I have an ATT GS2 running cm9 and I would like to be able to use it for the year I will be in Korea.
Is it possible to simply flash a korean modem and have it work here? (does that question even make sense?) Or am I SOL because I don't have the international version?
All I want is to be able to stick in a korean sim card (from South Korean Telecom) and have it work, if I am misinformed or simply uninformed about the steps needed to make that work please let me know.
I've been a lurker for awhile and this is the first problem I've had where I actually have needed to post. Any replies are sincerely appreciated
PS: I know I am a n00b and n00bs creating threads is like the worst thing ever, but I searched the forums for a good long while before posting. I also posted this question in the i9100 forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28207590#post28207590), but nobody replied.
TTeacher said:
I have an ATT GS2 running cm9 and I would like to be able to use it for the year I will be in Korea.
Is it possible to simply flash a korean modem and have it work here? (does that question even make sense?) Or am I SOL because I don't have the international version?
All I want is to be able to stick in a korean sim card (from South Korean Telecom) and have it work, if I am misinformed or simply uninformed about the steps needed to make that work please let me know.
I've been a lurker for awhile and this is the first problem I've had where I actually have needed to post. Any replies are sincerely appreciated
PS: I know I am a n00b and n00bs creating threads is like the worst thing ever, but I searched the forums for a good long while before posting. I also posted this question in the i9100 forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28207590#post28207590), but nobody replied.
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You obviously did NOT search, reporting thread
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You obviously did NOT search, reporting thread
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If the answer is out there and you found it where I could not, I apologize, but I would really appreciate it if you could let me know (a) the process that you used to find it and/or (b) the thread(s) with the answer to my question.
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If the answer is out there and you found it where I could not, I apologize, but I would really appreciate it if you could let me know (a) the process that you used to find it and/or (b) the thread(s) with the answer to my question.
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Unlock it, simple
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Try howardforums.com lots of knowledgeable people there that could possibly help
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Try howardforums.com lots of knowledgeable people there that could possibly help
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I am glad you sent me there, it has a lot of information but most of it is from 2008 or so, and I'm not sure if it is entirely relevant to my situation
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Unlock it, simple
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My phone is unlocked and I put an SKT sim in it today and although it did not come up with a sim rejected message there was no cell service. I have heard about the modem that is flashed on your phone affecting cell service, so do you think I should find a korean modem and flash it on my phone? If not what can I do?
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My phone is unlocked and I put an SKT sim in it today and although it did not come up with a sim rejected message there was no cell service. I have heard about the modem that is flashed on your phone affecting cell service, so do you think I should find a korean modem and flash it on my phone? If not what can I do?
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This is not an area that I know very much about, but I can give you some things to look into. First, as far as I know, you can only use an AT&T modem on the I777. There are a few options posted in the development forum, but they all work with the frequencies available on AT&T towers. I know the I777 is used in India, and a few other countries successfully, but I don't know about Korea. You have to look at what frequency your cell service is on, compared to the frequencies availabe on this phone. I'm guessing that you have a mis-match, but you'll have to do the research. So your original statement is probably true, that you would need the international version of the phone.
Edit: Did some looking around. You still need to check the frequency issue, but the main issue is that the SK sim card is locked, and you have to complete the following, which I grabbed from another forum:
For those of you who may not know, the rule currently is that every phone model that is not sold in Korea must be cleared by Korean Communications. They have an updated list of all models that have gone through testing and have been cleared so far (the N900 was already tested by someone else so I did not have to get recertification). The only requirement for me was to have the IMEI number registered with SK (this applies to KTF and LGT as well).
Just to summarize:
1) Make sure your phone is unlocked (not even a step really, common sense).
2) Check to see if your phone model has been tested by the KCC (optional step really as the list is very long and even some very niche phones have been tested already, if your phone is a model people have heard of, like you can just say the model name and 1 out of 10 people have heard of it, it'll have been tested).
