I'm trying to unlock my AT&T captivate to use prepaid tmobile...while I do have a unlock working now its just by use of an app from the market so I have to redo the unlock each time the phone reboots....I have tries two different one click unlock era with no luck and just now tried doing this method
http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/155056-possible-unlock-captivate-free.html (sorry..I wanted to post the adb commands but I'm on an iPhone ATM....
This also did not work. It wouldn't generate the output file at all. I made sure I had debugging on and my phone is rooted running Mosaic 8. Can anyone help me?
Use Galaxy_S Unlock by Helroz from the Play Store (free). Once unlocked-always unlocked. --Athough u may have to go back to a Stock firmware first (not sure). But once u r done, no matter what u flash, Odin, etc. it will stay unlocked.
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I am in the same boat and wondering if you were successful in unlocking captivate and using prepaid T-Mobile card.
I heard we can only use it in edge mode and the 3g will not work with T-Mobile. Is that true?
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Ooops on the thx but oh well.
True on the Edge...But there are some areas where tmobile is reworking their network and making 3g available. Google search will reveal more info on tmobile's revamping. :thumbup:
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I am planning on putting my phone to stock software by using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
However since i live in New Zealand and have my phone unlocked so i can use it, will doing this lock my phone so it wont work with my network?
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Doc
I believe it will but you will or should be able to unlock again
Is there any application i can use to easily unlock it? Or can I just copy my current nv_data.bin and then copy it back on and it will unlock?
Thanks,
doc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761751
Unsure about just copying files
thanks. im gonna try it all now. ill reply soon
No, as far as I've done. I have flashed to stock many times, and my phone is still unlocked.
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No it shouldnt
im hearing all this "its easy to get an unlock code for the Galaxy S" but the guide isnt that clear to me and i dont want to risk bricking my galaxy s while rooting it.
So would i just be able to buy an unlock code instead, i came across one site that was recommnded on these forums but it did not list the Galaxy S on there.
So does anybody know if i could buy an unlock code that i can just enter into my phone without any rooting and stuff? and where could i buy one?
thankss
edit: even if somebody on this forum could get a code for me, they would obviously need to have some kind of rep on here though, not just somebody with 20 posts
There's an app out there for the galaxy s. You don't even need to root your phone. Its called "SGS UNLOCK" if I'm not mistaken. Worked great on mine.
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babaji.ca said:
There's an app out there for the galaxy s. You don't even need to root your phone. Its called "SGS UNLOCK" if I'm not mistaken. Worked great on mine.
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Ive tried that but it says no code found. It says that the methods with roots are much more sucessful
i would just go ahead and root my phone but it sounds risky and i dont know where i would start with rooting it. Where is the guide on here?
Well i rooted the phone myself and i downloaded the sgs unlock pro app that seems to be working for everybody but i just crashes for me
this sucks
You tried the unlock-service on "samfirmware"?
I didn't test it but maybe this works.
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Oh I saw that it costs .. so i think there are other options. Sorry
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045
Just download one click root to your computer and plug your phone to the computer with debugging on and than click root. Thats it.
Buy the pro version of sgs unlock app from market and you are done. Its that easy.
warfanax said:
Just download one click root to your computer and plug your phone to the computer with debugging on and than click root. Thats it.
Buy the pro version of sgs unlock app from market and you are done. Its that easy.
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thats exactly what i did, it said root was sucessful and the app appeared on my phone. I then downloaded the pro ulock app and pressed unlock but the app would just crash and quits soo i just refunded the app.
I dont see what i couldve done wrong. I didnt have an sd card in the phone and i had debugging on.
thanks anyway. So i cant just go ahead and buy a code like the good old days?
We now have the bootloader unlocked , I've tested out the WiFi tether from the HTC super tool kit ....it works....with LTE so just a heads up
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This might be the first time I tried unlocking a bootloader. Is there a process or step guide I can follow.
