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How to activate number after ESN Swap in a flashed phone

I've done an ESN Swap to a flashed HTC Vogue. The phone has Myn's Android Build in its internal memory. I called Sprint and they input the ESN in the system. Then they asked me to follow some steps including putting in my number the MSID, etc..., however my number has not registered as I can't get into the phone menu to edit the previous owner's number and MSID. I can even see his number listed in the "About Phone: Status" section.
My question is: How can I get around this? I've searched this and other forums and cannot find a solution. If there is a solution, can someone please help me? I'd appreciate some specific details as it's obviously frustrating not able to make calls or use the data since I haven't manually programmed it.
Thanks everyone for their help!

bbonline said:
I've done an ESN Swap to a flashed HTC Vogue. The phone has Myn's Android Build in its internal memory. I called Sprint and they input the ESN in the system. Then they asked me to follow some steps including putting in my number the MSID, etc..., however my number has not registered as I can't get into the phone menu to edit the previous owner's number and MSID. I can even see his number listed in the "About Phone: Status" section.
My question is: How can I get around this? I've searched this and other forums and cannot find a solution. If there is a solution, can someone please help me? I'd appreciate some specific details as it's obviously frustrating not able to make calls or use the data since I haven't manually programmed it.
Thanks everyone for their help!
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You have to flash to winmo and provision the phone, then flash back.

Thank you for the quick reply, but is there a tutorial that I can find exactly how to do it? My Windows Vista computer won't access my phone's SD Card or internal storage. Thanks again.

Hold the power and camera buttons while restarting, this puts the phone in bootloader mode (four bars). Then plug in the USB cable and run the stock HTC rom.

bbonline said:
Thank you for the quick reply, but is there a tutorial that I can find exactly how to do it? My Windows Vista computer won't access my phone's SD Card or internal storage. Thanks again.
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Ok...
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try that. download the winmo rom of your choice, put the phone in bootloader (phone+camera+pinhole reset), THEN connect usb and run the ruu on your computer.

Thanks for your help. I'll try this after I get off work and let you know the outcome.

OK, I'm trying to do it right now, but how will this unlocker work if the phone is obviously in Android mode and doesn't have Windows installed? Windows Mobile Device Center does not recognize the phone? Please help.

bbonline said:
OK, I'm trying to do it right now, but how will this unlocker work if the phone is obviously in Android mode and doesn't have Windows installed? Windows Mobile Device Center does not recognize the phone? Please help.
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Put it in bootloader BEFORE connecting it to the pc and see if it shows up in device manager. You probably don't need to do the unlocker part (since it's probably already done.) Just flash a winmo rom and provision the phone, make sure data, calls, etc, work, then flash back to android.
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frak, I see why you're confused. see this post, not that other one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5057645&postcount=4

You're definitely a lifesaver! Everything works now! Thanks so much!

[Q] How do I unlock my MicroSD card?

Hi.
So I bought this new 4 GB MicroSD card wanting to use it to downgrade my phone via the Goldcard method and I put it into my phone thinking the OS is going to somehow reset to something factory default, but anyways I'm now stuck with it passworded, I wasn't going to use it for good because I have a 16 GB one for the phone and I'd like to use the 4 GB one for something else but now it's password locked by this HTC HD7S.
Is there a way out there that I can format it or get rid of the password lock?
My phone is still on carrier ROM, I haven't been able to use the Goldcard method to unlock it yet.
It won't even show up on my PC when I plug it in, but it will ask for the password if I put it into my Symbian S40 phone. Unfortunately FExplorer isn't available for S40 phones.
Thank you!

baaaaaaaaaah said:
Hi.
So I bought this new 4 GB MicroSD card wanting to use it to downgrade my phone via the Goldcard method and I put it into my phone thinking the OS is going to somehow reset to something factory default, but anyways I'm now stuck with it passworded, I wasn't going to use it for good because I have a 16 GB one for the phone and I'd like to use the 4 GB one for something else but now it's password locked by this HTC HD7S.
Is there a way out there that I can format it or get rid of the password lock?
My phone is still on carrier ROM, I haven't been able to use the Goldcard method to unlock it yet.
It won't even show up on my PC when I plug it in, but it will ask for the password if I put it into my Symbian S40 phone. Unfortunately FExplorer isn't available for S40 phones.
Thank you!
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Search the forums? There are enough tutorials about unlocking your sd-card

