I had sim unlock via code, is anyway to recover it, is it stored somewhere on the phone?
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I always thought if you unlock it with the code it'll stay unlocked forever, even if you ODIN or flash back to factory...just call up T-Mobile and get the code again. Shouldn't be a problem if they gave it to you once already
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Peace_Keeper said:
I had sim unlock via code, is anyway to recover it, is it stored somewhere on the phone?
Thank you.
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Once its unlocked its permanent as far as I know..
Thank you for reply!
I'm with Mobilicity and the phone was unlocked through 3rd party, Cellunlock net.
Peace_Keeper said:
I had sim unlock via code, is anyway to recover it, is it stored somewhere on the phone?
Thank you.
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Root or unlocked? They are very different things. You will probably need to re-root. I'm not sure about unlocking, i would assume that goes with the SIM.
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Help me please. i have some questions on terms i am having a hard time to understand.
What does OTA means?
What does a bloatware means? Someone said that if i rooted my phone i can still update my phone as long as the bloatware is backed up?
I have a kernel version of 2.6.32.9-perf,and a build version of 3.0.1.A.0.145, are these version can be rooted or bootloader unlocked or do i still need to change or upgrade it to a newer one? how do i do it?
And what is a omnius and what is a TA backup?
I badly need somebody's help. To help me clear my mind on what to do on my phone. I promise to press the thanks button a single time on my computer and a million times to my heart.
vdciii said:
Help me please. i have some questions on terms i am having a hard time to understand.
What does OTA means?
What does a bloatware means? Someone said that if i rooted my phone i can still update my phone as long as the bloatware is backed up?
I have a kernel version of 2.6.32.9-perf,and a build version of 3.0.1.A.0.145, are these version can be rooted or bootloader unlocked or do i still need to change or upgrade it to a newer one? how do i do it?
And what is a omnius and what is a TA backup?
I badly need somebody's help. To help me clear my mind on what to do on my phone. I promise to press the thanks button a single time on my computer and a million times to my heart.
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Ota means "Over the Air" It's basically when an update gets pushed directly to your phone over WIFI.
bloatware is when SE and networks add there own apps ontop of the default android apps.
TA stands for trim area. It holds unique information dedicated to your device.
omnius is a software by the omnius team, it allows you to back up things like your TA and GDFS it also can unlock sony phones
AndroHero said:
Ota means "Over the Air" It's basically when an update gets pushed directly to your phone over WIFI.
bloatware is when SE and networks add there own apps ontop of the default android apps.
TA stands for trim area. It holds unique information dedicated to your device.
omnius is a software by the omnius team, it allows you to back up things like your TA and GDFS it also can unlock sony phones
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thanks a lot man..
what about those versions i have? are those possible for rooting and unlocking bootloader?
Do you have a sim free or sim locked phone ?
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i have a phone that has a sim with it. i don't know what it means if it is sim free or sim locked. whew
vdciii said:
i have a phone that has a sim with it. i don't know what it means if it is sim free or sim locked. whew
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Sim free is when you can use any sim with your phone, sim locked is when you can use only one network. Ok try this turn off your phone, plug the usb cable into your PC, hold the search button on your phone and plug the cable in your phone, if the led on the power button goes blue you can easly unlock bootloader.
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AndroHero said:
Sim free is when you can use any sim with your phone, sim locked is when you can use only one network. Ok try this turn off your phone, plug the usb cable into your PC, hold the search button on your phone and plug the cable in your phone, if the led on the power button goes blue you can easly unlock bootloader.
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yes sir, it is blue. and it is sim free. what does that mean? what do i have to do? if i unlock bootloader on my phone and root it, i can still OTA update right?
vdciii said:
yes sir, it is blue. and it is sim free. what does that mean? what do i have to do? if i unlock bootloader on my phone and root it, i can still OTA update right?
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No, if you use the official bootloader unlock method, you will not be able to ota update. Using ota will brick your phone. There is paid method of bootloader unlock though, with that method you keep DRM certs and ability to ota
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AndroHero said:
No, if you use the official bootloader unlock method, you will not be able to ota update. Using ota will brick your phone. There is paid method of bootloader unlock though, with that method you keep DRM certs and ability to ota
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is that paid unlocking from sony ericsson itself? how? i think im interested?
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is that paid unlocking from sony ericsson itself? how? i think im interested?
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No it's from users on here, they use a tool called setool. You have to connect the test point behind battery and setool can unlock bootloader, unlike the official method it's kind of an engineering unlock, what the sony repair centre would do if you bricked your phone, then they can relock and send it back with no issues
i used jinx13 http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4002805 to unlock mine. it was only £15 an took 5 mins, you should pm him
How Do I find out the bootloader status (Locked/unlocked ?) of my xperia ARC.
actually I unlocked it official way, then relocked and updated to .42 fw using PC for giving to repair under warrenty. its over and I want to unlock bootloader again. whats the best way I'm on fw .42 baseband 56.
thanks a lot in advance.
dial from your phone to check status :
*#*#7378423#*#*
service info --> configuration
for me, the best way is via fastboot..
gogo415 said:
dial from your phone to check status :
*#*#7378423#*#*
service info --> configuration
for me, the best way is via fastboot..
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dear gogo,
I've tried that, the service info will tell you "bootloader unlock allowed = yes"
it will not tell you whether your phone is locked or unlocked state!
It will tell you.
