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Supercid ID?

I've just got my hands on a HTC3600/Trinity, but it currently has a Spanish version installed on it. I've read through the forums about re-flashing and downloaded a generic WWE version.
I've gone into the bootloader and typed info 2 as directed on another thread and it replies with: HTCS11111111Я©îHTCE
Does having the CID set to all 1's as above mean that it is already a supercid?
Thanks in Advance.

yes, that probably means it's already SuperCID... can u check the output of "task 32" command? Is this a preproduction device? Check also if there's any difference with SD card inserted and without it.

pof said:
yes, that probably means it's already SuperCID... can u check the output of "task 32" command? Is this a preproduction device? Check also if there's any difference with SD card inserted and without it.
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Cmd>task 32
Level = 0
I don't have a miniSD to hand so the slot is currently empty.
Not sure if its a preproduction device or not.. the only clue I might have is that the casing is completely unbranded, just a plain white shell.

I have got the same. this is supercid phone. Likely one of those that HTC sends to carriers for testing purposes.
>> unbranded casing.
ok. for sure DEMO unit sent to carriers by HTC.

Is there any other useful info I can give to anyone before I start trying to flash this?

Can you check your bootloader version?

pof said:
Can you check your bootloader version?
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SPL-1.05.1000
At least, I think thats the bootloader??

my first post ever...apologies in advance
If the Trinity was not purchased through a provider and has no afilliation with any provider, is it already CID unlocked? Feel free to call me a moron. I tried looking around, but can't seem to get this through my head properly.

Can someone educate me about this CID deal? What is CID and what difference does it make if its locked or unlocked?
I bought my phone on ebay, poped in a SIM card, and it worked. That means its unlocked?

yegor said:
Can someone educate me about this CID deal? What is CID and what difference does it make if its locked or unlocked?
I bought my phone on ebay, poped in a SIM card, and it worked. That means its unlocked?
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SIM lock: the phone will work only with a SIM from a certain operator. A phone that is not branded by an operator is never SIM-locked. So your phone is probably a standard HTC branded phone, it is not SIM-locked and you can use any SIM.
CID lock: the phone software can only be modified/upgraded with another version for the same CID. I think it stands for Country ID; this means that a phone with French Windows Mobile can only accept an upgrade of French Windows Mobile. It is probably required by Microsoft to license the software to OEMs to avoid piracy (I suppose). HTC uses the CID also to distinguish their various distribution channels, so a DOPOD branded device and an HTC branded device have different CIDs. A phone that is not locked to any country version or to any distribution channel has a SuperCID and will accept all WM software whatever the language, etc. Your phone is probably CID-locked.

auramae said:
If the Trinity was not purchased through a provider and has no afilliation with any provider, is it already CID unlocked? Feel free to call me a moron. I tried looking around, but can't seem to get this through my head properly.
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No, a standard HTC phone is CID-locked. See my previous message for details.

Hi all,
if i unlock CID it will break the warranty?

Is there any software to check SID lock...?

vdias said:
Is there any software to check SID lock...?
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Use MTTY (available via a link on the Trinity Wiki page) and follow the instructions on the wiki pages about going into bootloader.
Once you're connected and talking to the phone type, info 2. It will then respond with your CID.

[email protected] said:
Hi all,
if i unlock CID it will break the warranty?
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Most probably....

Just great... Just found out that mine is already a supercid one...

