I have a Samsung SGH-t899m that is on the Telus network at the moment. I need to get it interop unlocked so I can add the registry tweaks needed to see the full filesystem.
Can this device be interop unlocked in the manner of the others that I have seen?
Is there anywhere I can buy a device that already has interop unlock and full filesystem access?
Thanks,
Kevin
The original WP8 interop-unlock hack was developed on a phone exactly like yours, as it happens! However, it doesn't work if your phone has the firmware version that normally comes with GDR3, or if it has any version of WP8.1
However, -W_O_L_F- has produced some fake carrier customizations (part of a ROM, but not a full custom ROM) that can be flashed to such phones, and will do the interop-unlock for you. It's pretty straightforward. Check the Dev&Hacking subforum for threads about custom ROMs or CSCs or MBNs.
Thanks for the help everyone!
So it turns out I had to buy a sim card so I could get access to the dialer to get the Diagnosis app unhidden. Fortunately, it looks like my phone has GDR2 and is carrier unlocked already. Yay!
Now if I can just figure out how to get all capabilities so I can install the native webserver all capabilities version.
GoodDayToDie said:
The original WP8 interop-unlock hack was developed on a phone exactly like yours, as it happens! However, it doesn't work if your phone has the firmware version that normally comes with GDR3, or if it has any version of WP8.1
However, -W_O_L_F- has produced some fake carrier customizations (part of a ROM, but not a full custom ROM) that can be flashed to such phones, and will do the interop-unlock for you. It's pretty straightforward. Check the Dev&Hacking subforum for threads about custom ROMs or CSCs or MBNs.
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If you're using an interop-unlocked Samsung on WP8.0, just run the standard process in the interop-unlocks thread; it's not too complicated. Install an app, run it, install another, run it too.
already on 8.1.xx.xxx
I have the SGH T899M and already went into 8.1.xxx.xx.
Reg edit and hidden diagnosis menu have since been removed after gdr3 I believe, this we know already. I have also purchased the developer account and have dev unlocked this phone to allow use of deployment.
However we cannot have full app capabilities with just a dev account. Is there any safe rom to downgrade to be able to make use of reg edit , interlop and gain full app rights? I am sorry if this has been covered somewhere else but I have been searching everywhere for this info before I made my post here.
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Hi guys... A friend of mine has a Vodafone branded tab... But he wants to use it with a different operator... The question is... If i root the tab, and install a custom rom, will he be albe to use it with any operator he wants, or will he still be linked to' Vodafone?
Chances are it will work.
Backup as much as you can, then give it a try, I have a ATT branded SGT using TMOUS sim, works for me.
Make sure you have all the backups and the files needed before and after the change.
Best of luck.
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.. But he wants to use it with a different operator... The question is... If i root the tab, and install a custom rom, will he be albe to use it with any operator he wants, or will he still be linked to' Vodafone?
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You can do all those things but you will still be Vodaphone. To use any other carrier you will have to unlock your tab.
To do that you will need to find the thread by Rotohammer about unlocking the at&t or t-mobile or any gsm tab. You will need to have a pc and the android sdk installed, because you need to use the adb.exe application to do the unlock. It's easy to do but it's an intermediate skill level task.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843323
Should also be asking questions in Q&A not the dev thread.
should work but backup before you do it. i mean using rom manager or any method backup the whole thing.
Why do people say this would work? Loading different ROMs will not unlock the tab. You'll need to get the tab unlocked. Then you can use different SIM.
Hi guys,
Sorry if I'm asking something that were answered previously, I didn't find anything at the forums, that's why I'm here. I recently acquired a Samsung ATIV S Neo from AT&T but can be used with any other carrier.
I've tried to perform the interop unlock, but the application fails when launching the register editor in the Diagnosis application. I read it could be because the device is running the GDR3 firmware or a recent version.
If I check the settings menu on my device, this is the information that I can see there:
Samsung ATIV S Neo
Model - SGH-I187
Carrier - AT&T
SO - 8.0.10512.142
Firmware - 2013.13.09.4
Hardware - 3.1.1.0
Radio software - 0321.13.9.4
Radio hardware - 0.0.1
I didn't updated nor installed anything, first thing I've tried to do was to interop unlock it. So after hitting this error, a couple questions came to my mind:
- I assume that 8.0.10512 is GDR3 Preview, and that's why this method is not working for me. My CSC version is I187ATTAMI4 and the current CSC is ATT. Is there any chance to downgrade the firmware to GDR2 and then perform the interop unlock?
