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Hi,
I just purchased HTC Diamond via Rogers Canada, i tried unlocking it via the Internet, unforuntaly he could not do it.
What is the best way to unlock my HTC, i also would like to instal SKYPE, Rogers also blocked it.
I am very new in that therefore detailed help will be very appreciated
Alon
Alonco said:
Hi,
I just purchased HTC Diamond via Rogers Canada, i tried unlocking it via the Internet, unforuntaly he could not do it.
What is the best way to unlock my HTC, i also would like to instal SKYPE, Rogers also blocked it.
I am very new in that therefore detailed help will be very appreciated
Alon
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Hi
Try this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php
or this:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/
Try this
If you're a noob like myself,
I suggest you used code unlocker because people say it's safe and using flash or other softwares have chances of bricking your phone. Especially when not skilled like you and myself, I wouldn't try unlocking it myself. Also, when you flash it, they say that your phone gets reset, therefore you will lose some data in your phone. If you like to though, I guess you can. Try this link, I just failed to find the 'Hard spl' and I believe this file is used to flash your phone although I'm assuming you don't really know what I'm talking about.
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/index.php/t-614384.html
If you want to use the code, do this:
Through ebay/kijiji or etc, you can find people where they sell codes and instructions.
I am also considering to unlock my phone so I have done some research and I found this website.
http://www.buyinnet.com/index.asp
or you could try this one too.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/unlock-code-ROGE...14&_trkparms=72:1215|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
I'm pretty sure you can find many other ones tho.
I heard from many people that unlocking with the code is very safe so I suggest you do it this way.
I hope this helped!
I found a program to unlock mine, just run it and it pop'd up saying unlocked, using orange branded phone now unlocked, think I just searched unlocking diamond on google and one of the sites had a program to do it, can't say it hasn't damanged it but since running it can now use my simcard in it
don't know the name of it, spent a good while looking forsomething to do it mind, don't think i still have it either (forgot to backup everything before trying out windows 7!)
Instead of using risky software go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3334617&postcount=488
And follow instructions for free unlocking - this will NOT security unlock your phone, only SIM.
And search the net. Solution is there. I don't want to post other links, because they are "politically incorrect".
Good luck.
P.S. EXTREMELY important. If you have GSM phone NEVER EVER use the unlocker from ppcgeeks - it's for CDMA ONLY and will properly brick your phone (requiring change of the mainboard).
I'm seeing this in many different colors and I can't get this to gear up...
I already saw this thread HERE but it's for the Xperia X10...
Simply put, I want to have FreeXperia CM7 on my currently rooted Verizon CDMA Xperia Play R800x, but seeing all of this random stuff jumbled in the Development forum are driving me crazy... Before the Play, I had the LG Vortex, in which all you had to do was root the phone, and flash the All-In-One recovery for the Vortex through the terminal emulator from the market, and a friend of mine was using ROM Manager on his phone and the Xperia Play isn't even supported. Everything just doesn't seem like a "One-Click" and go anymore. Can anyone just lead me to the right files and direction to match my phone please?
Here is exactly what's on my About Phone menu.
Model Number: R800x
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: 7X30A-AAABQMAZM-1290_10-03
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1
Build Number: 3.0.1.E.0.88
EDIT: I'm also using Ubuntu Linux, not Windows, if that can help.
Me to don't no what to do
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You need to unlock your bootloader and install the clockworkmod recovery partition. After you have CWM you can install custom roms. The bootloader unlock is done by a user here called Alejandrissimo, for 24 dollars US. Do a search for his username and send a pm.
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captain67 said:
You need to unlock your bootloader and install the clockworkmod recovery partition. After you have CWM you can install custom roms. The bootloader unlock is done by a user here called Alejandrissimo, for 24 dollars US. Do a search for his username and send a pm.
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That's a bit expensive for just installing a recovery isn't it? If that's the only possible way, then I'll look into it.
You're not paying for the installation of recovery - you're paying to enable fastboot and unlock the bootloader on your r800x. I see you've come from a different manufacturer's device so here's my first tip of advice to you - forget everything you've learned about modding Android in the past. Sounds a little harsh, right? Well....
You need to understand that all carrier branded / sim locked Xperia Plays come with fastboot disabled. Because fastboot is disabled you cannot unlock your bootloader even using the Sony Ericsson approved bootloader unlocking method. So, you're probably thinking "great, now what?" Well, that's where Alejandrissimo comes into play....
