Hi
i own a htc touch diamond, which is the SPRINT VERSION, and
need to activate it with page plus for my MOM.
for what i understand both networks are CDMA so it should
work, right?
if that's the case, what's the best and cheapest way to go to activate it?
but first a little story:
i tried to go to with a multi-carrier cell phone location, but the guy tried to screw me
promissing to activate it this was the deal with the guy:
80 DOLLARS up front, 40 to activate and credit starter, and
another 40 for "transfer the ESN from an old forgotten page plus
non-smart phone" which i found very strange... so i said
NO DEAL, BYE.
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anyways, i need the phone to be PREPAID and i only want to
start with 10 dollars of credit to give it a try
if you know other prepaid CDMA service provider with GOOD rates per
minute i would like to know
please guide me
THANKS in ADVANCE !!
not going to be trivial, but may be possible... you will definitely first need the phone's MSL (lock code). And it is possible that you'll not be able to get data or MMS working. You'll have to manually program the phone... Go to www.howardforums.com and look in the PagePlus forum for more details...
It would be far easier to sell off this phone and get a Verizon phone of some sort instead, since PP is a Verizon MVNO...
It can be done, I did the same. I followed a tutorial I found somewhere, but can't remember where. Look around. Def need the MSL, that was the hardest thing for me to find.
i did the same thing years ago. i can sure that it can be done. but now my diamond is dead due to unknown reason .
anyway, try search ppcgeeks, i remember someone give me a radio prl for page plus. just run it , and the *288 can activated your phone.
sorry i didn't have the file u need.
the file u need is called Verizon Prepaid EVDO PRL 51214 Modified (01-13-09)
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Hello All,
I bought a prepay Side-Kick Tmobile sim card in Memphis today, after activating it and toping it up. I put it in my Kaiser. Auto connection setup started nicely and found tobile USA settings.. whoever, I am unable to attatch to the data network.. when ever I try and connect, the E with arrow icon starts working around, but then it stops and a message reading: Cannot connect for unknown reason (then it goes on about changing settings etc)
I looked everywhere for answers, (as I id like to think im more intelligent than just asking a question that could be dumb :-D) but i could not find a thing that worked about this.. and the things i did find were not helpful..so apologies in advance if there was an obvious place for my answer but i missed it some how..
The Device Information is:
ROM: Dutty WM6.1 WWE (CE OS 5.2.19716, build 19209)
Date: 04/01/08
Radio: 1.64.08.21
Protocol Version: 25.74.40.02H
I would hope that someone can help me, as i am desperately needing to get connected... im visiting from the UK and my silly sim card malfunctioned and i can no longer get online :-(
Many Thanks
the other day i saw a cab that said ::
"use this when you have trouble setting up t-mobile" ..
post #20 on page :: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336084&highlight=tmobyjoe599.cab
has a cab and instructions.. maybe its for you.. if you try it, please report results
Sidekick data tries to connect to Danger (manufacturer of SKs) Servers for internet connection, any other devices will not work on that service. You need to use the service that they offer for regular cell phones called Tzones or the data plan for smartphones
amkaos said:
the other day i saw a cab that said ::
"use this when you have trouble setting up t-mobile" ..
post #20 on page :: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336084&highlight=tmobyjoe599.cab
has a cab and instructions.. maybe its for you.. if you try it, please report results
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I tried the file (its one of the solutions i found and didnt work before posting).. what it did that it refused to even try and connect. it was something to do with having the Prixy settings active..so really im not sure what to do..
I tried to get through to Tmobile CS, but im almost sure that they will have no clue on what to do, but i was too late in the evening, so I will try tomorrow..
Any more ideas are Warmyl welcommed!
Thanks
from what i've read it seems that the sidekick data plans will not work on our devices.. as i was planning to do the same thing it seems that only the unlimited text would work not the data probably due to the fact that the data connects through danger which would detect that it's not a sidekick.. i was disappointed to find this out b4 as well
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr
So what does a man have to do to get access to get pay as you go mobile access( in the US)!? does any one know any other service provider that would sell me a prepay sim that will have some kinda daily data package?
cant tell you who dissapointing this is!
bigchemist said:
So what does a man have to do to get access to get pay as you go mobile access( in the US)!? does any one know any other service provider that would sell me a prepay sim that will have some kinda daily data package?
cant tell you who dissapointing this is!
