I had this phone setup with boost. Unware, the unlocked version, oem wasnt supported, i wasnt able to get MMS working and data/lte wasnt working either, but a guy at a boost store, setup some APN settings to get some lte/data to work, but the MMS still wouldnt work, month into it. i tried all their toubleshooting steps, nothing was working. So i decided to just switch over to sprint. well Boost locked the phone for 12months from activation. yea 12months a paper weight is what this is.
IS there another way to unlock this phone. any ideas would help. I cant get full service with this phone, boost doesnt support it, but they allow it to be added on to their network, even then in the account settings, it doesnt show the s10+ 1TB version.
There are various websites that unlock it for you for a fee or seek out the forum user iBowtoAndroid, he does unlocking too.
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I am about to purchase a Mytouch but according to what I have heard, you can't go pass the welcome screen without a data plan. Is that correct ? If it isn't, can anyone tell me how to activate it via Wifi using ADB like the process for G1 ?
Thanks a lot
I had the same problem when i first got my phone because i bought it on craigslist (no contract). If you know anyone that has Tmobile with a data plan u can use their sim card to activate your phone. As long as you get past signing in with google you should be good. Please Root your phone in future to avoid having this problem again.
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I had the same problem when i first got my phone because i bought it on craigslist (no contract). If you know anyone that has Tmobile with a data plan u can use their sim card to activate your phone. As long as you get past signing in with google you should be good. Please Root your phone in future to avoid having this problem again.
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Thanks for the reply, I thought nobody would answer this ! I knew this, but what I am asking is: How to activate it via adb or something that can be done on G1.
Thanks in advance
te_quiero_forever_girl said:
Thanks for the reply, I thought nobody would answer this ! I knew this, but what I am asking is: How to activate it via adb or something that can be done on G1.
Thanks in advance
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Have you tried following the steps outlined here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316
What I gathered from that tutorial is that the 'unlocking' is simply a record added to a database in the phone, which you can get around if you root the phone and manually add it yourself. Haven't tried this though.
te_quiero_forever_girl said:
Thanks for the reply, I thought nobody would answer this ! I knew this, but what I am asking is: How to activate it via adb or something that can be done on G1.
Thanks in advance
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Check out this thread if your'e still having trouble. There is a software for rooting your phone. (Relentless rooter plus).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=556200
Thanks guys, I really appreciate your replies ! The methods u guys offered are pretty much how to root a magic, means that I must have my phone activated first,lol
Thanks again
First, I do not know how to active the G2 with a SIM, or via Wifi rather than via APN. (I'm trying to do the same thing myself at this time, and still seeking the solution).
BUT... I have found a baby step. I see that when you turn on the phone, it comes up to a starter screen which shows you the green Android, and the two selections, Emergency Dial, and, Change Language. I find that if I click on the "MENU" button, it pops up a tab at the bottom of the screen that says APN. This allows me to change the APN settings. Worthless without SOME data plan, but, it might be helpful to someone trying to use an alternate provider's APN settings (along with a SIM sled / flexible PCB (sold on several sites) behind the SIM to 'unlock' use with an alternative carrier, such as AT&T - easier to borrow an iPhone SIM with a Data plan, as there are more of them). Just a thought.
Just a note, I have already changed my phone from "Donut" to "CupCake", and my goal is to go to "Root". My current HBoot is 1.33.0006 (my phone has the 32B motherboard).
i got past the welcome screen without a data plan. We have 3 mt3g in my house and we all got past the welcome screen.
I just got past the activation screen, but without any magic. The version of firmware I have on my phone (HBOOT-1.33.0006) is likely newer than the one which allowed you to skip authentication without a data plan... I suspect this maneuver / inconvenience was added to the later versions of the firmware for exactly what it tried to require of me - to verify that I am a supposedly new customer, or an existing customer with a 3G data plan.
I was able to activate the phone the first try using my TMobile SIM which has a 5.99 TMobile Web (aka T-Zones) plan on it. That SIM worked for about 1 hour with data access, then MAGICally, the data stopped working, though the phone still worked as a phone.
I read up, and discovered this likely had something to do with the Donut / Cupcake installed on the phone by TMobile. I feel that during the one hour working time, the phone somehow auto-updated something to recognize the level of my SIM / data plan was too low.
