Hi all,
First of all, I want to say thanks for all the help and knowledge I've found on this website - it's amazing.
I've come to you because my sister bought an i5500 from a girl who was on the Telus network in Canada. My sister is on SaskTel, and I believed I would be able to unlock it after looking at xda-dev for some time. After several hours of rooting and attempting unlock, I finally got the BML5 file and opened it in hex editor. After several more hours, I managed to locate my SIM unlock code - 01234567 (Which I find odd, by the way).
Anyway, my sister has since gotten a SIM card from SaskTel and when we insert it, no SIM code prompt appears. I then tried it with my Fido card, and it did the exact same thing - the phone acts as though there isn't any SIM card in. It does, however, state that there's no signal.
Does this mean that the phone is already unlocked? If it is unlocked, I don't know how it happened - the girl that originally owned the phone never hacked the phone or anything. If it is unlocked, why won't my Fido SIM card, or my sister's SaskTel SIM card work?
The other issue I've been having is that the phone will suddenly turn off every 5 or 10 minutes. Could it have happened when I rooted the phone? I used SuperOneClick to do it, then command prompt to pull the img file to my laptop. Did I partially brick it?
Thank you so much for any help you guys can give me; I'd like to think of myself as fairly technically apt, but at the moment, I'm completely at a loss as to how to fix this.
Again, thanks.
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EDIT: Found some new info: Whenever the phone restarts, the date, time, and time zone are all reset back to standard. Does this mean that the battery is shot? The phone is less than a year old...
useful thread
Well I don't know about the rebooting, but what I recommend you read this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335548
specially the last part, which states:
Most custom roms that tries to remove blur break the subsidy lock interface (sim unlock screen doesn't show on them). If you flash other rom and subsidy unlock screen doesn't pop when you insert foreign sim, you will need to flash back stock ROM in order to unlock. So the easyest way for those of you running a Custom ROM, just do a nandroid backup using CWM, flash Stock ROM, unlock your phone then restore your backup.
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• Useful Codes
Quote:
*#7465625# - Dial code to check if phone it's network locked.
#7465625*638*UNLOCK-CODE# - Replace UNLOCK-CODE with your 8 digits number, then dial. Phone might reboot.
Code:
If you have reached the end of the tutorial and you wasn't able to obtain the unlock code( find numbers like 00000000 / 11111111 ), then it means that your phone it's "Hard Locked" or doesn't have the unlock code provided with the phone. I don't know any solution until now for this problem. For most of the people here, this works flawlessly, for some doesn't work.
maruc50 said:
Well I don't know about the rebooting, but what I recommend you read this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335548
specially the last part, which states:
Code:
• Useful Codes
Quote:
*#7465625# - Dial code to check if phone it's network locked.
#7465625*638*UNLOCK-CODE# - Replace UNLOCK-CODE with your 8 digits number, then dial. Phone might reboot.
Code:
If you have reached the end of the tutorial and you wasn't able to obtain the unlock code( find numbers like 00000000 / 11111111 ), then it means that your phone it's "Hard Locked" or doesn't have the unlock code provided with the phone. I don't know any solution until now for this problem. For most of the people here, this works flawlessly, for some doesn't work.
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Thanks for this. I used that link to root and get the code for the phone, but now I'm confused with the lack of PIN unlocking screen. Does that mean that I'm going to have to backup/flash with stock ROM? I'm totally fine with flashing it back to stock if it's not, in fact, I've looked for a stock ROM in case that was the issue. Since it's a Canadian model though, (GT-I5500M) I can't find any. There's a list somewhere on XDA with all the I5500 ROMs, but it says that there aren't any from Canada. Options? Ideas?
Thanks again for the help.
Anyone with any other ideas? Right now I'm trying to decide whether or not we should just sell the phone and get a new one, so any advice/help would be appreciated so much.
Did you check on samfirmware.com?
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ddamani9 said:
Did you check on samfirmware.com?
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Thanks, I did, but there isn't anything for Canada on there. A new problem just cropped up: the WiFi won't turn on. So, even if I wanted to flash it with an official firmware, I don't think I could - I have to use the market to download an app to flash, right?
U can use Odin..
If I Have Helped You,Hit Thanks..
Here is the link for ur Canadian baseband .
http://madteam.co/forum/index.php?topic=797.0
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ddamani9 said:
Here is the link for ur Canadian baseband .
