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"This SIM Card is from an unknown source."

I updated the ROM to the most recent ICS leak and inserted my SIM card. When in either GSM or Global mode, the phone will respond with "This SIM card is from an unknown source." Is there any way to fix this? I'm on AT&T in the US.

beepboopbeep said:
I updated the ROM to the most recent ICS leak and inserted my SIM card. When in either GSM or Global mode, the phone will respond with "This SIM card is from an unknown source." Is there any way to fix this? I'm on AT&T in the US.
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This phone will not work on US GSM frequencies, only abroad.
Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2

I thought it was compatible with US GSM frequencies since its a quad-band radio. This website refers to the Radiocomm hack to use AT&T (see Android Community's article "Motorola Droid 4, Razr, and Bionic modded for AT&T and T-Mobile") and the resource on Droid-Forums implies that the Radiocomm hack isn't even necessary after upgrading to ICS ("Finally! GSM Droid 4 Works!"). Is there something I'm missing?
edit: I can't post links, so woops! You'll have to search for those things instead I guess.

beepboopbeep said:
I thought it was compatible with US GSM frequencies since its a quad-band radio. This website refers to the Radiocomm hack to use AT&T (see Android Community's article "Motorola Droid 4, Razr, and Bionic modded for AT&T and T-Mobile") and the resource on Droid-Forums implies that the Radiocomm hack isn't even necessary after upgrading to ICS ("Finally! GSM Droid 4 Works!"). Is there something I'm missing?
edit: I can't post links, so woops! You'll have to search for those things instead I guess.
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I know what you talk about.
GSM is unlocked in ICS for abroad GSM carriers, but it's not working for US GSM. For US GSM you still need to go and use radiocomm patch.

olegfusion said:
I know what you talk about.
GSM is unlocked in ICS for abroad GSM carriers, but it's not working for US GSM. For US GSM you still need to go and use radiocomm patch.
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I used Radiocomm to check my NV value and it matches what the patch would be setting. I'm still not able to use my AT&T SIM. Has anyone encountered this before?

beepboopbeep said:
I used Radiocomm to check my NV value and it matches what the patch would be setting. I'm still not able to use my AT&T SIM. Has anyone encountered this before?
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Verizon is obviously blocking access to US GSM networks. This has been reported previously on the ICS leaks. You are out of luck for now unless someone figures out how to patch this.

But I got the same message with my australian sim...
I rooted, installed safestrap and then CM9 with the setting "telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice" set to "0" in the build.prop. After that I had much better GSM-reception and the message didn't show up anymore.

In build.prop there is the following string: ro.telephony.gsm-routes-us-smsc. Could that be the limiting factor? Maybe try change to 0?

That only affects sending of SMSs. If you're not in the US, and not using Verizon's SIM, yes you should set it to 0.
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I haven't had any luck from modifying the build.prop file. Running logcat -b radio shows me that CDMA stuff is going on when I'm in CDMA mode (whodathunkit) and GSM is happening when I'm in GSM mode. Is there a guide on how to interface with the radio directly (or, well, through linux or adb) so that I can figure out what the radio is picking up? It might not be seeing the AT&T signal at all. If only I could see what AT+COPS=? returns.

Could someone post their build.prop for the latest leak? Mine was accidentally saved while deleting some line. I don't want to reboot the device for fear of some kind of mishap. If you like outside the US and have your GSM edits included, that would be greatly appreciated

highlandsun said:
That only affects sending of SMSs. If you're not in the US, and not using Verizon's SIM, yes you should set it to 0.
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hi, i'm not understand where i need to set is zero. pls explain. Now i have the problem " Sim card is from unknown source" and mobile network data is not working. my droid is RAZR HD verizon but i using in out of us.
thanks

beepboopbeep said:
I haven't had any luck from modifying the build.prop file. Running logcat -b radio shows me that CDMA stuff is going on when I'm in CDMA mode (whodathunkit) and GSM is happening when I'm in GSM mode. Is there a guide on how to interface with the radio directly (or, well, through linux or adb) so that I can figure out what the radio is picking up? It might not be seeing the AT&T signal at all. If only I could see what AT+COPS=? returns.
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I keep having this error on most roms I flash

kswynn said:
hi, i'm not understand where i need to set is zero. pls explain. Now i have the problem " Sim card is from unknown source" and mobile network data is not working. my droid is RAZR HD verizon but i using in out of us.
thanks
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Hi mate. Find"build prop editor" in play store, install and run the app and search for the string you want to change. Rest is easy.
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[Q] Can you convert a regular One into a dev One with Ota Support? (request)

Im looking for some developer to post a guide on turning a regular Htc One like the T Mobile or AT&T version into a Developer Edition One that will get Ota updates from Htc. All the internets await the dev that does this, or 5 bucks on paypal. Whatever you choose.

