Hi folks. I'm visiting from the CDMA Hero section. My friend has G1 he doesn't need and I want to buy it off him it it can be unlocked and used in Europe (Barcelona and Paris) with something like a prepaid SIM card. As I mentioned, I'm visiting from the CDMA forum-- I've never had a GSM phone and don't know a thing about unlocking.
I've searched the stickied threads and general forum but nothing stood out. This possible? Worth it? I'm no stranger to custom roms or Android.
Please advise. Thanks.
It's possible and very easy, somebody just needs to call T-mobile and request an unlock code. Usually they send it within a week. Please note that you will not get 3G in Europe (99% sure) as they use different frequencies. You will still get the edge network.
It's up to you to decide if it's worth it.
BTW, canadian Dream should do just fine in Europe with 3G (once more, 99% sure)
Good luck.
thanks. that was painless.
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i just want to know, i purchased a t mobile wing in usa and i want to use the phone in my country, indonesia, how can i use the phone. do i have to unlocked something?
it keep saying "network locked"
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man, have you realised you post in completelly unrelated forum? do a little search.
T-Mobile Wing is not HTC Wings = you have to go to different model forum.
Even though he's in the wrong place we could try to point him in the right direction...
If you bought a T-Mobile Wing then it is most likely locked to T-Mobiles network, I am sure you can go in there and get one of their employees to unlock it or look online for the requirements to unlock it. However since its fairly new the community might not have it cooked up to unlock it yourself, (dont know as I dont have the phone) But it could be a possibility.
Once its unlocked you should be able to just put in your sim and it will run just fine on it. I dont know what the full specs are on it for all the radios but you should at LEAST get full edge on it. Since we dont use the 2100 band for 3g here in the states fully yet it might not have that functionality. Since Tmobile is working on a network for that freq. it might work...
Good luck!
i tried searching and found two posts, one said it was possible someone did it with their TP2 (basically the same phone) then someone posted saying that verizon caught onto people unlocking sprint phones and using it on their network so they changed something so you couldn't. I tried going to the ppcgeeks thread were they talked about it more but i dont have sufficient privileges to view the thread, even though i've been a member.
anyways here's the deal, i'm not familiar w/ CDMA networks (As i've been on att for nearly 10 years) but my friend wants to unlock a verizon touch diamond 2 to use on sprint. Anyone know if this is currently possible right now? Thanx in advance.
Hello! at this moment I'm a tattoo user, but in month or two I'm gonna switch to Nexus...
Probably my phone will be locked on some network, dunno right now. is it posible to unlock the nexus? some of the tattoo users encoutered some problems with the imei generated code. same here or everything is going smooth?
Thank's
nexus is an "unlocked" phone, which will work for any and all gsm operators/networks (except cdma based operators ofcourse),
In case you are interested in rooting, the steps are written all over the site, you can visit www.unlockr.com for more assistance.
thank's for the info! i will ask for more when i'll have it...
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nexus is an "unlocked" phone, which will work for any and all gsm operators/networks (except cdma based operators ofcourse),
In case you are interested in rooting, the steps are written all over the site, you can visit www.unlockr.com for more assistance.
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While correct, you will need to buy the correct phone if you want to take advantage of the 3G capabilities of your carrier. ATT users should but the ATT version, TMO users should buy the TMO version. It is unlocked, yes, but there is no sense in buying a phone that you will be using primarily on one network if you cant take advantage of the 3G speeds.
Hi...I live out in Hawaii, and mobi PCS has the best reception where i live. I have a couple questions I could not find the answers to from searching around the forums.
I'm looking at buying a Droid 3 with a bad ESN from Ebay...
1. It seems from what i've read that it doesn't matter about the ESN since I will be using it for MobiPCS instead of VZW (it is a VZW branded phone)...is that true?
2. All i need to do is bring it to the MobiPCS store and have them flash it??
2a. Should i expect a fee for flashing it?
2b. Does anyone have the software and I could flash it to Mobi myself?
3. Do I need to find an unlock code since VZW and Mobi are both CDMA? (from what i read it looks like i don't need a code?)
3a. I'm totally a noob about androids..but I am great with computers, and I have read quite a lot about rooting and installing roms. If question 3 is answered yes,.can't i just root the phone before bringing it into the store?
