I purchased my X1a on eBay more than a year ago from a Californian who claimed the phone was unlocked. I turned to Canada's Rogers for a GSM SIM, and it has worked beautifully since, ... except that Rogers' coverage is darn bad here in Newfoundland. Sick of it, finally I gave Rogers notice because Telsus looked up its ESN and claimed they'd be able to support it on their HSPA network.
However, come today ... Telus installs their SIM, and the ESN is rejected. The guy behind the desk makes a call, and Telus central states that the only reason can be that the phone is still locked(?) Is it possible that it could have been locked to ATT and it just happens to work with Rogers? The phone doesn't have any thing on it to imply it once belonged to any US carrier.
Please advise ...
TIA & cheerios from the Avalon Peninsula
Has Telus completely made the switch to GSM yet? I'm from the US, so sorry for my partial ignorance If they're still in the works, from what you said they're using ESN (which is a CDMA serial number); the Xperia doesn't have an ESN, it only has an IMEI (GSM standard).
One major reason it might not work is because each type of serial number has a different amount of numbers in them. ESN DEC (or MEID DEC) uses 18 numbers, ESN HEX (or MEID HEX) uses 14 letters and numbrs, and IMEI uses 18 numbers. ESN and IMEI are incompatible, while DEC and HEX are interchangable, since they're both CDMA standard. Maybe mention this to them and it'll jog their memories, and give you more specific information
Xenithflare said:
Has Telus completely made the switch to GSM yet? I'm from the US, so sorry for my partial ignorance If they're still in the works, from what you said they're using ESN (which is a CDMA serial number); the Xperia doesn't have an ESN, it only has an IMEI (GSM standard).
One major reason it might not work is because each type of serial number has a different amount of numbers in them. ESN DEC (or MEID DEC) uses 18 numbers, ESN HEX (or MEID HEX) uses 14 letters and numbrs, and IMEI uses 18 numbers. ESN and IMEI are incompatible, while DEC and HEX are interchangable, since they're both CDMA standard. Maybe mention this to them and it'll jog their memories, and give you more specific information
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Thanx for your response
The Telus guy I first talked with took the battery out and looked up the # in their database and stated it would work. Today's Telus guy used the Xperia's OS to find the # indicated. The number, referred to by the OS as IMEI, actually has 15 numbers in it. The only difference from what's reported behind the battery is 35774202-003213-8(?)
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Thanx for your response
The Telus guy I first talked with took the battery out and looked up the # in their database and stated it would work. Today's Telus guy used the Xperia's OS to find the # indicated. The number, referred to by the OS as IMEI, actually has 15 numbers in it. The only difference from what's reported behind the battery is 35774202-003213-8(?)
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The serial number printed on the phones will occasionally have dashes or spaces interspaced in the numbers, because it makes it easier to input than having a long string of numbers.
So, they confirmed the IMEI, and yet it still doesn't work? And it worked for a Roger's SIM just recently... I could see an issue activating the phone on a new account, because their system won't have the X1 in it, but that shouldn't stop the SIM from reading. Hell, AT&T has no idea what the X1 is, and my account says I'm using a Motorola flip phone XD But the SIM works wonderfully. Assuming it's a brand-new account, see if they can enter a different IMEI in their system to start with (here in the States, I'd say you should just get a free subsidized phone from them, but put the SIM in the X1)? If the SIM is rejected, it can mean it isn't activated... so it could be just the initial set-up IMEI. Sorry if that was a little confusing, I had random ideas popping up everywhere
Well, that was my only guess. If that doesn't work, I'm stumped
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Well, that was my only guess. If that doesn't work, I'm stumped
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You should be confused!
I printed your 1st response and thought I'd swing by the Telus store on my way home. As it turned out, another Telus store was closer and was not affiliated with the previous. I told the woman my story, showed her your message ... and then she immediately took the SIM out of her phone and put it mine ... fired it up, and then reports "It works OK with my SIM(?)"
The previous Telus store had given me the SIM originally tried, so this woman puts it in and reports "It works OK with your SIM(?)" ... and then proceeds to sell me my month-to-month plan.
The moral ... well, I don't know what to make of it, except to believe that the 1st Telus store did not really need to check with Telus central (or their affiliated central) to see if my SIM would work. IE, it simply works! ... go figure ...
Thanx again
I know its illegal to change IMEI numbers for fraud, but its not illegal to repair your own IMEI number. I have researched, its only illegal to change it to something other than what it actually is. Repair is perfectly fine.
With that being said, at some point, my phone has 0'd out its own IMEI number. Under software it says MEID=0 and the phone carrier is not recognizing it, even though i have the actual IMEI number under the battery. I need to repair it internally so it can communicate with the network.
I know some of how to do this with cdma workshop, but the problem is that the imei is more digits than cdma workshop is allowing me to enter (and part of it is greyed out). Do i need a differnt version of cdma workshop, like a newer one than 2.7 or what do i need to do to fix my phone.
(I guess im also required to say this is for educational purposes only)
But i really just wanna FIX my phone. Thanks
Hi, I saw lot people asking about "How to unlock Droid3", So first of all there is no tool which can unlock the droid 3 for now.
Well I purchased two Droid 3 handset from Ebay U.S both are locked to Verizon. I bring back the handset to India. The way which I know and found on this forum is first you need unlock code from Verizon or in my case I also purchased the codes from ebay U.S at $3.55 single code (you can negotiated with seller if have need two codes).
In order to enter the code just switch ON the phone and it ask for enter the PIN. You will see successful text if the code is correct otherwise unsuccessful text. Then restart the device and you will not see that PIN enter menu again. (Please don't enter the code more than 2 times, ask the seller again if the code is not working, Sometimes they provide two codes).
Afterwards Just flash the XT883 ROM (which is Chinese ROM). Then you are good to go both GSM and CDMA work networks great. Here is one of thread on XT883. One more thing if only want to use CDMA sim then you don't need unlock code, the code only for GSM, just flash XT883 ROM and use your CDMA sim card.
Well I don't know this thread is helpful or relevant, If not Mods can delete this thread.
You're on GSM900/800, UMTS2100, right? Was the Chinese ROM necessary for functionality? Why do you think Maverick and Steeldroid aren't using it as a base?
In GSM 1800/900 and CDMA/EVDO Rev A 800/1900 or (CDMA2000 1X & 1xEV-DO Rev. A). Well it's bug free I think.
Found this weird app on my phone (CQATest). I went into it and found a Sim menu where it says my phone iccid doesn't match my phone iccid. i was under the impression that the phones do not have iccid numbers. i thought that iccid was sim only? anyone have any idea what this is?
I'm trying to find an answer to this too. I have a MOTO G though, but same applies as what op said.
Trouble is, because of this paypal app does not work.
This is because i ported my number to another provider and the temporary number is stored in phone settings (about page).
How do I fix this?
I just purchased a used H811 Tmobile LG G4. Popped in a Tmobile SIM and it's working fine.
However, to my great surprise, the IMEI number displayed from Settings or by dialing *#06# does not match the one printed on the label behind the battery.
Tmobile rep actually said that this might be due to CDMA support on G4, which requires a different IMEI.
I am not so sure this makes sense.
Does anyone's IMEI number not match like mine?
Thanks in advance.
Can't check right now but I believe the one in software is the one that cell companies see and block if needed. The printed one is for hardware repairs and such. Though they should be the same number. I'll check later and report back.
Phone was blacklisted and someone changed imei so it would work. Both numbers should match unless the phone has been tampered with. Sorry