I have a knowledge of computers, that being said, I have none of the Android system. A friend unlocked my Lenovo A750, but I am still unable to use Google Play.
So I thought it was time to learn how to do this unlocking and rooting thing myself.
OK simple question: how do I start? any web sites that take someone who only knows that if you push the right number of buttons in the right order you can talk with your friends.. ( if they have a telephone)
Really, I have no idea even what to ask. So,I need to learn from the beginning. TIA for your advice. I saw posts to tell me how to do things for specific phones, but I do not know the terminology, or where to begin; in other words it all over my head.
PS I am an expat in China, so please give multiple URls, and answers as I will probably be locked out of many that you supply.
I would really like to be able to unlock a cheepo "Sunup" Chinese phone I can afford to brick. ( learned that word from an old Iphone I had stop working for me when I tried to unlock it) Then work on the Lenovo, and finally on a Motorola ME 525 ( the Motorola is the wife's... Id just as soon brick my Lenovo and several others belonging to me, than her's.... the consequences are understood for doing that) .
thom
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Hi there, I recently (lastnight) bricked my brothers Orange locked kaiser trying to unlock it. lol.... it was stuck on the bootloader menu without hard spl installed I seriously thought I'd killed it.. After 7/8 hours google scouring I found the original 6.1 kaiser rom from orange which has cured my problem of it being bricked.. but not the unlock!!
My advice.. Obtain a cheap unlock code rather than trying the hacking method cause it gets you no-where unless you're an uber hacker and modder and have 7/8 hours to kill after bricking your phone!
(just for reference issues, i had wm6 running on it at stock)
Hmmm.... just because you don't have the skills... no offense but you don't seem to have them, it does not mean that others don't. And scaring noobies away from trying the process in order to attain the skills is just wrong. I did it and I am not an uber-guru at this. I JUST READ ALL THE FAQs. You obviously did not or couldn't follow the script. So please, do obtain your cheap unlock code instead of doing something that gives you some experience and is free.
Advising a bunch of hackers (that's what we all are here) not to use the hacking method and to pay for it instead is a lost cause. If we wanted to pay for it, we* wouldn't have invested time and effort developing the free ones.
Sorry to say this but, most of the people who have problems with these methods fail to read / understand the instructions.
Thread closed, as it is not related to ROM development, and is just going to cause arguements more than anything else.
P.S. A bricked phone is un-recoverable, anything else is just a minor set back.
Dave
*by "we", I mean the real hackers, Olipro, pof, cmonex, des, jockyw2001, etc. - I personally wasn't involved
I'm wondering if anybody can help me with rooting a Sharp IS01. It's an Android phone recently released by au in Japan and there is a re-branded model shortly coming out with Docomo.
Jenga said:
I'm wondering if anybody can help me with rooting a Sharp IS01. It's an Android phone recently released by au in Japan and there is a re-branded model shortly coming out with Docomo.
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Please post here if you find out anything. I'm interested in the possibility of upgrading Android on new Sharp phones. Especially if this can help use the gadget (not really a keitai) on another operator, not just DoCoMo.
Don't know if it's locking or just plain incompatibility, but the IS01/SH-10B seems to be stuck with 1.6 and the Netwalker, for example, with Ubuntu 9.04. Same thing goes about older devices running WM.
IS01 has been rooted.
Have you got anymore details or a link?
Can't you use Google?
It's possible to install a ubuntu version on this device?
I tried to find something on google, but i find only a few links to xda forums, where someone ask about this device, and many links to articles to the launch of this device on japan, etc etc, but nothin useful.
Got something but it's in japanese and translated pages are a little weird (bad translata I think).
I wonder if someone here will start some project....
New year, good news
Someone ported froyo on this device, but like usually tha page is full japanese so I can't understand nothin.
Use google translate
www44. atwiki .jp /is01 rebuild/
The adress is modified because I'm a newbie and i can't post links, but I think this news will be userfull fot the is01 owners.
I hope mods can forgive me this time (and even my horrible english)
hi, sorry to post it here, but probably any of you guys here have experience with sharp galapagos from softbank? the 3d naked eye is really tempting. however, i`ve been googling for a while and it seems like i can not do anything with it. tightly seal, locked.... is it? has it been unlocked?
thanks
hi i know its probably hv been answerd i want to install android on my htc hd2 t-mob uk pls some one let me easy to install thanks
I'm not even going to hint to you where to find it. Why? Because you obviously lack reading skills and common sense man. My best advice to you would be this:
Just be glad you are able to use a cell phone and walk at the same time. You are the the type of person that needs to be trying to install anything on a device.
Anyone that thinks I'm being an ass here, get over it. It's not like the information he is looking for is hidden content on the site or anything. I have no sympathy for people like this.
hi folks, i used to come to this forum all the time back in the day when i had my original G1 and then my HD2 and other phones (i dropped off the face of the planet and also forgot my password to my old account, the captcha system is horrendous BTW)
my question is is there any root options and custom rom options for the motorola DROID PRO (verizon)/XPRT (sprint?) -- YES, i've searched and any information i've found is pretty old and seems outdated. i rather not risk bricking my phone with something that no long works. so if someone could pretty please point me in the right direction i would appreciate it so much.
other questions: if rooting is possible on my droidpro -- what custom roms can i use on it?
thank you so much for any help you send my way.
Hi all.
I have a sonim XP3 quest pro. I like it because its tough, the battery lasts 4 weeks and it really is water proof. What i really dont like is his software.
I have been (frustratingly) searching the internet about what can i do about it and found out that:
- Sonim is not making firmware updates
- the core of this phone is Philips Nexperia 5210 with arm9 processor
- there were other phones with this processor ( like sony ericson p990) and run symbian
so my questions are:
Can i install symbian (at least 9.1) on it? If so where can i find it to download? it seems i can't find older versions.
And how do i do it? I'm not an expert....
If its impossible, or not worth it, what can i do? (and don't tell me to throw it away and buy another)
Thanks.
so... my question is not even worth answering....
when you made the "scare-the-noob" video you should add "if you searched everywere and did not find it, don't bother asking. most likely we don't know and we are ashamed to admit that we don't know everything"
a simple "I don't know" would have been more polite than no answering.
thanky you anyway. at least i learned how this forum is willing to help.
lol.
hi, i nned to reflash sonim xp5700. can someone help me?
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As a result of the search, he found an effective method. You need to use the Infinity box CM2.
With this program, a backup was made that was successfully installed on another phone. Who will help me to repackage the firmware for a free program?