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SGS Unlock code issues

Afternoon all, first time post-er, long time reader.
I'm tired of waiting for the official update from Orange for 2.2 so I have taken it upon myself to root my phone and unlock it, with the vain hope that this will allow my Kies to provide me with the update.
I have successfully rooted my phone as I have a little ninja man in my apps, and I have downloaded the SGS Unlock App from DaGentooBoy, but it tells me my unlock code is 00000000. This isn't correct as I have tried it, twice, with a 3 sim card and I only have 1 attempt left. Anyone have any ideas what has gone wrong? I am new to this, and although I'm not afraid to try most things, I would rather have a straight forward response or link provided so that I am filled with confidence
I have seen some posts about an Odin method, but I have no idea what that is
Any ideas??? Please??

If your talking about unlocking and going to a diff. Company I would call t mobile and tell then I bought the phone for someone else and need to unlock the phone as they are with a diff company maybe they won't charge if its a gift for someone else I mean you already bought the phone so they got your money

Unlocking so you can use other provider's sim cards and flashing a different rom are two different things. If your Orange branded phone isn't allowing you to update you can do this kies registry hack
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835628
If you're looking at unlocking as well you can check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045, or whatever other methods you can find to unlock. I read a thread on here about the unlock codes for the galaxy series actually being stored in the system directory somewhere but I can't find the thread. I'll update this post if I can find it again.
Edit - Found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867331 apparently it wasn't specific to the Galaxy series, just samsung in general. Hope it works for you.

Thanks for the help people. It hasn't worked for me, but thats because I've no idea what I am doing!! Guess I'll just wait for Orange to send the official update.........

Just unlocked G2 (tmobile) "No service"

I just unlocked a brand new HTC G2 Tmobile phone. I used my sim card thats been active for years, Its Cincinnati Bell Wireless prepaid. Should work fine, but now its saying "No Service" and wont make calls/texts? Can anyone help plz?

Did you use gfree to unlock it? Worked fine for me. Try going into settings and manually searching for network, and restart 2-3 rimes. Worked for me.

No i went thru a service. it was unlockthatphone dot com
ill try that tho....

Well there's no need to.
And I dont want to be the one to tell you, but you might not be able to get service again, even with a T-Mo card. I've read that a lot of people had that problem with the unlock codes.

Well i couldnt figure out how to unlock it. Looked for hours and the guides here were so confusing id rather pay 30.00
How do i figure out if it will ever work again or not?
Someone mentioned I wireless might be CDMA and tmobile was not? Any clue how to check this?

As long as the carrier uses sim cards it's a GSM carrier (99% of the time, I know Verizon Global phones use simcards too.) if that's what you meant.
And for your question try some searching. I never bothered to find/read up on that since I unlocked it without a hitch.

I called the guy back that unlocked it for me, and he states "its impossible for an unlock code to damage 'ware in the phone, the guys on xda dont know what theyre talking about" and that he will work with me to fix this, he says hes pretty sure its my Baseband Version which is:
Baseband version 12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2
Any thoughts on these?

Also this is from the HTC forums: http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/99/p/7564/33750.aspx

Actually I've unlocked my phone with an unlock code that Tmobile gave me. Customer Service said you just have to be paid up to date to get an unlock from them.
It may just be that the G2 is on a different carrier band than the carrier you were hoping to use.
Unfortunately, the onus is on you to look it up, I wouldn't expect the customer service for your company to know if your phone will work on their network or not.

so whats the deal ... If I unlock my G2 with a unlock code from TMobile; so I can use it when I head the Philippines on vacation ... I wont be able to get service even with Tmobile ???

There are reports of unlock codes not properly working on the phone all over the place. After entering in the unlock code, some phones simply cannot find a network no matter what SIM is inserted (even one that might have been working before). I met one dealer who said the same thing as your guy (unlock codes can't do that to a phone and people on the internet are stupid), so I had him try inputting in the code himself---the phone became messed up and all he could do was apologize. Some phones work fine though.
You can fix this weird state by running gfree to get subsidy unlock (there are at least two really long threads explaining this). Check out the wiki for instructions on how to do this.

