Spoiler: closed
Reason said:
i bought this phone without any contract, so i paid it and took it home...period...and for customer freedom, to choose any provider with any services unlocking any phone is never a crime
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Hello All...
first of all, thanks for stopping by and reading my thread...
i'd like to ask if you can make a custom kernel for this phone Innos I6c or Andromax U LE...
this are the specs :
its a CDMA[locked]/GSM dual on phone
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please...please...someone kindly enough who has time....i need to change carrier or unlock my phone...what file do you need to make a custom kernel......thank you...if this post bother you...sorry...just leave it...:good:
For some reason i sold the phone, i dont like to be restricted as a customer, for the thread, it's up to the moderators whether it's going to lock or let it be, so for now on i'm not going to visit this thread, thank you to all who have been involved in this matter
dikirim dari warung pojok pake robot ijo
BR
any help from any devs out there...would be very nice...this phone used by many of us in jakarta...well the phone is cheap, the spec is not bad but the data service is bad, signal reception from the CDMA[locked] is poor, that's why i'd like to change service prov.
thanks...
Please any devs...
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please...android meant to be customized...i dont like when it locked to one provider...please help any devs...unlock our device...
Please...help...
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I'm using Andromax U too... the first edition one, DualCore version...
c3n_dhol said:
I'm using Andromax U too... the first edition one, DualCore version...
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hallo...lets hope that someone out there will help unlock this phone
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my friends did the unlock, but it was unsuccessful and finally my friend's MaxU was hard-bricked ...
change bootsplash also made that phone brick...
anyone....any clue how to unlock this cdma...please...
still waiting
excuse the noobness but, im wondering if it is possible to unlock more bands on either version of this phone to make it useable on more carriers....
i'm still waiting...
I am facing the same problem. I am using Hisense AD685G New Anromax-i Dual with CDMA (locked) and GSM (data disabled). I have rooted it with help of XDA, using Fastboot, but the bootloader is still locked.
Please help
please any devs...be kind to make a custom kernel...
Pos411 said:
excuse the noobness but, im wondering if it is possible to unlock more bands on either version of this phone to make it useable on more carriers....
i'm still waiting...
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it's still possible to change your provider from smartfren to other cdma prov.
but you cant make the GSM into 3G
to change provider : go to kaskus, android subforum, i remembered it well that one stickied thread is about injecting CDMA provider.
that's all i know
read the first post on that forum...they wont let you know how to do it with smartpret phones for some bla...bla...bla reason...i was reading and looking around there before i made the post here in xda...the other version andromax v aka ZTE has been unlocked...but not this innos i6c aka andromax U LE...
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Pos411 said:
read the first post on that forum...they wont let you know how to do it with smartpret phones for some bla...bla...bla reason...i was reading and looking around there before i made the post here in xda...the other version andromax v aka ZTE has been unlocked...but not this innos i6c aka andromax U LE...
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I have successfully unlocked (*sort of) 1st Gen Andromax U (the dual core version).
*it may hasn't been really unlocked since the slot 1 now won't accept any CDMA RUIM card anymore, but instead accepts all GSM SIM card with HSDPA support (only 2100Mhz though).
the key to unlock it is to flash stock innos i6c kernel and baseband (the original chinese version), but the tricky part is to force flash the kernel and the baseband as it seems that they (andromax u and chinese i6c) have different emmc partition size/layout, I hard-bricked the phone at the first and second attemps (you know, resulting the infamous qualcomm hs-usb qdloader 9008, but it's easily fixed using jtag), but succeed in the third time I tried.
note:
1. What I've done is proven to make slot1 accepts GSM SIM card with HSDPA 2100Mhz support (not the same as the cheap old trick that the GSM in slot1 is only limited to EDGE).
2. in Indonesia, all GSM network carriers use 2100Mhz as their 3G/3.5G band, so it's a good news anyway.
3. It now doesn't support any CDMA RUIM anymore.
4. It's very likely will void your phone warranty whatever the result you will get.
5. There are some kind of user agreements printed outside the packaging box about unlocking the phone and some other legal consequence things, so read those first before deciding/trying to unlock it.
