Hi to all!
I'm a new member here and I'm hoping that you guys can help me with my simple question. I'm very new with Android OS since I've been an iPhone user for the past 2 years. So here it is:
I just bought an UNLOCKED AT&T SGH-i727 from a store here in SAIPAN, MP and I'm planning to update my Gingerbread 2.3.5 to 2.3.6. Will it lose the UNLOCK if I do it? I believe the phone is not rooted and it was just unlock using an unlock code. Please help. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
It will not lose its unlock. It will remain unlocked no matter what.
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Yea if it's unlocked it will be unlocked forever. Although root will be lost upon installing the update.
~PsyCl0ne
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Thanks! However, when I checked for SOFTWARE UPDATE here in the phone, it says my current software is up to date?
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You will get a better response if you ask questions in q&a...
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Hi!
I'm selling my Infuse and somebody ask me if the phone is unlocked. How do I know if the phone is unlocked? I know that is rooted with CM9, because I install it.
Thank you for the help.
Put a t mobile sim in it & see if it works (go to a t mobile store).
Or visit the ROM xda thread you flashed & read the op weather it unlocks it. My understanding was cm unlocks phone also
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carlosfpr said:
Hi!
I'm selling my Infuse and somebody ask me if the phone is unlocked. How do I know if the phone is unlocked? I know that is rooted with CM9, because I install it.
Thank you for the help.
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CM does not unlock your phone. There are instructions linked from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610374 that explains how to do it. This is what I did, it worked fine. I've used my phone with three carriers on two continents without any problems.
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I found a number on google a while back that let's you know after calling it...I think this was it...
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Hey everyone just got my new Samsung galaxy s3 yesterday , and man is this thing wicked , went from thunderbolt running cm7. What a difference! Anyways does anyone know how to root this thing , I've tried Odin 1.85 & 3.04 with the Sg3.tar file and nothing so far, I've have the correct drivers installed and usb debug is on but still nothing.any help is much appreciated and thanks in advance.
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WRONG SECTION!!!
Here
Verizon S3 has a locked bootloader.
No root yet.
Any words or rumors from devs ? Really like the phone but no root might be a deal breaker for me
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Does it really have a locked bootloader
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Yea from everything I've seen check out other forums
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root is in the house. now to get tb working with it as im not having luck.
From android athourity. lets all hope it is sooner than later
http://www.androidauthority.com/verizon-galaxy-s3-locked-bootlockerfixed-software-update-soon-101211/
I hope so too
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All we can do is hope...
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These reps are referring to the unlocking to make it GSM capable not the unlocking of the bootloader.
Droid life has stated that to be false..Verizon won't be unlocking boot loader.
Why don't people look into it more before posting.
Hey guys, just recently had to unroot the S3 due to some minor hardware issues. I flashed the stock Rom and all with mobile Odin and was even able to update with the ota.
Is there a way to check to make sure the bootloader is locked without having to unroot again? Have a feeling I missed a step but just want to be sure.
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Of the Samsung screen flashes by very quickly at boot then it means you are unlocked.
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If you did a ota then your bootloader is locked iirc. Which version did you flash with odin? I think the F2 is the only version that doesnt relock but i could be wrong. But as suggested if the samsung logo goes away real quick at boot you are unlocked.
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I flashed the rom they had from stockrooms.net, so I'm guessing it was one of the first roms the S3 had. It seems like I'm locked since it did an OTA twice (one I manually allowed then another one automatically) and the Samsung logo doesn't just flash by.
As x714x posted, if you accepted an OTA then your bootloader is locked.
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The HD stock build is the only one that wipes everything.
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Just unlock again using EZ Unlock 1.2 to be safe. It will not hurt anything to unlock it if it is already unlocked.
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So lately I've been seeing sites that claim their method can get you from 4.3 stock back to 4.1.2 stock. But last I heard the bootloader made things impossible and it couldn't be done. So is there a recent exploit found or something that makes it possible to downgrade from 4.3? The reason why I ask is I have a Verizon s3 I want on T-Mobile USA so I kinda need to be able to flash that ROM it specifies in that thread.
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Those are more than likely scammers. If a method had been found, rest assured, it would have been plastered all over XDA by now.
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