I bought my HOX off Craigslist, already unlocked. So, I do not have the unlock.bin code and I need it in order to upgrade by Hboot. Any ideas on how to get it? Could I just go on HTC.dev and go through the unlock process again even though I'm already unlocked, just to get the code?
scott62185 said:
I bought my HOX off Craigslist, already unlocked. So, I do not have the unlock.bin code and I need it in order to upgrade by Hboot. Any ideas on how to get it? Could I just go on HTC.dev and go through the unlock process again even though I'm already unlocked, just to get the code?
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no harm in trying :good:, u could also try emailing the lister on craiglists and see if he/she still has the file
EDIT: mine is unlocked, was still able to get unlock_code.bin
ali3nfr3ak said:
no harm in trying :good:, u could also try emailing the lister on craiglists and see if he/she still has the file
EDIT: mine is unlocked, was still able to get unlock_code.bin
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By going through the process on HTC Dev or by getting it from the seller?
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By going through the process on HTC Dev or by getting it from the seller?
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through htc-dev
Great idea to contact the seller, man! I got a hold of him and he emailed it to me. Thanks!
scott62185 said:
Great idea to contact the seller, man! I got a hold of him and he emailed it to me. Thanks!
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Follow up question: Do I need to be able to open the .bin file he sent me? When I try to open it, my computer says it can't open that type of file. Or, can I just leave it as is?
It's not meant for you to read it, at all!
You will be able to use it through fastboot when you want to unlock your bootloader (providing that you did relock it beforehand)!
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Is there? Sorry for posting again. I just want to unlock my phone so badly.
MaknaeAJ said:
Is there? Sorry for posting again. I just want to unlock my phone so badly.
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I have seen a number of the more experienced forum members answer this by saying that once you are on 4.3 with the official MJB bootloader you will need to use one of the pay services to sim unlock your phone.
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I have seen a number of the more experienced forum members answer this by saying that once you are on 4.3 with the official MJB bootloader you will need to use one of the pay services to sim unlock your phone.
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So there's nothing I can do then? ._.
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So there's nothing I can do then? ._.
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Not without putting out the dollars.
I have read that some XDA members that are using the i747 with AT&T were able to get the unlock code for free directly from AT&T..
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I have read that some XDA members that are using the i747 with AT&T were able to get the unlock code for free directly from AT&T..
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How do they do that? o.o
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How do they do that? o.o
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You can request the unlock code via this URL ...https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/
I haven't had any luck with them though using this request form as each time I've tried it's been with a phone I purchased from the secondary market and then they reply that the details on record don't match mine. Congress recently approved a bill making it legal to unlock your phone and I understand the new bill also includes a provision allowing third-parties who obtain the phone legally to request the unlock code. So perhaps things will be easier for everyone when the new bill becomes law and takes full effect.
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You can request the unlock code via this URL ...https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/
I haven't had any luck with them though using this request form as each time I've tried it's been with a phone I purchased from the secondary market and then they reply that the details on record don't match mine. Congress recently approved a bill making it legal to unlock your phone and I understand the new bill also includes a provision allowing third-parties who obtain the phone legally to request the unlock code. So perhaps things will be easier for everyone when the new bill becomes law and takes full effect.
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Oh, thanks, I'll try this out because I been googling stuff and I think I can get a code from At&t. Well hopefully.
MaknaeAJ said:
Oh, thanks, I'll try this out because I been googling stuff and I think I can get a code from At&t. Well hopefully.
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I hope AT&T is cooperative. I am still able to go back to 4.1.1 on my SGS3 to unlock, but I never unlocked my Captivate - which is still functional. I keep it as a backup. It would be nice to have it unlocked.
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I hope AT&T is cooperative. I am still able to go back to 4.1.1 on my SGS3 to unlock, but I never unlocked my Captivate - which is still functional. I keep it as a backup. It would be nice to have it unlocked.
