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[Q] Sim Unlock Code Not Accepted

Hi,
I have HTC one on Three UK network. I took Sim network unlock code from 3 different paid servers, All have given same code but code does not work. It says Sim Password incorrect. Spoken to supplier and he said it is some bug in new android system. Can anyone explain me how to fix this. I appreciate that.
I already 3 tried another source and checked imei etc.

talkways said:
Hi,
I have HTC one on Three UK network. I took Sim network unlock code from 3 different paid servers, All have given same code but code does not work. It says Sim Password incorrect. Spoken to supplier and he said it is some bug in new android system. Can anyone explain me how to fix this. I appreciate that.
I already 3 tried another source and checked imei etc.
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Are you on a custom CID ? On a custom ROM? If yes, change them back to the original and it'll work.

attanasi0 said:
Are you on a custom CID ? On a custom ROM? If yes, change them back to the original and it'll work.
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No it is original rom, original recovery but still not accepting. In attempt to flash i loaded up custom recovery now but unable to find any stock rom ruu on three. Hbot is 1.54 and s on and bootloader locked (i unlocked it using htcdev now)

talkways said:
No it is original rom, original recovery but still not accepting. In attempt to flash i loaded up custom recovery now but unable to find any stock rom ruu on three. Hbot is 1.54 and s on and bootloader locked (i unlocked it using htcdev now)
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This is purely anecdotal but the phone I had before this was the s2 LTE model on AT&T, when they gave me the code it kept saying it was unsuccessful until I ran out of attempts. However when I actually put in a t-mobile sim card it worked fine and it was fully unlocked. Maybe try that?

Danmanlott said:
This is purely anecdotal but the phone I had before this was the s2 LTE model on AT&T, when they gave me the code it kept saying it was unsuccessful until I ran out of attempts. However when I actually put in a t-mobile sim card it worked fine and it was fully unlocked. Maybe try that?
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You do know that to unlock the phone you need a SIM card from a different company inside the phone so that it asks for Network Unlock Code... SIM Lock is not the same...

attanasi0 said:
You do know that to unlock the phone you need a SIM card from a different company inside the phone so that it asks for Network Unlock Code... SIM Lock is not the same...
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Obviously phone is asking for sim network unlock code when we put non accepted sim card. So phone is not unlocked. We do quite a lot unlocking and few phones get this error, we have to refund customer but I am seeking solution for it. It is only in Android phones (HTC and Samsung).. Samsung's we usually unlock using unlocking boxes but HTC One is not supported other than code. (Setool support older HBOOT).

[Q] O2-UK Unlock Code

I've asked O2 to give me an unlock code.
I'm thinking of moving over to EE for the 4G.
Do i need to be on a stock ROM for this to work?
When i originally put the EE sim in yesterday on the AOSP Rom, the box appeared asking for the code, but i've read you need to be on stock?
Can anyone confirm?

Anyone?
I got my Unlock code, tried it twice on AICP Rom and no luck!
Downloading a Sense ROM to try it with now.

superleeds27 said:
Anyone?
I got my Unlock code, tried it twice on AICP Rom and no luck!
Downloading a Sense ROM to try it with now.
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Do some searching for SIM Unlock in here, there were quite a few threads around.
If I remember correctly, the primary things are correct CID & MID, plus a stock (or very close to stock) ROM.
Can't remember if (re)locked bootloader and stock recovery was necessary.
What's your "fastboot getvar all" output (except IMEI and s/n).

CID and MID havent changed since i got the phone.
I flashed Viper ROM and unlock went fine

[Q] Need help to Sim Unlock AT&T HTC One

Looking to unlock an AT&T version of the HTC One to T-Mobile. I do have an unlock code but it's not working. The phone is rooted and running ARHD 51. I just flashed a different stock rom, tried the code once again but still no luck.

Any suggestions?

WreakerofHavoc said:
Any suggestions?
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I heard you need to be stock to use a sim-unlock code so you might want to try back to 100% stock then use the code. If it still don't work then maybe you could purchase a new code.

WreakerofHavoc said:
Looking to unlock an AT&T version of the HTC One to T-Mobile. I do have an unlock code but it's not working. The phone is rooted and running ARHD 51. I just flashed a different stock rom, tried the code once again but still no luck.
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Check your IMEI number and cross reference it with your original to make sure they match. My phone is doing the same thing and it came back from mobile tech videos jtag repair and my numbers are all wrong. Looking for a solution now but my serial number and IMEI numbers are different.
Just a thought, Shot in the dark

alray said:
I heard you need to be stock to use a sim-unlock code so you might want to try back to 100% stock then use the code. If it still don't work then maybe you could purchase a new code.
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I thought the Rom I used was stock, will try again. Thanks.
cannonofcourse said:
Check your IMEI number and cross reference it with your original to make sure they match. My phone is doing the same thing and it came back from mobile tech videos jtag repair and my numbers are all wrong. Looking for a solution now but my serial number and IMEI numbers are different.
Just a thought, Shot in the dark
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Will check it out, Thanks.

