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[Q] Lost HTC Wildfire - India

My friend lost his HTC-Wildfire ( India, Bangalore).
There was no tracker enabled, is it possible to request HTC to block the device based on IMEI number? I read somewhere, it is not yet possible in India ( the blog-post was about a year old).
Any other suggestions?

HTC will not do it. Your mobile operator will do it, but, it needs a FIR from your local police station, and, as expected, it is a process full of hassle, unless you have 'contacts'.

And I heard, mobile operator keep asking to go back to device manufacturer. ( we work at SIM level, and not device, unless it is locked).
Then perhaps I should let the 'finder' enjoy his luck for now.

As I said, its a hassle filled process. From what I read and heard, it is the mobile operator who should do it, because, all of them have access to a global database of stolen phones. All they need to do is simply add your IMEI to this global list, and it is locked for use with any sim - any network. Obviously, its a process filled with legal red tape, which is why they are uncooperative.

I think when we are using android market, Google will be having our imei/serial number. Don't know if that helps to track the phone ( maybe not ). But I think everyone with android phone must be using market.
And if the person who got the phone wants to use wildfire without a sim or any other internet networks, then u can do really really nothing. All we should do is to protect our phone from being lost.

You could also try Plan B,if it works in your country.It`s an app that installs itself when the device connects to the market and then sends you the location of the phone.
Hope it will work for you^^

Haska said:
You could also try Plan B,if it works in your country.It`s an app that installs itself when the device connects to the market and then sends you the location of the phone.
Hope it will work for you^^
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That was the first thing I did, but I think I was late by hours. By that time the device was offline.
ALso, there was a 'pattern' based unlock password. So, if the person goes about reflashing the ROM (himself, or whoever he sells to).. then that wont work.

Haska said:
You could also try Plan B,if it works in your country.It`s an app that installs itself when the device connects to the market and then sends you the location of the phone.
Hope it will work for you^^
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It's already lost unfortunately.
Besides, atleast as far as I know, mobile thieves are today much more intelligent. They will first flash and format your phone before even attempting to use it (They switch off your phone immediately after picking it - happened to me once). Also, another aspect is that it is hardly ever the thief who will use it. He will sell it at first opportunity.

^@3xeno
Exactly.
I had no hope from planB, but I still did it - just in case.
Even if it works, the accuracy of location would be very important.
I can be evil and go all-out to get IMEI blocked. But just thinking whether its worth the hassle ( its more of a revenge), as they say, it wont help to get the device back.
Or should I let the 'receiver' enjoy his luck.

As i can remember there is a app in the market called 'plan B' which helps to track your phone even after it is lost. Log in to the market with your pc and search for it.
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shiranmotha said:
As i can remember there is a app in the market called 'plan B' which helps to track your phone even after it is lost. Log in to the market with your pc and search for it.
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Of course he can install "Plan B" remotely in his device from PC android market without any confirmational messages (but provided only if his gmail account is still associated with his phone. This happens only if his sim card was unchanged and i dont think that is the case).
It would be nice if google gives some more security to keep the gmail account attached to the phone.

bharatgaddameedi said:
It would be nice if google gives some more security to keep the gmail account attached to the phone.
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I had that feeling almost two months afther buying it: you can simply pull out the sim card of the device and start it up, resulting in having access to the persons mails and contacts. You can even send mails if you enable wifi.
Solution for that: the pattern unlock. Most of the time annoying, but thiefs will have to hard reset the phone to get past it, loosing all the contact with my mail and google contacts.
EDIT: or at least I hope so, never really tried to see if there was a way to get past the unlock code (accept when you get called, but I really hope that the thief is not someone who has my number )

ErwinP said:
I had that feeling almost two months afther buying it: you can simply pull out the sim card of the device and start it up, resulting in having access to the persons mails and contacts. You can even send mails if you enable wifi.
Solution for that: the pattern unlock. Most of the time annoying, but thiefs will have to hard reset the phone to get past it, loosing all the contact with my mail and google contacts.
EDIT: or at least I hope so, never really tried to see if there was a way to get past the unlock code (accept when you get called, but I really hope that the thief is not someone who has my number )
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A typical thief wont be able to get past 'pattern-unlock'. However, in hands of a hacker, with adb - everything is possible with sufficient time and motivation.
Typical thief would either sell it, or try to use it using different sim ( your best hope for any post-theft-tracking possibility).
Irony is that, pattern lock saves you from un-educated 'thief' misusing your data. But, on the other hand it motivates them to reflash the ROM, thus eliminating any chance of u tracking it.
In hands of even bigger experts, even IMEI-lock wont stay for long. I am sure there are people who know how to spoof IMEI. But I would imagine that is very small community.

