Unlocked phones on MTS HSPA+: Success, Failures and Q&A

**neonneophyte** · 04-25-2011, 06:50 PM

really they should do it all. if they missed it you can bring it back and have them do it. wont cost you anything. (or your wife.)

**stuntboy** · 04-25-2011, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by neonneophyte

really they should do it all. if they missed it you can bring it back and have them do it. wont cost you anything. (or your wife.)

Seems to be a slight misunderstanding here, I already knew how to set up my own phone onto the network but just thought this should be included in the set up fees.

**thom13** · 04-26-2011, 09:06 PM

Add me to the list of success! Samsung Captivate/Galaxy. Had a bit of trouble, but the guy at the new Connect store on Henderson eventually got everything working!

**caanda45** · 04-26-2011, 11:18 PM

thom13 what were the issues? Just no apn`s in the phone or the Rogers one`s?

**darkadept** · 04-27-2011, 07:05 AM

Yeah that happened to me with my HTC Desire Z. Brought it in and they didn't enter the APN settings right. I think it was because the rep had no idea how things worked. She kept going on and on about how my phone probably isn't "provisioned" for the MTS network. Provisioning is a CDMA thing, not a GSM/HSPA thing. I probably could have got a different rep to help me but I just went home and popped the APN settings in.

**thom13** · 04-27-2011, 08:35 AM

He had trouble getting data to work for a while. Not quite sure what the problem was?

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**Derfel** · 04-27-2011, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by thom13

He had trouble getting data to work for a while. Not quite sure what the problem was?

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I found when I when in to get switched over that the phone requires 2-3 minutes of "warm up" before it picks up the full network from the SIM. That's why I needed to go back a couple of times, because we weren't patient enough when testing.

**Sighter** · 04-27-2011, 02:25 PM

Yeah that happened to me too. When I first put in the MTS sim it didn't find the network for a min or two.

**Newman31** · 04-28-2011, 12:07 AM

Picked up a slightly used Rogers Samsung Captivate, unlocked it by rooting it and using the Galaxy_S Unlock app. Went to the MTS store on Pembina by Bishop Grandin to get a sim card and have them set it up. The guy there did all the work to get it going, but didnt wait to see if it would work. He figured I hadnt unlocked it and was out of luck. I told him to activate the sim card anyway and I would work on unlocking it later. When I got to the car, I reset the phone, popped the sim card in, waited a minute or so, and everything worked perfect. Best part is I only got charged for the card because he didn't think the setup worked.

PS - What a great phone! I can't beleive MTS doesn't have any decent Android options for their new network.

**Derfel** · 04-28-2011, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Newman31

PS - What a great phone! I can't beleive MTS doesn't have any decent Android options for their new network.

They do! You just have to buy them elsewhere yourself...!

**thom13** · 04-28-2011, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Newman31

Picked up a slightly used Rogers Samsung Captivate, unlocked it by rooting it and using the Galaxy_S Unlock app. Went to the MTS store on Pembina by Bishop Grandin to get a sim card and have them set it up. The guy there did all the work to get it going, but didnt wait to see if it would work. He figured I hadnt unlocked it and was out of luck. I told him to activate the sim card anyway and I would work on unlocking it later. When I got to the car, I reset the phone, popped the sim card in, waited a minute or so, and everything worked perfect. Best part is I only got charged for the card because he didn't think the setup worked.

PS - What a great phone! I can't beleive MTS doesn't have any decent Android options for their new network.

nice; I was going to do mine the same way but was scared I'd brick it. Spent twenty bucks to get unlock code instead ... But after snagging the phone off ebay for 190 I figured thw 20 bucks was worth it

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**caanda45** · 04-28-2011, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by thom13

nice; I was going to do mine the same way but was scared I'd brick it. Spent twenty bucks to get unlock code instead ... But after snagging the phone off ebay for 190 I figured thw 20 bucks was worth it

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Well spent because the unlocking app does not work anymore, so the only way to unlock it was to pay for the code.....good job it is a nice phone.

Moving over to Gingerbread today on my HTC DHD!!!

**littlerichie29** · 04-28-2011, 01:07 PM

I didn't really like 2.3 on the DHD. It had it's nice perks, like a control panel in the pull down menu, but there were no O/C'ed kernels for it, and some of the theme's I liked weren't compatible. It also seemed to lag a bit more than 2.2.1 does.

**caanda45** · 04-28-2011, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by littlerichie29

I didn't really like 2.3 on the DHD. It had it's nice perks, like a control panel in the pull down menu, but there were no O/C'ed kernels for it, and some of the theme's I liked weren't compatible. It also seemed to lag a bit more than 2.2.1 does.

Yah that is my debate to, 2.2.1 has some nice stuff with it that I do not want to loose, so I may wait and rake the grass instead......Which Rom did you use? I am on Android Revolution HD.