The other day i found the Galaxy s and dont use android cause i have a HD2 but was wondering if there is a way to reflash the phone so everything gets deleted off it, was gonna possibly give it to my brother or sell. I know Verizon uses CDMA as a band but is there anyway to use it for tmobile? Dont think so but someone might know more. Thanks!
first thing, but this is not a dev question, please post in the correct section next time to keep the dev section uncluttered
secondly, there is no way to get a VZ phone to work on tmobile. Two completely different network technologies. The ESN on the phone you found is probably blocked anyways
"Found" phone?
Might want to call Verizon with the IMEI and they can probably return it to its owner. Or the registered Google email address. Or...
5 Finger discount.. maybe be a decent person and call one of the saved numbers in the phone and try to find the owner.
Try booting into recovery and wiping the phone.
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heeey, thats my phone. i would like it back
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Not to rain on anyone but this side of the world is for the Samsung Galaxy S 4G... Not the Galaxy S... 2 diff phones
BTW i would not want to loose my phone around that guy bet i would find it on ebay...
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Mods I got these instructions from xda but I sort of made them non-technical for those who are new to unlocking, etc. It is my site and if you want to remove the instructions then that's okay and I understand. I borrowed heavily from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093476 and I've given credit.
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Hello, I will give you step by step instructions on how to unlock your Samsung Infuse 4G or Samsung i997 so you can use it on T-Mobile. I will give full credit to sanfranx415 from xda forums but I wanted to do things a little different and I want to make the process a little more user friendly and less technical. We all get there eventually and I want to be has helpful as possible.
Step 1) Remember, your phone must be rooted. If your phone is already rooted and has a program called Superuser in the menu then slip Step 1. If not, here's a link http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-samsung-infuse-4g-on-android-2-2-with-superoneclick/ and if it ever goes down remember the program is called Superoneclick. Google it, download it and make sure your phone is in usb debugging mode, connect it to your computer while superoneclick is open and click root. It's that simple
Step 2) On your computer (not the phone), install a program called "010 Hex editor". Don't have to register Link is http://www.sweetscape.com/download/download_010editor.html . Remember you're installing this on your computer, not phone.
Step 3) On your phone go to the market and install terminal emulator https://market.android.com/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en . If the link changes just search for Terminal Emulator in Google. Remember you're installing this on your phone, not computer. Remember root must be installed, REMEMBER STEP 1?, for this program to work.
Step 4) On your phone, open up terminal emulator and you will see a blue screen. Don't be scared. I want you to correctly type the following EXACTLY...
TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
cd /dev/block
(then press enter)
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TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
su
(then press enter, now your phone might ask for superuser permission, ALLOW it or say YES. You may not have to do this step, if it asked you before)
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Now you will do one of the following below. Pay attention.
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IF YOU HAVE AN EXTERNAL SD CARD TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
dd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/external_sd/bml3.bak
(then press enter)
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXTERNAL SD CARD TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
dd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/bml3.bak
(then press enter)
Step 5) Now, find the file on your External SD card or Internal Storage depending on your situation and transfer it to your computer. If you don't know how to find the file. Plug your phone up and enable Mass Storage or Connect USB Storage. I won't baby you on how to find it. It should be somewhere on your phone or external SD card if you did step 4 correctly. Transfer that bml3.bak file to your computer. I recommend the desktop so will always know where it's at. You can delete it later if you want. So transfer it to somewhere on your computer.
Step 6) On your computer, open up 010 Hex Editor
Step 7) IMPORTANT: In 010 Hex Editor go to the Menus at the top and select VIEW then LINEFEEDS then SELECT CUSTOM, now SET YOUR BYTES TO "32" Nothing Less. If you don't do this, you won't find your unlock code. Do it.
Step 8) While you're in 010 Hex Editor, click Open and locate the bml3.bak file you created and open it. There will be a bunch of letters, numbers or whatever, ignore them for now.
