If I flash a modified t mobile rom (sprint kernel, modules, and partitions) to my phone is sim unlock still needed?
AS far as I know simunlock does not work for domestic carriers.
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I am trying to unlock the Sprint HTC one's sim card so it can be used with a international sim card. Sprint has sent me numerous emails detailing my phone has been unlocked on their end, and i do know for a fact that the config was pushed to the phone (had a friend at sprint check this for me) but the phone remains SIMLock Enabled.
My theory is, if i flash a GSM rom, and insert my international sim card, hopefully it would prompt me for the Sim Unlock code. Right now in a sprint rom, it simply states SIMLock enabled and does not give us any optino to enter an unlock code. I would assume that the unlock is stored in NV memory and would survive a reflash of a different rom.
So my question are:
1. can I even flash a GSM based rom from the HTC One Section?
2. Will I be able to get back to a sprint based rom afterwards?
3. Can I harm anything by attempting this?
Thanks in advance.
Sprint One is CDMA, you can't flash GSM rom.
You will brick your one...
Guich said:
Sprint One is CDMA, you can't flash GSM rom.
You will brick your one...
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What if i use a sprint script to make sure the partitions are correct? Im not particularly caring that the phone wont connect to a network, i jsut need the Sim Unlock box to pop up and unlock the phone
94tbird said:
What if i use a sprint script to make sure the partitions are correct? Im not particularly caring that the phone wont connect to a network, i jsut need the Sim Unlock box to pop up and unlock the phone
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Sorry, but what do you mean for Sim Unlock Box?
Are you talking about the pin or you have a SimLock branded phone?
If you have a simlock branded phone, i'm not sure that you can unlock this with an interntional rom.
However, i think no.
Kernel are different...
The Sprint One is a CDMA phone with LTE bands (this is what requires the sim card). The phone does NOT have the hardware to connect to a gsm/wcdma network. So, even if you could sim-unlock the phone, an international (or any other carrier's) sim will not allow the phone to connect to any other network/carrier.
The Sprint One will ONLY connect to the Sprint network.
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Electroz said:
The Sprint One is a CDMA phone with LTE bands (this is what requires the sim card). The phone does NOT have the hardware to connect to a gsm/wcdma network. So, even if you could sim-unlock the phone, an international (or any other carrier's) sim will not allow the phone to connect to any other network/carrier.
The Sprint One will ONLY connect to the Sprint network.
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actually it does have GSM radios inside and is a WORLD phone that can be used internationally. itjsut cant connect to the US based GSM networks.
HI guys i was unable to get my stock rom ,but i'm using viper 5.7.0 now and i want to unlock my phone is there any method to unlock sprint htc one with viper based rom? tried using terminal method to unlock but didnt work
bloodkiddie said:
HI guys i was unable to get my stock rom ,but i'm using viper 5.7.0 now and i want to unlock my phone is there any method to unlock sprint htc one with viper based rom? tried using terminal method to unlock but didnt work
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You want to sim-unlock the phone of unlock the bootloader?
bloodkiddie said:
HI guys i was unable to get my stock rom ,but i'm using viper 5.7.0 now and i want to unlock my phone is there any method to unlock sprint htc one with viper based rom? tried using terminal method to unlock but didnt work
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Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586704
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alray said:
You want to sim-unlock the phone of unlock the bootloader?
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bootloader is unlocked but i want simunlock,i'm using sprint viperone 5.8.0.can anyone help me to unlock my sim and make it work with gsm sims
bloodkiddie said:
bootloader is unlocked but i want simunlock,i'm using sprint viperone 5.8.0.can anyone help me to unlock my sim and make it work with gsm sims
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You can't! It's a cdma phone not a gsm!
alray said:
You can't! It's a cdma phone not a gsm!
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Ibought this phone as unlocked from ebay doesn't it now work like before? actually my phone is C-spire not sprint,since we dont have roms for cspire i rooted it to sprint rom
bloodkiddie said:
Ibought this phone as unlocked from ebay doesn't it now work like before? actually my phone is C-spire not sprint,since we dont have roms for cspire i rooted it to sprint rom
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Follow the guide posted above. After unlocking it you might have issue when connecting to other carrier s network so be sure they are using compatible frequencies. I'm almost sure you will not be able to connect it to any other CDMA carrier. Normally CDMA carriers will not accept a phone on their network if not sold by them.
Next time if you are planning to switch carriers, buy a gsm phone, much easier! even with a locked gsm phone, you'll only need to sim-unlock the phone with a purchased code then put in any gsm sim card.
