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[Q] Question|unlocking

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.
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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

LG 4xHD not registered

I have just managed to root my old LG P880/4xHD using advice from this forum. Thought I would try on an old phone first. One reason I tried is because I cannot update Android via the usual About phone, Software updates, Check now for updates. The Android version installed is 4.0.3. I am in Australia and it is possible the phone is an overseas model (got it from a friend in LG). Has "Not for Resale" stamped inside the back cover. When I try to update Android, I get an error message "Registered Error - Your device is not registered yet." I had hoped rooting would get around this but it hasn't. Have looked up old forum posts and there is talk of using .kdz files and all sorts of other things. Can anyone help me get around this registration issue but please be aware I am a novice and most of the older posts I read, I couldn't understand so simple explanations please. Thanks.

What you have is developer or test device and it is a bit different from normal ones. Try googling more but you will have hard time....
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dimi89 said:
What you have is developer or test device and it is a bit different from normal ones. Try googling more but you will have hard time....
Sent from my microwave.
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Could it be that it has overseas firmware, I read in a two or three year old post that this can happen but there was a way to get around this.
PD

pdonahue said:
Could it be that it has overseas firmware, I read in a two or three year old post that this can happen but there was a way to get around this.
PD
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So...Did you try flashing kdz file and updating it that way or ... ?

pdonahue said:
I have just managed to root my old LG P880/4xHD using advice from this forum. Thought I would try on an old phone first. One reason I tried is because I cannot update Android via the usual About phone, Software updates, Check now for updates. The Android version installed is 4.0.3. I am in Australia and it is possible the phone is an overseas model (got it from a friend in LG). Has "Not for Resale" stamped inside the back cover. When I try to update Android, I get an error message "Registered Error - Your device is not registered yet." I had hoped rooting would get around this but it hasn't. Have looked up old forum posts and there is talk of using .kdz files and all sorts of other things. Can anyone help me get around this registration issue but please be aware I am a novice and most of the older posts I read, I couldn't understand so simple explanations please. Thanks.
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Its a year old phone, its not like its the nexus one or samsng galaxy s2...
Try flashing 4.12 with kdz. Google is your friend, try kdz flash 4.1.2 Optimus 4x hd.
Funny thing, when I bought my phone, only google asked me to register the phone, the usual Google Play thing. SO what do you exactly mean with REGISTER?

i think the whole phone isn't registred by LG for consumers, like dimi89 said it has to be a dev device. they aren't registred and cannot be updated/used the normal way. the serial number of this phone isn't present in the LG databases i think. Just flash kdz and everything is fine. You know that you don't get any support or warranty on that phone but you should know that.

[Q] Update error message

I have just moved this question here from the General section, hope that's the right move.
I have just managed to root my old LG P880/4xHD using advice from this forum. Thought I would try on an old phone first. One reason I tried is because I cannot update Android via the usual About phone, Software updates, Check now for updates. The Android version installed is 4.0.3. I am in Australia and it is possible the phone is an overseas model (got it from a friend in LG). Has "Not for Resale" stamped inside the back cover. When I try to update Android, I get an error message "Registered Error - Your device is not registered yet." I had hoped rooting would get around this but it hasn't. Have looked up old forum posts and there is talk of using .kdz files and all sorts of other things. Can anyone help me get around this registration issue but please be aware I am a novice and most of the older posts I read, I couldn't understand, so simple explanations please. Thanks, Peter

pdonahue said:
I have just moved this question here from the General section, hope that's the right move.
I have just managed to root my old LG P880/4xHD using advice from this forum. Thought I would try on an old phone first. One reason I tried is because I cannot update Android via the usual About phone, Software updates, Check now for updates. The Android version installed is 4.0.3. I am in Australia and it is possible the phone is an overseas model (got it from a friend in LG). Has "Not for Resale" stamped inside the back cover. When I try to update Android, I get an error message "Registered Error - Your device is not registered yet." I had hoped rooting would get around this but it hasn't. Have looked up old forum posts and there is talk of using .kdz files and all sorts of other things. Can anyone help me get around this registration issue but please be aware I am a novice and most of the older posts I read, I couldn't understand, so simple explanations please. Thanks, Peter
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it is a development edition not a consumer edition. read here .
dont try anything else than root if u dont have good knowledge or u will trash the phone.

