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Using the Unfreeze Code

I've been trying to unlock my friend's phone, but it appears he's tried an incorrect code too many times and thus it does not give him the option to type in the network unlock code after putting in a foreign SIM. How do I go about using the Unfreeze code sgux.exe gave me?

From what the thread states you need to flash to a nandroid backup and retry. If that doesn't work you might need to Odin one click back to stock. The best way to do it is use a separate Sim card, because I couldn't get the alternate method to work without a Sim card. Not saying it can't be done because there are steps to do so, I just didn't see how to figure it out. I bought a Sim from T-mobile for $10.

r34p3rex said:
I've been trying to unlock my friend's phone, but it appears he's tried an incorrect code too many times and thus it does not give him the option to type in the network unlock code after putting in a foreign SIM. How do I go about using the Unfreeze code sgux.exe gave me?
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here you go this will help..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7807849&postcount=295
1 guy stated"
Just a note for people who's code might not work. The samsung I have had freezed from previous trials but the phone does not display that it froze or any other msg. so when we got the network unlock code (which is what this tool showed) it did not work but the phone did not display anything other than this code is wrong.
So I tried the unfreeze code for the heck of it, and then the unlock code and it worked."

sfernandez said:
here you go this will help..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7807849&postcount=295
1 guy stated"
Just a note for people who's code might not work. The samsung I have had freezed from previous trials but the phone does not display that it froze or any other msg. so when we got the network unlock code (which is what this tool showed) it did not work but the phone did not display anything other than this code is wrong.
So I tried the unfreeze code for the heck of it, and then the unlock code and it worked."
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Thanks for the post, I'll PM him to see how he entered the code exactly

any ideas?

I had frozen my Tmobile Vibrant by entering an unaccepted unlock code three times in a row.
I'm not exactly sure which of these steps resulted in a successful unfreeze, but was able to unfreeze the phone twice:
- Remove SIM and reboot phone
- enter *7465625*638*# and relock the phone to another network other than the one u have u'r sim card (eg 22610) using the 'unlock code'
- enter *7465625*638*# and relock the phone to another network other than the one u have u'r sim card (eg 22610) using the 'unfreeze code'. You won't get any message that it was unlocked, just a bad code message.
- Reboot phone.
And it unfreezes the phone...

davenaff said:
I had frozen my Tmobile Vibrant by entering an unaccepted unlock code three times in a row.
I'm not exactly sure which of these steps resulted in a successful unfreeze, but was able to unfreeze the phone twice:
- Remove SIM and reboot phone
- enter *7465625*638*# and relock the phone to another network other than the one u have u'r sim card (eg 22610) using the 'unlock code'
- enter *7465625*638*# and relock the phone to another network other than the one u have u'r sim card (eg 22610) using the 'unfreeze code'. You won't get any message that it was unlocked, just a bad code message.
- Reboot phone.
And it unfreezes the phone...
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When you say it unfreezes the phone, do you mean that you are then able to enter unlock code?

[Q] Unable to unlock captivate

I bought Captivate by paying all the equipment cost because AT&T told me that they will unlock it whenever I will have to go out of US. They did give me the code but it did not work. After 2 days when I called customer care and they said they dont have the code, but when I told them that I was given the unlock code 2 days back they asked me to spell out the code and then they said yes it is the code. I tried the code with the customer care but it did not work. Then I tried the method showed on youtube (generate_codes.bat, sgux.exe) but I get the
failed to copy '/efs/nv_data.bin' to './nv_data.bin': Permission denied
Error: unable to find file nv_data.bin>
Phone details: Firmware 2.1Update1
Baseband ver: I897UCJH7
Kernel 2.6.29
Build #: ECLAIR.UCJH7
I see my 550$ going waste Please HELP!
I have already tried 8 times and there are only 2 attempts left. Please help else I will lose all my money becaues I do not reside in US and I need to use this phone in my country.
Thanks

Have you done any ROM flashing?

devangxda said:
I bought Captivate by paying all the equipment cost because AT&T told me that they will unlock it whenever I will have to go out of US. They did give me the code but it did not work. After 2 days when I called customer care and they said they dont have the code, but when I told them that I was given the unlock code 2 days back they asked me to spell out the code and then they said yes it is the code. I tried the code with the customer care but it did not work. Then I tried the method showed on youtube (generate_codes.bat, sgux.exe) but I get the
failed to copy '/efs/nv_data.bin' to './nv_data.bin': Permission denied
Error: unable to find file nv_data.bin>
Phone details: Firmware 2.1Update1
Baseband ver: I897UCJH7
Kernel 2.6.29
Build #: ECLAIR.UCJH7
I see my 550$ going waste Please HELP!
I have already tried 8 times and there are only 2 attempts left. Please help else I will lose all my money becaues I do not reside in US and I need to use this phone in my country.
Thanks
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if you haven't flashed any ROMs, here is what you can do. go to market then search for SGS unlock, install and run it, it'll give you the code. thats how i unlocked mine. write the both codes down just in case.

