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Unlock the phone reccomendations?

Before you all start, yes iv searched !!!
I got a T Mobile G1 UK, locked with RC9. I can’t ring T Mobile because I’m not a customer there. Can anyone tell me if it’s possible to do it free or if not a reliable website that can help me if I have to purchase something?
Thanks for your time.

Anthony2oo5 said:
Before you all start, yes iv searched !!!
I got a T Mobile G1 UK, locked with RC9. I can’t ring T Mobile because I’m not a customer there. Can anyone tell me if it’s possible to do it free or if not a reliable website that can help me if I have to purchase something?
Thanks for your time.
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Yes there is a thread on unlocking on the Dev section of the Dream forum. Try searching there some more, as I saw one UK thread that had a little info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517810&highlight=unlock
Heres a link to a sim unlocking thread that deals with the US G1, but I imagine it's prob pretty similar.

The only way to get a free code is by having a t-mobile customer to get one for you. One of your friends, or anyone kind enough to get you one from xda. I'm hoping I can find someone as well.

tr.slate said:
Yes there is a thread on unlocking on the Dev section of the Dream forum. Try searching there some more, as I saw one UK thread that had a little info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517810&highlight=unlock
Heres a link to a sim unlocking thread that deals with the US G1, but I imagine it's prob pretty similar.
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I did actually read that topic but it didnt answer my queestion on "is there a website I can get a code from or anyone who can do it buy paying them?"

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Anthony2oo5 said:
I did actually read that topic but it didnt answer my queestion on "is there a website I can get a code from or anyone who can do it buy paying them?"
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Ebay is your friend. Run a search there.

unlock-tmobileg1.com - $23.99 USD
cell-unlockers.com - $7.99 USD

Can we use Paul's method?

I'm a linux dev but not a android dev so please forgive the ignorance.
Can we take the work Paul has done and use it against the incredible? What do we need for that to work? a recover image? It sounds like he's gotten it to work with the hboot 0.80(not documented yet). I know the incredible is at hboot 0.77.
I dont know if the hboot 0.80 tricks would work for us since we're on a lower version.
Thanks!
-Jim

We really need pauls help. He doesn't want to help because he's in the UK. And doesn't have access to one. So..someone needs to talk him into it. Lol. We really need his help. Unless you can find out more about his method and help make a custom Rom/recovery for us.

I might be willing to give up mine and ship it to him(wanting it back of course). If he breaks it, he breaks it..its under insurance.
I'm new to the scene so I don't have any relationship with him to ask as a favor that he try it. If someone could work that side of it..maybe we can get him to work on it.

Wow thatd be pretty sweet. Um talk to someone in the root thread. Someone's bound to know someone or head over too www.modaco.com and pm him yourself. I'm very sure if he wasn't responsible he would love to have access to the incredible. Doubt he will say no. Plus sense gives you the option to authenticate your gmail over WiFi.

idea
Used to read the Eris forum religiously and I had an idea... If he agrees why not start a collection to get an incredible? Five hundred bucks is a lot of money, but not I'd there are fifty people contributing which I'm sure we can swing...that's ten bucks each!
There are some trusted members of this community that might be interested in helping?
What do you think?

I'm going to try and hit Paul up on Irc tonight, but I really don't think his method will work.

Why don't you think his method would work? I know that there are some differences between the two, but its a start isn't it?

binny1007 said:
I'm going to try and hit Paul up on Irc tonight, but I really don't think his method will work.
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which irc is he in?

Because he is using a test img that was signed by HTC, that is why you need a gold card, witch as of right now I believe gold cards are disabled for us. But the way it works is with the gold card you can flash any Rom that is made for your device, ie bypassing carrier restrictions. Because the test Rom he is using has been signed with test keys it will allow you to than flash the update that was again signed with test keys. As of right now there is no way for us to use this method. But I am still going to see if I can get more info, from him. And lastly, we have a cdma device and there roms are gsm, that's a great way to brick your phone real fast, if you could find a way to flash it.

I wonder if the right 'donation' would motivate some developers to get to work on the root

I'm not going down that road again with donating. It just caused too many problems.

