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I'm thinking of buying a used one of these off craigslist ... but I'm on tmobile and I'm worried that I won't be able to unlock it without having an AT&T account first .... Can I unlock one of these without having an AT&T account? Most steps I've read talk about downloading an unlocker program from the market ... but without an AT&T sim card in the phone I don't think I'll be able to access the market ...
What do you all think?
You don't have to have cell network to connect to a wifi and log into market. You will need to root it also before those apps will work. Just fyi though. You will NOT get 3g/4g on T-Mobile
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Pirateghost said:
You don't have to have cell network to connect to a wifi and log into market. You will need to root it also before those apps will work. Just fyi though. You will NOT get 3g/4g on T-Mobile
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Thanks for responding!
3g/4g only involve data speeds, right? I have wifi at home and at work and do not use a data plan ... So I can root and then unlock on my home wifi without any AT&T account?
I see no reason you can't. I have done lots of phones that way.
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Pirateghost said:
I see no reason you can't. I have done lots of phones that way.
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Thanks for the reassurance!
Do you or anyone else know how to check if I have the dreaded KK6 2.3.6 version?
Haints said:
Thanks for the reassurance!
Do you or anyone else know how to check if I have the dreaded KK6 2.3.6 version?
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Check in settings maybe?
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Dreaded KK6? It ain't dreaded... It's only one flash away from being something amazing!
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I'm using my unlocked Skyrocket on T-Mobile and I am getting 4G Speeds.
I called AT&T and told them I bought the phone off Craigslist, want to use T-Mobiles network. They asked me for the IMEI and gave me am unlock code no questions asked.
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Whoops! Wrong screen shot. The above is from my Sensation.
This screenshot show working 4G on my Skyrocket.
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HateMeILoveIt said:
I'm using my unlocked Skyrocket on T-Mobile and I am getting 4G Speeds.
I called AT&T and told them I bought the phone off Craigslist, want to use T-Mobiles network. They asked me for the IMEI and gave me am unlock code no questions asked.
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And what does that have to do with this phone?
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Nick281051 said:
And what does that have to do with this phone?
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Absolutely nothing considering unlocking the 2 phones is a completely different process. On the i777 we can do it with root only. We don't have to call at&t
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Absolutely nothing considering unlocking the 2 phones is a completely different process. On the i777 we can do it with root only. We don't have to call at&t
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Exactly, lol the i777 doesn't support tmo 3g like the skyrocket does
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Just wondering how many people check it on downloads. I personally never even heard of it until recently. Besides if the download doesn't match the md5 and you flash anyways what kind of misery could you possibly bring on yourself ?.
If its a bad download its a bad download right ?. (Which I've never had I think). All that needs to be dine is download again.
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I always do. Roms, radios, gapps. Everything.
Its easy and doesn't hurt.
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I always check http://www.winmd5.com/?rid=winmd5
I never do and have never had a problem. I probably should though.
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Most of the time. Not all the time though
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Main reason I don't is how bad can a bad download be ?.
I may look into one of those user friendly matching methods .
Thanks for the replies
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I don't always check it, but if I do I usually just use esfile explorer once the file is on my phone.
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corcgaigh said:
Main reason I don't is how bad can a bad download be ?.
I may look into one of those user friendly matching methods .
Thanks for the replies
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Well... It could be many things. Usually a piece of the Rom is missing.
That could be really bad if your WiFi and radio modules are gone. Means no WiFi or network connection.
But, as you stated, a simple redownload should be good
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corcgaigh said:
Main reason I don't is how bad can a bad download be ?.
I may look into one of those user friendly matching methods .
Thanks for the replies
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I'd suggest checking it when downloading firmware, since those can actually brick your device. As far as ROMs, themes, mods, etc....the most it should cause is a slight inconvenience (lost time flashing, failing, having to redownload), so checking isn't as warranted.
Flashed hundreds of things in my rooting lifetime. Never once paid attention to it.
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Never ever knows what is md5sums......I just download and flash Roms... ..hehehehe
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In the past I didn't, but as of late I've been trying to make a habit of it.
The advice is free....the bandwidth, not so much
Just for radios or firmware..never for a Rom.
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Yeah never checked either lol
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just about always since time warner has been having issues in my area and ive gotten a few broken d/l's lately.
always for radio or firmware. I always take a screenshot of md5 on devhost before clicking download. Then I can easily compare. As vinchenzop said, bad firmware flash can completely brick you.
From my Evo LTE, yup.
Yeah, always check for firmware. For a rom, the worst thing that could happen is you get a failure to flash. But if you get a bad download with firmware, you could brick your phone. I think all the file explorers allow you to check the md5.
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In all my years of flashing, I only have on firmware. I use Root Explorer when I actually do
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Ok so now that I got my AT&T ONE unlocked, Which prepaid carrier has the best performing data and plays nice with our phones?
