I recently installed Android Revolution HD on my Sensation 4G and love it. But before i did so, i followed one of the fine guides on this site to sim unlock my phone. I did that on a rooted stock rom though. I'm guessing it didn't stick since I flashed a new firmware, radio, and rom.
Am I wrong? Does the AR HD rom come sim unlocked? Or should i just follow the guide again?
Just a note: I am on T Mobile and and have no other sims to use. Sim unlocking is more out of curiosity and preparing for the possibility of not using T Mobile anymore in the future.
If unlocking was succesful it remains sim unlocked. At least you can try to unlock again while rooted.
At my knowledge custom roms are never sim locked.
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Just got a HTC Fuze P4600, and I unlocked it using an official unlock code I got for free by calling AT&T. It is now running T-Mobile.
The ROM version thats on it is like 1.x, and I wanna upgrade using the official HTC ROM update from their website.
MY QUESTION is if I upgrade my ROM, will I lose my SIM unlock, because I dont have the code.
Thanks.
Yes it may effect.
However you can flash any custom Rom.
In case if you ever get SIM lock back on phone just keep unlock with you & flash official Rom from T-mobile and use unlock code again.
If I unlock my sensation and use it on a non t Mobile network,will I be able to get the OTA update htc is pushing out in august to unlock the bootloader?
Yes you will still be able to. If your phone is branded to t-mobile it the update might take a bit longer as T-Mobile need to approve the update.
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If you flashed cwm recovery,you are unable to update by ota.And i think,if you have unlocked your phone,why not use custom roms,they are much better than official roms.If you use custom roms,ota is not necessary at all.
I thought you can't flash custom roms with a locked bootloader?
i think he is talking about sim unlocking?
bob7770699 said:
I thought you can't flash custom roms with a locked bootloader?
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He was asking about sim unlock, not s-off
Yes, sorry should have clarified , I meant sim unlock.
My SIM unlocked Bell unit (on Rogers) received the OTA update last week no problem!
My friend needs a custom ROM with working SIM Toolkit (stk.apk), so a SIM with two numbers can be used. Do you know of any such Desire S ROM, even stock, supporting it?
I have spent hours on here reading and looking.. Everything seems to be outdated or questionable. I'm sorry if this is something I should of been able to find. I've looked.. Just send me to a link if you need to.
Questions:
If I root the phone will it be carrier unlocked?
If not.. What do I need to do to get it carrier unlocked?
What I've already done.
Unlocked the boot loader with HTCDEV.
HTC seems to be more so complicated than most. Sorry.
Neither rooting nor unlocking the bootloader will unlock the SIM card. That needs to be done separately. I've never used it, but I think AAHK2 does unlock the SIM.
Unlock With Desire HD ruu?
bananagranola said:
Neither rooting nor unlocking the bootloader will unlock the SIM card. That needs to be done separately. I've never used it, but I think AAHK2 does unlock the SIM.
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My buddy kirn had a inspire 4g he stated he found an unlock method that although was rather intensive worked 100% it involved flashing a htc desire hd stock unbranded ruu WARNING I dot have details and flashing a ruu not intended for your device CAN BRICK IT
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I believe I got the unlock code for my One S while it was stock/rooted, but Im on a custom rom and was wanting to switch carriers to an ATT MNVO.
Can I just pop the new sim in and it will prompt me for the sim unlock code on the custom rom Im running right now? Its with 2.16 hboot using the Viper Rom / Sense 5. Or will I need to do a complete reset of the phone to bring it back to stock first?
Thanks
As far as I know, it's best to unlock your device on a stock rom. Once it's unlocked you won't need to do it a second time since it's permanent.
I had some trouble unlocking my device on different custom roms, just as i went back to a rooted stock rom the unlock worked.
Cheers Finn
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