Regardless.... I borrowed a co-worker's TMobile SIM - he had NO DATA PLAN... It allowed me to authenticate the G2 via Edge / GPRS / HSDPA. I glean from this that upon receiving an UNKNOWN, but active TMobile SIM card, the phone somehow allows that SIM access to data long enough to activate the phone. But for a SIM the phone has seen before and disabled, the disabled SIM remains disabled for data.
Next step... Root the phone, and swap out the ROM to something that doesn't lock me into requiring another activation via Gmail account (I hear that Hero may be a good ROM...). Crossing my fingers...
NEED HELP - i was reading above hoping that someone would ahve the same issue as me or well to be specific my gf.
She just got a mytouch a few days ago and got it to activate fine and all without having a data plan at all. I tried using her phone and all too and it worked perfectly although today whenever she tries to make a phone call it routes her to tmobile and she can only receive texts and not send them.
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NEED HELP - i was reading above hoping that someone would ahve the same issue as me or well to be specific my gf.
She just got a mytouch a few days ago and got it to activate fine and all without having a data plan at all. I tried using her phone and all too and it worked perfectly although today whenever she tries to make a phone call it routes her to tmobile and she can only receive texts and not send them.
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Did she pay her cell phone bill?
hello to everyone. I live in Brazil and I am having the same problem. My friend bought a htc mytouch 3g in the United States. Now when I turn it on it is asking activation system. How can I do now? I am in Brazil. Look how that is the mytouch trying to turn it on.
http://www.youtube.com/maicoalvim#p/a/u/0/sp_x74-ptRA
Thanks!
Maico
There is in fact no way to activate your plan without a plan. What I did was spend $60 for a single month of the plan, activate the phone, and then cancel it, and it worked fine.
However, if you can find some way to get Cyanogen on your phone, (you can't use the 1-click root application and install the cyanogen recovery image, though without having access to the phone), the newest Cyanogen has a little button to bypass the stupid activation mode, so you'll never need a plan again.
Trust me, it took me 3 months of trying to get it working without a plan.
Edit: Oh, actually if you have a friend with a plan that has a t-mobile phone with internet access (only certain ones work, though, not the sidewinder) you can steal their sim card for a few second and activate it that way.
Well a friend of myne returned to lithuania for a few days and he gave me his old T-Mobile (HTC Sapphire MyTouch 3G) phone as he didn't need it anymore. But we don't have T-Mobile here and when i try to boot it up it asks me to login with a google account and i can't do anything since no T-Mobile , means no internet connection can't login. I tried fastboot but it says "not allow" adb woun't work since i can't enable debugging , not can i mount the damn sd card.
Is it still possible to do anything with it or should i trash it ?
Don't trash it!!
Get a local SIM with data (just pay as you go), try to find one with data where you pay by the megabyte. Then at the google sign in screen, press menu and enter the apn for your network. You will then be able to sign in.
I'v actually tried two local sims , trying to enter the APN just doesn't let me save
if i press save what i typed just disapear, and it does not let me connect.
Tried hot-swapping the T-Mobile sim that came with the phone to no avail
Funny how people are quick to throw $400 phones away because they cant find a "simple" answer.
You can either find a cell company that uses Tmobiles networks, we have a few here in florida... Or you can get an unlock code through many a website or ebay emailed to you and use it on any company that uses a sim and the same baseband frequencies.... ATT, Virgin mobile etc....
Or you can send it to me to use as a development phone lol J/K ... maybe ;P
We got 3 providers here none of which have anything to do with T-Mobile (2 of which i already tried)
And i can't really find any way (as far as i read) to access it without getting past the google screen and enabling adb
Maybe a gold card would work ? but doesn't hat require enabling "unknown sources"
which again i can't do without getting past the damn google screen :|
(i'm not in USA btw , i'm in Lithuania (small european country))
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We got 3 providers here none of which have anything to do with T-Mobile (2 of which i already tried)
And i can't really find any way (as far as i read) to access it without getting past the google screen and enabling adb
Maybe a gold card would work ? but doesn't hat require enabling "unknown sources"
which again i can't do without getting past the damn google screen :|
(i'm not in USA btw , i'm in Lithuania (small european country))
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lol, I know your not in the US. But you do have at least one GSM carrier right? one that uses sim cards? If so, you need to unlock the phone with a code given from ebay or one of the many sites.
Using a gold card is not going to help you. Rooting it would help you get past the sign in screen, but using a gold card can just brick it anyway.
