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Unlock Samsung Focus - Alternative way

I recently bought an unlock code from ebay but could not get it to work with my original at&t sim or without a sim. After some research it seem like the only way would be with an unauthorized sim card aka T-Mobile.
Luckily I stumbled into a way to input the code easily with the At&t sim:
1. Activate the Diagnosis app with ##634#
2. In the app dial *#7465625# to show the status of the Network Lock.
3. Go into "Network Lock".
4. Type your code in the "Enter NCK" box.
5. Press "Execute"
6. Enjoy and unlocked phone
To check if it is unlocked simply press "Lock Status" and all of them should say "Disable".

ejaywillie said:
I recently bought an unlock code from ebay but could not get it to work with my original at&t sim or without a sim. After some research it seem like the only way would be with an unauthorized sim card aka T-Mobile.
Luckily I stumbled into a way to input the code easily with the At&t sim:
1. Activate the Diagnosis app with ##634#
2. In the app dial *#7465625# to show the status of the Network Lock.
3. Go into "Network Lock".
4. Type your code in the "Enter NCK" box.
5. Press "Execute"
6. Enjoy and unlocked phone
To check if it is unlocked simply press "Lock Status" and all of them should say "Disable".
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Thank you for posting this, but FYI, it's been previously posted. Some info is already in the Focus wiki, but not all of it. I just added it now so others can find it easily.

Sorry if was posted before, I'm new to posting. Thanks for adding it to the wiki.

ejaywillie said:
Sorry if was posted before, I'm new to posting. Thanks for adding it to the wiki.
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No worries, you're fine. Just make sure you search before you post
Just for reference, here and here are a couple of examples where it's been posted.

Hi,
I have a focus s2 and when I type in *#7465625# nothing happens. Does anyone know what else can be done?
thanks

Brunetka said:
Hi,
I have a focus s2 and when I type in *#7465625# nothing happens. Does anyone know what else can be done?
thanks
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This is for Focus (i917) only, it won't work for Focus 2 (i667) unfortunately.
Here is something I found online, I can't guarantee it will work as I don't own a Focus 2 and I can't test:
How to Unlock Samsung Focus 2 I667 locked to a Network
Method 1:
•Turn on the device with any non-accepted SIM card (Non Accepted Simcard is anySIM card not from the original provider)
•The phone will automatically display that your current SIM card requires an unlockcode. Would you like to unlock it?
•Click yes, and input the 8 digit Unlock code•The phone is now unlocked!
Method 2:
•Go to the dial screen on your phoneand dial:#7465625*638*UNLOCKCODE#(8 digit Code)
Method 3:
•Go to the dial screen on your phoneand dial:#7465625*638*UNLOCKCODE#
•Once prompted for code, enter the 8 digit Unlock Code.
hth,gl

[Q] Samsung s5 unlocking for free

I just ran into this article, a Samsung insider gave the code away, can anybody try it and see if it works, I don't have an S5 at the moment.
link to the article:
if the link doesn't work, these are the steps:
1. Insert the foreign SIM card into your Samsung Galaxy S5.
2. Turn your handset off and back on again.
3. On the dialpad on your phone, type in *#197328640#.
4. Then select [1] UMTS > [1] Debug Screen > [8] Phone Control > [6] Network Lock > Options [3] Perso SHA256 OFF.
5. Wait for 30 seconds or so before returning to your main menu by choosing back.
6. In the main menu, you should see a “Network Lock” message, now choose [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ.
If everything is in place, your Samsung Galaxy S5 should be unlocked. You can test it out with a SIM card from other carriers. Also, other Samsung smartphones work with the same codes as well so don’t be afraid to share it.
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Not working at all,
i have done my samsung S5 remote unlocking within 30 sec.
if you need contact me i can help you .

Gsm UK said:
Not working at all,
i have done my samsung S5 remote unlocking within 30 sec.
if you need contact me i can help you .
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for free ?

of course not
its paid not free

Gsm UK said:
of course not
its paid not free
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lol

Gsm UK said:
Not working at all,
i have done my samsung S5 remote unlocking within 30 sec.
if you need contact me i can help you .
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Where did you unlocked? and by the way, how much did it cost?

