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So ive gone ahead rooted my P935 many times now quite simple to do. The question is its a Telus phone i'm with rogers, when i flash the v10f kdz i get origninal GB korean rom fully unlocked phone shows using rogers network. When then doing nitro hd unbrick guide and if i only DD the system.img file to install the att version p930 then do the battery pull factory reset my phone still is network unlocked. What i'm tryin to find out is which .img files baseband firmware etc would control this network lock, since when i tried to flash H!ONO v20c P930 cmw flashable ics leak my phone became network locked again. Ijust cant seem to straighten it all out , information overload .
That's very strange, flashing ROMs should not affect network lock. I'm using Bell P930 on Fido, I've flashed AT&T leak and Bell official ICS and neither have re-locked the phone. As long as the IMEI remains unchanged you should be able to use the original unlock code you received to unlock the phone again.
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That's very strange, flashing ROMs should not affect network lock. I'm using Bell P930 on Fido, I've flashed AT&T leak and Bell official ICS and neither have re-locked the phone. As long as the IMEI remains unchanged you should be able to use the original unlock code you received to unlock the phone again.
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Interesting indeed would it be the v10f .kdz korean somehow. And heres the thing I have recieved no unlock code to unlock. And now am back to running the CM9.1 unlocked working on Rogers Network .
Aha! I figured it out. CM has your Rogers APN preconfigured. The official roms would not lol. I don't know why the SU640 rom was letting you connect. It really shouldn't because your firmware and baseband should be incorrect if you flash it. Anyway, APN has nothing to do with your phone being locked or not
w0095157, are you certain your phone was never carrier unlocked by someone? Did you purchase it brand new in box from a store?
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w0095157, are you certain your phone was never carrier unlocked by someone? Did you purchase it brand new in box from a store?
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brand new in box i swear, telus store,. must be a fluke. but it works id like to find more information on different radios modems, which may change service for me, but i was comparing this to what iphone 4 service was saying side b y side.
Yeah, that makes more sense. Unlock codes are $2 off of eBay, it's worth it just to make sure you don't have any hassles switching between ROMs.
Does LTE work on Rogers when using the Bell unlocked version (P930)?
I know you have to get an LTE Sim card and an LTE enabled plan, but before i buy on eBay and update my plan, i was wondering if the LTE band works on Rogers even if it is a Bell phone.
Yes, i have LTE in my area.
Cheers!
j1paque said:
Does LTE work on Rogers when using the Bell unlocked version (P930)?
I know you have to get an LTE Sim card and an LTE enabled plan, but before i buy on eBay and update my plan, i was wondering if the LTE band works on Rogers even if it is a Bell phone.
Yes, i have LTE in my area.
Cheers!
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I don't live in Canada, but from what I'm able to find online, Rogers and Bell are using compatible LTE frequencies so it should work just fine.
It works!!!
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So ive gone ahead rooted my P935 many times now quite simple to do....
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So after trying million and 1 things I made it work! Baseband and firmware go together and I thought they contain the SIM/network lock so i tried changing them, but apparently all the versions i tried were locked too.... so since the Korean version is with unlocked SIM, why not change directly from it to Cyanogen build ??? Because the wifi is not working!!! and since i did not manage to fine how to install in while offline (CM or Clockworkmod) i flashed from the Korean version just the system.img and voila! I have unlocked SIM with working WIFI ... so putting CM after this was a breeze!
so:
1. flash to Korean V10F_00.kdz
2. root the phone
3.adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p27
should have unlocked SIM + everything else working on the ATT version which you can now install Clockworkmod and go for Cyanogen mod of your choice. i did cm-10-20121105-NIGHTLY-p930.zip - works great!
I have a p930 with at&t permanent locked network, I discovered too that the baseband of the korean version is unlocked, I made a thread about this but nobody commented or cared i think lol, you can install any rom you want but remove the baseband of the rom before install.
