No tablet plan / Bell Blocking Voice via IMEI? - Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there. I've searched around and couldn't find an answer, so if this is already posted please point me in that direction.
I'm about to purchase an unlocked Galaxy Tab originally from the Rogers network off of a friend. I'm with Bell. I'm one of the lucky few that have the unlimited data plan originally offered with the Palm Pre, that also works with Android.
My question is if Bell will realize that I don't have a tablet plan when I do the steps in order to make calls/sms working and block my device or change my plan. Does anyone have a voice plan that they've been able to use with Bell on the Galaxy Tab without them noticing? This is more of a precautionary for me, because I'd really like to keep my data plan and would be quite upset if Bell were to change it.
My reasoning for getting a Rogers Tab unlocked is my assumption that Bell won't have the IMEI for a device they don't sell, so it may be safer for me. Thoughts?

i would like to know as well. im in the proccess of doing same
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I use my Galaxy Tab as my primary / only device, which includes phone calls on Bell Mobility. I used to have Blackberry on a voice and data plan, and when I got the Tab and realized I wanted nothing else / rooted / flashed a useful ROM that supports voice, all I did was plug the new SIM into the Tab.
I haven't had any problems or changes made by Bell. I doubt they can see my device, or care, as I have called for misc reasons from the device. I simply never told them of the device change.
Now, my plan prior to the device change supported voice and data. So if your current plan does that I think you'll be ok.

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[Q] I have tmobile, with Data plan, but does not work on my G1

So I've done plenty of searching, enough so that I was able to unlock my phone without the data working, rooted my phone, flashed and modded it, successfully running newest Biffmod.
That being said, i'm 100000% sure I have a working data plan, my plan is unlimited everything.
Works fine in any of my other phones, Dash 3G, HTC HD2, Unlocked Samsung blackjack i607.. The difference, those are all windows mobile phones?
But the HTC HD2 Dual boots android 2.2 froyo and data works there.
Yup, same sim I'm talking about, same plan, just different phones.
Any Idea why my data plan is not working with the G1? Am I doing something wrong? It worked when i FIRST got this phone (ordered it off ebay not that long ago to play with).. After factory reset/wipe before modding is when it all went sour.
Was stuck on log in screen so I had to do the work around to get into the phone, obviously not with Biffmod I can skip.. But I cant use market place, check e-mail, ANYTHING data related. Yet my Icon says 4 bars, 3G and I even see the "up" and "down" data xfer arrows giving me activity.
It's as if it's "there" just not working.
Any help would be great appreciated, I plan to go to T-mobile and hopefully one of the people there will actually have some tech savvy.. Wishful thinking.
Long story short, I just want my data to work. Please, and thank you.
Do a search on here for the correct APN setings for your provider.
edit: here's the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475564
Read the thread, it's for ATT users trying to use a T-Mobile phone.
The issue is that I actually have T-mobile.
I'm fairly sure I saw the apn settings for t-mo in there too. That's probably what you should be checking first.
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Just google Tmobile's US apn settings or grab them from another of your devices, then it will work.
Perfect, I'll give that a shot when I get home from work today, thanks for all the help so far.

[Q] Is AT&T 3G on T-Mobile Possible?

