I had a Nokia 1520 that uses nano SIM, the phone got damaged on a fall . As like large phones and could not buy the same phone at the store as I am still under contract. I decided to buy an Ultra in great conditions almost on a bargain.
Now I am hearing that the Ultra does not work well with SIM adapters and I may have to go change SIM's etc
Is this true any help
Yes, the Ultra uses MicroSIM and not Nano. Call your carrier and get them to send you a new SIM. It's usually free (depending on country) or you can go to a carrier store and they'll make a new SIM for you for free (it takes 2 minutes), and again.. this depends on country.
Solution: Get a new SIM from your carrier.
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Corporate stores should give you one, authorized retailers can set their own policy. Either way there should not be a charge to activate it, if you need to you can call customer care with the numbers off Sim and have it activated.
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Sprint won't activate my sim because I have a spending limit and have not been a customer for 90 days. Is it possible to use the gsm internationally with another activated sim card or some other way to get my phone working in Mexico and Venezuela. Thanks
Just buy a sim when you get where you are going locally. Many airports sell them in vending machines. As long as you are outside of the US, your GSM will work.
Kcarpenter said:
Just buy a sim when you get where you are going locally. Many airports sell them in vending machines. As long as you are outside of the US, your GSM will work.
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Heathrow, Stockholm, Helsinki, Sydney, New Zeland, Sinapour, India, South Africa, all have VodoPhone machines.
St. Petersburg, Russia and South Korea I could not find one but to be honest, I did not want to be in either of those cold a** places. Decommissioned some servers and was on the first think smoking outta both of them!!!
BTW: I had AT&T HTC Fuze with the above, did not try Photom in Stockholm or Heathrow because I was lazy!
strunzo123 said:
Sprint won't activate my sim because I have a spending limit and have not been a customer for 90 days. Is it possible to use the gsm internationally with another activated sim card or some other way to get my phone working in Mexico and Venezuela. Thanks
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Might want to get apn global while you're at it too. Helps configure the phone settings for whatever region you're in based on the company the sim you purchase belongs to.
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I bought a Sprint Touch Pro 2 and immediately went to India.
I did activate global roaming - which I used for $10 over 6 months (one 2 minute call from CDG).
Otherwise bought an India SIM card and called the US and UK for about 10 cents/minute.
I would think the Photon would be the same, but can't attest from personal experience.
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Might want to get apn global while you're at it too. Helps configure the phone settings for whatever region you're in based on the company the sim you purchase belongs to.
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had a global, although job paid, cost was mad
Sent from Photon 4G code name "Neo" using XDA Premium! stupid AND everyone I know will not answer blocked or numbers they don't know. get SIM, turn on data only to update clock when you arrive, to make calls, or if planning business dinner. althoith you have local SIM, moms call from Ohio........I don't need to blow $5.00 to here about church on sindaay!
Do I have to unlock the phone?
No need. It's unlocked for International SIM cards. It will not work on US SIM cards though, because again, the GSM drivers were compiled to ignore US towers...
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Do I have to unlock the phone?
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Great, thanks for the info.
No problem!
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Great, thanks for the info.
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Hi, so I currently have T-Mobile Monthly 4G with a regular sim card.
I am planning on buying the GS3 outright. Has anyone done this yet? How did you go about obtaining a micro sim-card?
I just called M4G c/service and they said to go into a t mobile store and purchase one. Problem is, when I got this 4g Plan in the first place, tmobile had no idea what it was, and the only way they could sell a sim card was to activate a phone. So I had to order it from tmobile.com...problem there is, there is no way to order a micro sim, only reg. sim.
I would hate to use a cutter. With my luck it'll split in half, or I have the bigger contact sim.
Any input would be great. Thanks!
My store cut my payg sim down so I could use it. The cutter had a paper stapler style to it. It looked painless to be honest.
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1. You can cut your current normal SIMCard
2. I believe you can get one free of charge from your telephone company (I received mine for free, O2 Germany)
So I unlocked a bad ESN T-Mobile Htc one phone using a unlock code and an at&t sim. I also flashed the phone and replaced the tmobile stock with the att stock. Is it possible to get this phone to work now? Or is there no chance?
Also I first unlocked the phone then I replaced the roms.
If anyone has any clue if this could would would be a life changer! Thanks in advance.
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So I unlocked a bad ESN T-Mobile Htc one phone using a unlock code and an at&t sim. I also flashed the phone and replaced the tmobile stock with the att stock. Is it possible to get this phone to work now? Or is there no chance?
Also I first unlocked the phone then I replaced the roms.
If anyone has any clue if this could would would be a life changer! Thanks in advance.
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Perhaps you should stop stealing phones. Half kidding. T-Mobile and AT&T now share the EIR lists so in theory it should not work on either.
So is there anyway to get this working on any carrier at all?
And umm, I purchased this phone on craigslist. the guy lied to me so now I'm stuck with a bad esn phone....
Nope, all the carriers share a blacklist of stolen phones. If it gets blocked on one it gets blocked on them all withing 24 hours.
