Hey guys,
In an attempt to root my 10.1 Verizon 4g LTE, I ended up deleting stuff and resetting everything. Now it asks for SIM activation.
I have been Tabless for a few days now and need to fix this asap
Do you guys have any other idea how to bypass the SIM activation?
Thanks for the help.
PS. I do not have a SIM card.
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Help an Android brother out!
pleaaaz.
It would help if you actually posted this with an explination of what you did step by step. We cant help if we dont know what you did....
In all the LTE flashing I've done thus far I haven't had an issue like this on my tab. Then again I've never tried flashing any other ROMs than those identified as specific for this tab either (which basically amounts to just the liquidspeed one and the leaked 3.2).
At this point it's not clear if you're on a restored stock ROM or you're using something else since as Tdiliplane pointed out you haven't provided enough information.
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Thanks for looking into it. Here is more info:
I have Galaxy Tab 10.1, Verizon 4g LTE version. A couple of weeks ago it updated itself to Android 3.2. I tried rooting it so I could install TouchScreenTune.
Not sure what went wrong, but I was not able to connect to wifi. I decided to do a factory reset.
When the tab restarted, it asked for the sim card. The problem is that I don't have a sim card and I would like to just bypass this message and use the tab as a wifi device.
I read in this forum and others that pushing volume up and down combination or touching the four corners + volume up bypasses the sim card prompt, but this did not work for me.
I hope this helps.
Thanks
Ok now that makes sense and I'm not sure how to help you.
You're basically on stock Verizon ROM right now and it sounds like it's going through the default setup scripts when it's booting up since you did a factory reset.
Maybe one of the other guys out there that has this tab without SIM can chime in, personally I have a data plan so I'm of no help. I'm wondering if flashing one of the stock ROMs for the verizon tab from this site via odin would be helpful or if those too are going to ask for a SIM card.
Read about this one a while ago. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218686&highlight=bypass+sim+activation
Good Luck
eXiled Killah said:
Read about this one a while ago. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218686&highlight=bypass+sim+activation
Good Luck
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I actually followed instruction on that thread, but Unfortunately, it did not work.
Any other ideas, folks?
Thanks
Well, this may sound obvious, but any chance you have a Verizon 4G phone with a micro sim or know someone that does? I've swapped my RAZR micro with my tablet from time to time without issue. As far as I can tell the tablet only goes through the SIM Activation on first setup/new ROM. Once the activation check is done you can run the tablet without the SIM even inserted... I've done that too... just using WiFi instead... just to see what would happen if I decide to cancel VZW services.
eXiled Killah said:
Well, this may sound obvious, but any chance you have a Verizon 4G phone with a micro sim or know someone that does? I've swapped my RAZR micro with my tablet from time to time without issue. As far as I can tell the tablet only goes through the SIM Activation on first setup/new ROM. Once the activation check is done you can run the tablet without the SIM even inserted... I've done that too... just using WiFi instead... just to see what would happen if I decide to cancel VZW services.
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... nope, I have ATT on my phone, I tried usiing but it didn't work... and I don't know anyone who used verision 4G... I will probably go to a verizon store to see what they say.
This is just weird.
I went to a Verison store. They were really nice. The gave me a new card! they wanted to help by I had to leave. So I came back home inserted the card, about 10 minutes later it says: "There is a problem activaiting your tablet. Please restart and try again, or contact customer service."
I restarted a million time in vain.
The Sim card they gave you may not have been activated or linked to an active account...
"people are bloody ignorant apes" ESTRAGON, Waiting for Godot.
I got it to work. I WAS able to bypass the activation message by tapping the four corners of the SCREEN + volume up. The first time I read about this the guy said touch the top left corner, right corner.... of the tab. Ignorant me, I was touching the external corners of the tab. Till I re-read detials of this method on another forum that explicitly says touch the )(*&^^%%$$#@@@ screen.
