CID locked or not ? - P3300, MDA Compact III General

OK, perhaps a noob question, but looking for two days to find a solution to my question now:
How do I determaine if my device is CID locked or not.
Searching throug this forum / Internet has not brought me any closer to determining if my HTC p3300 device is CID locked or not.
Please help

hi
i also want to know how to determine if your device is CID locked/unlocked.

sorry,what is cid lock????

Hi Guys,
Visit following link http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Trinity_BootLoader
Use "info 2" command. This will give you the CID of your device.

Some months later .....
My Artemis is suposed to be cid locked (My mobile provider is on the box, on the terminal, on the startup screen, ...), however I hve phoned to HTC support and they say that my serial number is of a "free" terminal.
So, I don't know if my terminal is CID locked or not. From your suggestion, if a CID number is given, does it mean that the terminal is locked? Which is the answer for CID unlocked?
As I would like to upgrade to WM6 without losing the warranty, I'm not sure if I should get the HTC oficial upgrade or my provider oficial upgrade. Who is giving the warranty to me: my provider or HTC?
Thank you very much indeed
aqeelhaider said:
Hi Guys,
Visit following link http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Trinity_BootLoader
Use "info 2" command. This will give you the CID of your device.
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I don't know the answer to your question, but why not just unlock it anyway ?
If it is locked it will be unlocked, if its unlocked it will be unlocked. End result = CID unlocked.
Seems simple to me.
have a read of my old thread, may help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=345134

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Check for CID Unlock on Used Phone

Hi,
I purchased a used Dash off of ebay and it's just arrived! It's unlocked (confirmed... my at&t sim works fine) and running wm6.
I'd like to flash and unbranded rom onto it (lots of tmobile crap on there right now) but am not sure how to check if it's CID unlocked. From what I've read here, I need to make sure of this first so that I don't brick my new phone.
I can't seem to find a post that details how to check if your phone is indeed CID unlocked or not.
Can someone fill me in?
Thanks!
Nevermind... I'm CID unlocked. I was able to update to the latest HTC ROM (the one posted here) without getting the Vendor ID error, so I'm guessing that means I'm unlocked.
It might be handy to know for someone else though... so if there's a way to check on the phone for CID Unlock, feel free to share.
Thanks! Having fun reading all the great info here and learning how to hack my Dash!

Questions about CID, super CID, SIM unlock

Hi
I have some general questions that I cannot find answers for on the forum, the xda wiki, or even on google.
What is CID? Purpose, function, where does it reside?
What is a super CID?
What is the connection to/difference between CID and SIM (un)locking?
Martin
Found an answer through google, by guessing that CID stands for carrier id. The answer is actually on the xda wiki, but the xda wiki search feature is broken.
"CID: Carrier Id - commonly used in the form `CID-Unlocking`. If you purchase your phone (example) from Qtek (Qtek is the 'carrier'), your phone will only accept Qtek ROMs (the carrier's ROMs). If you want to flash ROMs from other carrier, you'll need to CID-unlock your phone, so that your phone will accept other ROMs. Note: In general, the phrase 'unlock your phone' usually refers to SIM-unlock, not CID unlock."
Guessing that a super CID is a carrier ID, that will allow ROMs from any carrier. Not sure though.
Is CID a HTC only feature, or is it also used in other brands?
martin_kongen said:
Found an answer through google, by guessing that CID stands for carrier id. The answer is actually on the xda wiki, but the xda wiki search feature is broken.
"CID: Carrier Id - commonly used in the form `CID-Unlocking`. If you purchase your phone (example) from Qtek (Qtek is the 'carrier'), your phone will only accept Qtek ROMs (the carrier's ROMs). If you want to flash ROMs from other carrier, you'll need to CID-unlock your phone, so that your phone will accept other ROMs. Note: In general, the phrase 'unlock your phone' usually refers to SIM-unlock, not CID unlock."
Guessing that a super CID is a carrier ID, that will allow ROMs from any carrier. Not sure though.
Is CID a HTC only feature, or is it also used in other brands?
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Nope, my friend has a nokia e73 that was faulty and he had to get it cid unlocked to fix the issue