(CREDIT TO FR0Z3N FOR CLARIFYING THE FOLLOWING 2 STEPS)
Step 9) Now press CTRL+F on your keyboard to search for a hex string. Now a box that says Find should pop up and when the search window pops up select "Hex bytes (h)" in the Type field by pushing the down arrow and then search for the following string below:
"FFFFFFFFFF0100000000" ALL TOGETHER WITH NO SPACES, Then Hit the FIND ALL button to the right, some of you will get many results and others up to 10 results on your screen below (not mine, someone else's computer)
http://www.traemcneely.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/step.jpg
Step 10) Now, if you look at your Hex editor there are 3 window panes on the selected line (See Image Below, my computer). IMPORTANT: scroll to the right using the scroll bar that's in the bottom, middle of the screen. You should see three windows panes.
http://www.traemcneely.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/laster.jpg
Step 11) This is where a lot of people are getting confused. So pay attention. Now, Do you see where it says Address Size and Value? Click the text or results under it and ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE your scroll bar right above it is all the way to the right. It's important because when you click it your computer will try to bring the scroll bar to the left. So click it, and scroll to the right.
Step 12) Go through each result from the above search and you will see on the 3rd window pane (as shown on pic above) after the hex keys there is an 8 DIGIT CODE (Write this code Down) this is your unlock code NCK for your phone. Write it down somewhere NOW!!
Sidenote from Sanfranx415: SCAN THROUGH EACH RESULT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN YOUR RESULTS SOME OF YOU MAY GET UP TO 3 DIFFERENT 8 DIGIT CODES WRITE THEM ALL DOWN NORMALLY THE 8 DIGIT CODE THAT APPEARS THE MOST WILL BE THE ONE THAT UNLOCKS YOUR PHONE THE OTHER CODES MAY BE YOUR FREEZE CODE BUT I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS YET THIS 8 DIG CODE SHOULD SHOW ON AT-LEAST ONE MORE RESULT CHECK ALL YOUR RESULTS FROM THE SEARCH ABOVE( SOME OF YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CODE SHOWN AT-LEAST 2 TIMES AND SOME OF YOU WILL HAVE THE CODE SHOW MORE THAN 4 TIMES) YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY EVEN UP TO 39 RESULTS AGAIN SCAN THROUGH ALL RESULTS
Step 13) Okay, welcome back. Now I recommend that you take out your AT&T sim or whatever sim is in there, THEN turn off your phone. Insert the T-Mobile or other carrier sim card
Step 14) Turn on the phone and when you do you'll be prompted to enter a Network Unlock Control Key. Use the code that you received in step 12. You should have written it down somewhere like I instructed you.
Step 15) After you enter your NCK or Network Unlock Control Key hit Unlock, Yes, Go or whatever it says to proceed and it should say "network unlock successful"
VIOLA!!! Your Samsung Infuse 4G is now unlocked from AT&T.
Credit to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093476
http://www.traemcneely.com/2011/07/...nlock-codes-samsung-i997-unlock-instructions/
Can I do this from overseas?
I am planning to buy an Infuse after my great experience with Captivate However I am outside US and would like to know if at any moment I need to actually be on the States or if I need the AT&T Sim at all to perform this unlocking procedure.
I am not the noob to Android phones, however I think that this question is fair
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Samsung Captivate
ROM: Continuum 6.1 (GB 2.3.4 JVQ based)
Kernel: TalonDev 0.4.2 OC @ 1200
Modem: JV5
Hopefully new owner of an Infuse
Guti1977 said:
I am planning to buy an Infuse after my great experience with Captivate However I am outside US and would like to know if at any moment I need to actually be on the States or if I need the AT&T Sim at all to perform this unlocking procedure.
I am not the noob to Android phones, however I think that this question is fair
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Samsung Captivate
ROM: Continuum 6.1 (GB 2.3.4 JVQ based)
Kernel: TalonDev 0.4.2 OC @ 1200
Modem: JV5
Hopefully new owner of an Infuse
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Hey head over to the thread in devlopment. We need you!! Its called rogers infuse owners please comply
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werked perfectly.