I'm thinking of getting out of my contract if I find a carrier that has decent performing data. But of course this could be a moot point, from what I heard AT&T's coming out with new prepaid plans.
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Ok so now that I got my AT&T ONE unlocked, Which prepaid carrier has the best performing data and plays nice with our phones?
I'm thinking of getting out of my contract if I find a carrier that has decent performing data. But of course this could be a moot point, from what I heard AT&T's coming out with new prepaid plans.
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Where did you get your unlock code? I'm in Canada with a Rogers Wireless HTC One and I'm limited with 1GB of data where I used to have 3GB with Virgin Mobile. I'm thing about going back to Virgin. I'm paying $70 a month with unlimited Canada wide, unlimited SMS/MMS and 1GB data is too much. I only need 200 minutes of talk time but I like a lot of data.
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I recommend cellunlocker.net it's free if you make a video of the process and put it on YouTube
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Tw1tchy said:
Where did you get your unlock code?
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I got it from someone on EBAY. It was only $3.50
I forgot the link to it but if you look at my recent post history it should be in there somewhere
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hyelton said:
I recommend cellunlocker.net it's free if you make a video of the process and put it on YouTube
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Really? Well it's time to get the video camera out!
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$70 per month for 1 gig? They ought to be thrown in jail for that!
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I connected my One Dev Edition to H2O(uses at&t towers), data seems to work fine but when i run speedtest i get 0.01mb download, not sure whats wrong
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maybe need 3 more month. then we can unlock it easy.
I'm running ADHD 10.2 and I tried one already without success. Can someone guide me please. Thanks!
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Obie911 said:
I'm running ADHD 10.2 and I tried one already without success. Can someone guide me please. Thanks!
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Tethering works perfectly for me on ARHD 10.2 (which is what I'm guessing you meant to type). Just go to settings, hit more,mobile network shareing, then go into portable wifi hotspot settings, name your hotspot and PW, then hit the checkbox. I had no problem.
Just curious, when you did your install with AROMA, did you hit AT&T, or international?
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Tethering works perfectly for me on ARHD 10.2 (which is what I'm guessing you meant to type). Just go to settings, hit more,mobile network shareing, then go into portable wifi hotspot settings, name your hotspot and PW, then hit the checkbox. I had no problem.
Just curious, when you did your install with AROMA, did you hit AT&T, or international?
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I chose AT&T. But I was just asking for a way to get the hotspot free. I haven't tried because I don't want extra changes, but if you telling me that im good then I'll try
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Obie911 said:
I'm running ADHD 10.2 and I tried one already without success. Can someone guide me please. Thanks!
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There is NO guide for ADHD 10.2 its an international rom which means there is NO AT&T stuff blocking use of tether, you must be doing something WAY wrong.
Obie911 said:
I chose AT&T. But I was just asking for a way to get the hotspot free. I haven't tried because I don't want extra changes, but if you telling me that im good then I'll try
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I've tethered multiple times in the past, and have never had AT&T bring up the issue. Just don't abuse it.
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I've tethered multiple times in the past, and have never had AT&T bring up the issue. Just don't abuse it.
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Well I kinda abuse it. I use sometimes 50gb in a month. But that's because I'm at a friend's during the weekend and the only thing to use is either tether or satilite internet lol
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hyelton said:
Well I kinda abuse it. I use sometimes 50gb in a month. But that's because I'm at a friend's during the weekend and the only thing to use is either tether or satilite internet lol
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You're gonna get throttled real bad dude
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You're gonna get throttled real bad dude
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No.... Using the "phone" apn yes, at 5GB of usage I get throttled down to .047mbps down.
Then I just switch over to the wap.cingular APN and BAM pulling 6-10mbps down on H+/3G. No throttling here..
This thread is a bit confusing to me.
Are you guys saying AT&T charges extra for tethering?
ATT charges $$$ for a seperate data plan which lets you tether Internet, which is also limited to about 5gb or 3gb, not too sure. If you use tethering on a regular phone (stock rom with bloatware- fresh from the store), they would probably charge you for tethering because of the detection apk they put in there.
The way to bypass this is to use a custom rom, Internet tethering should work on it, maybe you could reflash/ reset the phone (all the settings and whatnot) maybe try a different rom?
Also, I diddnt know you could bypass ATT throttle, could you post all the complete APN settings to do that?
Cheers,
OK, please forgive me for being slow. You only save money if you're tethering from a phone with unlimited data plan, right? If you're on a limited plan, it doesn't matter and AT&T should not charge you extra, right?
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OK, please forgive me for being slow. You only save money if you're tethering from a phone with unlimited data plan, right? If you're on a limited plan, it doesn't matter and AT&T should not charge you extra, right?