- If so, after downgrading to GDR2, and performing interop unlock, could be possible to maintain it and upgrade the device to GDR3?
I think that's all, in case you need additional information about the device, please don't hesitate and let me know.
Thanks,
Custom CSC. I don't think we have a flashable stock ROM for the S Neo phones, but MBN builder will let you make a "custom ROM" (actually just a custom set of carrier customizations, but that includes registry changes which is all that interop & capability unlocks are...) that you can then flash to the phone.
If you did manage to downgrade - the critical thing you need is the original version of the Diagnosis app, though downgrading the driver *helps* too - then yeah, there's a way to keep it through upgrade.
ALL of this stuff is (repeatedly, in many cases) documented and easy to find on the D&H forum section...
GoodDayToDie said:
Custom CSC. I don't think we have a flashable stock ROM for the S Neo phones, but MBN builder will let you make a "custom ROM" (actually just a custom set of carrier customizations, but that includes registry changes which is all that interop & capability unlocks are...) that you can then flash to the phone.
If you did manage to downgrade - the critical thing you need is the original version of the Diagnosis app, though downgrading the driver *helps* too - then yeah, there's a way to keep it through upgrade.
ALL of this stuff is (repeatedly, in many cases) documented and easy to find on the D&H forum section...
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Thanks for your replay GoodDayToDie, I finally found these two posts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480510
And a fake wp8 rom for my ATIV S Neo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692049
Problem is that for the fake_SGH-I187_SIGN file, I'm getting in the flasher a "This is an unknown binary" and because of that, I can't keep doing the process.
Any suggestions?
On the other hand, when I open the flasher, the device is not being detected, I installed the drivers.
Thanks,
Can't help you there; I don't really "do" custom ROMs or flashing or anything. My phone is, at least for the moment, still just running a (heavily hacked) stock ROM.
0xroot said:
Thanks for your replay GoodDayToDie, I finally found these two posts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480510
And a fake wp8 rom for my ATIV S Neo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692049
Problem is that for the fake_SGH-I187_SIGN file, I'm getting in the flasher a "This is an unknown binary" and because of that, I can't keep doing the process.
Any suggestions?
On the other hand, when I open the flasher, the device is not being detected, I installed the drivers.
Thanks,
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You can use latest MBN Creator. It can flash phones without fakeROM. And create a custom CSC for you too.
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applying MBN Creator in new bootloader without success
-W_O_L_F- said:
This version was modified to be able to flash Sammys with new bootloader.
But unlock still doesn't work.
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Wolf,
About the Ativ S with region CSC ZTO
I did all the things we talked about. following the entire procedure you sent to me, but the result was not so good.
After hard resets, my carrier continues broadcasting me a message in every reception signal change (and turning off the broadcast messages in settings don't resolve this issue).
I follow these steps:
1) downgrade to GDR3 (I8750OXACMJ1 + original CSC with ATO)
2) hard reset
3) install all updates via ota (including wp8.1.1 + sammy update + new bootloader)
4) hard reset
5) MBN Creator to change region with the file you sent (evrything was ok, all 5 "Dones" appear)
6) reboot
7) hard reset
8) in Diagnosis (*#1234#) the ZTO was there (system adjust CSC version to I8750ZTODNI3)
9) everything was going fine, system downloaded my portuguese language package for keyboard and speech
10) engines to install language support .......... and.........
11) ANNOOOOOYIIIIING BROADCAST MESSAGES!!!! (((
So, now I downgrade again to GDR3, but this time with my original region CSC ZTO.
Everything is great. Carrier broadcasting was gone, but no updates for me.
Thats it. I'm waiting for a solution, because official wp8.1.1 is awesome,
Ativ S worked better than ever for me on it.
Wolf,
thank you A LOT for supporting me, I hope you find the "missing line" that cause that region carrier issue n the new MBN Creator.. I'm sure many people will benefit from the solution.
There is an option in "advanced text messages" settings. May be it's selected.
You original CSC version (that you flashed) was I8750ZTOALL3. So, it was updated somehow. May be Samsung did something wrong once more.
-W_O_L_F- said:
There is an option in "advanced text messages" settings. May be it's selected.
