Hi guys,
If I flash a firmware from sammobile.com will it remove the network lock from the device. The device is locked on EE -_-
I feel this will not do the trick but I guess its worth a shot asking
Thanks
Check to see if the phone is really locked - Had 2 S5's from EE that weren't locked, stick another carriers sim in and see.
No flashing a Stock (Unbranded) rom will not unlock your phone but will remove any carrier apps/modifications, not sure if it will remove the carriers boot logo (if you had one).
Most carriers will unlock the phone for a charge
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I recently purchased a Galaxy S4 i9505 on EE from Carphone Warehouse, and flashed the 5.0.1 BTU firmware. After I did that I then read I'd need to be carrier unlocked, but I tried calling and receiving calls and messages and using 4g and it worked fine. I also saw some posts about flashing modems. Anyway I'm really confused about what I need to do; should I try and unlock or not. Thanks everyone for your help.
The BTU firmware has no carrier branding, which means it has no carrier logos or bloatware included in it. Other than the lack of carrier doodads, it's the same firmware. You shouldn't need to flash a modem as you already have the latest, from when you installed the BTU ROM. However, the S4 would need to be unlocked for use on any carrier if your SIM isn't an EE SIM. But, you either have an EE SIM, in which case you don't need to worry about it, or the S4 was unlocked by the store that sold it, in which case you don't need to worry about it.
TL;DR: Don't touch the ROM. Don't worry too much about the SIM because you can make calls and use data. You don't need to flash a modem.
Hey people, I have an issue going on here.
I was going to unlock, but decided to reflash firmware and change the csc from rogers over to bell.
Kies recognizes the phone now as being a 'bell' phone, and have done an update just to confirm it but it still will not accept a bell sim. Every time I have inserted a bell sim it requests the 4 digit unlock code. The sim works just fine in my S3 and another bell S4, so that is not the problem.
All settings in the phone also show it to be 'bell', home screen and all, so the csc did take.
All the modems/firmware on sammobile are multi-csc, as i have tried to just flash the modem alone after I extracted it.
I could care less about being truly carrier free, as I am locked into a bell agreement through work.
Any suggestions on this, or do i have to purchase a code? I assume its locked now so I cannot downgrade to my understanding to a lower modem to use the service menu to unlock.
Thanks for the input.
I've flashed from a Bell 4.4.2 to Telus 5.01 without issue and the phone will remain sim-locked. The only difference I have seen between the Bell, Telus, and Rogers ROM are the carrier apps included with each ROM.
The sim unlock code is 8 digits long.
You should be able to downgrade the i337m's 5.01 stock ROM to a i337m 4.4.2 stock ROM. Then install the 4.2.2 modem, root the phone, run region unlock app, re-flash stock 5.01, and the phone will be sim unlocked. Doing this will trip the knox counter to 1 and void any remaining warranty.
I tried to downgrade, but it didnt take. I will try again. I know there was a discussion on booting the phone and not signing into google then reflash again. Is this needed?
Thanks for the reply.
Well, I got it to work this time. Much appreciated
You tried to flash a stock 4.4.2 rom from sammobile.com? Were there errors in Odin?
I have a second hand note 3 n9005 it is verry Co fusing as on boot before rom. Use to flash up o2 however it's locked to ee I recently paid for aim unlock and have to return to store as been a problem
Why would it show o2 bloat Ware but be locked to ee?
A friend said flashing new modem may help is this possible or no reply way to network unlock in UK?
Any help is much appreciated thank you
What is the model number on download mode?
The model is showing as sm-n9005
Thanks
Carriers will use a custom csc file on a stock rom which means there could be multiple carriers with the same phone and different csc files. For instance, I have a bell phone and loaded Rogers firmware on the phone but the phone remains locked to bell.
So it's basically the title. I bought a Rogers(RWC) model of Galaxy S8 G950W and I wanna re-flash the firmware to an unbranded one like the XAC one. The thing is I saw that the Rogers baseband is not unlocked and the XAC is an unlocked one. Can I flash the unlocked firmware on a unlocked one? RWC to XAC
Cheers!
Yes you can, but don't assume that you will unlock your phone after you flash that firmware. If you want to unlock your phone, contact other site that will offer for factory unlocking on that phone or use any gadgets tool that support on that phone.
Note: becareful of modifying the baseband of your phone mostly to those enable bootloader and Knox, cause you may brick your phone or unknown baseband.
BR.
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emilTECH said:
Yes you can, but don't assume that you will unlock your phone after you flash that firmware. If you want to unlock your phone, contact other site that will offer for factory unlocking on that phone or use any gadgets tool that support on that phone.
Note: becareful of modifying the baseband of your phone mostly to those enable bootloader and Knox, cause you may brick your phone or unknown baseband.
BR.
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
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The only reason I want XAC is because it's unbranded and without bloatware apps. I think my phone is already carrier unlocked because when I bought it I specified that I will use it in another country. I've been using it with no issues in Romania for half a year now. What do you mean with baseband modifying? I will just flash the exact same firmware as the one I have now but from XAC not RWC. It's my first time doing this. I've did a lot of research but I'm still a bit worried about doing it.
No need to flash anything you can simply change the csc to xac and it'll wipe the phone.
so was their any problem?
i see both rogers and xac on sammobile
which is better?
Hi. Recently i bought an S10+ and what i heard from the buyer is that the S10+ was locked on EE UK. (And after, he unlocked it)
I'm stuck on May update (SE7 EVR) so i was thinking to change the ROM to POL(Poland) for example.
It will be locked again on EE UK if i flash with Odin and change the ROM?
After the network sim unlock phone is unlocked no matter the rom.
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After the network sim unlock phone is unlocked no matter the rom.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm getting an error when i try to update: " Your current software isn't supported. Please visit a repair center"
I'm stuck on May Update. I'm thinking to switch the ROM.