Hello all,
I have a little bit of an issue. I have bought an unlock code for my Hero and when using it, despite the fact that he says "Unlock successful", I still can't join the network and when restarting the phone, he asks me again for the code.
I think it may be because I am running a custom ROM, Elelinux special edition that somewhat the unlock code doesn't take.
Anyone can confirm that it is indeed the case? What is the best ROM to run to unlock and where to find it otherwise?
Cheers,
L
Actually, I have just worked it out. Just needed to flash an old Modaco Rom, unlock and now it works with any rom..
I have a similar problem. I tried to unlock my HTC Hero with a code and it didn't work. The phone has all original firmware and has not been rooted at all. My carrier is Orange Romania and the phone was boght with a subscription so it's locked...
Someone told me that I need to unlock it with a special cable that I do not have...
Sorry for the n00b questions
I have an unlocked HD2 running Hyperdroid ,tryin to put my girls at&t chip in it. Every time I do it says it needs a sim code, i tried a bunch but nothin works???? Please Help!!!
You need to ring T-mobile and ask them for an unlock code then it'll work. Just say you're going out of the country on business/vacation and they'll happily give you one.
You do know that you have to unlock your phone before trying to use it on a different carrier yeah?
hello got a contract phone from o2 not unlocked if i download samsungs sim free firmware and install will it be sim free or do i have to get it unlocked by o2 still ,,,sorry if its nooby question but search everywhere thanks in advancel
Works both ways. You just have to install an unlocked firmware.
Follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064894
I thought the network lock would remain even if you install a clean version of the firmware. I might be wrong though?
gareth7o9 said:
I thought the network lock would remain even if you install a clean version of the firmware. I might be wrong though?
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I think it will be removed if you change the CSC
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I think it will be removed if you change the CSC
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ca i just change the csc then without doing new firmware leave o2 branded on
I guess its possible. Try searching the thread for the answer. There might be people with similar situations
Adding firmware does not network unlock your phone . Changing the CSC does not network unlock your phone either .
If you wish to network unlock your phone . You can pay mobileunlocked.co.uk £14
Or alternately ask O2 for the unlock code.
I agree with the last post, flashing a generic firmware will NOT remove the sim lock, all that it will do is remove the branding. If you have a contract with o2 thay may give you the network lock code within 5 days although I opted for mobileunlock.co.uk (£14.99) and got it whithin 12 hours.
Once you have flashed the unbranded firmware you will need to do a factory reset to completely remove the branding.
Warning....this will probably change your CSC code, if you send it back to o2 for repair they will know!
Hello guys,
got one atrix at&t 4g in hands right now wich cant accept any sim card. Even the at&t one. Customer told he bought it as unlocked at am usa bestbuy shop and as arrived in home realised it´s locked indeed. As far i can see also to at&t sim card as it asks for network pin. I tried to updated it to [STOCK ROM] Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread 4.5.91 (Safest Update) following xda guide, but it keeps locked also to at&t. N tip or help from someone?
Rgds,
Buy an unlock code perhaps?
i tried
Pat123 said:
Buy an unlock code perhaps?
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i did it, but the 8-dig unlock code did not work. Will try a 16 dig from a diff supplier. Weird is it should accept at&t sim card. But it doesnot.
im having a bit of a hard time understanding what u mean by the ATT sim not being accepted..if u mean there no signal when u put the sim in, its because ur friend bought it without activating it with an ATT number most likely. In which case a non active ATT sim will not register with the Roaming partners which will show up on ur phone as no service. Get a valid code from a seller such as cellunlock.net i used them and they're code worked perfectly, once u sim unlock the phone then put in a SIM from ur country and it should pick up signal all u have to do then is create a motoblur account or choose to skip that process.
none sim card
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im having a bit of a hard time understanding what u mean by the ATT sim not being accepted..if u mean there no signal when u put the sim in, its because ur friend bought it without activating it with an ATT number most likely. In which case a non active ATT sim will not register with the Roaming partners which will show up on ur phone as no service. Get a valid code from a seller such as cellunlock.net i used them and they're code worked perfectly, once u sim unlock the phone then put in a SIM from ur country and it should pick up signal all u have to do then is create a motoblur account or choose to skip that process.
