Gs5 Activation Issue?

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Bigslammu

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Jul 12, 2013
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Hey guys,

I've had my gs5 since launch and initial Best Buy told me they were having issues getting the phones to activate and that it would take a bit... So I switched the default LTE/CDMA antenna to automatic mode and eventually it acquired data and LTE/3g works, however it keeps warning me about how activation isn't complete and when I let it go through the process it just ends up failing and retrying 5 times. I need to force close it to make it go away but If I restart it comes back.

TLDR: phone has data/service but still tells me to activate in notification tray.

Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? Much appreciated.

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vj092887

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Jul 25, 2008
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I had the exact same issue when i got ny phone on launch day. I factory reset my phone and the activation message went away.

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pyrochance

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Aug 27, 2012
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Fort Worth
Hey guys,

I've had my gs5 since launch and initial Best Buy told me they were having issues getting the phones to activate and that it would take a bit... So I switched the default LTE/CDMA antenna to automatic mode and eventually it acquired data and LTE/3g works, however it keeps warning me about how activation isn't complete and when I let it go through the process it just ends up failing and retrying 5 times. I need to force close it to make it go away but If I restart it comes back.

TLDR: phone has data/service but still tells me to activate in notification tray.

Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? Much appreciated.

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I've been having that issue as well. Do you live near a spark network area?
Where I live the LTE doesnt have csfb and I think that had part of the reason why it wouldnt fully activate. But I live near a spark network so i drove up into Ft. Worth and restarted my phone in LTE/cdma mode and went thru the activation process yet again. And this time it worked and hasn't come back since then.
 
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gtuansdiamm

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Nov 15, 2010
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New York
I had a similar issue
I called sprint many times and went to multiple sprint stores

I finally got it activated though phone call
If the first rep can't activate it
Hang up and call again

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BubZX

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Jul 5, 2011
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Bought mine at target and activation went straight thru. Less than 5 minutes

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MEGABYTEPR

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Jan 30, 2009
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Hey guys,

I've had my gs5 since launch and initial Best Buy told me they were having issues getting the phones to activate and that it would take a bit... So I switched the default LTE/CDMA antenna to automatic mode and eventually it acquired data and LTE/3g works, however it keeps warning me about how activation isn't complete and when I let it go through the process it just ends up failing and retrying 5 times. I need to force close it to make it go away but If I restart it comes back.

TLDR: phone has data/service but still tells me to activate in notification tray.

Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? Much appreciated.

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Im having same issue here. Have you resolved your issue or just got used to it?
 

ecs87

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Nov 17, 2012
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You're probably missing /carrier folder files. I'm not sure if Alpineman has them posted for the S5 in his HFA loop fix thread.

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