I just flew in to Spain for study abroad here for the next 4 months and wanted to take my ATT Atrix along for the ride. So I called ATT, got the unlock code from them, and after much difficulty and having to flash a Brazil Radio to negate the maximum number of tries limit, I got it carrier unlocked. The SIM I am using now is a prepaid Yoigo card (funny name, i know). I also reflashed the .36P radio.
The weird thing is that Onavo Count still says I am roaming, even though I have a local SIM in Barcelona. Is this an issue with Onavo Count? Or is the phone really still thinking it's roaming? Is it the radio? After every reboot, the phone makes me enter the SIM Pin. Is that an issue with the sim card and the phone getting along, or just the standard SIM security feature doing it's job.
Im running cm7 rc1 with the .36P radio.
Thanks in advance.
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Going to be in the Philippines next week and I've pre-ordered a local SIM. I have an unlock code from ATT as well as have International Roaming enabled on my current account.
ATT said all I have to do is enter the code when I turn on my phone with the new SIM installed. Now ... the code, was that tied to the original ATT ROM? Because if it is, I can't see how the phone will accept a code that was wiped out with a flash?
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Going to be in the Philippines next week and I've pre-ordered a local SIM. I have an unlock code from ATT as well as have International Roaming enabled on my current account.
ATT said all I have to do is enter the code when I turn on my phone with the new SIM installed. Now ... the code, was that tied to the original ATT ROM? Because if it is, I can't see how the phone will accept a code that was wiped out with a flash?
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Unless you ran a sim unlocker, the code is good no matter what rom you are using.
And unless you are planning on using att in the Philippines, get rid of that international roaming feature, you are just wasting money.
here's how it works: when you put in a sim card other than AT&T, the phone will ask for the network unlocking code regardless of the ROM...so if you have the code got from AT&T you're sorted.
as for the int'l roaming on your acc, not needed as the previous fella said.
hope that sorts you out
Thanks guys, sounds good! Apparently int'l roaming isn't something that they charge for according to the att rep I just spoke with.
No... but if you land in the Phillipines with that ATT SIM in the phone and you start roaming, even a incoming call that you DONT answer or a voicemail notification gets billed!! I know TMobile does ! Dont ask me how
Hey all,
Currently using an unbranded HTC Hero on Orange, unsure if I am getting a 3G connection though, icon wise I constantly have a "G" but unsure if it should show "3G" instead, also seen an "E" a couple of times which I assume is Edge but didn't know Orange supported it.
Just wondering if a 3G icon as such actually exists? If so could it be a setting somewhere I haven't got configured correctly?
Thanks
Russ
Could be 2 things.
You have use only 2G networks checked in the settings
OR
You need a new sim, although the phone supports 3G your sim needs to as well. If you are still using an old sim which was from a non 3G mobile then you need a new one. Contact your provider to ask them for a new one (you will keep your number).
how to REALLY find out whether you are connected with 3G? i mean not just looking for that 3G symbol ;-)
barryallott said:
Could be 2 things.
You have use only 2G networks checked in the settings
OR
You need a new sim, although the phone supports 3G your sim needs to as well. If you are still using an old sim which was from a non 3G mobile then you need a new one. Contact your provider to ask them for a new one (you will keep your number).
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I had to do this a while back, if you have never bought a 3G phone from Orange you probably have a 2G SIM. Call them and they will send you a new one for free.
So I'm right in thinking there should be a 3G icon? I'll get onto them thanks
Well in a very strange turn of events I may actually benefit from this. Having called Orange to ask for a 3G SIM (they confirmed I had 2G) they basically said it wasn't possible to do a straight swap, something about contracts.
After a bit of complaining they have basically come to the conclusion that the only way to help me out is to restart my contract from scratch and send me out a new 3G handset along with the SIM.
So not only will I have my beloved Hero running on 3G I will also have an as yet unspecified 3G handset for sale!
Just waiting for them to call back
And the handset I will be getting...a HTC Touch 3G!
