st_7 138 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) Background: I've received a new Sprint HTC One on Wednesday evening, I unlocked it for GSM & about to sell this phone locally or make a sale thread over here, I even took photos of the phone to put up a sale thread of it. But thought of checking if I can get it working for RUIM, so post-poned of making a sale thread for a day(proved to be worth it). I already bought Reliance CDMA Pre-Paid SIM even before the item has reached me, as I bought this phone for myself but later(during the item in transit) I decided to sell. How It Happened: 1)Well I've put reliance PRL in the phone, it catched reliance signal, *228 gave me message that "Your device couldn't be activated" which is expected for a non-registered(MEID) mobile. Made the phone read from RUIM, put the RUIM in, it picked up reliance signal(I didn't know whether it use PRL file(NV) or SIM). It showed 'Digital Roaming' in status, I think this phone is still active on some one's sprint account, although I bought this as a BAD ESN. I dialed *228, to my surprise, I saw 4-5 messages like 'NAM is Updated' & phone was programmed OTA by Reliance, the phone rebooted immediately(on its own). All this was done on stock with latest firmware & rooted. After the OTA I checked the phone info in CDMA and I got new MIN, IMSI & some other parameters like MCC, SID are changed to reflect that the phone was indeed received OTA program from Reliance. 2) Since the RUIM(sim) I'm using is a new connection, I was asked by the sim vendor to dial 5909 to verify my details so that the services could be activated on the RUIM. But when I dial 5909 I got the IVRS message that I need to call Reliance customer service if I want to use their services. I flashed AOSP ROM & tried calling 5909, and again to my surprise it got connected & I was able to get my details verified, within few minutes services were activated on the RUIM(sim). What's Working: This is all done on Stock, rooted. So far, calls, text msgs(sending & receiving) working, I think data also working got 3G symbol displayed for some time(some packets are received & sent(checked the data information in the phone info section, just when 3G symbol is displayed I saw packets sent & received in the phone info section). But can't say for sure, because the RUIM(sim) got activated just couple of hours ago. Any Issues: Don't know If I should call this as issue but I'll let you decide & suggest me to get rid of this(although I'm working on it). As I said earlier in this post, the RUIM got programmed OTA while it was in 'Digital Roaming', it is still showing same thing 'Digital Roaming' & it will show Roaming warning whenever you call, although calls & text msgs are being charged as per Reliance plan on my RUIM only, no roaming charges. Here is the interesting part, if I stop roaming by going into Settings-->Mobile Data-->Roaming & selecting 'Home Only', the phone completely stops receiving signal. I don't why it still needs that Roaming part to be active even though it is not truly in roaming & I was charged as per Reliance plan on my RUIM only, absolutely no roaming charges. And there is no issue with GSM but with CDMA mode you get that 'Digital Roaming'. I hope some one experience shed some light on this & suggest a solution for this. Proof That Data Working: Edited August 9, 2013 by st_7 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
st_7 138 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 Ok guys another update, I flashed AOSP based ROM, but this time when I dial 5909 to verify my details, it got connected to Reliance Customer Care & I verified my details!!!. I couldn't believe it so I asked the Reliance CC Executive 'What is my number?' and he recited my number(of this sim). And told me that my services(on this sim) will be activated within one hour. :thumbup: Out of the moons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_necromancer 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 that's awesome news. if this phone can accept OMH sims out of the box! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sathishq 27 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 Superb.. EVDO and 1X are working ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snorlax 319 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 What about data? Do let us know. Rocking news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTD 60 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 this is great news .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
st_7 138 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 Update first post with details information..... await for some suggestions as I work on 'Digital Roaming' thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 Tried this 2 weeks ago Call and SMS was working Coverage is like come and go every single minutes Data never worked for me Always Showed Triangle on coverage means Roaming ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
