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[HTC One S] MadJoe:
Weird. Is it an international One S, or does it say T-Mobile on the front? I've never heard of being able to lock a device to a new carrier...

You could always try the SIM unlock tutorial that's in the development section.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27010217
[HTC One S] x1tyme:
Is the current sim active? It should work but not WiFi calling. Try to go T-Mobile store and grab another sim.
[HTC One S] brett_day:
the first thing I would do is head down to a T-Mo store to get a new sim card.
[HTC One S] rockerode:
Yes, the SIM is activated. Been using it for about 5 years now, was in my N1, Sensation, and a flip phone for a while. Though I did get it cut for micro-SIM from a cutter (not done by myself). Perhaps it got screwed up? Though in the settings it can still pick up my #. And yup, it has T-Mobile at the top. Alright, I'll swap out the SIM and bump this up if that doesn't work.

More info: It keeps popping up to register with a network, and I select t-mo but it says "unable to register with select carrier".
[HTC One S] c_brown93:
Good chance it is blacklisted. People sell phones locally and then dont pay their bills on contract or report it lost or stolen and TMobile blacklist the IMEI. I learned my lesson. It happened to me twice over Craigslist. It will only work on ATT if it is. You can call TMobile or go into the store and they can tell you if it is.
[HTC One S] brett_day:
I would almost bet that a new sim will solve your problem here. I remember when I got a new phone with T-Mo and still had a 6-7 year old sim card. I put it in the new phone and it would not work due to incompatibility with the new network specs etc. A new sim solved the problem. Let us know how the new sim works.
[HTC One S] rockerode:
The specific error I get is "your SIM does not allow a connection to this network." So I don't think it's blacklisted. I'll report back tomorrow whether or not a new sim work/it actually was blacklisted, though.
[HTC One S] baseballfanz:
Now is it an HTC One S or the One X for AT&T. You never answer the question above, does it say Tmobile on the front of the handset?
[HTC One S] rockerode:
I did answer! But yeah, it has T-Mobile up top and it's the One S.
[HTC One S] renehd2:
that happend to me in my tmobile sensation. i bought a T-mob htc sensation 4g and unlocked it to use it in telcel mexico, after some months i decided to change company and put it a movistar simcard, but it didnt read it; the phone was re-locked to telcel in a strange way (i dont know how)

the only thing i did, was to re-use the unlock method for the htc sensation and everything was fine again...

so, try to use the unlock method for the htc one S and check if that helps you (:
[HTC One S] ascot17:
I agree.

Networks have changed a lot in the last few years. A 5-yo sim card is likely to be the cause of the problem.

If the network is just sim-locked you would get an 'Insert unlock code' message [or similar].
[HTC One S] baseballfanz:
Sorry i missed that. I would get a new sim like everyone has suggested.
[HTC One S] rockerode:
Update:

Alas, getting a MircoSim did not work. Perhaps it is blacklisted (I tried asking the guy there and he said he couldn't check, ugh). So, For now, I'm going to try to get a refund (guy said he was willing to) or try to trade it on Craigslist for something that will work. Unless someone can send over a quick guide on how to unlock the SIM reader. I tried the one that is posted and I never got the options that should have popped up.
[HTC One S] x1tyme:
That suck ballz. Hack sim should work but if its on blacklist there no way it can work on T-Mobile if your unlock it.
[HTC One S] baseballfanz:
Try this, on dialer hit

*#*#4636#*#*

Choose "Phone information"

Scroll down to Radio, see if it's On or Off.

Maybe pretty with it, turn it off turn it on see if it give you anything
[HTC One S] Mr.Mischief:
When my One S was blacklisted, it gave me the same error.

You can call or chat online with T-Mobile support, and they'll tell you if it's blacklisted.

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] rockerode:
Will check tomorrow whether it's truly been blacklisted or not. And I had actually tried the radio thing earlier :( I was very hopeful that would work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Poke_N_PDA:
I did search and find threads about this, but they didn't answer the question so I thought I'd post again.

I'd like to mod the softkeys, but I don't want to ditch stock because I want to use Jelly Bean when it get's here and not go through the hassle of new roms and reloading data, ect.

I found some old mods from back in Jan/Feb, but I'm not sure if they would still work on 4.0.4.

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-ad...l-on-screen-buttons-to-galaxy-nexus-tutorial/

Any Advice here?
[General Questions and Answers] njcalderhead:
Hello, I have tried to download various versions of Heimdall as I am trying to root my Galaxy S2 At&t phone. Every time it is nearing the end of the installing a problem reads, "system extension cannot be used", any ideas why I am having difficulty installing this program?

Thank You,
[General Questions and Answers] Yelamos:
windows?

