Hi guys!
I am sorry to open a new thread but i searched a long time and didnt find an answer to my problem.
I try to unlock my phone and first i found the free way someone explained here in the xda forum with the service mode. But when i enter *#0011# nothing happens. Even other combination dont work. The only one i know works is *#06# to see my IMEI number.
So now i bought an unlock code but even this dont work. I asked them to help me and they only say i have to do something ib the service mode but... U know service mode dont work.
Somewhere i read to flash another modem but this also didnt work (maybe i flashed the wrong one? I think it was something with ME2).
Now i have the liquid smooth rom 3.0 with android 4.4.2, baseband I9505XXUEMKE and PoKernel v2.0
I hope someone can help me.
Best Regards
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- Unlock by Service Mode only worked for android 4.2.2.
- To enter unlock code in Samsung S4 do as following:
1. Once you have the code, insert a SIM card from a network different to the one your phone is locked to.
2. Upon starting up, you'll be requested to enter the "SIM network unlock code" - at this point, enter your unlock code.
3. The phone will read "successful" and your S4 is then completely unlocked.
OR
- Factory reset ur phone, flash one STOCK rom through ODIN and you will have service mode working again. Anyway you cant unlock it through SERVICE MODE under android 4.4.2.
Thank you gonna try it soon!
EDIT: Thanks Joku. I flashed 4.2.2 and then my unlock code worked. Also service mode worked. Thank you!!
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Hello all
This is my first post here, but I have been reading a lot for some days now
So this is the issue
Some days ago I bought on ebay from a reputable seller the sgs2 stated as unlocked for all networks. This is a UK phone but I am located in portugal, and I use a vodafone sim card
Much to my surprise I was greeted with the O2 logo when turning it on.. oh well.. no big issue on that but...! right after entering my sim card pin code it asked for a network lock control key.!
Trying to avoid too much assle for being a newbie in android I bought an unlock code from mobileunlocked, and well, it didn´t work! says "requesting network unlock" over a fraction of a second and then right afterwards "network unlock request unsucessfull"
Ok, so I went the hard way and read all about firmware and rooting at the android development part of the forum
Was able to flash the XWKE7 / baseband XXKE4 with odin, was able to root it with intratech´s thourough instructions, no more O2 startups or logos, even installed the galaxy S2 sim unlock (it finds the same unlock code I got before, and it is probably right)
but.... the dam unlock code question does not go away, so I have no mobile network at all!
Seems it tries to communicate with O2 for the unlocking but of course I am nowhere near the UK..
So I have a fantastic up to date piece of brick in my hands!
Could someone please help, how can I get over this network unlock code ?
I am running out of options, please help!
best rgds
Buy a code from somewhere online instead. They're more reliable then the app unlock.
Samsung phones can be locked by 4 methods methods but generally the first three are what you are interested in .
1. [NCK] Network lock
2. [SCK] Subset lock
3. [SPCK] SP lock
4. [MCK]
o2 generally only lock down NCK
1 ensure you have down the correct IMEI number , when you got your network unlock code was it just the unlock code they gave you or did they supply the above too.
2. you do not need to have an O2 sim to unlock as the procedure means you need to put a different sim in to enable the codes .
3 mobileunlocked.co.uk are very good and if you contact them they will be able to help you . Send them an email .
Hope this helps but just make sure you entered the correct IMEI number *#06# from the start .
good morning
indeed they do, I bought from them. I had to enter the MCK and then the NCK
how could I know ? lolol
also thank you guys for your prompt help
turning on the little devil as I write... ta nan!
Ok, I'm going to try to make a long story short, i hope that i've posted in the correct forum, I've been scouring this forum and others but nothing I've found has quite fixed my issue.
Got my S4 locked to Bell in Canada. Heard it was really easy to unlock [service menu *#0011# method] but once I got to Indonesia [for travel] expecting to be able to use my phone I found that the service menu was no longer available. Ok, no problem, there must be other ways;
I ended up paying for an unlock code from a site, it didn't work. In fact, immediately after I press 'unlock' it would say 'network unlock unsuccessful'.
