I haven't been up to date on flashing and switching carriers in a few years, I used to do it all the time.
My girlfriend broke here phone (Verizon Contract) and needed a new phone, we got a good deal on a HTC One (m7) Model No: HTC PN072. And purchased it.
I thought it was still be the same old flash the radios call Verizon and keep asking for new people until I get someone who can offer to activate. Now I am looking for an unlock tool and all I can find is GSM SIM unlockers, and can't find the right Verizon Radios for this phone.
My girlfriend is pissed because now she doesn't have a phone and we just spent money on this new phone. Am I SOL? Or is there a thread somewhere that my googfu just can't find?
jimk16 said:
I haven't been up to date on flashing and switching carriers in a few years, I used to do it all the time.
My girlfriend broke here phone (Verizon Contract) and needed a new phone, we got a good deal on a HTC One (m7) Model No: HTC PN072. And purchased it.
I thought it was still be the same old flash the radios call Verizon and keep asking for new people until I get someone who can offer to activate. Now I am looking for an unlock tool and all I can find is GSM SIM unlockers, and can't find the right Verizon Radios for this phone.
My girlfriend is pissed because now she doesn't have a phone and we just spent money on this new phone. Am I SOL? Or is there a thread somewhere that my googfu just can't find?
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i tried to do this for a phone for mom. it doesnt matter what you do with the phone- verizon has white lists now. if they dont have the ESN in their system, they WILL NOT activate it. you have a sprint ESN, so you will never activate that on verizon no matter how many times you call them.
sucks, i know. I had to buy a verizon m7.
It can be done using a donor phone the same way you would fllash a phone to metropcs. you can find plenty of tutorials online just replace everything metro with sprint.
Any luck on this? I have a Sprint HTC One M8 that I wish to bring over to Verizon. I'm not new to changing ESNs and I understand the legal ramifications of using a service that is unpaid for, so that aside, I'm paying for the service. I had bought the phone intending to switch to Ting, but the IMEI is locked to Sprint for one year from release. I have until April when that gets unlocked, so I figured to use it without the SIM card, since that's what allows 4G LTE usage on CDMA phones, at least from what I am told by people and the phone (once I removed the SIM card it started giving me that message). Hell I'm ok disabling data altogether, but as long as I can make calls and text, I'm jolly.
You could flash them to pageplus although I think they only have 3g.
Pageplus has 4G albeit at a reduced speed but effective 1/15/2015 they will not accept flashed phones anymore
threesix10 said:
It can be done using a donor phone the same way you would fllash a phone to metropcs. you can find plenty of tutorials online just replace everything metro with sprint.
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This is illegal and not appropriate conversation on XDA. It's out there though, although I've only seen people flashing phones from Verizon to Page Plus or Sprint to Virgin or Boost. Never seen Sprint to Verizon or vice versa.
I was under the impression that Sprint and Verizon use different signal frequencies, and that the radios installed by HTC during build were specific to the frequency. Yes, they are both CDMA, but different frequencies.
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i've "unlocked" my phone using a tutorial on this website, but i'm getting a simlock on my notifications when i put my att sim card in. heres some info to hopefully clear up any questions. i have had att for years thats how i have an att sim. the reason i have a sprint one is becuase i worked at sprint for a short time and received a dealer line and phone. all new htc one. so how can i use this on my att plan thank you
protorox said:
i've "unlocked" my phone using a tutorial on this website, but i'm getting a simlock on my notifications when i put my att sim card in. heres some info to hopefully clear up any questions. i have had att for years thats how i have an att sim. the reason i have a sprint one is becuase i worked at sprint for a short time and received a dealer line and phone. all new htc one. so how can i use this on my att plan thank you
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Just to clarify, what do you mean by you "unlocked" it. How did you do this? I'm pretty sure the only way to unlock our Ones is by going through sprint. Also if you do use it on ATT you won't get LTE because they have different LTE bands than sprint.
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Just to clarify, what do you mean by you "unlocked" it. How did you do this? I'm pretty sure the only way to unlock our Ones is by going through sprint. Also if you do use it on ATT you won't get LTE because they have different LTE bands than sprint.
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i unlocked it through a sprint all in one kit, maybe this was just for rooting it, but anyway I was justtrying to figure out if there was a wat to get my htc one on att, I'm not worried about the lte.
protorox said:
i unlocked it through a sprint all in one kit, maybe this was just for rooting it, but anyway I was justtrying to figure out if there was a wat to get my htc one on att, I'm not worried about the lte.
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Ok, if you used the All In One toolkit then yes you are just rooted. To get your phone unlocked you will have to directly contact sprint!
Note also that in the US, depending on the location, AT&T operates on some combination of two 3G bands and two 4G bands. Of these four hi-speed data bands, the Sprint HTC One variant only supports one band. Therefore, even if you get the phone unlocked and working on AT&T, its data performance may not be all that great.
