About sim unlock and re-lock - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development

Hi,
I've been reading alot in the forum and the wiki for preperations for dumping, reconstructing, cooking and flashing...
You might have noticed to some dumb questions from time to time
In order to flash i need to hard spl, then I can flash.
But what about the sim lock? Does it matter?
I couldnt understand that!
And if it does, and I need to simunlock the device,
Can I undo that in the future?
Does it depand on the radio version?
And if it does, can I dump the current radio I have and when I'll flash it in the future it will lock my device as it is now?

eranyanay said:
Hi,
I've been reading alot in the forum and the wiki for preperations for dumping, reconstructing, cooking and flashing...
You might have noticed to some dumb questions from time to time
In order to flash i need to hard spl, then I can flash.
But what about the sim lock? Does it matter?
I couldnt understand that!
And if it does, and I need to simunlock the device,
Can I undo that in the future?
Does it depand on the radio version?
And if it does, can I dump the current radio I have and when I'll flash it in the future it will lock my device as it is now?
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You need hard spl to guarantee you don't brick your device while changing the rom. It is possible to revert back to your original spl, rom and radio. Sim unlock is only necessary if you want to change your provider, i.e. O2/T-Mobile etc.

TheCuriousOne said:
You need hard spl to guarantee you don't brick your device while changing the rom. It is possible to revert back to your original spl, rom and radio. Sim unlock is only necessary if you want to change your provider, i.e. O2/T-Mobile etc.
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I see,
And if I dont want to change anything regarding sim lock,
Any change of radio or anyhting else might do that "on the go" ?

eranyanay said:
I see,
And if I dont want to change anything regarding sim lock,
Any change of radio or anyhting else might do that "on the go" ?
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To the best of my knowledge, it is virtually impossible to accidentally change the sim lock, at least I've never heard of it happening.

well, thank you very much!!

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Perma- CID Unlock?

I know there's the free CID unlock method... it works well and I've done it a number of times already. I'm thinking though tat I'd rather pay (if necessary) to just permanently CID unlock my phone so I don't have to hassle with it every time I want to install a new ROM.
My phone is already SIM unlocked. Is there a service out there that'll just CID unlock for me (since I don't need the SIM unlock)??
Thanks for the info!
I think is impossible to make a permanent CID unlock simply because the files from new ROM are always locked . But I can't understand the problem here - just one click and the phone is onlocked again. I make unlock after new Flash, but not before Flash, coz I am always shure that i will flash again tomorow.
In fact I doesn't restart after unlock (I know I know this is procedure, but I can Flash without restart after unlock).
SirKeats said:
I know there's the free CID unlock method... it works well and I've done it a number of times already. I'm thinking though tat I'd rather pay (if necessary) to just permanently CID unlock my phone so I don't have to hassle with it every time I want to install a new ROM.
My phone is already SIM unlocked. Is there a service out there that'll just CID unlock for me (since I don't need the SIM unlock)??
Thanks for the info!
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Is the CID unlock (e.g. from IMEI check) permanent? Or do you have to re-run some program after each ROM flash?
uccellino said:
Is the CID unlock (e.g. from IMEI check) permanent? Or do you have to re-run some program after each ROM flash?
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The CID unlock from IMEI-check should be permanent. The CID bypass program that most of us use is the one that needs to be redone with every flash. I don't mind though. As littleclown was saying above, it only takes a few seconds to run the bypass and your phone is "flash-able" again.

MDA Compact III/Artemis is bricked!!

Hi guys I have a MDA Compact III and after flashing it bricked and won't start anymore. I can get into the bootloader(IPL 1.13.0001 SPL 1.13.0000). I've tried a lot of roms but it won't work. I keep getting the ERROR [300] Use a newer update utility .
I even tried the Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing, but i wont update. http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing
I think that my mda is still CID locked. I thougt it was unlocked.
has someone a solution for this problem. thanks.
solution, maybe. Enter brick into search under arte upgr. forum. 100x already at least 10threads.
phsnake said:
solution, maybe. Enter brick into search under arte upgr. forum. 100x already at least 10threads.
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I know I already searched my solution wasnt there
Have you tried flashing the original carrier rom ?
illusion786 said:
Have you tried flashing the original carrier rom ?
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yes i already tried...
Your mobile is locked. SPL for unlocked is 1.11.0000. Did you try to run USPL while in bootloader?
freco: waste of time, before flashing USPL it must be in Async. USPL uses to "flash itself" some kind of fake bootloader. To enter this fake bootldr some files must be copied to device thru pdocwrite, in bootloader they cant.
pdocwrite
phsnake said:
freco: waste of time, before flashing USPL it must be in Async. USPL uses to "flash itself" some kind of fake bootloader. To enter this fake bootldr some files must be copied to device thru pdocwrite, in bootloader they cant.
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Explain me.About pdocwrite Step by Step please.
wrong person 2 ask, i dont know how exactly it works. But i think it has direct access to DOC(its equivalent 2 FAT).... But if U cannot connect Async its useless
Can someone still help please?

security htc touch pro 2?

