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[Q] Update S3 lock Sim card

Hi Guys
I have Samsung S3 it is unlock or as the seller told me it come installed with Android 4.0.4 Ice cream Sandwich I update it to 4.1.0 Jelly beans
using Odin software everything go smoothly without any problem but after the phone did the final restart it give me this message .
(SIM network ubnlock pin) :crying:

anybody have any Ide to fix this issue
Plase need some help .
thanks

What galaxy s3 do u have?
Sent from Galaxy SIII

musclehead84 said:
What galaxy s3 do u have?
Sent from Galaxy SIII
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I don't know what you mean with "what galaxy s3?"
I think the international version GT-I9300 .

hishammuteb said:
I don't know what you mean with "what galaxy s3?"
I think the international version GT-I9300 .
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I might suggest asking this question in the Galaxy S3 i9300 forums. I don't know if the Sprint forums are best to ask where most of us are only familiar with the Sprint S3 variant instead of the international version like you have.

hishammuteb said:
Hi Guys
I have Samsung S3 it is unlock or as the seller told me it come installed with Android 4.0.4 Ice cream Sandwich I update it to 4.1.0 Jelly beans
using Odin software everything go smoothly without any problem but after the phone did the final restart it give me this message .
(SIM network ubnlock pin) :crying:
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Everyone made reference to the forum you should check in but nobody linked to it. You'll have a much better chance of getting an answer here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563
The international version is a very different beast than the American Varieties, a lot of the tricks are not compatible between versions.

Hi guys
I just rooted my phone using the steps in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
and every thing gooing will then I installed Voodoo Galaxy S III Sim Unlock the app give me
SIM lock : read error
then I click the Query Sim lock as Seen from system
the *#7465625# dosn't give anything
guys any advise

hishammuteb said:
Hi guys
I just rooted my phone using the steps in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
and every thing gooing will then I installed Voodoo Galaxy S III Sim Unlock the app give me
SIM lock : read error
then I click the Query Sim lock as Seen from system
the *#7465625# dosn't give anything
guys any advise
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You have a gsm version s3
Sprint users may not be much help as our phone is cdma and doesnt use an external sim.
You questions will most likely be best answered in i9300 forun
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WIND Galaxy S4 M919V's UNITE

I thought I'd create the first thread for the Canadian variant of the M919's similar to the thread on the S3 subsection. This is basically a thread where owners of the M919V can discuss amongsts each other based on our model of the phone.
STARTER LINKS for M919V's
STOCK Wind/Mobilicity/Videotron Firmware:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-M919V&pcode=0#firmware
Which ROMs work with the M919V and which one's don't:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
SIM Unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
LTE Band Enable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42044290&postcount=10
How To Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258633
Installing TWRP Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263947

Did anyone else get an update this morning? I am with videotron and i got updated to build MDJ - I think I was on MDF before - haven't really noticed anything different.
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whittssg said:
Did anyone else get an update this morning? I am with videotron and i got updated to build MDJ - I think I was on MDF before - haven't really noticed anything different.
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Yes. My M919V from Wind (using it on Virgin) got an update this morning. MDC to MDJ now. The firmwares posted on samfirmware are the newer ones that includes today's 18 Mb update.
I didn't notice any difference as of yet. The description only read "Stability Improvements".

Me too I got update on videtron .
Guys now that you have open this topic it will nice to have real guide for our version for Rooting andvalso listing whic recovery and Rom work on Videtron / wind version.
I am too scared to brick the phine so I need guide from people who already done it.
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Root
Is there any root for our version?

I had my S4 crash on me once so I'm assuming the update fixed that. I'm not sure what caused the crash but it reminded me of the crashes I'd get with AOSP roms on my S3 which shocked me. So far no crash though. TBF, I think that the roots for the TMO work for us as well, however I haven't tried yet either as I'm also waiting for confirmation hehe. :good:
BTW has anyone gotten the unlock for the M919's to work on M919V's? When I dial the code in, it doesnt want to accept it.

