[Q] Is the Droid Razr able to unlock carriers? - Motorola Droid RAZR

I have a Droid Razr on a Stock rom,
4.04 Android,
Baseband CDMA_N_05.11.01P LTEDC_U_09.11.00
the phone is also rooted an has a custom recovery as well
Is this phone able to carrier unlock or am I doomed to have a phone with no service cause some asshole cut off my service

My Razr Maxx was unlocked and is currently operating on Mobi PCS. So I guess the answer is yes.
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How did you do it?
808Bill said:
My Razr Maxx was unlocked and is currently operating on Mobi PCS. So I guess the answer is yes.
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I have a droid razr im trying to get to work on mobi pcs, can you give me some insight on where to look for information? Everything works but data =/

I went to Advanced PCS in Pearl City. Ohana PCS at Windward Mall says they can do, but I've never used them before. I might give them a try next time (I'm a flash addict).
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Verizon Droid raze cdma with GSM???

Hello all, sorry for my English, but
On Verizon xt912 model???
I read on development.Motorola.com that xt912 Droid razr has GSM/CDMA connectivity and work like as global phone, it is realy??? Can you give me some info for that??.. i want to by it to use in Ukraine for GSM and CDMA network if it really working on both network's
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Dont worry, your English is better than a lot of people who actually live here! Ive heard rumors that yes both radio's are present, but no one has been able to activate the GSM radio in a Verizon RAZR.
Thanks for answer .. on eBay i see that, there sells unlock for GSM for Roger's droid Razr. But i don't see Verizon unlock))
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Don't live in US so not shure but aren't Roger's using GSM?
I thought it were just Verizon who used CDMA.
Just got the XT912 a few days ago, from the packaging somehow it seems they use the SIM card for the 4G data package, and that sim can swapped between 4G devices, but the main part of the vzw service is still cdma.
I found an answer...Verizon droid razr has a GSM compability but locked by firmware
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3a4yI7aTiY said:
I found an answer...Verizon droid razr has a GSM compability but locked by firmware
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And with the ics update that locked part will go away, or at least the locked bootloader will, and that may lead to being able to unlock the Sim
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Ronin3178 said:
And with the ics update that locked part will go away, or at least the locked bootloader will, and that may lead to being able to unlock the Sim
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Dont bet on that!
Razr in India
Hi, somebody please confirm if the Droid Razr will work with a GSM network like Airtel in India. If Yes, can some one please also describe the procedure to get it working?
Thanks in advance,
Nagaraj VL
VZW droid razr don't work in GSM.. for this is xt910
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*UPDATED* 6/26/2012 Motorola Razr/Maxx, Droid 4,HTC Rezound Will work on any GSM

***UPDATE 6/26/2012***
Ok, not all the info that I got before was 100% correct. It looks like RAZR / MAXX is unlocked only for Global(GSM) use which is outside of USA. The Tmobile and ATT sims are not fully working as of right now.
We have couple amazing Devs which are working to resolve this issue.
Please PM me if you want me to update the OP.
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On the Bionic forum people found a way to activate disabled feature of couple 4g verizon phones to be able to use it on GSM networks.
Can someone test it please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714
***UPDATE***
Follow this steps to make it work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25967009&postcount=118
Amazing...no one here has any interest in this? maybe you should have posted in the development section. This is great news if it gets working on the razr.
I posted this earlier...as far as I know it's still a work in progress but very cool nonetheless.
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Welp the Bionic can't do it for sure. Doesn't have a GSM radio... at all.
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Running ICS leak fully rooted!
Actually the Bionic does have a GSM radio.
The Razr, 4, Bionic all have the same Qualcomm global radio and a separate LTE radio.
The only thing preventing the Razr, Droid 4 or Bionic from connecting to GSM is the firmware.
The Droid 4 is scheduled for GSM upgrade.
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Actually the Bionic does have a GSM radio.
The Razr, 4, Bionic all have the same Qualcomm global radio and a separate LTE radio.
The only thing preventing the Razr, Droid 4 or Bionic from connecting to GSM is the firmware.
The Droid 4 is scheduled for GSM upgrade.
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I stand corrected. Well played.
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I was under the impression that we just needed the unlock code. Once we have it from say...att, then we put the sim in,enter the code and good to go...maybe its not that easy but on YouTube it looks pretty close lol.
As far as I know it's not that easy due to the fact that the GSM modem itself is disabled. Unless your talking about roaming onto the LTE network. Though ATT uses different frequencies.
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I was really surprised that people did not accept this news well. I was extremely happy to hear that we can use our phones with GSM providers since I am planing to travel soon.
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Actually if you have read the whole thread in the OP link. People are successfully using their phones in Brazil.
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Yeah. No thought about lte if I had to use GSM. I feel dumb as that's the entire point of the maxx being called a global phone lol. There's a video and it is really easy to do.
i just did it and is working perfect
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okay, I'll bite.
How to enable?
This is good news been wanting to try a maxx on att
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lrrc29 said:
i just did it and is working perfect
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I think people will highly appreciate if you provide more detailed information, because there should be some differences in this hack between RAZR and Bionic.
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okay, I'll bite.
How to enable?
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Can you share that knowledge in your tech head with us too.
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this is exactly what i did and now is recognizing an at&t (old desactivated) and a tmobile sim(old desactivated) card but i need to test with an activated one. i noticed with the tmobile one a gsm networks setting appeared on my menu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=3
see post 29 & 30
by the way the razr needs to be running gb i was on ics leak but i didnt find any charge only mode or pc mode.
i went back to ics leak and seem to still working but like i said i need to test and activated sim card
before people start to flame im not taking credit and im not interested on any im just sharing what i did.
one more thing this is radiocomn software link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/RadioComm_v11.12.2_Install.msi
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lrrc29 said:
this is exactly what i did and now is recognizing an at&t (old desactivated) and a tmobile sim(old desactivated) card but i need to test with an activated one. i noticed with the tmobile one a gsm networks setting appeared on my menu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=3
see post 29 & 30
by the way the razr needs to be running gb i was on ics leak but i didnt find any charge only mode or pc mode.
i went back to ics leak and seem to still working but like i said i need to test and activated sim card
before people start to flame im not taking credit and im not interested on any im just sharing what i did.
one more thing this is radiocomn software link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/RadioComm_v11.12.2_Install.msi
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Thank you I will follow it later on.
this could get interesting
Okay so, here's my predicament..I'm currently using an Atrix 2 with a regular sized SIM card and wanted to test this out on a busted VZW Razr I got from work (there's a huge crack in the screen and it was just collecting dust). If I went into an AT&T store and bought a micro-SIM, would it work?
The only reason I'm confused is because all I know that AT&T uses the micro-SIMs for is the iPad; I don't know if the structure of the SIM card changes to accomodate just data, or if voice will be able to be transmitted as well.