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Thanks, but even under the Canada/USA heading it says that he's missing the Canadian/American baseband. So... still no luck.
Sry cant help you now..or else Change ur baseband..
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ddamani9 said:
Sry cant help you now..or else Change ur baseband..
Sent From Nokia 1100 Using Touch screen..!
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Alright, thanks. If I change my baseband to another version, does that mean that the phone won't work in Canada anymore?
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Hello all
I recently got a great deal for a Vibrant (150$ contract free, looking brand new ).
I live in Europe and I already own a Galaxy S, so I thought "hacking" the Vibrand would be a piece of cake... well it wasn't Finally after reading a ton of stuff here on the forums I managed to beat it using Odin.
After finally getting root the first thing I did was to download Galaxy S unlocker from the Market so I could use it with a local SIM card... and it failed. The app couldn't find any codes? and neither the root or non-root method worked.
The Vibrant recognizes that there's a SIM card, and even asks me for a PIN on boot... then nothing happens. When I try to make a call, "Data network not available" is displayed.
The network here is GSM 900/1800.
I'm currently on the deodexed KB5 2.2 ROM flashed via CWM.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Hmm...I believe there was another method to unlocking it other than the Galaxy S unlocker program you have. It will require root which you have.
Search around the Vibrant forums, I think it was from at least a few months back.
}{Alienz}{ said:
Hmm...I believe there was another method to unlocking it other than the Galaxy S unlocker program you have. It will require root which you have.
Search around the Vibrant forums, I think it was from at least a few months back.
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Yes, I found it but I'm not sure wheter it's a lock issue (it said "no codes found") or I have to flash an European modem or something. I'll try it anyway and report any results.
No luck
All the methods work for 2.1 and I'm on Froyo KB5.
Plus it's not really an unlock code issue..
It's rather... the SIM card doing nothing.
- Is it insearted?
Yes
- Does the phone recognize there's a SIM card?
Yes
- If you have a PIN, does it ask for it on boot?
Yes
- Well what's wrong then?
I can't do anything else with the SIM... not even join a network
Did you per any chance lock your SIM card with a PIN code?
Cause if you did, it is asking for the code that you locked it with. . .
Try another, UNLOCKED SIM card just to be sure that's not the issue.
The phone SHOULD ask you for an unlock code only. A pin code request (unless you are reading the unlock code as a pin code) means the SIM card is locked.
The card was unlocked, I put the PIN on purpose later, just to see if it'd recognize that
Then what is the issue? Without the PIN, it recognizes the SIM and loads up fine but doesn't get on any network?
Yes!
And that way it's just a VERY overpowered iPod touch. Would be nice if I could actually make phone calls from it, but if not - whatever.
I remember anything above 2.1 theres an issue with the SGS unlocker on the market. I had to use a different method, and I don't remember where I received the instructions from, but I did find this for you on youtube. Please do watch the whole video as the person has the same problem, but runs you through the steps to unlocking by using a different method.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swe5O5pChyo
gosh... no dice.
The phone never asks me for any unlock code, just stuck on "Searching"
Try a different modem. If not then try a different rom..may be?
Why not just odin back to stock,reroot, and try to unlock it before flashing a rom
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Will try that in the evening and report outcome ^^
Hi, I have a galaxy ace in here with the sim unlock code but when i put the foreign sim card the phone wont ask for the unlock code. Thing is that i tried every single secret code found with no success also. Is there someone who have been thru the same situation? If so, What to do then? It's from Claro PR by the way. Firmware 2.2.1
from where did u get the unlock code?
From the bml5 inside the phone. Does it makes a difference? Because the thing is that the phone won't ask for a code when i insert a foreign sim, and if i try the secret codes it won't aloud me either
Unlock codes are unique to each phone, generated from the IMEI. Therefore none other than your unique code will work. Unless it is really important I don't suggest unlocking. If you really need to, then contact the provider or get one from ebay.
Putting in a foreign SIM and restarting the phone should bring up the window you are looking for.
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Already tried that, and the phone still won't ask for it. Even with the secret codes the phone won't aloud me. On the other hand, yes it is important because i want the phone to work with Tmo and not ClaroPR. Like i said, i have the code, what i do need is someone who knows about this. In fact, i know that if i flash a non official stock rom i will be able to introduce a code. But im not sure if the phone will accept it. Anyways thanks m8!
