Just a quick thread, i used the Dell Streak Unlocker program after being told by Att and Dell that the phone couldn't be unlocked, and after reading reviews of another program that weren't so kind, so i figured i would try this one. The program worked and i am now using another company's SIM, but i noticed that a few times since i unlocked it yesterday that it is registering "NO SIM" intermittently. So i am wondering is this is something anyone else has noticed after unlocking their Streak or if this is something occurring in Streaks in general?
Got my Streak unlocked by O2 and have never faced any such problem.
To be honest I have used the dell streak unlocker .. and my phone works great on simple mobile. . What it sounds like to me is something hardware.. this brings me back to when my iPhone use to have this problem along with a sidekick 2 I had (yess had an iPhone and sidekick 2 ) any how with the sidekick there was no hope but with the iPhone a new sim did the trick do some more research before getting a new similar or anything
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If you don't mind me asking what program did you use. I'm thinking of unlocking from att to go to tmobile. Do you know if all streaks can be unlocked and does it work on tmobiles 3G bands
I was wondering if it might be the SIM, i know ive swapped it to and from so many different phones that i was wondering if its just not making a great connection anymore. Thanks for the quick replies all. Also in regards to the t mobile bands, as far as i know the streak has the 2100 band, but is lacking the 1700 that t mobile also uses, would be a good question for t mobile as to where they default to when it comes to their band.
If the unlocking software referenced here is this one below....
http://www.unlockstreak.com/pages/d...?ref=874b1d7212afe8cc4672f2f53d9976c12a5ea0e5
then yes, I did for the first day or so get a NO SIM notice on my Streak, but that since has gone away. I was actually going to post an endorsement for this program before I looked for, and found this one. I had some trouble at the beginning that I sought support out for, and was rather speedily greeted back the proper instruction. I'm a former Rogers customer and have now switched over to Telus for $30 less than Rogers was trying to charge me. Complete success I would say.
I just called AT&T up and got an unlock code (fibbed & said I was traveling out of the country) & took all of 20 minutes with all the being put on hold. The Rep said that I needed to pop in the other company's SIM in order for my Streak to ask for the unlock code. Is there a way I can unlock with my code without having a non-AT&T SIM card? She also gave me the PUK code, so do I need to use both?
The puk code should be specific to the sim card itself(?)
It's for if you lock the card and forget the unlock code or something for it (completely unrelated to unlocking the phone itself)
There might be a "unlock" menu entry under settings -> wireless -> mobile networks
if it isnt there/doesnt work you will need to pop in a foreign sim card (any card that isnt on the locked network)
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Hi everybody,
I'm going to be visiting Switzerland in a couple of weeks. T-Mobile's roaming rate on voice calls alone is crazy (I have no idea what they'd charge for data usage, and I'm afraid to look!) Because of this, I don't intend to use my T-Mobile SIM card while I'm there.
Does anybody have any experience with unlocking the Vibrant and using it in Switzerland, or some other European country? Are there pre-paid SIM cards that will also allow me to use data services? Are they pretty expensive, or inexpensive?
If anybody could recommend a specific pre-paid SIM carrier or has done this before, I'd really appreciate your insights.
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Hi everybody,
I'm going to be visiting Switzerland in a couple of weeks. T-Mobile's roaming rate on voice calls alone is crazy (I have no idea what they'd charge for data usage, and I'm afraid to look!) Because of this, I don't intend to use my T-Mobile SIM card while I'm there.
Does anybody have any experience with unlocking the Vibrant and using it in Switzerland, or some other European country? Are there pre-paid SIM cards that will also allow me to use data services? Are they pretty expensive, or inexpensive?
If anybody could recommend a specific pre-paid SIM carrier or has done this before, I'd really appreciate your insights.
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I don't have any answers to your questions, but have you checked whether T-Mo will charge for incoming calls when roaming? I haven't done it in years, but when I was roaming in Asia a few years back the incoming calls weren't billed at all, so i just texted my wife to call me and all was good.
I saw an app on here and it's in the marketplace for sim unlocking on the phone without having to request the code from tmo..think it was simply called unlock vibrant. it's a 4 step process and worked for me no problems.
Moved of: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant General
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Please put your questions to: Vibrant Q&A
It worked great!
Thanks to mmelo76 for moving my question - sorry for not getting it in the right place to begin with.
I wanted to follow up here and say that I went ahead and got my Vibrant unlocked via the market application "Galaxy_S Unlock" by Helroz.