3) Take it to your local branch office (SK/Tworld, KT/Qook Show, LG/uPlus) and make sure it is a branch office, not simply a retail outlet. The retail outlets are called "daeri-jeom" and the main offices are called "ji-jeom". You want to go to a "ji-jeom". There is usually 1 main "ji-jeom" per city.
4) Ask them to register your IMEI # and either purchase a SIM card or pop in your existing SIM car if you are a customer.
If you have an obscure phone that happens to have not been tested yet, there is an added step in the process that will take about 10 days and requires some paperwork but I won't comment on it as I don't have any first-hand experience going through that process.
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And, in case any of you are wondering why I would take the time to do this. I have a very good firend, actually the daughter of a very good friend, who is from the small town I live in, and who is currently teaching English in Korea. I know she would probably not even know how to search for the correct answer. So... this is for Lily.
Thank you so much! As you may have guessed, I am just starting out as an English teacher here in Korea, and I will be sure to pass on this information to all my other teachers who would like to use phones here.
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In many howto's and other threads it often says "If your atrix is ATT do this, if it's Bell/Intl/whatever do that". Problem is, I have no idea which one of these i have, or what the differences are.
So, does anyone knows what's the difference between these versions, and if there's a way to check which one I have?
If it is still running Stock software then you can check the "splash screen" during boot. Also, the AT&T version has their logo on the back/battery cover.
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In many howto's and other threads it often says "If your atrix is ATT do this, if it's Bell/Intl/whatever do that". Problem is, I have no idea which one of these i have, or what the differences are.
So, does anyone knows what's the difference between these versions, and if there's a way to check which one I have?
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I got it with a non-stock ROM, so that one doesn't help.
So if it doesn't say AT&T anywhere on the back, can i count on it not being the AT&T version?
Is it MB860, ME860 or MB861?
It says MB860 under the battery.
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Is it MB860, ME860 or MB861?
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It says MB860 under the battery.
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That really doesn't help since they use the "MB860" model number for more than one version, including AT&T. I believe that is the model number for the Bell and Orange versions as well.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure about that.
(Additionally, a quick Google search also brings up Vodafone and maybe more?)
But if it doesn't say AT&T on the back then it's probably not AT&T.
It's true MB860 is used for more than one provider...If you have the product code something like SJUxxxx then we can get very specific to what country the phone is destined for
There's SJUG5964BB in there. is that it? Does that help any?
go to motorolas website enter your imei number in the "check warrenty section and it will give you the "stock description ",of the phone and if you bought it new the date it was activated and weather or not there is a warrenty left on it but It will tell you the specifics of the phone like mine AT&t en us mb860 blabla
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Didn't work for me.
It said "Your phone is in Warranty - Expires x/y/z" and that's it. No product description or any other useful info.
Unless I'm looking in the wrong place?
I will try to find out for you.
But since a whole lot of websites in Chinese popped up, I bet it's probably a Hong Kong model.
exact same problem
hi, I have the same exact reference of the OP phone, in case its a chinesse phone it is possible to unlock/root?? it's there any guide for doing it without briking the device?
I almost use the Automatic bootloader UNLOCK/ROOT guide. but i think it'll brik my phone.
I was able to get some more information but not enough to tell you where that handset was supposed to go.
It's definitely NOT AT&T...But it wasn't coded for a specific region/provider so it's more of a universal/international version.
So now, if I want to go back to stock firmware (or whatever it's called), how do I know which one is right for my device?
things to check
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I got it with a non-stock ROM, so that one doesn't help.
So if it doesn't say AT&T anywhere on the back, can i count on it not being the AT&T version?
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I can think of a couple of ways to check if your phone's not running the stock ROM AND if you're not rooted:
* Are you able to tether Wifi? On AT&T phones, the tethering is disabled unless you 'activate' it by contacting them
* The system build details on the 'Settings->About phone' page should give a clue. Maybe you could post them here?
just wanting to know since there is a lot of word play when it comes to "4G" can any one clarify this for me?
Thremix said:
just wanting to know since there is a lot of word play when it comes to "4G" can any one clarify this for me?