If your phone is rooted go to system/ and copy the build.prop file and save it somewhere on your sdcard (in case something goes wrong)
Go back to system/ and edit the build.prop file. In the file change the value of " keyguard.no_require_sim=true" to "keyguard.no_require_sim=false"
I am not really sure if this will help. Its just a wild guess, but you can still try it
Thanks for your help m8, i did solve the problem but i did it just flashing a non carrier froyo on that phone. At least i was able to unlock it . Anyways that solution of yours makes me curious. Nice to know that might be the solution for that. I have tried what i did before with no luck but i think the mistake was that when i failed to unlock with that other phone i updated it from froyo to gingerbread. And if i am not mistaken i took the bml5 code from the gingerbread not the original froyo that came with the phone. Anyways hopefully if someone finds himself with that situation this will help...
enelyam said:
Hi, I have a galaxy ace in here with the sim unlock code but when i put the foreign sim card the phone wont ask for the unlock code. Thing is that i tried every single secret code found with no success also. Is there someone who have been thru the same situation? If so, What to do then? It's from Claro PR by the way. Firmware 2.2.1
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root it and put a custom rom
Hello guys newbie her hope u wonderful people can help me. Sorry i have spend lots of time reading posts. But still cannot work it out. Forgive me
My problem is i have rooted and unlocked my wife's sgs2 which was locked to 3 uk is not recognising my orange uk micro sim, the reason to doing so is we like to swap our phones.
even tho i have unlocked whenever i turn the sgs2 on it pops up the 3 welcome screen.
i am running icecream sandwitch 4.0.3
base band ver. I9100NELP3
Kernel ver [email protected]#3
Bulild no IML74K.XWLP7
Please please any suggestions to get the phone working on orange is really i mean it really appreciated.
Also if u guys need to any more information kindly shout,
Do i need to flash a different rom to get the phone working on different sim? if so do i need a rom with XWLP7 kernel?
Thx a lot in advance and waiting to hear from u brilliant peoples from this site.
Thx
Tony
bigbull_009 said:
even tho i have unlocked whenever i turn the sgs2 on it pops up the 3 welcome screen.
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Just because it shows the 3 welcome screen doesn't mean it's not unlocked, just branded. If you continue past the welcome screen, are you sure your Orange SIM doesn't work? If so, what method did you use to SIM-unlock it?
Thx a lot for the reply.
Initially i have used Chainfrie's Galaxy S2 sim unlock. but didn't work. Then i have used Helroze's Galaxy_S unlock. After that i pressd *#7465625# it says
Network lock OFF
Network Subset lock OFF
SP Lock OFF
By this way i believe its unlocked. But dont know its really unlocked.
Cheers
Tony
Branded means network branding and add on .
Your is 3 branded
Locked means locked to a network unlocked and it will work on any network .
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Not recognize sim first question has to be does it reconize any other sim .Second question have you entered the network settings for orange ???
jje
(rails) jjgtssu
Mr jje,
thx a lot for your kind reply.Thx.
I only tried orange sim but no help.
Secondly even if a phone unlocked do i need to add orange network setting? Sorry i didn't know that. Again could u please guide me how can set this up? Please any help will be really appreciated
Regards
Tony
Type in *#06# does your imei number show?
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Thx for the reply,
Yes it does show the original IMEI no.
Regards
Tony
By the info youve given already your phone should be unlocked. Will it not make or receive calls or is it just the web that aint working? Does the sim card work in another phone?
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Thx for the reply.
no i cannot make any calls with orange sim on sgs2. But this sim works absolutely fine with my iphone.
Kindly let me know anything else u like me to look for.
regards
Tony
Sorry to jump on this thred but noticed the OP had the same kernel, build and baseband numbers as my newly bought S2.
Ive been looking about for the right files to download to root mine but have been puzzled by the right ones to get.
Which are the corect kernel and firmware files I need?
Currently on Three network also looking to unlock and debrand.
Hope you can help
Cheers Lee
bigbull_009 said:
Thx for the reply.
no i cannot make any calls with orange sim on sgs2. But this sim works absolutely fine with my iphone.
Kindly let me know anything else u like me to look for.
regards
Tony
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Only two possible answers left .
One you have not entered your networks settings or they are wrong .
If you have then phone is not unlocked .
Simple test .
Phone works with original sim = software OK .
