Recently my sister had gotten the G2 and I traded her my Vibrant for it. She now has Boost Mobile. I had been running Bionix 1.8 at the time and tried to use the unlock methods. Mind you I had called T-Mobile to get the unlock code for the device.
Upon entering the code it does not allow me to use that network.
Any comments/cencerns?
Isn't boost mobile a totally different type of wireless cdma?
Wrong section btw
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Boost mobile isn't gsm that's why xP
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Yeah, boost mobile is iDEN. Motorola's proprietary tdma network that is amazingly like gsm, but not gsm.
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Boost runs on Sprint/Nextel Networks, either CDMA or iDEN. Vibrant will never work with Boost. If you have a "SIM CARD" it is for a iDEN phone.
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Sorry I hadn't looked at this in a while.
Thank you for moving to appropriate forum.
Thanks for the tip on iDEN vs GSM. Still a total phone noob ;p
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Is it possible to flash the Evo to a prepaid service? If so, can you point me in the direction of correct post?
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Check the dev section man there are guides for metro and boost.
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Thank you looking now.
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Evo to Cricket is all over the internet.
Cricket is relatively easy some of their stores will even do the whole process for you.
Evo to Boost is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689303
Boost can be about as difficult as Cricket, but sometimes closer to Virgin, it just depends on if you can get them to activate it.
You can sometimes buy pre-activated Evo 4g and Evo 3d on Boost from Craigslist.
Evo to Virgin Mobile is here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742287
Note that Virgin is by far the most difficult/expensive/risky to do and the most limited in terms of available roms if you need mms to work (CM7 and CM9 only).
Oh wow thanks for putting that together.
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Does anyone know if I-wireless has any smartphones that have or will be getting the J.b. 4.1 aosp or sense version update or if there's any custom roms on xda for any of the I-wireless smartphones.If there is could you please list the names,model of phone or phones. Thanks in advance!!!
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anybody out there familiar with I-wireless smartphones.arn't they basically sprint smartphones?any help please...
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Any Sprint phone should work in theory.
So I could get any sprint smartphone and root & rom it and install J.b. on it.and also I-wireless service should work to operate the phone such as talk,text & web correct?
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Call I-wireless and see. Just say you wanna bring on your own phone and see what phones you can put on their service.
iwireless partners with T-Mobile, not Sprint. iwireless is a GSM carrier, so DO NOT put a Sprint load on an iwireless phone. I too am waiting/looking for a 4.1 update on my iwireless Galaxy Nexus, which brought me here.
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anybody out there familiar with I-wireless smartphones.arn't they basically sprint smartphones?any help please...
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iwireless partners with T-Mobile, not Sprint. iwireless is a GSM carrier, so DO NOT put a Sprint load on an iwireless phone. I too am waiting/looking for a 4.1 update on my iwireless Galaxy Nexus, which brought me here.
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Here it is Sprint.
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Here in Arizona I-wireless partners with sprint.
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Sprint may be partners, but that doesn't mean sprint branded phones will work on iwireless. T-mobile may work, because they are affiliates. (T-mobile owns iWireless)
You could always shop around for an unlocked GSM phone. By buying an unlocked/international phone you are able to jump to any carrier with a GSM network and sim card setup. Even though the phone may cost more, it is well worth it. (it also retains its value much better for resale) I am using a international factory unlocked Galaxy SIII on iWireless with no problems.
I recently dropped AT&T to go with iwireless pay-in-advance, went from $102 a month for 450 minutes, unlm messaging, 3gb data to $57 for unlimited everything. Now, hopefully iwireless jumps on getting their hspa+ (3G/3.5G) towers up so I can fully enjoy the service instead of having edge all the time.
So if you were still looking I would check ebay if you want brand new sealed in box, and another site called swappa for used phones. I've personally used swappa, it is a buy/sell/trade for used android phones. A few friends also used swappa and I would recommend the site to anyone. If I'm not mistaken they also have something to do with the CyanogenMod community. HERE is a link.
Let me set the record straight.
i wireless is a T-Mobile affiliate.
HOWEVER,
i-wireless is another affiliate, but of Sprint.
They are two different companies.
Does anyone know what I can do with an old Evo in terms of prepaid stuff? It's got a clean ESN, and I've got a relative on a shoestring budget that would love something like this, but they can't afford contract prices.
Thanks.
Google is your friend.
It can be flashed to any company using same towers. Boost, virgin, etc.