TheMrThomas said:
Search the forums? There are enough tutorials about unlocking your sd-card
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Well, you must be a rookie, none of them work, I've replied to most of them.
I tried Active Kill Disk, Ubuntu, HP Tools, everything, and I don't have an old Nokia or Android phone to do that for me.
SO please be helpful in providing a Windows or Linux based solution, otherwise leave me and my threads alone I don't need your useless posts, thank you very much.

baaaaaaaaaah said:
Well, you must be a rookie, none of them work, I've replied to most of them.
I tried Active Kill Disk, Ubuntu, HP Tools, everything, and I don't have an old Nokia or Android phone to do that for me.
SO please be helpful in providing a Windows or Linux based solution, otherwise leave me and my threads alone I don't need your useless posts, thank you very much.
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I'm really sorry but I think the solution is an old Nokia phone.
Maybe one of your friends has one

baaaaaaaaaah said:
Well, you must be a rookie, none of them work, I've replied to most of them.
I tried Active Kill Disk, Ubuntu, HP Tools, everything, and I don't have an old Nokia or Android phone to do that for me.
SO please be helpful in providing a Windows or Linux based solution, otherwise leave me and my threads alone I don't need your useless posts, thank you very much.
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and uhm... why are YOU calling me a rookie I think you're the one asking a question right?

Need help please

I made the easiest mistake. I had lots of bloatware, so wanted to a generic rom. Had been using the phone for about 3 weeks.
Coming too my 4th android smartphone, previous all rooted, this was easily enough to flash.
Then I forgot. NOOOOOO!! All my data had been deleted!!! I didn't uncheck no to delete data in flashtool and I hadn't yet backed up my phone.
So, I tried to find out out to recover internal memory. I found out cannot be done.
I thought, OH well I will reluctantly have to unlock bootloader/root my phone to use software to recover my important photos and some data.
I did service info check. My bootloader cannot be unlocked!! wtf !!
So now am I literally screwed from every angle. Please can someone help.
Thx

davestuarts said:
I made the easiest mistake. I had lots of bloatware, so wanted to a generic rom. Had been using the phone for about 3 weeks.
Coming too my 4th android smartphone, previous all rooted, this was easily enough to flash.
Then I forgot. NOOOOOO!! All my data had been deleted!!! I didn't uncheck no to delete data in flashtool and I hadn't yet backed up my phone.
So, I tried to find out out to recover internal memory. I found out cannot be done.
I thought, OH well I will reluctantly have to unlock bootloader/root my phone to use software to recover my important photos and some data.
I did service info check. My bootloader cannot be unlocked!! wtf !!
So now am I literally screwed from every angle. Please can someone help.
Thx
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Is the phone still recognized by PC Companion? If so, does it let you do a software repair?

degraaff said:
Is the phone still recognized by PC Companion? If so, does it let you do a software repair?
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The phone functions ok. I only flashed latest official less bloated rom. It is still recognised by PC companion, but I don't see a repair option. Maybe because I did flash manually with flash tool or unless you mean 'Backup/Restore' option? I did not do that
At them moment, I am not writing installing any apps or taking any photos, so it wont overwrite onto memory. I'm still looking for a solution.
I can't believe my bootloader cannot be unlocked
thanks for the suggestion..anything more you can think off?

Anybody ?

I haven't tried this so not sure if it will work but you can try a software like Recuva on your PC. Good call on not overwriting more data...hope you get your data back!

I need help to unlock bootloader

Hello everyone,
I've decided to unlock my device to flash vanilla android but I couldn't unlock it. I've tried almost everything but even the latest MiUnlock doesn't recognize my device on fastboot, the PC itself recognizes it before and after getting into fastboot, I hear usb device connected sound and can see the phone under Windows devices.
Adb devices command works if the phone is switched on, my dev settings are ok, oem unlocking and adding account under dev settings are ok, I've tried it with disabled windows signature enforcement too but nothing happened. MiUnlock simply doesn't want to see the device on fastboot.
Can anybody help me, please?