[Q] Require some critical information urgently for unrooting

Hello great minds at xda,
My friend too has a desire...as his phone is rebooting frequently and it's back panel is getting hot he wants to send it to service center...No issues with this
Problem----->He bought a desire from Grey market(it is generally a place in India where all sort of imported stuff which is not released officially in India is available) But no worries as phone is under warranty...So we want to unroot the phone..I tried using WWE RUU(2.2) and HTC Asia(2.1) RUU but it's not working..I get error.
The intresting thing is the boot screen animation says Virgin mobile..So I "think" that the original rom must be of virgin mobile BUT when we bought phone,it was already unlocked i.e any sim can be inserted
So if I flash the phone with Virgin mobile RUU(2.1) will it be sim locked again and do I have to purchase unlock code again???
People please reply urgently...
Current roM---Aurex Tsense8.4
Hboot 0.83
S-ON
Also if I downgrade,will there be some slcd bricking isssue???
I guess the error would be to do with the CID? Would of helped that you put the error. If you get CID error then just make a Goldcard and run the RUU again. It shouldn't sim lock once you've unlocked it.
Meaple said:
I guess the error would be to do with the CID? Would of helped that you put the error. If you get CID error then just make a Goldcard and run the RUU again. It shouldn't sim lock once you've unlocked it.
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And even if it did sim-lock it, their is a sim unlock utility on the desire thread
But Meaple is correct

Question about CID

So i tried to find out my CID so I can try to flashh the RUU and when i use fastboot getvar cid it says none. I read this happens when you unlock you phone, but I have never done so. I am from Romania and I bought it from an online shop stating it was new. But when I got it it looked like it was branded T Mobile Germnay (the startup image is TMob and there are programs in german that i can't uninstall).
Is this a sign that I bought a phone that was already used by someone else unlocked and locked again with fastboot oem lock? And how can I find out the CID so I can be sure if i can flash the RUU or not?
To check CID, install CIDgetter from google play.
Sent from my HTC One X
mohsinraza said:
To check CID, install CIDgetter from google play.
Sent from my HTC One X
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Thanks but I am having a little trouble finding it in that mountain of data that the app provides. Any ideea what string I should be looking for?
EDIT: Never mind, found it. It's T-MOB101. Guess I can't use the international RUU, right?
Correct, you need a T-Mobile branded RUU

HTC Desire A8181 locked to T-Mobile unlock required.

I wonder if anyone can help me with my unlocking issues?
I have an HTC Desire A8181 that is locked to T-Mobile and I now need to use it with 3UK. Every time I insert my 3UK sim, I get a prompt to enter an unlock code, but don’t know what to enter here.
I have tried using an unlock tool which is mentioned elsewhere on the forum, but it unfortunately fails to work for me.
I tried using ‘HTC DESIRE SIM-UNLOCK UTILITY v0.9.5’ but every time, it returns Error 13a: AdbReadEndpointSync returned error 31. Waiting for hboot!……………….
How do I get to unlock my Desire A8181 Bravo? Is there a keygen or something that can provide a code, or am I out of luck? I hope someone out here who is more knowledgeable could help out with this one.
Thanks for reading. Regards, Tony (Brookbond) See photos.
Try downgrading the HBOOT version to one that Revolutionary supports so you can do an S-OFF and change the CID to SuperCID (11111111).
Since everything has been described in various threads and posts, I won't duplicate it.
ze7zez said:
Try downgrading the HBOOT version to one that Revolutionary supports so you can do an S-OFF and change the CID to SuperCID (11111111).
Since everything has been described in various threads and posts, I won't duplicate it.
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ze7zez, thanks for the reply, I think I may be out of my depth a little with this phone. I did have HBOOT v0.93.0001 on the phone and I did try several times to use HTC Desire Sim-Unlock Utility v0.9.5 by sieempi, without success.
It found the phone, confirmed the serial number of the phone, rebooted the phone into hboot, then displayed ‘Error 13a: AdbReadEndpointSync returned error 31, Waiting for hboot……………………………
I have little knowledge on the subject really, and I know that little knowledge can be dangerous. I don’t really know where to go with this now, as I had already tried the above sim-unlock utility several times when the phone had HBOOT v0.93.0001 and that failed to work for me.
I was hoping for a keygen to produce an unlock code, but not sure if such a fix exists? Is there anywhere I could find a code to enter into the phone to unlock it?
I am prepared to backtrack and downgrade the hboot version as a last resort. Any suggestions please?
Thanks, brookbond (Tony)

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