Hi All,
Guys, I got device Xperia Z4 compact docomo SO-04G whose IMEI is network locked in my country. So I want to change the device IMEI to my old phone whose IMEI is not network locked. I have tried using mobile uncle tool but it is not showing CDS or changing IMEI option. Then I tried to root the device by pc and phone both but its also not rooting.
What am I missing?
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Hello ! Been browsing xda for few years and found a lot of good info here , keep up the nice work. But now i got some issue and i cant find anything to solve it , maybe some of you could help me.
My problem is that i recently bought a Xperia V, was bought i think from JAPAN , on the top writes on it NTT DOCOMO - has a locked SIM card.
What i tried -
-unlocking bootloader with official sony guide , but if i type *#*#service#*#* says to ROOTING STATUS - BOOTLOADER UNLOCK ALLOW - no, anyway to the SIM LOCK - [x] Network - Unlimited , this means i got unlimited tries to the code it locks it ? still didnt found a way to unlock bootloader
-rooted phone, installed custom recovery
But still havent manager to get rid of that simlock , everytime my phone boots up asks a NETWORK SIM UNLOCK PIN.
Status
Model LT25i, Android Ver. 4.3, Build No. 9.2.A.2.5 ( ask for more info if needed )
I can downgrade to any version using flashtools.
Anyone can guide me if is there anything i can do ?
Get a SIM unlock code from NTT Docomo
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Same problem here..i'm from Philippines and my phone is lock to Smart Communication Network Postpaid. Been looking for solution for this. Hope somebody here in the forum can help us.
Hi guys
Just a little bit of a background, my old contract has finished and I wanted to give my phone to my mum in Australia so I flashed their Firmware, here is what I did:
The phone was locked to my network provider and according to a Sony Forum they said that you flash the simlock.ta for phones that are locked to a network.
1. Installed Kingroot and rooted phone.
2. Downloaded the Sony Experia Z1 (C6903) firmware for Australia with XperiFirm_4.8.1
3. Converted the Firmware with Sony Mobile Flasher (FlashTool) to FTF
4. Flashed firmware with unticking the simlock option
5. It asked for using a F?? cript which i said NO to
6. When writing simlock it wanted confirmation to do so, I said yes.
7. Phone restarted and then after setup completed it asked for pin code, immediately after that it asked for puk code, after that it displayed a message saying Sim Unlock Failed
8 . The phone now diplays Invalid card - No Service
9. Followed above with the UK firmware to see if it would fix the problem but still no luck.
10. Downgraded to an old G version of firmware but that got stuck in a boot loop.
10. Ran Sony PC Companion software to repair the phone, which it did, now on the latest firmware again but still No Service.
Please help...
darrcauk said:
Hi guys
Just a little bit of a background, my old contract has finished and I wanted to give my phone to my mum in Australia so I flashed their Firmware, here is what I did:
The phone was locked to my network provider and according to a Sony Forum they said that you flash the simlock.ta for phones that are locked to a network.
1. Installed Kingroot and rooted phone.
2. Downloaded the Sony Experia Z1 (C6903) firmware for Australia with XperiFirm_4.8.1
3. Converted the Firmware with Sony Mobile Flasher (FlashTool) to FTF
4. Flashed firmware with unticking the simlock option
5. It asked for using a F?? cript which i said NO to
6. When writing simlock it wanted confirmation to do so, I said yes.
7. Phone restarted and then after setup completed it asked for pin code, immediately after that it asked for puk code, after that it displayed a message saying Sim Unlock Failed
8 . The phone now diplays Invalid card - No Service
9. Followed above with the UK firmware to see if it would fix the problem but still no luck.
10. Downgraded to an old G version of firmware but that got stuck in a boot loop.
10. Ran Sony PC Companion software to repair the phone, which it did, now on the latest firmware again but still No Service.
Please help...
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If it doesnt work with the provider it was locked on then it is a hardware defect. I had the same exact problem and I tried every sim card of all major providers here in my country and still it gave me the same message: invalid sim, not service. I contacted Sony support and they had my mainboard replaced within two weeks. That assured me that it is a hardware related problem
So i bought an at&t XT1097 from ebay and it came with sim locked, i tried to unlock it with no succes via at&t because they told me the imei was not in their database.
After looking at the imei displayed on the box i found out it wasnt the same displaying at the phone (i checked this imei and this was the original imei). So now what should i do? I have my moto x rooted and bootloader unlocked still i dont know if i should just return the phone since i live in Chile and bought on the USA, or try to upload the correct imei.
well as far as i know if it was att variant, then bootloader should not be unlocked, as att isnt allowing it, your device seems too be from a diffrent carrier, i guess xt1097 is not only own by att, retail ca, retail brazil and many others carriers also use xt1097. search by the imei might be you find something help full, and also check sim tray, it contains the original imei also.. you can also check imei from bootloader, just boot into bootloader and press volume down and select barcodes from the menu by pressing volume up. last thing you can do is RMA
It IS an at&t variant, i just unlocked the bootloader via sunshine. The sim tray doesnt contain the imei either and in the bootloader barcodes it shows the IMEI that im unable to unlock.
What is RMA?
Patopa said:
It IS an at&t variant, i just unlocked the bootloader via sunshine. The sim tray doesnt contain the imei either and in the bootloader barcodes it shows the IMEI that im unable to unlock.
What is RMA?
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The barcode imei is what the real imei is.. Box imei might be different, so if you have unlockbootloader and imei is not on database have you tried 3rd party unlock providers? I got mine in 3$ from unlockbase.. Give it a try.
Ive tried to unlock it via 3rd party, where most of them refunded me claiming that they couldnt get the unlock code. Its all so weird since now at&t says i cant ask for the unlock code since its attached to an account (previously they said it wasnt from at&t), and now i asked for the owner to try and get me the code.
I really hope i can get the code, im using a really bad phone right now.
Thanks for the help!
Seems suspicious. Is it possible the phone is stolen and has had the IMEI changed?
Hello friends
I have just updated My Xperia V LT25I to Android 4.3 build 9.2.a.2.5 using flashtool
After update, my phone got network locked and asking for unlock PIN for network unlock.
I don't know how it got locked. because it was perfectly fine before.
But when i check its lock counter by dialing *#*#7378423#*#* and simLOCK info, It shows "?" on all values
? network
? network subset
? service provider
? corporate
? sim
Can anyone tell me weather my phone is really locked or what?
Hi all
A friend of me asked me to unlock his Sony Xperia Z3+
It is the dual sim version, E6553
It had the Xperia lock and a tried different solutions to unlock it, without any success.
I also asked a friend to experiment.
He couldn't unlock it, but when I got back the phone, it had the single sim software, for E6533. Still locked.
Now I unlocked the phone. I made a reset, I can update the firmware, but I cannot flash the E6553 back.
If I try, I get this error:
ERROR - The bundle does not match the connected device
I tried with older flasher, but I get another error:
INFO - Cannot open bundle. Flash operation canceled
I also tried with Emma, but it says Phone is locked. (I already unlocked bootloader)
Phone works correctly with this firmware, but I want to use it with 2 sim cards.
Please advise.
Best regards,
Janos