[Q] P880: Link to check if it is an unlockable firmware

I have a German rooted P880, but the bootloader is locked. I remember there was a link to check if the firmware is unlockable, but I can't find it anymore. It was a search in an online database. AFAIR it was a hidden note.
I have read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224020 and can't find it there. Also I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147879 . There have been written so many things since the last months, so I am interested if there is something new.

I have found the link now at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38898981
I have a German ADEUWH but I still don't know what a 234 device is. Any help or link where to go on with reading is appreciated.

lg-optimus said:
I have found the link now at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38898981
I have a German ADEUWH but I still don't know what a 234 device is. Any help or link where to go on with reading is appreciated.
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This thread shows whats that 234.
unlocking method if not 234 is here
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and those links i didnt even search to find them. in help it sais frequenty asked questions..... everything is in there.

kessaras said:
This thread shows whats that 234.
unlocking method if not 234 is here
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and those links i didnt even search to find them. in help it sais frequenty asked questions..... everything is in there.
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Yes, I know these threads, but I do not know if I have a 234. How do I find out this? Thanks!

lg-optimus said:
Yes, I know these threads, but I do not know if I have a 234. How do I find out this? Thanks!
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AT THAT LINK , THREAD No6. pffffffffffffffffffffffff

You told me to read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38934517&postcount=6 right? Here is explained how to change the IMEI-Nr. of another phone. Hmmh, I don't know if it is a good idea to use a faked IMEI for unlocking the bootloader.
Maybe I found, what I didn't understand. I have to check the Software-version in the phone-menu and it says P88020a-262-000. So I do not have a 234 phone. It is so easy, if you know it.

any and all Jellybean versions of our phone can have their bootloader unlocked. you haven't been on the forum for few months, so at first only eur-xxx versions were unlockable, but then the method to unlock ALL other versions appeared by editing fuse. search for more info please
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do NOT change your IMEI. there is no need.

Flying_Bear said:
any and all Jellybean versions of our phone can have their bootloader unlocked. you haven't been on the forum for few months, so at first only eur-xxx versions were unlockable, but then the method to unlock ALL other versions appeared by editing fuse. search for more info please
edit:
do NOT change your IMEI. there is no need.
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Thanks for the info.
[TUT] Unlocking 262 000 ADEUBK and all other
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40611776
Just issuing echo 40000000c8 > /sys/firmware/fuse/odm_reserved as root and doing a reboot unlocked my Bootloader
So I hope my phone (ADEUWH, P88020a-262-000) is other
SInce I use Linux, I would like to know, if I could build a ssh-connection to my rooted phone and execute in a shell on the phone "echo 40000000c8 > /sys/firmware/fuse/odm_reserved". Looks very easy. Should I ask this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40611776 ?
But what I am unsure, if it is possible to relock the bootloader again in case of warranty. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229566 speaks only of maybe it could work.

lg-optimus said:
Thanks for the info.
[TUT] Unlocking 262 000 ADEUBK and all other
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40611776
Just issuing echo 40000000c8 > /sys/firmware/fuse/odm_reserved as root and doing a reboot unlocked my Bootloader
So I hope my phone (ADEUWH, P88020a-262-000) is other
SInce I use Linux, I would like to know, if I could build a ssh-connection to my rooted phone and execute in a shell on the phone "echo 40000000c8 > /sys/firmware/fuse/odm_reserved". Looks very easy. Should I ask this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40611776 ?
But what I am unsure, if it is possible to relock the bootloader again in case of warranty. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229566 speaks only of maybe it could work.
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If you are prepared to unlock your phone then you have to assume that you cannot relock it - because even if you do, LG can see what you have done.
If something goes wrong in the warranty period, such as the screen dying, they should repair it (but may not).
Simply, if you are worried about your warranty then leave you phone alone.

it's possible to relock it i think, but as SimonTS said, they can easily check (by checking fuse file)
and yeah, on linux it should be as easy as echoing the right value into the file. if that doesnt work, try copying the file into temporary folder, echo proper value in that file, then replace the original file with the temp file. good luck!

