So as the title implies, im planning on purchasing the At &t carrier locked infuse 4g from the american EBAY site and wish to use it on an indian carrier.
Before i make the purchase, could somebody tell me about the risks involved and the success rate of the procedure mentioned in this forum?
Dont want the thing bricking on me or anything.....=x
And is it necessary to have a sim card pre-installed on the phone..also what are the chances of success?
As in is there a possibility that i wont get the right code in the first 10 attempts?
Has it ever failed for anybody?
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I purchased a DG2 in hopes of unlocking for tmo or att in the usa. Does anyone know how to do this? I have allready unlocked it. It shows ATT and Tmo at the top when I view the lock screen. I have allready selected gsm and ATT as the network. Bought it for a friend and I am really frustrated. I personally use a vibrant and I am not new to development. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Should have done some research before buying the phone. As of now, there is no known method to make a D2G work on any US GSM carrier. There is one company that claims to have a hardware unlock method, but they don't offer it to the public yet, and their projected price is $100. They also require you to revert your phone to an older firmware, and the unlock removes all capabilities for updates. Not worth it at all, IMHO. Some people have suggested trying a turbo SIM, but nobody has posted an update about whether or not that actually works.
So, short answer: You can't make your phone work on ATT or TMO.
Hi Guys,
I am new to the Droid and just got Motorola Droid 2 Global from the US send to me in canada.
I rooted it this weekend using Z4Root.
Now I want to do more especially unlocked it if I can of course since I bought it full Price.
need some directions on what to do. I come from an Iphone and I did not want buy another Iphone.
Please help if you can and sorry if there is a response to this question already on the site. I am panicking well little since I am going to europe next mont for one month and I want be able to just buy a sim card there and use it.
thanks to all
M
Make sure whoever buys it for you in the States, activates it and asks Verizon to unlock it! You may have serious trouble unlocking it otherwise! Please review the threads here asap.
Hopefully you got it from retail Verizon store and not from Best Buy or something. If you already got the phone, see if unlock code you can purchase online works. PM me if you want to know sources known to provide working (if you are lucky of course) unlock codes. Depends on your case, online unlock code may or may not work. We do not know yet what is exactly the issue with unlocking, all we know is phones purchased from Best Buy unactivated do not accept unlock codes (If somebody can prove me wrong - please chime in!!). So far confirmed is unlocking works for the very first batch of phones (sold before non-Verizon stores picked up the phone) and for phones which were activated abd used on Verizon network.
I'm in a bit of a situation. I live in Canada. I leave to the US and Poland in about 17 hours on a two month trip. I have spent the better part of two weeks trying to unlock my iPhone to no avail. I now need a phone. I have turned to my city's classified adds where there are several android phones for sale. My issue is this: I am fast approaching the point at which I will no longer be able to meet someone to buy a phone today, but I don't know what I need.
I am aware that the answer to my question is out there on the intersphere and forunets, but I'm not confident that I'll be confident enough to buy a $250 phone at the end of my research. Therefore, I'm turning to to forums to see if someone knowledgeable can quickly answer my questions so that I'll be able to run out and buy a phone right now.
The phones on the classifieds that I'm looking at are:
A Galaxy S2 on contract with Bell Mobility (Canada) - $350
A Galaxy S 4G factory unlocked - $280
An unlocked and rooted Nexus S - $300
HTC Desire broken proximity detector - $100
Nokia Lumia 710 - $200
HTC Wildfire S unlocked - $220
My questions:
Is the phone unlockable?
Will it work with a pre-paid SIM in the US? (which carriers, if known)
Will it work in Poland, France and Italy?
I'm computer savvy but sadly my knowledge is deficient in this area. If anyone can answer these questions, it would be much appreciated.
Get an unlocked phone
You said you need an unlocked one, You also said "A Galaxy S 4G factory unlocked - $280" why don't you just buy that then it will work with any sim, then just get an pay as you go sim with 3g for your trip?
Or if you want to unlock your iPhone, Jailbreak it then do this (youtube.com/watch?v=mB_L5gi94Cc) it might work.
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You said you need an unlocked one, You also said "A Galaxy S 4G factory unlocked - $280" why don't you just buy that then it will work with any sim, then just get an pay as you go sim with 3g for your trip?
Or if you want to unlock your iPhone, Jailbreak it then do this (youtube.com/watch?v=mB_L5gi94Cc) it might work.