Your phone unlock guy just wanted to get his $30. He knows full well that the carrier-unlock function in HTC VISION is ***DEFECTIVE***.
Problem is that the eMMC chip on the phone is write protected, so the unlock needs to be relayed through to a second mechanism and applied AFTER REBOOT, but it gets corrupted and instead of writing "0000" into the specified location on the eMMC chip, it will in some cases write it ***ENCRYPTED*** -- some function of your unlock code. Ends up being locked to a (most likely non-existent) random carrier, and the unlock code will no longer apply.
Once it has been damaged like this, the ONLY way to fix it is by running "gfree" on it, which would have unlocked you SAFELY and FOR FREE to begin with.
Find the button at the top of the page labeled "wiki" and find HTC VISION in there, and FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS! This will cure your phone.

Wow Android is alot more extensive than windows phone. I'll try th e gfree but I really dont have that much experience on this phone. I barely temp rooted and overclocked this to 1427mHz. And barely reading all the perm root and s-off threads right now... I hope I can do it to mine and my wifes phone without messing something up. I tried abd and I cant seem to get it to work right. When I tried temp rooting. Can I do gfree without a computer can I do everything on the phone without abd???

Well for carrier unlocking, I think you can only do it with adb, but what do I know.

Ok so the one is carrier locked or whatever. I need adb to unlock it? and gfree to unlock my unmessed with one. Where do i find these programs and instructions to use them. Im PC literate but cell phone retarded. thanks in advance! I dont wanna pay to unlock these.....

Ok ive done a little more research. I have the JDK and the SDK kits installed. Im preparing to use GFREE. But now im stuck. my SDK MANAGER says the following error when i try to boot it up.
Failed to execute tools/android.bat:
The system cannot find the file specified
What am i doing wrong? im trying but its a slow process.

Grim4239 said:
Ok ive done a little more research. I have the JDK and the SDK kits installed. Im preparing to use GFREE. But now im stuck. my SDK MANAGER says the following error when i try to boot it up.
Failed to execute tools/android.bat:
The system cannot find the file specified
What am i doing wrong? im trying but its a slow process.
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Navigate to the tools folder and see if there is a file inside called adb.exe. If so, download and unzip both the temp and perm gfree zip files from the wiki into that folder. You should be ready to go. When you connect your phone to the computer via usb be sure that you have the usb debugging checked (on).

Im so lost. the company is willing to refund the amount i spend to unlock the phones, so im just gonna have it done that way. Will the one with the locked carrier be able to be unlocked by a professional?

I got the temp loaded, the ADB loaded, the tools loaded. But this is what comes up
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f140/Diamondx0xEyez/wqeqweqw.jpg

Ok guys. Im desperate. Here is what Id be willing to do.
Im offering $20 to whomever can help me. Heres what I need.
I have 2x HTC G2 That need the FULL UNLOCK. Not the code, THE UNLOCK.
Im told its done thru this GFREE program. I am NOT smart enough to figure this out after days if trying. If someone can do the following thing for me, Ill donate that money straight to your paypal account.
-Send me a ZIP file with ALL THE NECESSDARY folders, with ALL THE NECESSARY files already placed in them, I plug in USB unlock phones, u get paid.
(I need ADK files, JDK files, all gfree files, EVEYRTHING i know itll be a big zip, but im payin so i dont mind)
I am unable to figure out these files, I am either installing the SDK files wrong or something, but I just need the files ALREADY placed in a file and just use them since im too stupid to do so desite reading many guides. Sorry ive tried. Now i just wanna use my phones.

Dramas unlocking HTC Desire

Hi all,
I am giving this a deadline of one week, if I don't have it unlocked in one week I will be putting a video on youtube of the phone being destroyed at my discretion
Hold me to it if you like, its useless to me as is anyway plus it was free so I don't care
I have tried to follow every guide I could find, I have what seems to be a really painful phone.
I cannot get the GOLDCARD done, no such luck, it seems to not see the SD cid at all!
If someone could please give me a link to the most basic guide ( I mean the DUMB guide where if you scratch your nose its in the guide) because I am either missing a step or something is wrong.
Then on top of that my phone is locked to Telstra (an Australia company) and the HBOOT is 0.93.xxxx so I have also tried to downgrade with NO LUCK, again a dumb-dumb guide please because I am over trying to work out whats wrong with this phone.
I have used the Downgrade2.3 and the unrevoked3 plus a few others with no luck.
HELP PLEASE!! i'm losing my mind here
The phone is a month old but I am at the end with it already.

Search for gold card helper on android market, its by far the easiest way
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

There is a sim unlock utility. You do realise that there is a search feature for the forum right?