Also after you unlocked the bootloader, did you use the super tool to root and add the WiFi tether? Was you able to had mobile hotspot to your phone? Or is that the WiFi tether you are referencing?
verseman said:
This might be the first time I tried unlocking a bootloader. Is there a process or step guide I can follow.
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HTCDEV.com
it walks you through step by step.....
After unlocking bootloader
, I used the super tool
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I have tried it and no luck is there any settings you are tweaking to make it work I keep getting error messages and it does not provide an IP Address
z45123 said:
I have tried it and no luck is there any settings you are tweaking to make it work I keep getting error messages and it does not provide an IP Address
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What IP address are you referring? You simply go to htcdev website, here is the direct link: http://htcdev.com/bootloader
Follow the instructions. You might have to create a free account so you can get your unlock file via email, which you then have to flash to your phone to get it unlocked.
They did a pretty good job with the instructions. You have to use the command prompt on your pc to fastboot to your phone.
I simply unlocked my bootloader ,rooted it and then ran the WiFi exploit in the super tool
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z45123 said:
I have tried it and no luck is there any settings you are tweaking to make it work I keep getting error messages and it does not provide an IP Address
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I can't get it to work either. What's settings are you all using to make it work?
Auto device type?
Mss clamping?
Routing fix?
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i had no luck getting it to work either, i ended up installing a different rom and using the native hotspot app!
shogunmark said:
i had no luck getting it to work either, i ended up installing a different rom and using the native hotspot app!
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What Rom and are you on ATT?
I too was not able to get the wifi tether to work via the HTC Super Tool exploit.
akcooper9 said:
What Rom and are you on ATT?
I too was not able to get the wifi tether to work via the HTC Super Tool exploit.
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Yes i am on ATT..
I flashed Holicakes 0.3 /Beats/APM/CRTOff/Amaze4Gcamera/Extended SystemUI and its not bad! you will need to manually add the APN's though.. i added both the ATT PTA and Media Net.. STL doesnt have LTE yet so i wasnt able to test that, and currently using the media apn because i got the 5% warning yesterday
You can find the ATT PTA apn settings here
also the added Beats Audio is pretty nice!
did u have to flash the kernel first or just the rom
What am I missing? Vivid is not listed under the supported devices list...?
[BTW...yes, I currently have a Captivate but I have a Vivid on the way!]
jdgay22 said:
did u have to flash the kernel first or just the rom
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what i did was...
transfer the rom to the internal sd card (pulled the external card, plugged the phone in and turned on disk drive mode, then transferred the rom).
Then i flashed CWM...
Then the kernel (FYI after flashing the kernel on the next boot you will be stuck on the white HTC screen, this is normal)
pull the battery, then hold vol down plus power then choose recovery. CWM will come up, choose install zip from sdcard and choose your rom.. easy as that!
mark72501 said:
What am I missing? Vivid is not listed under the supported devices list...?
[BTW...yes, I currently have a Captivate but I have a Vivid on the way!]
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just follow the steps on htcdev and you will be able to unlock..
using both methods.. the script says device not found, the program says I need an active internet connection to proceed..
wtf.. help? giving my mom this phone as a present.. but I need to use tmobile sim not at&t.. any help would be appreciated her bday is tomorrow
U will probably have to flash back to Stock Firmware in order to Unlock it. And then once it is unlocked...it will continue to be no matter what u flash or Odin, etc.
Galaxy_S Unlock by Helroz in the Google Play Store is what has been used and recommended by many.
And also u can only get the Edge on T-mobile network with the Captivate...but u may already know this.
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4-2ndtwin said:
U will probably have to flash back to Stock Firmware in order to Unlock it. And then once it is unlocked...it will continue to be no matter what u flash or Odin, etc.
Galaxy_S Unlock by Helroz in the Google Play Store is what has been used and recommended by many.
And also u can only get the Edge on T-mobile network with the Captivate...but u may already know this.
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yeah, i need to use it on tmobile.
quickest way back to stock?
wolfxwinds said:
quickest way back to stock?
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Click 4-2ndtwin's helpful links in his sig and there you will find some great one clicks he built. both Odin and hemdall and both with and without boot loaders.
