Hi, I recently imported a Motorla Atrix 4G from US to India. While trying to unlock it mistakenly I entered the wrong unlock code. I wasn't aware that only 10 attempts are allowed and thus I find myself locked out.
I did a hardreset - volume + power button. However, I still can't unlock after hard reset. During the process I see one strange command "E:can't open cache/recovery/command" - do I need to clear cache too...
I will be grateful if anyone can help me out.
thanks
Need to call AT&T I believe. They will probably give you a hard time though.
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Hi,
I purchased a MyTouch over ebay which was locked initially. Somehow I reseted the phone and I am into Google screen now without any data access.
I inserted my sim card and it asked for unlock code which I entered successfully (code procured from unlockingonline).
However, still I am stuck at google screen. It does not offer any option to setup APN or WiFi so I can't make any progress. It's kind of a deadlock situation. I tried to turn it off and on again without any success.
What can I do now? Please help.
Thanks
Press the menu button, it will allow you to change your APN.
Thanks AdrianK. It did help.
I have updated my 2.1 to 2.3.4 swift v2 m6 based on cyangenmod 7.1.0 RCO.
Love the ROM
Issues, I paid for the optus unlock code and have to put in 2945#*520# to put in the provided code. The error comes up Connection problem or invalid MMI code.
I have spent a couple of days looking at different forums and solutions, tried extra pauses etc and still the same issues. One suggested going back to original ROM and trying that, however another issue I have is the phone will not boot back into recovery or bootloader, just turn off and stays that way. I have held different buttons as stated in different threads and even hopped on one foot.
I am happy with this ROM just want to get to the unlock menu, any ideas that I might have missed??
Cheers Ernie
Do you have fastboot, the unlock ccode only works on 1.6 official btw
i think it works on 2.1 too as long as the rom has the hidden menu. so best is to try boot into fastboot via power and camera button. (try holding it very hard and long till the black screen appears) and flash any 2.1 rom
No good
Tried the power camera buttons never worked. Is there a fastboot 2.1 file that was like the 2.3 file that you just double clicked on and it installed the new android? So I can just click on the file 2.1 and it will load up?
Ebay? hope not
Or is there another unlocking solution apart from trying to down grade my android, is there a network unlock that can be performed with other software?
Cheers for any help.
I am not really an optus fan and like to use whatever sim I like at the time, I suppose if I can not unlock the carrier it will go to ebay.
When I power off the phone it gives me the option to shut down, recovery etc however if I choose other than to turn it off it will not reboot.
hmmm rambling now
Ernie
Either flash via KDZ method a 2.1 rom.
Or
Find in development threads thers a recovery zip for 2.1.
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Just a warning, if you get one of these phones network locked, unlock it before upgrading the android.
I have spent a week on this trying to downgrade to 2.1 so I can get to the unlock menu.
I have followed directions from many sites and flashed using kdz, have put recovery on using command prompt, use solution to get the phone to show up menus. Where I fall down is I can not get past the selection where the forums tell me to hold power/camera or other buttons and a menu will come up and give options to select install from sdcard. No matter what I do I can not get to that section??
This is really frustrating me, I have tried so many solution.
However, each time I fail and the phone is black, I just load the recovery with kdz and then click on Android234GT540_06-06-11_eng and this last file auto installs 2.3.4, wonderful, so is there a file like this for 2.1?? if so I pretty sure I can then downgrade then get to the unlock menu.
Or is there another network unlock solution.
Please help
Ernie
Solved
You are the man, thank you sooooooo much, two weeks on getting the downgrade working and this works a treat.
After downgrade I was able to get into the unlock menu and was able to enter the unlock code, I am so happy for your post.
Ernie
Dr.Alani said:
It does not cause a problem to downgrade to 2.1 without fastboot, I have done that several times. All you have to focus on is the following:
after doing "fastboot -w" turn the phone off. And DO NOT TURN IT ON AGAIN. Remove the battery, sim and SD. Hold the camera + power and then plug the phone to usb it will run into download mode. Run the KDZ updater with CS Emergency mode and flash whatever 20A rom you can have. Before the update ends, it will reboot and ask you to insert the battery. Do not unplug the phone until the KDZ updater gives you the ======= finished ====== message.
I hope this helps.
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Tamate said:
I have updated my 2.1 to 2.3.4 swift v2 m6 based on cyangenmod 7.1.0 RCO.
Issues, I paid for the optus unlock code and have to put in 2945#*520# to put in the provided code. The error comes up Connection problem or invalid MMI code.
Cheers Ernie
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If your phone has model# 540 then you should dial 2945#*540# not 2945#*520#, i.e. the final three digits should be the model number. Otherwise you will get the error you mentioned.
Hello XDA Devs,
I have seen a ****load of posts about this, but I haven't found a solution yet.
Thing is, I can get to the screen where it says that the bootloader is locked, the one where you get to choose to boot in recovery mode etc.
I can get a bit further, a screen with the red triangle android on it's back. When I hold the power button and press Vol+ I get text that the cache can't be loaded. Tried wiping and factory reset, same error.