I have tried to search the forums for answers, but I keep finding a lot of non-definitive results (and many reference FAQs for the Galaxy S phone).
I have a T-Mobile Galaxy tab that is running stock T-Mobile Firmware. I also have an active AT&T SIM card via my job.
I have unlocked my tab and created a custom APN that allows me to use the AT&T SIM on EDGE.
I understand that AT&T and T-Mobile use different frequency bands for their 3G, but I am unsure if these frequencies are completely unavailable on opposing characters or if they are just disabled in firmware/software.
Is there a modem.bin (or other firmware) that will allow we to flash a T-Mobile Galaxy Tab and use an AT&T SIM for 3G? If so, is there a firmware to revert it back if there are issues?
I don't really care about voice (at the moment) but it would be nice to use the unlimited AT&T 3G card instead of paying month-to-month with T-Mobile.
Why dont you unlock and try? I know rotohammer posted instructions on how to unlock. He also posted a complete package to flash to stock.
NO, it's not possible!
joedoe said:
NO, it's not possible!
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Do'h!
Is is a hardware or a software issue? i.e. can I ever hope that someone might figure out how to do this?
I have only had my tab for about a week; If it is never I may re-consider returning and purchasing one on from AT&T...
clubtech posted the modem.bin for AT&T here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9342507&postcount=47
If you're willing to test it, please let us know how it goes! I'm interested, but I'm scared that AT&T will screw up my current plan. They've done it before - swapped from iPhone 3GS to Palm Pre Plus, then back to iPhone 3GS - found out they switched to unlimited data, and didn't work on my iPhone. I had to call to have them switch back to an iPhone data plan.
Also scary - stuck a dumb phone SIM into my iPhone -automatically added iPhone data plan.
I'm grandfathered into the unlimited iPhone data plan, and don't want to risk it.
naddie said:
- found out they switched to unlimited data, and didn't work on my iPhone. .
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You can create a custom APN profile and use almost any AT&T SIM in an iPhone. Get on WiFi with your iPhone, and open http://www.unlockit.co.nz/.
My AT&T work SIM is for a blackberry, but I have been using it with my current and prior iPhones with no issues (I have helped a few others in my office do this as well).
I am hoping to be able to do the same with my Galaxy Tab.
Thanks for the link. I will try the modem.bin in a bit- and may even go and do a full-blown AT&T firmware at one point-but I am trying to make sure I have a chance (i.e. the radio frequencies are available) and a way to backout if there are issues.
Broo said:
You can create a custom APN profile and use almost any AT&T SIM in an iPhone. Get on WiFi with your iPhone, and open xxx (unable to post links).
My AT&T work SIM is for a blackberry, but I have been using it with my current and prior iPhones with no issues (I have helped a few others in my office do this as well).
I am hoping to be able to do the same with my Galaxy Tab.
Thanks for the link. I will try the modem.bin in a bit- and may even go and do a full-blown AT&T firmware at one point-but I am trying to make sure I have a chance (i.e. the radio frequencies are available) and a way to backout if there are issues.
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The thing that scares me is that AT&T actually messes with your plans according to the device you stick your SIM in. Now that's BS, because if I ever want to stick it in another phone to test it out, then put it back in my iPhone, I may loose my unlimited data plan and end up with the 5GB data plan. They don't offer unlimited anymore. I'm grandfathered in.
Before they took it out, I was able to swap devices willy nilly. They were able to switch from plan-t0-plan, and I don't care because I can always get back to the plan I wanted. Not any more!
Let me know how it goes. I'm interested in flashing mine, but not sure how to go about it.
Well, curiosity got the best of me, and I put in my iPhone 4 SIM into the Tmo Tab. It works! Just make sure you have the APN set up correctly. Edge only. I have no idea how to flash the modem.bin file. I'd like to find a way to back up my Tmo modem.bin first before I try the AT&T one.
Nope I've tried *#2263# and changing the apn modem.bin still got edge.
I went ahead and tried a few things- and here is what happened.
I flashed with the EU firmware and the Bell Modem (via the RU firmware and repartitioning) and ended up only getting a GSM signal (wow- that make me nostalgic of my old Nokia 3650 days).
I messed with it for a while and eventually flashed the AT&T stock firmware. With this I was able to get EDGE, but the whole system was buggy- such as the startup screen was blank until it completed and I pressed the power button.
I trief to re-flash with T-Mobile stock firmware and I was stuck in EDGE; no 3G available.
I tried to re-flash with T-Mobile stock again and I totally bricked the unit (note: don't rename the folder containing the firmware while you are in the process of flashing!). It was uber-dead; it wouldn't power on, no recovery mode, connecting to a PC didn't detect any device and the charger wouldn't even light up when I plugged it in.
I ended up returning it to T-Mobile as I had only had it for about a week. They gave me a credit minus a $10 restocking (called post activation) fee. I may look around to see if I can find an AT&T Samsung after the holidays...
Broo said:
I went ahead and tried a few things- and here is what happened.
I flashed with the EU firmware and the Bell Modem (via the RU firmware and repartitioning) and ended up only getting a GSM signal (wow- that make me nostalgic of my old Nokia 3650 days).
I messed with it for a while and eventually flashed the AT&T stock firmware. With this I was able to get EDGE, but the whole system was buggy- such as the startup screen was blank until it completed and I pressed the power button.
I trief to re-flash with T-Mobile stock firmware and I was stuck in EDGE; no 3G available.
I tried to re-flash with T-Mobile stock again and I totally bricked the unit (note: don't rename the folder containing the firmware while you are in the process of flashing!). It was uber-dead; it wouldn't power on, no recovery mode, connecting to a PC didn't detect any device and the charger wouldn't even light up when I plugged it in.
I ended up returning it to T-Mobile as I had only had it for about a week. They gave me a credit minus a $10 restocking (called post activation) fee. I may look around to see if I can find an AT&T Samsung after the holidays...
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Ouch! yea, you wouldn't want to change the name of the folder you're flashing from. >_<
For those who flashed their Tmo Tabs wth the AT&T modem.bin file and still getting only Edge, did you make sure you're set to connect to GSM and WCDMA?
When I inserted my Tmo SIM back in after playing around with AT&T, I also had Edge only. I found out that I left it on GSM only. Doh! Set it back to GSM and WCDMA, and I got my 3G back.
I'm hoping that's the small detail that is preventing Tmo Tab users who flashed to the AT&T modem.bin.
I still haven't found the instructions to flash the modem.bin though. All the guides I found are about flashing entire ROMs with the modem.bin, not just the modem.bin itself with the stock (but rooted) Tmo ROM. Otherwise, I'd try it myself. Also would like to know how to back up my current modem.bin before I start experimenting.
On a positive note, AT&T hasn't messed with my granfathered unlimited iPhone data plan yet. *cross fingers* Makes me feel more confident to try it again on my Tmo Tab.
Has anyone succeeded in getting both data and voice? I have an iphone unlimited data plan and a t-mo tab.
Where are you guys getting the ATT rom from and what .pit file are you using.
I am trying to go back to the ATT rom but it boots blank after trying a couple posted here.
Thanks
I too have a tmobile SGT and I would very much like to use it on at&t 3g. I have sadly yet to have found a definitive answer as to whether or not the hardware is capable of doing so? Shouldn't it be a simple matter of flashing the at&t modem.bin onto the tab so that it can handle the appropriate 3g frequencies?
please advise!
Definitely NO. Hardware is not compatable. There are many definite answers, and a few idiots. The radio frequencies don't match, and no rom or modem file can change that.