Netuser said:
Me too I got update on videtron .
Guys now that you have open this topic it will nice to have real guide for our version for Rooting andvalso listing whic recovery and Rom work on Videtron / wind version.
I am too scared to brick the phine so I need guide from people who already done it.
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I suppose I'll get things rolling a little bit.
1) Root
The motochopper method works. Tested it myself. Even on the newest M919VVLUAMDJ.
Link here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258633
2) Sim Unlock
Again tested by me, works flawlessly even after flashing stock rom again.
Link here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285431
3) Recovery
Not tested by me, but others have had success installing TWRP.
Link here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263947
4) Stock
I flashed stock ROM with Odin after rooting to return back to stock. Everything is just how it is supposed to be.
Let's get going!

Thanks dj_aj, for root we don't need to go back to old firmware ?
I can confirmed I followed yesterday the method posted in the main Galaxy S4 Genreal forum(not T-mobile one) by looking at your links it look like same steps, and my videotron is unlocked I tried Telus sim of a friend it is working http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
For me the only important reason why I want to root and install a custom ROM is to have Pdroid as Apps now days ask for crazy permissions and I want to block that. Is there any Stock Base ROM that include Pdroid or OpenPdroid ? Because otherwise my phone is ultra fast and smooth no need of crazy flashing like I use to do before with my LG lol

Is there anyway to enable LTE on this model? My phone tends to jump to the Rogers partner network every now and then and the data is terribly slow on Rogers 3G compared to Videotrons 4G. Thanks.
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whittssg said:
Is there anyway to enable LTE on this model? My phone tends to jump to the Rogers partner network every now and then and the data is terribly slow on Rogers 3G compared to Videotrons 4G. Thanks.
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Open the phone dialer and press *#2263#.
Then select LTE Band Preference & then LTE All. This will force your phone to only connect to LTE.
To revert back chose Automatic from the service mode.
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Netuser said:
Thanks dj_aj, for root we don't need to go back to old firmware ?
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No that is not necessary. The new firmware is still rootable with motochopper.

Ever since I installed the firmaware update 2 days ago my batter life has tanked. Anyone else having this problem? (noob warning) Is it possible to revert to the previous version (non-rooted device)?

kochampiwo said:
Ever since I installed the firmaware update 2 days ago my batter life has tanked. Anyone else having this problem? (noob warning) Is it possible to revert to the previous version (non-rooted device)?
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Could you elaborate on how much the battery life has really tanked? Is it down to just a few hours? And how less is it compared to the previous times?
I ask only because even though I initially thought that my battery was draining much quickly on this new firmware, it isn't really so. I'm getting about the same battery life.
Also, at this moment there is no way to downgrade to the previous firmware. The reason being the only stock firmware available to be flashed is the latest one.

dj_aj said:
No that is not necessary. The new firmware is still rootable with motochopper.
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Thanks for the confirmation
You rooted it but you didn't install/tested any ROM ? so basically any T mobile Rom will work ?
Also if OP author can add Videotron in the title of the topic we may get more people

Netuser said:
Thanks for the confirmation
You rooted it but you didn't install/tested any ROM ? so basically any T mobile Rom will work ?
Also if OP author can add Videotron in the title of the topic we may get more people
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You are welcome and no, I did not install any ROMs or custom recoveries. I like the stock touchwiz roms and generally only root to get rid of bloatware & do some minor tweaks.
I assume that all custom roms for the t-mobile sgh-m919 should work on our sgh-m919v variants. But, I have no expertise in this area & if anybody knows more can correct me.

I've updated the main post with links people have posted on here just for good reference. I hope that's okay with the original posters.