I thought they gave me a faulty code but when the code I bought FROM Bell was the exact same one, and had the exact same problem I figured it was likely 'region locked'
I ended up flashing a stock rom with odin, one from a weird unlocking site, and eventually I got it working. The only problem was that whenever I'd go into screen lock I'd lose reception and have to airplane mode on and off to get it again.
After Indonesia I went to Turkey, was unable to connect at all with one of their service providers, but had no problems with Vodafone. I think this may have been a side effect of regionlock away app, I needed to use that as well.
Once I got back to Canada I went custom recovery with cwm and flashed Cyanogenmod. This was fine, no reception problems, 10.2 - 11 was all good.
NOW I am in Poland, and getting the same problem I had in the first place. Whatever Cyanogenmod did, re-locked my device, in some way, I'm guessing.
I'm now rooted, with TWP recovery, running Android 4.4.4 Dave GPE rom, and would REALLY like to be able to use my Polish sim card with this fantastic setup. Chainfire's regionlock away app does not work, gives me a CSC error message. My phone now says it's an i9505 instead of i337m
Anything I have overlooked? Any way I can get this fully unlocked and working the way I want it to?
*NOTE* I can't access *#0011# service menu, even though I flashed [i think] stock dialer.
You are not in the correct section
You need to be in this section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general
I can help you a little though. If the unlocking methodes fail, then it's usually because you don't have an older modem. You need to look for the modem you should flash in order for it to work. Afterwards you can flash the modem again you are on now. If you can't find it, just flash an old modem and try.
I find it hard to believe that Cyanogenmod could have caused this though.
Cool, that will be my next phase of attack. I appreciate the redirect and thoughts (Y)
Hi people my motherboard burned so i went to change it. They changed it. Phone came with KitKat. I cant flash any rom. Even with Odin. Flash is succesfull but phone says Emergency Calls Only. I updated modem to latest lollipop version no luck again. I send my phone to repair service again he fixed it without touching firmware, bootloader and modem.Any chance flash rom?
That happened 2 months ago. But i missed flashing.
The problem isn't with flashing a ROM via Odin. The problem is that the replacement motherboard is still locked to its carrier. With "Emergency Calls Only" on the lock screen, the first thing you should see on the screen after unlocking the phone is a gray screen asking for an unlock code. Something your repair tech should have taken care of before returning the phone to you. Your options.
1. Get your tech to unlock the phone.
2. Purchase an unlock code and use it.
3. Downgrade the modem to an Android 4.2.2 version long enough to run RegionLock Away, then flash an updated modem.
Whatever you do, if you're getting a prompt to enter an unlock code, DO NOT randomly enter numbers. Too many attempts with the wrong number and the phone will be permanently locked to its carrier.
1 - Where i can purchase code ? I mean which website is safe?
2 - How can i get that gray screen that asks me code?
By the way im using phone right now without problem. Repair service fixed it but didnt unlocked it i think. And i should say i cant flash custom roms too. CM , RR etc.
Thank you.
The language barrier may be causing issues here. Let's make sure we're on the same page here.
What happens when you try flashing a ROM through Odin?
Does a gray screen with a prompt for an unlock code appear when unlocking the screen?
Are you able to make any calls other than emergency calls?
When i flash rom via odin ; flash is succesfull i setup phone language , name , gmail etc. Then i enter my sim lock. Everything is fine to this point. After sim lock i see "emergency calls only" No mobile data , no sms , no calls.
No gray screen doesnt appear.
Try a different SIM, or get a replacement.
I'll when i can im at holiday now. I'll try it when i return from holiday.Will post result.
Hi.
I have purchased an unlock code from samsungsimunlock but my phone is still SIM locked. They sent me code along with a link to an app to download called Network Unlock app. I ran the app, entered the code, get a message saying phone is perma unlocked but when I insert a non Vodafone SIM, the phone, not the app, asks me for the SIM unlock code.
