I'm wondering how (if possible) to flash a Verizon phone to be able to work with TracFone. The phone I currently have is a Samsung Droid Charge that has been rooted, but my question is directed more towards any Verizon smartphone. Thanks!
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Fixed the problem but putting CM10.1 on the device and changing the cdma subscription to SIM
I bought a Verizon S4 from swappa that had been rooted and unlocked and used on the AT&T network. With a factory reset I couldn't get my sim to work in the phone and so I used Odin to completely restock my device to stock everything. I took it to Verizon and after a couple of hours of trying to figure this thing out they confirmed that it was not attempting to connect to Verizon but AT&T.
Anyone have any idea how I can make it try Verizon instead? I was thinking I'd be rooting it again but I'm pretty lost.
I have a new galaxy s4 4g and after i got into a pissing match with Verizon i cancelled my service. i would like to take this phone over to a prepaid carrier. I know with Verizon they are strict about letting you use "their" phone anywhere else. Question is, ist there a way to completely wipe out Verizon's version of android and put a generic unlocked version so i can use the phone
Hello xda,
I'm looking at purchasing a S3 from eBay and I found a seller that is selling a factory unlocked S3. I'm not sure what that really means for me if I want to use the phone on PagePlus. I have a LG Lucid that has 4G capability so I had to reprogram it to use PagePlus on 3G. I never got MMS or data to work on it but that's another story.
Anyway, what does Factory unlocked really mean in terms of flashing? I like that idea of putting any SIM in the phone and using them without a lock is great and useful.
Is it less work to get the phone to use the Verizon/PagePlus network when it's already unlocked?
Also if getting a factory unlocked S3 is the best way to go for my situation, any help getting the phone flashed would be really appreciated.
Thanks
logitechnoob said:
Hello xda,
I'm looking at purchasing a S3 from eBay and I found a seller that is selling a factory unlocked S3. I'm not sure what that really means for me if I want to use the phone on PagePlus. I have a LG Lucid that has 4G capability so I had to reprogram it to use PagePlus on 3G. I never got MMS or data to work on it but that's another story.
Anyway, what does Factory unlocked really mean in terms of flashing? I like that idea of putting any SIM in the phone and using them without a lock is great and useful.
Is it less work to get the phone to use the Verizon/PagePlus network when it's already unlocked?
Also if getting a factory unlocked S3 is the best way to go for my situation, any help getting the phone flashed would be really appreciated.
Thanks
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You probably don't have to much more than what you did before on your Lucid, but idk
Page Plus is a Verizon MVNO, and a CDMA carrier. The i9300 will not work, as it is a GSM only phone. If you want a SGSIII on Page Plus, you need to look for the i535 variant. That is the CDMA release of the SGS III.
I recently did something similar to this...I brought my Verizon Galaxy S4 over to T-Mobile...works perfectly, Wi-Fi Calling and all.
SO, now I'm REALLY hoping I can take my rooted T-Mobile LG G3 (with unlocked bootloader!) over to Verizon!! Does anyone know if this would be possible? I'd definitely prefer to go with Verizon's PREPAID service on it though if I even can. Anybody have any thoughts on whether or not this should work?
Thanks
calebcabob said:
I recently did something similar to this...I brought my Verizon Galaxy S4 over to T-Mobile...works perfectly, Wi-Fi Calling and all.
SO, now I'm REALLY hoping I can take my rooted T-Mobile LG G3 (with unlocked bootloader!) over to Verizon!! Does anyone know if this would be possible? I'd definitely prefer to go with Verizon's PREPAID service on it though if I even can. Anybody have any thoughts on whether or not this should work?
Thanks
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Not a chance. Not only is it physically impossible as the T-Mobile version does not have the necessary CDMA technology inside to use VZW's service for talk, text, and 3G, but also because VZW doesn't accept phones from other networks on theirs.
Hi,
I have an history of verizon cellphones in my hands (atrix hd, lg g2, lg g3, droid turbo) and every one of them had tethering locked to verizon plans.
The curious thing is that I never tried tethering with XT1528 (since there's no root), but today I was wondering through the config menu and went to the tethering menu, activated and worked! Is this one unlocked or Im the lucky one?
Im willing to have my device for testing if somehow I was lucky, but if tethering is just unlocked, well forget about this jejejeje.
Bye!
It's not locked. I've been using it on T-Mobile since I bought it. ATT phones usually have tether locked.