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Anyone know how to unlock these devices. I have a line on a TMobile version but I am moving to Cingular and will need to unlock it.
Thanks in advance.
you can request the unlock code from t-mobile.
yea i'm in the same boat...the only thing is you have to be with tmobile for 3 months plus before you can request an unlock code
Hopefully, after the phone is out for a couple of weeks people will start coming up with customizations.
This phone has a lot of potential
This is unlike any T-Mo device that I have unlocked in the past (and I have unlocked several in my 6+ years with them).
I put in a request for a SIM unlock on 10/26 and they sent me an email yesterday saying that the unlock code must be requested directly from the manufacturer (HTC) and can take up to TWO weeks. And they said they cannot guarantee that it will be received at ALL!
This is weird. Right now I am abroad and the Dash is useless to me. Here's to hoping that HTC comes through and I can unlock this. If not, it's time to donate some more money to Buzz
the folk over at imei check have just released and unlock for the dash. Try it out and let us know how it works...good luck
a link
http://www.imei-check.co.uk/dashunlock.php
No way in heck am I paying for an unlock. If I wanted an unlocked device I would have gotten a S620. This is an issue for T-Mo to sort out and they will.
Barring that, I would rather give my money in a donation to either xda-dev or Buzz. That's just me though. Not everyone has my patience...or thinking.
Just spoke to tmobile customer rep...they said 72hrs approx to find the code based on imei to unlock...however if the time period extends 72hrs its because they have to contact the manufacture to request the code...something tells me it will be the latter instead of the former...errrr
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No way in heck am I paying for an unlock. If I wanted an unlocked device I would have gotten a S620. This is an issue for T-Mo to sort out and they will.
Barring that, I would rather give my money in a donation to either xda-dev or Buzz. That's just me though. Not everyone has my patience...or thinking.
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This comment makes absolutly no sense. Your willing to pay an extra $200 to have a device that is just SIM unlocked. The S620 isn't even CID unlocked yet. But you are unwilling to pay $40.00 to get a T-Mobile version both CID and SIM unlocked. Are you crazy? The T-Mobile code isn't going to CID unlock the phone for you.
one more thing. tmo told me that if you buy the phone from the tmo store, you have to wait 14 days for the return period to expire, before they can even address your unlock request.
maybe the rep was misinformed, but she looked into it.
slocko said:
one more thing. tmo told me that if you buy the phone from the tmo store, you have to wait 14 days for the return period to expire, before they can even address your unlock request.
maybe the rep was misinformed, but she looked into it.
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This is true, I've done a search on t-mobile's support website for SIM Unlock. And the restrictions and policy says you have to at a minimum wait 14 days, It also mentions that your account must be active for longer than a 90 day period. And you have to wait a minimum of 90 between each unlock request.
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This comment makes absolutly no sense. Your willing to pay an extra $200 to have a device that is just SIM unlocked. The S620 isn't even CID unlocked yet. But you are unwilling to pay $40.00 to get a T-Mobile version both CID and SIM unlocked. Are you crazy? The T-Mobile code isn't going to CID unlock the phone for you.
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It makes sense to me, dude
Dan, it's not about the money at all. I was referring to spending money on an unlocked phone in general, whether it was through imei-check or through HTC. Granted, it's less money to get it CID-unlocked but for me it's a matter of principle. I would rather spend my hard earned money on a community effort that helps all Excalibur users. I would gladly give $100 or more to Buzz if he can come up with a solution to help the entire Excal community. I don't even own a Universal, yet I donated to Buzz's cause in that effort.
You probably don't understand, but you don't have to. Like I said, it just needs to make sense to me.
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It makes sense to me, dude
Dan, it's not about the money at all. I was referring to spending money on an unlocked phone in general, whether it was through imei-check or through HTC. Granted, it's less money to get it CID-unlocked but for me it's a matter of principle. I would rather spend my hard earned money on a community effort that helps all Excalibur users. I would gladly give $100 or more to Buzz if he can come up with a solution to help the entire Excal community. I don't even own a Universal, yet I donated to Buzz's cause in that effort.
You probably don't understand, but you don't have to. Like I said, it just needs to make sense to me.
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I understand what you are talking about. I misunderstood you before....my bad.
I too would pony up money to have someone come up with an unlocker for Excalibur. The more popular the device is the more likely an unlocker will be developed.
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I understand what you are talking about. I misunderstood you before....my bad.