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Thany u for replying...
Sorry man for yr misunderstading. Wht i mean is wht i said: it does not accept any sim card. Neither one from at&t. Then, if i insert an at&t sim card (yep, i have more than 4 of them) phone asks for network pin, just like it asks when i insert other operators sim card, like claro brazil (i.e).
Its regular expected behavior should be accepting, at least, the at&t sim card since it´s from usa at&t. Of course it would not show network signal cos i am outside usa and my at&t sim cards have no credits, but it should not ask for a network pin when a at&t sim card is inserted.
Rgds,
Gingerblur
Hi there Antonio. Had same problem here in Peru. Thanks to Tenfar´s CMW recovery and Gingerblur I managed to make my Atrix work with Claro Peru and Movistar. Just look for them in the development forums.
duvate said:
Hi there Antonio. Had same problem here in Peru. Thanks to Tenfar´s CMW recovery and Gingerblur I managed to make my Atrix work with Claro Peru and Movistar. Just look for them in the development forums.
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Can you explain what exactly it was that you did to resolve this issue??
up... up...
no success with tenfar´s as suggested by Duvate. N other help pls?
Rgds
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sounds like the phone is asking for a SIM Pin or what's known as a PUK Code, which unfortunately if u dont know it, u have to contact the carrier of the sim card for it, my advice would b to try to get a sim unlock code, put the code in just to make sure it is unlocked, then stick the sim for ur country's carrier inside the phone. It will probably ask for a pin again at that point call ur provider, and give them the imei/serial of the sim and ask for the sim pin/puk code. hopefully that resolves the problem. Also do not try to guess the code more then 3 times or u will fry/burn ur sim card and will need a new one.
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djkinetic said:
sounds like the phone is asking for a SIM Pin or what's known as a PUK Code, which unfortunately if u dont know it, u have to contact the carrier of the sim card for it, my advice would b to try to get a sim unlock code, put the code in just to make sure it is unlocked, then stick the sim for ur country's carrier inside the phone. It will probably ask for a pin again at that point call ur provider, and give them the imei/serial of the sim and ask for the sim pin/puk code. hopefully that resolves the problem. Also do not try to guess the code more then 3 times or u will fry/burn ur sim card and will need a new one.
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Thank u man, but it prompts for network pin code, no sim card pin code.
Thank u again. I appreciate it.
antoniolcrd said:
Thank u man, but it prompts for network pin code, no sim card pin code.
Thank u again. I appreciate it.
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Are you sure it's an ATT Atrix? Could it be that you have for example a Bell Atrix?
p.s. according to widely spread beliefs, if you type in the network unlock code wrong too many times, the phone will become hard locked, meaning it won't accept any sim card. could be that the person you got it from did just that.
If you can still put in a network pin your good. See, you may have an AT&T sim, but it has no service so the phone wont read it until it's unlock. You need to purchase an unlock. DO NOT GO GUESSING. I believe the Atrix has 5 attempts before locking you out forever.
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@xploited
yep, it´s from at&t. It is bundled into at&t pack and also i flashed it OTA last at&t release.
@Purple Drama Llama
yep, it still asks for network pin code to unlock. No one msg like contact operator or phone freezed or whatever. Then i think it may not be hardlocked... yet.
p.s: ordered a third supplier an unlock code. Hope not be refunded this time since i hope it may work good. Wish me luck.
Rgds,
Hi, guys. I have the same problem i've purchased atrix without contract in the at&t retail store, they e-mailed me the unlock code, but the code is wrong i said it to them, they were surprised and e-mailed me another one and it is wrong too they (in the att store) said, that either of them should work and they don't know what to do. i still cant use my sim card. At&t sim was never used in that phone. is it important to have att sim inserted even once? and what to do with the phone?
baseband needed
Hello guys,
pls would some1 upload here the baseband version 1.77.07p?
thnk u all.
antoniolcrd said:
Hello guys,
pls would some1 upload here the baseband version 1.77.07p?
thnk u all.
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May wanna search in the correct forums for stuff like that probably get more responses.
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At Last!!!!
