Hi guys,
I've just got my Desire S - great phone, but there's only one problem. It's locked by Vodafone Romania.
I did a little digging and, as far as I understand, the only way to remove the SIMLock without losing the warranty is to use the HTC codes that can be had for a small fee. I've bought a code, but it doesn't work.
Actually, I bought two codes, both for Desire S, one locked by Vodafone, one by Orange [both in Romania]. The one from Orange was completely painless - insert SIM from other carrier, insert code when requested, party.
The one from Vodafone doesn't work. Since the first one worked fine, I think the guys I bought it from are legit. They told me that, apparently, I'm in the 1% that have carrier-locked phones, so Vodafone did this, not HTC. Obviously, the HTC code [which they gave me] wouldn't work.
Now, the big problem is that Vodafone won't unlock the phone. They say that this service is only available when the contract is up [2 years!?], and not before.
Is there any way to unlock the phone without losing warranty? That means no root-ing, no custom bootloaders or anything...
I just want to use this phone with Orange, way better data plan than Vodafone (
Thanks!
You must ask vodafone or a retrailer i don't know an another way to do that's
Go to the vodafone guys and make a scene over there Trust me, it works.
They are obliged by law to unlock your phone for a fee during your contractual time and free of charge after it's expiration date.
Code of conduit:
http://www.anrcti.ro/Portals/57ad71...5cdb7ee7/Cod conduita deblocare terminale.pdf
"- daca telefonul este achizitionat ca parte dintr-un pachet promotional sau la un pret preferential si clientul solicita deblocarea inainte de expirarea perioadei minime prevazute in contractul de servicii de comunicatii incheiat cu operatorul, clientul va trebui sa achite atat tariful pentru operatiunea de deblocare, cat si suma stabilita ca penalitate pentru deblocarea anticipata a telefonului pe parcursul perioadei minime contractuale."
P.S.: It's strange that they simlocked it. I've got some friends that bought their Desire S & HD from Vodafone (online shop) and the phone came simfree and not branded. I also have bought my Desire S from Orange via the ThankYou program and it's not simlocked..
acoustiq said:
Hi guys,
I've just got my Desire S - great phone, but there's only one problem. It's locked by Vodafone Romania.
I did a little digging and, as far as I understand, the only way to remove the SIMLock without losing the warranty is to use the HTC codes that can be had for a small fee. I've bought a code, but it doesn't work.
Actually, I bought two codes, both for Desire S, one locked by Vodafone, one by Orange [both in Romania]. The one from Orange was completely painless - insert SIM from other carrier, insert code when requested, party.
The one from Vodafone doesn't work. Since the first one worked fine, I think the guys I bought it from are legit. They told me that, apparently, I'm in the 1% that have carrier-locked phones, so Vodafone did this, not HTC. Obviously, the HTC code [which they gave me] wouldn't work.
Now, the big problem is that Vodafone won't unlock the phone. They say that this service is only available when the contract is up [2 years!?], and not before.
Is there any way to unlock the phone without losing warranty? That means no root-ing, no custom bootloaders or anything...
I just want to use this phone with Orange, way better data plan than Vodafone (
Thanks!
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poti sa imi dai si mie site-ul de unde ai cumparat codul de deblocare pt orange desire s??, eu am cumparat deja doua si nu mi-a mers niciunul, se pare ca e blocat de cei de la orange
You can get onto customer services at vodaphone and tell them you are travelling to some country (check which one doesn't have vodaphone first) that you need to put another sim in and see what they say. I did it with orange once and later they charged me for it but when I queriedthe charge they waived it because they hadn't mentioned there wouldbe a charge...try it
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I am Brazilian... i want to buy an US AT&T phone cause of the price that is U$100,00 less than the Unlocked International Version...
(i don´t mind it´s all in english... i can work fine in this language)
So i want to ask something to you, guys, and if you can help would be great!!!As i need to decide it untill next monday!!!
1 - is there a way for me (to myself do it) to unlock the phone? Or maybe is it easy as i can unlock in a brazilian phone shop? If i can unlock in my home... how do i do it?
