Hi, I own a Samsung S7, International version ( SM-G930F ). Wanted to unlock it to use it with other companies, and did some research in order to be able to unlock it manually (I used to unlock all phones by my own, this one is harder that usual).
Well, this might be a new phone and a solution may not be present here yet, but I know that some programs allow you to read the SIM unlock codes from the phone z3x allows you to do that, Octopus and ChimeraTool too, among others.
So... it really may be possible to do this manually.. rooting the phone, of course..
I know that the S4 allows you to do this quite simply:
just opening a terminal and typing:
su [enter]
strings -n 8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 [enter]
to get the UN_Lock_code, and then performing some calculation using the IMEI number and the UN_Lock_code, followed by some further really simple ordering algorithm, you can find the full algorithm here.
That being said, if we could get the UN_Lock_code from the S7, the algorithm may even be the same.
The bad news is that /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 doesnt even exist on the S7 file system, so obviouly they somehow improved the security on this phone, but the tools mentioned above are able to get this unlock codes anyway, so it surely exists a way to read them from the phone in some other way.
If you are a developer working on any of these tools, or have the knowledge to investigate this on your own, please give me your feedback ! People here on xda and all over the world will appreciate a solution:
Doing this manually obviously requires some skills to root the phone in the first place, maybe install the terminal or use ADB, so the unlocking business wont be affected at all.. and it avoids trouble with unlocking companies that give wrong codes and dont refund.
So I only see advantages in this. Thanks a lot to the developers that give this issue a try, I maid my own little research and I think that getting the UN_Lock_code or SIM unlock codes is really possible in the S7 Exynos.
Good luck, and any feedback will be greatly appreciated !
In the UK once you've had your phone for 6 months the carrier has to give you the unlock code IIRC
I'm with o2 and the o2 app has a setting to unlock the phone with a warning that you must still honour the remainder of your contract
*Detection* said:
In the UK once you've had your phone for 6 months the carrier has to give you the unlock code IIRC
I'm with o2 and the o2 app has a setting to unlock the phone with a warning that you must still honour the remainder of your contract
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Yep I know that some carriers are able to get the codes from the manufacturer, samsung in this case, and even have their own DB of unlock codes for each of their IMEI numbers, this codes are then compared to the ones in the phone, if the code matches any of the codes in the phone, then it unlocks, else counter is incremented.
This thread is about getting the unlock codes from the phone, as some applications do, such as z3x, Octopus, ChimeraTool.
The question is: If this tools are able to get the codes inmediately from the phone, which file are they accessing inside the phone, and which further steps are they performing
The reasoning behind all this is that if all of these tools can do it in some seconds, then we can do it.
I'm actually looking for some explanation, similar to the S4 thread linked above. Or failing that, where can we investigate further to finally get this information.
Thanks a lot !
EDIT: Maybe this is not the best section, but this discussion is related to Samsung S7 EEPROM and filesystem layout, reverse-engineering and investigation.
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Posting warez is not allowed. This includes cracks that avoid paying for software.
It doesn't work canolucas ,I keep having fails. Tried to reinstall,restart pc and no change
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I'd like to try out a sim unlock code I generated for my 8525. However, I only have the one sim. How can I get to the unlock process without having to insert another sim? Really I just need to test it.
-fluxist
I'm not really sure what you're asking.
Huh?
Doom Tints said:
I'm not really sure what you're asking. Why not ask the person whose sim card it is for the unlock code? If you are just "testing" the phone at this point, I'm assuming it's not even your phone.
If you want to see a Hermes in action, go ahead and return it to the rightful owner and I'm sure they will give you a friendly walkthrough.
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Doom Tints' Score: ZERO for reading comprehension.
I have an 8525 that belongs to me. Shall i forward you a receipt? Very helpful. Anyways, to clarify for anyone else who gets confused easily, I was curious how to I can test my sim unlock code on my own locked Hermes. Obviously I could remove the sim lock with the stickied utility in the forums, but that is not my purpose. I simply need to verify that my unlock code generating algorithm is working. I don't believe that I've seen anyone discussing the ability to generate unlock codes for any arbitrary IMEI before. Although I could be mistaken.