@XTARX
Uh huh. Well thanks for trying to help. But this information is long out of date. If you do a search on this forum.. or Google, you will find dozens of threads about this. This method hasn't worked since.. Android 4.1.2 or so on the S3. And a ton more posts confirming that it doesn't work on the S5, S4 or your riding mower either.
If your carrier likes you, they can unlock your S5. So can commercial unlockers for a fee. No free unlocks yet no matter what your article claims. But we are trying to figure it out.
.

trybute said:
Where did you unlocked? and by the way, how much did it cost?
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its cost me 15 USD instant .
contact me via pm i'll help you .

Gsm UK said:
its cost me 15 USD instant .
contact me via pm i'll help you .
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15usd ?! really ?! need this

djase said:
15usd ?! really ?! need this
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contact me via PM ,

£9 it cost me from ebay instant code took 3 mins

pnr2020 said:
£9 it cost me from ebay instant code took 3 mins
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lol ebay sux too dangerous

Sprint samsung domestic unlock WIP

This is a thread to develop the domestic unlock for the sprint variant of the S5. As this thread is a work in progress, please keep all post to development only. If you need help seeking information for the uicc international unlock, please search xda because this is not a thread for that which has already been accomplished. Feel free to chime in and post any relevant information regarding an unlock method. Methods for previous samsung phones may or may not work. With that said, welcome and happy hunting guys and gals!!!!

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About20ninj45 said:
This is a thread to develop the domestic unlock for the sprint variant of the S5. As this thread is a work in progress, so please keep all post to development only. If you need help seeking information for the uicc international unlock, please search xda because this is not a thread for that which has already been accomplished. Feel free to chime in and post any relevant information regarding an unlock method. Methods for pprevioussamsung phones may or may not work. With that said, welcome and happy hunting guys and gals!!!!
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Hope to see the colleagues from the international unlock here (especially @Dest! Ahem...I mean @aalyatim). For those wondering where to start we're looking for nv items with the first two characters at 01 or bad param nv items.
Sent from my LGLS990 using XDA Free mobile app

ecs87 said:
Hope to see the colleagues from the international unlock here (especially @Dest! Ahem...I mean @aalyatim). For those wondering where to start we're looking for nv items with the first two characters at 01 or bad param nv items.
Sent from my LGLS990 using XDA Free mobile app
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Same here and thanks. I browsed the android manifest and found some interesting things. Ther is an ril : RIL_PERM_BLOCKED, MODEM_RFS_ERROR , RIL_PERSO_BLOCKED.
Could yiu tell me if these files exist on your s5? its should be in the PhoneErrService.apk

ecs87 said:
Hope to see the colleagues from the international unlock here (especially @Dest! Ahem...I mean @aalyatim). For those wondering where to start we're looking for nv items with the first two characters at 01 or bad param nv items.
Sent from my LGLS990 using XDA Free mobile app
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So I explored alot of NV items recently and I want to compare them to an International MODEL . If you are reading this thread or knows anyone that has an international version of the s5 or note 4, could you please send me a NV back up so I can compare those items.

NV
Here
I have sm-900p

ecs87 said:
Hope to see the colleagues from the international unlock here (especially @Dest! Ahem...I mean @aalyatim). For those wondering where to start we're looking for nv items with the first two characters at 01 or bad param nv items.
Sent from my LGLS990 using XDA Free mobile app
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sprints5 said:
Here
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You have an international version of an s5 or note 4? I.E. SM-N910 unlocked or SM-G900H ?

About20ninj45 said:
Same here and thanks. I browsed the android manifest and found some interesting things. Ther is an ril : RIL_PERM_BLOCKED, MODEM_RFS_ERROR , RIL_PERSO_BLOCKED.
Could yiu tell me if these files exist on your s5? its should be in the PhoneErrService.apk
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Yep all of these are in the PhoneErrService.apk on my G900P in the manifest. By any chance have you taken a look at personalization.apk? The name of the app is quite deceiving. It actually refers to "perso" as in "network perso"...as in network lock/unlock lol. There's some VERY interesting stuff in there. I wonder if the domestic GSM lock is a perso lock. I did see in the service menu where it had a lock reason, I think it just said NW. I don't remember seeing that before (being internationally unlocked).