This has already been done, although not in one tutorial yet on XDA.
Basicly unlock bootloader via Revolution method S-OFF flash standard RUU (I suggest a 1.28 version so OTA can be checked) and OTA Then relock bootloader and go back S-ON voila standard HTC.
I did it myself with a dutch branded HTC from T-Mobile and made a tutorial in dutch.

Rubman said:
This has already been done, although not in one tutorial yet on XDA.
Basicly unlock bootloader via Revolution method S-OFF flash standard RUU (I suggest a 1.28 version so OTA can be checked) and OTA Then relock bootloader and go back S-ON voila standard HTC.
I did it myself with a dutch branded HTC from T-Mobile and made a tutorial in dutch.
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can it be done with sprint one too?

If it can be unlocked and S-OFF via revolution I don't see why not. When a RUU is then installed it makes it a standard HTC edition

Won't work on Sprint. The Dev edition is GSM only.

gunnyman said:
Won't work on Sprint. The Dev edition is GSM only.
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Uhm it's not GSM only it can use LTE/4G just fine here

Rubman said:
Uhm it's not GSM only it can use LTE/4G just fine here
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can it do voice over LTE?
Sprint still uses CDMA radios and the Dev edition RUU won't have one.
Also the Sprint phone has a different partition layout than the Dev edition.
The boot partition on GSM phones is the partition number Sprint uses for the radio if I remember correctly

gunnyman said:
can it do voice over LTE?
Sprint still uses CDMA radios and the Dev edition RUU won't have one.
Also the Sprint phone has a different partition layout than the Dev edition.
The boot partition on GSM phones is the partition number Sprint uses for the radio if I remember correctly
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But when it is a Dev edition , can it still have a custom kernel???
i would like to have sweep 2 wake .... ??

Of course
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Uhm it's not GSM only it can use LTE/4G just fine here
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For the sake of simplicity I'll add the Dev edition doesn't support CDMA. Better?

OK no need to treat me like a noob .Did some reading into CDMA and GSM and the sprint version is just different alltogether. The Netherlands/Europe doesn't work like that with different models dor a specific provider.
We have a couple of providers that use the same phone but for example a differnet frequency for GSM 2G 3G 4G etc. CDMA isn't at all available here. or as I understand anywhere outside the US.
So if Sprint uses CDMA I'm afraid it might not work when de Dev edition of the rom hasn't got CDMA support.

You could turn the sprint One into a gsm one it has both radios, just check your gsm needs as it is extremely lacking on how many frequencies it actually has.
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its not about the fact that it has both radios. its just the plain simple fact that Sprint uses CDMA for almost all of its phone and data capabilties and the fact that since the HTC ONE/GE only has a GSM version. if you indeed flash an OTA from the GE version it wont have CDMA drivers and therefore you'll basically have a 600 dollar HTC Ipod touch.

[Q] Need help, lost my signal by choosing USA band through *#*#4636#*#*

Hey guys, I have a sim unlocked s-off Sprint M8.
Yesterday I chose USA band accidentally through *#*#4636#*#*. I live in China, now I cannot find any signal with my WCDMA network.
I tried everything during the last 16 hours including flashing the Harman RUU, but it did not work.
Will a stock sprint radio flash solve my problem? I looked everywhere but could not find a stock radio for sprint M8:crying::crying::crying:

WaterL said:
Hey guys, I have a sim unlocked s-off Sprint M8.
Yesterday I chose USA band accidentally through *#*#4636#*#*. I live in China, now I cannot find any signal with my WCDMA network.
I tried everything during the last 16 hours including flashing the Harman RUU, but it did not work.
Will a stock sprint radio flash solve my problem? I looked everywhere but could not find a stock radio for sprint M8:crying::crying::crying:
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Solved

How bout u include info on how it was solved incase others have this issue.