I tested with an AT&T SIM from a friend's phone and verified that the unlock worked.
Then when I got to Switzerland (the Zurich airport), I found a Swisscom store in the adjacent train station shopping area. I bought an "Easy BeFree" SIM (http://www.swisscom.com/res/mobile/tarife/flat/easy-befree/index.htm) for 20 CHF, which also included 20 CHF of credit... so the SIM was basically free.
Popped it in to my phone and started it up and it worked immediately from the start. The only thing I had to do was re-enter my Google account password. I think the password might be encrypted against something in the SIM, so swapping the SIM forces you to re-enter it.
Anyway, I ran around Switzerland for a week and had data and voice coverage. If I were to go again, that's definitely the way to go.
Hi guys,
i used a sim unlock code to unlock the ATT locked Atrix 4g, for use with a european sim card (mobitel, slovenia). it unlocked fine and i could call, but the wifi stopped working it just didnt scan/find or even connect to remembered wifis (home router), which worked perfectly before the unlock. so than i thought it might help to factory reset it, and now the problem persists and i cant even finish the wizard, cuz it wouldnt connect to the cellular (which we have 2g and 3g here) and the wifi has the same problems (so initially it finds all wlans, than after like a few secs it looses them all, i can turn off the wifi and turn it on again and the same thing happens). so i am wodering if anyone has any idea how i could rescue the phone ...
thanks in advance
ok guys i did a hard reset and put in a nonworking sim (doesnt connect to network) and i got the wifi back to working and managed to activate motoblur again. so after that ive put my working sim card in again (3g+ hsdpa+ able), and the wifi stops to work again/behaves the same as i described before. terrible ... anyone has an idea how to fix that ?
ok, more problems, now after ive put the working sim inside and the wifi stopped working, i tried with the nonworking sim (that wifi worked great before with), and the wifi isnt working with the sim it was working before either and even if i try without any sim it doesnt work... ill try with a third sim now and if it wont work ill hard reset it again
Same problem
I have the same exact issue. Anyone know what to do? I can't imagine that this is "bricked" because everything else works fine... thoughts?
where did you guys get the unlock code from?
Actually, I have a similar problem. After entering unlock code the phone accepts my SIM card, but I cannot activate 3G connection. GSM is working, try to call my other phone. APN settings are correct.
In the "hidden" settings menu (*#*#4636#*#*) I cannot chose between radio bands, but only the USA radio band.
Any ideas? Will I need to root it or even put a custom ROM (if it exists)?
So you guys used an unlock code from someone other than the carrier and are now having issues?
Wish I could help on this one. If you used an unlock code from someone other than the carrier, I would contact motorola support.
If you used a piece of software, I would wager that the software broke something and you might as well warranty return it for another.
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So you guys used an unlock code from someone other than the carrier and are now having issues?
Wish I could help on this one. If you used an unlock code from someone other than the carrier, I would contact motorola support.
If you used a piece of software, I would wager that the software broke something and you might as well warranty return it for another.
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Don't be offended, but I don't think this is the case. AT&T locked their phone to their network with standard network code (as seen in many other phones for years) so that "alien" SIM card would not work. But, additionally, since the AT&T has some value added services on their data plan (like wifi tethering) they made some accommodations (read: locked parts of the android configuration).
I am not a developer, this is just my guess, but it seams sane and probable.
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Don't be offended, but I don't think this is the case. AT&T locked their phone to their network with standard network code (as seen in many other phones for years) so that "alien" SIM card would not work. But, additionally, since the AT&T has some value added services on their data plan (like wifi tethering) they made some accommodations (read: locked parts of the android configuration).
I am not a developer, this is just my guess, but it seams sane and probable.
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No offense taken. This is why I asked about a program. Using an unauthorized code to unlock it may over write a.setting or file. Its also possible that someone broke something using adb.
Best solution, warranty it and try again
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ok. anyone with unlocked phone has a wifi problems besides these 2 nice people ?
I don't have a WiFi problem, I have a 3G problem
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I don't have a WiFi problem, I have a 3G problem
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can you guys tell us what website you use to get your unlock codes from so we can avoid them? thanks
man.. this forum is dead.
even the OP stopped coming here to check his post :/
Based on your replies, I'm guessing you've never unlocked a phone before...
Unlocking a phone to be used for a different carrier affects nothing else but the ability to only use the SIM Card of the carrier you bought the phone from.