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So after trying million and 1 things I made it work! Baseband and firmware go together and I thought they contain the SIM/network lock so i tried changing them, but apparently all the versions i tried were locked too.... so since the Korean version is with unlocked SIM, why not change directly from it to Cyanogen build ??? Because the wifi is not working!!! and since i did not manage to fine how to install in while offline (CM or Clockworkmod) i flashed from the Korean version just the system.img and voila! I have unlocked SIM with working WIFI ... so putting CM after this was a breeze!
so:
1. flash to Korean V10F_00.kdz
2. root the phone
3.adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p27
should have unlocked SIM + everything else working on the ATT version which you can now install Clockworkmod and go for Cyanogen mod of your choice. i did cm-10-20121105-NIGHTLY-p930.zip - works great!
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Ok I have a similar problem with an at&t Lp 930, did the unbrick guide to sim unlock with the korean baseband. While in the koream ROM sim was succesfully unlocked. But after following the guide, flashing to AT&T Gingerbread and installing ClockWork Mod, I flashed it to HO!NO! AT&T ICS CWM Flashable ROM once in ICS, I lost Sim Unlock and was back to: Network Locked on Phone.
So what your saying is to basically only flash the system.img after the korean ROM is on the phone and ignore the other images, then after flash to desired ROM with CWM?
And if so, if I flashed to HO!NO! At&t flash, would I still have Locked Network?
Thank You
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Ok I have a similar problem with an at&t Lp 930, did the unbrick guide to sim unlock with the korean baseband. While in the koream ROM sim was succesfully unlocked. But after following the guide, flashing to AT&T Gingerbread and installing ClockWork Mod, I flashed it to HO!NO! AT&T ICS CWM Flashable ROM once in ICS, I lost Sim Unlock and was back to: Network Locked on Phone.
So what your saying is to basically only flash the system.img after the korean ROM is on the phone and ignore the other images, then after flash to desired ROM with CWM?
And if so, if I flashed to HO!NO! At&t flash, would I still have Locked Network?
Thank You
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replace everything but the baseband, that is how I did
Hi, and firstly, thanks to any and all who offer their knowledge to assist my conundrum.
I recently purchased a Bell Canada version of the SG Note 2 (i317), I am on Telus so I attempted to Unlock the phone. I looked online and found people were having success unlocking these phones for free using the *#197327640# method, (whereby you go into the service mode, turn off the PERSHO_256 and then INITIALLIZ).
I tried this method and the phone then seemed to work with my telus sim, but only for voice, not data. When I put in a Bell SIM from a friend, both voice and data worked fine - which tells me its not a hardware (radio) issue. I also tried using another friends Telus SIM and had the same results as mine - which tells me it's not a SIM error. Also, all the settings in the mobile network area appeared to be correctly set up.
So, my next step was to try and reflash the phone to the stock Bell ROM and then just buy an Unlock code. I downloaded the stock ROM (2 different ones actually) and used Odin 3.07 to reload the ROM. I've tried it several times now, with both Bell ROMs and each time it says it's been successful, but the phone remains in the same, partially unlocked state.
It seems as though by using the PERSHO_256 method I have permanently, PARTIALLY unlocked the phone. I can't seem to re-lock it by installing the stock Bell ROM, and since it's unlocked, I can't get the foreign SIM error to come up to enable me to put in my purchased unlock code.
If anyone has any insights, it would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
-Luke
did you check and/or setup the apn? it may be just the apn is not set correctly or you have to manually input hte apn
sounds like just APN needs setting...
APN?
How would I check/setup the APN? Is this to allow me to do a full reflash to a stock ROM or to access data with the phone in it's current state?
left ownsho
So I went into ACCES POINT NAMES and checked the sp.telus.net box, no change. Did a restart. No change Any ideas?
Wooooo Hooooo!!!
So, it's working now!!! I dug a little deeper and found the correct APN settings for TELUS. NOW IT F*@^&#*&@ING WORKS!
Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction!!!
Model : SGH-I317M
Network Locked: Rogers
I was running the official Samsung ROM with CF auto root. I made an EFS backup (Using EFS backup Pro) soon after completing the root.
