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Last Friday I bought and activated a simple mobile sim card for my razr which is the Verizon XT912 model. I did so because I was told it work and also saw it working on my phone before I purchased it. After updating OTA to stock JB it doesn't recognize sim anymore, I get a message saying "This SIM is from an unknown source." and the signal bars display no service. I've tried the radiocomm method, I've flashed the GSM patch and added the APN settings, so far I've had no luck. If any one can help I'm in desperate need of help since I already paid for the service. I don't know if it helps but I'm currently in the US and i think simple mobile runs of the T-mobile towards, also I added a screenshot of my device info.
Thank you so much! Lol in advance
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Malesso671 said:
Having the same problem. Bump!
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you gotta try Matt's unbrickJB utility with the OTA in the mem card..
I no longer need help. I was over seas and got me a the Note once a landed in the states again. Thanks for the reference and trying to help. Its very appriciated.
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I just got my new photon 4g.
first i was able to use the mobile internet but after some time i am not.
can any 1 help me?
its unlocked i got from ebay.
Check your Internet APN settings or try Tweakker app from the market
advice please
prab2112 said:
I just got my new photon 4g.
first i was able to use the mobile internet but after some time i am not.
can any 1 help me?
its unlocked i got from ebay.
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i am also planning to get it from ebay.in ....
what are your thoughts about this phone?
is USSD code able to run? (for eg. can you check balance and activate packs by dialing *121#)
i read on forum that this is not supported by photon 4g ?
also check whether wi-fi hotspot works or not?
pls give your opinion and help me...pleeeease.
thanks in advance
@ prot0n84 : well actually i configured the APN settings it worked for few minutes but i keep getting error messages that a network problem occurred retry or cancel.
i am not able to use this continuously. Is der some defect in the cell or what?
@mustali : well the phone is great.
yes there is some problem in running USSD codes. rest it works great!!!
PRL
Don't know if this helps at all, but it is good to occasionally reset your PRL's according to where you live.
I don't know what is PRL n how to update it?
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prab2112 said:
I don't know what is PRL n how to update it?
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Settings, about phone, update, prl.
Not sure but I don't think that would help you're problem.
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Att SIM card works on Verizon RAZR! Just needs little modification. Does not even require root! Thanks to the bionic forum
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RAZR2GS3 said:
Att SIM card works on Verizon RAZR! Just needs little modification. Does not even require root! Thanks to the bionic forum
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does data work ?
what "little modification" are we talking about
write up ? link ?
The procedure...
Data does work because I get an "H". But i choose to turn off data because i do not want to be billed.
I am on ics.
This is what I did (modified from the bionic forum)
- got an att sim card activated with a basic gsm phone
- turned off razr
- replaced the Verizon sim card with att Sim card
- turned on phone. You will get an "unknown sim card" error. Press ok
- go to system setting>more> mobile networks> select GSM/UMTS
- click back button, select access point names, select AT&T US (wap.cingular)
- press *#*#4636#*#*
- go to phone information, select WCDMA preferred, below it, turn off radio then turn it back on, exit by pressing home
- turn off data sync in the mobile data networks. Also turn off wifi.
- wait up to 30 minutes or more to let the phone connect to the network
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I've heard of people getting AT&T text and calls to work on a XT912 but to date, I've not read of anyone getting data to work. Can you confirm that you have working data (without wifi obviously lol)?
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Wish mine would cooperate so easily. It's been set like that for several weeks and never connected.
Anyone else successful? I got nada trying this.
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joshw0000 said:
I've heard of people getting AT&T text and calls to work on a XT912 but to date, I've not read of anyone getting data to work. Can you confirm that you have working data (without wifi obviously lol)?
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I turned on data then I lost the signal. It would not come back even though the phone reads the access point name. I think either AT&T or Verizon saw that I'm using an unauthorized sim card and disabled the signal.
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My RAZR gets Mexican signals roaming but would not connect to AT&T.
Got the signal back!
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I just left it on and waited for almost a day. I did not do anything special from the previous posted steps.
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What about on data only, no wifi?