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I tried this like i said in the reply. No changes at all.
And that thing only happens with differents CSCs than the original ZTO here in Brazil.
I read in some place, I can't remember, some guys from London, when travelling and using local SIM carriers, had the same problem.
My question is: why when i aplly the CSC ZTO directly in rom flashing the things work fine..... but when i flash only the CSC in wp8.1.1 it turns my region into a mess?
Misteries..............
-W_O_L_F- said:
There is an option in "advanced text messages" settings. May be it's selected.
You original CSC version (that you flashed) was I8750ZTOALL3. So, it was updated somehow. May be Samsung did something wrong once more.
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Some curious..
I noticed something when I tryed the rom I8750OXAALL3 (GDR1) + original ATO CSC.
In Diagnosis info versions (*#1234#) appears in fields PDA, Phone and CSC >>> last 4 characters ALL3.
Then the system updated "Over The Air" to GDR2, and the last 4 characters changed to BME1.
Same happened after GDR3 update. Last 4 characters changed to CMJ1 ...
and finally after the wp8.1.1, last 4 characters changed to DNI3.
In all these times, keeping the rest intact, I8750OXA----.
And conferring with the available ROMS out there, the names match.
So, i guess the last 4 characters indicate the system version, GDR 1,2,3, 8.1.1 ..
When I did those tries with your file MBN to my ZTO in WP8.1.1, before hard reseting the diagnosis didn't open, and I couldn't view the version that it showed to the CSC.
After hard reseting, my CSC was I8750ZTODNI3
Now I'm using GDR3 flashed with my original I8750ZTOALL3.csc file, and in diagnosis the version shown in CSC field is I8750ZTOCMJ1. >>>AFTER HARD RESET!
Before hard reset, it showed I8750ZTOALL3.
Crazy. But its working fine.
I think when this rom I8750OXADNI3 (official 8.1.1) appear, it will save a lot of people in same situation as I. With all these flashes that I've done in the last few days, the best choice always was flashing a ROM togheter the original CSC ZTO.
Ativ SE
Will the MBN Creator work with an Ative SE, If so is there anything that needs to be altered?
Can a Custom Rom be made for the Ativ SE like the older models?
GTF696 said:
Will the MBN Creator work with an Ative SE, If so is there anything that needs to be altered?
Can a Custom Rom be made for the Ativ SE like the older models?
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Who knows. I don't have it to test.
Changing some registry entries
Hey everyone, I have an Ativ S Neo with the option to enable voice roaming greyed out. Someone found a fix by changing these four keys from 1 to 0:
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Connectivity\CellUXOEMConfigurable\]
"HideDataRoamingInternational=0"
"HideDataRoamingDomestic=0"
"HideVoiceRoamingInternational=0"
"HideVoiceRoamingDomestic=0"
People have been using this fix by interop unlocking the phone and using the registry editor, but I thought maybe this tool would be easier. Could someone help me out? I generated an MBN using the tool and added exactly what appears above to the registry. I don't want any other tweaks. So my questions are 1) did I format the above correctly? 2) If so, how do I use the MBN generated to actually make the change on the phone? I've flashed my phone back to stock before using the flash kit, but I've never flashed anything custom. Do I use the .wp8 file that came with the flash kit, and the MBN instead of the CSC? That would be easy!
Maybe I would be better off just interop unlocking using the other guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435697) but I wasn't sure if that still works, plus it seems harder.
Thanks for your help!
09dgceph said:
Hey everyone, I have an Ativ S Neo with the option to enable voice roaming greyed out. Someone found a fix by changing these four keys from 1 to 0:
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Connectivity\CellUXOEMConfigurable\]
"HideDataRoamingInternational=0"
"HideDataRoamingDomestic=0"
"HideVoiceRoamingInternational=0"
"HideVoiceRoamingDomestic=0"
People have been using this fix by interop unlocking the phone and using the registry editor, but I thought maybe this tool would be easier. Could someone help me out? I generated an MBN using the tool and added exactly what appears above to the registry. I don't want any other tweaks. So my questions are 1) did I format the above correctly? 2) If so, how do I use the MBN generated to actually make the change on the phone? I've flashed my phone back to stock before using the flash kit, but I've never flashed anything custom. Do I use the .wp8 file that came with the flash kit, and the MBN instead of the CSC? That would be easy!
