I just received a new Galaxy edge phone (out of the box). And did the lengthy updates to 6.0.1.
Ready to activate I went to ATT store and they tried a sim card on it.
Well nothing happened.
They could not get it connected to anything.
This was an existing Sim that they had laying around. So not sure if it was even active.
Was going to test on my own sim for home testing, but it is a nanosim size and doesn't fit.
When I get it completed was going to root the phone and get rid of all the junk on it. And load magisk as well.
Have just started looking at guides for that.
Any help getting me on the right track for getting this to go to ATT and root (unlock bootloader) would be great.
If there is any more information that is needed please ask.
Thank you
Talked to the right person at ATT the wrong one the first time.
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I gave my rooted TMo Galaxy Blaze to a friend on ATT. ATT SIM installed, unlock code worked fine. Talk and text on ATT is fine. But no data. searched: Added a new APN.still nothing. Friend called/visited ATT. ATT says: We see it...It should be working..all apn settings are correct...no reason it isn't working....they checked the account and the data plan...It will work they said. But no luck. Could it be the sim card issue I have read about? Thats my next step. Ask ATT to change out sim card. is that reasonable? I'm at my wits end. My friend is 8 hours away..so I'm trying to figure this out long distance. I'm a noob..(you gotta start somewhere).but I have searched and searched and I refuse to give up. Friend is ready to give up..go to TMobile...but I am too stubborn! He shouldn't have to do that.
Someone at a private phone shop looked at it for him. Told him the data problem could be because of the root. Wanted to charge him $40 to "undo" the root. Yes, I rooted the phone but I never changed the ROM. I got nervous about deleting bloatware..afraid of which ones were safe..but the root process shouldn't affect anything right?. Any help is appreciated. I will keep looking for answers.. My next goal is to upgrade the gingerbread to ICS. I think I can do that..but I have some learning to do.
I was wondering if someone could help me or point me in the right direction to avoid bricking my phone somehow.
First off, a bit of confirmation for anyone else out there... I have successfully moved my Verizon Galaxy S3 to Walmart Family mobile. Currently trying to (safely) rid myself of annoyances.
Bought a new device via ebay with clean ESN for Verizon (I'm unsure if it's still locked to Verizon network, see below for details)
None of the suggestions like *#1973 ... worked as my phone was on a 4.0.1 release (or so I think) I don't see any websites that would offer and unlock code and I read somewhere that the manual unlock needed something like 4.1.x or higher.
I used Odin to upgrade my device to 4.1.1 (Still couldn't find any unlocking info but..
Inserting my Family Mobile SIM card actually works (for calls and SMS) but the device still complains that it has a non-valid sim for Verizon. Going in to the Apps menu and killing the Setup Wizard 1.0 removes that message until the next reboot.
Optimally, I'd like to upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.3 but have a few concerns.
Will an update rid me of the Verizon sim check? or is the sim checking piece not in the ROM but actually inside the bootloader itself?
I'm not highly technical (but dangerous enough I suppose).
When all is said and done I'm looking to have a 4.3 device with a Family Mobile APN that works (so far I don't believe that's occurred. Device is nice under wifi and says that cellular data is 'active' but I don't think it's working since I can't hit websites in cellular only mode.
Any suggestions for getting my device to a happy place without rooting it would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Being that I posted this for others as much as myself I'll go ahead and answer my own question.
After using Odin to bring my S3 (i535) phone up to rev 4.1.1 of Android using the Verizon image (only updating the AP, not the bootloader or other elements) I found online, I was able to cable the device in to a PC running Kies. After performing a quick backup I looked for potential firmware updates and was able to have Kies do the upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.3. This removed most of my fear of applying something wrong (BL, AP, CP, CSC).
Once the update completed I was in fact asked to update to the new Kies 3 before restoring my backup. I can verify that running that update was smooth and the new Kies restored the backup created with the earlier version without issue.
The non Verizon SIM issue still exists on 4.3 but I continue to kill the Setup Wizard app after booting the phone and all seems OK.
I should also note that in 4.1.1 Verizon removed the ability to add APNs but that is now back in 4.3, so I was able to successfully update to the T-Mobile APN settings Walmart Family suggested.
Next month I will be attempting to move an unlocked global S3 mini GT-i8190 to Walmart Family as well. At present, the 4.1.2 OS is the latest release there. I do not intend to move that device to 4.3 at this time. I have read that it may be possible to rest the device and list is as Romanian (or some other eastern European country where Samsung did decide to offer the newest version to the public).
wirelessguyNY said:
I was wondering if someone could help me or point me in the right direction to avoid bricking my phone somehow.
First off, a bit of confirmation for anyone else out there... I have successfully moved my Verizon Galaxy S3 to Walmart Family mobile. Currently trying to (safely) rid myself of annoyances.
Bought a new device via ebay with clean ESN for Verizon (I'm unsure if it's still locked to Verizon network, see below for details)
None of the suggestions like *#1973 ... worked as my phone was on a 4.0.1 release (or so I think) I don't see any websites that would offer and unlock code and I read somewhere that the manual unlock needed something like 4.1.x or higher.
I used Odin to upgrade my device to 4.1.1 (Still couldn't find any unlocking info but..
Inserting my Family Mobile SIM card actually works (for calls and SMS) but the device still complains that it has a non-valid sim for Verizon. Going in to the Apps menu and killing the Setup Wizard 1.0 removes that message until the next reboot.
Optimally, I'd like to upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.3 but have a few concerns.
