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So I've heard about bootloader unlocking which, I guess, enables me to have full control over the device (not like rooting, I understand that) and to do stuff like flashing new ROMs, etc.
But what about network unlocking? I mean, I'd like to be able to use my phone on any network I wish, do I need to unlock the bootloader for that? Do the network restrictions automatically disappear if I unlock the bootloader?
Also, is there anyway I can disable network restrictions by myself (without using something like a special SIM card or asking for remote unlocking) without having to pay for any unlocking service or ask someone to do it for me?
Thanks in advance! :3
positiveh said:
So I've heard about bootloader unlocking which, I guess, enables me to have full control over the device (not like rooting, I understand that) and to do stuff like flashing new ROMs, etc.
But what about network unlocking? I mean, I'd like to be able to use my phone on any network I wish, do I need to unlock the bootloader for that? Do the network restrictions automatically disappear if I unlock the bootloader?
Also, is there anyway I can disable network restrictions by myself (without using something like a special SIM card or asking for remote unlocking) without having to pay for any unlocking service or ask someone to do it for me?
Thanks in advance! :3
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Hi, so to answer your question, when you unlock the bootloader the sim lock remains, also afaik there are no "free" ways in which to remove the sim lock at this moment in time, the only way is to get the unlock code from your service provider or pay a remote unlocking service.
I think i may have seen on the arc forum somewhere for a small fee you can get your boot loader unlocked and sim unlocked at the same time.
One last note if your arc is sim locked there is a chance that you wont be able to unlock the bootloader via sony ericsson developer world, depending on your carrier
furrabbit.nh said:
I think i may have seen on the arc forum somewhere for a small fee you can get your boot loader unlocked and sim unlocked at the same time.
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That means it's also possible to unlock the boot loader remotely?
Also, if there's someone who can do it for us (small fees inc.), that means there's actually a way to do it, right?
positiveh said:
That means it's also possible to unlock the boot loader remotely?
Also, if there's someone who can do it for us (small fees inc.), that means there's actually a way to do it, right?
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Yes there is a way to do it, i cant remember how much it costs exactly, but it's done remotely and sim unlocks and boot loader unlocks at the same time
And is it something I can do by myself?
positiveh said:
And is it something I can do by myself?
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No its done remotely, im trying to find you a link hold on.
furrabbit.nh said:
No its done remotely, im trying to find you a link hold on.
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It's posted in the stickys. ;-)
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furrabbit.nh said:
Hi, so to answer your question, when you unlock the bootloader the sim lock remains, also afaik there are no "free" ways in which to remove the sim lock at this moment in time, the only way is to get the unlock code from your service provider or pay a remote unlocking service.
I think i may have seen on the arc forum somewhere for a small fee you can get your boot loader unlocked and sim unlocked at the same time.
One last note if your arc is sim locked there is a chance that you wont be able to unlock the bootloader via sony ericsson developer world, depending on your carrier
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If someone else can do this as a paid service. Why can't someone explain how its done and make it available for free?
somedude67 said:
If someone else can do this as a paid service. Why can't someone explain how its done and make it available for free?
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As for that i cannot answer.. But at a guess a lot of hard work will have gone into this. It keeps drm intact, provides Sim unlock and enables fast boot on handsets which didn't have it before, if i was in that situation with my arc i would have gladly paid, and i myself think the Dev/Devs are entitled to some hard earned cash
somedude67 said:
If someone else can do this as a paid service. Why can't someone explain how its done and make it available for free?
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That's exactly my point, that's what I wanted to say ;_;
furrabbit.nh said:
As for that i cannot answer.. But at a guess a lot of hard work will have gone into this. It keeps drm intact, provides Sim unlock and enables fast boot on handsets which didn't have it before, if i was in that situation with my arc i would have gladly paid, and i myself think the Dev/Devs are entitled to some hard earned cash
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The boot loader can be unlocked whilst keeping drm intact?
Now that is something id be interested in paying for know anyone who would be able to do this?
Is there a way to reset a permanently network locked phone? Got a used phone and I guess the previous owner tried to sim unlock without success and now that I tried to unlock it it tells me that "This phone is permanently locked and can not be unlocked." I would really appreciate any response.
kornflakez said:
Is there a way to reset a permanently network locked phone? Got a used phone and I guess the previous owner tried to sim unlock without success and now that I tried to unlock it it tells me that "This phone is permanently locked and can not be unlocked." I would really appreciate any response.