6. You buy the phone without contract, yes that's true, but smartfren has subsidized the price of it and locked it in order to make (to force) owners of the phones to use their services, it's how they get the revenue.
7. I don't want to share the details of how to flash innos i6c kernel and baseband because of point no. 5.
can u teach me to unlock it
r6680jc said:
I have successfully unlocked (*sort of) 1st Gen Andromax U (the dual core version).
*it may hasn't been really unlocked since the slot 1 now won't accept any CDMA RUIM card anymore, but instead accepts all GSM SIM card with HSDPA support (only 2100Mhz though).
the key to unlock it is to flash stock innos i6c kernel and baseband (the original chinese version), but the tricky part is to force flash the kernel and the baseband as it seems that they (andromax u and chinese i6c) have different emmc partition size/layout, I hard-bricked the phone at the first and second attemps (you know, resulting the infamous qualcomm hs-usb qdloader 9008, but it's easily fixed using jtag), but succeed in the third time I tried.
note:
1. What I've done is proven to make slot1 accepts GSM SIM card with HSDPA 2100Mhz support (not the same as the cheap old trick that the GSM in slot1 is only limited to EDGE).
2. in Indonesia, all GSM network carriers use 2100Mhz as their 3G/3.5G band, so it's a good news anyway.
3. It now doesn't support any CDMA RUIM anymore.
4. It's very likely will void your phone warranty whatever the result you will get.
5. There are some kind of user agreements printed outside the packaging box about unlocking the phone and some other legal consequence things, so read those first before deciding/trying to unlock it.
6. You buy the phone without contract, yes that's true, but smartfren has subsidized the price of it and locked it in order to make (to force) owners of the phones to use their services, it's how they get the revenue.
7. I don't want to share the details of how to flash innos i6c kernel and baseband because of point no. 5.
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can u teach me to unlock it
okta unbaja said:
can u teach me to unlock it
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i've sent you a private message.
@ all
i won't answer the details on the unlocking procedure in here as i'm not sure if it is a legal thing to do.
however, i will answer it if asked through private message, but i won't provide any singe link to the files and tools that are needed even if you beg me or pay me, unless you've got written permission from smartfren to unlock your andromax u/ andromax u le.
thank you.
in bahasa:
saya tidak akan menjawab secara terperinci tentang prosedur unlocking disini karena saya tidak yakin itu adalah tindakan yang legal.
akan tetapi, saya akan menjawabnya jika ditanyakan melalui private message, tetapi saya tidak akan memberikan satu link pun ke file2 dan alat2 yang diperlukan sekalipun anda memohon atau membayar saya. kecuali jika anda telah mendapat ijin tertulis dari smartfren untuk melakukan unlock pada andromax u/ andromax u le milik anda.
terima kasih.
Still waiting unlock andromax u dualcore...bad signal...bad internet....
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andromax ule
When did this yes u can le 3G I am still waiting with hope: D
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Hello, I recently bought a Samsung S2 Galaxy (LTE skyrocket - AT & T) of California, however, I live in Brazil and the phone came locked only for AT & T.
Here in Brazil we have a law requiring phone companies like AT & T Rogeres, etc.. Here they are Live, Tim, of course, Hi, just that they do not unlock phones abroad. I tried to contact AT & T however only support residents in the U.S., Brazilian contacted samsung and I answered that are not responsible for the distribution of this model (LTE) and that could not support.
I tried to unlock it through the cellunlocker, but I had no success in negotiation.
Researched and tested and there is no functional application for the release version LTE.
So I come to you guys asking for God's sake, who could unlock the LTE free. and if possible as it did, through that program, what a miracle it did, very grateful.
He´s
rooted (superuser) o
riginal firmware
gingerbread 2.3.5
samsung SGH-i727
kernel - 2.6.35.11
IMEI - 2012071989543
Q&a
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Us here in the US under att they will not unlock either
nrm5110 said:
Q&a
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I was ready QeA, go there and check if my answer is replied ;D. I Say another mode without sites, just manually or FREE unlock. thx
Can he use the same method for using the Skyrocket on T-mobile?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507825
What radio bands are used in Brazil?
