Wrong carrier on screen

cpc28655 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-09-2010, 09:50 PM

I have a coworker that has the curve 8520 through t-mobile. The sim card in the phone is clearly t-mobile, and her service is with t-mobile. However, the banner at the top of the screen says at&t. This makes no sense to me. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

**eenieMINI** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 12:06 AM

Was the phone originally tmobile or AT&T? Strange though.

*king* · #3 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 09:39 AM

Your coworker probaby purchased a unlocked at&t unit and is just using a tmobile sim

whitey10tc · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2010, 02:55 PM

There are ways and programs to change the banner name.

cpc28655 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-11-2010, 07:21 PM

The phone was purchased new at a t-mobile store.

**eenieMINI** · #6 (**permalink**) 05-11-2010, 10:11 PM

Battery pull doesn't fix it I'm sure.. maybe it has something to do with the theme? Or is she running stock theme? Does she have a leaked OS on it and forget to delete vendor.xml? What does the store have to say about it? I wonder if she has some sort of refurb?

I do remember when the Tour came out there were a few owners who had Sprint software on a phone with Verizon logo on the body of the phone..

cpc28655 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-12-2010, 02:31 PM

I know she has the stock theme. I'll get her to ask the store if the phone was previously returned or refurbished.