Has anyone been working on rooting the Verizon tab s2, model sm-817v? I have brought up developers options and there is OEM unlock, which from what I can figure out is a bootloader unlock.... it shuts off phone capabilities, unsure what that pertains to on a tablet though.....
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Hello. I just bought a Galaxy S4 active (I537) for AT&T and would like to SIM unlock it. What is the best way to do this? I would be willing to root and unlock that way, or could unlock using one of the internet services, but what would be the best internet service to use? I cannot just call AT&T to unlock it. I am somewhat familiar with rooting, so if there is a way to do it that way that would work.
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Hello Guys,
Would like to seek your expertise on how to SIM unlock my Galaxy S4 Active. I have tried to use these codes (116631) to access the utility manager however its only showing options 1-4, tried using the back key and menu key to enter 6, but its not showing up. my current OS is 4.4.4. kindly help, really wanted to use this phone and it was a gift from my brother in US. thanks in advance!
Please help. Just bought a new S5 & have a question about enabling native tethering
I just purchased from the daily steals special unlocked galaxy S5. Being that I am from Canada, and because the description of the phone was in error I did not realize I was purchasingThe AT&T version which is locked down. While I don't strongly feel the need to root the phone and customize it, I would like to still have full functionality which includes native tethering which on my plan, with my provider in Canada I am entitled to. My understanding is that this version of the phone has the tethering locked down to AT&T. Being that I have not taken ownership of the phone yet I do not know which firmware is installed on it to see whether or not the option of rooting the device on kitkat (and changing the tethering can be done) and then bringing firmware up to lollipop is an option. This is something important to me as I use this feature often.
I would like to ask the following questions:
1. Firstly I would like to know when phones are purchased new do they always have KitKat firmware on them for this model or were any of you who purchased the phone did it come with lollipop out-of-the-box? This is supposed to be a new unlocked model for sale. It is not a refurbished model.
2. Question is there a way to know based on the serial number on the outside of the box what the firmware is? The reason I am asking is because when I pointed out the error of the advertised description of the phone they told me I am entitled to return the phone without restocking fee if I have not opened it yet. That it is already on an unrootable firmware.
3. If by chance this phone is on lollipop, is it still possible to enable native tethering if I am unable to root the phone? I have seen mention on an earlier thread where people used ADB and were able to pull the tethering provision file modify it and push it back to the system which would then allow native tethering to work. I am just not sure if this was specific to pre-lollipop firmware. I have also seen somebody advertise on YouTube it he for a fee is providing the service to enable native tethering on the galaxy S5. However he is the only person I have seen mention this anywhere so I am not sure whether or not this is something that can be done without root. Does anybody have any experience having done this?
I am unfortunately in the awkward situation of having this phone currently be in the US and be brought back to me in the next few days. So I essentially have the weekend to make a decision as to what I should do. If anybody can provide me any insight I would greatly appreciated.
Anyone?
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Mine came with KitKat but if you connect to the wifi upon setup I believe they automatically update to Lollipop
I have a rooted G900-A connected to MetroPCS, and I downloaded an app from google play which unlocks the tethering function
OK so this is kind of weird. I just took ownership of my factory unlocked AT&T Samsung galaxy S5. I was dismayed to find when i opened the box and booted it up that it actually had the latest version of lollipop 5.1.1. What is very interesting however is I am in Canada it once I realized that I will not be able to root this device, I decided for fun to turn on the Wi-Fi hotspot and see if it would work and to my surprise and excitement the Wi-Fi hotspot worked with my Sim card for my Canadian carrier. So I don't know if this was a special version that was put out because this came factory sealed in the box it was a factory unlocked model the tethering was unlocked as well. It does have the AT&T bloatware on it but otherwise I am quite pleasantly surprised and happy as my primary reason for choosing to root the device was to enable hotspot. Does anybody suggest that I try to root this phone given that the hotspot is working.? Maybe this is a special version does not have the same locked boot loader as before? How should I proceed if I want to try?
I recently found a phone in the parks where I live, I reset the phone because it had a lock, now the phone is stuck in FRP. I am not sure what android version it is running on, but it is probably the latest one with an up-to-date samsung keyboard. Any way to remove the FRP on the phone without OTP?
I have a Samsung S10 5G (SM-G977U) on Verizon
I can not get the OEM unlock option to show up no matter what
I've had the phone since it 2019 or early 2020 even if I could get this setting to show up I've read that snapdragon phones are not rootable
is it rootable? if so how do I get the OEM unlock settings to show up in developer options
my friend has a uk Galaxy s10 and it has the option so I feel like it's just my phone or carrier.