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I was curious because I heard that the Droid Incredible 4G has a GSM radio in it so I did an experiment. I used a T-mobile micro SIM. I used the 4GLTE switch app for the Thunderbolt to access the hidden menu and I changed the radio mode to one that included GSM/W-CDMA. I popped in my T-mobile SIM and, presto, I got a T-mobile signal. I tested and I was able to make and receive calls and text messages. I had to manually set the APN for data to epc.tmobile.com and now I have EDGE data. I am sure an AT&T Sim will get HSPA+. The GSM appears unlocked now but hard to access. I am afraid, however, that once Verizon releases the update to make GSM roaming available, that it will be locked. Anyway, for now, you can pop in a GSM SIM and use your phone native.
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I was curious because I heard that the Droid Incredible 4G has a GSM radio in it so I did an experiment. I used a T-mobile micro SIM. I used the 4GLTE switch app for the Thunderbolt to access the hidden menu and I changed the radio mode to one that included GSM/W-CDMA. I popped in my T-mobile SIM and, presto, I got a T-mobile signal. I tested and I was able to make and receive calls and text messages. I had to manually set the APN for data to epc.tmobile.com and now I have EDGE data. I am sure an AT&T Sim will get HSPA+. The GSM appears unlocked now but hard to access. I am afraid, however, that once Verizon releases the update to make GSM roaming available, that it will be locked. Anyway, for now, you can pop in a GSM SIM and use your phone native.
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if its like verizon other global settings (inc2) you can request the unlock code from them (they ll give you crap about using their intl plans first, but just yell until someone does it)
Brooose said:
I was curious because I heard that the Droid Incredible 4G has a GSM radio in it so I did an experiment. I used a T-mobile micro SIM. I used the 4GLTE switch app for the Thunderbolt to access the hidden menu and I changed the radio mode to one that included GSM/W-CDMA. I popped in my T-mobile SIM and, presto, I got a T-mobile signal. I tested and I was able to make and receive calls and text messages. I had to manually set the APN for data to epc.tmobile.com and now I have EDGE data. I am sure an AT&T Sim will get HSPA+. The GSM appears unlocked now but hard to access. I am afraid, however, that once Verizon releases the update to make GSM roaming available, that it will be locked. Anyway, for now, you can pop in a GSM SIM and use your phone native.
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Very nice info there Broose. Thanks for taking the time to try it.
Brooose said:
I was curious because I heard that the Droid Incredible 4G has a GSM radio in it so I did an experiment. I used a T-mobile micro SIM. I used the 4GLTE switch app for the Thunderbolt to access the hidden menu and I changed the radio mode to one that included GSM/W-CDMA. I popped in my T-mobile SIM and, presto, I got a T-mobile signal. I tested and I was able to make and receive calls and text messages. I had to manually set the APN for data to epc.tmobile.com and now I have EDGE data. I am sure an AT&T Sim will get HSPA+. The GSM appears unlocked now but hard to access. I am afraid, however, that once Verizon releases the update to make GSM roaming available, that it will be locked. Anyway, for now, you can pop in a GSM SIM and use your phone native.
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Works on AT&T with EDGE data as well. I haven't gotten HSPA (any variant) or AT&T LTE working, and I can't play with it too much because it's not my SIM
ATT LTE won't work because the frequencies are different from Verizon but I am surprised that HSPA didn't work. Did you use a setting that included W-CDMA? GSM only would likely mean Edge only.
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Can you link the app you used that worked?
No problems switching back?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.andirc.lteonfoff
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Im afraid I cant get this to work. Does it require a rooted phone?
I have the app, I have a T Mobile micro sim installed. I click on the drop down menu (within the app) and choose the first menu item "Select radio band" and pick PCS (1900-MHz Band) and I get a "successful" prompt afterwards (only when the Tmo sim is installed btw).
I am unable to choose "GSM Only & GSM auto (PRL)" menu choices. Is this normal? I am able to choose GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto though. I dont get any sim error messages, but the phone never seems to want to camp on any GSM network.
You are looking in the wrong place. You need the drop down menu that includes GSM, W-CDMA, EVDO, LTE in various combinations. Select one with GSM in it. Also, I found that you need to have your Verizon SIM in first and then hot swap it with the t-mobile sim.
On the Rezound if you make a couple build.prop tweaks it fixes texting and data on GSM.
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You are looking in the wrong place. You need the drop down menu that includes GSM, W-CDMA, EVDO, LTE in various combinations. Select one with GSM in it. Also, I found that you need to have your Verizon SIM in first and then hot swap it with the t-mobile sim.
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No, I was in the right place to begin with, I just thought it would be able to pick just gsm but it wont.
