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[Q] unlocking a captivate for tmobile

I'm thinking about buying a captivate for my wife but she is on the Tmobile network... I am aware you can unlock the captivate fairly easy to be used on Tmobile but I was wondering if you lose any functionality in doing so. I know that some 3g phones will only get edge if unlocked for the opposite network. (like the iphone for tmobile only gets edge). Thanks in advance

Also!! My gf is getting a new phone that can't have data. But! I was wondering, if I give her my extra captivate(after I fix the cracked screen) can I unlawful ock it and give it to her without it asking for a data plan? And sorry op, but I didn't want to start a new thread
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goob1284 said:
Also!! My gf is getting a new phone that can't have data. But! I was wondering, if I give her my extra captivate(after I fix the cracked screen) can I unlawful ock it and give it to her without it asking for a data plan? And sorry op, but I didn't want to start a new thread
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If your phone is rooted you can unlock it permenently by installing galaxy_s unlock by helroz from the market as well as busy box. If you don't want the root option you may call at&t for that.
1.root your phone (search one click root for galaxy s and download to your pc)
2.download galaxy_s unlock & busy box
3.run busy box then galaxy_s unlock you must allow both apps with super user permission.

gorgy76 said:
If your phone is rooted you can unlock it permenently by installing galaxy_s unlock by helroz from the market as well as busy box. If you don't want the root option you may call at&t for that.
1.root your phone (search one click root for galaxy s and download to your pc)
2.download galaxy_s unlock & busy box
3.run busy box then galaxy_s unlock you must allow both apps with super user permission.
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I think at&t has both apps blocked from the market. any chance you have a link of them? I'll try 4shared in the mean time.

Ya I know about that!! But will tmobile realize that its a droid and put on a data plan? I already unlocked my phone in using now, but I just want to make sure.
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goob1284 said:
Ya I know about that!! But will tmobile realize that its a droid and put on a data plan? I already unlocked my phone in using now, but I just want to make sure.
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I don't know, maybe because smartphone do really need a plan I haven't tried it myself. maybea pre paid sim would do if t mobile have it.

gorgy76 said:
I don't know, maybe because smartphone do really need a plan I haven't tried it myself. maybea pre paid sim would do if t mobile have it.
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Alright! Thanks!
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You might wanna take a look at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995940

I have a captivate on tmobile and I am able to use the unsupported phones data plan for $10 per month. It's only 2g, but the point is that the network doesn't pick it up as an android phone and I'm fine with that. I doubt they'd make you get a data plan if you just used it without explaining anything because as far as I can tell the emei isn't registering with the network as an android phone.

goob1284 said:
Ya I know about that!! But will tmobile realize that its a droid and put on a data plan? I already unlocked my phone in using now, but I just want to make sure.
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try disabling the mobile data in wireless settings before popping up your sim and use wifi only instead.

gorgy76 said:
try disabling the mobile data in wireless settings before popping up your sim and use wifi only instead.
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Ill try that
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I have been running my captivate on Tmobile since last August without any problems. It runs edge, but they have never noticed that I have an unlocked phone. $28 bucks a month is a steal for this phone.

yentlequible said:
I have been running my captivate on Tmobile since last August without any problems. It runs edge, but they have never noticed that I have an unlocked phone. $28 bucks a month is a steal for this phone.
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What features are you paying for? Text? Phone? Data?
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Good news, I finally got the captivate to unlock and accept the tmobile sim. Everything seems to be working fine so far. No data on the plan but using wifi til I add data. One thing I'm really curious about is.... Now that the phone is unlocked and working, If I flash a custom rom (say cognition) will I lose the "unlock" ?
*edit* forgot to say how I did it... I just simply flashed back to stock 2.1, master cleared,rooted, installed busybox and galaxy unlock app, used the #2 method with the unlock app and it worked. PATIENCE IS KEY! ===> It takes a good 2-4 minutes for the tmobile signal to kick in so it may seem as if the unlock failed but it just takes alot longer than the at&t signal to kick in.

