Is it possible to activate a rooted g2? If so, does it need to be on a stock based ROM?
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centro714 said:
Is it possible to activate a rooted g2? If so, does it need to be on a stock based ROM?
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You mean bypassing the activation screen ?
Volume Up, Volume Down, Back Back with sim card out
or
Vol Up, Vol Down, Back, Home
If you mean actually activating it with Sprint only works if ur ESN is clean I think.
Makes me wonder if you can use a Sprint on T-mobile.
Germanese said:
You mean bypassing the activation screen ?
Volume Up, Volume Down, Back Back with sim card out
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Vol Up, Vol Down, Back, Home
If you mean actually activating it with Sprint only works if ur ESN is clean I think.
Makes me wonder if you can use a Sprint on T-mobile.
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Yea, I meant actually activating it with sprint.
So if the phone is rooted, does it mean it has bad ESN?
What I'm trying to do is give my phone to my wife and didn't want to re-root.
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centro714 said:
Yea, I meant actually activating it with sprint.
So if the phone is rooted, does it mean it has bad ESN?
What I'm trying to do is give my phone to my wife and didn't want to re-root.
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No rooted does not mean it has a BAD esn.
Just means someone decided to do custom Roms Apps and so on.
BAD ESN happen when contract hasn't been 2 years.
Phone was stolen. Not eligible to upgrade etc etc all the things that would happen if the phone isn't paid for in full.
If it was urs, ur contract is fine and she is on the same plan as urs aka family plan.
Go to sprint Store and they should be able to swap numbers.
If you got the phone somewhere, AND it may have been stolen it will be harder to hook it up and that kind of topic is frowned upon on here.
If you word things towards the negative that is.
Hope this helps.
OK thanks.
We are both on individual sprint sero plans so shouldn't be a problem as far as that goes.
I was just afraid sprint would have a problem activating a device that has an aosp rom instead of stock.
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So is there ANYONE else out there with a working unlocked g2?! I'm just wondering because ever since I posted a pic of my phone working on at&t I've been constantly getting pms asking how I did it.
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T-Mobile said I should have a code sometime today.
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Cool let me know how it goes because I unlocked mine the day before the actual release and even now it seems people are having a hard time unlock this phone
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Got munes unlicked a few days ago I dobt understand the big deal. Just call up tmobile an ask for it.
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k0shi said:
Cool let me know how it goes because I unlocked mine the day before the actual release and even now it seems people are having a hard time unlock this phone
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I'm assuming that people don't understand where they enter their unlock code. If this is anything like the other Android devices I've owned, then they have to stick in a sim card that doesn't belong to the carrier it's locked to. After you do that, it will ask you for the code to enter in.
k0shi said:
Cool let me know how it goes because I unlocked mine the day before the actual release and even now it seems people are having a hard time unlock this phone
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still waiting on the email....
Exactly I don't understand why its so hard? Lol but it does seem like everyone is having problems
xile6 said:
Got munes unlicked a few days ago I dobt understand the big deal. Just call up tmobile an ask for it.
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When you get the unlock code from tmobile it does come with instructions.
Anartic said:
I'm assuming that people don't understand where they enter their unlock code. If this is anything like the other Android devices I've owned, then they have to stick in a sim card that doesn't belong to the carrier it's locked to. After you do that, it will ask you for the code to enter in.
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k0shi said:
Exactly I don't understand why its so hard? Lol but it does seem like everyone is having problems
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Well obviously some of the phones that where unlocked do not register to the cell network anymore. They can not even scan for networks.
So if you want to provide some help here then please:
Tell us how the unlock process worked. Especially did you phone reboot after you entered the code. How long did the reboot take, ...
If you can an want please provide a logcat of the radio from the moment of boot until the data connection is established.
Thanks
I got my unlock code emailed to me, but I'm going to get a new phone at Costco today. The deal is just too good to pass up vs. from the T-mobile store.
After I get the new phone I'll unlock it!
Did they get their codes from tmobile or another source? Even in the instructions it said it was gonna reboot. Mine did after I typed it in then the reboot was as long as a normal reboot. And that's it
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Well obviously some of the phones that where unlocked do not register to the cell network anymore. They can not even scan for networks.
So if you want to provide some help here then please:
Tell us how the unlock process worked. Especially did you phone reboot after you entered the code. How long did the reboot take, ...
If you can an want please provide a logcat of the radio from the moment of boot until the data connection is established.
Thanks
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I dont quite see the point. Anyone have any info?