Original T said:
How bout u include info on how it was solved incase others have this issue.
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+1
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WaterL said:
Hey guys, I have a sim unlocked s-off Sprint M8.
Yesterday I chose USA band accidentally through *#*#4636#*#*. I live in China, now I cannot find any signal with my WCDMA network.
I tried everything during the last 16 hours including flashing the Harman RUU, but it did not work.
Will a stock sprint radio flash solve my problem? I looked everywhere but could not find a stock radio for sprint M8:crying::crying::crying:
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请问你是怎么处理的？我现在也卡在2G网了，怎么刷也搞不定3G的。我是普通sprint，不是哈曼版。谢谢了！

herobygeorge said:
请问你是怎么处理的？我现在也卡在2G网了，怎么刷也搞不定3G的。我是普通sprint，不是哈曼版。谢谢了！
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Translation:
May I ask how you deal with it? I am now stuck in the 2G network, and how to brush else fails 3G. I am an ordinary sprint, not Harman edition. Thank you!

Having same problem, please tell me how you solved it? I have exact same problem
WaterL said:
Hey guys, I have a sim unlocked s-off Sprint M8.
Yesterday I chose USA band accidentally through *#*#4636#*#*. I live in China, now I cannot find any signal with my WCDMA network.
I tried everything during the last 16 hours including flashing the Harman RUU, but it did not work.
Will a stock sprint radio flash solve my problem? I looked everywhere but could not find a stock radio for sprint M8:crying::crying::crying:
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I'm also living in China and having a same issue after changing to USA bands, please tell me how you managed to solve it?

Magnum_Enforcer said:
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May I ask how you deal with it? I am now stuck in the 2G network, and how to brush else fails 3G. I am an ordinary sprint, not Harman edition. Thank you!
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Engr_Junaid said:
I'm also living in China and having a same issue after changing to USA bands, please tell me how you managed to solve it?
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herobygeorge said:
请问你是怎么处理的？我现在也卡在2G网了，怎么刷也搞不定3G的。我是普通sprint，不是哈曼版。谢谢了！
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+1
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Original T said:
How bout u include info on how it was solved incase others have this issue.
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Flashing RUU will slove your problem as it have stock radio settings .
I was having same problem in sprint m8 .
The process i follow
Flash sprint RUU.
Go to DIAG MODE
connect phone to dfs .
Enable all 3g bands .
HiT Thanks if SomeBody Helps you..

Unable to Sim Unlock some Sprint M8's ?

Hey there!
SO I'm just about to buy myself a M8 or Iphone 5 ( If No option ) For what I have read on this forum from yesterday seems like some Sprint M8's can't be unlocked ? The posts I read was from April maybe the Bad A$$ people might have fixed it already ? Please enlighten me on this I prefer the HTC one M8 but the second option is the Iphone 5... I've used a M7 that was ATT as my last phone I Unlocked that Via a Unlock code from a website for 15$ And I don't live in the USA I live in Sri Lanka :fingers-crossed:
Thanks in advance have a good day.

Little hope for sprint ones.
You can download a file and flash it on the bootloader via the Sim Unlock option, but as much as i know it only worked for AT&T and T Mobile. You could give it a try though but i think theres a Risk of a brick
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XxpikaachuuxX said:
Little hope for sprint ones.
You can download a file and flash it on the bootloader via the Sim Unlock option, but as much as i know it only worked for AT&T and T Mobile. You could give it a try though but i think theres a Risk of a brick
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I can't take that risk sadly :/ Thanks for your reply mate ! :good:

Bump ! help a bro out

I haven't heard anything about people not being able to SIM unlock the Sprint M8. The only issue I have heard about is that some cannot get S-Off without Sunshine (Which costs $25). There are several posts on this forum regarding SIM unlock. I have done it twice now and both times I was not in the US and thus not on Sprint's network. One time in Malaysia and one time in Costa Rica. The simplest is to install BadBoyz HK rom and then use the unlock method in their post. The unlock took about 5 minutes. You may need to enable other frequency bands on the phone, but that wasn't difficult either and there is a post in the general forum about how to do that.

how are you sim unlocking your sprint m8?
use bad boyz method, it works
but make sure you'r on bad boyz rom when you do the sim unlock, wont work with stock rom. after then sim unlock, you can go back to stock rom if you want to.
no need for s-off to sim unlock

My M8 Harman Kardon Internet unstable on gsm

Hi, i have m8 harman kardon unlocked.
I use gsm in my country, indonesia...
When i activate mobile data the icon is always G, and connection is so unstable, it's always lose connection after sometimes...
What should i do to make it stable? I dont need 4g.
It's s-on n locked bootloader
Should i root n use custom rom?
Please help...
Thanks

ex-president said:
Hi, i have m8 harman kardon unlocked.
I use gsm in my country, indonesia...
When i activate mobile data the icon is always G, and connection is so unstable, it's always lose connection after sometimes...
What should i do to make it stable? I dont need 4g.
It's s-on n locked bootloader
Should i root n use custom rom?
Please help...
Thanks
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In my case it also shows G but i get the speed of hspap as here I have no 4g. G means gsm here. Either u get 4g/lte or G/gsm. I have checked it in about phone > network> cellular type. However my internet connection is pretty stable in my stock marshmallow rom and i am not rooted.