A few days later I tried to flash the modem on my phone to enable AWS bands. After the process my phone got stock on the logo screen.
Then I downloaded the stock ROM + modem from samsmobile and restored it using Odin. The phone boots fine but has a null IMEI and baseband version. I tried restoring EFS using EFS backup pro and the dd command but no luck.
Then I tried the DN3 rom. My phone works perfectly. It boots fine, the network works fine, IMEI is correct!
The problem now is that I cannot unlock my phone. I have tried ordering an unlock code from 2 different websites. Both of them gave the same code. When I insert a different SIM and enter the unlock code I get a message "network unlock unsuccessful". The support team for one of the unlock sites told me enter the code from the UTMS debug menu. The problem is that this menu is not accessible in the DN3 rom. The other company (Koodo) refused to unlock unless I was on the offical ROM.
I tried opening nv_data.bin stored in the EFS parition and it is all 1's. Hence, My suspicion is that DN3 reads the EFS data from a different partition than the offical ROM (dev/block/mmcblk0p3 .
You could help me in 2 ways : Show me how to unlock my phone in DN3 rom. Help me get the offical ROM from samsmobile working.
Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.
user525 said:
Model : SGH-I317M
Network Locked: Rogers
I was running the official Samsung ROM with CF auto root. I made an EFS backup (Using EFS backup Pro) soon after completing the root.
A few days later I tried to flash the modem on my phone to enable AWS bands. After the process my phone got stock on the logo screen.
Then I downloaded the stock ROM + modem from samsmobile and restored it using Odin. The phone boots fine but has a null IMEI and baseband version. I tried restoring EFS using EFS backup pro and the dd command but no luck.
Then I tried the DN3 rom. My phone works perfectly. It boots fine, the network works fine, IMEI is correct!
The problem now is that I cannot unlock my phone. I have tried ordering an unlock code from 2 different websites. Both of them gave the same code. When I insert a different SIM and enter the unlock code I get a message "network unlock unsuccessful". The support team for one of the unlock sites told me enter the code from the UTMS debug menu. The problem is that this menu is not accessible in the DN3 rom. The other company (Koodo) refused to unlock unless I was on the offical ROM.
I tried opening nv_data.bin stored in the EFS parition and it is all 1's. Hence, My suspicion is that DN3 reads the EFS data from a different partition than the offical ROM (dev/block/mmcblk0p3 .
You could help me in 2 ways : Show me how to unlock my phone in DN3 rom. Help me get the offical ROM from samsmobile working.
Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.
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So this is a koodo phone, correct? And you had previously unlocked via the service menu?
No Its not a Koodo phone, it is a rogers phone. It has never been unlocked before. Koodo can unlock phones locked to other carriers as well. I took it to them because they were offering free unlock service for new customers. The agent at the kiosk could not find the UTMS menu so he said he could not proceed with the unlock.
I have also tried getting the unlock code by paying a website $20. I tried entering the code but the unlock was unsuccessful. Their support team said that they can only support people using stock ROM and refunded my money.
Hi all,
I wanted to unlock my Note 2 and downgraded to 4.1.1 (from 4.2.2) using MobileOdin. The problem is that I don't have the unlocking options in the Service menu. When I go to Network unlock it says that the menu does not exist. Is there a specific version I need to downgrade to? Anyone has a link? Furthermore, can I unlock my phone only by downgrading the Modem and not the entire ROM (initially i made a full downgrade).
I Used To Own A Tmobile S3 Which I Enjoyed Using Custom Roms Like Cm 12, LiquidSmooth 4.1 And Pac Rom Just To Name A Few And The Lcd Broke . So One Of My Friend Is Selling Me A Used At&t S3 On Stock 4.4.2 For Quite Cheap. But My Problem Is ( Correct Me If Im Wrong) I Think I Read An Article Stating That You Cannot Use Custom Roms On S3s On Stock 4.4.2 Or It Will Brick It . Is This Correct ? An S3 Serves No Purpose To Me On Stock TOUCHWIZ . So Is It Possible To Root And Flash Custom Roms On S3s On OFFICIAL STOCK 4.4.2 TOUCHWIZ ?