WreakerofHavoc said:
I thought the Rom I used was stock, will try again. Thanks.
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Do some searching here (in the Q&A) section, there were quite a few SIM Unlock threads solved (quite a while ago), I can't exactly remember, but it used to be a combo of
1- stock rom (or very close) but matching to firmware version
2- possibly stock recovery
3- possibly locked/relocked bootloader
4- s-off / s-on doesn't matter
I believe number 1 was the most important, can't say/remember about 2 and 3, and quite sure S-Off won't matter.

nkk71 said:
Do some searching here (in the Q&A) section, there were quite a few SIM Unlock threads solved (quite a while ago), I can't exactly remember, but it used to be a combo of
1- stock rom (or very close) but matching to firmware version
2- possibly stock recovery
3- possibly locked/relocked bootloader
4- s-off / s-on doesn't matter
I believe number 1 was the most important, can't say/remember about 2 and 3, and quite sure S-Off won't matter.
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Ok. Thanks.

restored the original rom, still no luck.
Any suggestions?

Returned to stock rom and recovery, still no luck.

WreakerofHavoc said:
Returned to stock rom and recovery, still no luck.
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Are you RUU'ing back to stock ?
if your 4.3 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...13_10.38j.1157.04_release_334235_signed_2.exe
if your 4.4 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...09_10.26.1718.01L_release_356565_signed_2.exe

clsA said:
Are you RUU'ing back to stock ?
if your 4.3 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...13_10.38j.1157.04_release_334235_signed_2.exe
if your 4.4 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...09_10.26.1718.01L_release_356565_signed_2.exe
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Haven't RUU'ed to stock yet. S-Off is need for RUU right? Going to S-Off and then try this. Thanks.

WreakerofHavoc said:
Haven't RUU'ed to stock yet. S-Off is need for RUU right? Going to S-Off and then try this. Thanks.
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you don't need s-off, you just need to relock the bootloader

Hmmm still no luck. Been working at this for a while now, not sure what the problem is. Selling it is the only solution I can think of right now, but there must be a way to unlock this for my carrier.

Hello. I have a similar issue, so I don't think I should create another topic.
I just purchased a 64gb HTC One and purchased the unlock code from the same vendor as always. I was always able to unlock other devices (One XL, One X+, Windows phone 8X) easily, and even other Ones, since this is my fouth (first one I gave to my brother, second slipped off my pocket while in a tunnel riding my motorcycle and the third is 32gb, so I decided to sell it and buy a 64gb).
This one is used like new, everything stock, s-on, nothing unusual. Well, except the led seems to be smaller (very hard to see the red dot while charging) and the system may be newer, since it doens't find any update available.
But the code doesn't work. I tried twice thinking I could be misspelling the numbers, but returned wrong anyway.
So...
1-What happens if I try again and it returns wrong, since it's showing it's my last try?
2-Any clue?
Thanks in advance.

Does your phone work on any network? What carrier is it branded?
Best thing is to email (carrier) support and get a code from them.
This thread is for devices that have a security cross reference back end problems.
Does your phone say it accepts the code then restarts then asks for the code again?
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mefxes said:
Hello. I have a similar issue, so I don't think I should create another topic.
I just purchased a 64gb HTC One and purchased the unlock code from the same vendor as always. I was always able to unlock other devices (One XL, One X+, Windows phone 8X) easily, and even other Ones, since this is my fouth (first one I gave to my brother, second slipped off my pocket while in a tunnel riding my motorcycle and the third is 32gb, so I decided to sell it and buy a 64gb).
This one is used like new, everything stock, s-on, nothing unusual. Well, except the led seems to be smaller (very hard to see the red dot while charging) and the system may be newer, since it doens't find any update available.
But the code doesn't work. I tried twice thinking I could be misspelling the numbers, but returned wrong anyway.
So...
1-What happens if I try again and it returns wrong, since it's showing it's my last try?
2-Any clue?
Thanks in advance.
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In my experience, I'm not getting anything showing my number of attempts or last attempt. I've tried the unlock code about 8-10 times on different roms stock and non stock and stock recovery. I really have no idea.

