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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exwannabe:
This thread is seriously non reality based.

Neither rooting nor unlocking has anything to do with getting the subsidy unlock code that allows non-ATT sims to be used.

ATT can cerrtainly provide the vaild code, and has always done so for me (albeit after possibly a await time).

3rd parties MIGHT be able to provide the same code. YMWV.

There have been some reports (search) that with the wrong radio the unlock code does not take. So ithat might be a way to go.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrism.brunner:
Wow, we are going round and round. Good luck.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getyroks:
Use search!!

Try THIS Thread---->Solved: Sim Unlock Fails With Valid Code
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r.Huzar:
Sorry for taking so long to reply but for whatever reason I missed the email saying that there are replies. Anyways, lets recap

Phone is rooted and unlocked. I can run any ROM that I want and bootloader is unlocked.

The sim cards I am testing on (yes, plural) are not locked (as in they do not require a code).

I am trying to use a non ATT sim card (specifically I am trying TMobile EU) so that when I go traveling to EU again I can use the ATRIX with my local number that I keep rather then the ancient HTC windows phone that I have used to date....

I have made 4 attempts at unlocking so that means I am down to last one.....
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
Rezound reboots constantly after minute from start like here youtube.com/watch?v=K0S1yx6mOZk[/url] i tryed to switch to CDMA + LTE/EvDO Auto and set it, but still have boot loops! Phone beeing hot when boot loop.
[HTC Rezound] chris182818:
what rom and firmware are you running?
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
I buy it on ebay, it was already boot looped, then im install some kind of PH98IMG.zip throught HBOOT, wipe all and then it boot looping again... Can u send me link to good ROM and instructions?
[HTC Rezound] topgun1953:
boot into bootloader and tell us if you are

locked or unlocked

s-off / s-on?

Hboot: ?

Radio: ?

This will help us recommend something :D
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
RELOCKED throught HTC dev

S-ON

HBOOT-2.25.0000

Radio-1.22.10.0421r/1.22.10.0424r

OpenDSP-v13.6.0.7611.00.0104

eMMC-boot
[HTC Rezound] topgun1953:
Ok...you have latest ICS firmware. Can you boot into recovery?
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
Yes i can, no reboots in the recovery, can install RUU
[HTC Rezound] tjarvis:
Does it reboot with the sim card removed?

Sent from the Rez
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
yes :( its reboot with sim card or not, reboots with back cover off or on...
[HTC Rezound] topgun1953:
Things to try....1. factory reset in the bootloader

2. Download the latest leak from the post #3 here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1757357 rename to ph98img.zip, boot into hboot and let it install. It it will take a while as you'll see there are many items to install.

That better give you a working phone

After, rename/remove the ph98img file from your sd card.
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
Reebots again...
[HTC Rezound] superchilpil:
Old firmware patch, or new firmware patch

Depends on your firmware and Rom

ICS only works with ICS firmware or you get reboots, same with gingerbread
[HTC Rezound] tjarvis:
Sounds like it might be firmware issues...s-off that thing and manually install all the required stuff. I think nils has links for everything you need in his thread for his business sense 3.6 rom. Good luck

Sent from the Rez
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
How i can do if this require root and usb debaging enabled? i cant do this because phone only turn for 1 minute and rebots. And pls what mean NEW firmware patch?
[HTC Rezound] topgun1953:
If you followed the directions for installing the latest leak as in post#10 and it flashed correctly your phone should work. I don't know what else the problem could be.

