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im about to get 16gb vodafone version from a friend of mine who bought it in Netherlands. im just curious...are there any differences on hardware/software? i mean:
1. some vodafone mark on the phone
2. some mark on boot
3. or some programs that are preinstalled/modified
4.are there problems with root and rom flashing?
or its just like normal 8gb version? dude told me that its locked version but unlock code is in some phone file or something(?!)
I've got a 16GB galaxy s from vodafone (UK).
No branding on the phone anywhere - no logo or anything on boot either.
Haven't rooted or flashed rom yet so don't know, but it will enter recovery mode, etc.
Hope that helps
prcach said:
im about to get 16gb vodafone version from a friend of mine who bought it in Netherlands. im just curious...are there any differences on hardware/software? i mean:
1. some vodafone mark on the phone
2. some mark on boot
3. or some programs that are preinstalled/modified
4.are there problems with root and rom flashing?
or its just like normal 8gb version? dude told me that its locked version but unlock code is in some phone file or something(?!)
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The 16gb's were limited edition from Vodafone. They are completely unbranded, and the ones WITHOUT the voda sticker on the box are SIM unlocked too.
That's true for all the UK models, I assume the Dutch ones will be the same.
The 8gb are all SIM locked and branded to hell too.
ibizaGTi said:
The 16gb's were limited edition from Vodafone. They are completely unbranded, and the ones WITHOUT the voda sticker on the box are SIM unlocked too.
That's true for all the UK models, I assume the Dutch ones will be the same.
The 8gb are all SIM locked and branded to hell too.
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if its in some case locked...how hard would it be to unlock it?
"The 16gb's were limited edition from Vodafone. They are completely unbranded, and the ones WITHOUT the voda sticker on the box are SIM unlocked too."
The same in Ireland
prcach said:
if its in some case locked...how hard would it be to unlock it?
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You can find a FREE tool (Unlock for the Galaxy S) in the Android Market to get the unlock codes, or search in the forums for one of these tools
I have the 8gb GT-I9000 which I got from 02, it was the phone only, no sim, for £329, and it's completely unbranded, it has an O2 wallpaper.
I Don't know if it's unlocked as I want to get used to it before I try to change anything
I got a 8gb i9000 from Vodafone here in the UK too. No branding or vodafone marks or anything. It's also unlocked too.
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I have the dutch vodafone 16GB galaxy S.it is completely free from branding our whatsoever, no way to tell it's a vodafone phone, and it came simlock free...
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Hi, I bought a dutch vodafone Galaxy S (16Gb) secondhand. But i suspect that the previous owner flashed it since it's rooted and runs JM2.
Can you let me know which is the stock rom for the dutch vodafone SGS's?
I also have a SGS 16 gb from vodafone-NL. It comes with JM2 out of the box. And imho root it is a must ;D.
Btw, 3 button recovery mode is disabled. Anyone else from Holland with 3 button disabled?
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Mine is also running jm2. But I can't see any paid apps in my market.is that normal? I thought it might be caused by unofficial firmware.
I have the dutch vodafone 16gb sgs. Completely unbranded, no simlock.
It has jm2 update 1out of the box and 3 button enabled.
I only rooted it and installed oclf and rommanager.
Realy fast and no lagg at all!
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Mine came from Voda UK as a warranty replacement for a WinMo. No branding, unlocked with only a small Voda logo on the r/h side of the box.
Came with the JF3 firmware but now booted n rooted on JPC 2.2 and I love it (well almost).
Just wondering has anyone got a dump of the UK vodafone firmware, I forgot to dump mine when I flashed it via Odin.
Thanks in advance
maick said:
I also have a SGS 16 gb from vodafone-NL. It comes with JM2 out of the box. And imho root it is a must ;D.
Btw, 3 button recovery mode is disabled. Anyone else from Holland with 3 button disabled?
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Mine is dutch and also had 3br disabled. Just to recap to my earlier question. Is there a reason that my marketonly shows free apps? Apparently I'm running official jm2, and its rooted. None of the market fixes work. I tried fix from sgs tools app and eris market fix. But still only free apps are available.
maick said:
I also have a SGS 16 gb from vodafone-NL. It comes with JM2 out of the box. And imho root it is a must ;D.
Btw, 3 button recovery mode is disabled. Anyone else from Holland with 3 button disabled?
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Maick, I got this too.
Only got it last wednesday, and have tried entering Recovery / Download modes multiple times already.
