I got this phone as a gift last week but only figured out yesterday that the bootloader was locked. I thought phone manufacturers stopped this a while back. Does anyone know how I can root it? I've tried the root apps and they don't work.
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I got my phone on ebay.co.uk sometime back then. A small orange logo is branded on the backside. The least I did was to root and sim/network unlock it. Apps piled up over time and it was getting laggy. I had to install an android version. Through many hours of following instructions, waiting, trying a few versions and being frustrated. I finally got to android 4.3.1. However I had to root and sim unlock it again! The 2 popular method - galaxy s2 unlock, and galaxy S unlock with busybox, both failed, and to no avail even after reinstalling the android again. The phone was still sim locked.
So fed up I put it aside for. Today I upgraded to 4.4 and both unlocking apps failed. I restored it to 4.3.1 hoping I can get some help over this mess.
pomkon said:
I got my phone on ebay.co.uk sometime back then. A small orange logo is branded on the backside. The least I did was to root and sim/network unlock it. Apps piled up over time and it was getting laggy. I had to install an android version. Through many hours of following instructions, waiting, trying a few versions and being frustrated. I finally got to android 4.3.1. However I had to root and sim unlock it again! The 2 popular method - galaxy s2 unlock, and galaxy S unlock with busybox, both failed, and to no avail even after reinstalling the android again. The phone was still sim locked.
So fed up I put it aside for. Today I upgraded to 4.4 and both unlocking apps failed. I restored it to 4.3.1 hoping I can get some help over this mess.
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Tried using Galaxsim Unlock??
I had to unlock again after i rooted ma phone the 2nd time after unlocking the device. Alls fine til now!
Here is the link!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...p-galaxsim-unlock-1-02-jb-compatible-t1846451
Hope it helped!
dudders007 said:
Tried using Galaxsim Unlock??
I had to unlock again after i rooted ma phone the 2nd time after unlocking the device. Alls fine til now!
Here is the link!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...p-galaxsim-unlock-1-02-jb-compatible-t1846451
Hope it helped!
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oh yes! hurrah! internet freedom!
i downloaded the pro apk and this method is easy and fast. i wished i asked earlier.
case closed. ty
Hello,
I own an Alcatrl ot-991 and I need to root it. First about the phone:
It runs 2.36 stock gingerbread and is not rooted.
It has no more warranty and I need to root it to remove the sim lock.
By mistake I typed in my sim pin into the field where the sim unlock pin should go in too many times and now I get an error that the sim slot is permanently locked.
It's the old phone of my mum and I can't really afford another one right now.
Here is what I did already:
Installed official Alcatel USB drivers on my PC
Tried to root with srsroot (not at home will post logs later)
The programm started the adb server, recognized the phone, something about root kit 2 and then started trying out 4 roots, but none of them worked.
Also I tried to root it with gingerbreak directly from the phone, the programm started, I clicked on root device and a message popped up that said rooting device, this may take some minutes. Nothing happened even after letting it run for 30 minutes.
Please help me! I'm desperate. I basically walk around with an iPod touch by Alcatel.
Thanks in advance
Edit: I also started reading through the how to root Alcatel ot-991 thread in the forum, but the links are either dead or not helpful (like custom roms and stuff that I can only use after root)
Hey guys,
First thing's first, I've finally managed to root the phone. The bootloader, however, is still locked. I got the code from Sony and tried everything, spending almost 3 days on the forums, to no avail. I don't mind that the bootloader is locked though, I just want to carrier/sim unlock the phone so that I can use it as my secondary phone.
For anyone curious, my network provider (Optus) says that my phone is unlocked. I don't mind paying the money to have it unlocked. Also, the phone states the rooting status as UNAVAILABLE.
I was wondering if there was any way to do this.
Thank you in advance.
Hello there, I have two Huawei Mate 2 (MT2-L03) and one of them is in a bootloop (I was trying to update to lollipop but forgot to unlock bootloader), the other one has Lollipop update and is working (but it has the screen all cracked, in some parts you can't read and speakers don't work). I tried searching in this forum on how to take it out of the bootloop and I didn't find any answers, now I can't get the bootloader unlock code from Huawei because they are asking for the phone ID and I can't access it with the phone like that.
My question is, is there a way to copy all storage from one phone to another or swap it? Because I thought that in that way I could fix the phone (the one in Bootloop). Remember they are both from the same model.
My friend asked if i could help with his phone. He recently got a new sim card and found out his phone is locked.
Everything on his phone is the way it came out of the factory, nothing has been change... So, for all info on the hardware just google 'acer liquid z520'.
While searching for a way to unlock it, i stumbled upon these sites: http://www.tntts.com/2016/07/open-line-acer-liquid-z520.html & https://www.phcorner.net/threads/230676/
Is this really a way you can unlock the phone? I never saw this kind of way, I thought you needed to unlock bootloader and/or flash some new rom...
Tried searching for a similar thread, did not find anything, sorry if i missed something.
If this is not a legit way to unlock this phone, please point me in the right direction. He would like to avoid paying 20$ to unlock it and waiting for another year for the contract to end is also not an option.
Thanks for the help.