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[Q] Unable to unlock captivate

I bought Captivate by paying all the equipment cost because AT&T told me that they will unlock it whenever I will have to go out of US. They did give me the code but it did not work. After 2 days when I called customer care and they said they dont have the code, but when I told them that I was given the unlock code 2 days back they asked me to spell out the code and then they said yes it is the code. I tried the code with the customer care but it did not work. Then I tried the method showed on youtube (generate_codes.bat, sgux.exe) but I get the
failed to copy '/efs/nv_data.bin' to './nv_data.bin': Permission denied
Error: unable to find file nv_data.bin>
Phone details: Firmware 2.1Update1
Baseband ver: I897UCJH7
Kernel 2.6.29
Build #: ECLAIR.UCJH7
I see my 550$ going waste Please HELP!
I have already tried 8 times and there are only 2 attempts left. Please help else I will lose all my money becaues I do not reside in US and I need to use this phone in my country.
Thanks

Have you done any ROM flashing?

devangxda said:
I bought Captivate by paying all the equipment cost because AT&T told me that they will unlock it whenever I will have to go out of US. They did give me the code but it did not work. After 2 days when I called customer care and they said they dont have the code, but when I told them that I was given the unlock code 2 days back they asked me to spell out the code and then they said yes it is the code. I tried the code with the customer care but it did not work. Then I tried the method showed on youtube (generate_codes.bat, sgux.exe) but I get the
failed to copy '/efs/nv_data.bin' to './nv_data.bin': Permission denied
Error: unable to find file nv_data.bin>
Phone details: Firmware 2.1Update1
Baseband ver: I897UCJH7
Kernel 2.6.29
Build #: ECLAIR.UCJH7
I see my 550$ going waste Please HELP!
I have already tried 8 times and there are only 2 attempts left. Please help else I will lose all my money becaues I do not reside in US and I need to use this phone in my country.
Thanks
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if you haven't flashed any ROMs, here is what you can do. go to market then search for SGS unlock, install and run it, it'll give you the code. thats how i unlocked mine. write the both codes down just in case.

No I have done nothing. It is just 6 weeks old phone. Same as what was delivered by AT&T. I did not play around with anything (like rooting, or installing beta Froyo)

devangxda said:
No I have done nothing. It is just 6 weeks old phone. Same as what was delivered by AT&T. I did not play around with anything (like rooting, or installing beta Froyo)
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download SGS Unlock from the market, then run it. u'll get code.

I have already tried SGS Unlock. It says it did not find any codes.

devangxda said:
I have already tried SGS Unlock. It says it did not find any codes.
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try dial *2767*3855# the phone will hard reset, then try it again. i didnt have any problems unlocking my phone by using SGS unlock, have flashed some stock ROMs in the past few days and didnt have issue at all.

I think the JH7 update screwed up the easy retrieval of the unlock code.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789888
There's some info about a possible work around in there, but the guy who came up with it is apparently French and the translation to English is a little rough.
and to the OP ... my code was all numeric, so not sure why you would have had to 'spell' it to the AT&T rep.

startngate said:
I think the JH7 update screwed up the easy retrieval of the unlock code.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789888
There's some info about a possible work around in there, but the guy who came up with it is apparently French and the translation to English is a little rough.
and to the OP ... my code was all numeric, so not sure why you would have had to 'spell' it to the AT&T rep.
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my captivate came with JH7, bought it 1 week ago and i can get unlock code by SGS unlock app from market.

devangxda said:
I have already tried SGS Unlock. It says it did not find any codes.
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if you have not done anything on it, i'm assuning that you haven't rooted it yet. if thats the case, get z4root from market and root your phone. then use SGS unlock to get code, choose root-code option.

It is possible that your nv_data.bin is encrypted - the only way to know is to root the phone, and view it with a hex editor. If it is encrypted, there is a web tool posted in the dev section (search 2.2 unlock) that will take the nv_data.bin and rebuild it with whatever unlock code you want.

Did you upgrade to Update1 from AT&T? I did software update from phone and it updated the version 2.1 Update1.
I have tried it after doing the upgrade and SGS Unlocker is not working.