XT912 on att network

Att SIM card works on Verizon RAZR! Just needs little modification. Does not even require root! Thanks to the bionic forum
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RAZR2GS3 said:
Att SIM card works on Verizon RAZR! Just needs little modification. Does not even require root! Thanks to the bionic forum
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does data work ?
what "little modification" are we talking about
write up ? link ?
The procedure...
Data does work because I get an "H". But i choose to turn off data because i do not want to be billed.
I am on ics.
This is what I did (modified from the bionic forum)
- got an att sim card activated with a basic gsm phone
- turned off razr
- replaced the Verizon sim card with att Sim card
- turned on phone. You will get an "unknown sim card" error. Press ok
- go to system setting>more> mobile networks> select GSM/UMTS
- click back button, select access point names, select AT&T US (wap.cingular)
- press *#*#4636#*#*
- go to phone information, select WCDMA preferred, below it, turn off radio then turn it back on, exit by pressing home
- turn off data sync in the mobile data networks. Also turn off wifi.
- wait up to 30 minutes or more to let the phone connect to the network
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I've heard of people getting AT&T text and calls to work on a XT912 but to date, I've not read of anyone getting data to work. Can you confirm that you have working data (without wifi obviously lol)?
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Wish mine would cooperate so easily. It's been set like that for several weeks and never connected.
Anyone else successful? I got nada trying this.
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joshw0000 said:
I've heard of people getting AT&T text and calls to work on a XT912 but to date, I've not read of anyone getting data to work. Can you confirm that you have working data (without wifi obviously lol)?
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I turned on data then I lost the signal. It would not come back even though the phone reads the access point name. I think either AT&T or Verizon saw that I'm using an unauthorized sim card and disabled the signal.
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My RAZR gets Mexican signals roaming but would not connect to AT&T.
Got the signal back!
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I just left it on and waited for almost a day. I did not do anything special from the previous posted steps.
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What about on data only, no wifi?
SHVR MAXX
Turning on data breaks/loses my signal with AT&T
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RAZR2GS3 said:
Turning on data breaks/loses my signal with AT&T
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That's what I figured. Cellzealot is working on a hack but it doesn't look very promising - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619563. They do have a hack for the Bionic to use 3G on AT&T. I set my little bros phone up a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the hack seems to only work on GB and not ICS. Most Moto global phones can be unlocked for AT&T but since the Razr wasn't officially released as a global phone and they basically only announced global support because they couldn't patch it on ICS (my opinion, not confirmed), the Razr is different.
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I heard that you only lose data when in U.S., when overseas your (overseas) SIM will work with data.
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joshw0000 said:
That's what I figured. Cellzealot is working on a hack but it doesn't look very promising - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619563. They do have a hack for the Bionic to use 3G on AT&T. I set my little bros phone up a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the hack seems to only work on GB and not ICS. Most Moto global phones can be unlocked for AT&T but since the Razr wasn't officially released as a global phone and they basically only announced global support because they couldn't patch it on ICS (my opinion, not confirmed), the Razr is different.
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From the bionic forum is where I saw that moto phones will work if the GSM radio is installed and enabled. Being updated to ics, Verizon enabled Gsm radio to have used as a global phone.
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mc732 said:
Wish mine would cooperate so easily. It's been set like that for several weeks and never connected.
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Are you using an AT&T SIM card?
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RAZR2GS3 said:
I heard that you only lose data when in U.S., when overseas your (overseas) SIM will work with data.
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I haven't followed it as closely as I once did, but the Droid 3 is completely hackable because AT&T has a similar device. So I purchased the unlock code, flashed the GSM radio and it was done. TBH created a hack for the Droid Pro that would unlock it (old file, not recently updated) similar to the unlock file that works for the Bionic. They also have a Razr unlock file that I believe changes some settings to GSM (I don't believe it's a true hack just setting changes) but it doesn't unlock data in the US. It only allows data overseas. One user in the thread I linked to reported picking up data in the US but only because he's close to Canada and AT&T was roaming to Canadian towers. That's further proof that Verizon and US GSM networks have enabled some sort of block that is yet to be cracked. Cellzealot is a pretty smart guy. If I had to guess (that is IF it can be hacked), he'll be the guy to do it.
A general consensus across the board is that ICS has changed the radio handling which has made sim unlocking much more difficult and patched previous hacks. Again, I'm just paraphrasing what I've read from Cellzealot. He's your guy for more information.
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RAZR2GS3 said:
Are you using an AT&T SIM card?
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Yeah. I've messed around with this for a while and never gotten any gsm service. I'll trade you phones lol.
I wonder why this works for some and not others..
mc732 said:
Yeah. I've messed around with this for a while and never gotten any gsm service. I'll trade you phones lol.
I wonder why this works for some and not others..
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Are you on ICS? Wont work on GB. Some users report that it shows no service but they can still make calls and texts.
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Are you on ICS? Wont work on GB. Some users report that it shows no service but they can still make calls and texts.
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On ICS now but I've tried it on GB too. Never have gotten anything to work. Have done the NV edit and various patches, roms, settings.
I hope cellzealot has an epiphany.

