[Q]LTE sim card - HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity

I just bought this phone from craigs list, coming from the infuse...now I understand that this phone requires an LTE sim card in order to use the pta apn...can someone please let me know how to get one and if they cost money?
As of right now I'm using the legacy apn settings so I'm using hspa+...but j would love to try the 4Glte...if its even available in my area...gotta check
Anyways basically how do I get a 4Glte sim card and does it cost money
Also if I have to call att will they do it for free since my 2 year contract with my infuse wasn't up?
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Of you go by an AT&T store they will give you a new Sim for free as long as you haven't gone in there and got one every week for the last year.
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rquiett said:
Of you go by an AT&T store they will give you a new Sim for free as long as you haven't gone in there and got one every week for the last year.
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Thanks...ill do that as soon as I get a chance
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No problem. when you go make sure it's an actual AT&T store not a authorized retailer, not sure if they will do it there. And welcome to the vivid
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You will also need to make sure they add the right data plan for you to use the pta apn
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JEANRIVERA said:
You will also need to make sure they add the right data plan for you to use the pta apn
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Thanks...didn't knowte had a special data plan...actually I remember reading something about it...better look at those prices before I go
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They are actually the same price they just need to change in the system for you to connect to LTE and use pta apn settings
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Lol went to att store today...turns out I already have the right sim...just need to call att and have them switch me over to LTE...couldn't do it at the store because I'm not 18 and my mom wasn't with me...but I'm gonna have my mom call tonight...
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*See here for Vivid root progress*

Hey guys, our own GSLEON3 has just started working with EvilDevnull. Evil has a pretty good track record with being able to exploit devices, so I think we might be in luck. However, EvilDevnull was banned from XDA for reasons I won't go into. So please, do not link his site, but you are allowed to link his twitter. TO FIND HIS SITE, google "s-off think tank" and you will find his forum with his name in the url. Register with the forum and you are in. Recently, Evil was only working on the HTC Rezound but GSLEON3 was able to get him to add a Vivid section on the forum since the two devices are so alike. So check in on the Vivid or Rezound sub forums to see what's going on. This thread is for root discussion only, please do not start drama about Evil or you may face the consequences with a mod.
Very cool. Thank you for the update. Just signed up
Thanks slapshot30. Things are going in the right direction
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Thank you!
Congrats guys. Hope you'll enjoy your Unlock bootloader when it comes
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XAviierG said:
Congrats guys. Hope you'll enjoy your Unlock bootloader when it comes
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You sound hopeful. You know somthing we do not?
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drewdatrip said:
You sound hopeful. You know somthing we do not?
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I just know that Evil is really smart and he'll have it soon
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XAviierG said:
I just know that Evil is really smart and he'll have it soon
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Quoted for truth.
This is the best possible news
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Just registered....
Hoping to learn more and more specifically learn enough to help with rom development...
I'm a Web Developer by trade, but pretty excited about the 'Holiday', finally being a real device.
Excellent!!!
I am really dissapointed because this is the first HTC phone I get that I can not modify to my like. I like it hardware wise but miss the overclocking and twicking and so. I just wish it was rooted. So I am going to fork some cash for a moto razr from local carrier that has the same freq than Ma Bell and put this baby In its box until its been rooted. I like it enough to hold on to it and I realy don't like the Sammys, I remember my cappi being unstable and feeling like a chinesse counterfeit of a nicer product.
The razr is rooted so Ill have Enough
To stay busy and entertainned until the beast is finnaly out of its cage.
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carlosjcar said:
So I am going to fork some cash for a moto razr from local carrier that has the same freq than Ma Bell and put this baby In its box until its been rooted.
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Wait..you're going to put a Verizon phone on AT&T? CDMA phone on GSM network. Best of luck.
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They actually have one that runs on att 3g.band from China
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Rogers carriers the same phone in HSPA+ 850/19000 frequencies. they call it the Motorola Razr, sans Droid nameplate.
I've been using a rogers evo 3d since they were released. All the bands are the same between rogers Canada and att
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Any new news yet on progress
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Any new news yet on progress
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He sais that perm root is coming "in a few days" on December 17.
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Aus_Azn said:
He sais that perm root is coming "in a few days" on December 17.
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No, he didn't. On the 17th he said he MAY have great news in a couple of days, not that it was definite. Not once has he given an actual eta.
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It is a CLARO branded Droid HSPa+
They have same bands as aTT they have it free on contract but they also have the n9 free so I am going to test the Nokia just a test ill be back on the vivid when its rooted
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Carrier billing