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This is the wrong place to ask. You need to ask over in the US forums. However, I know the skyrocket and I think the note was able to be used on TMO with just flashing a different modem(the note was a bit more complicated I think) But people in the US forums would have a better idea
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This is the wrong place to ask. You need to ask over in the US forums. However, I know the skyrocket and I think the note was able to be used on TMO with just flashing a different modem(the note was a bit more complicated I think) But people in the US forums would have a better idea
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Yes all it required was a modem flash and the same should theoretically hold true for the S3 as well.
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Yes it should work and you don't have to flash anything, but but you will not get LTE
So i recently bought a galaxy s4 off A friend who has verizon. I thought it would be easy to unlock since i seen plenty of videos of it. Well none of them worked lol. Now i have a rooted s4 with a tmobile sim card inside that doesnt work . Do you guys know anyway to unlock a verizon galaxy s4 SCH i545. To work with tmobile?
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So i recently bought a galaxy s4 off A friend who has verizon. I thought it would be easy to unlock since i seen plenty of videos of it. Well none of them worked lol. Now i have a rooted s4 with a tmobile sim card inside that doesnt work . Do you guys know anyway to unlock a verizon galaxy s4 SCH i545. To work with tmobile?
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Why don't you read a thread or two in the General forum, come back and tell us what you've learned?
Hint: you can't "unlock" it. There's a bootloader exploit for a limited number of phones with a very specific firmware revision, unless you have a Developer's Edition.
douger1957 said:
Why don't you read a thread or two in the General forum, come back and tell us what you've learned?
Hint: you can't "unlock" it. There's a bootloader exploit for a limited number of phones with a very specific firmware revision, unless you have a Developer's Edition.
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Mind leading me to it. Im a total nub when it comes to the lingo and phones in general. Links would be a lot of help
douger1957 said:
Why don't you read a thread or two in the General forum, come back and tell us what you've learned?
Hint: you can't "unlock" it. There's a bootloader exploit for a limited number of phones with a very specific firmware revision, unless you have a Developer's Edition.
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Lol he's talking about unlocking It in terms of using using it on a different carrier. Nothing to do with bootloader
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richii0207 said:
Lol he's talking about unlocking It in terms of using using it on a different carrier. Nothing to do with bootloader
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Also if it helps my model number i545vruemj7
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Why don't you read a thread or two in the General forum, come back and tell us what you've learned?
Hint: you can't "unlock" it. There's a bootloader exploit for a limited number of phones with a very specific firmware revision, unless you have a Developer's Edition.
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Haha wrong unlock
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So any help? Can i use this? Or is it a whole different build http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521485
So is there any hope for me? The lack of responses are killing me lol. I did try the service mode using the dialer and that didn't work D:. Now I'm using this as a ipod basically. Any help on how to make my tmboile service work would be much appreciated
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So is there any hope for me? The lack of responses are killing me lol. I did try the service mode using the dialer and that didn't work D:. Now I'm using this as a ipod basically. Any help on how to make my tmboile service work would be much appreciated
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I don't understand how the lack of responses could be "killing you", I mean, seriously?
Hint #1: THE I545 is not sim locked. You insert the T-Mobile SIM, configure the APN, and it'll work.
Hint #2: There's a "Search this forum" box. Type T-Mobile. You'll find the answers you seek by reading those threads.
Its killing me because i really want to use this phone. I tried entering my sim and apn stuff but nothing works.
I even called Tmobile and they said the sim card is fine, it could be Verizon blocking it. Which can be true because the first time I put in my sim, it was working and showed as tmobile but now it doesnt.
So should I flash a rom, would it work if i flash a Tmobile rom?
If I should flash a rom, do you have any for my model?
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Its killing me because i really want to use this phone. I tried entering my sim and apn stuff but nothing works.
I even called Tmobile and they said the sim card is fine, it could be Verizon blocking it. Which can be true because the first time I put in my sim, it was working and showed as tmobile but now it doesnt.
