Hey guys, I came across this link while googling unlock Photon.
It seems like they offer an unlock service for U.S Carriers
If someone does choose to try them, please let us know if it works..
Thanks
Interesting..but doubtful.
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Well they do claim they will give you a full refund if it doesn't work..
I don't have a Photon and I'm thinking about getting it.
I really don't want to buy one only to findout it doesn't work it will not work will my T-Mobile sim..
If I buy a Photon with a bad ESN, will I still be able to use the sim feature just fine?
on that site it says unavailable for Sprint photon.
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To be fair, the only "not available" one, is the Sprint photon (which is the only photon) so..theres actually no unlock for it.
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i bought this phone n guy scammed me now i cant use with sprint
any idea what should i do ??
or can i go around with making it clean ??
and does it ganna work overseas or no ??
help me out guys please
symond said:
i bought this phone n guy scammed me now i cant use with sprint
any idea what should i do ??
or can i go around with making it clean ??
and does it ganna work overseas or no ??
help me out guys please
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Sell it somebody that would want to flash it too cricket etc.....there is no workaround the esn
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oh dang
is it ganna work abored ?? like out side us ?? with other sim card
do i need to unlock for that or not ??
Are you sure it is BAD?
Sometimes the phones are still attached to an old line, and they need the original account holder to call Sprint and free it up. If you are not sure, you should contact the seller and find out.
If it is really bad (i.e. someone did not pay the bills) your only option is to sell on CL or such with a "flash to cricket or Metro only" tag line.
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oh dang
is it ganna work abored ?? like out side us ?? with other sim card
do i need to unlock for that or not ??
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It should work with a Sim from over seas because it would be using sprints network.
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I will sell u a brand new photon !
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One thing you can do is wait it out the restrictions will lift on the phone once the account is in collections and sell to a third party but there's no telling how long that takes.
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symond said:
oh dang
is it ganna work abored ?? like out side us ?? with other sim card
do i need to unlock for that or not ??
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I can guarantee you it will work with a foreign sim, yet it will only do so outside the country, .
I have a movistar sim from Mexico , but it only works outside the U.S
If you still have the phone try selling it I would love to buy it off you I do a lot of travel and a spare is always a must ,
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I can guarantee you it will work with a foreign sim, yet it will only do so outside the country, .
I have a movistar sim from Mexico , but it only works outside the U.S
If you still have the phone try selling it I would love to buy it off you I do a lot of travel and a spare is always a must ,
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So......with a movistar sim the phone will not work on the US??, only Mexico???
Shouldn't it roam once in the US with the movistar sim????
I thought they where only locked for US sims.....
I was gonna do the same thing......
Cks69 said:
So......with a movistar sim the phone will not work on the US??, only Mexico???
Shouldn't it roam once in the US with the movistar sim????
I thought they where only locked for US sims.....
I was gonna do the same thing......
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Yea but foreign sims still have to connect through US domestic networks. Movistar might have a thing with AT&T and when u try to join, it registers as an at&t sim/network and wont work
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It's the is towers that are blocked not the sim card.... if you have an att or T-Mobile sim it will work fine just not in the USA. In short until the radio is fixed, no gsm in the USA
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Hi all
I got my Amaze bootloader unlocked and rooted, wondering how to unlock it for other GSM carriers such as AT&T
Thanks
h4ng0ver said:
Hi all
I got my Amaze bootloader unlocked and rooted, wondering how to unlock it for other GSM carriers such as AT&T
Thanks
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One of 2 ways to SIM unlock your phone. call T-Mobile or find a site online that sells unlock codes. If the phone is still under contract you might have a hard time with T-Mobile unless you tell them your traveling and need to be able to use a different SIM.
cellunlock.net
http://www.cellunlock.net
they just did my motorola atrix only took a day to get the code, worked perfectly.
my contract was only 2 months old, service had already been disconnected for nonpayment, and i still owe at&t like $400 dollars, didnt matter.
and htc phones are on sale for only $20, my atrix was twice as much
edit-just remember the wireless bands at&t uses for data are different then for t-mobile (i forgot about that part, very expensive mistake...)
I would highly recommend using an eBay seller of unlock codes with feedback. You don't have to worry about getting screwed over because eBay covers you and plus sellers always have to worry about being left negative feedback.
Htcimeiunlock.com are very fast! I've used them with unlocking an Inspire and Sensation, took under ten mins for the code to return via email.
Cheers!
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I just unlocked mine right now, last night I was on the phone with tmobile and told them "I will be leaving the country in 1 month since I am paying for the full retail price of the phone I would like to unlock it." And I wake up this morning with an email with my unlock code and instructions!!
