I bought 2 Qtek S200 in ebay and they're working fine, but, they are PIN-Locked (The phone are locked, not the chip). I must put a password (4 numbers) for tur then on, i contacted the seller and he sayed he don't know the password. Have anyway to turn on/hard reset them?
Very Thanks for your attention,
Daniel.
Make a hardreset.
bunchaft said:
I bought 2 Qtek S200 in ebay and they're working fine, but, they are PIN-Locked (The phone are locked, not the chip). I must put a password (4 numbers) for tur then on, i contacted the seller and he sayed he don't know the password. Have anyway to turn on/hard reset them?
Very Thanks for your attention,
Daniel.
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Please, xda-developers, please, we need to unlock our XDA II ; 'til that I just can use it as a PDA
Thank's a lot, guys, if you have time ...
o2 charged me £15 for the unlock code...got it within 48 hours
Hi,
What number at O2 did you call to unlock the phone and what excuse did you you use?
Thanks,
K
just plain customer services from my handset ..and just asked for it to be unlocked..i just said that i wanted to use a foreign sim card when abroad
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I have an unlock code for XDA 2, please e-mail me and I can send it to someone to see if it works. Completeley free as I don't know if it will work. :?
Unlock codes will be unique to each Xda II IMEI.
So, I very much doubt your code will work in any Xda.
I'd imagine the Xda II will be much harder to unlock than Xda I
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You are more than welcome to try if you wish.
No master code? Ah well, such is life.
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phonefreak said:
just plain customer services from my handset ..and just asked for it to be unlocked..i just said that i wanted to use a foreign sim card when abroad
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Can you also use other UK SIMs, e.g., Vodaphone?
Could you also send the telephone number you called?
Many thanks
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O2 customer services are so inconsistent keep phoning everyone. I phoned three times first time I was told it could not be done, second time the woman said she would put the request in for me and it would cost me £15.00 and that she would phone me back. As she didn't phone back I phoned the next day to complain and got passed to a supervisor who told me that O2 were no longer issuing codes for the XDA II as they wanted it to be for O2 only and that this had come from the board of directors!! He add though, that if I paid my contract out which he said would be £400.00 plus the £15.00 they would consider it. I am on pay as you go so I could not do this and wouldn't anyway. I accepted this and thought I would wait for the developers here to sort it out, within 5 minutes of me putting the phone down the lady I spoke to the day before from O2 rang back and said " I have the code I requested yesterday would you like it?" Naturally I said yes, She then gave it to me asked me if she could help me with anything else, which I replied no, and she put the phone down. The best part about this is that she forgot to charge me £15.00 for the code, She hasn't taken it from my C/Card or my payg balance, BONUS!!!!! 8)
So everyone, Just Keep trying O2 Customer Services on 08702410202 and press Zero until you go through to a Human Being.
unlockin the xda 2 drama's!!
Im so sad!
jus been on phone to o2 so many times today but they jus wont unlock it!
even after saying that its against offtel regs they said its their own make so they dont hav to unlock it....
so if any1 knos of a independant shop who will help or of any1 who has a code - plz help me!!
thanks
You won't believe this!!
My Brother got an XDA II which he gave to me to get unlocked, I had no luck with normal O2 customer services. However, his contract is a corporate contract, So I used his details and after hanging around on the phone for about an hour I went through to a personal Corporate advisor who will now be e-mailing me the code in two or three days. It was so easy!!!! no questions asked. They said they would charge the acount, which is fine by me!!
The moral to this story is - if you know anyone who has a corperate acount with O2, ask them very nicely if you can use their details.
You will need - The mobile number, The company name, The company address, the O2 contact person (if possible, if not just say you don't know), The name of your mate and the IMEI number also the e-mail address of your mate with company.
Good Luck and keep trying!!
Maybe at some point we can provide some help
No promises, but we do not have locked devices ourselves. So if you could go to http://xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4095 with your locked device and send me some info...
Thanks,
Thanks a lot xda-devs , we are crossing fingers !!!
I went to the thread to see if I can help, but it appears to be chinese to me ... I have not Linux, but if I can help in any way, let me know by PM... :wink:
any news yet...
hi..noob here...
this seems a hot topic... are we any nearer to unlocking the XDAII...
must be someone, somewhere...
hopefully...
maxd
Hi,
I've worked on unlocking software before.. Is there any info on exactly how the locking in this phone works? I was quite surprised to see AT commands can do it. Have they left some high level unlocking commands or are you accessing the flash/eeprom through those commands?
