Ok so got my phone from Phones4u a few weeks ago, downloaded quicktap app and was told by the app i needed a quicktap simcard, so phoned up orange and got one.
When i got the new simcard i registered it online to activate it with orange, then i opened the quicktap app and got half way through the registration and left it.
Then last week i had my number ported from 3 to this quicktap simcard and i went back into the activation and got an error about the simcard number and mobile number not matching, so i phoned up Barclaycard who changed the mobile number registered to the one i had ported and i could go right through the process now.
I go right through the registration thing until i get to the bit where it says it will send me an activation message within 30mins which is where the problem is, i never receive the activation message. Barclaycard say this is due to me not getting the phone direct from orange and apparantly i need a special model of the orange sgs3 handset, i spoke to orange and they said no it's just the firmware, so i have installed the correct orange branded firmware but still no activation message.
Anyone else had this problem? Barclaycard said i can't port my number to the sim i need to request one from orange with that number already on the sim but Orange are telling me that's not the problem and they won't send me another quicktap sim as i shouldn't have received the first one because i didn't get the phone from them. But according to Orange Level 2 tech support i have everything required for it to work, it just doesn't appear to be working.
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Hello all.
This is my first post on this forum so forgive me for being a noob! I have searched this forum and the web, but couldn't find help for my prediciment so, here goes.
I've got an O2 3G SIM. I originally got the SIM & contract with an ORBIT2. I lost the bloody ORBIT2! No insurance
So I bought a standard T-Mobile AMEO from a geezer on ebay. Happy Days!
I had the IMEI unlocked
I ran AthenaUnlocker.exe and followed the instructions for this
I downloaded AP DUAL 3.0 ROM with add-ins
I followed the instructions to upgrade the ROM
I got O2 to unlock my SIM
All was good when I rebooted. The screen looked good, I had all 4 bars of GSM connectivity showing, and I had a G next to it. I ran the O2 software to configure the device and rebooted.
It all went tits up when I tried to make a call. Nothing, no error or anything, just wouldn't ring.
Then I tried to connect to internet and got error message;
"Answering modem disconnected" then notification;
"Problem connecting to GPRS network"
1. Is this me putting in the wrong settings?
2. Is the AMEO just incompatible with anything other than T-Mobile?
3. Is my O2 SIM not behaving?
4. Am I obsessed with numbered lists?
Hope someone can help! Any advice would be much appreciated
Not sure what you mean...
1. I had the IMEI unlocked -IMEIs are not locked - they can be blocked if the device has been stolen but then they can't be unblocked - what do you mean? How did you do this?
5. I got O2 to unlock my SIM - as per 1 above, a SIM can't be locked - what do you mean?
Did you try the SIM bedor upgrading the ROM? It should have worked as T-Mobile don't lock their phones.
Does the SI< work in any other phone?
Thanks for the reply. Sorry if I don't know the correct terminology. I've got to admit I know next to nothing about phones!
1. I got the SIM and the phone at the same time. When I put the SIM in the phone it said SimLock and had a code window to enter a code. I thought this was the SIM code, so entered this, but it kept saying 'wrong code'. I then searched the internet and found www.deblocage-htc.com. I gave them my IMEI number, they sent me the code that opened the phone up.
5. O2 sent me the SIM as a replacement for my lost SIM. They put a lock on the SIM when I reported it lost.
I wasn't aware that T-Mobile didn't lock the phone! I wouldn't have bothered to change the ROM. The ROM does look good though, so I'd be happy to keep it, if I could get it to work.
I didn't try it before I installed the AP DUAL 3.0 ROM. Wish I had now. Do you think the ROM is to blame? I've search the web for a couple of days now and not found a similar case.
I'm gonna get my wifes old orange phone unlocked to try the SIM in that.
If it said SimLock then it was locked - you didn't pay to unlock it though, did you? It sounds like a problem with the unlocker.
download the unlocker from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315831 and run all three steps and let us know if it works.
Then demand your money back from the idiots you paid...
So are you saying that i've probably bought a stolen phone? I haven't bought a stolen phone, I've got evidence to support this. I know the email address of the guy on ebay. he's had the account for a few years, paypal account etc. Although it was simlocked I could still see the files on the phone. The guy had left his CV on there with his email address etc. So it was his phone.
Anyway, yes I did pay to unlock it. Was that stupid? I used the unlocking software after I unsimlocked it!
I've got it working now anyway, it was O2 that hadn't lifted the bar on the sim.
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So are you saying that i've probably bought a stolen phone? I haven't bought a stolen phone, I've got evidence to support this. I know the email address of the guy on ebay. he's had the account for a few years, paypal account etc. Although it was simlocked I could still see the files on the phone. The guy had left his CV on there with his email address etc. So it was his phone.
