Can the T-Mobile HTC Mytouch 4g be unlocked to used with different carriers with out having to go to those paid for service sites ?
if yes how ?
if not, whats the best recommended site and cheapest .
Thanks in advance.
I am not quite sure what exactly you are saying but yes, you can get it simunlocked and just use a different sim card. Use the search bar next time, ok?
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THEindian said:
I am not quite sure what exactly you are saying but yes, you can get it simunlocked and just use a different sim card. Use the search bar next time, ok?
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i know it can be sim unlocked ..question is,
is there a way to do it for free without one of those paid sites ..
like through a hack or something along the lines ?
i did use the search thing and had no luck .
UltimateEnd said:
i know it can be sim unlocked ..question is,
is there a way to do it for free without one of those paid sites ..
like through a hack or something along the lines ?
i did use the search thing and had no luck .
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You didn't search hard enough, actually it is a sticky in the dev section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9551846
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priyadharsini said:
You cannot unlock it for free. You are having such a good model mobile phone and don't risk it with free unlocking services. You can try safe unlocking sites. For example, You can try with www.prounlocking.com this iste provides accurate unlocking codes at affordable cost with step by step guidance on unlocking process.
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That totally didn't sound like blatant advertising lol.
Check the stickies in the development section dude, you'll find your free method there. Just remember that it's not always a simple solution and anything you do to your phone is at your own risk. Fortunately instructions around here tend to be very helpful
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priyadharsini said:
You cannot unlock it for free. You are having such a good model mobile phone and don't risk it with free unlocking services. You can try safe unlocking sites. For example, You can try with www.prounlocking.com this iste provides accurate unlocking codes at affordable cost with step by step guidance on unlocking process.
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By the way, you can unlock it for free. Whenever you root it, & flash Engineering bootloader, you can unlock it with gfree, in fact if you follow the guide for Ultimate s-off, it explains all those commands in gfree for locking & unlocking whatever you choose.
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So rooting doesn't unlock it? Interesting. I'm thinking about taking mine to Afghanistan, using an Afghan chip in it.
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Bones25u said:
So rooting doesn't unlock it? Interesting. I'm thinking about taking mine to Afghanistan, using an Afghan chip in it.
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no rooting doesn't SIM unlock the device. You must do that via a ./gfree command.
priyadharsini said:
You cannot unlock it for free. You are having such a good model mobile phone and don't risk it with free unlocking services. You can try safe unlocking sites. For example, You can try with www.prounlocking.com this iste provides accurate unlocking codes at affordable cost with step by step guidance on unlocking process.
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why don't you just ask tmobile to unlock it for you..?
saranhai said:
why don't you just ask tmobile to unlock it for you..?
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I've been pretty unhappy with tmobile lately. So I suppose if I have to ask them then so be it, but is there an easier way to do it without calling a guy? Or paying money? I kind of thought rooting it would be the same as unlocking it.
Bones25u said:
I've been pretty unhappy with tmobile lately. So I suppose if I have to ask them then so be it, but is there an easier way to do it without calling a guy? Or paying money? I kind of thought rooting it would be the same as unlocking it.
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no, if you unlock with T-Mobile, you don't need to pay...just make sure you've been with them for at least 2 months
Bones25u said:
I've been pretty unhappy with tmobile lately. So I suppose if I have to ask them then so be it, but is there an easier way to do it without calling a guy? Or paying money? I kind of thought rooting it would be the same as unlocking it.
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Just in case u missed it before, look in the development section, at the sticky about "True Permaroot & Ultimate S-off" , & follow that guide, and you will have what you are looking for. It don't get much easier, or free-Er!
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My friend bought a glacier, and its locked, how can I unlock it and root it?
Thank you very much,
Idan.
idanfima said:
My friend bought a glacier, and its locked, how can I unlock it and root it?
Thank you very much,
Idan.
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Here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
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Locked as in cant even get into it... or locked like 90% of phones from carriers are to only use their services?
Please move this to Q&A forum, this should not be in dev.
crypysmoker said:
Locked as in cant even get into it... or locked like 90% of phones from carriers are to only use their services?
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Sim lock
and thank for helping!!
Go to the link chilled posted and follow the tutorial it will unlock your phone
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I'm glad you got help but next time place this post in the Q&A section noob.
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Thats way to much to follow,lol.
what is the best way to sim unlock a vibrant right now? does rooting it unlock it also like other phones?
thanks
Use SGS unlock from the market.
No it does not unlock it.
This has been stated...many times.
