I just signed the petition "Samsung USA & AT&T: Unlock the bootloader of the Galaxy S4 SGH-I337" on Change.org.
It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:
http://www.change.org/petitions/sam...pt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
Ricardin said:
I just signed the petition "Samsung USA & AT&T: Unlock the bootloader of the Galaxy S4 SGH-I337" on Change.org.
It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:
http://www.change.org/petitions/sam...pt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44763993&postcount=47
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2411369
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44759578&postcount=11
Plus this thread.
How many times does this need posted in the forum?
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Hi, i've purchased an Galaxy S4 from the Usa but I live in germany. I need to know, if there is an way to unlock the simlock of the us cellular.
thaitanium2012 said:
Hi, i've purchased an Galaxy S4 from the Usa but I live in germany. I need to know, if there is an way to unlock the simlock of the us cellular.
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Have you read THIS ?
Yes, i'ved read this before. But what would you like to tell me? I've got a sim slot so there must be a way to unlock the simlock. Is there a method or not?
CarlM34 said:
Have you read THIS ?
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Hey there..sir i check all thread but nowhere i cant found about uscc s4 sch-r970 for sim unlock..maybe we didnt figure out how to unlock it??i contact uscc and they told me that there is a code but theres not s4 time to get released..now what we do??
There are some galaxy s5 phones coming up on the local Craigslist that say factory unlocked. Would these have unlocked boot loaders?
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Depends on if its the international one. Cause you can factory unlock an AT&T one. And that doesnt have an unlocked boot loader either way.
kettir said:
There are some galaxy s5 phones coming up on the local Craigslist that say factory unlocked. Would these have unlocked boot loaders?
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Verizon and ATT lock their bootloaders. Most if not all other North American S5's will have unlocked bootloaders. In most cases, The TMobile version is the most unrestricted and capable hansdset. Unless you need a CDMA phone (Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular).
"Unlocked" usually refers to SIM locks.
For completeness there are also Developer model phones for Verizon /ATT that do have unlocked bootloaders. You won't see those very often. They have a different part number and their own firmware. Samsung does not have a good history of providing timely firmware updates for Developer models.
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Has samsung announced that they will unlock the bootloader? was the s4 with locked bootloader also?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Verizon may be the only one with a locked bootloader.
I actually don't know... if it's only verizon then that's cool.. i am going to buy the unlocked carrier version.
edit: seeing no custom rom, I thought the bootloader was locked
Yea, I'm pretty sure it's just the Verizon model. Every other model has plenty of roms.
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Has samsung announced that they will unlock the bootloader? was the s4 with locked bootloader also?
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The bootloader is already unlocked. On my phone and most other S5's as well. You are apparently making some assumption about some particular S5 variant. A minority of carriers do lock bootloaders, but you didn't even tell us what model of S5 you have or are referring to. You should give some context so that we know what you are talking about.
edit: I see that you implied in a follow up post that you meant Verizon. The bootloader on a Verizon S5 is locked at the behest of Verizon, not Samsung. Samsung doesn't lock the bootloader for TMobile, Bell, Rogers, Telus or hundreds of other carriers. Pretty much just Verizon and ATT and a few sundry CDMA carriers that are that restrictive.
There are tons of custom ROMs for carriers that are more reasonable. You can use Safestrap to emulate a limited number of ROMs on Verizon but it's your choice of carrier that is hampering you here.
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ok thx guys I am getting the unlocked/carrier free version .. so should not be a problem thx
Hello..
Can I flash any ROM from unified development thread ???
Or Verizon version of S5 is limited???
And what is KLTE ? Is verizon phone KLTE ?
prasto11 said:
Hello..
Can I flash any ROM from unified development thread ???
Or Verizon version of S5 is limited???
And what is KLTE ? Is verizon phone KLTE ?
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Verizon has a locked bootloader. Only tw Roms and basically, from the Verizon forum.
prasto11 said:
Hello..
Can I flash any ROM from unified development thread ???
Or Verizon version of S5 is limited???
And what is KLTE ? Is verizon phone KLTE ?
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KLTE is the developer edition of the S5 for Verizon, not the retail version. Developer edition was only available for purchase from Samsung. If you purchased your phone from Verizon it is the retail version and not the developer edition.
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Verizon has a locked bootloader. Only tw Roms and basically, from the Verizon forum.
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Thank you. TW roms ? In Verizon forum there is not many roms to flash :/
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KLTE is the developer edition of the S5 for Verizon, not the retail version. Developer edition was only available for purchase from Samsung. If you purchased your phone from Verizon it is the retail version and not the developer edition.
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Thank you. This is too bad
I bought it from some dude. I don't think so he bought it from Samsung directly.
I guess there is no chance then..
Is there someone working on unlocking the bootloader on Verizon phones ? Or should I just sell my phone ? I love flashing, this is nightmare.
prasto11 said:
Is there someone working on unlocking the bootloader on Verizon phones ? Or should I just sell my phone ? I love flashing, this is nightmare.
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If this is a nightmare for you, you need to check your priorities. No one is "working on" bootloader unlock because there's nothing to "work on." It's not ROM development...
I'm new to this website
A little searching will do you. We have an entire thread on unlocking these phones in the general forum. However, if your S4 is a black edition (I9506) or value edition S4 (I9515) you'll have to pay for an unlock code. This is because unlocking requires installing the correct modem, and those devices never had the correct modem available for them.