Is there a way to call AT&T and ask for the unlock code? I usually do that with tmobile, I tell them I have to get out of the country and they'll email me the unlock code the next day....
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bobthq said:
Is there a way to call AT&T and ask for the unlock code? I usually do that with tmobile, I tell them I have to get out of the country and they'll email me the unlock code the next day....
Sent from my Samsung Infuse - Infused 1.5
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Yea i believe you have to have been a customer for a minimum of 5 years and if they do give you the unlock code, if/when approved you'll receive it in 24-48 hrs and you need to sign a separate contract, promising you'll be a lifetime customer of AT&T&T. Or something to that affect. Sounds about right for AT&T...
XCellPhoneSalesRep said:
Yea i believe you have to have been a customer for a minimum of 5 years and if they do give you the unlock code, if/when approved you'll receive it in 24-48 hrs and you need to sign a separate contract, promising you'll be a lifetime customer of AT&T&T. Or something to that affect. Sounds about right for AT&T...
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Damn. That's like signing your will lol
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Help - Rooting not working
Nevermind - found the KIES drivers...
I just tired to do the rooting procedure and it just sticks on waiting for device.
I set the dev mode, but when I plug my phone into the USB my W7 x64 PCs (tired on 2 different pcs) give a driver not found error.
This is my first Android - was using W6.5 for years - would do a new ROM weekly, plus I am a developer, so noobie only on Android.
Please help.
WeezyFBaby17 said:
Hey head over to the thread in devlopment. We need you!! Its called rogers infuse owners please comply
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He never once said he was Canadian.
bobthq said:
Is there a way to call AT&T and ask for the unlock code? I usually do that with tmobile, I tell them I have to get out of the country and they'll email me the unlock code the next day....
Sent from my Samsung Infuse - Infused 1.5
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You have to be a customer in good standing (bills paid), and I think they may only provide unlock codes for phones that have been on your account for 6 months (not sure about this one).
Kind of pointless for the Infuse though since you can pull an unlock code if rooted (that's the whole idea behind the original post).
XCellPhoneSalesRep said:
Yea i believe you have to have been a customer for a minimum of 5 years and if they do give you the unlock code, if/when approved you'll receive it in 24-48 hrs and you need to sign a separate contract, promising you'll be a lifetime customer of AT&T&T. Or something to that affect. Sounds about right for AT&T...
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Not even remotely correct - see above.
bsw11 said:
I just tired to do the rooting procedure and it just sticks on waiting for device.
I set the dev mode, but when I plug my phone into the USB my W7 x64 PCs (tired on 2 different pcs) give a driver not found error.
This is my first Android - was using W6.5 for years - would do a new ROM weekly, plus I am a developer, so noobie only on Android.
Please help.
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Don't have an answer on this one at the moment. Maybe later tonight or someone else can help. Although it sounds like the issue is that you didn't install the drivers - I used SuperOneClick 1.9.5, it has two packages. One has drivers, one assumes you already have them. The "has drivers" package worked for me under Vista64. While SOC officially supports Linux, it has never worked from Linux for me.
XCellPhoneSalesRep said:
Yea i believe you have to have been a customer for a minimum of 5 years and if they do give you the unlock code, if/when approved you'll receive it in 24-48 hrs and you need to sign a separate contract, promising you'll be a lifetime customer of AT&T&T. Or something to that affect. Sounds about right for AT&T...
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Lmao... Where do you get your completely misinformed information from? Also, since you are merely speculating and don't know, why would you even bother saying anything? Although, I guess the forums tend to be filled with speculation rather than fact based statements from most users(not all).
Sent from my Infuse using my fingers.
99% sure the dude was joking
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ZeroIsntTheHero said:
Lmao... Where do you get your completely misinformed information from? Also, since you are merely speculating and don't know, why would you even bother saying anything? Although, I guess the forums tend to be filled with speculation rather than fact based statements from most users(not all).