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hey did you solve this problem? I'm in the same situation here :/
DUUUUUUDE I may have a solution!! it WORKED for me, follow this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784709till step 40 it worked for me!! it did'nt ask me for a code or anything! it just worked! the problem is that the version of android is 2.3.5 korean.... is a temporal solution!! maybe is for the baseband or I DONT KNOW please someone can somebody help us with this! any international ROM or baseband for this phone
TRY IT!! and tell me if it worked for you
Calling verizon and having them troubleshoot my phone, right now its stock with unlocked bootloader....NOT rooted. Is that ok or do you think they will find out and void my warranty? dunno if I want to authorize remote access but they will probably have me read off my settings.....
Dragonsla said:
Calling verizon and having them troubleshoot my phone, right now its stock with unlocked bootloader....NOT rooted. Is that ok or do you think they will find out and void my warranty? dunno if I want to authorize remote access but they will probably have me read off my settings.....
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If it is stock with just an unlocked bootloader you will be fine. They would not be able to tell unless they had the phone in their hands.
Hey guys,
I bought a G925T and gonna have to use it in Brazil (with a brazilian sim card carrier).
Do you know how can I unlock the phone?
I'm reading here in XDA that is not possible to unlock the T-Mobile S6 Edge.
Anybody knows somenthing about that?
thank you!
To unlock the t-mobile phone you have to call the t-mobile costumer service and request them to add your imei to their white list. Then you have to go to the unlock app and push permanent unlock. You have to be connected to internet using the t-mobile network to make the unlock work.
Can be unlocked by usb cable now also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxOuHIUWAFk
yeah u can do it different ways. I can do it . 5.1.1 supported.
Sunderwear said:
yeah u can do it different ways. I can do it . 5.1.1 supported.
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How did you get it to work on 5.1.1?
vince2398 said:
How did you get it to work on 5.1.1?
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Let's just say it just works Just need imei number
Sunderwear said:
yeah u can do it different ways. I can do it . 5.1.1 supported.
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Sunderwear said:
Let's just say it just works Just need imei number
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Can you provide instructions or link?
yes can be done for 5.1.1 ,by imei only ,basically the method is and unlock on tmobile server,so it will work to unlock using the tmobile unlock app. This service can be considered maybe a bit more official as that presented in the video above,even if the results are the same,only problem is a bit more expensive
What time can you meet me? for remote unlock
onlineunlocks said:
Can be unlocked by usb cable now also
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Hey bro just wanted to say that please be careful. If the customer updates to version 5.1.1, the phone will not boot beyond the Samsung Logo, this happens only IF you're still tampering with the EFS. There are a few methods on how to unlock them now without affecting the phone....just wanted to inform you if you were still doing it via efs...
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yes can be done for 5.1.1 ,by imei only ,basically the method is and unlock on tmobile server,so it will work to unlock using the tmobile unlock app. This service can be considered maybe a bit more official as that presented in the video above,even if the results are the same,only problem is a bit more expensive
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Your metod works for T-Mobile S6 Edge bad imei phones? I'm outside of USA so that's no problem for me but I need to unlock it.
therenegade said:
Your metod works for T-Mobile S6 Edge bad imei phones? I'm outside of USA so that's no problem for me but I need to unlock it.
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Yeah of course, bad imei's, clean imei's. Also repairing the imei ONLY for the G925T running on 5.1.1
update to 5.1.1
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Hey bro just wanted to say that please be careful. If the customer updates to version 5.1.1, the phone will not boot beyond the Samsung Logo, this happens only IF you're still tampering with the EFS. There are a few methods on how to unlock them now without affecting the phone....just wanted to inform you if you were still doing it via efs...
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can you help i unlocked my 925t from ebay my imei is clean can i update to 5.1.1 or that will lock my device need your help if i can how can i do it.
skysky100 said:
can you help i unlocked my 925t from ebay my imei is clean can i update to 5.1.1 or that will lock my device need your help if i can how can i do it.
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Hmm, I think I know who unlocked your phone in that case. Well the only way will be to update OTA, to do that your phone must be on STOCK firmware, no root. To do that flash over the firmware (system partition), when you do you can update OTA. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. You need to ask the person who unlocked your phone for your EFS Backup, this is important in case things go wrong.
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Hmm, I think I know who unlocked your phone in that case. Well the only way will be to update OTA, to do that your phone must be on STOCK firmware, no root. To do that flash over the firmware (system partition), when you do you can update OTA. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. You need to ask the person who unlocked your phone for your EFS Backup, this is important in case things go wrong.
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thanks for the reply he unlocked it with a z3x box just inserted cert.file thats it i did a stock firmware flash im still unlocked i need your advice what should i do plz help.
skysky100 said:
thanks for the reply he unlocked it with a z3x box just inserted cert.file thats it i did a stock firmware flash im still unlocked i need your advice what should i do plz help.