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You can flash then use them on other networks, i.e. Metro PCS
broncobiker said:
I dont quite see the point. Anyone have any info?
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Or Cricket o.o
If only those networks didnt suck
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I've boughten bad esn phones as dev phones so I can flash things and test things out on a phone that I don't have to rely on before putting it onto my main phone. Or some people use them for parts, or to flash. Theres a market for them for sure, but I always wonder how did they become bad esn phones lol.
To have a bad esn is if its lost/stolen then VZW or whoever locks it out of their system forever untill the person who lost it says they got it back and reactivates it. Or if someone doesnt pay their bill and the phone is on the account, it turns into a bad esn.
Hahaha so its like buying a stereo with the serial scratched off
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I buy for parts, specially the screen If the price is right.
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Yup just sold three bad esn phones today that will be flashed to Cricket, one to Pocket. I have another phone, a verizon tour with a bad esn, that I just unlocked to use on AT&T. I buy them very cheap unlock or flash and resell them for more.
Muahaha
If I got a evo with a bad esn on the sprint network would I be able to flash it over on Verizon? Just a question brother in law has sprint and put a claim that he lost his evo (cracked screen) just wondering or if he gives it to me just use it as a developers phone?
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You could flash it to cricket, but not to verizon.
No cricket here in swfl lol just metro
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Curious - what would keep you from flashing it to Verizon?
Idk anyone have any idea
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smarmytime said:
Curious - what would keep you from flashing it to Verizon?
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ESN... unless you know someone well inside verizon, they wont allow you to activate the phone on their network (kind of the same thing why you cannot activate a vzw phone over sprint)
I Have had this phone since May 3rd I was having signal issues so I did the ##72786# Reset and now my phone won't activate any more. I just moved to Sprint when I got this phone so I don't have a backup any help is appreciated. Thanks
nicotheandroidguy said:
I Have had this phone since May 3rd I was having signal issues so I did the ##72786# Reset and now my phone won't activate any more. I just moved to Sprint when I got this phone so I don't have a backup any help is appreciated. Thanks
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Have you done any modifications to the device? ##72786# always works for me.
I mean worse case scenario, you can do a hard reset or take it to a sprint store.
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Salil999 said:
Have you done any modifications to the device? ##72786# always works for me.
I mean worse case scenario, you can do a hard reset or take it to a sprint store.
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No I just flashed back to stock MDC took it to the store and they couln't help me. Customer Support gave me a $10 bill credit and will have engineers look in to it i know it is a issue with the phone so what else do you recommend I do. BTW do you know how to manually write a data profile because I tried manually activating it and only calls and text worked.
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No I just flashed back to stock MDC took it to the store and they couln't help me. Customer Support gave me a $10 bill credit and will have engineers look in to it i know it is a issue with the phone so what else do you recommend I do. BTW do you know how to manually write a data profile because I tried manually activating it and only calls and text worked.
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Well that was nice of customer support. I highly doubt it, but maybe you can update to MDL or MF9.
And I don't know blue to, I'm sorry. But if you got texting and calls working, I think it's a step in the right direction. Just the data doesn't work , right?
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Salil999 said:
Have you done any modifications to the device? ##72786# always works for me.
I mean worse case scenario, you can do a hard reset or take it to a sprint store.
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Well that was nice of customer support. I highly doubt it, but maybe you can update to MDL or MF9.
And I don't know blue to, I'm sorry. But if you got texting and calls working, I think it's a step in the right direction. Just the data doesn't work , right?
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Im already on MF9 through software updates. You are correct just data doesn't work.
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Im already on MF9 through software updates. You are correct just data doesn't work.
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I'm not sure then, sorry. Hopefully someone else can give you some advice. The hands free activation has never failed me before, so I'm not sure what to say.
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I'm not sure then, sorry. Hopefully someone else can give you some advice. The hands free activation has never failed me before, so I'm not sure what to say.
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Thanks anyway I called sprint they said they were sorry and have me $20 of my bill then I woke up this morning and it activated.
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Hello, I was curious about something when it comes to doing a SIM unlock. I did some research and found that there are different ways to do sim unlocks depending on what type of phone you have (of course). In my case I'm running a GPE edition ROM on a i337. Would I use the i337 way or the GPE way? Or...would I have to flash a factory ROM to do it? Found a ton of troubleshooting for unlocking but never saw anything about using different ROMs. Thanks for your help!
I actually used this method. Read it carefully before attempting. I recommend printing it so you can have it to refer to. The *#0011# code is the one that I used. Remember that when instructed to hit the 'back' key, that doesn't mean on your device. It refers to the 'back' button you will see when you press your phone's menu button.
http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/
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So you had a custom ROM installed when you did it?