So should I flash a rom, would it work if i flash a Tmobile rom?
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No, you can't flash a T-Mobile ROM. You really need to read this sticky thread to help understand what's possible.
As I said, there's lots of threads providing directions for getting the i545 running on T-Mobile. You can find them easily.. there is no need for yet another thread about this.
Hm, I have been reading the threads. But all of them had a point where there phone can make calls and what not but just couldn't go on the internet. Mine can't do anything, I don't really see anyone posting anything about it.
My sim card works with everything else, its just this phone which is making me go asjdhasldkhlasdhk
If I'm not mistaken if the phone was paid off properly and is free from a contract then you should be able to walk into VZW and have them carrier unlock it for you. If he didn't pay off the phone then it's technically a phone with a bad esn and the first part of this post needs to be fulfilled.
Is there anyway where I can force Unlock it? He moved so I can't really go to him and ask him anything since he lives in China now.
Is there anyway I can get rid of the bad IMEI or ESN number? I heard flashing it to like HyperDrive can help.
Legality?
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Is there anyway I can get rid of the bad IMEI or ESN number? I heard flashing it to like HyperDrive can help.
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I actually believe this is illegal no?
Anyway, look into registering new APNs to your phone, the VZW GS4 SIM is already unlocked across carriers.
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If I'm not mistaken if the phone was paid off properly and is free from a contract then you should be able to walk into VZW and have them carrier unlock it for you. If he didn't pay off the phone then it's technically a phone with a bad esn and the first part of this post needs to be fulfilled.
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NO. No, not right, NO. Wrong. Incorrect. Invalid. Incorrect. Input rejected.
Do I make myself clear?
I'm getting tired of repeating this, but THE SCH-I545 IS NOT SIM LOCKED. It is not locked. It does not need to be unlocked. What you are saying is wrong, incorrect, invalid, unnecessary. You don't need to unlock. You get it always unlocked. You don't need to unlock it. Nobody needs to do anything to unlock it. It's not locked.
Do you get my drift yet?
The Federal Communications Commission required that carriers getting access to the 4G spectrum not lock their phones, so phones like the VZ Galaxy S4 are not SIM locked. Any carrier's SIM will work.
Comments like yours send people down a time-wasting path. It isn't locked. Why spend time unlocking it?
This probably gets asked quite often. But I have done some research on the interwebs and can't seem to find any answers on this topic. So I come to you fellow smartphone and wizards for your help.
The question is simple but the answer on the other hand might be hard(?)
Let the question be asked:
How in the hell could one add LTE Bands to the P20 lite?
Bought the phone from Texas, USA. I live in Iceland and was devastated to realize that Iceland only uses 1, 3 and above. The phone does not support 3 which I need. I might be too optimistic about this being possible but I am in hope for a good answer.
Best regards, Hakkarinn.
@hakkarinn, maybe it is possible but never heard nothing about it.
Maybe you can start searching in the different directions. I'll suggest you to convert your device from America to Europe, then all European LTE bands should be available.
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@hakkarinn, maybe it is possible but never heard nothing about it.
Maybe you can start searching in the different directions. I'll suggest you to convert your device from America to Europe, then all European LTE bands should be available.
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I tried checking that out. Didn't really know what I was looking for. Sorry I am totally new to "modding" smartphones (if that's the correct word), I honestly don't know where to look for that or what I should look for. Any help is appreciated.
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@kilroystyx
I tried checking that out. Didn't really know what I was looking for. Sorry I am totally new to "modding" smartphones (if that's the correct word), I honestly don't know where to look for that or what I should look for. Any help is appreciated.
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Second part of this post you can find the site name specialized on that. This is a payed service.
But if you decide do it by your own you need oeminfo partition and full firmware.
oeminfo can be found in this tool
Full firmware here
hakkarinn said:
This probably gets asked quite often. But I have done some research on the interwebs and can't seem to find any answers on this topic. So I come to you fellow smartphone and wizards for your help.
The question is simple but the answer on the other hand might be hard(?)