2 - if i root the phone is there a way to use portuguese language on it?
3 - about battery... would you buy an extra extended general battery (50-60% more) or would u buy 2 or 3 common batteries (1500mah)???
Thank u all!
And exactly what phone do you think to get?
Because unlocking depends on many things ...
lamehh said:
And exactly what phone do you think to get?
Because unlocking depends on many things ...
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Oh... sorry... i´d like to get the LG Optimus P920 3D (Thrill)
A friend of mine who would buy the phone to me in US and send by another friend comming to Brazil (WAW! hahaha) told me that Locked AT&T should not work here with my SIM Card. Would happen a lot of limitations. But i read in internet that if i´d unlock the phone it would work fine with all fully functions. So i repeat the questions i did before, now you guys know my phone what it is.
1 - is there a way for me (to myself do it) to unlock the phone? Or maybe is it easy as i can unlock in a brazilian phone shop? If i can unlock in my home... how do i do it?
2 - if i root the phone is there a way to use portuguese language on it?
3 - about battery... would you buy an extra extended general battery (50-60% more) or would u buy 2 or 3 common batteries (1500mah)???
one more question: if i unlock the phone will it have fully functions working with my SIM?
Thanx
azhhael said:
Oh... sorry... i´d like to get the LG Optimus P920 3D (Thrill)
A friend of mine who would buy the phone to me in US and send by another friend comming to Brazil (WAW! hahaha) told me that Locked AT&T should not work here with my SIM Card. Would happen a lot of limitations. But i read in internet that if i´d unlock the phone it would work fine with all fully functions. So i repeat the questions i did before, now you guys know my phone what it is.
1 - is there a way for me (to myself do it) to unlock the phone? Or maybe is it easy as i can unlock in a brazilian phone shop? If i can unlock in my home... how do i do it?
2 - if i root the phone is there a way to use portuguese language on it?
3 - about battery... would you buy an extra extended general battery (50-60% more) or would u buy 2 or 3 common batteries (1500mah)???
one more question: if i unlock the phone will it have fully functions working with my SIM?
Thanx
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Se vc decidir fazer root,use o meu ROM ,ele tem portugues inclus telefone e fantastico eu troquei um SGS2 por um destes, e nao me arrependo.
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azhhael said:
Oh... sorry... i´d like to get the LG Optimus P920 3D (Thrill)
...
one more question: if i unlock the phone will it have fully functions working with my SIM?
Thanx
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When the phone is unlocked, you should be able to use all the functions.
p.s.: I sent to you PM with idea about unlocking.
When thr phone comes to me i´ll root it for sure. I´ll have a look at your ROM as it has portuguese... hehehe.
But can u tell me if there is a way for me to unlock it myself? Or at least unlock it in brazil? Cause the price of the locked AT&T one is better than the unlocked international version...
ThiaiZ said:
Se vc decidir fazer root,use o meu ROM ,ele tem portugues inclus telefone e fantastico eu troquei um SGS2 por um destes, e nao me arrependo.
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Thank u for the tipd about comparing the two models.
When the phone comes to me i´ll root it for sure. I´ll have a look at your ROM as it has portuguese... hehehe.
But can u tell me if there is a way for me to unlock it myself? Or at least unlock it in brazil? Cause the price of the locked AT&T one is better than the unlocked international version...
There is always a way but $99 is the 2 year contract price. You have to have a contract or they can block the IMEI number.
Good luck with that one.
LG Optimus 3D (T-Mobile/P920)
sbrownla said:
There is always a way but $99 is the 2 year contract price. You have to have a contract or they can block the IMEI number.
Good luck with that one.
LG Optimus 3D (T-Mobile/P920)
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A friend of mina that uses AT&T will buy just the phone in her name for me... that´s cause it would be 100,00 cheaper than the unlocked version...
But i am really thinking about cause as i can see maybe it´s better pay the 100,00 more and get the unlocked one...
i don´t know about it further but it seams that give the IMEI by internet to others can be no so good for us the owners... is it right or there is no problem about that?
