I have a VZW Note2 with an unlocked bootloader and Beans v10 rom. Under my Verizon account my phone is listed as an S3. I called VZW and tried to get this changed but they could not do anything about it and insisted that I was wrong and am using an S3. Then they said I would have to take it in to a store to get checked out. I have tried to re-register the device online and it shows the phone as a Note2 based on the IMEI number but when I apply the changes it always reverts back to listing my phone as an S3. I have used this sim card in an S3 a few months ago after I bought the N2 for a few minutes then put it back in my N2. Maybe the sim needs to be reset? Has anyone else experienced this before?
I think I'd revert back to stock then take it to a Verizon store. This could really screw you if you were to get a warranty replacement or an insurance replacement.
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I went for six months on Sprint where they classified my phone as a different phone then I had. It was a screwup in their database and eventually they fixed it. I'm sure it's the same thing here too. Even my international Note2 turned up as a dumb phone on one of the imei check sites. These companies don't have their own database of phone imeis, they use a 3rd party generated database created by offshore workers or automated systems so there are bound to be some errors.
I would take it in to a Verizon Store and let them see it and get it noted on the account just in case you have to do a return.
Yes to fix you will need to go to corporate store get new sim and activate note 2 as cpe.
It's not that it thinks your note 2 is an s3. It's just not updating your imei in their system so it thinks you are still on the s3 that was previously activated. Seen it before had to do the above to fix it when the issues has popped up.
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Yes to fix you will need to go to corporate store get new sim and activate note 2 as cpe.
It's not that it thinks your note 2 is an s3. It's just not updating your imei in their system so it thinks you are still on the s3 that was previously activated. Seen it before had to do the above to fix it when the issues has popped up.
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I took it in to a store and this was the issue. They gave me a new sim and activated it and everything is correct now. Thanks!
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I am a Vibrant owner with all the Team Whiskey goodness. My sim card is about 5 years old. Is there any reason to get a new one?
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I am a Vibrant owner with all the Team Whiskey goodness. My sim card is about 5 years old. Is there any reason to get a new one?
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Same here. Idk.
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I think mine is coming up on 8 years old, still going strong!
I recently got my sim changed because Tmo store did it for free. I spoke to the rep about the advantage of changing to newer sim and he said that it will have new information about the tmo network, and that might improve speed. Also if your phone is getting delay text messages (few hours or days latter) then the new sim would fix it.
Mine old sim was 5+ years too and i didnt have any issue. If it free, why not!
Also ask the rep to keep your old sim in case you need a replacement sim. I think it cost about $10 for replacement sim.
No need to update the sim card. 6+ strong here. If you need a new one for any reason, do not go to an official tmo store. They will charge you $20. Your better off going to an authorized reseller. Preferebly like a target or walmart. A place where they dont really care and will give it away for free.
I actually still have the sim card that came in the box (still in the box). But When I got my Vibrant I just pulled my sim out of my old phone and put it in my Vibrant. I don't want to mess anything up but, would it help or hurt anything if I put this new one in my Vibrant?
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I actually still have the sim card that came in the box (still in the box). But When I got my Vibrant I just pulled my sim out of my old phone and put it in my Vibrant. I don't want to mess anything up but, would it help or hurt anything if I put this new one in my Vibrant?
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I did the exact same thing as you. I would also Like to know if it will help switching to the new sim? If it does help switching to the new one, how do I go about changing sim and how do I transfer all of my contacts to the new sim.
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T-Mo told me I had to update my SIM when I purchased my Vibrant. No charge, but no good explanation either.
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When i got my Vibrant back in October i was not told to switch the sim to the newer one, but i was noticing really choppy really poor 3g signal. I did my research and the newer sims have something to do with it. Now since i switched to the newer sim my phone gets excellent reception.
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I did the exact same thing as you. I would also Like to know if it will help switching to the new sim? If it does help switching to the new one, how do I go about changing sim and how do I transfer all of my contacts to the new sim.
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Put the old one in and go to your contacts and press menu>import from sim. And then they will be on your phone. Call the number that came with the new card and activate your new one. Put that one in the phone. Open contacts, menu>export to sim and you will have them in your new sim
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Mine died yesterday. I mean suddenly my vibbie pops up a message no sim card. It was 6 year old so I went to tmobile store and they exchanged it for free. They shouldn't charge you for that
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No need to update the sim card. 6+ strong here. If you need a new one for any reason, do not go to an official tmo store. They will charge you $20. Your better off going to an authorized reseller. Preferebly like a target or walmart. A place where they dont really care and will give it away for free.
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If everything works
probably no need to change it. But probably no harm either.
I had a SIM that was more than 10 years old - going back to Voicestream.
