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Just got the thunderbolt, i was wondering is there anyway that the thunderbolt can go on metro?? Is there a tutorial because some people i called said they can do it, but for a ridiculous fee. Can anyone help??
Chances are you could for voice. Whether or not data/sms/mms would work, I can't say, but I wouldn't bet any money on it.
I called around, and they said that they could do it. And im just wondering how can i flash it because out of all the phones i flashed, this phone is the HARDEST
They have a 4g android phone. Maybe you can port the room from that device or certain parts of rom. That's when aosp is working. I'm just guessing tho.
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is there anyway i can get at talk and text to work at least???
You need a sim card, because this phone can't be flashed, its all on the sim
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Has anyone ever flashed the thunderbolt to cricket? I would prefer to stick with vzw but i was unemployed for a short time and couldn't pay my bill and lost service. So i been looking to see if i could flash to cricket and start using it again. Unless anyone knows if vzw will work with you to get yer phone service back on after your bill has gone to collections....
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if you pay off the bill, then verizon will free up the esn on the phone. If they give you another contract or not might be a different story.
I have my tbolt flashed to cricket, send me a message with your email, and I will pass it along to my friend who flashed mine
I'm not too worried about keeping the number but i would like a hand switching to cricket!
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I have tried a few times getting this answered, but never actually got an answer. I'm on an Alltel Smart plan, vzw has not engulfed the Alltel stores in our area. I've seen in posts that other members have gotten them to work on other networks, Alltel included, and I was just wondering how the whole process works? I've tried just switching it out with my current plan. The calls and text work, but not the data. Do I have to call vzw to unlock the sim card and that's all, or is there something more to it? I've looked and looked, and all I see is that it's possible, but not how to do it exactly. You can tell me it's possible to travel to the moon, but until you tell me how to build a rocket, I will never get there.
I don't think the data will work with alltel.
You can give Alltel a call and see what they say
The posts here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115840 suggest that it is possible, which I couldn't see why they wouldn't since the CDMA should still work, but I tried it once before and got nothing. I'm just curious if unlocking the SIM card would do it, or what I do have to do to get it to work.
I'm on an Alltel plan and I had no trouble activating the thunderbolt on my plan.
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Did you have data working on it? What did you do to get it working? Was it unlocked, or did that not matter since the SIM is only used by the 4G?
I'm going to have to go in extra early to work and phone it in, since my current phone is dead, and I want to have as much info as possible going into it.
Everything works just fine. The plan has nothing to do with the service you get from your phone. When Verizon bought Alltel they bought their towers as well so everything that worked with Alltel was transferred to Verizon.
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Tried phoning it in, to no avail. They asked for the MEID number. I thought it was the same as the EMEI number but wasn't sure so I played dumb. Got me nowhere since they couldn't find the model number of the TBolt in their system. And since the Desire's Number starts off A100 and the TBolt's starts off HT12, I can't pass it off as a desire? And they seem to be rather persistent on it being an alltel phone...
If your trying to activate this on at&t it will never work. The radio is a totally different band than the Verizon network.
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If your trying to activate this on at&t it will never work. The radio is a totally different band than the Verizon network.
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Alltel and att are 2 different companies
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Alltel and att are 2 different companies
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Thanks for clearing that up. I had no idea..... The desire sim will not work in the t bolt. I don't see how the t bolt could ever work on Alltel without being able to activate it with a sim in it. Call Verizon and talk to them about it. They should be able to transfer your account to Verizon no problem and send you a sim so you can activate the phone.
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If your trying to activate this on at&t it will never work. The radio is a totally different band than the Verizon network.
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Alltel, which you have verified was working on Alltel. They just keep giving me the runaround on activating it since it's not an Alltel phone.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I had no idea..... The desire sim will not work in the t bolt. I don't see how the t bolt could ever work on Alltel without being able to activate it with a sim in it. Call Verizon and talk to them about it. They should be able to transfer your account to Verizon no problem and send you a sim so you can activate the phone.
