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Guys don't know if this has been discussed, but from AT&Ts website in the US, they will unlock your device for use on any carrier network for free.
Go to you account and phone, click unlock in troubleshooting,
Then unlock again. Select your phone and go through the steps pretty straight forward it seems.
There is a form to fill out, but this could help someone.... maybe. I haven't tried it yet, been too busy, let me know if it really is as easy as it looks.
thanks
Yes it's that easy. I've done it already! It's takes about 3-7 days for them to get the unlock code back to you. But you have to be able to provide the info for that phone. The# it was using, imie#, etc. After that is entered in the form done. Wait for response from AT&T to the emailed used..
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Why don't just Nandroid backup what you are running. Switch back to 4.1.1, unlock the phone from the "Settings Menu by code" and restore your Nandroid. Within 15-30 mins without "begging" and waiting.
sweetboy02125 said:
Why don't just Nandroid backup what you are running. Switch back to 4.1.1, unlock the phone from the "Settings Menu by code" and restore your Nandroid. Within 15-30 mins without "begging" and waiting.
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Why switch back when all you have to do is flash the earlier radio?
Much easier imo, flash a radio, unlock, then flash the one you were using back.
crixley said:
Why switch back when all you have to do is flash the earlier radio?
Much easier imo, flash a radio, unlock, then flash the one you were using back.
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Great I didn't know about that method Thanks
Its easy to do but takes a little work to find the J2 modem.
The unlock code they give you might not work. It didn't for me and then they have no idea what to do. I thought having them give you the code might be quick and easy because I didn't have the time to look up modems and stuff. I was leaving for Germany the next day.
However, I had to take care of it myself in the end, meaning flashing J2, unlock and flashing the current one back ... worked just fine.
Thanks again to the pros here in the forum for their help!!! :good::good:
After I flashed the J2 modem and unlocked, I never flashed another modem.
esprit1st said:
The unlock code they give you might not work. It didn't for me and then they have no idea what to do. I thought having them give you the code might be quick and easy because I didn't have the time to look up modems and stuff. I was leaving for Germany the next day.
However, I had to take care of it myself in the end, meaning flashing J2, unlock and flashing the current one back ... worked just fine.
Thanks again to the pros here in the forum for their help!!! :good::good:
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Plush I'm way too impatient to wait 3 days for a code lol
czarboom said:
Guys don't know if this has been discussed, but from AT&Ts website in the US, they will unlock your device for use on any carrier network for free.
Go to you account and phone, click unlock in troubleshooting,
Then unlock again. Select your phone and go through the steps pretty straight forward it seems.
There is a form to fill out, but this could help someone.... maybe. I haven't tried it yet, been too busy, let me know if it really is as easy as it looks.
thanks
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This works I've unlocked 4 phones from att like this. They make you wait about 3 to 4 months before they will unlock new phones.
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3-7 days or instant for around $10 using Blowfish Unlocks or similar? But if you're broke free is a good choice. Thanks.
Mine was fast!
I went to att.com/deviceunlock Entered info and had my code the next day. Super fast, maybe not instant but...FREE!
Yepp, I tried that too, by the time. Didn't work. They had no clue how to unlock my phone.
But thanks to the guys here I am enjoying it everywhere and with any SIM-Card I want.
czarboom said:
Guys don't know if this has been discussed, but from AT&Ts website in the US, they will unlock your device for use on any carrier network for free.
Go to you account and phone, click unlock in troubleshooting,
Then unlock again. Select your phone and go through the steps pretty straight forward it seems.
There is a form to fill out, but this could help someone.... maybe. I haven't tried it yet, been too busy, let me know if it really is as easy as it looks.
thanks
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There's an easier way... you should have used the search feature.
Worldgod said:
I went to att.com/deviceunlock Entered info and had my code the next day. Super fast, maybe not instant but...FREE!
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Did not work for me, they say there policy is you must finish your two year contract before they will unlock your device.
When I had to unlock my old phones one was successful. The second one the code did not work and they said it was permanently locked to ATT, sorry, you can buy a new phone. Thanks for XDA I fixed it myself.
sweetboy02125 said:
Why don't just Nandroid backup what you are running. Switch back to 4.1.1, unlock the phone from the "Settings Menu by code" and restore your Nandroid. Within 15-30 mins without "begging" and waiting.
