I installed the XDA Special Edition Rom some time ago, which unlocked my XDA.
:?: Now that I installed the PPC2003 from Siemens, will the device still be unlocked ?
Bernard
yup will 100% stay unlocked forever even if updating radio too
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Has anyone tried the XDA Manipulator on an SX56 after updating the ROM to (SX56 Handest Software Ver. A.20.17) off the my siemens website?
Also, if I was to unlock the SIM previous to the ROM upgrade: Would it cause it to not upgrade, or possibaly reset the SIMLOCK?
Thanks,
iondisc
You can install the Special Edition ROM over any other ROM: it completely replaces the entire 32 MB of your device's ROM. Only the radio software (the RSU), which resides in it's own 4 MB of ROM, remains.
Unlocked phones will never lock themselves, no matter if you change ROMs. (And even if it would, the Special Edition ROM would just prompt you to ask if it could take it off again...
It says that on the page:
"XDAunlock only works if you upgrade to a ROM which also has the Wireless Modem feature."
4.00.11 ENG WM2003 does not have wireless modem feature
So, how do I unlock "4.00.11 ENG WM2003"?
Thanks,
Izzet
downgrade the s/w to xda developers v1.2
then back up to wm2003
gaz :roll:
When I downgrade to XDA Developers v1.2, it will have the XDAUnlock.exe and it will unlock the phone at startup.
When I upgrade to wm2003, wouldn't the unlock gone away?
once unlocked it never needs unlocking again lol however ,mch times you upgrade/downgrade your phone
gaz
thank you
unlocking
OK, so let me make sure I have this straight, so if I had unlocked my sx 56 with the xda-developer's 3.17 special edition rom, then later reimaged my sx 56 to the T-mobile Windows Mobile 2003
4.00.21 rom, my sx 56 will continue to stay unlocked?
Yep,
That is the way it worked for me. Good Luck!
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creatures said:
OK, so let me make sure I have this straight, so if I had unlocked my sx 56 with the xda-developer's 3.17 special edition rom, then later reimaged my sx 56 to the T-mobile Windows Mobile 2003
4.00.21 rom, my sx 56 will continue to stay unlocked?
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yup unless you flash your gsm rom but im not sure....
but upgrading it to 2003 wont lock it again
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Now I am using the rom 4.00.16 ENG T-Mobile US from the kitchen, then I tried the xdaunlock.exe just to verify that it was indeed still unlocked, but xdaunlock.exe doesn't seem to run under the rom I stated above. Is there any other way to check?
yeah put another network sim in lol simple
Unlocking
OK and thanks for all the great help guys, smashing stuff going on here.
I have upgraded my ATT SiemensSX56 to Pocket PC 2003. Is it still safe to use the XDA-developers Special Edition ROM v1.2 on this Poocket PC to unlock the SIM?
try the tool at www.xda-developers.com/XDAunlock/ first
XDAunlock
Thanks for the suggestion. That would have been great if it had worked. I tried to run it but it gave me the error “error getting unlock code”. I think that the reason was that don’t have a Qtec 1010 Rom version 3.16.52. My ROM version is A.30.09 ENG. The reason that I put this post out was that I wanted to ask around a little before I ran the XDA-developers Special Edition ROM v1.2 on my ATT Siemens Pocket PC to see if anybody thought that it might cause any unwanted consequences.
It worked for me
As I just mentioned in some other post, I did just that with Wallaby 5.22. I flashed the AT&T ROM to find out the phone was still locked. I flashed the XDA ROM, unlocked the phone and reflashed the AT&T ROM. I can't guarantee it'll work for you but it certainly did for me.
XDAunlock tool works only with ROMs that has wmodem application (no WM2003 has it). XDA ser v1.2 is a good choice for unlocking, but since you are going to reflash the device then i would recommend TMO 4.01.00 for now coz A30.09 has a very annoying sound issue.
Biso007 said:
XDAunlock tool works only with ROMs that has wmodem application (no WM2003 has it). XDA ser v1.2 is a good choice for unlocking, but since you are going to reflash the device then i would recommend TMO 4.01.00 for now coz A30.09 has a very annoying sound issue.
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Not true in all points.....
The German 4.00.33 Rom have the wmodem application. But the unlock tool do not work with it.....
Tried it already....
HTH
Stefan
Just came from the Cingular store. Got an exchange for the messed up on I already had.......... Can anyone tell me how to CID unlock and SIM unlock my phone...
It must be a new one becuase it reads as follows:
ROM version: 2.25.11.1 WWE
ROM date: 5/11/06
RAdio version: 02.25.11
Protocol version 4.1.13.12
ExtRom version: 2.25.11.102
will the normal unlock that is in the custom roms work for my phone???
