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Country-locked phone?

Hi there.
I have a friend who has an X1. He is reporting that the X1 is working with his O2 sim card and working on Vodafone however it isnt working with his Latvian sim card (in the UK) (i.e. Tele2 and LMT). Are there any settings you need to change in order to enable roaming? Is it possible for a phone to be country-locked?
Thanks,
Lawrence

It might be the phone is locked..then again it might not be.
What does he see when he puts in the card? How long do you wait while it searches for a signal? (Sometimes when I'm roaming it takes a few moments -in egypt I think I waited 2 minutes - it might take longer for Latvia to register for one or other reason).

thanks for your quick reply!
I dont think it is locked because it works on both O2 and Vodafone fine. I bought the phone from vodafone and all of their phones come unlocked.

its more likely that the phone isnt using the correct setting for the service provider... usually when the phone detect a new sim it will ask you if you want to change your settings... your friend may have missed it and didnt change the setting so it didnt work

Roaming is enabled by the origin network, not by the phone.
There is a chance that some of the UK networks don't allow those SIMs to roam on their network, but you would need all 4 for them not to work.

another reason could be too old incompatible sim card
people have from time to time reported rather old sim cards being
incompatible and solved it by getting newer sim card from their operator

MDA Vario 2 in Korea

please, anyone can tell me can I use my phone in Korea? actually I've just moved to Korea, and as I checked with my country SIM card and my friend SIM card (from Bulgaria) , the phone worked as roaming and i could make a call, so I think that it's possible to use my phone with the service here, but when I borowed a SK telecom SIM card from my friend's phone and put it into my phone, the phone didnt work, so please tell me do I have to unlock, install or register anything to use the service here (my phone's already unlocked SIM)?

khanha said:
please, anyone can tell me can I use my phone in Korea? actually I've just moved to Korea, and as I checked with my country SIM card and my friend SIM card (from Bulgaria) , the phone worked as roaming and i could make a call, so I think that it's possible to use my phone with the service here, but when I borowed a SK telecom SIM card from my friend's phone and put it into my phone, the phone didnt work, so please tell me do I have to unlock, install or register anything to use the service here (my phone's already unlocked SIM)?
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Hello
From what I know is, Korea use CDMA signal instead of WCDMA (European 3G signal) there for I'm afraid that you will need to get a phone in korea.

weasley said:
Hello
From what I know is, Korea use CDMA signal instead of WCDMA (European 3G signal) there for I'm afraid that you will need to get a phone in korea.
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but actually I could connect to the network here with other country SIM card (not korean)

Unlocked Imagio gives no signal on GSM

Hi! I bought my Imagio from verizon I unlocked it, but it doesn't recieve any GSM signal, the settings are on GSM/UMTS anyone has an idea how to resolve a problem... By the way is anyway to cook this?

I need to unlock my phone before I travel in a few days, how did you unlock your phone?

akomecr said:
Hi! I bought my Imagio from verizon I unlocked it, but it doesn't recieve any GSM signal, the settings are on GSM/UMTS anyone has an idea how to resolve a problem... By the way is anyway to cook this?
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Do you have a working SIM card from AT&T or T-Mobile in the SIM slot?
bastukee said:
I need to unlock my phone before I travel in a few days, how did you unlock your phone?
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Call VZW and ask.

On ebay it's a ton of services about whitestone unlock, and my problem was an issue on the operating band of GSM for example in the USA you must use 950/1900 on other countries like Costa Rica you need 1800, thanks to all for your help

You should be able to contact VZW and have them unlock it so you can use whatever carrier SIM you have for the country/area you are in. The stock SIM is Vodaphone and I think will only work where Vodaphone service exists. Otherwise make sure the phone is in Global and not CDMA only. Go to the Settings Tab, click Menu then select Phone Network Mode select Network tab.

I called verizon and they gave me codes to unlock both my phones. I slapped an ATT sim into my imagio and it was working on the ATT network, no problem at all.