Maybe I would be better off just interop unlocking using the other guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435697) but I wasn't sure if that still works, plus it seems harder.
Thanks for your help!
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To put it differently, and perhaps better, will adding those four keys above change the existing values from 1 to 0? Will it overwrite? Thanks,
This seems great, really appreciate the effort wolf. Going to play around with this soon.
How to change model name?
I've looked at the MBN Creator tool and it isn't obvious how to change a phone's model name from there. Your OP said it was possible to change the phone model (model name?) on a Neo; how does one do so?
I'm migrating from one carrier to another and I have the new carrier's signed CSC and WP8 images. Each carrier uses a different model name for the same phone, and looking at the raw files it does seem all of these phones share the same code base.
Even so, the WP8 downloader tools (up to 5.3 anyway) will not send a mismatched model number image up to a phone, and there didn't seem to be a way to override that.
And a Thanks already for the MBN Creator tool.
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I've looked at the MBN Creator tool and it isn't obvious how to change a phone's model name from there. Your OP said it was possible to change the phone model (model name?) on a Neo; how does one do so?
I'm migrating from one carrier to another and I have the new carrier's signed CSC and WP8 images. Each carrier uses a different model name for the same phone, and looking at the raw files it does seem all of these phones share the same code base.
Even so, the WP8 downloader tools (up to 5.3 anyway) will not send a mismatched model number image up to a phone, and there didn't seem to be a way to override that.
And a Thanks already for the MBN Creator tool.
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MBN Creator changes phone model of the ROM, not phone. You can use any tweak tool to change phone model like it's done for update to WP10.
Hmmm wait.
I have Samsung Ativ S with 8.10.14157.200. Can I use this hack to do interop unlock? I can't unlock it GDR2 way because diagnosis app is lacking regedit now.
Also sorry but You didnt gave any instructions how this tool works. Do I need to have WP8 rom and then generate MBN? Or can I just generate MBN and flash it to my current ROM? Do device need to be in download mode? Do I need to match CSC with current ROM?
So many questions, sorry.I would like to be sure that im doing it the good way.
Regards
IS mbn creator working on lumia
IS mbn creator working on lumia ,or it only work on samsung phone:?????????????
Hello,
in my company we are developing an android app. The lowest android version this app supports is android 4.3.
The company bought several testing devices including a AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. With Android 4.2.2 (Buid Number: JDQ39.I9295UCUAMF3)
I tried it for a while now, but I can't get the OTA Update to work. It says "Software update interrupted. Try again in 24 hours".
I can bypass the 24h lock by changing the date of the phone. But even after ~30 tries the phone is not updating.
There is no SIM Card in the phone. Is a AT&T SIM Card needed to update the device? I am not able to get one, because I am located in Germany.
Can I update the phone manually with Kies or something?
I don't have admin right on my machine so I need to know what to do, before I contact the admin to install a required software.
Could a blocked port be an issue? I do have access to the internet, but if Samsung (or AT&T) uses some non standard port, my company could be blocking it.
(Root is not an option.)
Kind regards
Cliff
Cliff666 said:
Hello,
in my company we are developing an android app. The lowest android version this app supports is android 4.3.
The company bought several testing devices including a AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. With Android 4.2.2 (Buid Number: JDQ39.I9295UCUAMF3)
I tried it for a while now, but I can't get the OTA Update to work. It says "Software update interrupted. Try again in 24 hours".
I can bypass the 24h lock by changing the date of the phone. But even after ~30 tries the phone is not updating.
There is no SIM Card in the phone. Is a AT&T SIM Card needed to update the device? I am not able to get one, because I am located in Germany.
Can I update the phone manually with Kies or something?
I don't have admin right on my machine so I need to know what to do, before I contact the admin to install a required software.
Could a blocked port be an issue? I do have access to the internet, but if Samsung (or AT&T) uses some non standard port, my company could be blocking it.
(Root is not an option.)
Kind regards
Cliff
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Hi Cliff. I can't say for sure, but my guess is you can't access the OTA because you're not in the right region (someone correct me if I'm wrong). As far as I know, you shouldn't need a SIM to update, again could be wrong. More importantly, there are other ways to update. You could probably try Kies, but I wouldn't recommend it, it seems like users always have issues with Kies. I would strongly recommend you try updating the phone with Odin, a tool by Samsung that let's you change around your phone's firmware (among other things) when the phone is in download mode.
