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[Q] Unbranded?... Or not ?

Hey,
Basically i got a DHD on a orange contract and decided to root and stuff, and flash RUU 1.72.405.3 stock, but after trying a different sim the phone didnt allow it, does this mean i wont receive updates from HTC ?... or orange cos i dont have their ROM anymore... Please someone enlighten me

You have to buy an unlock code as Orange tend to SIM lock their handsets. The device should update regardless as it can do it over Wi-Fi

EddyOS said:
You have to buy an unlock code as Orange tend to SIM lock their handsets. The device should update regardless as it can do it over Wi-Fi
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Cheers man, ill contact orange in a couple of months, so you say ill still get updates but not from orange, directly from HTC?

(Q) Remove Simelock

I wanted to know if it is possible to remove the simlock form a T-Mobile (Austria) HTC Desire on your own.
Or do I need to use a online unlocker like htccode.com
I have read that its easier or cheaper when you have an older device because the unlock codes are well known.

You could contanct your carrier directly and ask them for it, they should give it to you although they might ask a small fee for giving you the code ... same as using an online unlocking site ... as the desire has been around for a while now the price shouldnt be too steep ... the only factor that you might want to consider is how long you have had the device, some carriers will only provide the unlock code after a certain period of time. I am not sure what t-mobile policy is concerning this.
Its always worth a try contacting your carrier first before you attempt anything else.

normaly they just unlock it after a year or so but then its almost for free
maybe its possible to ask another provider for unlock?
isn't it possible to flash the radio from a lockfree device???

You can flash another radio but i dont think that would remove simlock otherwise the need for sites to provide unlock codes wouldnt be there as everyone would just be able to root and flash another rom and then one of the newer radios that get released and are provided here on xda.
I know that there is a radio s-off tool over at the DHD forum that manages to obtain sim-unlock ... but they dont flash a new radio to do this and as far as i am aware this isnt possible yet for the desire.
I am by no means an expert and i would be more than happy if flashing a unlocked radio would provide sim-unlock! Hopefully there is someone in the forum that has more insight than me into this

another method would be to get access to the unlock codes
hope there is a way to onlock it somehow

Here in the uk you can get the simunlock code for £20 from the carrier. Orange (who recently merged with tmobile) still asks for £20 for older phones (i wanted an unlock code for the original HTC Touch and HTC Touch HD and they told me it was £20 for each handset so i told them to piss off!). Try getting a code online (it usually cheaper than getting one from your carrier + you get one nearly instantly, where'as carriers have to contact HTC for one so it can pottentially take longer) if that doesnt work for you contact your carrier. Also note that if you have a custom rom/rooted you may encouter problems like I have (I have a code but cant use it and am looking for the original orange ruu which doesnt exist)

So is it possible to unlock with the stock rom, and then flash anotherone? or do i have to stick with the stock branded rom????

orso7 said:
So is it possible to unlock with the stock rom, and then flash anotherone? or do i have to stick with the stock branded rom????
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Once unlocked you should be able to flash any rom..Rom shouldnt be involved at all

Nice, the desire from t-mobile would cost 94€ plus 20-40€ for online unlocking. still sounds like a cheap htc desire ^^
guess its the same unlocking thing with desire hd.

orso7 said:
Nice, the desire from t-mobile would cost 94€ plus 20-40€ for online unlocking. still sounds like a cheap htc desire ^^
guess its the same unlocking thing with desire hd.
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Sounds good!
The phone being sim-locked has no effect on flashing custom roms etc.
Hence unlocking the phone will make no difference!

droidzone said:
Once unlocked you should be able to flash any rom..Rom shouldnt be involved at all
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Oops sorry!
My previous post wasnt neccesary

yeah i know it makes no difference for flashing roms, but i want to use A1 (Vodafone) because i only have a data contract there ^

is it possible to debrand ?

I bought my phone from a webshop, as it turned out it's German Vodafone branded phone (i should have read the fine print on the website ). anyway is it possible to debrand it and turn it into a general European version?

Debrand : just flash a custom rom
unlock : not possible

godutch said:
I bought my phone from a webshop, as it turned out it's German Vodafone branded phone (i should have read the fine print on the website ). anyway is it possible to debrand it and turn it into a general European version?
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if you are going to go down the rooting way and start flashing custom roms then yeah you can debrand your phone. just flash a custom rom and you will not have anymore any bloatware and unnecessary apps no more.
word of advice though. if you do go ahead and unlock your phone and root you might void your warranty. anyways if you do root many guides in the development section. and the main thing is always backup your rom.
and forgot to mention. if you want a version were you completely remove the brand and so you can get updates first before branded phones then unfortunately no...but you can debrand by flashing a custom rom but that is as far as it gets...does have its benefits but to update OTA earlier than branded that unfortunately does not work

thanks for the answer, i went ahead and installed a custom rom as vodafone was still on 1.28 and I needed root anyway

[Q] Can you help me unlocking to have HOX working on another provider / operator ?