Yes it all depends on the person that finds/steals the phone but better to try and fail than not try at all.And yes the Plan B requirement is that the person that has your phone uses your gmail account login on the market.With pattern lock the one that finds it would have to flash it as akshayxyz said so it all depends on the settings/luck or whatever ,but still there is no harm in trying.
After all what are the chances that someone with knowledge about these things finds your lost phone,and if that was the case then your friend has really bad luck.
I lost my phone and i used it just in case,I even kept the same password in the hope that one would log in with it.It didn`t help me since as i found out later my lcd cracked when it fell out of my pocket ,but after i got it back(the person that found it came into the store i work at and asked how much would the replacement cost) and loged in the market the app installed itself,so try it.
No harm done and its just a few clicks on the net^^.

FAKE Galaxy S5 - Safe to use?? Network Issues

Hey guys, I have a Galaxy S5 that I'm 99% sure is fake. I have uploaded some screenshots of the system and hardware info. Can anyone tell if it's definitely fake? If so, would it be safe to use? I factory reset it to clear any apps or anything that might leak personal information but I don't know if that's enough. I was thinking that the manufacturers of fake phones could hide malicious code deep into the system that could potentially leak my personal information like my email address and password and other passwords I enter online.In the case that they do intend to get my personal info I have a VPN service I pay for, so would connecting to the VPN before doing anything online keep them from being able to get information or could they still have a keylogger that logs my keystrokes and what windows are up when I enter them? Are there any roms I could download for it? Also I tried to boot into download mode like my old S3 and it went to a mode that was all in Korean (or Chinese or whatever). So I mean I pretty much know it's fake :silly: Is there any reason I should be worried? I am also having network issues. I have tried many different APN settings (it's unlocked and I have T-Mobile) but I cannot get anything more than a very poor edge connection. Any ideas?
***As you can see it only has 1GB of internal memory lolololololol

jtl_777 said:
Hey guys, I have a Galaxy S5 that I'm 99% sure is fake. I have uploaded some screenshots of the system and hardware info. Can anyone tell if it's definitely fake? If so, would it be safe to use? I factory reset it to clear any apps or anything that might leak personal information but I don't know if that's enough. I was thinking that the manufacturers of fake phones could hide malicious code deep into the system that could potentially leak my personal information like my email address and password and other passwords I enter online.In the case that they do intend to get my personal info I have a VPN service I pay for, so would connecting to the VPN before doing anything online keep them from being able to get information or could they still have a keylogger that logs my keystrokes and what windows are up when I enter them? Are there any roms I could download for it? Also I tried to boot into download mode like my old S3 and it went to a mode that was all in Korean (or Chinese or whatever). So I mean I pretty much know it's fake :silly: Is there any reason I should be worried? I am also having network issues. I have tried many different APN settings (it's unlocked and I have T-Mobile) but I cannot get anything more than a very poor edge connection. Any ideas?
***As you can see it only has 1GB of internal memory lolololololol
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You can be sure for a 100% thats is fake. Yes you should be worried, if there is an issue with your device in the future you won`t have warranty and 0% afterservice, so you`re pretty much on your own and may have to buy another phone.
PS: Don`t flash anything fom the S5 forum or you`ll brick your phone.

jtl_777 said:
Hey guys, I have a Galaxy S5 that I'm 99% sure is fake. I have uploaded some screenshots of the system and hardware info. Can anyone tell if it's definitely fake? If so, would it be safe to use? I factory reset it to clear any apps or anything that might leak personal information but I don't know if that's enough. I was thinking that the manufacturers of fake phones could hide malicious code deep into the system that could potentially leak my personal information like my email address and password and other passwords I enter online.In the case that they do intend to get my personal info I have a VPN service I pay for, so would connecting to the VPN before doing anything online keep them from being able to get information or could they still have a keylogger that logs my keystrokes and what windows are up when I enter them? Are there any roms I could download for it? Also I tried to boot into download mode like my old S3 and it went to a mode that was all in Korean (or Chinese or whatever). So I mean I pretty much know it's fake :silly: Is there any reason I should be worried? I am also having network issues. I have tried many different APN settings (it's unlocked and I have T-Mobile) but I cannot get anything more than a very poor edge connection. Any ideas?
***As you can see it only has 1GB of internal memory lolololololol
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Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app, open Menu > 'Refurbishment Check'. It will tell you exactly if your phone is genuine or a fake one.

gee2012 said:
You can be sure for a 100% thats is fake. Yes you should be worried, if there is an issue with your device in the future you won`t have warranty and 0% afterservice, so you`re pretty much on your own and may have to buy another phone.
PS: Don`t flash anything fom the S5 forum or you`ll brick your phone.
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I'm not concerned with the warranty. I actually haven't bought it yet but my friend did and she didn't know it was fake. I would buy it for 50 bucks if I can get 4g to work so what would you guys say? I'm doing some investigating to see if it's safe to use with my gmail and other accounts. What would be the best way to ensure that my information doesn't get sent out? I rooted it last night and found a couple forums for fake samsung phone roms but some of the numbers didn't add up. Thanks for your help.