Jaii_Versace said:
I Used To Own A Tmobile S3 Which I Enjoyed Using Custom Roms Like Cm 12, LiquidSmooth 4.1 And Pac Rom Just To Name A Few And The Lcd Broke . So One Of My Friend Is Selling Me A Used At&t S3 On Stock 4.4.2 For Quite Cheap. But My Problem Is ( Correct Me If Im Wrong) I Think I Read An Article Stating That You Cannot Use Custom Roms On S3s On Stock 4.4.2 Or It Will Brick It . Is This Correct ? An S3 Serves No Purpose To Me On Stock TOUCHWIZ . So Is It Possible To Root And Flash Custom Roms On S3s On OFFICIAL STOCK 4.4.2 TOUCHWIZ ?
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The bootloader is not locked on the AT&T S3 (I747). You can use Odin to flash a custom recovery and flash any ROMs for d2att/d2lte you want. No unlocking required. It is a pretty modder friendly phone.
The thing you cannot do on the newer bootloaders is downgrade the bootloader. Attempts to downgrade anything beyond the 4.3 bootloader will result in a hard brick. This also prevents you from using the free sim unlocking method because it involves a firmware downgrade to 4.1. If you need to sim unlock the phone to use it on a different network you'll have to get a code from AT&T (they should provide one since a phone this old just about has to be off contract) or purchase one from a third party.
Jaii_Versace said:
... I Think I Read An Article Stating That You Cannot Use Custom Roms On S3s On Stock 4.4.2 Or It Will Brick It . Is This Correct ?... So Is It Possible To Root And Flash Custom Roms On S3s On OFFICIAL STOCK 4.4.2 TOUCHWIZ ?
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I concur with @jason2678
I have an AT&T SGS3 (d2att/i747) that is on the NE4 bootloader and modem (4.4.2) and am running CM11 atm. As a matter of fact, none of the CM or AOSP roms since late in 4.4.2 development will run unless you are on one of the 4.4.2 bootloaders (NE4, NJ1, NJ2)
What you stated, quoted above, is true for the Verizon SGS3 (d2vzw/i535).
jason2678 said:
The bootloader is not locked on the AT&T S3 (I747). You can use Odin to flash a custom recovery and flash any ROMs for d2att/d2lte you want. No unlocking required. It is a pretty modder friendly phone.
The thing you cannot do on the newer bootloaders is downgrade the bootloader. Attempts to downgrade anything beyond the 4.3 bootloader will result in a hard brick. This also prevents you from using the free sim unlocking method because it involves a firmware downgrade to 4.1. If you need to sim unlock the phone to use it on a different network you'll have to get a code from AT&T (they should provide one since a phone this old just about has to be off contract) or purchase one from a third party.
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Hello I am new here and could you please tell me the status of my phone since the phone does not provide me with option to enter unlock code after I inserted other carrier SIM.
I already have my unlock code given by AT&T.
I have CWM custom recovery installed
My phone info from Samsung Phone info Apps is
Bootloader version : I747UCUEMJB
PDA Version : I747UCUFNE4
CSC Version : I747ATTFNE4
Baseband Version : I747UCUEMJB
I have searched and tried with service mode method *#197328640# without success
Is Sim unlock related to bootloader
Thanks
car2carl said:
Hello I am new here and could you please tell me the status of my phone since the phone does not provide me with option to enter unlock code after I inserted other carrier SIM.
I already have my unlock code given by AT&T.
I have CWM custom recovery installed
My phone info from Samsung Phone info Apps is
Bootloader version : I747UCUEMJB
PDA Version : I747UCUFNE4
CSC Version : I747ATTFNE4
Baseband Version : I747UCUEMJB
I have searched and tried with service mode method *#197328640# without success
Is Sim unlock related to bootloader
Thanks
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It appears that you have an NE4/Android4.4.2/KitKat rom installed over 4.3 bootloader and modem. I have seen several custom TouchWiz roms that run fine with this setup as long as one of a couple of custom kernels were installed. CM and AOSP roms will also run in this condition. BUT, from what I have read you will not be able to use the unlock codes. My reading indicates that you must be on complete stock ROM for the code to work, including stock recovery instead of CWM. ALSO, what I have read says that you only gt five attempts before the code becomes invalid.