Other sim works in another phone = sim ok
Phone works on another network sim after network setting have been entered if not then its not unlocked phone .
jje
thx for all your support. its working now
Hello
i have rooted my phone because i need to use a different sim. Because i was with 3 it wont let me to use a different sim even after rooting and unlocking it.
The only way if u want to use a different sim is to flash a unbranded official uk firmware on it.Because even if u unlocked the phone after rooting all the bloat ware and the fiemware from 3 wont let u use any other sim (i mean in my case.) but make sure u have already backed up the current firmware before flashing a new firmware.
Please use method only if u bold enough to do it. because if u done anything wrong it may void the warranty.Please do all this in your own risk, to overcome this use a jig u can buy from ebay. or goole it or there is lots of information about this in you tube to reset the flash counter
I will explain what i did to my phone
Step1, Rooted my phone using the method described in android authority and firmware xwlp7 which is described on the above site. here is the link for it please copy and paste on your browser then u will see the method how to do it.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...xMSnBw&usg=AFQjCNEAJtIUKzYLRTUMggMwJWe2V-SseA
Step 2,Once u have rooted Get the sim unlock apps from Google play, in my case the Chain fires one didn't work, use this app only once, if u use it more than once u r phone may get locked. Then i have tried Helroz's Galaxy_S Unlock and it did worked.You can check this by typing *#7465625# in u r dial pad once the app run and if u r phone is unlocked it will say sim lock 'OFF'.
But at this stage my phone wasn't working with my other orange sim . The reason was the phone was still on 3 uk firmware that's why the phone wont let me to use any other sim. So i need to find a unbranded original firm ware close to XWLP7 which was my original firmware because i don't really want to try any other firm ware.
So i have found that carphone warehouse uk was using XWLP7 firmware in their sgs2 which is same as mine. Because phones from carphone ware house can use any sim i thought this may work with any sim on my phone as well, You can get this from SAMWARE site where u can find all the firmwares for sgs2, new and old. This site is free and only need a registration. Down load it and extract it in to a folder(tar file). Once you are in the site look for the carphone ware house uk's firmware. I hope you are in Ice cream sandwich 4.0.3
Step 3, Before flashing this do a back up of your current firmware just in case if anything goes wrong , u can flash back. U can do that in recovery mode, (Turn your phone off, turn it back on again by pressing volup+home+power) U have options there to back up, once you done the back up of original firmware in the reoverymode
Step 4, Do a factory wipe/ reset
Step 5, Do a cache wipe as well on the recovery mode this will help u to do a fresh start.
Step 6, Tun the phone off again and turn it on back on down load mode( vol down+home+power button)
Step 7, Start odin which you have used to root the phone in step 1 then connect the phone using the usb cable and odin will recognise your phone (yellow colour on the left hand corner of the odin page) Once this is seen on the pda choose the firmware you have downloaded ( carphone ware house oen from SAMWARE) And make sure only reboot and F.reset time and pda are checked,make sure nothig else checked in the odin. Then let it run, this will take few mins and the phone will reboot.
Hope fully this time u don't see any 3 welcome screen, turn it off and try using the 3 sim first, it should work then try any other sim, in my case that was orange it did worked fine including mobile data so you don't have to change the APN settings for each network provider.
Thanks for the xda develpers, android authority and samware for all their hard work in providing lots of information.
Any doubt let me know. Please do not do anything unless you are really comfortable with
Thx
Go to any of the supermarkets and buy a PAYG sim from another network,{around £1.00}, youi don't have to register the sim to see if your phone is unlocked.
{EDIT} I see you said your coming from a iphone.... So that means its a cut down sim {micro-sim} card.
Parhaps it is not seated in the correct position.
Just a thought..
My phone is doing the exact same thing, can anybody help?
Originally on three UK. Got unlocked in a shop. Orange sim card worked fine. Restored to factory defaults to erase phone. Orange sim card no longer works, but phone is showing as unlocked. Every other network sim card works fine.
Its bugging me, took it back to the shop where i got it unlocked and the man said he had never seen anything like it.