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If you go over the limit on a limited plan, they charge you extra $$$. I think it is $20 for 1 more GB.
If you are detected tethering on a stock ATT phone, they will probably charge you for tethering plan
If you are on unlimited data, you may lose it (plan) if you are detected tethering (stock phone),
if you go over limit 5GB for 4g LTE phone they will just throttle you.
Undetected tethering/ Custom ROM with removed att protection = only worry about going over the limit
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Leifio said:
If you go over the limit on a limited plan, they charge you extra $$$. I think it is $20 for 1 more GB.
If you are detected tethering on a stock ATT phone, they will probably charge you for tethering plan
If you are on unlimited data, you may lose it (plan) if you are detected tethering (stock phone),
if you go over limit 5GB for 4g LTE phone they will just throttle you.
Undetected tethering/ Custom ROM with removed att protection = only worry about going over the limit
Cheers,
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running a custom rom doesnt make you more invisable tethering with att its shows up the same as it would on stock...
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hyelton said:
running a custom rom doesnt make you more invisable tethering with att its shows up the same as it would on stock...
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Not correct
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Not correct
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Ask other people it doesn't change anything. It allows you to use native tethering to use a custom Rom but that's it doesn't change anything else
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Ask other people it doesn't change anything. It allows you to use native tethering to use a custom Rom but that's it doesn't change anything else
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It allows you to tether and only shows up as regular data usage
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It allows you to tether and only shows up as regular data usage
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You can tether on the stock Rom too... It doesn't make your data issage look any different
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You can tether on the stock Rom too... It doesn't make your data issage look any different
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I agree. The only thing Att or carriers look at is the amount of data being used periodically or the mac/ip address. Carriers have the ability to tell the difference from our phone using data or tethering, especially if data patterns changes.
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Heck I use a lot of data tether and through phone anywhere between 5gb and 50
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hyelton said:
Heck I use a lot of data tether and through phone anywhere between 5gb and 50
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Is it included? I happen to have it included.
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I recently flashed my thunderbolt, and simply am stuck trying to get 3g to work. I've read countless threads about it in multiple forums, but I just cant figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am now going bald.
Which ROM are you using and which ROM did you come from? GB or ICS?
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Shadow Death said:
Which ROM are you using and which ROM did you come from? GB or ICS?
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I downgraded from ICS to GB using a guide on phandroid. I believe it may have something to do with the way I flashed it, or the network not recognizing me, but I am unsure. I'm open to suggestions!
If your downgrade method didn't involve flashing the GB radios than there would be your problem. It wouldn't hurt to flash the latest GB radios just for kicks.
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If your downgrade method didn't involve flashing the GB radios than there would be your problem. It wouldn't hurt to flash the latest GB radios just for kicks.
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Yea, I'm certain I flashed the GB radios in recovery, my good man. Could it be something else? Could you verify what I need to set my M.IP, and PPP settings to, if you know?
As long as you are on Verizon I don't see why you would have to.
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Oops! Maybe I should've added... I flashed it to boost, and I have talk and text working. Data icon displays 1x. I'm trying to get the 3g to kick. I'm using the info from my Incredible 2, which i flashed with the same account over a year ago. Everything works fine on the Incredible 2. Just no 3g on the thunderbolt.
The droid incredible 2 is a global phone and the bolt isn't. The radio in the bolt isn't capable.
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disconnecktie said:
The droid incredible 2 is a global phone and the bolt isn't. The radio in the bolt isn't capable.
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So disconnecktie, does this mean my thunderbolt is incapable of 3g because it isn't a global phone? I do not understand dude.
The bolt doesn't have an antenna that will be able to connect with the frequency boost uses for data.
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Not even 1x? Because I totally have 1x. And it works. Just reaaaaaaly slow.
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Not even 1x? Because I totally have 1x. And it works. Just reaaaaaaly slow.
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3g is a different frequency from 1x. Same for lte it's a different frequency too.
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3g is a different frequency from 1x. Same for lte it's a different frequency too.
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Oh I see. So what do you make of those people who claim to have it working, and posted screenshots of their bolt on 3g? Are they frauds? Because the only reason I even bought this phone, is that I was under the impression that a flash would work. Would really suck if it won't... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515994
It does work for certain carriers. Page plus comes to mind but it had been a long time since I've heard of another carriers working.
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It does work for certain carriers. Page plus comes to mind but it had been a long time since I've heard of another carriers working.
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Cool! Well thanks anyway. I'm trying to find a way to program it to my service. Just to get the settings right, and see what happens after that. For all I know, I have the settings right, and it just won't work.
Best bet would be to pick up a sprint phone that's not locked down via ESN (correct term?). Since Boost is basically Sprint's pay as you go service.