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So, all of my family just signed up for AT&T from T-Mobile and most of us got Galaxy S II's from Amazon for $0.01 (good deal). However, my brother and I are both having data issues. We'll be connected to HSPA+ with 4/5 bars, but sometimes anything that requires data (webpage, email) won't load, an there will be minimal data activity in the status bar. I have to click links multiple times for a connection to finally occur (if not wait a minute). Other times, I've waited so long I've turned airport mode on and off. My brother tested his GSII next to someone's Atrix, and their Atrx loaded a webpage without any latency, while my brother's browser just sat there with the initial loading bar, no network activity.
I haven't done much testing/replacing the ROM/radio, because methinks the stock ROM shouldn't be having this problem in the first place. Can I check logcat w/o root?
Could this be a cellular issue? We ported our numbers from T-Mobile, and still have the T-Mobile account. I never had to activate my AT&T phone when I got it from Amazon (came with SIM card, worked out of box). I also noticed strange behavior. I had both my old T-Mobile phone and my new AT&T phone on at the same time, and my T-Mobile phone rang, even though I had supposedly ported my number to AT&T. So if that can happen maybe it's some crazy SIM issue going on?
Any advice or pointers of assistance from the GSII forum would be appreciable.
Thanks!
Sounds like the AT&T sim card is not activated, or fully activated. Id call them and verify. Also make sure that you are on a 4G data plan... that can also cause issues with data.
When you port a number it can take up to 48 hours to fully port the number. Until it is done both phones will ring. The reason for the bad satanist that even though it works out of box you have to call Att to set the account up the rest of the way. I can't tell you how many people came into my store due to this.
zelendel said:
When you port a number it can take up to 48 hours to fully port the number. Until it is done both phones will ring. The reason for the bad satanist that even though it works out of box you have to call Att to set the account up the rest of the way. I can't tell you how many people came into my store due to this.
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Bad satanist?
zelendel said:
When you port a number it can take up to 48 hours to fully port the number. Until it is done both phones will ring. The reason for the bad satanist that even though it works out of box you have to call Att to set the account up the rest of the way. I can't tell you how many people came into my store due to this.
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You work for AT&T? That is funny on so many levels.
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You work for AT&T? That is funny on so many levels.
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Lol, that is hilarious and awesome at the same time. Talk about best android sales rep!
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Update: Just took phone out of pocket and loaded cnn.com. Tooks ~20 seconds before page even started loading (beyond initial bit of browser loading bar). Both up/down HSPA+ became active at various points in the time frame.
This seems to be a common occurrence. I remember talking to an AT&T rep from Georgia or something because my dad called her to get our account in order. She called my phone, as was like "Oh you're talking on your GSII? -- it must already be activated then." She made no indication that it still needed to be activated.
Sorry damn keyboard. I ment bad data connection.
I used to run a small retailer but still do freelance support for a few of the Att stores around town. You would be amazed how many store managers have no idea about the products they sell lmao
Call Att and get tech support and have them refreash your connection to the data servers. That should fix you right up.
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Sorry damn keyboard. I ment bad data connection.
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Sorry damn keyboard. I ment bad data connection.
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Bad satanist is much better
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Hello All-
I have Att i777 sim unlocked, and it is now on Tmobile svc.
Im not too sure about the APN settings I should put in there to make
sure I can send/ rcv MMS/Text/ Get the best possible data, etc...
Does anyone have any tips for me?
Thank you!
Alex
well i dont know the apn settings but the only data you can get from tmobile is their edge network
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well i dont know the apn settings but the only data you can get from tmobile is their edge network
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You're only going to get their 2G data network cause the chipset in our phone doesn't support their 42MBPS HSPA network.
Okay, thanks!
No big deal for me. I have 10mbps at home and T1 at office. Dont really need a fast phone.
Stupid att and their bull**** shnianigans. I told them they better fix their act up. Bull**** customer service reps that all say "I can only do so much" yadda yadda yadda... Guess what, I finally got my free phone from ATT (i777 out of contract) and canceled service immediately after and went to tmobile. I dont really give a rats ass about speed either. Reception is way better in my area which is all I need. I have a company cell phone for travel. Im still paying less for my phone and my wifes brand new phone with unlimited everything when compared to ATT and their piss poor service for the one line.
I plan to convert the whole company eventually as well. Which is going to be even funnier because one rep told me "Good luck trying that"... (I work for SONY)
See, the issue is, people get big and rich and think they are so bad ass and they think no one can touch them... This is what happened at my work. Now I have a better position, and I am still sticking to my roots. Let this be a lesson to everyone. Im just a stupid ass no body that gets business done
root that phone!