The wiki states that I can use:
[email protected]=0,<facility>,<code>
Facility is a number between 0 and 32, code is a 8 digit code.
What shall I use for the facility? "SC"? "PS"? Those are the only relevant facility codes I know of. Should then I convert SC to 0x5343? Maybe I just answered my own question...
Thanks Doom Tint!
-f
I'm not sure there's a way. I just ended up borrowing a friend's T-Mobile sim when i was unlocking my 3125 - it takes about 2 minutes so it's not big deal to do quickly then hand back the sim chip to the friend.
Thanks for the clarification instead of the tiny 1-sentence question without explaining what you were doing.
BTW, I had already edited my message before you posted your response.
woohoo!
yay! it works.
[email protected]=0,1,<code>
did the trick.
@SIMLOCK=00
anyone know if there are any HTC models which cannot be sim unlocked through published means? this unlock code generator should be universal,
-f
fluxist said:
anyone know if there are any HTC models which cannot be sim unlocked through published means? this unlock code generator should be universal
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This only works on devices with qualcomm msm6250 (universal) / msm6275 (hermes, trinity...). It needs a bootloader with 'rtask' command but you can also do it in a simple CE program with RilDevSpecific() functions, communicating with the radio through RIL dll if you don't have an 'rtask' enabled bootloader.
Ok. This is a request to everyone that has an unlocked t-mobile wing. I have a wing and I have been looking at attempting to find a free solution for sim-unlocking this device. Now the only other device I know about with a good unlock solution was the wizard, and that was a wonderful unlock solution. There are two ways currently I have been looking at for the unlock. First tear apart every part of the SPL/IPL until I can find the section related to the sim and its restrictions. The second which has to be possible but maybe more difficult would be to determine the relation between IMEI and sim restriction code. I have looked into this before on other devices and have found no matter how slight there is always some relation. While I go over the ROM I want to ask anyone who has unlocked their WING using an unlock code to send me a copy of your IMEI and the sim unlock code you used. I hope if I can get enough codes and IMEIs then I may be able to come up with a pattern for how they are generated and test it.
Last thing. I have heard which I have not yet tested since I want to keep my WING factory stock so I can have a good test environment for working with the device, that some people have unlocked their devices by flashing the stock HTC branded ROM to their device. If this has worked for you I would like to know which ROM you used and your current IPL/SPL versions and your previous IPL/SPL versions.
I know this is a lot to ask but here is to hoping for freedom for our Heralds.
Turbo777 said:
Ok. This is a request to everyone that has an unlocked t-mobile wing. I have a wing and I have been looking at attempting to find a free solution for sim-unlocking this device. Now the only other device I know about with a good unlock solution was the wizard, and that was a wonderful unlock solution. There are two ways currently I have been looking at for the unlock. First tear apart every part of the SPL/IPL until I can find the section related to the sim and its restrictions. The second which has to be possible but maybe more difficult would be to determine the relation between IMEI and sim restriction code. I have looked into this before on other devices and have found no matter how slight there is always some relation. While I go over the ROM I want to ask anyone who has unlocked their WING using an unlock code to send me a copy of your IMEI and the sim unlock code you used. I hope if I can get enough codes and IMEIs then I may be able to come up with a pattern for how they are generated and test it.
Last thing. I have heard which I have not yet tested since I want to keep my WING factory stock so I can have a good test environment for working with the device, that some people have unlocked their devices by flashing the stock HTC branded ROM to their device. If this has worked for you I would like to know which ROM you used and your current IPL/SPL versions and your previous IPL/SPL versions.
I know this is a lot to ask but here is to hoping for freedom for our Heralds.
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Why not just call t-mobile and have it unlocked for free?
Because he wants to come up with a free solution.. I may call T-Mo and get a subsidy code and send it to ya.. look for my PM later this week.
