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Sup guys,
I´m in the lookout for an HTC One and I found one with a bad ESN. Now, the curious part is that I don´t plan on using it on Sprint. I´ve read that bad ESN are only carrier related and if I were to use the phone on at&t, besides the Sim Unlock I´d need to do, Will it work even with a bad ESN?
Kenchinito said:
Sup guys,
I´m in the lookout for an HTC One and I found one with a bad ESN. Now, the curious part is that I don´t plan on using it on Sprint. I´ve read that bad ESN are only carrier related and if I were to use the phone on at&t, besides the Sim Unlock I´d need to do, Will it work even with a bad ESN?
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You cannot SIM unlock the Sprint ONE..........(yet)
Kenchinito said:
Sup guys,
I´m in the lookout for an HTC One and I found one with a bad ESN. Now, the curious part is that I don´t plan on using it on Sprint. I´ve read that bad ESN are only carrier related and if I were to use the phone on at&t, besides the Sim Unlock I´d need to do, Will it work even with a bad ESN?
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It wouldn't work on AT&T regardless of ESN. The radios are different. Sprint phones can only be used on Sprint or other Sprint-using carriers (like Ting). Verizon on Verizon, and even AT&T/T-mobile aren't always fully compatible with eachother (sometimes lose 4G/LTE).
I see, I guess I should forget about Sprint´s One
Kenchinito said:
I see, I guess I should forget about Sprint´s One
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Well I'm sure there's a way to flash it to say boost or something like that that's if you know how to or someone that can. Heck some small carrier stores even offer flashing services haha
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You mean I can unlock it by flashing some custom rom? I´ve done that with many devices previously, but i never knew you could unlock it by flashing a custom rom, am I wrong?
Kenchinito said:
You mean I can unlock it by flashing some custom rom? I´ve done that with many devices previously, but i never knew you could unlock it by flashing a custom rom, am I wrong?
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As of right now it is not possible to SIM unlock the Sprint ONE. You can unlock the bootloader, flash to other carriers, and even flash a different PRL and force Roam on Verizon, but you cannot unlock the SIM for GSM use.
Please Update
As of now the GSM of Sprint HTC One can be unlocked using the technique from other threads.... Please tell me if i can now buy a BAD ESN Phone from ebay..... Get the GSM Unlocked using those techniques and use it in India... The radios or freq wont be a problem as India is yet to get a 4G network(Oh God we are so behind).
Need advise before purchasing
It can be unlocked for use on other carriers pretty easily. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45243199. Bad ESN applies only to US carriers
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Looks like I am answering my own question.
http://www.mod-gadget.com/what-iphone-bad-esn-what-can-do/
elvisypi said:
It can be unlocked for use on other carriers pretty easily. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45243199. Bad ESN applies only to US carriers
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I have been reading the answers here and i was wondering, in Greece if i get with bad ESN i won't have any problems?
Vincent Law said:
It wouldn't work on AT&T regardless of ESN. The radios are different. Sprint phones can only be used on Sprint or other Sprint-using carriers (like Ting). Verizon on Verizon, and even AT&T/T-mobile aren't always fully compatible with eachother (sometimes lose 4G/LTE).
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Hey just a FYI the HTC One cannot go on ting
From ting website:
Our program is as follows: Bring your used, inactive Sprint® device to Ting, and activate it with a Ting service plan*.
Newer smartphones like the S4 and the HTC One cannot be brought over. Likewise, BlackBerry and Push-to-Talk (PTT) devices cannot make the move.
https://ting.com/devices/bring
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masated said:
I have been reading the answers here and i was wondering, in Greece if i get with bad ESN i won't have any problems?
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You wont have any problems if you put it on something other than sprint (Providing it has a bad ESN on sprint), However the sim unlock guide provided here does not work with the new rom base.
Keep in mind though that sprint will randomly go through and (Scrub) A.K.A clear the bad esn's out of there system, So even though you purchased with a bad esn it could have a clean one after all.