To unlock a carrier-locked Motorola phone, you simply need a "Network Unlock PIN" which is an 8 or 16 digit code that you enter to unlock the phone to any network. There is no software installation ivolved in the process.
A 3G issue will occur when your carrier doesn't support the 3G bands that the Atrix supports. Which would be: 850/1900/2100. If your carrier doesn't use any of these bands for their 3G network, then of course you are going to have 3G issues.
The Wi-Fi problem that the OP is having may be as simple as him having an antenna QA issue. But it could never be the Unlock Code.
Unlocking your phone and using another carrier other than AT&T has nothing to do with Wi-Fi issues...
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So you guys used an unlock code from someone other than the carrier and are now having issues?
Wish I could help on this one. If you used an unlock code from someone other than the carrier, I would contact motorola support.
If you used a piece of software, I would wager that the software broke something and you might as well warranty return it for another.
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No offense taken. This is why I asked about a program. Using an unauthorized code to unlock it may over write a.setting or file. Its also possible that someone broke something using adb.
Best solution, warranty it and try again
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The Wi-Fi problem that the OP is having may be as simple as him having an antenna QA issue. But it could never be the Unlock Code.
Unlocking your phone and using another carrier other than AT&T has nothing to do with Wi-Fi issues...
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I got my unlock code from cellunlock.net. It unlocked my phone just fine. Don't use that as a reason to avoid cellunlock.net. Unlocking is unlocking.
I have swapped back and forth between my prepaid sim and My AT&T SIM about 5 times so far.
WiFi disconnects almost immediately when I try to connect with my prepaid sim inserted, but I can make calls. (Atrix also displays H+, which can't be right)
With my AT&T sim everything works fine, solid as a rock.
I may do a factory reset to test things, but I have a feeling it has something to do with drivers or the network stack on the atrix, or perhaps because my prepaid sim has no data plan. It certainly isn't a hardware problem with the antenna. I am afraid to do a factory reset on the atrix while I am out of the country, considering that it requires network access to unlock itself.
To the original poster:
When you put a non-connected SIM into the phone, if you do a power reset again, the wifi comes back up solid again.
Also, is there some way we can request a merge of these two threads?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986499
how come only you 2 have this problem ? do you 2 live in the same country ?
this is really surprising :/
It really is quite weird...
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how come only you 2 have this problem ? do you 2 live in the same country ?
this is really surprising :/
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I was merely suggesting that it could be a multitude of things, but never the unlocking code or the process of unlocking itself.
Also, it can't be your SIM because your SIM has nothing to do with Wi-Fi. If we were talking about GSM and 3G then SIM cards come into play. Other than that, no way.
Have you tried using the phone without a SIM? Do you get the same problems?
wstutt said:
It certainly isn't a hardware problem with the antenna. I am afraid to do a factory reset on the atrix while I am out of the country, considering that it requires network access to unlock itself.
To the original poster:
When you put a non-connected SIM into the phone, if you do a power reset again, the wifi comes back up solid again.
Also, is there some way we can request a merge of these two threads?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986499
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I was merely suggesting that it could be a multitude of things, but never the unlocking code or the process of unlocking itself.
Also, it can't be your SIM because your SIM has nothing to do with Wi-Fi. If we were talking about GSM and 3G then SIM cards come into play. Other than that, no way.
Have you tried using the phone without a SIM? Do you get the same problems?
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I agree that it has nothing to do with the SIM or unlocking.
I just tested. I get the same problem with no SIM inserted. Screw it.. doing a factory reset and seeing what happens.
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Still does the same thing. But now I have to re-activate app sideloading.
Also, you can reactivate over wifi, which is nice.
I have reviewed similar threads for a few days but have not found any answers. The simple question I have is in the title:
Can you unlock the ATT Atrix without an unlock code.
However the situation is a bit more complicated and ill explain.
I have been traveling the past few months and was in Costa Rica for a month. I decided to purchase a local SIM so I could use my phone without paying ridiculous ATT roaming charges. I inserted the SIM and it was locked, unaware of the network lock I inserted my personal code thinking that may be it. No luck and returned to my old ATT SIM. At this point it still worked but a few days passed and I tried again, still no avail so I contacted ATT. It just so happened the 6 month mark was coming up from the original purchase date of my phone so they would provide the unlock code in 4 days time. I waited and finally received, after inserting the code it did not work and I contacted ATT back to assure they provided the proper code as they had to send me a replacement phone a few months prior due to my original Atrix crapping out. They checked it out and determined it was correct but it never worked. I finally inserted my original ATT SIM back into the phone and it also requested network unlock code. Now I am back in the states and even with the original ATT SIM it still requests for the network unlock code. I tried unlocking and flashing with CM7 beta and STILL requests unlock code. So basically the phone is useless for network data but will work fine as a mini tablet i suppose connected to WIFI.
