I recently soft bricked my phone. I cannot get the software running to fix this issue, therefor I am giving up. I have a couple of questions.
1) Could I put my 2 year contract sim card into an unlocked phone and run it?(just reassuring, as I don't want to buy something and not be able to use it)
2) If so, do adapters for micro sim to sim exist, or can I buy a micro sim phone?
**NOTE** I apologize if anything in this question is confusing, or downright obvious, as I am kind of disgruntled for various reasons.
nefireous said:
I recently soft bricked my phone. I cannot get the software running to fix this issue, therefor I am giving up. I have a couple of questions.
1) Could I put my 2 year contract sim card into an unlocked phone and run it?(just reassuring, as I don't want to buy something and not be able to use it)
2) If so, do adapters for micro sim to sim exist, or can I buy a micro sim phone?
**NOTE** I apologize if anything in this question is confusing, or downright obvious, as I am kind of disgruntled for various reasons.
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1) Yes.
2) I don't know, but if you ask to your operator they will change your Micro SIM to a SIM..
Have you tried to find help with restoring the software on your soft bricked phone? As long as the stock firmware is available, and just soft bricked, it should be resolvable. But as far as using your card in another phone - depends on your carrier. If it is a GSM carrier, then there should not be an issue using it in an unlocked phone. It would behoove you to make sure that the unlocked phone has compatible hardware to take advantage of your carrier's network. Not all phones support 3g/4g/LTE on all networks, whether they are unlocked or not. They do also make adapters and SIM card cutters to adapt the SIM to various phones, however, it is recommended to just get the correct SIM from your carrier to avoid issues. Some phones are finicky if the SIM is not cut or adapted exactly right.
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My sister bought this phone off crag list and it look brand new, it even have the original cover plastic. But when we put in the tmobile sim card, it doesn't see it. Do we have to do a reset or something , anybody have any advice ? Cause I'm pretty new to wp.
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I had this happen to me too. Call T-Mobile and tell them you need to activate an HTC Radar. What they do is associate the phones IMEI number to your sim card. I don't know why they have to do this with this phone and not other phones, but you do. Also, your sim may not work if it's an older sim. They make ask you for the model number for your sim card and replace it for you.
so i'm trying a fix a galaxy note att branded i717 note. my friend bought it craiglslist. here's what happens.
phone simply will not accept ANY att sim card. either "active" sim or fresh unactivated sim. same goes for tmobile sim cards. in both cases it will show "no sim/emergency calls only".
fine. i was under the impression that it should ask for some unlock code after inserting tmobile sim card, but it doesnt do that. clearly other MVNO sims didn't work either. note - both att and tmbole sims are 89014xxxxx
interestingly i had a foreign sim card (NON 89014xxxx....). => this works! instead of "no sim/emergency calls only", i simply get no service but no errors either!
WHAT is wrong with this phone? blacklisted? hardware fault? flash a different rom? any ideas?
Possible Sim card port damage...
A common problem with this device ....however, without knowing the history of the device, it becomes very difficult to diagnose...
But I'm leaning toward the Sim slot being damaged, as we have several threads on the subject ...g
From craigslist? Why?
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From craigslist? Why?
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well there's your problem, i hope you didn't spend too much on it.
I think he paid around 310. But the phone was in like new condition. If the SIM slot us damaged then why it would only reject tmob,att ones? It should reject every sim.
thx for ur responses. Appreciate it
chagla said:
I think he paid around 310. But the phone was in like new condition. If the SIM slot us damaged then why it would only reject tmob,att ones? It should reject every sim.
thx for ur responses. Appreciate it
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I think I can help. Try resetting your phone, reinstalling the rom, or there is a bad thing going on with your phone. Are you sure itbis from AT&T? If the SIM card slots do not work, gently use a cloth to clean them. Is it a micro SIM card or did you cut a regular one down yourself? thank me if anything I mention fixes the problem.
hi, thanks everybody for posting. some strange things happening.