ecs87 said:
Yep all of these are in the PhoneErrService.apk on my G900P in the manifest. By any chance have you taken a look at personalization.apk? The name of the app is quite deceiving. It actually refers to "perso" as in "network perso"...as in network lock/unlock lol. There's some VERY interesting stuff in there. I wonder if the domestic GSM lock is a perso lock. I did see in the service menu where it had a lock reason, I think it just said NW. I don't remember seeing that before (being internationally unlocked).
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No i didnt notice that but it makes sense. After sifting through hours of NV items, 14000 to be exact, i took a break and decided to look at some more manifest logs. I had an idea that if i compared the manifest from an factory unlocked version as well with its NV items, it would give me a better idea of which ones to tackle. Kinda like which one came first the chicken or the egg, so by comparing those 2, I can narrow it down.
NW in the perso is there by default if you have a US version. I had the same on my note 4 and on my note 3 as well.

SW Configuration xml is also 9f interest. You can see the configuration of virgin mobile boost verizon sprint and all other sprint Mnvo's. Just not tmobile or att

Progress so far.
I decompiled the perso.apk and found that the OEM secret dialer codes are present( I.E 7465625*77*), they are just LOCKED (i.e 0x0) and they are bypassed. The whole app looks at the sim status "req lock status" and if its locked then then it doesnt send the unlock data to the modem.
IF """" mIsLock == 0x1"""" then it throws a sim error *invalid sim* for the sim network lock.
So I'm going to attempt to rewite this code and inject the apk into the phone. IF it works, we will have sim unlock, if not then we will need to do it the long and hard way which will require injecting rils into the xml file. @ecs87

About20ninj45 said:
I decompiled the perso.apk and found that the OEM secret dialer codes are present( I.E 7465625*77*), they are just LOCKED (i.e 0x0) and they are bypassed. The whole app looks at the sim status "req lock status" and if its locked then then it doesnt send the unlock data to the modem.
IF """" mIsLock == 0x1"""" then it throws a sim error *invalid sim* for the sim network lock.
So I'm going to attempt to rewite this code and inject the apk into the phone. IF it works, we will have sim unlock, if not then we will need to do it the long and hard way which will require injecting rils into the xml file. @ecs87
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putting the apk back to /system won't work. use xposed framework nstead and rewrite the required method

josuelopezv said:
putting the apk back to /system won't work. use xposed framework nstead and rewrite the required method
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I remembered that, but my run environment is on my desktop, so im debugging on computer, not the phone. Did you happen to poke your head around in that file? I know java, not smali to much, so i just got done switching it over to a way I can understand lol.

About20ninj45 said:
I remembered that, but my run environment is on my desktop, so im debugging on computer, not the phone. Did you happen to poke your head around in that file? I know java, not smali to much, so i just got done switching it over to a way I can understand lol.
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No I will try to take a look into it this weekend. There is a program called smali2java it is easier to read java only and then create a method using xposed framework that overrides or receives from the original method. Smali is like assambler it uses more low memory management and stuff. But as far as I know the list of domestic locked providers is stored in a db is best to see if it i sql or in nvram

josuelopezv said:
No I will try to take a look into it this weekend. There is a program called smali2java it is easier to read java only and then create a method using xposed framework that overrides or receives from the original method. Smali is like assambler it uses more low memory management and stuff. But as far as I know the list of domestic locked providers is stored in a db is best to see if it i sql or in nvram
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Yes but i found a function in there that i just need to hook and the rest will do the job for us. IM using smali2java, thats how i found it. I can send you the commands, we just need a way to hook/invoke it.

About20ninj45 said:
Yes but i found a function in there that i just need to hook and the rest will do the job for us. IM using smali2java, thats how i found it. I can send you the commands, we just need a way to hook/invoke it.
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sure let me know what function and what commands do we need to pass and i will create the xposed fx module