Hello Folks,
at last i managed to solve it. Flashed 1FF-olympus-user-2.3.4-4.5.91-110625-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf back and got the same: unsuccesfull unlock. Then flashed the baseband Retail Brazil Radio.sbf and enter the unlocking code from at&t and Voila... unlocked!!!
Thank you all. Let me quickly get into Aura
Hello!
Junior
I'm also from Brazil and I am having the same problem!
Spend more details on how you achieved this miracle! if you can make the files available used would be great!
I'm with version 2.3.4
Abs
I'm a N00B, but I've spent close to 30 hours reading up on posts the past three days. I have the same problem as stated in the original post... even my AT&T sim results in a request for the unlock code now.
I started with an AT&T Atrix. I unlocked the boot loader, put CWM recovery on, put Alien v4 ROM on...then the next day AT&T called me with my unlock code for international use. When I put a new sim in it asked for the code, but did not accept it "Network unlock result unsuccessful" Two other sims just immediately went to "Subsidy Lock ..." statement without asking for the unlock code... then my AT&T sim stopped working, and went to asking for an unlock code right away. Phone also will not pick up any signal, nor connect to any networks
I have entered many codes many times, and not circumvented the error, nor permanently locked it...
My next steps are to install the Gingerbread 2.3 ROM available here: https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/49191?start=0&tstart=0
Then use RSD lite to flash the AT&T 4.5.91 firmware available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
After which I am hoping I can enter the unlock code, then re-unlock the boot loader, and flash back to alien v4 ROM again.
Do you think this will work, or have any other better ideas?
Should I use RSD Lite to flash the original firmware .sbf file?
My best guess is that the unlocked boot loader is preventing the phone from carrier unlocking ???
Extra credit:
- any idea how the phone is not permanently frozen after entering unlock codes up to 50 times?
- Will I need to put CWM recovery on the phone again?
- Any idea how the AT&T sim stopped working (while still working fine in another phone)
Please help and I hope this post will help others...
the boot loader unlock .sbf was only 13 MB, but the original 4.5.91 AT&T firmware .sbf is 1.5 GB unzipped... is flashing this mega-file through RSD lite the way to get this operating, or warrantee returnable again from its present state of unlocked boot loader, and not accepting any sims? Thank You
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FYI: when installing the MotoBlur Gingerbread 2.3 ROM I get a
"Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/... lots of alphanumerics
E:Error in /sdcard/Blur_Version....
(Status 7)
Installation aborted"
any ideas? Thanks for your time on this...
Hi community,
i was trying to get rid of my sim card (korean olleh provider) not working on my E330S (SK). So I tried to get a custom, unfortunately i made some mistakes while installing (yes, i know my fault )
Now I want to get my phone into a "freshly bought" state, so I can a clean installation of a custom rom on my phone.
I have been searching now for over 5 hours (no joke), to find a solution and especially find a stock rom . actually i was looking for 5.0 lollipop stock rom, but now i seriously dont care kitkat or whatever ^^, because it seemed to me that there is no other option than paying money for a stupid ffast download account or wait 3 days to download a file....?
I appreciate any help in any way.
Thank you very much.
Oh,
I am willing to pay money (via Paypal or Poker Stars Transfer) to the person who can make it possible for me to use my olleh sim card on my E330S.
More details to the problem (and the payment) after request. thank you very much.
hunni100 said:
Oh,
I am willing to pay money (via Paypal or Poker Stars Transfer) to the person who can make it possible for me to use my olleh sim card on my E330S.
More details to the problem (and the payment) after request. thank you very much.
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1. The problem of your device is that the unique simcard that will work is SK Telecom. You will have to unlock by IMEI (buying a unlock code) if you want use others.
2. The websites that have the firmwares have slow download always if you don't pay: Sammobile.com.
Joku1981 said:
1. The problem of your device is that the unique simcard that will work is SK Telecom. You will have to unlock by IMEI (buying a unlock code) if you want use others.
2. The websites that have the firmwares have slow download always if you don't pay:.
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thank you, so there is no other solution except for unlocking? where can i do that? do i have to contact my phone provider?
None. You're dealing with a SIM lock here, and changing firmware won't circumvent it. You'll have to contact your phone provider for the unlock code, and hope they give it to you.