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Unlock the G1 without unlock code ?

got root on the G1 already ,possible unlock the G1 without unlock code
anyone working on it ?
I think there are 3 possible ways:
1:find the unlock flag then rewrite
2:find the IMEI code and change it to a IMEI code that has already got the unlock code
3:find the unlock algorithm

hack the baseband
Did you figure out something? I got my T-Mobile G1 bought off eBay in the brand new packaging with a SIM card. Probably someone stole it from BestBuy or Futureshop, whatever, but I generally don't care where it came from bradn new that cheap
But now NO ONE can provide me with an UNLOCK code for it
I tried several different unlock sites, including the most famous one mentioned here, but no one can actually calculate an unlock code based on my IMEI.
I tried some solutions like Gevey 3G / TurboSIM for G1, but eventually the phone with a "proxy" SIM sort of "sees" my SIM card, but still unable to register to the network.
I was wondering if any cable unlock solution was found for the G1 already.
I got the phone rooted with the latest baseband and with the latest self-made build off the android repository, but cannot figure out how to unSIMlock it now..

find someone with t-mobile, have them activate the phone on their line, then use a site or hopefully they have been with t-mo long enough to add international calling, tell them you require the phone unlocked to use a euro sim and your set
disclaimer: in theory
all of the above except adding a stolen phone to t-mo actually work [might still work, not like your responsible for ebay origins] and t-mo's great customer service will unlock it for you immediately if your account qualifies for international calling,

Call T-Mobile

call Jenny-Craig
[same great assistance, just a lot more humorous]
^_^

Sounds crazy, not sure at all if it's been mentioned before but try www.htcunlock.com
They claim to be able to get any code for almost any htc phone including the G1, you can also buy codes in bulk to lower the cost, and its paid through paypal, so its kinda secure
Just my thoughts anyway
Oh and if you are unlocked but have no network, try setting up the APNs in wireless settings

Be prepared to wait several days for an unlock code from tmobile.

nickwinn said:
Be prepared to wait several days for an unlock code from tmobile.
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I got mine in 3 days. They were even faster when I had my BlackBerry.

xyrcncp said:
I got mine in 3 days. They were even faster when I had my BlackBerry.
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yup, been much faster than estimated all 5 times I unlocked my mobiles

I was unlocking the G1 for £3.50 using a site I had access to. I was getting the unlock codes back within an hour too.
PM me if you want your phone done.

No in fact, don't PM me as I don't have the access any more.
The website that can do it is Uniquephones.com

PsychoKilla666 said:
call Jenny-Craig
[same great assistance, just a lot more humorous]
^_^
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LMFAO...GNR

Hi all, I have a similar experience. We have a G1 here that was never linked to a contract, and T-Mobile refuse to acknowledge its existence. I have tries one unlocking company so far, and they claimed they were unable to get the code. Does this mean I will not be able to get the unlock code for my phone at all?

if its saying that its unable to register on the network then that usually means the sim has been disabled or that the phone has been reported stolen and the IMEI blocked

seems like nobody have a "flash scan" to get our SIMUNLOCK code

Thats the strange thing, it is simply locked to tmobile, a tmobile sim works in the phone, and all is good, but it is locked from other networks (asks for code)

Unblocked Phone wont work Properly

Guys lost my orange diamond and found it. o2 blocked it for me and now unlocked it but it only works on o2 and tmobile
the phone doesnt work on orange, 3, or vodafone???? i dont get any signal it just shows an "!" mark there but connections wizard finds the network and sets up????????? any ideas at all
the phone is sim unlocked, security unlocked, HArdspl and has cooked rom.
i sim unlocked again, i ran official rom, flashed again and changed radios, still nothing..............
any help please

anyone?.........................

patterns said:
anyone?.........................
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FFS ... it was only 46 minutes between your original post and this one!
Suggest a bit of patience?

what the F was the point in that post mate?????????

patterns said:
what the F was the point in that post mate?????????
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To explain that it might take a bit longer than 46 minutes to get an answer.

only thing i can say
is contact orange...it must be listed as missing on there system still.
but then you goto prove your not a person who has found the missing phone.
good luck with orange
ps...be nice people....please respect each other here...thank you.