I tested two Tmobile MVNO (ultra and ptel) sim cards, both work! I didn't try simple mobile yet.
i found ONE tmobile and ONE at&t sim card that gets read properly. then i tried few other att/tmobile sim cards and they are rejected. !!!??!!!
I think i need to go the debug mode and change some settings there? *#197328640#
clearly sim slot is not broken. imei is not blocked.
Hi, I have a few questions:
1) How do you check the authenticity of the S5? What I mean is to make sure I have not acquired one of those cheap rip off's that look like a gs5, feel like one, but in reality that is NOT one...cloned gs5 with inferior quality in other words?
2) How can I check to see if the phone is blacklisted WITHOUT a sim card?
3) How do I check to see if its region locked or carrier locked?
I've browsed through 10 PAGES looking for info that I have not came across yet, which is why Im posting it here.
Edit: I also need to know how to check if the bootloader is locked as well.
1. You really never know. You would need to see it in person.
2. Plug the IMEI into swappa.com to see the status.
3. You can't unless you have it in person and test another SIM card.
4. The bootloader is unlocked for all G900T phones. No way to lock it.
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I have the G900T in person...any idea's for what I need to look for?
Having an unlocked bootloader is what every one prefer to have, correct? I forgot why its important to have an unlocked bootloader...haven't touched this subject since the Evo lite came out (one with keyboard)
Will any sim card from any network work? Or would it need to be another sim card from T-Mo? Actually I need to brush up my understandings on sim cards as well, I've never owned a phone that required a sim card. Looks like I already have my work cut out for me, a whole lot of damn reading to do
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I have the G900T in person...any idea's for what I need to look for?
Having an unlocked bootloader is what every one prefer to have, correct? I forgot why its important to have an unlocked bootloader...haven't touched this subject since the Evo lite came out (one with keyboard)
Will any sim card from any network work? Or would it need to be another sim card from T-Mo? Actually I need to brush up my understandings on sim cards as well, I've never owned a phone that required a sim card. Looks like I already have my work cut out for me, a whole lot of damn reading to do
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If you have it, just download the app "CPU z" and post a screenshot here. I'll be able to tell if it's real or not.
Any sim card from ANOTHER carrier will work. A tmobile sim card is useless because it's meant to work with it.
Go here: http://swappa.com/esn to check if it's blacklisted or financed. You can get the IMEI from the Settings>About menu.
I will be visiting England in 2 weeks and I'm planning to try using my Verizon Galaxy S4 in England with an EE SIM card.
I did some research and it seems the phone is carrier unlocked.
I have a couple concerns:
Will the new SIM reset my phone?
Will I have to turn off the phone for the new SIM? I am on NC5 because when I got the phone and updated, I got the random reset problem (and I use google maps to drive an ambulance). I'd like to update the phone since I've read they fixed that issue but I've read that you can't root above NC5. Last time I turned the phone off, it auto updated when I turned it on.
This is the first time I've tried doing the SIM swap, when I went to Japan I just rented a smart phone.
Thank you for any help.
As an example based on my experience...
When i switched my Rooted Galaxy S4 from Verizon to NET10, all that was performed was to change the MicroSIM to the NET10 and the phone grabs all the service information from the MicroSIM.
From what i understand, as long as you have a SIM card that is compatible with the carrier of the phone (like Verizon), and the carrier is compatible with your model (IE... NET10 is new to Verizon phones and only accepts Verizon LTE phones), your all set.
The new SIM you have will not hurt your phone, only change the carrier information within the phone as well as update the PRL based on that carrier.
It never affected my phone's Root but, as i always say, there are no guarantees when it comes to any of the phones.
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As an example based on my experience...
When i switched my Rooted Galaxy S4 from Verizon to NET10, all that was performed was to change the MicroSIM to the NET10 and the phone grabs all the service information from the MicroSIM.
