i heard fido sim works on rogers GS3 without unlock, is this true?
has anyone tried it?
hahmjt said:
i heard fido sim works on rogers GS3 without unlock, is this true?
has anyone tried it?
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You'll need a micro sim card and yes I've heard from multiple people that it indeed works without unlocking the device.
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I picked a new fido micro sim when I got a Rogers one x and once I added the fido apn, it worked fantastic without unlocking. I recently switched to the siii and using the same micro sim, it would forget the apn every time it rebooted. I eventually replaced the sim and it worked on 1st boot. I didn't even have to manually input the apn and it no longer forgets it as well.
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I got an ATT Note from my dad who got it from a guy off Craigslist that was using it with tmobile. I'm now trying to make it work for my girlfriends tmobile line. I flash the modems and insert her sim card but it keeps saying "insert SIM card to access network services". I assume it SIM unlocked. How can I check and make sure it is?
The SIM card is on correctly.
If its sim unlocked you dont need the tmobile radios for it to work with a tmobile line you only need to flash the radio for 3g and 4g to work. I would put in a at&t sim and see that it reads that first. If its not unlocked when you put another carriers sim in it will ask you to enter the network code. Turn the phone off and take the battery out before changing sims and make sure the connectors are not damaged that read the sim.
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I would also try going into settings/mobile networks/access point names and let it search for the network. This can take a while sometimes.
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I don't think its damaged. It was working 3 hours ago on my dads ATT line. My GF even went to Tmobile to get a new sim and now dice. I'll have to look into it.
Check the settings under the network options and give it some time. It took mine almost 3 minutes to pick up the network where I live.
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Thanks for the help. I installed the stock rom with the ICS radio and it worked. I was very surprised. The GF is happy.
Nice to hear. Gotta keep the women happy!
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Will verizon s4 work on at&t. Will i be able to get 4g? Thanks
4G as in H+? Then yes.
No, they have different radios. GSM (AT&T) vs CDMA (Verizon)
JaeKay, the Verizon S4 had both radios. I have personally used an AT&T SIM and made calls and gotten H+. So to the OP, YES YOU CAN. You just need to add the APN info after you put in the new SIM card.
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JaeKay, the Verizon S4 had both radios. I have personally used an AT&T SIM and made calls and gotten H+. So to the OP, YES YOU CAN. You just need to add the APN info after you put in the new SIM card.
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Need to root for APN change/add ? or possible to add new APN without rooting?
I was rooted but it should not be a requirement. Just need a non Verizon SIM in the phone.
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A co worker of mine pulled a new S4 out of box and put in his at&t SIM sure enough it worked. so non rooted works too.
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A co worker of mine pulled a new S4 out of box and put in his at&t SIM sure enough it worked. so non rooted works too.
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Wondering, does this mean a Tmobile sim card will work as well?
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kainu7 said:
Wondering, does this mean a Tmobile sim card will work as well?
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One of my friends said he tried a T-mobile sim and it didn't work (on a non-rooted phone).
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I was rooted but it should not be a requirement. Just need a non Verizon SIM in the phone.
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Thank you for reply.
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One of my friends said he tried a T-mobile sim and it didn't work (on a non-rooted phone).
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I have both a TMO sim and and ATT sim, and I got EDGE with TMO. No H/H+ right now on TMO because very few areas are on 1900. Our version of the S4 does not have the ability to use H/H+ on the AWS frequencies, just LTE.
My friend has an android att phone and whenever he puts his simcard in it it freezes his account. Is there any way to maybe unlock the phone to were it will let him use his att sim? The phone is not rooted. Any help would be well appreciated.
Thanks
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evoplug said:
My friend has an android att phone and whenever he puts his simcard in it it freezes his account. Is there any way to maybe unlock the phone to were it will let him use his att sim? The phone is not rooted. Any help would be well appreciated.
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Just to make sure I'm not missing something, your friend has an ATT phone and his account get's frozen when he tries to put in another ATT SIM or a SIM from a different carrier? If it freezes his account when putting in another ATT SIM in his ATT phone then I would recommend contacting ATT and explaining what is happening to them as that's a network operator error. If the phone freezes his account when putting in another SIM from a non ATT carrier then what you can do is ask ATT for a SIM unlock code or if you tell me what model your friends phone is there places online you can buy a SIM unlock code you can enter yourself on your friends phone. Let me know if you still have questions.
I have a sgh-i527m (Bell) which got unlocked. I tried a few custom roms but went back to this stock rom since I wanted full functionability.
Periodically, I would get the "no sim card" error. A simple reboot or re-insertion of the sim card usually fixed this issue but earlier today, It just clunked randomly and no matter what I tried, I could not get my sim to work (Fido). I even went to Fido and got a new SIM, since my sim was so old it wasn't even the LTE sim. And still no luck.
I even tried using the scotch tape Nexus fix, still nothing.
I tried re-flashing stock rom, no luck. Going to try a nandroid backup.
Also, my friend's SIM works fine, which is Rogers but my Fido sim won't work yet my Sim works fine in his phone (unlocked i9500). Ironic, because Fido uses the Rogers network..it makes no sense.
Somebody shed some light please?
Have you tried flashing a different Baseband to see if it improved? I have heard issues that on some networks with Kitkat the software has trouble switching between 2g, 3g and LTE and this causes the sim error because of registration issues on the network.