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Alanrocks15 said:
No it does not unlock it.
This has been stated...many times.
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then how do i unlock the phone?
dvigue said:
then how do i unlock the phone?
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You could try just calling tmobile and telling them you plan to go over seas ansd want to use your phone. they email you the code and instructions. for free!!!
zer0nine said:
Use SGS unlock from the market.
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Miss this post?
Either pay to get a code or use this method... Use the thanks button on the attached thread... They deserve it....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045
Hi guys. I am looking for the easiest perm root method ever. I've tried many methods and failed all. Please help.
Thanks in advance
P.S. take it easy on me. I'm only 13
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longhorn24 said:
Hi guys. I am looking for the easiest perm root method ever. I've tried many methods and failed all. Please help.
Thanks in advance
P.S. take it easy on me. I'm only 13
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I think you should just stop and not root your phone just from looking at how you've asked this question twice in the same section as well as in the dev section.
Having a rooted phone doesn't make you cooler or give you special powers no matter what your friends told you, trust me.
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h22aboi said:
I think you should just stop and not root your phone just from looking at how you've asked this question twice in the same section as well as in the dev section.
Having a rooted phone doesn't make you cooler or give you special powers no matter what your friends told you, trust me.
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hahahaahaa yes i totally agree
your other thread was answered so either do the research yourself or take the advice you were already given...
h22aboi said:
I think you should just stop and not root your phone just from looking at how you've asked this question twice in the same section as well as in the dev section.
Having a rooted phone doesn't make you cooler or give you special powers no matter what your friends told you, trust me.
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Well seeing how I'm 15 and (and starting football and powerlifting camp today) building my own roms and a tester for TeamRoyal it can't be too hard but really to the OP you can't post multiple times, its a good way to get your question dismissed by the community. But to actually answer your question, the easiest would probably be the gfree method which is stickied in the development page.
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hahahaahaa yes i totally agree
your other thread was answered so either do the research yourself or take the advice you were already given...
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I agree the same. At least try to keep the thing in only one post.
To root my MyTouch 4G took me over a week, of reading extensive posts here on XDA. Until i got it with the Link that i Posted on your last Discussion.
So every step, from the beginning, slowly. When you see that something is not going right, stop, and tell us Exactly what is happening
And yes, PERMROOT Wont give you special powers to show offf to your friends. Most likely if you do something wrong, say bye to that phone or have ready 100 $ to pay someone to fix it for you.
I just want root to install custom roms. I had a Samsung vibrant before and it was so easy to root.
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You people are funny with the whole root giving power thing, but I swear root gave me +100hp and eng hboot gave +100mp extra. But ya rooting is easy and you don't even need a PC. Story behind it...
I lost my HD2 (Leo1024) as it was my first dev-phone so I heavily modded it and few had personal things I never even released to public so now some prick walking around with it. When this happened dual core based phone the LG-Opt2x and Moto-Atrix (dual core) was still 4months behind and I couldn't wait for it so next best thing I got was MT4G (spec wise DHD-US model), so week before I got MT4G I did total run down from known issues with MT4G to root, ect. So I walk in to the TMoStore and the rep try to "sell" me MT4G so I told the guy save yourself some trouble I already know about the device and so we can skip all this BS and wanted to for it direct.
So I told him to open the box so I can verify it was superior display (by then we already knew about inferior SH model). So he started asking other silly questions how hard it was rooting and back then the meth was lil weird as you needed battery pull. Since I lost my phone they verified my account and gave me a new simcard free and provisioned my line on the spot. So I downloaded all the files needed from my phone for TheUnlockr meth to SDCard and rooted it in front of him using TempROOT (VISIONary+) and PermROOT (root.sh).
So what exactly is the easiest way?
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longhorn24 said:
So what exactly is the easiest way?
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Follow the TheUnlockr meth which takes 1min to root using VISIONary+ to obtain TempROOT and when you have it you can get PermROOT by running root.sh script.
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So what exactly is the easiest way?
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OMG. IM NOT kidding this time. I GAVE YOU THE D*$%N link dude!.
Use that one. IS the easiest and asured way!!! One more time;.. you dont ned to ADB files, you barely need a PC only to transfer like ONE file to your SD card, y even told you what App to use instead the PAID app ( root Explorer).
Why better not ask to send your phone to someone and root it for free?!
Send it to me and ill do it, but Stop asking the same question if you are not even trying to READ the post that i gave you.