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I totally agree! I ran into the same problem as you. I am in the USA for 3 weeks and want a cheap (prepaid) mobile data connection. The best option seems to be: T-Mobile Total Internet Plan $40 month-by-month unlimited EDGE + WiFi.
ATT also sells prepaid sims under the name Go Phone...
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ATT also sells prepaid sims under the name Go Phone...
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Yes.. I found that out.. but they said in the ATT shop that it doesnt allow data access :-(
The Sum of All Fears!
Well to sum up,
I managed to get through to tmobile CS, they confirmed what was mentioned before about Side Kick servers. so the anser is No to all other devices besides to "side kick" (the handset)..so no Kaiser, or anything else!
I guess that i will have a new addition to my sim collection!
Many thanks to all that gave thier opinion and tried helping out
Ta
i actually had the same problem. and i downloadede a Dutty Tmobile set up worked wonders! make sure you install it to device .
i downloaded the zip onto my memory card. inserted it into phone searched my memory card opened the zip and used the DUTTY tool to set up connection. installed the program onto device and once installed you will need to do a soft reset in. once the phone comes back on it will prompt you to set up the tmobile connection.
hope it helped
I have been lurking and learning on here for about a month I bought a used Alltel MP6950 from craigslist and I was hoping to activate it on my alltel account I am legacy alltel with verizon well I was informed that I would have to pay 29.99 data plan.So I have been playing with it to at least see if I could get it to update prl ota and cannot get it to work I updated the prl last night from 30033 to 30053 and I finally have a EV signal icon on my phone and when I call I don't get the Roaming network I get Verizon but it will not complete the programing ota I have made some changes to the code thru qpst just to see if I could get any type of connection.I have decided now to go ahead and active it thru verizon but I want to do it online thru website and I was wanting to know if the changes I made like changing the phone number inside the phone from what it was to mine.I am running Mighhty Rom 6 and love it I just got my gps to work last night.Will those changes I made stop it from activiating and if so what can I do to fix this Thanks alot and sorry for the long post
the changes probably wont do anything well unless you did anything really wierd either way you can flash your phone back to the original rom and then it will reset all qpst settings to default. then you can go ahead activate it online. if you need help with the data ask and ill help once you have it activated
So a friend of mine bought a CDMA hero off craigslist and when he called to have it activated they told him they cannot because the previous owner has not paid his bill and had his account suspended. They told him that there is nothing they can do until he pays his bill. I told him ill look into ways to get it to work since the guy wont allow a return.
Is there anyway that I can manual program the phone to work?
Um. I think hes out of luck....the only thing i see you going to be able to do is a ESN change, Which is ILLEGAL and not one one person on XDA-developers forum is going to tell you how, and if you do find out how, your on you own...
He could olso flash the phone to cricket wireless and use it on their network, but thats if you have cricket service local to you,
*cough*cdma*cough*toolbox*cough*
... sorry... had something tickling my throat.
I stand corrected..
Here's the solution I'm working on for those who may run into a simular problem.
Sucessfully, i used QPST and QXDM in ways i cannot discuss on these forums and was able to get calls and texts working..
Currently im focusing on getting the Data plan to work correctly.
Any feedback in setting up data in ##3282# would be appreciated.
thanks.
So, I've recently rooted and unlocked my device and I wanted to know if I can bring it to another carrier and still get data.? I'm using the LS991 Sprint version. I also wanted to know if there are any good CDMA Workshop alternatives; it's really expensive and I'm only gonna be using on a few devices.
Dfs
So you rooted (doesn't really matter with respect to carrier support) and you unlocked it (that's what matters with respect to carrier support) - so you put in a SIM card for the carrier you want, set the APN data (use Shortcut Master if needed, there's a version specifically modded for the LS991 directly available in my post HERE - might be a good idea to read that post as well since that's what I did myself.
Worse comes to worse if you have no luck because you unlocked your LS991, consider installing the global LS991 ROM (whether it's Lollipop ZV6 or Marshmallow ZV9 or ZVA - if you install ZVB you can never go back to anything prior so be aware of that) which will work much better for other carriers than using the unlock mod so many of us have done in the past.