Is there any rom that allows the vivid to bill to my att account or a alternate version of the market I can use? Thanks
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I thought you could always bill your at&t account for purchases in the app store. I can purchase stuff that way 0.0
I don't get the option on this phone. I did on my atrix.... Used it often. Anyone have an idea before I return the phone?
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I don't get the option either never have
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Well crap. No one has a solution?
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Hope full bump...
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Add a line then swapping Numbers

Got a advertisement from sprint offering 200 bucks off any phone and 100 credit for porting a number over. My question is can I port the wife over then swap my number to the phone she gets with the new line? And and put her number on the phone I have now?
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I'm a dumb ass sorry for putting this in the wrong section
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we swap phones around all the time, can see why you couldn't
Do you wait a specific amount of time before you trade devices?
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Nope it's just an esn/imei swap. You may need a 3rd phone to temp swap, can only be done one at a time.
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You have to wait twenty four hours before theyll do it. Online, phone and in store. Otherwise theyll charge full price for phone
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I knew there was probably a magic number
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You have to wait twenty four hours before theyll do it. Online, phone and in store. Otherwise theyll charge full price for phone
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That might be policy, but we've gotten away with insta-swaps before. It's how my father juggles phone upgrades like nobody's business. Then again, we're a long time Sprint customer, so we may have gotten some extra leniency on this front (and/or a nice rep!).
You can do this. I did it in store. I added a line on my account and transferred a number to that new line with the HTC One. As soon as we did that I asked to swap phones and it was done in about 30 minutes for all of the process.
Typed on my Sprint HTC ONE
I may have some wiggle room on the policy then been with sprint since 02
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youkosnake said:
You have to wait twenty four hours before theyll do it. Online, phone and in store. Otherwise theyll charge full price for phone
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I didn't have to. Upgraded my line and got an Evo LTE for girlfriend, activated right there at Best Buy on her line while I bought it.
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scarletspider1982 said:
Got a advertisement from sprint offering 200 bucks off any phone and 100 credit for porting a number over. My question is can I port the wife over then swap my number to the phone she gets with the new line? And and put her number on the phone I have now?
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I work at a Sprint corporate store. Yes you can do this. You don't need a third phone. The rep should know what they are doing. You can also do it right there in the store. You don't have to wait any amount of time.
If the phone you are buying comes with a mail-in rebate then you will lose the mail-in rebate because of the esn swap. Just a heads up.
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I work for radioshack... I do cross upgrades all the time.. I upgrade the eligible line, sell it, then call up to have them switched. No 24 hours needed
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I do it all the time with our three lines it can be done over the phone and there is no charge just remember that the upgrade will be lost on the line you swap for 2 years.
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The process is called gifted upgrade.
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Sprint employee here. You can do the upgrade and swap the phones instantly. We do it every single day. We care more about our sales numbers than if sprint frowns on this process.
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I should hope they wouldn't frown on something that extends my contact and makes them more money. Lol
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HTC Red version will be released 8/16