Let the question be asked:
How in the hell could one add LTE Bands to the P20 lite?
Bought the phone from Texas, USA. I live in Iceland and was devastated to realize that Iceland only uses 1, 3 and above. The phone does not support 3 which I need. I might be too optimistic about this being possible but I am in hope for a good answer.
Best regards, Hakkarinn.
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Did you solve the problem? I am in the same situation but with the European version and I need to use it in Latin America
I have this tmobile version which i bought from a store as a 2nd hand. For the first 1 month the SIM card (carrier) worked, after the 1st month it shows (network locked) I used their app to unlock permanently and ofc it says "Not eligible" the other option is temporarily for another 1 month.
And now it has been expired and cant use the sim card again.
Any solution on how to unlock it ?
It was written up a few months ago here on XDA, but removed because it's a paid solution. You have to find the guy who can spoof your H932 to another T-mobile model number, then use T-mobile's servers to unlock it. And I think you have to temporarily downgrade your T-mobile H932 to Nougat for all that to work.
Only T-mobile servers can unlock current T-mobile phones. If anyone tries to sell you a "code" that works right now for your V30, you are wasting your money.
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It was written up a few months ago here on XDA, but removed because it's a paid solution. You have to find the guy who can spoof your H932 to another T-mobile model number, then use T-mobile's servers to unlock it. And I think you have to temporarily downgrade your T-mobile H932 to Nougat for all that to work.
Only T-mobile servers can unlock current T-mobile phones. If anyone tries to sell you a "code" that works right now for your V30, you are wasting your money.
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I didn't realize that thread had been deleted about a 3rd party service which unlocks T-Mobile phones. That's too bad since there are many legitimate scenarios where users need that to unlock a fully paid off phone.
@STALKER18: I seem to recall the service was called TMB Killer, but could be wrong. Try googling that and see what you get. No guarantees!
As ChazzMatt wrote, TMO phones can NOT be unlocked with a code like other phones, so don't believe anybody trying to sell you that.
Thank you for sharing that. That's on a T-Mobile H932, not some other V30 model, right?
Sorry to ask, I just want to make sure, since it's a completely different game with those T-Mobile phones.
What was the procedure? Did they connect remotely through your PC or what?
Thanks again.
Edit: A few spammers posting about unlocking services have been killed and their posts removed, including the one referred to in this post. H932 owners (and arguably everybody) should avoid the service mentioned here.
Thank you.
Was it T-Mobile H932 (which requires a special procedure connecting to TMO servers) or some other V30 model (which can be unlocked with a simple code)?
I'll keep asking this question because many 3rd party services sell codes -- and happily promote themselves with links on these forums -- but they don't work with H932.
So unless somebody specifically reports unlocking a H932, I'll assume it was just a simple code (again, which doesn't work on H932).
With several posters now having reported unlocking with the service you mention, but none of them confirming it's for H932, even when asked, I'm getting a bit suspicious, thinking this is a service H932 owners should avoid
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OK, seeing as you posted in three different threads about unlocking three different phones in the last 24 hours using this service, I am going to assume this was just spam to promote them. Being a spammer, I assume these lg/samsung simunlock DotCom guys (link obfuscated) would also happily take money from H932 owners, even though they cannot actually unlock their phones. So I say stay away from them!
If I am wrong, AND you really unlocked those three different phones, AND one of them is indeed a H932, I apologize and will happily update my post.
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OK, seeing as you posted in three different threads about unlocking three different phones in the last 24 hours using this service, I am going to assume this was just spam to promote them. Being a spammer, I assume this www.lgsimunlock.com would also happily take money from H932 owners, even though they cannot actually unlock their phones. So I say stay away from them!
If I am wrong, AND you really unlocked those three different phones, AND one of them is indeed a H932, I apologize and will happily update my post.
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I share your suspicions. Especially since prior to those three posts in the past 24 hours, last time he posted was over a year ago. Maybe he's being helpful all of a sudden? I don't know.