The MyAccount app and WiFi calling wouldn't work with it, so I went to Tmo store and asked for a new SIM. They gave it to me for free.
My Wife and I had to change our SIM cards (over 10 years old) because they would not allow importing of numbers to the Vibrant. Nor did they allow us to sign in to the Android market. Took Tmobile a whole day to figure out what was wrong.lol
The only reason I have ever replaced my SIM card is when I have lost my phone and not had an extra SIM card. I now have 8 SIM cards... if you you really feel the need to replace it send me a pm w/ an address and I will gladly send you one. But if your SIM card is working there is no need to replace it.
ok so i bought the UK version of the Galaxy S3...i was told by many since AT&T can't recognize the uk version of the phone, i can sign up for the 10/month unlimited data plan...so i called them yesterday and gave them my dummy phones ime number...everything was good all day phone worked great..but i just got home and i got an email saying that my "iphone" doesn't have the proper data package and changed it to the 30 month/3 gig plan...so i'm confused...did they know i was using a smart phone??
maybe i screwed up not giving them the galaxy s3's ime number?
Doesn't matter what country it's from they can still enter your ImeI and know what you using.
Lets hope AT&T doesn't do as they did with the N1 and go after the medianet users.
You are SOL, it appears in this case your phone IMEI algorithm is in the ATT IMEI sweeps. They have the UK SGS III flagged as an iPhone just as they had the white Galaxy Note flagged as a blackberry.
this is a hit or miss thing. Best thing to do is give them an imei of a dumb phone from AT&T. Been running with that on my GNote.
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this is a hit or miss thing. Best thing to do is give them an imei of a dumb phone from AT&T. Been running with that on my GNote.
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Yeah that's what I did do. I never gave them the s3's imei number. Gave them the imie of and old Samsung I had.
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IMEI ranges are openly available and AT&T has the capability to scan for devices that fall within and then compare those to the data plan. The only thing that has stopped them from doing this wholesale is that it requires a great deal of resources and they have chosen to stick with the money. Otherwise there would not be anyone doing the medianet gambit without an IMEI spoof. The situation with the N1 was different in that they publicly stated they were going after Google and did so, it was a shot across their bow saying do not screw with our subbed phone system by getting into the business of selling unlocked phones to our customers. If they have decided to take this course with the sgs3 you will know soon enough as there will be many reporting that they were kicked to smartphone data but it would not be business as usual up to this time.
The other way that people get caught is that they are flagged at the time of making the switch by the csr and it sounds like this might be what happened here since this is the only report of it so far.
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ok so i bought the UK version of the Galaxy S3...i was told by many since AT&T can't recognize the uk version of the phone, i can sign up for the 10/month unlimited data plan...so i called them yesterday and gave them my dummy phones ime number...everything was good all day phone worked great..but i just got home and i got an email saying that my "iphone" doesn't have the proper data package and changed it to the 30 month/3 gig plan...so i'm confused...did they know i was using a smart phone??
maybe i screwed up not giving them the galaxy s3's ime number?
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Very strange, you are the first person I've heard who has this issue.
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Yeah its all good now. I called and even they were stumped why. I re-added it and so far it hasn't changed back again
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As you guys know or should know the Galaxy Note II is considered a smart phone on Verizon's network. They charge a $40 Monthly Line Access Per Device. I have de-activated my call/text and get data only at a data only rate plus smartphone fee. ie $40 (smartphone) + $60 (10GB) Share Everything Options for Data Devices vs having $40 (smartphone) + $100 (10GB) Unlimited Talk & Text + Shared Data . So that being said I was wondering If some one could show me how to change my device id, model number, baseband, or hardware number. What ever they look at to identify my device as Galaxy Note II. I like to change it to CLONE it into "Verizon Tablet Device" if you will. In case you still dont get what i would like to see solved its that I want Verizon to recognize my Galaxy Note II as a current available tablet on there plans. ie display to Verizon that my phone "is" a Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Tab, etc I think you get the picture. I only need the data and gps to work if thats even relevant. I know it can be done. Its XDA after all Thanks guys ahead of time!
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As you guys know or should know the Galaxy Note II is considered a smart phone on Verizon's network. They charge a $40 Monthly Line Access Per Device. I have de-activated my call/text and get data only at a data only rate plus smartphone fee. ie $40 (smartphone) + $60 (10GB) Share Everything Options for Data Devices vs having $40 (smartphone) + $100 (10GB) Unlimited Talk & Text + Shared Data . So that being said I was wondering If some one could show me how to change my device id, model number, baseband, or hardware number. What ever they look at to identify my device as Galaxy Note II. I like to change it to CLONE it into "Verizon Tablet Device" if you will. In case you still dont get what i would like to see solved its that I want Verizon to recognize my Galaxy Note II as a current available tablet on there plans. ie display to Verizon that my phone "is" a Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Tab, etc I think you get the picture. I only need the data and gps to work if thats even relevant. I know it can be done. Its XDA after all Thanks guys ahead of time!
