so can i register on the att network with my android powered tmoushd2? i have a horrible signal with tmobile no service in my house... any1 that could tell me how i would be appreciative. i tried to doit myself but it says something like my sim card is not unlocked
Are you trying to force it to roam on AT&T due to your barely there service, or are you trying to switch carriers to AT&T and continue using your HD2? Your question is confusing.
If you are trying to force it to roam on AT&T, it wont let you if it picks up the slightest T-mobile signal. If you use too many minutes roaming, they'll cancel your plan anyway, so that's not a good idea. Well, at least that's what the fine print says.
If you are trying to switch carriers, you must first unlock you HD2. Then AT&T sims will work in your phone. Sadly, you have to pay for the unlock code. Various people on Ebay can hook you up. There's also several websites that will unlock it (again, at a cost), but I don't know any off the top of my head.
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ok....i already sim unlocked and thought i could use my phone with any sim card
i put in my boost sim and no such luck...it just keeps on searching....
i know it probably wont let me go online with out a t mobile or at&t data plan but no phone either WTF??
i apologise for being such a noob should of gotten in this whole mobile thing eons ago back when i got an old nokia back in 94 b4 ringtones were cared about and teen glamour over them
but plz let me kno what providers sims i should be able to use?
and is their a flash software to possibly get other services (noticed on some of the flashes on this site i can get european networks if i had a sim with them....can it be set for boost,sprint,verizon etc?
The only major sim card providers in the states that will work on a wing, would be
T-Mobile
AT&T
Corr Wireless
or any other GSM Providers
The one's that won't work are
Verizon Wireless
Sprint
Boost Mobile
Alltel
or any other CDMA,iDEN Providers
whit AT&T
If it's SIM unlocked, then yes.
It will work but you'll loose 3g as far as I know. Correct me if I'm wrong
so how can i do it, point me to a link P.S
Is it sim unlocked?
it will work with AT&T but you will only ever get EDGE. The frequences are different for TMO and ATT's 3g. The hardware does not support ATT 3G. That being said if you've been with tmo for at least 3 months they will unlock your phone free of charge if you just call em as you need to get the sim unlock code from them.
It works on AT&T. I'm on AT&T. You need an unlock code from TMO, or purchase one online. Pop in the ATT sim, enter the code and you're good. 3G doesn't work, and yahoo messenger doesn't work unless you're on wifi. Not sure about AIM or Windows messenger, since I don't use those, but I'd assume it's the same since the G1 was set up for those services to count as text messages on TMO. ALSO, if you didn't activate the phone on TMO (like with a friend's sim) it won't get OTA updates. But those roll-over minutes sure feel good.
I wish to sell my g1 to my friend who has AT&T, sorry in advance if there is a thread on this I could not find any, So how could i get AT&T to work on a g1?
First, you have to have the G1 unlocked. TMO will do this for free if your account has been in good standing and you've owned your G1 for over 90 days. After that, your friend has to get an ATT sim to throw in (or theres a backward way using a different APN list). However, keep in mind that your friend WILL NOT be able to use 3G on ATT with the G1 ever. The G1 is hard coded to only function on TMO's 3G bands and it cant be changed.
1. Get Imei Code, It is behind the battery, you can go to photo status to find it, or you can dial *306#
2. Call TMobile requesting unlock code, provide them the IMEI code, and within 24 hours you will recieve it.
3. Insert ATT sim, A Sim unlock menu will pop up, type in the sim unlock code.
4. ???
5. Profit!
This indeed works well. Keep in mind the G1 cannot connect to 3G.
Thanks guys
I have a T-Mobile HD2, but T-mobile doesnt workin at my workplace. AT&T works so I was wonderning if I could force a roam. I've tried to manually connect to the network, but network registration fails. Anybody know anything?
Roaming is for countries other than your home country... no operator that I know of lets you roam to their competitors' networks... (apart from operators that own no physical network and have agreements to use other carriers' networks, in which case you can benefit from all... but that's rare).
But...
That is exactly the case with T-Mobile and AT&T. I got to school in Denmark, SC in the country. There I can roam on AT&T cuz theres no T-Mobile tower. When I got home its back to T-Mobile. The only thing I could say is that the roaming could be region or area specific. Could that be the case?
I guess the best way to know is to call TMO and ask...
I roam on AT&T just fine up here (Mendocino County in Northwestern California) in dead spots, and that's in-market where there are also T-Mobile sites. We're a former Edge Wireless market (AT&T Affiliate, taken over by AT&T in April of 2008), and all former Edge Wireless markets have this, we get to use AT&T and T-Mobile's network, I can force (instead of letting it automatically roam over) it to roam on AT&T if I want as well.
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i have just purchased a hd2 i would like to know nore on this subject since i do not reside in a area that offers descent cell service... i know it is possible on a g1 (my last phone) but would there ve a way to do this on a wm 6.5 fustom rom?? or another ahdroid on for that matter i know nothing has been discissed in some time now on this thread but any help/redirectoon would br much appeeciated.... thanks. ps. sorry i should enable spell check.
Hey guys I'm not entirely sure if this is the right section to post this but any help would be appreciated. I have a galaxy s5 that my buddy sold me and i want to unlock it, but i called for an unlock code from us cellular, and they said i have to come to a corporate store to have them connect it to their software . I don't want to do this because it's 5 hours there one way. I don't have that much time seeing as how i work 60 hours a week .... is there anything you guys know of that i can do? :/ Any help would be appreciated! If you can try to keep it easy to*understand?
Im in the same situation. I have a US Cellular Galaxy S5 that i purchased online to unlock but i havent found an unlocking website or its only for international GSM unlock. I want a domestic unlock and I live in the middle of Arizona with no US Cellular stores.
Most unlock codes don't work on CDMA-locked devices/carriers (Verizon, US Cellular, Sprint) due to how differently CDMA phones ID themselves on a network - the SIM card is essentially only used for LTE, so a SIM unlock is useless. I haven't been able to find much hard information on it, but the process (as I understand it, someone else please correct me if wrong) involves the carrier a phone is locked to unlocking the phone, removing any codes which that carrier uses to ID the phone on the network, and handing it off to you. Think of it as a reverse provisioning.
For that reason, you're pretty much got to take the phone in. USCC doesn't want you to jump on the unlock fad and accidentally hose your phone for use on their network should you just be experimenting, so actually going in and talking to them provides a nice chance to make sure you know what you're doing and want to go through with it. I also don't think they've got the auto-unlock infrastracture in place (as opposed to auto provision).
Also, keep in mind - the CDMA S5s don't use full frequency bands like the GSM ones do. This will show you which ones the USCC one uses - http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5_cdma-6338.php - look for G900R4. You should be ok on AT&T/Cricket or T-Mobile but it looks like you'd be pretty well hosed on another CDMA carrier.