If it is fake then you shouldn't use it. Your information and passwords may leak and there's a possibility that the device may explode.
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Custom Nougat Rom for J3 2017 SM-J327U

project abandoned.

Reserved.

One question bro:
How can you define this rom? Light Stock?

Fdraco10 said:
One question bro:
How can you define this rom? Light Stock?
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Yes, we can prune it down if you have a list of bloatware apps that can go. I've learned from the past that sometimes debloating trims away stuff that should stay. i can alter it according to your feedback, if you like.

Sands207 said:
Yes, we can prune it down if you have a list of bloatware apps that can go. I've learned from the past that sometimes debloating trims away stuff that should stay. i can alter it according to your feedback, if you like.
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In da future, will be posible that you can make a custom kernel on this device or customs roms? I think this device would be great with customs roms and more.

Fdraco10 said:
In da future, will be posible that you can make a custom kernel on this device or customs roms? I think this device would be great with customs roms and more.
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Absolutely. The kernel is custom as I stripped away some of the security measures like dm verity and force encryption,added init support among others. The rom itself is much lighter than stock but if you have source code available I would consider doing a custom AOSP build with custom kernel but that would require alot of my time and computer resources. I am a dev for hire so this is how I survive day to day. If it takes awhile to get back to you it's because I'm in active development for over 10 devices at the moment....Thank you for your support.

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Absolutely. The kernel is custom as I stripped away some of the security measures like dm verity and force encryption,added init support among others. The rom itself is much lighter than stock but if you have source code available I would consider doing a custom AOSP build with custom kernel but that would require alot of my time and computer resources. I am a dev for hire so this is how I survive day to day. If it takes awhile to get back to you it's because I'm in active development for over 10 devices at the moment....Thank you for your support.
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Let me see how can I make a donation for your work, because I don´t use Paypal and I don´t know how to make money on account´s paypal.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1i86GtQFa_wahSENDUdvQRzvah9g0B2Ma

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Hi Sands207.
First of all thanks for the hardwork. When my dad did a trip last year at Portland, US, he brought me back a J3 SM-327u. Unfortunately the network was locked and here where I live (DRC) it was impossible to connect to 3G or 4G. Only 2G. I was obliged to connect to wifi whenever I wanted to surf the internet. Now with you custom rom it's repaired, I can connect to 3G.
But, the torch doesn't work anymore, when I try to turn it on a pop-up tells me that it's used by the camera; neither the camera itself doesn't work anymore. the connection via usb to the pc also, it's just charging the phone. In Settings, there are many sections or options duplicated and the screen doesn't rotate automatically anymore even if the option is on.
So, what can I do?? Do I need a more customed one by paying on paypal like you said on your post??
Thanks.

akmh76 said:
Hi Sands207.
First of all thanks for the hardwork. When my dad did a trip last year at Portland, US, he brought me back a J3 SM-327u. Unfortunately the network was locked and here where I live (DRC) it was impossible to connect to 3G or 4G. Only 2G. I was obliged to connect to wifi whenever I wanted to surf the internet. Now with you custom rom it's repaired, I can connect to 3G.
But, the torch doesn't work anymore, when I try to turn it on a pop-up tells me that it's used by the camera; neither the camera itself doesn't work anymore. the connection via usb to the pc also, it's just charging the phone. In Settings, there are many sections or options duplicated and the screen doesn't rotate automatically anymore even if the option is on.
So, what can I do?? Do I need a more customed one by paying on paypal like you said on your post??
Thanks.
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Hi, do you have root access? Which portland are you referring to, portland maine or Oregon? Reason i ask is because i live in Portland maine. PM me and ill do what i can to help. I don't own this device myself

akmh76 said:
Hi Sands207.
First of all thanks for the hardwork. When my dad did a trip last year at Portland, US, he brought me back a J3 SM-327u. Unfortunately the network was locked and here where I live (DRC) it was impossible to connect to 3G or 4G. Only 2G. I was obliged to connect to wifi whenever I wanted to surf the internet. Now with you custom rom it's repaired, I can connect to 3G.
But, the torch doesn't work anymore, when I try to turn it on a pop-up tells me that it's used by the camera; neither the camera itself doesn't work anymore. the connection via usb to the pc also, it's just charging the phone. In Settings, there are many sections or options duplicated and the screen doesn't rotate automatically anymore even if the option is on.
So, what can I do?? Do I need a more customed one by paying on paypal like you said on your post??
Thanks.
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Do you have log??

