Hi i just got my rezound in the mail from Ebay. I'm trying to activate it by dialing *228 but it keeps saying on the screen "sim card activated updating roaming capabilities" or something like that. Every other phone all i had to do was dial *228 and follow the instructions then put in my number and done. What am i doing wrong?. By the way it has a Sim card that came with it and clean esn. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The SIM has to be provisioned to your account. Either call Verizon, or take it to a Verizon store.
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shaggsdclown said:
Hi i just got my rezound in the mail from Ebay. I'm trying to activate it by dialing *228 but it keeps saying on the screen "sim card activated updating roaming capabilities" or something like that. Every other phone all i had to do was dial *228 and follow the instructions then put in my number and done. What am i doing wrong?. By the way it has a Sim card that came with it and clean esn. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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shrike1978 said:
The SIM has to be provisioned to your account. Either call Verizon, or take it to a Verizon store.
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yep. the sim needs to be programmed with your account info. you should be able to call 611 and then tell them to activate the phone.
I tried 611 and *611 only get that fast busy signal .any other numbers to try?
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I tried 611 and *611 only get that fast busy signal .any other numbers to try?
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i have been told the 228 doesn't work for 4g sim cards, only normal phones without sims i think not sure.
You need to call the Verizon 1 (800) # to activate the sim card. You can also give the rep the IMEI on the phone. Turn phone off and then back on and it should automatically activate.
i could be wrong but i believe you may need a new sim card from either verizon store or there site..they are free. i had this problem when it tried reactivating my rezound. i was told the 4g sim was a one shot deal and were good for one activation. someone correct me please if im wrong.
motodanr1 said:
i could be wrong but i believe you may need a new sim card from either verizon store or there site..they are free. i had this problem when it tried reactivating my rezound. i was told the 4g sim was a one shot deal and were good for one activation. someone correct me please if im wrong.
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It may be the they are only good for one person and can't be transferred. Never really thought about it. You can, however, move the SIM between phones as much as you want once it's activated.
Thanx everyone. I called Verizon from a landline and got it activated in minutes.
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If I wanted to switch from one verizon 4G phone to another, do I have to call and switch the ESN/IMEI or will just swapping sim cards be enough?
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If I wanted to switch from one verizon 4G phone to another, do I have to call and switch the ESN/IMEI or will just swapping sim cards be enough?
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Just swap SIMs.
Ive been wondering this. Lets say my phone gets stolen, can I still call verizon and have them lock the phone as stolen or can someone just stick their sim card in and works?
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you can get the phone blacklisted.
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you can get the phone blacklisted.
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Sweet. That's what I was worried about.
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it would get black listed but they would have no trouble sticking any GSM network sim in it.
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I don't think verizon has fully transitioned over to black list imei numbers to fully block them from being used on the network.
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Hello,
I have a few phone numbers and am planning on setting up Straight Talk for my main # but would also like to use Tmobile for my vanity #. Does anyone know the APN / other settings in order to set this up on Tmobile? I just picked up a Tmo sim card and paid for the $30 plan.
Also, is there a way to get 3G/4G service? I understand w/Tmo that the AT&T Note will only be able to access the 2G service (bummer). Are there any other issues in setting this up to run both TMO and Straight Talk? Do I have to change APN or other settings each time I swap my sim cards?
Thank you for your help
first thing is your phone unlock? If it is you don't need to enter the apn, all you have to to is put your sim in the phone will recognize the right apn.
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zozodouce said:
first thing is your phone unlock? If it is you don't need to enter the apn, all you have to to is put your sim in the phone will recognize the right apn.
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Thanks! I forgot to mention that I do need to unlock. I see that there are several outfits providing this service ranging from $8 to $80. Is there any one you'd recommend?
Someone in eBay..they need their Rep more than some off the wall website
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this the site i used to unlock my note.
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Thanks! I forgot to mention that I do need to unlock. I see that there are several outfits providing this service ranging from $8 to $80. Is there any one you'd recommend?
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check this these videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b9YzAJiHFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=308eCJaGvAw
and they are very cheap.
http://cellunlocker.net/samsung-unlock.php
nice video
audio sounded good, thought phone had poor/low volume speaker
I have tried a few times getting this answered, but never actually got an answer. I'm on an Alltel Smart plan, vzw has not engulfed the Alltel stores in our area. I've seen in posts that other members have gotten them to work on other networks, Alltel included, and I was just wondering how the whole process works? I've tried just switching it out with my current plan. The calls and text work, but not the data. Do I have to call vzw to unlock the sim card and that's all, or is there something more to it? I've looked and looked, and all I see is that it's possible, but not how to do it exactly. You can tell me it's possible to travel to the moon, but until you tell me how to build a rocket, I will never get there.
