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My son wanted this phone so I bought it for him with a T-mobile sim card. I got this phone online and when I insert SIM it try to create a google account but can't connect server.
Do I need to buy a special service plan to use the phone?
Thanks in advance
Please. Can I buy an unlock code to use on AT&T?
i think if you wanna creat a google account you have to make sure you got good service signal like 3g.as far as unlock code you can get it from tmob for free as long as you have been with them for 90 days
randy_c said:
My son wanted this phone so I bought it for him with a T-mobile sim card. I got this phone online and when I insert SIM it try to create a google account but can't connect server.
Do I need to buy a special service plan to use the phone?
Thanks in advance
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It is not uncommon. It takes a bit before it works. I phone T-Mobile and asked them to push the account (G1 Internet) through.
So, unfortunately I got mugged and my G1 was stolen.
I already changed all relevant passwords and will soon contact the network and police so they can lock the phone and the card.
However, I just wanted to be sure that if I change my google account password, the G1 can no longer access my data without the new password.
Or if the G1 always has access to it despite any changes.
wap32 said:
So, unfortunately I got mugged and my G1 was stolen.
I already changed all relevant passwords and will soon contact the network and police so they can lock the phone and the card.
However, I just wanted to be sure that if I change my google account password, the G1 can no longer access my data without the new password.
Or if the G1 always has access to it despite any changes.
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Within a few minutes of a password change Android will lose sync and a pop up will hit the notification bar to update the password.
Sorry to hear about that... =(
Are you getting a new one? If so, make sure this time you install a GPS tracker, there are many programs on the market. I use GPStracker by instamapper, it works really well. You need to create an account and enter the device code you get online onto your G1. From there you can text your phone and it will enable GPS, and you can view where your phone is online. Here is the site, and i am terribly sorry that happened to you!!
http://www.instamapper.com/
Thanks for all the input guys.
The thing is, first thing the thieves usually do (as they did in this case) is take out the battery on the phone.
Also, they usually also get rid of the SIM card, and insert another one, most likely of a different network, so the G1 won't have internet access.
That kinda makes those programs useless.
wap32 said:
Thanks for all the input guys.
The thing is, first thing the thieves usually do (as they did in this case) is take out the battery on the phone.
Also, they usually also get rid of the SIM card, and insert another one, most likely of a different network, so the G1 won't have internet access.
That kinda makes those programs useless.
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That's why I don't unlock my phone for another network until it's absolutely necessary. If they have to unlock it, that takes time with the correct SIM installed (and then I am able to track it).
Out of curiosity, have you tried looking on Google's Latitude?
momentarylapseofreason said:
That's why I don't unlock my phone for another network until it's absolutely necessary. If they have to unlock it, that takes time with the correct SIM installed (and then I am able to track it).
Out of curiosity, have you tried looking on Google's Latitude?
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Latitude wasn't activated...
owned.
well you can tell t-mobile and they can probably track your sim.
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owned.
well you can tell t-mobile and they can probably track your sim.
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They wont. They will disable the IMEI (if recorded) on their network but that's it.
Yeah, no chances of SIM tracking, but they can disable the IMEI on a national level, essentially making the phone useless on the country.
Well, I know I've never had to worry about being hacked with my Trackstick.
Any application you can get for tracking your phone's location will only be useful if you LOSE your phone... then you can follow it.
If you want to be able to track a STOLEN phone, you need to think along a different line....
First off, the FIRST TWO THINGS that the thief will do are... 1) change SIM, 2) FACTORY RESET. That means that anything installed on the DATA partition... is gone.
So what do you do? Obviously, you need to install something on the SYSTEM partition. Not only that, but it must not have any configurations that are stored on the data partition.
Easy and simple solution is this;
You rig up a bootup script that checks if the installed SIMCARD is yours. If it is NOT, it will send an SMS message to some phone number, i.e., your googlevoice number. You will then have the thief's phone number. For further fun, CELL SITE ID, maybe GPS coordinates within the SMS message. And periodically repeat.