Have you tried it in another computer? It might work there. Thing with macs is that they tend to be a bit unstable regarding these kind of things. Go to a friend's and ask them to let you on their computer for an hour and watch a movie while it downloads, i guarantee you that'll work! :)
[General Questions and Answers] Benjamin Dobell:
Please run the following then reboot your machine:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/heimdall.kext/
sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/Extensions/heimdall.kext/
sudo chmod 0644 /System/Library/Extensions/heimdall.kext/Contents/Info.plist

EDIT: Please also use version 1.3.1, 1.3.2 has known issues with certain devices.
[General Questions and Answers] notmyepic:
I am having trouble using heimdall on my Mac running Lion 10.7.4 trying to root Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 (I also got the same error on my Epic also).

The error I get is FRONTEND ERROR: Heimdall crashed!

This has happened with both 1.3.1 and 1.3.2, I have run the kext removal commands (not there anyways). I have also tried multiple cables and USB ports on my Mac

Anyone have any suggestions?

***I also posted in another thread. Sorry about that, but I would really like to get Heimdall working on my Mac
[HTC Amaze 4G] eggydrums:
Well guys, if HTC Dev is supporting the Amaze, they say the source releases between 90-120 days after the update, then we should get a source code for 4.0 around August or September since we got it in late May and June. And hopefully it will be the FULL one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dcd722:
I recently got my phone swapped out VIA warrenty.

I was running AOKP on my old phone and copied via ADB all of my files from the internal storage to a folder on my PC.

When I got my new phone I ADB Pushed all the files back on the phone (after unlocking the bootloader) and installed the rom back up.

Unfortunately, my gallery is not picking up any pictures except for the ones I take with the phone, even though I see on my PC and Astro on the phone that the old pictures are there.

In addition, none of my custom notifications or ringtones or alarms are showing up in Android even though they are in the same place they were before, with the same rom.

I've tried many of the 'sdrescan' apps and nothing has worked.

I tried erasing the internal memory, and instead of transferiing the files VIA ADB I tried doing it VIA Windows Explorer (which took forever)

Nothing has worked

Please Help

Dominic
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dcd722:
Solved....

After DAYS of trying, and many hard resets, I found a .nomedia file hidden on the root of the sdcard.......don't know how the hell I didn't notice it before. Still wondering how it got there...:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
Same thing is happening to me. The phone still will not recognize my internal storage ringtones and notifications though, even after removing the .nomedia file.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] badname:
We have a development section for every carrier, how about one for any carrier.

In my vision this would currently contain all the efforts of trying to make this possible, and in the future, all universal roms(which we will hopefully have).

Also I feel that this would promote development of a way to do this.

For those who make separate threads in every carrier section because they care enough to do so, wouldn't actually have to do so. What a great way to say thanks!!! (and give them more time to develop the rom instead of posting multiple threads.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BlaydeX15:
Bad idea man. IDK how familiar you are to flashing roms and mods, but it sounds like you know that you can't flash a Sprint rom on an AT&T device (Etc etc). That's great and all, but for everyone that knows how to flash the right rom, there are 20 people who have no idea that a bad flash will brick their phone, and those people would be looking at an "all USA carriers" forum picking the coolest looking rom, not even paying attention to warnings.

Heck, take a look at all the "Omg, I bricked my phone flashing an international rom. Halp me!" threads. There's already a problem, and you have to go to a completely section of the forums to find those. Putting them one click away is just asking for hundreds of whiny "I borked my phone" threads. At least until a one mod fits all method is made standard.

So, no. I don't think it's a good idea. In a perfect world, it would be amazing, development from all carriers would get the same attention, and everyone would be happy. However, we've gotta cater to the lowest common denominator right now. Sorry guy. :p
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Pirateghost:
I take it neither of you read the forums or xda front-page much?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27938380
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] badname:
what if this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735482
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Pirateghost:
Tapatalk fail. I copied the post and not the topic link. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] badname:
haha, posted at the same time

thats what gave me the idea, thats the stuff im talking about.

I am confident the devs here will be able to do this.

And thats where the new section would come in.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BlaydeX15:
Just sayin, lol. ;)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] badname:
fine, ill suggest this poll again when there is a way to have universal roms.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] PoorCollegeGuy:
Nice to see my article having an impact lol :)

Frankly, for now, the best way is to keep them separate. ROM devs can always release them in each forum if they want to make ROMs for all 4 carriers (there can't be that many differences).

Even if a universal ROM method was released, I would still vote to keep them separate. ROMs are, by far, the most popular development in the forums, but you've still got kernels, mods, scripts, etc that won't have universal compatibility. Better to keep em separate as to not confuse people (because we all know someone is gonna release something without specifying which version it's for and someone is gonna flash it) and cause problems.

Maybe if there was a way to make everything universal, maybe. As it stands, I'd rather see a ROM dev simply have to copy/paste his ROM thread across 4 sections rather than have to see [T-Mobile][Sprint][AT&T][Verizon] at the beginning of every thread.