YOu put the .zip on your SD card....took out battery...put back in...held vol down and power to boot into bootloader....it found the ph98img.zip (RUU)....took a long time to flash....all items showed 'ok' .....then booted up.....if it bootloops still...I'm puzzled..because this should give you 'stock' ICS (as closed to stock as we think it will be when the OTA comes out):confused::(

could try again. The NEW firmware patch is used if you are on ICS firmware and you try to run a GB rom.
[HTC Rezound] OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
Try this exactly this steps 5 times or maybe more - still bootlooping... hate it. Where i can buy motherboard for this phone? maybe someone sell?
[HTC Rezound] topgun1953:
'

Wow..I'm out of ideas... ebay? HTC? :crying:

Maybe try going 'all the way back' to stock by flashing one of the official OTA RUU's found in one of the sticky roll up threads. Oh, you can't do that because you are s-on.. Sorry, you'd have to do the s-off if you want to flash the older RUU....what have you got to lose at this point.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
Every time I reboot, I have to manually mount my sdcard. I don't think it's the card, because it's a new card, and it stays mounted until the phone reboots. I've narrowed it down to one of two things. This only started happening when I s-offed and updated twrp. Anyone have any ideas?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
bro mine used to do the same thing.. drove me crazy!! dont know what i did to stop it but it just stoped doing it???
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ailima:
Same issue here. What card do you have - since you said it was new. I have the new Sandisk 64GB which I got on the Amazon deal. I thought it might have been that.

Also for more info:

Hardware v003

viperROM eLiTE v1.2.1

Radio: 1.05.11.0606

Lastly, I was on the original LazyPanda HBOOT until last night. Now I'm on the new one. I think the old one was 1.12.1111 and the new LazyPanda one is 1.12.2222. Apparently the latest OTA came with a 1.15.0000 version. The initial boot on the new HBOOT worked - no manual mounting necessary. It takes a while to mount on its own though.

For reference, here is the link to the new LazyPanda HBOOT: http://unlimited.io/?wpdmact=process&did=MTcuaG90bGluaw==

Anyway - it happens about 50% of the time and is really annoying because it messes with my Spotify downloads.

If anybody else is having this trouble with spotify - let me know. I think I have a work around that makes it so I don't have to keep downloading all 12 GB of music each time the card won't mount.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
I've got that same SanDisk 64gb from the amazon deal, and the same hardware version and rom.

But all was fine before I s-offed and updated twrp.

As it stands, I have Tasker pop up a reminder every time I reboot to tell me to make sure the sdcard is mounted. I finally have spotify saving my downloaded playlists to the card, but if I run it when the card is unmounted, it's not pretty.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ryanalan82:
I had tons of problems until this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1713737 from my eVo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
I saw that, but that's a little too extreme of a mod for me. Thanks for the suggestion though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ailima:
I'm pretty sure this is an Hboot thing since the hboot initializes the hardware. I don't know if any of the new Hboots fix this or not ... but I'm hoping so. i'll get back to you in a few days as to how the 1.12.2222 did.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
bump - driving me crazy. on the new hboot now, but it's still happenning.

Whenever I reboot the phone, I've got to manually mount the external sdcard, which causes issues with my pictures and spotify downloads. I'm afraid to reboot at this point...

TIA
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mobius024:
Maybe it's the 64 gig card ...

Don't know if it has anything to do with the card failing to mount on boot, but the phone specs call for a 32 gig card. I have a 32 gig and it never fails to mount, whatever the ROM ...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
Thanks for the possible solution to my issue from over a month ago, but the issue resolved itself when I flashed viper. Had nothing to do with the card. Thanks again though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsmith96:
Hi

I have a Galaxy S3 GT I9300 with build number XXALE8. I can't seem to find any ROMs with the same build number. So, my question is can I install ROMs with different build numbers, say Omega V9 with build number XXALF6? Will it brick my phone? I'm on the Siyah S3 1.3.8 kernel.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
You don't have to care about build numbers. Only about the device name being identical; you can only flash Rom's for the i9300 or i9300T, not for the US-versions.

Don''t forget to factory-reset when changing Rom. (It may work without, but it's highly recommended)

Descriptions on how to keep your data anyway are floating throughout XDA (HInt: they usually include Titanium Backup and SMS Backup+)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinis.berzins:
ROM from different device with same build number?

My question is just the opposite: I can't find ROM.zip for my phone model (MT6575 GT One Ex), however I found ROM.zip from another different device with identical build number as mine: ALPS.ICS.MP.V2.2 - may I use it for flashing?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You do not have a Samsung SGS3 I9300 phone its pointless posting here or flashing firmware for I9300.

