When I install a customer Rom like cyanogenmod, do I get my phone automaticlly simple unlocked? If not is there any way I can do it for free?
suzukah said:
When I install a customer Rom like cyanogenmod, do I get my phone automaticlly simple unlocked? If not is there any way I can do it for free?
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No and no. There is no simple way or free way
suzukah said:
When I install a customer Rom like cyanogenmod, do I get my phone automaticlly simple unlocked? If not is there any way I can do it for free?
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No, installing another rom does not automatically unlock it for you.
You first need to Root your phone by using z4root.1.3.0.apk on your handset and then do a procedure which may differ from phone unlock or sim unlock whatever yours may be. (do a search for that)
It is not hard but the first step is to find the Root my GT540 method but you just need to get a code which some folks sell, or can generate for you.
Here is the method,
Step 1. Make your LG GT540 Android Phone in Standby mood.
Step 2. Open the dialer of your LG Optimus GT540.
Step 3. Input 2945#*540# and press send.
Step 4. Input the provided unlock code. (provided by where ever)
Step 5. Click Unlock.
So, back to the code, I cant remember where or how I done mine as it was long ago (so it feels anyway).
Hahahaha, wow I really don't like this phone. Having to pay for the unlock code sucks, hahaha. I have an HTC Inspire 4G and all I did was to downgrade the Radio and Kernel to a custome one, that gave me access to set the carriers' Radio S-OFF, unlocking my phone. But anyway, is good to know that not all android phones work the same way.
Thank you very much for your answers. At the end I payed $14.95 that was the cheapest code I found, and they deliver it in 2 hours.
Thank you zzsomebody for giving me the steps to activate the code. Also thank you Quinny899 for your fast response, and for opening my eyes on this.
zzsomebody said:
You first need to Root your phone by using z4root.1.3.0.apk..
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No, you don't need to root to unlock your phone-.-
There is no such thing as a free lunch, sadly..
Thank you very much
Sent from my Inspire4G using XDA App
suzukah said:
When I install a customer Rom like cyanogenmod, do I get my phone automaticlly simple unlocked? If not is there any way I can do it for free?
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lock not in rom, lock in AMSS(radio)this part run in separated core (arm7 -- yes you phone have 2 cores)
If you are reffering to NETWORK LOCK, sorry dear company provider is not that stupid just to leave their pre-tied phone easily hacked to make sure they make money out of you.
I agree with the to core virtue: its just more like a BIOS of our phone.
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And by the way these pre-tied phones are a little bit cheaper than unlock phone so please don't blame the unit.
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Is there anyway to unlock the device to work on another carrier without an unlock code? I'd like to do it myself if I can.
Thanks in advance.
T-mobile reps are super nice. Just tell them you're going overseas and they'll happily give you the code.
Turbocom said:
Is there anyway to unlock the device to work on another carrier without an unlock code? I'd like to do it myself if I can.
Thanks in advance.
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Look in the G2 android development section for the simunlock, supercid, and S-OFF guide. Might not be what you're looking for if you do not want to root.
Yes. I'd check the wiki instructions linked on that page. If you haven't permarooted yet, running gfree will also give you that as an added bonus.
rstonex said:
T-mobile reps are super nice. Just tell them you're going overseas and they'll happily give you the code.
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And then cross your fingers that the code doesn't BRICK it...
gfree for sure is the way to go.
Yes, the HACK is SAFER than the official code!!!!
The hack can even REPAIR the damage done by the official code.
This has got to REALLY make htc feel foolish
I want to know if anybody here sell unlock codes for this model PM or just answer the forum posting the prices please
jgiron88 said:
I want to know if anybody here sell unlock codes for this model PM or just answer the forum posting the prices please
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Since your in the vibrant section, I'm going to assume your on t mobile. tmo will give you the codes for free. Also there is an app in the market for sgs unlocking, also free. There are also numerous threads here an how to do it manually, but I'm going to assume that you can't find them because if you had googled how to unlock sgs vibrant you would already know all that I said above.