Just Got the Code from T-Mobile
I called T-Mobile yesterday, asked them to unlock my Wing. They took my phone info (IMEI) and today I got an email with the unlock code. Just put in a Cingular Sim put the code and ready to go. the best way to do it. I also have a T-mobile MDA and because I was willing to do testing with this device I used the steps to unlocked in Wizards forums. It worked excellent...
Just call T-mobile...The best way to go.
Hi!
Can You help me with unlocking code?
I will appreciate very much!
Not everyone buys their wings from T-Mobile. I would assume that's why he's interested in creating a way to unlock them.
This is what you do. Pick someone you know who has service from T-Mobile. It does not matter what kind of phone he/she is using. Have them call T-Mobile and say that they are planning on going overseas and would like to unlock their phone. They will ask for the IMEI number and an email address. Give them the WING's IMEI number and in about 24-48 hours they will send the unlock info to the email address. Worked for me and I hope it works for you.
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This is what you do. Pick someone you know who has service from T-Mobile. It does not matter what kind of phone he/she is using. Have them call T-Mobile and say that they are planning on going overseas and would like to unlock their phone. They will ask for the IMEI number and an email address. Give them the WING's IMEI number and in about 24-48 hours they will send the unlock info to the email address. Worked for me and I hope it works for you.
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Thats all good and dandy bit i believe as with all other phones he wants it unlocked on his own .. As would i as i just got 1 yesterday. have been away for a while as I was ill and seen a lot of new people and new ideas .. But I too want to cid unlock it and change this horrible rom that pre-installed . Worst piece of mess i have seen besides windows vista.
So i was recently given an HTC surround to try my hands at, after years of working with blackberry and iphone, and im finding this to be just a tad confusing as far as the language is concerned. The surround is currently locked to ATT and i would like to be able to use my t-mobile with it, however when looking for "unlocking" or any similar term, all i see is mass use of the word unlock for several things that don't actually remove the sim/carrier lock.
I have looked at some of the threads about flashing roms, and it seems like this would take care of the unlock, but i am not able to find a clear "how-to" on flashing roms......
I have successfully unlocked the device for homebrew apps (using wp7chevron) however, that does not remove the sim lock (as im sure everyone else knew, lol). Any help or pointing me to a guide/page that would assisst me in doing this would be greatly appreciated. I'm looking forward to trying my hand at something new to tinker with...
you will need the IMEI code which you can get by going to the phone and dialing *#06#
then call ATT and tell them you want the unlock code, odds are they will have no clue as to what you are saying but keep talking to them and eventually they will get it and give you the code.
if they refuse you will have to pay some website to send you the code
I do not think there is any other way to unlock the surround right now.
http://www.htcsimunlock.com/htc-surround-unlock.html
Never used the site
How to get to unlock menu once I get unlock code?
I am not in america so it seems uicc unlock is not an option because I cannot connect to Boost.
Thanks.
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Lg Stylo 2 Boost mobile ( LS775) No service after unlock
I have a Lg Stylo 2 ( ls775 ) Boost mobile and i unlocked it . After that i works fine about 5 min and there after No service.
before unlocked it shows GSM network mode . But now GSM has disappeared.
If any one knows a solution please help
Thanks
shan82 said:
I have a Lg Stylo 2 ( ls775 ) Boost mobile and i unlocked it . After that i works fine about 5 min and there after No service.
before unlocked it shows GSM network mode . But now GSM has disappeared.
If any one knows a solution please help
Thanks
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Hope this helps,
http://androidforums.com/threads/dialer-codes-button-combinations-lg-g-stylo.1003202/
Can someone give me code or tell me where to find to unlock boost moblie stylo 2
The Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile versions of the LG Stylo 2 (LS775) are not only carrier-locked, they are CDMA-only phones because the GSM capability is disabled in the firmware. In order to enable international GSM roaming, you must flash replacement firmware. There are several outfits that offer to do that on Ebay, with prices ranging from $10.99 to $30. It's not a simple code entry - they have to connect to your PC and load new firmware to the phone via a USB debug connection. But it does work.