I'm on boost myself.
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Straight Talk... Uses Verizon's network.
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In everyone's opinion, what prepaid service has the best data speeds/plans? I may be going this route soon.
use it as mp3 player?
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Straight Talk... Uses Verizon's network.
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This is incorrect on multiple levels.
Firstly, straight talk is a GSM carrier, which provides MVNO service for At&t, as well as t-mobile. The evo is a CDMA phone, which is compatible with that network.
The service that you're thinking of would be page plus, which provides verizon service in a mvno environment. The problem is that to use page plus, one must have a valid verizon ESN, which the evo does not have.
The evo must be used on a sprint mnvo, such as ting, or cricket. Virgin mobile will *not* work with the evo, as they require specific ESN numbers outside of the sprint general database.
It is possible to put an evo on page plus, straight talk, boost, and a few others. Straight Talk has gsm phones as well as cdma phones last time I checked. I haven't personally flashed an EVO to page plus but I've seen them. I have an EVO currently on boost, almost anything is possible if you put your mind to it! I
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I think Page Plus is probably the best route. I had a Droid X on it. I have flashed an Evo Shift before to page plus. I don't think 3G worked but i use WIFI mostly anyways. I then flashed it to a Mexican company Iusacell and gave it to a friend that lives down there. Never got the 3G to work though it was a tough phone to flash.
I've know a few people with EVO's on Boost Mobile. They're really happy with it.
Turn it into an mp3/media player
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You could sell it
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The spec sheet for the Verizon G2 say that it's capable of both world GSM and CDMA, but someone said that it wouldn't work on any other network. Can someone confirm this? I really want the Verizon one because of wireless charging and lack of tabs in settings menu, but it's no good if it won't work.
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I think it is GSM unlocked but for outside of the US only. And BTW the tabbed settings layout is configurable on all versions.
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I think it is GSM unlocked but for outside of the US only. And BTW the tabbed settings layout is configurable on all versions.
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Well, I'm not from the US anyways...
For the settings, I figured that one out today, so I might just go with ATT. They rooted it flawlessly and plus ATT has the lowest price. Apparently they found it extremely difficult to root the VZW at first because there were no drivers for VS980.
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I might be getting the VZW version because I live outside of the US too and my carrier works on 3G 900Mhz and (correct me anyone if I'm mistaken) the AT&T version does not support that band.
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Verizon works in the US and is SIM unlocked. Using metro and T-Mobile Sims now as I test out their networks......
Edit: let me also point out you have to add the apn if you want data. You don't have to call Verizon or anything. Just plug in the SIM card of your choice add the apn and you are good to go. This has been done on all verizon LTE phones with SIM cards as long as the phone supports the bands of the network you are trying to use.
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Well, I'm not from the US anyways...
For the settings, I figured that one out today, so I might just go with ATT. They rooted it flawlessly and plus ATT has the lowest price. Apparently they found it extremely difficult to root the VZW at first because there were no drivers for VS980.
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Drivers weren't the issue. It just took a while because people didn't realize you had to select "Ethernet" as your USB connection mode. Takes a single tap and you can use the driver that comes on the phone.
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AT&T you don't have to unlock it will work If you choose t-mobile you will have to unlock to make it work on Cricket
Ok thanks for sharing your information I appreciate all the help.. T mobile service is very extremely limited where I work (around farm land).. at my home I get very good signal so I want to have a phone that gets great coverage in both areas. I thought of cricket since it uses att wireless towers and is 4g LTE with 10gb Data and unlimited everything else for $60 a month. Does anyone have Cricket using a note 3 or 4 ..I was just wondering about Signal strength and tested Data speeds
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Got you Unique so even though I have to pay more for the ATT wireless version it may be my easiest route. I should not have to unlock it for all the services to work. I chatted with Cricket help desk and they stated that I would need to still have an unlocked phone even if it came from Att wireless.. but that seemed odd to me since they should almost be using the same signal bands as ATT wireless... Thanks for the reply @ Unique
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Got you Unique so even though I have to pay more for the ATT wireless version it may be my easiest route. I should not have to unlock it for all the services to work. I chatted with Cricket help desk and they stated that I would need to still have an unlocked phone even if it came from Att wireless.. but that seemed odd to me since they should almost be using the same signal bands as ATT wireless... Thanks for the reply @ Unique
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Your phone needs to be SIM free because they use a different MNC code.