So with that explanation does anyone have any idea on bypassing this or removing this entirely, not even to use overseas but just on the ATT network!
Additionally
ATT provided me with another Atrix to alleviate my troubles so im not entirely phoneless. However I would like to sell one of these and possibly purchase the GS2 0_o
I have contacted 3 cell phone unlocking sites explaining the situation and only one has responded but not with any answers.
HELP!
if you got a new phone, is it still asking for a network unlock code?
No. Its working fine, but I still have this perfectly good working phone I would rather use and sell the brand new one. Unless I cant get rid of this unlock problem I suppose Ill sell it as is. Any takers?
Hi, I talk to att once when i want to unlock my atrix and they told me if the phone is more than six months old the give you the unlock code for free.
so for the atrix if that is your phone you can ask att for your code since august 21.
just call att customer support.
hope this help.
try a diff sim card with data plan and see if it still asks for code
or try flashing a custom rom
I suppose I was not clear in the OP. ATT DID provide this code for me. I did flash a custom rom already.
As far as using a different SIM card I tried to use a second SIM that ATT provided and still nothing.
I am assuming this is a very unique situation and probably wont find any answers unless someone has successfully unlocked the phone by flashing some special ROM.
Flashing a ROM of any kind will never sim-unlock your phone.... ever. period.
The only way to resolve this is through AT&T. The only way to sim-unlock is with the code it requests.... must have proper code. That is the only way. So, I would talk to AT&T about it, in person, at a local store.
I unlocked the inspire 4G simple by rooting and flashing a custom rom didnt ask for network password after that it worked on tmobile
With edge service no. 3g or 4g different bands between tmobile and att
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jussuh said:
I unlocked the inspire 4G simple by rooting and flashing a custom rom didnt ask for network password after that it worked on tmobile
With edge service no. 3g or 4g different bands between tmobile and att
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highly doubt that....
when does it ask you for the network code? can u provide a screen capture?
jgc121 said:
Flashing a ROM of any kind will never sim-unlock your phone.... ever. period.
The only way to resolve this is through AT&T. The only way to sim-unlock is with the code it requests.... must have proper code. That is the only way. So, I would talk to AT&T about it, in person, at a local store.
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Just the info I was looking for. Basically the phone is boned in that case. Spent a good with with ATT advanced tech support and motorola to no avail.
What I do want to know is WHERE this information is stored out of curiosity. It seems the modding community would have tinkered with some hacks to remove the sim lock at some point.
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when does it ask you for the network code? can u provide a screen capture?
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Tried to screen shot it but it wont allow in the screen. The request comes as soon as I turn the phone on. If I dismiss it I can use the phone I just wont have cellular access.
Ok so I am reposting and not editing as I feel this deserves a bump.
I got my new Atrix unlock code from ATT today and tried it on the new Atrix I received and that one ALSO will not unlock.
Is there ANY ATT Atrix sim unlocked and if so how did you go about doing it? I have only found one thread and no response via PM.
How to SIM unlock Atrix!
I have read both your post and I believe you used a ATT sim card that was not in use or a GO phone Sim card. Am I correct so far? To sim unlock you have to insert a non ATT sim card!! No go phone sim card or a non active att sim!
Call one of your friends and borrow a Verizon sim or Tmobile sim. You only have 5 tries to do this. So as for your first Atrix I believe it is already locked permanently to ATT. Dont ruin your second Atrix.
katinatez said:
I have read both your post and I believe you used a ATT sim card that was not in use or a GO phone Sim card. Am I correct so far? To sim unlock you have to insert a non ATT sim card!! No go phone sim card or a non active att sim!
Call one of your friends and borrow a Verizon sim or Tmobile sim. You only have 5 tries to do this. So as for your first Atrix I believe it is already locked permanently to ATT. Dont ruin your second Atrix.
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Well I found that if you push #073887* in the dialer it will actually prompt you for the unlock code. I tried this with NO sim in at first and that is when it said it was unsuccessful. However late last night I inserted my ATT SIM back in and tried again just for ****s. Entered in #073887* and typed the unlock code and viola, it worked. Interesting information for anyone who wants to unlock there Atrix WITHOUT another carriers SIM!