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My question is whether an 'unlocked' Galaxy S will work in both the US and Europe with a pay as you go SIM that I buy?
I would say yes it would, if it is unlocked, it should be unlocked to any network anywhere, i may be wrong, but i would think it should work for you
The S2 and the S should work, but I'll let others confirm that. I believe that both have Sim card slots.
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First of all, I'm sorry if there's a thread that answers this question, I looked for it and had no luck finding it.
One of my relatives brought her Verizon HTC incredible 2 from the US to her sister (to Armenia) but it's locked to Verizon so she can't use it here. I know that this phone's hardware can't work on T-mobile and/or At&t but I've heard that it can work on other, international bands. I (my relative who owns the phone) contacted Verizon from US and asked to unlock it but they refused to do so, saying that it's made for Verizon so it can't be unlocked. I just wanted to know whether there's a way of unlocking it or not, and if there is a way then how is it? I've seen online sites that offer unlocking codes for around 15$ but I kinda don't trust them. I'm completely new to this and have no idea whether rooting will help or not. Please help me out here.
Thanks in advance,
Raul
Anyone? Please say whatever you know, I really need help.
I have the Galaxy s7 Edge SM-G935V (the Verizon model) and live in China, so I need to flash a SM-G350 rom. How to do this?
My phone is rooted, and I have tried do this through odin, but each time I get errors saying "Secure Check Fail : Pit".
I then tried to install TWRP, but I get an error each time, saying "dm-verity is locked". Apparently this isn't possible on the S7 phones yet, from what I've been told elsewhere.
How can I install another models firmware now? I know they are compatible, before my phone crashed it was running a Chinese firmware and had no issues.
As a bonus, if anyone can aide me, I shall send you 100 RMB through WeChat or PayPal.
Its illegal what u are asking for ...u are going to change the imei number too which is called imei spoofing please no one tell him
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Its illegal what u are asking for ...u are going to change the imei number too which is called imei spoofing please no one tell him
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From what I've read here on this firmware, people spoof other firmwares all the time, I don't see what the problem is?
It's my phone, I should be able to use it to connect to a service I am paying for (a 4g network). I don't see anything ethically wrong with that.
Oh really u change the imei number through this method ...u can get arrested for imei spoofing ...people like u flashing international roms on carrier models then selling the phone making the phone looks like its international model making idiots out of those people who are noob and there are no updates in a converted phone....i urge everybody please dont tell him how do it i have already seen so many phones on market which are imei spoofed converted phones
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Oh really u change the imei number through this method ...u can get arrested for imei spoofing ...people like u flashing international roms on carrier models then selling the phone making the phone looks like its international model making idiots out of those people who are noob and there are no updates in a converted phone....i urge everybody please dont tell him how do it i have already seen so many phones on market which are imei spoofed converted phones
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This isn't for selling, I'm just trying to use 4g in the country I am working in... I am personally for free and more open phone software, it's like having a car and not being allowed to do body work to it.
Please don't accuse me of being some crazy hacker selling and spoofing phones. If you don't want to help me, then just let the thread die rather than give me more attention.
Besides, the model number is written on the back. If it wasn't matching the firmware, then how could I ever sell it? And who would ever want to buy my phone with its Chinese software? People here only care about iPhones, there's little interest in Android phones. Also, although I am not a citizen of China, there is nothing illegal here about messing with your phone. Once you buy it, you can do anything you want to it without repercussions.
When its says in about in software its g9xxxf model while its actually g9xxv model (verizon) in odin mode... Most people coming from IOS dont know this... U still cant use 4G on ur phone even if ur imei spoofed its the same way of saying hey i can unlock the bootloader on that model so i can just flash that rom and i unlocked nope not gonna happen ...what u can do exchange ur phone for international model just give the seller where u bought from more yens tell him i want to use 4G he will swap u the one u want
Before my phone crashed, I was using 4g on this Verizon model here in China. It crashed to the point where even forcing it off and restarting it would result in the phone staying at the Samsung logo indefinitely.
After reinstalling the firmware, I can use 4g to get on the internet, but not to call anyone (which as possible beforehand!).
Thus, I need to reinstall the Chinese firmware, or find a way to spoof it somehow.
Changing the IMEI is illegal in most countries and the discussion thereof is strictly prohibited on XDA.
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