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The desire does not have a sim since it is only 3g capable.
You said earlier that you had your tbolt working on your alltel plan.
I don't want to switch to verizon.
Don't you love how people state that they have done something and do not provide a link or info to backup what they said could be done? People, if you say that you got something to work where others have not. Use a little common courtesy and provide some info. Otherwise you are either misleading or teasing some one for no good reason at all.
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All i did was call Verizon and had my plan from Alltel grandfathered over. How freaking hard is that to do? Is it that hard that a guide is really necessary? He will need a sim for his t bolt and the only way to get one is to have Verizon give him one.
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All i did was call Verizon and had my plan from Alltel grandfathered over. How freaking hard is that to do? Is it that hard that a guide is really necessary? He will need a sim for his t bolt and the only way to get one is to have Verizon give him one.
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You nor anyone ever said that you grandfathered over to vzw. It is not my plan, it is my parents and as they prefer to stay with alltel since they are cheaper, I don't really have that option.
As the post title says, I need to get the phone ACTIVATED on alltel, not grandfathered into a new plan. I've had the phone and text working on it before, I just needed assistance on getting the data to work on it if possible.
Posts here on the boards state that there are tbolts activated on alltel, but none state HOW. And since there is a sim card involved, that is all I'm trying to figure out. Is it possible as others' posts' suggest, or am I just sol until my contract expires in a few months?
I couldn't get the t bolt to activate without the sim. It will show a no sim error on the lockscreen and won't let data through. That is at least what I experienced. I would try talking to reps on Verizon and see what you can do because I bet if you get the right person on the line they will figure something out.
Check this link out https://vzwsupport.jive-mobile.com:443/#jive-discussion?content=%2Fapi%2Fcore%2Fv2%2Fdiscussions%2F593956
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I couldn't get the t bolt to activate without the sim. It will show a no sim error on the lockscreen and won't let data through. That is at least what I experienced. I would try talking to reps on Verizon and see what you can do because I bet if you get the right person on the line they will figure something out.
Check this link out https://vzwsupport.jive-mobile.com:443/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v2/discussions/593956
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Thank you. If I can get data to work, it is preferable, and since I was told in the first link I posted that a lot of members here had it, I thought I would try it. But I haven't gotten anywhere with anyone .
That link doesn't seem to work, it's error'ing out on me. I guess I'll just have to settle for call and text for awhile. Thanks tho, and sorry if I came off a bit harsh.
No big deal. The only way I've seen ( I have googled his by the way) is by getting your plan grandfathered over to Verizon.
You can't do everything without the sim in a t bolt.
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Well my phone always hangs up after exactly 3 hours when I'm on the phone with my girlfriend /: does anyone know how to fix this?
You could probably update prl and profile. I'm not sure if that will help <or not?
It didn't /: but thanks though
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I use to have that problem on one of my older sprint phones.
I hated it. I understand why they do it but at the same time it's our mins, who cares!
Anyway you could try a custom rom.
I am fairly sure it's the phone and not the network side itself so may be something in stock rom doing it.
I can't flash rom because can't clear my damn google wallet until it's fixed and don't want to risk it trying to work around.
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I use to have that problem on one of my older sprint phones.
I hated it. I understand why they do it but at the same time it's our mins, who cares!
Anyway you could try a custom rom.
I am fairly sure it's the phone and not the network side itself so may be something in stock rom doing it.
I can't flash rom because can't clear my damn google wallet until it's fixed and don't want to risk it trying to work around.
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I'm on flex's custom stock rooms & it does it still /: do you think I should call sprint?
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I had a similar problem I went on to sprint chat on their website and the tech fixed it for me took about 2 mins
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Will the Verizon droid DNA work on straight talk?
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Will the Verizon droid DNA work on straight talk?
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The Droid DNA is for Verizon Right? I dont belive this combination will work, as Verizon is CDMA and I belive Strait TALK IS gsm
It will work. The DNA is a global phone.