SHVR MAXX
Turning on data breaks/loses my signal with AT&T
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RAZR2GS3 said:
Turning on data breaks/loses my signal with AT&T
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That's what I figured. Cellzealot is working on a hack but it doesn't look very promising - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619563. They do have a hack for the Bionic to use 3G on AT&T. I set my little bros phone up a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the hack seems to only work on GB and not ICS. Most Moto global phones can be unlocked for AT&T but since the Razr wasn't officially released as a global phone and they basically only announced global support because they couldn't patch it on ICS (my opinion, not confirmed), the Razr is different.
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I heard that you only lose data when in U.S., when overseas your (overseas) SIM will work with data.
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joshw0000 said:
That's what I figured. Cellzealot is working on a hack but it doesn't look very promising - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619563. They do have a hack for the Bionic to use 3G on AT&T. I set my little bros phone up a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the hack seems to only work on GB and not ICS. Most Moto global phones can be unlocked for AT&T but since the Razr wasn't officially released as a global phone and they basically only announced global support because they couldn't patch it on ICS (my opinion, not confirmed), the Razr is different.
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From the bionic forum is where I saw that moto phones will work if the GSM radio is installed and enabled. Being updated to ics, Verizon enabled Gsm radio to have used as a global phone.
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mc732 said:
Wish mine would cooperate so easily. It's been set like that for several weeks and never connected.
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Are you using an AT&T SIM card?
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RAZR2GS3 said:
I heard that you only lose data when in U.S., when overseas your (overseas) SIM will work with data.
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I haven't followed it as closely as I once did, but the Droid 3 is completely hackable because AT&T has a similar device. So I purchased the unlock code, flashed the GSM radio and it was done. TBH created a hack for the Droid Pro that would unlock it (old file, not recently updated) similar to the unlock file that works for the Bionic. They also have a Razr unlock file that I believe changes some settings to GSM (I don't believe it's a true hack just setting changes) but it doesn't unlock data in the US. It only allows data overseas. One user in the thread I linked to reported picking up data in the US but only because he's close to Canada and AT&T was roaming to Canadian towers. That's further proof that Verizon and US GSM networks have enabled some sort of block that is yet to be cracked. Cellzealot is a pretty smart guy. If I had to guess (that is IF it can be hacked), he'll be the guy to do it.
A general consensus across the board is that ICS has changed the radio handling which has made sim unlocking much more difficult and patched previous hacks. Again, I'm just paraphrasing what I've read from Cellzealot. He's your guy for more information.
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Are you using an AT&T SIM card?
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Yeah. I've messed around with this for a while and never gotten any gsm service. I'll trade you phones lol.
I wonder why this works for some and not others..
mc732 said:
Yeah. I've messed around with this for a while and never gotten any gsm service. I'll trade you phones lol.
I wonder why this works for some and not others..
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Are you on ICS? Wont work on GB. Some users report that it shows no service but they can still make calls and texts.
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Are you on ICS? Wont work on GB. Some users report that it shows no service but they can still make calls and texts.
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On ICS now but I've tried it on GB too. Never have gotten anything to work. Have done the NV edit and various patches, roms, settings.
I hope cellzealot has an epiphany.
I am selling my Motorola Photon 4G on Craigslist, and I had a guy call and ask something that I did not know how to answer. He was wondering if he could unlock it and use this phone in South Africa. I am running firmware version 2.3.5. The company he would be going through is Vodacom. To get to his specific branch's website, you have to add a .cd to the end of the name instead of com. I honestly don't know if it is possible, and if it is not, then I guess I am open to anyone wanting to buy the phone on here. Thanks for your help.
Phone is capable of international gsm usage as well as domestic
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First off, thanks for the quick response. So, just to clarify, will he need to unlock it at all?Or can he just put a sim card in from that company and it will work? Thanks
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First off, thanks for the quick response. So, just to clarify, will he need to unlock it at all?Or can he just put a sim card in from that company and it will work? Thanks
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You can just add a sim thats all
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You can just add a sim thats all
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Thank you so much!