Stopped by best buy mobile and inquired about the red version for Sprint. He stated we have them in stock already and do you want to see it. I said sure and he bought it and unboxed and yes it's a beautiful phone even better looking than in the photos. He looked up the released date and told me the 16th.
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It's not the 16th, but you can now pick up the Red HTC One at certain Sprint stores now.
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Yea.. like my store. I completely forgot it was the 15th. I just think of it as a color. Just like the purple s4. We were selling them days before they were supposed to come out lol
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Yea.. like my store. I completely forgot it was the 15th. I just think of it as a color. Just like the purple s4. We were selling them days before they were supposed to come out lol
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Corporate or indirect?
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eyeisdasteve said:
Corporate or indirect?
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Indirect
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Indirect
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Gotcha. I work at a corporate store and we would be in trouble if we did.
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@tsdeaton @eyeisdasteve Wait u guys work for sprint and ur here??
Got to love that... did u guys flashed the 4.3 yet or do u get updates to ur stores way before us??
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Hell most the store i have been in have employees that have rooted phones
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eyeisdasteve said:
Gotcha. I work at a corporate store and we would be in trouble if we did.
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Yea one of the perks of an indirect location. I'm surprised they dont keep a closer eye on us. We are the number 1 preferred retailer in the west.
An employee sold the HTC one at a corporate store the day before they were released and he was fired the next day. That was just right down the road lol
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AT&T Note 3 to T Mobile

Okay so I have an AT&T Note 3. And Im tired of dealing with AT&T haha. Too pricey. Is there any way I can use mine on T Mobiles network? Fixing to order a sim card from them. Will it work?
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You have to obtain a SIM unlock code. You can either call at&t if your the original owner and get one for free. I go overseas a lot so they gave it to me. Or you can obtain one for a price online.
If the phone is or gets blacklisted, it won't work on at&t or tmobile anymore.
It will work. I did it.
However, the service is not as good as a full blown T-Mobile phone and there will be no wifi calling. I am debatig on selling this and buying the T-Mobile brand phone...
If you do not care about wifi calling you can install the T-Mobile Rom on the ATT Note 3. I did and the phone service was much better.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625946
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It will work. I did it.
However, the service is not as good as a full blown T-Mobile phone and there will be no wifi calling. I am debatig on selling this and buying the T-Mobile brand phone...
If you do not care about wifi calling you can install the T-Mobile Rom on the ATT Note 3. I did and the phone service was much better.
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Is ur phone working fine with T-mo ROM?
I'm using att on t-mo but didn't know u can flash that rom to it. Can u please tell me how u flashed?
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Hmm okay ill try both. But if I decide on getting the t mobile note 3, where can I sell my att note 3?
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willxander3 said:
Is ur phone working fine with T-mo ROM?
I'm using att on t-mo but didn't know u can flash that rom to it. Can u please tell me how u flashed?
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It is fairly straightforward. Was easy to install.
Once I installed the TMO os on the phone it WORKED BETTER. Again, I cannot wifi call but adding the tmo carrier option via the Modificatinator helped a lot and it FIXED THE GPS issue. It's obvious the GPS issue is ATT related. Was not easy adding the additional TMO carrier options on the Modificatinator but once figured it was cake.
Yep and then some
It will most certainly work on T-Mobile if you ended your contract/relationship with ATT legally/appropriately. Visit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485441 for some really important information while switching. There are changes to build.prop that can improve 4G speed , reception , etc.
Okay so I unlocked my phone. Im using t mobile now. But 4G doesnt work. Any way I can get it to work?
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Do u have the right APN setting?
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It says its on epc.tmobile.com. how do I set the right APN?
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i got an att note 3 on tmobile, lte works fine
Hmm. Maybe I need to call them or something. I have the pre paid 50.00 a month plan.
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I have same plan. I get 4gLTE. Change it to fast.t-mobile.com
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When I changed the APN to fast.tmobile.com it just went to G. Not 4G
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Do u have 4glte in ur área?
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Put the - in t-mobile
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I dont have lte but I have 4G. When I was on ATT I had 4G. And okay ill try that
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Okay now its says its on E
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sometimes its the sim card, i unlocked my freinds note 2 and tried hours getting 4g LTE on it, and then i popped in MY sim card, and the 4g lte worked. so she went out and got a new sim card and now she has 4g LTE.
Dang that sucks haha.
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Just got a new sim. Still only runs Edge /:
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