Fdraco10 said:
Do you have log??
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No I don't. Where can I find it?

Sands207 said:
project abandoned.
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Abandoned?
Why?

Project abandoned!! damn!

SM-J327U works only on 2G in india inspite of having 4G SIM
akmh76 said:
Hi Sands207.
First of all thanks for the hardwork. When my dad did a trip last year at Portland, US, he brought me back a J3 SM-327u. Unfortunately the network was locked and here where I live (DRC) it was impossible to connect to 3G or 4G. Only 2G. I was obliged to connect to wifi whenever I wanted to surf the internet. Now with you custom rom it's repaired, I can connect to 3G.
But, the torch doesn't work anymore, when I try to turn it on a pop-up tells me that it's used by the camera; neither the camera itself doesn't work anymore. the connection via usb to the pc also, it's just charging the phone. In Settings, there are many sections or options duplicated and the screen doesn't rotate automatically anymore even if the option is on.
So, what can I do?? Do I need a more customed one by paying on paypal like you said on your post??
Thanks.
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Hi..
I am facing the same issue. I have got this phone from US but in India it only takes 2G inspite of having 4G SIM. How did you rectify your phone problem.. Can you please help.. Thanks
Sanket

[email protected] said:
Hi..
I am facing the same issue. I have got this phone from US but in India it only takes 2G inspite of having 4G SIM. How did you rectify your phone problem.. Can you please help.. Thanks
Sanket
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Hi. Is it a SM-J237U ?

SM-J327U works only on 2G in india inspite of having 4G SIM
akmh76 said:
Hi. Is it a SM-J237U ?
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Hi..
Yes..
This is the model
Model: J330 Galaxy J3 2017 (SM-J327U)

[email protected] said:
Hi..
Yes..
This is the model
Model: J330 Galaxy J3 2017 (SM-J327U)
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Okay. Do you have root access? If not, there is a subject about it here on xda forum. Just type "root for sm-j327u" and search. When your phone will be rooted, come back here and i'll tell you what to do

akmh76 said:
Okay. Do you have root access? If not, there is a subject about it here on xda forum. Just type "root for sm-j327u" and search. When your phone will be rooted, come back here and i'll tell you what to do
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Unfortunately you will need to begin your own thread for that. I'm requesting the admins delete this one as it serves no function. Good luck.

Sands207 said:
Unfortunately you will need to begin your own thread for that. I'm requesting the admins delete this one as it serves no function. Good luck.
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I need a custom Nouga for my phone

Resetting a tablet for a foreign friend's family member. FRP locked. android 8.1.0

I have a former coworker who is foreign, who has me help him with tech stuff among other things. Today he asked me to fix his sister's tablet, a Galaxy Tab A (sm-t580) which wasn't functioning correctly.
understandably, the tablet had its language set for their native language and due to the issues it was having we could not get the language changed so i could work on the tablet properly. The next best course of action was to reset the tablet. so I did.
now comes the issue: my friend and his family primarily use iOS devices, bought the tablet used and never set up their own google account on the device.
So it is FRP locked and nobody knows the necessary account info.
At first I told him that the tablet was useless now, but after a little digging saw that this was something i might be able to get around and fix for him.
Digging further, all I found was conflicting or missing instructions on how to properly do this........
A boot into recovery mode reveals that the current firmware on the device is T580UEU4CSC1
this means that the device has android 8.1 on it and the information i could gather seems to indicated that FRP bypass is more difficult on android 7 and later, but that is where the info seems to dry up. I couldn't find anything specific on what exactly i need to do to get it working again, or whether specific firmware/files needs to be used on this device.
Would really appreciate any info or direction you could provide on this. Thanks.

It has become super hard to bypass FRP on Samsung devices (Not even Combonation files work anymore), If you can prove that you purchased it you can send it back to Samsung and they can unlock it. You're only other option is buying a Octoplus/Jtag/Riff box and using the FRP unlock option on the PC software.