I don't think the data will work with alltel.
You can give Alltel a call and see what they say
The posts here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115840 suggest that it is possible, which I couldn't see why they wouldn't since the CDMA should still work, but I tried it once before and got nothing. I'm just curious if unlocking the SIM card would do it, or what I do have to do to get it to work.
I'm on an Alltel plan and I had no trouble activating the thunderbolt on my plan.
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Did you have data working on it? What did you do to get it working? Was it unlocked, or did that not matter since the SIM is only used by the 4G?
I'm going to have to go in extra early to work and phone it in, since my current phone is dead, and I want to have as much info as possible going into it.
Everything works just fine. The plan has nothing to do with the service you get from your phone. When Verizon bought Alltel they bought their towers as well so everything that worked with Alltel was transferred to Verizon.
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Tried phoning it in, to no avail. They asked for the MEID number. I thought it was the same as the EMEI number but wasn't sure so I played dumb. Got me nowhere since they couldn't find the model number of the TBolt in their system. And since the Desire's Number starts off A100 and the TBolt's starts off HT12, I can't pass it off as a desire? And they seem to be rather persistent on it being an alltel phone...
If your trying to activate this on at&t it will never work. The radio is a totally different band than the Verizon network.
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If your trying to activate this on at&t it will never work. The radio is a totally different band than the Verizon network.
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Alltel and att are 2 different companies
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Alltel and att are 2 different companies
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Thanks for clearing that up. I had no idea..... The desire sim will not work in the t bolt. I don't see how the t bolt could ever work on Alltel without being able to activate it with a sim in it. Call Verizon and talk to them about it. They should be able to transfer your account to Verizon no problem and send you a sim so you can activate the phone.
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If your trying to activate this on at&t it will never work. The radio is a totally different band than the Verizon network.
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Alltel, which you have verified was working on Alltel. They just keep giving me the runaround on activating it since it's not an Alltel phone.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I had no idea..... The desire sim will not work in the t bolt. I don't see how the t bolt could ever work on Alltel without being able to activate it with a sim in it. Call Verizon and talk to them about it. They should be able to transfer your account to Verizon no problem and send you a sim so you can activate the phone.
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The desire does not have a sim since it is only 3g capable.
You said earlier that you had your tbolt working on your alltel plan.
I don't want to switch to verizon.
Don't you love how people state that they have done something and do not provide a link or info to backup what they said could be done? People, if you say that you got something to work where others have not. Use a little common courtesy and provide some info. Otherwise you are either misleading or teasing some one for no good reason at all.
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All i did was call Verizon and had my plan from Alltel grandfathered over. How freaking hard is that to do? Is it that hard that a guide is really necessary? He will need a sim for his t bolt and the only way to get one is to have Verizon give him one.
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All i did was call Verizon and had my plan from Alltel grandfathered over. How freaking hard is that to do? Is it that hard that a guide is really necessary? He will need a sim for his t bolt and the only way to get one is to have Verizon give him one.
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You nor anyone ever said that you grandfathered over to vzw. It is not my plan, it is my parents and as they prefer to stay with alltel since they are cheaper, I don't really have that option.
As the post title says, I need to get the phone ACTIVATED on alltel, not grandfathered into a new plan. I've had the phone and text working on it before, I just needed assistance on getting the data to work on it if possible.
Posts here on the boards state that there are tbolts activated on alltel, but none state HOW. And since there is a sim card involved, that is all I'm trying to figure out. Is it possible as others' posts' suggest, or am I just sol until my contract expires in a few months?
I couldn't get the t bolt to activate without the sim. It will show a no sim error on the lockscreen and won't let data through. That is at least what I experienced. I would try talking to reps on Verizon and see what you can do because I bet if you get the right person on the line they will figure something out.
Check this link out https://vzwsupport.jive-mobile.com:443/#jive-discussion?content=%2Fapi%2Fcore%2Fv2%2Fdiscussions%2F593956
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I couldn't get the t bolt to activate without the sim. It will show a no sim error on the lockscreen and won't let data through. That is at least what I experienced. I would try talking to reps on Verizon and see what you can do because I bet if you get the right person on the line they will figure something out.