Hindsight being what it is, if I knew about the global ROM when I got this G4 recently I wouldn't have mucked around with all the unlocking crap and the carrier partition at all for any reason because just installing the global ROM (or modifying build.prop to allow for global unlocked operation) is way more useful and less damaging to the phone. Modifying the build.prop isn't necessarily a cakewalk but, since someone else has already done it for others and posted the global ROM(s) for Lollipop and Marshmallow (as .img files you flash using the Send_Command.exe/dd method) it's really not a big thing anymore.
If you muck up flashing an .img file you can typically just use LGUP and a TOT file to get things working again so it's relatively safe overall, but if you muck up the unlock and trash the carrier partition content the phone will end up being pretty much useless unless you have that information safely backed up someplace (I'd say multiple backups in multiple locations, to be honest).
Anyway, if you truly want the phone to be capable of working on other carriers, my suggestion is go for the global ROM but that's just my own personal opinion on the matter. I'm using tabp0le's MellowMallow ZVB global ROM on my LS991 and T-Mobile LTE works just fine for me, for the record. It did take a little work - I wrote about how I got the full phone/data working in that post with Shortcut Master - but it does work.
Thanks for the help!
One last question, how did you get other carriers to let you activate the phone? Everytime I try they ask me imei then tell me my phone won't work on their network.
Well I've had service with T-Mobile in the past (not currently but will again soon), I have a bunch of T-Mobile microSIM cards because whenever they put the SIM card activation kits on sale for $.99 or sometimes even free (rare but it happens) I usually grab 3 at a time so I have 'em around for testing purposes. T-Mobile doesn't require me to provide any info to them, and even if I go to their website right now and input my IMEI number it'll say it's not recognized, etc but it's not relevant: it works, and that's what matters.
Most carriers don't actually require you to provide the IMEI for any reason as long as you can get one of their microSIM cards (or nanoSIM with adapter) and then get service without having to contact them. T-Mobile is somewhat unique in that process I suppose. With this SIM card I have (it's never been activated) I can go to their website and sign up for service right now and it'll be active in 10 minutes or less, sometimes when I've activated service (it's prepaid so I don't necessarily keep it month to month, sometimes I choose some other service for testing) it's done before I even sign out of their website, like 30 seconds or less and wham, the phone beeps telling me service is working.
So, the advice is: get a SIM card for the phone from the carrier you're interested in and go from there, not sure what else to suggest honestly.
br0adband said:
Well I've had service with T-Mobile in the past (not currently but will again soon), I have a bunch of T-Mobile microSIM cards because whenever they put the SIM card activation kits on sale for $.99 or sometimes even free (rare but it happens) I usually grab 3 at a time so I have 'em around for testing purposes. T-Mobile doesn't require me to provide any info to them, and even if I go to their website right now and input my IMEI number it'll say it's not recognized, etc but it's not relevant: it works, and that's what matters.
Most carriers don't actually require you to provide the IMEI for any reason as long as you can get one of their microSIM cards (or nanoSIM with adapter) and then get service without having to contact them. T-Mobile is somewhat unique in that process I suppose. With this SIM card I have (it's never been activated) I can go to their website and sign up for service right now and it'll be active in 10 minutes or less, sometimes when I've activated service (it's prepaid so I don't necessarily keep it month to month, sometimes I choose some other service for testing) it's done before I even sign out of their website, like 30 seconds or less and wham, the phone beeps telling me service is working.
So, the advice is: get a SIM card for the phone from the carrier you're interested in and go from there, not sure what else to suggest honestly.
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You good sir are a god among men, phone and data are working like a charm. Now I can tell sprint to go **** themselves!
glad it worked for you. MY experiences with ls991, i am using it nvmode. zv6 rooted works for me with cdma data. but data doesnt work with zv9 or zva. global rom doesnt work unless, I edit build.prop target carrier to SPR . it is open to use it as global mode. I am using it in cdma nv mode.. not with any sim..
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glad it worked for you. MY experiences with ls991, i am using it nvmode. zv6 rooted works for me with cdma data. but data doesnt work with zv9 or zva. global rom doesnt work unless, I edit build.prop target carrier to SPR . it is open to use it as global mode. I am using it in cdma nv mode.. not with any sim..
