I purchased an formerly Verizon S4 (I545.07) for use as a media player. I have no need for cell service currently. (I may get a cheap pay-as-you-go kind of service for emergencies, but that will be later. It is my understanding that it is automatically "unlocked", as it was a originally for Verizon.)
In order to get it to work as my media player, I had to remove the sim card to get past the "authroization" stage. Whenever I try to use the software updater, it says that it can't update. Is it possible to update the software without having cell service? Is that something that I would have to do through my PC instead of directly through the phone app?
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I picked up a g2(craigslist) bc I'm getting tired of my kaiser(unlocked). I have Tmo data plan and all. I put my sim card in and get to the google registration. I have a gmail email. The phone just says unable to connect to servers. I have tried the "touch the 4 corners" with no success. I have called Tmo customer service and asked if there was anything that I needed to add to my plan to use the g2. He said I'm good to go and all I have to do is put my sim in. So what gives? Do I need to take it to a store?
Update. I have used a friend's sim card and now have registered my google email. We have reinstalled my sim card and are in the process of rooting and installing a rom. Hopefully everything works.
Laramie
Data Plans on T-Mobile...
There are two different data plans on T-Mobile, though there's no difference in cost. One is for smartphones (Windows Mobile, iPhone, etc.) and the other is for Android phones. I learned this when I switched to the MT3G... data worked for a bit, then stopped and I got a message saying that my plan must be upgraded to use this feature on my device.
If you get no data connectivity, call tech support at T-Mobile and tell them you have an Android phone... my data was back in business within 15 minutes.
Good luck
So I got an HD2 for cheap and I wanted to play around with WP7 on it. I really like how fast it is, and would love to use it as a phone at work (wifi only) I'm with Sprint, don't have t-mobile and have no interest in adding t-mobile service. Is there a way with G-voice or another VOIP app to use my new acquired phone as a phone over WIFI only?
can you not use another sim card other than t-mobile?
idk if this needs flash or java but see if you can use the phone app in gmail inbox i can make calls from my gmail in box from my pc!
Just wondering if anyone knows how I might disable the motoblur sim lock when I change the sim cards in my phone (or at least the requirement to connect to the internet to check the password).
I originally started out with the Australian Optus 2.2 ROM, which allowed me to change SIMs when I went overseas without having to connect and check the password (though I did have to enter it). I'm now running the Brazil 2.3.6 Retail ROM (which is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the old 2.2 version, and seemingly faster and smoother than the community ROMs I've tried). That said, I'm now having issues when I go overseas...
I've just had to use another phone to activate a prepaid simcard and get an internet connection working while I'm on holidays overseas in order to use my own phone. I could have done this perfectly well on my own phone, but it locked me out ("sim card removed or changed") until I could connect to the internet on it. I'm looking to avoid this situation in future as I won't always have a spare phone and/or the ability to get a reasonably priced data plan. Is there any way to disable this "feature" of Motoblur?
For anyone who's wondering, the issue comes about as many prepaid cards are bought empty, and then require a call to activate, load with credit, set up a data plan on etc. Can't do this when the phone is refusing to allow you to do anything until you connect to the internet and reactivate the phone...
Hi there,
I have an odd situation. I need to buy a couple unlocked S4s with the intention of only using them on WiFi. I work for a research company, and we just need them to test out some of the new fancy features. We have no need for cell or data service.
The only unlocked ones are astronomically priced, which is fine, but I need to make certain that we'd be able to use them on WiFi. Do they still need activated or something, or will they just power on like normal and just display "No SIM" up top?
My concern is that they'll boot up into a setup screen that won't let me advance without some sort of active SIM card. The only point of comparison I have is when we did this with some unlocked iPhone 5s, we still had to get them dummy activated at the Apple Store.
Thanks!
So I would like to use this Verizon phone with my carrier in Canada.
Simple version: I don't want to root it and I don't care about custom roms. I simply want to use the phone in Canada with another carrier. Is it possible?
Long version:
I got the phone (as a gift from my boss who didn't know what to do with it). Looked it up and found a thread on this forum pointing to this page on the Asus website (it's the not exact same model number, but there's no support page available for 520KL). I downloaded the official "Unlock Device App: Unlock boot loader" under the "Other" category and copied it to the phone and tried to run the apk installation. It gave me an error similar to "An application with the same name is already installed". I tried to look in the application list but couldn't find it to execute it. In any case, I then borrowed a SIM card from Bell Canada from the corporation I work for, and the phone had a notification "This is not a Verizon Wireless SIM card". I then updated the phone firmware (via wifi), and rebooted, and after a few seconds the error message disappeared, and behold I could make and receive calls. I'm not certain if this Bell card was special unlocked for roaming or something (being a corporate one).
In any case my personal phone is better, but I thought it would be a nice replacement for my father's one so I gave it to him. His old phone SIM format was not the same size, so I told him to go to a kiosk of his phone carrier (Telus Mobility) and ask the clerk for a SIM on his account that fit the phone. The clerk looked at the phone and said no, this cannot work, you have to call Verizon to unlock it. My father then called Verizon and they said they can't do that because it could be a stolen phone (it isn't) and that my corporation would have to call them to receive a code (?) to prove ownership. So now I'm a bit mixed up. Was the Telus clerk wrong and the phone would have worked if he just had insisted to get a SIM made, or are they both right and the phone IMEI is locked in a database somewhere and Telus won't be able to create a new SIM for it until my corporation really call them to transfers ownership?