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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
So I've been kind of stuck with Verizon because I've been on a family plan with my family members not really being able to switch since everyone would have to at the same time, but lately we've been kind of looking at Sprint. The problem is, while they can use the whole plan to upgrade their phones, I really kind of need to stay with the same thing since the only newer phones that suit me anymore would be SONY's compact phones (which I really do wish I could switch to I admit, but of course GSM only.) Even my M7 is a bit large and uncomfortable for me, but it's at least tolerable.

So my question is: is it possible to adapt my M7 to work on Sprint? From what I've read lately, it's now currently legal to actually do things like unlocking and such (in fact, normally they are supposed to help the user be able to switch, but mine is currently unlocked and running a third party ROM and I absolutely do not want to lose this.) Or have I completely misunderstood? (I'm not trying to circumvent any laws here, so just let me know if I have misunderstood the recent ruling, but I'm pretty sure that it is basically extremely legal for now until they reevaluate the matter very soon.) With most phones and services it doesn't even matter. Just pop in a SIM card and that's just about it. Unfortunately, Verizon is a bit tricky with ridiculously locked down bootloaders and such. I presume it's basically setup to specifically look for a Verizon network only? I think Sprint is supposed to be much more lenient in this respect, but can I take a Verizon model and make it work on a Sprint network at all? Would I need to flash modems and bootloaders or what if I it is possible?

One thing I can say: from looking at the Wiki page on CyanogenMod's site -- asuming it's accurate -- this model phone specifically supports CDMA 1900 and 800MHz, which are two of the main things Sprint uses. (I also see mention of a 2.5GHz band which I guess this doesn't support, but I see 4G is available on 1900 and to some extent maybe even 800 if I read correctly.) Oddly I don't see mention of which bands are supported at all on places like Wikipedia. It probably doesn't matter though since presumably Verizon is basically using the same thing but in other words as far as I know it does support Sprint's frequencies. (Which isn't really a surprise since they likely use the exact same hardware and just load different software.)

There's no rush on this. This is just one of the possibilities my family is considering. Frankly though, I would be really glad to get off of Verizon even if I still can't go to GSM.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
*bump*

If it's illegal still despite everything just let me know, but I really thought I understood that it's supposed to be legal now. If it isn't possible due to them customizing things too much for Verizon I understand.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Afaik, no.

I never heard that unlocking the sim was illegal... If your contract ended without any litigation (like unpaid bills) and the phone is paid, its yours and you can do what you want with it (except changing its identification number/IMEI)

Yes but probably a lot more expensive to ask your carrier to unlock your sim than doing it yourself. Here in Canada, carriers ask about 50$ to unlock your sim. A sim unlock code cost 5$ US on the internet.

An unlocked bootloader is not the same thing as "sim-unlocked". Unlocking the bootloader only allows to flash images that are not signed by the phone manufacturer like custom recoveries, custom kernels and custom roms. Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom rom/recovery/kernel doesn't remove the carrier lock, only the sim-unlock will.

For a sim-unlocked GSM phone yes, but for a CDMA phones like verizon and sprint, not really.

Again, the bootloader is irrelevant to the carrier lock. The only reason why Verizon bootloaders are hard to unlock is because Verizon's policies, they do not want their customers to flash custom roms for warranty purposes.

Yes, its sim-locked to Verizon which mean you can only use Verizon sim cards.

Not what I have heard. I was told that Sprint doesn't allow non-sprint phones on their network at all. (better to confirm this with them)

If you want to be able to switch carrier easily, better to chose a GSM phone next time. Even a sim-locked GSM phone can easily be sim-unlocked and work on any GSM carriers that uses the same frequencies.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
Well, I'm asking if you could flash the modem or something like that. What is this SIM unlock you "buy" online? I'm asking how to unlock it myself, not how to pay someone else to do it.

I have a GSM phone. Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Flashing different radios doesn't change/enables more bands on the M7 and doesn't remove the sim-lock

Its a code called a "sim unlock code". When you insert a foreign sim card in your phone, you should be prompted to remove the carrier lock by using that sim-unlock code. This code can be purchased online at very low cost, you'll only need to provide your phone IMEI# and your model to the sim-unlock services you'll chose, for example, doctorsim.com

Btw to use a sim-unlock code, your phone must be running the stock rom (or stockish rom).

