Might be a search fail on my behalf but I haven't found an answer yet. I called Sprint a while back and had them sim-unlock my phone. I rooted my phone awhile ago on MF9 but now am thinking about trying some new ROMs. If I flash my phone and modem, will it wipe the factory sim unlock out?
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Hey guys I'm looking for advice with my new Telus locked phone. I've tried the unlock menu method South the latest and even downgraded firmware. Every time it is still locked when I boot up.
Had the same issue with my s2 previously and resolved it by flashing a us carriers older stock firmware and modem then unlocking it then restoring back the Canadian one.
what I've read the bootloader complicated things with this phone. Can I change to old att modems and firmware? It seems only Odin ones exist and I don't want to do something stupid. I don't want to spend 45 on a code as I understand it won't work after trying the menu method. Any ideas or do I have to pay for the gsmusb method.
I ended up just doing the fast gsm usb unlock for $15.
Ok so i bought my new 16gb s4 yesterday after breaking the screen on my first a while back, after already rooting my first i jumped straight ahead and went to root the new one, once connected in odin i flashed the cwm recovery 6.0.3.2-4 before rooting but flashed it via phone instead of pda, now when the device boots up it wont accept any micro-sim tried one from both giffgaff (o2) and virgin both factory cut. It will not pick up on them no matter what i do, ive reflashed stock roms and now flashed foxhound 1.6 rom. Have i killed the sim reader on this phone and is there anything that can be done to fix it or should i just send it away on warranty?
Ok this is the 4-5 Sprint Galaxy S4 factory unlock i have done. but for some reason this one will not work on metro.
here are the steps i followed
Phone was stock NG2
i factory reset the phone and installed the MDC Modem
i then did the internation unlock and then the domestic unlock.
after i did all this it will accept all sim cards but it gets no service with my activated MetroPCS Card.
so i changed the APN setting and still nothing so i called to metropcs and they said they needed to add the imei to my account. but when they try they say they can't add it to there system that the unlock did not go threw all the way.
so i then rooted the phone and installed CM nightlies rom and still can't activate it anyone have any ideas on what i can do and why they cant add the imei number to there system
no one has any ideas. could it of been because i was on NG2 rom with MDC modem should i of rooted and installed a rooted MF9 rom and then install MDC modem then run the process. any help would be greatly aprecaited
Could be that the imei is blacklisted?
that was the first thing i checked and everything came back clean on 2 different websites
Hi! I am having major issues with my s4 i337 after switching from att to tmobile. The phone was unlocked so I took it upon myself to unlock it. It is unlocked but sometimes or rather most of the time does not pick up the network. When it does have data connection, it is Edge. I flashed the NC1 to root my phone, then reflashed to NJ4 (to unlock) but now nothing works. No wifi, camera fails, no multitasker, no voice assistant. Please help!!!!! I don't know what to do. I should have never unrooted it to unlock. I should have paid the $35 to get an unlock code. Can I fix this?
Wrong forum. Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att as you're likely to get more relevant replies there.
Long story short. Picked up a used Defy locked to Telus (Canadian). Rooted phone. Installed TWRP. Installed CM11 as per this site, took a while to find all the needed files, but it works. A little slow, but works and thanks to everyone who made this happen.
My problem is now the sim is still locked to Telus. I need it unlocked to use on Wind. (same system as TMobile) I tried soft unlock but without a telus sim to start from it will not work. Unlock code will only work on factory phone or so it seems. How can I get this phone back to factory or close to factory?
I am a dumbass and didn't backup original rom (sbf file). I think i should be able to get away with a Tmobile sbf but I can not wrap my head around getting the phone to take a stock froyo rom? I believe the problem is ext4 vs ext3 and I have tried everything I could find reverting but not have had any luck.
Can someone provide a NOOB like me some direction or a link to still active links to the needed files.
Thank you
Steve