Just to confirm that i just rooted my videotron S4 with the link in OP . No need to roll back firmware worked perfectly with latest . Dont forget to turn on unlocked screen as you will be asked to allow root on your phone.
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Can someone confirm if Clockworkmod works on our model as well?
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I installed TWRP recovery via GooManager as linked in OP and it is working perfectly

dj_aj said:
Could you elaborate on how much the battery life has really tanked? Is it down to just a few hours? And how less is it compared to the previous times?
I ask only because even though I initially thought that my battery was draining much quickly on this new firmware, it isn't really so. I'm getting about the same battery life.
Also, at this moment there is no way to downgrade to the previous firmware. The reason being the only stock firmware available to be flashed is the latest one.
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So I dont think its the firmware. Forgive the noobiness. Here's what happened: for two weeks since I bought the phone I have been following the same usage pattern every weekday - full charge with phone off at night, turn on at 8am, an hour of radio streaming and some browsing, gmail syncing sms and sporadic short browsing, repeat hour of streaming/browsing on commute home, some browsing on wifi in the evening. I have all smart features disabled and only syncing my gmail and calendar all in the effort to conserve bbattery.NEway this process would take my battery to about 20% by 11pm. Then last week for 2 consecutive days my battery life plummeted during the day to the point where it was 100% drained by 6pm. I didnt consider whether I had done anything differently on those days but now I know. I tried to send pictures through gmail over the network. With each pic weighing I at approx 3mb gmail was working to send them for hours while draining my battery. It just so happened that this took plafe the day after I installed the upgrade. Lesson here for me is wait for wifi to email pics taken by the fantastic camera on this phone.e

Get N7105 back to stock...

I'm trying to help a friend with his N7105 and I am lost.
He has been rooted running custom roms for a long time so that he could get group messaging. Now that the Hangouts app is available for download I'm trying to get him back to stock unrooted and he can do his own thing from here out. In doing so I realized that 4.3 was released for his model. I have looked for FW files on http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ for the right file, but don't see anything for the US or AT&T. But, there are sites all over saying it was released in a roll-out back in December like Android Police.
I've read from the forums on sammobile that you can flash another countries firmware package, but then you'll only get OTAs from that country. Also, if the package you use is carrier specific you'll have to unlock to phone again. Is there no AT&T US package available? If not, what are my best options?
Any help?

Don't know if this helps or not
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292
JSS15J.I317UCUBMJ4 (Android 4.3)
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sawdoctor said:
Don't know if this helps or not
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292
JSS15J.I317UCUBMJ4 (Android 4.3)
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Will that work on a N7105? Looks promising, just not sure.

Mr. Monkey said:
I'm trying to help a friend with his N7105 and I am lost.
He has been rooted running custom roms for a long time so that he could get group messaging. Now that the Hangouts app is available for download I'm trying to get him back to stock unrooted and he can do his own thing from here out. In doing so I realized that 4.3 was released for his model. I have looked for FW files on http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ for the right file, but don't see anything for the US or AT&T. But, there are sites all over saying it was released in a roll-out back in December like Android Police.
I've read from the forums on sammobile that you can flash another countries firmware package, but then you'll only get OTAs from that country. Also, if the package you use is carrier specific you'll have to unlock to phone again. Is there no AT&T US package available? If not, what are my best options?
Any help?
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The US ATT version of the Note II is the SGH-I317, does your friend have an ATT branded phone or an imported N7105?. Sawdoctor's link will work if it is an I317. Flashing a rom from a different country won't SIM lock the phone, but will install the default apps from whatever phone company's build is used. I have an N7105, live in Belgium but use the German TMobile build on my phone, I had no issues going from CM11 back to 4.3 (I actually did this on Tuesday).

michaeljwestii said:
The US ATT version of the Note II is the SGH-I317, does your friend have an ATT branded phone or an imported N7105?. Sawdoctor's link will work if it is an I317. Flashing a rom from a different country won't SIM lock the phone, but will install the default apps from whatever phone company's build is used. I have an N7105, live in Belgium but use the German TMobile build on my phone, I had no issues going from CM11 back to 4.3 (I actually did this on Tuesday).
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That's the hard part. The phone is branded as AT&T and the sticker under the battery says SGH-I317 but if you boot it into bootloader it says it's a N7105. He bought the phone used from a local classifieds site to use with AT&T, he broke his screen after a few months and sent it into Samsung to repair it. I'm not sure if he was returned the same phone he sent if or if they just sent out a phone a different phone. Not sure if it's a N7105 that was imported (or in this case, refurbed and sent to him).