Now the solutions that I've found are all "flash the ROM" etc. etc.
But my bootloader is locked. Every single guide says that you need to enable dev mode and then unlock it, but since my tab won't turn on, I can't enable it. Any suggestions as to what I should do? The tab was bought in the USA, and I live in Lithuania at the moment, pretty sure the warranty has ended ages ago and the shipping would be ridic anyway. It's the earlier version of the N7.
HALP GUISE
Hello,
I have a problem with my "sharp softbank aquos phone 303sh" with standard rom.
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 10/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 Germany 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?
Thank you for your help.
Hello!
The Poco M3 of my aunt was and still is not rooted and the bootloader was never unlocked. After powering the device off over night, it now does not boot to the system anymore but to "POCO-Recovery 3.0", offering
Reboot
Wipe Data
Connect with MIAssistant
When we select 1. Reboot, it offers:
Reboot to System
Back to Main Menu
When we select 1. Reboot to System, the Poco M3 reboots back to its Recovery screen. Pressing and holding Volume-Up + Power or Volume-Down + Power for a while and/or releasing one of the buttons (we tried all combinations), does not help, as it always comes back to its Recovery screen, so we are stuck.
We did not do any "special" things like rooting or unlocking the boatloader (as written at the beginning), nor are we aware of a recent system OTA update, but maybe she simply did not observe or rembers it (if it happened). She told me that she powered the Poco M3 off because it was getting a bit slow and she read that powering it off might help. So much for that. As we discussed all this over another phone (I am not at her place), I currently cannot connect her phone to my PC via USB and thus cannot try anything in this regard. I am not sure if that could help anyway, though.
I would like to avoid registering with Xiaomi for an account only for being able to reflash the device. Likewise, I do not want to unlock the bootloader or even root the device, unless these are necessary options, of course.
Do you guys have any helpful hints we could follow-up with? Thank you so much for your help!
7wells said:
Hello!
The Poco M3 of my aunt was and still is not rooted and the bootloader was never unlocked. After powering the device off over night, it now does not boot to the system anymore but to "POCO-Recovery 3.0", offering
Reboot
Wipe Data
Connect with MIAssistant
When we select 1. Reboot, it offers:
Reboot to System
Back to Main Menu
When we select 1. Reboot to System, the Poco M3 reboots back to its Recovery screen. Pressing and holding Volume-Up + Power or Volume-Down + Power for a while and/or releasing one of the buttons (we tried all combinations), does not help, as it always comes back to its Recovery screen, so we are stuck.
We did not do any "special" things like rooting or unlocking the boatloader (as written at the beginning), nor are we aware of a recent system OTA update, but maybe she simply did not observe or rembers it (if it happened). She told me that she powered the Poco M3 off because it was getting a bit slow and she read that powering it off might help. So much for that. As we discussed all this over another phone (I am not at her place), I currently cannot connect her phone to my PC via USB and thus cannot try anything in this regard. I am not sure if that could help anyway, though.
I would like to avoid registering with Xiaomi for an account only for being able to reflash the device. Likewise, I do not want to unlock the bootloader or even root the device, unless these are necessary options, of course.
Do you guys have any helpful hints we could follow-up with? Thank you so much for your help!
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If the bootloader is not unlocked, this is a problem.
@rotoko
Well, it was a new device bought from a serious seller, and we have not unlocked it.
Could it be that it is unlocked nevertheless?
And if it is not unlocked, why is it a problem? And what could I do now?
Thank you!
7wells said:
@rotoko
Well, it was a new device bought from a serious seller, and we have not unlocked it.
Could it be that it is unlocked nevertheless?
And if it is not unlocked, why is it a problem? And what could I do now?
Thank you!
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The problem is that when the bootloader is locked, you do not install a new rom via fastboot.
@rotoko
So can I only solve the problem by wiping and then hopefully being able to boot into system and then to unlock the bootloader?
With an unlocked bootloader, at least in the future it would make live a bit easier, right?
But what else can I do when after wiping, she still cannot boot her M3 into system? Going to a service point or contacting the seller? Or are there any other options?
BTW, is it possible to save some files from that device by connecting it to a PC (via ADB)? I am not sure if these are all encrypted.
7wells said:
@rotoko
So can I only solve the problem by wiping and then hopefully being able to boot into system and then to unlock the bootloader?
With an unlocked bootloader, at least in the future it would make live a bit easier, right?
But what else can I do when after wiping, she still cannot boot her M3 into system? Going to a service point or contacting the seller? Or are there any other options?
BTW, is it possible to save some files from that device by connecting it to a PC (via ADB)? I am not sure if these are all encrypted.
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The system will probably no longer boot and nothing can be done without the bootloader unlocked, all that remains is to find an authorized service where they are equipped for it.
rotoko said:
The system will probably no longer boot and nothing can be done without the bootloader unlocked, all that remains is to find an authorized service where they are equipped for it.
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Your aunt probably canceled aktualict the system, which is wrong.
@rotoko
You mean she wiped system? Well, I do not know if she did, but how could a stock recovery let system wiped?
Anyway, I hope we still can do some kind of factory reset.