There is a utility called SEtool that has the ability to interface with Xperia phones and enable fastboot, unlock the SIM and unlock the bootloader. There are two catches though. SEtool only works with the use of a proprietary USB hardware dongle and the SEtool user must purchase "unlock credits" in order to use the software. I'm dead serious.
So, Alejandrissimo (and another user by the name of Jinx13) actually has the dongle and can purchase unlock credits. In a nutshell, what happens is you send a PM to Alejandrissimo, setup a time so that he can remote control your computer, install some software onto your machine that allows for the use of the USB dongle over network (how else would you be able to use a hardware dongle you don't have?) and remote control of your machine..... kick back and let Alejandrissimo drive. You can see everything he's doing and he gives you some very simple instructions you need to follow to get the job done (it involves using a wire to create a bridge between a testpoint and a ground point on your phone and clicking on stuff when he tells you to).
Alejandrissimo is a very nice and patient person who has gained the trust of many people here at XDA so you can rest assured you'll receive excellent service from him.
You need to do some research for yourself so you understand the process though. visit his thread HERE.
So, once you get fastboot enabled and the bootloader on your phone unlocked you'll be ready to run ClockworkMod Recovery for your Play. From there, you'll be able to flash the CM7 kernel, the CM7 ROM and Google Apps.
I guess what I'm trying to say is forget everything you learned about modding Android cause it just isn't the same when dealing with Xperia devices.
Good luck.
I agree, Xperia models are nothing like the rest. I found it VERY confusing at first since all my previous experience was from the very first Samsung Galaxy (i7500).
Unfortunately, Android's wide variety of manufacturers and versions causes some inconsistencies.. it gives us a learning curve when switching devices, but the overall freedom is worth it, compared to closed source OS's like iOS and Blackberry.
The best thing you can do is read, then read some more.. These forums are an enormous bank of knowledge. You just need to know where to look, and who to ask.
Sent from the best phone ever
Okay, that all makes sense. Thank you!
Do google know that we've unlocked the bootloader? (as Sony do as they ask for email adresses etc and confirm the ulock)
Wondering about warranty.
there is a notice about unlocking of bootloader may violate warranty . thing is it is stated in a somewhat vague manner, it is not like CAUTION YOU ARE ABOUT TO VIOLATE WARRANTY but rather worded like you may be in violation of warranty. anyway, i think it does violate and yes there is most likely a software switch that sets a value in hardware register which can be recovered to determine that the bootloader was unlocked. if you have the least bit of concern do not unlock.
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there is a notice about unlocking of bootloader may violate warranty . thing is it is stated in a somewhat vague manner, it is not like CAUTION YOU ARE ABOUT TO VIOLATE WARRANTY but rather worded like you may be in violation of warranty. anyway, i think it does violate and yes there is most likely a software switch that sets a value in hardware register which can be recovered to determine that the bootloader was unlocked. if you have the least bit of concern do not unlock.
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Ok thanks.
One last google noob question; does rooting usually need an unlocked bootloader?
On xperia root is more difficult to achieve with a locked bootloader, but can be done, thanks to the devs.
I guess I will read the 6P thread to get a feel for the situation.
Cheers again.
i do not know if it is possible, in practice as far as i know it is necessary to unlock if any modification is wanted. recently it is popular to gain root without mod of /system partition. hopefully that is what is achieved with the pixel c.
edit: never done this but, fastboot boot recovery recovery.img then flash a superuser from temp recovery. however it seems you would still be restricted from mod of /system
in future.
dkryder said:
i do not know if it is possible, in practice as far as i know it is necessary to unlock if any modification is wanted. recently it is popular to gain root without mod of /system partition. hopefully that is what is achieved with the pixel c.
edit: never done this but, fastboot boot recovery recovery.img then flash a superuser from temp recovery. however it seems you would still be restricted from mod of /system
in future.
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If you use fastboot boot then you do not need to specify a partition (only if using fasboot flash *partition* image.img).
The device is still very new but im sure a custom recovery will be released soon so an easy root can be achieved.
MArk.
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If you use fastboot boot then you do not need to specify a partition (only if using fasboot flash *partition* image.img).
The device is still very new but im sure a custom recovery will be released soon so an easy root can be achieved.
MArk.
