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something funny happened to me today...i put in the bell sim card n it relock the phone! try that and see if it works
Sorry, I'm sure this has been posted but when I search I'm just getting dozens of how to unlock threads.
I need to relock my bell vibrant. Its not rooted, if that matters but I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
something funny happened to me today...i put in the bell sim card n it relock the phone! try that and see if it works
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hi @all,
i bought a locked g1 on ebay. it will arrive next week.
i am going to flash a jachero on it and root it and stuff.
do i have to care about unlocking it or is that solved by flashing?
is it appropriate to ask if there are other ways to unlock it than buy an unlock-code on those commercial sites?
has anyone experiences with getting a code directly from tmobile? the device was in use for 3 month so maybe there is a semi-official way...
thanks in advance
jonasb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316&highlight=Unlock+G1
right here
ahh okay thanks alot. i saw that thread before but didnt really understand that register and unlocking is the same
no problem hehe You'll still need a SIM if you want to have internet access
yeah of course probably i should do these steps AFTER i flashed it, right?
I honestly tried to find the answer to this everywhere before posting. I already have the unlock code from HTC and Tmobile. I simply need to figure out how to unlock the phone.
The instructions I received with the unlock code said that the phone would notify me that the SIM is unregistered and I would put in my unlock code at that point. I assume this is only the case on a vanilla version of Android or whatever the current official release is.
As you may have guessed, I have my phone rooted and have been running CM for a while. When the prepaid SIM is in the phone CM does seem to realize that its there and there is a SIM tool app but it does nothing. I have flashed to a couple different customer ROMS including dwang and a couple older version of CM.
Is there any way that I can actually unlock my phone without having to unroot and go back to the official android release from tmobile?
Thank you to anybody that can help me.
namelessted said:
I honestly tried to find the answer to this everywhere before posting. I already have the unlock code from HTC and Tmobile. I simply need to figure out how to unlock the phone.
The instructions I received with the unlock code said that the phone would notify me that the SIM is unregistered and I would put in my unlock code at that point. I assume this is only the case on a vanilla version of Android or whatever the current official release is.
As you may have guessed, I have my phone rooted and have been running CM for a while. When the prepaid SIM is in the phone CM does seem to realize that its there and there is a SIM tool app but it does nothing. I have flashed to a couple different customer ROMS including dwang and a couple older version of CM.
Is there any way that I can actually unlock my phone without having to unroot and go back to the official android release from tmobile?
Thank you to anybody that can help me.
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Is it The AT&T Prepaid sim card. If it is then i don't think it would work. i have an unlocked g1 with an AT&T sim card and i unlocked it before rooting. So guess u have to do the same. hope i helped
Right now I am trying with a TracFone SIM card but I could try with an AT&T card from a friend in a couple of days. I don't even really need to get the service to work at this point.
The two things I really want are just to be able to unlock my phone and backup my contacts onto a secondary SIM card and I am having no luck doing either.
namelessted said:
Right now I am trying with a TracFone SIM card but I could try with an AT&T card from a friend in a couple of days. I don't even really need to get the service to work at this point.
The two things I really want are just to be able to unlock my phone and backup my contacts onto a secondary SIM card and I am having no luck doing either.
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This is how i did it. i put my sim card in the phone and turned it on until it got to the screen when it said ( enter network key) i put the code in and it worked. i wounder if your able to put the contacts on the sd card?
I have lost my unlock code due to a HD failure. I am currently rooted and unlocked, and I run the leaked Froyo ROM.
What will happen in the future, should I want to flash, say, a Cyanogen ROM (*if* it becomes available)? Will I lock again? I understand my unlock codes were wiped when I flashed the new ROM.
Is there a way to insure I do not become locked again?
I have searched threads extensively, I do not think I have found a consensus on this? Anyone care to enlighten me?
I unlocked back on 2.1 (JF6), updated to JH7, flashed 2.2 (JI6), and have also flashed Cognition Betas 6, 7, 8, 8.1, and 9...and I'm still SIM unlocked. As far as I know, it's permanent no matter what ROM you choose to flash.
Your phone can relock if you dont remove your sim when you flash
tjsooley said:
Your phone can relock if you dont remove your sim when you flash
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I never remove my SIM.