We have 3 carries that use sim cards but none of them worked , tried all of them
all had data plans but apn just doesn't work at all on them
and i'm kind of weary of those unlock codes since i can just pay money and get a bogus code
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We have 3 carries that use sim cards but none of them worked , tried all of them
all had data plans but apn just doesn't work at all on them
and i'm kind of weary of those unlock codes since i can just pay money and get a bogus code
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They arent going to work unless you unlock the phone.
And thats why you dont buy a code from sme random person. You find a respectable seller on ebay or research a site.
I suggest ebay the best because they will email the code to you and give you instructions.
Again, the reason they didnt work is because the phone is locked to only using tmobile.
Once unlocked it can work on any sin card using carrier, but some take some extra settings.
can you guys recommend a good unlock code seller ? is it possible to get it for 10$ or less?
So I live in the northern part of Canada and my city only has Bell, but I would like to get the Samsung Focus from Rogers in Edmonton, AB when I go there in about a week. Is that possible? How? Will I need to unlock it, or can they unlock it for me? What about the SIM card I can get from Bell? Can someone explain all of this for me?
If so, I'd appreciate it very much.
You need to buy the phone outright from a Rogers store, be it kiosk or full meal deal outlet.
They will not unlock the phone, or even discuss it with you. Since you are buying a Rogers branded phone, you will need to Unlock the phone yourself in order to use it on Bell.
The guy I used for the unlock code is from eBay and he charged me $15.99 via PayPal. 30 mins later, I had my unlock code. When you purchase the unlock code, you need to ensure your IMEI is listed in your purchase instructions.
This means you need to own the phone, before you purchase the unlock code. The seller I chose has the icon GSMUnlock as his avatar and his name is unlockgsm4u.
Once you have the code, there are two ways to unlock the phone. One is through the Diagnosis app that is revealed when dialing ##634# [send]. The second is to boot the phone with a non-rogers sim inside. The second mode is probably the easiest. You may need to reboot your phone after entering the unlock code to get Service using your Bell SIM. I cannot confirm, others may be able. I had to reboot in order to use my SaskTel SIM card.
Once you have rebooted, and have cellular service, you need to get Data working.
Data is done by entering your networks' APN info.
There are a few posts on this site that have Bell APN info listed.
Apparently MMS is still an issue, and some are hoping the spring update resolves that issue.
The rogers phone does not have HSUPA enabled by default. This means you will not get Bell's full data speeds on your rogers phone, until you delve into the diagnosis app and enable HSUPA (which is the + in HSPA+). There is a post by me on this site to enable that.
This is a brief introduction to the hoops one must jump through to get an unlocked phone. Once you have your device, post back and I"m sure the crew here will help you out.
They're a good bunch, and I'm happy to call this place home, at least in terms of my phone info.
Alright.
Thank you very much for your help. I appreciate it very much. You've helped explain everything to me!
Hi guys. Long time reader, been fortunate, but finally have to post a question.
Thanks up front, this forum is very awesome.
We are Verizon customers. I recently bought an SM-930P from a local guy. He's had his phone stolen, he got another, then it was recovered so he sold the replacement to me.
He called and made sure all was good and deactivated it before the sale.
Well from what I can tell, Sprint didn't push the unlock to the phone before he took it offline. From what I've gathered, the 930P is unusual in that it can't be manually unlocked via a code. Correct?
I called Sprint - (aside - boy it is very hard to get to a human being to talk to you if you aren't a customer) - the rep said, oh yes, the EMEI is OK, phone was paid off, we'll unlock it for you.
Yet it does not work.
Symptoms: My Verizon SIM won't work (just says invalid SIM), and when I tried a friend's SIM from their Spring S7 it also didn't work, said it was invalid.
Today I called Sprint back again, and this time the rep - this time it was somebody from the S7 tech group - said that the phone was still associated w/ the other guy's account. Since I didn't have authorization on the account she wouldn't do anything else. So now I have heard 2 different stories from Sprint.
Well, that guy is in the Army and can't be reached now to call himself.
So, I need to have it unlocked, but I'm stuck. I don't care about Sprint b/c I want to use it on Verizon.
Am I correct that the only option is to do a USB direct-connect unlock, like some people are offering as services (through eBay etc)? My understanding is that they manually update the phone so it thinks it's getting the unlock from the carrier?
And although I don't intend to use Sprint - what happens if, later, I or somebody else wants to put it back on Sprint if it has been unlocked this way? Will there be a whitelist issue with their records?