[Q] Possible to use Samsung Vibrant on AT&T *without* data plan?

Hello XDA! After numerous searches and lots of contacting my local psychics, I've still been unable to find the answer to life's #1 question:
If I buy and unlock a T-Mobile/Samsung Vibrant, I know I can use it on AT&T. However, if AT&T has IMEIs on file for the device, it will be detected and upgraded to a data plan (thanks AT&T). Since the Vibrant is part of the GS line, does anyone know if the Vibrant will be detected as a smartphone?
Thanks in advance for any help!
EDIT: and this thread was no help and in the wrong place.
A wee bit late...
I'm a wee bit late, but if anyone wants to know:
I've had my Vibrant for a bit now, and so far, no upgrade. I'll keep this thread updated if I do get upgraded, though.
Dd you just put the at&t sim card in the unlock vibrant? Or do I have to disable the data connection to prevent at&t to detect the device? And does MMS works without data plan on vibrant? Thanks in Advance.
Sorry, but I don't use MMS at all. I have data turned off both at the phone and at AT&T, but if I understand correctly MMS should work and data should not get you detected (other than using excess data).
Samsung Vibrant on AT&T phone only plan
I have a Vibrant I use on AT&T with plain phone service only & enjoy the Android world in Wi-Fi areas. I have "Mobile Networks - data enabled" turned off in setting so it does not use any of AT&T precious data. I am not sure if this is in stock phone program or not, I have custom ROM installed. Every time I update my phone with a new ROM I make sure I do not have the SIM card in until I have the data turned off because the ridiculous fee for pay by use. Anyway I logged onto AT&T and set my phone to a dumb phone on their list of phones, waited a few days, and called AT&T. All they could quote to me on the Vibrant phone with their SIM card in was it was a "non AT&T branded phone". I got data removed no problem but did require a phone call - unable to do online. This has worked well.