OP, you sound like the kind of guy who would get a sense of satisfaction each time a bloat-app gets deleted. I know I do...
mgd76 said:
OP, you sound like the kind of guy who would get a sense of satisfaction each time a bloat-app gets deleted. I know I do...
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Pshhhhh that **** was rooted & sim unlocked before the fedex driver left my driveway. I was planning this since nov last year just waiting to get back from japan. Now AOKP on T-Mobile...and I'm getting att spam mail ever since lol
Hey friend, I have a magicsim adapter and have both AT&T and T-Mobile. I've had no problems with the following for working data and voice (not tried mms).
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1976
Also, fair warning, if you're roaming in AT&T's network (which is practically everywhere I go since T-mo sucks), you won't have a data connection of any sort. You can tell which network you're actually on if you go into "About phone -> Status"
Why even bother using T-Mobile if I don't mind asking. Ever since At&t backed out on buying T-Mobile, I don't see the point of even using them as a carrier, yes I know at&t sold them bandwidth for roaming on their network so your service will get better. But why T-Mobile?
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tmos website will give u all apns
coverage is worse. at least in my area
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Why even bother using T-Mobile if I don't mind asking. Ever since At&t backed out on buying T-Mobile, I don't see the point of even using them as a carrier, yes I know at&t sold them bandwidth for roaming on their network so your service will get better. But why T-Mobile?
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Well, I went from paying about 150ish a month for 2 lines to 100 a month for 2 lines. I dont need extraordinary service just to say "Good morning Sweetie" to my wife and text message grocery lists and ****
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Well, I went from paying about 150ish a month for 2 lines to 100 a month for 2 lines. I dont need extraordinary service just to say "Good morning Sweetie" to my wife and text message grocery lists and ****
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Boeing employee discount with At&t: 4 lines, all with data plans, 189 a month
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The default Tmobile APN settings work pretty well for me. I used to get free data through some older APN settings but they took that off now
And why not use Tmobile? Their plans are cheaper, often better, and I get great service.
ok so i flashed cyanogen mod on my phone, everything running cool, even ran galaxy unlock pro (paid 5 bucks) to unlock my phone. it unlocked alls is technically peachy, except with my t-mobile sim card it keeps saying emergyency calls only. i have 3 different apn's to choose from(all tmobile) but each time i select one and return to the home screen nothing changes.
I unlocked with cellphoneunlock.net and got Tmobile, I get 3g its great.
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wanna unlock ? do this
i777UCKH7-CL503881-No-BL file google it 276mb zipped
single file unzipped with mfc logo 512mb
turn phone off
install kies to pc reboot pc
plug usb to pc then with phone off hold vol up and down at same time while plugging in usb ..download mode comes on screen
press vol up
now right click the mfc logo 512mb unzipped file
run as admin
app comes up on screen if no yellow connected icon appears in one of the blanks just unplug usb replug back in
see yellow connect icon ?
make sure phone battery 40-70% charged
now hit run sit back and wait
you will uploaded to a no bootloader rom with cwm recovery and root already done
when reboots your good to go rooted if bootloop enter recovery wipe cache and system ..do not do the wipes if your on custom kernals n junk I hear errors and emmc brick idk if it applies to 2.3.4 but do at own risk if you come from a custom kernel u will have to make sure it all is not custom I guess
now find the helroz galaxy s unlock apk google its on xda somewhere
verify you have root and go to market and download busybox let it load then install I advise after install to reboo phone
now with busy box a rooted phone and 2.3.4 you can download the helroz galaxy s unlock app should have purple menus
its not in store anymore eu have to find the apk online transfer to phone and uncheck the install from other sources in settings
now run it click back up efs
then click unlock
be patient and do not have a sim in while doing this
this will hang maybe for 30sec or so even if it says unresponsive it the wait for app opton itwill eventually do its work and be done or auto reboot your phone after words go back to app and click the done 3rd button
reboot again and verify your unlocked
just did it myself but I acc did a odin root app before I member this 1st file is perooted so now I don't have yellow triangle but it says 1 custom binary I try with cwm to go to aokp and use triangle away but didn't work so fear of issue I just left it alone no more triangle now after reverting back to stock 2.3.4 unrooted but whatever don't care to go jerking it around
Aztlanow said:
I unlocked with cellphoneunlock.net and got Tmobile, I get 3g its great.