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Oh ok, if it's through z3x then you're fine. They don't tamper with EFS. Though I would still HIGHLY RECOMMEND to ask for your efs backup, trust me on this. I'm new to this forum, but I am a little familiarized with phones
so on 5.1.1 how can we unlock and do imei repair?
so on 5.1.1 how can we unlock and do imei repair?
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so on 5.1.1 how can we unlock and do imei repair?
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Hey I didn't know you had an account here too! Like I said brother, it has to do with efs and security partitions. ONLY IMEI repair at the moment, I do know someone who can root it...but solution is exclusive, won't share with anyone including myself....I'm sure you know who it was on the other side
just need the imei repair
just need the imei repair
Unlocking on G925T 5.1.1 is supported and also imei repair as well... check the ebay ads
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/331583023557?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Recently, I rooted my op5t 8/128gb successfully and played around with several mods till the problem occurred when i flashed Xposed framework and also some of sauron soundmod after flashing my op5t was rebooting to 1+ screen and freezed there without booting into program normally. I can only access to fastboot mode with screen show bootloader unlocked. Then I followed some advice from xda post to flash recovery again but nothing happened eventhough the recovery flashing was successful. Finally, I contacted op online service and did remote session with it's L2 technician, during the process of fastboot flashing thru msmtool 4.0.3, my op5t bootloader is locked then I was asked to turned off the op5t and turned on again. Then problem is still existed, it freeze at 1+ screen ok only thing I can do is booting into fastboot mode only and not even go to recovery mode. I am very disappointed since the staff told me to send in my op5t to them but I am living in Thailand and so my op5t was purchased from local handcarry store not official store. I decide to post my story here and I hope someone can figure out the way to help solving my op5t problem. Please help.
You need to ask L2 to flash it in 'Qualcomm' mode. You can check whether this mode still works:
1) Turn off your device and make sure it is completely OFF
2) While pressing (and holding) the volume up button connect it via USB to your computer
Check under which name, if any, it shows up in device manager. If it does, they can flash it and fix it.
edit: if they flash with that tool you mention, it looks like they have already tried....It's not fastboot mode though
I had done it during remote session and did the recovery installation thru msmtool but after reboot it is still the same.
Please help me.
when they used the msm_tool and downloaded the files to ur phone, did it show successful and u rebooted? there is no reason why the unbrick tool did not unbrick ur device, it goes towards all partitions. u will have to go through OP again.
Bradl79 said:
when they used the msm_tool and downloaded the files to ur phone, did it show successful and u rebooted? there is no reason why the unbrick tool did not unbrick ur device, it goes towards all partitions. u will have to go through OP again.
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Op asked me to send the op5t for service at US official service center which is impossible option for me as I am living in Thailand.
[email protected] said:
Op asked me to send the op5t for service at US official service center which is impossible option for me as I am living in Thailand.
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Sorry, but why is that impossible? They apparantly cannot fix it remotely, you'll have to send it in.
I am living in Thailand and they only accept service for local US address only.
Did you try to explain that to them? What about the place you bought it from? Can't return it to them?
The reason is that the seller in Thailand is not the authorized agent and they sell the mobile without warranty. Buyer take own risk.
Have you tried this, looks promising, hope this helps, cheers.
http://www.oneplusbbs.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=3836845&extra=page=1&filter=typeid&typeid=136
vtec303 said:
Have you tried this, looks promising, hope this helps, cheers.
http://www.oneplusbbs.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=3836845&extra=page=1&filter=typeid&typeid=136
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I can't sign up, can somebody help?
[email protected] said:
I can't sign up, can somebody help?
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if you are struggling with Chinese language try translating on chrome on ur pc
vtec303 said:
if you are struggling with Chinese language try translating on chrome on ur pc
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Thank you.
[email protected] said:
Thank you.
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no problem, let us know if you got it sorted, cheers.
I think u have to have ur bootloader unlocked with that one, his bootloader was relocked I think he mentioned
No offence but why would you root a device in the first place when you know there is no warranty when thing went wrong?
weasley said:
No offence but why would you root a device in the first place when you know there is no warranty when thing went wrong?
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OnePlus does still Warranty the device with unlocked bootloader and rooting, he purchased from a 3rd party which has not return, exchange or warranty, oneplus is willing to fix or exchange the device but he needs to ship from the US.
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OnePlus does still Warranty the device with unlocked bootloader and rooting, he purchased from a 3rd party which has not return, exchange or warranty, oneplus is willing to fix or exchange the device but he needs to ship from the US.
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Correct. This is the reason why I can send in my phone because my address is from Thailand not USA.
Bradl79 said:
OnePlus does still Warranty the device with unlocked bootloader and rooting, he purchased from a 3rd party which has not return, exchange or warranty, oneplus is willing to fix or exchange the device but he needs to ship from the US.
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Correct. This is the reason why I can send in my phone because my address is from Thailand not USA.