Have to re-unlock sim after force shutdown - Vibrant General

I have network/sim unlocked my Vibrant and it works fine. However, I have had to re-enter it at least 3 times. All of these times it was after a reboot that was done because the phone was locked up or because an app was frozen. After the reboot, it would ask for the sim unlock again. I can enter it and it unlocks and works fine until I have to reboot under the same circumstances. Normal reboots do not cause a problem, only the ones where an app or the phone is frozen.
I thought that once it was unlocked, it was unlocked permanently. Is there a preferred way to enter the unlock code? I am entering it at boot up with a non TMobile sim when it asks for it. Is there a way in the OS that would make it "stick".
Very strange...After searching a bit I have not found any mention of a similar situation.
Thanks for any info.

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Help! Atrix Sim Unlock Fails With Valid Code. Help!

Hi everyone. I have a Motorola Atrix 4G MB860 (AT&T) that was unlocked, and I was having rebooting problems, like every 10 mins. So I did the factory reset from the Atrix menu, and it seems like the unlock dissapear. It lock again. I put the same code and it keeps saying "unlocking request unsuccessful", and it shows that 1 sec after I enter the code. My radio baseband version is N_01.77.37P. and Im using it on airplane mode right now, so it doesnt reboots again. please help me.
rogercm93 said:
Hi everyone. I have a Motorola Atrix 4G MB860 (AT&T) that was unlocked, and I was having rebooting problems, like every 10 mins. So I did the factory reset from the Atrix menu, and it seems like the unlock dissapear. It lock again. I put the same code and it keeps saying "unlocking request unsuccessful", and it shows that 1 sec after I enter the code. My radio baseband version is N_01.77.37P. and Im using it on airplane mode right now, so it doesnt reboots again. please help me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356121
Solved: Sim Unlock Fails With Valid Code

[Q] ROMs S5 style - Unlock with PIN Password

Hi guys,
Recently i installed the ROMs Phoenix 9.4 and Imperium 10.0, both with S5 style. Both works fine, but one thing not. I configured a PIN Password in my phone, but after reboot the system, the unlock mode is set to Slide Unlock (without password), if i wait the screen turn off or lock the system and try unlock, then the PIN Password is required.
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Sorry for my english, i wrote with some help of Google Translate.
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Did you find a solution?
I have the same issue. It used to work but at some point a few ROMs ago t stopped working.
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Did you find a solution?
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I was told it was the kernel but I have tried 4 and all with the same result, basically the PIN lock does not activate untill 30 seconds or so after the phone boots up.
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No, I have not found a solution. A partial solution was to activate a Pattern Unlock.

Encrypting phone with pattern unlock (4.4.2)

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I have just wiped and upgraded my Galaxy s4 to 4.4.2. I would like to fully encrypt my phone and use pattern unlock so I followed this article:
(just google pattern-unlock-an-encrypted-android-phone, I can't post URL)
But even though I have tried this multiple times and unplugged the USB cable (as mentioned in the article) as soon as I hit enter to start the encryption command the screen goes black on the phone and then after about 10min the phone reboots to the unlock screen and it is still unencrypted. I have tried following other articles too but they are all the same in terms of the command you run to encrypt the phone.
Any ideas? How can I get pattern unlock to work with an encrypted Android phone? Yes I know you can't do this via the GUI but then you need to enter a silly long password every single time you want to unlock the phone which is not an option for me. I don't mind entering a long password when turning on the phone but when it comes to unlocking the phones lock screen I would like to use the pattern unlock.
Any one else had any success with this on 4.4.2? Thanks!
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Flash a different stock 4.4.2 . maybe its missing some files.

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