Hello everyone. I recently bought a few Galaxy S4's to resell. I kept and unlocked one, then sold the others on ebay. One of the buyers just contacted me and told me that they cannot get the phone working on their sprint account because Sprint says the phone is stuck on global mode. What is global mode and is there any easy way I can walk them through correcting it? I dont rememebr seeing a global setting in the *#0011# menu.
Thanks in advance.
Bklynrx7 said:
Hello everyone. I recently bought a few Galaxy S4's to resell. I kept and unlocked one, then sold the others on ebay. One of the buyers just contacted me and told me that they cannot get the phone working on their sprint account because Sprint says the phone is stuck on global mode. What is global mode and is there any easy way I can walk them through correcting it? I dont rememebr seeing a global setting in the *#0011# menu.
Thanks in advance.
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I would tell them to Odin the stock software from www.sammobile.com that should reset everything to stock. Global mode is where it is unlocked and can use either a CDMA or GSM signal (as most of the world uses GSM not CDMA, hence the name global).
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bilgerryan said:
I would tell them to Odin the stock software from www.sammobile.com that should reset everything to stock. Global mode is where it is unlocked and can use either a CDMA or GSM signal (as most of the world uses GSM not CDMA, hence the name global).
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Thanks for the reply. I thought I used ODIN to format this phone before I shipped it, but I could be wrong. How can I make sure that the phone is able to work on sprint before I try to sell it again?
Bklynrx7 said:
Thanks for the reply. I thought I used ODIN to format this phone before I shipped it, but I could be wrong. How can I make sure that the phone is able to work on sprint before I try to sell it again?
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Yes, it does that as well... As for the last question, I don't know. Kind of hard to tell on an unactivated phone. You could try Freedompop, it's free and they use the Sprint network. If it works on there it should work on Sprint.
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This is very strange, i was reading the following thread on how to Network Unlock the tab, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838424, and i decided to enter *#7465625# as stated on the thread to to see what would come up and to amazement it says that my tab is network unlocked. Now how could that be, i have not gotten an unlock code from T-Mobile and i tried to use the guide posted by Rotohammer, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843323, using Terminal Emulator, since i don't have ADB, but then i ended up with an error message halfway through entering the code so i didn't bother to retry and just decided to wait the 90 days to get the code from T-Mobile. I would need to get my hands on a non-t-mobile sim to see if it actually works.
Please see the pic bellow that shows my tab as Network Unlocked after entering *#7465625#. Again, i did not do any of steps listed on the thread i just wanted to see what i would get by entering the set of numbers.
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Any thoughts on how this could had happen?
I would recommend to check your IMEI either way.
Hope it is not corrupted.
Your phone isn't unlocked because a screen says so. It's unlocked when you can put in another carriers sim and connect to their network.
Adapt0r said:
I would recommend to check your IMEI either way.
Hope it is not corrupted.
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I did break my IMEI so i could get data using my Vibrant sim, don't know if that had something to do with it.
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rangercaptain said:
Your phone isn't unlocked because a screen says so. It's unlocked when you can put in another carriers sim and connect to their network.
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Don't really have access to another sim (ex. AT&T ) to try it. Might have to wait untill i get my unlock code from t-mobile.
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Try to restore original imei and check network lock once more. You would see it locked.
The safest way to unlock posted by Roto in details. I do not recommend corrupting imei like some other methods do in the end.
Has anyone successfully unlocked the SPH-L720 from Sprint with this newest firmware? I found instructions on another thread for unlocking the L720, but they are for Android 4.2.2 and do not work with 4.4.2. When I attempted to downgrade the modem, it bricked the phone. I've managed to get the correct firmware re-installed and un-brick the phone, but now I'm back to square one.
The phone is rooted, I just need to carrier unlock it from Sprint and remove the CDMA lock so that I can use a GSM sim (attempting to use the phone with NET10 which uses T-Mobile/AT&T compatible sims).
I'm having the same issue here. Let me know if you got through. I want to use my Galaxy s4 outside the USA on a GSM network.
same issue
I need to know also my contract is about over will sprint really unlock it for me I am rooted or can I go to a MDC baseband version and do the unlock codes....... please help ty
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Howiewowie said:
I need to know also my contract is about over will sprint really unlock it for me I am rooted or can I go to a MDC baseband version and do the unlock codes....... please help ty
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no problem this told me what to do http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2415587 soon as I get away from my contract I will be trying thx
Bumping this to see if anyone has figured this out?
I've got a GoogleFi data only card and would love to get my S4 back online but it seems I'm SOL since I'm on L720VPUFNG2.
Someone on reddit said they figured it out but hadn't provided the details (nor replied to PMs), I don't want to brick my phone as it's still an excellent backup.