I am very unsure if I should unlock at the moment, because I noticed some strange things which could be a hardware or a software error. One problem is, that the screen stays black if I call one and he doesn't answer, looks like it is a sensor problem, but sometimes it works, espcecially after a restart. The 2nd problem is a character problem with music-metadata. The mad thing is, that some Arabic, Greek, a.s.o characters are displayed correctly, while others are not. The same files are correct with other android phones. I think it is LG related.

lg-optimus said:
I am very unsure if I should unlock at the moment, because I noticed some strange things which could be a hardware or a software error. One problem is, that the screen stays black if I call one and he doesn't answer, looks like it is a sensor problem, but sometimes it works, espcecially after a restart. The 2nd problem is a character problem with music-metadata. The mad thing is, that some Arabic, Greek, a.s.o characters are displayed correctly, while others are not. The same files are correct with other android phones. I think it is LG related.
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about sensor issue, you can fix it by recalibrating your proximity sensor via hidden menu (also, i dont have this problem on most custom roms i used).
dont really know about the issue with characters, so cant give you any advice

Thank you for pointing me to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34669449&postcount=8
I fear the character problem with mp3-metadata is a very special one. One could be, that UTF-8 is generally used, which is wrong with ID3v2.3, because this supports UTF-16 only. But if mp3s are coded with UTF-8 and v2.4 the problem remains. I do not know any other Android-Phone or Bada-phone (Samsung) which has problems with such files, only the P880 does. The strange thing is too, that the default music-player has this problem, as well as PlayerPro, but RocketPlayer shows the characters correctly.

SM-G800F no network, changed IMEI

Hello XDAs,
After reading that Forum with much enthusiasm for a few...well...years, i got my first question.
I hope you can help me with a big problem on my g800f: I can´t register in network.
When I search for network it pops up a few results, but if choose one to register, it says "Can´t register. Try again later."
I did a few hours of research and found out it might have something to do with my IMEI (Note: till that day i did nothing to my phone, except cf-autoroot. But never faced any problems!).
So I checked my IMEI and it wasnt the original, it was changed to 350695200123951. So I googled a bit and realised it might have something to do with the efs-partition. Googled for solutions.
Found out it might help to flash a Stock-Rom, one with three parts, via odin so i did it. Everything worked fine, but my IMEI still was the different one.
I was a bit irritated so i searched for that IMEI. And there are a few threads (some in russian and arabian), also owners of a g800f, which also reported this problem: They did nothing, but sudddenly the IMEI changed to this number. One author tells he received a myserious call from the ukraine after this happened. He didnt answer it. I am quite sure i also received that call- I didnt answer it either.
So i googled even mre: "How to restore a damaged efs-partition, without backup?" I came to one very outdated guide which wanted me to delete the efs (after saving it on externalSD) and do a few mysetrious actions...
Well, i just realised i cant fully delete the efs, its not possible and i also cant apply my backup from external sd. Anyone knowing a solution for this?
But, the most important, how can i bring my g800f back into mobile network?
Or just: How can i get away from that cursed IMEI?
Any Ideas?
P.S. If you got any questions regarding technical details of my phone(CSC, AP, Kernel, Modems), just ask. I´ll answer.
P.P.S I´m excusing for that horrible english. I googled the entire night and i´m german.