The sim-unlock code method is the way to do it yourself, easily for cheap. The only other method is called SIEEMPI and requires an S-OFF bootloader. This method consist of downloading a special config.dat file made for your phone (based on your IMEI and model), saving it on an external FAT32 hard drive, connecting it to your phone using a Y usb cable, booting in bootloader mode and selecting the simlock option. The config.dat file will be detected by the bootloader and the carrier lock (sim-lock) will be removed. Again this method requires S-OFF and might requires to downgrade the bootloader (downgrading the bootloader also requires s-off).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2314824&page=61

If you have a GSM phone then no it won't work on the Sprint network. GSM don't even have an MEID number (the IMEI equivalent for CDMA network). http://www.smartmobilephonesolutions.com/content/imei-vs-meid-vs-esn-purpose-of-a-device-identifier
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
Interesting. Can this be done at any time? Eg could I just unlock it while still on Verizon, or would that cause troubles down the road? (Bearing in mind what a piece of crap Verizon is about... everything...) I'd rather just have it unlocked now before they manage to make it illegal again (and yes, SIM unlocking a phone was illegal for a time. In fact, I don't think anyone saw this temporary reprieve coming as the consensus was that it would stay that way until they reevaluated again in some years. Perhaps you're not familiar with some of the crappiness that is cell phone service here in the US since I see that Canadian logo under your name, but we're kind of behind the rest of the world in how services are handled by about a decade or two right now.)

I know. That was my point. You told me that I needed to buy a GSM phone and my point is that neither network my family is considering is GSM capable. Trust me, I'd rather get away from CDMA if I could. I don't like being stuck on CDMA anyway and frankly I like my GSM phone better (it's mostly just being used as a media device, but it would be nice if I could use it as my phone anyway,) but it's ultimately not really up to me.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
If using the unlock code method, you can do it at any time but you'll need to have a sim card from another carrier so the phone ask you to enter the unlock code. If using the SIEEMPI mehtod, you don't need another carrier sim card so it can be done at any time.

Yep just googled it and read that it was illegal in 2012/2013. Wasn't aware of that. :eek:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
Well, I was thinking in terms of the SIEEMPI method. (BTW, why a Y cable? Is it just about powering the device? As far as a USB drive goes, as long as it's not an actual HD my phone can easily handle it as I've had to use one quite often with it. It might even handle a pretty efficient HD, I'm not sure.) But my real question is if Verizon would freak out and I wouldn't be able to connect or worse (blacklist my IMEI or something.)

Speaking of that though, will that method work with a third party ROM? I'm assuming it would, but... I'm not going back to stock. There aren't many phones I would accept stock and nothing HTC or Samsung makes definitely... I guess that kind of goes without saying then, but yeah, I'm S-Off.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
You need a USB otg Y cable so the bootloader can detect the Hard drive. Wouldn't hurt trying without that cable but looks like its the method everyone used. Is your phone a M7_UL model? What is your "fastboot getvar all" ? (don't post your imei/sn)

Yes sieempi works on any roms since the method used doesn't requires to be booted in the rom, only in the bootloader. Some bootloader versions might been patched for this method hence why you might need to downgrade your bootloader.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
Well, the problem is that I don't really have a Y cable. They're pretty rare. If we're talking about external power that is... If we're talking about some kind of cable that is made to actually physically connect two actual USB objects to the one device (eg if you mean something like adb and the USB drive both at the same time) it would have to be even much more rare as most are just designed to pass power not data (and wouldn't a multi-way data connection be really really bad?) If it's just hooking up a flash drive though, I have no troubles at all as it "just works."

I'm not really sure what the _UL means, but I'm inclined to say probably not. They likely customize this one for Verizon somewhat.