Beware of angry gingerbread man
I made some research and its call sgs unlocker, but it doesnt do anything, I will keep looking on the forum for more answers, but if you could help me a bit more will be fine , by the way thx for the fast response
Call or chat T-Mobile support and tell them you are traveling out of the country and want an unlock code. They will e-mail it to you.
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Have you tried the Galaxy_S unlock by helroz on the market? Works great for me but remember to backup your EFS so you don't lose your IEME number.
The other one is Samsung Unlock Tool and it doesn't work for me.
Dattack said:
Have you tried the Galaxy_S unlock by helroz on the market? Works great for me but remember to backup your EFS so you don't lose your IEME number.
The other one is Samsung Unlock Tool and it doesn't work for me.
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it says i need busybox, and busybos needs a rooted cell phone!!
jgiron88 said:
it says i need busybox, and busybos needs a rooted cell phone!!
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Go for it? Get it rooted, Takes less than 5 minutes if you download the AIO toolbox.
So I have been searching around here for quite a long time and the only solutions that I found is either to ask one from T mobile or to buy an unlock code.
My question is, is there a rom or something that I could flash so that my hd2 would be sim unlocked?
Or is there a way to sim unlock this for free besides asking the code from T mobile?
Many thanks to those who would answer
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or maybe someone who is a T mobile user could request a sim unlock code for me. It would be greatly appreciated
jashaaar said:
So I have been searching around here for quite a long time and the only solutions that I found is either to ask one from T mobile or to buy an unlock code.
My question is, is there a rom or something that I could flash so that my hd2 would be sim unlocked?
Or is there a way to sim unlock this for free besides asking the code from T mobile?
Many thanks to those who would answer
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or maybe someone who is a T mobile user could request a sim unlock code for me. It would be greatly appreciated
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I am not a T-Mobile user, and I guess you are not too. Your best bet and easiest is probably buying an unlock code. You could search some of the threads and see which online services are the best. No ROM can unlock the SIM on your phone.
jashaaar said:
So I have been searching around here for quite a long time and the only solutions that I found is either to ask one from T mobile or to buy an unlock code.
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Yep, two options, no more.
If you can find a download for a LEODIAG.zip file you can SIM unlock it with that. You run the file just like you would if you were going to flash a ROM via SD card. Just follow the on screen instructions select yes to everything and when the process is done either do a battery pull or press the reset button to boot the device back into the RoM. Now I am not sure if you absolutely have to have a Windows Mobile ROM on the device when you do this but I suggest you flash Windows Mobile ROM before you run the LEODIAG. zip just to be safe.
T-Macgnolia said:
If you can find a download for a LEODIAG.zip file you can SIM unlock it with that. You run the file just like you would if you were going to flash a ROM via SD card. Just follow the on screen instructions select yes to everything and when the process is done either do a battery pull or press the reset button to boot the device back into the RoM. Now I am not sure if you absolutely have to have a Windows Mobile ROM on the device when you do this but I suggest you flash Windows Mobile ROM before you run the LEODIAG. zip just to be safe.
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can this be done while running windows mobile and not having magdlr/cwm?
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so I found a LEODIAG.zip and I saw on the thread that it doesn't really sim unlock your phone.
have you already unlocked a phone using this way? if yes, please do tell the specific steps
I've played with leodiag and I'm pretty sure it can't unlock it. (Otherwise I'm sure we'd all know about it,, ,we've had Leodiag a long time)
I've attached it,,its not really a zip, I just added .zip for the file upload filter.
samsamuel said:
I've played with leodiag and I'm pretty sure it can't unlock it. (Otherwise I'm sure we'd all know about it,, ,we've had Leodiag a long time)
I've attached it,,its not really a zip, I just added .zip for the file upload filter.