LukiRe said:
Hello XDAs,
After reading that Forum with much enthusiasm for a few...well...years, i got my first question.
I hope you can help me with a big problem on my g800f: I can´t register in network.
When I search for network it pops up a few results, but if choose one to register, it says "Can´t register. Try again later."
I did a few hours of research and found out it might have something to do with my IMEI (Note: till that day i did nothing to my phone, except cf-autoroot. But never faced any problems!).
So I checked my IMEI and it wasnt the original, it was changed to 350695200123951. So I googled a bit and realised it might have something to do with the efs-partition. Googled for solutions.
Found out it might help to flash a Stock-Rom, one with three parts, via odin so i did it. Everything worked fine, but my IMEI still was the different one.
I was a bit irritated so i searched for that IMEI. And there are a few threads (some in russian and arabian), also owners of a g800f, which also reported this problem: They did nothing, but sudddenly the IMEI changed to this number. One author tells he received a myserious call from the ukraine after this happened. He didnt answer it. I am quite sure i also received that call- I didnt answer it either.
So i googled even mre: "How to restore a damaged efs-partition, without backup?" I came to one very outdated guide which wanted me to delete the efs (after saving it on externalSD) and do a few mysetrious actions...
Well, i just realised i cant fully delete the efs, its not possible and i also cant apply my backup from external sd. Anyone knowing a solution for this?
But, the most important, how can i bring my g800f back into mobile network?
Or just: How can i get away from that cursed IMEI?
Any Ideas?
P.S. If you got any questions regarding technical details of my phone(CSC, AP, Kernel, Modems), just ask. I´ll answer.
P.P.S I´m excusing for that horrible english. I googled the entire night and i´m german.
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I´ve just seen this problem being reported i a different thread. Guess the problem will be discussed there?

Hi All,
Did any one actually get a fix for this issue as I have exactly the same problem, my SM-G800F IMEI now also shows as - IMEI 350695200123951-01 which is for a blacklisted NOKIA 6310. If anyone can supply an absolute beginners guide for me as to how I can get my original Imei back that would be fantastic.
I am just a user of an android phone and have zilch experience of tinkering with them.
I have seen reference to things like Odin and flashing firmware and am quite happy to give it a go myself and learn
I will post this on a few other threads that list the same issue as I am desperate to get this fixed now as is a waste of a perfectly good phone !!
Cheers.

SM-G800F, can't register in network
Hello,
I have exactly the same problem. Since some month I got the message "can´t register in network". After checking all, I found that my SM-G800F IMEI has changed to a NOKIA 6300 IMEI.
If anyone knows a fix for this issue (set back to the orignal IMEI) , it would be great. All apps which I could find didn't work (XPOSED IMEI Changer Pro , Mobile Uncle Tools App, MTK Technikmodus... ), are not supporting S5mini.
I don't have a backup of the original system EFS file.
Would be great when one could help.
Regards
Chris

@S5miniChris somewhere in XDA I read that restoring the original stock (multiple part) firmware might or did help.
Gotta do it in Odin (recommended to use an older version like 3.09).

bmwdroid said:
@S5miniChris somewhere in XDA I read that restoring the original stock (multiple part) firmware might or did help.
Gotta do it in Odin (recommended to use an older version like 3.09).
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Thanks for your reply.
I have installed the original stock firmware. But it did not change the IMEI. Available for my model is only the single file " G800FXXU1CRG3_G800FDBT1CRE1_G800FXXU1CRG3_HOME.tar.md5"
Multible file firmware I couldn't find.
A manual modification of the IMEI should be possible with " Best smart Tolls " e.g. : BSTPRO 4.03 . But for the software a dongle is requiered. To purchase this is for one time use too expensive for me
Regards
Chris

S5miniChris said:
Thanks for your reply.
I have installed the original stock firmware. But it did not change the IMEI. Available for my model is only the single file " G800FXXU1CRG3_G800FDBT1CRE1_G800FXXU1CRG3_HOME.tar.md5"
Multible file firmware I couldn't find.
A manual modification of the IMEI should be possible with " Best smart Tolls " e.g. : BSTPRO 4.03 . But for the software a dongle is requiered. To purchase this is for one time use too expensive for me
Regards
Chris
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Where from did you get the stock?
Samfirm_reborn tool already tried?
https://github.com/ivanmeler/SamFirm_Reborn/releases
Checking "binary nature" or "factory mode" downloads a multiple part rom.
Edit:
Checked tool and it's working.

bmwdroid said:
Where from did you get the stock?
Samfirm_reborn tool already tried?
Checking "binary nature" or "factory mode" downloads a multiple part rom.
Edit:
Checked tool and it's working.
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I flashed now also with " binary nature " firmware downloaded with SamFim. The IMEI is still the same, it hasn't changed to the orginal IMEI.
I really can't believe that a firmware update will flash the E2PROM where the IMEI is stored. Therfor the orginal IMEI must be stocked some where
in the phone and by flashing transfered to the E2PROM.
Regards