And yeah, I'm S-Off, so I can pretty much do whatever I want. I actually did downgrade the bootloader (I was on a higher version) since I wanted the one that didn't show that red text on every bootup when I was dealing with... shall we say not very bright people who assume that if they see anything like that you have some illegally hacked device or it's broken or something. (I've put the stock one back on there, but I didn't see a newer stock and really doubt there's any reason to bother to really look very hard anyway.) But one thing I can tell you beyond a doubt is that my phone can handle USB flash drives via USB OTG because I've had to use that to transfer data several times since everyone is so blasted determined to stop giving users memory card readers and people are so determined to make no effort at all that they let them do it.

Mostly I just really want to make sure that Verizon won't do something really stupid before messing with it. You know how they are.

That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure. It would be a royal hassle if I had to flash back to stock long enough to do that, then go right back.

I kind of worry about sending that person my IMEI. I assumed you downloaded some tool for the "SIEEMPI" method you mentioned, but it looks like you only send this person your own IMEI through some generic form.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
The thing is, I don't think the phone will give power to the external drive when in bootloader mode hence why everyone used a OTG Y usb cable. They are pretty cheap an can be found easily on ebay (around 5$). You can always make one yourself if you have some spare cables, a little patience.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33204466&postcount=2

M7_UL = Developer edition / AT&T / T-mobile / Other GSM

M7_wls = Sprint CDMA

M7_wlv = Verizon CDMA

M7_U = GSM with No LTE

Yours is M7_WLV which is a CDMA Verizon phone.

Well you have nothing to loose trying the sieempi method since it will not cost anything (apart the y cable) but I'm pretty sure you won't be able to use it on the Sprint network. Afaik, CDMA phones can not be used on a different CDMA network than its original one. GSM phones can switch network easily when they are sim-unlocked and most GSM networks use the same frequencies or at least they use some compatible with the phone. I would call Sprint to have a definitive answer. Btw not sure if sieempi works for the Verizon variant. I can confirm its ok for GSM variants.

I understand your concerns but if its legal again to unlock your sim in the US, I don't see what they could do.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
OH. That might make sense then. I could rig up something easily enough probably.

Yes, I know all that. You should have just asked if I had a developer edition, but really you can't use a developer edition on Verizon for the reason you already see there.

Well, I still worry about giving him my IMEI. I guess it really doesn't matter, but it just makes me paranoid submitting it on some sort of blog-ish post on a really horribly made website from years ago that doesn't even work right in modern browsers.

Yeah, this is all I'm really asking here. Is there any way to make one phone work on the other's network. That's why I was asking about stuff like flashing modems. As far as I know the actual hardware is the same between CDMA models. Actually, I suspect the actual hardware is the same across CDMA and GSM models as the actual chips themselves are fairly generic and then stuff like the modem decides what frequencies and algorithms it actually uses.

They could Verizon me (yeah, I made that a verb.)

Actually, are we going off on a misunderstanding here? If you're talking about just swapping around SIM cards from the same network and not alternate networks at all, these are already SIM unlocked in that respect. Most modern phones ship that way these days. My old phone, a Galaxy SIII even came unlocked as far as swapping cards in from the same network. (Heck, I have a blank in it now to make it easier if I ever actually wanted to activate it as another device in an emergency or something. Thus it sees the network and all but just can't actually get on. Actually, at the time I thought it was needed for emergency calls which is pretty much the only reason I still have it stuffed away in a box, but I realize now you don't need a SIM for emergency calls.) This M7 was actually bought online and I put my own card in it to use it and it "just worked."
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Well the devloper edition isn't the only GSM M7 variant and probably not the most popular neither hence why I asked about M7_UL. All M7_UL are GSM + LTE and can potentially be unlocked to work on any other gsm network.

And you should always be a bit paranoid when sharing your IMEI, its 100% normal. The only thing I can say is that some ppl on this forum used sieempi without any problem.

And the only answer an can give is that i'm 100% positive that GSM phones can easily change for another gsm network. I v heard that its not possible with CDMA phones, not 100% sure. As for the modem, I know it was possible with some other device to activate some bands that are usually blocked because of carrier restrictions. Afaik, no one was able to do this on a M7.

:laugh:

No, wasn't talking about that. A sim-locked phone can accept any other sim of the same carrier. I.e. If your friend and you both have a sim-locked phone to at&t for example, even if not the same phone model, you could use each others sim without any problem. Sim-lock only prevent from using another carrier sim, not using a different sim card from the same carrier.