Note: The phone number may or may not be traceable by itself. To catch the bastard, you need to find a HOT SOUNDING girl to seduce him over the phone and arrange to meet up with him for a "good time". You then go there and beat the snot out of him and retrieve your phone. Or even better, you go there with cops to slammer him.
That sucks, I'd be lost without my G1
My locked G1 came today and although I though I'd previously seen a free unlocking solution much like the other HTC devices, I can seem to find it!
I'd be more than grateful if someone could point me in the direction of any free service.
Otherwise, I don't mind paying to unlock, (Devs need to eat too right?) but I'm actually leaving to travel Europe in 4 hours and was playing to use the unlocked G1 abroad.
Is there anyone here, or can anyone recommend a UK based, (I'm presuming they'd be the quickest due to time zone differences) unlocking service that would be able to get an unlock code to me before 5PM, GMT today?
Thanks for all your help XDAF!
The only free way is if tmobile will give it to you but that takes awhile. I use www.unlock-tmobileg1.com which says it only takes 2 hours but sometimes may take longer....upto 4 hours. Some people on here say ebay is the quickest so you could try there just make sure the seller has a goood feedback for unlock codes. If you use the site I reccomended and it doesn't come before you leave then you could always check your email from a pc when you get where your going, it will definetly be there by then. Also make sure you have the APN settings for whatever carrier you will be using.
There aren't any free unlocks for the G1, only the services which have access to a database of codes (one for each phone). Although they aren't obliged and probably won't it might be worth trying to call T-mobile if you are a good customer. Otherwise get in your order as quick as possible.
^^^Yep, said it all.
crpercodani said:
The only free way is if tmobile will give it to you but that takes awhile. I use www.unlock-tmobileg1.com which says it only takes 2 hours but sometimes may take longer....upto 4 hours. Some people on here say ebay is the quickest so you could try there just make sure the seller has a goood feedback for unlock codes. If you use the site I reccomended and it doesn't come before you leave then you could always check your email from a pc when you get where your going, it will definetly be there by then. Also make sure you have the APN settings for whatever carrier you will be using.
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I've been on www.unlock-tmobileg1.com and I think it's a US website, so presuming they work 9-5 they're going to be unlikely to be able get it to me on time.
We're starting off in a very 'rural' place, so checking via a computer/internet cafe won't be an option until a few weeks in.
Or is the www.unlock-tmobileg1.com an automated system?
Order right now I would say because I just placed a order for my gf's G1 about 27 mins ago and I just got the code after I replied to your post the first time.
Also it is based in us and france. Although I am 99% sure it is a automated system anyway.
from Unlock Google Phone <[email protected]>
to ------------ <[email protected]>
date Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:34 AM
subject Your order has been saved - ID 152460
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Unlock Your Google Phone Now !
Make your phone usable on any Network Worldwide
We have successfully saved your order. Please find bellow your details:
Order # 152460
Name: -----------
Email: [email protected]
IMEI: 35575---------
Model: G1
Network: International - factory_code
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date Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:51 AM
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Hello -------------,
log to unlock your Google Phone G1. We are pleased to inform you that your order is delivered and the unlock code is waiting for you into your user account !
Sign In and check the 'My Orders' area.
Please read carefully detailed instructions to unlock the device.
If you have any question, please let us know your order ID : #152460
DAMN less then 20 mins this time.
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Also it is based in us and france. Although I am 99% sure it is a automated system anyway.
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I've paid through them. Hopefully it gets here in time, (I'll update the thread when/if it arrives.) Thanks for your input crpercodani.
Ok You should be all good. Just make sure you setup your account on there site cuz thats how you get the code.
Code has arrived! Very impressed, worked great too. A*
Very good to hear. I think they have improved there service since the first time I used it a few months ago. Enjoy your unlocked G1 on your trip.
crpercodani said:
Very good to hear. I think they have improved there service since the first time I used it a few months ago. Enjoy your unlocked G1 on your trip.
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I will! And thank you for your help!
SIM Card accepted but Impossible to configure
Hi Every one
I have a T Mobile HTC Dream I'm planning to unlock it but I want to make sure it is the solution to my problem. My SIM Card is accepted and and I can see the GPRS Indicator. But I can't go through th configuration process. Always having a message "you don't have a network connexion ..."