With the deviced powered on, powered off, different sequences of the buttons involved, on USB, off USB, with Kies active or inactive.
It just doesn't respond to any of those button combos.
It just gives me the standard shutdown menu when the phone is on, when the phone is off it just boots and when I keep pressing the power button it's going into the boot logo loop, rebooting the phone on end, until I stop pressing the power button.
Yay. Now I fear for rooting and especially flashing the device, since I might brick it when the flashing goes wrong.
Hi there!
When I rooted mine I got to recovery mode using the android SDK method and as far as I know everyone should be able to get to recovery mode via the android sdk.
Later today I will attempt to flash the 3br patch (you can find more about the patch on the sgs android development forum here in xda) and cross my fingers to not brick it. If I brick it I will bring it back to vodafone. ;P
If you want to attempt to get to recovery mode using the android sdk, search a but on youtube and you will find out exactly what to do.
Hope this info can help you or anyone else in the same situation. ;D
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I just did Richthofen's patch, and it works like a charm. 3BR functions like it should and we're safe again from faulty flashes. Hooraay.
Be sure that when you use the simple patch, that you are at least running JM1, otherwise you'll end up bricked.
Just flashed the fix a few minutes ago and now I am the proud owner of a 3BR enable SGS I9000
Hi. I bought my Tab on CraigsList in Canada and was able to root successfully with z4root. The Tab has no phone software installed, but apparently has all the require hardware. It has some BELL apps on, but it is obviously no locked (?) since it has no phone capability. I'm thinking of flashing it with a ROM that allows me to use the phone. In the "Developers" section they talk a lot about device identification i.e. AT&T, Sprint, TMobil etc, etc., but I'm not sure which category my TAB falls into........all I know is that is has a few Bell apps on it.
I'm obviously quite new to the TAB and android and would appreciate any enlightenment on this.
Thank you.
Did you manage to identify your tab?
I also got a bell tab.
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After flashing the Euro JM6 FW, I was able to dial, *#7465625#, and saw that my Tab was Network Locked. I then follwed Rotohammer's hex editing method to unlock the phone.
see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843323
I then flashed Rotohammers rooted JMC FW and my Tab is now working great.
Good luck on your venture.
Thank you!
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Hey Guys
i've samsung Vibrant GT-I9000M from canada
it has froyo 2.2 , build number FROYO.UGKC1
i want to unlock it - sim unlock
i rooted it with superOneClick root
i cant get codes with SGS unlock tools , i tried many approaches but not yet !!!
any one successful method for this model ???
Thanks Alot
app SGS Unlock pro works for me, avail in market
I used the manual method of editing the nv_data.bin file as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045
The SGS Unlock Pro app mentioned before is also in that thread, and does the same thing, but it is a paid app.
Good luck!
tarreq said:
Hey Guys
i've samsung Vibrant GT-I9000M from canada
it has froyo 2.2 , build number FROYO.UGKC1
i want to unlock it - sim unlock
i rooted it with superOneClick root
i cant get codes with SGS unlock tools , i tried many approaches but not yet !!!
any one successful method for this model ???
Thanks Alot
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Just wanting to let you know that there is more than likely a Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) firmware update for your phone.
If interested then there is more information in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1211939
[I9000M] UGKG3 Available on Kies
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thx Guys ,,
i tried SGS unlock from market but it shows unlock code as : null !!!
also i tried manually search and edit nv_data.bin but i ddnt find it and find bml3.bak
(as other methods says) also tried to search it for SSNV but no success!!
whats is the guranteed methid even if it possible to get back to 2.1 !!
please help me
note: (phone doesnt ask for code when i insert another SIM !!)
Buy the SGS Unlocker from market author Degantboy or something like that.. the paid version 100% works on my phone.... it use to show me unlock code on 2.1 but not 2.2+ but still unlocks my phone.
Run the unlock procedure, reboot phone, shut phone off, place in new sim card, power up phone, if the phone isn't unlocked re-run app with new SIM card and reboot, voila should fix your problem.
Your phone needs to be rooted. and the free versions don't work for me.
you can always just buy the unlock code to unlock the sim restriction.
http://unlockcellphonecode.com/code-for-unlocking-samsung-cell-phone
worked for me.
While we're on this topic, I used one of the free apps back when I had 2.1 to get the unlock code.
I've never used it, but I have the code saved. Now that I have updated to 2.2 and then 2.3, would the code still work?
Hmm another factor is that I must have done that before I had the phone repaired (as the repaired one came back with 2.2). I wonder if whatever board they replaced will have a different unlock code? I guess it might be based on the IMEI? Not sure if that changed or not...