abstra said:
Hello everyone,
I've decided to unlock my device to flash vanilla android but I couldn't unlock it. I've tried almost everything but even the latest MiUnlock doesn't recognize my device on fastboot, the PC itself recognizes it before and after getting into fastboot, I hear usb device connected sound and can see the phone under Windows devices.
Adb devices command works if the phone is switched on, my dev settings are ok, oem unlocking and adding account under dev settings are ok, I've tried it with disabled windows signature enforcement too but nothing happened. MiUnlock simply doesn't want to see the device on fastboot.
Can anybody help me, please?
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The issue that you are experiencing is strictly with your PC.
You need to ensure that you are using an account that has admin privileges, and be sure that you antivirus is not neutering your usb drivers and Miflash program.
Next, if you are using a newer computer with usb 3 ports, you will need to use a USB hub ( USB 2 is your best option.) , then the phone will be seen in fastboot. As long as you have setup developer options, and your MiCloud account is setup.
Finally, it will take 2 weeks to unlock the bootloader , after your first request. Some people who had been syncing the phone to MiCloud for some time before attempting were able to immediately unlock. Personally we have 3 Mi8's in our house and I had to wait 2 weeks on each one.
To reiterate, your main issue is probably the usb ports, and your antivirus the the 2nd most likely culprit. Worst case use another computer. The process is much easier on older PC's.
you can use the the All in one tool to double check that your drivers, adb , and system wide privileges are up to date and setup correctly. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tool-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3358711
Instructions are available on that thread.

Thanks for your help, I've already tried almost everything you've said up there and even gave a try on virtualbox Windows 7 with USB 2.0 setup.
I remember I've unlocked my friend's device last year on an only USB 2.0 computer, my laptop has unfortunately only two 3.0s and one USB-C. The phone can be seen under fastboot devices command if MiUnlock is not running, if I click on that cr*p program my device either falls from fastboot devices list or says press any key to shutdown.
The main problem is the ports and that damned program itself, how come it lockdowns the connection and after that pc couldn't even show my phone in devices list but can be seen in device manager. I'm literally shocked by the cheapness of this very software.

abstra said:
Thanks for your help, I've already tried almost everything you've said up there and even gave a try on virtualbox Windows 7 with USB 2.0 setup.
I remember I've unlocked my friend's device last year on an only USB 2.0 computer, my laptop has unfortunately only two 3.0s and one USB-C. The phone can be seen under fastboot devices command if MiUnlock is not running, if I click on that cr*p program my device either falls from fastboot devices list or says press any key to shutdown.
The main problem is the ports and that damned program itself, how come it lockdowns the connection and after that pc couldn't even show my phone in devices list but can be seen in device manager. I'm literally shocked by the cheapness of this very software.
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Again the issue is with windows, I have personally dealt with the exact same issue. That is why I recommended using an older computer that has not been recently updated.
But you are absolutely right, Xiaomi has not made any development improvements with their desktop applications in over a year and that is ridiculous.
I would suggest using alternate versions of the software : I just did a google search and on this link people were saying just one week ago that this linked software worked for them, note its a video, the software link is in the description : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_PEAJ-n2_c
Finally, I am personally using this version of Mi Flash : https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410932744536991669 on a brand new intel PC.
and the last time that I unlocked a xiaomi phone I used unlocker software from here ( Note the multiple versions at bottom of page)
https://mi-globe.com/download-xiaomi-mi-unlock-tool-all-versions/
If one doesn't work try another. just be sure that you have developer options setup correctly and that you are signed in a syncing with mi-cloud. You will get it unlocked eventually. I can assure you that it was a Pain in the A*$ for me too!

Thanks man, these are the exactly same links I’ve found and checked out while trying to connect my phone but I just gave up after three days of struggling and pressing volume+power buttons and ordered a USB 2.0 hub online. Unfortunately there are no older computers around me or anyone I can ask for because of you know, the quarantine. I’m actually using cloud actively, so I should better be prepared for an immediate unlocking, and backup my data beforehand as usual.

Just wanted to write about the news, I've backed up my data and connected my device to MiUnlock on USB 2.0 Hub and ta-da it's immediately unlocked without any waiting time. That was a smooth process, I'm shocked but happy.

abstra said:
Just wanted to write about the news, I've backed up my data and connected my device to MiUnlock on USB 2.0 Hub and ta-da it's immediately unlocked without any waiting time. That was a smooth process, I'm shocked but happy.
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Nice, so my original suggestion about using 2.0 usb was correct. I am glad that you have the issue sorted. I am also surprised about you being able to avoid the wait time. That is a nice break. Enjoy your phone.
PS: Be sure to make a full TWRP backup and save it to your desktop. That backup will save you if you ever experience a bad issue.