EDIT: Phone details:
Locked to Vodafone UK
Galaxy S8 SM-G950F
Android 7.0
Baseband version: G950FXXU1AQH3
Knox 2.8
I had rooted my phone and as the instructions from SSU said to, I removed the root and returned the phone back to stock (as far as I know)
Can any one help with this please? Is the unlock possible after knox has been tripped?
I would really appreciate any help,
Thank you
Try log in to your Samsung Account on a Desktop then, reboot your phone. - Helped me out a few times when I've not been able to log in.
Weblet said:
Try log in to your Samsung Account on a Desktop then, reboot your phone. - Helped me out a few times when I've not been able to log in.
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I can't see how this would help...
Put this in your dialer #7465625*638*# then try your code on the network unlock screen. See if that makes a difference
Good evening friends, I have a question about a problem that I have not been able to solve. My S4 version 9505 is free from factory and so it has been for 10 months (I bought it used and that's what they told me) and suddenly in a normal restart it gave me a screen before the launcher that says Unblock or continue ... after that It says that I have a simcard with network blocking. Use Lineage 14.1 and go back to lollipop 5.0.1 stock to see if that solved it but it was not like that. I have imei intact but it is blocked by network.
i would be grateful to who can help me
Thank you
You can try to unlock it by flashing a 4.2.2 mode, root, run regionlockaway, flash stock 5.01 ROM, and see if the phone is network unlocked.
You will not be able to use the menu option listed in this thread but there are some helpful posts: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
dfernandopm said:
Good evening friends, I have a question about a problem that I have not been able to solve. My S4 version 9505 is free from factory and so it has been for 10 months (I bought it used and that's what they told me) and suddenly in a normal restart it gave me a screen before the launcher that says Unblock or continue ... after that It says that I have a simcard with network blocking. Use Lineage 14.1 and go back to lollipop 5.0.1 stock to see if that solved it but it was not like that. I have imei intact but it is blocked by network.
i would be grateful to who can help me
Thank you
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Hello
Your phone is not locked, the SIM card is. Have you set up a pin for the SIM card and forgotten?.....Try another SIM card in the phone to check.
The message that appears on the original post is the same screen I received with my locked sgh-i337m before I unlocked it using regionlockaway.
cooltt said:
Hello
Your phone is not locked, the SIM card is. Have you set up a pin for the SIM card and forgotten?.....Try another SIM card in the phone to check.
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No friend. ... I appreciate your opinion very much but it is not my case, I have tried several. thank you very much
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audit13 said:
You can try to unlock it by flashing a 4.2.2 mode, root, run regionlockaway, flash stock 5.01 ROM, and see if the phone is network unlocked.
You will not be able to use the menu option listed in this thread but there are some helpful posts: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
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thanks friend. I tried with regionlockaway and nothing .... when I installed 4.2.2 I warned
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Try this: root the phone, install and run regionlockaway, restore the latest stock ROM using Odin, test the phone.
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Try this: root the phone, install and run regionlockaway, restore the latest stock ROM using Odin, test the phone.
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I did it exactly like that, but it did not work
Not sure why it didn't work since other XDA members have had success with the method I outlined.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71227945&postcount=1653
audit13 said:
Not sure why it didn't work since other XDA members have had success with the method I outlined.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71227945&postcount=1653
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imei null when flashing modem I9505_XXUAME2_MODEM.tar
I had to flash a stock ROM again and the imei was recovered, but I still have network blocking
The IMEI goes null because you are flashing a 4.2.2 modem onto a phone with a 5.01 bootloader and flashing the latest modem will restore the imei.
If you followed the steps I outlined and the phone is still network locked, you will need to buy and unlock code.
I'm sorry I had not been able to answer for days.
I could unlock the phone as follows: Install via ODIN I9505XXSHQB1_I9505OLBHOH1_I9505XXSHQB1_HOME.tar then install the modem: I9505DVUAMD8_MODEM.tar, then root, and use Galaxy Unlock app.
I thank all those who helped me here and took the trouble to answer my post.
@audit13
@cooltt