I' testing a few ROM FROYO 2.2, Flash with Odin
First I work well (exept for battery life!!) But One time I forgot to remove SIM CARD. Now I can't connect to network the phone ask me for unlock code.
I have Samsung S Vibrant that I bought at Bell.
I just call Bell and he gave me back my unlock code, but it doesn't work!!!!
Can I do something??? Do I have to buy another one??
Thank's in advance God of hacking!!!
I just realize....
The number the guy's gave me It's the number writed on the back of the sim card!? Is it realy the unlock code??
Do I have to got the signal to enter the code?? I have to go outside and go around a half mile to got any signal here!!!
Other try!
I'm going back successfully to oiginal firmware (that I downlaoded here: wuala.com/Samsung Galaxy S/Firewares , Updates and Odin/Original Firmwares/America & Australia/July/?key=AfzUZSU4SpKU
But It look's like I broke my sim card!!!
I think I have to buy another one!!!???
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Hi everyone,
I recently (3 weeks or so) bought a Rogers Captivate (Canada) and flashed the cognition froyo rom b6 onto it. everything was great. however, As I was traveling to India soon - i wanted to unlock it. So, I flashed the 2.1 AT&T rom, and did the nv_data.bin process where it doesn't ask for a unlock code anymore. I tried my bell canada sim card and it seemed to work fine. The network lock for OFF too.
Now, when I came to India and put an indian sim card (bsnl), it says (phone not allowed MM#6) and the IMEI is 'unknown'. I flashed 2.1 AT&T again and I got network but as soon as I switched the sim card, same problem. No network, with a phone not allowed error. I tried the Axura rom and same problem. Now, I am back to AT&T 2.1 and can't for the life of me, get a sim card to work!!!!!
I NEED to fix this, as I am traveling across india for 3-4 months and not having a phone, is a major problem!!!!!
please help.
I have access to a mac/PC and odin.
Maybe becouse you have flash att rom into it. And is rogers one, did you do a nandroid backup or anything of that sort before you loaded it with att or did anything?
rogers
I did have a Nandroid backup but that didn't help at all.
I have done the one-click downloader, flashed to stock JF6, Master clear, and still not luck
any suggestions?
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Lot of info on Google but not much answers on how to make it work.
Basically the indian provider is locking out North American devices based on the imei. Buy a disposable phone.
hi guys.ive just got a galaxy s and its locked to tmobile its new and boxed and doesnt come with a sim card.thing is im on o2 and i want to unlock it.can it be done without a sim card in the device.i havnt got the phone till tommorow but ive got all the software and instuctions how to do it ready.also it running froyo.does it need root as well.any help will be apprieciated.
oddbert said:
hi guys.ive just got a galaxy s and its locked to tmobile its new and boxed and doesnt come with a sim card.thing is im on o2 and i want to unlock it.can it be done without a sim card in the device.i havnt got the phone till tommorow but ive got all the software and instuctions how to do it ready.also it running froyo.does it need root as well.any help will be apprieciated.
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you could use ( one click unlock ) not very hard two do,just save efs files then click unlock, one thing though if u are on froyo 2.1 click the the froyo 2.1 option or 2.2 if you on 2.2 froyo,but i think you need root to use this program (mite be wrong)
anyway good luck
it depends on the model of the galaxy s. In most cases, you will need to root the phone.
Help Pls
I had successfully unlocked my galaxy s using the procedure suggested on the related XDA forum.. the phone worked fine with a different network later on i accidently clicked the factory reset option.. now although the phone says its unlocked but i cannot see any network signal and the phone does not work on any sim card.
Pls can someone help
PS: I can switch on the phone and perform all other functions.
Try the one click unlock app thingy again, see how that pans out.
Also try this:
Go into settings > network and coonections > mobile networks > and manually choose your provider.
Mine is locked to my network also, but I'm now running Gingerbread. Any way I can get an unlock?
hi i have tried to unlock my galaxy running on 2.3.3 with jues rom ext 4 with no luck ,i paid for codes on net but it did not work so they are refunding me,i have tried unlock app of this forum but no codes found,i have tried unlock zip but no luck,,will i ever be able to unlock or should i buy a turbo sim or similar many thanks in advance .oh i have tried searching but with no luck.
Phone supplier unlock ????
jje
I paid for an app on the market SGS unlock pro... I put in another carrier SIM card booted my phone, ran the app.. in about 60 seconds it connected to "Rogers" and voila I was unlocked... this worked on my friends captivate as well....
Can anyone help i have upgraded my phone after much trouble trying to unlock it via market apps & superoneclick neither worked and the phone ended up going into some dead mode and wouldnt fully load up.
So in still trying to end up with a network unlocked phone i have managed to upgrade my phone to GINGERBREAD.XXJVQ 2.3.4 which was successful and work perfectly over my broadband wireless network but when i try to make calls it tell me
"MOBILE NETWORK NOT AVAILABLE"
the mobile was previously on three uk network but is now debranded obviously with gingerbread
i tried a hard reset via *2767*3855* but still no change.
any help greatly appreciated many thanks in advance
Ged
Just look like your phone have been locked on three network.and your unlock is failed.
Did you try found any phone shop on market to unlock your phone?
probably just five pound for each one on Chinatown.