WreakerofHavoc said:
In my experience, I'm not getting anything showing my number of attempts or last attempt. I've tried the unlock code about 8-10 times on different roms stock and non stock and stock recovery. I really have no idea.
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Thanks for your answer.
All my HTCs always shown a counter.
Today, after restoring the phone to stock ruu, it wasn't showing any counter anymore, so I decided to try again the code I purchased (and other code sellers confirmed) and it worked.
Very strange... but now it's unlocked.

mefxes said:
Thanks for your answer.
All my HTCs always shown a counter.
Today, after restoring the phone to stock ruu, it wasn't showing any counter anymore, so I decided to try again the code I purchased (and other code sellers confirmed) and it worked.
Very strange... but now it's unlocked.
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You have the at&t version too? Can you link me to the ruu you used?

nkk71 said:
Do some searching here (in the Q&A) section, there were quite a few SIM Unlock threads solved (quite a while ago), I can't exactly remember, but it used to be a combo of
1- stock rom (or very close) but matching to firmware version
2- possibly stock recovery
3- possibly locked/relocked bootloader
4- s-off / s-on doesn't matter
I believe number 1 was the most important, can't say/remember about 2 and 3, and quite sure S-Off won't matter.
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After a lot of painstaking effort, I managed to flash a stock RUU, got back to a stock recovery, and locked the bootloader. Got the same unlock code from two separate vendors. No dice. Incredibly frustrating, don't know what's wrong with my phone but now I have to sell it.

850csi said:
After a lot of painstaking effort, I managed to flash a stock RUU, got back to a stock recovery, and locked the bootloader. Got the same unlock code from two separate vendors. No dice. Incredibly frustrating, don't know what's wrong with my phone but now I have to sell it.
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well you can sim-unlock using the sieempi method instead of the unlock code, like many others successfully did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53043418&postcount=601

[Q] Enter Sim-Network Unlock pin -> already rooted,s-off and SuperCid

Hello, I would be really happy if you could help me soving this puzzle, really appreciate it!
I got my HTC ONE m7 back from repair and they changed the mainboard so that I got a new IMEI.
Now the phone is Locked to my previous provider A1 Telekom Austria (CID: VODAP120)
I got my phone, rooted, superSu, S-off and SupderCid, ARHD71, but cant get my phone sim unlocked?!
Message: Enter "SIM network unlock PIN" -> whenever I put my Sim-Card in (Drei/3 provider)
attached picture of my current phone status.
Im really out of ideas , hopefully someone of you can help me with this!

pstoll said:
Hello, I would be really happy if you could help me soving this puzzle, really appreciate it!
I got my HTC ONE m7 back from repair and they changed the mainboard so that I got a new IMEI.
Now the phone is Locked to my previous provider A1 Telekom Austria (CID: VODAP120)
I got my phone, rooted, superSu, S-off and SupderCid, ARHD71, but cant get my phone sim unlocked?!
Message: Enter "SIM network unlock PIN" -> whenever I put my Sim-Card in (Drei/3 provider)
attached picture of my current phone status.
Im really out of ideas , hopefully someone of you can help me with this!
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you must purchase a sim-unlock code. S-OFF/supercid/root will not sim-unlock the phone.
you must be as close as possible to 100% stock to use the unlock code. Anyway try it, if id doesn't work then go back to stock and re-enter the unlock code.

alray said:
you must purchase a sim-unlock code. S-OFF/supercid/root will not sim-unlock the phone.
you must be as close as possible to 100% stock to use the unlock code. Anyway try it, if id doesn't work then go back to stock and re-enter the unlock code.
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Thanks for trying to help me! The issue is, that there is no Unlock Code for this IMEI, I tried 5 differnt suppliers and noone could provide a code.
I guess the reason for that is the device is brand new...

pstoll said:
Thanks for trying to help me! The issue is, that there is no Unlock Code for this IMEI, I tried 5 differnt suppliers and noone could provide a code.
I guess the reason for that is the device is brand new...
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in this case you could try the SIEEMPI method. The HTC ONE isn't listed on that page but many users reported that it works (in this thread)

alray said:
in this case you could try the SIEEMPI method. The HTC ONE isn't listed on that page but many users reported that it works (in this thread)
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I tried that, but I get an error when hit SIMLOCK, see screenshot. Also, the Config.dat file isnt there afterwards, tried to push it via adb to /root but it says "Read Only File-System". Am I doing something wrong? Transferred the file via usb on SD-Card and then copied it via ES Explorer to the root folder. Any Clue? Thanks.

