Hey my brother uses this phone as a backup phone but when I insert my similar into I am unable login gmail to make this phone work. Tmobile says I need to be on a special data plan and I do have data plan for my HTC hd2.
My question is...if I flash to a different rom from stock ..will I be able to use this phone?
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Get under a wifi connection and you'll be good to go
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Datfoooo said:
Hey my brother uses this phone as a backup phone but when I insert my similar into I am unable login gmail to make this phone work. Tmobile says I need to be on a special data plan and I do have data plan for my HTC hd2.
My question is...if I flash to a different rom from stock ..will I be able to use this phone?
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Your HD2 data plan is like for windows, the G1 needs the android one.
And no flashing another rom doenst work neither because is the unique IMEI number that they take in count, so in resume they will always knows that you have the G1
Maybe search for how to activate a g1 without a data plan. Might help. Just a blind shot though.
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ahem! i never get tired of posting this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316
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Im upgrading in a couple weeks. Is there a way to have the hero pre-paid?
I wanna give it to my friend, but the plans are too much money. He doesnt need unlimited internet and texts...
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Im upgrading in a couple weeks. Is there a way to have the hero pre-paid?
I wanna give it to my friend, but the plans are too much money. He doesnt need unlimited internet and texts...
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I would search around on here, I am pretty sure I have read that you can flash your phone to be on boost mobile and / or metro pcs ...
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He'll have a big bill if he doesn't have data since the hero IU is always syncing
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xjayman said:
He'll have a big bill if he doesn't have data since the hero IU is always syncing
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He can hook it up on boost. Boost plans include data so he wont have a big bill, or he could turn off sync. I dont know how to hook it up with boost. Also if he hooks it up with boost I think there is an issue with SMS. Not totaly sure if the SMS part is true. I remeber seeing a post that detailed the issue on the Evo forum but I am not sure if it was resolved or not.
HTC Hero flashing to Metro PCS
Can anyone direct me to the forum to find out how to do this flashing to Metro PCS? I have an HTC TP and it has problems from being dropped, so going to get a used Hero, but need to find out first if it can be flashed (fully) to Metro PCs
THANKS!
I'm thinking about buying a captivate for my wife but she is on the Tmobile network... I am aware you can unlock the captivate fairly easy to be used on Tmobile but I was wondering if you lose any functionality in doing so. I know that some 3g phones will only get edge if unlocked for the opposite network. (like the iphone for tmobile only gets edge). Thanks in advance
Also!! My gf is getting a new phone that can't have data. But! I was wondering, if I give her my extra captivate(after I fix the cracked screen) can I unlawful ock it and give it to her without it asking for a data plan? And sorry op, but I didn't want to start a new thread
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goob1284 said:
Also!! My gf is getting a new phone that can't have data. But! I was wondering, if I give her my extra captivate(after I fix the cracked screen) can I unlawful ock it and give it to her without it asking for a data plan? And sorry op, but I didn't want to start a new thread
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If your phone is rooted you can unlock it permenently by installing galaxy_s unlock by helroz from the market as well as busy box. If you don't want the root option you may call at&t for that.
1.root your phone (search one click root for galaxy s and download to your pc)
2.download galaxy_s unlock & busy box
3.run busy box then galaxy_s unlock you must allow both apps with super user permission.
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If your phone is rooted you can unlock it permenently by installing galaxy_s unlock by helroz from the market as well as busy box. If you don't want the root option you may call at&t for that.
1.root your phone (search one click root for galaxy s and download to your pc)
2.download galaxy_s unlock & busy box
3.run busy box then galaxy_s unlock you must allow both apps with super user permission.
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I think at&t has both apps blocked from the market. any chance you have a link of them? I'll try 4shared in the mean time.
Ya I know about that!! But will tmobile realize that its a droid and put on a data plan? I already unlocked my phone in using now, but I just want to make sure.
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goob1284 said:
Ya I know about that!! But will tmobile realize that its a droid and put on a data plan? I already unlocked my phone in using now, but I just want to make sure.
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I don't know, maybe because smartphone do really need a plan I haven't tried it myself. maybea pre paid sim would do if t mobile have it.
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I don't know, maybe because smartphone do really need a plan I haven't tried it myself. maybea pre paid sim would do if t mobile have it.
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Alright! Thanks!
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You might wanna take a look at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995940
I have a captivate on tmobile and I am able to use the unsupported phones data plan for $10 per month. It's only 2g, but the point is that the network doesn't pick it up as an android phone and I'm fine with that. I doubt they'd make you get a data plan if you just used it without explaining anything because as far as I can tell the emei isn't registering with the network as an android phone.
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Ya I know about that!! But will tmobile realize that its a droid and put on a data plan? I already unlocked my phone in using now, but I just want to make sure.
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try disabling the mobile data in wireless settings before popping up your sim and use wifi only instead.
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try disabling the mobile data in wireless settings before popping up your sim and use wifi only instead.
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Ill try that
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I have been running my captivate on Tmobile since last August without any problems. It runs edge, but they have never noticed that I have an unlocked phone. $28 bucks a month is a steal for this phone.
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I have been running my captivate on Tmobile since last August without any problems. It runs edge, but they have never noticed that I have an unlocked phone. $28 bucks a month is a steal for this phone.