I was stay in UK for 3 year,and as I know, the Chinatown guys have special device for unlock phone ,one simply for all,whatever you upgrade rom,you will be never locked again.
I'm not sure about that really cause it also does this with my correct network sim card still installed......
You've checked your apn settings? Sounds top suspect to me.
If you've still got problems, flash ezbase gingerbread. Search dev section, full, simple instructions included.
I tried that it tells me i should
"insert a sim card to access network services"
Could you point me in the right direction so i know im using the right programs and files
Please check your IMEI number by dialing *#06# on the keypad. If it displays the correct imei number as displayed on the Phone box/ under the battery, then you are saved. If not you have lost your efs folder which contains the files which hold the imei data.
Did u get the phone with Gingerbread as stock rom? Try downgrading to an Eclair (2.1) ROM with Odin.
hello again peoples,
I'm very grateful for all your assistance but i just wasn't paying attention when i was putting my SIM card into my phone and put it in the wrong way round...!
i mean what happened to SIM card slots where sim cards only fit in one way...!
again thanks alot for all your assistance also i've ended up upgrading to Insanity 2.3.5
Thank s
I just got a used AT&T Vivid with what turns out are 2 anomalies that I failed to observe initially.
First I tried to put my ST sim card out my AT&T SGS, and get no service. No big shock initially since I have to change the APN info. Couldn't do that cause option is dimmed.Checked further, No IMEI, IMEI SV, or baseband. Took sim out and observed that I get NO sim error at startup, just "no service". Tried an AT&T sim from a friends Vivid, same result.
I was hoping that the sim card reader just might be bad, a cheap easy fix and apparently some what of a common issue. Haven't ordered one yet until I get more info on whether the no sim error and no IMEI etc are related and it's not a more serious hardware issue. I don't have a problem with repairing hardware if needed.I'm a noob here, but have a brain like a sponge, so any thoughts on how to proceed with diagnostics would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
No imei is really bad...
No one here can help you recover it without a proper backup... I have no idea how to back it up nor restore...
If you don't figure it out I'd have to suggest flashing to stock... prolly via ruu and go to an at&t store...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 2
I don't think (but don't know 4 sure) that this phone is anything other than an out of the box stock configuration. I don't have service with AT&T so I don't know how much help they would be. I did check with them to make sure IMEI printed on the phone wasn't blacklisted and it's OK. All I have done was to do a factory reset to clear all the PO's stuff.
Does anybody have any more ideas? I am wondering if I don't need to replace the motherboard and or just the simcard/sd part. Changing the motherboard would mean a different IMEI right?
No imei means something went wrong with the bootloader. It's unlocked? Did you try to S-OFF?
I believe flashing a rom stock via RUU (that's it, flashing the PD.zip file) maybe can fix the problem.
At worst you must change the motherboard and yes, you will have a diferent imei.
I may be wrong, but I see no sign that anybody has done anything to change ROM or anything else on this phone. I'll try to do a S-off, and unlock it since I want to use it on ST anyway.
hello,
i've also same problem here
flashed with stock rom but no luck ,
bootloader locked and s-off
searched forum but no success story
i think i'll return it
Well I finally got a new SIM/SD card reader and installed it. No change.Tried ST, AT&T, and T-mobile sims
Still get no SIM error when booting with or without a SIM card, has an X on signal strength, and it doesn't even say "no service".
Same as to IMEI etc. info, nothing shows up.
Am I going to have to change mainboard? Or is it possible firmware/ROM changes could fix it?
javierarenas said:
No imei means something went wrong with the bootloader. It's unlocked? Did you try to S-OFF?
I believe flashing a rom stock via RUU (that's it, flashing the PD.zip file) maybe can fix the problem.
At worst you must change the motherboard and yes, you will have a diferent imei.
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Unlocked the bootloader tonight, no problem. Will try s-off tomorrow.
Where can I get a stock rom file?
I'll only ask this dumb ? once: Is the OS (JB,GB,ICS) different than the rom? I'm still running gingerbread 2.3.4, should I got to ICS or? Will that have any affect on the imei issue?
I might just be getting some experience with this phone if I have to do it all over with another mainboard.
OK, so I decided to play with this phone again after my SGS1 was freaking out yesterday. I finally found and used a phone dialer code do download the ICS update, and it downloaded (via wi-fi), installed and rebooted fine. In fact It apparently fixed my IMEI and SIM card problems because when it booted the first time with ICS it showed a big icon "no SIM installed" ya hoo!! checked IMEI in settings, all was good. Played around with settings/menus a bit to familiarize myself with the differences, then restarted...NO IMEI again, and no sim error without any SIM installed On the next 5-6 restarts it worked fine all but once, (total on time of around an hour) but now every restart (10+) it's back to same original issue: no IMEI shown and no SIM error. I still have no AT&T compatible SIM card to really test it but if it doesn't give me a SIM card error (no SIM card installed) it's a moot point.
It really puzzles me that it appeared to work at all if I have a bad mainboard. My daughter in-law has a Vivid with a bad screen she's going to give me to use for parts (mainboard) but I'm not sure if there's not still some hope of salvaging the current one.
Comment, thoughts etc... Please