I just bought a HTC Elfin from the carrier Claro here in Puerto Rico as a birthday present for my nephiew since its his favorite phone and wanted him to use it in his AT&T service, and was planning to give it to him today but seems like this model is harder to unlock than the elf. i have tried to use the unlock methods posted on this site but they all give me the same code and it doesnt work (looks like my specific model is different thust the code isnt the same) I thought that it was just as easy as unlocking an elf but i was wrong. Can anyone help me or point me to a way to unlock the device for free?? I would pay for an online service but my credit card is maxed out and i cant purchase online with it.
If anyone can lend me a hand on unlocking the phone ill PM the device ID or the IMEI# if needed or at least tell me where i can achieve this please reply
Thank you
Hope this hrlps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2045051&postcount=1
orb3000 said:
Hope this hrlps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2045051&postcount=1
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thank you for the link, but i dont seem to see anything about sim unlocking.
did i miss something or do those roms unlock the networks?? thanks
mike21pr said:
thank you for the link, but i dont seem to see anything about sim unlocking.
did i miss something or do those roms unlock the networks?? thanks
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bump, is it that hard to unlock this device??
device id: ELF010150
cid: BSTAR301
Hi i cant seem to find the required information I need, I have a O2 branded HD7.
Will the chaveron unlock tool allow me to use a diffrent sim?
I would be much grateful if u can help
gotemike said:
Hi i cant seem to find the required information I need, I have a O2 branded HD7.
Will the chaveron unlock tool allow me to use a diffrent sim?
I would be much grateful if u can help
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Nope. It will just unlock your phone so you can sideload apps. Unbranding is a different story.
dkp1977 said:
Nope. It will just unlock your phone so you can sideload apps. Unbranding is a different story.
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Ok thanks,
would u now how i can get it unbranded?
gotemike said:
Ok thanks,
would u now how i can get it unbranded?
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I'm sorry, the only advice I can give you is to search the HD7 forums. I know there are some threads about it. But since I never had to unbrand any device, I have no idea how to perform it.
dkp1977 said:
I'm sorry, the only advice I can give you is to search the HD7 forums. I know there are some threads about it. But since I never had to unbrand any device, I have no idea how to perform it.
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OK, Thank you any way
I'm going to point out that to unlock your device to use other SIM cards, you can usually call your carrier for an unlock code or pay an online service to get one. These all cost money, but are totally different than the ChevronLabs thing. You might wanna call up O2 and see what they'll do for you.
unlock code is better than softwares........
so the HTC J ISW13HT was released in Japan 10 days ago, and I'm eager to get my hands on it. Only I am not in Japan.
Are there any people in Japan here on the forums that can answer some questions for me?
Is the phone locked to au? And does the phone in fact support GSM sim card at all? I know it has a card slot but since au is CDMA I wonder if the phone accepts sim cards (it has GSM functionality).
cheers
eXOuT said:
so the HTC J ISW13HT was released in Japan 10 days ago, and I'm eager to get my hands on it. Only I am not in Japan.
Are there any people in Japan here on the forums that can answer some questions for me?
Is the phone locked to au? And does the phone in fact support GSM sim card at all? I know it has a card slot but since au is CDMA I wonder if the phone accepts sim cards (it has GSM functionality).
cheers
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Hmm, I suppose when I get my hands on one, I'll be able to answer this question. I'll try to stop by an au shop to poke around one of their display models.
I'm assuming the phone is locked to au, though.
nice, thanks. Does au sell phones without contract at all?
eXOuT said:
nice, thanks. Does au sell phones without contract at all?
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I think you can purchase the phone outright but to get it unlocked you'll have to pay for the unlocking fee which is about ¥3000. Even then, I dunno if it has a removable sim card
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Any more info?
It's been about a month now since this was posted, any new info?
I live in Japan and have the phone, but can't find much info for Root yet (in English at least) or Sim Unlock if it's possible or not.
fish101022 said:
It's been about a month now since this was posted, any new info?
I live in Japan and have the phone, but can't find much info for Root yet (in English at least) or Sim Unlock if it's possible or not.
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Have you downloaded the ruu for it?
If you get that you can probably add su and busy box to it and maybe look at the one s threads for a root method
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eXOuT said:
so the HTC J ISW13HT was released in Japan 10 days ago, and I'm eager to get my hands on it. Only I am not in Japan.
Are there any people in Japan here on the forums that can answer some questions for me?
Is the phone locked to au? And does the phone in fact support GSM sim card at all? I know it has a card slot but since au is CDMA I wonder if the phone accepts sim cards (it has GSM functionality).
cheers
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It does support GSM/CDMA/WCDMA/WiMAX
But the GSM/WCDMA function seemed to be locked by AU.