Welcome
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To clarify, it can do domestic GSM only with the KDDI radio (which isn't hard to flash, but kills Sprint functionality, can be regained). In countries other than the US, this is not an issue, and the photon will be able to use all features of the GSM carrier (other than 4g wimax) with proper APNs.
Photon can work on any network i must say.
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Hi there guys, i have quite a peculiar problem and i tried searching the threads but to no avail.
I have an international RAZR XT910, i got it used, and as far as I know, it is sim unlocked, because i am already using a local sim on it (i live in the Philippines btw) and no local carrier offers this phone, thus the assumption that it is already sim unlocked.
However earlier today, when i tried to pop in another local carrier's sim card, i cant get any signal, and i dont even get the "sim card invalid" screen, just won't get signal at all.
I know the sim card is good since i tried using 2 different ones, but both wont get a signal.
When i put back my original sim card the phone works normal and gets signal.
My question really is, how do i make sure the phone is unlocked? Coz i know with samsungs there are codes you can use.
I have stock ics on system 1 and PA3.8 on system 2 using BMM btw, if that matters.
Hope to get a response. Thanks guys.
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No ideas? Anyone??
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How old is that second sim card?
I've had that problem when I bought this phone,my sim was10 years old,it was functional in some older phones but not in this one,because of old chip,so I had to replace it with new one.
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welder73 said:
How old is that second sim card?
I've had that problem when I bought this phone,my sim was10 years old,it was functional in some older phones but not in this one,because of old chip,so I had to replace it with new one.
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That's what i thought, so i bought a new one, (hence 2 SIMs) still same issue, no signal.
I'm thinking, is it possible that phone may not be completely unlocked?
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Never heard of it, my thoughts were same as welder73s... Any chance to try SIM from yet another carrier? =)
tsunamik said:
Never heard of it, my thoughts were same as welder73s... Any chance to try SIM from yet another carrier? =)
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I just did, we have 3 carriers here in my country. I tried the other 2 and both have the same symptoms, no signal. :banghead:
I don't understand why this is fhe case, bexause i am sure that the carrier which works on the phone never released this phone, thus the phone being sim locked to this network is unlikely.
Isn't there a way to check the lock status of the phone?
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I just did, we have 3 carriers here in my country. I tried the other 2 and both have the same symptoms, no signal. :banghead:
I don't understand why this is fhe case, bexause i am sure that the carrier which works on the phone never released this phone, thus the phone being sim locked to this network is unlikely.
Isn't there a way to check the lock status of the phone?
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So as a last ditch effort, i think i'll try reflashing completely to stock.
I am currently on ICS 4.0.4 on slot 1 BMM. Can anyone point me to a thread that xan teach me how to flash to stock correctly? Thanks guys.
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I can't get any 4g working on stock or custom ROMs... I don't know what going on. Any suggestions?
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I can't get any 4g working on stock or custom ROMs... I don't know what going on. Any suggestions?
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Get VZ to send you a new sim card. The sim card is where the 4g lte is at. I had this issue about a year ago. VZ sent me new sim but that did not help although it does majority of the time. Anyways, I have coverage (insurance) but did not matter cause moto said my razr xt912 was defective so they sent me a new REfub which solved issue to date.
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stebomurkn420 said:
I can't get any 4g working on stock or custom ROMs... I don't know what going on. Any suggestions?
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If I'm not mistaking, can't you get a new sim at a local authorized retailer?
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Actually its not the sim... When I put my sim in my galaxy nexus I have 4g just fine. Lol. I'm stumped. I've played with all the possible mobile network settings and even the *#*#4636#*#* advanced network settings.
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Me, VZ and moto tried everything as well. Finally they said send it back.
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I had a similar experience/issue on my phone a few months ago. In my case, I wasn't able to use 3G or 4G LTE. It took more than just a factory reset to get my phone back up and running again. What resolved it was Matt's Utility. Depending on which option you select within his utility, there is one (possibly more) option that not only wipes all system and used data, it also flashes the stock radios as well. I feel your pain buddy. Let know if I can help.
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