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where did you get your phone from? I have an at&t phone that just went out of contract, got the unlock code from them and popped in a tmo sim. I can only get edge connection like everyone is stating in this thread. Is there a separate modem file that you flashed? Is it possible to flash a different modem file to access tmo's 3g and up networks?
I think this deserves a thread on its own and this shouldn't be closed because there are a lot of different ways this can go and a lot of different ideas behind using this effectively.
I was unhappy about the amount of money Verizon charged per month so I decided to end my contract and use my Note 2 on T-Mobile. Unfortunately, "T-Mobile" Note 2's are rather hard to come by so I stuck with the Verizon one and decided to unlock it. My question is:
For people using the Verizon Note 2 on other 'contract free' plans in the US:
1) Which rom works for you?
2) Did you modify settings to get data to work properly?
3) Which plan did you choose and how do you like it?
I'll start:
1) I'm using Tweaked. Out of the box, it works with T-Mobile SIM card and receives data as well. In San Diego I get HSPA+ most of the time, even indoors, so the rom works pretty well with different carriers. I did use the Verizon Tweaked rom as well.
2) It wasn't necessary. With the stock rom I wasn't able to consistently get data. I wasn't even able to get Edge to work properly. With Tweaked, I didn't have to modify the MMS settings so I can even send picture messages without issue.
3) I'm using the T-Mobile $30 plan with Wal-Mart. I get 100 minutes a month, 5GB of 4G data and unlimited text messages. Contrary to popular belief, text messages do not eat up my minutes. I send more than 50 text messages per day and I still have about 20 minutes left before my recharge and I'm about 3 weeks into this month.
Essenar said:
I think this deserves a thread on its own and this shouldn't be closed because there are a lot of different ways this can go and a lot of different ideas behind using this effectively.
I was unhappy about the amount of money Verizon charged per month so I decided to end my contract and use my Note 2 on T-Mobile. Unfortunately, "T-Mobile" Note 2's are rather hard to come by so I stuck with the Verizon one and decided to unlock it. My question is:
For people using the Verizon Note 2 on other 'contract free' plans in the US:
1) Which rom works for you?
2) Did you modify settings to get data to work properly?
3) Which plan did you choose and how do you like it?
I'll start:
1) I'm using Tweaked. Out of the box, it works with T-Mobile SIM card and receives data as well. In San Diego I get HSPA+ most of the time, even indoors, so the rom works pretty well with different carriers. I did use the Verizon Tweaked rom as well.
2) It wasn't necessary. With the stock rom I wasn't able to consistently get data. I wasn't even able to get Edge to work properly. With Tweaked, I didn't have to modify the MMS settings so I can even send picture messages without issue.
3) I'm using the T-Mobile $30 plan with Wal-Mart. I get 100 minutes a month, 5GB of 4G data and unlimited text messages. Contrary to popular belief, text messages do not eat up my minutes. I send more than 50 text messages per day and I still have about 20 minutes left before my recharge and I'm about 3 weeks into this month.
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i just bought a verizon note 2 today for my at&t plan... i put my sim in and i had voice and text instantly. changed the APN and had hspa+ data.. didnt even need to root it to change the apn like i had read on another site. never knew these phones were unlocked out the box from verizon. is LTE possible im wandering with at&T? maybe with a new radio?? even so im fine with 4g, LTE would just be a plus.
Some tmobile users have had problems... I hope somebody can help those users out.
Hi Everyone,
I've been getting the shaft from Verizon with the Galaxy note 2 and paying the 200+ month bill as well. Anyone out there switch over to Page Plus, I've read that they piggy back off of Verizon's network. Any experience ? Thanks
Im curious about this as well, looking to move to tmobile with my note 2 until something else comes along.
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I'll be hopping over to AIO in a few weeks, I'll tell y'all how it goes.
Took my rooted verizon note 2 running alliance rom into a tmobile store today. I borrowed a sim card and booted up. It showed signal, but wouldnt recognize it. I switched to global mode in mobile networks and ran apn global fix and it showed h+, h, and 3g. Data was functional as was wifi. Should it show 4g or LTE as well?
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Tmobile 4g is h+ they are rolling out lte oz certain areas but without proper radios the Verizon note 2 will not get their lte and I don't suggest flashing another carriers radios. So hspa+ would be the best you could get.
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dysfunkshun said:
Im curious about this as well, looking to move to tmobile with my note 2 until something else comes along.
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It works pretty well, WHEN it works. Some roms are stubborn about sticking to Verizon and don't allow the switch. I was using Tweaked and it worked well. Tried out LiquidSmooth and couldn't get cell signal at all. Even with global mode.