Thats the error message.

pstoll said:
Thats the error message.
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the procedure is a bit different for the HTC One, you have to copy the .dat file to a fat32 hard drive connected to your phone with a usb Y-cable. take a look at the thread I have linked above, read the last few pages.

alray said:
the procedure is a bit different for the HTC One, you have to copy the .dat file to a fat32 hard drive connected to your phone with a usb Y-cable. take a look at the thread I have linked above, read the last few pages.
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IT WORKED! Cheers mate. Thanks for giving me the hint with SIEEMPI method.

Bought used One M7, someone messed with IMEI - NEED HELP!

I picked up a used HTC One M7 yesterday, locked to T-Mobile, thinking I could do what I usually do, buy an unlock code for $4 on eBay and use the phone.
Problem is, when I tried to get the unlock code, sellers told me they couldn't find the unlock code for the IMEI I gave them.
So I compared it to the one on the box, and it is different.
I loaded up bootloader, and saw it's unlocked, so now I know someone messed with the phone.
My problem is this:
If I want to use an official unlock code, it will only work with a stock ROM. Now, in order to change the IMEI back to the original one, I have to root (already done) and switch S-OFF. However, when I attempted to run Firewater, it told me I have to try a different kernel, because the one that's installed has an anti-firewater lock.
If I change the kernel, the ROM will no longer be stock, and then I won't be able to use the unlock code anymore, correct?
I did find another way to unlock the phone which uses a custom Config.dat file, but that's a last resort and I'm not certain if it will work or not, so I'm not really sure what I should do at this point to actually get this phone unlocked.
Originally, my plan was to unlock it and then install Cyanogenmod.
Can someone please help? I've spent hours on this today already and I'm running on empty.

Ok, I got the unlock code and tried it but it says it's invalid, so it definitely won't work with the modified IMEI (wasn't really expecting it would).
So I'm left with the challenge of reverting the IMEI back to factory. In order to do that, S-OFF needs to be set, and for that I need to run firewater, however, this is what I keep getting:
ERROR: kernel contains HTC anti-firewater patch!
****** Try again with a different kernel ******
I've tried installing the elemental kernel, and it gives me the same error.
I'm running 4.4.3, Sense 6, bootloader 1.57
Really not sure what to do next.

You won't find anything here. Changing the IMEI is illegal and not to be talked about here

Well that's lame. I'm not asking because I want to perform an illegal act, I just want to restore my phone to it's proper settings so I can actually use it.

kloan said:
Well that's lame. I'm not asking because I want to perform an illegal act, I just want to restore my phone to it's proper settings so I can actually use it.
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Well that's the thing. Changing it in any way is an illegal act. Any tool that could help has been banned from the site for years and if no original backup was made sending it in for repair is the only option I can offer.

Yeah, I suppose if I can't figure it out I'll try to find a tech in town that can help.
But I don't necessarily need specific step by step instructions on how to modify the IMEI, just some general guidance with getting S-OFF working properly, and making sure I don't mess anything up so that when I do revert back to stock I can still use the unlock code I got.
I just re-locked the bootloader and am now installing the RUU_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_TMOUS_3.24.531.3_Radio_4A.21.3263.03_10.38m.1157.04_release_336982_signed_2(2).exe I downloaded, which I'm running in Parallels, since Mac seems to be fairly limited with some things.
After I get that installed and working, I'm going to see if I can go through the steps of unlocking the bootloader, rooting and trying firewater again.
If that doesn't work, maybe I'll try installing the latest cyanogenmod build, and trying to get firewater to set S-OFF after that.

You may have many issues if you doing all this on a mac.
Ref lashing the stock ROM has been known to help some. Not all but a few it worked on.
The IMEI change could also be a main board replacement. Then the IMEI on device would be correct and the one on the box would be wrong.

The serial number is still the same.
I re-locked the bootloader to try and install that ruu, but it got stuck and now it won't boot past hboot.
I'm running the cyanogenmod installer now because I don't know what else to do.

You could also try to S-OFF with revone, which got stuck for me at a certain point, but I went S-OFF anyway.
I tried revone because I had the same issue with firewater as you had.

Alright, I'm not going to get into all the crap I went through trying to get s-off, but suffice to say it was a colossal waste of time.
Ended up buying Sunshine and that worked like a charm when I ran it after restoring the factory T-Mobile rom.
Changing the IMEI back was ridiculously easy once I had s-off.
HOWEVER, the unlock code doesn't work! It tells me it's invalid.