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You wont get 4g though. You might get hspa+, maybe. However you will be getting screwed over because straight talks's gsm coverage is inferior to their cdma coverage.
I was just gonna start a thread on this topic. I'm using straight talk on my DNA right now. I get hspa+ or "at&t" 4g speeds. I was just talking with a Wal-Mart rep who told me, that 3 straight talk users here In Montana were terminated from straight talk because the SIM runs on AT&T network. In the fine print supposedly it's only supposed to use sprint, and Verizon networks. I guess AT&T caught these users using their towers.
I'm a little scared of getting terminated myself. But I don't want to pay Verizon high ass prices! I guess that new law will affect us after all.
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You wont get 4g though. You might get hspa+, maybe. However you will be getting screwed over because straight talks's gsm coverage is inferior to their cdma coverage.
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Define "screwed".
AT&T's 3G is faster than Verizon's. You can't use Straight Talk Verizon with your own phone either.
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Define "screwed".
AT&T's 3G is faster than Verizon's. You can't use Straight Talk Verizon with your own phone either.
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^^ That's what she said
iv been using straight talk sim on a verizon droid dna for awhile now and everthing seems to work fine even the h+ speeds. seeing that it is a global phone you just have to create a new apn via straight talk change the network mode and your done
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iv been using straight talk sim on a verizon droid dna for awhile now and everthing seems to work fine even the h+ speeds. seeing that it is a global phone you just have to create a new apn via straight talk change the network mode and your done
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I think they meant on the CDMA side of straight talk vs the gsm side.
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Will the Verizon droid DNA work on straight talk?
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Since I've bin back using my HTC DNA I've bin with ultra.me which is in new york, so far no problem. Honestly if you yourself has an account with them I wouldn't worry. But for myself I keep hearing about METRO PCS about unlocked phones & up too $100 REBATE , I think I might check that out. The subject of the story is that if you have a phone you like make sure it's unlocked & go to whoever you feel comfortable with bottom line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Walk through please?
To any of the posters that have the dna running on straight talk, I'd love a walk through on what needs to be done to get this to work. I'm giving my boyfriend my old dna, and he has straight talk service currently. He's really excited to get a phone that's a lot better than the one he's been using for the last three years, and I really want to pull this off for him but Im not sure what exactly I need to do. All help is appreciated... Thanks!
I think you just set the phone to global mode for gsm networks of on stock. If using a custom Rom, just download the gsm version.
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To any of the posters that have the dna running on straight talk, I'd love a walk through on what needs to be done to get this to work. I'm giving my boyfriend my old dna, and he has straight talk service currently. He's really excited to get a phone that's a lot better than the one he's been using for the last three years, and I really want to pull this off for him but Im not sure what exactly I need to do. All help is appreciated... Thanks!
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Service is good as it runs on at&t. HSPA speeds can vary from 2-8 MB so for $45 a month you can't go wrong. If he uses a sense based ROM he will probably have to manually edit his APN which the Straight Talk website covers in detail. If its a stock android ROM for me it automatically configured my APN. I just put my ST Sim in the phone.
im using att
do any one knows how to connect it on cdma instead of gsm att or tmobile?
Flash HTC DNA to CDMA Straighttalk
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Will the Verizon droid DNA work on straight talk?
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Answer to this question is yes, The HTC DNA Verizon is CDMA Capable as well as Global GSM. I had My HTC DNA Flashed to Verizon side of Straighttalk about 8 months ago, around thanksgivin. It is on the verizon side of striaghttlak, I get FAST 3G speeds, no 4g but I can live with that for $45 A month. Im not sure how or the policy of sharing links on this website/forum but here is the place who flashed my HTC DNA, And they also flashed 2 other model phones for me as well, they had pretty fair prices also...
The phone # to text to get this done is 231 327 2601 they have a website also but I cannot remember the link or name.