I spent two days and $500 dollars on two brand new S4's only to realize that Sprint likes to be dishonest with their customers and not tell people that the SPH-L720T cannot be activated with anyone BUT Sprint regardless of ESN status until at the very earliest February 2015, according to the blacklist. I feel that everyone with the intention to purchase the newest model S4 for use with a different carrier should know this. Had I known I'd be $500 richer.
Thank you.
Really you bought a Sprint Galaxy S4 with the intention of using it on a different carrier. At that point you should have bought an unlocked GS4 and saved yourself a few hundred bucks. And it has been known that when you buy a Sprint phone on contract you need to have it on your Sprint account for at least 90 days with good standing before they unlock it for international use.
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Really you bought a Sprint Galaxy S4 with the intention of using it on a different carrier. At that point you should have bought an unlocked GS4 and saved yourself a few hundred bucks. And it has been known that when you buy a Sprint phone on contract you need to have it on your Sprint account for at least 90 days with good standing before they unlock it for international use.
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It's not on a contract, or even linked to an account. The SPH-L720, not the tri-band version, is able to be used with other carriers. I purchased a Sprint one for use with a CDMA Sprint-based carrier that uses Sprint phones, and was labelled as being able to use Sprint S4's. I've used a few Sprint GS3's with the carrier with no issues. The SPH-L720T cannot be used with any carriers other than Sprint until February 2015, but they won't tell you that. I wouldn't be able to use the unlocked GS4 with my carrier because it wouldn't be a Sprint device. It has nothing to do with being unlocked for international use.
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It's not on a contract, or even linked to an account. The SPH-L720, not the tri-band version, is able to be used with other carriers. I purchased a Sprint one for use with a CDMA Sprint-based carrier that uses Sprint phones, and was labelled as being able to use Sprint S4's. I've used a few Sprint GS3's with the carrier with no issues. The SPH-L720T cannot be used with any carriers other than Sprint until February 2015, but they won't tell you that. I wouldn't be able to use the unlocked GS4 with my carrier because it wouldn't be a Sprint device. It has nothing to do with being unlocked for international use.
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In that case you should have dome some research between the two devices. As the SPH-L720 and the SPH-L720T are both called Sprint Galaxy S4. Who ever you got this information about being able to use GS4 on your network must not know the difference between the two devices. I know for a fact Ting or Sprint announce when you can use a Sprint labeled phone on Ting(Sprint MVDO), this normally is about a year after the phone is launched. The triband gs4 came out in December so I am NOT surprised you are not able to use it on a Sprint MNVO.
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In that case you should have dome some research between the two devices. As the SPH-L720 and the SPH-L720T are both called Sprint Galaxy S4. Who ever you got this information about being able to use GS4 on your network must not know the difference between the two devices. I know for a fact Ting or Sprint announce when you can use a Sprint labeled phone on Ting(Sprint MVDO), this normally is about a year after the phone is launched. The triband gs4 came out in December so I am NOT surprised you are not able to use it on a Sprint MNVO.
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I learned that after I had purchased the two devices, I wanted the tri-band version in the event that in the future I'd possibly be able to use the GSM antenna with a different provider if desired. The service provider did not differentiate between the Tri-band and regular version.
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It's not on a contract, or even linked to an account. The SPH-L720, not the tri-band version, is able to be used with other carriers. I purchased a Sprint one for use with a CDMA Sprint-based carrier that uses Sprint phones, and was labelled as being able to use Sprint S4's. I've used a few Sprint GS3's with the carrier with no issues. The SPH-L720T cannot be used with any carriers other than Sprint until February 2015, but they won't tell you that. I wouldn't be able to use the unlocked GS4 with my carrier because it wouldn't be a Sprint device. It has nothing to do with being unlocked for international use.
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I have two SPH-L720. The reason that its locked until 2015 is due to the law that was recently passed. its not sprint fault. End of discussion.
Mod edit: there is no buying/sellng/trading on XDA. Post edited.
chico1983 said:
I have two SPH-L720. The reason that its locked until 2015 is due to the law that was recently passed. its not sprint fault. End of discussion.
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I have been using a SPH-L720T flashed to Page Plus, a Verizon MNVO, for several months with 3G and no issues.
MOD I was not planning to do it. I was just making a point.
If you bought a carrier-specific phone(whether it was a contract or not, you KNEW it was sprint) with the intention of using it on another carrier, then blame Sprint for the lack of ability to do that, you're gonna have a bad time.
Sprint Galaxy S4 SPH-L720T flashed to PagePlus 3G
shelnian said:
I have been using a SPH-L720T flashed to Page Plus, a Verizon MNVO, for several months with 3G and no issues.
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Hi, I've got the same phone @shelnian. Have you looked into the possibility of making it work with the new PagePlus 4G service? From all I've read, it's impossible because of the physical radio, but it would be nice to get LTE with a PagePlus sim card.
May be a really dumb question.
Looking to get a Note 5 on AT&T but I need it rooted. I understand only Sprint and T-Mobile are rootable. Right now I have a unlocked Tmobile S6 Edge working on AT&T and am curious if a Note 5 from Sprint will also work.
I'm obviously buying the phone outright. I know it will work on Verizon too, but that also, to my understanding, can't be rooting.