Is unlocking an L720 on NG2 possible?
Please I need this too
Have you guys tried the unlocking thread in the General section?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530610
Or this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2415587
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Hello Everyone,
I currently have a SPH-L720 that I performed the international sim-unlock on and currently use it in the UK. I plan to use it when I return to the states on Verizon, but am curious if I need to perform the Domestic Sim-unlock and change the LTE bands under the hidden dialer menu or should it work automatically since the phone is currently carrier unlocked and then only need to change the LTE bands? Thanks!
hatteroo said:
Hello Everyone,
I currently have a SPH-L720 that I performed the international sim-unlock on and currently use it in the UK. I plan to use it when I return to the states on Verizon, but am curious if I need to perform the Domestic Sim-unlock and change the LTE bands under the hidden dialer menu or should it work automatically since the phone is currently carrier unlocked and then only need to change the LTE bands? Thanks!
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It doesn't support the Verizon LTE bands to begin with. Pretty sure you will never have 4G, if I'm wrong kindly point me to the info.
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bilgerryan said:
It doesn't support the Verizon LTE bands to begin with. Pretty sure you will never have 4G, if I'm wrong kindly point me to the info.
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Ah ok I was under the assumption that I was able to modify my LTE bands as I saw on an S5 tutorial.
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Ah ok I was under the assumption that I was able to modify my LTE bands as I saw on an S5 tutorial.
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Would you mind linking that tutorial? As far as I know you can only change them to bands that are already supported by the device.
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Would you mind linking that tutorial? As far as I know you can only change them to bands that are already supported by the device.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/enabling-additional-lte-bands-att-t-t3160864
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...ad-progress-please-leave-im-updating-t2871269
http://www.xda-developers.com/add-frequency-bands-qualcomm/
So I have a sprint s4 onrunning octos (cm13 build) on 6.0.1. I have the OK3 already, as I came from 5.0.1 already using OK3. My question is, what modems can I flash BACK to? Better yet what firmware can I downgrade / flash ? I am having the worst time trying to get my network settings to work. The APN settings are COMPLETELY GONE. There is no way for me to edit them. And the best I'm getting of service is 2 bars of 3G MAX, when I usually get almost full bars of 4G here at my house. I struggled to even get 3g working. Can anyone help me out?
Sph l720 sprint running Octos CM13 6.0.1. MY PHONE IS ON STRAIGHT TALK. I REPEAT MY PHONE IS ON STRAIGHT TALK. THE SERVICE PROVIDER IS NO LONGER SPRINT IT IS STRAIGHT TALK.
But for some reason, when I was having the phone activated I was having trouble getting the sim to work. But they told me that was because it did not take a sim card with straight talk. Also they never told me to use the provided network access code. The phone was literally sitting there for 3 hours NOT ACTIVATED. Because they said it was in progress. I asked if it was taking so long because of the sim card not being inserted. They told me no. But for some reason as soon as I put in the sim card BAM IT WAS ACTIVATED. could anyone please help me out in some way
something similar happen to me in the signal bar on my device there is an R and cant make calls i have a od2 firmware
eriuzz said:
something similar happen to me in the signal bar on my device there is an R and cant make calls i have a od2 firmware
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R usually stands for roaming
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R usually stands for roaming
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hey do you have any advice ? i would greatly appreciate it
Hey guys,
I have a GS4 (Sprint - SPH - L720) running Lollipop - 5.0.1 and not able to even find the tether option. I downloaded ES File Explorer to try and get it working. It turns on the wifi and is even detected by another device but it doesn't want to connect. Any idea what's going on??
Thanks for any help!
Jake
Can anyone help please??
jakedronez said:
Hey guys,
I have a GS4 (Sprint - SPH - L720) running Lollipop - 5.0.1 and not able to even find the tether option. I downloaded ES File Explorer to try and get it working. It turns on the wifi and is even detected by another device but it doesn't want to connect. Any idea what's going on??
Thanks for any help!
Jake
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You have to pay for the service unless you have a ROM that has it hacked, the only one I know for sure that has it is my ROM, Wicked X.
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Thanks for the reply.
I live in Australia and purchased the unlocked phone from Hong Kong. It works ok but still has some GPS locking issues. I don't know if this has also got to do with paying for the service?
But since im in Australia not sure if it would work.
Would your ROM work well with my GS4? Is it stable??
Cheers
Jake
jakedronez said:
Thanks for the reply.
I live in Australia and purchased the unlocked phone from Hong Kong. It works ok but still has some GPS locking issues. I don't know if this has also got to do with paying for the service?
But since im in Australia not sure if it would work.
Would your ROM work well with my GS4? Is it stable??
Cheers
Jake
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Yes, very stable.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3115583