hi guys ive been on a hd2 on android for the past year but its died so iam going to get a cheap milestone but its locked to orange uk, just wondering is if i put on a new rom say miui or the like will it also unlock it as ive never looked into it before with a phone on another network.
cheers in advance.
sausagedog said:
hi guys ive been on a hd2 on android for the past year but its died so iam going to get a cheap milestone but its locked to orange uk, just wondering is if i put on a new rom say miui or the like will it also unlock it as ive never looked into it before with a phone on another network.
cheers in advance.
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No.The Rooting/ROMing is not the same as SIM/Network/Subsidy unlock.
I have had good sucess with codes from GSMLiberty.net.
Process:
1- Buy an "unlock code" (you need the network the phone is locked to as well as the phone IMEI number (look under the battery).
2- Put in NEW SIM
3- At code prompt, type the number that gsmliberty.net gives you (or another site, I am just speaking from experience).
Voila! Unlocked phone. You can then keep the stock ROM or move on to rooting/installing a new ROM if you want.
Wiping the phone and installing new ROMs has no effect on the unlock. You are OK.
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Hello;
I bought an unlocked Samsung Captivate from Ebay,
when i got the phone it was unlocked and used it for a while.
(got it 9 days ago).
I tried to update the phone once but I forgot to change the
"update.zip" file with the newer that I got from here
then the phone became locked again. I tought it was a problem with the rom so I burnt another room on it(cogniton 2.2 with hebrew on it). The phone is working but its unlocked. I tried unlocking it with the software named "terminal Emulator" and got 8 digits codes (numbers only) I wrote it down. then inserted my simcard and tried the code twice (it said that the unlocking was unseccusfull. I stopped trying to insert the code
(I heard it can get bricked but i didnt know how many times do i need to try untill its getting bricked). I got no idea how to open it up. please help me,
Thank you.
for any other questions that might help you... post it and i will answer. (I live in Israel and I cant get to At&t's lab to fix it)
Or_b said:
Hello;
I bought an unlocked Samsung Captivate from Ebay,
when i got the phone it was unlocked and used it for a while.
(got it 9 days ago).
I tried to update the phone once but I forgot to change the
"update.zip" file with the newer that I got from here
then the phone became locked again. I tought it was a problem with the rom so I burnt another room on it(cogniton 2.2 with hebrew on it). The phone is working but its unlocked. I tried unlocking it with the software named "terminal Emulator" and got 8 digits codes (numbers only) I wrote it down. then inserted my simcard and tried the code twice (it said that the unlocking was unseccusfull. I stopped trying to insert the code
(I heard it can get bricked but i didnt know how many times do i need to try untill its getting bricked). I got no idea how to open it up. please help me,
Thank you.
for any other questions that might help you... post it and i will answer. (I live in Israel and I cant get to At&t's lab to fix it)
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if you search in the Q&A section of the forum, there is a thread devoted to unlocking captivates. This is the Dev section, devoted to development of new roms/kernels/etc. I was literally just looking at the thread moments ago, I just don't have the URL handy. go to Q&A and search unlock and you should have all your problems solved.
I don't know the answer, but you might be more successful if you poet questions in the Q&A forum. Good luck.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
well i was looking on those threads but I didnt get the answer since mine was unlocked when i got it and their were locked; I would be realy happy if you will send the url of a thread wihch has the answer to my problem.
Or_b said:
well i was looking on those threads but I didnt get the answer since mine was unlocked when i got it and their were locked; I would be realy happy if you will send the url of a thread wihch has the answer to my problem.
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Please search the forum next time for your question.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831569&highlight=ji6+unlock
try that
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
Hi,
i recently bought a new droid 3 from verizon i already sim unlocked it because i live in Europe.
but i'm totally new to the android system but i do know some things about it but is there a guide to help me started rooting and flashing?
or could someone tell me the basics in a nutshell?
my previous phone was a WinMo based phone and all you needed was sspl and you could flash custom roms.
how is it done for android? and what does it mean with fastboot, root? (i asume it is something like linux to be root user?) safeboot? bootstrap? and what is CM7 or CM9
P.S. i study electronics-informatics so you don't need to tell me what linux or windows is
thnx in advance
Can you tell me how you unlocked your phone???
To root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1240130
To flash ROMs install Safestrap from here
http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/p/android-downloads.html
Go to the android development section to find ROMs.
Liberty, ICS/CM9, MavRom, and SteelDroid are the most popular. Im using mavrom with ICS currently.
I definitely recommend looking into CM9. I just did a bunch of Googling on it today for my D3.
Now I'm running Ice Cream Sandwich and loving it. It's early yet and it has it's quirks, but overall I think it was worth it.
Dri94 said:
Can you tell me how you unlocked your phone???