What does hard-reset mean? Does it mean "Restor to Factory Defaults"? If yes, I can do it through standard menu entry in settings? Is this different from the method you gave? Will hard-reset reset the 10-maximum-attempts-to-unlock counter?
Thanks for replying!

No. I have not done any ROM flashing.

devangxda said:
What does hard-reset mean? Does it mean "Restor to Factory Defaults"? If yes, I can do it through standard menu entry in settings? Is this different from the method you gave? Will hard-reset reset the 10-maximum-attempts-to-unlock counter?
Thanks for replying!
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hard reset = master clear on odin. it wipes out everything on your phone even SDcard. it is different to the standard menu factory rest. and i'm not sure if it'll reset the 10 max counter though.

alphadog00 said:
Have you done any ROM flashing?
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No I have not done any ROM flashing.

Lancez said:
hard reset = master clear on odin. it wipes out everything on your phone even SDcard. it is different to the standard menu factory rest. and i'm not sure if it'll reset the 10 max counter though.
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Since there are only 2 attempts left for me to unlock Captivate, what will happen if I exhaust all 10 tries? I read somewhere that it will hard-lock or freeze. Can this hard-lock be reversed? Is freeze unlock code used to reset the counter?

devangxda said:
Since there are only 2 attempts left for me to unlock Captivate, what will happen if I exhaust all 10 tries? I read somewhere that it will hard-lock or freeze. Can this hard-lock be reversed? Is freeze unlock code used to reset the counter?
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If it does hard lock? Then you would need to take it to an AT&T shop.
Have you tried CLShortFuse's one-click root program? I haven't tried the Captivate unlock feature - but my guess is it should give you the unlock code.
You can get it here.

I have the same software on my phone as the OP. I got the phone unlocked by using the root method of SGS. Now how did I root the phone? Someone recommended the one click root method found inside the One Click Lag Fix found in the market.
So, to recap. I got the One Click Lag Fix app. Used the one click root method. Got the phone rooted (it is a couple of steps actually - you still have to update on recovery). Now that you have superuser status, used the SGS app to search unlock code using the rooted phone method. It will show the unlock code (mine had 8 numbers). Hope this helps.
PS: For anyone reading this, AT&T DOES NOT have the unlock codes yet. Any rep that promises that you will be getting an unlock code soon is not really telling the whole truth. All it shows on their side is that unlock codes unavailable but it does not shows when they will become available. I think I read somewhere that there is a 10 months exclusivity on the Captivate (starting when it first came to AT&T, which is this last July).

devangxda said:
No I have not done any ROM flashing.
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One more time - this is from experience:
If the nv_data.bin file is encrypted and unlock code doesn't work or can't be found you need to rebuild the nv_data.bin file. Period.
There are instructions in the Dev section under a thread titled 2.2 unlock.
If you use all 10 attempts - the phone needs to be sent to a service center to do a low level restore - usually Samsung not AT&T.

New JL2 Bell i9000M not unlockable?

Hey guys. So I finally got my SGS back from Bell again (This is my 2nd replacement). Right away I got to work to unlock it. However, it seems that Bell has changed how unlocking works again. I recall when I got my first replacement, I could not unlock it. I could get the network control key (aka the "unlock code") using the SGS Unlock apk, but the phone would not accept this as a valid code. Instead, I was able to relock the phone to my carrier by changing the MCC/MNC code, and then entering the network control key. This worked perfectly.
This method does not to seem to work on my new replacement, however. Using the SGS Unlock and the generate unlock script, both can not seem to find the nv_data.bin file. As a result, I do not get an unlock code of any sort.
I've also attempted to downgrade my phone, but flashing JH2 with Odin puts my phone in a boot loop. Should I try another 2.1 ROM?
In the worst case, is it possible that Bell has been replacing phones with totally non-unlockable phones?
I'm at my wit's end as to what to try next. Any suggestions?

Greetings...Assuming you have rooted your phone, use SGS unlock from the market and you will need to install busy box as well.
That's what I used for my JL2 build and it worked.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Is busy box absolutely necessary? I had installed Darky's rom, so I had root+super user, but I'm not sure if I had busy box.
I had also tried to use the app to generate root codes, but it gave me the same error; no code found.