New to This Phone.

Does Flashing SGH-I747 4.3 to a custom ROM will remove the carrier lock of the phone?

No, you are Still locked to your carrier
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Couple of things to keep in mind:
1) if you want to unlock the phone, get a code and unlock the phone while running a stock ROM. You will not be able to enter the code using a custom ROM; and
2) do not attempt to downgrade the bootloader. Any attempts to downgrade could, and probably will, brick your phone.

Does this really works?
I have read through the forums. And I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/app-galaxsim-unlock-1-02-jb-compatible-t1846451 Does this really work?

tks 4 share

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Daydreamer12 said:
I have read through the forums. And I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/app-galaxsim-unlock-1-02-jb-compatible-t1846451 Does this really work?
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Does this really work?

Daydreamer12 said:
Does this really work?
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I doubt it. If it did, there would be a big thread about it in the i747/i747m forum. Also, under FAQ, it states the following: support international Galaxy S3 i9300 (Us qualcomm based GS3 are not supported at this time)
The last post in that thread was 2013-06-14.

That unlock app will not work as it does not support U.S S3 variants
There's a working downgrade to 4.1.1 check it out and while on it, try the free unlock then upgrade again
Edit: my bad.. You can't do the free unlock even of you downgrade because the bootloader is still 4.3... Only way to do it once you're on 4.3 bootloader is to purchase an unlock code
Good luck
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Any way to SIM unlock for Tmobile Note 3 - 4.4+

I have purchased a Tmobile Note 3 because its bootloader is unlocked and I can install custom roms. I plan to use it on AT&T notework.
Based on my research I have not been able to find a way to sim unlock for free. Chainfire's region away does not work with version 4.4+
Asking the group if anyone is aware of another way to sim unlock other than buying a unlock code from eBay for 25?

cellunlocker.net ,imei-unlocker.com and unlockunit.com take your pick.
Sent from my SM-N900T

cnewsgrp said:
I have purchased a Tmobile Note 3 because its bootloader is unlocked and I can install custom roms. I plan to use it on AT&T notework.
Based on my research I have not been able to find a way to sim unlock for free. Chainfire's region away does not work with version 4.4+
Asking the group if anyone is aware of another way to sim unlock other than buying a unlock code from eBay for 25?
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Call T-Mobile and ask for it.

toastido said:
Call T-Mobile and ask for it.
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Yeah - Did not work. I ended up buying code off ebay

What about downgrading to the 4.3 (TMBBMI7) and doing the free software unlock? Will it work?

Is the stock ROM required for unlocking?
Got the proper code from T-mo. Running CM-11. Unlock code doesn't work.
Am stuck because I don't want to brick.
-blaine

I always use:
https://www.safeunlockcode.com
My code has always been delivered to my email in less than 5 minutes. I had to go through a couple of crap/scam sites before I found it though. I paid $35.95 for the unlock code for my T-Mobile Note 3 and they refunded me $14.40 just for submitting a selfie of me with the phone while smiling. That was a year ago. The last T-Mobile Note 3 I purchased a code for from them was around $30.
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Frankenbiker said:
Is the stock ROM required for unlocking?
Got the proper code from T-mo. Running CM-11. Unlock code doesn't work.
Am stuck because I don't want to brick.
-blaine
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Yes it is. Stock rom required.
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So what happens if you have it unlocked with the stock rom and then decide to upgrade? Will the unlock remain when upgrading the rom and bootloader?

So far, my experience is that the unlock sticks through changing bootloader and kernel.
Its just the initial unlock that needs the factory software.
-blaine
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Just sharing my experience
I got a T-Mobile with Android 4.4.2, end up buying a code from cellunlocker.net as I could not find a easy way for free
Cost me US$20 and 2 days turn around.
Phone unlock and getting LTE in Singapore now