There is an exhaustive guide linked to here that thoroughly explains how to go from any version of android (official, for this phone) to any other version. In simpler terms, that link shows you how to manually update, which is what I think you're looking for. Also the files you'll need to download are located here. Hope I've helped, and good luck updating! :good:
Oh, just re-read your caveats: you almost certainly don't need a SIM for Odin to work, and you definitely don't need root either.
thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Hi Cliff. I can't say for sure, but my guess is you can't access the OTA because you're not in the right region (someone correct me if I'm wrong). As far as I know, you shouldn't need a SIM to update, again could be wrong. More importantly, there are other ways to update. You could probably try Kies, but I wouldn't recommend it, it seems like users always have issues with Kies. I would strongly recommend you try updating the phone with Odin, a tool by Samsung that let's you change around your phone's firmware (among other things) when the phone is in download mode.
There is an exhaustive guide linked to here that thoroughly explains how to go from any version of android (official, for this phone) to any other version. In simpler terms, that link shows you how to manually update, which is what I think you're looking for. Also the files you'll need to download are located here. Hope I've helped, and good luck updating! :good:
Oh, just re-read your caveats: you almost certainly don't need a SIM for Odin to work, and you definitely don't need root either.
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Thank you for your answer. Yes, maybe AT&T does region lock the update -.-
I've used Odin on my old Galaxy S2 some years ago.
I'll have a look into it and decide if this is the way to go.
Odin will do it as long as there are full install files for you to use.
Cliff666 said:
Thank you for your answer. Yes, maybe AT&T does region lock the update -.-
I've used Odin on my old Galaxy S2 some years ago.
I'll have a look into it and decide if this is the way to go.
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You need an AT&T SIM card in the phone in order to install AT&T OTA updates. You can't use Kies to update because AT&T won't let Samsung post AT&T firmware on Kies. So your only option is to use Odin and the guide posted above.
Is it safe to change the CSC so we can use a Samsung image that's less bloated? My version has O2 apps installed and I'd rather reclaim that space for something else, or at least not have to look at it.
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I don't know about other regions, but in the USA region, I beleive the SIM card will set the CSC for you, and not allow it to change. In some cases, even that doesn't work properly (I had to return a phone because it wouldn't switch). Maybe you have more control in other regions or with Exynos phones...
Just tried the key combo and no dice, got a message that said 'that function is not supported' or something like that. I asked a question elsewhere here - what would happen if I were to just flash a different Android 12 firmware version on this phone? Right now, the phone is O2U, would I brick if I used XAA (US)?
I don't know what key combo you're talking about. As I mentioned, in the USA region, the SIM determines the CSC. What type of phone do you have (Exynos vs Snapdragon) as this could affect things as well?
If you flash a snapdragon ROM onto an Exynos phone, I imagine you're going to have problems. I don't know if that bricks it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does.
BillTheCat said:
Just tried the key combo and no dice, got a message that said 'that function is not supported' or something like that. I asked a question elsewhere here - what would happen if I were to just flash a different Android 12 firmware version on this phone? Right now, the phone is O2U, would I brick if I used XAA (US)?
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Yoooooo I'm going through same issue. Look you can flash any firmware Purdy much as long as the binaries are the same im trying to root a galaxy a13 5g from MetroPCS that only has two months activation in and its beating my ass. I was able to do some kinda unlock on it coz now it says device is corrupted dm-verity can't be trusted but I still don't have oem unlock displayed in developer options I've flashed t-mobile,Verizon,MetroPCS, and now I'm on Canadian firmware which is supposed to be unbranded but because MetroPCS has the network lock on it it hasn't mattered what I've flashed because I even had it XAA by flashing the a5150 csc tar file trying to root this funding piece of suit phone but to no avail.unless I get the network unlock icant get the bootloader unlock option,tried vbmeta image no verity no force encrypt every Magisk version boot image patched even tried different device with same chip and set up... impossible broski if you phone is network unlocked and you are able to unlock bootloader so you can bypass vaultkeeper/avb/secureboot/vbmeta/dmverity/prism.img....etc etc etc and with root access only then can you change and/or modify any part of a samsung device as far as my knowledge and experience goes
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