Sell it on ebay. International customers will pick it up
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Sell it on ebay. International customers will pick it up
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How much do you think they will go on ebay? I am really not trying to be at too much of a loss so I hope I can get atleast 400$. the item is in mint condition.
You can get closer to 500+. Just make sure you list it as bad imei and sign up for the global shipping program ebay offers. They will take care of international shipping. Be careful when it comes to shipping to india and russia. They take a while to deliver and may get lost
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try straighttalk their tmo compatible sim comes with its own imei number
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try straighttalk their tmo compatible sim comes with its own imei number
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Um SIM cards don't have imei numbers I thought...
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try straighttalk their tmo compatible sim comes with its own imei number
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have you tested this theory out? Let me know if anyone knows if straight talk can work with a bad esn phone?
In my opinion there is a HUGE loop hole, i have an AT&T HTC One I just bought today just found it has a bad ESN via swapper, but little secret, it still works perfectly fine using a previously activated sim, so your best bet, get another handset on the carrier you wish to use (GSM only) activate that handset, pop the sim card into the bad esn phone, and eureka, service and no MM#6
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In my opinion there is a HUGE loop hole, i have an AT&T HTC One I just bought today just found it has a bad ESN via swapper, but little secret, it still works perfectly fine using a previously activated sim, so your best bet, get another handset on the carrier you wish to use (GSM only) activate that handset, pop the sim card into the bad esn phone, and eureka, service and no MM#6
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I don't understand how your phone still works on AT&T if it had a bad ESN. A bad ESN means the phone WON'T work on that network. So if an AT&T phone had a bad ESN, no matter what SIM card you put in it, it won't work.
But if you have it working, I wouldn't be complaining. I remember back when Tmo didn't have a no-throttle plan, I reached my 5GB, but I was still getting fast download speeds. I got the text message in all. This happened for about 3 months. Then it stopped. =.[
I'm not going to get into the details I read in this thread about carriers sharing their ESN's. That is new to me. I'll have to go read about that on my own time.
I am curious when this will actually be enforced.
I have been using a One with a bad ESN on ST AT&T LTE for several months with no issues. I know they are supposed to share the blacklist...but will they really enforce it when it could bring them extra business. I have even used a LycaMobile (TMobile reseller) sim in the phone and it works as well.
Bad thing about CL and T-Mobile is you buy a phone, it's clean, works a week or 2 and then gets blacklisted when they dont pay the bill. AT&T & Verizon dont blacklist for non payment, although they may start for people who get the phones on payment plans.
Hello XDA,
I am thinking of getting a xperia Z Ultra from a friend in the UK. I was wondering if there is any known way to unlock the SIM CARD since I'd get it shipped here ( Portugal ).
Any info is very appreciated!
Thanks,
Marco
I don't understand what you mean by unlocking the simple card. Sim cards aren't locked in the UK, but phones and 3g tablets are sometimes network locked. The phone may need to be unlocked to use on your network, depending on where your UK based friend buys it from. If they buy it from a network store, eg 3, Vodafone, etc it will probably be locked to that network. If they buy it from Carphone Warehouse or from an online third party company it will almost certainly be unlocked ready to use on any network. Please note that the ultra uses a micro sim, so if your current phone takes a mini simple (standard sized sim) you will have to get it cut, or ask your network to exchange it for you.
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I don't understand what you mean by unlocking the simple card. Sim cards aren't locked in the UK, but phones and 3g tablets are sometimes network locked. The phone may need to be unlocked to use on your network, depending on where your UK based friend buys it from. If they buy it from a network store, eg 3, Vodafone, etc it will probably be locked to that network. If they buy it from Carphone Warehouse or from an online third party company it will almost certainly be unlocked ready to use on any network. Please note that the ultra uses a micro sim, so if your current phone takes a mini simple (standard sized sim) you will have to get it cut, or ask your network to exchange it for you.
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Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough. I meant if there is a way to unlock the network on the phone ( meaning, that I can use any sim card from any operator on the market )
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Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough. I meant if there is a way to unlock the network on the phone ( meaning, that I can use any sim card from any operator on the market )
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My apologies, I put simple card, instead of sim card. I am from the UK, and if the phone is purchased from a store here called Carphone Warehouse, it will be sim free, which means it is unlocked to any network when it is bought. It will not need to be unlocked, as it will have never been locked to a network in the first place. You should be able to simply put in your Portuguese sim card, and use the phone as soon as it arrives. If your friend buys it from a network store; for example they buy it at a 3 store, a Vodafone store, etc, it will be locked to the network on which it is purchased, and will need to be unlocked, for a fee. I have the same phone, which I purchased online, and it is sim-free. If I had purchased it from Carphone Warehouse, it would also have been sim free.
Sim free means it was never locked to a network from the date of manufacture.
Unlocked means it was network locked originally, and could only be used on the network it was locked to at that time. At some point it was unlocked, whether for free or for a charge, and now works on all networks.
Network locked means it was network locked originally, and is still network locked now. This means that it will only work on the network it is locked to, unless it is unlocked at a later date.
Almost all phones sold in Carphone Warehouse are sold as unlocked, except for those which are advertised as being on 3 network. These are network locked to 3, and can only be unlocked by 3, for a fee of around £15. (UK pounds, not Euros).
