I just received my new phone and it's not unlocked like it was supposed to be but came in a box that has AT&T written on it. We don't even have AT&T wireless in this area. How do I get started unlocking it so I can take it into one of the local service providers' store and have it activated on their service?
I haven't even opened the box. I'm a little overwhelmed with all the other advice and comments on this forum.....
How should I proceed? I really need someone to slowly walk me thru this and spell everything out - no abbreviations!!!
thank you
Hi ...
The first step is to tell which ROM you have (Start -> Settings -> System -> Device info).
Get the file XDAunlock.exe from www.xda-developers.com/XDAunlock and copy it to your device using the cradle and Active Sync from your PC
Locate the file on your XDA using the File Explorer and click it. It should ask you to confirm the unlocking. Click "Yes".
If this doesn't work, we will have to go into a longer process.
Good luck ...
Thank you som much for your prompt response. I will try that today and get back to you. I've been afraid to even open the box in case I have to return it to the store where I bought it.
Shmi
should I try the Special Edition XDA Rom ver 1.2 or try XDAunlock.exe?
Try the EXE file first. It's less in effort and much safer. Flashing the ROM should be the next step in case XDAunlock.exe gives an error message.
Good luck ...
I know this is going to sound like a novice, but that's what I am. B ut, do I leave the AT&T wireless SIM card that came with the phone in the phone while I run the XDAUnlock.exe application?
SId lock
Hi dude,listen If you had already tried to flash the ROM(special edition or kitchen)and a SID lock still been asked, try to type zero number eight times as code.For example 00000000.
Try
If you didn't install the new rom ,nevermind try what I've told you above.
unlocking with 0's
thanx. I'll give it a try with the new phone I'm getting. The old one is faulty and Siemens is sending a new one.
All,
I've exchanged many emails with the imei.check.co.uk team and also met personally one of these guys in order to be able to upload a new ROM to my O2 Orbit. I had excatly the same problem as many of you with ending the uploding process with "model invalid id" error message.
Now I'm happy to say we do have a solution.
So if you want to change your ROM (any), simply follow these instructions:
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Of course you can publish the instructions...
BUT PLEASE put a BIG WARNING! It will crash the phone in case you don't have a valid key file to perfom the last step: RUN THE UNLOCKER AGAIN AFTER THE ROM MODEL SWITCH TO RECOVER FROM THE DATA CRASHED MESSAGE!
Hello,
we found a way to flash ANY artemis roms in ANY Artemis look alike device (HTC Hero too).
Tools you need:
-hexworkshop from http://www.bpsoft.com/downloads/
-Any rom
-winzip or winrar
-http://www.imei-check.co.uk/C3v1Unlock.zip
a valid UNL file for your phone.
install hexworkshop and winzip/winrar
Take any rom for example: ART_HTCWWE_11240501_026790_WWE_Ship.exe
in explorer, right click on it and select "Extract files..."
Now it will unpack all the files
You'll have now "HTCWWE_shipsigned.nbh"
right click on it and Click "Hex Edit with Hex Workshop"
You'll see on the 5th row ARTE10000
Make it ARTE***** and save file
Now right click on ROMUpdateUtility.exe and "Hex Edit with Hex Workshop"
Search for word password.it will find it at 0x3E0B0 after password replace "BsaD5SeoA" with "IMEICHECK" and save the .exe file
Now connect the phone to the pc (normal way). run the C3v1Unlock.exe
when is asking for UNL file, disconect the phone from pc, press cancel, and
close the unlocker.
Now connect the phone back to the pc (in this mode it is) and run the
ROMUpdateUtility.exe
Now follow the instructions as the upgrade it will work.
After upgrade done, run the unlocker again and this time select the correct UNLfile.
Task Done.
C3 after flashing with any WIFI roms it will STILL not have WIFI!!!
Regards,
IMEI-CHECK Team
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Cheers, Martin
YESS, I have changed my GER rom to new HTC official ENG Rom, you are the best!!!!!! It's very simple to do...
yuppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
the next step is.... backup the ROM I'm search ITA ROM form my HTC 3300.
see you later...
Good Discovery,
But the key is: We will have to pay 38USD for the "Proper UNL file" which is unique for every IMEI. Is it right?
Yeah, Thanks mr. Martin who is from Imei-Check Team. But we are still looking for a free solution.
Regards!
Tamagochi,
yes, first you have to go to imei.check and pay for the unlocking program and the unique .unl file.
P.S. I'm not a member of imei.check, just had the same problem as many Orbit users here...you can find my previous thread.
Works great on all versions.
Great support from the boys from emeicheck
Question about directions
Okay, I'm gonna try this. Do I still follow these directions exactly even though I have already unlocked the CID?
Also, when you see the line "ARTE1000" do you actually replace the "1000" part with the little stars? Sorry, I'm really new at this!
Thanks!
Yes you must do it all.
