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As far as I know, when trying to sim-unlock a device with a network provided sim-unlock code it shoudn't matter that I have a custom rom (Oxygen RC4). However, this is what happens:
I insert my non-orange sim card and boot up, when android boots up it firstly asks for my pin, I enter it, then it asks for a sim-unlock code and I enter that as well and then get a 'Successful' message. However, in the status bar I get a sim card icon with an exclamation mark inside it and have no signal. Also when I reboot the phone it once again asks for a sim-unlock code.
I've already contacted orange and they've said they'll contact me (which they havent) and i'm sure the conversation will end when I tell them that i've rooted the phone and have a custom rom installed, as my warranty is probably void now. Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm hoping to avoid installing an official ruu to get around this as this will mean ill have to s-off and change partition tables again and I can't be arsed!
from what i know the lock signature in phone is written in eeprom. i don't know if this phones have an eeprom. so i am thinking that you will need an RUU cause when you play with permanent memory by s-offing and changing partitions it can't be permanently recorded.
again this can be totally BS cause i only know this from proprietary phones.
xp4nd3r said:
As far as I know, when trying to sim-unlock a device with a network provided sim-unlock code it shoudn't matter that I have a custom rom (Oxygen RC4). However, this is what happens:
I insert my non-orange sim card and boot up, when android boots up it firstly asks for my pin, I enter it, then it asks for a sim-unlock code and I enter that as well and then get a 'Successful' message. However, in the status bar I get a sim card icon with an exclamation mark inside it and have no signal. Also when I reboot the phone it once again asks for a sim-unlock code.
I've already contacted orange and they've said they'll contact me (which they havent) and i'm sure the conversation will end when I tell them that i've rooted the phone and have a custom rom installed, as my warranty is probably void now. Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm hoping to avoid installing an official ruu to get around this as this will mean ill have to s-off and change partition tables again and I can't be arsed!
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mariosraptor said:
from what i know the lock signature in phone is written in eeprom. i don't know if this phones have an eeprom. so i am thinking that you will need an RUU cause when you play with permanent memory by s-offing and changing partitions it can't be permanently recorded.
again this can be totally BS cause i only know this from proprietary phones.
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Thats what im afraid of too. I'm still waiting for a call from orange so we'll see what happens filaraki
Ok aderfe, just let us know how it rolled.
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD
I'll be interested to see what happens as im in the exact same situation. Orange never got back to me either. I got the unlock code as I'd read it was required for flashing a new radio however its never been a prob. It would be nice to unlock the phone though especially after I paid £20 for the code!
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obviousd said:
I'll be interested to see what happens as im in the exact same situation. Orange never got back to me either. I got the unlock code as I'd read it was required for flashing a new radio however its never been a prob. It would be nice to unlock the phone though especially after I paid £20 for the code!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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To tell you the truth im not expecting much from the orange team. From past experience technical call-backs of this nature usually involve a technically-incompetent employee following tree-diagrams to answer your query and in most cases not being able to. If I dont get a solution from them ill try flashing an original RUU and unlocking and let you guys know what happens
Orange never phoned me so I phoned them. Their technical team (which apparently does not deal with customers directly) left a note on my account asking me to provide my orange rom version so I told them that I have flashed a custom rom and request a link to an official orange ruu, will be interesting to see what they have to say! will keep you posted on what happens
Hello
I just wanted to say HI. I just registered. Been exploring this site for some time now. I have the touch pro 2. I really like it. I have had a lot of phones, mostly iphones and blackberries (I used to sell them). Done a lot of unlocking, but now am getting into serious business
So just wanted to say Hi. Thanks for helping me get an education. I will say this information is very hard to navigate though. You guys are amazingly smart about this stuff.
So far I have the MightyROM. Trying to understand the different types of locks/locking. For the TP2. From Iphones I learned about basebands and firmwares. This TP2 is on a whole new level by comparison though. Very confusing. Trying to skim through the wiki. Information seems hard to come by. I have basic knowledge only pretty much, but it's all diverse (done light java programming, etc...)