If the former i guess there is a checksum or some kinda signing algo? or is it even eaiser than that hehe
If the later, i guess you need to map the rom and eeprom before you can do it.
And erm.. couldnt we just upload the rom from a iMate Phone Edition (from Carrier Devices), which is the unlocked version of the XDA II (O2 rebadged it for their network)
Toxic.
Hmm having thought about that, the rom probably checks weather a lock is present. The only way that would work is if the iMate doesnt bother with any lock checks at all, rather than just comes unlocked.
Thats probably unlikey :-(
Toxic
dumb question
O2 have just sms'd me the code. How do I enter it?
Ashby
Re: dumb question
ashby said:
O2 have just sms'd me the code. How do I enter it?
Ashby
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You just have to insert a different SIM card (not O2) and the xda2 wiill ask for the code ...
Happy you are !!! can you tell us how you have proceed to get the code, please ?
My mda pro is locked, can I still use it as pocket pc ??
whenever I start it without sim it only display T-mobile startup logo & dont go forward?
Tell me if its normal ? how can I use it as pda ??
thanks in advance for help.
Locked phones are in 99% of the cases stolen phones.
We don't do stolen phones here..
The behaviour you describe is NOT normal with the Qtek ROM.
Nor with the O2 ROM, I think.
You could perhaps reflash to a different ROM?
Bonzo said:
Locked phones are in 99% of the cases stolen phones.
We don't do stolen phones here..
The behaviour you describe is NOT normal with the Qtek ROM.
Nor with the O2 ROM, I think.
You could perhaps reflash to a different ROM?
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Thanks for your reply, sorry offence not meant but plz keep your stupid comments with yourself.
just now I hard-reset & yes it solved the problem...
However just to clear things, I bought this phone very cheap from uk locked to T-mobile with the hope that its unlocker tool will be available soon
It is definately not normal. From whom did you buy this phone from? You probably want to go back to the store and have it checked. Have you tried a hard/cold reset?
You said that it will not run without a sim, so have it ever run with a sim (t-mobile or not)? If it did run before, I rest my case. If not, the phone definately not behaving.
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Thanks for your reply, sorry offence not meant but plz keep your stupid comments with yourself.
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I feel that my comment was rightfully made.
This forum does not like stolen goods, and we do make others aware.
As for the term "Locked", I have seen this used on both "Subscriber Locked" and "Barred/Banned" phones.
You have a "Locked" phone that you wish to use without a SIM card.
I then assumed that you had a stolen device.
How ever, I still gave a good answer to your question:
Bonzo said:
The behaviour you describe is NOT normal with the Qtek ROM.
Nor with the O2 ROM, I think.
You could perhaps reflash to a different ROM?
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Dare2Dream said:
I bought this phone from uk locked to T-mobile. you should know that HTC universal still cannot be unlocked.
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Yes, I am aware of this. How ever, I do believe that T-Mobile unlocks the phones for a fee?
Dare2Dream said:
Anyhow anybody can please answer my question. I have tried soft-reset but still it keep displaying startup logo screen.
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As I said; I have given you my best answer; try a different ROM.
My Qtek ROM has no problems letting me boot without a SIM card.
I allso believe that the O2 ROM will let you do this.
With this knowledge in hand, I suspect that the T-Mobile ROM could have some software restriction that disables the use of the device without a SIM card.
The way to solve the problem would then be to flash the device with a different ROM.
You could alternatively try to reflash with a newer T-Mobile ROM.
[Edit]Perhaps this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=38590?[/Edit]
So, the next time..
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If I start my O2 Exec without a SIM in it, I get a password entry box for the phone similar to the default one for my password-protected SIM, and there's a message saying that only emergency calls can be made ... blah blah..., but I can cancel this password screen and get to the Today screen and use the machine as normal. I think I press the Windows key on the keyboard to bring up the Start menu, from where I can choose the Today screen.
If your machine is locked by T-mobile in a way that means you can't get past a block screen then I'd say this is T-mobile protecting their investment if you don't have a valid SIM card.
Assuming you've tried a hard-reset already without success, you've got two options, I think:
- buy a PAYG SIM from T-mobile just to fool the machine
- flash the ROM to that of another provider (such as O2 UK) who doesn't impose a similar lock
Without knowing more about the T-mobile lock you're seeing it's hard to say more. I know that my O2 phone isn't locked permanently though.
Hope this helps.
Dare2Dream said:
just now I hard-reset & yes it solved the problem...
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Oh bums. You've fixed it.
