i want to flash my at&t tilt that is with tmobile, and i've been looking and i'm confuse about if i do flash it do i lose the ability to use it with tmobile or do i use sim unlock or cid unlock? thank you
nightang3l said:
i want to flash my at&t tilt that is with tmobile, and i've been looking and i'm confuse about if i do flash it do i lose the ability to use it with tmobile or do i use sim unlock or cid unlock? thank you
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Sim unlock will allow you to use a Tmobile Sim card in an ATT Phone
CID Unlock will allow you to flash roms not lock to that carrier.
Example Tmobile roms and custom roms.
Hope that helps....
thanks a lot for clearing up the confusion
so all of i have to do is follow the directions for flashing and use the sim unlock and cid unlock to install custom roms
nightang3l said:
thanks a lot for clearing up the confusion
so all of i have to do is follow the directions for flashing and use the sim unlock and cid unlock to install custom roms
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Hey guys
I just dont understand what cid/sim unlocking is. Is all the phones locked and why do we need to unlock it . I am planning to upgrade my k-jam currently running wm 5.0 to wm 6.0, so should i unlock my phone and also how do we know the phone is locked or not.
can we downgrade to older rom once updated to newer rom.
plz help i am confused...
use the search button...ur questions will be answered...=)
chaksashi said:
Hey guys
I just dont understand what cid/sim unlocking is. Is all the phones locked and why do we need to unlock it . I am planning to upgrade my k-jam currently running wm 5.0 to wm 6.0, so should i unlock my phone and also how do we know the phone is locked or not.
can we downgrade to older rom once updated to newer rom.
plz help i am confused...
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If you got your phone from a carrier i.e. with a contract it is most likely locked to that carrier.
SIM lock means that you can only use SIM cards from the carrier you are locked to. If you SIM unlock your phone you will be able to use sim cards from other carriers or pay as you go plans without receiving the invalid sim message.
CID Lock means that your phones software is locked to your carrier. This means that you can only flash updates from that carrier. No custom flashing, no cross carrier flashing. Before you flash anything from this forum you will most likely need to be CID unlocked. Read the stickies to find out how to do this. Make sure you follow all the steps. The process works.
If you have not personally CID unlocked your device you must assume you ARE CID LOCKED. Even if someone before you unlocked your device it will not hurt to do it again. If you have any problems flashing your device this is the first question back that you will get when you ask for help.
god dammit. there is a wiki and nooooooo one reads it.
MODS, PLEASE ENVOKE A TRIAL PERIOD BEFORE 1ST POST.
Zzan said:
If you got your phone from a carrier i.e. with a contract it is most likely locked to that carrier.
SIM lock means that you can only use SIM cards from the carrier you are locked to. If you SIM unlock your phone you will be able to use sim cards from other carriers or pay as you go plans without receiving the invalid sim message.
CID Lock means that your phones software is locked to your carrier. This means that you can only flash updates from that carrier. No custom flashing, no cross carrier flashing. Before you flash anything from this forum you will most likely need to be CID unlocked. Read the stickies to find out how to do this. Make sure you follow all the steps. The process works.
If you have not personally CID unlocked your device you must assume you ARE CID LOCKED. Even if someone before you unlocked your device it will not hurt to do it again. If you have any problems flashing your device this is the first question back that you will get when you ask for help.
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Great advice and gently put....!
Asking questions is ok but do your research 1st! 90% of what you need to know has already been discussed, so the answers are here. If you don't find an answer, by all means ask...it is a forum.
hiimcliff said:
god dammit. there is a wiki and nooooooo one reads it.
MODS, PLEASE ENVOKE A TRIAL PERIOD BEFORE 1ST POST.
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I'm an experienced user and I never once thought to read the Wiki until I needed some quick answers so understand first time users. This is a forum
Zzan said:
If you got your phone from a carrier i.e. with a contract it is most likely locked to that carrier.
SIM lock means that you can only use SIM cards from the carrier you are locked to. If you SIM unlock your phone you will be able to use sim cards from other carriers or pay as you go plans without receiving the invalid sim message.
CID Lock means that your phones software is locked to your carrier. This means that you can only flash updates from that carrier. No custom flashing, no cross carrier flashing. Before you flash anything from this forum you will most likely need to be CID unlocked. Read the stickies to find out how to do this. Make sure you follow all the steps. The process works.
If you have not personally CID unlocked your device you must assume you ARE CID LOCKED. Even if someone before you unlocked your device it will not hurt to do it again. If you have any problems flashing your device this is the first question back that you will get when you ask for help.
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thanks for your help Zzan now i have understood the CID unlocking stuff
does the RUU effect the simlock
kashifraza34 said:
does the RUU effect the simlock
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What is Sim lock?
In order that carriers can insure that you stay with them have imposed a sim lock on the deivice that they have sold you. You are thus unable to use any other SIM from any other carrier. The only way to overcome this is through a sim unlock tool that is available via the internet. Flashing a different rom version or a different language will not change the SIM lock status.
Hope this helps
Hi all,
My question is rather simple.
I received my HTC One yesterday. It is branded by the French carrier Sosh.
I'd like to debrand it, so I cans put the stock HTC Sense Rom.
The carrier will send me an unlock code next week.
Can I do everything to debrand my phone, and then only sim unlock it?
