hi guys..
inspite googleing for a while, i still couldnt get what i want to know. please help me.
i wanted to know what exactly carrier locked means. is just a lock which we can unlock/bypass with the help of forums? or is it something that only
a carrier company personel can do? i have a galaxy nexus which i bought unlocked. i want to get an htc one x but the unlocked version is far too expensive. if i get a carrier locked one x, can i unlock it with some thing like say wug's toolkit for the nexus? can i flash a stock unlocked rom or cyanogen mod on a carrier locked one x? please clarify this as its kindof killing me..
thanks 1,000,000 tons in advance.
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I've got my atrix rooted running android 2.3.4 and am looking to unlock it to use with t-mobile. I'm not trying to pay to get it unlocked if theres a free way, but I will if i have to. Also if I unlock the bootloader and use a custom rom will it automatically be unlocked? I've searched and couldn't find any info. Any help will be greatly appreciated
Fps_Ben said:
I've got my atrix rooted running android 2.3.4 and am looking to unlock it to use with t-mobile. I'm not trying to pay to get it unlocked if theres a free way, but I will if i have to. Also if I unlock the bootloader and use a custom rom will it automatically be unlocked? I've searched and couldn't find any info. Any help will be greatly appreciated
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Lets say you found a free SIM unlock for the Atrix and use it for T-mobile, the phone will only get 2g because it doesn't support T-Mobile’s 3g bands 1700/2100. (technically its the 1700mhz band that the Atrix doesn't support).
Hope this gives you some insight.
Honestly anything will work for now. But thanks dude, learned something new
Oh and bump
you might have found this already if you continued your search but
pudding
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
Hi there,...
i thinking of buying a HTC one s for my girlfriend,... I have some questions and I hope you guys can give some information
I saw that the HTC One S (T-Mobile branded) is beeing selled for about 399€. Non-Branded device is about 450 € +-
My first question,... is it possible to remove the t-mobile branding by installing a original HTC Firmware to this device? Normally this shouldn´t be a problem, right?
Second question: I saw that there are some devices with a new chipset?? Are there any problems with the first chipset or what is the reason for this "second chipset (C2)" ??
I´m little bit afraid of buying a device with the first chipset because 2 month ago I´ve bought myself a HTC One X and it was affected of this WLAN issue,... so I was forced to send it back to Amazon,... Don´t want to experience the same trouble with the One S.
Thanks in advance!!
with best regards
X-Cident
Yeah u can remove all of tmobiles boot stuff by running an ruu on the phone and what ur talking about is s4 chip and a3 chip T-Mobile only sell s4 chip which is the better one
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ok, thanks for the answer so far.
Are you sure that t-mobile is just selling devices with a S4 processor?
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ok, thanks for the answer so far.
Are you sure that t-mobile is just selling devices with a S4 processor?
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Yup
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Does anyone know this t-mo phone will work well with other gsm carriers? Or one'll have to unlock the bootloader first?
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Does anyone know this t-mo phone will work well with other gsm carriers? Or one'll have to unlock the bootloader first?
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TMOUS phone works great on other GSM network, but it depends on your network.. I'm on AT&T with One S and still get HSPA:11
You can just buy an unlock code online or request one from TMOUS if you can, otherwise you need to unlock the bootloader -> root -> follow the sim unlock process on the dev section.
Hi All,
I like in Canada and i'm with TELUS... anyway i bought this phone on ebay and it was 150 dollars great deal... I have always just bough an unlock key without issue but i guess this model i535 is different ( damn you verizon)/
I just want to unlock it so i will be able to use my local Telus...
the phone is running 4.42 and kernel 3.4.0
if someone could please let me know the EASEIST way to unlock this - I have never rooted a phone before but have to learn some how! is there no other way to unlock this than rooted it?
Please reply and help!
Thank you all very much
aaron1104 said:
Hi All,
I like in Canada and i'm with TELUS... anyway i bought this phone on ebay and it was 150 dollars great deal... I have always just bough an unlock key without issue but i guess this model i535 is different ( damn you verizon)/
I just want to unlock it so i will be able to use my local Telus...
the phone is running 4.42 and kernel 3.4.0
if someone could please let me know the EASEIST way to unlock this - I have never rooted a phone before but have to learn some how! is there no other way to unlock this than rooted it?
Please reply and help!
Thank you all very much
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It should be sim unlocked out of the box. Have you stuck a sim in the phone and tried to add Telus APNs?
The only root exploit available for the VRUDNE1 4.4.2 OTA is to use Towelroot. There is no bootloader unlock available for this OTA which means there is no chance for AOSP nor downgrading the firmware to anything prior to 4.4.2. Safestrap is available but you would only be able to dual boot another VRUDNE1 based rom, nothing else.
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I bought this on ebay and it didn't come with a sim - it's used... plus i am a newbie here so i don't know what to do... any help would be great
aaron1104 said:
I bought this on ebay and it didn't come with a sim - it's used... plus i am a newbie here so i don't know what to do... any help would be great
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Of course it didn't, the sim card would belong to the previous owners phone number etc. You need a sim from your carrier with your info, phone number etc. See my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=58582227
Hi, I am on T-mobile and trying to purchase an HTC One m8 which is rooted and locked to AT&T. Would it be possible to get the cellphone unlocked even though it is already rooted while on AT&T? I found a service on ebay which provides unlock codes for $3 but in their description it mentions that I should not try to purchase the code if my device is already rooted. I am a complete noob when it comes to android so please explain in detail. I searched around on google and in other threads but was unable to find a definitive answer to my question. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
darknight515 said:
Hi, I am on T-mobile and trying to purchase an HTC One m8 which is rooted and locked to AT&T. Would it be possible to get the cellphone unlocked even though it is already rooted while on AT&T? I found a service on ebay which provides unlock codes for $3 but in their description it mentions that I should not try to purchase the code if my device is already rooted. I am a complete noob when it comes to android so please explain in detail. I searched around on google and in other threads but was unable to find a definitive answer to my question. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I can't answer your question about the unlock code BUT you probably can unroot the phone and flash the stock firmware before using the code.
Hey so I have a HTC one m8 that I acquired from a friend. It was a Verizon phone but I have heard many times that it is completely possible to get it to function on tmobile (or ting that we will want to go to eventually). This phone is running the official OS. Nothing rooted our bootloaded yet. What do I need to do?
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Hey so I have a HTC one m8 that I acquired from a friend. It was a Verizon phone but I have heard many times that it is completely possible to get it to function on tmobile (or ting that we will want to go to eventually). This phone is running the official OS. Nothing rooted our bootloaded yet. What do I need to do?
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Hi
thank you for using XDA Assist
I would like to encourage you to create an account first, and you can ask questions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/help