Hello,
i al pretty lost with that phone can't unsimlock it, i flashed version 1.33 to it it removed all carrier apps and all, it is now stock, but s-on and no root, where do i go from here, will s-off and root allow me to unsimlock?
i really need some guidance been lurking for hours in the forum and can't find my way
With XTC Clip you can pretty much do anything in 5 minutes. From S-OFF to sim unlock.
Thanks a lot for answering so quickly
Just to be curious, any alternative in case i can't get an XTC Clip?
Orange will sell you a code for £10-20.
An XTC Clip cost £35+ I think, so if you only want to do your phone it may be cheaper just to buy the code from Orange.
The resale value of an XTC Clip is pretty high, so you may be able to get back a lot of your money if you sell it afterwards.
In France if you have bought your phone for more than 3 month you can ask for a free sim unlock code to Orange. Just call them.
(En France, si tu as acheté ton mobile depuis plus de 3 mois tu peux demander gratuitement le code de désimlock en appelant ton opérateur. Le 740 pour Orange.)
hi, i have a mot g, from chile, CLARO network
they are locked, and ask for sim unlock network code
i know i have to buy it, but, where? a good web that can be trusted?
tried some guy from ebay ok, he did not had the code
There is a few guys from the UK that do worldwide unlock codes search for moto g unlock on eBay they are about £1.99
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In Chile is mandatory to sell unlocked phones since 2011. Just go to Claro website and look for unlocking section. It's free!
I've got Claro version too and it's already unlocked... I actually use it with virgin mobile.
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done
using this cheapo codes
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111035421400?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
but some imei need a more expensive code
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111223239973?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
i bough 3 moto g from chile CLARO, 1 was unclocked by the 2$ code, the other are waiting
btw, about chile, yes, those cell phones are unlocked FOR CHILE, not for outside of chile (venezuela), i bough another moto g from movistar chile and it worked on movistar venezuela (i don´t know if it works on other carriers)
thanks
will post when i have the other 2 codes remaining
maurocds said:
done
using this cheapo codes
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111035421400?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
but some imei need a more expensive code
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111223239973?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
i bough 3 moto g from chile CLARO, 1 was unclocked by the 2$ code, the other are waiting
btw, about chile, yes, those cell phones are unlocked FOR CHILE, not for outside of chile (venezuela), i bough another moto g from movistar chile and it worked on movistar venezuela (i don´t know if it works on other carriers)
thanks
will post when i have the other 2 codes remaining
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If the phone came with a [chilean] Claro Sim Card (and a [chilean] Claro phone number), you should be able to unlock them for free. Here is the link for unlock: http://portal.clarochile.cl/aplicativos_portal/desbloqueo_de_equipo/index.html
It should not matter that you are in Venezuela or anywhere else in the world. Give it a try.
1000bech said:
If the phone came with a [chilean] Claro Sim Card (and a [chilean] Claro phone number), you should be able to unlock them for free. Here is the link for unlock: http://portal.clarochile.cl/aplicativos_portal/desbloqueo_de_equipo/index.html
It should not matter that you are in Venezuela or anywhere else in the world. Give it a try.
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thanks, but off course i tried that with the 2 phones and it says there are no codes, then you fill a form to contact claro, and 3 things happen
1)they say they will contact motorola for the codes, then nothing else happens, they says phone is unlocked lol (lies)
2)they say phone is unlocked just for chile (true)
that web is for old phones
so there you go
CLARO chile are a bunch of liars, support only makes a fool of you, i wrote them on twitter, facebook, etc, lots of emails, no help at all
i hope the other 2 codes work
i live in egypt , while my father works in china, he recently purchased me an off contract xperia z3 sol 26 from a chinese website and had it delivered , while not knowing it might be locked or not......eventually i got curious because of the au branding on the case , and after inserting a couple sim card i came to the conclusion it its locked
my question is: is there a way out of this?, or do i throw the phone away as i need it in egypt not freaking japan:crying:
i need it to work with mobinil egypt sim card, and it would be depressing if i have to give up on that phone
Dont worry, there is the solution
loyd112 said:
i live in egypt , while my father works in china, he recently purchased me an off contract xperia z3 sol 26 from a chinese website and had it delivered , while not knowing it might be locked or not......eventually i got curious because of the au branding on the case , and after inserting a couple sim card i came to the conclusion it its locked
my question is: is there a way out of this?, or do i throw the phone away as i need it in egypt not freaking japan:crying:
i need it to work with mobinil egypt sim card, and it would be depressing if i have to give up on that phone
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Hi. I bought Xperia Z3 from JAPAN, the carrier is AU KDDI and i can't use this device in my countru. So, I wal looking for solutions and i found 2 webpages that can help you.