I do realise there is a search feature on this forum, and after a solid day of searching I have given up looking and posted, I am at the point of make it or break it, either way I will enjoy the outcome

Solution
Try this solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726
No rooting, goldcard or anything else. It took several attempts but I managed to unlock my phone.

Living in Mainland China with HTC + Android

I'm a brand new user to my new HTC Wildfire S and even though I have searched and come across many threads on numerous websites, the language, terms and discussions seem to confuse me. Hopefully here I can possibly find an answer to my question.
I live in Chongqing China. A city in the mainland of China - therefore subject to all the firewalls and bans on international media, news, content, etc. I think Google has exited the market as well. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other "Western" outlets are also blocked. Nonetheless, I'm able to use a VPN on my computer to access these.
Now to my real issue...
I recently bought and HTC Wildfire S with the model number HTC A510e. It is running on Androir 2.3.3. and has HTC Sense version 2.1.
My carrier is China Mobile. I have a normal data package with allows me to text, browse the "internet" and use other Chinese applications. The problem is that I don't have Market. I've tried download the .apk and it doesn't work. I don't know how to "root" my phone (unlock?).
I simply want to be able to get access to Market! I have HTC Marketplace but it is garbage and littered with Chinese applications. I've tried numerous different .apk files called Market but none of them seem to work. I even installed my VPN to my phone and still, I can't access websites like Facebook and YouTube from my phone.
I think my only option is to "root" my phone. I don't know what rooting is or the consequences and if I can do it. I found a bunch of videos on YouTube by a group called 'unrevoked'. Does anyone know if I can follow them or what?
The bottom line is that I just want the Market.apk so I can download some "Western" applications and use them. I don't even have Maps... it's some Chinese application which can't be changed to English.
Any help, ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

It sounds like your best bet would be to 'debrand' your phone to a WWE (worldwide english) version, which has all the regular applications installed. See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142529

Thanks a lot. I read through it but unfortunately, I don't understand a lot of what they are discussing. I need it in laments terms... can you help me out?

We can give it a shot...
At what point are you getting stuck?

I haven't even started. All I have is my mobile phone and the card inside it... I'm assuming I should follow those steps to make it a GoldCard or whatever?

Hello compatriot, Your english is GOOD.
yet, their is not a good way to "root" the s-on phone. Please wait, the root methond is coming out.

Follow the steps in http://android.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/ first to create the Goldcard (this is just a fancy name for a sd-card that has a zip file on it that will allow you to flash a wider selection of signed ROM's - including older versions than what you might currently be running).
Once you have the 'Goldcard' ready, it is in fact a matter of following the steps in the thread I linked to earlier.

Rex_D_W said:
Hello compatriot, Your english is GOOD.
yet, their is not a good way to "root" the s-on phone. Please wait, the root methond is coming out.
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There is no need for Backstrom to root his phone; debranding can be done without root.
Also, what root method would there be coming out soon? Are the people of xda.cn working on some alternative to AlphaRevx?

isn't the htc going to unlock the bootloader by august or september? then that means s-off can root.

jikantaru said:
isn't the htc going to unlock the bootloader by august or september? then that means s-off can root.
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There is no way of knowing that for sure. Now stop derailing the thread.

Debranding from TMobile version to euro is possible with goldcard ?

Sorry I've been busy. I'll get back to you soon! And thanks for offering to help me out!

[Q] Carrier Unlock

I need to carrier unlock my OGP. I have a factory code from ATT. My phone is rooted and running Cyanogenmod 11, which is how I bought it. Now, for the life of me I don't know why anyone would root and flash a rom to a phone prior to unlocking it (for the buck or so that it costs), but thats another story. Anyway, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to take this phone back to stock in order to unlock it ( it will not unlock with the cyanogenmod on it). I've read the guides, etc, but nothing works. The phone absolutely will not connect tosh LG Support tool. Im running windows 8, the drivers are installed, the computer recognizes the phone, but the tool does not. None of the guides say if this method (LGST using options/ recovery requires the phone to be in download mode--in fact, nothing is mentioned about that).
I am completely stumped and would sooo appreciate some help. All I want to do is take it back to stock, then unlock it. I will then worry about rooting it and flashing roms again.
Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to help a complete noob. That said, I have read the guides, tried the methods (although I think I may have an outdated link or tool or something) so anyone willing to help, please just don't point me to a link on this forum. I've been there, tried that, etc.
Allie