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What features are you paying for? Text? Phone? Data?
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Good news, I finally got the captivate to unlock and accept the tmobile sim. Everything seems to be working fine so far. No data on the plan but using wifi til I add data. One thing I'm really curious about is.... Now that the phone is unlocked and working, If I flash a custom rom (say cognition) will I lose the "unlock" ?
*edit* forgot to say how I did it... I just simply flashed back to stock 2.1, master cleared,rooted, installed busybox and galaxy unlock app, used the #2 method with the unlock app and it worked. PATIENCE IS KEY! ===> It takes a good 2-4 minutes for the tmobile signal to kick in so it may seem as if the unlock failed but it just takes alot longer than the at&t signal to kick in.
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Good news, I finally got the captivate to unlock and accept the tmobile sim. Everything seems to be working fine so far. No data on the plan but using wifi til I add data. One thing I'm really curious about is.... Now that the phone is unlocked and working, If I flash a custom rom (say cognition) will I lose the "unlock" ?
*edit* forgot to say how I did it... I just simply flashed back to stock 2.1, master cleared,rooted, installed busybox and galaxy unlock app, used the #2 method with the unlock app and it worked. PATIENCE IS KEY! ===> It takes a good 2-4 minutes for the tmobile signal to kick in so it may seem as if the unlock failed but it just takes alot longer than the at&t signal to kick in.
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How!? I put in my gf sim and it said emergency calls only? Then when I tried to place a call, it said data connection not available? ! Seriously how did you do it?
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goob1284 said:
How!? I put in my gf sim and it said emergency calls only? Then when I tried to place a call, it said data connection not available? ! Seriously how did you do it?
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in wireless setting in your phone there is an option to scan and select wireless network simply scan after it will prompt you to select t-mobile or at&t since you want t-mobile select that option.
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in wireless setting in your phone there is an option to scan and select wireless network simply scan after it will prompt you to select t-mobile or at&t since you want t-mobile select that option.
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What is that sub menu exactly called? I never really dealt with that stuff. Can you please exapnd in full detail?
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goob1284 said:
What is that sub menu exactly called? I never really dealt with that stuff. Can you please exapnd in full detail?
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open menu settings
Select wireless & network
Select mobile network
Select network operator (phone scans network)
Choose t-mobile
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open menu settings
Select wireless & network
Select mobile network
Select network operator (phone scans network)
Choose t-mobile
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Thank you so much!!!))))
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Dont think anyone will have to worry about this much longer. Lol
I just got a galaxy tab Sprint off ebay and it's still activated. 3g works. I don't think its stolen because i got the box complete with all the contents. my concern is i wont be able to activate this thing when it eventually turns off.
anyone have a similar experience?
You can still use it as a wifi only tab.
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I know, I would eventually like to add it to my Sprint plan.
Then what is the problem ? Here in europe you can use any phone you want with the plan you subscribe.
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that it may be linked to another account??
Why don't you just contact the guy that sold it to you?
Sorry but are you guys on drugs or something?
All you do is put another sim card in, Or am I mistaken and Sprint do not use sim cards or something?
It's a cdma version, so no sim card. But i think you can still use it with another plan. Try to contact sprint.
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Hey guys so i just got the galaxy s ii and sold my captivate running cm7 to my roommate. We turned off mobile data and stuff i thought we were golden. But later that night he got a text saying he was auto put into a data plan. There was about 5 mins at the start i forgot to go to cm7 settings and turn mobile data off. I am going to call at&T and make up something to get when to take it off. So after will he be golden? Or is there no way around it.
Note* when he wants to use data he uses wifi . Otherwise it sent let him.
Thanks!!
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At&t will recognize the captivate via the imei number. Afaik no getting around the data plan for smartphone requirement.
No way to spoof the imei?
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There are ways but you won't find the answer on xda.
Sadly AT&T is greedy like that. I know for a fact Tmobile PR doesn't care. =/
i have a dream 110, from t-mobile. what can i do for repair this phone? somebody can help me with this? thank you.
Your pics show a working phone, can you explain what needs repairing?
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demkantor said:
Your pics show a working phone, can you explain what needs repairing?
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without sim inside, if i press power button the phone say "no sim card, emergency call"
with sim inside, on the screen apear "touch the android to begin", see foto 2. after try to sign in we are in foto 3 situation
So your sim dosent have a data plan then? If this is the case you will need to borrow someone elses just to sign in initally or you need to use adb to bypass the sign in
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lots of work trying to bypass to get into wifi... can't we just install a rom that doesn't go through that procedure?
Sure, thats a great idea, just be sure to root you phone first and then you can start flashing custom roms
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wifi not work, so i can't sign in. but i tried with a sim card from an internet modem, data sim card. i can't sign in, too. what rom can i write on it?
Like i said you need to either 1) find someone who has a simcard with data that works with the carrier the phone is meant to be on (unless phone is sim unlocked than any would work) or 2) use adb to bypass lock screen and turn wifi on.
Once all this is done you can root your phone and then put on one of many custom roms that allow you to bypass startup just by pressing next
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im making a guide for rooting that will cover installing adb and fastboot, you could check it out once im finished ill have the google bypass method in there, youll just need wifi.
Moving to Q&A.
Thank you,
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