I too would pony up money to have someone come up with an unlocker for Excalibur. The more popular the device is the more likely an unlocker will be developed.
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I checked out the Universal Unlock from Buzz but it required you to Reflash the phone. I'm not sure I feel comfortable to reflash a brand new phone with out a garantee that it would work or that it wouldn't screw up the phone.
For that reason alone I think that the cost to have it unlocked is worth the 40.00 bucks. I too am a developer and respect the need to figure stuff like this out and support the efforts of others who are paving the way for others.
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I checked out the Universal Unlock from Buzz but it required you to Reflash the phone. I'm not sure I feel comfortable to reflash a brand new phone with out a garantee that it would work or that it wouldn't screw up the phone.
For that reason alone I think that the cost to have it unlocked is worth the 40.00 bucks. I too am a developer and respect the need to figure stuff like this out and support the efforts of others who are paving the way for others.
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Hi guys,
T-Mo sent me the unlock code today. It's an 8 digit numeric code. So, my quest is over for the time being (until I need the CID unlock). I haven't tried unlocking the Dash since I am in Dubai at the moment and don't have it with me.
Incidentally, this place is a RIP OFF. The room in the Grand Hyatt is half a grand a night! And on top of that, the 'net access is not free (and costs $40). Stay away from this place if you love to save your hard-earned money.
CID vs. SIM
What is the difference between CID unlocking and SIM unlocking? Which of these apply to the Dash (as opposed to the s620)?
Thanks!
lvlolvlo said:
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I have not been able to find T-MObile´s phone to call to SIM unlock my Dash. COuld any of you send me the phone #, please?
Thanks so much.
So what do the guys at imei-unlock know that we don't?
THIS forum is the place for all the WM geeks out there, this is where solutions are born! No-one has a homebrew process to retrieve/generate unlock codes?
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone in Toronto area would know a place to buy the HTC Desire Z that isn't from Bell?
Or if it is from Bell, contains no Bell software (unbranded) and is unlocked?
I've been looking and haven't had any luck.
and has anyone noticed that Rogers is falling behind in the phone model area? Their phones are kind of getting outdated...
Thanks!
I uphave one unlocked with rogers....yeh there wayy behimd in terms of android. I suggest checking out kijiji.com or look at ebay or craigslist. If all else fails pm me and ill find you some online.
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I purchased an unlocked/unbranded Desire Z on Ebay to use in the states on the AT&T network. It was a North American Version which had the correct 3G bands for ATT. Had a good seller and good experience but the phone was quite pricey. They go for anywhere between $550 and $650 US.
I would suggest buying it from Bell via FutureShop or BestBuy.
You don't have to get a plan if you do that, plus they offer their extended warranties which still cover you if you root the phone, etc (though you should still make it appear stock).
You can flash the official WWE ROM which is basically stock HTC Sense. It won't have the Bell apps, and you don't need to root or anything to flash the WWE ROM (I think). You just need to make a 'goldcard' which is just a specially formatted SD card.
rewen said:
I would suggest buying it from Bell via FutureShop or BestBuy.
You don't have to get a plan if you do that, plus they offer their extended warranties which still cover you if you root the phone, etc (though you should still make it appear stock).
You can flash the official WWE ROM which is basically stock HTC Sense. It won't have the Bell apps, and you don't need to root or anything to flash the WWE ROM (I think). You just need to make a 'goldcard' which is just a specially formatted SD card.
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Yeah I was gonna buy one from Bell, but I don't know any trustworthy sites I can buy the unlock code from, which was why I opened this thread, but anyone here know one?
Nighte said:
Yeah I was gonna buy one from Bell, but I don't know any trustworthy sites I can buy the unlock code from, which was why I opened this thread, but anyone here know one?
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Be careful, because G2 owners have found big problems when they unlock their phones, like not being able to connect to any network after that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835673
Cellunlock.net with the code bbrocks50 for half price. You can find the phone listed a couple different ways. Either by first looking up htc or by first looking up bell. One is chapter than the other. I paid 15.
Zero issues unlocking. I think the issues are limited to g2.
I'm unlocked with Telus currently..and I used HTCsimUnlowNow.com. Seemed to work fine..the only thing was it was initially $15, but then I had to send them another $10 (after paying the 15) because of the Bell carrier or some excuse. So far i've had no problems..and i'm even able to use my BB data plan with the HTC despite Telus telling me it most likely wouldnt work lol.
I was wondering if I'm able to remove Bell's software using a program (TitaniumBackup, for example) or do I have to go through that whole process of flashing this and that to unbrand it?