st_7 138 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) Tried this 2 weeks ago Call and SMS was working Coverage is like come and go every single minutes Data never worked for me Always Showed Triangle on coverage means Roaming ! but calls & sms are being charged locally!!, why does it still need roaming? Even data is working too, pls check the screen shot Edited August 9, 2013 by st_7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a1cellsolution 84 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 Sprint HTC one works perfect for OMH sim have already tested with TATA INDICOM CDMA no roaming symbol even wifi hotspot works full on even Droid DNA WORKS WITH OMH SIM Sent from my MI-ONE Plus using Tapatalk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sougatadc 358 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 This is great news. Try to make it a solid OMH option like US Cellular S3. Have you installed AOSP ROM for android 4.3? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
st_7 138 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 Sprint HTC one works perfect for OMH sim have already tested with TATA INDICOM CDMA no roaming symbol even wifi hotspot works full on even Droid DNA WORKS WITH OMH SIM Sent from my MI-ONE Plus using Tapatalk 2 would you mind sharing how you got there? Otherwise you can also make a new thread how you got it working without that roaming symbol, so that every other person with Sprint HTC one could benefit. This is great news. Try to make it a solid OMH option like US Cellular S3. Have you installed AOSP ROM for android 4.3? Used Avatar ROM & this rom helped me to connect to 5909(Reliance New Connection verification team) & got back to stock again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruiner21 43 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 Wow...great news everywhere... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
st_7 138 Report post Posted August 11, 2013 To update you guys, I was told in an international forum about this 'Digital Roaming' thing even though everything is routed through my RUIM that, I quote "It is using the account attached to the SIM. You are seeing the roaming symbol because you are using a 3rd party SIM in a Sprint phone. You will not get any signal when not in Roaming mode because when you are in "no roaming mode" it is only looking for Sprint towers which don't exist where you are". I don't know how true it is, because I've not got my hands on any Sprint phone with SIM slot previously. So, looking for someone(experienced) to support or deny the above said theory. If that is indeed true then there should be a way to tell the phone(some tweaks) that it is not 'Roaming' when using RUIM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matrunner 0 Report post Posted August 15, 2013 so gsm works without any issues ? or it doesnt work at al when switch gsm mode only ? wen u say u got a bad esn u mean u didnt get any unlock code from sprint but it auto works ? how is signal strength. how is the usage in last 4 days ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitink 279 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 verizon gets HTC one on Aug 22 http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/16/verizon-htc-one-shipping-august-22-verizon-wireless/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vishalsheth 19 Report post Posted August 21, 2013 Best part of Sprint HTC one is that sms can be sent with number being in international format. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garynsa 8 Report post Posted September 3, 2013 Can someone let me know if they got this working with Tata. If some help. Struggling to get the CDMA bit going Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maniac8828 24 Report post Posted December 13, 2013 Bro @st_7, can you guide on how to get HTC one working with OMH reliance sim. I got one sprint version which is working with sim but when i insert reliance cdma sim no signals Can u please help me with getting it to work with omh?? Many thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
st_7 138 Report post Posted December 13, 2013 Did you change network type?, The secret code is *#*#4636#*#*(I'm not sure, b'cause I forgot all those codes as I hardly had that phone for about 4 days or so and it was my first HTC phone), there you can assign different network types choose that has every thing included. Better to check with some one who has the phone now. They may guide you correctly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ankurcshah 112 Report post Posted December 13, 2013 I too need the same.info, can anyone guide me please Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maniac8828 24 Report post Posted December 13, 2013 Did you change network type?, The secret code is *#*#4636#*#*(I'm not sure, b'cause I forgot all those codes as I hardly had that phone for about 4 days or so and it was my first HTC phone), there you can assign different network types choose that has every thing included. Better to check with some one who has the phone now. They may guide you correctly. Tried all the options there but no signal Maybe rim gurus here can help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a1cellsolution 84 Report post Posted December 17, 2013 CDMA OMH sim can work with HTC one Sprint, Data & hotspot also works But u need to flash a special patched radio for it to wok with OMH sim & need to be s-off to flash the radio 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
