Please Note: This post will not look normal unless you are logged in to these forums. Therefore please login to the forums if you would like to see this post with all the links! You can create an account for free. The Phone: Waterproof, Shockproof And 8HR+ Battery life. Click Here for pictures of the phone. When buying the phone directly from your carrier Sonim gives you a 3 Year warranty . You do not get this warranty if you purchase the phone on eBay. Updating The Phone-Do this as soon as you get the phone: Go to settings, scroll all the way down to system, click system then scroll all the way down to system updates, and then click on update firmware. If a new update is found you'll get a prompt to update the phone. The update will install and then it will give you an option to restart the phone. You may have to update the phone a few times to get to the current version. Testing The Phone To Make Sure It Works Click here for pictures. Open the Sonim Scout app. (Your phone may have tp be updated for this app to appear), then go to the support tab and click on Sonim Care, and then click on Self-Diagnosis test. You will now have the option to test various features of the phone. In my experience, the most important thing to test is the vibration. Kashering-When Using WebADB (These commands have worked for me on the Sprint version-they should also work on the AT&T version as well) WebADB Link (Some of these commands will only work if the phone is fully updated-see previous step) pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.browser pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonim.sprintauth.sprintvowificalling pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.quicksearchbox (This will remove Wi-Fi calling as there is a loophole through that package-simply removing the browser will not do the trick) Installing Apps: First Enable developer options and USB debugging, enter Star Pound, Star Pound 2387 Pound Star, Pound Star Simply use ADB to put on apps the way you normally do-All of Apps4Flip's apps work-Besides for the new Hebrew keyboard and the mouse for the LG classic. You can get a mouse for the Sonim XP3 Here . See also this . Where to get the phone: You can get the phone Directly from AT&T for $189 , Directly from US Cellular for $199.99 , or you can go the eBay route. Buying the phone on eBay: While buying the phone on eBay is significantly cheaper you do not get the 3-year warranty offered by Sonim. Therefore I would recommend that you buy a Square Trade Warranty when buying the phone on eBay. A Square Trade Warranty is usually pretty cheap and super-easy to make a claim. To buy a warranty simply click "add plan" when prompted on eBay. See this picture for how to add a plan. Get the phone on eBay: Note: I am unaffiliated with all these sellers and take no responsibly for any issues with them. Sprint: Brand New for $58.99 With Free 60-Day Returns Used-Grade A For $29.99 With Free 30-Day returns (I have bought from this seller a few times and was always satisfied.) AT&T: Open Box For $129.99 With Free 30-Day Returns. (Based on the description it looks like its used-not open box) Verizon: Open Box For $119.95 With Free 30-Day returns. Click Here to view all Sonim XP3s available on eBay. Further Reading: To make the screen less cramped Click Here Credit: @Techgen If you have any questions drop a comment below and ill try to help you!

chaimontherun which carrier can I use on it? and is this locked for such a period of time to any carrier? can TAG or other filtering services block this phone? is this a basic phone or a ..... ?

mg5077 which carrier can I use on it? You buy the phone for the carrier that you want. What carrier are you looking for? mg5077 can TAG or other filtering services block this phone? You'll have to ask them, although you can remove the browser yourself. mg5077 is this a basic phone or a ..... ? Its consider a basic phone, but you can put on apps thru ADB.

chaimontherun chaimontherun Its consider a basic phone, but you can put on apps thru ADB. all apps ? without modifying ?!

mg5077 All of the apps listed on Apps4Flip. As far as unmodified apps its a hit or miss on whether the app will work, but many unmodified apps will work.

chaimontherun sorry NOT good news!

@Apps4Flip-Admin Can you pin this? Or link to it from the main site?

You can use the built in sonim application to block the browser with a pin...

chaimontherun Yes will link to it

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Sonim XP3-Kashering, Tips, Tricks And Buying Guide

darren051

Does anyone have a functional mouse on the XP3 plus?

Mongol

Hello, I recently purchased sonim xp3 from ebay, and it has the hotspot option disabled by uscellular (i use mint). I really like the phone, but i was wondering if anyone knows how to enable the hotspot function (it doesn't appear in the settings at all)

Random

Mongol you can download pdanet

Mongol

Doesn't seem to work, maybe the carrier is blocking it

BrachMeir

chaimontherun please exact command to uninstall video

BrachMeir

chaimontherun
Anyone with a adb command to uninstall the video player??

Fliphone22

The att version should work on cricket right? No reason not to

Techgen

Fliphone22 Yes, that's what I have.

shimonlev

can anyone explain to me (new in field) what i have to do in order to get the hebrew keyboard working on my xp3800

shimonlev

I know its something about ADB... not much more

ygreen

Anyone experienced issues with outgoing SMS on the Verizon version?

Techgen

ygreen As far as I know there is no Verizon version. Even if you have an unlocked one it doesn't have the right bands to work properly.

ygreen

Techgen
of course there is, you can buy it on Verizon's website, and you can see it on Sonim's website too, when you click on where to buy
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Techgen

ygreen I stand corrected. When I was looking a few years ago the only options were AT&T and Sprint. However it doesn't seem that simple, on sonims website it says for Verizon business customers only, on Verizon's website I only see the Xp3 plus, and all the ones I saw on Amazon eBay and Wal-Mart that say Verizon, show pictures of the Xp3 with the AT&T logo. But if you say you got your hands on an actual Verizon xp3 I'll take your word for it.

ygreen

Techgen
The XP3 is a discontinued model, and this is why you don't see it on Verizon's website anymore,
The pictures on eBay, is usually copied from other listings so it doesn't mean much
I know many people using the Verizon version,
The XP3 plus is also offered only to business customers, but they usually arrive to sellers from back doors

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