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Hey guys,
I am not new to XDA or HTC devices, just this phone. I recently came from the HTC Glacier (MyTouch 4G) on T-Mobile and got the incredible 2.
I would like to know a little about the Engineering bootloader on this device and if it allows the sim lock to be removed. On my other htc phone, the engineering bootloader allowed this, giving access to any carrier sim card.
The incredible 2 is a global phone and allows access to T-Mobile's 3g network if the sim is unlocked. What do you guys know about this, if I root, enable s=off, flash engineering bootloader and custom recovery, then flash a custom rom and enter the APN for T-Mobile, am I good to go, or is there some more complex thing I am missing?
Any advice would be much appreciated
uh cool... thanks guys
If you don't have a contract with verizon you will have to pay for unlock the phone,there are a couple sites that they unlock you devise for a couple $$$.
daners85glacier said:
Hey guys,
I am not new to XDA or HTC devices, just this phone. I recently came from the HTC Glacier (MyTouch 4G) on T-Mobile and got the incredible 2.
I would like to know a little about the Engineering bootloader on this device and if it allows the sim lock to be removed. On my other htc phone, the engineering bootloader allowed this, giving access to any carrier sim card.
The incredible 2 is a global phone and allows access to T-Mobile's 3g network if the sim is unlocked. What do you guys know about this, if I root, enable s=off, flash engineering bootloader and custom recovery, then flash a custom rom and enter the APN for T-Mobile, am I good to go, or is there some more complex thing I am missing?
Any advice would be much appreciated
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From my limited understanding, it is possible to unlock the SIM with s-off and rooted, but you need to run a sense-based rom; SkyRaider Zeus is one. You then need the SIM unlock code which people report they get for free by calling Verizon or online anywhere from $7 on up.
And my limited understanding is the result of reading/searching this and other fora the past couple days.
At what point should my Dinc2 be asking for the unlocking code? I have a GSM sim and its never asked.
Note: I have already rooted with S-off and I am running a GSM compatible ROM by Aerovan CM9
Update::::
After 2 and a half days of googling I found the answer. You have to access a stock rom and go to System settings>security>disable sim unlock then it will prompt for you to enter in the sim unlock code.
Stock ROM required?
Is a stock image actually required for this?
Thanks,
Paul
Where is that option on S3?
OK, so have stock ROM on S3 now... Cant find that option.. Is it available somewhere else on the S3?
Thanks
Paul
Delete my post, made a mistake. :banghead:
Hello all,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S III from AT&T.
I plan on traveling so, I wanted to unlock it. I followed the steps on Android 4.1.1 I believe and it seemed to work (my menus looked identical to the tutorial I followed, but I don't have another SIM to test with). But, I have had the phone for a while and it is really sluggish, so I backed it up and decided to do a hard reset. The phone is running much smoother now, but I did do an AT&T software update which brought it to Android 4.3, and now when I look at the menu after typing *#197328640# and following the steps, when I get to Network Unlock, it looks different. Did the update relock my phone to the AT&T network. Is there a way to verify? Should I just hard reset again and stick with 4.1? Pleas let me know as soon as possible as I am traveling soon.
Thanks for all the help
If your phone was unlocked using any method, it should not relock. You can test it with a non att sim.
audit13 said:
If your phone was unlocked using any method, it should not relock. You can test it with a non att sim.
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How do I test if I don't have access to a non ATT sim, I have one Korean SIM card, but I don't know how to test with it because it is not currently being serviced.
Put in the non-ATT sim, power up the phone. If it does not ask you to enter an network or carrier unlock code, the phone is unlocked.
audit13 said:
Put in the non-ATT sim, power up the phone. If it does not ask you to enter an network or carrier unlock code, the phone is unlocked.
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it shows no signal, but does not ask me for a network or a code. So it should be fine right?
After several pages of reading i need to ask this:
I have a n910v that is a CDMA phone and i need to use it in a GSM network. For this i found that there is a way to reach that trough a "script". In order to run that i need to set the "signature verificatio" off. (I'm ok with that, i trust the script developer), but for doing that i need a custom recovery (right?) and to have a custom recovery instaled i need to rooot the phone (as far as i understand), so: since there is no root for this sm-n910v there is also no custom recovery?
Thanks!
just64 said:
After several pages of reading i need to ask this:
I have a n910v that is a CDMA phone and i need to use it in a GSM network. For this i found that there is a way to reach that trough a "script". In order to run that i need to set the "signature verificatio" off. (I'm ok with that, i trust the script developer), but for doing that i need a custom recovery (right?) and to have a custom recovery instaled i need to rooot the phone (as far as i understand), so: since there is no root for this sm-n910v there is also no custom recovery?
Thanks!
