Just got my phone, bought it unlocked. Went into the bootloader and accidently chose simlock while looking around before I unlocked the bootloader. Now my phone has an ungly padlock icon at the bottom during bootup. Anyone know how to I get rid of this?
lol i dont know how you "accidentally" went into bootloader, switched to fastboot, pressed volume down 3 times to highlight the simlock option and finally press the power button to select.
anyway try pressing the simlock option again.
I was playing around. I wanted to see what was in there, I didn't think it would automatically lock it like that.
I tried going into it again, but no deal. it's not really an issue for me, just an looks thing really.
i doubt you can do anything by yourself. if you could easily switch between lock and unlock there would be no point to the the SIMLOCK option in the first place. If you really care that much (i would) you can just send it in for a replacement. your call.
You realize... the padlock doesn't reference SIM locking. It references an unlocked Bootloader. (If you look at the padlock closely, it's 'open')
SIM locking requires a key-card for a carrier you wish to lock to... Which I seriously doubt you have
Cheers,
Kermee
Ah thanks kermee I kind of did both at the same time and thought it was the sim lock.
alienmonkey said:
Ah thanks kermee I kind of did both at the same time and thought it was the sim lock.
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*Nod*...
I actually, accidentally, did the same thing you did also and hit "SIMLOCK". It occurred to me because there's a slight "lag" when the Bootloader menu comes up and it's still doing checks for several seconds. And when you hit the VOL-UP and VOL-DOWN buttons, the selection bar doesn't move so you don't think it's NOT working so you just hit the hardware TOP-PWR...
Problem is the hardware button buffer *IS* active while you're at the Bootloader screen and after it finishes the checks... it'll happily go through the button presses you did earlier. (i.e. You're hitting VOL-DOWN a bunch of times, not seeing that it's moving, and coincidentally you hit it 3 times before hitting the TOP-PWR)...
If you look closely when you hit "SIMLOCK", you'll see red error text stating you need a key-card. ... So no harm done
Cheers,
Kermee
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I am running Ivan's just stable 6.1.
This started 2 days ago.
When i am on the phone it puts people on hold repeatedly, i "unhold" them and right away it puts them on hold again.
Also it also calls people that i just spoke with after i hang up.
When it is "locked" it acts like someone is pushing the unlock button and just goes back and forth from locked to the unlock screen, but doesn't unlock itself.
I tried recalibrating the screen, (touching the points on the screen)
Does anyone have any idea how to fix it or could it be the screen thinks something is touching it.
TIA
if ya'll need any more info just ask.
Ok the flip down to unlock the phone is an ok idea I guess. However, I noticed 2 things.
1: When you bring your phone up with the "Flip screen down to unlock" message, you can just press "Menu" and it unlocks it.
2: When I am at work, I keep my phone in my pocket. Several times I have pulled my phone out and it is in the middle of different programs. So somehow the phone get's unlocked when in my pocket.
Is their anything numerical I can do to have to punch in a sequence of numbers to unlock the phone? I am not a fan of the "Draw the line" option the Hero has. So I wanted to see what, if any, other options are out there for locking and unlocking the phone (not a root type of unlock, a screen lock)
Thank you,
Whiteice
OOOOOOLD issues. We have all cursed HTC for their way of thinking in this matter.
Hi,
I have owned my HTC HD2 for about 3 months now. I have had a problem since i first got it which is really bugging me. Sometimes when the phone locks, i am unable to unlock it with the slider. The slider gets to about half way across the screen and then freezes. If i leave it for a few minutes it goes back to a locked position agian and when i attempt to slide the slider across, it freezes.
The only thing which gives me access to my phone again is to perform a hard reset by removing the battery.
Any ideas? The phone is on UK Vodafone and is running the latest firmware (v.1.72)
ukznmcl said:
The only thing which gives me access to my phone again is to perform a hard reset by removing the battery.
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I don't have an answer, its likely to be sense trying to load something and hanging.there are loads of threads about unlock problems, all different, however I wanted to help you avoid confusion by pointing out that removing the battery is a soft reset, not a hard reset.
I'd start by removing some apps, see if it changes the behavior, then re add til it happens
i've the same issue. but not removing battery, just press little red restard button uder battery cover. i think it happens when i enable rotation of today screen or because of proximatelyscreenoff program bug. after removing today from rotation of bsd tweek i have 1-2 restarts for 2 weeks.
I had the same thing sometimes, but never happened with the latest rom I am using, and I am pretty much installing the same apps over and over after each flash...
You aren't by chance running the facebook application?
Leaving that open and locking your phone will result in you not being able to unlock your phone
I wonder if this problem has anything to do with power supply; I sometimes can't unlock the screen either and a few moments ago my battery had run out and when putting it on AC I wasn't able to unlock it. When it had charged a bit there were no problems unlocking it.
dio62000 said:
I wonder if this problem has anything to do with power supply; I sometimes can't unlock the screen either and a few moments ago my battery had run out and when putting it on AC I wasn't able to unlock it. When it had charged a bit there were no problems unlocking it.