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I sure hope so. That's one of the only things keeping me from buying it already. It's kind of worrisome that the development forums are almost completely dead (save for the one thread trying to get root without a custom recovery, of course). I guess I'm just spoiled by using only Nexus devices, so having very active development is usually the norm.
well, the thing was only a rumor about sales start up until a report in a german site on 12/5 or so that sales would start 12/8 and then on 12/8 a confirm that at 1pm eastern u.s.a. sales would begin. talk about giving people a decent notice about a device this pixel c was a new low for google. it's almost they decided to sell them as android tablet at last moment instead of tossing in trash as a complete failure as chrome os tablet so, yeah, it will take a while for anyone that has skill to develop this device to ante up the funds and take delivery. if bootloader remains locked and boot temp recovery to flash supersu does that restrict the root in any way? i am just curious about this as my bootloader is unlocked.
Hi! I'm here with a XT1635-01, the Verizon variant, and as we all know the bootloader is locked to all hell. I'm really looking to flash LOS on here and I was hoping we had some sort of progress.
Here is an article I read today on a supposed bootloader exploit (possibly including the Moto Z 1st-gen series) that allows for a custom boot image to be uploaded into the device RAM without modifying the original boot image. Now, I don't know if this is equal to booting unsigned boot images such as custom recoveries and such, but this may lead us a step closer to at least getting a custom recovery on this device WITHOUT unlocking the bootloader. This can also quite easily allow us to root, although I don't think custom firmware will be supported using this method, as the locked bootloader and FRP will still prevent that from happening.
I'm hoping to do some testing tonight on this theory, but if I'm right, this can open a wide range of possibilities for us. I'm also working on cracking the bootloader at the moment, but that will take much longer. If I could figure out what that third line means in the unlock data (see this post), maybe we can finally have an unlocked bootloader. Until then, shoot me any ideas you guys may have!
If you want to help, please PM me the output of the commands
Code:
fastboot oem get_unlock_data
and
Code:
fastboot getvar all
(P.S. I also had another idea although I'm more skeptical about it. If we could change the CID from 0x0002 to 0x0001 or another supported CID, we could theoretically request the unlock code from Moto assuming that this modifies the output of
Code:
fastboot oem get_unlock_data
to accommodate this change. This is only theoretical, and while it has been previously mentioned by other users, I don't think this method is realistic. As far as my knowledge extends in this plane of Android development, the CID has nothing to do with the bootloader or unlocking it at all, nor do I think it has any effect on the output of that command. Unless the command uses the CID as some sort of keyhash for the third line (also a possibility?), I don't think we will get anywhere with this. Just a thought, though!)
Cool! I hope we find a way. Sounds interesting
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https://www.google.nl/amp/s/forum.x...d-to-flash-twrp-recovery-unlock-t3473294/amp/
Are you referring to this?
SupahCookie said:
https://www.google.nl/amp/s/forum.x...d-to-flash-twrp-recovery-unlock-t3473294/amp/
Are you referring to this?
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I actually looked into this method before I tried anything else, but unless we can find a way to resign a TWRP image with the stock recovery image signature, flashing an entire ROM with the recovery.img replaced with an untouched TWRP image will work but will fail only at the recovery stage, as this bootloader checks not only the signature of the ROM, but it's components as well. I'm doing my best to try and find a bootloader exploit that will allow us to boot into TWRP temporarily, effectively allowing us to permanently flash the TWRP image.
I'm on the December 1st security patch. Try looking for any vulnerability possible with this bootloader and I'll keep working at it. The link in the OP (the article linked at the top of the post) feels like a step in the right direction, but as for how to use this vulnerability for our own devious uses, I am unsure.
Regards,
James
I know how to do it but it costs about $200 per phone. Chances are, developing an exploit will be more costly in time than my solution.
Sounds promising. Hope to hear more about this.
Sell the Verizon version on Swappa for $174, pitch in $56 and buy the Moto version for $230. Problem solved for even less than $200 now.
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Sell the Verizon version on Swappa for $174, pitch in $56 and buy the Moto version for $230. Problem solved for even less than $200 now.
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Yea I am going to get ~$200 out of mine as it is in Mint condition and I did a little customizing to the UI. When i come around to finding another one of these cheap I will def get non Verizon.
I got mine for only $50 !! The pawn shop thought that the phone's home button didnt work and what they didn't realize is that it is a fingerprint scanner not a home button. Muahahaa.. For once the working guy gets the upperhand with pawnshops. Usually they are screwing you! :good:
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larsdennert said:
Sell the Verizon version on Swappa for $174, pitch in $56 and buy the Moto version for $230. Problem solved for even less than $200 now.