But back to my original issue. I wouldn't mind if the original atrix was locked to ATT, at least I would still be able to use it. The problem is that it wont work with ANY SIM. My thoughts is that it is a glitch and locked the phone to... nothing?
To make matters worse I emailed cellunlocker.net explained the issue and they said they thought if they requested a carrier unlock code it would work. Paid the 20 and 10 minutes later they sent me the same unlock code ATT had provided. Now the hassle of obtaining a refund.
are you selling the phone?
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are you selling the phone?
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Yea. Both.
you have to use a *different* sim card than your regular carrier uses (ex - I'm on AT&T, so i used a Boost Mobile Sim to unlock my Atrix) You cannot use YOUR sim to sim-unlock.
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you have to use a *different* sim card than your regular carrier uses (ex - I'm on AT&T, so i used a Boost Mobile Sim to unlock my Atrix) You cannot use YOUR sim to sim-unlock.
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Yes you can, by the method I explained in my previous post. It works!
There may be some confusion. The one im referring to (the original ATRIX) will not unlock with an ATT sim, a TMOB sim, a verizon SIM, or even a Costa Rican SIM. NO matter WHAT the SIM is in the "original" phone it always prompts me for a SIM unlock password. Like I said I believe it to be a glitch, intending to lock it to the ATT SIM but in reality it locked it to NO SIM.
So to restate.
YES you can unlock an ATT Atrix with only an ATT SIM in the phone using the method I explained. ( I did it with the phone in my hand right now)
and
NO my original Atrix will not unlock regardless of SIM installed or method.
i will send you a p.m with my offer
Just out of curiousity did you ever set up the sim card lock feature in the location and security settings. It will ask you for the unlock code every time you turn your phone on...shot in the dark here....
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I have just purchased an unlocked Dell Streak 5 from ebay, I put my GoPhone SIM card in and booted it up, and I'm not prompted with any unlock screen, and it doesn't say my SIM card isn't inserted or isn't invalid. But I have no service and cannot connect to any network via the Wireless & Network Settings, I have called AT&T Support multiple times and have not received any useful help. They have changed the IMEI of my SIM to match my Dell Streak 5 and I still have no service. I have just got off the phone with someone who has made the most sense of all the representatives I've talked to. She said a previous person had updated my information of my account and that it may take up to and hour for the information to update, and I was told I would receive a call back in about an hour to unlock my SIM card i guess. I'm not 100% sure what that means, because I've used this SIM card with 3 previous different phones, all have worked. So I don't know how if my SIM is locked that I was able to do that. Some feedback on this issue would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to have just wasted $300 on a very nice phone that I cannot use. I'm very much into tech and I need this phone working!
more information:
Dell Streak 5 running froyo 2.2.2
Ebay seller stated phone was unlocked to all GSM carriers
My GoPhone plan is unlimited talk&text (i'm not worried about not having data plan) So I hope this helps shed some light on this subject. Thanks in advance!
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I have tried playing in my apn settings, and searching for networks. AT&T shows but I cannot connect
I've ran into the issue where one my really old tmo sims didnt work in it, the sim itself was no longer valid but my iphone detected it properly.
Used a newer expired sim and it was detected properly. I dont know if this helps but you could try a different gophone sim
thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if it's my SIM, I feel it's not. I purchased my SIM less than a year ago so it's fairly new. Any way of checking the age of a SIM? also I have no other SIM cards I can try. at the moment my hope rests on AT&T support calling me back with good news.
Ok sorry for the double posting, but I have tried my buddies AT&T SIM card, which looks older then mine in regards to the graphic wear on it, but it works in my Dell Streak?! Does this help shed any light on this? I'm not understanding why his SIM card works, we're both AT&T only difference is he's on a contract. So i'm really stumped, I would really appreciate any help I can get on this. I need this phone!
Thanks in advance!
Is your plan a pay-per-use plan or a pay-as-you-go plan? It makes a difference because smartphones cannot be used on a pay-per-use plan.