Thank in advance for you help.
ge_konan said:
Hi Every one
I have a T Mobile HTC Dream I'm planning to unlock it but I want to make sure it is the solution to my problem. My SIM Card is accepted and and I can see the GPRS Indicator. But I can't go through th configuration process. Always having a message "you don't have a network connexion ..."
Thank in advance for you help.
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Can we get some info on your phone. Are you with T-Mobile.
Thanks for your response. I Have a HTC Dream T-Mobile G1.
I'm actually outside the US with a SIM Card from Orange Cote d'Ivoire in the handset.
If it is locked you shouldnt even get past the screen where it asks for the unlock code. You might just need to find the APN settings for Orange Cote d'Ivoire. Try the Big APN Thread here or google, to enter then settings just hit the menu button and a APN Settings button should pop up and you can go from there.
I'm not sure it's unlocked. I entered the APN Fron Orange Cote d'Ivoire and I can see the "E" indicating that I'm connected too the Edge network. But when I enter my Google account info, I get an error message "Can't establish a reliable data connection to server. this could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, Call Customer Care". Do you thing unloking the handset will solve the problem?
I just got my Note stolen a few hours ago, I am so pissed right now, but hey what can I do... I live in Nicaragua, so no warranty and no police claim will get it back for me...
Tomorrow I will call my carrier and see if I can block my phone through IMEI number so the son of a **** that stole it cannot use it...
I never kept my gps enabled unless I was using it so no tracking software will be able to track my phone, I already blocked my number with my carrier so I guess there is not much I can do to track it, but I would like to sign out of everything on my phone, and I was just wondering if I changed passwords on every service installed on my phone would the theif still be able to login if I had checked the "remember me" or "stayed logged in" options?
Thanks,
Chaosin1983 said:
I just got my Note stolen a few hours ago, I am so pissed right now, but hey what can I do... I live in Nicaragua, so no warranty and no police claim will get it back for me...
Tomorrow I will call my carrier and see if I can block my phone through IMEI number so the son of a **** that stole it cannot use it...
I never kept my gps enabled unless I was using it so no tracking software will be able to track my phone, I already blocked my number with my carrier so I guess there is not much I can do to track it, but I would like to sign out of everything on my phone, and I was just wondering if I changed passwords on every service installed on my phone would the theif still be able to login if I had checked the "remember me" or "stayed logged in" options?
Thanks,
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Try to install plan b from the market. You can install it remotely from Google play using a web browser and should be able to get the GPS coordinates of your phone providing the thief has not removed your Google account. Do it asap to increase your chances.
+1 Good idea, However The phone will need to have internet access to receive the remote download.
Dont suppose you had Lookout installed ?? On my device it is un-installable, and i can remotely turn GPS on / off, Track the phone, Wipe everything, Lock the device, and even make the phone scream !! (useful for when you are tracking and a close enough to hear it)
I hope you get it back !!
Changing the password won't let the thief use any of the services you have logged into. The app should request him for the new password. Do it ASAP!
I feel for you man! Had my iPod touch, Optimus 2X and Galaxy SII stolen!
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first of all sorry you, that's one of the worst things that can happen to a phone.
if you think the theft is using your phone only with a different simcard you have the following options:
- try planb (as already mentioned above) to locate your phone.
- if you have a google account on the phone, try android lost that will gain you the full control over the phone including locating it, taking photos of the cameras and wiping the complete data of the device out. its a really great tool .
- if you have a Samsung account on your phone, try the samsung dive website with this you can also do things like locating or wiping data view call logs and so on.
if all the above fail you should change the passwords of all your accounts used on the phone, especially the email accounts. also try to contact your provider, really few of them provide a location service based on the imei number of the device. and also some of them offer the service to put the device's imei number to a ban list so the phone is useless at all because it cant login in to the gsm network.