OK Ive been to Oli's thread and it has a link for cid, sim, security unlocker just wanted to know if there is a link somewhere on this forum or another that allows me to just download a security unlocker only. dont really care for sim unlock or cid unlocker.
DroidFreek said:
OK Ive been to Oli's thread and it has a link for cid, sim, security unlocker just wanted to know if there is a link somewhere on this forum or another that allows me to just download a security unlocker only. dont really care for sim unlock or cid unlocker.
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in the unlocker you can choose to just unlock security
cmonex said:
in the unlocker you can choose to just unlock security
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Thanks a lot cmonex i know i should not be asking this question but is it possible to flash a radio via SD card method like flashing a ROM. Ive always wanted to know this because one of my tp2"s have a bad usb.
DroidFreek said:
Thanks a lot cmonex i know i should not be asking this question but is it possible to flash a radio via SD card method like flashing a ROM. Ive always wanted to know this because one of my tp2"s have a bad usb.
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yes you can flash it from SD.

question about unlocking !!!!!!!!

I have unlocked my DHD via a code. my question is:
Do I have to re-unlock my DHD after I change the rom????
You shouldn't have to, no. I guess it might depend on the method used to unlock, but usually the change made to unlock a phone is not affected by any ROM you might flash.
You dont need this. When change your rom, your lock status dont change anytime.

[Q] Gio doesn't prompt for unlock code

I flashed the cm9 and my phone shows no service and doesn't prompt for unlock code. all the others rom i had asked me to imput, but not cm9, so now i can't make calls/text.
btw i have the code, i dont know how to input as it doesnt prompt for one like usual
anyway to fix this or manually put in unlock code?
Do wipe
tried that, didnt work :/
This may be stupid question, but is airplane mode turned on?
Sent from my HTC Optimus Ray S
Most custom roms do not have the ability to perform this operation. The only way to unlock is to use odin to flash back to a stock ROM. I havent been able to unlock my phone either for this very reason.
Did you put in the sim card that you want to unlock?
I came up with this untested idea a few weeks ago, that would allow an unlock on a phone running AOSP/CM...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23488092&postcount=12
thank you all, but didnt work so far, maybe because i have the canadian version (5660M) :/
Then you would be not able to use bluetooth, Wi-Fi and screen rotation, because of different drivers. But the rest should work just fine...
bump, any way to make phone ask for unlock code? i really want to use ics on my gio, but sim not working is a dealbreaker for me :/
alkspo said:
bump, any way to make phone ask for unlock code? i really want to use ics on my gio, but sim not working is a dealbreaker for me :/
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Did you try darkshado's method? Cause other than that it is IMPOSSIBLE to do. Sorry.
Oh and instead of making a new thread, i have my own question. I know you only have a limited number of sim unlock attempts. Lets say 3 just cause. If i input the correct unlock code, does it count as an attempt? or do only the wrong numbers count as attempts?
AlwaysDroid said:
Did you try darkshado's method? Cause other than that it is IMPOSSIBLE to do. Sorry.
Oh and instead of making a new thread, i have my own question. I know you only have a limited number of sim unlock attempts. Lets say 3 just cause. If i input the correct unlock code, does it count as an attempt? or do only the wrong numbers count as attempts?
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from my experience, i believe it doesn't count as an attempt when you get it correct, its like unlocking your phone with pattern/pin, it only counts the wrong ones, and once you unlock it, the attempt meter restarts
Wait,
Does this mean that if you're phone was previously sim-unlocked, it gets
re-locked when you flash CM9 ??
That would be a real bummer. I sim-unlocked my phone using the BML5 method
and flash a couple of stock roms using Odin, and never got the question for an unlock code again.
Do all custom roms re-lock your phone ??
Sorry for hijacking your topic. Hope you figure it out.
WalkerOfTheDay said:
Wait,
Does this mean that if you're phone was previously sim-unlocked, it gets
re-locked when you flash CM9 ??
That would be a real bummer. I sim-unlocked my phone using the BML5 method
and flash a couple of stock roms using Odin, and never got the question for an unlock code again.
Do all custom roms re-lock your phone ??
Sorry for hijacking your topic. Hope you figure it out.
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im not sure if it is cm9 that locks it or maybe i was just unlucky once, i will try it again when i get my phone which is in factory as i broke the microsd slot
and no, not all custom roms, as i used plenty, only the cm roms (7, 7.2,9) have locked in my experience, but like i said before, maybe i was unlucky
Solution
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alkspo said:
im not sure if it is cm9 that locks it or maybe i was just unlucky once, i will try it again when i get my phone which is in factory as i broke the microsd slot
and no, not all custom roms, as i used plenty, only the cm roms (7, 7.2,9) have locked in my experience, but like i said before, maybe i was unlucky
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Hi , is your phone sim locked or do you have a pin code on your simcard ? if the pin is on your simcard then the solution is to flash a stock rom and disable the simcard lock then flash a custom rom , I had the same issue with my HTC wildfire a couple of years ago

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