I agree donating can just cause a big mess. I am down for however I can help tho as I miss my rooted moto droid. lol

b00sted said:
I agree donating can just cause a big mess. I am down for however I can help tho as I miss my rooted moto droid. lol
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I'm with you just wasn't sure if a donation would speed things along

saxman1212 said:
I'm with you just wasn't sure if a donation would speed things along
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You could donate after the root was made.
I'm sure it's in the works...most like to sit back from the forums and do it in the privacy of a few to avoid being flooded with a million questions that have already been answered or questions about when it will be done.
Patience is a virtue.
Plus I won't be getting the phone for like a month. haha.

Evo on verizon towers hack?

Anyone have a link to the guide that shows you how to put verizon PRLs on Evo to use verizon towers?
my co-worker did it once on my phone, but when my phone was replaced, it took me till last night to get it rooted again.
It was a flash this and when u are ready dial a number and you get a "welcome to Verizon" or something like that. Not sure.
Thanks guys.

nmarsh said:
Anyone have a link to the guide that shows you how to put verizon PRLs on Evo to use verizon towers?
my co-worker did it once on my phone, but when my phone was replaced, it took me till last night to get it rooted again.
It was a flash this and when u are ready dial a number and you get a "welcome to Verizon" or something like that. Not sure.
Thanks guys.
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Well, you can use the App Roam Control. Or there is a post about how to do this in the Dev section. Just simply use the "Search" bar.

Yellowcard8992 said:
Well, you can use the App Roam Control. Or there is a post about how to do this in the Dev section. Just simply use the "Search" bar.
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i have heard about this roam control, but haven't investigated it, we used something else earlier.
I try to use the search bar, but i get so much crap results it sucks to sift through, so i figured i could post and wait for someone to see it and say, "oh yeah, that's over here:..." I even tried to search "verizon" but i get tons of themes and roms and stuff that are no way related to Verizon. XDAs one downfall.

nmarsh said:
i have heard about this roam control, but haven't investigated it, we used something else earlier.
I try to use the search bar, but i get so much crap results it sucks to sift through, so i figured i could post and wait for someone to see it and say, "oh yeah, that's over here:..." I even tried to search "verizon" but i get tons of themes and roms and stuff that are no way related to Verizon. XDAs one downfall.
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XDA is in no way shape or form a downfall. You're nuts man. You are talking about one of the most generous forum communities that have made countless contributions.
And to answer your question,(and to prove that this community is not on a "downfall',)
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tecknowfile+verizon+tower+hack

jhoffy22 said:
XDA is in no way shape or form a downfall. You're nuts man. You are talking about one of the most generous forum communities that have made countless contributions.
And to answer your question,(and to prove that this community is not on a "downfall',)
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tecknowfile+verizon+tower+hack
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+1 For the LMGTFY!
And OP, I just searched for this and found it in about 20 seconds. XDA does not have a downfall. The common downfall of America is LAZYNESS! You even said you didn't want to sift through things.
Sorry for the rant, but this is why a lot of people get flamed on here.

jhoffy22 said:
XDA is in no way shape or form a downfall. You're nuts man. You are talking about one of the most generous forum communities that have made countless contributions.
And to answer your question,(and to prove that this community is not on a "downfall',)
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that does help. i did not know about tecknowfile. The search i was referring to was the "search this forum" within XDA. I love XDA, the people here are the best, the leaders in android development, the nicest and most quick to help group on any kind of forum i have ever found. I am sorry for sounding like i was insulting XDA, i just meant i have trouble with their "search this forum" search and don't get the best results, probably due to bad tags or off topic responses within those threads.
Sorry for the negativity and thank you for your help.

From what I understand Roam Control will only force you into 1x, not so much 3G... so if you're looking to replace crappy data speeds you're out of luck there. I've been too wimpy to try the PRL hack though.

roam control is great but limited, it can force your connection to roaming but it won't connect to verizon the same way as the prl hack, I've tested it. the prl hack is far faster speeds, with roam control I would get 15~100kpbs, with prl hack I would get 600~2000kbps in the same spot

How much data did you push? What really makes me paranoid about the PRL hack is the amount of data I may push if I switch over. I push 5-6 GB a month, and it seems like that would set off red flags all over Sprint HQ, haha.