Thanks in advance and sorry if it was a dumb question.
No for Sprint, yes for T-Mobile. Sprint runs their network on CDMA system, and AT&T runs their network on GSM. Even though the Sprint Version of the Note 5 technically has a sim card, its hardware is still based on a CDMA setup. The sprint version would not work. However, The T-Mobile version runs on a GSM Network, like AT&T. So providing that you are able to have Domestic SIM Unlock available to you, you would be able to put an AT&T Sim card in the phone and it would work.
I have the same question as you. I have a sprint note 5 and want to take it to at&t since I just got hired with them I get 50% off. I entered the serial number in on att website and its says it will work
actually i have read the new lte phones are dual radio whether they are gsm or cdma. out the box no it will not work on anything other than sprint. getting it unlocked may be a challenge. the sprint nexus 6 comes factory unlocked and is usable on ALL cdma AND gsm networks. now comes the tricky part even if u do have a unlocked phone. unlocked should work for all gsm like your needs. but u can not take a unlocked nexus from att and use it on sprint like you can the other way around. becuase of cdma networks activating off the esn and not the imei. or for that matter using a sprint phone on a verizon service, yes the phone is capable but cdma has to have the esn in the networks database for it to work. verizon and sprint control what devices can be activated since the activation is through the esn and not the sim card. in the old days the straight answer is no way. i would definitely look into it more before deciding on a answer.
its on the internet so it must be true! but seriously, i am not saying your answer is either yes or no, just saying its worth looking into. fwiw i would think its only a matter of time before the root is achieved on all of them.
http://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/Can-I-use-my-verizon-sprint-phone-on-a-different-network
Has anyone confirmed whether or not a Sprint Note 5 will or will not work on AT&T if it's unlocked?
If you get it unlocked for domestic, yes it will work.
Yes, you can get it unlocked for virtually any carrier. I'm using a Sprint Note 5 on AT&T right now. In fact I'm sending this reply on it. I had it software unlocked (Sprint's a real stickler with their unlocking policy, but even so it's still possible even through them. There are plenty of forums about it. Though there are certain bugs with using it that piss me off like not being able to send MMS while connected to wifi, but I get my full carrier speed. I tested it side by side with an AT&T iphone 6s. Note 5 won massively on the upload time.
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Hi everyone,
i got a Sprint HTC One M8 from ebay, it is new but i was planning to use it on AT&T network, since it have a Sim Card Slot. Furthermore, even though i'm living on the US now, i'm from Brazil and i was planning to use the phone there as well.
And now starts the problem.
I called the previous owner, asked him to contact sprint to make the sim unlock procedure. He did so, providing me the MSL for the phone. The next step, he said, was to "flash" the phone on AT&T in order to get it connected to their network. I tried several sims, even bought a new one and activated it but with no success.
I spend almost 2 hours on the phone with the sprint's international support, and all they said was that they did everything that they could about unlocking my phone and now i should contact AT&T.
I'm afraid of staying on this infinite loop and i want your opinion.
Does anyone in fact unlocked their SPRINT phone to use on another GSM US carrier? If yes, what did you do? Because i'm planning to return the phone and ask for my money back.
BUT, with the "International Unlock" i should be able to use the phone on ANY international carrier? Because if that is the case, maybe i keep the phone to use when i go back to Brazil.
Thank you very much!
jeffamorim said:
Hi everyone,
i got a Sprint HTC One M8 from ebay, it is new but i was planning to use it on AT&T network, since it have a Sim Card Slot. Furthermore, even though i'm living on the US now, i'm from Brazil and i was planning to use the phone there as well.
And now starts the problem.
I called the previous owner, asked him to contact sprint to make the sim unlock procedure. He did so, providing me the MSL for the phone. The next step, he said, was to "flash" the phone on AT&T in order to get it connected to their network. I tried several sims, even bought a new one and activated it but with no success.
I spend almost 2 hours on the phone with the sprint's international support, and all they said was that they did everything that they could about unlocking my phone and now i should contact AT&T.
I'm afraid of staying on this infinite loop and i want your opinion.
Does anyone in fact unlocked their SPRINT phone to use on another GSM US carrier? If yes, what did you do? Because i'm planning to return the phone and ask for my money back.
BUT, with the "International Unlock" i should be able to use the phone on ANY international carrier? Because if that is the case, maybe i keep the phone to use when i go back to Brazil.
Thank you very much!
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On the CDMA version of the M8, it lacks the LTE bands needed for Domestic carriers. You can use it overseas somewhat, but not too well. If I was you, I'd grab a Droid Turbo for ~$200-$250 off eBay. It just recently got its bootloader unlocked finally
Ive seen that using a Verizon phone makes flashing/rooting difficult. But i have the reverse problem and I cant see to find any answers.
I have an international HTC One M7, CID tmob101, it is from germany.
I live in the US, my normal carrier is verizon, and i would like to take my current sim card (verizon) and use it in my HTC.
I have already unlocked it if that helps, some input on to if its even possible would be nice.
Cheers