3b. What is the best way to root a Droid 3, and what is the best rom? -I mainly just want to tether it's 3g to my laptop, and use it for phone calls and text msg.
Thank you guys for ANY/ALL answers. Sorry if my questions have been answered in other forum topics...I simply could not find these answers.
Aloha from Maui!!
My Droid 3 has a bad esn and i flashed it to work with at&t and t-moble and am using my moms t-moble sim in it. But I don't know if it works with mobi PCS because were I'm from we don't have that service were I'm at I know if they use a sim that works with t-moble phones and at&t with out unlocking thim like straight talk does then the sims will work and if the mobi PCS does not use sims then your sol if it has a bad esn.
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If it's a CDMA carrier, you can flash it. If you want to try to get the phone to work with CDMA Workshop, hit Power+M, and I think it's BP tools. If it's GSM, follow the guide in the development section.
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If it's a CDMA carrier, you can flash it. If you want to try to get the phone to work with CDMA Workshop, hit Power+M, and I think it's BP tools. If it's GSM, follow the guide in the development section.
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Yeah, it's a CDMA carrier, but no sim card. Can i flash it myself, or do i need the store to flash it? Do i have to pay an "unlock fee" if i root the phone?
I will check out CDMA Workshop and Power+M, i am unfamiliar with these two programs.
Thanks for the replies!
If you look up how to flash the DROID 3 to Cricket on their forums there is a nice write up.
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Revol, Cricket, Metro or any Sprint MVNO. Beigephone dot com can do the flash if you are not familiar with process of donor flashing.
So I see there is a thread about unlocking your phone in these forums but that says its a GSM unlock. I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to unlocking phones but I know I want to use my sprint M8 on Verizon since I'm switching services.
So my question is, is there any way to unlock my phone to work on the Verizon network? Is that unlocking method make it work on Verizon or just ATT?
Sorry but I am extremely ignorant on the subject and am looking for some info, rather not rebuy my one.
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So I see there is a thread about unlocking your phone in these forums but that says its a GSM unlock. I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to unlocking phones but I know I want to use my sprint M8 on Verizon since I'm switching services.
So my question is, is there any way to unlock my phone to work on the Verizon network? Is that unlocking method make it work on Verizon or just ATT?
Sorry but I am extremely ignorant on the subject and am looking for some info, rather not rebuy my one.
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Hi, extremely sorry that no one took the time to respond to this sooner. I believe there is 2 methods to do this, one being a SIM unlock and another being the GSM unlock you mentioned above. To my knowledge GSM unlock is what you want but sadly I don't think there is any 'free' way of doing this. I've never personally GSM unlocked one of my own phones but I have helped a friend do so. Anyways in order to GSM unlock a phone you need a special 'generated' (i think generated) code to input in your phone which will unlock it and allow it to use other carriers besides the one it was made for.
Here is a presumably valid tutorial on how to do this on an HTC One M8.
I would recommend trying freeunlocks.com first, only because I have a coupon from there which i'll gladly give you if you plan on using it. Only reason I have one and or am giving it away is because previously I bought one from there and they didn't have a code at the time so they refunded me and gave me a coupon code to enter if I ever purchased from them again which I most likely won't as I have no need for GSM unlocking, i.e why i'm giving it away. If by some chance freeunlocks does not work then you can try the one in the video or you can look for others.
If you would like to try this and want the coupon for freeunlocks.com then just say so in your response and I'll PM you it. I think its for either a discount or a free code, I don't really remember as this was quite a while ago when I was given it. (around a year)
Goodluck!
I'm just not sure if this would work because I'm trying to go from sprint to verizon, both being CDMA. If I did this would it mean I have to go to ATT?
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I'm just not sure if this would work because I'm trying to go from sprint to verizon, both being CDMA. If I did this would it mean I have to go to ATT?
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I don't think so, according to this it should have all the proper bands to support both Sprint & Verizon. On the off hand there is always the chance that this link I just sent is ONLY for the International model and I am wrong which I very well could be. I've had trouble truly understanding if all versions of phones have support for the same bands or if they don't. I'd recommend researching this a bit or waiting until someone else comes along with the proper knowledge to assist you in your question on the radio bands comes along.
Anyways LS;DR, It should work but I may be wrong so do your own research or wait for someone else with the proper knowledge to assist you to come along.