So I inserted an att sim card and the fastest speed I saw was of about 1.5 mbps but most of the time it was like .9 so no data besides 2g edge.
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I just unlocked mine right now, last night I was on the phone with tmobile and told them "I will be leaving the country in 1 month since I am paying for the full retail price of the phone I would like to unlock it." And I wake up this morning with an email with my unlock code and instructions!!
So I inserted an att sim card and the fastest speed I saw was of about 1.5 mbps but most of the time it was like .9 so no data besides 2g edge.
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I beleive the t mobile amaze has the required bands as well for At&t 850/1900 so you should be getting 4g.
To get 3g you have to mannually set up the apn.
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or flash quiksense automaticly detects it on install
Well I used my parents BlackBerry sim and dads iPhone sim but neither are 4g.
I later figured I had to set up the apn for att 3g but hadn't had time for that. And I and running your latest quick sense rom X.
So I'm guessing I have to have a 4g enabled sim card to get att 4g?
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Can you buy these unlocked? Im still looking around to upgrade and ive been looking at a few different phones. AT&T is the best carrier in my area so id like to stick with them, but i dont like the phones they have. I know the Vivid is similar spec wise to this phone, but it doesn't look at good imo. (i dont like the square brick look)..
Why does AT&T not bring in the better looking phones :|
Yeah you can but if your gonna pay full retail price just call the carrier of the phone tell them you bought the phone itself and need to unlock it. Or by from someone on craigslist already unlocked
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I have a friend who does it for $25 , let me know if you are willing to do it.
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fcpelayo said:
Yeah you can but if your gonna pay full retail price just call the carrier of the phone tell them you bought the phone itself and need to unlock it. Or by from someone on craigslist already unlocked
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hua? you mean buy it From the carrier then have them unlock it?
I think you can do that but that's too much money. Your better off on craigslist and have it unlocked online.
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fcpelayo said:
Well I used my parents BlackBerry sim and dads iPhone sim but neither are 4g.
I later figured I had to set up the apn for att 3g but hadn't had time for that. And I and running your latest quick sense rom X.
So I'm guessing I have to have a 4g enabled sim card to get att 4g?
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that's because iphone's don't support 4g and i'm not sure about bb's but i think possibly only the newest and latest ones support 4g? (not sure)
but overall they only support 3g speed on at&t.
Furthermore, there was another thread where they said if you have an at&t data plan, you need to call in and tell them to update your data plan to a 4g data plan, it's no difference in cost, but apparently there is a boost in speed. Im not sure about that one because i'm on tmobile.
I honestly think that sim cards doesn't affect data speed.
@op who has not replied lol
if you're on at&t then call tmobile. They'll ask for your customer information, tell them you're not a customer but need to be directed to someone who can unlock their tmobile phone. Since you're not a customer, they will hassle you less because they won't be asking all these needless questions why you need it unlocked and etc, but they will probably try to get you to join them. anyways most of the times the rep will be happy to help you right away. But there are a few uhhh not so happy reps who will give you **** for it. If that happens, call again and talk to another rep. You have to remember there are people on the other side of the phone, most of the time the people will be glad to help.
I just got my HTC Amaze from my employee plan and now am not working for them so they gave me the unlock code but how can I get the At&t Apn settings?
search for AT&T APN. There are countless posts for this, they are pretty much similar. If you are using custom rom such as Bulletproof it will auto detect based on your sim card.
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search for AT&T APN. There are countless posts for this, they are pretty much similar. If you are using custom rom such as Bulletproof it will auto detect based on your sim card.
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Or look at
FAQ for the HTC Amaze 4G. Read Frequently Asked Questions before you post a question! because there is a Q & A that says
Q - I unlocked my phone and I am using it on another carrier. Where can I get the settings for the Internet/MMS?
TMO unlock code
Usually TMO is pretty good about unlock code. If you have been with them for a while, it is easy. I bought my Amaze and got the unlock code the next few days. I was travelling and it worked great.
Ok i m new here i really dont know what i m doing my question is i m going abroad for some time and i need a descent cellphone to use abroad some guy i know is offering to sell me photon very cheap but he says its bad esn but will work abroad now first of all what is bad esn? will affect the functionality of the phone in any case? and i will be using it on 2g gsm network so will it work fine and do i have unlock and if yes then how ?
so plz help me out thnx in advance
Bad esn means you can't use it on sprint. Using abroad you can buy a sim card, put it in and it will work fine. Will not work in the US. It is unlocked already for this. You may want to read the forum on bypassing sprint activation. In the us you can flash it to another carrier, like cricket.