Anyway, thank you guys for you help.
Ken_Boolean said:
"people are bloody ignorant apes" ESTRAGON, Waiting for Godot.
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LMAO!! Well I'm glad you kept trying and got that all sorted.
i have one - and have original sim but device stuck on please wait while your tablet is prepared and dont go to next screen , combination bottom left e.t.с dont working on any official firmware
It worked for me on stock ROM. Are you tapping the corners of the screen or the edges outside of the screen. My mistakes is that I was tapping outside the frame, the metal parts.
Please, I really desperatelly need an advice on this , I bought a used Gtab 10.1 LTE from ebay and since I got it I cant bypass the activation screen , don have sim either to activate it. I tried the four corners plus volume up but nothing happens ... Paid $400 for a useless tablet I belive it comes with stock android but not sure as I cant get to the info screen. Can somebody upload a video showing the activation bypass process ? I think I am doing it well tapping on the four corners of the SCREEN (not the frame) , top left, top right , bottom left (as if i tap back android control), bottom right (as if I tap on the battery status) and then press volume up once, but it only ends increasing the volume ....
Any help is so much appreciated. Thanks!
verizon tab help me please
Ken_Boolean said:
Hey guys,
In an attempt to root my 10.1 Verizon 4g LTE, I ended up deleting stuff and resetting everything. Now it asks for SIM activation.
I have been Tabless for a few days now and need to fix this asap
Do you guys have any other idea how to bypass the SIM activation?
Thanks for the help.
PS. I do not have a SIM card.
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i have the same problem
Well , never found an easy way (aka secret code or buttons combination) to bypass activation screen on this thing. What I had to to is to root the device, then oppening settings tab with help of the phisycal OEM keyboard then going to about tablet/legal information/open code licences and selecting any text from there then from the upper menu select web search so you get to the web browser so you can google for Home Manager apk , install it and run it, now just select launcher from the app (make sure to set ti as default) and it will get you straight to the home screen where you can now access all device's features and menus but there is still a last step, go to the play store, search for and install titanium backup and freeze or remove UICCActivation process so it wont ever asks for activation again (unless you restore your tab again) and you will be able to fully use your unactivated tablet now. If someone finds an easier method for bypassing activation on this model on android 3.2+ would be great to have it posted here.
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Okay so I got my 6800 from verizon today and went to do some updates. The first thing I did was insatlled the Hard-SPL to 2.40-olipro thing. That installed fine. I had a problem where if my phones screen turned off, the device froze.
So I updated to the ROM and RADIO I got here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371314)
Well the updates went in fine, the phone seemed to work. I had to enter my info from that SPT thing, so I did that.
Well when I call my phone, it rings then stops, then rings, then stops. It things im missing the call.
And im UNABLE to make calls, big problem. It keeps giving me this verizon woman saying we're unable to authenticate your phone.
Any help is appreciated, what can I do???
i bet you u didnt read carefully
I followed the instructions step by step. Copied my SPL info down and put it back in, etc...
Is there a way to reset this back to how it came from the factory, or am i basically screwed now.. i don't know what to do at this point... i can't use my phone And i just got it today
Use Search
Call Verizon and tell them you hard reset your phone and you need your Authorization Key.
You can search for Authorization key and you'll get many, many hits..
Authorization key goes in that ##778 area under AKEY???
I didnt see one listed when i copied my info... perhaps its just hidden?
Vycor said:
Authorization key goes in that ##778 area under AKEY???
I didnt see one listed when i copied my info... perhaps its just hidden?
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You can't copy it down as it's never listed. You can't reuse the one VZW gives you either. If you get that message, the only option is to call VZW and ask them to generate a new one. I've done it a few times. They won't hassle you about it.
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You can't copy it down as it's never listed. You can't reuse the one VZW gives you either. If you get that message, the only option is to call VZW and ask them to generate a new one. I've done it a few times. They won't hassle you about it.