My 2 cents :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] john9:
Why don’t we give this a try?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jrthe420toker:
Hello everyone.

i just got my s3 and i am in love with it. the only thing i hate is paying 100 a month for sprint service. i have the s2 also from sprint but its flashed to verizon and want to do the same with my s3. can someone please give me sum info or a place that has step by step instruction for noobs plus what software to use and where to get it.

please im broke and i want to do this b4 my next sprint bill comes in. ty all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
First of all, I'm not sure if what you're asking is legal since you're likely going to be cheating Verizon out of money on their plan for the S3. Besides that, AFAIK QPST for the US GS3 isn't working yet, and that is a necessity for flashing to other carriers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
I have the Samsung s3 t-mobile and Im able to connect and read the phone using cdma workshop .... I'm sure this phone is possible
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rdwing:
OP is referring to esn cloning, which is illegal and barred from discussion here on these boards.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
Flashing is not illegal ... he means over to pageplus
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dasistsparta:
You are so lame.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
To be honest, I don't quite understand why a person cannot use his/her phone, which they bought for $600 outright, on a network of their choice.

You can do that with GSM phones. Why not with CDMA?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
rdwing is right. Although the FCC law is vague when it comes to what exactly “ESN cloning" is and what sort of flashing is illegal, it IS illegal to flash to Verizon and not pay for the plan you should be paying for; for example, paying for a non-data plan but using the GS3 on that plan. That is absolutely fraud and is prohibited from discussion here.

IMHO I don't believe flashing to a carrier such as Virgin Mobile, which allows you to use any plan for any phone, is wrong or illegal. However, Verizon's large number of plans for specific types of phones makes it impossible for us to know whether or not you'll be using the phone on the proper plan.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
O'RLY? because here is a thread explicitly coaching members on how to misrepresent their smartphones as dumbphones and rape the ATT data plan that is specifically meant for non-smartphones, even though the ATT ToS calls out SIM swapping specifically. It has been allowed to prosper despite being brought to their attention because "if ATT didn't want people using the loophole they would close it" I was told. I suppose it's a fine line they have to walk, to allow or not, what's technically legal or illegal.....but I get the feeling that the admins turn a blind eye to activities as long as they are crimes against a large corporation, but if you were to do the same thing to an individual developer they would be all over it.

Hey, I'm all for getting the most for my money, but I try not to condone intentionally screwing them over even if they are a huge corporation. Admittedly it's not always easy to ride that line.....but I personally think there is something about taking advantage and being opportunistic that lends itself to expose the real moral compass of people. Most people who would make good life decisions won't intentionally go out of their way to screw anyone, company or not. Not all, but most I think. It just reflects poorly on people that do such things. We all struggle with easy opportunities.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
That's exactly what I'm saying, the smartphone plans for companies like Virgin Mobile or Boost Mobile are universal across all smartphones, making it impossible (AFAIK) to actually “cheat" the carrier out of money. I am also aware that Virgin Mobile DOES prohibit other carriers' phones in their ToS, however breaching a non-contact ToS is not illegal, it's only a way for a company to deny you service if you beach it. I'm not so sure about contact carriers like Verizon or AT&T, though...

I don't believe any of these companies deserve to be cheated out of money, I was just pointing out the fact that it is wrong to pay for a cheaper plan than what you should actually be paying for on that carrier and I was saying that the issue is non-existent on VM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zelendel:
Only way it will happen is the phone IMEI has to be activated on Verizons network. You can call them and ask them to activate the phone on the network. They may say yes but will most likely say no.

As for the rest of the talks. Using an international version of a phone will come across on the US networks as unknown. This has been the case for a while but soon will be stopping as the carriers are starting to work together to prevent non network phones on their plans.

IMEI changing is illegal and will not be talked about.

Sent for a corner cell in Arkham
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
CDMA providers don't use IMEI; Verizon and Sprint only use it for LTE (a GSM technology), and considering that the OP would not be able to use the LTE anyway because Sprint and Verizon use different LTE bands, this seems a non-issue (as he would not need to change his IMEI).

He would, however, need to change his ESN, and as I stated earlier, the legality of it is questionable but unlikely if he is switching his phone to Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
right, how is this any different than changing the SIM card and activating it on a network that is explicitly excluded from that use per the ToS? IMEI, ESN, or SIM......it's all semantics......if misrepresenting one is not ok, the others cannot be either as the end product is the same
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
I agree, but I'm saying that if the OP would like to change his phone to Verizon then that's his choice; he takes on the risk of being caught, the knowledge that what he's doing is potentially illegal, and knowing that he is acting immorally. I don't agree with what the OP is doing and I won't provide help.