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How were you able to go back to 4.1.1? Right now im on 4.3 and people are saying not to downgrade or it'll brick your phone. All I wanna do is go back to 4.1.1 to unlock my phone and upgrade to 4.3.
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How were you able to go back to 4.1.1? Right now im on 4.3 and people are saying not to downgrade or it'll brick your phone. All I wanna do is go back to 4.1.1 to unlock my phone and upgrade to 4.3.
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I will be able to go back to 4.1.1 because I am still on 4.1.2. I never allowed my phone to take the 4.3 update.
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I will be able to go back to 4.1.1 because I am still on 4.1.2. I never allowed my phone to take the 4.3 update.
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Oh I see, thanks anyway. Looks like im stuck on 4.3 :|
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I hope AT&T is cooperative. I am still able to go back to 4.1.1 on my SGS3 to unlock, but I never unlocked my Captivate - which is still functional. I keep it as a backup. It would be nice to have it unlocked.
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Check out the captivate forum. You should be able to unlock it for free
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Check out the captivate forum. You should be able to unlock it for free
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Been perusing them for a bit. Not having much luck implementing for the moment. I think that is because I didn't have a sim in the phone. It's not a big issue to me at the moment. As a backup phone I don't actually need to unlock if I go with AT&T or even if I switch it to Straight Talk. Of course, it would need to be unlocked to use other prepaid options. Anyway, I subscribed to the threads I will revisit when necessary.
Hi I would like to know if theirs a way to unlock bootloader still with status no when going though service menu on this compact is this by rom choice default locked or firmware need a downgrade and then upgrade to custom. Or is theri more to it as dont want to brick my compact
No way, sorry.
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Hi I would like to know if theirs a way to unlock bootloader still with status no when going though service menu on this compact is this by rom choice default locked or firmware need a downgrade and then upgrade to custom. Or is theri more to it as dont want to brick my compact
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You will never be able to unlock the bootloader on that phone, unless your carrier can give you some kind of code to change your unlock status (not sure this is even possible).
Rekoil said:
You will never be able to unlock the bootloader on that phone, unless your carrier can give you some kind of code to change your unlock status (not sure this is even possible).
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I can get the unlock code not a problem to unlock phone to any network. am already waiting for that from o2 so can use on any network but will this work or is it a septate code that is used for bootloader or somthing
mentalghost said:
I can get the unlock code not a problem to unlock phone to any network. am already waiting for that from o2 so can use on any network but will this work or is it a septate code that is used for bootloader or somthing
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The BL is different, if it came from O2 then chances are you cant unlock the BL.
So there is no chance? It worked with xperia arc and omnius. Costs about 15$, that would be ok. But will it work with our z1c in the near future? Or is it just "luck" to find an exploit?
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So there is no chance?
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NO.
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NO.
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Well nothing is impossible, but it isn't likely as it requires a bootloader exploit. Realistically it isn't going to happen though, unless some smart people devote a lot of time to it. The most likely scenario (using test point to gain more software access) would require hardware tampering.
Hello Mentalghost,
Unfortunately there is no way to unlock the bootloader when the status is "No".
Have a great day, cheers!
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mentalghost said:
Hi I would like to know if theirs a way to unlock bootloader still with status no when going though service menu on this compact is this by rom choice default locked or firmware need a downgrade and then upgrade to custom. Or is theri more to it as dont want to brick my compact
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MentalGhost, where did you purchase your phone? This phone isn't sold by any carriers in the USA, to the best of my knowledge, so the bootloader shouldn't be locked.
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MentalGhost, where did you purchase your phone? This phone isn't sold by any carriers in the USA, to the best of my knowledge, so the bootloader shouldn't be locked.
