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[Q] Need Expert Answer for Noob Questions

Dear All
I am from UAE & bought Galaxy Tab yesterday. I have inserted my SIM and it is working fine but need to jump into upgrading firmware business
I have read many threads but got confused with the information. Can some expert please answer following :-
1. How can i check that my TAB is Factory Unlocked? I have checked using that *# code and it says all locks are off.
2. If my tab shows me that all locks are off, does this mean it will not get Locked if i upgrade the firmware?
3. I have currently
PDA: P1000JPJJ1
PHONE: P1000JXJJ1
CSC: P1000OJPJJ3
Can you please advice which version from samfirmwares.com i need to take for upgrading it? Currently its Arabic but i dont need Arabic. Can i install Euro version? If yes which one please?
3. Can i root & unlock all available firmwares? Should i root after upgrading firmware or before upgrading?
4. I was an iPhone user. So curious if firmware upgrade will also upgrade baseband and phone can be locked?

zeeshee said:
Dear All
I am from UAE & bought Galaxy Tab yesterday. I have inserted my SIM and it is working fine but need to jump into upgrading firmware business
I have read many threads but got confused with the information. Can some expert please answer following :-
1. How can i check that my TAB is Factory Unlocked? I have checked using that *# code and it says all locks are off.
2. If my tab shows me that all locks are off, does this mean it will not get Locked if i upgrade the firmware?
3. I have currently
PDA: P1000JPJJ1
PHONE: P1000JXJJ1
CSC: P1000OJPJJ3
Can you please advice which version from samfirmwares.com i need to take for upgrading it? Currently its Arabic but i dont need Arabic. Can i install Euro version? If yes which one please?
3. Can i root & unlock all available firmwares? Should i root after upgrading firmware or before upgrading?
4. I was an iPhone user. So curious if firmware upgrade will also upgrade baseband and phone can be locked?
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I dont have a tab (I may get one)
1) put a sim card in from another carrier
2) should do
3) use the samsung update utility
4) like iOS updates may block the root exploit but if it is factory unlocked then it shouldn't lock the tab
5) there may be baseband updates (my htc wildfire has had 2) and they didn't lock it

Thanks for your reply but one question is Unasnwered. How to ensure that my Tablet is Factory Unlocked before i upgrade?
Putting another sim will not confirm that it is Factory Unlocked as it can be unlocked using methods in this forum and then any SIM can be inserted. Same concept like iPhone... Right?

zeeshee said:
Thanks for your reply but one question is Unasnwered. How to ensure that my Tablet is Factory Unlocked before i upgrade?
Putting another sim will not confirm that it is Factory Unlocked as it can be unlocked using methods in this forum and then any SIM can be inserted. Same concept like iPhone... Right?
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By factory unlocked do you mean so you flash stuff on it and do upgrades? If so you ll have to look at a rooting guide, they dont.come unlocked like that.
If its sim unlock puttin an other sim will tell you
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I understand that to flash firmware and custom rom, i need to root it.
By factory unlock, i mean network unlock. It works with all SIMs now. I dont know if it is Network unlock from Factory or using methods described in these forums.
So concern is that if i upgrade to new or Euro firmware now, will is become network unlock again? If yes can i unlock it again on latest firmware?

zeeshee said:
I understand that to flash firmware and custom rom, i need to root it.
By factory unlock, i mean network unlock. It works with all SIMs now. I dont know if it is Network unlock from Factory or using methods described in these forums.
So concern is that if i upgrade to new or Euro firmware now, will is become network unlock again? If yes can i unlock it again on latest firmware?
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Upgrading firmwares wont lock it if its unlocked. It will be in the same lock condition as it was before the update
Sent from my GT-P1000M using XDA App

[Q] SIM Locked after WP7 update ?

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.

[Q] Upgrading/Downgrading...will it lock my phone again?

Hi,
I bought this phone and unlocked the phone with a code to work on compatible networks. I want to know if upgrading or downgrading the software will lock my Samsung focus?
Thanks in advance

nalinbhatt said:
Hi,
I bought this phone and unlocked the phone with a code to work on compatible networks. I want to know if upgrading or downgrading the software will lock my Samsung focus?
Thanks in advance
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once you carrier unlock (Sim unlock) using a legitimate unlock code, upgrading/downgrading will not re-lock your phone.
so do whatever you want, enjoy!

firmware upgrade can lock an unlocked phone?

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.

taiber2000 said:
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

Is there a way to make my device dev edition?

Is it possible to flash dev-edition firmware on our s5's to get the bootloader unlocked? No matter the cid/emmc of the device?

AWESOME1092387456 said:
Is it possible to flash dev-edition firmware on our s5's to get the bootloader unlocked? No matter the cid/emmc of the device?
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if its locked bootloader cid then no the bootloader will prevent any unsinged firmwares to be loaded.
it would probly hard brick your device trying.
I may be wrong but this is how its been for most of time

AWESOME1092387456 said:
Is it possible to flash dev-edition firmware on our s5's to get the bootloader unlocked? No matter the cid/emmc of the device?
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I am sure, people did that the day the Dev S5's firmware was made available. The reverse however is most definitely true, several people ended up locking their Dev S5's bootloader by flashing regular S5 firmware. They weren't able to get them unlocked until when the exploit for CID 15s was discovered and released.