Hi, Sorry, this is a noob question, but...
I know that rooting and unlocking are different things. And I know that unlocking a phone does not give you a rooted phone. But does a rooting a phone give you an unlocked phone.
In other words, I have rooted my W and installed a custom rom. Does this mean I can put another sim in it?
tmcthree said:
Hi, Sorry, this is a noob question, but...
I know that rooting and unlocking are different things. And I know that unlocking a phone does not give you a rooted phone. But does a rooting a phone give you an unlocked phone.
In other words, I have rooted my W and installed a custom rom. Does this mean I can put another sim in it?
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Rooting doesnt unlock the phone. Locking/Unlocking resides in a different memory area and its not affected by custom Rom.
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Hey guys, I'm looking to load CM7.1 onto my xperia play from Rogers but I just need a little clarification on the process. In the instructions it says the phone needs to be rooted. Now I know usually rooting the phone comes hand in hand with unlocking the bootloader, but of course with gingerbreak that wasn't true.
So I just want to know, do I need to unlock the bootloader as well or can I just use the gingerbreak root?
Zargari said:
Hey guys, I'm looking to load CM7.1 onto my xperia play from Rogers but I just need a little clarification on the process. In the instructions it says the phone needs to be rooted. Now I know usually rooting the phone comes hand in hand with unlocking the bootloader, but of course with gingerbreak that wasn't true.
So I just want to know, do I need to unlock the bootloader as well or can I just use the gingerbreak root?
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You don't need to be rooted. But you do need an unlocked bootloader.
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?
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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
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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
Hi there guys, im sorry if this is already asked, i have been searching but my english is not great and i havent found anything regarding this matter, i have an htc one x international version, it is locked by carrier, my carrier, i am wondering, if i install a custom rom like viperx, wich is the one i want, will i have any problem regarding the fact that it is lock by my carrier? i do have the sim of the carrier coz i use it, but i dont want to mess up, thank you all in advance!
Yes you can use it, the only thing you might lose is the phones warranty because you have to unlock the bootloader.
Thanks
MarcelHofs said:
Yes you can use it, the only thing you might lose is the phones warranty because you have to unlock the bootloader.
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Thank you very much for the fast answer!. I really dont mind about the warranty issue, but one question though, if you go back to stock they can tell you unlocked the bootloader before? i mean even if u lock it again? thanks so much, very noob here with htc haha
Yes your bootloader is now locked, when you unlock it says ... Hahah unlocked ! And when you re-lock it again ... It's says .......
Relocked ! :thumbup:
It will never go back to locked.
Ow and please make a nandroid backup from your stock rom after unlocking the bootloader and flashing the custom recovery. You will need it when you want to go back to stock. And copy it to a safe place !
Hi !
Just bought an online unlock code and when I enter it when prompted on my S3 it says network unlock unsuccessful, the guy on the website says I ruined my phone by rooting it and I was a smart kid thinking rooting my phone was cool..(Just told him the phone was rooted...)
Could the root really be the problem ? If yes, reverting to stock ROM and unrooting with a stock firmware would would work ? Is there any chances that I can't unlock the phone because of this ? Thanks guys !
faqgreg said:
Hi !
Just bought an online unlock code and when I enter it when prompted on my S3 it says network unlock unsuccessful, the guy on the website says I ruined my phone by rooting it and I was a smart kid thinking rooting my phone was cool..(Just told him the phone was rooted...)
Could the root really be the problem ? If yes, reverting to stock ROM and unrooting with a stock firmware would would work ? Is there any chances that I can't unlock the phone because of this ? Thanks guys !
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I highly doubt it's because you're rooted. I've never heard of that one before. Seems like he's a scam.
Try this though...should work on any TWiz rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033225&highlight=unlock
faqgreg said:
Hi !
Just bought an online unlock code and when I enter it when prompted on my S3 it says network unlock unsuccessful, the guy on the website says I ruined my phone by rooting it and I was a smart kid thinking rooting my phone was cool..(Just told him the phone was rooted...)
Could the root really be the problem ? If yes, reverting to stock ROM and unrooting with a stock firmware would would work ? Is there any chances that I can't unlock the phone because of this ? Thanks guys !
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that customer service dude is worthless.
i believe you have to be on stock (touchwiz firmware) to unlock. i may be wrong
Not really!! Root hardly matters. And it doesn't need for you to be on stock to unlock. I unlocked mine on custom ROM, and my other S3 that's on rooted stock.
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Hey Guys,
I am new to HTC, coz I was using a Sony Xperia Z earlier.
So now I have a HTC 816 (4G version), just want to know a way I can ROOT the phone. I have seen a guide which states how to do it, but it says to unlock the bootloader. Is there a way I can root the phone without unlocking the bootloader? Coz since I have bought this like last week, I dont wanna unlock it yet.
And also wanna know, how I can find the model no. of my phone. Like "a5_ul" etc.
Your help is really appreciated :angel:
That guide is the only one available, and you can't root your phone without unlocking your bootloader, there's just no way sorry.
Also you most likely have the a5_ul. If your on Virgin Mobile though it's the a5_chl.
To find out for sure boot into Hboot, and it will say it on that screen.
FoxyDrew said:
That guide is the only one available, and you can't root your phone without unlocking your bootloader, there's just no way sorry.
Also you most likely have the a5_ul. If your on Virgin Mobile though it's the a5_chl.
To find out for sure boot into Hboot, and it will say it on that screen.
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my model is not from Virgin Mobile, its just the normal version, not from any carrier.
how do I boot in to Hboot? Sorry I am a noob at this
!!~spearhead~!! said:
my model is not from Virgin Mobile, its just the normal version, not from any carrier.
how do I boot in to Hboot? Sorry I am a noob at this
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Google is your friend buddy.
You have the a5_ul.
!!~spearhead~!! said:
Hey Guys,
I am new to HTC, coz I was using a Sony Xperia Z earlier.
So now I have a HTC 816 (4G version), just want to know a way I can ROOT the phone. I have seen a guide which states how to do it, but it says to unlock the bootloader. Is there a way I can root the phone without unlocking the bootloader? Coz since I have bought this like last week, I dont wanna unlock it yet.
And also wanna know, how I can find the model no. of my phone. Like "a5_ul" etc.
Your help is really appreciated :angel:
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You can use this YouTube guide.
http://youtu.be/vhUBLhdgSPU
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