just ordered my x10a from a canadian seller who is providing the unlock code. i'm wondering if i'll be able to update to the latest firmware BEFORE entering the unlock code. anyone tried this? does a sim need to be in the phone in order to update via SE's update service? phone will be here thursday or friday hopefully. very excited.
thanks in advance to anyone with knowledge on this topic.
*SOLVED* someone had the answer for me in a different thread. unlock and then update.
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hey,
when I purchased the Samsung Focus phone,
it had SIM Lock on it , which I unlocked by
using the UNLOCK PIN ..
want to know if it will get re-locked after WP7 Update . . .
Thanks !
If you got the unlock code once, I would think it would be able to unlocked again if the update relocked you.
I've been watching a few blogs on the update topics, I have not seen anything about sim-relocking yet.
But keep in mind, it seems that not that many people have been sim unlocked, you might be in the minority of Samsung Focus users!
If you do the update, let us know your results.
if you are talking the network unlock...no updates wont re lock it. unless you put the correct diag code then enter the unlock code it wont re lock.... now sim lock is different that is a code that locks the use of a sim card unless a 4 digit code is entered... if you disabled it, it wont come back unless you enable it again...
The unlock codes are not as hard to come by anymore. Lots of different websites and people even on ebay. I used Fastgsm but if it re-locks. oh well. Doubt it will though from what other users have said of other phones
I unlocked the phone using the code from ebay NCK ZONE ...
since NODO is out, wanna know if installing NODO will re-lock my phone...
XooRP said:
I unlocked the phone using the code from ebay NCK ZONE ...
since NODO is out, wanna know if installing NODO will re-lock my phone...
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Hi pal, it will not.
sim unlocked.
Installed nodo yesterday.
Still sim unlocked.
By chance can you tell me if you are getting a Roaming Triangle?
Do you have a focus from Rogers (paid to have it unlocked) using it with another provider?
Thx
geological1 said:
sim unlocked.
Installed nodo yesterday.
Still sim unlocked.
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Answered your question in the other thread.
No roaming triangle with Telus sim.
i unlock my focus troough fastgsm and after install NoDo (force update) and the phone still unlocked.
I unlocked my Focus back in December through NCKZone. Installed the Feb and March updates without a hitch. Now my phone is locked again to AT&T, when I try enterning the unlock code I got from NCKZone I get an error message that says SIM Error. Also, if I try to access the SIM through Phone Settings, it says the SIM is locked. I never had a lock on the SIM card, so I tried the default of 1111 to no avail. Only way to have access to the SIM is after a soft reset. Weird thing is phone is now locked to AT&T, and whenever I try the unlock code from NCKZone, I get a SIM error and it locks the SIM....anyone else experience this? Yesterday I called AT&T, they were useless, they also transferred me to Samsung and all they could suggest is a hard reset.......
I called AT&T this morning, this time the person said the subsidy unlock code changed and they can't give it to me until May 9th, sounds fishy to me. Any one else have this problem?
May 9 is about right date from all the responses from AT&T so far. Officially, AT&T won't give you the unlock code until 10-month after the release of exclusive phones (seems all new phones are exclusive phones now).
But this is the first time that I saw unlock code changes after a firmware update.
did you install the official at&t Nodo? or did you do it with the VPN trick and only install the Samsung specific update?
roudiare said:
did you install the official at&t Nodo? or did you do it with the VPN trick and only install the Samsung specific update?
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Official AT&T Nodo update.
ok then i'll hope that the samsung specific update isn't responsible for this mess
roudiare said:
ok then i'll hope that the samsung specific update isn't responsible for this mess
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Me too, hard to believe the subsidy unlock codes would change due to a firmware update, I've never heard of that before. It would be great if someone could confirm if they are experiencing the same thing with the official update and had their phone subsidy unlocked prior to Nodo.
I 'unbranded' my phone before applying the update, and am still carrier unlocked.
Unlocked my phone months ago using code from my longtime friend at Samsung. Phone was just updated, turned on and off a few times including battery removal and still is unlocked. Please do not ask me to get codes for your phone, my friend does me favors and do not want to abuse that.
Hi.
Unlocked one Samsung Focus today with the official NoDo update from ATT, and still unlocked and working fine in Costa Rica, I can still make calls, text sms, mobile internet, etc.
I ended up doing a hard reset and now it is fine, go figure. I now see ATT and AT&T using the Samsung Network Profile tool. Doing this from Connecticut.
So the Samsung dude was right after all. Lol
hi everyone,
i'm considering buying an at&t unlocked phone (unlocked by carrier as the seller noted).
does anybody knows if after a firmware upgrade the phone will be locked again?
or the upgrades come straight from blackberry servers and not from at&t.
i'm gonna use the phone in Israel and not the US.
My Priv is an AT&T unlocked one. I did the Autoloader update and use it in Brazil without any problem.
lacordaire said:
My Priv is an AT&T unlocked one. I did the Autoloader update and use it in Brazil without any problem.
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so i will need to auto-load the firmware my self and not use ova method?
taiber2000 said:
so i will need to auto-load the firmware my self and not use ova method?
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More than likely. Most of the carrier branded devices in NA will only get OTA updates pushed from the carriers themselves. I know I've seen a number of users posting on the Crackberry Priv forum complaining about not being able to get OTA updates with an unlocked device from some provider without a provider SIM, I want to say T-mobile, but cannot recall with certainty. But, it seems very likely that you'll have to autoload any system updates.
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so i will need to auto-load the firmware my self and not use ova method?
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Yes, I think so.
thanks guys,
will need to learn how to autoload updates without bricking my device.
Dear Lacordaire,
which software version did you use? the AAF 153 that is the Marshmallow version or the AAE 599 Lollipop version?
usually firmware updates dont relock phone if you used the NCK code.
Read this. I do it today. Works well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/bla...instal-blackberry-priv-carrier-t3447949/page1
Hi all,
Just wondering if someone has any information on nougat updates for unlocked S7 edge devices in Canada. I bought the phone unlocked, not any cell carriers. I recently learned that Rogers, Bell and Telus all got their update. That is why I was wondering where is mine.
Any information is helpful.
Thanks
Bikram
If your csc code is xac then its already out, was released on the 21st. Bell/wind got it first on the 13th or so, roger/telus/xac got it around the 20th, there's no reason you shouldn't have it.
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Hi all,
Just wondering if someone has any information on nougat updates for unlocked S7 edge devices in Canada. I bought the phone unlocked, not any cell carriers. I recently learned that Rogers, Bell and Telus all got their update. That is why I was wondering where is mine.
Any information is helpful.
Thanks
Bikram
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you should get the update unless your phone was customized in some way not to receive OTA's.
You can get the update from sammobile and flash it yourself.
Thanks, wasn't aware of the "Smart Switch" software. Downloading the update as we speak.
Thanks
Bikram
Hi, I am based in the uk and recently purchased a us import h872 t mobile g6. I have been using it fine but the device has become blocked so I cant use it. If I was to flash a custom rom would I then be able to use it on another network over here in the uk? Hopefully somebody knows if this is possible, thanks in advance
Only international version has root. US models are dead for root. Best bet is to call T-Mobile and provide proof of purchase and see if they will unlock it for you.
IMIE blocked? Have you checked via https://www.t-mobile.com/verifyIMEI.aspx? Or FRP locked?