Now I'm gonna try out Alliance because I want something more current.
flg8r90 said:
Hi Everyone,
I've been getting the shaft from Verizon with the Galaxy note 2 and paying the 200+ month bill as well. Anyone out there switch over to Page Plus, I've read that they piggy back off of Verizon's network. Any experience ? Thanks
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I have my verizon note 2 flashed to pageplus have great service... everywhere that verizon has service my phone has service.. I only have 3g though . No 4g lte available for page+ yet... call sms mms and data all work.. im running jellybean latest rom
I used my Note 2 in Europe over the last week without many issues. Data was fine and worked well when I used it. Used SFR in France, Vodaphone in Spain, and T-Mobile in the UK. When switching between carriers, first connection to the network took a little bit, but beat out the new wife's SGS4 when connecting to the networks. When I got back to the US, my phone decided to refresh SIM data, but haven't had any issues other than that.
I'm in the process of trying to find an AOSP or 4.3 CM based rom that can use T-Mobile. All I've had luck with so far are TW based roms. As soon as I switch to a CM based rom, I'm not able to make or receive calls and apn settings can't seem to get data to stick.
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I used my Note 2 in Europe over the last week without many issues. Data was fine and worked well when I used it. Used SFR in France, Vodaphone in Spain, and T-Mobile in the UK. When switching between carriers, first connection to the network took a little bit, but beat out the new wife's SGS4 when connecting to the networks. When I got back to the US, my phone decided to refresh SIM data, but haven't had any issues other than that.
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Anything special needed to run on T-Mobile? Or just drop the SIM in and change network mode?
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Using mine with net10 work great fast data speeds
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Just wanted to update some experience:
AllianceROM :
1/5
Just not a very pleasurable experience. Data worked and calls worked fine but I experienced a lot of bugs just in relation to the rom itself. Re-flashes didn't help. Whenever I opened a picture in Gallery it tried to use this Accuweather overlay on the picture, would always crash gallery. GPS wouldn't work properly either. It was always stuck and GPS fix never seemed to do any good.
Pac-Man:
3/5
I want this rom to work really badly. Out of all the roms I've tried, it's the cleanest, fastest and picked up T-Mobile data just fine. Unfortunately it will not send SMS. I tried changing to global mode, GSM mode. 4G worked, 3G worked, data worked and even PHONE CALLS worked. But for some reason even after flashing again, rebooting, reinserting my SIM card, I could never get SMS messages to work. It has the correct MMS info but that's not the issue. It just will not send SMS.
At this point in time, the most consistent and best rom I used was Tweaked but I wanted to try out AOSP after the Nexus 5 came out and I missed the plain Android. I also get annoyed of the Galaxy excessive amount of 'hint' pop ups during initial flashing.
Just switched to net10 and it's not too bad. Data is a Lil slower but not much. Just popped in the sim and added apn info. Running beans 22.
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Anyone have any experience switching to AT&T running on CM? Looking to go prepay due to Verizon not have LTE for those plans.
Straight Talk just shut off the data on my VZN Note 2
I've been using my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on Straight Talk for several months without any problem. I did the Bring Your Own Phone thing just as they advertised. I never had any problem until 2 days ago when they shut off my data. When I called them, they said my phone and ALL Verizon phones were not compatible with S.T.
I asked why I was able to use it just fine and then all of a sudden they nixed my data. Not the voice or text. Just the data. They only repeated the same prewritten jargon about Verizon phones not being compatible with Straight Talk.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I've been using my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on Straight Talk for several months without any problem. I did the Bring Your Own Phone thing just as they advertised. I never had any problem until 2 days ago when they shut off my data. When I called them, they said my phone and ALL Verizon phones were not compatible with S.T.
I asked why I was able to use it just fine and then all of a sudden they nixed my data. Not the voice or text. Just the data. They only repeated the same prewritten jargon about Verizon phones not being compatible with Straight Talk.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Man, that sucks... I wonder how they found out you are using the Version phone. Just curious which ROM are you using?
I may switch to T-Mobile after my contract ended too.
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Just switched to net10 and it's not too bad. Data is a Lil slower but not much. Just popped in the sim and added apn info. Running beans 22.
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Do you also get the + before the number? Example : +123 456 6789.
I get it like that and when I try to redial that same number with the +
I get an error.