From what i understand, as long as you have a SIM card that is compatible with the carrier of the phone (like Verizon), and the carrier is compatible with your model (IE... NET10 is new to Verizon phones and only accepts Verizon LTE phones), your all set.
The new SIM you have will not hurt your phone, only change the carrier information within the phone as well as update the PRL based on that carrier.
It never affected my phone's Root but, as i always say, there are no guarantees when it comes to any of the phones.
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Are you able to hot swap or do you have to turn the phone off? That's what got me last time, I turned the phone off, then when i turned it back on, it auto-updated and broke the root.
I was concerned the new SIM might force a factory reset.
I can't say 100% that your root will not be affected but, i had performed SIM card changes on 2 phones (Galaxy S3 & S4) and i never had my Root nor my Bootloader affected. I don't believe anyone can say 100% for certain. As i always say (and i am sure any other intelligent individual who ventures down these road's will also state), When you either unlock a Bootloader and/or Root a phone, do it AT YOUR OWN RISK! For example... If you had 2 exact Galaxy S4's with the same carrier running the same Firmware, Rooted, etc... and have the exact SIM card's for them both to change over, one may loose root and the other may not (or anything can happen in any different order)... Altering a phone's Bootloader and/or the Root is not exact (Over the phone, I have had Samsung's Techies boggled over issues)... If it were me, i personally would try performing the SIM change, as a test, before leaving to see how the phone would take to it. The SIM could possible be a bad one, good one, rooting may or may not be affected, etc... I really wish you luck!
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I can't say 100% that your root will not be affected but, i had performed SIM card changes on 2 phones (Galaxy S3 & S4) and i never had my Root nor my Bootloader affected. I don't believe anyone can say 100% for certain. As i always say (and i am sure any other intelligent individual who ventures down these road's will also state), When you either unlock a Bootloader and/or Root a phone, do it AT YOUR OWN RISK! For example... If you had 2 exact Galaxy S4's with the same carrier running the same Firmware, Rooted, etc... and have the exact SIM card's for them both to change over, one may loose root and the other may not (or anything can happen in any different order)... Altering a phone's Bootloader and/or the Root is not exact (Over the phone, I have had Samsung's Techies boggled over issues)... If it were me, i personally would try performing the SIM change, as a test, before leaving to see how the phone would take to it. The SIM could possible be a bad one, good one, rooting may or may not be affected, etc... I really wish you luck!
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Thanks. I actually did buy a sim on ebay so I could test beforehand.
I have a Moto E LTE 2nd Gen XT1526 with ResurrectionRemix Mv5.6.5 Marshmello 6.0.1_/22-MHC19J
I need a ROM that supports AT&T SIM cards.
I have an AT&T SIM card but when inserted into the phone it is not recognized.
How do I go about finding and flashing a ROM that will recognize and utilize my AT&T SIM card giving me service?
In other words, can this phone be used as an AT&T phone?
Thank you
I'm not an expert but I think that had nothing to do with a rom you would have to flash the radio or base bands to make it work with at&t.
Okay, how would you do that?
I know how to "flash" for the most part, but I'm not the builder of this phone.
I did try a few other things that gave me a few more questions though.
I recently got the phone to replace mine that had broken. I requested a SIM card from AT&T because the replacement phone (the MotoE) takes a larger SIM card. When placed in the phone, and after restarting the phone, I got "No Service" and in the "Settings/About Phone/Status/SIM Status" no phone number or other information.
I did try a completely different SIM card that I found just laying around and placed it into the phone. Although I got no current service, the phone did recognize the SIM card and it did give me a phone number (even though it was inactive.)
Now I have no idea what carrier the second SIM card is on, but "IT" obviously worked just by inserting the card.
Here's the thing that's got me confused. This ROM looks as though it can do "ANYTHING" I might want it to do to a phone. I'm almost certain that it probably has the ability to use any carrier I want it to, it "IS" rooted for Apps and ADB, and does seem to give pretty good control over the phone's systems, but I just can't seem to figure this whole problem out,
Again, if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.