Any help would be great. Thanks
hello,
i have the new galaxy s3 9300, i have rooted it and used the voodoo app to unlock the phone but a weird thing happened, everytime i boot the phone it announces "network lock" i press the button dismiss and when i go to check if it is locked (both on the voodoo app and the phone *#7465625#) it shows lock OFF.
please help!
thank you,
Lidar
darlidar said:
hello,
i have the new galaxy s3 9300, i have rooted it and used the voodoo app to unlock the phone but a weird thing happened, everytime i boot the phone it announces "network lock" i press the button dismiss and when i go to check if it is locked (both on the voodoo app and the phone *#7465625#) it shows lock OFF.
please help!
thank you,
Lidar
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As its a BETA product it might be worth emailing the dev via Goole Play .
jje
How do i do that? I talked to the voodoo support (through the play store) but they are not willing to help
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Same problem here,ive used voodoo sim unlock and sim fix,but still nothing happened,but when i dial the confirmation it says "network lock is off" dont know what to do now.
voodoo
i had this same problem . What i do is click out sim card but dont fully remove it . Unlock the phone using voodoo, back out of the app an click sim card in again . Leave it 4 a lil bit and hopefully the sim card locked shud disappear and it will ask you for your sim pin .If it doesnt work on ur first time be patient and try again. Although everytime the phone powers off it locks the network again
Hi, i was having the same problem here. Mine is a i9300 from Claro PR. This happened to me with the stock rom( it seems like all the Claro's bloatware is affecting this). I just installed a custom rom and it works perfectly now.
Hi
has anybody got this or any other method to work on the latest Jelly bean leak ROM?
I had to flash back as i was un able to sim unlock.
Does this mean we will have to get a Official unlock code to use Jelly Bean 4.1.1 in future?
i know there is a patch for vodoo but can't find it anymore
marrila said:
Hi
has anybody got this or any other method to work on the latest Jelly bean leak ROM?
I had to flash back as i was un able to sim unlock.
Does this mean we will have to get a Official unlock code to use Jelly Bean 4.1.1 in future?
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UNKNOWN until Jelly Bean is released .
jje
well im new and a bit confused myself here, but my wife got me a lovely new 32Gig s3 i9300 from vodafone on contract last month. I rooted it but cant remember what rom I put on it, then this week I got hammered to accept a upgrade to the BUBLG3 firmware I think. so I got annoyed when a few apps stopped working and decided I wanted to unlock and unbrand this thing, I spent the last two days chasing both a firmware upgrade only to be utterly confused as to which one is the latest unbranded rom and as to how to unlock the phone, I got the voodoo unlocker from somewhere and when I ran it it said Sim Lock: inactive. which surprised me a lot so I typed in *#7465625# and my imei to find out more, turns out that it says that command is unknown ?, with or without the imei. Then I threw in a O2 sim out of curiosity and lo and behold it works, so I am guessing either the Rom I loaded up and was overwritten ( or however it works ) unlocked it or it was unlocked when I got it from Vodafone. So many Roms floating about its very confusing to me and probably a lot of noobs which to get. Still cant get the apps to load either.
Sorry if this is of no use to you but i thought it was interesting and in context with the post header.
momo33 said:
well im new and a bit confused myself here, but my wife got me a lovely new 32Gig s3 i9300 from vodafone on contract last month. I rooted it but cant remember what rom I put on it, then this week I got hammered to accept a upgrade to the BUBLG3 firmware I think. so I got annoyed when a few apps stopped working and decided I wanted to unlock and unbrand this thing, I spent the last two days chasing both a firmware upgrade only to be utterly confused as to which one is the latest unbranded rom and as to how to unlock the phone, I got the voodoo unlocker from somewhere and when I ran it it said Sim Lock: inactive. which surprised me a lot so I typed in *#7465625# and my imei to find out more, turns out that it says that command is unknown ?, with or without the imei. Then I threw in a O2 sim out of curiosity and lo and behold it works, so I am guessing either the Rom I loaded up and was overwritten ( or however it works ) unlocked it or it was unlocked when I got it from Vodafone. So many Roms floating about its very confusing to me and probably a lot of noobs which to get. Still cant get the apps to load either.
Sorry if this is of no use to you but i thought it was interesting and in context with the post header.
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Hi
i think youll find most Vodaphone phones are SIM free.
I had a Galaxy Nexus on Vodaphone which I ordered through Phones4U which was also Factory unlocked
I have my s3 rooted some guy in a phone shop done it. If it's rooted does it definitely mean he's installed a different rom on it or has he just opened the superuser access.
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If it's rooted it doesn't mean he's flashed another ROM at all. Just means you now have superuser access.