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For a custom recovery you need a unlocked bootloader witch the retail Note 4 dose not have. Root can be achieved without a bootloader unlock but a unlock allows the custom recovery without having root thus making it much easier to root.
Misterxtc said:
For a custom recovery you need a unlocked bootloader witch the retail Note 4 dose not have. Root can be achieved without a bootloader unlock but a unlock allows the custom recovery without having root thus making it much easier to root.
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Hmmm, so you are saying me that i need a bootloader unclock?
Not sure why you need to do anything of the sort? I am using 2 Verizon note 4's here in Ireland on GSM my wife and I. I did find when I received them they would not work with a GSM sim or connect to a GSM Network here in Ireland. So I went on ebay and bought a Verizon sim card, dummy/dead/unactivated what ever for 5 dollars poped it in to both phones, they said activating phone then activation failed. But guess what GSM sim card worked after that....its a strange one.
By the way it needs to be a 4G Verizon sim card. I tried another Verizon Sim and it didn't work.
Hope this helps
gersrt said:
Not sure why you need to do anything of the sort? I am using 2 Verizon note 4's here in Ireland on GSM my wife and I. I did find when I received them they would not work with a GSM sim or connect to a GSM Network here in Ireland. So I went on ebay and bought a Verizon sim card, dummy/dead/unactivated what ever for 5 dollars poped it in to both phones, they said activating phone then activation failed. But guess what GSM sim card worked after that....its a strange one.
By the way it needs to be a 4G Verizon sim card. I tried another Verizon Sim and it didn't work.
Hope this helps
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Well, i'm in Argentina, to have a Verizon SIM card here is going to take about 4/5 weeks, but is good to know, thanks.
Btw, ur Note 4 was also a CDMA phone?
Yes it is a cdma. Took about 2 weeks for me to get Sim. Make sure it's a 4G one you buy. It's well worth the wait. Best of luck.
just64 said:
Hmmm, so you are saying me that i need a bootloader unclock?
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For a custom recovery yes,for a carrier unlock no. These are two entirely different unlocks. As gersrt said you need a different sim card. The phone should already be carrier unlocked.
I have a HTC 10 Sprint unlocked, can i use it with other carriers LTE like AT&T or T-mobile? Thanks guys
hainguyen91 said:
I have a HTC 10 Sprint unlocked, can i use it with other carriers LTE like AT&T or T-mobile? Thanks guys
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I took the chance myself and as it turns out it does work!
I can give mire detailed information and proof later.
You could convert it to a unlocked HTC 10 also. I did it to my Verizon HTC 10, now it's us unlocked with att
afuller42 said:
You could convert it to a unlocked HTC 10 also. I did it to my Verizon HTC 10, now it's us unlocked with att
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Sprint HTC 10 is a different animal. The bands will not unlock with the conversion and the GSM radio from Unlocked FW is not compatible. You would still need to flash the Sprint Radio back.
jblparisi said:
Sprint HTC 10 is a different animal. The bands will not unlock with the conversion and the GSM radio from Unlocked FW is not compatible. You would still need to flash the Sprint Radio back.
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did you managed to unlock lte band for sprint htc 10 (bootloader unlocked, S-off)? i tried to flash with US Unlocked but no imei, flash back to sprint RUU, and nv unlock it. now i'm stuck at 3G and 2G. tried with DFS i need to unlock LTE band 3 or 8 but also useless.
any advice?
the attachment is after i reflash to Sprint RUU
thanks
I have a Sprint unlocked variant running 4G on Telcel MX, in theory you can flash another firmware variant (S-OFF, of course), but the radio must be still from the equivalent Sprint firmware...
kenter said:
did you managed to unlock lte band for sprint htc 10 (bootloader unlocked, S-off)? i tried to flash with US Unlocked but no imei, flash back to sprint RUU, and nv unlock it. now i'm stuck at 3G and 2G. tried with DFS i need to unlock LTE band 3 or 8 but also useless.
any advice?
the attachment is after i reflash to Sprint RUU
thanks
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I moved on to a v20 and v10, but as I recall yes I did unlock them for ATT specifically. Tmobile LTE support is already there, but not ATT(missing one of the bands I forget which)
jblparisi said:
I moved on to a v20 and v10, but as I recall yes I did unlock them for ATT specifically. Tmobile LTE support is already there, but not ATT(missing one of the bands I forget which)
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Care to educate this ignorant fool?
Thanks
It has most bands you are good
kenter said:
Care to educate this ignorant fool?
Thanks
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Google around for LTE band unlock QXDM method for htc. You'll need the htc diag mode drivers and Qualcomm's QXDM program. I was able to unlock all of the US bands for my phone.