*EDIT*: go to the police and let them give you a document that the phone is stolen, and the imei and serial numbers. give this document to samsung and they will put the device to a blacklist, so the device wont get service/support/repair anymore.
i hope some of this become useful to you
Best thing would be to:
1- Track it (with the app said above) or with Samsung Dive!
2- Find the perp
3- Beat him with a cow bone
4- Retrieve the phone
5- Send it to me for inspection
Hi guys, thanks for your help, I installed Plan B a few hours after the OP, but still no email...I would gladly beat the crap out of the theif, but I fear I won't see my note again, I have already ordered another one, this time I will install every tracking anti theft app available...
Anyhow, after this, I installed Lookout on my Girlfriends Note, and tried out the tracking, the tracking is not that accurate, it positions the phone within a 2 Km radius...any other app that would be more accurate?
Thanks,
Im using avast and i have to say its working well, it has a ton of features, you can make mobile data persistent with a single text making tracking that bit more accurate
combine it with the screaming feature of lookout and you should be able to hear it if you are close enough.
Try samsung dive
http://www.samsungdive.com
Lol samsung dive will dissapear when factory reset
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Little late for the original poster but Cerberus is a nice app too. I got in on a free promotion. I have it activated and don't even think about till I get an email saying that I changed my sim. You can remotely hide the app, wipe phone/sdcard have a login screen pop up appear, record video and or audio and map in real time.
Even though I think tracking your kids is creepy, I can see how some parents would love to install it on their kid's phone.
Thanks again for all the info, I will try all these once my new phone gets here.
I have a question though, all of these tracking apps need data connection on the cel phone's side...correct? What if the theif turns off data connection? Is there one that works with only GPS?
Well in avast, you can remotely activate data network even if the thief switches it off, It also has stealth mode where it hides all traces of being installed.
If you are rooted it can even withstand a factory reset.
Chaosin1983 said:
Thanks again for all the info, I will try all these once my new phone gets here.
I have a question though, all of these tracking apps need data connection on the cel phone's side...correct? What if the theif turns off data connection? Is there one that works with only GPS?
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GPS also needs data connectivity.
ravi_buz said:
GPS also needs data connectivity.
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I've used GPS trakcing with data off before ...it will track you even if the map does not render...afterwards when you get connectivity the map will be displayed along with your tracking info.
GPS don't requires data connection thogh, tracking won't work without data connection.
GPS fix the position without data connection, but for tracking you need to pass that information to server, which needs data connection.
can i unblock a samsung galaxy note ?
hey everyone !
so i got scammed in ebay and i got a samsung galaxy note n7000. the guy said it worked perfectly and stuff...buuut no !! when i got the phone it wont read any sim card so i just figured it was from the sim card reader. when i took it to my retailer they told me the phone was stolen/lost and the original owner kinda blocked it so no one can use it. i have access to the phone and everything except that it wont read my sim card. i contacted the guy i got from on ebay and filed a claim and everything but i know these things can take FOREVER before i can get my money back. the guy i got it from told me he bought on ebay too in november 2012. i dont wanna sell the phone again on ebay and scam more people i tried looking for the original owner so we can figure out a deal but i couldnt.
is there anyway i can fix this phone ?!! or can i contact the samsung store maybe and they can find the original owner ?!! please help...anyone ?!!!
Strange. Post could be chameleon or possibly victim of stolen phone.
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salmavic said:
hey everyone !
so i got scammed in ebay and i got a samsung galaxy note n7000. the guy said it worked perfectly and stuff...buuut no !! when i got the phone it wont read any sim card so i just figured it was from the sim card reader. when i took it to my retailer they told me the phone was stolen/lost and the original owner kinda blocked it so no one can use it. i have access to the phone and everything except that it wont read my sim card. i contacted the guy i got from on ebay and filed a claim and everything but i know these things can take FOREVER before i can get my money back. the guy i got it from told me he bought on ebay too in november 2012. i dont wanna sell the phone again on ebay and scam more people i tried looking for the original owner so we can figure out a deal but i couldnt.
is there anyway i can fix this phone ?!! or can i contact the samsung store maybe and they can find the original owner ?!! please help...anyone ?!!!
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maybe, but how do I know you didnt steal it yourself/know you bought a stolen phone?