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I used to rip the cover off my s4 and launch the tery when att tried to sneak attack u with updates. these were good times. that phone burning crazy hot in my pockets all the time
So I flashed the RUU from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-one-m9/development/ruu-sprint-htc-one-m9-1-32-651-17-t3073355 in order to take ota. Locked bootloader first. I have used this thread before and worked fine. This time however it seemed to complete and screen will not turn on. Battery was near full when I went forward with this. Now phone won't come on and no charging light when plugged in.
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So I flashed the RUU from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-one-m9/development/ruu-sprint-htc-one-m9-1-32-651-17-t3073355 in order to take ota. Locked bootloader first. I have used this thread before and worked fine. This time however it seemed to complete and screen will not turn on. Battery was near full when I went forward with this. Now phone won't come on and no charging light when plugged in.
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Did you see the warning about only flashing your current version? Are you sure you used the correct one?
Regardless, you'll probably have better luck asking in the Sprint forums.
iElvis said:
Did you see the warning about only flashing your current version? Are you sure you used the correct one?
Regardless, you'll probably have better luck asking in the Sprint forums.
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Yea I did. Already did just wanted some spreadshot at this point it's moot. It's dead.
cstrife999 said:
Yea I did. Already did just wanted some spreadshot at this point it's moot. It's dead.
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Damn. I'm sorry for your loss, Buddy. This would pretty much be my worst nightmare.
I read somewhere that it is a safety feature. Connect the phone to the charger overnight and it should power up again
Just got my OTA.. time to restore theme and update!
#prayforunlockedbootloadersoon!!!
PS: Downloading now
just throwing my personal experience out there.
After updating, i had super crappy reception and extremely slow speeds. i actually ended up flashing just the radio from "8.0.0 (OPR6.170623.012, Aug 2017)" to get decent service back.
stebomurkn420 said:
Just got my it's.. time to restore theme and update!
#prayforunlockedbootloadersoon!!!
PS: Downloading now
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dont get your hopes up...esp with vzw!
lucky_strike33 said:
dont get your hopes up...esp with vzw!
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I think some devs are closer than what you think. Lol. They have found the source to rebuild our bootloader.
stebomurkn420 said:
I think some devs are closer than what you think. Lol. They have found the source to rebuild our bootloader.
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You need root first. Without root it won't happen. Unlocking it is easy, getting privs to perform the unlock is the issue.
TonikJDK said:
You need root first. Without root it won't happen. Unlocking it is easy, getting privs to perform the unlock is the issue.[/QUOT
Well if we find a way to replace the bootloader then rooting will be a breeze...
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stebomurkn420 said:
Well if we find a way to replace the bootloader then rooting will be a breeze...
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good luck replacing the boot loader without an unlocked bootloader. hint: if it was that easy, we could already replace the bootloader with the unlocked variant.
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stebomurkn420 said:
good luck replacing the boot loader without an unlocked bootloader
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Hard... But not impossible.
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defet said:
good luck replacing the boot loader without an unlocked bootloader
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Good luck trying to tell them that.
Go prove the doubters wrong!!!
lucky_strike33 said:
Go prove the doubters wrong!!!
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I sincerely hope I am proven wrong on this one. Just trying to manage expectations.
noidea24 said:
just throwing my personal experience out there.
After updating, i had super crappy reception and extremely slow speeds. i actually ended up flashing just the radio from "8.0.0 (OPR6.170623.012, Aug 2017)" to get decent service back.
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I did the exact same thing
My update seems to fix the blue tooth problem I had in a 2017 Tahoo with the phone not working. I think at this point it may have fixed the battery life issue I was having too. That may be too soon to tell.
nope battery still is draining fast. Not sure why. It did not seem to start until I installed O in beta. I thought maybe it would have fixed it self, But did not as of now.
smooth781 said:
nope battery still is draining fast. Not sure why. It did not seem to start until I installed O in beta. I thought maybe it would have fixed it self, But did not as of now.
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My battery life is subpar as well...
The first picture shows my battery results for the day after charging for exactly 30 minutes at lunch... Huge difference if you can squeeze in that 30 minutes!
noidea24 said:
just throwing my personal experience out there.