Really interested in the Registry edit capabilities. Right now I just have Rescoe. I thought for sure there would be a way to unlock by going that route but doesn't seem to work on anything I have tried. Don't really understand the parameters/keys and don't know how exactly to find out.
I will just keep plugging away I guess. Tried to buy the security unlocker but ran into problems with paypal freezing my account and what not... I really hate paypal...
Thanks though. You guys do great things!
What is Security Unlock?
Ok hello again, I now have a very good question I think:
What is Security Unlocking?
I was reading the wiki and that clarified a lot of things for me as far as CID/ROM unlocking and SIM unlocking but I didn't see anything about security unlocking. I am under the impression that I need to security unlock but I don't know why and I would really like to know.
Last nite I tried to download and install the radio upgrades from Olipro but the phone bricked into bootloader and I had to reflash the mighty ROM to get it back up and running again. As my understanding is that I am currently CID/ROM unlocked but I can't seem to unlock the Radio/GSM without Security unlocking. Can please tell me why? Is this an added mechanism to prevent this that is recent advancement on the carriers part I am guessing but how does it work and why? Thanks so much if you tell me!!!
derekstaroba said:
Ok hello again, I now have a very good question I think:
What is Security Unlocking?
I was reading the wiki and that clarified a lot of things for me as far as CID/ROM unlocking and SIM unlocking but I didn't see anything about security unlocking. I am under the impression that I need to security unlock but I don't know why and I would really like to know.
Last nite I tried to download and install the radio upgrades from Olipro but the phone bricked into bootloader and I had to reflash the mighty ROM to get it back up and running again. As my understanding is that I am currently CID/ROM unlocked but I can't seem to unlock the Radio/GSM without Security unlocking. Can please tell me why? Is this an added mechanism to prevent this that is recent advancement on the carriers part I am guessing but how does it work and why? Thanks so much if you tell me!!!
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what do you mean by trying to unlock the radio? SIM unlock?
security unlock allows flashing non-stock radios. (but you must pay attention if you're flashing a radio that's compatible with your phone model.)
cmonex said:
what do you mean by trying to unlock the radio? SIM unlock?
security unlock allows flashing non-stock radios. (but you must pay attention if you're flashing a radio that's compatible with your phone model.)
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Well I'm not quite sure but I will explain what I am seeing.
When I put a SIM in the network doesn't register but it shows the new phone number in phone settings on the first tab. On the second tab in 'Network' it doesn't detect and keeps saying "searching for network" etc...
My radio says WF. the hhspl works fine and I can flash any ROM. The only ROM I haven't tried is a GSM ROM because in my understanding that bricks the phone (What is the brick? Tricolor? Black screen?). However I haven't been able to flash any Radio's at all. It gets to 100% and then quits with an error and reverts the phone to tricolor screen and the only way to get it out is to Reflash a ROM. I was able to Flash a Sprint ROM with the windows mobile 6.1 version. I have to say that one really sucks lol but it did manage to change the radio version. After I changed the Radio Version to 1.96WF I reflashed back to MightyROM and tried to run the unlocker again, didn't work. Then I tried to reflash another radio. Didn't work and bricked the phone to tricolor/bootloader again.
So am I CID locked Or Security locked? Either way the process should work I thought? None of the programs seem to be doing what they are fully designed to do.
Thnx a bunch!
Something!
I purchased a brand new T-Mobile SIM and IT REGISTERED!
I was able to call the T-Mobile Help line.
There was some trouble with the activation, but I think I got it. I guess I didn't need the security unlock after all???
weird. And the radio version is sprint. In my understanding, a sprint baseband/radio is not supported on T-mobile, yet I have access to the frequencies/bands. For example on an iphone in order to pick up frequencies from T-mobile or any other GSM carrier you have to upgrade the baseband/radio version to one that supports those frequencies. The last iphone I had I had to use an IPAD baseband in order to unlock it. So this is completely different.
THIS MAKES ME VERY VERY CURIOUS!
Yea the security unlocker doesn't work for the U.S. Cell version... at least mine it doesn't. I made some youtube videos and a thread to show that. I figured out another way to unlock though using the HardSPL, Flashing to a Sprint Stock ROM to get that radio, and then flashing again to MightyROM.