Sorry I can't help you more, I'm not familiar with the WLS variant.
alray said:
Follow the guide posted above. After unlocking it you might have issue when connecting to other carrier s network so be sure they are using compatible frequencies. I'm almost sure you will not be able to connect it to any other CDMA carrier. Normally CDMA carriers will not accept a phone on their network if not sold by them.
Next time if you are planning to switch carriers, buy a gsm phone, much easier! even with a locked gsm phone, you'll only need to sim-unlock the phone with a purchased code then put in any gsm sim card.
Sorry I can't help you more, I'm not familiar with the WLS variant.
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Actually i was using this phone before and i tried to update my phone somethin went wrong and ended up without os so now i installed viperone and i'm unable to use it now
So here is what I want to do: buy a new Unlocked Note 4 from WIND mobile (canada), to use it for T-Mobile (when I move back to the US later this year).
Here is the problem: The WIND note 4 comes with the LTE disabled. So if I were to bring it back to the US and use my Tmobile sim card, LTE still wouldnt work, correct?
Is there anyway to flash an original T-mobile rom on the unlocked WIND mobile and convert it to a Tmobile device with LTE activated?
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.
You cannot odin stock tmobile firmware. But you can flash any tmobile stock/custom rom via custom recovery. You will also need custom kernel when flashing tmobile roms. Lte will work fine.
Alternatively you can buy Rogers/bell/telus Note 4, sim unlock it, they will work fine on wind.
gaganmohal said:
You cannot odin stock tmobile firmware. But you can flash any tmobile stock/custom rom via custom recovery. You will also need custom kernel when flashing tmobile roms. Lte will work fine.
Alternatively you can buy Rogers/bell/telus Note 4, sim unlock it, they will work fine on wind.
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So, is flashing the tmobile stock rom necessary to get LTE? or does it automatically activate LTE once I insert my tmobile sim card?
Also, do the note 4's from Bell/Rogers have locked bootloaders?
thanks in advance!
thatwasntnice said:
So, is flashing the tmobile stock rom necessary to get LTE? or does it automatically activate LTE once I insert my tmobile sim card?
Also, do the note 4's from Bell/Rogers have locked bootloaders?
thanks in advance!
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anyone?
So I am under the impression reading around on here that even if I SIM unlock a sprint M8 and try to use on T-Mobile' network it wont work. Or maybe to be more exact it doesn't get 4G ect, and will be super limited. Well someone told me that is because of the ROM being carrier apecific and since they M8 is the same for all carriers you can flash a T-Mobile ROM on a Sprint M8 and it will work just fine. Is there any truth to this?
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So I am under the impression reading around on here that even if I SIM unlock a sprint M8 and try to use on T-Mobile' network it wont work. Or maybe to be more exact it doesn't get 4G ect, and will be super limited. Well someone told me that is because of the ROM being carrier apecific and since they M8 is the same for all carriers you can flash a T-Mobile ROM on a Sprint M8 and it will work just fine. Is there any truth to this?
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No it is not. You can only use cross variant stock roms if you have super cid and s-off too. Still i would suggest you to look for more clear answer but as far as i know if the cid and mid of your phone doesnt match with the software version you want to flash it wont do any good.
It's my understanding that you must use a Sprint compatible ROM, even if you are Super CID and SIM unlock for use on another carrier.
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Asterik216 said:
So I am under the impression reading around on here that even if I SIM unlock a sprint M8 and try to use on T-Mobile' network it wont work. Or maybe to be more exact it doesn't get 4G ect, and will be super limited. Well someone told me that is because of the ROM being carrier apecific and since they M8 is the same for all carriers you can flash a T-Mobile ROM on a Sprint M8 and it will work just fine. Is there any truth to this?
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Never do that .. Even though you can flash tmobile rom on sprint , BUT NEVER FLASH A RUU . flashing a gsm ruu on cdma device will brick your phone .
Flashing t mobile rom doesn't unlock it or make it work with tmobile .
AFAIK Domestic sim unlocking is not possible for sprint variant.
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I know on the forum theres a guide on how to flash to boost mobile but since is old and the phone is now on 6.0 I want to know if still possible and if theres an updated guide since that one have broken links. I have an Note 2 that is activated on Boost Mobile (Sprint branded) and want to pass the service to the HTC One M8 HK Edition (also Sprint Branded but no sim card installed) Is already S-off and fully rooted.