Can you also tell me your apn info please?
i have a verizon galaxy note 2 unlocked.. rooted and with twrp by using "no you verizon". i went to the t-mobile store and got it activated by purchasing a mini sim card... AWESOME it works.... but when i look at the status bar all i get is edge..ugh. but when watching other videos on youtube who has done the same thing i have, i either see 3g or 4g on theres WTF am i doing wrong or is it that i cant get either where i live (westminster,md 21157) funny thing is that we have 3g around here. can someone help me out with that?
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i have a verizon galaxy note 2 unlocked.. rooted and with twrp by using "no you verizon". i went to the t-mobile store and got it activated by purchasing a mini sim card... AWESOME it works.... but when i look at the status bar all i get is edge..ugh. but when watching other videos on youtube who has done the same thing i have, i either see 3g or 4g on theres WTF am i doing wrong or is it that i cant get either where i live (westminster,md 21157) funny thing is that we have 3g around here. can someone help me out with that?
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You need to make sure the APN settings are correct. Make sure GSM/UMTS is selected in Mobile Networks. See if that works.
Update... its been solved by switching to straight talk but thanks
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
Deejaydark said:
Update... its been solved by switching to straight talk but thanks
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
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Can you tell me your network indicator? Do you have LTE? The app advanced signal status can tell you. Also, any speed tests?
H+ - download 11.11 - upload 1.45 - ping 2.17
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
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H+ - download 11.11 - upload 1.45 - ping 2.17
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
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It would be interesting to see what your throttling is like later in the billing cycle. I think that different locations have different throttling.
is it possible to have a phone flashed badly or wrong? My Samsung Galaxy S4 was originally a U.S Cellular device, but was flashed to Verizon Prepaid. I basically have NO 3G. If and when the icon pops up, the minute I try to search or do anything it disappears.
My phone calls are fine, but my data is averaging 1X to nothing at all. Sometimes I cant even get a picture message out. I is driving me nuts, Especially when your paying for a service you cant use.
Was it possible that it was flashed wrong or bad? or is this something else. I have been trying to get it taken care o by Cricket King (ebay) but I think they think its on my end.
Any help or advice would be appreciated. Should I have it re flashed
Hmmm....I'm not a developer, but I do troubleshoot. Are you using Verizon SIM card? I believe once it's active and inserted you should have full functionality.
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I'm no Dev either, but did you set up the APN settings right? I would assume since it was flashed to a different network you would need to set it back up to work on the Verizon network. As for what those settings are I'm not sure. I've always been on Verizon and haven't had to mess with that stuff
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is it possible to have a phone flashed badly or wrong? My Samsung Galaxy S4 was originally a U.S Cellular device, but was flashed to Verizon Prepaid. I basically have NO 3G. If and when the icon pops up, the minute I try to search or do anything it disappears.
My phone calls are fine, but my data is averaging 1X to nothing at all. Sometimes I cant even get a picture message out. I is driving me nuts, Especially when your paying for a service you cant use.
Was it possible that it was flashed wrong or bad? or is this something else. I have been trying to get it taken care o by Cricket King (ebay) but I think they think its on my end.
Any help or advice would be appreciated. Should I have it re flashed
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Usually it ends up just being the APN's or the sim card. Since these phones are already unlocked it doesn't take much to get them going on another network
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No 3G
Mistertac said:
Usually it ends up just being the APN's or the sim card. Since these phones are already unlocked it doesn't take much to get them going on another network
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Well the guy who flashed it said he would probably have to change the PRL? Does this sound right?
NOTE** I am not using a SIM card (I don't believe ) Does this sound right? It was originally set up for U.S Cellular, bit was flashed to Verizon prepaid
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Well the guy who flashed it said he would probably have to change the PRL? Does this sound right?
NOTE** I am not using a SIM card (I don't believe ) Does this sound right? It was originally set up for U.S Cellular, bit was flashed to Verizon prepaid
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Well I don't know about the PRL much myself. I know my sprint s4 needed the prl updated from time to time but that's sprint.
And your sure your not using a sim? I'll be honest I'm not really sure about switching carriers and all that. Just from what I've read on here I've seen many people do it fairly easy.
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imowt said:
Well the guy who flashed it said he would probably have to change the PRL? Does this sound right?
NOTE** I am not using a SIM card (I don't believe ) Does this sound right? It was originally set up for U.S Cellular, bit was flashed to Verizon prepaid
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You must be using a SIM card because both U.S Cellular and Verizon need a SIM card. But to update the PRL type in your phone *228 and it should come up with a message saying it has been updated. Even though 4GLTE devices automatically update. Also, I would go into Settings, Connections, More networks, Mobile networks, Access Point Names, and make sure there is a green dot next to Verizon.