Check this link out https://vzwsupport.jive-mobile.com:443/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v2/discussions/593956
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Thank you. If I can get data to work, it is preferable, and since I was told in the first link I posted that a lot of members here had it, I thought I would try it. But I haven't gotten anywhere with anyone .
That link doesn't seem to work, it's error'ing out on me. I guess I'll just have to settle for call and text for awhile. Thanks tho, and sorry if I came off a bit harsh.
No big deal. The only way I've seen ( I have googled his by the way) is by getting your plan grandfathered over to Verizon.
You can't do everything without the sim in a t bolt.
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So i bought a samsung galaxy note off a guy on craigslist about 3-4 weeks ago and today i noticed i didnt recieve any calls or texts from anyone, so i checked my phone and could get a signal at all, so i reset the phone to factory using kies and now it says, Phone Not Allowed MM#6 and i cant connect to any network
someone please help and tell me what i can possibly do to solve this issue
I did a little research and it could be a few things... Either you've gave the carrier the wrong IME number or the phone was reported lost or stolen by the original customer... I would call the carrier the phone is for and ask them. Also if the original owner hasn't paid his phone bill the carrier can lock the ime from being used... I've heard a lot of people buying phones on Craigslist like that...
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I did a little research and it could be a few things... Either you've gave the carrier the wrong IME number or the phone was reported lost or stolen by the original customer... I would call the carrier the phone is for and ask them. Also if the original owner hasn't paid his phone bill the carrier can lock the ime from being used... I've heard a lot of people buying phones on Craigslist like that...
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thank you sooo much for your reply but i called AT&T and T-Mobile and they sent me to the stolen phone dept and they say the phone is not blacklisted or blocked in any manor so now i gotta find out what to do because this doesn't make sense
I have reset the phone to factory state = no fix
tried a different tmobile sim = no fix
tried calling att to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
called T-Mobile to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
tried to install custom rom = no fix
tried to restore phone thru kies = no fix
tried my sim in my GF's phone = my sim works perfect
im out of ideas and idk what to do!
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thank you sooo much for your reply but i called AT&T and T-Mobile and they sent me to the stolen phone dept and they say the phone is not blacklisted or blocked in any manor so now i gotta find out what to do because this doesn't make sense
I have reset the phone to factory state = no fix
tried a different tmobile sim = no fix
tried calling att to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
called T-Mobile to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
tried to install custom rom = no fix
tried to restore phone thru kies = no fix
tried my sim in my GF's phone = my sim works perfect
im out of ideas and idk what to do!
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so it's an AT&T note and you're using it on Tmobile right? have you tried an AT&T sim? If you don't have one available to you, I think you can go into an AT&T store and ask them if they can do a quick check for you. Be sweet, apologetic for using their time, maybe send your gf in to flirt with them a little they'll more than likely give you a hand.
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so it's an AT&T note and you're using it on Tmobile right? have you tried an AT&T sim? If you don't have one available to you, I think you can go into an AT&T store and ask them if they can do a quick check for you. Be sweet, apologetic for using their time, maybe send your gf in to flirt with them a little they'll more than likely give you a hand.
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Yea i know its a dumb question but is the phone unlocked?
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Yea i know its a dumb question but is the phone unlocked?
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I wouldn't say it's a dumb questoin, I've forgotten simple things like that myself so it's easy to overlook. Good call.
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so it's an AT&T note and you're using it on Tmobile right? have you tried an AT&T sim? If you don't have one available to you, I think you can go into an AT&T store and ask them if they can do a quick check for you. Be sweet, apologetic for using their time, maybe send your gf in to flirt with them a little they'll more than likely give you a hand.
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me and my GF are gonna try that after she gets out of school, but im just so lost right now and cant understand why this is happening, i paid $275 for this phone and it worked for over a month now
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Yea i know its a dumb question but is the phone unlocked?
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not a stupid question, i did not say if it was unlocked or not
but yes it is, i received the unlock code directly from ATT so im not sure on how to fix this, if the ATT sim works then i will just sell it as an att phone
What modem is showing in the phone ? (needs blaze modem for TMO, if it's an ATT device)
And are your APN settings correct ? (needs the TMO apn's)
Two nails in the coffin for service if not correct.....
just brainstorming....g
And sometimes the network around you has a brain-fart. Sometimes those problems go away within a day.
Everything seems fine I restored it to stock thru kies, but I went to att and tried a live sim and it worked like I should its for some reason only T-Mobile Sims that don't work ugh!