Hi, where do you enter the sim unlock code on Imagio?
Thanks.
devlspawn said:
I called verizon and they gave me codes to unlock both my phones. I slapped an ATT sim into my imagio and it was working on the ATT network, no problem at all.
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I just got off the phone with Verizon in regard to this.
Below is what I found. The Global Verizon Rep will be happier if you enter the code while you are on the phone with them; they want to verify that it works. It actually took about 10 minutes.
Here is what I found: http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/htc-imagio/138569-how-unlock-verizon-imagio-sim-card.html
If you are going to be traveling abroad or simply want your Imagio to be unlocked its very easy to do and should only take about 3-5 minutes on the phone with Verizon.
Call 1(800)-711-8300 from a different phone, enter your Verizon phone number, then select option 2.
Tell them that you will be traveling abroad and plan to just buy a pre-paid SIM card when you get there, and that you simply need the unlock code for your phone. They will check your account standings, and then give you an 8 digit code.
You need to enter the code in the security section of your phone.
With TF3D...
Start>Settings> All Settings> Personal> Security
Without TF3D Enabled...
Start> Settings> Personal> Security
One you do this, soft reset your phone and you are all done. I can take my work phones SIM card (AT&T), put it in my Imagio, and use my Imagio for work now. I did not test the data yet because I do not have data on my AT&T plan. Although if anyone does this and wants to check it, keep in mind you will have to change the number for the data line. both Sprint and Verizon use #777. I am not sure what AT&T or TMobile use.

I have an Imagio from VERIZON.
I had unlocked the GSM network, Should I Unlock the CDMA network as well if I want to use the CDMA Net work?
or I jus need 1 unlock code for both GSM and CDMA?
So, I will have 2 no. in 1 phone one is injected, and another one is using sim card.

Can not use Bell Canada SIM on my Touch2 but almost any other SIM works fine.

I am new to htc world. I bought a Touch2 6 months back in Netherlands and it was on Telfort (a local network provider) on Dutch language. Then I moved to Canada and changed the ROM with the help of hardspl to English. But I can not use my new Bell Canada SIM card in this phone. It does not catch any signal. But when I checked through settings - connections - connection setup, then I see under country Canada there are a list of service provider's name listed but no Bell there. I guess this does not mean SIM lock or so. How can I add Bell in that list and make my bell sim work in my touch2 ?
Thanks in advance for any kind of clue !

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I am new to htc world. I bought a Touch2 6 months back in Netherlands and it was on Telfort (a local network provider) on Dutch language. Then I moved to Canada and changed the ROM with the help of hardspl to English. But I can not use my new Bell Canada SIM card in this phone. It does not catch any signal. But when I checked through settings - connections - connection setup, then I see under country Canada there are a list of service provider's name listed but no Bell there. I guess this does not mean SIM lock or so. How can I add Bell in that list and make my bell sim work in my touch2 ?
Thanks in advance for any kind of clue !
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http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_touch2-2924.php
It won't work at all no matter what you try... the phone doesn't have UMTS 850/1900, and Bell doesn't have GSM. Sorry!
It'll work on Rogers & Fido in 2G/EDGE mode, that's all you'll get in Canada.

what the mate means is that bell uses CDMA and the Touch2 is a GSM mobile phone so you can't use it with bell.

seclub said:
what the mate means is that bell uses CDMA and the Touch2 is a GSM mobile phone so you can't use it with bell.
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No, that isn't what I mean. Bell's HSPA network, launched about 8 months ago (the one which uses SIM cards) is UMTS-only. The Touch2 does not support Bell's UMTS frequencies. Therefore it sees nothing when a Bell SIM is inserted.

[Q] Please help to unlock the sim card for cdma on sprint s4

hi guys,
have a nice day
please help and tell me how can i use a cdma sim card working on my samsung s4 sprint sphl720
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because i had unlock the gsm card and make it work and now i need to unlock the cdma sim card to work
also i had to unlock the cdma and change spc to 000000 and confirmed with getmymsl program that the spc is 000000
also i add my country prl and the signal is good
the problem that when i put in the cdma sim card it doesn't work at all even on the cdma network or lte/cdma network and i don't know what should i do to make it work
my rom is 4.2 and my modem is mdl
my second question is how to add a language on the phone.
thanks and best regards

There is no cdma sim card. It is a cdma phone there is no sim for that. The sim card that is in the phone is for LTE and GSM.

hi friend thank you for your answer but there are cdma sim cards available in some countries except us.
and I know one of my friend use a cdma sim card in the s4 sprint and working good just like verizon phone . it accept cdma sim cards
but the problem I dont know if I should program first or unlock it first.
so I ask you guys to help to find the way to use cdma sim card on the phone.
thanks

I'm pretty sure cruise is right here... No such thing as a cdma sim card.
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