I got a new phone in Japan and I heard that my carrier docomo can unlock my phone at a charge of roughly $30 (according to a friend who got the same model). I was looking up online and found that it can be rooted now. It's relatively new so I don't think it's full root, CWM, custom ROM, etc. But assuming I could install some custom ROM through CWM or whatever recovery and I had my phone unlocked, would my phone relock itself? What about a rooted phone; will my carrier still be able to unlock it? I want to unlock my phone in the future, but not at the cost of losing it if I wanted to play with it.
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Hi,
I bought a brand new Desire S today off someone as it was an unwanted upgrade. The phone was locked on Orange UK and the before I bought it off the person they purchased an unlock code and had someone from a shop unlock the phone. The phone is unlocked and works on O2 UK perfectly. My question is if I was to root my device and s-off (which i've only just heard/read about as this is my first HTC) and install custom ROMs via CWM would my unlock still work?
I apologise if this is noob question.
Thanks
collinsc2 said:
Hi,
I bought a brand new Desire S today off someone as it was an unwanted upgrade. The phone was locked on Orange UK and the before I bought it off the person they purchased an unlock code and had someone from a shop unlock the phone. The phone is unlocked and works on O2 UK perfectly. My question is if I was to root my device and s-off (which i've only just heard/read about as this is my first HTC) and install custom ROMs via CWM would my unlock still work?
I apologise if this is noob question.
Thanks
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SIM unlock and bootloader unlock are two completely different things. You will not lose SIM unlock by rooting / custom ROM installation. Go ahead and have fun.
enigmaamit said:
SIM unlock and bootloader unlock are two completely different things. You will not lose SIM unlock by rooting / custom ROM installation. Go ahead and have fun.
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Thanks foryour friendly reply. Great can't wait to get rid of all the unessesary apps that they clogged my device with.
Hi, sorry if I'm not posting in the correct forum, but I have a question. I have an unlocked HTC One X+ phone. So, if it's unlocked, does it make it international? I want to root it and everything, but I don't know how to go on. It's unlocked so I'm afraid to lock it by using the wrong programs. (I unlocked the bootloader and already installed international version TWRP (though I don't know if I should have)). I came now to unlocking the phone and don't know if I have to use international version or not (probably the international since I already got TWRP international) but I'm afraid of bricking the phone, breaking it in some way or locking it to AT&T (I do travel overseas and need to be able to use it there).
Thanks!
[EDIT] I bought the phone on eBay!
Rooted
Well, I went into recovery mode (just for fun) and when I went to reboot it asked me if I wanted to root the phone (since I wasn't rooted yet) and I went ahead and gave it the go ahead... so... now my phone is rooted... hopefully it didn't lock it to AT&T and I'll still be able to use it overseas, but it's rooted and works. Now I have the fun choice of flashing a ROM on it
Assuming the boot loader is unlocked, the phone is rooted and a custom rom installed is there a way to network unlock the Z3 without a code purchased online ? Im thinking there might be something like this thread that uses an exploit or something to unlock the phone.
Alternatively, which is the fastest phone unlocking website ?
I am thinking of getting an S6 and i wanted a rootable phone. i see a root method available but no bootloader unlock and yet i see ROMs available. how does this work. i thought bootloader needed to be unlocked in order to do custom ROMs. Or is htere a verizon bootloader unlock available i could not find?
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I am thinking of getting an S6 and i wanted a rootable phone. i see a root method available but no bootloader unlock and yet i see ROMs available. how does this work. i thought bootloader needed to be unlocked in order to do custom ROMs. Or is htere a verizon bootloader unlock available i could not find?
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There is not and 99% chance there will never be a bootloader unlock. Root method no longer works in later versions of android. The bootloader does not need to be unlocked with a custom recovery.
I apologize for not diligently searching as I should, I came across this asking the same more or less as I was.... I have one sitting on lrx22g.g920vvru1a0c3 which if I read the root method correctly I can root... At that point you say that the boot loader doesn't need to be unlocked so I can ( mfastboot flash recover xxxx.IMG ) on a locked boot loader? Or use rashr ? And after which we can ROM it?... Could I then theme it as well? I am coming for Motorola's all I've ever had/used/touched ever.... Running stock do I need to deodex it to be able to theme it? Do we have firmware out there n a tool (like Moto's rsd lite/ house of moto) to flash it with? With unlimited data is there a mobile hotspot mod/hack use utilize the baked I hotspot app? Can I still pull system apps theme um zip um and flash up.... Not having the Sim card yet I can really play with it as I wish to ... I just powered it on and its asking for an update... So I figured it'd try to root it now as there's no unlock for it..... Thank you kindly for your time and information
OE2 is the latest firmware that is rootable. Once rooted, you can flash a custom recovery and load roms through that.
There is a rooted S6 available for sale on swappa right now, just so you know
So what I want to do is switch this phone to straight talk but want the att bloatware off this. If I install unlocked firmware and root the device would that make it unlocked? Like not carrier locked. Straight talk said I can already use a Sim despite it being locked but I wanna unlock it myself.
I don't think att will yet and not sure if they will at all. I'm converting my chapter 13 bankruptcy to a 7 on Tuesday and att bill is rolled into it so the phones will be mine once that is discharged but not sure if they will unlock them right after or if it will take months,that's why I'm asking this. I already reinstalled att firmware on this phone because I tried to install a custom room and messed up due to the bootloader issue of it being v5 I think.