What I meant by unlocking the radio is basically I am thinking of the radio in terms of the radio picks up certain signals (like 800mhz, 850mhz, 1900mhz, etc...) but each carrier prevents their radios from picking up all but one of the signal, the one they use, and prevents the rest from communicating with the device (guessing this would be the device modem?) so when I say "unlock Radio" I was meaning unlock those other frequencies and get rid of the programming which blocks them and use my device to full capability.
So now I get to see what this baby can really do thanks
derekstaroba said:
Well I'm not quite sure but I will explain what I am seeing.
When I put a SIM in the network doesn't register but it shows the new phone number in phone settings on the first tab. On the second tab in 'Network' it doesn't detect and keeps saying "searching for network" etc...
My radio says WF. the hhspl works fine and I can flash any ROM. The only ROM I haven't tried is a GSM ROM because in my understanding that bricks the phone (What is the brick? Tricolor? Black screen?). However I haven't been able to flash any Radio's at all. It gets to 100% and then quits with an error and reverts the phone to tricolor screen and the only way to get it out is to Reflash a ROM. I was able to Flash a Sprint ROM with the windows mobile 6.1 version. I have to say that one really sucks lol but it did manage to change the radio version. After I changed the Radio Version to 1.96WF I reflashed back to MightyROM and tried to run the unlocker again, didn't work. Then I tried to reflash another radio. Didn't work and bricked the phone to tricolor/bootloader again.
So am I CID locked Or Security locked? Either way the process should work I thought? None of the programs seem to be doing what they are fully designed to do.
Thnx a bunch!
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if you only flashed Hard-SPL, then you are still security locked in terms of radio.
Hard-SPL is only designed to unlock the SPL, not the radio. so, it does do what it was designed to do, unlocks your phone for normal ROM flashing.
derekstaroba said:
Yea the security unlocker doesn't work for the U.S. Cell version... at least mine it doesn't. I made some youtube videos and a thread to show that. I figured out another way to unlock though using the HardSPL, Flashing to a Sprint Stock ROM to get that radio, and then flashing again to MightyROM.
What I meant by unlocking the radio is basically I am thinking of the radio in terms of the radio picks up certain signals (like 800mhz, 850mhz, 1900mhz, etc...) but each carrier prevents their radios from picking up all but one of the signal, the one they use, and prevents the rest from communicating with the device (guessing this would be the device modem?) so when I say "unlock Radio" I was meaning unlock those other frequencies and get rid of the programming which blocks them and use my device to full capability.
So now I get to see what this baby can really do thanks
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both Hard-SPL and our sim/security unlocker (separate program from Hard-SPL) work for US cellular tp2.
as for the Tmobile SIM, some of the newer SIM cards will work with that sprint radio. not all of these SIM cards will.
As above, how do I know?
I bought the phone from TMobile Direct UK, I got it pretty much the day it was released, it shows no signs of Tmobile branding but how can i be certain?
I also have downloaded the zip file of android 2.3 if i update manually will the phone be able to pick up signal despite the OTA not being officially released in the UK yet?
Sorry for the noob questions!
if you try and flash the gingerbread RUU and it works then you are not branded and yes you will still get signal
Do i need root access to achieve this? and what are the chances of making my phone a paper weight?
i was very tempted to do it, yesterday. I booted into recovery and decided i'd wait for more info from HTC who seem to be treating us Uk folk as second class citizens
You don't need root, If you install with the RUU it will either work or it wont, you won't brick your phone, just plug ur phone into ur pc, you need to have htc sync and/or android sdk installed, select htc sync from the pop up message on ur phone and run the RUU
I think i'm too noob and should probly wait for HTC!
you might aswell tbh, gingerbread is being pushed to random phones as we speak, shouldn't be long till everyone gets the ota
yea i know, i'm just concerned that my phone might be branded and i have to wait for tmobile which could be significant wait.
and franky with all the bugs in this version of FroYo it's getting quite irritating.
r0cafella said:
yea i know, i'm just concerned that my phone might be branded and i have to wait for tmobile which could be significant wait.
and franky with all the bugs in this version of FroYo it's getting quite irritating.