Nv data hex edit. Change a 1 to 0, and permanent unlock. search for instructions, they are on this forum and search really isn't that hard to use.
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Guys, once the Bell SGS is unlocked, which networks can it run on? I'm specifically interested in Wind. Can it run on AWS/1700?
Sorry for the slight hi-jack but I can't find accurate info anywhere.
yokocar said:
Guys, once the Bell SGS is unlocked, which networks can it run on? I'm specifically interested in Wind. Can it run on AWS/1700?
Sorry for the slight hi-jack but I can't find accurate info anywhere.
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You must get confused by the T-mobile Vibrant when searching for information. The Bell SGS does not have band 1700, as such, it will not work on Wind. The T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant includes 1700 but does not have band 850/1900.
I used superoneclick to root then purchased SGS Unlock Pro. When I upgraded to GB via Kies, the unlock remained. I had used the app that got the unlock code but when I re-locked my device, the code stopped working.
found that the free version of SGS Unlocker
(Samsung Galaxy S Unlock Tool DaGentooBoy)
and Galaxy S Unlock (by Helroz) don't unlock the i9000m running android 2.3.3
(superoneclick was used for rooting)
sorry couldn't post links
SaxGuyTy said:
found that the free version of SGS Unlocker
(Samsung Galaxy S Unlock Tool DaGentooBoy)
and Galaxy S Unlock (by Helroz) don't unlock the i9000m running android 2.3.3
(superoneclick was used for rooting)
sorry couldn't post links
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I have used Galaxy S Unlock by Helroz, however in order for it to work, you may have to install/upgrade busybox.
I found the easiest way to do this was to superoneclick, then install titanium backup and make sure it has root access. Then upgrade busybox from within. Then you can use the Galaxy S Unlock to unlock.
i did this on my newer phone, and also on my family member's Galaxy S2 from Bell.
altering nv_data.bin might end in total imei lose if you corrupt it
and please do not pay or purchase full apps to unlock your device !!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360174
ordio said:
I have used Galaxy S Unlock by Helroz, however in order for it to work, you may have to install/upgrade busybox.
I found the easiest way to do this was to superoneclick, then install titanium backup and make sure it has root access. Then upgrade busybox from within. Then you can use the Galaxy S Unlock to unlock.
i did this on my newer phone, and also on my family member's Galaxy S2 from Bell.
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I also have a Canadian Bell GS2 with CM9, root, busybox... I'm trying to put a Rogers sim card in it.
I have tried both the Galaxy S Unlock as well as the Galaxy unlock app from Herloz unsuccessfully...
I have tried to run the unlock code generator by feeding it the nv_data.bin, but my GPU is not supported, and I'm not exactly keen on messing up my EFS files.
I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions for me?
Perhaps I could have you guys run the tool with the attached nv_data.bin?
Much appreciated.
Hello i recently bought a samsung note 2 ( sgh-i317m ) and was running claro network firmware 4.1 which was network locked and i purchased a network unlock serial and unlocked it. since i felt the 4.1 was so outdated i updated to telus andriod 4.3 via odin. everything was working fine for a day i was making calls data was working everything was sweet and yesterday out of nowhere i get a invalid sim card inserted/network lock. should i change to a different 4.3 firmware or what can i do? please help any suggestions on what can i do please helppp im clueless
I've just bought a used N9005 and I've used it a little to check all is well and now I want to root it and unlock the sim.
It appears that since the phone was updated to 4.4.2 I can no longer use Chainfire's Regionlockaway app. I've spent a couple of hours searching and I can't seem to find any working options to remove the sim lock. It's currently locked to EE. I've put in a T-Mobile sim and everything works fine but I'm using the 3 network and it won't work. I looked on ebay and the codes are around £16 ($25)!
It's currently running N9005XXUGNG1 and everything seems to be stock.
In the meantime I'm going to have a look into the best (and safest - had some issues with the rooting process on both my HD2 and S3 a few years back!) way of rooting it. Just out of interest, should I hold off rooting it until after I've unlocked the sim? (I can't think of any reason why that would be an issue)
By the way, this is my first post on the Note 3 forum after moving up from the S3, so please be gentle!
Okay, so I thought about downgrading to 4.3 but then that seems to be scuppered by the latest bootloader not letting you use Odin to go back, but there is a workaround that could enable me to go back to Jellybean - could I use chainfire's app then??