jayjr1105 said:
Good news, I finally got the captivate to unlock and accept the tmobile sim. Everything seems to be working fine so far. No data on the plan but using wifi til I add data. One thing I'm really curious about is.... Now that the phone is unlocked and working, If I flash a custom rom (say cognition) will I lose the "unlock" ?
*edit* forgot to say how I did it... I just simply flashed back to stock 2.1, master cleared,rooted, installed busybox and galaxy unlock app, used the #2 method with the unlock app and it worked. PATIENCE IS KEY! ===> It takes a good 2-4 minutes for the tmobile signal to kick in so it may seem as if the unlock failed but it just takes alot longer than the at&t signal to kick in.
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How!? I put in my gf sim and it said emergency calls only? Then when I tried to place a call, it said data connection not available? ! Seriously how did you do it?
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goob1284 said:
How!? I put in my gf sim and it said emergency calls only? Then when I tried to place a call, it said data connection not available? ! Seriously how did you do it?
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in wireless setting in your phone there is an option to scan and select wireless network simply scan after it will prompt you to select t-mobile or at&t since you want t-mobile select that option.

gorgy76 said:
in wireless setting in your phone there is an option to scan and select wireless network simply scan after it will prompt you to select t-mobile or at&t since you want t-mobile select that option.
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What is that sub menu exactly called? I never really dealt with that stuff. Can you please exapnd in full detail?
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goob1284 said:
What is that sub menu exactly called? I never really dealt with that stuff. Can you please exapnd in full detail?
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open menu settings
Select wireless & network
Select mobile network
Select network operator (phone scans network)
Choose t-mobile

gorgy76 said:
open menu settings
Select wireless & network
Select mobile network
Select network operator (phone scans network)
Choose t-mobile
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Thank you so much!!!))))
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Dont think anyone will have to worry about this much longer. Lol

Need help resetting phone

I found a galaxy s but its asking for a Gmail account so that I can unlock it
Is there a way to completely restore it without having to know the Gmail account?
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You "found" a galaxy S?
No matter how I read this, it still sounds like you f**king stole it. And no excuses for bad English either, you identified yourself as American on your account.

Yeah I found it on the bus.
I tried unlocking it because it had a password on it.
And after a certain amount of tries it completely locked up and its asking for the Gmail account that's being used on it.
And sorry for the bad English
I wasn't aware I was in English class -_-
I'm just asking for some help.
No need too start making accusations about stealing it.
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If you found it then when you hand it to the police they will be able to recover the owner through IMEI etc and thereby find the correct log in .
Presuming they are willing to let you keep the phone .
jje

Turn it into the bus company as lost and found...and this is a good lesson to users to set lock screens in case someone "finds" their phone just like this guy did and decide to run up your phone bill.
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rschenck said:
Turn it into the bus company as lost and found...and this is a good lesson to users to set lock screens in case someone "finds" their phone just like this guy did and decide to run up your phone bill.
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Who said I was running up their phone bill?
I did find it.
And if they have any sense they probably disconnected it already.
All of you do nothing but judge.

phone stolen from my friend need away to know theif number

a lady stole my friend sgs luckily she doesn't know how to use the phone at all, its been 3 weeks and i'm still trying to find where she lives
the phone still has the gmail account linked i installed plan b and androidlost but they both needs me to send a text message to activate them and i dont have her number
plan b doesnt seams to works as everyone knows that the sgs with stock rom has a very bad gps lock
my best lock will be with androidlost as it has many features
we already notified the police but with no info at all on her we wont be able to do anything
i would hope if there is any app that would send her phone number to he linked gmail account , or any other kind of apps that may help

The only apps that I know of that will do that are Avast! and Cerberus, but both have to be installed beforehand.

Don't know how to do what you want but i hope you removed any card details from your account so they cant buy things on the app store with your details.
Your gmail account should have the ip addresses it was accessed from this may be of use to the police. This can be found at the bottom right of your inbox.
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What carrier is the phone with?
Sprint has a family locator plan that can be initiated remotely. I believe they offer a free 2 week trial.
You can try pulling the call history online with the carrier to get the numbers called
and even request that the phone be traced.
Samsung Galaxy SIII (SPH-L710)

