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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayGB2011:
Could it be??

http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/62942-sony-plans-mobile-announcement-next-wednesday

"find out what's new and next with Xperia gaming", The event invite show's the Xperia Play pictured... MLG are going to be in attendance...

I think we could be looking at a quad-core Xperia Play 2 :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
Same idea, different thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1617181
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razerblader:
Don't hope to much, I know at least I won't, and I already got the 1st PLAY-phone for a time, and I already got my physical gamepad, I think the 2nd, if it is, will make us more satisfied since they already lie in all possible ways, it had been a natural step for me if Ericsson had got some of the money, but I don't even consider buying it now as they got me to buy a PS3 with features that they removed later on to get it less hacker-feiendly and they was on GeoHot and attacked the hackercommunity in a big scale, never Sony again, in their shadow of their releases they just lie about everything to get buyers, but I won't buy a 2nd gaming-phone from them if it isn't just to get NFC-Technology if my phone also become my wallet in the future, and I won't buy the PS4, that's one thing I can say already w/o nothing what they have to deliver, more than some specs that could be about some AMD-parts, but then I already got a real computer with wireless PS3-gamepad.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCraig:
Well... Won't be surprised (Will be pissed off) if the unlock bootloader becomes a paid service lol.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razerblader:
Believe me, I won't get surprised if they start to take money for it in the future to get even more money :p
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
***UPDATE 6/26/2012***

Ok, not all the info that I got before was 100% correct. It looks like RAZR / MAXX is unlocked only for Global(GSM) use which is outside of USA. The Tmobile and ATT sims are not fully working as of right now.

We have couple amazing Devs which are working to resolve this issue.

Please PM me if you want me to update the OP.

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On the Bionic forum people found a way to activate disabled feature of couple 4g verizon phones to be able to use it on GSM networks.

Can someone test it please?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297714

***UPDATE***

Follow this steps to make it work: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25967009&postcount=118
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cmay227:
Amazing...no one here has any interest in this? maybe you should have posted in the development section. This is great news if it gets working on the razr.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] AutoBlogReviews:
I posted this earlier...as far as I know it's still a work in progress but very cool nonetheless.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Welp the Bionic can't do it for sure. Doesn't have a GSM radio... at all.

Running ICS leak fully rooted!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tech_head:
Actually the Bionic does have a GSM radio.

The Razr, 4, Bionic all have the same Qualcomm global radio and a separate LTE radio.

The only thing preventing the Razr, Droid 4 or Bionic from connecting to GSM is the firmware.

The Droid 4 is scheduled for GSM upgrade.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
I stand corrected. Well played.

Sent from my DROID RAZR running ICS 4.0.3 fully rooted!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stkiswr:
I was under the impression that we just needed the unlock code. Once we have it from say...att, then we put the sim in,enter the code and good to go...maybe its not that easy but on YouTube it looks pretty close lol.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] AutoBlogReviews:
As far as I know it's not that easy due to the fact that the GSM modem itself is disabled. Unless your talking about roaming onto the LTE network. Though ATT uses different frequencies.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
I was really surprised that people did not accept this news well. I was extremely happy to hear that we can use our phones with GSM providers since I am planing to travel soon.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
Actually if you have read the whole thread in the OP link. People are successfully using their phones in Brazil.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stkiswr:
Yeah. No thought about lte if I had to use GSM. I feel dumb as that's the entire point of the maxx being called a global phone lol. There's a video and it is really easy to do.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lrrc29:
i just did it and is working perfect
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tech_head:
okay, I'll bite.

How to enable?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bookmonke:
This is good news been wanting to try a maxx on att
[Motorola Droid RAZR] theZest:
I think people will highly appreciate if you provide more detailed information, because there should be some differences in this hack between RAZR and Bionic.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
Can you share that knowledge in your tech head with us too.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lrrc29:
this is exactly what i did and now is recognizing an at&t (old desactivated) and a tmobile sim(old desactivated) card but i need to test with an activated one. i noticed with the tmobile one a gsm networks setting appeared on my menu.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=3

see post 29 & 30

by the way the razr needs to be running gb i was on ics leak but i didnt find any charge only mode or pc mode.

i went back to ics leak and seem to still working but like i said i need to test and activated sim card

before people start to flame im not taking credit and im not interested on any im just sharing what i did.

one more thing this is radiocomn software link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/RadioComm_v11.12.2_Install.msi
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
Thank you I will follow it later on.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stupidchicken03:
this could get interesting
[Motorola Droid RAZR] atermify:
Okay so, here's my predicament..I'm currently using an Atrix 2 with a regular sized SIM card and wanted to test this out on a busted VZW Razr I got from work (there's a huge crack in the screen and it was just collecting dust). If I went into an AT&T store and bought a micro-SIM, would it work?