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so in my case i use att on ls991. my build prop is ruim,sim i believe. now does that sound rite for gsm?
also another cdma workshop alt if qpst i used that one to rebuild my g2 a few years back
TheMadScientist420 said:
so in my case i use att on ls991. my build prop is ruim,sim i believe. now does that sound rite for gsm?
also another cdma workshop alt if qpst i used that one to rebuild my g2 a few years back
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Ruim is basically used when it comes to cdma sim card.
"Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) is a card developed for cdmaOne/CDMA2000 ("CDMA") handsets that extends the GSM SIM card to CDMA phones and networks. To work in CDMA networks, the R-UIM contains an early version of the CSIM application."
Your is at&t 4g gsm card. [emoji4]
Check your build.prop and search for
ro.build.target_operator: OPEN
Most probably for global mode open works
For making it work on cdma nv, i have set it to SPR
You can tweak with it by changing to options, it will also change signal bar and 4g symbol like at&t
These will show a Standered international 4G data icon for 3G/HSPA+ and LTE for LTE.
ro.build.target_county: CA
ro.build.target_operator: TLS
These will show a standered international 3G data Icon for 3G/HSPA+ and 4G for LTE (Messes up settings menu pretty bad)
ro.build.target_county: SK
ro.build.target_operator: SKT
If you want the AT&T 4G and 4G LTE Icons.
ro.build.target_county: US
ro.build.target_operator: ATT
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My fav cdma tools are qpst, cdma workshop, dfs, revskill and bit advance is qxdm All are freely available. I cant say which one is best hahah. Trust me for me, all of them worked at some instance when i was stuck. Revskill is great with htc finding spc. Though i used dfs mostly.
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I have a Sprint flavored V40 on Cricket's network. It was bought from Amazon Renewed and it was advertised as a carrier free phone, but on first boot that Sprint logo slapped me in the face. I contacted the seller and he offered me a full refund, but since the same sim card from my V30+ (US998) received better signal by far than ever before, I decided to keep it. I input Crickets APN settings and it stuck but the Sprint settings are grayed out and cant be deleted or edited. I can receive MMS messages but can't send one at all. I can be in and receive group messages but can't send a reply. I assume it's because of the Sprint APN settings conflict. I'd like to flash a different firmware but am lost with the countless vague and confusing tutorials. I knew my way around the V30+ better than Joe Biden knows his way around his basement. But with this V40 I feel like Sleepy Joe does when he tries to make a complete sentence. Any help would be very appreciated.
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I have a Sprint flavored V40 on Cricket's network. It was bought from Amazon Renewed and it was advertised as a carrier free phone, but on first boot that Sprint logo slapped me in the face. I contacted the seller and he offered me a full refund, but since the same sim card from my V30+ (US998) received better signal by far than ever before, I decided to keep it. I input Crickets APN settings and it stuck but the Sprint settings are grayed out and cant be deleted or edited. I can receive MMS messages but can't send one at all. I can be in and receive group messages but can't send a reply. I assume it's because of the Sprint APN settings conflict. I'd like to flash a different firmware but am lost with the countless vague and confusing tutorials. I knew my way around the V30+ better than Joe Biden knows his way around his basement. But with this V40 I feel like Sleepy Joe does when he tries to make a complete sentence. Any help would be very appreciated.
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You sound like the kind of person that would call others losers and suckers? Why would they help you?
Look, I'm just trying to make my phone great again. If some sucker or loser is against that idea then I don't want their help anyways. I'm needing to Trump this one problem I have on an otherwise great phone. I'm determined to build this mobile device back bigger and better than ever before. So good you just wouldn't believe.
Well good you don't want their help, cause u ain't gonna get it.
Just like any other rumster, always thinks is smart but at the end it always shows how dumb it is ...
Political nonsense aside, I've got the same issue - but with a Sprint locked phone on Tello. Phone works fine on stock ROM but I'm unable to use a custom ROM because I lose 4G. Any attempt to change APN is unsuccessful, it reverts to default and I lose 4G. Is there any way to get APN to "stick"?
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Political nonsense aside, I've got the same issue - but with a Sprint locked phone on Tello. Phone works fine on stock ROM but I'm unable to use a custom ROM because I lose 4G. Any attempt to change APN is unsuccessful, it reverts to default and I lose 4G. Is there any way to get APN to "stick"?
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The only thing I can think of is to flash the USA unlocked rom, it will not sim unlock the phone but it will open some other options (Like the APN).