Nub question

Sorry if this is asked constantly, i tried searching and couldn't see any threads about it.
Basically what i'm wanting to know is if it's possible to unlock a phone that's still locked to a specific carrier (eg, optus or telstra if you're in australia). is this what CID unlocking is?
If so, then i guess i can grab a hermes / jasjam from ebay that's selling for less because it's carrier locked, unlock it, and use it with my current sim card?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

You're definately new with a question like that
Basically CID unlocking allows you to flash a ROM from any carrier and use it.
SIM unlocking allows you to use any SIM card with your existing (or any other) ROM.
If all you want to do is use a stock phone with any carrier I suggest you use POF's CID and SIM unlocker http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SimUnlock.
If you want to get better ROMS you'll need to do a whole pile more reading, and before flashing anything else start with Olipro's Hard-SPL 2.10 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722 and Mrvanx's Upgrade Guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299462.
Other useful upgrade info can be found in this sticky http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295751
mkerr said:
Sorry if this is asked constantly, i tried searching and couldn't see any threads about it.
Basically what i'm wanting to know is if it's possible to unlock a phone that's still locked to a specific carrier (eg, optus or telstra if you're in australia). is this what CID unlocking is?
If so, then i guess i can grab a hermes / jasjam from ebay that's selling for less because it's carrier locked, unlock it, and use it with my current sim card?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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so all i'd need to do, assuming i keep the stock rom, is to sim unlock it?

Yep, if you SIM unlock you can use the phone as supplied but with any carriers SIM card.
Oh yes, welcome to XDA-developers - I think if you read a bit more you will realise the benefits of the cooked ROMs here and later want to upgrade - it's highly addictive
mkerr said:
so all i'd need to do, assuming i keep the stock rom, is to sim unlock it?
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One further bit of advice if buying one of these phones from ebay - ask the seller for a picture of the phone when switched on so you can check it has a radio signal - also get him to confirm that it doesn't display NO GSM on the bottom right when it is booting. The NO GSM indicates a brick which may or may not be fixable by the tools we have here.
mkerr said:
Sorry if this is asked constantly, i tried searching and couldn't see any threads about it.
Basically what i'm wanting to know is if it's possible to unlock a phone that's still locked to a specific carrier (eg, optus or telstra if you're in australia). is this what CID unlocking is?
If so, then i guess i can grab a hermes / jasjam from ebay that's selling for less because it's carrier locked, unlock it, and use it with my current sim card?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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cheers for the reply
at the moment i've got an imate k-jam, and have been reading up about cooked roms etc, but didn't realise exactly what the unlocking involved (except that it let you play with the roms).

HTC Hero Hungary/Vodafone Unlock

Hi!
I have htc hero with 1.5 firmware, 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18 Baseband version, 2.6.27 kernel, 2.73.405.5 and 1.0.0.A6288 sotware version. My phone is locket by Hungary-Vodafone.
I bought unlock code 3 different website, but unlock code always be the same. Please help me, how to unlock my phone.

It may be that your firmware is like the Orange UK firmware, which would not allow unlocking (it seems to work, but your phone remains sim-locked).
You should probably try installing another ROM on your phone (e.g. MoDaCo) to see if that accepts your unlock code as this worked for Orange UK Heroes.
Look in the development forum for details of how to do this - you may need to use a goldcard.
Regards,
Dave

Thanks for the fast answer, i will test it.

foxmeister said:
It may be that your firmware is like the Orange UK firmware, which would not allow unlocking (it seems to work, but your phone remains sim-locked).
You should probably try installing another ROM on your phone (e.g. MoDaCo) to see if that accepts your unlock code as this worked for Orange UK Heroes.
Look in the development forum for details of how to do this - you may need to use a goldcard.
Regards,
Dave
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Hi Dave!
I try 10 different roms (generic, modaco, t-mobile uk, ect) but my unlock code not work with the different roms. Please help.

In that case, it sounds like your unlock code must be incorrect, because this process has worked for other Orange Hero owners.
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
In that case, it sounds like your unlock code must be incorrect, because this process has worked for other Orange Hero owners.
Regards,
Dave
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I bought 3 different sites
htccode.com
hero.unlock-now.com/
mobileunlocked.com/HTC/Hero
all codes are same!