Will I lose the official sim unlock passing the device to S-OFF, unlocking the bootloader, etc...?
Thank you very much for your help, I'd really appreciate.
Boldup
boldup said:
Hi all,
My question is rather simple.
I received my HTC One yesterday. It is branded by the French carrier Sosh.
I'd like to debrand it, so I cans put the stock HTC Sense Rom.
The carrier will send me an unlock code next week.
Can I do everything to debrand my phone, and then only sim unlock it?
Will I lose the official sim unlock passing the device to S-OFF, unlocking the bootloader, etc...?
Thank you very much for your help, I'd really appreciate.
Boldup
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Unlocking the bootloader, rooting, s-off and stock rom will not remove the sim lock.
The only way to sim unlock without paying a third party is to wait for the unlock code
Thank you for your answer.
And in another way, I can do everything, and only then, enter the code?
boldup said:
Thank you for your answer.
And in another way, I can do everything, and only then, enter the code?
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Yes you should be fine
I also think it does not make sense which you will do first. If unlocking the bootloader, S-Off, root cannot unlock the phone wwhy they will locked it after unlocked from the carrier with code from same. Also if there is any reason the phone to be locked itself you will have already the code to unlock it again.
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Can I lose 'Network Unlock'?
Suppose I take a Nandroid Backup, Unlock, and restore backup-- do I lose the Unlock?
What about if I install a new ROM?
If I convert to GPE?
etc...
The question comes from the perspective of I want to do the above, and not lose the Unlock...
the_darkwing_duck said:
Can I lose 'Network Unlock'?
Suppose I take a Nandroid Backup, Unlock, and restore backup-- do I lose the Unlock?
What about if I install a new ROM?
If I convert to GPE?
etc...
The question comes from the perspective of I want to do the above, and not lose the Unlock...
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Not sure what you're referring to when you say network unlock, but if you mean unlocking your boot loader thru HTC dev then no.
djjozo said:
Not sure what you're referring to when you say network unlock, but if you mean unlocking your boot loader thru HTC dev then no.
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Sorry, if that was not clear.
When I talk about 'Network Unlock' I am referring to the practice of a carrier locking the phone to their network.
I my case I have a Rogers M8 and want to use a T-Mobile (Germany) sim. When I put the sim in the phone requests a network unlock code.
I have the code from Rogers, but it fails. This _could_ be related to using a custom ROM (slimkat). If I revert to stock, to unlock can I just restore a nandroid backup of slink at and remain unlocked?
(Can I move this post? Not sure why it ended up in the M8 Sprint forum)
djjozo said:
Not sure what you're referring to when you say network unlock, but if you mean unlocking your boot loader thru HTC dev then no.
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the_darkwing_duck said:
Sorry, if that was not clear.
When I talk about 'Network Unlock' I am referring to the practice of a carrier locking the phone to their network.
I my case I have a Rogers M8 and want to use a T-Mobile (Germany) sim. When I put the sim in the phone requests a network unlock code.
I have the code from Rogers, but it fails. This _could_ be related to using a custom ROM (slimkat). If I revert to stock, to unlock can I just restore a nandroid backup of slink at and remain unlocked?
(Can I move this post? Not sure why it ended up in the M8 Sprint forum)
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For the benefit of anyone looking for the answer:
I did a nandroid, installed the stock ROM 'from revolution', inserted the new sim and unlocked the lock, restored nan droid. The unlock remains unlocked.
the_darkwing_duck said:
For the benefit of anyone looking for the answer:
I did a nandroid, installed the stock ROM 'from revolution', inserted the new sim and unlocked the lock, restored nan droid. The unlock remains unlocked.
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The unlock remains as long as you won't do the factory reset with the code in Dialer. I did once and everything was gone. Some code line ##????#
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I try to unlock my Sprint M8,I tried T-mobile and AT&T sim card.
But my phone didn't likes youtube video, My phone didn't ask me about the unlock code. It just simply tell me the sim card is Invalid.
I have tried to use the unlock helper to unlock it, but it just unlock the internation lock.
I still want to unlock the domestic carrier lock.
Is it the ROM problem?
My phone use the Android 4.4.3,and it is S-OFF.
Please help me!
If you're trying to unlock your phone to use it on another domestic carrier, you're not going to be able to do that. SIM unlocking will work for international use.
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If you're trying to unlock your phone to use it on another domestic carrier, you're not going to be able to do that. SIM unlocking will work for international use.
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But Sprint customer service is going to give me a unlock code.
If I can't enter this code,What is this code use for?
Magnum_Enforcer said:
If you're trying to unlock your phone to use it on another domestic carrier, you're not going to be able to do that. SIM unlocking will work for international use.
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I have a sprint HTC One m8 and live outside the USA, how can I SIM Unlock, have tried the Sim Unlock method posted here in the forum and nothing... need some help, now I have a very expensive (for me) phone here without being able to use it :crying:
Lrclaros said:
I have a sprint HTC One m8 and live outside the USA, how can I SIM Unlock, have tried the Sim Unlock method posted here in the forum and nothing... need some help, now I have a very expensive (for me) phone here without being able to use it :crying:
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Can you be more specific? what is your current Rom? and are you able to flash custom roms? if yes try this one and use their unlock method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729170