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Have you tried flashing a different Baseband to see if it improved? I have heard issues that on some networks with Kitkat the software has trouble switching between 2g, 3g and LTE and this causes the sim error because of registration issues on the network.
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I never had the sim error on kitkat though, only stock rom.
Anyway i think i figured out the problem. My simtray is broken, pins pushed all the way in.
Bad luck buddy that happens far to easily......you would of thought they would of developed a better system that didn't break so easily!
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Yeah, and the simtray is just under the mem card slot. Its one unit, samsung cheaped out on that.
I ordered the part, will solder it. Will update when its complete
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any update on sim issue?
Hello, I just bought samsung galaxy s3 and tryed to put in sim card, but it doesn't recognize it. I tryed to do factory reset lot of times but it doesn't helped it still writting no sim card. I tryed to put in my friends card who is in other network, so I think its not a sim slot problem. First think - it locked. Today I went to the salon of my operator and they sayed that my phone is not locked or black listed, so maybe somebody knows the solution for it ?
Really sorry for my english
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Take it back to your seller, it's faulty.
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There isn't any solution ?
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It worked for me for a while, but after one night I saw the message that phone lost my sim card and need to be rebooted
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Maybe I need to change kernel or something else ? I'm new on android and I realy need help
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Proble might be hardware: sim slot or sim card. Does your sim work on other phones? Do other sims work on your phone?
If its software, a fresh firmware flash with wipes should fix it.
I tryed to put sim to my brothers galaxy s2 and it worked, and we tryed to put other network sim to my phone and its too worked, but sim with the same carier like my didn't worked, if its a software can u give me link where I can find tutorial how to fix it ?
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Anybody ?
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Guys pls help
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Anybody have some info ?
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I've known some weird bug to happen (1 in a million or more) where a specific sim won't work on a specific phone, a friend working for movistar had that happen. Don't know why, just that sim won't work in that phone. They had to make a duplicate of the sim with a different format.
Check with your carrier to see if a different sim might work. And make sure its not a problem with the phone being locked.
Can you tell us. Is the phone 2nd hand or brand new?
I was thinking that if it is 2nd hand, maybe the previous owner flashed Custom Roms and may have damaged the 'EFS partition' when they flashed Stock firmware back onto the device before selling to you.
No, if EFS is damaged then device wouldn't log into any network.
Try to repair your device with Kies if you don't know how to use Odin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
If it doesn't help visit your carriers store and get your SIM changed.
I tryed to put in maybe 4 cards with the same carrier and it didn't worked, yes phone is for 2nd hands :/
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I have done that thing with kies but it didn't helped :/
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Now, when you say it doesn't recognize the sim cards, do you get a "sim not inserted" message?
Or does it recognize the sim but won't allow making calls or connecting to mobile data?
You say with different carrier (your friends sim card) it works. But with your sim card and others from the same carrier it doesn't work. That sounds just like a network locked phone.
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Now, when you say it doesn't recognize the sim cards, do you get a "sim not inserted" message?
Or does it recognize the sim but won't allow making calls or connecting to mobile data?
You say with different carrier (your friends sim card) it works. But with your sim card and others from the same carrier it doesn't work. That sounds just like a network locked phone.
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When I turning it on it loading about minute and in that place where is network bars is pic like phone blocked I think, but after loading it shows me a perfect connection, but in my task bar writting "No SIM" and under it with lower letter "Insert SIM card". On the lock screen is too writting "No SIM card - Emergency calls only"
I know that it's sounds like network locked, but I was gone to the salon operator and they sayed me that phone is not locked, but I did not understand, or only to their network, or general. Where can check it ?
lukasrsn said:
I tryed to put sim to my brothers galaxy s2 and it worked, and we tryed to put other network sim to my phone and its too worked, but sim with the same carier like my didn't worked, if its a software can u give me link where I can find tutorial how to fix it ?
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This totally looks like a sim locked phone.
What you already know is that the phone works with your brother's sim card, so the phone works with your brother's carrier. You know it doesn't work with your sim card or any other sim card of your carrier.
But you are still not sure if it is a simlock.
Just check with a sim card from another different carrier (one that is not your carrier, nor your brother's carrier). If the phone is simlocked it shouldn't work with that 3rd carrier.
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Now, when you say it doesn't recognize the sim cards, do you get a "sim not inserted" message?
Or does it recognize the sim but won't allow making calls or connecting to mobile data?
You say with different carrier (your friends sim card) it works. But with your sim card and others from the same carrier it doesn't work. That sounds just like a network locked phone.
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This totally looks like a sim locked phone.
What you already know is that the phone works with your brother's sim card, so the phone works with your brother's carrier. You know it doesn't work with your sim card or any other sim card of your carrier.
But you are still not sure if it is a simlock.
Just check with a sim card from another different carrier (one that is not your carrier, nor your brother's carrier). If the phone is simlocked it shouldn't work with that 3rd carrier.
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Yea, it worked ( but I'm not understand why my network operator sayed that it not locked ://
maybe somebody have an idea how to unlock it by my self ? I tryed: GalaxSim Unlock ; SGS Unlock Tool ; Galaxy S Unlock but no of them work in my phone, it just stuck and I need restart my phone :///