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I got my s3 from 3 in the uk few months ago fully unlocked and if i try and flash lg8 or lg9 i get the network lock set to on. So.. restored to lf6 via cwm and still network lock set to on pretty annoyed by now so voodoo unlock and job done i have got a backup of my efs folder but that if the worst happens
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Hi Guys!
Does any of you know how to sim unlock the specified phone? (GT-S7275R)
Do i need to root the device? Which is the best rooting program/method?
Or i just need a code to sim unlock the phone?
If someone can help me i would be very happy
Thanks!
Molnardani84 said:
Hi Guys!
Does any of you know how to sim unlock the specified phone? (GT-S7275R)
Do i need to root the device? Which is the best rooting program/method?
Or i just need a code to sim unlock the phone?
If someone can help me i would be very happy
Thanks!
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Sim unlock usually don't matter which phone its in.
The SIM only is locked.
Try using the wrong password untill it requests for PUK code, then get your PUK code handy.
Usually sim providers can give you your PUK code.
UNLESS YOU STOLE IT
Then you're a nigga**** !
XD
JK
Let me know if it helps.
Tre91 said:
Sim unlock usually don't matter which phone its in.
The SIM only is locked.
Try using the wrong password untill it requests for PUK code, then get your PUK code handy.
Usually sim providers can give you your PUK code.
UNLESS YOU STOLE IT
Then you're a nigga**** !
XD
JK
Let me know if it helps.
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I want to use my phone with a vodafone SIM, but the phone is locked to T-Mobile.
Of course i know the PUK code I did not stole the phone or the SIM card
With this method I can use the phone with my Vodafone SIM?
The phone is rooted by the way.
When I enter my PIN code for the SIM, the phone asks for the network unlock code. That is my problem. And I can't use it with my Vodafone SIM card
Any solution for this?
Molnardani84 said:
I want to use my phone with a vodafone SIM, but the phone is locked to T-Mobile.
Of course i know the PUK code I did not stole the phone or the SIM card
With this method I can use the phone with my Vodafone SIM?
The phone is rooted by the way.
When I enter my PIN code for the SIM, the phone asks for the network unlock code. That is my problem. And I can't use it with my Vodafone SIM card
Any solution for this?
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Maybe ?
I can only think of re-formatting the phones firmware.
Know how to use odin and flash a new firmware ?
Tre91 said:
Maybe ?
I can only think of re-formatting the phones firmware.
Know how to use odin and flash a new firmware ?
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I have odin, but if you can send me instructions how to do what you just wrote that would be very nice of you
Do i have to download n original firmware? And flash via odin? Or how? I am very curious abou it
Thanks
Molnardani84 said:
I have odin, but if you can send me instructions how to do what you just wrote that would be very nice of you
Do i have to download n original firmware? And flash via odin? Or how? I am very curious abou it
Thanks
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No worries mate.
So first to download is the original firmware.
Go here -> http://www.samsungis.com/Firmwares/GT-S7275R.html
Choose based on country+mobile.
Hover the mouse over the words and it will show the country name if you're unsure.
So for example im in Malaysia and the latest firmware is XME, S7275RXXUANA3.
Once downloaded, the file is a single file. Extact it and you'll get an md5 file.
Use whatever odin version u have. I used odin 3.07
And select 'PDA' only. Then go to the downloaded file.
Proceed with flashing. Click start and wait for the phone to be installed.
Once install, phone should be brand new.
If phone stuck at boot screen, enter recovery and wipe cache and partition.
Let me know how it goes. !
Tre91 said:
No worries mate.
So first to download is the original firmware.
Go here -> http://www.samsungis.com/Firmwares/GT-S7275R.html
Choose based on country+mobile.
Hover the mouse over the words and it will show the country name if you're unsure.
So for example im in Malaysia and the latest firmware is XME, S7275RXXUANA3.
Once downloaded, the file is a single file. Extact it and you'll get an md5 file.
Use whatever odin version u have. I used odin 3.07
And select 'PDA' only. Then go to the downloaded file.
Proceed with flashing. Click start and wait for the phone to be installed.
Once install, phone should be brand new.
If phone stuck at boot screen, enter recovery and wipe cache and partition.
Let me know how it goes. !
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And if I do this, my phone will be SIM unlocked? How the recovery comes tom my phone? i only just rooted my phone, but on other orum I read that there is no CWM for the phone.