If you have verizon in that area you could always check about flashing the HTC One to PagePlus. Full Guide Here
Now that i broke my HTC OX i will go on ebay and buy HTC O with bad esn
anupsahu said:
As of now the GSM of Sprint HTC One can be unlocked using the technique from other threads.... Please tell me if i can now buy a BAD ESN Phone from ebay..... Get the GSM Unlocked using those techniques and use it in India... The radios or freq wont be a problem as India is yet to get a 4G network(Oh God we are so behind).
Need advise before purchasing
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dont worry bro... you can easily unlock sprint htc one good or bad esn dosent matter in india... you just have to run a RUU and downgrade it to 4.1.2 and sim unlock it using sim unlocker app from playstore... im using my sprint htc one bad esn brought from usa on vodafone:laugh::good: network in karnataka..
praveensk.rcb said:
dont worry bro... you can easily unlock sprint htc one good or bad esn dosent matter in india... you just have to run a RUU and downgrade it to 4.1.2 and sim unlock it using sim unlocker app from playstore... im using my sprint htc one bad esn brought from usa on vodafone:laugh::good: network in karnataka..
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After you downgraded and unlocked where you able to upgrade back to 4.4.2 and keep the unlock?
Chono631 said:
After you downgraded and unlocked where you able to upgrade back to 4.4.2 and keep the unlock?
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yeah you can upgrade and keep the unlock... its permanent dont worry...just make sure you are not rooted while taking an ota...:good:
praveensk.rcb said:
yeah you can upgrade and keep the unlock... its permanent dont worry...just make sure you are not rooted while taking an ota...:good:
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Wonderful news, thanks for the info
i've "unlocked" my phone using a tutorial on this website, but i'm getting a simlock on my notifications when i put my att sim card in. heres some info to hopefully clear up any questions. i have had att for years thats how i have an att sim. the reason i have a sprint one is becuase i worked at sprint for a short time and received a dealer line and phone. all new htc one. so how can i use this on my att plan thank you
protorox said:
i've "unlocked" my phone using a tutorial on this website, but i'm getting a simlock on my notifications when i put my att sim card in. heres some info to hopefully clear up any questions. i have had att for years thats how i have an att sim. the reason i have a sprint one is becuase i worked at sprint for a short time and received a dealer line and phone. all new htc one. so how can i use this on my att plan thank you
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Just to clarify, what do you mean by you "unlocked" it. How did you do this? I'm pretty sure the only way to unlock our Ones is by going through sprint. Also if you do use it on ATT you won't get LTE because they have different LTE bands than sprint.
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Just to clarify, what do you mean by you "unlocked" it. How did you do this? I'm pretty sure the only way to unlock our Ones is by going through sprint. Also if you do use it on ATT you won't get LTE because they have different LTE bands than sprint.
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i unlocked it through a sprint all in one kit, maybe this was just for rooting it, but anyway I was justtrying to figure out if there was a wat to get my htc one on att, I'm not worried about the lte.
protorox said:
i unlocked it through a sprint all in one kit, maybe this was just for rooting it, but anyway I was justtrying to figure out if there was a wat to get my htc one on att, I'm not worried about the lte.
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Ok, if you used the All In One toolkit then yes you are just rooted. To get your phone unlocked you will have to directly contact sprint!
Note also that in the US, depending on the location, AT&T operates on some combination of two 3G bands and two 4G bands. Of these four hi-speed data bands, the Sprint HTC One variant only supports one band. Therefore, even if you get the phone unlocked and working on AT&T, its data performance may not be all that great.
Bought an Htc One off craigslist. Guy said he tried flashing it to work on boost mobile didn't work so he was selling it. Took it to sprint to activate, employee tells me since it was flashed the esn had to be recertified and could take up 24 hours. Was messing with the phone later that night and tried to make a call and it went to Verizon customer service. I believe this phone is an Htc One for sprint but don't have a definitive way of checking. Also not sure what steps I need to take to get it back on sprints network. Any help would be appreciated.