And how bothersome is the Bell software?
..Although I'm gonna do it anyway but I don't have time right now to mod the phone.
You need root and it takes a lot of time to do it with titanium. It's easier to flash the wwe rom. But the apps aren't too annoying. The lack of htc locations is annoying
To elaborate on my last msg (which I wrote in a rush)..
It's more painful and takes longer to remove the apps manually as you need to root and then use Titanium's force remove method, one by one, which reboots the phone each time and takes forever.
Alternatively you could root and then S-OFF and delete those apps with the root file manager.
Or, the easiest/quickest way imho is to borrow/make a goldcard, download the euro HTC Sync, the WWE Rom, and run the ROM install program. It does the rest of the work for you
I was gonna go buy the phone today but Bell won't sell it unless I go on a plan.
I called up several different places, all the same reply, they won't let the phone go unless it's going out with a plan.
Does anyone know where I could buy it in and around Toronto?
Nighte said:
I was gonna go buy the phone today but Bell won't sell it unless I go on a plan.
I called up several different places, all the same reply, they won't let the phone go unless it's going out with a plan.
Does anyone know where I could buy it in and around Toronto?
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I asked at our local Best Buy (Oshawa) yesterday and they said they can sell the phone without a plan, no problem.
I bought mine today, you can buy it at WirelessWave or Telephone booth for the retail price.
I did notice the timestamp on the text messages are incorrect though, does anyone else have this problem?
I bought mine brand new on ebay for $375, t-mobile branded.. paid $15 to unlock it.
I suggest watching for a cheap one on ebay, maybe even try to bargain with some sellers.
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I suggest not buying from bell, or anything that is compatible with bell, unless you need it for ATT US or in Australia. Reason is that they use the wrong frequencies for use in Canada and would lock you to ROBELUS (the old evil phone companies). The US version of the vision is better... still compatible with robbers, but also with the best things that have happened to telecommunications in canada.... ever.
It sounds like we should start an exchange:
T-Mobile/Wind compatible phones exchanged for Bell/Telus/Rogers/AT&T compatible phones...
I'm on AT&T and I'd love to find the Bell Desire Z for purchase at a reasonable price. All the prices I've seen are ~$650 but the phones retail price is $500. Maybe I'm just not used to Canadian taxes... can my Canadian brethren enlighten this ignorant American as to how much the phone would cost unsubsidized after taxes?
You can get them straight from Bell for $565, with tax (13% on 499.95). If you look on kijiji and CL you can get them anywhere from $400-$500.
I bought mine yesterday for $480, no tax, and factory unlocked. It was brand new and sealed and came with a receipt for the warranty.
A lot of people are fooled into paying $600-$650 for an unlocked phone because sellers try to tell them that it costs $80-$100 to unlock it. But if people would take the time to look they would find you can get it unlocked for $25.
MyNameIsWepeel said:
A lot of people are fooled into paying $600-$650 for an unlocked phone because sellers try to tell them that it costs $80-$100 to unlock it. But if people would take the time to look they would find you can get it unlocked for $25.
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You can get it locked for free now, thanks to the fantastic work of scotty. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857390
I'm on Rogers and I'm having a heck of a time trying to find out. Everyone wants to charge an arm and a leg. Trying to trade my Xperia X10 and some cash for a Desire Z.
Hey guys,
i'm thinking of getting a t-mobile g2 handset. i've found one online, refurbished, for a cheap price. my question is do i need to activate the handset? i'm going to use it in europe and since i'm not in the usa now a friend will bring the handset to me.
a friend here is a dev and the company he works in got 2 phones from the states shipped. they had to activate them and it cost them 50 dollars each because they are no in the states, t-mobile said that it's free if it had been done in the us..
here is the phone:
http://www.beigephone.com/tmobile-ht...d-no-contract/
do u recommend buying from this site?
By activating you mean unlocking?
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evilcuber said:
By activating you mean unlocking?
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no, the phone is onlocked
but this guy told me about this activation... maybe there is nos such thing, i dont know
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no, the phone is onlocked
but this guy told me about this activation... maybe there is nos such thing, i dont know
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i think activating phones are for the prepaid feature phones that are locked to your carrier. you activate them to beable to use your carriers network and they often charge you 10$ for it. im not sure but i dont think you need to activate your phone
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i think activating phones are for the prepaid feature phones that are locked to your carrier. you activate them to beable to use your carriers network and they often charge you 10$ for it. im not sure but i dont think you need to activate your phone
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thanks for the info and quick responce
do u think its worth buying this handset from this website? refurbished...?
vess_csm said:
thanks for the info and quick responce
do u think its worth buying this handset from this website? refurbished...?