[Q] Want to get a Tab but confused about a bunch of things

Hi,
I realize that some of these questions have been asked before but after some reading I've come to find that there have been recent developments not documented on the main info sources.
I want to get a Tmobile Tab to be used on Tmo as a phone. I currently have an Android data plan. Is tmobile still blocking voice tabs? And is possible to get both voice and 3G, yet? What are my options here?
What if I decided to use it solely for VOIP connectivity? Am I going to have issues here or has this been sorted out? This is a valid option for me. So if this is the best option out there please feel free to say so.
BUMP and update.
I bit the bullet and bought a tab. The build quality is incredible.
I got it off craigslist so it was already rooted. I put my phone's sim card in there and I get edge. Is there any way to get it to 3G? Tmobile sim in tmobile tab.

Please help. Just bought a new S5 & have a question about enabling native tethering

Please help. Just bought a new S5 & have a question about enabling native tethering
I just purchased from the daily steals special unlocked galaxy S5. Being that I am from Canada, and because the description of the phone was in error I did not realize I was purchasingThe AT&T version which is locked down. While I don't strongly feel the need to root the phone and customize it, I would like to still have full functionality which includes native tethering which on my plan, with my provider in Canada I am entitled to. My understanding is that this version of the phone has the tethering locked down to AT&T. Being that I have not taken ownership of the phone yet I do not know which firmware is installed on it to see whether or not the option of rooting the device on kitkat (and changing the tethering can be done) and then bringing firmware up to lollipop is an option. This is something important to me as I use this feature often.
I would like to ask the following questions:
1. Firstly I would like to know when phones are purchased new do they always have KitKat firmware on them for this model or were any of you who purchased the phone did it come with lollipop out-of-the-box? This is supposed to be a new unlocked model for sale. It is not a refurbished model.
2. Question is there a way to know based on the serial number on the outside of the box what the firmware is? The reason I am asking is because when I pointed out the error of the advertised description of the phone they told me I am entitled to return the phone without restocking fee if I have not opened it yet. That it is already on an unrootable firmware.
3. If by chance this phone is on lollipop, is it still possible to enable native tethering if I am unable to root the phone? I have seen mention on an earlier thread where people used ADB and were able to pull the tethering provision file modify it and push it back to the system which would then allow native tethering to work. I am just not sure if this was specific to pre-lollipop firmware. I have also seen somebody advertise on YouTube it he for a fee is providing the service to enable native tethering on the galaxy S5. However he is the only person I have seen mention this anywhere so I am not sure whether or not this is something that can be done without root. Does anybody have any experience having done this?
I am unfortunately in the awkward situation of having this phone currently be in the US and be brought back to me in the next few days. So I essentially have the weekend to make a decision as to what I should do. If anybody can provide me any insight I would greatly appreciated.
Anyone?
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Mine came with KitKat but if you connect to the wifi upon setup I believe they automatically update to Lollipop
I have a rooted G900-A connected to MetroPCS, and I downloaded an app from google play which unlocks the tethering function
OK so this is kind of weird. I just took ownership of my factory unlocked AT&T Samsung galaxy S5. I was dismayed to find when i opened the box and booted it up that it actually had the latest version of lollipop 5.1.1. What is very interesting however is I am in Canada it once I realized that I will not be able to root this device, I decided for fun to turn on the Wi-Fi hotspot and see if it would work and to my surprise and excitement the Wi-Fi hotspot worked with my Sim card for my Canadian carrier. So I don't know if this was a special version that was put out because this came factory sealed in the box it was a factory unlocked model the tethering was unlocked as well. It does have the AT&T bloatware on it but otherwise I am quite pleasantly surprised and happy as my primary reason for choosing to root the device was to enable hotspot. Does anybody suggest that I try to root this phone given that the hotspot is working.? Maybe this is a special version does not have the same locked boot loader as before? How should I proceed if I want to try?

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