Boot into the bootloader and there should be a barcode option or something.. the esn stuff is there..
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Ok checked the MEID on checkESNfree and it says clean esn on sprint. Any ideas on getting it back on sprints network?
I may be way off but ive gotten the same V operator when I have a V modified prl on phone. may be as simple as update prl. just a thought.
trimoe19 said:
Ok checked the MEID on checkESNfree and it says clean esn on sprint. Any ideas on getting it back on sprints network?
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I'd continue to read, but I think u can RUU back to the original software via adb/fastboooot..
RUU THREAD>>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860
The ONE you want is the SPRINT M7WLS 1.29.651.7 ..
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trimoe19 said:
Bought an Htc One off craigslist. Guy said he tried flashing it to work on boost mobile didn't work so he was selling it. Took it to sprint to activate, employee tells me since it was flashed the esn had to be recertified and could take up 24 hours. Was messing with the phone later that night and tried to make a call and it went to Verizon customer service. I believe this phone is an Htc One for sprint but don't have a definitive way of checking. Also not sure what steps I need to take to get it back on sprints network. Any help would be appreciated.
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all Verizon htc one's have a laser engrave on the back that says Verizon. really obvious, so if it's not there, it's not verizon
hello everyone i have a sprint htc one
i have been messing around with for awhile and i am wondering if it is at all possible to flash the AT&T ruu on to it
just wondering how much different the hardware actually is and if anyone has ever done it ?
sorry if i didn't post this in the right place im new to XDA also i did look for other threads but didnt seem to find anything but if you know of one post a link to it please
thanks in advance
Jed
powerstroke6 said:
hello everyone i have a sprint htc one
i have been messing around with for awhile and i am wondering if it is at all possible to flash the AT&T ruu on to it
just wondering how much different the hardware actually is and if anyone has ever done it ?
sorry if i didn't post this in the right place im new to XDA also i did look for other threads but didnt seem to find anything but if you know of one post a link to it please
thanks in advance
Jed
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It can't be done. AT&T uses a different radio tech than what Sprint does so you might mess up your phone doing it.
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novastar said:
It can't be done. AT&T uses a different radio tech
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ok doesany one know if there is a way to shut down the cdma radio on sprints phone ...im trying to use my htc one on H2O prepaid so i need gsm
but it keeps switching back to cdma i have a custom rom and i think i have read about every post on xda by now lol...what i need is a rom that flashes the radio to whatever the developer model has
any other ideas
thanks
There is no way to use a CDMA phone on a gsm network no way at all and to flash a at&t ROM on a phone that is not at&t will cause a brick and will be a pain in the ass to fix my best advice is to sell your phone and by a at&t phone so you can use in h2o because there is no way to do what you are trying to do
if your looking for a job making some extra cash working with smart phones check out my website jccellularvenders.webs.com
hopsin4444 said:
There is no way to use a CDMA phone on a gsm network no way at all and to flash a at&t ROM on a phone that is not at&t will cause a brick and will be a pain in the ass to fix my best advice is to sell your phone and by a at&t phone so you can use in h2o because there is no way to do what you are trying to do
if your looking for a job making some extra cash working with smart phones check out my website jccellularvenders.webs.com
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Actually this phone has a SIM card capable of running on At&t if unlocked. If u want to use gsm only I think u can go to mobile network and set it to gsm/umts only. As far as flashing another devices Rom/Ruu your just asking for a brick since the mounts are completely different causing a brick
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hopsin4444 said:
There is no way to use a CDMA phone on a gsm network no way at all and to flash a at&t ROM on a phone that is not at&t will cause a brick and will be a pain in the ass to fix my best advice is to sell your phone and by a at&t phone so you can use in h2o because there is no way to do what you are trying to do
if your looking for a job making some extra cash working with smart phones check out my website jccellularvenders.webs.com
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You have a website working with smartphones and you didn't know the HTC ONE is a GSM/CDMA device.