No I have done nothing. It is just 6 weeks old phone. Same as what was delivered by AT&T. I did not play around with anything (like rooting, or installing beta Froyo)

devangxda said:
No I have done nothing. It is just 6 weeks old phone. Same as what was delivered by AT&T. I did not play around with anything (like rooting, or installing beta Froyo)
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download SGS Unlock from the market, then run it. u'll get code.

I have already tried SGS Unlock. It says it did not find any codes.

devangxda said:
I have already tried SGS Unlock. It says it did not find any codes.
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try dial *2767*3855# the phone will hard reset, then try it again. i didnt have any problems unlocking my phone by using SGS unlock, have flashed some stock ROMs in the past few days and didnt have issue at all.

I think the JH7 update screwed up the easy retrieval of the unlock code.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789888
There's some info about a possible work around in there, but the guy who came up with it is apparently French and the translation to English is a little rough.
and to the OP ... my code was all numeric, so not sure why you would have had to 'spell' it to the AT&T rep.

startngate said:
I think the JH7 update screwed up the easy retrieval of the unlock code.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789888
There's some info about a possible work around in there, but the guy who came up with it is apparently French and the translation to English is a little rough.
and to the OP ... my code was all numeric, so not sure why you would have had to 'spell' it to the AT&T rep.
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my captivate came with JH7, bought it 1 week ago and i can get unlock code by SGS unlock app from market.

devangxda said:
I have already tried SGS Unlock. It says it did not find any codes.
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if you have not done anything on it, i'm assuning that you haven't rooted it yet. if thats the case, get z4root from market and root your phone. then use SGS unlock to get code, choose root-code option.

It is possible that your nv_data.bin is encrypted - the only way to know is to root the phone, and view it with a hex editor. If it is encrypted, there is a web tool posted in the dev section (search 2.2 unlock) that will take the nv_data.bin and rebuild it with whatever unlock code you want.

Did you upgrade to Update1 from AT&T? I did software update from phone and it updated the version 2.1 Update1.
I have tried it after doing the upgrade and SGS Unlocker is not working.

What does hard-reset mean? Does it mean "Restor to Factory Defaults"? If yes, I can do it through standard menu entry in settings? Is this different from the method you gave? Will hard-reset reset the 10-maximum-attempts-to-unlock counter?
Thanks for replying!

No. I have not done any ROM flashing.

devangxda said:
What does hard-reset mean? Does it mean "Restor to Factory Defaults"? If yes, I can do it through standard menu entry in settings? Is this different from the method you gave? Will hard-reset reset the 10-maximum-attempts-to-unlock counter?
Thanks for replying!
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hard reset = master clear on odin. it wipes out everything on your phone even SDcard. it is different to the standard menu factory rest. and i'm not sure if it'll reset the 10 max counter though.

alphadog00 said:
Have you done any ROM flashing?
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No I have not done any ROM flashing.

Lancez said:
hard reset = master clear on odin. it wipes out everything on your phone even SDcard. it is different to the standard menu factory rest. and i'm not sure if it'll reset the 10 max counter though.
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Since there are only 2 attempts left for me to unlock Captivate, what will happen if I exhaust all 10 tries? I read somewhere that it will hard-lock or freeze. Can this hard-lock be reversed? Is freeze unlock code used to reset the counter?

devangxda said:
Since there are only 2 attempts left for me to unlock Captivate, what will happen if I exhaust all 10 tries? I read somewhere that it will hard-lock or freeze. Can this hard-lock be reversed? Is freeze unlock code used to reset the counter?
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If it does hard lock? Then you would need to take it to an AT&T shop.
Have you tried CLShortFuse's one-click root program? I haven't tried the Captivate unlock feature - but my guess is it should give you the unlock code.
You can get it here.