I read up on this just recently and decided to go with Roam Control instead of the PRL hack. The PRL hack is tedious to activate/deactivate, and I only need it while I'm at work (signal is fine everywhere else).
For me, the limited speeds of Roam Control was worth the convenience of one click activate/deactivate.

Yea if voice is your concern, roam control would work fine. I know a lot of people though who would love getting access to Verizon's 3G network.

Was told to post here. Flex not accepting Sim, radio off...

A friend of mine gave me a flex to fix.. At first, it was rooted and had a custom ROM on it. Something from mii.com. anyway. The only version it would accept is d955 so I put that on it. Imei and baseband were unknown so I put d950 on it somehow. Now, the imei and baseband are showing but it still will not accept a Sim.*I've even tried editing build prop operator to OPEN... Nothing. I'm losing hope...When I put a Sim in, it doesn't detect and the radio says service state: radio off. When I pull the Sim out, it tells me to put a valid Sim in...
What can I do?
Sent from my LGLS740

Try here http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-flex

peachpuff said:
Try here http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-flex
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I did. You think I'm that dumb? All I want is help. Wouldn't have posted here if I wasn't told to..
Sent from my LGLS740

DML92 said:
I did. You think I'm that dumb? All I want is help. Wouldn't have posted here if I wasn't told to..
Sent from my LGLS740
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So someone from the flex section told you to post in the g2 section? Then yes you are dumb, what do we g2 users know about the flex and its roms? Nothing, stick to the flex section.

Let's pretend for a moment I'm asking about a g2 with the same problems. What would you tell me?
Sent from my LGLS740

Try flashing a different modem, but backup the original one just in case.

peachpuff said:
Try flashing a different modem, but backup the original one just in case.
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Can you kindly tell me how and where to get the modems? I've searched but with no luck.
Sent from my LGLS740

Seems like the gflex section is lacking any backed up modem's so can't help you there. Was the efs partition ever backed up before flashing the first rom?

peachpuff said:
Seems like the gflex section is lacking any backed up modem's so can't help you there. Was the efs partition ever backed up before flashing the first rom?
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I doubt it. I didn't flash the first one. My friend did, and it was a foreign ROM I've never heard of.
Sent from my LGLS740

DML92 said:
I did. You think I'm that dumb? All I want is help. Wouldn't have posted here if I wasn't told to..
Sent from my LGLS740
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No, all you want is to be spoon fed. That's why you made 40 posts on the same topic and you're still stuck. You don't want to help yourself, you treat this place like a tech support centre and you give people attitude above it all.
Let me make one thing clear. No one has to help you. If you think you can just come here and get the geeks to do your homework for you then you're dreaming. Search, read and be respectful and then even the devs might help you.
 @peachpuff I admire your patience.

Art Vanderlay said:
No, all you want is to be spoon fed. That's why you made 40 posts on the same topic and you're still stuck. You don't want to help yourself, you treat this place like a tech support centre and you give people attitude above it all.
Let me make one thing clear. No one has to help you. If you think you can just come here and get the geeks to do your homework for you then you're dreaming. Search, read and be respectful and then even the devs might help you.
@peachpuff I admire your patience.
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If you think I've been having an attitude i apologize, but I categorize myself as a geek as well so it's a little offensive. Anyway, I'm a little new to all of this - I've made TWO threads because the first was going no where quickly. I don't wanna be spoonfed, I just want help - I can't find the modem files for the Flex anywhere - I've tried flashing a lot. A lot. I've gotten far thanks to all the help from you guys which I am very thankful for. I apologize, I'm just frustrated...been trying to get this thing to work for over a month now....any help is always appreciated. I plan on donating (if possible) to who ever helps once its fixed.
Thanks..
Sent from my LGLS740

I don't think you need a modem. Your phone is locked to at&t. There are services that unlock them like this. It'll be good if you can try someone else's at&t sim first. But that's what I think since your phone works properly except for your sim problem

Art Vanderlay said:
I don't think you need a modem. Your phone is locked to at&t. There are services that unlock them like this. It'll be good if you can try someone else's at&t sim first. But that's what I think since your phone works properly except for your sim problem
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Have tried, my friend has tried his straight talk Sim which he said runs off of att? Is that true? Is the entire reason the radio is off because its network locked? If it were true, wouldn't it say out of service, not radio off????
Sent from my LGLS740

Verizon, Twitter and a locked bootloader.