I don't know why your phone is not asking for the unlock code, unless it has already been carrier unlocked. Even thouhg it is not asking for the code, does it function as it should?
Frequently the service modes do not work on custom roms, even TW based ones, because they are not using the stock dialers. I have also seen it reported that some were disabled with the 4.3 update and others in more recent updates.
Proceed carefully.
You may be able to enter the unlock code if the phone is running a stock dialler with a matching bootloader and modem combination.
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It appears that you have an NE4/Android4.4.2/KitKat rom installed over 4.3 bootloader and modem. I have seen several custom TouchWiz roms that run fine with this setup as long as one of a couple of custom kernels were installed. CM and AOSP roms will also run in this condition. BUT, from what I have read you will not be able to use the unlock codes. My reading indicates that you must be on complete stock ROM for the code to work, including stock recovery instead of CWM. ALSO, what I have read says that you only gt five attempts before the code becomes invalid.
I don't know why your phone is not asking for the unlock code, unless it has already been carrier unlocked. Even thouhg it is not asking for the code, does it function as it should?
Frequently the service modes do not work on custom roms, even TW based ones, because they are not using the stock dialers. I have also seen it reported that some were disabled with the 4.3 update and others in more recent updates.
Proceed carefully.
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Thanks for respond
I had this phone since 3 years ago (new from ATT) and rooted stock rom with CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery touch . and I remember that I could unlocked through SERVICE MODE when I was overseas. ( sure I had used this phone with Other carrier) about 1 year ago I put this phone in my drawer I did factory reset and installed Stock firmware and update OTA to 4.3.
Last week I want to use this phone with Tmobile SIM but got Phone Not Allowed MM#6 message . The rom was still 4.3, Contact AT&T and got Unlock code.
but this phone didn't ask for unlock code entry option and still 4.3 , tried the whole weekend with service mode and upgrade to 4.4.2 via CWM recovery.
and still no luck
With your suggestion , it means that I don't have choice to downgrade back to 4.3 rom same with my bootloader and baseband? I heard we can't downgrade if we already in 4.4.2 , is that true?
But I still use stock recovery from CWM.
Before I proceed with replacing with stock recovery, is the stock recovery have to be 4.3 stock recovery or any version for S3? do I need to use odin to change to stock recovery?
if you have good link please help?
Thanks again
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You may be able to enter the unlock code if the phone is running a stock dialler with a matching bootloader and modem combination.
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Stock dialer means the entire Rom must be replaced to match my bootloader and modem combination or just replace the dialer in my case and still use 4.4.2?
Appreciated if you can help, thanks
Stock dialler requires a stock Samsung kernel.
From what I am seeing, you are on the 4.3 bootloader and modem. As I said before, there are custom TouchWiz 4.4.2 Roms that will run on the 4.3 bootloader and modem. Changing to a 4.3 rom, stock or otherwise, therefore would not be downgrading your bootloader and modem.
What rom are you on?
Some of the custom TouchWiz roms use dialers from the S5, therefore not stock for the S3.
Some of the custom TouchWiz Roms use the stock kernel, some use a custom kernel.
Did you flash a custom kernel?
What is your kernel version? (check under Settings > About Phone)
With the answers to the questions I asked, audit13 and I may be able to give more definite guidance. It could be as simple as flashing the stock kernel and a stock dialer. But, I can't tell at the moment.
car2carl said:
Thanks for respond
I had this phone since 3 years ago (new from ATT) and rooted stock rom with CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery touch . and I remember that I could unlocked through SERVICE MODE when I was overseas. ( sure I had used this phone with Other carrier) about 1 year ago I put this phone in my drawer I did factory reset and installed Stock firmware and update OTA to 4.3.