Sent from my Infuse using my fingers.
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it was a joke
On-topic- I used this and the other unlock code/root methods, both gave me the same, non-working code. Wish I could find the said few different ones to try, but it seems I'm pretty screwed with just 1 attempt left to unlock.
Installed Refuse v1.7, my guess it that it had a newer ATT radio, and my # of unlock attempts reset. The code, however, still did not work. Any ideas guys?
This thing works.... Thanks bro... Now im unlock to att... I got one.more thing. Can my unlocked infuse 4g can get the 4g network from tmobile? Cause im using a tmobile sim...
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Guti1977
hola Guti1977. no necesitas de la sim card de att para desbloquearlo. es un metodo super sencillo como has visto. pura vida!
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works great i only had 1 result at the end tho
i followed the instrutions to a t and it gave me one code and it was all i needed thank you very much!!
anyone need hlp pm me and i'll get it for you
I can hlp if you can get me your bml3.bak file
i cant find the bml3.bak....how can i get it?
Just a quick tip for us "stoopid peeple": When you're in terminal emulator entering the DD command, don't use the Swype keyboard. Switch your keyboard to Samsung or Android. Swype is fantastic, but it'll automatically capitalize the "I" in "if". Linux is case sensitive and you'll get an "unknown operand If" error while trying to export the bml3 file. I tried to turn off the auto-capitalization feature on Swype, but, it went ahead and changed the case on "If", anyway.
I finally got it to work after temporarily switching to the Android keyboard. Smarter, more capable Swype users probably know how to make Swype behave itself while entering linux commands, but I don't.
Other than that, this procedure worked perfectly, and my AT&T Infuse is now unlocked and call tested on T-Mobile.
Just for reference, I ran this from the Infused 2.0.4 ROM.
Extra thanks to trae4nato!
I've unlocked a couple of AT&T smart phones (Tilt and Tilt II), and what I've found is that if you just call 611, and tell the helpdesk person that you're visiting Canada and you want to run your phone, temporarily on Fido or Rogers, they'll just give you the code and walk you through entering it, without a fuss.
On the other hand, going through this procedure was far more entertaining. Thanks for the info.
(Yes, I know the original post was a joke.)
Hi all, proper random but i went out about a month ago now, got in a proper mess and randomly woke up with someones phone in my pocket, its a samsung galaxy s i9000, wasnt sure whether it was a mates or not so announced it on my facebook seeing if they would come forward, but no one has, so i must have found it, im not the type to steel, promise! i have an iphone 4 so ive taken it me being a complete w*nker and taking it from someone as an option. i was thinking may as well try and put it to use rather than just chucking it, its on a 3 network, but its not got sim lock, its phone locked, just asking for a password to get into it, ive spent an hour or so trying to find out if theres a way but havent yet come across a way, if there is one. Help would be appreciated
I have the same phone dude its simple,search threw here (in the i9000 section ,first you'll need to root it with Odin,after you have root go to market and download Samsung galaxy unlock and follow the steps and your done.
*very important once your rooted make a copy of your efs folder(contains your imei number)it can/will change depending on if you flash roms.*
Good luck
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I got it at a thrift store for $5, a real score. Nice screen, not a bad little device to play around with. It's running 2.3.5. I spent a good half a day figuring out how to root it and was successful. As far as getting the unlock code, the one click galaxy unlocker gave me a 5 digit code of 001010 or something like that. So I read here on XDA that you could read the NV with terminal emulator and Find the code. I got in the NV no problem but where the code should've been it was encrypted, just a bunch of nonsense. So anyway now am stuck, anyone have any place to point me? Thanks!
EDIT: I downloaded "Boite Outils" which I believe is a French version of "Galaxy_S Unlocker". Galaxy_S Unlocker wont even show up in the Google Play sore, so use the French version. Once you got it, click on EFS on the top menu. Then click on #1, then after that click on option #2. Your phone will then reboot and it will be unlocked
Using My T-Mobile SIM with no problems. Hope this helps a few people out.