So its was sim-locked

Emergency calls doesn't work the same way. When you dial 911, 112, 999 or any other known emergency number, the phone actually transmit a SOS signal to the most nearby tower. All tower accept SOS calls even if the phone is not registered to the network (without sim card or with a foreign sim card. Even a blacklisted phone can make an emergency call). A little off-topic but interesting fact: if you are dialing 911 in a region where 911 isn't the appropriate number for emergency the tower will redirect you to the correct number. The towers doesn't see you are dialing 911 or 112, they simply see an SOS calls and direct the call to the appropriate local emergency number. Really convenient if you travel a lot.

Yep its like buying an at&t M7 from ebay and using it with your own at&t sim card, it will work out of the box, no unlocking required.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nazo:
For the purposes of this conversation, let's just pretend anything GSM doesn't exist. If I could get on a GSM network right now I'd be using a much nicer phone and the M7 would be the one that becomes "just a media device."

Ok. I'll think about it then. It's too bad that you CAN'T legally change IMEIs. (I actually have a model I broke -- I don't even want to talk about it -- which has a clean IMEI if things went horribly wrong, but ugh, it's a case of lowest common denominator as always with the law so valid uses of such a thing become illegal to prevent the invalid uses of such a thing.) I just really wish he had provided a tool for people to do it on their own systems.

Well, as far as this model phone is concerned, I believe the bands are exactly the same. Sprint has one more frequency that the M7 doesn't support, but it doesn't support it at all even in the Sprint version. Anyway, mostly I keep hoping someone would come along and confirm whether or not it is possible.

Well, I know that now. I just didn't then. I thought it had to at least have an active signal to be able to do emergency calls, so put that unactivated SIM in there. Well, I didn't buy the SIM separately, it came with this M7 in the box anyway, so no big deal.
[Moto X Q&A] IcaroAlesana:
My problem is much similar to a guy on this post:

http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/solved-bootloader-bricked-recovered-t2634982/page5

I've tried to upgrade my ROM (Retail) from 4.4.4 to 5.1

I had my bootloader unlocked before doing that.

When i did, my phone was unable to finish the update and I got stuck on fastboot. But know it behaves and states that its "Locked". When I try to unlock it, I get that error:

c:\motox\adb>fastboot oem unlock XXXXXXXXXX
...
(bootloader) fastboot oem unlock disabled!
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. Total time: 0.278s

I already tried flashing both the 4.4.4 version I was using, and the version I updated.

I gives me the following error:

c:\motox\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(bootloader) Variable not supported!
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.932s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Permission denied
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 1.035s

I'm unnable to boot into recovery and anything else, except the fastboot.

Please, help me solving it.
[Moto X Q&A] IcaroAlesana:
When I use the getvar all command, I get this information:

version-bootloader: 30BE(*)
version: 0.5
cpu: MSM8960 Pro CS
ram: 2048MB Elpida S4 SDRAM DIE=4Gb
emmc: 16GB Toshiba REV=06 PRV=01 TYPE=17
product: ghost
revision-hardware: 0x8300
radio: 0x1
secure: yes
mid: 026b
serialno: 1f51d81c
qe:
unlocked: Not supported
iswarrantyvoid: Not supported
max-download-size: 805306368
uid: 41928C040C000100000000000000
imei: 000000000000000
meid:
sku: 000000000000000
cid: 0xdead
iccid:
date: 01-01-1970
cust_md5:
reason: Invalid CID
ro.build.date:
ro.build.id:
ro.build.tags:
ro.build.type:
ro.build.user:
ro.build.version.codename:
ro.build.version.incremental:
ro.build.version.release:
ro.mot.build.customerid:
ro.product.name:
ro.build.fingerprint:
ro.build.version.full:
kernel.version:
all:
finished. total time: 0.195s
[Moto X Q&A] IcaroAlesana:
If you guys can help me on finding a way to "hard brick" it, maybe I can blankflash and solve the problem.

Please guys, help me out :(
[Moto X Q&A] IcaroAlesana:
Just solved the entire problem.

Soon I'll create a post about how I did it, the easiest way possible.
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