Rashar said:
Greetings...Assuming you have rooted your phone, use SGS unlock from the market and you will need to install busy box as well.
That's what I used for my JL2 build and it worked.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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Rooted my phone and have busybox installed (I forgot that SuperUser = busy box).
Tried the apps from the market, didn't work.
When did you get your phone? Did you buy it new from Bell or was it a replacement?
edit: OKAY FORGET EVERYTHING I SAID
I figured it out.
This what I did:
1) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I used this application to root my phone.
2) Restarted my phone (I tried to unlock without restarting, it didn't work.)
3) http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-helroz-galaxysunlock-zxpBC.aspx
I then used this application to unlock. Remember to back up your EFS before doing anything.
4) I entered *#7465625# on the phone to verify the unlock.
I hope this helps anyone else who had the same problem as me.
Thanks a lot guys!

Codes often don't work on the new i9000m revisions. Use the nv_data hexedit method, changing 01 to 00, as can be found elsewhere in the forums.
Read around, your solution is out there already.
Best to do these things manually instead of with an automatic tool imo - only takes a few minutes longer, and then you'll actually understand the process.
Sent from xda premium app on i9000m.

[Q] Unlock without any simcard?

Hi I am new to xda and just sold my Galaxy S and instead have the Captivate.
the phone is locked to AT&T and because i am in UK i dont have an AT&T simcard to put in for the phone to load up and unlock it then
is there anyway i can unlock the phone without any simcards? or with UK simcards such as O2, Orange etc...
please help
thanks

Alireza_kh41 said:
Hi I am new to xda and just sold my Galaxy S and instead have the Captivate.
the phone is locked to AT&T and because i am in UK i dont have an AT&T simcard to put in for the phone to load up and unlock it then
is there anyway i can unlock the phone without any simcards? or with UK simcards such as O2, Orange etc...
please help
thanks
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Use superoneclick. Root the phone and then unlock it.

i dont need to have any simcard in the phone to use superoneclick? or to root even

Alireza_kh41 said:
i dont need to have any simcard in the phone to use superoneclick? or to root even
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Yes (as for unlocking atleast).

Alireza_kh41 said:
Hi I am new to xda and just sold my Galaxy S and instead have the Captivate.
the phone is locked to AT&T and because i am in UK i dont have an AT&T simcard to put in for the phone to load up and unlock it then
is there anyway i can unlock the phone without any simcards? or with UK simcards such as O2, Orange etc...
please help
thanks
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Try this
#7465625*638*Unlock code#

i used BWolf56's advice and superoneclick (by CLShortFuse) rooted my captivate but didnt unlock it because i had already updated from eclair to froyo. I tried to hex edit using NovaChief's instructions on the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047770&page=4
-(thread Posted by manojsuper) but this method was way over my head (im a noob.)
I used helroz's unlock without code program(galaxy_s unlock) and it worked with wifi connection without a sim. after unlocking i went to my phone dialer and pressed *#7465625# and it said unlocked. then i put my chinese sim in and it worked like magic.
i feel your pain. stick with it and you will get it done.
maybe my experience will be of some help. you can read my thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062078
dont forget to thanks the guys and donate to the developers of the programs.
also i think you need busybox and wifi connection to use helroz's program which is fricken awesome. and BWolf56, thanks again.

u dont need an AT&T sim...even i opened my captivate here in India (no AT&T)...i booted it up...rooted it...used one click root and one click unlock...it gave me the code...as simple as that!

where did you get one click root and one click unlock? ive tried the super one click and it said pass word blocked

Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

There's an app on the market called "Galaxy_S Unlock". It works without a SIM. I just used it on the refurb I got last night. It's a 1012 build, that came with UCKB2. Worked like a champ. I put an old T-Mobile SIM card in it to test it and it picked up a signal and showed T-Mobile in the notification area.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

[Q] Remove Sprint Activation

Hello,
i have a Sprint HTC One from a Friend, he bought it in the US not knowing it was Simlocked and took it to Germany. He gave it to me to make it possible to use it here with our T-Mobile Network. I have already being able to remove the Simlock but there is one thing i cant remove, its the damn Activation Process from Sprint. The Phone can be used now but its anoying every time you start the divice. Also its not possible to flash a AOSP Rom because it doesnt let me get trough the setup process without activating. Is there any possibility to ged rid of the Activation Process? I didnt find this in the Forum but when there is a Thread about this already pls give me a link. Thank you!