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This was the method I used. It still works in LeeDroid (used a few weeks ago): https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/how-to-change-network-bands-gsm-devices-t3135401
thunder2132 said:
Google around for LTE band unlock QXDM method for htc. You'll need the htc diag mode drivers and Qualcomm's QXDM program. I was able to unlock all of the US bands for my phone.
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This was the method I used. It still works in LeeDroid (used a few weeks ago): https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/how-to-change-network-bands-gsm-devices-t3135401
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Are yours is sprint htc 10 or other than that?
Cheers
kenter said:
Are yours is sprint htc 10 or other than that?
Cheers
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Mine was a network locked Sprint model. I unlocked the sim first then unlocked the bands. I'm on AT&T now with full LTE support and all of their bands unlocked. Verizon is the only one our phone won't work with.
thunder2132 said:
Mine was a network locked Sprint model. I unlocked the sim first then unlocked the bands. I'm on AT&T now with full LTE support and all of their bands unlocked. Verizon is the only one our phone won't work with.
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Thank you mate. Let me trying and i'll get back to you later. Cheers
kenter said:
Thank you mate. Let me trying and i'll get back to you later. Cheers
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Sounds good, basic process was this:
1. Install HTC diag drivers
2. Dial ##diag# in dialer or execute adb shell commands to enter diag mode
3. Open QXDM, go to options and communications, select your device and open communications to it (don't remember exactly how to do this, it was pretty self explainatory)
4. In QXDM, go to NV-items then find the LTE configs (pointed out in the threads linked)
5. Use an LTE nv calculator to find the DEC number for the bands you want (select all bands you want and it'll put out a number)
6. Enter this number into QXDM and write it. (there are two places to enter it)
7. Exit diag mode and reboot.
8. This should survive for quite some time, any time you do a ruu double check to see if it held. Factory wipes from recovery should be fine. Using a new rom should be fine. When I wiped modemst1 and modemst2 I lost this and had to redo it.
thunder2132 said:
Sounds good, basic process was this:
1. Install HTC diag drivers
2. Dial ##diag# in dialer or execute adb shell commands to enter diag mode
3. Open QXDM, go to options and communications, select your device and open communications to it (don't remember exactly how to do this, it was pretty self explainatory)
4. In QXDM, go to NV-items then find the LTE configs (pointed out in the threads linked)
5. Use an LTE nv calculator to find the DEC number for the bands you want (select all bands you want and it'll put out a number)
6. Enter this number into QXDM and write it. (there are two places to enter it)
7. Exit diag mode and reboot.
8. This should survive for quite some time, any time you do a ruu double check to see if it held. Factory wipes from recovery should be fine. Using a new rom should be fine. When I wiped modemst1 and modemst2 I lost this and had to redo it.
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i've tried with official sprint but no luck also i flash to LeeDroid v.3.9.0 stable doing exactly as you told above
using QXDM and NV calculator to change/add the lte band i want.
it just not picking up any lte signal from band 3 on *#*#4636#*#*
perhaps any step i'm missing?
thank
What carrier are you on? Have you tested with another phone to see if band 3 is active in your area?
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
thunder2132 said:
What carrier are you on? Have you tested with another phone to see if band 3 is active in your area?
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
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well, i'm not in the USA. i'm in indonesia.
i've tried with iphone and see band 3
kenter said:
well, i'm not in the USA. i'm in indonesia.
i've tried with iphone and see band 3
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Sorry, no clue. My best recommendation would be to do the process over and see if your settings stuck.
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
thunder2132 said:
Mine was a network locked Sprint model. I unlocked the sim first then unlocked the bands. I'm on AT&T now with full LTE support and all of their bands unlocked. Verizon is the only one our phone won't work with.
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Are you 100% sure that the sprint version can't work on verizon even with unlocking all the bands and unlocking sim? What about doing this - https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-10/how-to/guide-convert-unlocked-to-verizon-t3380615? Or does your phone have to be officially US unlocked version to do the switch? I'm s-off, sim unlocked, using the sprint version with AT&T right now and want to use it with a verizon mvno. So is that absolutely not possible or should I just give it a shot and see what happens? Thanks
cjbr0wn said:
Are you 100% sure that the sprint version can't work on verizon even with unlocking all the bands and unlocking sim? What about doing this - https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-10/how-to/guide-convert-unlocked-to-verizon-t3380615? Or does your phone have to be officially US unlocked version to do the switch? I'm s-off, sim unlocked, using the sprint version with AT&T right now and want to use it with a verizon mvno. So is that absolutely not possible or should I just give it a shot and see what happens? Thanks
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The Sprint version requires the Sprint radios are in use, otherwise it won't get any signal. The Sprint radios are incompatible with Verizon, so it can't be done.