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Are you saying you unlocked it before? If so it should still be unlocked. Flashing/wiping won't affect that, so it's pretty much a permanent thing. If so, maybe the Sim card you're using is an older one? they don't always work on tmobiles networks.
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Are you saying you unlocked it before? If so it should still be unlocked. Flashing/wiping won't affect that, so it's pretty much a permanent thing. If so, maybe the Sim card you're using is an older one? they don't always work on tmobiles networks.
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audit13, dawgdoc, DocHoliday77
Thank you for your responses , Sorry I couldn't response any sooner as I worked in mountain/forest area that browsing the web is luxury
(yes I remember for sure I have used this cell phone overseas couple times and the way I unlocked through service mode. Way before AT&T OTA update since new)
I have weird situation that make me wondering if I had unlocked my S3 since message
"PHONE NOT ALLOWED MM#6" comes up if I use any other carrier beside AT&T
Per http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
thanks to OP
I just managed to change my bootloader to I747UCUFNE4 and also my baseband version to I747UCUFNE4
I still keep my CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery touch
I have Flashed with countless other rom such below:
I747UCUFNE4_Stock_Rooted_Odex.zip
I747UCUFNE4_Stock_Rooted_Deodex_3-31-15.zip
I747UCUFNE4_Stock_Rooted_3-31-15.zip
and even custom rom without any success
This was happened with my S3 after flash.
if I flashed with inserted active SIM Card (T Mobile or foreign SIM Card)
I will see PHONE NOT ALLOWED MM#6 after reboot
if I flashed without any SIM Card inserted after reboot :
- inserted foreign sim card and reboot again
I will have AT&T as roaming provider and for about few seconds received text message about fee from SIM issuer roaming to AT&T so means My S3 is unlocked...
(no... not so much!!!) in few minute I will have "PHONE NOT ALLOWED MM#6" and phone is useless as emergency only.
- inserted T-Mobile Sim Card and reboot again it shows "PHONE NOT ALLOWED MM#6" immediately
My Kernel Version :
3.4.0-1514807
[email protected] #1
Mon May 19 21:00:05 KST 2014
Thank you if you can help.
So you are not getting asked enter a network unlock code when running a stock rom with a foreign sim?
Does your provider use aws frequencies? The i747 does not natively support T-Mobile aws frequencies.
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So you are not getting asked enter a network unlock code when running a stock rom with a foreign sim?
Does your provider use aws frequencies? The i747 does not natively support T-Mobile aws frequencies.
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No, It doesn't ask at all. just pop up "Phone not allowed MM#6."
my foreign SIM is ok.
I tested on Galaxy Note 4 T-Mo (unlocked) it grabbed ATT roaming,
tested on Iphone 4S (ATT-unlocked) it grabbed Tmobile roaming:laugh:
I just flashed stock recovery and still no go..
do I need to unroot?
Can I flash stock root rom with stock recovery
Thanks
What rom was on the phone when you inserted a foreign sim?
If you are running a Samsung rom, try this:
Www.unlockriver.com/Samsung-unlocking
I am using I747UCUFNE4_Stock_Rooted_3-31-15.zip
I just replaced CWM recovery with UCUFNE4 stock recovery
I did unroot with SuperSU and also
do factory setting through setting menu
basically my phone just as new factory setting but with UCUFNE4
the funny thing is :System Status: Custom is this related I have rooted this device before?
When I turn on bootloader mode (Odin Mode)
product name : SGH-I747
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
Qualcomm secure boot : enable
warranty bit: 1
bootloader ap Swrev: 3
as I have stated at my 1st post that I had official unlock code from AT&T and got email from them the unlock PIN
but there is no option asking to key in the PIN with other carrier sim inserted .
I have checked also with Swappa esn check
and result is
Blacklisted => Not Indicated
This device does not appear to be globally blacklisted.
spent countless hours just to beat solving this device and read the threads and no result. And still "PHONE NOT ALLOWED MM#6"