Cannot desimlock my Gt-i9195 - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
Ive got an S4 mini id like to desimlock. It originally was a french Orange phone.
Orange gave me the unlock code, but it doesnt work at boot time with another sim card. I cannot access the advanced menu either, tried all of the possible codes (the dial keys code to access the unlock dialog).
Im rooted, with twrp and MM resurrection remix.
The guy from orange didnt cleary answer to me, do you think that could be due to the fact im running a custom rom ? Then should i try to go back to the latest official Orange rom ?
(would have to find it first...)
Thanks

flash a stock firmware then try again, this issue is happening because of custom rom

Thanks Anton, you mean a Samsung stock or a carrier stock?

you can flash unbranded stock, will work

Thanks so much, will try it out!

Doesnt work either. I have access to service mode and secret codes etc, but my (legit) unlock code is still not accepted.. Thanks anyway

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[Q] HELP!!!!

I have a HTC One X, i have unlocker bootloader etc & installed LeeDrOiD One Xtreme V6.2.0, everything works, but, my phone is on Orange, but i was told installing a custom rom would allow me to use another sim (T-Mobile), but when the phone reboots after install the custom rom, it says network locked & will only accept an Orange sim.
Is there any custom rom / stock rom that i can use to get around this??
You need a SIM unlock code - whoever told you otherwise was wrong
EddyOS said:
You need a SIM unlock code - whoever told you otherwise was wrong
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Brilliant!!!!
Iw as told by Android.com to flash a custom rom & it would work, everywhere i try to get a sim unlock code from, says you have to wait a month after getting the phone,before the imei is registered!
Wish i had stayed away from HTC, not had any of this with the Galaxy Note
thanks for you reply
Matt__B said:
Brilliant!!!!
Iw as told by Android.com to flash a custom rom & it would work, everywhere i try to get a sim unlock code from, says you have to wait a month after getting the phone,before the imei is registered!
Wish i had stayed away from HTC, not had any of this with the Galaxy Note
thanks for you reply
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The carriers simlock the phones not HTC. Try ferraripassion on here, he sorted me an unlock code in 5 mins a few days after i got my phone.

Can i still sim unlock with custom rom installed?

i have cm9 installed i tried to sim unlock it via code and it failed i thought it might have something to do with cause i have a custom rom installed could this be true or not.
Hi i can confirm it indeed was the custom rom causing me not to unlock the phone to all networks i restored back to stock after many hours and lone and behold the code worked first time so hope this can be helpfull to people in a similar situation thank you to myself .

fnh7 bootloader trying to unlock sim but can't find a rom/kernel that works. m919n

I've been trying to figure this out for a few days. I was on rooted 4.2 bootloader but flashed a badly named file from somewhere and am now stuck with the FNH7 bootloader I bought an unlock code after trying the dialer method and region lock away on a stock Metro 4.2 rom. The phone will not accept it and the screen for the code pops up at every boot to where the metro sim card won't even work. I tried flashing FNH7 from Keis and full reset and it still does it. It's at least on a Tmobile rom now as I read the methods I tried didn't work with Metro. But I also read that those methods didn't work on the metro rom. So I've tried a permissive kernel and a few different roms supposedly stock but none will get past the T-Mobile splash screen except the 4.4.4 one. I'm lost as I got the code from Metropcs and it was the same one I had bought but the phone just will not accept it and now I don't have Metro anymore so I lost my warranty I was paying monthly for.
So, can someone point me to help to get a working tmobile 4.2.2 stock rom with the dialer codes to try region lock away again as the official unlock code is a dud. I'm out of ideas and spent many hours trying to figure it out myself.
Don't flash a rom. Have you tried flashing the 4.4.4 firmware for metro?

Can't unlock SIM with unoffical ROM !

I have a Tmobile UK phone running a Cyogen ROM. I want to move to different network (GifGaf), but upon inserting the SIM the phone requires unlocking. I've got the codes for unlocking, but they don't work. After a bit of search it appears that I can only unlock my S4 mini with the official ROM installed which I must admit surprised me.
Therefore does anyone know where I can find an official Tmobile ROM for a UK S4 mini ?
Hi !
You have all firmwares you want at "Sammobile" (internet site) ,it's official and you must be registered for to download ,it's free (with slow download)
It's a known problem...impossible to unlock sim with customs by "classical" way (and i don't know if it's possible by hack)
In theory,you can flash again a custom recovery and after a cystom rom without loose sim unlock...
Be careful !!!!! Don't loose the number of sim unlock !!! Because if you want to flash customised firmware (ste ,N5...) => there are chance that the phone will be relocked at your T-mobile !
I don't know exactly but it's a possibility because i have see that on a old S2 updated with officials => it loose sim unlock after .
Thanks for the info.
Do you know if its possible to re-install the official ROM using Cynogen recovery or do I need to replace that also?
Reason I ask is that I tried installing the official ROM last night in Cynogen recovery and it aborted almost immediately.
Loulou-13 said:
Hi !
You have all firmwares you want at "Sammobile" (internet site) ,it's official and you must be registered for to download ,it's free (with slow download)
It's a known problem...impossible to unlock sim with customs by "classical" way (and i don't know if it's possible by hack)
In theory,you can flash again a custom recovery and after a cystom rom without loose sim unlock...
Be careful !!!!! Don't loose the number of sim unlock !!! Because if you want to flash customised firmware (ste ,N5...) => there are chance that the phone will be relocked at your T-mobile !
I don't know exactly but it's a possibility because i have see that on a old S2 updated with officials => it loose sim unlock after .
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unlocking netword code wont work

I live in eu, i bought my m8 from t-mobile , i unlocked, i flashed custom roms, but its s-on , after 24months , i asked t-mobile for a unlocking key , but everytime when i want to enter that key, wont work, says wrong password.
Its posible that my mid/cid are messing someting with unlocking code ? Anyone got experience with similar problem? Should i flash some europian t-mobile stock rom to get solved this problem or?
And by the way is there a diference between us t-mobile and eu stock roms or they are the same ?
ps. i know some of those stuff are nubish for alot of guys. but i really want my network unlocked.
Thanx
Flash a stock ROM. If you are on an AOSP/CM ROM, it will do that to you. Stock ROM is the way to go to get your phone unlocked.

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