ya those were the first two things i did even tried putting the sim in the second slot to see if that made a difference. Anyways I am thinking its not an unlocked phone and there is 0 guides or ways to unlock it so it seems. Wondering if there is a general way to unlock a phone. Not sure hoping that I will be able to get a custom rom on it and if i can get the system recovery to show up in english I am sure i can figure something out.