Mine is unlocked and says " Bootloader unlocked: Yes "
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vk-xperia said:
dear gogo,
I've tried that, the service info will tell you "bootloader unlock allowed = yes"
it will not tell you whether your phone is locked or unlocked state!
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that means your bootloader is still locked, and you were allowed to unlock it.
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gogo415
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dear gogo,
I've tried that, the service info will tell you "bootloader unlock allowed = yes"
it will not tell you whether your phone is locked or unlocked state!
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that means your bootloader is still locked, and you were allowed to unlock it.
regards,
gogo415
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So that means I can do the same exercise again to unlock I mean official way?
In that case se will provide me new code to unlock?
I don't remember the old code they provided
Regret for the seeking the clarification again as I don't want to endup in trouble later.
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Yes, you can unlock again.
Request the code again and you'll see if they provide it again.
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Flo95 said:
Yes, you can unlock again.
Request the code again and you'll see if they provide it again.
Thanks for the info.
But my qstn is, since SE has my imei no. Registrd with them, do they provide the same again. Did anybody tried this do far?
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Just try it, enter your email and imei and you'll either get it or not.
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Flo95 said:
Just try it, enter your email and imei and you'll either get it or not.
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I'm asking did anybody tried this way so far?
What if incase if SE block if you send imei 2nd time! That's my worry!
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They can't block a unlockable bootloader afaik
Just try it
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it's ok.
I've tried it.
the unlock code is still the same code you had received before.
the remaining question is whether you sure to unlock it again or not, as standard user doesn't need to do such thing.
bravery comes from experience.
that's it bro.
I think your problem has solved.
regards,
gogo415 said:
it's ok.
I've tried it.
the unlock code is still the same code you had received before.
the remaining question is whether you sure to unlock it again or not, as standard user doesn't need to do such thing.
bravery comes from experience.
that's it bro.
I think your problem has solved.
regards,
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100% satisfied with yr answer.
Thanks and clicked thanks button too !
I'll do the unlocking today itself and start playing with the custom Rom!
Thanks dude.
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For the info...
Bootloader unlocked: Yes
Means fastboot is enabled and the bootloader can be unlocked the official way
Bootloader unlocked: No
Means fastboot is disabled and therefore the bootloader can only be unlocked by other means
The best way for you to check your bootloader status is do identify in s1tool or similar
Is there any way I could unlock this phone with CM9 on it.
Yes, you can. Just plug in a SIM card from another carrier and it should prompt you like usual.
raytraceme said:
Is there any way I could unlock this phone with CM9 on it.
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If you are talking about carrier unlock, you need to get a code for it. Try buying it online on eBay. Costs about 1.7 usd.
Installing cm9 or rooting the nitro will not get your phone carrier unlocked.
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Yes i know but I heard that with only gingerbread you can unlock the phone.
raytraceme said:
Yes i know but I heard that with only gingerbread you can unlock the phone.
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I just popped a non-AT&T sim into my locked Nitro with CM9 and didn't get any prompt for unlock code so I think this is probably true.
drumist said:
Yes, you can. Just plug in a SIM card from another carrier and it should prompt you like usual.
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CM9 doesn't have HiddenSIMUnlockManu.apk so it will not prompt.
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CM9 doesn't have HiddenSIMUnlockManu.apk so it will not prompt.
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so the only way to sim unlock is to restore stock nand, enter sim unlock code, then restore cm9?
probably yes. or you could try pulling the HiddensimunlockManu.apk and installing it. There's a good chance it is also dependant on other stock .apk's and framework's etc.
Rather than having something go terribly wrong, I think most of us would say roll back to gingerbread if you can do so without bricking your device, unlock then flash CM9.
Unfortunately, to unlock your phone, you need to go back to the stock rom... I've just done it and it's a pain...
I've just gotten a T-Mobile S4, I've already tried the easy unlocking instructions with no luck. If I install one of the custom ROMs on the phone will this automatically unlock it so that I can use it with another carrier's sim card?
No
There's places only that you can get unlock code for cheap. Like $5-$10
You don't need an unlock code. There are guides here to do it for free
faiyo said:
You don't need an unlock code. There are guides here to do it for free
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He said "I've just gotten a T-Mobile S4, I've already tried the easy unlocking instructions with no luck."
Unfortunately, flashing a custom ROM will not unlock it.
Exel said:
He said "I've just gotten a T-Mobile S4, I've already tried the easy unlocking instructions with no luck."
Unfortunately, flashing a custom ROM will not unlock it.
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Oh i missed that..
So the firmware menu doesn't say unlocked??? Are you sure it's not just an apn problem
baseballfanz said:
No
There's places only that you can get unlock code for cheap. Like $5-$10
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Opppps ment to quote not thank you.lol
Unfortunately that method does not work for everyone.
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didn't work for me either... did work on older sgs III... got sw and unlocked with cable.
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I unlocked my bootloader a while ago and have been running PecanCM's version of CyanogenMod 11, i just tried a different sim but its still carrier locked. Does this mean i still have to purchase an unlock code?
Bootloader unlocking doesn't sim-unlock your phone.
stamatis said:
Bootloader unlocking doesn't sim-unlock your phone.
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ok was thinking that, guess ill have to purchase an unlock code
villacelt said:
ok was thinking that, guess ill have to purchase an unlock code
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Probably yes, i don't know any free way to do it in our device...
Yes bootloader unlock isn't a SIM unlock never has been
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