I have the same software on my phone as the OP. I got the phone unlocked by using the root method of SGS. Now how did I root the phone? Someone recommended the one click root method found inside the One Click Lag Fix found in the market.
So, to recap. I got the One Click Lag Fix app. Used the one click root method. Got the phone rooted (it is a couple of steps actually - you still have to update on recovery). Now that you have superuser status, used the SGS app to search unlock code using the rooted phone method. It will show the unlock code (mine had 8 numbers). Hope this helps.
PS: For anyone reading this, AT&T DOES NOT have the unlock codes yet. Any rep that promises that you will be getting an unlock code soon is not really telling the whole truth. All it shows on their side is that unlock codes unavailable but it does not shows when they will become available. I think I read somewhere that there is a 10 months exclusivity on the Captivate (starting when it first came to AT&T, which is this last July).

devangxda said:
No I have not done any ROM flashing.
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One more time - this is from experience:
If the nv_data.bin file is encrypted and unlock code doesn't work or can't be found you need to rebuild the nv_data.bin file. Period.
There are instructions in the Dev section under a thread titled 2.2 unlock.
If you use all 10 attempts - the phone needs to be sent to a service center to do a low level restore - usually Samsung not AT&T.

how to unlock captivate

can someone help me to unlock my captivate?
what happened is, i removed my sim and use a new sim and then a pop-up message was displayed.
need a unlock code..already tried the apps in the market..
please help..

mrlengfung said:
can someone help me to unlock my captivate?
what happened is, i removed my sim and use a new sim and then a pop-up message was displayed.
need a unlock code..already tried the apps in the market..
please help..
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Is your phone rooted? That would be the first step.
Also, would need to know what ROM/version you're running.

What is your operator on what phone is locked?
Sim unlock codes are usualy around 10$ or so, but since cappy is rly common phone probably there are sites with free calculator you time your imei and you got unlock code. you will get your imei with type *#06# on your dialer. . Google to try find free calculator or if there is not then you will have to pay but it's not much. I know for s2 i unlocked for free. there is even application on gplay for s2 unlock also i saw apk for s1 (big chance that cappy is included in this program) I suggest you to try this first, you cant lose anything cuz program will gief you right code if it avalible or it will not gief you anything so you can't type wrong code to many time and lock the phone totaly.
Also i think hard reset , reset trys. not 100% sure.

bg.stefan90 said:
What is your operator on what phone is locked?
Sim unlock codes are usualy around 10$ or so, but since cappy is rly common phone probably there are sites with free calculator you time your imei and you got unlock code. you will get your imei with type *#06# on your dialer. . Google to try find free calculator or if there is not then you will have to pay but it's not much. I know for s2 i unlocked for free. there is even application on gplay for s2 unlock also i saw apk for s1 (big chance that cappy is included in this program) I suggest you to try this first, you cant lose anything cuz program will gief you right code if it avalible or it will not gief you anything so you can't type wrong code to many time and lock the phone totaly.
Also i think hard reset , reset trys. not 100% sure.
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Thank your post

First root your phone... Then install galaxy s unlock from helroz in Google play... Click unlock.. U can unlock it for free..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium

Unlock Galaxy S III Mini by IMEI code

Hello,
As said in another thread I'm trying to unlock my phone so I can use it with another SIM operator
I've tried that steps you get after typing the code *#197328640#
but at some point it says the menu is not avaiable and I can't finish the procedure
Probably because it is branded to portuguese optimus and not rooted
I've searched but can't find the files that match my CSC to do the root
So I think maybe the only solution is by code generated by IMEI
but all over the web they try to charge you
Is there someone who does it for free or some kind of calculator?
Thank you and I hope I'm not opening a repeated thread

da2el said:
Hello,
As said in another thread I'm trying to unlock my phone so I can use it with another SIM operator
I've tried that steps you get after typing the code *#197328640#
but at some point it says the menu is not avaiable and I can't finish the procedure
Probably because it is branded to portuguese optimus and not rooted
I've searched but can't find the files that match my CSC to do the root
So I think maybe the only solution is by code generated by IMEI
but all over the web they try to charge you
Is there someone who does it for free or some kind of calculator?
Thank you and I hope I'm not opening a repeated thread
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There's no warranty it will work but I guess it's worth a try Found this on our big brother's forums, here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715149

[Q] Unable to unlock phone

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

Elite Choob said:
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

Viper The Ripper said:
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:

Elite Choob said:
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!