Try to contact google, if you have a police report with the IMEI you might pull of a IP log of the people who accessed the acccount, from the you could go to the carrier company with your police report or the cops could do it and they'll be able to pull of her records by the IP.
I can't figure out why the US doesn't enfore locking the phones by IMEI, I remember my brand new iPhone was stolen last year and the cops couldn't do a thing. so I suggest you or your friend do this step by step and hope for the best.

sadly i dont live in the US so all these things are impossible , police wont do **** here , i'm still waiting for plan b to lock on gps but still no email , i'm keeping the gmail account still on the phone because it has no valuble info except for the contacts which are already backed up , and the person who stole the pone is so dump and cant even know how to install or uninstall apps

How do you know that shes that dumb?
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realfelix said:
How do you know that shes that dumb?
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been monitoring the account not a single extra app installed

faDol said:
sadly i dont live in the US so all these things are impossible , police wont do **** here , i'm still waiting for plan b to lock on gps but still no email , i'm keeping the gmail account still on the phone because it has no valuble info except for the contacts which are already backed up , and the person who stole the pone is so dump and cant even know how to install or uninstall apps
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If you don't know how to use a smartphone, why steal one. She must be stupid.
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iKoolkid said:
If you don't know how to use a smartphone, why steal one. She must be stupid.
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Pretty stupid to steal it at all.
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Lookout Plan B

iKoolkid said:
If you don't know how to use a smartphone, why steal one. She must be stupid.
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resell value is pretty high though

-DarkKnight- said:
resell value is pretty high though
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Not for stolen phones. Bad ESN if its CDMA or lock it down by calling the carrier if GSM.

063_XOBX said:
Not for stolen phones. Bad ESN if its CDMA or lock it down by calling the carrier if GSM.
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nope. you sell it on ebay b4 the phone gets locked down and profit

-DarkKnight- said:
nope. you sell it on ebay b4 the phone gets locked down and profit
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Shouldn't be too hard for the poor sap who buys it to get a refund through PayPal.

063_XOBX said:
Shouldn't be too hard for the poor sap who buys it to get a refund through PayPal.
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It could also be sold on craigslist.

Prey is worth checking out
It's worked for me before
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if only some one made an app that will look for a contact name and send an sms to it and the user can save that predefined contact to google contacts which will sync to the phone
so if the app is looking for Joe123 all you have to do is create a new contact in google contact with Joe123 and input you second phone number
then wait for it to sync with the stolen phone then install that app which will send you an sms with the theif number and possibly GPS if available
and once you get that number you can install androidlost and start controlling the phone
thats just an idea and i hope some one will make it true one day

I think the one WiredPirate linked to should work..

You can still install apps via the online play store can't you? Then why can't you install avast?
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[Q] No Service

Hi!
I just got my new G Flex today (I know, a bit late to the party) and I put my SIM in and there is no service constantly. I know the SIM is not the problem because it works in other phones. I have already called my service provider and they say that there really shouldn't be anything stopping it from getting service. Also tried to reset the phone to factory settings with no positive result. Is there anything you guys suggest to do?
Thanks!

Swiftflikk said:
Hi!
I just got my new G Flex today (I know, a bit late to the party) and I put my SIM in and there is no service constantly. I know the SIM is not the problem because it works in other phones. I have already called my service provider and they say that there really shouldn't be anything stopping it from getting service. Also tried to reset the phone to factory settings with no positive result. Is there anything you guys suggest to do?
Thanks!
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Did you get the phone from your service provider?
Are you rooted?
Sounds silly, but are you sure the card was inserted correctly?
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Re: No Service
shwnr11 said:
Did you get the phone from your service provider?
Are you rooted?
Sounds silly, but are you sure the card was inserted correctly?
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No, I got it from becextech (a website which imports them to NZ (country I live in)).
No I'm not rooted, just got it today would rooting it help?
And Yes it only goes in one way!
I am however performing a software update to see if that changes anything. Will keep you posted with the results!
Thanks!
UPDATE: Upgrade to 4.4.2 did nothing to the service

