Root Custom ROMS and unlocked Milestone on Canadian network - no service?

[beflythis]

Hi crew,

I purchased my milestone in the UAE, and have been using it with du and etisalat telecom cos there; I was told when I purchased it that it was a factory unlocked UK milestone.

I've since installed the xda devs 'fast and lite' custom ROM (which works fine in the UAE), and upon trying SIM cards in Toronto on various networks, I get no service.

Bell & telus run on HSPA, and when they even scanned my phone's barcode, it said the phone wasn't compatible.

WHen I was roaming with my UAE sim in, I roamed with Rogers.. so it should work. However, the rogers sim also got no connection.

This would make me think my phone is locked, although it should be factory unlcoked - and the kicker is that I don't get that standard "enter unlock code" popup you normally get if/when the phone is actually locked.

Is it the custom ROM that's killing compatibility? i was thinking i'd nandroid backup and flash the default firmware to test.

please advise!! any and all help/comments welcome. (yes the device is rooted).

beflythis

 

[ashketchum]

The device being rooted is definitely not the problem. You should go ahead and flash the original firmware to see if it solves the problem.

 

[GlitchZero]

You - NEED - the Telus HSPA files in any custom ROM, and you have to get them from loading the Telus SBF, rooting, and using the Android SDK's adb with shell commands to get it.

Here's the link that I used, but in order to get the HSPA files for the ROM, I had to use these shell commands in STOCK Telus 2.1 for any ROM except Fast and Light Telus.

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