here maybe i can help
here maybe i can help u all Ive been racking my brain it looks like theirs a carrier app that unlocks it try t mobile unlock app now i was able to get one but every app is different for every phone and your unlock code may not work u may have to buy a few .........ehhhh here are some tips to leave type 5689#*775# like my ls775*model number# its the 775 so that's clear its not 2945....
i also seen there may be a way to root it with out hardware but software lg up and flashing involve but if any of this helps this thread keep going !!!! im happy but ive rooted every thing but this so please i have my codes just fine the right app or put in your 2 cents about it also !!!!!!!!!!!!oct or zv3 box is the way to go but hell im cheap and love a challenge !!!!!!!!!!!!!! its a flash hub for people that don't know i thought it was software and dude u can unlock apn settings with the 5689#*775#
and your codes but it will not unlock for carrier thers so much miss truth on here it boggeles my mine dont even talk about it unless its working now please lol jk!!!!!!!!!!
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:victory:here maybe i can help u all Ive been racking my brain it looks like theirs a carrier app that unlocks it try t mobile unlock app now i was able to get one but every app is different for every phone and your unlock code may not work u may have to buy a few .........ehhhh here are some tips to leave type 5689#*775# like my ls775*model number# its the 775 so that's clear its not 2945....
i also seen there may be a way to root it with out hardware but software lg up and flashing involve but if any of this helps this thread keep going !!!! im happy but ive rooted every thing but this so please i have my codes just fine the right app or put in your 2 cents about it also !!!!!!!!!!!!oct or zv3 box is the way to go but hell im cheap and love a challenge !!!!!!!!!!!!!! its a flash hub for people that don't know i thought it was software and dude u can unlock apn settings with the 5689#*775#
and your codes but it will not unlock for carrier thers so much miss truth on here it boggeles my mine dont even talk about it unless its working now please lol jk!!!!!!!!!!
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The Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile versions of the LG Stylo 2 (LS775) are not only carrier-locked, they are CDMA-only phones because the GSM capability is disabled in the firmware. In order to enable international GSM roaming, you must flash replacement firmware. There are several outfits that offer to do that on Ebay, with prices ranging from $10.99 to $30. It's not a simple code entry - they have to connect to your PC and load new firmware to the phone via a USB debug connection. But it does work.
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First off, thanks for the info - great post.
like everyone else here, I'm having a problem unlocking my Boost-Mobile Stylo 2 (LGLS775). I noticed they made it practically impossible to switch carriers, there is no way to unlock the phone even with a code. When I switched sim cards I wasn't prompted with an option to unlock. So I tried other methods (like using the dial codes to prompt action with 2945#*775#, 2945#*71001#, and 2945#*20001#) with absolutely no avail.
Then I read your post, and it all makes sense now. It's disabled in the firmware for anything user end to prompt a carrier switch.
This is just evil.... anyways I looked up some Ebay sellers and found one who actually tells you were to download EVERYTHING needed for the process of unlocking the phone (No Z3X or Octoplus box required), the only problem is that I have no idea what I am supposed to do with all these files.
Here is the link to the seller's product below
http //wwwebaycom/itm/Unlock-Service-LG-Stylo-2-LS775-From-Sprint-Boost-Mobile-Virgin-Mobile-/142305877764
And this is where the seller asked the buyer to download all of the files
https //drivegooglecom/file/d/0BxP_zvOImZfnR0ZrOERMWHpSZWc/view
(I made an account specifically for this, URL needs colons after https and dots after www / drive and before com)
I'm currently just trying to figure this whole thing out little by little but if anyone wants to help pitch in it would be greatly appreciated.
emilioangeles95 said:
In my knowledge, LG from Boost Mobile network can't be unlocked. Most likely from Boost doesn't ask for unlock code.
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Yes it can, I just ordered it to be unlocked over Ebay. Turns out I was wrong with my earlier post. You have to replace the firmware, but since there are no KDZ files in existence for the phone you have to use a Z3X or Octoplus box. If you order an unlock over the internet they will just remote view on your pc and connect your USB inputs to theirs with flexihub on run the process as if they were doing it on their own. It sounds really sketchy and it is, but it works. Average cost is around 10 -15 dollars, and it takes around 15-60 mins. If you really want you can just do this yourself but you need to buy a smartcard box.