Molnardani84 said:
And if I do this, my phone will be SIM unlocked? How the recovery comes tom my phone? i only just rooted my phone, but on other orum I read that there is no CWM for the phone.
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I cannot confirm if the phone will be unlocked. But its worth a try.
But many websites charge you to get it unlocked and im not sure if there's a cheaper method.
But i can confirm that there is no CWM recovery for our phone yet.
Its the normal samsung official recovery i was speaking of.
Turn off phone, press 3 buttons at once (On/off button + home button + volume up button) .
Tre91 said:
I cannot confirm if the phone will be unlocked. But its worth a try.
But many websites charge you to get it unlocked and im not sure if there's a cheaper method.
But i can confirm that there is no CWM recovery for our phone yet.
Its the normal samsung official recovery i was speaking of.
Turn off phone, press 3 buttons at once (On/off button + home button + volume up button) .
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Okay, i will give it a try, but i think it won't work
I'm looking for a cheap method, i like to tinker with my phone
Is there an official Ace 3 forum?
Molnardani84 said:
Okay, i will give it a try, but i think it won't work
I'm looking for a cheap method, i like to tinker with my phone
Is there an official Ace 3 forum?
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There are plenty of forums but there's no specific Ace 3 forum yet :/
Oh and i think you should really give it a try.
So i can confirm if it really works
Tre91 said:
There are plenty of forums but there's no specific Ace 3 forum yet :/
Oh and i think you should really give it a try.
So i can confirm if it really works
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I upgraded the firmware, but the only thing that happened is i don't get the T-mobile logo at startup. The phone still locked to t-mobil
Molnardani84 said:
I upgraded the firmware, but the only thing that happened is i don't get the T-mobile logo at startup. The phone still locked to t-mobil
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Where do you live ?
And what line do you wanna use the phone with ?
Lemme see if i can get that particular firmware.
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Where do you live ?
And what line do you wanna use the phone with ?
Lemme see if i can get that particular firmware.
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I live in Hungary, and I want use it with a vodafone Sim card. I upgraded the firmware, but firmware update doesn't remove sim lock.
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I live in Hungary, and I want use it with a vodafone Sim card. I upgraded the firmware, but firmware update doesn't remove sim lock.
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Did you download the Hungary - S7275RXXUAML1 ?
Not Hungary (Telenor) - S7275RXXUAML1 ..
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Did you download the Hungary - S7275RXXUAML1 ?
Not Hungary (Telenor) - S7275RXXUAML1 ..
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Yes, and the phone works, when it boots, i don't get the t-mobile logo any mor fortunately. But the sim is locked
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Yes, and the phone works, when it boots, i don't get the t-mobile logo any mor fortunately. But the sim is locked
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Awww that sucks.
Well buddy - > http://unlock.canadagsm.ca/samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-Ace-III-network-unlock-code/
Thats what i got after google search.
If this doesnt work, its time to take it to the shop :3
downgrade gt s7275r
I don't really know where to look but im finding it hard to find hard to find firmware for gt s7275r im currently running xxuanb2 rooted - android vers: 4.2.2 with cwm recovery, but I was wondering is there any way possible I could downgrade to 4.2.1??. ive tried looking everywhere but no success and woud really appreciate some help in this matter , and point me the right way on xda so I know where to post for advice as im a noobie on this foruim.
Molnardani84 said:
Does any of you know how to sim unlock the specified phone? (GT-S7275R)
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Use ChimeraTool. It supports.
Hi - those firmware links are now dead (not the website, but the download links within that). Any alternative locations? Thanks, Geoff
Note: Flashing different firmware will NOT unlock a phone that is locked to a particular service providers sim you will need to get the unlock code from your provider or from one of the online services.
There are several online providers that can unlock GT-S7275 series phones online. The best ones will use a client software package that you download and install on your computer. You then need to pay them for the unlock before you can unlock the phone. Part of the process is changing your phone to Diag mode by setting the USB to DM+MODEM+ADB this is done by dialing *#0808# however on some S7275 Phones like the Telstra Australia GT-S7275Y dialing this code will not access the needed menu however it can still be accessed.
For Telstra Australia GT-S7275Y and similar phones you need to open the stock calculator app and type (+30012012732+ (note that the ( and the + signs must be typed) this will then open the Factory Mode dialler you can then type *#0808# and the menu will appear.
Don't forget to put your phone back to MTP+ADB (the default setting after unlocking).