After updating, i had super crappy reception and extremely slow speeds. i actually ended up flashing just the radio from "8.0.0 (OPR6.170623.012, Aug 2017)" to get decent service back.
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i can also confirm that reception has decreased. i travel weekly into a low coverage area and always got service but 1 bar with some 3G and now i just get no service in those areas.
I have gotten the best battery life out of September I've ever had. Wonder why your phones are different.
I run Tasker and get lots of cloud messages.
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The radios are the same in the August/September builds
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TonikJDK said:
You need root first. Without root it won't happen. Unlocking it is easy, getting privs to perform the unlock is the issue.
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Just figured I would come back to this and show you that you were wrong and to not be so negative.. lol. My bootloader is unlocked and it didn't require rooting at all. Lol. All hail Smail!
Hey can anyone check if this would also work on a505u???
Scrolling down user confirms it works for 9.0
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-rmm-fix-oreo-8-1-oem-unlock-fix-dez-t3877764
Edit sorry almost forgot link
Just because it says 9 means nothing. Do you even understand firmware?
SP6RK said:
Hey can anyone check if this would also work on a505u???
Scrolling down user confirms it works for 9.0
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-rmm-fix-oreo-8-1-oem-unlock-fix-dez-t3877764
Edit sorry almost forgot link
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stellar0322 said:
Just because it says 9 means nothing. Do you even understand firmware?
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Dude im asking a question im not saying it will give oem unlock.
If you're trying to find the OEM unlock there is a trick to doing it that I found that worked great for me.
https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-...y-s9-samsung-galaxy-s8-samsung-galaxy-note-8/
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If you're trying to find the OEM unlock there is a trick to doing it that I found that worked great for me.
https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-...y-s9-samsung-galaxy-s8-samsung-galaxy-note-8/
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So you have the a505u?because its not possible on mine...im already past the 7 days.
SP6RK said:
So you have the a505u?because its not possible on mine...im already past the 7 days.
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That's cuz U variant is not unlockable.. problem here is u got one person who doesn't know much being given answers by someone else who also doesn't know much...
elliwigy said:
That's cuz U variant is not unlockable.. problem here is u got one person who doesn't know much being given answers by someone else who also doesn't know much...
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Would there be any other way exept for samsung rolling out an update with it fixed?
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Would there be any other way exept for samsung rolling out an update with it fixed?
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No. It is not unlockable, period. Nothing is broken at all. They intentionally lock the BL and don't allow unlocking it. There's no other way or exploits to unlock it.
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SP6RK said:
So you have the a505u?because its not possible on mine...im already past the 7 days.
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Sorry I just bought this phone literally 5 days ago. I have a GN model and after researching the U models are said to be unlockable. Ahhh well...
juniorD said:
Sorry I just bought this phone literally 5 days ago. I have a GN model and after researching the U models are said to be unlockable. Ahhh well...
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It kinda sucks how im not able to unlock it...i hope there is a way later on but o well i am kinda happy with the phone...its faster than my old one i just wanted to be able to build a rom on it even of i had it all buggy...
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It kinda sucks how im not able to unlock it...i hope there is a way later on but o well i am kinda happy with the phone...its faster than my old one i just wanted to be able to build a rom on it even of i had it all buggy...
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It is a great phone honestly but the fingerprint scanner really really sucks. I just went ahead and disabled it because its so bad and I have up to the January patch. Its so inconsistent its embarrassing. I'm scouring the net now to see if someone created a patch or kernel to help improve this problem.
SP6RK said:
It kinda sucks how im not able to unlock it...i hope there is a way later on but o well i am kinda happy with the phone...its faster than my old one i just wanted to be able to build a rom on it even of i had it all buggy...
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u couldve found its not unlockable before purchasing it lol.. just sayin
juniorD said:
It is a great phone honestly but the fingerprint scanner really really sucks. I just went ahead and disabled it because its so bad and I have up to the January patch. Its so inconsistent its embarrassing. I'm scouring the net now to see if someone created a patch or kernel to help improve this problem.
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8/10 screen fingerprint readers will have that problem
elliwigy said:
u couldve found its not unlockable before purchasing it lol.. just sayin
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Tell you the truth i was unsure the other versions worked on my sim card and i needed a phone so i did prime shipping on it and got it the next day i really did not care at that point if it had root since im trying to get the s20 ultra in a couple months but i really like the a50 and it makes me kinda sad there is no oem unlock to the us version
Edit: when i was reading through quickly i thought magisk wasnt supported for a while in stock rom.