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euhm i sim unlocked my phone using this website unlock4moto.com/order_code/Motorola/Droid_3/any_Motorola/
(put http in before the link) xda wont let me post hyperlinks yet
you only need to give the IMEI number you can find here:
At the Home screen, press Menu
Tap Settings
Scroll down and tap "About phone"
Tap Status
Scroll down the screen and the IMEI # will be listed there
it worked for me and i got the sim unlock code emailed to me within 30 mins (look in you spam folder too)
P.S. thnx for the info
Downtown Dan said:
I definitely recommend looking into CM9. I just did a bunch of Googling on it today for my D3.
Now I'm running Ice Cream Sandwich and loving it. It's early yet and it has it's quirks, but overall I think it was worth it.
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ooh but is there a way to brick the phone? cause it would be darn stupid to brick my 3 day old phone and send it back to america for repairs.
so just root the phone and install safestrap? no worries of bricking the phone? and are there other methods besides safestrap?
if yes what are the differences?
it all looks SO easy to flash roms for android ( in WinMo it was always wait and see) but then again it was Microsoft...
There is always a chance of bricking your phone but fortunately perma-bricking your phone while trying to flash new roms or using safestrap is almost impossible since you can still enter fastboot (m+powerup) from where you can install the stock sbf/rom
You can also flash using the 'old' bootstrap which basically removes your stock rom and flahes the new one.
Safestrap backs-up your old rom so you can try out another rom in another system/partition. Almost dualboot like except you can't reflash the original rom (yet)
Sry no links i'm on my droid3
"Almost dualboot like except you can't reflash the original rom" hey double, what do you mean by this. If you toggle safe system you can use your original ROM again. although i think im understanding wrong lol
Dri94 said:
"Almost dualboot like except you can't reflash the original rom" hey double, what do you mean by this. If you toggle safe system you can use your original ROM again. although i think im understanding wrong lol
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You're right but you can't reflash your original rom (non-safe). E.g. i have mavrom as nonsafe/original and ics has safe..now if an update comes for mavrom i can't update it without uninstalling safestrap and going back to bootstrap
Oh I understand you now. And we got the same setup aha.
Sent from ICS Droid3 using xda premium
snakebomber said:
euhm i sim unlocked my phone using this website unlock4moto.com/order_code/Motorola/Droid_3/any_Motorola/
(put http in before the link) xda wont let me post hyperlinks yet
you only need to give the IMEI number you can find here:
At the Home screen, press Menu
Tap Settings
Scroll down and tap "About phone"
Tap Status
Scroll down the screen and the IMEI # will be listed there
it worked for me and i got the sim unlock code emailed to me within 30 mins (look in you spam folder too)
P.S. thnx for the info
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Hello, Today I tried to unlock my droid 3 on the website that you share with us no luck for me.
I received an Email from them:
Hello
For IMEI number of the order, unfortunately, there is no code in database.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please verifity given IMEI number.
If the IMEI is correct, we will propose an alternative solution.
Yours
unlock4moto
but when I dial *#06# it display MEID HEX
A00000xxxxxxxx i think this is the ESN
DEC
273045896523648364 is this the IMEI Number??
I tried to send the 18 numbers but on the website will not let me put more than 15.
Ed27 said:
Hello, Today I tried to unlock my droid 3 on the website that you share with us no luck for me.
I received an Email from them:
Hello
For IMEI number of the order, unfortunately, there is no code in database.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please verifity given IMEI number.
If the IMEI is correct, we will propose an alternative solution.
Yours
unlock4moto
but when I dial *#06# it display MEID HEX
A00000xxxxxxxx i think this is the ESN
DEC
273045896523648364 is this the IMEI Number??
I tried to send the 18 numbers but on the website will not let me put more than 15.
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of what i read is that the MEID is a kind of IMEI number but because there are so many phones with an IMEI number that they needed something new but the unlock is (according what i found on google) always done with the IMEI number.
to what carrier is your phone locked to? and what is the exact type of your phone XT860 XT862? (you can find this in the "about" menu under settings.
maybe it is because my phone was brand new and never used.So it was never activated on the verizon network.
and i don't know if this has anything to do with it but on the box it says that the phone is "global ready".(I personally think it has nothing to do with that because if the phone is quadband it is ALWAYS global ready, if ofcourse the phone is not locked to verizon or some other carrier)
i have an alternative website but it is more expensive i thought it was 23 dollars or so. it first checks if they have an unlock code (never used the site but it looks promising)
sim-unlock.net/sim-lock/75/Unlock_for_any_New_Motorola_Defy_Flipout_Milestone/ (again put the http in front of it)
i hope this helps
Well, you may think this is normal, but not for me. Yes, i recognized it, I'm a noob, that's why my post. Recently I install in my cellphone a new rom (Nostalgia M4V5-3 Deluxe), but since then i got no service in my phone. I had bought an unlock code because I don't live in USA. So, i saw this post :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045... i made exactly what it says, my surprice was that apparently my Captivate was already unlock (in the line doesn't appear a "01"), so, i prove to lock and test the code that I bought... doesn't work.... unlocked it, but i have the same problem... can you give me a clue?? should I get back to the stock froyo and try the code i bought??? Thanks to all sincerely...