Salmavic please return that phone to chaosin! Lol jk
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Hi Xdaers,
I'm not sure for a variety of reasons. I am not able to activate my eSIM with my local network service provider. I followed up, and I was told that the eSIM is blocked, and I have to go to the OEM to unblock the eSIM. which I found very fascinating and interesting at the same time. I want to find out if anyone else has been faced with this issue when activating the eSIM. And how did they get through it?
Spoiler: device specification
Pixel 7 (Factory Unlocked): I am using the local sim from the same service provider, and it's working fine.
Android 13 stable
Feb. Security update
Rooted, with Magisk 25.2
Safety net passed
Hello, I live in Colombia and yesterday I had the same problem. I had my esim working without problems on my p7 and I deleted it to transfer it to another phone and on the other phone I got this same message. Then I tried to put it back on my pixel 7 and I also got the same problem.
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Hello, I live in Colombia and yesterday I had the same problem. I had my esim working without problems on my p7 and I deleted it to transfer it to another phone and on the other phone I got this same message. Then I tried to put it back on my pixel 7 and I also got the same problem.
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Have you been able to fix it? And, if so, have you reported it to your local network provider, and what have their responses been?
Hello, I'm telling you that I was visiting my mobile operator and they generated another qr code for me to download the esim and I take it without problems; I got it working again.
That's exactly (and the only way) to do it.
bobby janow said:
That's exactly (and the only way) to do it.
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alright, I will try again.
Happened to me. Your carrier needs to straighten out the Eid on your device. At least that's what Mint told me.
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Happened to me. Your carrier needs to straighten out the Eid on your device. At least that's what Mint told me.
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What does it mean, and how do you do that? Also, were you able to fix yours?
xdagee said:
What does it mean, and how do you do that? Also, were you able to fix yours?
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Call your carrier
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Call your carrier
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I did call, that's when i was told esim is been blocked by OEM.
xdagee said:
I did call, that's when i was told esim is been blocked by OEM.
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Sounds like you need to have them send you a physical sim card.
Actually nothing's blocked. Your carrier is ignorant.
Phase 1 of 4. Check with your carrier to determine if it's supported before configuring an eSIM. Launch the Settings application. Phase 2 of 4. Touch SIMs. Step 3 of 4: Click Download a SIM rather? Phase 4 of 4. Tap Next, then proceed as directed.
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I did call, that's when i was told esim is been blocked by OEM.
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Ask for higher level support. Someone must know what to do. When I first started with VZW years ago I finally was connected to the one person who knew how to activate it. Now they all know but it took a while. Is switching carriers an option? Tell them your OEM unblocked it now it's up to you guys. Eventually they will need to send you a qr code for it to work.
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Phase 1 of 4. Check with your carrier to determine if it's supported before configuring an eSIM. Launch the Settings application. Phase 2 of 4. Touch SIMs. Step 3 of 4: Click Download a SIM rather? Phase 4 of 4. Tap Next, then proceed as directed.
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Actually, I requested the eSIM from my provider. They sent an email following the steps with a QR code you just listed to activate my eSIM. I did that, and the end result is the screenshot that I posted. I called to report the issue, and I was told I should check with my OEM, (it happens because the OEM has blocked the eSIM). So I had to post here to find out if anyone is been faced with this issues.
bobby janow said:
Ask for higher level support. Someone must know what to do. When I first started with VZW years ago I finally was connected to the one person who knew how to activate it. Now they all know but it took a while. Is switching carriers an option? Tell them your OEM unblocked it now it's up to you guys. Eventually they will need to send you a qr code for it to work.
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Yes, exactly what I was thinking—I called again and got the same guy. So I will keep trying until I get a different person who will know how to activate it. Also, I'm hoping for a March update and will try again. Something will hopefully be fixed.
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Yes, exactly what I was thinking—I called again and got the same guy. So I will keep trying until I get a different person who will know how to activate it. Also, I'm hoping for a March update and will try again. Something will hopefully be fixed.
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There's nothing wrong with the phone so an update will not help. Keep trying.