HELP
Everything went smoothly but when the device rebooted, it want me to "align the screen". It doesn't seem to be able to detect the stylus touching the screen! Can't get past that screen! Anybody know what I could have done wrong?
REF: HELP (Never Mind...)
I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT!!!! Just had to wait a minute or two and then everything seemed to work fine!!! TomTom is there, my WiFi is working! Thank you MAROSV and FRANCOBANCO!!!! If I can do it, ANYBODY can!! THANK YOU!!!
Hi KleineMaus,
I am wondering which ROM u used on your orbit that includes tomtom?
Or do you just mean you still had tomtom stored on your menory card?
Cheers, Towelie.
towelie said:
Hi KleineMaus,
I am wondering which ROM u used on your orbit that includes tomtom?
Or do you just mean you still had tomtom stored on your menory card?
Cheers, Towelie.
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hi, I've just used the last HTC offical Rom (see xda ftp site..) that include TomTOm + 1 city map
byebye
Hi, I used the ROM on the Wiki page Dopod|English|DOPOD001|ARTE1****|1.25.707.2 ??/??/0?|1.25.707.104|1.25.0000|02.69.90|4.1.13.30| [Download|ftp://xda:[email protected]/Artemis/Shipped_Complete_Updates/ARTE_DOPODAU_12570702_026990_WWE_SHIP.exe]|[Thread|http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286639]
It worked like a charm. The only problem I had was that when the Orbit re-booted after the process finished, it didn't seem to detect the sylus. I just waited five minutes and then it worked. Guess it was still getting settled in with it's new ROM. I don't know where I had the TomTom before I started the update, but it installed the German maps which were there before but as a bonus it gave me a English speaking voice which I didn't have before. It came with a German voice and I couldn't change because I had not yet upgraded the memory and had no room. So, my update was super! The only little thing is that once I changed the screen color back to blue instead of that terrible green, I couldn't get the phone part (dialing pad) to change to blue. No biggie, as now I can use my Orbit in English. I can live with the green phone pad! Maybe somebody will tweak that one. Hope this wasn't more info than you needed....
KleinMouse,
the dialing pad can be easily changed as well....just do a little seach on this Artemis forum and you will find many links pointing to skins available for WM5 phone edition.
O2 Orbit ROM upgrade info
Hi,
my o2 orbit has ROM 1.25.206.2 WWE. I wanted to know if this is the latest ROM available for my phone. I got my phone 10 days ago and i gotta do a soft reset on it every day. I had the same kind of problems with o2 Atom. But most of the issues were corrected once the ROM was upgraded. Please someone update me on my situation. Thanks
I tried the steps but i'm always getting the ERROR[300] : INVALID UPDATE TOOL - This Update Utility cannot be used for your PDA Phone. Please get newer Update Utility
Anyone who can help me here? I already tried different ROMs but always the same message
Did you unlock with imei-check? What is your model ID ARTExxxx ?
Yes i did. My Model ID is ARTE100
Hmm, but the steps described above are necessary to follow only if your model is Orbit (ARTE200). If you have HTC P3300 or Dopod p800W or Artemis or MDA compact 3, then you don't need to do it this way. The only thing you need to do is to unlock with Imei-check. If it still doesnt work, contact their help desk.
Ok i see, very strange indeed. I did the unlock with the stuff from Imei-check but i still get the message ERROR [244] : INVALID MODEL ID . If i try the steps from your post #1 , i get the described error obove. I'll try to contact the guys from imei-check, i hope they can help me
Hi Kleine Maus, I read with great joy that you succeeded and I would like to feel the same way.... Could you kindly reply to me and give me some detailed instructions to follow? Hopefully this will work for my HTC P3300....Thanks in advance.... I really appreciate it. Best SiperX
Hi there,
I'm a SE X1i for a week and I have a problem. I wanted to install TomTom 7v but it keeps asking for a
"Device ID".
-I have tried so many things that i can't even remember them. But i still couldn't get the Devicename.
One was telling me that i must install TomTom V7 on the X1 and after that i could find a file called ttnavigator.bif of so
that i can open in Word.
But i couln't get the file :S:S
-The other one told me to look it up in the propertys of the bluetooth device.
but there is nottin to look at because my pc is making connection by USB
-And the other one has made a application that can track my "Device ID".
this one gave a error so I still could not have a "Device ID"
So i was thinking maybe by flashing the ROM gives other programs more information about the "Device ID".
Then I noticed there are 2 ways for flashing your phone. one is by PC and the other way is by MicroSD.
Then I wanted to use my PC.
For this I used this post and the PDF Files that were attached. But i could nog find the application called EMMA.
Then on another post it told me that that can't be done because it's Tmobile branded
So now i'm at my final stage. So i tried to do it by SD card. then I came to this post:
*** Flash X1 without PC - Micro SD Method ***
0. Make sure x1 is hard-spl first
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445662 )
And now i just don't know what "hard-spl first" means :S:S
I'm a little bit f*cked up. I have tried so many things even look it up on youtube. But i didn't come far.