Dont want to go back to your older post and finde the link, ill paste it again for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
I DID THIS and i already have used 3 Roms, in the last 3 days. Im only asking you to read. If you Fail one Step, Let us know, and we will HELP.
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Follow the TheUnlockr meth which takes 1min to root using VISIONary+ to obtain TempROOT and when you have it you can get PermROOT by running root.sh script.
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The Unlockr Method does not work on all MyTouch 4G FYI. I tried doing it that way, and it failed all the time, unitl i found this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
I tried ur method 1 more time and it said error reading input
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When does it says that?
longhorn24 said:
I tried ur method 1 more time and it said error reading input
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Nicgraner said:
Well seeing how I'm 15 and (and starting football and powerlifting camp today) building my own roms and a tester for TeamRoyal it can't be too hard but really to the OP you can't post multiple times, its a good way to get your question dismissed by the community. But to actually answer your question, the easiest would probably be the gfree method which is stickied in the development page.
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You really had to mention teh football, and powerlifting camp thing? All it really says is you don't do either of those and the only connection to the football team you have is when they are beating you up and down your highschools hallways
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OMG. IM NOT kidding this time. I GAVE YOU THE D*$%N link dude!.
Use that one. IS the easiest and asured way!!! One more time;.. you dont ned to ADB files, you barely need a PC only to transfer like ONE file to your SD card, y even told you what App to use instead the PAID app ( root Explorer).
Why better not ask to send your phone to someone and root it for free?!
Send it to me and ill do it, but Stop asking the same question if you are not even trying to READ the post that i gave you.
Dont want to go back to your older post and finde the link, ill paste it again for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
I DID THIS and i already have used 3 Roms, in the last 3 days. Im only asking you to read. If you Fail one Step, Let us know, and we will HELP.
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Hey Longhorn, Im a complete NOOB and I used this method and it worked. I dont think theres an easier way than this. No PC needed, Love it.
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You really had to mention teh football, and powerlifting camp thing? All it really says is you don't do either of those and the only connection to the football team you have is when they are beating you up and down your highschools hallways
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Hahaha ok whatever you want to think bro, because I'm pretty sure I'm center on my jv team number 57. So yea and trying to make me look bad doesn't really solve the problem just changes the subject.
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The Unlockr Method does not work on all MyTouch 4G FYI. I tried doing it that way, and it failed all the time, unitl i found this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
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If the root.sh method doesn't work chance are you have a bad eMMC and you will permanently brick your phone
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So before finding out about this I have already rooted with it and now all of the xda admins are advising not to use this. After a good bit of reading I guess this app has sent www.wmshua.com my imei. It uses their exploit and their patches and makes it seem like they made a root method. This is a deceptive app and I wish I would have never used it. The lest this app developer could have done was change the layout of the program and download all the patches and hosted them himself. Not I fear some conglomerate in China has my imei and will use it at a later date to do a worldwide hack or something. I understand there is no going back so I'll just uninstall the app and hope nothing bad comes from this....
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So before finding out about this I have already rooted with it and now all of the xda admins are advising not to use this. After a good bit of reading I guess this app has sent www.wmshua.com my imei. It uses their exploit and their patches and makes it seem like they made a root method. This is a deceptive app and I wish I would have never used it. The lest this app developer could have done was change the layout of the program and download all the patches and hosted them himself. Not I fear some conglomerate in China has my imei and will use it at a later date to do a worldwide hack or something. I understand there is no going back so I'll just uninstall the app and hope nothing bad comes from this....
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Designgears seems to endorse it on his de la vega thread so I would think it's ok.
agent929 said:
Designgears seems to endorse it on his de la vega thread so I would think it's ok.
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I think that post was before it was questioned that Kingo could contain malware.
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Yea it was. Someone needs to dissect the program, see what info is collected, what is downloaded, and what's transfered to the phone and all that dissected. I don't have hardly any knowledge on how to do this but I'm about to attempt this. I wish I had a whole day and a couple adderall I could dedicate to digging into this.
I'm in no special hurry to root my 9005, so I can happily wait for the next version. Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable than I can take that *.exe apart and so what load it carries, if any.
In any case caution is a virtue...
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The reason manufacturers and carriers do not like rooting is the security issues. It has nothing to do with them trying to prevent tethering or modifications. With that said any root method not developed and hosted on XDA by a known developer should be used with extreme caution. Exploits are not required to have source posted and it takes a great deal of time and effort to reverse them to see what they do.
I would encourage everyone to make their own decisions on this. I'm keeping my Kingo root, as I contacted them and was satisfied with the response I received. I like open source as much as the next guy, but not every piece of software can be open source. That doesn't mean that the application is malware.