Presbycusis said:
Can he use the same method for using the Skyrocket on T-mobile?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507825
What radio bands are used in Brazil?
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thx I go ready about tmobile method, just one moment , and, here in Brazil, has variet of frequenc, like 850 - 900, and 1800mhz.
Presbycusis said:
Can he use the same method for using the Skyrocket on T-mobile?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507825
What radio bands are used in Brazil?
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I ready, but i dont believe
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I read, but do not think it's about the frequency, the real situation is to unlock the sim lock, and even with those mods, I believe that the cel is already unlocked them
hi. thanks for all, but I solved the problem with.cellunlocker, they finally send me the network codes freez and others. so can close this topic. thx again. ha. and really work. but a pay 25dollars .-.
just started this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599027
hope it leads somewhere
I doubt its a good idea to post imei just saying
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c0ldm1nd said:
hi. thanks for all, but I solved the problem with.cellunlocker, they finally send me the network codes freez and others. so can close this topic. thx again. ha. and really work. but a pay 25dollars .-.
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Dear c0ldm1nd,
I'm also brazilian, bougth a I727r (Rogers) at Miami and besides the phone is unlocked I'm not getting 3G 3G+ connection... only EDGE I'd like to know if you're able to get 3G 3G+ connection and how come was that possible.... any special procedure?
Hi everybody,
I have already flashed a new ROM (ICS 4.0.4) and I have superuser permissions (root) but,
Is it possible to use my smartphone with some other company SIM card? My mobile phone is an Lt15i (Xperia Arc) and i bought it in Spain (with vodafone) ... now i am in germany and i want to use my new FONIC SIM...
What can I do?
Thanks in advance.
Fernando.
If I install a custom ROM, will i get make it? Which custom ROMs do that? What unlock Bootloader means?
Thank you.
Please help me. I'm a bit lost.
oxayolt1987 said:
If I install a custom ROM, will i get make it? Which custom ROMs do that? What unlock Bootloader means?
Thank you.
Please help me. I'm a bit lost.
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If it's an unlocked GSM phone, it will work with any GSM carrier. I don't know if your phone is carrier locked or not, though. Also, custom roms don't control which carrier you can use.
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You don't need root or ANYTHING to unlock your phone.
1) get SIM that is not the network the phone was originally on
2) buy unlock code from local dealer or trusted ebay seller. You have to give them your IMEI I believe
3) put that SIM in and when prompted, enter unlock code. Phone is now unlocked for any SIM card for eternity
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Has anyone figured out how to network unlock Xperia L device without paying it or something like that. Is there any program that does network unlock so it works on all sim cards. Thank you.
If this phone is chilean u can enter in the www.entel.cl and broswe about! potabilidad' and put u imei and folow instructions. Or go to the company and make request of this code
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The phone is bought in Europe (Croatia) in T-Mobile. I am still under contract so my provider wont let me unlock my phone or give me any code for it. Before XL i had Samsung Galaxy Mini and i found some tool on XDA forum to unlock phone to work on all networks so i thought maybe someone knows some tool like that so i can unlock my XL. The point is that someone told me if i unlock my phone to work on all networks that way i will be able to unlock my bootloader, to be honest i dont know if that is true or not. When i check bootloader status it says "Bootloader unlock : not allowed". So i am actually finding a way to be able to unlock my bootloader. When i talked with my provider about that they don't know **** about it or they just wont tell me. So i would be very helpful if anyone could give me any advice or tutorial how to change bootloader status to allowed. I allready got the code from sony to unlock bootloader and all the tools i need to do it but i am afraid to start the process so i don't brick or brake my phone in any way since my bootloader status is set to not allowed. Thank you.
If say not allowed u are out of Lucky (we )
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FIRSTLY I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR MOBILE.
PROCEDURE:-
STEP1. YOU NEED TO HAVE A PC WITH ADB & FASTBOOT INSTALLED.
STEP2.NEXT IS TWRP.IMPORTANT NOTE:- YOU CANT FLASH IT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE HOPE I CAN COMPILE IT,BUT NO TIME AND DATA.DOWNLOAD THE TWRP MENTIONED AFTER THE STEPS.