Hello,
I bought a second hand HOX last week. It was sold to me as unlocked from operator SFR (Vodaphone France, or CID VODAP203).
I bought an unlocking code from an internet shop, tried it, didn't work... I went into a shop specialized in unlocking phones they could not make it provider free...
So I went on to this forum. Plenty of nice things, and as I already rooted an Android tablet from TOSHIBA (FOLIO100), I tried a few things.
It appears that my phone is rooted. When I boot in bootloader it says "UNLOCKED", and it is also S-OFF!!! I am able to change the CID as much as I want, and I have set it to "11111111". As such I was told on a french forum that any SIM Card from any provider should work, but it doesn't...
I have been able to install Jelly Bean from one of the ROM developpers, thinking (and this is where I am a noob) that I will clear the part of the system that tells it is locked to one provider... Of course it didn't do anything more, or different than telling me it doesn't work on any provider.
I went back to stock from Vodaphone France, and came to you in order to get some instructions or link to have on working on another network than the vodaphone one...
Thanks in advance for your help,
Alain

First off, it's great you have an S-OFF handset. You are lucky about that.:good:
On the other hand, unlocking bootloader doesn't have anything to do with SIM locks. So, whatever you did (as you experienced it yourself) doesn't work.
I suggest you search over here, because I know for sure there is a way to unlock SIM lock on HOX. I didn't have to do it, as mine was already unlocked (or SIM free, I can't tell now).
Don't worry, you'll find the way, just be patient.
A bientot!

Yeah everyone told me it was great to have it S-OFF, although I don't know what it can do for me... I guess this would be great for developpers ?
I hope I won't have to go through several unlock code providers...

S-OFF is giving you advantage in being able to flash any ROM, any RUU, any HBOOT, any radio... Good not only for developers.
Back to topic - I suggest you visit some mobile phone service, and pay ONLY after they finish the work. I guess there are whole lot of frauds online,, that would take you money for the "unlock code", and not care if it doesn't work.
I repeat, be patient, and keep searching. Here's what I found (you can do the same search yourself):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654075
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25341694&postcount=71

it cost me a whole £2.79 to get mine unlocked.
I bought the code from ebay inserted an un supported sim and entered the code when asked. That's the main reason actually why I've stuck with HTC they are so easy to un lock

huxleypig said:
That's the main reason actually why I've stuck with HTC they are so easy to un lock
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Mate, nowadays most phones are unlocked through pw.... code. Usually, you get it for specific handset (IMEI and operator), and just type it in as you did.
BTW, Samsung Galaxy SIII is even easier to unlock - by an apk from Google Play Store.

Hello,
I went through one of Unlock Code providers that [email protected]|-|oR provided me through his links...
I had the exact same unlock code as the one I got in France... that doesn't work. But the guys were really professional, in reimbursing my money as they could not unlock my phone.
The strangest thing is that they asked me if the phone is rooted, and said that this is why I cannot SIM Unlock, because it is rooted... I reverted by to stock, and re-locked the phone but the result is still the same, it stays stuck to SFR...
I hope a solution will come out in the form of an application such as the one for Galaxy III, it looks so easy to do.
Have a good evening,
Alain

Hi my phone was branded by orange and obviously had a simlock what did with my hox and many others before is:root the phone ,get recovery,then flash custom rom and all that branded garbage with simlock is gone.I've done it before with galaxy S,S2,now with my hox. Don't never ever buy any codes online.

budensik said:
Hi my phone was branded by orange and obviously had a simlock what did with my hox and many others before is:root the phone ,get recovery,then flash custom rom and all that branded garbage with simlock is gone.I've done it before with galaxy S,S2,now with my hox. Don't never ever buy any codes online.
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Hello,
I already did that, (root, flash customer ROM), but simlock is still here... only thing I didn't change is recovery, but it is 5.8.xxx (aka I think it is the latest).
Can you guide me rapidly in return ?
Al1

SIM unlock is totally separate from rooting.

[Q] Vodafone to O2 - Just Change ROM?

Hi
I have an N7100 that was 'born' as a UK Vodafone device. Since then I've rooted and tried lots of different ROMs etc. I've now got a Note 4 on upgrade, and the Vodafone store said that my device wasn't locked (they said the status was neither locked or unlocked - maybe because I've rooted/Rom's it before?)
I'm now selling this to a friend who has an O2 sim.
If I download the stock N7100 O2 ROM from SamMobile and install via ODIN, will this work? As in, is there anything wrong with doing this?
He wants a stock ROM, but will root it for him anyway. I don't think he's interested in a 'custom' ROM even if it's just a stock ROM with the junk removed.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks

O2 ROM will not do anything if phone is locked. Try his sim card in your current setup, if that doesn't work you need the phone unlocking, changing the ROM does nothing apart from load o2 junk on.