RKight said:
I never remove my SIM.
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That's what I did before I got my SIM locked, was playing around with JH7 a month or two back and somehow got it relocked.
DJNgoma said:
That's what I did before I got my SIM locked, was playing around with JH7 a month or two back and somehow got it relocked.
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Hmm...strange. I still have my code (saved on both my MicroSD and an external harddrive) but I might start removing it as a precautionary measure.
even i never removed my sim anytime while flashing or updating....mines still unlocked....i hope it doesnt get locked in the future, cant we permenantly unlock it. . . .
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Hmm...strange. I still have my code (saved on both my MicroSD and an external harddrive) but I might start removing it as a precautionary measure.
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Keep it on Simplenote .
Thanks for all the info. I feel better now! And yes, I will remove my SIM before flashing
I'm leaving for Europe in a week and would like to take my phone with me and use a pay-as-you-go sim card when I get there.
Anyone try unlocking this phone with the most recent JL2 on it? If so, would you mind giving me a complete step by step on how to do it?
I've read the Unlock thread, but there are so many methods and tweaks people have done, its all confusing. Either I'm not reading it correctly or I'm just not understanding it. I've seen change numbers to this or that to get it to work with Rogers, but is that a complete unlock?
Please provide me with a step by step.
P.s. my phone is completely stock, no root or anything if that helps.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Well,
As you can see I'm very weary about doing anything to this phone, seeing as I just got it replaced after a drawn out discussion/argument with Bell.
If no one can tell me the exact procedure on JL2, then I'm going to leave it well enough alone. I'm sure someone will come out with a perfect Unlock apk in the future just as they did with JH2. But for now, I'll sit and wait unless someone knows.
Afterall, Bell wants $75.00 to unlock it. I could go to Europe and probably pay less than that for a Pay-As-You Go model.
Keep up the good work developers.
I'm pretty sure there's no way (easy or lock) to unlock any Froyo builds right now, sorry.
That Unlocking software does not work on 2.2+ ?
I thought it was simply extracting some info off the phone?
If not you can always make a backup , flash to JH2.
Follow that unlocking guide, which does a SIM Unlock.
So it's unlocked forever.
Just a question about unlocking, does it void the bell warranty? Maybe I should just extract the code now and I can use it later once my warrenty is up? once i extract the code i should be able to use it no matter what firmware i'm on in the future right?
Ok, so from what I'm reading on here it can't be done with JL2.
Now my question is, can I load JH2 on this thing, grab the unlock codes, then use the same lock codes after JL2 is reinstalled?
Furthermore, are these unlock codes only good for going to Rogers or will the phone work in Europe with the same unlock code?
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I was on 2.1 when I unlock my bell..
I upgraded to jk4 2.2
Is still unlock...
Seems like updating firmware doesnt lock the phone
About a week ago I received notification to update to ICS. After downloading the file and the phone upgrading it get locked into a boot loop, then after about 14 hours it finally escapes form the loop and starts up only to have the SIM not get recognized, I tried restoring to factory default but it didn't work... I then sent the phone to Bell to get repaired but now they are asking for $200 to fix the phone as apparently the bootloader was unlocked and voided warranty.
As you can guess I'm saying "screw you" to that and trying to fix myself... I'm not experienced with android and when I originally upgraded I didn't back up my original software so i have nothing to restore... So basically right now I am wondering what I should do... the phone is being returned to me not repaired and I want to fix this but don't have the knowledge how to... I'm not dumb when it comes to unlocking phones as I used to unlock old Nokia's and jailbreak iPhones but I have no idea when it comes to Androids.
I'm guessing I will need to try and find an official ROM for this but Bell canada isn't the most open with their OEM software so I was wondering if anyone could help in this area by providing a ROM I could use... secondly I guess I will need to S-off my device in order to install the software?
I have searched the forum to find somethings that may be relevant to what I'm trying to do... but I'm getting confused as to what i should do (The curse of being a Noob)
Any info would be great... thanks
Read through this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668259
Quick summary: you have to be totally stock (relocked bootloader, unrooted, S-ON) to run the update to ICS via Bell.
Thanks... will give it a look through and see if I can recover this way.