It'll get pushed out on all the networks by itself... how long has it been since u had it unblocked?

kam187 said:
It'll get pushed out on all the networks by itself... how long has it been since u had it unblocked?
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i put the request in to o2 on 12th jan. they kept messing around, they requested it 5 times!!!! each time you have to wait 72 hours to see if it worked
so saturday finally it was done - i was thinking maybe as you say it takes a while to go to the other networks. anyway i decided to call today as i now have no phone! and well that more than 72 hours.....
o2 first said that everything was clear there end and that i must call orange (who i am with now) so i did. they said that there is STILL a blacklist on the phone and the ONLY people that can remove it are the ones who put it on - i.e. o2 which i requested in thr first place when i lost it.
so i call o2 again, they now keep me on hold for 35mins and once again they didnt do the request properly!!!!!!!! so now the 6TH TIME this god damn form is going to the department to unblock it. everytime i put in a request it takes 72 god damn hours - can you see why im so frustrated now!!
i have absolutely no faith that come 72 hours from now this problem will be solved and was wondering is there any other way..........

...really need help, 24 hours to go!

Hello everybody, I'm writing you from UK, where I bought a second-hand G1 (absolutely perfect!!! really good). The phone is T-Mobile branded and factory-default cleaned. Once I got it, placed my italian H3G sim inside, and (of course...) it told me that it was locked. I purchased a key (...I know may I could do without it... but very few time to spend, these days) and it was succesfully sim-free. Then I reebot it, and start the acrivation... that doesn' run!!! I insered the correct APN parameters, I also tried with a UK O2 and Vodafone sim, but, problem is that the gsm segnal level (small icon on the top with 4 vertical bars) is not giving signs of life, and it has a small "cross" on the left side. Of course I can't get the registration... I can't get the line!!!! why does it happen??? all the sims are correctly recognized (ask for the pin and the "no sim" messages and icons are off), but no way to go over...
Please, help me in any way, just 1 more day here, then I'll go back to Italy... far from the shop!!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!

If you type:
reboot
and press enter. If the phone reboots you can have a chance, if the phone does not it means its on a updated version which you will have to downgrade. While downgrading i recommend going up to Rooted versions of android. Although you might not need it.
You should look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
and/or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316
You can get through your problem, if its just the registration. by simply following a few of the instructions in the first link combined with some of the instructions in the second link.

@elmejor: He didn't even mention rooting. His problem is he can't get his phone to associate with the networks on his sim.
@tony_m78: You should probably post what apn settings you are using. Also, this is NOT A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE and should not have been posted in this forum.

thanks gor your answer.... I have been to those links THOUSANDS of times, within yesterday night and today... but I really can't get a solution. I can't go over the "error connecting to server" page :-(
The worst problem is that I really don't have time NOW, but I'll have it at the end of the week; I know I'd get a solution, working on that... but really I can't. But whay do you think about the absence of segnal? is it normal?!?
Tomorrow morning I'll find the way to buy a T-Mobile original sim and try to see what happen. . . . . . but that's strange!!!!!!!! not normal... i insered a correct code (generated from the IMEI), the answer was "unlocked", free for others carriers.... BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!! :-( tic tac tic tac. . . ..I don't have time!!!!!!!! :-( nobody experience this strange problem?!?

jashsu said:
@elmejor: He didn't even mention rooting. His problem is he can't get his phone to associate with the networks on his sim.
@tony_m78: You should probably post what apn settings you are using. Also, this is NOT A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE and should not have been posted in this forum.
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...oooooops... really sorry, I was wrong. Can you link me to the correct place??? I'll move there immediatly...

jashsu said:
@tony_m78: You should probably post what apn settings you are using.
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...I don't think the problem is the APN, I set the correct one (from Wiki) for H3G Ita and for O2 UK (these are the sim I tried with); the problem is that the segnal is ZERO, like the sim is not present... BUT IT IS, it ask me for the pin and accept it....

Can you manually select the network to connect to? Settings>Wireless controls>Mobile networks>Operator selection

Are you sure radio is working on this phone? Maybe it has some physical problems (like bad gsm chip)... Or - maybe you have sim cards not acceptable in UK.
Try with T-mobile sim first. If not working:
I would try to factory reset device some times, if it don't help I would try to reflashing it (firmware and radio). But in your case I think you should ask about this situation in shop where you bought it (if you have warraty) first.