SiliconS said:
If your machine is locked by T-mobile in a way that means you can't get past a block screen then I'd say this is T-mobile protecting their investment if you don't have a valid SIM card.
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SiliconS said:
I know that my O2 phone isn't locked permanently though.
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Thus confirming my believes.
Thank you!
2 things :
- 1 : if tou want to unlock our MDA PRo call T-Mobile, pay £15, wait few days and you will have the code.
- 2 : normally there is no problem to use your Mda Pro as a PPC even if it is simlocked to T-Mobile. Just switch Off the telephone application. Try to put any simcard in, it does not matter anyway. If you're stuck with the boot screen your problem may be linked to a rom problem. Nothing to do with the simlock.
My MDA Pro SIM locked T-Mobile Germany works fine without any SIM card inserted.
Or to simplify get a t-mobile paygo sim from the uk.
br
Hi there,
I found the Qtek phone on the nightbus. I could not get it do do anything, the only items displayed is in french and I think it is asking for a password.
Translated the french on google - it says "Enter your password and support on OK". The phone is a Qtek S200.
Is there any way that I could remove this passowod/pin?
I look forward to hear from anyone
Regards
You should turn the phone in to the nearest lost and found or the police so the owner can claim it rather than trying to open it!
Well, if it's the password for the picode of the simcard, just remove the simcard.
If it's the wm5 password thingy just do a hard reset
But I have nothing to doubt your good intentions. And the only reason you want to get passed the password is to find out who the owner is of this phone.
But as someone said above, the best thing to do is to bring it to the closest police station where you found the phone!
Hi,
I've bought a cingular 8525 in the US expecting to be able to unlock it with the unlock tool Pof released. When I received the device and turn it on to my surprise asks a four digit password. It is a password protected device. How can I get rid of this password in order to proceed with the unlock of the SIM?
If I hard reset it will this allow me to enter my own password? Will hard reset affect any of the features or sofware that came original from factory?
I've writen to the seller asking for this password but have not got any answer yet.
Thanks for any help!
Moscou
Would that be a PIN from the SIM card?
A factory default Trinity even for those branded ones should have a default password set and enabled.
If its a brand new device, apparently they played around with it in the shop where you bought it.
If its a used device, the guy who sold it was setting a password.
In both cases you should ask the vendor about the password.
As the seller is not replaying to your mail, its possible that its a stolen one. How much did you pay for it?
well, the vendor said the consignant is traying to talk with his tech friends to find out what is this password but I don't know if he will come with a solution. That's why I asked if I hard reset it will cancel the previous password. I don't have any data in the phone yet for it is brand new so I am not afraid of loosing any data. I just need to know if a hard reset will solve the problem or if there is any other way to get rid of the password.
thanks,
Andre
If you don't have any data in the phone then trying a hard reset won't hurt because it'll re-install to factory (or currently installed rom) default settings. I don't know if this will get rid of the pin lock but it's worth trying.
Also, try a different SIM card as ww2250 said. This might be the problem.
Has anyone performed a hard reset and remember if the password was cancelled?
Andre
ww2250 said:
Would that be a PIN from the SIM card?
A factory default Trinity even for those branded ones should have a default password set and enabled.
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I have the pin for the SIM card I use in my other cel phone. I inserted the SIM card and typed its PIN and it didn't work. I believe it is requesting the device password.
gerald_s said:
If its a brand new device, apparently they played around with it in the shop where you bought it.
If its a used device, the guy who sold it was setting a password.
In both cases you should ask the vendor about the password.
As the seller is not replaying to your mail, its possible that its a stolen one. How much did you pay for it?
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I bought it at ebay express with a vendor with a hi score feedback. I've paid 400 bucks for it. The seller is answering my emails but didn't give me the solution for the problem.
Hard reset it. This will clear it.
Moscou said:
Has anyone performed a hard reset and remember if the password was cancelled?
Andre
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Just hard reset the device and you will be able to do what you want with it.
Hi, i bought DVP from ebay and it came with password on it.
is there anyway to hard reset it? Camera + Vol Down combination is not working(it asks me to connect to pc and when i do so Zune gives me Error).
have you tried contacting the seller for the password?
no, seller warned that it had password. i bought it for 140$.
i was hoping that there was any way to remove it?(like android)
What is the Zune error?
Nikoloz17 said:
no, seller warned that it had password. i bought it for 140$.
i was hoping that there was any way to remove it?(like android)
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Sounds like you purchased something that was hot...ie not his