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Just ask at&t for the code. That service menu can cause trouble in the long run. Plus theres no known method of returning settings to stock.
Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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agent929 said:
Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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Sometimes they will come times not. Never hurts to ask. And if the first try didn't work give them a call on another day. Sometimes it depends on who you get a hold of.
agent929 said:
Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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What previous post said. But they have a policy some of their reps follow. Some are more nicer. They give it when youre 90 days in contract
j510 said:
What previous post said. But they have a policy some of their reps follow. Some are more nicer. They give it when youre 90 days in contract
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I'm way past 90 days into my contract. You didn't mean 90 days from your contract expiring did you? By the way thanks for your help along with everybody else in this post that has helped me!
90 days into contract. So you should be good to go. Shouldnt be a problem once they see that you meet requirements.
Thanks guys!
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At&T will not allow me to unlock my phone since it is still under service until 2015 >.< It took 4 people to finally get someone who spoke real english and well this is the last straw with att, no longer buying phones through them. Hello nexus.
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At&T will not allow me to unlock my phone since it is still under service until 2015 >.< It took 4 people to finally get someone who spoke real english and well this is the last straw with att, no longer buying phones through them. Hello nexus.
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I guess you actually don't call them to do it. You can go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/ and do it there.
agent929 said:
I guess you actually don't call them to do it. You can go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/ and do it there.
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Says it wont allow it.
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Says right on the site...
Postpaid Smartphone Customers: Account has been active for at least ninety days and is in good standing (i.e., it has no past due amount or unpaid balance owed AT&T.
This doesn't apply to Apple products (not that you have one, but I thought it's good to know)
So I got the unlock codes from AT&T a few moments ago..and I'm a little unsure how to enter them into the phone..i thought you type it in the dialer but that didn't work. I just read that you need to insert a sim from another carrier...lol my intention was to sell an unlocked s4 so I could buy a different one. How do I unlock without a different carriers sim card...I have the unlock code
No suggestions?
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No suggestions?
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Don't think you can. Hopefully, i'm wrong because I can't enter the code due to the previous 'free' attempt and can't get back into service menu (CM rom)
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No suggestions?
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You need to pop in another carriers sim card or any older non att based sim card.
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Some back info first... I had most of the high end AT&T androids and the iphone 5 in the past year. I tried numerous times to get unlock codes from customer service. Unlocked phones just have better resell value. Nothing works cause still under contract.
I currently have 3 smartphones with data share. $250/month is killing me. So recently traded my iPhone 5 for a S4. I didn't activate it on my line. I was looking towards the prepaid especially with Straight talk having ATT lte now and the nationwide release of Aio Wireless but T-Mobile $30 plan (100 min unlimited text and unlimited data up to 5gigs) is what I really wanted. This made me want to unlock the S4 since I live in a refarmed area. I can live with Hspa for $30.
I read on numerous forums that ppl may get a better chance of unlocking their device thru ATT international online chat. I tried so many times but they were always busy. Got lucky, finally spoke to a someone online. Gave them my ATT account info and etc. Was thinking I never got them to give me the codes before. This was just another time they would deny me. Another thing this s4 isn't even activated on my account. Gave them the imei, few minutes later I got directions and the unlock code for it. So damn excited but that's not the best part.
There's also an "Aws T-Mobile mod" for our ATT S4 to enable the Aws bands on the att s4. I'm like this is perfect. I can use the refarmed spectrum and the other hspa+ bands on the s4 and pay only $30/month. This is a no Brainer. Unfortunately. Couldn't get the Aws mod to work because you need a PC and I have a mac.
Took one of my old reg tmobile sim, using a sim template, I cut down the sim to a micro sim. Did the unlock procedure and it worked. Went to best buy to buy a tmobile prepaid kit and activated it with the $30 plan (only available to new activations). I'm thinking the 1900mHz refarmed band is reg but my phone showed 4g and was confused but I was getting 4-6mb down. Definitely could live with this. This is where I live. Driving to work, it showed full bars 4g lte. Got excited so I did a speed test. The highest I got was 12mb. I also looked it up just as I got home and one forum confirmed the same thing. Unlocked AT&T S4 works on T-Mobile Lte.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/292079-t-s4-unlocked-lte-t-mobile.html
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Febby said:
You need to pop in another carriers sim card or any older non att based sim card.
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You have to shut off your phone, insert tmobile sim, restart, entunlockrr code and voila.
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