or did I do something wrong IS MY REGISTRY EDITED CORECTLY TO MAKE IT HD7 OR NOT HOW CAN I TELL? AND WHAT PHONE SHOULD I SAY I HAVE WHEN I ACTIVATE IT AT TMOBLE?
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Good lord, man. Here's the best piece of advice you will ever receive: Put down the phone and go to school. Learn to spell and write complete sentences. That skill set will serve you much better in the long run than getting WP7 working on an HD2.
radeon_x said:
Good lord, man. Here's the best piece of advice you will ever receive: Put down the phone and go to school. Learn to spell and write complete sentences. That skill set will serve you much better in the long run than getting WP7 working on an HD2.
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This is uncalled for. XDA is a worldwide website, maybe English isn't the OP's first language. I think OP did a pretty good job trying.
@OP: prjkthack is coorect. This should of been posted in the HD2 section as it's a non-official WP7 device & god knows what could cause such a complication. Also, as he said, it could very well be that the SIM is not Activated.
Put your question here so someone can help you: HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A and General
[Q] Problem.. stupid people and now i've got this dumb SIM "PUK Code" to deal with!!
Cliff Notes: My buddy mistakenly tried to get past my SIM lock on my phone with no luck, now I'm SIM LOCKED OUT. It's requiring a PUK Code now and I have no other phone handy to call Verizon tech support to get this fixed. This is my only phone. I have a PC, if that helps? That's what I'm typing this on now. Help, please?
Story:
I had a SIM lock code on my phone, which only I knew the lock code. Well, last night I was at a friend's house and there were several of us over there hangin out, etc. Well, there's a couple of us that have phones that look essentially exactly the same...White Verizon S3's, but we have slightly different black colored cases on our phones. Soooo...If you've been cookin out that night and doin a little drinkin & these 2 phones were sitting side by side on the kitchen counter charging, one could easily grab the wrong phone mistakenly. LOL Well, that's exactly what happened last night. My buddy and I made the mistake of setting our phones side by side on the kitchen counter to charge last night and we both had them turned off while charging(charges faster that way). Well, of course, the idiot that he is, he walks over to grab what he THOUGHT was his phone, but instead grabbed my phone. He proceeds to pull the charging cord out of it and power it up. Well, my luck...he's presented with my SIM Lock password prompt. He is so stupid that he really thought it was his phone and a mysterious password prompt had just MAGICALLY appeared on on his phone upon bootup. He didn't even think to ask me what was goin on or anything because he genuinely thought it was his phone..lol Well, he starts typing in things that he thinks will work... his gmail pass, his screensaver pass, etc. OBVIOUSLY none of those worked because it was MY PHONE! lol Well, after a few unsuccessful attempts he's locked out of MY PHONE. Now, at this time he comes to me and asks me what the hell is goin on with "his phone" and ohhhhhh yeaaaaa, I'M FURIOUS! This imbecile has now locked ME out of MY PHONE. It's now saying that I need to enter a "PUK Code" to get back into my phone...I've tried everything to no avail, with the exception of calling Verizon Tech Support. Now I've had this problem before where my ex-gf tried to get into my phone with no luck and got locked out with a PUK Code prompt. I Simply used her phone to call Verizon tech support and they walked me thru the steps to clear that code, but I can't remember how to do it...& this is a different phone than my last, so those old steps won't work. OK, well ya'll are probably thinkin "Why don't you just call Verizon Tech Support again, get the problem fixed, and quit whining on here about it. You know what to do!!" OK, well that's the issue here guys. I'm at home and this is my ONLY PHONE. I don't have any other phone to use to call Verizon and get walked through the steps. That's where you amazing people come into play! lol I was just gonna see if someone, anyone, knows how to clear this dang thing so I can use my phone once again! I'm sittin here at my PC typing this and my phone is just plugged up here in front of me lifeless...waiting for me to enter the correct PUK code. =/ If anyone could help me out, I'd greatly appreciate it! Once again, if I had a land-line or another phone handy, I would simply call Verizon and not even worry about posting this up on here, but this is my only phone...grrr.. Sorry about the long post.. Thanks, guys!
If you have a google Voice account, you can set it up to forward to your gmail account (weird, I know). Then you can receive calls using Gmail. That is how I called VZW after I bought a bad ESN phone off of eBay (seller lied and said it was clean) and VZW locked the account down about 30 seconds after I put in my SIM and booted up the phone.
Oh jeeze, that def not a good thing lol. Did u file a claim w eBay and get reimbursed your money back on the purchase? Thanks for the heads up on that though...that would have been an awesome fix to my problem, had I also had a microphone available..lol yea, I know it's crazy that I don't have a microphone or webcam..just never have had any use for either lol. Anyway, I found a solution. Once you login to the My Verizon page, you can find the puk code for each phone on there =) it's really a very ez fix..just didn't think to look on the site
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So I recently bought a phone that required a microSIM (I had a normal SIM at the time). I cut my normal SIM card down to microSIM using a template, some scissors, and a file. After quite awhile I got it to my liking but I'm a little paranoid I may have made it too short. At any rate it still works and goes in my phone fine and I can call/text and all that but I'm curious: Can imprecise cutting result in reduced/altered functionality in a DIY microSIM?
nope.. if u cut the sim even ROUGHLY even then it wont be any trouble if it fits in ur phone.. Just be sure that the YELLOW region doesnt get damaged by any means.. it is the only region of use to us... and dont do these jobs urself.. get it done from the store always.. they have a special tool for this which cuts it perfectly...
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