There are companies online that sell unlocked handsets, but if your friend is buying in store, they would be best going to Carphone Warehouse, as there will be no need for them, or you, to get the phone unlocked.
I hope this helps to clarify things for you.
Just got my TS developer edition after waiting forever for it.
Tried searching and couldn't find info.
Anyone able to use this with the free 200 mb plan from TMobile?
Requires you already have a line of service with T-Mo according to them.
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All tablet customers are entitled to the 200MB/month free data for life offer, as long as they have active Mobile Internet accounts. And if you’re a well-qualified voice customer on a qualifying postpaid Mobile Internet plan, you’re also eligible to get $0 down (EIP) on tablets even if you’re just on the free data ($0 MRC On Demand rate plan*, without purchasing additional data).
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The T-Mobile $30 5gig 100min plan is maybe a better deal. Get the prepaid one day they are offering them free. You won't get faster than H+ speed with the TrueSmart, but that's pretty good anyway.
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Lokifish Marz said:
Requires you already have a line of service with T-Mo according to them.
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No, its free for all. Signing up for the free plan qualifies you for that requirement
I'm betting that it won't work on omate. Tmobile uses imei white listing to determine which devices qualify. If you put the Sim in a tablet which is not part of the list, you won't get it either
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No, its free for all. Signing up for the free plan qualifies you for that requirement
I'm betting that it won't work on omate. Tmobile uses imei white listing to determine which devices qualify. If you put the Sim in a tablet which is not part of the list, you won't get it either
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Thanks. I'm asking because I'm curious if anyone else has had luck with actually being able to sign up and use it. I had heard about only specific devices being qualified, like nexus and ipad. wasn't sure if we were eligible.
Hoping someone sees this and can anser definitively.
I walked in to a Tmobile store a couple of days ago and got a sim for the free 200 meg add-on (I was already a customer). I just tried it, and do have web access on the TS. I didn't try anything too heavy or non-http, but I was able to load up xda in chrome on h+.
I am a pre-paid customer with T-Mobile. I wonder if I can get a sim like that for an emergency data sim ?
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No, its free for all. Signing up for the free plan qualifies you for that requirement
I'm betting that it won't work on omate. Tmobile uses imei white listing to determine which devices qualify. If you put the Sim in a tablet which is not part of the list, you won't get it either
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Didn't know that... I have a T-Mo SIM here that I intended to use in my TS. I'll try it out later once I'm done checking out the watch and ready to break my warranty coverage to insert the SIM.
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I am a pre-paid customer with T-Mobile. I wonder if I can get a sim like that for an emergency data sim ?
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you could just buy/get another sim card from t-mobile. $10 (or $0.99 or free), depending on what promotion t-mobile has.
believe they have an expiration date, but it should be far away so that you can keep the sim for emergency use
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Didn't know that... I have a T-Mo SIM here that I intended to use in my TS. I'll try it out later once I'm done checking out the watch and ready to break my warranty coverage to insert the SIM.
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http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-9700
tablets need to be on that list
I might try when I get home. have a couple of prepaid unused t-mobile SIMs, though I bought them under the "phone" label rather than the "internet data-only" label.... which sim do you have?
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http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-9700
tablets need to be on that list
I might try when I get home. have a couple of prepaid unused t-mobile SIMs, though I bought them under the "phone" label rather than the "internet data-only" label.... which sim do you have?
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Mine is a SIM Starter Kit for GSM phones (was like $10 shipped). Haven't used it anything yet, so I'll see if it works.
I can confirm that they use IMEI whitelisting, though there might be some social engineering you can do to get your Omate's IMEI listed.
I ordered an internet only microSIM and called to activate it. Operator asked for my IMEI in the process of registration (gave him my iPad1's). Once it was all done I popped the SIM into the watch and it connected to T mobile fine (H+) but wouldn't connect to the internet (kept getting redirected to mim.t-mobile.com).
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I can confirm that they use IMEI whitelisting, though there might be some social engineering you can do to get your Omate's IMEI listed.
I ordered an internet only microSIM and called to activate it. Operator asked for my IMEI in the process of registration (gave him my iPad1's). Once it was all done I popped the SIM into the watch and it connected to T mobile fine (H+) but wouldn't connect to the internet (kept getting redirected to mim.t-mobile.com).
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I didn't have this problem, I asked for a Sim at a store so I could use a Nexus 7. Said I was gifting to my girlfriend, they activated the Sim for me in the store and it works just fine.
Did you have to bring your tablet in?
IMEI cloning is illegal as he** in the U.S. There's at least 4 three letter agencies that look for this stuff.
It is also against xda rules to even discuss it.
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Lokifish Marz said:
IMEI cloning is illegal as he** in the U.S. There's at least 4 three letter agencies that look for this stuff.
It is also against xda rules to even discuss it.
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I can confirm that this is against the xda rules and illegal in basically every country that uses the IMEI numbers to blacklist stolen phones.
Thanks for voluntarily editing the thread :good::good::good:
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No I didn't.