Long of it: G1 wouldn't recognize -any- SIM card, tmobile or other. Tonight, popped a tmobile sim in, and it recognized it. Flashed an older JF rom and the phone worked fine on WIFI/Tmo. THis phone was unlocked 2 months or so ago.
Now, it says "Your SIM does not allow blah blah blah" when i try to use my att sim in the phone. I'm very certain about the unlock being proper.
I don't belive the SIM card was ever locked in any way, so the error seems odd, and the SIM card in question (ATT) works fine on my other two g1's.
Any ideas ?
ohgood said:
THis phone was unlocked 2 months or so ago.
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so are u saying that you've inserted a different SIM card and the phone registered fine with a different carrier at that time ?
ohgood said:
I don't belive the SIM card was ever locked in any way, so the error seems odd, and the SIM card in question (ATT) works fine on my other two g1's.
Any ideas ?
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the sim itself isnt the lock issue - its the phones IMEI thats locked (or not)
try a replacement SIM from ATT???
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I have two sim cards, one for my relative and one for me. Both sim cards work on a Treo 650 I have, however, only my relative's sim card works on my 8525. The phone is unlocked and I can make calls and stuff on my relative's sim card. But when I put my sim card in the 8525, I get the invalid or missing sim card message. I have checked thoroughly that the sim card is inserted correctly.
This does not make sense. My sim card works fine as it works in the Treo 650.
Does that mean that the some sim cards are incompatible with the Hermes?
make sure its one of Cingular's new 64K SmartCards or whatever their called
their 3G Sim Cards
im not so sure if the old ones work?
they forced me to get a new one when i bought mine - even though it was already a 3g card...just an "old 3g Card" ? lol
well both of my sims are t-mobile sims, so maybe thats not it.
I have a 16k, 32k, and 64k simcard. All of them work on other phones Ive tried but the 32k sim does not work on the 8525 I have.
can someone verify this? It seems kinda weird that 32k sims do not work.
Give it some time
Meteo said:
I have a 16k, 32k, and 64k simcard. All of them work on other phones Ive tried but the 32k sim does not work on the 8525 I have.
can someone verify this? It seems kinda weird that 32k sims do not work.
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Few weeks ago I had to replace my SIM card, when I used the new one for the first time my 8525 didn´t recognized it, I tried then in other phones and worked fine with the others, so I call my tel co and had them to check my liene, they told that everything was OK and asked me to wait 24 hours!! I didn´t have to wait that long, it took about 5hrs and my 8525 started working as before.
BTW My SIM card is a 32K one.
seems like the problem was with my sim card, t-mobile replaced it and it works now....now to get tzones working *SIGH*
luiggi said:
Few weeks ago I had to replace my SIM card, when I used the new one for the first time my 8525 didn´t recognized it, I tried then in other phones and worked fine with the others, so I call my tel co and had them to check my liene, they told that everything was OK and asked me to wait 24 hours!! I didn´t have to wait that long, it took about 5hrs and my 8525 started working as before.
BTW My SIM card is a 32K one.
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I have my 32k sim working with no probs but a sim from another network refuses to work it keeps on searching for signals...but i do get the sim menu as well as contacts in sim....help
OOOPS... I meant what is the functionality of a LOCKED Wing without a Tmobile SIM card or with a different foreign SIM card.
In case I cannot get mine unlocked in the first 90 days, can I still use the Wing for things other then making calls?
What happens if a different SIM card is put into a TMobile locked device.
Thanks!
Could someone please tell me if a Wing starts up without a SIM card in it...
If you could just try to turn it on without the SIM and tell me the results I would be very happy...
Or with a SIM other then TMobile on a locked Wing...
Just in case I have to wait for 90 days to have it unlocked from Tmobile to use in Europe.
Thank You!
Mine works. I just took the SIM out and restarted. the phone application came up and reported that the SIM was missing, but I was able to close it and access all of the other functionality.
Does that help?
qwkynuf
Yes, it helps perfectly, since now I know that I could still use the phone and wifi, etc, even before it is unlocked which might take a while.
Thank you very much!
i was with tmobile and the phones ok, with that sim in there - even though it's inactive now. i've moved my number to o2 but when i put their sim in the phone, i get android.com.phone has stopped over and over again. i can't get into the mobile network part of the phone as it says to insert a sim.
thing is, the sim works fine in my old sony c905 so it can't be the sim can it? i could call from that phone and everything worked fine.
i'm going to install a rom from scratch later on and see what happens in case it's some funky software freaking out on the sim change.
