Just wondering if this means that my HD2 is unlocked. Also, is there anyway to check to see if it is without trying another sim card? Thanks
SPL & a Custom ROM will not SIM unlock your phone...if you bought the phone from from the carrier call them to get the unlock code or buy one online if you need SIM unlock.
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When you unlock the phone, what gets unlocked ? The phone or your sim card ? Here is my real problem:
I originally had the XDA 1 from T-Mobile, bought an XDAII on Ebay, was told it was unlocked, but it was not. Ran the xda2unlock program from your website, it unlocked the phone so I could use the phone itself with my old SIM card from T-Mobile. Now I see there is a new ROM from O2, the question is, if I run that, will the unit be locked once again, and since the Radio verison on the new ROM is 1.17, and the xda2unlock only works on 1.10 radio stack (as said on the download site here) will I then be stuck with a phone with a new ROM that is once again locked - that I won't be able to unlock ? I don't want to try this unless I am fairly certain it is a safe thing to do... :? :? :?
it wont re-lock the phone if you upgrade
When you unlock the phone, what gets unlocked?
Where is the information stored that determines if a phone is unlocked or locked then ? If it's on the SIM card itself, then I could see that a phone upgrade wouldn't (shouldn't) have any effect. If it's on the phone, wouldn't that lock/unlock information be overwritten when the phone's ROM is upgraded? :?
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Nope, I unlocked my XDAII then upgraded the ROM to the latest and nope it didn't relock it stayed unlocked!
TJ
It's not on the sim card
lock information is found in the bootloader of the device, so it wil be not affected due a normal firmware upgrade
so if I replace the boot loader of the device then will it unlock the locked phone.
hello everyone,
been out of the scene for a while, and I just sold my dell streak, however, the new owner cannot use his new dell streak as its locked to AT&T. I obtained an unlock code from them by calling them, but the streak is on MIUI and the menu that ask for the unlock number does not come up, is there any other way to do this? do I have to flash an original android firmware to it? Thanks in advance.
Foxhoundep3 said:
hello everyone,
been out of the scene for a while, and I just sold my dell streak, however, the new owner cannot use his new dell streak as its locked to AT&T. I obtained an unlock code from them by calling them, but the streak is on MIUI and the menu that ask for the unlock number does not come up, is there any other way to do this? do I have to flash an original android firmware to it? Thanks in advance.
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you said it is sim unlocking... therefore (usually) it is phone related locking... not from at&t... there should be a menu for security > sim card lock
im just trying to unlock the phone to be used with TMobile, it is locked to AT&T not sure if it's phone or sim. AT&T gave me a code to unlock it but when I insert the sim the menu to unlock it doesn't pop up
Foxhoundep3 said:
im just trying to unlock the phone to be used with TMobile, it is locked to AT&T not sure if it's phone or sim. AT&T gave me a code to unlock it but when I insert the sim the menu to unlock it doesn't pop up
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open Settings > Security and search for something similar to sim card lock... you should get something from there...
if you get nothing.. most probably the phone is network locked... my phone is network unlocked where i can insert any sim... and it does have sim card lock in case there is someone else want to use the phone and use another sim card in it...
If you mean CARRIER unlocking and not the sim card itself, you have to install a stock rom. Sim unlocking isnt exactly something that can be easily tested on a custom rom, so that's your only reliable way of doing so.
If you mean the actual sim card itself, cant help ya
anyone care to share some rom links, all the ones ive tried dont work or a whole bunch of ads come up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_5
Hi,
I have a noob question. When you unlock bootloader, that's mean is SIM Unlock or it's completly different ? I know SIM unlock is to go with any phone company.
Thank you.
Completely different things. With the bootloader unlocked, you're able to install custom kernels, but the SIM Lock will remains (if you have it).
I got a SIM unlock code from Tmobile, however it is not working with CM10, so I went back to the RUU and tried and it still didnt work. Any ideas of what I need to do?
contact the person you got the unlock code from to re-enter the code.. or you can always s-off your device and use the unlock sim for s-off method which would disable the sim lock on your phone
i was wondering, if you can flash cyanogen mod onto your phone, do you need to bother with SIM unlocking, or does that completely unlock your phone at that point? or, if you root your phone and unlock your bootloader, does that have ANY THING to do with SIM unlocking - does it render it unecessary? if SIM unlock is COMPLETELY separate, and always required (for freedom), then can any one recommend a reputable and reliable place online to do it?
thanks.