Data plan?
I had a similar problem when I got my APD1 phone in the US. When I returned to the UK, I put in my Tesco SIM and the phone signal strength icon had an 'x' indicating not connected or no signal. Eventually I used my home wifi to activate the phone. After the phone was activated, the same SIM was able to connect and the signal strength icon worked normally.
BUT, it turned out that all I probably needed to do was to have a SIM with a data plan (which mine didn't at the time) <<BLUSH>>
Have you confirmed that your SIM has data turned on?
Of course ensuring that the APN settings are correct is also necessary. (But it sounds like you did that)

Optus Customer Service

I rang up trying to get a second hand handset (Sony k800i) SIM unlocked, cos i dont have a cable for it.
they said i would need to know the number of the sim that activated the phone to determine whether it had $80 of recharge or 6months use (which it has had both, but not on the original sim).
This is fine except i have no idea who was original activator. it is essentially now unfindoutable.
after explaining this to the girl (whom i assume was not in a call centre on this continent) 5 times, she repeated that i had to find it several more times, to which point i just hung up, because she was not willing to accomodate that i could not do it.
does anyone have a work around for this? (aside from spending money on a cable or on the online unlockers, i.e. get optus to come to the party?)
Cheers,

With my experience (used to be a supervisor in a call center), I handled several accounts (telecommunications, gaming console and some technical account) what they usually do is give you an unlock code if you are the original owner of the phone, but if not they will keep on asking you some information that you "really" don't know just like that girl asking you. For the reason "security purposes", they are thinking like you stole the phone or some what like that. They have the unlock code for that but they just won't give it to you. With samsung phones, it goes like this...if you got a second hand phone from someone and it is locked with..let's say verizon...and you want to use it with AT&T..first you have to call verizon to ask for their permission so you can use their phone with a different network, if you are lucky enough they'll give it to you and they'll advise you to call the manufacturer of the phone so you can have the rest of the unlock code. When you call the manufacturer of the phone, they'll ask you if verizon gave you any unlock codes and if you do have they'll give you the rest. Well, that's how it works with samsung. I am not particular with SE. Here's the thing man, if you think that their customer service is from a call center, never hang up the phone, stay on the line as long as you can, if you stay longer let's say more than an hour and keeps on insisting, that agent will give up on you, one of the reason is that in a call center they have this what they called "AHT..average handling time..etc" of course if differs defending on the account that they are handling so for example that girl is allowed to talk to you and resolved your issue in anyway (as in anyway like brush you off) within 8mins and you stayed longer than 8mins that will ruin her AHT, her score for that day, she will fail her daily AHT, weekly AHT, monthly AHT and so on and she might lose her job. So to make it short since I am explaining it too long already and since you want some other ways to unlock the phone by not paying online unlockers and buying a data cable just to unlock it..just stay on the phone longer, as long as you can, repeat everything but if she still refuses to help you ask for a supervisor/tier 2/level 2 wahtsoever ...she will say "my supervisor will tell you the same thing"..tell her to get lost and still insist for a supervisor/tier 2/level 2 wahtsoever. If you were able to talk to a supervisor then that might resolve that. But if that supervisor is as a**h**e as the agent then you're doom, no way to unlock you SE for free but to buy a data cable or have it unlock online. Whew...in the other hand I am a good supervisor and since I am a good one let me see what I can do to help you out, ok? PM me the SN, IMEI or CDA of that phone and let me see if I can still contact my old folks.
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my friend emailed me this sites, try to check this out but still you need a cable
http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?showtopic=6118
http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?showtopic=16338
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well my friend said unlock codes does not work on all phones. some phone needs to be unlock via a software some just codes. k800i needs a software and of course a cable and he said you need a K800i.mbn firware etc...
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try this..maybe...you might find the original activator of that phone...
>*<<*<*
Where < or > are directions on the joystick, and * is the bottom left hand button on the keypad.

Cheers for your indepth response. i knew that it could be done, and i told her, just like you say, she repeated the script.
i had a look in the phone system menu (<*..<*) but not sure where to see how / when it was activated?
the phones IMEI is **
Network simlock is at setting 4, this obviously means locked, but does it mean anything else? is there some sort of code level list?