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Hmm post didnt go through.
I guess I am going to sell mine for $200 and then when i come across a non verizon variant for cheap I will buy it and customize it all. I got lucky with mine. I only paid $50!! from a pawnshop who thought that the home button was stuck. What they didn't realize is that wasn't a home button... It was the fingerprint reader. Muahaha. For once the working guy gets the upperhand at a pawn shop and doesn't get screwed like usual. :good:
Great
Finally at least someone with good knowledge and will to work on these phones, seems other have lost hope already, so it's like bootloader's are encrypted? And digging in deep, breaking it seems impossible, I m trying to learn this stuff as I want my device rooted no matter what! These devices have great specs but without root it's not like I m in control of it, I can't test amazing light weight custom ROMs, I hope its not forgotten
Any news about this dudes?
news?
Okay guys apparently I'm too much of the little guy to post this in the dev part. However, I did a search and came accross an eng bootloader or what claims to be for the galaxy s10+. I'm not sure as to the legitimacy of this file, but figured it was worth putting out there. I helped or tried to help when the S8 came out as well. Anyway once I get it uploaded somewhere, I will post the file.
Okay just an FYI this is said to be the eng bootloader from PakFirmware and said to be for G975U
Bootloader filehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1c3gDQ6vi99NsRS3cZzVkR2C_vzNIPL-s/view?usp=drivesdk
Bootloader RAR filehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1wG1d0eK6hBnL6-N1SimEIwvKiC2G8YcY/view?usp=drivesdk
If anyone is curious as to where the file came from it was from herehttps://www.google.com/amp/s/pakfirmware.com/2019/02/samsung-s10-sm-g975u-eng-boot-file/amp/
Here is the link to the combination from file with supposed eng bootloader included https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XeL8KfP255QJD0Txv5B79Edneb4SEaY-/view?usp=drivesdk
First of all, I bet you $20 right now it's not, it's just the same combination boot file that comes in every single combination rom.
Second of all, even if it is and I am wrong, it won't help as you won't be able to boot it. Samsung phones require special certificates to allow them to boot eng firmware, and those certificates essentially oem unlock the device anyway. I know this because I have an s8+ that happens to possess one. But before you ask, the certificates are tied cryptographically to the imei and did numbers of the device they are issued for, so finding one for another device won't help you
As has been stated ad nauseum, the USA Samsung devices aren't rootable anymore. People who want rooted Samsungs should purchase the exynos (SM-G975F/D), or international snapdragon (SM-G9750) models
While the above may be true, I was merely trying to help and by no means am I a developer. I, however do not believe that US variant SD Samsung phones are not rootable. There have been countless times before where people have made that statement and yet root has come to fruition, albeit may take a considerable amount of time and effort. Many US customers are unable to buy international variants and are stuck with what we can get. So with that being said, I hope that I am not being too pushy with regards to your statement, I just refuse to be pessimistic when it comes to development and root efforts. The galaxy s8 had root even though it took some time, yet it was suppose to be unrootable. I just like to think that regardless of people saying it "can't " is a motivator to challenge development and experiment.
You two should work with @elliwigy and his root project! He could use some assistance & expertise & team! Cheers
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While the above may be true, I was merely trying to help and by no means am I a developer. I, however do not believe that US variant SD Samsung phones are not rootable. There have been countless times before where people have made that statement and yet root has come to fruition, albeit may take a considerable amount of time and effort. Many US customers are unable to buy international variants and are stuck with what we can get. So with that being said, I hope that I am not being too pushy with regards to your statement, I just refuse to be pessimistic when it comes to development and root efforts. The galaxy s8 had root even though it took some time, yet it was suppose to be unrootable. I just like to think that regardless of people saying it "can't " is a motivator to challenge development and experiment.
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S10 COMBINATION file Restrictions flash
Unless get token
steady.bin flash!
Game over!
ait1071 said:
While the above may be true, I was merely trying to help and by no means am I a developer. I, however do not believe that US variant SD Samsung phones are not rootable. There have been countless times before where people have made that statement and yet root has come to fruition, albeit may take a considerable amount of time and effort. Many US customers are unable to buy international variants and are stuck with what we can get. So with that being said, I hope that I am not being too pushy with regards to your statement, I just refuse to be pessimistic when it comes to development and root efforts. The galaxy s8 had root even though it took some time, yet it was suppose to be unrootable. I just like to think that regardless of people saying it "can't " is a motivator to challenge development and experiment.
