Hello all,
I've got a question regarding a "sprint" galaxy s4 I recently purchased from an individual through craigslist. I called sprint to confirm the phone had a clean esn before purchasing, which it did. I did not however have the phone activated before handing over the cash. So now what I have is a galaxy s4 that can be activated on the boost network but no longer on the sprint network. My question is how would I go about getting the phone able to be activated on the sprint network once again. I'm assuming the phone needs to have something flashed so I went ahead and rooted it. If anyone has any suggestions or is familiar with the process to make this happen, I would greatly appreciate it!
Thank you in advance,
Brian
Hey guys, my girl wants to move from Verizon to straight talk. She paid for the phone right out, so that she wouldn't have to renew the contract. I use straight talk, and have for 3 years now. So I know how to set up the phone with the apn settings and all.
Anyways, I've got it all set up, and everything is working great, except mms picture messages.
If anyone has any ideas, please leave a comment.
If u don't have anything nice to say, please don't even comment.
Thanks guys
Zounduser
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zounduser said:
Hey guys, my girl wants to move from Verizon to straight talk. She paid for the phone right out, so that she wouldn't have to renew the contract. I use straight talk, and have for 3 years now. So I know how to set up the phone with the apn settings and all.
Anyways, I've got it all set up, and everything is working great, except mms picture messages.
If anyone has any ideas, please leave a comment.
If u don't have anything nice to say, please don't even comment.
Thanks guys
Zounduser
Sent from my SM-G900V using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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If you're using Google Hangouts (which i would HIGHLY recommend) It has its own APN settings that you'll need to change which should fix your issue.
Does non-VZW SIM work out of the Box on VZW S5?
Does non-VZW SIM, example StraightTalk, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. work in VZW S5 with carrier APN? I'm expecting to only get H or H+ speeds.
Please provide feedback if you have tried it. I know VZW S4 works on other carriers out of box.
Thanks,
istundra said:
Does non-VZW SIM, example StraightTalk, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. work in VZW S5 with carrier APN? I'm expecting to only get H or H+ speeds.
Please provide feedback if you have tried it. I know VZW S4 works on other carriers out of box.
Thanks,
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my s5 gives me the sim error(unknown source) for at&t straight talk but it works with t-mobile,i dont use straight talk i flashed mine to page plus but id figure id give u what my outcome was with at&t straight talk sim was
Same Sim Error
njdan30 said:
my s5 gives me the sim error(unknown source) for at&t straight talk but it works with t-mobile,i dont use straight talk i flashed mine to page plus but id figure id give u what my outcome was with at&t straight talk sim was
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Im currently having this same issue. Ever since the update 4.4.4 im also having data issues. One min all my phone is getting is H, H+ then ill get LTE until I get a phone call then after I hang up ill lose data for maybe 25-30 secs then it comes back as E, G, then back to H, H+ then finally go back to LTE about 5 mins later. Not sure what is up with that and how to fix this problem. I have factory reset the phone and tinkered with the APN settings. I bought my phone off eBay its a Verizon S5 said it was unlocked but figured since its unlocked I wouldn't have any problem just switching out sim card to S5. Im almost to point in selling my Verizon S5 and just buy a ATT S5 figured I wouldn't have any problems since straight talk is a ATT sim anyways.
Vlosaloty said:
Im currently having this same issue. Ever since the update 4.4.4 im also having data issues. One min all my phone is getting is H, H+ then ill get LTE until I get a phone call then after I hang up ill lose data for maybe 25-30 secs then it comes back as E, G, then back to H, H+ then finally go back to LTE about 5 mins later. Not sure what is up with that and how to fix this problem. I have factory reset the phone and tinkered with the APN settings. I bought my phone off eBay its a Verizon S5 said it was unlocked but figured since its unlocked I wouldn't have any problem just switching out sim card to S5. Im almost to point in selling my Verizon S5 and just buy a ATT S5 figured I wouldn't have any problems since straight talk is a ATT sim anyways.