Optus customer service is crap at best, **** at worst....
Some how they manage to be worse than other fine outfits like dodo

Help trying to unlock verizon xt862

Hi guys, noob here, but not so noob on android OS
I was trying to unlock my verizon droid 3. And when I´d inserted a sim from another carrier, it just says "subsidy lock, call provider".
How can I make the phone ask for the unlock code?
I read somewhere that this message appears when you tried too many codes, but havent tried anything. I read that this problem was solved on other moto phones by leaving the phone idle at subsidy lock screen for 4-5hs and the phone will ask again for unlock code, but thats not the case
Anyone experienced this problem?

call verizon tell them your going our of country on a business trip and you have a european SIM already that you would like to use, but you need to unlock your phone. viola

Im already outside US. Problem is phone dont ask for unlock code.

Alltel or Verizon Wireless do not use any type of subsidy locks on their CDMA phones. Default Code:000000 or 123456 or 654321
that is what i found by looking up the subsidy lock error you described. tell me what happens when you input one of these. im still doing more research for you

Hi, it just says "subsidy locked" and a discard dialog box, there is no box to enter any number
Phone is dual cdma/ gsm 3g, Im trying to unlock the sim part.
I´d read this forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812 but Im missing the enter code dialog box

the fact that their is no dialog box is weird to me. can you press the menu key? does anything pop up? i googled this but did not find anything. ima check some other sites. do you have an account with verizon?

Yes, phone was working on verizon till the day I leave my city.
The only option when I put a foreign sim card... it´s just the subsidy lock legend and if I hit the discard dialog box, phone goes to android home menu. But obviously with no gsm signal.
I can do everything, flash, root, everything. The only thin I cant do, it´s downgrade, phone was updated to last verizon 2.3.4 OTA when was connected to verizon network, and as other thread says, it´s no downgradeable atm. Im thinking that verizon could have put some newer simlock protection to latest updates...

since subsidy lock is simply by the carrier you can contact verizon and they can tell you what to do. if you dont have anyway to call the usa, you should email them.

Well... more news. Contacted verizon tech service and they teach me how to get to the unlock screen. But for the code I have to wait almost 6 more months.. lmao

Well... more news. Contacted verizon tech service and they teach me how to get to the unlock screen. But for the code I have to wait almost 6 more months.. lmao
At least I can try any code now

sorry you have to wait. i should have said there is a certain wait period for each person [i think 10 months] before their eligible for an unlock code. butttt you can always get one online. glad your initial problem was solved though

Yep, thanks for helping. Maybe Ill try some online code but I think they wont work
If anyone is experiencing the same problem, the only way to get the unlock code input screen is setting to only gsm mode and then turn on/off airplane mode a couple of times and magically unlock dialog box will appear.

there is one that works. ima go find which forum i found it in and post back tonight. probably within the hour. well i cant personally garuntee it works but it had good reviews from xda memebers

That would be nice In case you dont want to post link here, just send me a pm

I have to do some things for the rest of the night and its too much too look up on my phone. If I don't get on again tonight I always check xda whe n I wake up so ill have it first thing tomorrow morning at the latest
Sent from ICS Droid3 using xda premium

Maybe share what you did to get the unlock code dialogue to open. Save others the time of having to call Verizon themselves, since you already did that
Why do you have to wait six months? Was your line on Verizon too new to get an unlock code?
Droid 3 with stock xt862 ROM working on T-Mobile via xt883 radio.img & custom build.prop

Yep, first rule on a forum: dont say it works, say how you make it work
Its a couple of post above, set only gsm mode, turn on off airplane mode a couple of times, and unlock dialog will appear.
I'd unlocked other phone some time ago on verizon and for the next one, I have to wait half a year
Anyway Im not coming back to states anytime soon, so I'll have to throw it through a window
Btw fisrt ebay code didnt worked.

My bad, didn't see this whole second page when I was on mobile lol. Second rule on a forum: read all posts! Good luck.

ebay switftunlock freedomobile and unlock_fusion
whichever you choose and they can send you and unlock code. these are based on reviews from this forum

Thanks, I´ll try one of them