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Bought in UK where I am not in USA. Might take back to shop where bought from and see if got any others in lol
Or wait for locked bootloader versions or someone makes modded version with unlocked rom that is been modded like one where you install modded that is unlocked install and then can unlock bootloader did in xperia s I use to have was a modded rom that was originally saying bootloader unlock no and added new Base rom and then said bootloadr unlock yes maybe this will happen on this phone in time or locked bootloader kernels and rom come along
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Bought in UK where I am not in USA. Might take back to shop where bought from and see if got any others in lol
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I'd recommend to anyone that is still able to return a Phone to do so because I think you'll find you'll be waiting a long time for a solution.
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I'd recommend to anyone that is still able to return a Phone to do so because I think you'll find you'll be waiting a long time for a solution.
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Plus, there will be no solution. The reason why Xperia Arc S and other 2011 Xperias worked with testpoint method was because of that there was a big security flaw in the security of the testpoints nand access, but those flaws have been fixed in newer Xperias and newer 2011 Xperias also.
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Plus, there will be no solution.
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+1 It was coming to that realization that I sold my O2 locked Z after 6 months to buy an unbranded Z1 Compact. It worked out cheaper too spending hundreds of pounds up front for my Phone with the added bonus of having access to all of it.
What happens if you still follow the instructions on how to do it? I didn't check if it was allowed and I'm stuck in bootloop and I can't flash via flashtool,
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What happens if you still follow the instructions on how to do it? I didn't check if it was allowed and I'm stuck in bootloop and I can't flash via flashtool,
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See here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49928704, power off the Phone and reflash.
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See here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49928704, power off the Phone and reflash.
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Yes I've tried it but flashtool gets stuck on processing loader. I waited over 10min with 0% progress on flashtool.
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I waited over 10min with 0% progress on flashtool.
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Once or twice?
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Once or twice?
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thrice with different roms
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I can give you more info if you tell me what you need to know
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Once or twice?
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Ok solved... I had an old version of flashtool running... -.- :laugh:
I just purchased one LT28AT(Sony Ion) from ebay and the seller unlocked it from AT&T for me. Now I am a T-mobile user. Since this phone is still running ICS, I have been trying to install CM11 on it but no luck. I was told that I need to root the phone first and then you are able to install a CM11 rom. I searched all threads here and googled related report. It seems no way to unlock this phone. However, I did see some people installed CM11 on their LT28AT and they also uploaded the videos on Youtube.
Any suggestion or feedback would be appreciated.
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Any suggestion or feedback would be appreciated.
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Even though Your phone is sim unlocked, You need to check if the bootloader is unlock able, then only You can install cm11. Google how to check if bootloader is unlock able.
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Even though Your phone is sim unlocked, You need to check if the bootloader is unlock able, then only You can install cm11. Google how to check if bootloader is unlock able.
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Thanks for your reply. I just checked the configuration and the "Bootloader unlock allowed" shows NO. Does that mean this phone can not be unlocked?
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Thanks for your reply. I just checked the configuration and the "Bootloader unlock allowed" shows NO. Does that mean this phone can not be unlocked?
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Unfortunately no, You can't unlock Your bootloader.
Hi guys. I want to remove this warning message when i boot up my phone. Can anyone help me? Thanks!
being able to do this would be great! I tried all the fastboot commands that work on different devices to re-lock the bootloader, flashed the bootloaders again...downgrade to Android 5, uncheck enable EOM unlock in the developer options..tried fastboot commands.. all was in vain...
Any other ideas?
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being able to do this would be great! I tried all the fastboot commands that work on different devices to re-lock the bootloader, flashed the bootloaders again...downgrade to Android 5, uncheck enable EOM unlock in the developer options..tried fastboot commands.. all was in vain...
Any other ideas?
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I don't want to relock my bootloader. My goal is just removing this message. Because if the bootloop issue happen to me, sellers will not know that i've unlocked my bootloader. So they will repair my phone for free.
please can any mod close this? Has already been asked and answered. it's not possible! Do a damn search before!
there is not mention of this as far as I sow it anyways...
If you have it then post the link here so we can see it also .