The only reason I'm confused is because all I know that AT&T uses the micro-SIMs for is the iPad; I don't know if the structure of the SIM card changes to accomodate just data, or if voice will be able to be transmitted as well.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
That's what I have been working on the whole time... ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Haldanite:
Forgive my ignorance but how do I get to bootstrap recovery not safestrap recovery on the Droid 4 to do this? I'm leaving to go to the UK in 2 days and would love to be able to pop a SIM from there into my phone. Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
No offense but if you don't know how to do that you probably shouldn't be doing this hack...

Boot to nonsafe mode. Open safestrap app, uninstall safestrap recovery, find your appropriate bootstrap app, install it, click bootstrap recovery, grant SU permission, click ok, click reboot recovery.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Haldanite:
No offense taken. I ask because the only bootstrap I found for the Droid 4 was safestrap. On my Droid 2 I had an bootstrap app I bought in the marketplace but can't find one there for the Droid 4.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
Edit- I see what you're saying now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
http://db.tt/0OPUVDiA

Here is a link to Razr Bootstrap v2.0 by nitroglycerine33.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cghond:
hello all, I have the verizon model xt912, I live in Honduras, here there are no CDMA or LTE, GSM only, I read the whole thing, but it's hard for me, someone could explain how to enable the GSM in this model, thank you very much greetings
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
I followed the whole tread and there were only couple people who were able to successfully use GSM in the DROID RAZR. None of the U.S people could do that. If I were you. I would hold off until verizon/Motorola push the ICS update to enable the GSM option of the phone. The unlocking it would be easier or if we get lucky. It will be already unlocked.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] munchy_cool:
no way Verizon will put an unlock which will allow the razr to be used with US GSM carriers ...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
This hack will work in Honduras or you could flash the 206 ICS leak and it will also work there.

Its only the US GSM carriers that are blocked.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
Has anyone tried flashing a GSM (ICS) build on a CDMA Razr? I'm sure there's a logical explanation to why it wouldn't work, I'm just curious.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kanagadeepan:
Thanks for the info and where can I download the 206 ICS leak ROM, please....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
It will not work. Devs already tested that option.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] janocool:
Working fine in Ecuador, what i did:

Root the phone with this tool:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342567

Install bootstrap recovery you can find in a google search or xda is an apk, copy to sd install from device

Insert micro sim (in my case claro sim)

Boot on recovery, flash the zip posted in this thread and reboot

Go to settings wireless mobile network choose LTE

If you want you can setup the apn for data in access points, i got 3g working

Enjoy...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] trickyhenry:
Very cool. Cdma maxx now on gsm 3uk! Easy to do. I got an ota and had to do it again so keep the file handy ;).

Thank you.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
Does anyone see a prompt for an unlock code if they insert an AT&T sim? Here's a site claiming to sell an unlock code for the XT912 - http://sim-unlock.net/sim-lock/75/Unlock_for_any_New_Motorola_Defy_Flipout_Milestone/. I'm not saying it's legit, but that's how I unlocked a D3 for AT&T. Could it be this simple?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fade79:
It doesn't ask for an unlock code using either an ATT or Tmobile SIM
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chuckboy1129:
I am on leak 206 ics. I was messing around with the gsm and global features and screwed up my phone couldn't make calls or send text. But this hack restored everything back to normal using the relock zip. soooo thank you so much
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
You're welcome! We always try to provide options to restore to stock whenever we package a hack like this that makes low level settings changes.

Glad it worked for you.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chuckboy1129:
The funny thing is i didn't use your unlock zip i was using the features that came in ics 206 and screwed it up but your zip fixed it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] janocool:
I just realize that sending sms is not working. Phone and mobile internet no problems so far. Does anyone having this problem
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
Try this build.prop edit: ro.telephony.gsm-routes-us-smsc=1 change value to 0

Save and be sure permissions are set to rw-r--r--(644) and reboot.

This setting makes the SMS appear to originate in the US for VZW global subscribers.

Setting it to 0 should fix the issue for international use.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] janocool:
thanks man.

For noob people trying this: to change build.prop you need root explorer or similar app edit the file buil.prop find the line and save changes, reboot.

---------- Post added at 04:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:49 AM ----------

It works, thanks, just when i reboot the phone a message about unknown provider appear, but then works great
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
Yes, I realized that and you probably should run the Unlock zip to restore he default ICS config.

I have seen this happen and usually switching back and making sure that the network selection is properly set will get service back. It is the Dual Mode switch feature that gets stuck sometimes I think.

The bottom line is that the default setting on ICS is the unlocked full RF_BC_CONFIG_I string which is 8703E80400000200 and this supports all modes including LTE.

Also note that the default network mode value in the build.prop is set to 8 from 7 in the ICS builds.

