Hi, I'm new to this forum. How do I unlock my HTC Wildfire S without paying for it?
If I root it, will I able to unlock it? :S
Welcome to xda-developers.
As in most fora, you should start reading existing threads.
In short:
If you have CDMA device, unlocking without a special hardware has been figured out.
If you have a GSM device, unlocking without the so called XTC-Clip is not yet possible, but first approaches have been made to even unlock those devices.
Probably it's just a matter of time.
Third big hope is, that maybe Wildfire S gets supported by HTC to unlock bootloader. But this won't make Wildfire S S-Off after all, it will just let you install custom roms and root your device. Radio and stuff will be still locked.
So please take your time to read around a bit.
So How do I find out of my device is CDMA or GSM?
gms= sim card
cdma= no sim card
Phone: HTC Wildfire S (Virgin Mobile US) A510c
Rom: stock gb 2.3.4 / sense 2.1, rooted (s-off)
Recovery: still playing around
Hboot: 1.06.0000
I would also recommend *NOT* flashing any of the available custom ROMs available to you at this time. In my uneducated opinion, they are GSM roms, incompatible with CDMA phones. So if you do indeed have a CDMA phone (virgin mobile), as I do, don't flash anythin to it. Rooting should be fine.
true that (already bricked a phone installing cm7)
cdma atm only has 1 rom working but it's got several bugz
Take a look at the website of your provider:
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/network_info/gsm-gprs.html
I guess you have a gsm device.
so not even after htc gave away bootloader unlocking this isn't possible?
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Hello All,
When I first got my desire back in April from Orange UK, I had the default Eclair build. I rooted and moved to a Froyo custom ROm and Radio and found I was locked out of my own network as the ROM was of course De-Branded. At the time I paid and got an unlock code.
I recently had to send my phone back for Warranty repair with HTC and they have returned it to me, once again with the current Orange ROM/Radio versions and having changed some inards, I now have a new IMEI number too. I have so far tried two unlock sites but both came back with a "sorry we don't have a code for that IMEI" and so I am very wary of putting another custom ROM on my device in case I get SIM locked out of my own network again.
My question is this:
I vaguely remember that the issue with Orange users being locked out of their own network when using the debranded froyo ROm's was due to changing the Radio (as we needed a 5.x.x.x radio when moving from ecalir to froyo). Since my current Radio is 32.48.00.32U_5.10.05.30, if I get a custom ROM without Radio and carry on using the one I have (already Froyo compatible) will I be ok or will I get simlocked again?
Many thanks in advance
David
Strange, I always thought ROM had nothing to do with your SIM lock... Maybe it depends on what phone you have because I have SIM unlocked my HTC magic after owning it a year long and then after that installed many different ROMs without being SIM locked again.
Sent from my HTC
You don't need to unlock anymore. Newer radios don't lock orange desires anymore.
I did the exact same thing as you, when I got my second orange desire I didn't need to unlock it.
mercianary said:
You don't need to unlock anymore. Newer radios don't lock orange desires anymore.
I did the exact same thing as you, when I got my second orange desire I didn't need to unlock it.
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Thanks mercinary, does this mean I can choose the radio update with the relevant custom ROM or should I keep the Radio on the device that is there currently?
David
shoemeistah said:
Strange, I always thought ROM had nothing to do with your SIM lock... Maybe it depends on what phone you have because I have SIM unlocked my HTC magic after owning it a year long and then after that installed many different ROMs without being SIM locked again.
Sent from my HTC
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That's generally the case, but in the past flashing a non orange froyo radio on a locked orange desire would lock you out of all networks...including orange. It has not been an issue afaik since orange released froyo, all radios after this point did not lock orange phones.
I wish we knew more about this bug because if the radio can manipulate the phones lock state maybe a custom radio can be made to unlock your phone...that's a big maybe though, and I don't know what I'm talking about
beartiger said:
Thanks mercinary, does this mean I can choose the radio update with the relevant custom ROM or should I keep the Radio on the device that is there currently?
David
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Its up to you. If you've got froyo now the radio will work fine with any rom. I've never had any trouble with my new orange desire, flashed loads of radios.