Good luck
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luigi311 said:
Actually this phone has a SIM card capable of running on At&t if unlocked. If u want to use gsm only I think u can go to mobile network and set it to gsm/umts only. As far as flashing another devices Rom/Ruu your just asking for a brick since the mounts are completely different causing a brick
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yes i can change it to that but it still will not connect to gsm networks and when i reboot it changes back to cdma prefered
can some one who knows something about this respond ,please if you dont know dont post it it just makes it more confusing :laugh:
No need to be rude I completely over looked what phone was being talked about so for that I apologize
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flashing
what im sort of wondering is if someone that knows more about the htc one could ,like write a patch or somthing for the sprint radio that makes it work only on gsm
the phone i have had a bad esn when i bought it but i got it unlocked and everything now but im wondering if there is something else i have to do to make it work
thanks
sorry
hopsin4444 said:
No need to be rude I completely over looked what phone was being talked about so for that I apologize
if your looking for a job making some extra cash working with smart phones check out my website jccellularvenders.webs.com
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sorry i wasn't trying to be rude im just very frustrated in trying to get this to work lol
I did the following:
SuperCID to 111111
S-OFF using Revone
HTC One Simunlock from viperboy and set it to WCDMA preferred
I did upgrade to 4.2.2 but in order to use the GSM part of the phone you have to use the the oldest radio I can't remember 1.29 something
Down part:
GSM signal keeps disconnecting
Will have voice and text but no data
Everytime the phone reboots you have to keep resetting the APN
Have to keep searching for the Network
I have flashed a T-mobile RUU and a AT&T RUU and the only options they get greyed out are the options to choose what network you would like. Word of advice if the antenna is originally CDMA leave it with CDMA because it really does have some really bad issues with connecting to GSM towers. I was using MetroPCS which uses T-mobile towers but I just flashed my phone to metro and I have a solid signal all day long with no drops I just did not have MMS.
I hope that helps
No worry bro I understand unfortunately I have no idea on that you should just be able to switch over to gsm but if that's not working I have no idea
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coloneludatank said:
I did the following:
SuperCID to 111111
S-OFF using Revone
HTC One Simunlock from viperboy and set it to WCDMA preferred
I did upgrade to 4.2.2 but in order to use the GSM part of the phone you have to use the the oldest radio I can't remember 1.29 something
Down part:
GSM signal keeps disconnecting
Will have voice and text but no data
Everytime the phone reboots you have to keep resetting the APN
Have to keep searching for the Network
I have flashed a T-mobile RUU and a AT&T RUU and the only options they get greyed out are the options to choose what network you would like. Word of advice if the antenna is originally CDMA leave it with CDMA because it really does have some really bad issues with connecting to GSM towers. I was using MetroPCS which uses T-mobile towers but I just flashed my phone to metro and I have a solid signal all day long with no drops I just did not have MMS.