There are also differences in the NVM and many of the build.prop settings have correlary NV Items associated with them, so the same changes can be made in the NVM in many cases.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chuckboy1129:
so i should flash the unlock zip and everything will be good.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] barron35:
need sim after ota?

Great work on this guys, quick question. Once Verizon provides an update which allows us to roam on global GSM carriers, would we still need a different sim or just use what the phone came with? Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bookmonke:
I may have overlooked this in the thread but has anyone in the states got this working yet, such as AT&T and if so, what steps did you take?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] janocool:
Can anyone post a link to ICS 206 leak?

What is the pros and cons of updating in the case you are using this hack?

And if verizon activates the global mode theres a chance to sim lock the device, i mean i have a droid 3 here working in my local networks but i need to buy a unlock code to make it work, the ICS 206 comes lock free?

Thanks a lot for your help
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DanDDo:
I have experienced the same prob with att and tmo not workng.

But just now I was fiddling around with *#*#4636#*#* settings on a fresh bwcm9 install with an att prepaid sim..i received 93 texts that were sent to my att number... still no service and network is unknown as well as phone number.

Pretty much I'm on bwcm9leak and did not flash the tbh zip files.. on 206 using safestrap
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pwrdbykyank:
hey guys, ok im kinda confused. Will this work to make the Droid Razr for Verizon work on international sim cards? Also does everything work or there is problems for texting or data?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] janocool:
I have a droid razr working in Ecuador, just root the device, install recovery and install the zip in this thread, thats all, i got phone service working and data (850mhz 3g). For sms you have to edit a line in build.prop and thats all, working without problems. I got a droid razr with a bad esn so i get it really cheap.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] trickyhenry:
One happy english lad here. After saying this worked i then realised that voice did not work over 3g. Now after loads of research and searching (noob i am) i have a 100% working maxx.

I know i shouldnt of but i just used cheesecake to and updated to 6.16.206

I can confirm out of the box i have voice and data with 3g on gsm 3uk.

This build is nice and fast so no complaints yet. No downgrade options yet but today i dont care.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] janocool:
So you have ICS working fine with GSM? how did you updated, maybe a guide to follow, where did you get cheesecake, do you preserve the root?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] trickyhenry:
Im not sure its for the faint hearted as i said in the last post. Apparently there is no way back to gb. I guess the future is unknown for future updates.

Essentially i was on gb stock latest version.

Rooted it then backed up with ota root keeper

Downloaded and installed Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip via es file explorer and clockwork.

Googled and found cheesecake 2.0

Ran that to download 6.16.206 and installed.

Regained root via ota root keeper.

switched phone to gsm and entered apn.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
if you guys got the GSM radios going could you then use this http://www.straighttalk.com/shopsims to get unlimited everything for 45 bucks a month once your verizon contract is up?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] roll0ver:
Any luck here? I've got a droid RAZR that will be going back soon if not for US GSM!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] droidxrooting:
Update will happen to unlock the GSM in the phone. But we don't know when.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] twolostminds:
Hey all. I don't mean to be a pain in the ass but could someone post a summary of what has been accomplished so far or could the OP update post #1 to list what has worked and what has been tried and failed. I'd read through all 200+ posts but I use screen reader software due to a visual impairment and it would take me about 3 hours to do so. Thanks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] briankariu:
Sorry, wrong thread....was switching between the rezound thread and this...got a bit lost
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ice9tech:
What will happen if I flash either of those .ZIP files onto my XT910?

I'm tempted to try it, to see if it shows up as a CDMA/LTE radio instead. When I do the *#*#4636#*#* it has WCDMA listed as a possible network selection. I'm on a GSM/HSPA network which has LTE support, and I'd really like to enable the LTE radio if possible.

Also, is it possible for me to retrieve the current motorola.update_nv string so I can compare with the ones in both of the .ZIPs?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
It'd be neat to see if someone could get a 910 to function as a 912. Since all Razr's are essentially the same I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. Unless you can change the imei (which is dangerous and illegal) you'd not be able to activate the phone on Verizon (they wouldn't issue you a sim card) but an existing sim card might work. Has anyone tried to flash a Verizon leak on a 910? Here's what a 912 on ICS should look like.

EDIT- photo showed gps location....not good.

Note that the preferred network type is displayed as "unknown". So I'm not sure how you'd select the correct mode if it were even possible.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] roll0ver:
Thanks, is the 'update' you're referring to ICS from motorola/verizon? To clarify will this update allow us to further tweak the phone to access GSM with US-based carriers (ATT, T-mobile)?

Thanks for all your work on this!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Yes. The next ics might turn xt912 real global, as stated by vrz. Will work on any gsm based networks and in USA too.