PS: under the same logic we would not try to find a root or bootloader unlock and talk about it because its not currently possible.
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please can any mod close this? Has already been asked and answered. it's not possible! Do a damn search before!
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If your in the EU and phone is still under warranty, LG will repair defected devices regardless if BL is unlocked as its a known defect. Read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/g4-bootloop-lg-officially-admits-t3301629
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If your in the EU and phone is still under warranty, LG will repair defected devices regardless if BL is unlocked as its a known defect. Read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/g4-bootloop-lg-officially-admits-t3301629
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I live in asia region. I talked with the seller where that i bought (third party shop) and they said that unlocking BL void warranty. That is why i want to hide this message
Then it's a no...you cannot remove message when booting.
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Then it's a no...you cannot remove message when booting.
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There are marshmallow boot animation in forums for g4. But i am not sure if it can hide this message or not.
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There are marshmallow boot animation in forums for g4. But i am not sure if it can hide this message or not.
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No, as the message appears before the bootanimation.
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No, as the message appears before the bootanimation.
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That's awful
I read about a guy saying something like changing the I-M-E-I (dont want to get banned or something) to something else, reboot and then restore it, you should have a relocked bootloader..
it sounds a bit shady but maybe this can actually work...depending on how this unlock is done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBFc2Da83E
This guy actually relocked the bootloader nice
Does anyone know how long it takes for oneplus to sent me that unlock token for the bootloader?I thought these guys where some what "Root Friendly"
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Does anyone know how long it takes for oneplus to sent me that unlock token for the bootloader?I thought these guys where some what "Root Friendly"
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I think you do not need one. Just use fastboot flashing unlock
Shanemichealrowland said:
Does anyone know how long it takes for oneplus to sent me that unlock token for the bootloader?I thought these guys where some what "Root Friendly"
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You don't need an unlock token. There is no TWRP for oneplus9pro yet. Follow this guide. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...der-install-custom-recovery-and-root.2788632/
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I think you do not need one. Just use fastboot flashing unlock
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I failed to mention its tmobiles oneplus 9 pro,will that make a difference?
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You don't need an unlock token. There is no TWRP for oneplus9pro yet. Follow this guide. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...der-install-custom-recovery-and-root.2788632/
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Did I mention this tmobiles oneplus 9 pro....does that make a difference?
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I failed to mention its tmobiles oneplus 9 pro,will that make a difference?
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7 days after submitting the request. Be happy they let you unlock a carrier branded device at all...
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7 days after submitting the request. Be happy they let you unlock a carrier branded device at all...
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Ahhh. That is different but that's on TMO not OP.
This is just objectively false information. The "Fastboot OEM Unlock" command is depreciated and has been replaced by "fastboot flashing unlock" and regardless neither are applicable unless the bootloader can even be unlocked, which it can't be without the Token.
They both work, I have tested both commands.
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They both work, I have tested both commands.
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Not without the Token they don't.
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Ahhh. That is different but that's on TMO not OP.
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No, it's on OP. T-Mobile's part is to sim unlock, allowing the oem unlocking option in dev options. OP is the one providing the token, and they essentially make you wait a week for no reason.
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No, it's on OP. T-Mobile's part is to sim unlock, allowing the oem unlocking option in dev options. OP is the one providing the token, and they essentially make you wait a week for no reason.
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Correct, back in the HTC One days you had to apply for a token but it was emailed to you within a few minutes. This week+ nonsense is exactly that, utter nonsense.
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Not without the Token they don't.
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I know that, I'm not stupid. I waited 7 days for the unlock.
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I know that, I'm not stupid. I waited 7 days for the unlock.
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No one called you stupid, but nitpicking over which unlock command to use is a pointless debate when Shane still doesn't have the unlock token in the first place.
Well I've been on OP since OP1 and I've never requested a bootloader unlock. However I've never bought an OP phone from a carrier. Perhaps that's why.