STEP3.DOWNLOAD SUPERSU.ZIP MENTIONED IN THE THREAD.COPY IT TO YOUR INTERNAL MEMORY
STEP4.USE FASTBOOT AND TYPE fastboot boot suraj.img
STEP5.INSTALL SUPERSU.ZIP
STEP6.REBOOT SYSTEM.
STEP7.TO CHECK WHETHER ROOTED OR NOT,INSTALL TERMINAL EMULATOR AND TYPE su and HIT ENTER.GRANT THE PERMISSION.
NOTE:- You can now flash the recovery using flashify app.Thanks to Alex and Raushan.
AND ATLAST YOU ARE ROOTED.THANK ME ,IF NOT YOUR DEVICE COULD NEVER BE ROOTED.
LINKS
TWRP:- https://www.mediafire.com/?gpm6h9i6qt8xpi4
TWRP(with sd support):- http://www.mediafire.com/file/05e9vcaf776ljd3/sd.img
TWRP BLACK THEMED(with sd support)v 3.0.2 r5:- http://www.mediafire.com/file/vgr8ppceerxusxc/sd-3.0.2-r5.img
SUPERSU.ZIP:- https://download.chainfire.eu/969/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip
Credits:-
me(suraj_-b)
chainsfire for super su.zip
xiaomi mi4i device's twrp
Moto g turbo device's twrp
Alex
Raushan
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hi
after step 4, show a message : FAILED (remote:invalid kernel &ramdisk address:image overlap)
can you help?
thank you!
My divice root
dimikord said:
hi
after step 4, show a message : FAILED (remote:invalid kernel &ramdisk address:image overlap)
can you help?
thank you!
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Oh I have never seen such a warning.
Try renaming the image and booting.
Hey guys,
I know this isn't really the place to ask but I've searched the forums here as well as Google searched to no avail.. So I figured it was worth a shot asking here.
My father bought the THL Knight 2 online from China recently and is having issues making and receiving calls. Oddly though, sending and receiving texts works well without issues.
We've tried using 4 different SIM cards from 4 other carriers with the same result. (Canada - Bell, Rogers, Koodo, and Freedom Mobile)
With that being said, I was wondering if anyone else had this issue and if there was a solution?
Would rooting the phone make a difference?
kfonseca said:
Hey guys,
I know this isn't really the place to ask but I've searched the forums here as well as Google searched to no avail.. So I figured it was worth a shot asking here.
My father bought the THL Knight 2 online from China recently and is having issues making and receiving calls. Oddly though, sending and receiving texts works well without issues.
We've tried using 4 different SIM cards from 4 other carriers with the same result. (Canada - Bell, Rogers, Koodo, and Freedom Mobile)
With that being said, I was wondering if anyone else had this issue and if there was a solution?
Would rooting the phone make a difference?
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Routing alone might not help you.
Wrong version firmware
kfonseca said:
Hey guys,
I know this isn't really the place to ask but I've searched the forums here as well as Google searched to no avail.. So I figured it was worth a shot asking here.
My father bought the THL Knight 2 online from China recently and is having issues making and receiving calls. Oddly though, sending and receiving texts works well without issues.
We've tried using 4 different SIM cards from 4 other carriers with the same result. (Canada - Bell, Rogers, Koodo, and Freedom Mobile)
With that being said, I was wondering if anyone else had this issue and if there was a solution?
Would rooting the phone make a difference?
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If you bought from China shop , you had most likely bought a device with a Chinese firmware and/or hardware. The China man normally would not advise you on this risk, they just want to close the deal. Let look at a few details, (I am more versed in MTK SoC, therefore I will give examples from MTK experiences but it is applicable to all models).
I bought 2 pieces of Lenovo Tab a8-50Hx from 2 different source at 2 different time. One was bought with local manufacturer warranty and the other was bought with shop warranty. For Lenovo the firmware is separated into ROW (Rest of the World) and CN (China only) versions. Because the telephone modem (hardware) operates on different band in China.