Is this a standard SGS2 with no network lock?
If you have flashed a custom rom which do you have on there at moment?
try new rom or desimlock your phone
it's not a locked phone and am running criskelos at the mo.
i put the sim in the c905 again, enabled the sim lock, put it in the sgs2 again and on boot up it makes me enter that pin. after that if again doesn't see the sim for some reason
installed same rom from scratch and it works. very freaking weird!
tommo123 said:
installed same rom from scratch and it works. very freaking weird!
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Well at least your up and running now...
true, weird though
Yesterday I upgraded to a gs3 which came with a micro sim. I wanted to see if I could keep my old phone as a backup. Would the lte micro sim work in my non-lte full-sized-sim captivate/gs1?
After 3 trys i managed to properly align the micro sim in the full sized sim slot and it worked. But then the weird part. Without powering down the phone I plucked out the sim (possible because the micro sim is so small). To my surprise the phone did not give any error and both data and voice calls continued to work without a sim actually in the phone.
How was that possible? Further, what would have happened if I had booted up my new phone with the sim card that my old phone still thought it was using (I was too afraid to try)? Would both phones continue to work? Would they both ring when someone calls?
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any sim should work as long as its activated and its the same size.
and no they both wont work, the phone that has no sim will show "no sim" upon reboot
ovoxo said:
any sim should work as long as its activated and its the same size.
and no they both wont work, the phone that has no sim will show "no sim" upon reboot
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Perhaps I was not clear. I removed the sim without turning the phone off and it continued to work. I know it should not, but it does. That is what I am asking, how is that possible? Does the phone only check for a sim when it boots, and from then on the sim is not needed?
Then what would happen if I boot up phone #2 while phone #1 still thinks that the sim card is in it.
I'm interested, try it and let us know what happens.
cypho said:
Perhaps I was not clear. I removed the sim without turning the phone off and it continued to work. I know it should not, but it does. That is what I am asking, how is that possible? Does the phone only check for a sim when it boots, and from then on the sim is not needed?
Then what would happen if I boot up phone #2 while phone #1 still thinks that the sim card is in it.
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I'm not an expert, but I think all the SIM provides is a string of numbers that identifies the phone with a phone number. This is most likely cached in the device while it is on and it might not need the SIM card after it has already gotten the information. This might not pertain to all phones, maybe the Galaxy S3 was programmed slightly differently.
If you power down the phone and restart without the SIM, the phone will most likely ask you for a SIM.
It is an S1/Captivate that is working without a sim. And yes, when I reboot the phone it stops working. I'm not brave enough to try both phones at the same time. That seems like something that the phone company would notice.
I tried removing the SIM from my captivate while it was running, and for a short time it still showed signal. Soon after I got a message asking to put in a SIM and restart. I don't have an LTE SIM or microSIM to test with, but it doesn't seem likely that the cappy will continue to work without one. Or at least without starting with a regular SIM.
cypho said:
Perhaps I was not clear. I removed the sim without turning the phone off and it continued to work. I know it should not, but it does. That is what I am asking, how is that possible? Does the phone only check for a sim when it boots, and from then on the sim is not needed?
Then what would happen if I boot up phone #2 while phone #1 still thinks that the sim card is in it.
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i Know that this is an old thread but i just wanted to say that with some networks, you can take the sim out and still use the phone locally. they only use the sim for international or roaming outside the country. thats what i got from Sprint before. i dont know about other networks
Pease cany any body tell me who can download apps frpm this software
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Hello i pruched the phone from ebay from some1 in the us..
the phone is unlocked, and i got it with a sim from verizon.
i had problem to actived it with the verizon sim and my own sim from israel.
i succued to pass this part with pressing volume up , volume down and press back.
and it passed the part of the activiation and the cellphone working just fine now.
but i got picture of sim on the top of the phone with queastion mark . how i make it disappir ?
hamm
by the way i flashed anoter rom ... and still got that sim with queastino mark .. :S but phone work just fine...
Guilad said:
by the way i flashed anoter rom ... and still got that sim with queastino mark .. :S but phone work just fine...
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That just means the sim card is not a Verizon sim card, but as you know its unlocked so it still works, but as far as I know their is no way to make it go away.
scififan68 said:
That just means the sim card is not a Verizon sim card, but as you know its unlocked so it still works, but as far as I know their is no way to make it go away.
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Thanks for the answer still wierd to have this