tsongming said:
Nice, so my original suggestion about using 2.0 usb was correct. I am glad that you have the issue sorted. I am also surprised about you being able to avoid the wait time. That is a nice break. Enjoy your phone.
PS: Be sure to make a full TWRP backup and save it to your desktop. That backup will save you if you ever experience a bad issue.
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Thanks man, and yes that was all about fastboot which is written to be used with older usb versions. After plugging in the hub, it’s connected directly in just milliseconds. I am surprised that I’ve really skipped the waiting for two weeks or maybe more and yeah it makes me happy.
I made a full data backup before unlocking and then all the dangerous partitions including modem, efs and bluetooth in TWRP to avoid any irreversible loss. I never skip my recovery backups since 2010 and my first Android smartphone which was an HTC Desire A8181, I learned it in a hard way to never skip them, if you do, you either lose your data or your mobile device identification. :victory:
A question from a Xiaomi-newbie; If I run clean all and lock command on MiFlash, should I wait for an unknown time to unlock the device again? Or does Xiaomi let users to lock/unlock their devices anytime without waiting if you’ve unlocked your bootloader once before?

abstra said:
Thanks man, and yes that was all about fastboot which is written to be used with older usb versions. After plugging in the hub, it’s connected directly in just milliseconds. I am surprised that I’ve really skipped the waiting for two weeks or maybe more and yeah it makes me happy.
I made a full data backup before unlocking and then all the dangerous partitions including modem, efs and bluetooth in TWRP to avoid any irreversible loss. I never skip my recovery backups since 2010 and my first Android smartphone which was an HTC Desire A8181, I learned it in a hard way to never skip them, if you do, you either lose your data or your mobile device identification. :victory:
A question from a Xiaomi-newbie; If I run clean all and lock command on MiFlash, should I wait for an unknown time to unlock the device again? Or does Xiaomi let users to lock/unlock their devices anytime without waiting if you’ve unlocked your bootloader once before?
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I have only unlocked my device once. But I wouldn't think there would be an issue to unlock a second time. In fact, I have read about some people needing to wait 72 hours to unlock it again after relocking. if using Mi-Flash just try to be sure uncheck that lock bootloader box, that is unless you want it locked.
One last thing, if you ever decide to restore the phone using the flashall.bat method, the bootloader stays unlocked.

I forget the password and I want to copy the photos

My phone is at&t LG V40 ThinQ (V405) and I have forgotten the pin password.
As you know, I cannot access to everything without the password. I connected it to the PC and the files won't show up.
It turns on without problems, but it asks for a password to unlock the screen.
I can hard rest it, but it will erase everything. I cannot even root it because I need to enable the developer mode and allow the bootloader to be unlocked via the setting.
Is there is any way that I can retrieve the files via PC?

hamooz92 said:
My phone is at&t LG V40 ThinQ (V405) and I have forgotten the pin password.
As you know, I cannot access to everything without the password. I connected it to the PC and the files won't show up.
It turns on without problems, but it asks for a password to unlock the screen.
I can hard rest it, but it will erase everything. I cannot even root it because I need to enable the developer mode and allow the bootloader to be unlocked via the setting.
Is there is any way that I can retrieve the files via PC?
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Are the photos saved on the sd card? Another good reason to turn that on if you didn't.
There is an frp partition for vzw phones that enables oem unlock, not sure it would work for a different variant though. Have you ever connected it with qfil? U don't need root for that, and in edl mode, you could save off user data (which is huge, like 40 gig I think). Not sure if your pics would be in that or not actually.
interesting problem. good luck.

AsItLies said:
Are the photos saved on the sd card? Another good reason to turn that on if you didn't.
There is an frp partition for vzw phones that enables oem unlock, not sure it would work for a different variant though. Have you ever connected it with qfil? U don't need root for that, and in edl mode, you could save off user data (which is huge, like 40 gig I think). Not sure if your pics would be in that or not actually.
interesting problem. good luck.
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No. The files are not stored in the SD.
Any detailed instructions to your suggestion is highly appreciated. Thanks

hamooz92 said:
No. The files are not stored in the SD.
Any detailed instructions to your suggestion is highly appreciated. Thanks
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wish I had detailed instructions to give you. I've never been in that situation, or resolved one like it. I pointed out some avenues I'd explore it it were me... but it's not.
maybe you'd like to look more closely at those avenues, maybe you wouldn't, that's your choice.