Should fetch a pretty penny
Thats really bull**** why can't they swap your sim card. i had vodafone sim card i lost it and went to vodafone they give me a new sim card directly 5 minuts later it was active. its very weird that they have to give you new contract.
thats ****in crazy! i'd not accept that!
Replacing like for like isn't an issue, it's because I need to "upgrade" the SIM card as such that they have a problem.
Still, works out nicely for me considering I was only 4 months into my contract and have a pretty sweet deal of £15 a month for 200 mins, unlimited txts and 500mb data. So no complaints that I have to restart my contract.
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.
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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.
I recently decided I loved my Aria so much I was going to purchase the unlock code so I could use it on a prepaid service (I no longer use at&t).
I am ROOTed, and am running the Liberty Sense 2.2.2 ROM.
After I inserted my T-mobile pre-paid SIM and got the message "enter SIM unlock code" I did as instructed. It said it was accepted and My phone booted without that annoying please insert sim message. Yay right? Nope it can't connect to the mobile network. After doing a little googling and hunting around I found that the phone has to be compatible with the GSM frequency that the company your planning on using has.
Well this is what my device supports:
HSPA/WCDMA:
900/2100MHz
Up to 2 Mbps upload and 7.2 Mbps download speeds
GSM:
850/900/1800/1900MHz
(Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
Which is apparently compatible with T-mobile. Well whenever I try and connect it says it fails and gives me and error message:
"SIM card not provisioned MM2"
After doing some google searches on that I found that it may mean you need to replace your sim etc. I've tried 2 different T-mobile SIMS and they both failed. Yet they both work in the T-mobile phones.
If anyone knows a work around to get me past this crap I would GREATLY appreciate it. It's been turned into an all day project and I'm nearing a tired and disappointing end.
Also info that may help:
-Neither of the SIMS currently have minutes on them but are both still activated under the owners names and display signals on the T-mobile devices.
- My HTC aria IS unlocked and IS rooted/loaded with a custom rom
-I can locate the 2 networks available in my region when I click on search for networks in my "wireless/network settings"
If you need anymore info to help answer the question please let me know and I will provide it as soon as I am able.
The phone is fine. It may be because you don't have minutes on the plan, or because the SIM card is too old or something. I'd suggest going into a T-Mobile store and getting it squared away.
Yes after several hours of hunting I was able to find someone who had the same problem. Apparently whether the SIM gets signal or not from the device it came from it will give you an error on the device you put it in until the SIM has actual minutes on it. The guy had said on his post he tried around 3 different cards and all had the same effect.
Sorry for the double post just wanted to update.
The reason I wasn't able to get signal on the phone was because the T-mobile sim card I was using was an un-paid Flex Pay SIM card with T-mobile. The actual prepaid SIM (which im using now) gets a signal even when there aren't minutes on the device so you can add funds to your account through the mobile phone.
From the states. I have an att atrix out of contract that I will be carrier unlocking once I get a new sim. I got the unlock code from att but I have to put in the new sim before I unlock it. I found some of my answers by searching here and google but I have not found all of them. Some of the following questions might pertain to apps only, like google voice, or gmail.
Here goes; I heard there's a place in the Punta Cana airport to buy a sim card for the phone, I do not have a stock radio or rom. Using cm7.2 and the 37p radio. Will I be able to just pop in a DR sim card and be ok? Or should I get a flashable radio for the area as well, and if so, which one?
Second question, anyone know if the sim I buy will include data? How much of an issue will it be to change my google voice number to forward to my new sim? And then back to my real number once I get home?
And then two factor authentication for google, if I print out the codes from google foe 2factor, will that be all I need or should I just shut it off while im gone?
Last time I went I took my old iphone and was not concerned about losing and i had it airplane mode all the time. But now I have a note 2 and I don't want to risk losing it or roaming data fees. That is why I'm taking my old atrix. Plus the note2 has a micro sim card so I cant just pop it out and put it into my atrix.
Any suggestions, answers, or comments are all welcome.
I am dominican and i use the 37p radio (stock for att v. (like the one i got)) so there, is no problem I dont know about data, but you can ask for the service when you buy the sim...
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