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Well, you may think this is normal, but not for me. Yes, i recognized it, I'm a noob, that's why my post. Recently I install in my cellphone a new rom (Nostalgia M4V5-3 Deluxe), but since then i got no service in my phone. I had bought an unlock code because I don't live in USA. So, i saw this post :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045... i made exactly what it says, my surprice was that apparently my Captivate was already unlock (in the line doesn't appear a "01"), so, i prove to lock and test the code that I bought... doesn't work.... unlocked it, but i have the same problem... can you give me a clue?? should I get back to the stock froyo and try the code i bought??? Thanks to all sincerely...
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I had solve my problem... exactly I don't what's going on with that rom, so, i search another one... And i found this:
http://www.androidvzla.com/2012/01/dispositivos-samsung-galaxy.html
The page is in spanish, but look the highmarked place when it said Captivate, and you can download the rom. For me it was fine
So, basically, I got a new pay-as-you-go SIM and I don't want to buy a new phone for it. I was looking for methods to unlock my current galaxy ace, it's rooted and I have a custom ROM on it- The Ultimatum by The "A" Factor. I got my unlock codes and put the SIM in expecting to get a screen saying phone is locked, please put in unlock code or something similar that usually happens. However nothing came up but when the phone finished booting, I had no service and can't use it for calls or anything which suggests that the phone is still locked, I tried using the *#7465525# service code, but I got an error saying no service or incorrect MUDI code or something like that. Is it possible that flashing a new ROM wiped the unlocking procedures and is there anyway for me to know if my phone is unlocked and if not, can I still unlock it?
Elite Choob said:
So, basically, I got a new pay-as-you-go SIM and I don't want to buy a new phone for it. I was looking for methods to unlock my current galaxy ace, it's rooted and I have a custom ROM on it- The Ultimatum by The "A" Factor. I got my unlock codes and put the SIM in expecting to get a screen saying phone is locked, please put in unlock code or something similar that usually happens. However nothing came up but when the phone finished booting, I had no service and can't use it for calls or anything which suggests that the phone is still locked, I tried using the *#7465525# service code, but I got an error saying no service or incorrect MUDI code or something like that. Is it possible that flashing a new ROM wiped the unlocking procedures and is there anyway for me to know if my phone is unlocked and if not, can I still unlock it?
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try using another SIM, if you wrote the correct code, it should be unlocked :S
Viper The Ripper said:
try using another SIM, if you wrote the correct code, it should be unlocked :S
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That's not my problem D=, the fact is I have the codes but I on boot, I'm not getting any options to enter them in.
Elite Choob said:
That's not my problem D=, the fact is I have the codes but I on boot, I'm not getting any options to enter them in.
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...my fault!, Try flashing a fresh stock, when I unlocked my phone via carrier code, It was in stock..it could work :S
am! First of all check that your IMEI number It's ok
Viper The Ripper said:
...my fault!, Try flashing a fresh stock, when I unlocked my phone via carrier code, It was in stock..it could work :S
am! First of all check that your IMEI number It's ok
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Found the number, what else can I do besides flashing a stock ROM =l
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Found the number, what else can I do besides flashing a stock ROM =l
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Didn't show you nothing to introduce the code?¿
... try introducing another SIM from other carrier... when you boot then automatically should ask you to introduce the unlock code
If it doesn't work you could phone to the device's carrier, the carrier must help you if you finished your contract
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Didn't show you nothing to introduce the code?¿
... try introducing another SIM from other carrier... when you boot then automatically should ask you to introduce the unlock code
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I do have another SIM from another carrier, but the screen isn't showing up, I've been scouring the internet and found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335548 , turns out it won't show because of my ROM, so I'll have to switch to stock like you said, before I do that though I'll try that code he said at the end to see if it will unlock. Thanks :good:
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I do have another SIM from another carrier, but the screen isn't showing up, I've been scouring the internet and found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335548 , turns out it won't show because of my ROM, so I'll have to switch to stock like you said, before I do that though I'll try that code he said at the end to see if it will unlock. Thanks :good:
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ok! be carefull with this stuff, you could brick your device if you do something wrong, if I were you I'd phone my carrier to avoid any kind of trouble (if I'd had my contract finished)
Good luck mate!