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srkrono said:
Everything seems fine I restored it to stock thru kies, but I went to att and tried a live sim and it worked like I should its for some reason only T-Mobile Sims that don't work ugh!
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Try to unlock it again. I'm using my At&t branded unlocked Note on T-Mobile with no issues.
Sent from my HuGe Note while tucking your mom in bed!
When I have a T-Mobile sim in it doesn't give an option to unlock again
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When I have a T-Mobile sim in it doesn't give an option to unlock again
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Maybe try this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
Or This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109977
mahgninnuc93 said:
Maybe try this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
Or This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109977
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thank you for your reply but i have tried these steps and nothing worked, i just cant understand why tmobile would block the phone if AT&T (which is what service the phone is purchased from) and other GSM carriers have not blocked it at all, just very fustrating!
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Maybe try this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
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isn't that second link one of the OPs threads?
Unlock is permanent. Getting t- mobile to work on the at&t version is hit-or-miss.
Its just weird that I had this phone working for over a month now and no problems what so ever till now, and its only T-Mobile Sims that are locked out
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Have you tried a newer t mobile sim card. Some phones don't play well with the old tmobile sim cards.
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Have you tried a newer t mobile sim card. Some phones don't play well with the old tmobile sim cards.
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i have an updated sim card (that i know of) but your right i can try and make sure i have the latest sim, thanks for the advice
I recently picked up an unlocked verizon s9+. I have no service at all. I flashed the u1 firmware thinking that would fix the problem no luck. I put my sim in and it reset to configure for the sim still no service. My s7 edge has 2 bars and my wife's s8 has 3 so its not that I'm in a hole. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Anybody? All I get is a circle with a line through it where I should have bars.
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slayer450 said:
Anybody? All I get is a circle with a line through it where I should have bars.
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Are phone calls and texts working? Have you checked the IMEI of the device to see if the phone has been blacklisted? Verizon would probably tell you, or there are various websites on the internet.
Other than that, what carrier Sim are you using in the phone, and have you made sure that the APN got set up properly? Hope you get it working!
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Anybody? All I get is a circle with a line through it where I should have bars.
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Possibly a bad SIM card, or SIM card reader. Have you tried another SIM card that you know works?
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Possibly a bad SIM card, or SIM card reader. Have you tried another SIM card that you know works?
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I know this sim works. It's back in my s7 edge now
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Are phone calls and texts working? Have you checked the IMEI of the device to see if the phone has been blacklisted? Verizon would probably tell you, or there are various websites on the internet.
Other than that, what carrier Sim are you using in the phone, and have you made sure that the APN got set up properly? Hope you get it working!
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No phone calls or text. Straight talk byop att sim card.
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slayer450 said:
No phone calls or text. Straight talk byop att sim card.
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Sounds like it could possibly be the IMEI or the Sim reader? Either way hopefully you can contact the seller, or if it's the sim reader hopefully it still has warranty with Samsung.
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No phone calls or text. Straight talk byop att sim card.
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When you go into settings/about phone/status/SIM card status, is anything showing as if the phone is reading the SIM card? And have you checked on the IMEI?
YrrchSebor said:
When you go into settings/about phone/status/SIM card status, is anything showing as if the phone is reading the SIM card? And have you checked on the IMEI?
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It shows the sim as "not in service". Haven't checked imei. Dropped it off at the repair place I bought it from.
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So far he doesn't know what's wrong with it. Gave me my money back.
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slayer450 said:
So far he doesn't know what's wrong with it. Gave me my money back.
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That's good you got your money back. Probably somebody reported the phone lost or stolen or defaulted on the payments and now the IMEI is blacklisted. That's my guess anyway.
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That's good you got your money back. Probably somebody reported the phone lost or stolen or defaulted on the payments and now the IMEI is blacklisted. That's my guess anyway.
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I'm glad I got it back to but that was a really nice phone. Now back to the s7 edge till I can find another
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slayer450 said:
I'm glad I got it back to but that was a really nice phone. Now back to the s7 edge till I can find another
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There are some okay vendors on eBay, I got mine from a mostly accurate vendor, phone was new and unlocked but originally from Verizon even though it was advertised as factory unlocked. Luckily I was able to flash it over and turn it into a perfect deal for myself. Good luck, and pop your sim into the phone first if you buy in person.
Picked up another for a descent price. Getting better signal than the 7 edge. Took your advice and checked real good.
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