Does anyone have both XT910 and XT912?

Looking for someone who has both phone models, would like to get some advanced information please... Thanks!
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What Information?
I have the XT910
Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX price drops to $50 on contract
so you can buy so cheap...
http://url2it.com/qeqa
Thanks for the responses, but I need someone who has BOTH phones, and I'm not in the USA, nor do I want to sign a contact to get this info.
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Why should anybody have both Versions of the RazR? I would never buy an phone twice
What info you want to know?
My phone is now sort of a hybrid of xt910 & xt912
Unlock GSM on xt912 for AT&T
whirleyes said:
What info you want to know?
My phone is now sort of a hybrid of xt910 & xt912
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May be you can help with unlocking my newly acquired Moto droid razr xt912 GSM for AT&T.
I have both, got the XT910 first, poor battery, gave it to my wife & got the XT912 for my self, the only diff is three time between charges.
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shaerdil said:
May be you can help with unlocking my newly acquired Moto droid razr xt912 GSM for AT&T.
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Last info I got was that the XT 912 will only work on global GSM carriers. It has been locked from USA GSM carriers. I have heard some reports that some people can get it to work on AT&T with voice only no data. If my information is outdated I apologize hopefully I helped in some way.
Edit: I thought I would add that I own an XT 910 and XT 912, currently operating on Deutsche Telekom (German T-Mobile)
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If like to know how to make my xt912 work as a xt910 is like it to be unlocked my friend from moto has his fully unlocked can be our on Amy gsm our cdma network he wants using some moto software i begged gin for the software but no go is this software leaked anywhere?
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[Q] Total NOOB questions

I have the xt912 M and used the root instructions and was successful! (YAY Thanks ALL!!!) I am trying to use this phone with another carrier than verizon, What should I do from here? Will rooting phone be enough or do I need a custom ROM before I can do this? I LOVE my phone and do not want to buy a different one if I don't have to. Sorry if these are stupid questions but today is my 1st attempt at cracking my phone open.
So which carrier do you want to flash your Spyder to?
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So which carrier do you want to flash your Spyder to?
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Droid RAZR MAXX xt 912M I would like to use it on T-Mobile.
Mooseff said:
Droid RAZR MAXX xt 912M I would like to use it on T-Mobile.
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Carrier unlock is not possible for Droid Razr.
Though you can use it on GSM carriers but not in the US.
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neo.ank said:
Carrier unlock is not possible for Droid Razr.
Though you can use it on GSM carriers but not in the US.
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Wow. that just made my heart hurt:crying: I REALLY want to continue to use my phone and they will only give you $30.00 and under on trade in. There is NO way to use it on a prepaid plan either?
Mooseff said:
Wow. that just made my heart hurt:crying: I REALLY want to continue to use my phone and they will only give you $30.00 and under on trade in. There is NO way to use it on a prepaid plan either?
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REALLY? No Way?????......UGH! Anyone want to make an offer on a like new rooted XT912M? hehe...:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
You should be able to get $100 or more on Ebay.
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You should be able to get $100 or more on Ebay.
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Yeah thanks! I have to wait until my new phone gets here so I can transfer my contacts and such then wipe it clean :crying:

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