So I think this is the correct section ive been a decade almost lurker, but so I post a screen shot of the oem unlock switch greyed out for a buddy that's ex Google and knows way too much about how these phones work. Os and telephony sides. About 3 minutes later I get a reply from Verizon CS saying all Verizon phones come unlocked and asking me what I want to do with it. So I replied , I want to unlock this 700$ phone because I refuse to be a guest on my own device. No reply yet but isn't that weird how fast that reply was. I'll post any responses and if I'm in the wrong forum please move it mods.

timmachovec said:
So I think this is the correct section ive been a decade almost lurker, but so I post a screen shot of the oem unlock switch greyed out for a buddy that's ex Google and knows way too much about how these phones work. Os and telephony sides. About 3 minutes later I get a reply from Verizon CS saying all Verizon phones come unlocked and asking me what I want to do with it. So I replied , I want to unlock this 700$ phone because I refuse to be a guest on my own device. No reply yet but isn't that weird how fast that reply was. I'll post any responses and if I'm in the wrong forum please move it mods.
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OK so now I'm really feeling some I'll will about the reply I got , its not what I wanted to hear. There reply was 'we are sorry we are unable to provide you with any assistance at this time. Good luck with unlocking the bootloader.'
Thanks Verizon_CS
This is after telling me all 4gLTE phones come unlocked , well apparently I'm a idiot or Verizon just outright lied to me. Think I should press the issue with verizon more ? If it hassles them that's good enough for me , even if I get nowhere with them. Im a bit passive aggressive sometimes in life lol

timmachovec said:
OK so now I'm really feeling some I'll will about the reply I got , its not what I wanted to hear. There reply was 'we are sorry we are unable to provide you with any assistance at this time. Good luck with unlocking the bootloader.'
Thanks Verizon_CS
This is after telling me all 4gLTE phones come unlocked , well apparently I'm a idiot or Verizon just outright lied to me. Think I should press the issue with verizon more ? If it hassles them that's good enough for me , even if I get nowhere with them. Im a bit passive aggressive sometimes in life lol
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Unlock and bootloader are 2 different things. Unlocks allows you to take the phone to a different carrier is what I think were referring to. Locked boot loader is something I doubt VZW will ever do out of the box or will allow.

Verizon phones are carrier unlocked, for now. They plan to start locking them again in the future. Verizion is the only carrier who prevents bootloader unlocking. What build number are you on?
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I thought verizon was legally not allowed to carrier lock their phones because of a 4g band they bought

elliehirschberg said:
I thought verizon was legally not allowed to carrier lock their phones because of a 4g band they bought
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You are correct.
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ahoslc said:
Unlock and bootloader are 2 different things. Unlocks allows you to take the phone to a different carrier is what I think were referring to. Locked boot loader is something I doubt VZW will ever do out of the box or will allow.
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Att locks most of theirs as well.

There is an active thread discussing this issue here:
Unlock Bootloader on Verizon Pixel 2 [CONFIRMED]
Per the forum rules, please search before posting and do not duplicate threads in the forum.
THREAD CLOSED
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timmachovec said:
So I think this is the correct section ive been a decade almost lurker, but so I post a screen shot of the oem unlock switch greyed out for a buddy that's ex Google and knows way too much about how these phones work. Os and telephony sides. About 3 minutes later I get a reply from Verizon CS saying all Verizon phones come unlocked and asking me what I want to do with it. So I replied , I want to unlock this 700$ phone because I refuse to be a guest on my own device. No reply yet but isn't that weird how fast that reply was. I'll post any responses and if I'm in the wrong forum please move it mods.
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