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Actually if you read the threads it seems branded phones are getting the update first.
To answer your original question, when you turn the phone on (from off), do you get a T-mobile screen? The answer is the answer, as a guide.
Nope i don't, i just get a HTC Splash screen.
I tried to insert another sim however (vodafone uk) and it asked me for some sort of 8 digit code.
Could be either SIM lock (the SIM card itself is locked) or the phone is locked to your network (doesn't have to be branded to be network locked).
Check the software number (settings -> about phone -> Software Information) on the phone.
Mine Desire HD with Android 2.2.1 is 1.72.405.3 and doesn't have any T-Mobile splash screen interestingly was primed to connect to t-mobile as there was a little piece of paper which said at the network selection screen choose next despite NO network being selected and T-Mobile not being one of those in the list?
Anyway I believe the 405 bit indicates its an htc (i.e. unbranded) build. The Vodafone uk builds have 161 here instead and my wifes desire that does have a t-mobile splash screen shows software version 2.12.110.4 with android 2.2 installed
Hi folks,
strange issue, I bought the HTC One X locked to our network, from another guy. It was rooted via HTC dev with Mike's revolution over it. Everything was ok, except it was locked to a network I dont want to use with.
So I tried with HTCSimUnlock.com, purchased unlock code, received it instantly, and tried several times to insert it. But every time, display showed "unknown password" and no luck.
What I discovered when I took to record the procedure of unsuccessful inserting the code to claim for money back, was that imei number is missing, and actually in the settings imei showe as "unknown". The most interesting thing is that phone is working normally, with of course, sim card from the network that the phone is locked to.
I wrote to HTCSimUnlock.com ,and waiting for the answer, but I dont know should I do something, try to get the RUU back to stock rom, or hard reset, but am little afraid that phone could stop working...
djurkash said:
Hi folks,
strange issue, I bought the HTC One X locked to our network, from another guy. It was rooted via HTC dev with Mike's revolution over it. Everything was ok, except it was locked to a network I dont want to use with.
So I tried with HTCSimUnlock.com, purchased unlock code, received it instantly, and tried several times to insert it. But every time, display showed "unknown password" and no luck.
What I discovered when I took to record the procedure of unsuccessful inserting the code to claim for money back, was that imei number is missing, and actually in the settings imei showe as "unknown". The most interesting thing is that phone is working normally, with of course, sim card from the network that the phone is locked to.
I wrote to HTCSimUnlock.com ,and waiting for the answer, but I dont know should I do something, try to get the RUU back to stock rom, or hard reset, but am little afraid that phone could stop working...
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you could try the hard reset or RUU. whether the phone will stop working or not, i personally would try it, but you make your own choice. its a risk best thing i can suggest is play it safe, sell it on and get an unbranded one
How could you buy a unlock code without IMEI in the first place? And secondly, if you reboot into bootloader and choose "show barcode" then I guess there is a IMEI? In that case, just try a new rom, or better yet a ruu.
Download the appropriate Ruu and update it, this is a common issue on the S2 as well with ics during flashing, possibly someone updated it before you and it didnt go according to plan.
first time i have come across IMEI known, i know the serial number came back unkown once, try the RUU, like i said i dont think it will mess up your phone because your restoring it to factory conditions obviously.
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How could you buy a unlock code without IMEI in the first place? And secondly, if you reboot into bootloader and choose "show barcode" then I guess there is a IMEI? In that case, just try a new rom, or better yet a ruu.
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no, imei was there in the first place, and after my attempt to unlock it, it dissapeared...
Then, I listened to you, and went to barcode, and imei was there normally.
Now, when I bootup, imei is here! Crazy staff...thanks...I really dont understand what happened...
graemeg said:
Download the appropriate Ruu and update it, this is a common issue on the S2 as well with ics during flashing, possibly someone updated it before you and it didnt go according to plan.
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Check the answer above, everything was fine before I tried to enter unlock code...
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first time i have come across IMEI known, i know the serial number came back unkown once, try the RUU, like i said i dont think it will mess up your phone because your restoring it to factory conditions obviously.