Find a MT6575 GT One Ex forum via Google .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2065782

http://forum.china-iphone.ru/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=24861&view=unread

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinis.berzins:
The question is about Samsung too (any device)

Dear JJEgan - my point was a very general question (which I googled and was directed here) - whether two ROMs with the same build number are interchangeable or not? (E.g. if my phone's original ROM has crashed, could I restore it with a ROM with the same build number, although from another device model?)

P.S. This forum hyperlink you pointed to - was actually created by me. :)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
I don't know if you guys saw the news but I was looking forward to AT&T adding family data plans in hopes I'd save some cash. Well they announced them today and it's a nightmare. Currently I'm paying $50 for 2 gigs per line, total 4. Under AT&Ts new plan I'd have to pay $85 a month for 1 gig! They aren't making you switch but still wtf?

I'm sick of carriers and carrier phones. I love my vivid but can't deny the fact that with the new features of ICS came new bugs, and it's looking like we're left for dead. The Vivid is hitting eol status on some carriers, and it came out after the Google flagship! And I hate seeing that ugly at&t logo. Freaking ruining the looks of my phone pasted dead center on the bottom of the front. And they lock these phones down so much that hacking them is getting harder to impossible! A couple years ago CyanogenMod was a safe bet but due to ril issues we sure don't have that option.

Updates are only going to get worse. I'm at the point now where if it doesn't have a Nexus in the brand name I can't recommend it. Android phones are slowly but surely becoming the new feature phones. And every device I've had, updates brought new issues with them and the carriers never released any updates to fix those issues. You shouldn't have to root your phone to take care of them!

So for the half assed treatment we get for buying the carrier phones what do we get in return from them? Higher rates with excuses. They claim "due to the high costs of today's smartphone" ah save it! My old Samsung Eternity dumb phone was $450 off contract, a Galaxy Nexus is $350 so how do smartphone costs have anything do do with their nickle and diming? Why does my insurance deductible cost $120 now when my old eternity was only $50 and costs the same amount?

But you know what? When your contract is up or if you own your own phone you don't save anything. So how do smartphone costs have anything to do then? I should get a discount if I choose to not subsidize my phone but nope that's not how they roll.

I don't plan on getting rid of this phone anytime but I may after the next Nexus is announced. I'll see how I like it then. At any rate I'll continue to be an AT&T customer until March of 2014 and then at that point I'll be taking whatever phone I have to a no contract low cost option. I'm sick of carriers and sick of their phones too.

/rant
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cmerlyn:
I used a non-carrier phone for the last year, as well as a carrier-based phone. I had planned to switch to virgin mobile, and bought an LG smartphone. I set it up with Google Voice and Groove IP for calling, rooted it with no worries, loaded it up with free apps and the latest ROMs. It did a great job with email, texting, internet, all the same stuff we do on our Vivids. The only down side was the occasional lack of WiFi. If WiFi is e easy to get to, it is a nice way to go. I got a kick out of showing people my android phone running ice cream sandwich and telling them I paid 0 per month.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Ha I know a guy that uses an old iphone 3g as a wifi only phone. What you do is get a portable wifi hotspot, it's what $25 a month? Keep that in your pocket and you can use wifi for everything! There was a write up on lifehacker back in the day about making a poor man's iphone with a portable wifi hotspot and an ipod touch lol.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
BTW I'm not ripping on the vivid so much as the carrier. I like my phone but I almost regret it just because I'm financially obligated to at&t till 2015 now. I really feel like for a measly 4 gigs on 2 lines. I'm already paying too much and I was hoping with maybe a little relief with shared plans and they totally blow. I really don't get how it's "shared" with a per line fee. Total lunacy! You'd have to be insane to switch.