Anyway, yes I did pay to unlock it. Was that stupid? I used the unlocking software after I unsimlocked it!
I've got it working now anyway, it was O2 that hadn't lifted the bar on the sim.
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shame, you couldve unlocked it on here for free. i hope you didnt pay someone on Ebay for the software!
Hi there,
Figure there are lots of people like me who bought the SGS2 from O2 but are using it on a different network. As I wasn't an existing PAYG customer on O2 I've ended up with a SIM and £10 credit which I don't need.
Does anyone know if it's possible to give the credit to someone who is on O2 PAYG? Or has it already been added to the number associated with the SIM? I've done nothing at my end, not even opened the package the SIM is in.
Thanks!
You cannot transfer credit, just use it up on calls or enter the gadget show competition 6 times. lol
The only way is to give the person the SIM as far as I know. It's associated with the number.
If the sim has not been activated then sell it .
If the sim has been activated then it can be used in any unlocked phone .
SGS 1 i used PAYG sim in phone one week passed on to my brother different phone he used most of the credit on internet data . I used the remaining credit to set up New SGS2 .
The number remains with the sim .
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I just want to post this to help debunk myths, prevent people from paying unnecessary fees and to inform you all how easy this process was.
My cell phone carrier is T-Mobile, USA. Last night, roughly 9 hours prior to writing this, I called T-Mobile's customer service line from my home phone (this is important because if you call from your cell phone you will just get stuck talking to their automated system). I had made a point to write down my IMEI number and my phone's serial number prior to calling. After waiting on hold for just a few minutes, I asked the customer service representative for my SIM unlock code. He informed me that he could not provide it for me over the phone but the request would be processed and the SIM Unlock department would email within 72 hours. He took down my information; IMEI, Serial Number, Phone Number, Make & Model of phone and my email address.
Just a few minutes ago, I received the email from the SIM Unlock department as promised.
In order to unlock my phone I had to flash back to the stock firmware. I'm currently running Mik's CM7 and I can confirm that you can not unlock your phone from this custom firmware.
The instructions that T-Mobile provided to bring up the network unlock dialogue was incorrect but that's okay, I knew how to do what I needed to do.
in the phone app, dial
Code:
2945#*509#
replacing '509' with whatever model number your particular phone is. Then I entered in the 16 digit unlock code that T-Mobile emailed to me. As soon as I entered the code, a message popped up saying "Network Unlocked". I clicked on okay, and then I panicked for a second when the phone seemed to freeze. This is normal though, the phone should reboot. After rebooting, I saw that all was well.
I just flashed back to CM7, and a friend of mine is on the way over. I will swap out my SIM card for theirs to test whether this works on CM7, but someone elsewhere on the forums has already confirmed that the network unlock was successful and carries over to custom firmware as well.
Unless your particular cell phone provider is for some reason unable to provide you with your unlock code, don't bother trying to buy an unlock code off of ebay. This code should be available to you for free.
I recently got my phone repaired and I went and got it back today, however Ive noticed something strange.. I didnt have my SIM in the phone while getting repaired but for some reason my carrier account was logged in on the internet browser and I factory resetted before handing it in. Also 3 calls were made to this strange number which cost me $5, the number goes +113010xxxxxxxx ('x' is my sim number). I cant find out what it means but Im think I got hacked while getting repaired?
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I recently got my phone repaired and I went and got it back today, however Ive noticed something strange.. I didnt have my SIM in the phone while getting repaired but for some reason my carrier account was logged in on the internet browser and I factory resetted before handing it in. Also 3 calls were made to this strange number which cost me $5, the number goes +113010xxxxxxxx ('x' is my sim number). I cant find out what it means but Im think I got hacked while getting repaired?
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Why didn't you send it somewhere official for repair?
You should speak to your carrier about what it means
I bought a Sprint M9 from a guy on eBay and had it shipped to me outside of the US.
The seller had it advertised as an unlocked phone that he got straight from HTC.
I got the phone.. booted up and saw that dreaded Hands Free Activation screen.. alerting me immediately that it was a Sprint phone.
It has no Sprint branding or software or apps on it though..
I asked the guy about it and he said he had a Sprint phone that was defective and Sprint told him to send it to HTC to be replaced and HTC sent him back that phone and he assumed it was unlocked.
Anyway.. after a few emails back and forth, he was able to contact Sprint and get the unlock codes.
First was the MSL code to reset the phone.. which worked fine.. and now it recognizes that there is a foreign sim card, but still says that the SIMLock is enabled.
There are a couple others codes he gave me, the PUK1 code, OTKSL code and SID code.
I tried going into the System updates and UICC unlock, but it attempts to get an update from the network.. which i am not connected to.. and it all fails from there.
Does anyone know of a way to get around that problem? is there anyway to unlock it if I am already outside of the US and not connected to the Sprint network in anyway?