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I don't know much about modifying the low level stuff, but couldn't you just get a SIM card activated for a tablet and put that in the Note II? I've never done it, but I have heard that people have swapped SIMs between phones and jetpacks/tablets all the time to us unlimited data on other devices. Maybe that would work here too? Again, not too knowledgeable here, just throwing that lead out there...
Edit your build.prop, I would imagine. Replace all references to the Note 2 to the Note 10.1 tablet, or whatever that thing is called.
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Also, I see can see this leading to all sorts of incompatibility issues. I don't know.
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That are going off the MEID from their master database, so you'd have to change that (which isn't discussed here since it's illegal).
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That are going off the MEID from their matter database, so you'd have to change that (which isn't discussed here since it's illegal).
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I don't know much about modifying the low level stuff, but couldn't you just get a SIM card activated for a tablet and put that in the Note II? I've never done it, but I have heard that people have swapped SIMs between phones and jetpacks/tablets all the time to us unlimited data on other devices. Maybe that would work here too? Again, not too knowledgeable here, just throwing that lead out there...
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I don't believe swapping the sim won't solve the issue. I think they know what device is being used unless the device is branded into the sim which I highly doubt but thanks.
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I don't believe swapping the sim won't solve the issue. I think they know what device is being used unless the device is branded into the sim which I highly doubt but thanks.
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You're correct it won't work. Verizon and all carriers for that matter identify the device being used by the imei. So to do what the OP wants requires changing the imei. Which as mentioned is illegal and can't be discussed on xda.
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I have a verizon note 2 I bought off cragslist recently its imei is blacklisted on verizon I was wondering if I do the apn hack would it work on att .
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I asked thia question to a verizon account manager and he said to get a new sim card and it'll work. Try it out.
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Yes, the fact that it's blacklisted simply means that Verizon's database shows it as not being able to be activated. This has no effect on the phones usability on another carrier.
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Yes, the fact that it's blacklisted simply means that Verizon's database shows it as not being able to be activated. This has no effect on the phones usability on another carrier.
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That's exactly what I was opening the thread to reply with.
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Yes, the fact that it's blacklisted simply means that Verizon's database shows it as not being able to be activated. This has no effect on the phones usability on another carrier.
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Do it will work on att
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I mean so it will still work on att auto correct.
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I mean so it will still work on att auto correct.
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Keep in mind att uses gsm radio and Verizon uses CDMA.
You may run into trouble.
However I believe the Verizon note 2 is a works phone?
Who knows exactly what that means for you.
God bless the American people.
Figures someone who uses barrack Obama as name wouldn't be any help how fitting. The note II has gsm and cdma radios. It's unlocked from the factory so you can throw a t-mobile, AT&T, straight talk ect and it'll work fine. The note supports 1900mhz frequency which is the refarned hspa42 for t-mobile and 3g hspa for at&t
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Figures someone who uses barrack Obama as name wouldn't be any help how fitting.
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Let me be the first to congratulate you on your sharp wit for adding completely unnecessary and useless political commentary.
I suggest a review of the forum guidelines, particularly 2.4
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I have an sgh-i605 an im with atnt . Everything works data, voice, once I changed the apn settings
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I buy/sell/trade phones and I've run into a couple bad esn phones (no I don't buy them, shady people report them stolen). I actually picked up a Note 2 several months ago. I checked the esn over 611, came back clean, brought it home several hours later to put it on my wife's line. We popped her sim in, it activated, then almost immediately deactivated. After hours on the phone with Verizon they said the seller reported it and there was nothing I could do. We got her a new sim card and reactivated her S3. As I considered my options, the next day I called Verizon and checked the ESN again. The lady said it was clean. I didn't understand and took it to the store to ask a rep. It was explained to me that when a IMEI is blacklisted, it "burns" the sim card you put in it. Since we are in no way faulted on our plan, we were given a new sim card. The rep explained that the phone is blacklisted against that one sim card. So if I put my new sim in, it is now linked to my (clean) account.
Long story short - if you pop in a sim card, it will get zapped. If you get a new one and try again, it SHOULD work fine on Verizon.
I hold no responsibility to what you do or how accurate that info is. It worked for me and was approved by a Verizon rep. Try it or don't.
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And "yes", it will work on AT&T if you add APN's. No LTE though. Only AT&T's 4G (kinda like 3G+) and lower.