And you left out that piece of informationin bold, but still not working...
Can you give us your firmware & radio version, perhaps some phones have been updated to block this.
Anyone have any luck with this?
OP, is your phone stock? Rooted?
What if it has a bad ESN will this work or a way to make gsm work even with a bad ESN I'm asking because if Verizon does not have droid 3 s I will get this phone then go with at&t but will like to know if I can change the radio so I can so this
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One additional thing I found was that I got it to work by hot swapping the Sims. It seems like the Verizon sim has to be in when the phone boots. Once it boots, use Phone Info to change the mode to GSM and then switch your sim.
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One additional thing I found was that I got it to work by hot swapping the Sims. It seems like the Verizon sim has to be in when the phone boots. Once it boots, use Phone Info to change the mode to GSM and then switch your sim.
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So your saying this works on a bad ESN one?
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leerpsp said:
What if it has a bad ESN will this work or a way to make gsm work even with a bad ESN I'm asking because if Verizon does not have droid 3 s I will get this phone then go with at&t but will like to know if I can change the radio so I can so this
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I would think it should work. The ESN is used for the CDMA networks, the IMEI is used for GSM. Stick with GSM and you should be ok...
Dinc 4G now Global Ready
I was just chatting with a VZ rep online and was told that Verizon has already released a software update, thus making Dinc 4G officially global ready. Can anyone confirm/deny?
I asked her for a software version number which enables this, but she wasn't able to provide it.
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I was just chatting with a VZ rep online and was told that Verizon has already released a software update, thus making Dinc 4G officially global ready. Can anyone confirm/deny?
I asked her for a software version number which enables this, but she wasn't able to provide it.
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Deny. No update has come out so far. You would be able to read about here if it had come out.
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I would think it should work. The ESN is used for the CDMA networks, the IMEI is used for GSM. Stick with GSM and you should be ok...
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Thanks I think I will go buy one cheep forum ebay
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I just got an AT&T prepaid sim card today but the phone receive no signal.
I am from China,and my China Mobile GSM card can work(fixed GSM ROM,default_network=1(gsm only)) on my rezound in a roaming mode.
The rom i use is [v1.2] Rezound Maister Sense4 [GSM] [AROMA](default_network=3).And the sample pic in the thread seems that ATT can work on the rom!
please help me out ! I am a new freshmen here and the sim card just make me so frustrated!:crying::crying::crying::crying:
Make sure the AT&T simcard is activated and put properly in the phone. Then make sure your network is set to GSM Only not WCDMA etc just GSM and that your in an AT&T coverage area.
I'm using T-Mobile prepaid on the rezound and it works just fine.
"Congratulations! Your phone has been successfully activated. Thank you for choosing GoPhone from AT&T."
I activated it online and it turns succeeded.But it still doesnt work!****!
I test on the rom I was using in China(the network is GSM only),but failed.
Then I flashed some gsm roms from here, still failed,but works on my China SIM card.
What THE ****!!! Verizon is unbearably expensive!!!
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Make sure the AT&T simcard is activated and put properly in the phone. Then make sure your network is set to GSM Only not WCDMA etc just GSM and that your in an AT&T coverage area.
I'm using T-Mobile prepaid on the rezound and it works just fine.
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cwyl02 said:
"Congratulations! Your phone has been successfully activated. Thank you for choosing GoPhone from AT&T."
I activated it online and it turns succeeded.But it still doesnt work!****!
I test on the rom I was using in China(the network is GSM only),but failed.
Then I flashed some gsm roms from here, still failed,but works on my China SIM card.
What THE ****!!! Verizon is unbearably expensive!!!
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Just checking...if you are new to rezound make sure the back cover is on.
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you are experienced as you can tell.
but i am sure i have the back cover on.
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Just checking...if you are new to rezound make sure the back cover is on.
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Do you have to unlock the Sim card that comes with the i605 to flash it to Boost?
Thank you,
John
pede69 said:
Do you have to unlock the Sim card that comes with the i605 to flash it to Boost?
Thank you,
John
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The Note comes Sim unlocked from the factory.
As for flashing it to boost, i honestly have no idea, however usually you can just use any ROM and add in the correct APN information.
I forgot to mention, I have a Verizon phone.
Do their Sims come unlocked as well?
Oh... I did. Verizon is a pain is why I asked.
pede69 said:
I forgot to mention, I have a Verizon phone.
Do their Sims come unlocked as well?
Oh... I did. Verizon is a pain is why I asked.
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I have the same phone I-605 VZW Note 2.
They most defiantly come Sim unlocked.
I switched to AT&T service and all I had to do was put in my AT&T Sim and check that all the APN information was right, works perfectly.