JJcoder said:
It has become super hard to bypass FRP on Samsung devices (Not even Combonation files work anymore), If you can prove that you purchased it you can send it back to Samsung and they can unlock it. You're only other option is buying a Octoplus/Jtag/Riff box and using the FRP unlock option on the PC software.
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there is ways.. always will be lol.. combo absolutely works.. u just need a token or a token bypass

elliwigy said:
there is ways.. always will be lol.. combo absolutely works.. u just need a token or a token bypass
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On some devices yes combo files work but not on ALL devices so maybe on this particular device that works.

Do I need an active internet connection even after logging in to mi account on mi unlock

Hi everyone,
I hope this is not a stupid question but I don't have any other way to connect my laptop to internet other than my phone's hotspot and I can't get any other way of getting internet right now and I am getting "Unkown error 1004" on the new version of mi unlock and a similar error in old one something like "couldn't unlock -1"
so does that mean I need to be connected to the internet while clicking on unlock or is it something else and it is obvious that I can't use internet when my phone is on fastboot.

madmax78 said:
Hi everyone,
I hope this is not a stupid question but I don't have any other way to connect my laptop to internet other than my phone's hotspot and I can't get any other way of getting internet right now and I am getting "Unkown error 1004" on the new version of mi unlock and a similar error in old one something like "couldn't unlock -1"
so does that mean I need to be connected to the internet while clicking on unlock or is it something else and it is obvious that I can't use internet when my phone is on fastboot.
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Google is your friend for your data
mi unlock error 1 - Google Search

joke19 said:
Google is your friend for your data
mi unlock error 1 - Google Search
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I have already searched and after doing all of that I came here because everyone unlocked it and I just want to know if anyone tried to unlock it after signing in and then disconnecting to internet because that's what my situation is and just so you know I have installed usb drivers and did all necessary steps needed for my device and I hope I am not annoying you or anything like that it's just that I tried everything and only thing that seems to be missing is internet after signing in.

U must have sim internet connection, then developer option and then sign in. In Fastboot Mode you don't need internet on your phone

joke19 said:
U must have sim internet connection, then developer option and then sign in. In Fastboot Mode you don't need internet on your phone
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I am not talking about internet connection in phone when I am on fastboot I am talking about internet connection on my computer for mi unlock.So this is what I am doing I using my phone's hotspot to sign to mi unlock and then I switched off my phone and get to fastboot mode while I am already signed in mi unlock but no internet connection at this point and I can see my phone getting detected but when I try to unlock it I get that error.So when you unlocked your bootloader did your PC had active internet connection that's all I want to know and also that you need it for the unlock process and as I said earlier I have done all the things needed to be done on my phone so that's not really a problem.

madmax78 said:
I am not talking about internet connection in phone when I am on fastboot I am talking about internet connection on my computer for mi unlock.So this is what I am doing I using my phone's hotspot to sign to mi unlock and then I switched off my phone and get to fastboot mode while I am already signed in mi unlock but no internet connection at this point and I can see my phone getting detected but when I try to unlock it I get that error.So when you unlocked your bootloader did your PC had active internet connection that's all I want to know and also that you need it for the unlock process and as I said earlier I have done all the things needed to be done on my phone so that's not really a problem.
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Okay. Your computer need internet.

joke19 said:
Okay. Your computer need internet.
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Seriously this is ridiculous why Xiaomi just put so many roadblocks ok I get it but if they needed to verify my device why can't they just do it beforehand and let me unlock it and yeah you may think it's not a big issue but not everyone has multiple source of internet for me it's just my phone and it's not possible for me to get it from somewhere else either.I wanted to unlock it to get a stable rom doesn't matter if it has fancy stuff or not because Miui crash like everyday when I am using web I just wanted stability but no Xiaomi won't give stability neither they would allow me change my situation without stupid nonsense like this.Sorry I was frustrated from this whole mess it was annoying spent a day to do this but turned out to be this stupid issue.

madmax78 said:
Seriously this is ridiculous why Xiaomi just put so many roadblocks ok I get it but if they needed to verify my device why can't they just do it beforehand and let me unlock it and yeah you may think it's not a big issue but not everyone has multiple source of internet for me it's just my phone and it's not possible for me to get it from somewhere else either.I wanted to unlock it to get a stable rom doesn't matter if it has fancy stuff or not because Miui crash like everyday when I am using web I just wanted stability but no Xiaomi won't give stability neither they would allow me change my situation without stupid nonsense like this.Sorry I was frustrated from this whole mess it was annoying spent a day to do this but turned out to be this stupid issue.
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did you ever find a solution to this? most people direct this question to unknown error -1... but it seems that unknown error 1004 is quite different. seriously thinking on returning my phone. it's not that they put roadblocks, they're just... messy.

I have the same issue did you unlock it with net this time?