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The link is dead. The Desire Z or G2 is an excellent phone, just don't pay more than 200 or so for a refurb. Even if the phone comes branded, running gfree to get root and s-off will also set the CID: 111111111111 so it will be sim/carrier unlocked once you're done.
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vess_csm said:
Hey guys,
i'm thinking of getting a t-mobile g2 handset. i've found one online, refurbished, for a cheap price. my question is do i need to activate the handset? i'm going to use it in europe and since i'm not in the usa now a friend will bring the handset to me.
a friend here is a dev and the company he works in got 2 phones from the states shipped. they had to activate them and it cost them 50 dollars each because they are no in the states, t-mobile said that it's free if it had been done in the us..
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Activation is only when you're buying a phone at a carrier, and the activation isn't on the phone per se, but rather activating the line on the carrier to work with the phone. There's no activation required to use the phone though. Just unlock it (either with rooting or buying a code) then pop your international SIM in it.
PaganAng3l said:
The link is dead. The Desire Z or G2 is an excellent phone, just don't pay more than 200 or so for a refurb. Even if the phone comes branded, running gfree to get root and s-off will also set the CID: 111111111111 so it will be sim/carrier unlocked once you're done.
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I'd agree. Its a great device but I wouldn't pay over $200 for one at this point in the year. Maybe a tad more if its mint NIB.
I agree, I wouldn't pay over $200.
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thanks guys
the on i was looking at is 250... so i guess i'll write it off
this is the phone: http://www.beigephone.com/tmobile-htc-g2-refurbished-no-contract/
What country are you located in?
I'm sure someone here could pick up a decent one off of craigslist and mail it to you for less.
sent from my G2 running CM7 nightly
Yeah, use your community on xda, we can run you one down Check up on market here on xda, I see G2's all the time for around 200. I'd go as high as 250 for a mint one, it's worth it
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poormanq45 said:
What country are you located in?
I'm sure someone here could pick up a decent one off of craigslist and mail it to you for less.
sent from my G2 running CM7 nightly
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i'm in Bulgaria...
since a friend is going to bring it to me, i'll get him to check craigslist
thanks for the info
You're welcome. We're here to help each other
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PaganAng3l said:
Yeah, use your community on xda, we can run you one down Check up on market here on xda, I see G2's all the time for around 200. I'd go as high as 250 for a mint one, it's worth it
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that's why i was in for the refurb for 250.
one thing i don;t like ot craigslist are the images, they are so small.
i'll so check here on xda, thanks a lot for the support and help guys... all this and i dont yet have a G2
Thinking of getting the galaxy nexus (Verizon). I know a person that will sell it to me for 100$ BRAND NEW! (Its a family member i know its not a scam)
Any way i have a few questions:
Is it possible to run it on a GSM network? It has a sim slot.
If i manage to unlock it, any chance i can switch it over to sprint
Is it worth 100$?
Thanks, Alex
alexwoellhaf said:
Thinking of getting the galaxy nexus (Verizon). I know a person that will sell it to me for 100$ BRAND NEW! (Its a family member i know its not a scam)
Any way i have a few questions:
Is it possible to run it on a GSM network? It has a sim slot.
If i manage to unlock it, any chance i can switch it over to sprint
Is it worth 100$?
Thanks, Alex
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1 and 2) no. period.
3) check the web for brand new pricing.
By it anyway. Sell on ebay for a lot more. Result.
Hi everyone, I'm new to xda forum and i don't know if this is the right section for this topic. I purchased two brand new sprint s9 phones at a very good price on ebay due to them being bad esn from unpaid bills , i always purchased bad esn phones and unlocked them to use outside the usa at about 10-15$ per phone via remote unlock. So i made this foolish mistake of not checking first if they could get unlocked for a cheap price like i used to do on my previous s8 and note 8 both from sprint ... now i got 2 brand new phones locked to sprint and as far as I've researched on the internet the only options to unlock them are some guys on ebay that demand minimum 150$ per unlock .... however i don't know of someone who had any success with their services ... 150$ for a unlock is a lot of money but it's still better than having 2 unusable smartphones... any news or any info regarding this topic is much appreciated... should i wait a few more weeks for a new unlocking method ? Anyone has had succes with the ebay unlocking services ? Please help me guys !
