Good day folks,
I have purchased a 900p from a friend in USA for a good deal, the problem is that the phone has a bad ESN and was for sprint, I was wondering if i take this phone to Vietnam will it with with any regular sim card? I'm not expecting any thing fancy like 4g or LTE in VN but I just want to know if this phone will work in VN, I've read from multiple sources that the 900p is internationally unlocked but is locked for domestic US sims, can any one verify if that is true? also aware I might not be able to do a SPRINT SIM unlock because of the BAD ESN. Any one have any suggestions?
rooted_novice said:
Good day folks,
I have purchased a 900p from a friend in USA for a good deal, the problem is that the phone has a bad ESN and was for sprint, I was wondering if i take this phone to Vietnam will it with with any regular sim card? I'm not expecting any thing fancy like 4g or LTE in VN but I just want to know if this phone will work in VN, I've read from multiple sources that the 900p is internationally unlocked but is locked for domestic US sims, can any one verify if that is true? also aware I might not be able to do a SPRINT SIM unlock because of the BAD ESN. Any one have any suggestions?
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It won't work in VN unless you ask sprint to unlock the international sim lock.But they won't help you because yours is a bad ESN one.
Just waiting for heros to work out how to unlock without sprint's help.
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I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
xyzdan said:
I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
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Don't bother talking to sprint. Look at this thread and delete the specified apps that force activation through Sprint: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265816&highlight=bypass+sprint+activation
You will want to put in your local SIM card once activation is bypassed.
photon gsm now unlocked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
For use in Asia
Photon works out of the box on GSM no need to program or unlock it.
As far as skipping activation is concerned there is a thread in this forum by Farookh.
Enjoy Photon
xyzdan said:
I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
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you dont to do anyting.
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xyzdan said:
I got my photon 4g from a online 3rd party dealer. It is advertized as "unlocked". When turn on the phone , it will eventually enter into a "hand free activation" screen for Sprint . I want to use the phone in Asia and in Canada with GSM / 3G carriers. I am not a sprint customer and have no desire to sign contract with Sprint in North america. What should I do ?
On the packaging , it said that if I want to use it internationally , I need to call Sprint first . Also it said KEEP the included SIM card inside the phone to use a GSM network.
Should I call Sprint about international travel and possibly get a unlock code (for GSM usage) ?
Should I take the included SIM card and put in my other SIM cards oversea ?
Should I root the phone ?
Should I "unloack"/bypass the boot loader ?
If I need help from Sprint to unlock the phone , do you think they are willing to help me if I am not their customer and I don't live in the states ?
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the sim card is already unlock. i used this phone in indonesia, malaysia and singapore no prob. just select gsm networks only to avoid the sprint activation thing. its a great phone. nowadays sprint has their sim cards built into the phone.
cessch said:
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the sim card is already unlock. i used this phone in indonesia, malaysia and singapore no prob. just select gsm networks only to avoid the sprint activation thing. its a great phone. nowadays sprint has their sim cards built into the phone.
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Hi guys!
do yuo konw if the same thing for Photon Q with carrier CSpire ?
many thanks!
I saw a great deal on ebay of Galaxy S III phone with bad esn. Just wanted to know is it possible to buy a verizon locked bad esn phone and then unlock using code from internet and then use in it GSM networks of India?
Just curious to know can bad esn locked phones be unlocked in 1st case?
sup guys,
I was thinking about getting a DNA and I found one with a bad esn. I've been reading around that the DNA comes factory unlocked for GSM carriers, so I was thinking if a DNA with a bad esn would work right out if i pop in an at&t sim card or an international sim card?
Kenchinito said:
sup guys,
I was thinking about getting a DNA and I found one with a bad esn. I've been reading around that the DNA comes factory unlocked for GSM carriers, so I was thinking if a DNA with a bad esn would work right out if i pop in an at&t sim card or an international sim card?
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yes its comes GSM Unlocked so if your getting a phone with a bad ESN , i think it wont work in US , but will definitely work with International carriers !
Not sure tho may be someone from here might shed more info on it !
Kenchinito said:
sup guys,
I was thinking about getting a DNA and I found one with a bad esn. I've been reading around that the DNA comes factory unlocked for GSM carriers, so I was thinking if a DNA with a bad esn would work right out if i pop in an at&t sim card or an international sim card?
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A bad esn is a cdma thing, gms carriers don't ban, very rarely should i say. so yes pop in a sim and your good to go.