Coming back to my experience 3 of my Lenovo models are hardware compatible with ROW firmware and one of the Tab A8-50 was using a bastardised China firmware so , I couldnt use my 3G SIM on that device but after careful inspection the board (hardware) part number was the same with my orginal ROW version, so all I had to do is to reflash my ROW firmware over the "bastardised" China firmware and it works perfectly.
However there are devices that are manufactured for PRC market only and not sold elsewhere. These models have their GSM/CDMA/LTE modems that caters to their local market (hardware) and if you try to reflash a stock ROW version firmware on these would at best result in a dead telephone function, no 3G/4G ,no SMS, clls or worst case scenario your device will fail to boot up.
But I believe the Knight 2 uses the same hardware. Please check the box for details, WARNING please check the part number for your device versus the localised (sold by your THL country distributor) part number on the box. If everything is OK you can try to reflash the ROW firmware. (http://en.thl.com.cn/SupportDetails.aspx?id=492) but DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! If the hardware is the same your US/Canada SIM should work but recommended are AT&T, T-Mobile or their affiliates.
If trying to root I suggest using "Kingroot" + Busybox
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I bought a XT2005-5, I look for the phone and apparently in every place says every model could use GSM/HDSPA/LTE 900 band abut apparently it can't, I made a little bit more of research and I found that other models (XT2005-1, XT2005-2 , etc) has different compatibility settings, are this setting all software base so I could chenge then with a firmware flash or are they hardware base and I have to use another carrier?
ragnowolf said:
I bought a XT2005-5, I look for the phone and apparently in every place says every model could use GSM/HDSPA/LTE 900 band abut apparently it can't, I made a little bit more of research and I found that other models (XT2005-1, XT2005-2 , etc) has different compatibility settings, are this setting all software base so I could chenge then with a firmware flash or are they hardware base and I have to use another carrier?
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Looks like XT2005-5 does support
GSM 900
https://www.phonemore.com/specs/motorola/moto-e6/xt2005-5/
Which software channel?
Run
Code:
fastboot getvar all
To find
Product = codename
securestate = bootloader locked or unlocked
carrier_sku = Model #
ro.carrier = Software Channel
More about this in my
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-flashing-motorola-firmware-t4042039
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sd_shadow said:
Looks like XT2005-5 does support
GSM 900
https://www.phonemore.com/specs/motorola/moto-e6/xt2005-5/
Which software channel?
Run
Code:
fastboot getvar all
To find
Product = codename
securestate = bootloader locked or unlocked
carrier_sku = Model #
ro.carrier = Software Channel
More about this in my
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-flashing-motorola-firmware-t4042039
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Thanks, for the help, this is the information I got
product: surfna
securestate: oem_locked
carrier_sku: XT2005-5
ro.carrier: retus
ragnowolf said:
Thanks, for the help, this is the information I got
product: surfna
securestate: oem_locked
carrier_sku: XT2005-5
ro.carrier: retus
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RetUS should not have and restrictions.
Which carrier are you trying to use?
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sd_shadow said:
RetUS should not have and restrictions.
Which carrier are you trying to use?
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I'm actually not in the US right now, I am in Venezuela, but carriers here does not have any kind of restrictions with any kind of phones, the only requirement is a clean IMEI (which the phone has) and the phone to be able to function with the proper band, right now I can't use any other SIM, but tomorrow I will try a SIM from another carrier if you need that info
Diag mode
I nead you help to enable diag mode for
Moto E6
I'm a little confused as I'm the only one who has ever owned my phone and I came across this showing a different user and why is there a host?
Can this moto e6 (xt2005dl) on simple mobile be flashed or unlocked to cricket wireless?
Can my phone support a custom ROM? It's an XT2005DL.
I'm looking at a custom ROM for two reasons:
To completely stop the auto updates and security updates (which I thought I'd totally disabled).
I don't like that Android 9 is SO integrated with Google's apps (Phone, voicemail, messaging) and would like to use non-Google apps for those features - preferably with free alternatives.
The phone is carrier unlocked (if that matters) and on TotalWireless/Tracfone.