You could not use GSM/Wcdma network when you insert a GSM/Wcdma Usim.
I have this phone, unlocked the bootloader, root, but can't make sim free.
I can't post links, only after 10 posts.
I have translated scripts for one click root.
Does anyone know sim unlock is possible for this phone?
Now the J is also in the market of HK and Taiwan. Hope someone can cook ROM for us.
sushiboy said:
Now the J is also in the market of HK and Taiwan. Hope someone can cook ROM for us.
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Are the HK and Taiwan versions of J also simlocked?
I made ROM for J based on MIUI for One S. But I still can't unlock simlock.(
Taiwan versions of J does not have simlocked.
roger225 said:
Taiwan versions of J does not have simlocked.
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Thanks. I already know that. And succeed use radio from Taiwan RUU. :victory:
What about Recovery?
craxycat said:
I have this phone, unlocked the bootloader, root, but can't make sim free.
I can't post links, only after 10 posts.
I have translated scripts for one click root.
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Oh yeah!
I have this phone too! My sister own it, just bought one week less.
Did you try install the Recovery on it?
If so, then I can unlock and root it now!
hofybebop said:
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Oh yeah!
I have this phone too! My sister own it, just bought one week less.
Did you try install the Recovery on it?
If so, then I can unlock and root it now!
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Yes, I tried and successfully flashed recovery, root, unlock bootloader and simunlock. =)
If you need help, I can help.
Good luck!
craxycat said:
Yes, I tried and successfully flashed recovery, root, unlock bootloader and simunlock. =)
If you need help, I can help.
Good luck!
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How do you simunlock this phone? Can you show me how did you do it? thx
richardyiu said:
How do you simunlock this phone? Can you show me how did you do it? thx
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There is a hack. It uses radio from Taiwan version of HTC J (not simlocked).
http://htcsoku.info/au-htc-j-isw13htがwcdmaネットワークで利用可能に/
Thank you!
craxycat said:
Yes, I tried and successfully flashed recovery, root, unlock bootloader and simunlock. =)
If you need help, I can help.
Good luck!
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Yes I need your help pls!
I aready send message to you, and wrote my email inside...
craxycat said:
There is a hack. It uses radio from Taiwan version of HTC J (not simlocked).
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Anyone can translate this into English? Seems a fair amount of info in Japanese, but nearly nothing in English... Google translate works very poorly from Japanese, don't really trust it for this.
Also, once you've flashed the radio from the Taiwan version, does it still work on AU? I don't want to change carrier to Docomo/Softbank, but I want to use local sim cards when I travel.
So whats the steps to unlock this little guy?
Hi, i manage to get a t-mobile G2 D801, on android 4.4.2. replacing the Sprint G2 that i manage to brick...
I want to know if there's a method to sim unlock trought root or anything else.
Thanks for the response to everyone.
The only way I know of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455956
diamond12 said:
The only way I know of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455956
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Does anybody found a way to do it? i cant buy it online....
SIM Unlock
If you have your phone paid off and/or have had service for a few months, you should be able to get the unlock code and instructions from TMo. They provided me with the aforementioned info without any pushback. Just call their support number or hop on chat and they will help you out. Also it's free
Darkpikasso said:
Hi, i manage to get a t-mobile G2 D801, on android 4.4.2. replacing the Sprint G2 that i manage to brick...
I want to know if there's a method to sim unlock trought root or anything else.
Thanks for the response to everyone.
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Here is a great article on phone unlocking with the carriers.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/phone-unlocking-guide-for-all-carriers/
my greetings to the greatest genius of this forum .. I greatly appreciate the work you do here and the solutions you brought to the novices, thank you very much ... but unfortunately I have a problem with my motorola E6 blocked on the network t -mobile that I want to unlock to use all sim cards .. I beg you to give me your attention to solve my problem a big thank you to all
Nick2031 said:
my greetings to the greatest genius of this forum .. I greatly appreciate the work you do here and the solutions you brought to the novices, thank you very much ... but unfortunately I have a problem with my motorola E6 blocked on the network t -mobile that I want to unlock to use all sim cards .. I beg you to give me your attention to solve my problem a big thank you to all
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Unfortunately I haven't seen anything good about carrier unlock for a few years.
If you insert a non T-mobile sim does it ask for a unlock code?
sd_shadow said:
Unfortunately I haven't seen anything good about carrier unlock for a few years.
If you insert a non T-mobile sim does it ask for a unlock code?
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thanks for your quick attention, yes when i insert a sim inside it sends me an error message like this