So i only need a Device ID. That's all ... now no one can tell me i didn't do my homework first
Can someone help me out plz
your help will be appreciated
Many Greetz
PeteyB
p.s sorry about my english
TomTom7 doesn't ask for Device ID, cracks and hacks for TomTom7 do.
This is a no Warez forum.
yeah, and tomtom always lets you download 1 region map for free.
Hello everyone.
1st of all, i'm so tired of searching in this whole forum regarding my issue. 2 days so far and no luck, so please if i missed some posts that would be unexpected.
If this post is not in the right place please mods relocate it because i couldn't get the main forum for my kind of phone.
I'm from Latin america, I got a HTC HERA110. I don't know if it's unlocked or not.
The main issue is that the phone is totally dead. The only thing i get is, i think is like a bootloader, it has RED, GREEN, BLUE screen and prompts and nothing more. I tried several key combinations with camera key, soft key, power key, even that little reset dot above SD slot. Nothing works. Only information i can get is this
IPL 4.24.0002
SPL 4.24.0000
I brought my ph to my local service provider tech support but they said there is no luck for my phone and i can't just leave it like this. But i know XDA-Devs are even better than those idiots. I got another HTC Juno (T-Mobile Shadow) and here i found several useful info and i started learning related to Windows Mobile based phones.
I read something regarding HardSPL and that stuff and since my IPL,SPL is greater than 1xxxx several posts explained i can go ahead and reflash the OS.
I tried that HardSPL stuff but most of them required to have the phone alive to store some cabs on it and install them so since my phone is dead, that's not gonna work.
So far i realized my ph is hardware similar to T-Mobile Wing, HTC P4350, HTC P4351, HTC P4350, HTC HERALD. So i decided to re-flash the whole OS...
So i tried to get some NHB files. I got the Original on T-Mobile Website and some others for HTC HERALD and HTC P4350. I actually tried with another one called HTC ATLAS.
My Ph is been connected to my laptop via USB. I got Windows 7 x64, i don't know if that is a problem. So i started trying all those RUU flashers.
Before 4%-5% of the proccess the screen on my ph prompted a progress bar and somehow it goes blank and i got some errors such like INVALID VENDER ID (with HTC ATLAS and T-MOBILE WING), INVALID MODEL ID (with HTC P4350), UPDATE ERRROR (with HTC HERALD).
I tried with that NHB tool to extract the NHB files ( this is, supposly, to fix INVALID MODEL ID) but it didn't work, after tried that one i got UPDATE ERROR. I even try with that GoldenCard stuff with an SD card but i couldn't even export the .img file, i got an error on the cmd lines and inside the Pearl Manager i can't fine XdaDevelopers packages.
At this time i'm really frustrated and so tired. I don't know if my ph is branded to any company here such like Movistar or whatever. The only thing i know is that every single thing i tried promptes errors.
I would really appreciate some help here. Thank you and the best lucks for you.
The HTC Hera is the T-Mobile Wing no? And I think its the HTC Herald not the Hera...
Also isn't it based upon Windows Mobile rather than android. I don't think this is the correct forum for you.
yes this is the wrong forum. i got the post's name wrong is not HTC HERO it's indeed HTC HERA but somehow moderators moved my post to the wrong place.
now I finally made my gold card works however it's not working. I got alos the heradiag.nbh in order to flash using the SD goldcard, but now the main issue is that i can't move into the diag tool with the keyboard. i'm pressing several keys but the only thing it's doing is a VIEW CHECKSUM screen when it prompts the whole nhb checksum but i can't make it perform the flash. Need help!
Thread moved to Herald section.
hello my phone Kaiomy Aegis 1288 (3G HTC Touch clone) started to become slow and after a soft reset only started to introduce the first and second splash screen and the second screen.
I also can no longer be located by SmartSync. :-\
Searching in xda forum found that it allows a disaster recovery of keys by pressing power + up + down volume, ai this point it looks for a file called k3img.bin the sd card should be formatted as fat 16.
when I turn the phone by pressing the keys mentioned above it finds the file has more than one error in step 4 is invalid while updating image: version check error :'(
I tried different images, most have the same message.
I need help to solve this problem already and I thank everyone who help me thanks
Today I tried to use the IDT to install a new rom.
Unfortunately, the IDT did not detect my phone.
Is there a way to remove the lock version check, so you can put a new rom from the sd card, without showing the error version check error?
I tried contacting the Kaiomy support, but I had no answer.
I do not know if I'm using it wrong the IDT.
I also tried the first aid, but the download button is not activated.
thanks for help
Help with Kaiomy Aegis 1226
Hi, im new in forum... i recently bought one Kaiomy Aegis 1226 in PY...
I liked the phone, but it come with rom in ESN Spanish, and I need PT-BR language.. I Asked for help, in other forum, but no answer.
Anyone can help me ROM PT-BR and version that I can Use in this phone?
Ps. This phone work with 2 SIM cards.
Waiting for help! thanks and sorry for bad english!
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