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After reading your post Sam I think you are correct I confused myself yesterday cause I was thinking about me using a DIAG file to unlock my Sensation. But there is another option to SIM unlock the HD2, you can use the XTC Clip to SIM unlock it and it does use a LEODIAG.nbh file bit it is not all it uses. With all the numerous videos on YouTube I can not believe it is not a better video on using the XTC Clip with the HD2, in fact I can only find the same two videos I found the first time I looked on YouTube several months ago. The below is the best of the two.
not unlock but is a good solution for me...
I buy a Simple Mobile sim card from ebay .99 cents and i just make a number portability by myself . Well done.. i have my same phone number but with simple mobile in tmobile phone. Actually simple moblie work on all tmobile phones.
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jashaaar said:
So I have been searching around here for quite a long time and the only solutions that I found is either to ask one from T mobile or to buy an unlock code.
My question is, is there a rom or something that I could flash so that my hd2 would be sim unlocked?
Or is there a way to sim unlock this for free besides asking the code from T mobile?
Many thanks to those who would answer
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or maybe someone who is a T mobile user could request a sim unlock code for me. It would be greatly appreciated
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Try change to Simple Mobile. Its work for me. My wife has a htc leo and i have a galaxy 2 both tmobile. We are simple mobile now.
The new game for most of download
--Wind-up Knight
--Mega Jump
--Cut ropes
leodiag will not unlock your network.
If anybody has experience, can someone guide me to a good site which does unlocking for the TMobile Prism and how much they charge.
Hello,
I have managed to unlock my SM900P (Sprint Galaxy S5) to use my Verizon sim. I only have 3G capabilities at the moment, unless someone knows how to activate the 4G or LTE. I will post what I did to get my Verizon sim to work. The phone is rooted and has the MOAR rom installed.
Here are the tools that I used (AND BIG THANKS to all the developers that helped)
BusyBox Free
SuperSu
Shortcut Master
Please be patient with me. I am about to go through my phone and post the settings I made step by step.
KTrainESO said:
Hello,
I have managed to unlock my SM900P (Sprint Galaxy S5) to use my Verizon sim. I only have 3G capabilities at the moment, unless someone knows how to activate the 4G or LTE. I will post what I did to get my Verizon sim to work. The phone is rooted and has the MOAR rom installed.
Here are the tools that I used (AND BIG THANKS to all the developers that helped)
BusyBox Free
SuperSu
Shortcut Master
Please be patient with me. I am about to go through my phone and post the settings I made step by step.
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Could you download signal check and show us a screen shot that your on verizon?
ScreenShots
gsfesz said:
Could you download signal check and show us a screen shot that your on verizon?
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Here are is the screenshot you request plus a screenshot of device info.
KTrainESO said:
Here are is the screenshot you request plus a screenshot of device info.
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Very interesting im interested in seeing your unlock method
KTrainESO said:
Hello,
I have managed to unlock my SM900P (Sprint Galaxy S5) to use my Verizon sim. I only have 3G capabilities at the moment, unless someone knows how to activate the 4G or LTE. I will post what I did to get my Verizon sim to work. The phone is rooted and has the MOAR rom installed.
Here are the tools that I used (AND BIG THANKS to all the developers that helped)
BusyBox Free
SuperSu
Shortcut Master
Please be patient with me. I am about to go through my phone and post the settings I made step by step.
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when will this information be available will it be today.
Where did OP go?
ghettowar04 said:
when will this information be available will it be today.
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I reset the phone to get the exact steps. The first time I did it I worked 8hrs straight and didn't know the exact change that allowed the network connection. I am working on it and should have to up no later than tonight.
KTrainESO said:
I reset the phone to get the exact steps. The first time I did it I worked 8hrs straight and didn't know the exact change that allowed the network connection. I am working on it and should have to up no later than tonight.
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please email me at [email protected] directly
So you can make phone calls/ text/MMS and stuff?