Swiftflikk said:
No, I got it from becextech (a website which imports them to NZ (country I live in)).
No I'm not rooted, just got it today would rooting it help?
And Yes it only goes in one way!
I am however performing a software update to see if that changes anything. Will keep you posted with the results!
Thanks!
UPDATE: Upgrade to 4.4.2 did nothing to the service
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How did you up grade to 4.4.2, using a computer I'm guessing.
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shwnr11 said:
How did you up grade to 4.4.2, using a computer I'm guessing.
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No I upgraded via the phones software update menu, I didn't even know you could do it with a computer

Swiftflikk said:
No I upgraded via the phones software update menu, I didn't even know you could do it with a computer
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Where you connected to Wi-Fi during the update then?
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Bootloader unlock discussion for Galaxy S6 Edge Device

So, according to drakon.us, Samsung has provided factory bootloader unlocker in the Samsung App store.
Search for "CROM Service", You can see the process here:
https://youtu.be/KTTgXqaP7Rk
I'm in preorder hell waiting for my gold S6E from Verizon so I can't verify independently. Is this something we can use?

The.Jericho.Initiative said:
So, according to drakon.us, Samsung has provided factory bootloader unlocker in the Samsung App store.
Search for "CROM Service", You can see the process here:
https://youtu.be/KTTgXqaP7Rk
I'm in preorder hell waiting for my gold S6E from Verizon so I can't verify independently. Is this something we can use?
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I searched it doesnt even show up in the galaxy app store

Nope it didn't show up in the samsung app
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The.Jericho.Initiative said:
So, according to drakon.us, Samsung has provided factory bootloader unlocker in the Samsung App store.
Search for "CROM Service", You can see the process here:
https://youtu.be/KTTgXqaP7Rk
I'm in preorder hell waiting for my gold S6E from Verizon so I can't verify independently. Is this something we can use?
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Doesn't show in my app store.
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I'd be interested to see if we could get our hands on that app. I've got some friends from Taiwan and Mainland that I could reach out to... Maybe one of them can grab it for us. Anyway, hope I'm not posting **** information here; definitely not my intent. What we do know however, that there is a factory unlocker out there. Whether it can work with our region is an unknown but, it might be worth a look.

I don't have much faith in the Verizon varient getting root. Going to take some getting used to cuz I've come from rooted phones since I entered the smartphone world.
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The.Jericho.Initiative said:
I'd be interested to see if we could get our hands on that app. I've got some friends from Taiwan and Mainland that I could reach out to... Maybe one of them can grab it for us. Anyway, hope I'm not posting **** information here; definitely not my intent. What we do know however, that there is a factory unlocker out there. Whether it can work with our region is an unknown but, it might be worth a look.
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This is definitely good info. I might try and get on chat with Samsung to see if they'd have a download link...probably a long shot, but worth it.

I won't hold my breath, but I'm interested in hearing how this goes as well. The lack of root on the Note 4 after being out since last year is keeping me from swapping out my s5 for a s6 edge.

This would be great, but alas I am sure Verizon has made steps to ensure that it wont be that easy for us!

Archangel said:
This would be great, but alas I am sure Verizon has made steps to ensure that it wont be that easy for us!
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that and no one can find this apk
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it gives a fc and wont even open
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I downloaded the apk from here and side loaded, but it will only force close after it is opened.
http://m.muzisoft.com/soft/90404.html

kevinmr82 said:
I downloaded the apk from here and side loaded, but it will only force close after it is opened.
http://m.muzisoft.com/soft/90404.html
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Fcs for me as well. Damn it!
Maybe someone like @jcase can look at the app and see if there is a way
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so far noticed apache licenses and mime module so reading up as i have no idea what im looking at lol
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and something about bouncycastle x509...
not sure what any of this is but it fcd or could be a virus who knows lol
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I've got it too. I've decompiled it and am poking around but I'll be honest, it's been years since Iv'e looked at this stuff. I've posted in the Hacking/Dev forum.

The.Jericho.Initiative said:
I've got it too. I've decompiled it and am poking around but I'll be honest, it's been years since Iv'e looked at this stuff. I've posted in the Hacking/Dev forum.
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link to that thread?
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Delete

elliwigy said:
and something about bouncycastle x509...
not sure what any of this is but it fcd or could be a virus who knows lol
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Bouncy Castle refers to the API's used in cryptography.

elliwigy said:
link to that thread?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...bootloader-unlocker-apk-t3086609#post60205374