Enviado de meu XT910 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
The recent ICS builds for both the Razr and the Droid 4 definitely enable global GSM/UMTS by default, but do not allow US GSM carriers like ATT and T Mobile.

The same string can be used to edit the NV_RF_BC_CONFIG_I item 1877 of the Gingerbread builds to accomplish the same thing. Some further editing of the build.prop maybe needed on GB builds for full function on some networks.

The block on US GSM carriers is entirely separate and there is no SIM lock code required as there is on GSM models and previous VZW global models.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] roll0ver:
That is what I thought, so ICS will bring us no closer to understanding the US carrier block?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
that is correct. I have been trying to isolate the mechanism by examining the NVM, but without success so far and it may not be accessible to us at all.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] labsONE:
I hate to bring my own brand of noobishness out to ask/exclaim/say/whatnot, but I have a couple theories on how it's locking out:

1: IMSI lock. It's checking to see if the IMSI's 'mask' of sorts is a US-based carrier's prefix and locking out.

2: Network/MNC lock. It's checking and blocking access to US-based towers (ie 310 410).

I want to point more towards #2 as I had an AT&T SIM working for a few moments in my RAZR -- but it wouldn't touch the AT&T network. It gladly hopped onto Rogers Wireless, though, with that AT&T SIM in, and it gladly authenticated me as an AT&T user (and even dialing 611 got me the "Welcome to GoPhone, by AT&T!" message).

I live on the Canadian border and thus I can pick up the Bell/Telus/Rogers networks depending where I am in town.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] roll0ver:
I welcome any contribution and certainly haven't seen these points raised in this thread heretofore.

---------- Post added at 08:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:58 PM ----------

Any contribution that might help with the search, would crowdsourcing be helpful at all?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] labsONE:
Yeah, I'm back: it's blocking the MCC/MNC of US-based networks. That's why my bloody AT&T SIM would work in my RAZR.

This is the same lock that they use on the Droid 3 and other 'global' equipped phones (like the iPhone). It blocks US networks but allows foreign ones. We might need to find another radio and/or unlock the bootloader (which, let's be honest, probably won't happen for quite some time).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] roll0ver:
So the block would need to be spoofed so that it thinks it is dealing with non-US country codes while not effecting actual tower interaction?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] labsONE:
No. It's specifically blocking tower access to US networks. This is (most likely) in the actual baseband software on the MDM6600 and most likely not in the NVM.

Now I do question if using a SIM interposer (ie the Gevey cards) would work like it does on the iPhone -- if so, then we might have one solution for intra-American use.

Have we tried, say, a DROID3 radio? I do know there's a D3 radio that unlocks American use if memory serves. If I had a spare RAZR to work on I'd experiment with flashing a few different radios from other 'international' phones.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
The radios are signed to the specific hardware so you can only flash a radio for that device.

I am sorry, I work weekends and will try to post back late tonight what I have been working on in the NVM. I agree, that it may not be there at all, but elsewhere in the radio image.

The lock does not exist on the Bionic with the same basebands as the razr and D4, so we have an "unlocked" model to examine as well as a band unlocked Chinese engineering build that cannot be flashed to stock hardware, but has been dumped by my partner P3 Droid, from his dev phone.

Short answer is we have things to look at for clues and I certainly would love to see more people taking a closer look at the problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] yalkowni:
would straight talk sims work in this through this method?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] roll0ver:
Please let us know how we can help, I am certainly no expert on these matters. I do have a RAZR I have activated with PPC that I am willing to test. I have experience with rooting and flashing ROMs, etc. but not with the bits within such as the radio.

When you refer to looking, is it as simple as that, looking through the two code bases to isolate the differences?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cellzealot:
The radio is separate from the OS and other partitions in the AP(Applications Processor) layer and is literally on a different chip, the BP(Baseband Processor) that has an EFS(Embedded File System).

Part of that EFS is the NVM(Non Volatile Memory) where all of the operating parameters for the radio are stored.

Using RadioComm and other serviceware apps you can pull and read and write to those memory addresses and change how the radio works. I have made tables that dump basically the entire readable NVM as a file and then you can compare the hex data to isolate differences and attempt to find the right bits or flags that control the band lock.

Its complicated and requires experience reading the hex output and a general understanding of how the NVM is organized so you know both where to look and what you are looking at.

It is also very easy to break things by editing the wrong values and render your phone useless and require flashing the radio to return to a default configuration.

So, the short answer is, while I would love to have some help doing the work, it's not something that many people have a good enough understanding about to be able to contribute effectively.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
I'd buy you lunch if I could pick your brain. Not many people with your knowledge will take the time to explain these things.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] munchy_cool:
yeah that was an explanation which even a noob could understand ...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] roll0ver:
Indeed, thanks for the thoughtful and thorough explanation. If there is any way we can help (to defray the cost, etc.) please let us know.