BUT if T-mobile H932, he should know the carrier and model number is very important to state. He wouldn't just say "V30". We can already carrier unlock all the other North American V30 and even the rare H932PR (Puerto Rico) V30 -- by ourselves. Unless the person specifically says "T-mobile H932", I don't trust them to know what they are talking about for SIM card unlocking. I don't even like the title of this thread, as it's not specific enough. (But that's just me, because I know of the H932PR V30, which is completely different animal.)
It's like when people ask in WTF bootloader unlock thread, "Why didn't this work?" And they fail to say what variant and what firmware (especially) they are on. Because if you read the instructions, you know those are the two most important items for it to work. So, anyone would specifically mention that information when asking for help. That makes me very suspicious they haven't really read anything -- and I'm usually right.
EDIT: and magically the spam post from today just above this post is now gone!
I just reported the spammer just above this post. It's going to disappear soon. He posted several times today in different device forums, promoting his various SIM unlocking services.
I almost engaged him, to ask if he had indeed unlocked T-mobile H932 -- then I saw his post history and knew it was useless. Spam bot.
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So unless somebody specifically reports unlocking a H932, I'll assume it was just a simple code (again, which doesn't work on H932).
With several posters now having reported unlocking with the service you mention, but none of them confirming it's for H932, even when asked, I'm getting a bit suspicious, thinking this is a service H932 owners should avoid
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OK, seeing as you posted in three different threads about unlocking three different phones in the last 24 hours using this service, I am going to assume this was just spam to promote them. Being a spammer, I assume this www.lgsimunlock.com would also happily take money from H932 owners, even though they cannot actually unlock their phones. So I say stay away from them!
If I am wrong, AND you really unlocked those three different phones, AND one of them is indeed a H932, I apologize and will happily update my post.
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I just reported the spammer just above this post. It's going to disappear soon. He posted several times today in different device forums, promoting his various SIM unlocking services.
I almost engaged him, to ask if he had indeed unlocked T-mobile H932 -- then I saw his post history and knew it was useless. Spam bot.
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Got it. Yeah they had to be reported sooner or later. I thought of reporting them back then, but figured it would be better to keep the posts here as a warning to avoid that service. They'll still have the SEO benefit, but at least H932 owners who see this would know this is NOT the one to give their money.
@mods: I would say when you weed out the spam, leave the warnings from Chazz and/or myself so that future readers will know to avoid that service.
There was a new one today just above my post today. New user name. He had posted 10 times this morning in various forums, for various brands and models.
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Got it. Yeah they had to be reported sooner or later. I thought of reporting them back then, but figured it would be better to keep the posts here as a warning to avoid that service. They'll still have the SEO benefit, but at least H932 owners who see this would know this is NOT the one to give their money.
@mods: I would say when you weed out the spam, leave the warnings from Chazz and/or myself so that future readers will know to avoid that service.
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There was a new one today just above my post today. New user name. He had posted 10 times this morning in various forums, for various brands and models.
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Finding and killing spammers is one of the more satisfying and popular activities for most moderators. Particularly when you can find them while they are still building and aging accounts, but before actually dropping their payload
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I didn't realize that thread had been deleted about a 3rd party service which unlocks T-Mobile phones. That's too bad since there are many legitimate scenarios where users need that to unlock a fully paid off phone.
@STALKER18: I seem to recall the service was called TMB Killer, but could be wrong. Try googling that and see what you get. No guarantees!
As ChazzMatt wrote, TMO phones can NOT be unlocked with a code like other phones, so don't believe anybody trying to sell you that.
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Hi, I used the method which was explained in the deleted thread.
Indeed, it was TMB Killer, and it worked for me.
sickaz said:
Hi, I used the method which was explained in the deleted thread.
Indeed, it was TMB Killer, and it worked for me.
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Awesome, thank you for confirming that!
Edit: Just to make sure, can you confirm it is a H932 you unlocked, and elaborate a little bit on the process? Thanks in advance!