Only down side is I do not get AT&T LTE as the I-605 does not support that band, however i do get 3G, H, and H+ service.
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Do you have to unlock the Sim card that comes with the i605 to flash it to Boost?
Thank you,
John
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You shouldnt have to . I have mine flashed to pageplus... Only thing is your gonna have a notification saying " NO SIM" which is annoying for the first few days... but you can edit the build prop to remove that....
But question: why go with boost.. Why dont you try pageplus or selectel etc... other Verizon prepaid's? better reception and data speed..
Milimbar said:
I have the same phone I-605 VZW Note 2.
They most defiantly come Sim unlocked.
I switched to AT&T service and all I had to do was put in my AT&T Sim and check that all the APN information was right, works perfectly.
Only down side is I do not get AT&T LTE as the I-605 does not support that band, however i do get 3G, H, and H+ service.
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Hey what speeds do you get on ATT 3g, H , and H+
also since you have the ATT sim card which uses GSM network you can talk and surf at the same time correct?
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Hey what speeds do you get on ATT 3g, H , and H+
also since you have the ATT sim card which uses GSM network you can talk and surf at the same time correct?
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3G is like 1.5MB/s
H is about 3MB/s
H+ is 4-5MB/s
I am 99% of the time on H+ and its never below 4MB/s. It could get much higher but where i use the phone I only have 2 bars of service.
As for surfing and talking... I honestly have no idea. i have never really needed to try.
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The Note comes Sim unlocked from the factory.
As for flashing it to boost, i honestly have no idea, however usually you can just use any ROM and add in the correct APN information.
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Milimbar said:
3G is like 1.5MB/s
H is about 3MB/s
H+ is 4-5MB/s
I am 99% of the time on H+ and its never below 4MB/s. It could get much higher but where i use the phone I only have 2 bars of service.
As for surfing and talking... I honestly have no idea. i have never really needed to try.
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Well this whole ordeal I'm going through has left me exhausted and stressed out after a week and a half of trying
to figure it out. I have an i605 that was flashed to Boost and inadvertently got RTN'ed back to Verizon.
NO ONE on here has been able to help me get it back to Boost.
Even had a few people on here that programs phones all the time TeamView in with me and could not figure it out.
Works on Verizon when Sim is in and shows no Sim when it's out. And no service. Have been able to get most
Boost data flashed to phone but MDN and MSID won't stick. And also some NAM data.
I'm just lost at what to do now. AND... actually it is my wife's new phone and she is not a happy camper.
Thanks,
John
pede69 said:
Well this whole ordeal I'm going through has left me exhausted and stressed out after a week and a half of trying
to figure it out. I have an i605 that was flashed to Boost and inadvertently got RTN'ed back to Verizon.
NO ONE on here has been able to help me get it back to Boost.
Even had a few people on here that programs phones all the time TeamView in with me and could not figure it out.
Works on Verizon when Sim is in and shows no Sim when it's out. And no service. Have been able to get most
Boost data flashed to phone but MDN and MSID won't stick. And also some NAM data.
I'm just lost at what to do now. AND... actually it is my wife's new phone and she is not a happy camper.
Thanks,
John
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Oh yeah...
Boost because they are the least expensive carrier that has a truly non-throttling
unlimited plan. My wife and I are on the shrinkage plan and are at 40$ each and
I burn up bandwidth like there was a fire sale on it.
Like 20g per month. Never had any issues. Any of you guys have a carrier that
you can do that with for that money?
Thanks,
John
I noticed that if you type *#*#4636#*#* you get a testing screen under phone info you can select your radio type if i change it to CDMA will a verizon sim card work????????????
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I noticed that if you type *#*#4636#*#* you get a testing screen under phone info you can select your radio type if i change it to CDMA will a verizon sim card work????????????
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This is not a CDMA device. I have a Droid X (Verizon). Where is this sim card you speak of? not there.
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verizon does have sim cards and if you have an atrix go to hiding window there is a choice for cdma all am asking is if it works if any one has and unlocked gsm and a verizon card could they try it. before i buy a card
inside my house verizon is only service that works decent have to go outside to use att phone. turned atrix into wifi phone for that reason but has bad leg so if verizon will work after changing to cdma would consider it
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This is not a CDMA device. I have a Droid X (Verizon). Where is this sim card you speak of? not there.
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Answered my own question. IEMI filtering will kick the phone and im not going to hack verizons data base to add my iemi to there database.
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Answered my own question. IEMI filtering will kick the phone and im not going to hack verizons data base to add my iemi to there database.
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i may not have said it, but yes, that was the one piece of info i did not put into my answer that i was aware of.
Atrix 4G is not a CDMA phone, only GSM.