The phone I don't regret, the upgrade that required 2 more years of service I regret if that makes sense.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] gentleman559:
T Mobile. $60 dollars a month, no contract. Includes Unlimited talk and text with 2GB of data. $70 is unlimited talk, text and 5GB and its much better than AT&T. I made the switch and haven't had a dropped call since.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Mjones307:
I'm currently running H20 wireless 60$ dollars a month unlimited talk and text but just with 2g of data it connects on att towers.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Yeah I think I'll look into straight Talk and t mobile. Hell without the contract, and an unlocked nexus that works on all gsm bands you can go wherever you want
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Mjones307:
Unlocked nexus I would get on T-Mobile.Ran it on the vivid just get edge other than that I would be on T-Mobile lol
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Yeah the nexus has T-mobile and AT&T bands for fake 4G, thats what sucks about carrier phones lol. you really can't take them anywhere else. AT&T and T-mobile phones are interchangeable except for the 3G bands, thats pretty much the main difference. So if you get a T-mobile phone it won't work on AT&T's 3G network, and AT&T's 3G phones won't work on T-mobile's 3G network.

I remember the Nexus one Google actually made 2 versions of it because of the bands, but the Galaxy nexus has all GSM bands, which is nice :)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cmerlyn:
I work at a junior college with two campuses. One of them is kind of up in the hills, and the *only* signal they get is AT&T, so I am pretty much stuck with that until my job changes. I've been paying about $70/month for two dumb phones, just upped my bill by $30 (minus my discount) for the Vivid. I'm not complaining, but my daughter is moving out and wants to bail on AT&T entirely, probably go Virgin Mobile no contract. That is still the cheapest I have found.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Yeah that's typical of college campuses. I remember my brother had to get Verizon when he went to ball state because no other carrier could get a signal there. My issue with virgin is they run on Sprints network which is cdma and with cdma you pretty much are buying a phone that only works on one network.

Straight Talk seems like the best deal from what I've seen because you basically can get any carriers service without going through the carrier. The Android phones they sell run on sprints network but many people on xda have bought unlocked nexuses and basically gotten service through AT&T without the at&t hassle

See only tmobile does it right in that if you own your phone you save money. If subsiding the phones really are costing at&t and Verizon that much then both should offer discounts or better plans for those who have their own phones and don't opt to bite on early upgrades etc.

Either way I'm stuck with at&t till March of 2014 so I went ahead and grabbed the 3 gig data plan before it goes away in August. Me and my wife were both on the 2 gigs for $25 each plan. In February they killed that plan off in favor of a 3 gig for $30 plan. I kept both our plans at the time as I hadn't yet discovered Google Music and had a hard time even using a gig but now with slacker and Google I'm having to constantly monitor my data and still find myself rationing the last few days of my billing cycle with only 250 megs remaining. The extra gig is just enough really to not have to worry about it. Figure get it now before they do away with it in august!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] MondoMor:
I'm selling my Vivid. I've only had it two months, but I need the cash to finance new Galaxy Nexus I got this week. The Nexus is wide open to development and has a thriving (mostly positive) community. AT&T really hobbled the Vivid, which could have been so much more. Whether that's the reason for the negativity surrounding this phone, I don't know, but I don't see myself going back to a carrier phone again.

I like HTC phones, though. I wish it was somehow possible to magically merge the Nexus guts with the Vivid's case and screen. Maybe someday HTC will make a Nexus for Google.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Yeah I do think all the security hurdles cause mysterious issues in roms, then the average xda member gets mad at the developers for not fixing the issues, then the developer snaps back, then mods get involved and the developer gets banned, then the members are like wtf, they get mad back and next thing you know the whole community is in disarray!

At least that's my thoughts.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
I actually wanted a nexus. I was hoping at&t would announce it on contract and I got sick of waiting. Me and my wife were both tired of our lagtivates, and I talked to at&t about early upgrades and got me and my wife both Vivid's. And I swear right after my 30 days Google announced the nexus for 400 bucks on the play store. The word I said when I saw the article started with f and was 4 letters long.

That being said I don't hate the phone its fast, and has a kick ass camera but I also thought I wouldn't be interested in flashing custom roms if I had a nice enough phone. No other way to sum it up than saying this is not a developers phone and in those regards I do regret it a bit, however if I really wanted to get a nexus, well a vivid is worth more than a Captivate ebay anyway.