Just before your post was yet another spam post promoting lg/samsung simunlock DotCom (link obfuscated, that post now deleted). We know that those guys are spammers, and probably scammers too. So anybody looking to unlock their phones should avoid them. And H932 owners should definitely avoid them!
jason3331 said:
hello folks, i followed this post because I have a similar problem. I unlocked an LGv40 on the site (spammer!) and it worked but does it work for all models? can anyone confirm this?
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No, the site you mention are spammers and scammers. They can NOT unlock recent (past three years or so) T-Mobile variants which need access to T-Mobile servers. If they claim they can do it, they are lying.
For our V30 the only variant which cannot be carrier unlocked by ourselves via Frankenstein is the T-Mobile H932. You have to find someone who will help you spoof another T-Mobile model number and I think you have to temporarily downgrade to Nougat. It's a little complicated. For T-Mobile phones if someone just offers you a code, they are trying to scam you.
ChazzMatt said:
No, lgsimunlock are spammers and scammers. They can NOT unlock recent (past three years or so) T-Mobile variants which need access to T-Mobile servers. If they claim they can do it, they are lying.
For our V30 the only variant which cannot be carrier unlocked by ourselves via Frankenstein is the T-Mobile H932. You have to find someone who will help you spoof another T-Mobile model number and I think you have to temporarily downgrade to Nougat. It's a little complicated. For T-Mobile phones if someone just offers you a code, they are trying to scam you.
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It's another spammer. They made a number of posts the last 24 hours about using that site to unlock all kinds of phones. I reported them, maybe you did as well. I think their strategy is to post spam often enough to drown out our warnings.
Edit: I live in FL where roaches are always a concern. We keep our kitchen super clean (you have to in this climate) and have generally been without them for years. When occasionally we saw one in the past, they were always the big American Cockroaches. But this summer we began seeing the smaller German Cockroaches, which are notoriously hard to get rid of. Suddenly came out of nowhere. Every time we think we have them beat, another one shows up. And only when we have to get up at night for a sip of water or something. They come out only in the the dark.
Anyways, when people compare spammers to roaches, I have to say the similarity really is striking :laugh:
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It's another spammer. They made a number of posts the last 24 hours about using that site to unlock all kinds of phones. I reported them, maybe you did as well. I think their strategy is to post spam often enough to drown out our warnings.
Edit: I live in FL where roaches are always a concern. We keep our kitchen super clean (you have to in this climate) and have generally been without them for years. When occasionally we saw one in the past, they were always the big American Cockroaches. But this summer we began seeing the smaller German Cockroaches, which are notoriously hard to get rid of. Suddenly came out of nowhere. Every time we think we have them beat, another one shows up. And only when we have to get up at night for a sip of water or something. They come out only in the the dark.
Anyways, when people compare spammers to roaches, I have to say the similarity really is striking :laugh:
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I edited my answer to not even use their name.
Thanks for reporting them!
ChazzMatt said:
I edited my answer to not even use their name.
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Oh, I noticed! And as I mentioned in a previous post, I am aware of the SEO benefit they get from me mentioning them in a post. OTOH I also want to warn other members against them, which works best for newcomers if they know who I am warning against
Come to think of it, I can obfuscate the links. Let me do that right away!
TheDannemand said:
Awesome, thank you for confirming that!
Edit: Just to make sure, can you confirm it is a H932 you unlocked, and elaborate a little bit on the process? Thanks in advance!
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Well, I'm sorry, but I don't remember the exact process.
The phone has to be rooted.
If I'm right, I had to edit a file in my H932, to change its name from H932 to H930 (or something like that).
Then I downloaded the TMB killer software on my computer, bought credits, pluged my phone and launched the program.
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Well, I'm sorry, but I don't remember the exact process.
The phone has to be rooted.
If I'm right, I had to edit a file in my H932, to change its name from H932 to H930 (or something like that).
Then I downloaded the TMB killer software on my computer, bought credits, pluged my phone and launched the program.
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Perfect, thank you! Just the kind of description I was looking for. Gives an idea of the process.