GOOD WORK
KTrainESO said:
Hello,
I have managed to unlock my SM900P (Sprint Galaxy S5) to use my Verizon sim. I only have 3G capabilities at the moment, unless someone knows how to activate the 4G or LTE. I will post what I did to get my Verizon sim to work. The phone is rooted and has the MOAR rom installed.
Here are the tools that I used (AND BIG THANKS to all the developers that helped)
BusyBox Free
SuperSu
Shortcut Master
Please be patient with me. I am about to go through my phone and post the settings I made step by step.
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This smells fishy to me...
New member, no genuine information and what "devs" are we talking about here?
Sounds Great, Share it
KTrainESO said:
Hello,
I have managed to unlock my SM900P (Sprint Galaxy S5) to use my Verizon sim. I only have 3G capabilities at the moment, unless someone knows how to activate the 4G or LTE. I will post what I did to get my Verizon sim to work. The phone is rooted and has the MOAR rom installed.
Here are the tools that I used (AND BIG THANKS to all the developers that helped)
BusyBox Free
SuperSu
Shortcut Master
Please be patient with me. I am about to go through my phone and post the settings I made step by step.
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Sounds Great, am using an S5 and was looking for International unlock, please share the details on how to unlock.
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Crossvxm said:
This smells fishy to me...
New member, no genuine information and what "devs" are we talking about here?
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See his joining date..neways we dont have ny odr option than waiting, lets hope for the best.
plase help
KTrainESO said:
Hello,
I have managed to unlock my SM900P (Sprint Galaxy S5) to use my Verizon sim. I only have 3G capabilities at the moment, unless someone knows how to activate the 4G or LTE. I will post what I did to get my Verizon sim to work. The phone is rooted and has the MOAR rom installed.
Here are the tools that I used (AND BIG THANKS to all the developers that helped)
BusyBox Free
SuperSu
Shortcut Master
Please be patient with me. I am about to go through my phone and post the settings I made step by step.
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hi friend, I will donate if you help me, im waiting for three months for this, im from venezuela.
its_me_Sandy said:
Sounds Great, am using an S5 and was looking for International unlock, please share the details on how to unlock.
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See his joining date..neways we dont have ny odr option than waiting, lets hope for the best.
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Hmm didnt see that your right. I have to see this, my GS5 has been sitting here with a bad esn due to early termination from the previous owner and honestly I dont use it like I use my LG G2 because of that.
UPDATE
Still tracking down what triggers the SHA256 to turn off so that it would read my sim. I did place my sim back into my GSIII so I can have service in the mean time but my sim is locked to 3G. Something happened to the sim when fiddling around with the settings on the S5.
For those who want to play around and see if they can find the trigger all you have to do is have: Root, SuperSU, BusyBox, and Shortcut Master Lite installed. Allow Shortcut Master root privileges and click menu Secret Code Explorer and go through the codes one by one.
Like I said im still trying to find out what exactly triggered the SHA256 to turn off.
I see there are some skeptics posting comments, just feel free to post a different unlock method if your not happy with waiting on this one!
KTrainESO said:
Still tracking down what triggers the SHA256 to turn off so that it would read my sim. I did place my sim back into my GSIII so I can have service in the mean time but my sim is locked to 3G. Something happened to the sim when fiddling around with the settings on the S5.
For those who want to play around and see if they can find the trigger all you have to do is have: Root, SuperSU, BusyBox, and Shortcut Master Lite installed. Allow Shortcut Master root privileges and click menu Secret Code Explorer and go through the codes one by one.
Like I said im still trying to find out what exactly triggered the SHA256 to turn off.
I see there are some skeptics posting comments, just feel free to post a different unlock method if your not happy with waiting on this one!
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Secret Code Explorer and go through the codes one by one. can you tell what exactly to be done, or what you did? i.e anything to enter in the unlocking codes it asks or nythng else?
its_me_Sandy said:
Secret Code Explorer and go through the codes one by one. can you tell what exactly to be done, or what you did? i.e anything to enter in the unlocking codes it asks or nythng else?