I used this app
I was able to get around that using the application below on my CM10 captivate and then other sims worked on it without problem.
Let me know if it works out for you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouZ2FsYXh5c3VubG9jayJd
sunfirestorm said:
I was able to get around that using the application below on my CM10 captivate and then other sims worked on it without problem.
Let me know if it works out for you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouZ2FsYXh5c3VubG9jayJd
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it worked for me but I had to go back to stock froyo.. flashing cmx right now then back to Helly bean.
Didn't have to go back to stock for me worked on CM10 without issues, I thought it would be the same for Hellybean maybe i will jump on to hellybean to conform enless someone how already has it running wants to give it a try:laugh:
So while having twenty tabs open and sifting through a bunch of dead threads and guides with dead links. I ended up downloaded a stock rom from the main htc one forum and didn't notice. I thought I was in the Sprint section the whole time.
Now my backup does not work, it boots but I can only see the notification bar and it reboots after like a minute. Installing other roms does the same thing so I am assuming the partitions are borked.
I can still get into twrp, I can unlock and relock the bootloader and adb etc.
My current version is 1.31.651.2
Could someone please provide me with some info on getting this fixed. The only thing I wanted to do was unlock the phone, I called sprint and they gave me the unlock code but I could not find where to enter it. After research I read you need root, and unlock helper. And now here I am haha.
Did you get squared away, or are you still out there on that lonely, over populated island?
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bowenac said:
So while having twenty tabs open and sifting through a bunch of dead threads and guides with dead links. I ended up downloaded a stock rom from the main htc one forum and didn't notice. I thought I was in the Sprint section the whole time.
Now my backup does not work, it boots but I can only see the notification bar and it reboots after like a minute. Installing other roms does the same thing so I am assuming the partitions are borked.
I can still get into twrp, I can unlock and relock the bootloader and adb etc.
My current version is 1.31.651.2
Could someone please provide me with some info on getting this fixed. The only thing I wanted to do was unlock the phone, I called sprint and they gave me the unlock code but I could not find where to enter it. After research I read you need root, and unlock helper. And now here I am haha.
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Follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44243635
Just a heads up as you are following the commands you will see strange text and also an error, but just keep going and it will work.
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Follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44243635
Just a heads up as you are following the commands you will see strange text and also an error, but just keep going and it will work.
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Thank you, took a few trys but it worked. +10000
Glad your back up and running.
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Glad your back up and running.
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Now do you know of a way to actually unlock the phone to be used on gsm?
I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2491840 that didnt work. So now I just restored my original twrp backup that I made after getting it back up. So now I am on 4.1.2 sense 5 original from the ruu and just install SU.
If anyone could point me in the right direction of getting this phone unlocked and working correctly that would be great.
EDIT:
I just noticed after getting it back up with the ruu I am now able to select GSM from mobile data. Before it always said it was sim locked and wouldnt let me choose it.
APN shows T-Mobile Data cinet.spcs and T-Mobile MMS epc.tmobile.com
When I go to Available GSM Network and search networks it shows T-Mobile and AT&T when I choose T-Mobile it tries to register the network for ever then it gets registed and shows T-Mobile as the Available GSM Network but then it gets removed. I was able to make one test call and it worked but then was removed.
Through out all of this I keep getting a message to Change Mode No Network Found Select Yes to switch to global mode, no to stay in current mode. Nothing seems to be working though.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me figure this out.
Hmm seems to have stuck this last time I selected T-Mobile. We will see how long it last. I just want to make sure I have done everything correctly. I would like to get updated to the latest stock plus root rom.
Here are some screenshots.
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac7/bowenac/Screenshot_2013-11-05-11-46-03_zps1ddadb6e.png
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac7/bowenac/Screenshot_2013-11-05-11-46-10_zpsa1b83cfb.png
EDIT:
Nope now its gone, I keep having to select T-Mobile and it only works for a couple minutes. Any ideas?