Other than battery life I got no complaints
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dfella30:
I buy the phones and just use wifi. And I have a free phone for calls only. Bottom line you dont need data to use android. Just wondering how long that will last before they make it mandatory to have a data plan. To make people like me pay for service.?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xxBrun0xx:
Lol carriers. Get a Straight Talk AT&T Sim. $45/month for unlimited talk, text, and 2gb data, no contract. Beats the piss out of AT&T, H2O, and every other carrier and MVNO out there. QFT
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] MondoMor:
You must be on an olllld contract. On newer plans, if they discover you have a smartphone on a "dumb phone" plan, they'll "upgrade" you into the most expensive data plan. AT&T did that to my wife when I dropped her SIM into an old iPhone. She was happy to use it as Wi-Fi only, but got a text saying they discovered the change and were changing her plan.

I fought with all four carriers about this. None of them will sell you a smartphone anymore without forcing you into a data plan. They claim that people were buying smartphones without data plans, and then complaining when they got charged for using data. Jerks. :mad:
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Aus_Azn:
The only thing I like about buying phones on carrier is that they are piss cheap, and I have trouble justifying 4x the cost for a phone from overseas.

Actually, ST's data is unlimited, not 2GB, for that price.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
I think carriers subsiding days are numbered honestly, largely thanks to Google and the cheap tablet wars, as cell phone hardware is getting cheap and then Verizon wants to sell you a locked down Motorola that takes a year to get an update for $300 on contract, but you can get a nexus, have your updates instantly and only pay $50 more! It's not just the nexus that's cheap either, that new sexy Motorola Atrix HD is only $450 no commitment. I mean if you absolutely have to have a gs3 or one x yeah subsiding is your best bet but there are quickly becoming a alot of good phones for $350 to $500.

I'm ready for it to end. If subsiding ends and people start wanting to hold on to their phones, manufacturers will make less phones, and support them better. I can't fault any manufacturer right now for not having jelly bean as without source they can't do anything, but 6 months to a year is a bit much and to stop supporting a phone like ours when it's only been out like 8 months, but I'm tied to it for at least 18 months, well that's just lunacy!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] DownTheCross:
+1

I find it ridiculous how a lot of the phones are made to barely even last through 6 months of light use, and you end up having to 1) Cheat the company out of a replacement. or 2) Pay for another phone without the contract discount, and still be stuck with that company. Straight Talk looks really really appealing, I've been dying for a good enough reason to sell my Vivid, and go Galaxy Nexus and being able to switch from at&t to a cheaper/better alternative whenever I want without buying a new phone would be great.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xxBrun0xx:
This is the crap logic that causes people to buy into the 2-year contract system. If you took a 2 year loan and paid every month the difference between prepaid and post paid monthly fees, you'd STILL pay less and you could at any time sell your phone and change carriers (ex, if you move, a better deal comes along, etc), immediately pay off the loan, and still have money to burn. If you wanted to jump ship from Verizon even after a year, you're paying a hefty fee ($350) that is more than the price of the phone.

2 year contracts are carriers saying "take a loan for this phone from us, and after it's paid off, we'll just keep the extra money every month ;)"
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Aus_Azn:
I'm on a corporate plan, so my phone bill is already comparitively cheap and I have no say in what carrier I can use, so 2-year is fine with me.

I know 2-year plans are a huge ripoff, I'm just lucky that my 10-year old plan makes my savings with prepaid negligible, since my company is paying about $48 for my unlimited talk and text line with the 2GB data. The only downside that I have is 2GB data instead of unlimited.

If you are buying a phone/plan now, however, it makes much more sense to go prepaid.

Believe me, I would have terminated ATT and switched long ago, if I could have. But my plan is decent and I don't have to bite the huge device cost, so I have no reason to complain about being ripped off. If I get forced to ATT's shared data pool system and pricing, heads will roll.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Yeah the early upgrade date got the best of me again, but never again!