jnelsoninjax Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I bought a Moto E4 Verizon prepaid phone from Walmart, and ordered the unlock code off of Ebay. I received the unlock code this morning and the phone accepted it, but I still do not have active service. When I restart the phone I get a message about a non verizion sim installed, but that is all it says. I am at a loose as to what to do at this point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 So, I reset the phone, and then configured the APN, and suddenly I have service... The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 1/20/2018 at 10:47 AM, jnelsoninjax said: So, I reset the phone, and then configured the APN, and suddenly I have service... There are differences between SIMs - and this has gotten especially critical as more and more handsets support multiple providers - it's no longer even CLOSE to what it was in the era of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus - where you also had hardware differences in addition to SIM differences (the toroplus (Sprint) version of the Galaxy Nexus, for example - included IR-blaster functionality; but that was the only difference from the more common toro (VZW) version. In the case of the Galaxy S7 - the SIMs are - literally - the SOLE difference - otherwise, they are - literally - the same handset, basically. Just from following the traffic on xda-developers.com, there are a LOT of network-locked S7s out there, as moving them to another provider to make them useful again is a hot topic. Rather amusingly, despite the locked bootloader, it's no harder to move an IMEI-blocked S7 than it is to move a Nexus 5 from one provider to another. All you need is a SIM and firmware from the target provider; the latter costs only time, and the former can cost as little as $1.00 (Tracfone triple-punch SIM kit). Tracfone is in a very enviable position because it has a split network - between VZW's towers and those of T-Mobile - the infamous UnCarrier. T-Mobile has decided issues with older phones (such as the lifeline phones at the bottom of their lifeline service - I've certainly thrown enough brickbats at the UnCarrier for exactly those issues) - however, wither with a high-end phone (in my case, this ex-VZW S7 reflashed with Project L V3 firmware outfitted for UnCarrier duties) it is - literally - a radically-different beastie. First off, I have both VoWifi AND VoLTE - as standard. Despite VZW being first - both regionally AND nationally - with LTE, it offers neither - even to their customers. I live in the greater Washington, DC - practically dead-center of VZW turf. Before I dropped into lifeline service territory, I was a VZW customer; my mom still is. There are family and friends that still are - in fact, most of them. There are a grand total of three exceptions - one lives on the Death Star (AT&T) and the other two fly the Sprint flag. Yet the question begs - why doesn't VZW offer VoLTE? It's not as if the HANDSET isn't capable. (Remember, other than the firmware, it is - literally - as they sold it to the original owner - complete with the current "Verizon" logo on the phone's back; I bought the case for protection reasons - not to engage in logo-coverup.) While I don't blab the NAME of the previous owner, I don't hide that my handset itself is ex-BigRed - why would I need to do that? Yet I feel like Ricky Ricardo - "Verizon Wireless - you got some serious 'splanin to do!" I am - literally - the SOLE family member in UnCarrier Nation - and I have no plans on leaving any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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