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The main reason they were shut down here is because they are being so secretive with their methods and "closed source" doesn't exactly go around here expecially not with root methods. Expecially not with root methods originated from china.
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The world's espionage leader right now seems to be the US, not China. AT&T users in particular should consider the most recent apying revelation: NYT:cia-is-said-to-pay-att-for-call-data
So what exactly could they do with said information? There's nothing extra running on our phones after using it to root. Plus its not like they didn't actually supply us with a simple root method. I could understand the concern if it didn't work
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Anthonok said:
So what exactly could they do with said information? There's nothing extra running on our phones after using it to root. Plus its not like they didn't actually supply us with a simple root method. I could understand the concern if it didn't work
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I have to agree with you. I'm not even remotely worried about it. The program works.
It scares people on here, so maybe not host it on XDA, but Kingo has their own site.
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I have to agree with you. I'm not even remotely worried about it. The program works.
It scares people on here, so maybe not host it on XDA, but Kingo has their own site.
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I understand the fear. Its also interesting that they have a root method for many devices. So maybe they have a reason to not be so open. Maybe they've found the mother of exploits and they don't want it to be closed.
Or with all this talk about how they want to keep root free but pay their devs means they are going to use this super exploit to lock devices and charge people to unlock them in order to use it. Idk I'll wait a day or 2 and see what comes of this whether that's a good idea or not idk. Time will tell. Either way I've got designgears' one click stock on my PC just in case.
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If you wanted to be safe, couldn't you just disconnect from the Internet while you root and then reconnect after? Or does it require an active Internet connect to root?
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If you wanted to be safe, couldn't you just disconnect from the Internet while you root and then reconnect after? Or does it require an active Internet connect to root?
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Tried that no go
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This is weird now. Im rooted with kingo and now I dont know if its safe. Im thinking now of unrooting
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Just went back to stock. But still afraid of the imei stuff
Well theres nothing extra running on the phone with Kingo. People are way to paranoid
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As far as can be seen the information is grabbed and sent during the rooting process which is why it will not work without an active internet connection. Kingo is working on a revision to remove the data collection.
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manny18pr said:
This is weird now. Im rooted with kingo and now I dont know if its safe. Im thinking now of unrooting
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You can't unscrew a girl.. Whatever is done, is done. Now you just have to root again...
Wait, so if i've rooted using kingo..is it safe to stay rooted with their exploit or do i have to wipe + reset?
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Well there[']s nothing extra running on the phone with Kingo.
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Just wondering: how did you establish that?
Hi there developers
i have my phone already S-OFF and don't know how or ho did it
and i wont to help other S-OFF there phones if they want to
how to help .... what i can help with or files to provide
my bootloader image in the attachments
wow
Kellwa said:
Hi there developers
i have my phone already S-OFF and don't know how or ho did it
and i wont to help other S-OFF there phones if they want to
how to help .... what i can help with or files to provide
my bootloader image in the attachments
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what tha hell you did!
I don't think S-ON/OFF makes any difference. don't waste your time.
tomal said:
I don't think S-ON/OFF makes any difference. don't waste your time.
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I think it does when flashing kernels/roms.
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?????
Can someone help me or drive me to the S-off method?
tomas_a_sanchez said:
Can someone help me or drive me to the S-off method?
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you can search in your area for a mobile shop that use XTC2Clip
this is the only way to do S-OFF and it will cost you some money , don't know how much...
XTC2CLip
Kellwa said:
you can search in your area for a mobile shop that use XTC2Clip
this is the only way to do S-OFF and it will cost you some money , don't know how much...
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Well I bought the XTC2clip and did it! Work DOne... unfortunatelly is the only method!
tomas_a_sanchez said:
Well I bought the XTC2clip and did it! Work DOne... unfortunatelly is the only method!
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Thats great congrats
Now enjoy the htc freedom
And you can make s-off for other people in your area for cheap price or for free
Htc its not very common or you se them often at my country there are a lot of samsung...but certainly it worth to have this clip!
Kellwa said:
Thats great congrats
Now enjoy the htc freedom
And you can make s-off for other people in your area for cheap price or for free
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I thought XTC is free as its web page is free for download and the tookit didnt require me for money~
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I thought XTC is free as its web page is free for download and the tookit didnt require me for money~
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Ah ha~
Problem solved! That XTC software I download is a prank and can do nothing to my phone. The official one costs money!
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