Thank you but when i tried the network 2945*#775 it doesn t do nothing can you please tell me why?
Ihatethisgoddamnphone said:
First off, thanks for the info - great post.
like everyone else here, I'm having a problem unlocking my Boost-Mobile Stylo 2 (LGLS775). I noticed they made it practically impossible to switch carriers, there is no way to unlock the phone even with a code. When I switched sim cards I wasn't prompted with an option to unlock. So I tried other methods (like using the dial codes to prompt action with 2945#*775#, 2945#*71001#, and 2945#*20001#) with absolutely no avail.
Then I read your post, and it all makes sense now. It's disabled in the firmware for anything user end to prompt a carrier switch.
This is just evil.... anyways I looked up some Ebay sellers and found one who actually tells you were to download EVERYTHING needed for the process of unlocking the phone (No Z3X or Octoplus box required), the only problem is that I have no idea what I am supposed to do with all these files.
Here is the link to the seller's product below
http //wwwebaycom/itm/Unlock-Service-LG-Stylo-2-LS775-From-Sprint-Boost-Mobile-Virgin-Mobile-/142305877764
And this is where the seller asked the buyer to download all of the files
https //drivegooglecom/file/d/0BxP_zvOImZfnR0ZrOERMWHpSZWc/view
(I made an account specifically for this, URL needs colons after https and dots after www / drive and before com)
I'm currently just trying to figure this whole thing out little by little but if anyone wants to help pitch in it would be greatly appreciated.
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Could you please send me the file, the google link you provided seems to be broken.
Unsimlock stylo 2
Ihatethisgoddamnphone said:
First off, thanks for the info - great post.
like everyone else here, I'm having a problem unlocking my Boost-Mobile Stylo 2 (LGLS775). I noticed they made it practically impossible to switch carriers, there is no way to unlock the phone even with a code. When I switched sim cards I wasn't prompted with an option to unlock. So I tried other methods (like using the dial codes to prompt action with 2945#*775#, 2945#*71001#, and 2945#*20001#) with absolutely no avail.
Then I read your post, and it all makes sense now. It's disabled in the firmware for anything user end to prompt a carrier switch.
This is just evil.... anyways I looked up some Ebay sellers and found one who actually tells you were to download EVERYTHING needed for the process of unlocking the phone (No Z3X or Octoplus box required), the only problem is that I have no idea what I am supposed to do with all these files.
Here is the link to the seller's product below
http //wwwebaycom/itm/Unlock-Service-LG-Stylo-2-LS775-From-Sprint-Boost-Mobile-Virgin-Mobile-/142305877764
And this is where the seller asked the buyer to download all of the files
https //drivegooglecom/file/d/0BxP_zvOImZfnR0ZrOERMWHpSZWc/view
(I made an account specifically for this, URL needs colons after https and dots after www / drive and before com)
I'm currently just trying to figure this whole thing out little by little but if anyone wants to help pitch in it would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi,
Have you unsimlock your phone with ebay seller?
I've owned my J5 (SM-J510GN; globe-locked) for almost a year now. I've been keeping a close eye, both, on the unlock sites and the kiosks here in Manila and - still - no unlock code is available for this phone. Is it still 'too new?' When do these codes usually start to trickle out?
If anyone has one (that will work for my Globe lock), please PM me.
TIA
aydanmonty99 said:
Hi,
Unfortunately, I don't think you're able to unlock it via code. Since it's a dual SIM model, it has two IMEIs, so pretty much any unlock code provider is unable to help you.
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Hmm....when i put in a non-Globe SIM, it asks for an unlock code. My experience tells me that if I had the code, it would unlock that IMEI.
Let's just say it wouldn't....how are dual SIM phones being unlocked then? I've yet to root it as it's still under warranty and there's no way (as of yet) to not flip the Knox value of this phone via root (hence, immediately ending warranty).
Thanks for the reply. Hope this thread becomes active and I find a sol'n.