Tahsin005 said:
In my case it also shows G but i get the speed of hspap. G means gsm here. Either u get 4g/lte or G/gsm. However my internet connection is pretty stable in my stock marshmallow rom and i am not rooted.
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Yeah... I know the icon is always show G, but the connection always drop after sometime... 5minutes i can browsing internet without problem, then suddenly connection lost for about 3minutes, and then normal again....
It's really confusing me...

ex-president said:
Yeah... I know the icon is always show G, but the connection always drop after sometime... 5minutes i can browsing internet without problem, then suddenly connection lost for about 3minutes, and then normal again....
It's really confusing me...
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Did u touch or change anything in hboot? Or changed your kernel or radio version? Or the problem started from the begining?
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One more thing. As you said you are using it in Indonesia so u should check if the 3g bands of your carrier matches that of your phone. Most of the 3g bands of sprint m8 which is made for using in USA doesnt match carriers in Asia

Tahsin005 said:
Did u touch or change anything in hboot? Or changed your kernel or radio version? Or the problem started from the begining?
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One more thing. As you said you are using it in Indonesia so u should check if the 3g bands of your carrier matches that of your phone. Most of the 3g bands of sprint m8 which is made for using in USA doesnt match carriers in Asia
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I didnt touch anything in hboot or anything else...
And my friend's sprint m8 have stable connection on hsdpa...
Is this hardware problem?

ex-president said:
I didnt touch anything in hboot or anything else...
And my friend's sprint m8 have stable connection on hsdpa...
Is this hardware problem?
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If your friend is not having any issue and you are having one then i think you should take it to the shop from where you bought it. And as far as i know the sprint varient always have a network issue. I have seen many others posting the same thing. Btw you said u have s on and locked bootloader. So how did u get it to use other carriers than that of sprint? In my case i have super cid and s off and there is a long method to unlock the carrier. And i dont have any network issues. How did u manage to use other sim cards?

Tahsin005 said:
If your friend is not having any issue and you are having one then i think you should take it to the shop from where you bought it. And as far as i know the sprint varient always have a network issue. I have seen many others posting the same thing. Btw you said u have s on and locked bootloader. So how did u get it to use other carriers than that of sprint? In my case i have super cid and s off and there is a long method to unlock the carrier. And i dont have any network issues. How did u manage to use other sim cards?
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I bought this phone yesterday from my neighbour ($100)
So i dont know, maybe he already unlocked it...
The problem is just the internet connection, phone call n sms is just fine...

ex-president said:
I bought this phone yesterday from my neighbour ($100)
So i dont know, maybe he already unlocked it...
The problem is just the internet connection, phone call n sms is just fine...
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Then i guess ur neighbour messed up something while unlocking. Coz the ways i know to unlock requires either $25 by sunshine or free by firewater but for firewater method u need to be rooted i guess. And also the firewater method is not reliable. In any case the bootloader should have been unlocked. Did u ask ur neighbour about this problem?

Tahsin005 said:
Then i guess ur neighbour messed up something while unlocking. Coz the ways i know to unlock requires either $25 by sunshine or free by firewater but for firewater method u need to be rooted i guess. So bootloader should have been unlocked. Did u ask ur neighbour about this problem?
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I mean unlock the sim card so it can be used here in indonesia on gsm network...
I already check it locked bootloader n s-on, firmware is official...
My neighbour sold it because the internet problem, i thought i can fix it but still cant find the solution :crying:

ex-president said:
I mean unlock the sim card so it can be used here in indonesia on gsm network...
I already check it locked bootloader n s-on, firmware is official...
My neighbour sold it because the internet problem, i thought i can fix it but still cant find the solution :crying:
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Like i said ask him about the carrier unlocking. And could u give me the ss of ur software info? I wanna see something there and also baseband and kernal version details

Tahsin005 said:
Like i said ask him about the carrier unlocking. And could u give me the ss of ur software info? I wanna see something there and also baseband and kernal version details
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Here the ss :