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Sorry been a while but yes best bet would be get the proper phone to make life much much easier but if you have vzw phone try reset settings and then use the apn app from Google play for data. I still don't use att based carriers just because no service where I live.hope you get it figured
i have had the verizon s3 work in global mode dge only tmobile
ive had the verizon s4 work in global mode hspda+ tmobile and att h+
ive had the verizon note 3 work in global mode on tmobile and h2o aka att mvno
all have had good and bad imei with verizon didnt seem to stop them from working altho 1 out of the 5 or so s4 phones just wouldnt get signal had to force wcdma mode we never did figure out just what was wrong with it as i switched over to h2o and it wasnt doing that issue anymore
since then ive kept my h2o att mvno simcard
been using 2 verizon s5 phones mine bad imei verizon after got on craigslist
and my wifes intentionally known was bad but bought anyways since we knew the darn thing would get signal on our h2o
now.... i got sick of my s5 and wanted to go back to note3
so i got a note3 happy happy joy joy and i was about to sell my s5 to a friend who knows the circumstances and was going to use it on tmobile
when we turn the s5 on verizon onn with tmobile sim it displays tmobile for 2 secs and then no signal ?!?!??!?! insert my h2o simcard wha la everything is perfect
im afraid its being blocked from tmobile use altho my friend has a in contract sim account and ive read that maybe it needs to be used with a month 2 month tmobile sim but i dont have any clue as to if this is true seems nonesense that an account type would matter insert friends sim in 4 other s5's idk if all of the ones he tryed were all bad imei tho or not but he said he hasnt had any luck trying to find a s5 its the reason i offered mine in the first place
im stumped is verizon sharing imei with tmobile do i need to worry about h2o not working later
been using this devices since aug just fine on h2o and still works on h2o just fine but tmobile doesnt seem to work apn or not global mode or any other mode
i havnt tryed phone info samsung and the secret code menu to force a specific band only but im thinking it still wouldnt work
long story short i see tons of people saying it wont work bla bla some saying it needs a carrier unlock and a bunch of people saying thier s5 verizon works just fine with tmobile so
im super sad is my verizon s5 just a att phone now or what the heck is going on here
now im wondering should i keep it and sell my beloved new note3 i dont want anyone getting screwed with my phone but i hate the task manager button !! i want my note3 but would need to sell s5 everyone wants tmobile no one wants att lol
i need to know DOES ANYONE HAVE A BAD IMEI VERIZON S5 WORKING ON TMOBILE IS THERE A CHANCE ITS A DUMB SIMCARD ISSUE ? NEEDS A MONTH TO MONTH PREPAID SIM NOT A INCONTRACT LEGACY SIM PS MY FRIEND GOT A SIM REPLACMENT 3 MONTHS AGO TOO HE SAID I GUESS THE DAYS OF CHEEP VERIZON UNLOCKED GLOBAL GOODNESS IS OVER
I bought a Verizon phone or someone I know about a Verizon phone rather and it turns out that the phone was not paid for on the Verizon network. So essentially as a bad ESN for Verizon. That being said if I can unlock the phone then I can go ahead and use it for Sprint. I don't know if that means I should change the model number to the you model number like I did with a T-Mobile phone couple months ago or if there's another way
Just flash a Sprint ROM and pop your sim card in and see what it does. Be sure to report back. As it could help others in the future
Did it work?? Any update? Cuz I believe that once Sprint sees your MEID, it will show up. I'm curious to see if it worked.
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Did it work?? Any update? Cuz I believe that once Sprint sees your MEID, it will show up. I'm curious to see if it worked.
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I highly doubt it. Sprint won't add a Verizon MEID to their database. Besides that, only certain Verizon phones are compatible on the Sprint network.
Hey everyone. Sorry for the noob and the redundant question. I've combed through all of the 930P forums for an answer and my head is spinning in circles. Let's cut to it...
I have an unlocked S7 from sprint. My son has used it for about a year as a tablet using wifi. It has never been activated through sprint. I am a verizon customer and want to get a verizon SIM working with it so he can have a fully functional phone. I've read at least a dozen different threads on what to do, but don't want to brick the it. It shows 'Invalid SIM card' message when I put the verizon SIM card in it and the phone does not have any of the Samsung bloatware on it. Can anyone help or point me in a good direction, or would it be easier to sell it and find a Verizon variant? Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! I have a 7 year old who is BUGGING me about his phone.
Model: SM-G930P
Software: G930PVPU6BRD2
Tuck831 said:
Hey everyone. Sorry for the noob and the redundant question. I've combed through all of the 930P forums for an answer and my head is spinning in circles. Let's cut to it...
I have an unlocked S7 from sprint. My son has used it for about a year as a tablet using wifi. It has never been activated through sprint. I am a verizon customer and want to get a verizon SIM working with it so he can have a fully functional phone. I've read at least a dozen different threads on what to do, but don't want to brick the it. It shows 'Invalid SIM card' message when I put the verizon SIM card in it and the phone does not have any of the Samsung bloatware on it. Can anyone help or point me in a good direction, or would it be easier to sell it and find a Verizon variant? Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! I have a 7 year old who is BUGGING me about his phone.
Model: SM-G930P
Software: G930PVPU6BRD2
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Sounds like the phone isn't sim unlocked
I'm in the same boat. Sprint unlocked it and UICC says it's unlocked for any sim card, but the phone keeps saying it's roaming and the hands free message is constantly popping up.
Is there a firmware I can flash or a setting I can change to get this working properly on Verizon?