"try it"
try what
tray what
i got it sim unlocked but how do i do the CID unlock
No - you can only SIM unlock, you can't CID unlock using the free programs available here. (It's possible you can CID unlock from a third-party website that charges for it...I think it's http://www.imei-check.co.uk)
I flashed my 8125 to 2.25 before realizing I needed to CID unlock it first. Fortunately most of my tweaks don't require custom ROMs. I'm sure eventually they will get Lokiwiz to work with the newer ROMs as well.
Uh-oh!! :|
I'm getting an 8125 at the end of this week.......so, if it is has the new ROM on it, then I can't put one of Summiters ROM's on it??
I sure hope not.....
I have an 8125. I lokiwiz unlocked it in software thinking that I needed to unlock it to upgrade from the original to 2.17.
Then I recently upgraded to 2.25 using the official Cingular ROM upgrade download. I am using the phone fine, except that I do not have push email present on it.
How did I upgrade without SIM or CID unlocking it? Why does it say in this thread that I would need to unlock the phone to change the ROM?
Update
This is what I see when I turn the phone on:
IPL 2.25.0001
SPL 2.25.0001
GSM 02.25.11
OS 2.25.11.1
Does this make a differnece. When I swapped out my old one in the store they gave me this one and the guy at Cinglar told me it was a brand new one. I saw him get it out the store and on the box the manufacture date was this month June 2006... I have anohter 8125 that I purchased in April and I notice that the flash chips are differnt. How can I load Summiter's new ROM onto this new 8125 has anyone had any luck. I used Lockwiz from this site and it did do the SIM unlock but I can't tell if it did the CID unlock. Can this unit be CID unlocked. I don't want to fry my phone.
interesting that i just got one overnighted to me with the v1.8, i can only speak from my experience so take it for what it's worth, i had the original, i upgraded to the 2.25, and then i was thinking oops i should have cid/sim unlocked my phone, so then what did i do? i used the ship rom download on this site to reset the phone to v1.8 it changed everything back, then i simply ran the lokiwiz02b i believe it was and cid and sim unlocked the phone, and to test i ran an imate kjam ROM just to make sure i actually did it and it worked, sure enough kjam splash screen and poof i was good to go, and then i just updated to summiters rom and voila there you go.
i would expect you could do the same. just use the cingular ship rom v1.8 to go back and then do what i did, i couldnt imagine different results since i just did this last week.
I don't think you can downgrade a phone with the new flash chip (G4 - Rom numbers ending in .0001) because the 1.x Roms don't have IPL/SPL for G4 Chips.
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Hey if that is the case how will they do this. When they release a new rom won't it be available on Cingualr;s site. So there has to be some way to do it. Cingular wouldn't want to confuse the customers. In any event should I just return the phone and hope I get lucky to get one without the new flash chip. Like I said before the phone is SIM unlcoked I am trying ott to get it CID unlocked so that I can use summiter's latest rom
www.imei-check.uk.co claims they can CID unlock it for you.
The trick to changing the Rom would be to not flash the booloader, Summiter has a new multi-installer thingy that will allow you to flash everything except the Bootloader (but you will need to dump the $38.00 for CID unlock).
Or you could report speradic touchscreen problems and do a warranty replacement by calling customer service. See if they send you a G3 phone (which they probably will).
Hello,
I had my orange uk untouched up to last week.
I decided to install FroydVillain 1.1.1
Everything is fine however but i decided to unlock the phone.
I got a code proper unlock code bought on ebay.
I put o2 sim card and I was asked for unlock code. I put new the code which I got and I get message Network unlock successful however o2 card doesnt register to o2 network. I cannot even manually select the network.
I know that there was a problem with orange roms and unlocking however I heard that if I install custom rom it should be fine.
Does any one know if FroydVillain 1.1.1 has got same bug for unclocking like the original orange rom.
Please advise how can I unlock the phone with froyo
thanx Martin
Is the O2 sim a freebie you got through the post?!.... If it is old, it may have expired. I think they have to be topped up within 6 months or something.
If you got "Network unlock successful" it should be fine,... try another sim.
m112 said:
Hello,
I know that there was a problem with orange roms and unlocking however I heard that if I install custom rom it should be fine.
Does any one know if FroydVillain 1.1.1 has got same bug for unclocking like the original orange rom.
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It may well have the same bug as some orange roms, the only way I know of to be certain of a successfull unlock is to flash orange rom 2.73.61.66 dated 2010/02/04 from the htc uk site.
You could then re-root after unlocking.
Failing that, try flashing villainrom 12 temporarily, as I've not tried unlocking on FroydVillain yet.
I tried v12 and it worked
Now i'm back to froyod
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