And the point about the ToS that I was saying was that it's one thing to breach a ToS, but it's a very different thing to breach a contact. Breaching a non-contact ToS is not necessarily immoral because the only agreement you make with the carrier is that you understand that they can deny you service if you breach their ToS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
see i disagree on that last part....it's their network, not your's or anyone else's, it belongs to ATT for instance, and access to that network is not an entitlement in which one can choose to follow the rules or not at a whim......by using the network you accept the ToS by default...so accessing that network by misrepresenting and explicitly breaking the ToS is pretty cut and dry.......it's just wrong. Choosing to do the wrong thing is immoral if you will. Not that it's fair to equate cell service with morality and life.....but at the root of it, people who choose to be opportunistic will many times choose to do the same in other aspects of life......

this thread isn't about morality so i digress........but there is really no way to justify the breaking of the ToS when one is on their network to begin with in my opinion
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
I know, but by agreeing to only a ToS (VM, Boost, etc) you are allowed to use their network with the knowledge that you can be denied service if you choose to breach those terms and the carrier decides to terminate your service.

A contact on the other hand (Verizon, etc) is a binding agreement in which you basically promise that you will abide by the terms set forth in the contact and therefore MUST abide.

I can see we're getting off topic but I can agree to disagree lol. :rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
no this is good stuff... :)

you do agree that they can boot you off, but before that you agree to use the service per the ToS in the first place, by simply connecting you agree to use it as they say......it doesn't say "go ahead and connect any way you like but we can disconnect you". It says in order to connect you have to agree to connect per the ToS.

So the first transgression is the act of connecting in a mischievous or by way of misrepresentation. At least from what I can see. Contract or not. The contract really has no bearing other than cost and features for the cost. You pay for a set of features for a price, they agree to give you those features for that length of time per the contract. This can exist separately from the actual act of connecting to the service.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stryker1297:
because american companies are generally greedy just look at apple.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
I see what you're saying, TBH I didn't consider that you were agreeing to abide by the terms in order to connect, as opposed to agreeing to the terms with the knowledge that you can be denied service once you breach those terms. Also I haven't read (for example's sake) VM's ToS in full, just the parts pertaining to using a phone from another carrier.

And with the contact, you are legally bound to abide by the terms set forth (I think that usually includes an agreement that you will abide by the ToS), whereas there is no legal agreement if you are only agreeing to a ToS. Whether it's morally wrong to break a ToS alone I can't really say, but if the carrier is not adversely affected in any way, shape, or form and the consumer can use a phone that he or she wants that that carrier may not offer, I don't really see a problem (as long as the consumer didn't sign a contract which involved promising to abide by the ToS).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zelendel:
IMEI/ESN are basicly the same thing. There are hardcoded device identifier numbers that can't be legally changed.

Also att allows you to use unlocked GSM devices on their network with the understanding that they will not support it if something doesn't work.

Sent for a corner cell in Arkham
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jarnow94:
Sorry, but I disagree about the legality of ESN changing, at least from my interpretation of the FCC regulations. I can't comment on IMEI, but I interpreted the FCC regulations (as do many others across XDA) as prohibiting the use of the same ESN at the on multiple phones at the same time or spoofing the ESN of another person's phone on your phone.

I've seen a lot of big threads guiding members on how to change ESNs, with each person offering their own interpretation of the law.

At the end of the day it's really up to the the moderators on other forums to decide what should be discussed on other forums' threads and up to the moderators on these forums to decide what should be discussed here.

I totally respect the opinions of all the moderators and personally believe threads like these, which seem to advocate seeking doing something undoubtedly illegal, should be closed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
they also specifically say in their ToS that you may not use a device on a plan which it is not designed for, i.e. you may nto use a smartphone on a non-smartphone plan. It even goes so far as to specifically call out the abusive method of misrepresenting the smartphone as a dumbphone by way of SIM card swapping. That was exactly what was going on in the thread I used as a point of reference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xtrezpasor:
Maybe I missed it but the op never said they were looking to chest Verizon, just switch a Sprint phone to Verizon, he/she might intend to pay the correct plan...

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dharkness:
@neyenlives so does tethering and not paying extra. but yet everyone is jumping on that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
True but tethering in and of itself doesn't necessarily use more bandwidth. But yes you are right.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stryker1297:
is the sprint's model's radio even compatible with verizon's network?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] _DS__:
So is it possible to use Sprint's L710 phone on Verizon's network?

I bought the Sprint version of the phone off ebay and didn't realize it initially even though I currently have Verizon's

2 year contract and like the provider. All I am trying to do is figure out if it's possible to flash Verizon's software onto

the Sprint S3 phone and switch the phone over to Verizon(once I unlock it from Sprint's network).

Thanks gents.

David
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] _DS__:
Anyone?

I also realized Sprint does not come with swappable sim card, does it matter if I want to use it on Verizon?