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seconded...same thing happened to me the day i got my xv6800 and had a few issues with the upgrade, nothing that a little patience didnt fix...i undersatnd the jitters of thinking u just permanently screwed up the brand new phone, but once i called verizon, wasnt a problem
WOOHOO its not a brick. Thanks guys. I called and some gentlemen helped me. I played dumb and said i dont know much bout technology and my friend told me to call... he gave me the key after about 5 minutes on hold. Im storing that key in a safe, lol.
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he gave me the key after about 5 minutes on hold. Im storing that key in a safe, lol.
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i havent tried it, but from what ive read, that a-key wont work again if theres a next time. ud need to call and have them generate another one for you.
My phone has a broken screen and i decided to live with it until my next tmo upgrade in 3 months. (took it all apart checked cables, etc.)
Anyway, how can i bypass Touch Here to Begin? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
bump, same thing here, i searched and found a lot of people asking but no solutions to skip the "touch the android to begin screen" luckily i had a nandroid backup im using at the moment..
Do a few searches for an adb command. There should be one that can kill the setup.
guess i cant post a link to the thread u need. it's jesus freke's. so search this..
"How to register the G1 without a sim or data plan"
or you can swap a friends sim card.
Get some one to do it on their phones, do a nandroid, then send it to you so you can restore it...
Have an HTC Amaze 4G that WAS running T-Mobile's stock ICS ROM.
Here's what happened: Successfully Unlocked SIM with code provided by t-mobile.. Decided to go further and successfully unlocked bootloader using HTC's website. Then used Amaze_All-In-One Kit v4.0.1 to successfully flash the Speed ROM 7.9. Everything went fine with just one issue, when phone rebooted I kept getting the "unfortunately com.android.phone service has stopped" message over and over. Tried restarting, tried removing battery, tried removing the SIM card and nothing would make the message go away. The phone kept rebooting fine though, just that annoying error message problem. Then....I made what was apparently a VERY stupid move. I thought maybe it was a SIM card problem (I was grasping at straws, I know) and put in a SIM card I have from France thinking maybe it would ask me to put the SIM unlock code in again. Well, the phone never rebooted again. I had been using that SIM card in it earlier to unlock it so I have no idea why that suddenly happened. Now it's completely dead. No power at all (battery was 100% charged), no lights, and does not respond to holding down the volume down/power button combo to try to get into the bootloader. When I connect it to the computer, the computer makes the sound acknowledging something has been plugged in and a "Found New Hardware" message pops up showing the hardware as "QHSUSB" and asks to install the software, which of course it never manages to do.
So........ is there any hope? Any at all!!??? I'm DESPERATE. I'm in the Los Angeles area, anyone local willing to take a look at it (I don't expect free help) Can anyone fix a brick? Please? :crying:
(Please, I beg of you, be gentle in your responses. I've been searching the site and Googling for answers and things to try and I'm a bit heartbroken at the moment. :crying: Please don't flame me. I'm actually a nice person and generally not a moron...well, not usually at least. All evidence to the contrary today, I now)
Thank you in advance for any help/suggestions or virtual pats on the back telling me it will all be OK while I cry on your virtual shoulder.
Sarah
Sounds like you battery may have died and whatever recovery you're using isn't supporting charging while off. So first thing is first. Verify that your battery isn't dead if it is then find a way to charge it. Then try again.
I would take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25501116
ericdjobs said:
I would take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25501116
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ericdjobs: You are FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! That is EXACTLY what I needed!!!! Thank you SO much!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I'm giving you the biggest virtual hug right now!