OK so after one 2 many beers I purchased a sm-n900p off EBay on sprint. I am based in UK and we use GSM. Only just realised the handset is CDMA. Am I now stuck with a useless phone or is there anyway I can flash it or do anything for my O2 sim card to work on it?
smilar problem
Spendy said:
OK so after one 2 many beers I purchased a sm-n900p off EBay on sprint. I am based in UK and we use GSM. Only just realised the handset is CDMA. Am I now stuck with a useless phone or is there anyway I can flash it or do anything for my O2 sim card to work on it?
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both Same model Sm-N900P... can it be use in GSM asia?
There is currently no way to unlock the phone for international SIM without being a Sprint customer and having the phone activated on an account.
more info needed
miguelfp1 said:
There is currently no way to unlock the phone for international SIM without being a Sprint customer and having the phone activated on an account.
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can you explain more regarding having sprint customer?
from a lot of forum threads i'm getting Bias information:
so, It is possible to use GSM international but nobody can do that unless Sprint authorize person do something to the phone or account?
so Unlocked version doesn't exit? or what Unlocked mean on SM-N900P?
datamin said:
can you explain more regarding having sprint customer?
from a lot of forum threads i'm getting Bias information:
so, It is possible to use GSM international but nobody can do that unless Sprint authorize person do something to the phone or account?
so Unlocked version doesn't exit? or what Unlocked mean on SM-N900P?
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the phone can only be unlocked for International SIM cards by Sprint, and for this to be able to be done, the phone has to be activated on a Sprint account. this is the ONLY unlock method currently available for this particular Note 3 model (Sprint variant, SM-N900P)
Are those places (sites) that you pay to unlock your phone legit? Is it possible to unlock the Verizon version of the G6 so I can use it on T-Mobile or does the Verizon G6 not have the proper bands support?
Gasaraki- said:
Are those places (sites) that you pay to unlock your phone legit? Is it possible to unlock the Verizon version of the G6 so I can use it on T-Mobile or does the Verizon G6 not have the proper bands support?
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Verizon doesn't lock their LTE phones. You should be able to drop a SIM card in it and have it work.
I don't know about all the LTE bands though.
I'm on Verizon. Seems everyone I had would work on most carriers out of the box. I had S7 Edge (Verizon) worked on a few different prepaid Sims. I also added a new phone for me and put a dif sim in my old LG Stylus and sent to my son in Boise. And put old sim in my LG G6 and it worked (cause I needed old number in new phone and new SIM went in older phone.
Hopefully that made since haha.
Just remember that the phone/SIM must be in good standing or you will have problems sometimes when activating on major companies. Unless its prepaid SIM you can pop a new one in that's already activated.
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I'm on Verizon. Seems everyone I had would work on most carriers out of the box. I had S7 Edge (Verizon) worked on a few different prepaid Sims. I also added a new phone for me and put a dif sim in my old LG Stylus and sent to my son in Boise. And put old sim in my LG G6 and it worked (cause I needed old number in new phone and new SIM went in older phone.
Hopefully that made since haha.
Just remember that the phone/SIM must be in good standing or you will have problems sometimes when activating on major companies. Unless its prepaid SIM you can pop a new one in that's already activated.
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I'll have a chance to buy new Verizon LG G6 for cheap, but I'm on AT&T network. Just want to confirm before pull the trigger, do I need a Verizon SIM to activate the phone first then swap with AT&T SIM, or just put in the AT&T SIM would be fine? Thanks in advance!
Put the att sim in, during setup connect to WiFi. After setup input apn settings. Restart the phone. The phone may occasionally inform you that the inserted sim is not a VZW sim. I think that will go away after you disable all the VZW apps.
I have tried different sims but does not recognize the sim. Only recognizes verizon sim. I'm not a verizon customer and where I am at we don't have verzion.
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Update: Working now. Sim card readers were bent.
sinkoo1979 said:
I have tried different sims but does not recognize the sim. Only recognizes verizon sim. I'm not a verizon customer and where I am at we don't have verzion.
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Update: Working now. Sim card readers were bent.
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Thinking of switching from a tmo baby carrier to one on ATT. What are the highest speed bands you able to get ... LTE, HSPA...?
jayinc11 said:
Thinking of switching from a tmo baby carrier to one on ATT. What are the highest speed bands you able to get ... LTE, HSPA...?
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I'm sorry but where I live don't have Tmobile or Atnt. I was getting 4g LTE with my carrier.