Gis24 said:
Hello,
i have a Sprint HTC One from a Friend, he bought it in the US not knowing it was Simlocked and took it to Germany. He gave it to me to make it possible to use it here with our T-Mobile Network. I have already being able to remove the Simlock but there is one thing i cant remove, its the damn Activation Process from Sprint. The Phone can be used now but its anoying every time you start the divice. Also its not possible to flash a AOSP Rom because it doesnt let me get trough the setup process without activating. Is there any possibility to ged rid of the Activation Process? I didnt find this in the Forum but when there is a Thread about this already pls give me a link. Thank you!
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If u flash an aosp it is possible to bypass activation. Since the activation is part of the gapps all u have to do is flash an aosp then boot and then when ur in just boot back to the recovery and flash the gapps and u should be good.
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Gis24 said:
Hello,
i have a Sprint HTC One from a Friend, he bought it in the US not knowing it was Simlocked and took it to Germany. He gave it to me to make it possible to use it here with our T-Mobile Network. I have already being able to remove the Simlock but there is one thing i cant remove, its the damn Activation Process from Sprint. The Phone can be used now but its anoying every time you start the divice. Also its not possible to flash a AOSP Rom because it doesnt let me get trough the setup process without activating. Is there any possibility to ged rid of the Activation Process? I didnt find this in the Forum but when there is a Thread about this already pls give me a link. Thank you!
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The device doesn't have to be initialized to be flashed. You can get the bootloader unlocked using the developer token and then fastboot flash in the ROM you want.

No, he wants to have it SIM Unlocked to use with GSM carriers over in Germany. He hates how it attempts to activate on Sprints network every time he boots up. He doesn't want that. He has no issues unlocking bootloader. All he needs to do is install ROM through recovery but do not install GApps until setup is complete.
Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 4

Okay, i have already flashed other Roms but the Sprint Roms have the activation and with the aosp i cant get Signal in the german Networks..

That, I believe is merged into the Phone.apk but it may not be.
Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 4

Need help with unlocking Galaxy S3 Mini

Hi guys, I'm trying to unlock my S3 Mini and I'm having no luck so far. I've managed to root the phone using the iRoot (former Vroot) program and it worked nicely. At least it seems it did, now it does ask me to give su eprmissions to allpications and busybox is installed.
As for the unlocking itself, I tried several methods. Firstly, there was some service menu, accessible by a long string of numbers on the dialer, then going to network lock menu and setting something there, but the menu isn't there. Or better said, when I come to the Network Lock, it says only Not Active and no further options available. Then I tried the GalaxSim Unlock just to see, but as it said in the notes, this version of phone is not supported and so it didn't work. Same with another app, Galaxy S Unlock, or something like that. That one needs busybox, so I installed the 1.22 I think, but it says that there is a problem with busybox or something. It does say in the notes, that recommended is 1.17 busybox, so I keep that as a backup hope but it seems again, that the phone is not supported...
So basically, I have a rooted S3 Mini, that is still locked to T-mobile. I'm not sure, whether the country of origin matters here, but I think it was purchased in Austria (I am not the first owner) and need to unlock it for slovak O2. So far I am actually very happy with it's stock ROM, so I'm not planning to flash it completely, just sim unlock. So if anyone has any idea, what I can do to avoid going to a phone service and have it done for money, I'd appreciate it.
GT-I8910
stock Android 4.1.2
I8910XXAME1

Seriously noone has any idea how to unlock one of these machines? I've seen so many people talking about unlocking this and none of the methods mentioned worked. So please, pretty please, if you have any info on this, share it...

Lolll

fariz haikal said:
Lolll
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Wow. Seriously? This is all you write? Why did you even bother?

Magicnet2 said:
Wow. Seriously? This is all you write? Why did you even bother?
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Good luck dude...

need help too its currently locked to 02 UK and I want it unlocked to accept an EE sim. Cheers