I hope that helps
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ok this is so helpful finally some one that has done it lol ahh
ok what is superCID 111111 ...is that the rom you are running
also can you post the link for how to S-OFF and how to tell if i have it
i am rooted and i did sim unlock it though ...do i need S-OFF for this to work
so it is possible to flash the att ruu to the sprint version then
also i would just use it on a sprint prepaid plan or something that uses cdma but i bought the phone on Ebay with a bad ESN ......I didnt know it would be such a hassle to get it working on gsm
thanks so much for the help
powerstroke6 said:
ok this is so helpful finally some one that has done it lol ahh
ok what is superCID 111111 ...is that the rom you are running
also can you post the link for how to S-OFF and how to tell if i have it
i am rooted and i did sim unlock it though ...do i need S-OFF for this to work
so it is possible to flash the att ruu to the sprint version then
also i would just use it on a sprint prepaid plan or something that uses cdma but i bought the phone on Ebay with a bad ESN ......I didnt know it would be such a hassle to get it working on gsm
thanks so much for the help
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Supercid is basically changing the hboot model number when u supercid 1111111 it lets u flash any ruu and things like that. I believe there was a thread on how to do it way back might want to check the android developement section or original. Bewarned that the at&t and tmobile ruus are different from ours so there's no telling what will happen to ur phone
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luigi311 said:
Supercid is basically changing the hboot model number when u supercid 1111111 it lets u flash any ruu and things like that. I believe there was a thread on how to do it way back might want to check the android developement section or original. Bewarned that the at&t and tmobile ruus are different from ours so there's no telling what will happen to ur phone
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ok so you did or didnt flash your sprint htc one to att or t moble
powerstroke6 said:
ok so you did or didnt flash your sprint htc one to att or t moble
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I havnt I'm just helping u out with the bit of information I know based on what ur asking. Here's the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315549
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luigi311 said:
I havnt I'm just helping u out with the bit of information I know based on what ur asking. Here's the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315549
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ok thanks i was just wondering
Hi guys,
I am on the verge of purchasing an HTC one which is on the Sprint Carrier and has a bad ESN.
I was wondering if would be possible to convert this phone into a google play edition and use it on GSM networks outside the USA.
I would appreciate it if someone can help me here.
Thanks and Regards,
Bonnie
BONNIE_62-10 said:
Hi guys,
I am on the verge of purchasing an HTC one which is on the Sprint Carrier and has a bad ESN.
I was wondering if would be possible to convert this phone into a google play edition and use it on GSM networks outside the USA.
I would appreciate it if someone can help me here.
Thanks and Regards,
Bonnie
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I think the only thing that a Bad ESN will prevent is use on Sprint. As far as SIM unlocking, and GPe ROMs, I don't know much about the process.
BONNIE_62-10 said:
Hi guys,
I am on the verge of purchasing an HTC one which is on the Sprint Carrier and has a bad ESN.
I was wondering if would be possible to convert this phone into a google play edition and use it on GSM networks outside the USA.
I would appreciate it if someone can help me here.
Thanks and Regards,
Bonnie
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No you need an actual GSM phone to effectively do this.
eXplicit815 said:
I think the only thing that a Bad ESN will prevent is use on Sprint. As far as SIM unlocking, and GPe ROMs, I don't know much about the process.
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Thank you for the prompt reply. But without being unable to convert it to a GPE and use it on GSM network it will be pointless in me getting it. Can you please ask someone you know?
BONNIE_62-10 said:
Thank you for the prompt reply. But without being unable to convert it to a GPE and use it on GSM network it will be pointless in me getting it. Can you please ask someone you know?
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The phone can be used on gsm you just have to SIM unlock. As far as effectiveness of using gsm will depend on the carrier and which frequencies it uses. Converting is impossible because the official GPE is only gsm and has different partitions. You can however use a GPE Rom
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I am actually using a bad ESN sprint M7 and I live in the Caribbean on a gsm network(digicel) No issues so far. I have 4g data speed.
My bootloader is unlocked with H-Boot 1.56, I'm S-off, rooted and TWRP recovery. I'm on the 6th rom I've flashed (Tried CM 11 Nightly, CM 10 Snapshot, Stock Deodexed rooted 4.1.2, 4.4.2, MIUI, Viper Rom) and I've been working on this device for about 48 hours non-stop. I am NEED of assistance if ANYONE can offer it,
Is your device also locked to another account on Sprint with the bad ESN? I've got a Sprint HTC one I've performed the Sim Unlock attempting to use my T-Mobile sim, but it will only allow Emergency Calls. No text, no voice and no data. I've gone into the *#*#4636#*#* service menu and changed the settings to WCDMA, but NO dice. Searched for service and nothing appears, just a blank screen! I've even attempted to change RUIM settings in DFSCDMA Tool. I have changed the radio around about 5 different times with NO fix. I have searched high and low on these forums and haven't found anyone that can help me.