You're AWESOME! :good:
Hello. So I have an interesting question that's slowly formed in my head. It started out with wanting to use a hotspot but the option is gone from my phone. Oh, I have a galaxy S3 on virgin mobile. Anyways, my last phone I had for the past 2 years was able to be used as a WiFi hotspot. And believe me I used it a lot. And I made sure that id still have that with this phone, but sadly its gone on this phone. The option isn't just missing from the menu, the function is off because any apps I try to run say that a hotspot function isn't available. And it gets me upset because on virgin mobiles website they even have a step by step page to turning on the hotspot for this phone. Is that completely f2f also advertising or what!? Lol anyways I can still use usb teathering, but I'd really like to get my wifi hotspot running again.
So all this has one limit, I paid 400 dollars for this phone and I want to at least use the 1 year warranty before I mess anything up because I'm in school and I drive about a hundred bucks in gas per week, so keeping in mind that I work at a grocery store I can't buy a new phone for a while.
So lets get down to the idea here. Theres a menu you can access from the off position by pressing the down and menu button from what I remember. If thats not right then i forgot. Nevertheless while I was in the menu I couldn't help but wonder if it was possible to save your Rom from there without rooting your phone. So with that being said heres the big question; can I save the stock rom (unrooted) as a backup for warrenty purposes as a failsafe, and then install another rom like cyogenmod that I can root?
Thanks for your answers!
Ps: typos are due to the auto correct on this phone. Ill be turning that off moments after I post this.
Hi everyone! Really need help or a better understanding PLEASE!
Read everything, no rude remarks!
So i THINK my firmware/kernel was changed/edited? Lol If that makes ANY sense?
So I have a Galaxy S8 bought from Cricket but is unlocked now & is NOT or NEVER been rooted.
My roommate works for a company who supplies a phone (exact phone as mine but Verizon, mines on Sprint now.) Roommate told me he could be tracked threw his work phone & work laptop so everything is seen by the company? Creepy but understandable for work. They can even remotely charge his work cell! Seen with my own eyes! Crazy cool.
Anyway.. I just recently noticed my phone settings have bee changing, adaptive brightness enables, NFC enables, & wifi extra choppy to name a few. I also get a VERY low on-call volume, have missing files&pics, startup encryption disabled on multiple occasions which is B.S!! And I see sites in my history that were visited but i hadnt been on em!
It all started when my phone factory reset on its own, sitting right next to me!
**Theres also apps that Ive NEVER seen like a Verizon cloud/acct & Tmobile app. (Is this due to me unlocking the network?) But they weren't there before! My ex husband has a Tmobile Note 5 &My roommate a Verizon s8 &yes they know each other.
**My call log online shows calls were originated by my number &some by my contacts like my mom, the roommate, &friends to the number> 62450000000111 WTF is that about? Sprint was no help!
*My phone was on Cricket for 2yrs &once unlocked, I switched to Sprint.
And yea I did a factory reset via settings and but no change. So i did one via recovery mode but phone is still acting strange.
Im new to this so bare with me!
After some research I downloaded the Termux app &installed a Ubuntu distro. Upon using a command promt I get "mount /proc" followed by the command promt that I need to type in &when I tried I get "Permission Denied" &something about a missing fstab directory?
I have root access via Ubuntu but *NOT a Rooted phone
Another thing.. i did set up a vnc server & while i was going through files (I made NO changes) i would lose permissions as if someone was changing the permissions while i was looking around. After that ONE time i was unable to reconnect to the vnc viewer! So frustrating!
I just want to be sure my roommate didnt mess with my phone its really creepin me out! I'm afraid to use my phone or even take pics of my kid!
I read online to reflash the firmware with Odin which should solve the issue, but *I DO NOT have a computer*
I found a SD Card which I believe belongs to my roommate.. when I put into my phone my LED turned Pink on boot up (usually blue) and took longer than normal but only does so with that specific SD card. Weird?
Lately my roommate makes remarks about hacking & makes comments about stuff i said or websites i brows when he wasnt even home. Really freaked out by it all. Anyone if u can help please!
***Will reflashing cause my carrier unlock to go away?
***Can anyone explain flashing/recovery/stock?
I apologize for this long post!