imei - unlocker. com
liberar - tu -movil. es
Good luck =)
Purchased off Amazon.
Does anyone know how to unlock?
TIA!!
ouch, well that sucks... whats the model number?
u might have a look at the tool dc-unlocker, aside from unlocking bootloaders i also saw the option to unlock phones for all network carriers. no warranties though...
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I bought it on amazon too and it was a DEMO unit. Going back to ebay to find a more reliable seller
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demo unit in that is was already used? or restricted functionality?
i can recommend aliexpress guys, go by the user reviews there and ull be safe
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I think it's an issue with the vzw SIM. It just doesn't seem to see it. I put in a project fi SIM and it works. I ordered another vzw SIM to see if that helps.
This definitely was not a demo, BNIB and beautiful!
aliexpress
ciao ho acquistato un Mate 8 ali-express e ho preso la fregatura che non funziona la rete 4g/3g con la scheda italiana, sai come posso risolvere il problema?
Both because it was missing the headphones. Worst is everything the screen timeout, phone demo automatically kicks in. I couldnt change the screen timeout setting at all. Also, the demo app was on the phone that i couldnt delete at all. When i disabled the demo app. The phone will never go to sleep and the screen stays on. It was terrible
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hm maybe one could manually factory reset the phone and install a fresh rom onto it to properly use it. but yeah, definitely not cool!
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umbspina said:
ciao ho acquistato un Mate 8 ali-express e ho preso la fregatura che non funziona la rete 4g/3g con la scheda italiana, sai come posso risolvere il problema?
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did u make sure the mate 8 supports the bands used by your italian provider? also check if u have set the sim card into the right slot (primary vs secondary)
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I have the same issue.. couldn't get an ATT sim card to work. Tried putting an unbranded Rom on the phone and I'm still having the same issue.
Everything seems to say my phone is carrier unlocked but it isn't I guess, it's odd whatever sim card I set as the 4G sim card gets stuck in CDMA mode and won't read my ATT sim card.
I paid for the unlock codes from dc but I have no idea where to put them.
there are several guides on the dc-unlocked website:
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/huawei_phones_detect_unlock_tutorials
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there are several guides on the dc-unlocked website:
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/huawei_phones_detect_unlock_tutorials
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None of these work.
DC Unlocker SIm Status is "unlocked", still the 4g slot does not work.
mate 8 cl00
same problem. Buying on ali. dc-unlocker says sim unlocked. it may be blocked at the level EEPROM? phone mate 8 CL00
yep yep. i think its best NOT to buy any of the carrier locked versions, even if theyre 30 bucks cheaper they wont do u any good. if u can, return those phones and get urselves either an AL10 or L29 version, theyre both unlocked
I have AL10 and VZW SIM doesn't work
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because verizon is a CDMA carrier and the AL10 is a GSM phone
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mate 8 is locked to China telecom
There is a table for comparison
consumer.huawei.com/cn/mobile-phones/mate8/conf.html
The ability to lock on the hardware level?
It's been quite some time - no solution to this yet... http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/help/mate-8-3g-4g-sim-card-slot-locked-t3302268
There is a partial solution to the problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mat...0-business-t3316357/post65383748#post65383748
Do u get a pop up message to insert china telecom subscriber card
dhawalhariyani said:
Do u get a pop up message to insert china telecom subscriber card
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Hello,
It turns out installing proper international firmware (not the one based on Chinese version) fixes the problem with the card slot!