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After I did what kruppin said, imei restored...wierd!
Thank you guys all for the help...now, only thing left is to ask for refund fron htcsimunlock.com
I have been trying to check imei status online it showed another model of Htc one m9 which is Hima-UHL which dev edition instead of showing Hima-Whl which is Sprint, I dont know but i have already tried checking imei at Sprint website but it says It seems this device does not belong to US sprint carrier, although Once I've flashed Att firmware then ruu it was succesfully flashed except one thing the baseband and wifi wasnt working, then i've tried to flash the sprint radio image and the result was that it fixed only wifi issue, still sim wasnt detected, when i reverted back to sprint, its gone sim locked then i've used nv method to unlock it and back to everything the way it was, and then i checked imei on att website it said device is compatible but we are not able to find correct sim card
Still I'm confused so much what the **** im not understanding
Please help attachments included
Helps would be appreciated
P.S when on att rom it did not said phone is sim locked
If you want details from the phone boot to download mode, plug it into a pc and run fastboot getvar /all.
You identify the phone from its sku, cid and mid. Just because you flashed a sprint firmware and WiFi started working doesn't mean it used to be a sprint phone.. You also have to remember that it is very easy to change the region etc on htc phones.
The main concern is finding out if its a cdma or a gsm device.
Cid is super one
Mid is 0PJA2000
How to find skuid??
Flashing GSM firmware on a CDMA device or vice versa can result in unrecoverable hardware damages if you're unlucky. The partition layouts of CDMA devices are completely different and not compatible with the GSM ones. Even the layouts of the different CDMA versions (Sprint vs. Verizon) aren't compatible with each other.
Looking at CID, MID and SKU after the phone got converted won't help at all. Each time you convert the phone those values get changed. You won't be able to find out the original values by using fastboot getvar, at this point.
If you're lucky and no one ever tinkered with the hardware of the M9* then you should be able to find out the original MID by looking at the engraving on the backside of the phone. Be aware that the engraving lacks two zeros in comparison to the MID that you get from fastboot getvar. We would still need to guess the original CID and the original SKU but if you really own a CDMA phone that shouldn't be too hard.
* In other words: If no one replaced the back-plate at some point.
Btw, checking your IMEI online is everything else than fale safe. I wouldn't rely on the results. As long as the original hardware is unmodified, looking at the engraving is the best method for finding out which version of the M9 you own.
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ModelID on back plate is 0PJA200
Saying if it results in unrecoverable faults, how can i still flash gsm firmware on sprint??
And i bought this phone second hand, thing is My imei is not detected on official sprint website
And when i got that phone the CiD was SPCS_001
MID was same as 0PJA20000
Assuming that the back-plate didn't get changed, the engraving means that you own a Sprint M9.
As said in my last post, those online IMEI checks are [email protected] You get plenty of false results if you use them. You aren't the first M9 user here on xda that thought they own a GSM phone after checking its IMEI although in reality it's a CDMA device.
You or the previous owner set the phone S-OFF. That's how the ability to flash GSM RUUs got unlocked. S-OFF means in simple words that (almost) all of the phone's write-protection gets removed. Normally it would deny a GSM RUU due to the mismatching MID&CID. With S-OFF you can change them manually, though. Therefore, the phone more or less accepts everything you try to flash on it. No matter whether the file is compatible with the phone or not.
The emphasis in my warning lies on "can". It's a known fact that the partitions differ. The thing is that sometimes people that flash a wrong firmware are lucky and their phone doesn't get damaged and sometimes the broken sim detection and the lost Wi-Fi signal aren't recoverable even after flashing the original firmware of the phone.
Edit: Owners of an M9 are actually lucky, that HTC changed the partitions layout enough for making the phone still able to boot after flashing the wrong firmware. The M8 or any other model that is older than the M9 wouldn't boot, anymore, in that case and would become a fancy paperweight.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs
Ok thanks man <3
Definitely my fault should've got brand new model
@Saad Saleem
My choice of words for the explanation of S-OFF wasn't the best. If you didn't do so already, I'd like you to re-read my last post since it's overhauled, now.