Thanks
RatLabGuy said:
Hi guys. Long time reader, been fortunate, but finally have to post a question.
Thanks up front, this forum is very awesome.
We are Verizon customers. I recently bought an SM-930P from a local guy. He's had his phone stolen, he got another, then it was recovered so he sold the replacement to me.
He called and made sure all was good and deactivated it before the sale.
Well from what I can tell, Sprint didn't push the unlock to the phone before he took it offline. From what I've gathered, the 930P is unusual in that it can't be manually unlocked via a code. Correct?
I called Sprint - (aside - boy it is very hard to get to a human being to talk to you if you aren't a customer) - the rep said, oh yes, the EMEI is OK, phone was paid off, we'll unlock it for you.
Yet it does not work.
Symptoms: My Verizon SIM won't work (just says invalid SIM), and when I tried a friend's SIM from their Spring S7 it also didn't work, said it was invalid.
Today I called Sprint back again, and this time the rep - this time it was somebody from the S7 tech group - said that the phone was still associated w/ the other guy's account. Since I didn't have authorization on the account she wouldn't do anything else. So now I have heard 2 different stories from Sprint.
Well, that guy is in the Army and can't be reached now to call himself.
So, I need to have it unlocked, but I'm stuck. I don't care about Sprint b/c I want to use it on Verizon.
Am I correct that the only option is to do a USB direct-connect unlock, like some people are offering as services (through eBay etc)? My understanding is that they manually update the phone so it thinks it's getting the unlock from the carrier?
And although I don't intend to use Sprint - what happens if, later, I or somebody else wants to put it back on Sprint if it has been unlocked this way? Will there be a whitelist issue with their records?
Thanks
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I used the Android Doctor, a quick Google search will find it. Super easy, remote unlock...they will stay in contact with you and make sure your phone works before they charge you. Reasonable price. I've done my s7 and s7 edge. Both work flawlessly. I'm on Straight Talk/AT&T.
Just as an update - yes, after more reading what I learned was that the USB-key approach is the only solution to this.
I went through GSM-Zambia.com - pretty much the same as Android Doctor but slightly cheaper.
That did the trick.
Also FYI - once it was unlocked, I flashed the based G930u version firmware - the one intended for unlocked, non-carrier specific phones - instead of the G930p as intended for Sprint. No problems w/ it whatsoever, seems to have all the radio bands active AND no bloatware.
Only hitch was that I still had to call Verizon and work w/ a tech to activate it on their network b/c if you give the IMEI online to do it manually yourself it just complains that they don't recognize it as compatible.
So it's been a year, or 2 I can't remember since I last used this phone. But I bought this phone through Boost, used it on Boost without issues and then switched to another carrier with a new phone and number. Well 2 days ago I reactivated the S8 back on Boost. I received my SIM card booted up the phone and have 2 notifications. "Invalid SIM" and "Please contact Sprint to unlock device." I've spent a total of 2 hours on chat with Boost between 2 days troubleshooting and trying to figure it out.
Other thing I noticed, I do NOT have Mobile Network Settings in my phone. I even tried to search for it with no luck, I was going to check the APN but that also is no where to be found.
So I hopped onto a Samsung discord where someone advised that I re-flash the stock, which led me to this site to download Odin and Frija. Which I did, and after countless hours of trying to figure out why I kept getting a fail, I switched computers and successfully completed the flash. Cool. Phone boots up, but now it's stuck at 32% update. Get out of that, wipe the cache, reset the phone, it loads up.. Yay, NOT. Still no Mobile Network Settings, but I can search the APN, there is no APN and the "ADD" is grayed out. I'm still getting the same notifications "Invalid SIM" and "Please Contact Sprint to unlock device."
I'm not sure what else I can do, or if there's anything else I can do? I don't understand why it's telling me to contact Sprint to unlock, when It's a Boost Mobile Phone, with Boost apps, and Boost load up screen, purchased from Boost.
So it seems this may not be a phone problem, but a Boost Mobile problem. I just talked to a 5th person on chat and they told me that my phone is too old to work on their new network. They refuse to unlock my device, even though during my search for a fix I came across multiple people with my problem who either easily got their phone unlocked, or filed a complaint with the FCC to get their phone unlocked, and their phone worked.
Also, putting my IMEI in on T-Mobile, Cricket Wireless, and Metro all say my phone will work.. but Boost also said my phone would work.. again as it should it's a Boost phone.