Heyo everyone! I need help ASAP. I just upgraded to the S7 and I want to give my S4 to my wife. The tricky bit is, she's on Virgin Mobile. I've heard from multiple sources that the VZW S4 is SIM unlocked and therefore, will work with a VM SIM card.
I was told to add a new APN and I follow all the instructions to the letter, so naturally, nothing is working and it's extremely aggravating. I just want this to work. My wife's current phone is an uber-crappy LG Tribute which barely lasted a few months before it went crazy.
As always, any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
bump...anyone? Am I the only one experiencing this?
virgin mobile is cdma, and I believe the Galaxy s4 is GSM unlocked only
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So after having this g2x for 2 years now I decided to Root it, all was well, it could access wifi and basically run like a phone without being connected to a plan (I recently upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S3). Well after rooting it and whatnot my girlfriend broke her ipod touch so I offered to give it to her and to put it on Net10 because my job now sells it. But when I put the SIM card in that's when things kind of went down hill, the phone, whenever I would place a call would start clicking and when I answered it with my phone the clicking continued on my end as well. I called Net10 Customer service and they didn't really help, so I put it back to stock everything except for the recovery menu. Still it doesn't work, the dude said that the t-mobile towers were having problems and that, that was the problem. I don't know if I trust that because my phone plan is with T-Mobile and I was talking with him just fine. So enough about my issues and on to the questions. Are there any Net10 friendly ROMs available and if so what are they? Is it the g2x that's being stupid or is it the network? Also my data stops working after I put in the Net10 APN. Any help would be greatly appreciated. To answer a question that I know some of you might have, yes I'm a rooting/ROM noob but I did it on my Galaxy S3 and it works like a charm. Thank you for your time.
gingerbread will be better
Ok so I'm a noob at this got this UsCellular galaxy note 2 sch-950 because I was told by a friend that I would be able to get a sim card from Straight Talk and use what ever phone I wanted just as long as it takes a sim card well I got the phone and I have been looking around at forums to see what kind sim I needed and I keep hearing it cant be done then on the other hand I hear it can be done. So this is what im trying to figure out I know my Galaxy note 2 sch-950 is locked and not rooted what do I have to do to make it work for straight talk, cricket, or boost mobile preferably because boost dont throttledown their data that I know of. Somebody help us out and let us know whats up bc I have been digging for awhile not and havent real answer and sorry in advance if I posted in the wrong area I could find a USCELLULAR forum and this looked like an ok place to post. Also thanks for any and all help
I called tracfone to activate a Verizon galaxy s4 I got from a friend who switched att and iphone 5. When tech support tried to activate it they said the phone was locked and I needed to have Verizon unlock the phone.
I cannot get a hold of my friend as he's on a business trip for a week. Is there a way to unlock this myself? or can I only have Verizon do this. And if I can do this myself, will I have quirky setup and need workarounds for use?
My galaxy has a verizon sim card and a 32gb data card. My phone model number is i545 if iirc.
Thanks for any advice.
-=Mark=
rmjohnson144 said:
I called tracfone to activate a Verizon galaxy s4 I got from a friend who switched att and iphone 5. When tech support tried to activate it they said the phone was locked and I needed to have Verizon unlock the phone.
I cannot get a hold of my friend as he's on a business trip for a week. Is there a way to unlock this myself? or can I only have Verizon do this. And if I can do this myself, will I have quirky setup and need workarounds for use?
My galaxy has a verizon sim card and a 32gb data card. My phone model number is i545 if iirc.
Thanks for any advice.
-=Mark=
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To help you get started with replies quicker I'll say that it is mostly dependant on which firmware you have and also if you have root.
those two factors will allow you to know if you can use any of the unlocking apps by chainVire if they are still around. someone will point it out to you I hope. On the go, can't show you myself. Best of everything in your efforts but read around. I'm sure someone has done it before. Welcome to XDA. I seen that was your 1st Post. Awesome!
That app is for unlocking the sim card. My track phone doesn't need a sim card.
Can I maybe just remove the sim card and have it work? Or do I need the sim card for the s4 to work at all?
Idk why they told you it is locked, all Verizon phones legally have to be carrier unlocked because of their deal with the FCC.
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Okay, I also remember they asking for an MEID off my S4 and this one only has an IMEI number.
Will this make it not compatible? I don't want to pay to unlock this thing if it won't work with Tracfone afterwards.
After 10 years with Verizon, I had enough (long story)... Switched over to T-Mobile recently with my Verizon Galaxy S5 Phone, however I have a few questions.
When I was on VZW I was able to root with towlroot, installed xPosed, and removed the Verizon bloatware. I then inserted the SIM from T-Mobile and made adjustments to the APN. It all seems to be working fine. I understand I will not get the full bandwidth, and I am OK because it was not worth $600 to purchase a new phone (Actually 3 new phones).
My questions are:
1) Should/Can I install SafeStrap and use one of the T-Mobile ROM, Kernals, etc... to be a "true" T-Mobile mobile phone?
2) Are there any T-Mobile specific APK's I should have?
3) I assume I can not get the wireless calling which T-Mobile uses?
4) Any other tips and trick from people that did the same thing?
So far happy with T-Mobile. Thanks in advance for the help.
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Thank questions answered. I will search around.
This is a little bit of a nube question but I've never switched form Verizon before. I recently switched to T-Mobile and the SIM works perfectly with my phone after I modified the APN. Is there any way that I could get the software updates from T-Mobile? And also if there would be a ROM that would be for a T-Mobile S4 that would work with SS on Verizon. Thank you guys for you help. Much appreciated in advance.