It was definitely the case with Orange UK Heros that you could enter an unlock code, and it would appear to accept it, but the phone wouldn't not connect to the new network. It was then found that if you flashed your phone with a different ROM and tried the code again, the phone would unlock correctly. Once this was done you could even load the original ROM again without issue.
Just to check, you did follow the process below:
1. Flash a different ROM (e.g. MoDaCo)
2. Boot the phone with the non-Orange SIM - it should ask you to enter the unlock code.
3. Enter the code
4. Reboot
If flashing a new ROM hasn't worked for you, I guess you've got a new problem!
Sorry - I don't think I can help you further.
Regards,
Dave

Hello,
Úgy tudom, hogy a Vodafone Corporate-ra zárja a Hero-t, ezért amit küldenek SIM unlock kódot avval nem működik.

In English?
See forum rules, point 4!
4. Use the English language.
We understand that with all the different nationalities not everyone speaks English well, but please try. If you're really unable to post in English use an online translator, You're free to include your original message in your own language below the English translation.
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Thanks,
Dave

dgabor68 said:
Hello,
Úgy tudom, hogy a Vodafone Corporate-ra zárja a Hero-t, ezért amit küldenek SIM unlock kódot avval nem működik.
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Translation :
"As far as I know, Vodafone Co. is locking the Hero, so that's why the received SIM unlock code doesn't work"
Hope this help

HSPL and unlocking,...

everyone,...
i flashed HSPL, it worked great, i was able to flash a WWE ROM on my French Leo, but it did not unlock the device since when i put another SIM card in, it reads, SIM LOCKED, and will not let me use the device from anything other than the French SIM card,...
thanks for any input you can give,...
ek

HSPL does no sim unlocking

o.k., thanks,...
but when i've flashed other devices, i.e., SPV 3100, vox, touch pro, no problem with the unlock,...
do i then have to go an buy one of those 'unlockers' from one of the websites just for the LEO, or, is there another way,...
have read much, have not found a solution,...
thanks for your help,...
ek

Yes at the moment there is no other way to unlock the HD2 other than to go to your carrier and ask for it or use an unlocking site and provide your IMEI. All HSPL does is to "unlock" you from the clutches of official carrier roms. And provide a nice way to recover if you break your system.

thank you cass,...
any recommendations on an unlocker,...? am reading about many dodgy unlockers who take money and do nothing,...
thanks again for your help,...
ek

ekacz24 said:
thank you cass,...
any recommendations on an unlocker,...? am reading about many dodgy unlockers who take money and do nothing,...
thanks again for your help,...
ek
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Sorry, mine is still carrier locked, some others in this forum have had luck from the following
unlockitnow.com
www.swiftphones.co.uk
http://your-unlock.com/
I cant recommend any of them personally as i have not used them but if you run a search on the forum for HD2 carrier unlock you can read what others have to say.

HTC Hero Orange unlock help needed

Hi
Im new to this forum as this is my first post in this forum.
I recently purchased a HTC Hero phone in ebay locked to Orange UK. I still didnt receive the phone yet. and I have a small doubt in unlocking.
I heard that orange users are having issues in unlocking Orange Hero.
Saw that i need to update the firmware to 2.73.61.66 inorder to unlock the HTC Hero.
My doubt is do i need an Orange sim inorder to update the firmware or without a sim will I be able to unlock the phone. because i live in Sri Lanka and i dont have a sprage orange sim.

No no, don't worry, you will be fine to unlock and install custom ROMs without an Orange SIM.

ddotpatel said:
No no, don't worry, you will be fine to unlock and install custom ROMs without an Orange SIM.
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thanks for the reply
but can you mention how to do that without a orange sim?
cz when comes to android im a complete noob and this is my 1st android OS phone.

You dont need any SIM card to be able to flash custom ROMs. And to be able to input a network unlock code you just need a non-orange SIM if the phone is locked to orange.

ddotpatel said:
You dont need any SIM card to be able to flash custom ROMs. And to be able to input a network unlock code you just need a non-orange SIM if the phone is locked to orange.
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thank you for the information, ill update this thread again with my experience when i get the phone.