About20ninj45 said:
Yes but i found a function in there that i just need to hook and the rest will do the job for us. IM using smali2java, thats how i found it. I can send you the commands, we just need a way to hook/invoke it.
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So I was messing around with many a things today (like smali as you mentioned previously...it's a Damn mess) and decided to toy with the international unlock app. I was able to alter the code to re lock the phone...meaning I was able to alter what raw command to send over RIL. I was also looking at the logs after setting them more verbosely using 9900 (dialer code). It does log the RIL unlock/lock code in the log but it Also briefly explains part of it.
I have probably close to 100 pictures to share worth of logs and decompilations. I've just got to throw them all on my laptop. I've been a bit busy...and lazy.
Also has anyone noticed that the SIM error in the logs is a I/O error? I'm not too experienced on SIM errors but I thought it would've thrown some kind of xxxx lock error, like SP lock or NW lock? Sprint went quite far with this domestic lock. It doesn't make it easier that there isn't a process to chase after like there was for the UICC unlock.
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ecs87 said:
So I was messing around with many a things today (like smali as you mentioned previously...it's a Damn mess) and decided to toy with the international unlock app. I was able to alter the code to re lock the phone...meaning I was able to alter what raw command to send over RIL. I was also looking at the logs after setting them more verbosely using 9900 (dialer code). It does log the RIL unlock/lock code in the log but it Also briefly explains part of it.
I have probably close to 100 pictures to share worth of logs and decompilations. I've just got to throw them all on my laptop. I've been a bit busy...and lazy.
Also has anyone noticed that the SIM error in the logs is a I/O error? I'm not too experienced on SIM errors but I thought it would've thrown some kind of xxxx lock error, like SP lock or NW lock? Sprint went quite far with this domestic lock. It doesn't make it easier that there isn't a process to chase after like there was for the UICC unlock.
Sent from my LGLS990 using XDA Free mobile app
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josuelopezv said:
sure let me know what function and what commands do we need to pass and i will create the xposed fx module
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Im just now being around to my messages so I'll send you the command josue. Ecs thanks for that tidbit.send me what you have. And we do have process to chase after. Its all in the perso app. Ill send you and josue a pm detailing it.

[Q] Original Identification

Hey experts,
i have bought Galaxy s4 i9500 now a days
some one ask me my mobile phone is not original
because its not accept ##786# or *#*#786#*#* code
and not found Hidden menu in RTN shortcut
i am much worried plz any help how can i check my phone original or not?

Turn the phone off.
Press and hold the volume down, home, and power buttons.
If you see a warning message about download mode, your S4 is real.
Press volume down to restart the S4.

Adeel Qadir said:
Hey experts,
i have bought Galaxy s4 i9500 now a days
some one ask me my mobile phone is not original
because its not accept ##786# or *#*#786#*#* code
and not found Hidden menu in RTN shortcut
i am much worried plz any help how can i check my phone original or not?
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Salam Adeel,
I just tried those codes in my 9505 and nothing happened, but my phone is original.

If I'm understanding the two of you correctly, you're trying to access the phone's service and/or diagnostic menus. *#0011# calls up the service menu. *#0*# calls up the diagnostics menu. The hidden menu trick that you've been using dates back to 2011 and doesn't work anymore.

Those codes don't work on the official samsung firmware.

GDReaper said:
Those codes don't work on the official samsung firmware.
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Replying to me or to them?

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Replying to me or to them?
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I would've quoted you. Like I do now
I know that some codes don't seem to work on the official samsung firmware.
Don't know about the codes they are trying. I misinterpreted something

Samsung had an APK specifically for the hidden menus that are found in the dialer. They were told by a third party that their devices weren't real because the codes they tried didn't work and the APK was no longer present. I provided a quick test to prove the phone was real, but also added how to actually get into the menus.
If anyone misinterpreted things, it's me. I think all they wanted was assurance their phones were genuine.

[Q] How to check if phone is refurbished?

Hi,
I've been searching for a way on how to check if the unit has been serviced (refurbished)? Are there codes of some sort that we can use or a hidden menu that will show this information?

ron.saintg said:
Hi,
I've been searching for a way on how to check if the unit has been serviced (refurbished)? Are there codes of some sort that we can use or a hidden menu that will show this information?
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I believe you can download phone info by samsung then you can check there if your phone is original or refurbished
roaring from the beast NOTE 4(N910C)

I'm actually looking for a way without installing anything. Just looking for ither options.

ron.saintg said:
I'm actually looking for a way without installing anything. Just looking for ither options.
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well ok, but what's wrong with downloading a few mb of apps? then delete it. atleast you can assure that your phone is not refurbish
roaring from the beast NOTE 4(N910C)

Dial ##786# or *#*#786#*#* go to view and scroll down if there is big Yes then your phone is refurbished if NO then your phone is not. Google it for better understanding.

I try both of this code and it's not working for me.
Sm-n910t
Mm 6.0.1