I think i would have a word with HTC, your phone was unlocked when you sent it to HTC for repair, so it should be unlocked on return to you, even if they have changed the mainboard.
Hi
This might (probably will) sound like a silly question. But I'm looking at getting a Desire HD thats locked to T-Mobile UK (coming from Dell Streak). I've been round a few forums now and I have seen that in order to put a custom rom on it I would need a 'Gold Card' as its sim locked.
Now the question is 'Will getting a gold card for it and installing a custom rom unlock it? Or would it be easier to just get it unlocked before i consider the custom rom?
Thanks
John
Goldcard will not unlock it, it just allows you to use my downgrade guide. Then after downgrading you can use my Radio S-OFF tool (link in signature), which can fully SIM unlock your phone.
Ok thanks for your fast reply. At least I know what I will need to do now
Hey guys,
My dad has stopped using his HTC Desire HD, and I want it unlocked for other networks. It is locked to Orange. After some research, I found some threads including: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528925&page=2 which then took me to something called "attn1 aahk", but I am not sure it is suitable for this phone as they seem to focus on AT & T. Is there anything I have missed?
Otherwise, I am more than happy to buy an unlock code to spare me the trouble. From the UK though, I am not sure what is trustworthy and what actually works. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Use the software for the Desire HD. You'll find lots of guides in the sticky section of the development forum.
Sent from my borthwickator running hummleflug.
He thread you linked to is for unlocking the boot loader. That a has nothing to do with sim unlock. The AAHK will sim unlock your device. If you do use the kit make sure you read the manual and have a properly setup your pc. Or you'll run into trouble.
Hello,
i want to try this root / unlock all in one tool, but it say: Caution- This unlock bootloader and rooting tutorial hardly not permitted for network locked devices, so don’t ever try this update on your network locked devices.
http://androidflip.com/htc-wildfire...stall-drivers-root-lockunlock-bootloader-app/
my htc wildfire S has a t-mobile logo at boot, but other branding except the navigion select install isnt there. how can i identify if its network locked?
my goal is to install a fast custom rom. maybe i am on the wrong way with the all in one installer and there are other possibilitys.
Thanks for answers.
I don't see why not. Mine is network-locked and I've flashed over fifty ROMs on it
It does void your warranty if you unlock the bootloader and get S-OFF, but you can get it S-ON again and relock the bootloader, so that shouldn't be an issue (though there isn't really a way to S-OFF the WFS without XTC-Clip, meaning you can't do that at home anyways).
oke! thx.
but what means s-off / s-on? i cant find it in glossary.
To you, nothing
I don't think we'll ever get it anyway, so it's basically nothing important. It used to be a dream that we could get our warranties back, flash a new radio or h-boot, network-unlock our phones and resize our system partitions, but now it appears all progress towards that dream has halted.
Good evening all,
I am very new to all of this so please be bear with me. I have searched through the forum extensively but haven't been able to find a solution to my problem.
I have an HTC One X (Endeavoru / Tegra 3) which is currently network locked to T-Mobile UK.
I have followed various guides on XDA carefully and successfully unlocked the bootloader using HTCDev code & adb/fastboot, rooted my phone and installed Cyanogenmod 12.0. It is all working perfectly and I'm very happy with the results.
My problem is I want to put in an O2 Sim Card and my phone is locked to T-Mobile UK. I purchased an unlock code for £9.99 (officialunlockcodes.com) and popped in my O2 Sim but after inputting the code into my phone, it said that the unlock was NOT successful and I still get the same message (Network / Perso Lock).
So my first question is, is the fact that my phone is running a custom ROM & unlocked/rooted preventing the unlock code from working?
My second question is a about reverting back to original HTC settings/software in order to unlock the network.
I read on a forum that someone else had issues using an unlock code on a custom ROM with unlocked bootloader. He reverted back to stock ROM and locked the bootloader and it worked for him. He then reinstalled the custom ROM and it was all fine. I have tried (and failed) to do the same but I cannot find any stock ROM or a Nandroid backup that is compatible with my phone.
The version is 3.16.110.6 and the CID is tmob005. Htboot version is 1.39.