Thanks for the reply, I believe I'm pay-as-you-go. I purchased a GoPhone close to a year ago (maybe 9-10 months ago) and I took the SIM card, activated on the GoPhone first, then used it with 3 previous phones. I'm 99% postive it's pay-as-you-go but I got tired off constantly buying the plan monthly (unlimited talk&text) and setup an autorefill to automatically refill my account with the selected plan service (unlimited talk&text)
Again sincerely sorry for the double post again but I've had the biggest breakthrough all day. I accidentally clicked airplane mode when attempting to power off my Dell Streak. I then turned airplane mode back off and I went to power off and during the power off I noticed my bars go blue with service, in excitement I quickly turned my phone back on and did not have service. I then did my previous accident this time canceling the power off and my phone connected to AT&T network and I have full service, I quickly made a call to my buddy who's with me and it went through, upon trying to text him, it hangs on sending and eventually prompts that the message could not be sent please retry. I feel I'm so close! Does this new info help? Again I have some knowledge of all this and this all has just been so confusing to me.
EDIT: more info, I can receive messages but it seems I cannot reply :/
UPDATE: It seems I can get my Dell Streak to send messages by toggling airplane mode on then off, but it's only temporary and I have to repeat the process almost every other message just to get my message to send. Again this is just adding more confusion to my problems. I can't imagine why all this is working like this!
Thanks in advance once again!
-hawker
I had a similar problem, I got my unlock code from AT&T, unlocked the device (when it prompted and I had a T-Mo-USA sim inserted), it shows the number in the device identity screen, but never connects to a network. I just swapped my old Streaks motherboard to my Streak with a working screen, just to see if this would work, working on getting this motherboard unlocked too.
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I had a similar problem, I got my unlock code from AT&T, unlocked the device (when it prompted and I had a T-Mo-USA sim inserted), it shows the number in the device identity screen, but never connects to a network. I just swapped my old Streaks motherboard to my Streak with a working screen, just to see if this would work, working on getting this motherboard unlocked too.
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Am Facing same issue in India. SIM1 suddenly stopped working, but SIM1 works on other phone and SIM2 from other phone also works on Dell Streak. Its only the Dell Streak + particular SIM that is not working. What could be the issue.. Will flashing a modem help.?
Thanks
Even, i have been having this problem with my streak, posed it here few months back but of not much help. It identifies the cell provider and all, and then shows the "x" at the signal bar. While keep restarting the phone, sometimes it suddenly works for 2-3 minutes and then, goes back to frustration.
So let me make a long story short.
I am in the military
I am deploying soon
I bought the Photon 4G to use while deployed
(gave the EVO 4G to wife to use while I am gone)
What I was thinking:
Photon 4G uses GSM as well as others
(I am going to Afghanistan, and GSM 900 I think is the used band there)
I bought a SIM card through a company called MTN Afghanistan
As they are the only provider offering service to the are of Afghan that I
will be going (use I know there are others, but MTN is confirmed the provider used by people in the area I am going, therefore why try something new if you know of something that works)
What I plan to do:
Already scheduled to put my Sprint account on a military hold
(means I do not get charged for my phone until I turn it back on
when I return)
I do this because I found Sprint International is not in my area over there as well.
So I was told by sprint international that they can give me an unlock code.
But I am being told by others, that I need to unlock my phone.
I leave in two weeks and need help.
I have searched the boards and found a lot of guilds about unlocking and everything, I have done roms on all my other devices and such.
I just want to make sure that the UNLOCK that I am thinking about
(using the Sprint Photon 4G in Afghan, on someone elses service)
There I is no sim unlock for the photon. Internationally it defaults to unlocked. No root/unlock required. That being said, some roms seem to handle gsm a little better than stock.
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Mine worked great with stock rom. Had to do nothing extra to get it work.. I live in India. Lol my photon was not even activated!
I have a Photon and also use Sprint. When going abroad, to use abroad you simply set the phone to "GSM" from automatic or CDMA to ensure that Sprint doesn't charge you for international roaming.
Well I'm rooted,unlocked,and use cm7.2 and have had no problems in Australia and saudi.*#*#4636#*#*
Works with all sim cards.
I just like cyanogenmod and all the modifications,I also think aosp roms seem to have better signal strenth.
Cm 7.2 delivered a strong GSM signal for me using telstra and zeam
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Thanks
Thanks for all of the replies.
I was just worried because I recieved my SIM card I plan to use in Afghan and when I removed Sprints SIM Card, I turned the phone on and nothing was different.
It still connected to Sprint and everything (with no SIM Card) Even made calls.
So then I added the new SIM Card (the iternational one, by MTN Afghan,) and still, Sprint Service as if the SIM Card was doing nothing special. Never asked me for unlock or anything.
That is why I was wanting to make sure there is nothing special I need to do.