Will an update rid me of the Verizon sim check? or is the sim checking piece not in the ROM but actually inside the bootloader itself?
I'm not highly technical (but dangerous enough I suppose).
When all is said and done I'm looking to have a 4.3 device with a Family Mobile APN that works (so far I don't believe that's occurred. Device is nice under wifi and says that cellular data is 'active' but I don't think it's working since I can't hit websites in cellular only mode.
Any suggestions for getting my device to a happy place without rooting it would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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I had it unlocked almost 3 months ago it a Sprint phone. Im using Tmobile but i can't get any software updates it will show on my top notification bar on phone but when i try to download it, nothing it won't download. The company that unlocked did they mess it up? I'm very new at this. When i shut my s8plus off and back on a screen comes on home screen I sent a screenshot what is says all the time i turn it back on I have to hit update successful ok...don't make no sense to me it did it after they unlocked it for me. I know my S8plus is a great phone but it very behind on updates and security patch. Please help me. I call the company that unlocked it says nothing they did lol...well they done something wrong for when i shut it off and back on that screen keeps coming on...Thank you. I went to Tmobile being better network and unlimited and the bill one monthly cost the same.
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I had it unlocked almost 3 months ago it a Sprint phone. Im using Tmobile but i can't get any software updates it will show on my top notification bar on phone but when i try to download it, nothing it won't download. The company that unlocked did they mess it up? I'm very new at this. When i shut my s8plus off and back on a screen comes on home screen I sent a screenshot what is says all the time i turn it back on I have to hit update successful ok...don't make no sense to me it did it after they unlocked it for me. I know my S8plus is a great phone but it very behind on updates and security patch. Please help me. I call the company that unlocked it says nothing they did lol...well they done something wrong for when i shut it off and back on that screen keeps coming on...Thank you. I went to Tmobile being better network and unlimited and the bill one monthly cost the same.
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Try moving to the unlocked firmware or update it manually through Odin.
Thank you but i dont know how to do that. I'm new at this I'm learning. If you could help i appreciate it.
Occurs to every phone that gets unlocked from the original carrier. Even though it's quite dumb. My suggestion is to continue to read and learn more about the device. However if you can locate the proper tmo build for your phone.. Should be CRB7 or higher. Maybe CRB9 you can update to the latest version through the SD card if you have one. I stress that if you have any issues with how you can get into recovery mode, or updating in this manner, do not attempt until you feel comfortable doing this. The quick and easy way would be to switch to the Sprint SIM and then you can get the updates over the air. If you unlocked the phone this should not be a problem.
Try to use my old Sprint SIM card not activated. Says no data connection or network. I have a SD card. I want to do this. I know how to get into recovery mode etc...with power button and volume up and Bixby button.
Hi all, new noob member here with hopefully a simple question. I bought an unlocked S20 with tmobile firmware about a month ago. I'm using a verizon SIM card and everything worked fine until yesterday when Tmobile sent out an update. At first I had no mobile data but could still send texts. After searching, i saw under my SIM card status it said IMS not registered. Not knowing much about this stuff I was thinking that maybe I needed to flash verizon firmware onto my phone and that would fix it ( I have not done that yet). I went to the verizon store and got a new sim... same issue. I also found a website listing access point details, I plugged in all the information and now I have 4G but i am still unable to send texts. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas as to what my problem might be. I'm trying to avoid flashing new firmware onto my phone because I don't have a great understanding of how to do it, and i really dont want to brick my phone. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Hi all,
I have been stay up two days to looking for my solutions and would you guys at least let me know if this is impossible or possible?
1. Bought Global Unlocked AT&T phone from my friend. When he sold it to me, I made sure it is unlocked and move to any carriers.
2. I check IMEI numbers and everything from Verizon (I called them) they confirmed this phone is compatible in their netowrk and will work.
3. I switch my iphone 11 max pro sim card (verison) and put it to Samsung Z flip 3 5g.
4. Everything works find but, I saw AT&T logo when I start the phone. I also some of AT&T setting's everywhere. I did factory format and showing the same thing.
5. I called verzion and they said, because I use 4g sim to 5g phone and asked me to visit their direct retailer to get free 5g sim card and I did.
6. HOWEVER, after change even sim, it shows still AT&T logo and AT&T related menu in the settings and everywhere. Also, I did not even have wifi calling feaatures.
6. After that I have been search and study two days but, still couldnt' figure out what's going on. What I found is I need ask my current carrier to push OTA. (that's the one of other people suggested and I did chat with verizon and they said, they will get back to me after senior engineer to check if they can do it.
7. They also make sure my phone is registered their networks and works fine.
It is really bothering me to see some of AT&T settings still turn on and also shwoing in this phone.
Probably this phone is global unlocked phones provided from AT&T from the beginning.
While i am searching and reading the articles, lots of people told me to gave up because i am even on Verizon, they said I have to depends on AT&T's OTA updates and etc....
it is my fault to bought it from my friend even tho I belived that because it worked, I thoguht that everyhthing would be fine......
What should I have to do? Just stay with it and sell it when z flip 4 is come out? Do I really didn't have any change to correct this issue?
I was fan of iphone and i swiched to android first in my life and everything went wrong. I want to fix and stay on Samsung. Would you guys can at least let me know there's no way or there's way to correct this so that at least I can ignore everthing and stop trying to find answer all day wrong........
Thank you and sorry for long question... you guys are my last hope.
Thank you in advance.
Respectfully,