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Thnx a lot can u send me the link on how to bypass sprint activation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265816
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Hi guys, I want to buy a HTC Rezound & keep my pageplus service. Just wondering if anyone been successful activating it on Pageplus with everything working (Besides 4G)?
I'm coming from a Droid X2 & The community is great but it's also pretty much dead since the bootloader is locked.
KennyKusanagi said:
Hi guys, I want to buy a HTC Rezound & keep my pageplus service. Just wondering if anyone been successful activating it on Pageplus with everything working (Besides 4G)?
I'm coming from a Droid X2 & The community is great but it's also pretty much dead since the bootloader is locked.
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KennyKusanagi said:
Hi guys, I want to buy a HTC Rezound & keep my pageplus service. Just wondering if anyone been successful activating it on Pageplus with everything working (Besides 4G)?
I'm coming from a Droid X2 & The community is great but it's also pretty much dead since the bootloader is locked.
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Are you happy with your page plus service? Do they really use the verizon towers? Thats what I have been told. I am looking into switching to them. There is a company near my home in NH that will unlock phones and you can get any service on them. I am seriously considereing it......But am a little leerey about it...I need my phone for work and home so I must have good service. They told me it would be $100-150 to unlock my 4G phone. They are not 100%sure they can do it yet, so if they can;t theres no charge.
I was thinking of just getting a regular used 3g smartphone on craigslist and setting it up with pageplus...just to see how the service is, before cancelling verizon.....sound like a good idea or a bad one?
Thanks
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Are you happy with your page plus service? Do they really use the verizon towers? Thats what I have been told. I am looking into switching to them. There is a company near my home in NH that will unlock phones and you can get any service on them. I am seriously considereing it......But am a little leerey about it...I need my phone for work and home so I must have good service. They told me it would be $100-150 to unlock my 4G phone. They are not 100%sure they can do it yet, so if they can;t theres no charge.
I was thinking of just getting a regular used 3g smartphone on craigslist and setting it up with pageplus...just to see how the service is, before cancelling verizon.....sound like a good idea or a bad one?
Thanks
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Did you watch my video?
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I sure did. I know it can be done. I just didn't know if the service was as good as Verizon.
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Page plus runs on verizon towers
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Nevell said:
Page plus runs on verizon towers
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I'm confused. the video appears to show it can be done, but doesn't show HOW to do it.
Lol because i didnt make a how to video. That stuff takes time and time is money.
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Bought my dad a replacement Photon 4G off of Amazon. Tried to do a ESN swap online and was instructed to call Sprint. They're saying that the ESN on the phone is not showing up in their system. Now I'm no newbie when it comes to phones. I've sold almost every carrier there is and I've been rooting,flashing, unlocking and jailbreaking device for a couple of years now. But I'm looking at a almost brand-new looking, Sprint branded, Sprint bloatware loaded Motorola Photon 4G. I've searched high and low on here (XDA) and everywhere else online to no avail. Any ideas? By the way I did contact the seller and the phone was a warranty replacement and emailed me a copy of he paperwork from Motorola
I'd take it in to a Sprint store and have them give it a shot. Unless the ESN is bad (doesn't sound likely), it should work fine.
Try Ting.com see if it there's.
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Tried that. Not in their system either.. A Mobile IP unknown warning keeps popping up to...
rbeavers said:
Try Ting.com see if it there's.
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My phone was the same way. Neither recognized by Sprint or Motorola. Turned out that my phone was likely a development phone for testing gsm and had a unique radio. You might have to use yours on a gsm carrier whether or not the baseband you have is unique. Just out of curiosity, what is your phone's baseband?
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Baseband version N_01.29.10R
JohnH4 said:
My phone was the same way. Neither recognized by Sprint or Motorola. Turned out that my phone was likely a development phone for testing gsm and had a unique radio. You might have to use yours on a gsm carrier whether or not the baseband you have is unique. Just out of curiosity, what is your phone's baseband?
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That is different from mine. If you can use a gsm carrier for this phone, you could flash the kidi radio and use any gsm carrier you like.
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Wouldn't work because my dad has Sprint. Anyhoo the seller sent me another Photon and allowed me to keep the first one. Now my dad is up and running. I'll take your advice and flash the kidi radio for it but I'd still like to know what's up with the original phone.. Thanks!
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That is different from mine. If you can use a gsm carrier for this phone, you could flash the kidi radio and use any gsm carrier you like.
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Kinda sounds like someone mighta swapped the wrong sticker for the ESN .. If it doesn't show up in the system. Glad you got another one.