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Cheapest i find is imeigurus at 100usd. Even that is exorbitant. Even i have a s9 but i don't want to spend 100.
If anyone has a cheaper option, please post.
New unlock s9 plus
Hello to every one, in chinera beta test its able to.unlock for 89 credits,wich is equivalent to 10usd, i would lpve to try it but in my country i can't use paypal if any one could try or help.me remotly i would be super great.
maxx1990 said:
Hello to every one, in chinera beta test its able to.unlock for 89 credits,wich is equivalent to 10usd, i would lpve to try it but in my country i can't use paypal if any one could try or help.me remotly i would be super great.
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Yeah but you still need to have a licence.. just credits are not enough. Wait a few days.. eBay will have the unlocks under 20usd soon (now at 43.. it was $200)
I had my T-Mobile S9 unlocked by swiftunlocks .
So the implication is that these phones were stolen at one point?
Because if they weren't, you can ask sprint to unlock them. Depending on the circumstances, they might charge a fee.
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So the implication is that these phones were stolen at one point?
Because if they weren't, you can ask sprint to unlock them. Depending on the circumstances, they might charge a fee.
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Stolen? Technically yes. Really stolen most likely not. I think these are phones that people signed up for promotions Buy 1 get 1 Free, they get the phone and then sell it. The pearson may even be paying the finance bill for the first phone and just getting the credit for the second, while pocketing the $400 from ebay. So Technically the phone belongs to Sprint until the full bill credits pay it off. But no one got their phone snatched. Maybe a few lost phones make it to ebay.
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Yeah but you still need to have a licence.. just credits are not enough. Wait a few days.. eBay will have the unlocks under 20usd soon (now at 43.. it was $200)
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Which one is most trusted on ebay? I can see now there so many services providing sprint s9 plus unlock. Did anyone try any of ebay sprint unlock service for s9 plus?
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Which one is most trusted on ebay? I can see now there so many services providing sprint s9 plus unlock. Did anyone try any of ebay sprint unlock service for s9 plus?
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I got mine done by reliance unlocks.. they are new to ebay but during chatting he said his website is up since 13yrs or so..
After buying.. start chatting on his website, don't wait for him to msg you (if you want it faster)
UnlockBoot team unlocked my Sprint S9 in less than 10 min. I'm using it now with T-mobile SIM. I recommend you to use them.
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UnlockBoot team unlocked my Sprint S9 in less than 10 min. I'm using it now with T-mobile SIM. I recommend you to use them.
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Are they on ebay? Or do they unlock Sprint as well? I dint find them on ebay
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Are they on ebay? Or do they unlock Sprint as well? I dint find them on ebay
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There are so many sellers.. once it was 200usd.. Now all are doing around 20usd.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/253862596355
Reliance unlocks at 20usd
Some start at 18.5 too. Look at their feedback and purchase.
I used SamKey to unlock my Sprint S9....found a cheap website that gave me 3 credits for $18 and after 3 hours, my baby was unlocked. Waited til ver. 3 baseband update of the G960U1 (which was just two weeks away at the time lol) to be pushed out, and since then, I have VoLTE, a steadier LTE connection period with MetroPCS, and she feels a lot lighter on the OS. With more RAM available. I love this phone, even though there is no root for us Snappies based phones lol.
i used this seller https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=mulenkachi, their website is gsmzambia i believe
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Are they on ebay? Or do they unlock Sprint as well? I dint find them on ebay
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No, this is a website.
I unlocked sprint s9 plus using the remote unlock. Now I am not receiving updates via OTA. Will unlocking the phone break the OTA updates. Is there any way to manually flash the updates.?
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I unlocked sprint s9 plus using the remote unlock. Now I am not receiving updates via OTA. Will unlocking the phone break the OTA updates. Is there any way to manually flash the updates.?
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Do you receive any error message when you try to update it
jamiedoe said:
Do you receive any error message when you try to update it
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It just says Already in latest version. But I know for sure that before unlocking there was an update pending for the November security patches. But after unlocking it shows October security patches are the latest.
Can anyone with sprint s9+ confirm which is the latest version of security patches. Thanks in advance.
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i used this seller https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=gsmzambia, their website is gsmzambia i believe
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Thank you soooooo much, you saved my life. I didnt find them on ebay, but i just searched that name on google and i found them. They even helped me to flash the Unbranded/unlocked firmware.