SP6RK said:
Tell you the truth i was unsure the other versions worked on my sim card and i needed a phone so i did prime shipping on it and got it the next day i really did not care at that point if it had root since im trying to get the s20 ultra in a couple months but i really like the a50 and it makes me kinda sad there is no oem unlock to the us version
Edit: when i was reading through quickly i thought magisk wasnt supported for a while in stock rom.
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magisk requires an unlocked bl.. period.. installing it in daemon mode or system mode is also possible but that defeats the purpose and you need an unlocked bl to even do that
elliwigy said:
magisk requires an unlocked bl.. period.. installing it in daemon mode or system mode is also possible but that defeats the purpose and you need an unlocked bl to even do that
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Actually thinking about it i have forced magisk into a phone with a locked bootloader (figo gravity...idk lol long time ago) but on 6.0...im sure that samsung has more security on their phones so it might not let me force the img through odin since its not even signed.
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Actually thinking about it i have forced magisk into a phone with a locked bootloader (figo gravity...idk lol long time ago) but on 6.0...im sure that samsung has more security on their phones so it might not let me force the img through odin since its not even signed.
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again, magisk requires an unlocked bl to use. this has always been the case. and no u cant force flash in odin.
So for some reason OEM unlocking is not popping up I've had it unlocked for 7 days before the developer options I'm just trying to figure out what I can do to get that going in a little about me pretty cool guy I guess I like riding anything outdoors I'm trying to figure things out you know Technologies advancing so might as well and get to learning trying to keep up to date with things I appreciate you guys and your help that'd be awesome
Longhornsfinest916 said:
So for some reason OEM unlocking is not popping up I've had it unlocked for 7 days before the developer options I'm just trying to figure out what I can do to get that going in a little about me pretty cool guy I guess I like riding anything outdoors I'm trying to figure things out you know Technologies advancing so might as well and get to learning trying to keep up to date with things I appreciate you guys and your help that'd be awesome
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It was there, and is now missing?
Longhornsfinest916 said:
So for some reason OEM unlocking is not popping up I've had it unlocked for 7 days before the developer options I'm just trying to figure out what I can do to get that going in a little about me pretty cool guy I guess I like riding anything outdoors I'm trying to figure things out you know Technologies advancing so might as well and get to learning trying to keep up to date with things I appreciate you guys and your help that'd be awesome
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Try to set the date to the previous month.
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Try to set the date to the previous I
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I did that and I also didn't get no options for installing manually I don't have that option in the phone I also call the place it cuz when you try to put it in bootloader it says my device is still locked I don't know how to do that I tried calling a place they said it was unlocked and it's still locked so I heard the snapdragons kind of a pain in the ass anyway
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It was there, and is now missing?
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Oh it's actually never been there and here's a picture right here actually when I actually try to run it in bootloader mode and I've tried to unlock the device with that company and they said it was but it's still locked
Oh yeah, I know how to resolve that. Connect the device using a USB cable to your PC. Make sure the phone is off. Then hold all buttons on your phone until you get a blue warning screen. From here, follow the on-screen instructions to unlock the bootloader. From THEN, the lock is fully disabled.
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It was there, and is now missing?
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Oh it's actually never been there and here's a picture right here actually when I actually try to run it in bootloader mode and I've tried to unlock the device with that company and they said it was but it's still locked
Longhornsfinest916 said:
Oh it's actually never been there and here's a picture right here actually when I actually try to run it in bootloader mode and I've tried to unlock the device with that company and they said it was but it's still locked
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See my post above this one.
Minionguyjpro said:
See my post above this one.
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Yes I do boss an I appreciate it let you know what goes down
Greatly appreciated boss I thank you and have a good New Year's
Longhornsfinest916 said:
Greatly appreciated boss I thank you and have a good New Year's
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No problem, you too!
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No problem, you too!
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One more quick question how long does it normally take on the os to download
Longhornsfinest916 said:
One more quick question how long does it normally take on the os to download
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The firmware itself - 10-20 minutes
TWRP Recovery - 1-2 minutes