Also, if you select CDMA the app will crash.
Feche said:
Atrix 4G is not a CDMA phone, only GSM.
Also, if you select CDMA the app will crash.
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did alittle research and atrix 4g radio is capable of CDMA but all CDMA networks do IMEI filtering there is also a block on turning CDMA on it says sim doesnt allow it so i was wondering if a verizon sim would allow it but doesnt matter if the network boots the phone off anyway so either way its a no go unless someone wants to hack data base on magor networks which isnt worth it and im sure verizon wouldn't be very happy with you as a customer if you did that.
To my knowkedge Verizon uses SIM cards for LTE only, it has nothing to do with normal voice/text operation of the phone.
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To my knowkedge Verizon uses SIM cards for LTE only, it has nothing to do with normal voice/text operation of the phone.
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exactly, and this is a 3G/hdsupa or whatever the acronym is phone, not a 4G/LTE device.
Hi, I am wishing to switch from sprint to boost. I cannot afford a new phone, so I need advice on how to reprogram this one (XT1526). Thanks!
Did you try connecting using the boost sim card? I had no trouble by just entering the code *#*#4636#*#* and switching to GSM/LTE auto PRL.
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Did you try connecting using the boost sim card? I had no trouble by just entering the code *#*#4636#*#* and switching to GSM/LTE auto PRL.
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Were you on sprint before? And does calls text and data all work?
I never used Sprint. I also don't have a data plan but I'm sure it works.
DPyro said:
I never used Sprint. I also don't have a data plan but I'm sure it works.
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Ok i will try it. Thanks for your time!
DPyro said:
Did you try connecting using the boost sim card? I had no trouble by just entering the code *#*#4636#*#* and switching to GSM/LTE auto PRL.
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DPyro said:
I never used Sprint. I also don't have a data plan but I'm sure it works.
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Er, you do realize that Boost is a Sprint prepaid provider, right? Boost rides on the Sprint network, which is CDMA/LTE. Switching the phone to GSM/LTE will disable CDMA, which is needed for calls/text.
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hydroman202 said:
Hi, I am wishing to switch from sprint to boost. I cannot afford a new phone, so I need advice on how to reprogram this one (XT1526). Thanks!
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Boost BYOSP list: http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2016/02/sprint-changes-prepaid-byosp-again-some.html
It's a couple of months old, but I don't see any Moto devices listed on there, so chances are you won't be able to bring it to Boost.
I meant CDMA/GSM/LTE Auto PRL. Calls and text work fine.
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I meant CDMA/GSM/LTE Auto PRL. Calls and text work fine.
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But that wouldn't make a difference in this case. Sprint and Boost are the same network, so changing LTE/CDMA -> LTE/GSM/CDMA wouldn't help.
In that case he shouldn't need to do anything. Phone is not locked and should be able to use any SIM. I'm using a GSM SIM in Canada and voice/text works fine.
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In that case he shouldn't need to do anything. Phone is not locked and should be able to use any SIM. I'm using a GSM SIM in Canada and voice/text works fine.
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Sprint phones are Domestic SIM Locked, which means they can't be used on other US carriers. While some Sprint devices can be brought over to prepaid services like Boost (see the list I linked earlier), there aren't any Moto devices listed at all, so the Moto E LTE wouldn't be transferable. Sprint holds tight control over what devices can be used on their network and even their sub-brands.
hydroman202 said:
Hi, I am wishing to switch from sprint to boost. I cannot afford a new phone, so I need advice on how to reprogram this one (XT1526). Thanks!
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Can you use ringplus instead of boost? Ringplus is working on my sprint branded device with the original included SIM...
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Can you use ringplus instead of boost? Ringplus is working on my sprint branded device with the original included SIM...
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I ran a check on my device using the ringplus byod check tool. It said it could be activated, but was still in use. I have no idea how to reprovision it though.
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I ran a check on my device using the ringplus byod check tool. It said it could be activated, but was still in use. I have no idea how to reprovision it though.
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Is the device still active on the sprint account? If so, you probably have to terminate the account first. If not, might need to contact sprint to get them to release it? Just guessing here, haven't been on sprint since the PCS days, and never activated the sprint xt1526 on any network prior to R+.
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Is the device still active on the sprint account? If so, you probably have to terminate the account first.
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I believe you have to actually use the device on Sprint Prepaid for 12 months before they will release the phone for use on a Sprint MVNO like Boost. You used to be able to pay unlockers on ebay to get your phone unlocked earlier than that, but the prices have skyrocketed for that service due to changes Sprint made in the FED, not worth it now.
OP should just sell the phone and buy the Boost Moto E for $30 at Best Buy.