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I am aware, as I was the last person to root one. Changes came with the s9 family that closed the last remaining doors. As you can see by looking the s9 or s9+ were never rooted. The s10 won't be either
Found something
Ok so i found something that might be of some use it says its an eng boot file but idk if its legit or not so if someone can check it out it would be very much appreciated heres the link: https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=folder&id=42678
Chibisuke1219 said:
Ok so i found something that might be of some use it says its an eng boot file but idk if its legit or not so if someone can check it out it would be very much appreciated heres the link: https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=folder&id=42678
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It's not. In 100 out of 100 times you find these online they are just the combination bootloader repackaged with this incorrect name, because they can be used to bypass frp in some cases.
I don't know why you are looking for the eng bootloader anyway. Even in the incredibly unlikely scenario you found the real one, it won't help you because devices past the s7 won't boot them anyway without a special certificate that your phone doesn't have (because it effectively unlocks your bootloader anyway)
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S10 COMBINATION file Restrictions flash
Unless get token
steady.bin flash!
Game over!
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Man, if only we were able to find and use the ENG firmware! Even if anyone is able to find ENG firmware, they will not be able to use it as @partcyborg already pointed out.. You would need some sort of ENG Token to convert your device into an ENG device which as he also stated would in itself be like unlocking the bootloader.. If you know anyone or any company that is able to convert devices to eng devices (I highly doubt it) then please let us know.
Last I heard if you could even find anyone that is able to sell you an ENG cert/token that they are very expensive...
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It's not. In 100 out of 100 times you find these online they are just the combination bootloader repackaged with this incorrect name, because they can be used to bypass frp in some cases.
I don't know why you are looking for the eng bootloader anyway. Even in the incredibly unlikely scenario you found the real one, it won't help you because devices past the s7 won't boot them anyway without a special certificate that your phone doesn't have (because it effectively unlocks your bootloader anyway)
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haha yes, that irritates the CRAP out of me... its like the entire internet doesn't know the difference between "ENG" and "FACTORY" sometimes..
to add, factory firmware will not allow you to root your device. It is only typically "debuggable" (no it isn't a userdebug and if you don't know what this means then it probably won't help you either), permissive and verity disabled.
ENG firmware typically will have "eng" in its name and 5th letter from right to left will typically be an E (for ENG.)
To top it off, most of the world can't even flash factory firmware onto g975u.... I think people should focus on figuring that out before anything.. if not, the world is doooooomed
On a side note: The S8/S8+ SamPWND root did use some ENG firmware (this was of course released after the S7).. Mainly we used the ENG system which has SU binaries by default.. but I can 100% tell you even if we did come across ENG firmware, we can no longer flash the system without ENG token/cert...
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Man, if only we were able to find and use the ENG firmware! Even if anyone is able to find ENG firmware, they will not be able to use it as @partcyborg already pointed out.. You would need some sort of ENG Token to convert your device into an ENG device which as he also stated would in itself be like unlocking the bootloader.. If you know anyone or any company that is able to convert devices to eng devices (I highly doubt it) then please let us know.
Last I heard if you could even find anyone that is able to sell you an ENG cert/token that they are very expensive...
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$600 USD per device for the s8/s8+. That is after the company plops down $25k up front just to set everything up.
It's likely priced this way specifically to make it virtually impossible to do things like give them out on XDA
I think elliwigy has rooted the S9. S10 will be very very hard to do if not impossible.
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*cough* Just figured I'd leak some protected Samsung AT commands here for you guys to crack that 'cryptography'
AT+ENGMODES=0,
AT+ENGMODES=1,
AT+ENGMODES=2,2,
AT+ENGMODES=8,0,0
AT+ENGMODES=8,0,1
AT+ENGMODES=8,0,2
AT+ENGMODES=8,0,3
AT+DEVROOTK=
AT+DEVROOTK=1,0,0
AT+DEVROOTK=1,1,0
AT+DEVROOTK=2,0,
AT+DEVROOTK=2,1,
AT+DEVROOTK=2,2,
AT+DEVROOTK=2,3,
AT+DEVROOTK=2,4,
AT+DEVROOTK=2,5,
AT+DEVROOTK=2,6,
AT+DEVROOTK=2,7,
Both of these commands have something to do with the eng bootloader being switched.
AT+REACTIVE may also be part of it
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these arent secret or helpful
Seems at this rate we would need a Samsung phone tech to get root.