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Hey,
I did not have to enter any unlock codes or NY codes for that matter. I just went thru each code, opened it up and see what is had to offer and see what I could change.
Crossvxm said:
This smells fishy to me...
New member, no genuine information and what "devs" are we talking about here?
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:good:
KTrainESO said:
Still tracking down what triggers the SHA256 to turn off so that it would read my sim. I did place my sim back into my GSIII so I can have service in the mean time but my sim is locked to 3G. Something happened to the sim when fiddling around with the settings on the S5.
For those who want to play around and see if they can find the trigger all you have to do is have: Root, SuperSU, BusyBox, and Shortcut Master Lite installed. Allow Shortcut Master root privileges and click menu Secret Code Explorer and go through the codes one by one.
Like I said im still trying to find out what exactly triggered the SHA256 to turn off.
I see there are some skeptics posting comments, just feel free to post a different unlock method if your not happy with waiting on this one!
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I suggest you go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743024&page=33
And talk to Hamspiced and ecs87, they seem to understand the concept of what needs to be messed with.
Im going to take this with a pinch of salt. No offence to anyone. I just find this sus.
Hello all,
I have a Verizon branded M8 AND have recently switched to TMob. The M8 is running 4.4.4 and is unfortunately still S-on and locked. Am I just stuck with a useless $600 phone until the Sunshine several developers come up with a way? Is that the only outfit with the capability of rooting this phone right now? Thanks in advance to anyone with any info.
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Did you try calling verizon to get the unlock code?
If you have been with them for long, they will probably give it to you for free or maybe charge a fee but well you can use your phone then.
If they are unwilling to give you the unlock code then just say that you are gifting it to someone special or donating it. Just come up with a good humane reason and surely they will help.
They will also show you the procedure to unlock it.
Also as far as my knowledge goes, it is not possible to remove your phone carrier's lock using custom firmware.
Ravi.
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grtbhl said:
Did you try calling verizon to get the unlock code?
If you have been with them for long, they will probably give it to you for free or maybe charge a fee but well you can use your phone then.
If they are unwilling to give you the unlock code then just say that you are gifting it to someone special or donating it. Just come up with a good humane reason and surely they will help.
They will also show you the procedure to unlock it.
Also as far as my knowledge goes, it is not possible to remove your phone carrier's lock using custom firmware.
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I did try calling Verizon but i am trying to unlock the bootloader not the Sim. ... does that change your answer or should i try again?
See the htc forums on xda too.
Sim lock cannot be removed by flashing or installing custom firmwares. There is a separate procedure to unlock htc phones and their bootloaders.
I am familiar with htc sensation unlocking but don't know if it is the same for M8.
Will update you when I reach a full fledged computer with the relevant links.
You can also search the xda forums.
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grtbhl said:
See the htc forums on xda too.
Sim lock cannot be removed by flashing or installing custom firmwares. There is a separate procedure to unlock htc phones and their bootloaders.
I am familiar with htc sensation unlocking but don't know if it is the same for M8.
Will update you when I reach a full fledged computer with the relevant links.
You can also search the xda forums.
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I am quite familiar with the htc bootloader and the unlock process. The process includes going to the htc Dev site and getting an unlock token that you then flash to the device using fastboot command. The problem is that verizon seems to be the only carrier who has somehow not allowed this. When you put your a string in on the dev site it comes back with a message saying "your carrier doesnt support" somethin like that neway.... i am wondering though if there is a way to do something at a more physical hardware layer. I mean it is jus a qualcomm chip at the end of the day... if i were to crack it open physically would i be able to access a non populated jumper that would completely erase the eeprom??
See
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708464
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695464
visit
http://firewater-soff.com/
It could help. Just searched xda for you. It does not require you to get unlock token from Htc.
Disclaimer: I have not tried any of the above. You do it at your own risk.
Ravi.