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Let me be the first to congratulate you on your sharp wit for adding completely unnecessary and useless political commentary.
I suggest a review of the forum guidelines, particularly 2.4
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Boohoo?
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Let me be the first to congratulate you on your sharp wit for adding completely unnecessary and useless political commentary.
I suggest a review of the forum guidelines, particularly 2.4
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If someone is going to have such a controversial name they are really starting it first. I approve the previous poster for the comment!
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What is the point of reporting a phone stolen
if all the next guy needs to do is pop two sim cards in it and it works?
I believe something is amiss.
but I mean, hey, if it works it works.
"Another useless post from your President"
God bless the American people.
i had one that had been blacklisted because the person didnt pay the bill i use the unlock zip and put in att and it worked
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What is the point of reporting a phone stolen
if all the next guy needs to do is pop two sim cards in it and it works?
I believe something is amiss.
but I mean, hey, if it works it works.
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If a seller reports a phone stolen, they can sell the phone and collect the cash, then turn it into insurance and get a new phone.
They don't care about you actually still being able to use the phone or not, only that they get free money and a new phone.
I bought my Note 2 off of Craigslist in November I checked the number with Verizon. I was told everything was good to go. About two weeks ago I got a call from the Sheriff's office letting me know that I was in possession of a phone that had been stolen directly from one of their stores. I had put my own SIM card in so I never had any issues.
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I bought my Note 2 off of Craigslist in November I checked the number with Verizon. I was told everything was good to go. About two weeks ago I got a call from the Sheriff's office letting me know that I was in possession of a phone that had been stolen directly from one of their stores. I had put my own SIM card in so I never had any issues.
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I have a blacklisted Verizon Note 2, can I use this phone overseas on gsm?
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I have a blacklisted Verizon Note 2, can I use this phone overseas on gsm?
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I would assume that you could, Just because Verizon has put the ban hammer down on the phone doesn't necessarily mean that other carriers would also. I guess the best way to know is to give it a shot.
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I bought my Note 2 off of Craigslist in November I checked the number with Verizon. I was told everything was good to go. About two weeks ago I got a call from the Sheriff's office letting me know that I was in possession of a phone that had been stolen directly from one of their stores. I had put my own SIM card in so I never had any issues.
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I had a similar issue with a S3 when they first came out. I traded a Razr Maxx for it. I used it for a while until I found a blue one, so I gave it (white) to my wife. About 3 months later I got a call from an investigative department of Verizon. I explained the situation and they allowed me to keep the S3 (unblacklisted) for cooperating with them. I gave them all the info of the person I got it from. That guy called me a week later to warn me that Verizon may be calling, lol. Turns out the person be bought it from had stolen several of these off a Fed Ex truck before they reached the store.
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Last nite while I was in the Google Play store and was checking my apps. I have 2 phones there. Both bought at Verizon, one a Charge, and my S4. You can change between phones...... Verizon Samsung SCH-I510 and / or Verizon Samsung SCH-I545.
I was downloading some apps and noticed now it says Vodafone Samsung SCH-I545?!?!?
What the hell?
......anyone else pay attention to this?? or have thing happen??
Yes, it has recently happened to me, too. After doing some Googling, I found a Verizon Wireless forum thread where some users were complaining about it earlier this year (even with their Galaxy S3's). There wasn't much of an explanation or solution. Some had luck with a factory reset. I just finished updating all my apps to fit my preferences, so I'm not in such a hurry to do that.
I am still gathering data... Could it have happened when you put in your SD card? This double phone thing may have happened when I put in my former SD card with all kinds of backed up data, apps, .apk's, etc. I will try removing the card and seeing if there's any change. I doubt it, though. I'll post again if anything drastically changes. Let us know if things go back to normal for you. Hopefully there's some logical explanation or a harmless bug and it's not some elusive data mining thing.
Technically vondafone and Verizon are the same thing.... I am not 100% but I believe Verizon bought us shares of vondafone and I have seen references to this in almost every phone I have had with Verizon... I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong
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Technically vondafone and Verizon are the same thing.... I am not 100% but I believe Verizon bought us shares of vondafone and I have seen references to this in almost every phone I have had with Verizon... I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong
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you're right..vodaphone is the parent company of verizon wireless, i believe.
Thanks, guys. That is helpful (and reassuring). I'm still uncertain as to why it spawned off into two separate phones in the "Google Play - My Android Apps" control panel in the first place. That first phone still says Verizon, is something that is outdated, only hosts a handful of original factory-installed apps (a couple others, too), and is useless when pushing downloads to it. Evidently there's no way to remove that second listing, either. Other forums say you can hide it, but I have yet to figure that out (or have any real reason to do it).