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As I said, have you tried making sure Facebook isn't running
HD2 screen unlock probblem
Hi All,
I have put my screen unlock code as 0000 and set as 5 mins to lock the phone.
But that is becoming a headache now.
Sometime the phone behaves very unusual, it doesn't takes my code "0000", no option rather to reset the phone or remove battery and restart.
After the reset the phone works with my code (0000) but don't know when the same problem starts again.
Need Help..
Anyone solved this problem?
In the Att Tilt2 the power button was on Top & could close the Screen while talking on the phone
How do we do that in the HD2 cos its Off button is on the Red Call Shut button
Anyone
Unlock Problem
I everybody,
I have this issue aswell but even worse than everyone else. I can't unlock my device at all anymore else I do the "hold both VolUp&Down + Power Button " for reset to manufacturing settings of the cracked ROM.
any process so far or do you guys still think it's about messed up Apps?
best regards,
hanny
HD2 Hard Locked
Okay...so maybe Facebook is locking my HD2. It's LOCKED I'm recharging, I've attemted a soft restart, hard restart and every other restart out there...nothing is working. I even tried pushing the white button below the battery case and holding the volume up and down...I actually thought that it began to do a hard restart. It did begin but then it got stuck at the "swipe" demo. It is definitely stuck.
HELP!!!!
I am using a t-mobile unlocked phone...I am using Energy ROM...
I have set a password to open up my today screen..simple 4 letter password.
But when I enter it in the locked screen it is not responding...
I am not able to do anything now...I can receive calls..but I cant make calls or read sms...It is locked
I am sure I have used the exact lock code.
I was trying to do something through my PC...But that is also not responding as it is locked...
I cannot even flash ROM now
I removed battery
Can anyone help...
Is there any simple way to
hard reset your phone. to do that pull the battery, put it back on, and power on your device while holding BOTH THE VOLUME DOWN AND VOLUME UP KEYS. follow the on screen instructions from there and you should be all good!
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hard reset your phone. to do that pull the battery, put it back on, and power on your device while holding BOTH THE VOLUME DOWN AND VOLUME UP KEYS. follow the on screen instructions from there and you should be all good!
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thanks for the help...it is fine now..
appoos said:
thanks for the help...it is fine now..
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Do not use a password through the phones stock security. It WILL happen again to you. Its a well known problem, HTC knows as well as T-MO. They havent put out any fixes though. Just beware...
Also out of curiousity... did your password by chance start with "9"? Ive heard a rumor about that being the cause, and Im curious because my phone did this as well and my password began with 9.
Hello,
I have a problem with my "sharp softbank aquos 402SH
I setup a pattern lock. Since I have not used the phone for some time I cannot remember the pattern anymore.
I thought an unlock with a hard reset is no problem. But I found no way to boot into recovery mode(tried power and minus button, power and plus button to boot).
Also the device did not show up in adb as a device(Windows 8/Sharp USB driver installed) but was recognized as a storage device.
The user manual says:
"Do not forget pattern, Lock No. passcode or password set for canceling Screen lock(write it down if necessary). If you forget it, visit the nearest SoftBank Shop for recovery procedure."
As I live in Sudan and there are only softbank stores in Japan. So this is not possible for me.
Is there any other way to hard reset the device?
same prob
http://www.recovery-mode.com/android/sharp-aquos-crystal-x.html
Are you sure? Have you tried power-cycling the device? (Let it discharge all the way, and charge it all the way.)
Sharp aquos 402 sh hard reset problem
I have the same problem as the guy from sudan mentioned above, ive forgot screen lock pattern and not been able to get into boot option by hard reseting. I have done every thing like keep pressing and hold volume down key and holding power on key after sharp logo appears i let go the keys but nothing happens. Plz suggest me the solution.
Hi there
i have the same problem
my phone aquos 304 there are no available physical volume rocker button
i forget the password pattern
custom cable data with R jumper to ID pin with zadig software cannot flash the twrp
could someone help me out of this
thx
i also have that kind problem also show to many people but no way found of any to recover my bally please do something
As I think this phone did not get that many updates this might still work. I remember early on back then that i somehow managed to make a pattern that I had not meant to so could not unlock. Also quickly found out I could not get into the bootloader. But I found out you could bypass the lockscreen if you went into the emergency call screen. The thing is, you'd have to make a call then you could use the drop down notifications and enter settings app or something like that. I can't remember clearly, but I could atleast get access. And from there i just disabled the pattern. Don't feel I can recommend this though as it depends on how quick you are, and police services are sort of being misused this way. I remember being frazzled and extremely annoyed at that point as I had only had the phone for a couple of days. Ended up spamming a call three or four times to the cops to bypass without connecting a call. They called me back wondering what the deal was ? oops.