I used TWRP Recovery & this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-...avoru-t3022358 for updating to the new storage layout for HTC One X Endeavoru and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-...-12-0-t2976389 for my installation of Cyanogenmod 12.0. (both great resources!)
When I unlocked the bootloader & rooted my phone, I used ClockworkMod as the recovery tool and I did take a back up. However, I foolishly wiped my SD card & storage before I updated to the new storage layout (and changed to TWRP recovery tool) when I was installing Cyanogenmod 12.0 a few days later so as far as I'm aware, I can't simply restore my original ROM.
Does anyone have any ideas? Ideally, all I want to do is unlock the carrier/network and continue using my phone as it is with Cyanogenmod 12.0 but if I need to revert back to stock ROM to unlock the network, I'm prepared to do that. I just don't know how as I've searched through the collections and archives here and can't find a stock ROM or Nandroid backup that's compatible. I may be getting myself very confused on this as I don't really understand CID so I hope I've not missed anything obvious.
I've also tried achieving S-OFF with firewater & rumrunner but it fails and from what I can tell through various threads and research, S-OFF isn't possible yet for my model of HTC One X.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much Amber
shadowkit10 said:
Good evening all,
I am very new to all of this so please be bear with me. I have searched through the forum extensively but haven't been able to find a solution to my problem.
I have an HTC One X (Endeavoru / Tegra 3) which is currently network locked to T-Mobile UK.
I have followed various guides on XDA carefully and successfully unlocked the bootloader using HTCDev code & adb/fastboot, rooted my phone and installed Cyanogenmod 12.0. It is all working perfectly and I'm very happy with the results.
My problem is I want to put in an O2 Sim Card and my phone is locked to T-Mobile UK. I purchased an unlock code for £9.99 (officialunlockcodes.com) and popped in my O2 Sim but after inputting the code into my phone, it said that the unlock was NOT successful and I still get the same message (Network / Perso Lock).
So my first question is, is the fact that my phone is running a custom ROM & unlocked/rooted preventing the unlock code from working?
My second question is a about reverting back to original HTC settings/software in order to unlock the network.
I read on a forum that someone else had issues using an unlock code on a custom ROM with unlocked bootloader. He reverted back to stock ROM and locked the bootloader and it worked for him. He then reinstalled the custom ROM and it was all fine. I have tried (and failed) to do the same but I cannot find any stock ROM or a Nandroid backup that is compatible with my phone.
The version is 3.16.110.6 and the CID is tmob005. Htboot version is 1.39.
I used TWRP Recovery & this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-...avoru-t3022358 for updating to the new storage layout for HTC One X Endeavoru and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-...-12-0-t2976389 for my installation of Cyanogenmod 12.0. (both great resources!)
When I unlocked the bootloader & rooted my phone, I used ClockworkMod as the recovery tool and I did take a back up. However, I foolishly wiped my SD card & storage before I updated to the new storage layout (and changed to TWRP recovery tool) when I was installing Cyanogenmod 12.0 a few days later so as far as I'm aware, I can't simply restore my original ROM.
Does anyone have any ideas? Ideally, all I want to do is unlock the carrier/network and continue using my phone as it is with Cyanogenmod 12.0 but if I need to revert back to stock ROM to unlock the network, I'm prepared to do that. I just don't know how as I've searched through the collections and archives here and can't find a stock ROM or Nandroid backup that's compatible. I may be getting myself very confused on this as I don't really understand CID so I hope I've not missed anything obvious.
I've also tried achieving S-OFF with firewater & rumrunner but it fails and from what I can tell through various threads and research, S-OFF isn't possible yet for my model of HTC One X.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much Amber
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I am not reading hole post but I will say few word.
1. No S-OFF for HOX international Tegra
2. For SIM unlock you must be complete stock to work and if you take the code from internet have 95% chance to not work
Thant said:
I am not reading hole post but I will say few word.
1. No S-OFF for HOX international Tegra
2. For SIM unlock you must be complete stock to work and if you take the code from internet have 95% chance to not work
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Hi.
I have HTC One X (Endeavoru / htc_europe).
It is S-OFF and supercid 11111111.
Is it possible to remove the operator's SIM lock?
If yes - please advise or give links and I will read them.
I was not able to find a working way to do it.
Hope someone could help.