Hi, Hoping someone can explain a solution to a problem my missus & I are experiencing with our Desire S mobiles. Got them a couple of years ago from O2 and never bothered deactivating the simlock although they were rooted.
Now we've come to the end of the contract and, having been given new phones we're looking to offload the Desires, but that when the problem manifested itself.
One potential customer, who's on the ASDA network asked me to try their SIM in the phone. This I duly did, but all that happened was that the lock screen appeared and then froze. All I was able to do was scroll down the "Settings" screen, but attempting to access any of the categories just dumped me back on the lock screen.
This means that I'm unable to unlock the phone as, even if the phone recognised a SIM I have no way of inputting a PIN. I then obtained SIMs from several different carriers, with identical results. I even tried restoring one of the handsets to its' previous, un-rooted state but this made no difference. Up until the freeze the boot sequence seems normal.
If it helps, when this happens the taskbar shows a small SIM-like icon with a cross next to it and "Emergency calls only" along with a completely greyed-out signal strength indicator so I'm at a real loss as to where to go from here- any suggestions? Thanks for looking.
leafy2 said:
Hi, Hoping someone can explain a solution to a problem my missus & I are experiencing with our Desire S mobiles. Got them a couple of years ago from O2 and never bothered deactivating the simlock although they were rooted.
Now we've come to the end of the contract and, having been given new phones we're looking to offload the Desires, but that when the problem manifested itself.
One potential customer, who's on the ASDA network asked me to try their SIM in the phone. This I duly did, but all that happened was that the lock screen appeared and then froze. All I was able to do was scroll down the "Settings" screen, but attempting to access any of the categories just dumped me back on the lock screen.
This means that I'm unable to unlock the phone as, even if the phone recognised a SIM I have no way of inputting a PIN. I then obtained SIMs from several different carriers, with identical results. I even tried restoring one of the handsets to its' previous, un-rooted state but this made no difference. Up until the freeze the boot sequence seems normal.
If it helps, when this happens the taskbar shows a small SIM-like icon with a cross next to it and "Emergency calls only" along with a completely greyed-out signal strength indicator so I'm at a real loss as to where to go from here- any suggestions? Thanks for looking.
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Can you give more info?
Unlocked bootloader?
S-ON or S-OFF?
Recovery?Custom ROM or Stock ROM?
If you have sim lock on you should get a pin lock at start.That doesn't mean you can't put other sim in.You will just be asked for pin.
SKENER said:
Can you give more info?
Unlocked bootloader?
S-ON or S-OFF?
Recovery?Custom ROM or Stock ROM?
If you have sim lock on you should get a pin lock at start.That doesn't mean you can't put other sim in.You will just be asked for pin.
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No, I never get as far as a simlock. Putting a valid O2 or GiffGaff (Also O2) SIM into the phone works fine (The phone was originally O2 and was never unlocked). However, any other SIM isn't recognised at all- The Lock screen won't respond to any inputs, the taskbar shows a SIM symbol with an exclamation mark next to it, and although you can drag the taskbar open, as soon as you hit "Settings" you just get returned to the lock screen. The phone is rooted (Cooldroid V9.0) but S-ON and has the 2.00.000 ROM. This is true for both Desire Ss that I have.
leafy2 said:
No, I never get as far as a simlock. Putting a valid O2 or GiffGaff (Also O2) SIM into the phone works fine (The phone was originally O2 and was never unlocked). However, any other SIM isn't recognised at all- The Lock screen won't respond to any inputs, the taskbar shows a SIM symbol with an exclamation mark next to it, and although you can drag the taskbar open, as soon as you hit "Settings" you just get returned to the lock screen. The phone is rooted (Cooldroid V9.0) but S-ON and has the 2.00.000 ROM. This is true for both Desire Ss that I have.
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Looks like carrier lock (O2). XTC clip can open any HTC.There's no way yet to unlock carrier lock yourself without XTC clip or serious hacking.
S-OFF and all other solution won't help much.You can try find how it can be unlocked on other similar phones to Desire.
Sorry.Maybe someone with more exp in this kind of lock can help you.
SKENER said:
Looks like carrier lock (O2). XTC clip can open any HTC.There's no way yet to unlock carrier lock yourself without XTC clip or serious hacking.
S-OFF and all other solution won't help much.You can try find how it can be unlocked on other similar phones to Desire.
Sorry.Maybe someone with more exp in this kind of lock can help you.
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Many thanks for the explanation. TBH I'd never heard of clip lock, tho considering my experience of O2 over the past couple of years I'm not really surprised. Do you know if there's any way to confirm carrier lock, and how certain is it that XTC Clip can solve this problem? I actually have a couple of Desire Ss in this state so I'm weighing up whether it would be more economical to buy an XTC rather than continuing in my quest to get them sorted by other means!
leafy2 said:
Many thanks for the explanation. TBH I'd never heard of clip lock, tho considering my experience of O2 over the past couple of years I'm not really surprised. Do you know if there's any way to confirm carrier lock, and how certain is it that XTC Clip can solve this problem? I actually have a couple of Desire Ss in this state so I'm weighing up whether it would be more economical to buy an XTC rather than continuing in my quest to get them sorted by other means!
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Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939801.
From what you can see XTC clip make phone Super CID (unbranded).You can find someone who have it at unlock your phones for low price.
To confirm carrier lock install custom rom and put sim card from othet provider in and try to access phone.If it ask for unlock code (not pin code) or you don't get anything (no service and only emergency call) then it is carrier lock.You can use search here on desire s xda forum with unlock phone and read about that problem.
GL
SKENER said:
Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939801.
From what you can see XTC clip make phone Super CID (unbranded).You can find someone who have it at unlock your phones for low price.
To confirm carrier lock install custom rom and put sim card from othet provider in and try to access phone.If it ask for unlock code (not pin code) or you don't get anything (no service and only emergency call) then it is carrier lock.You can use search here on desire s xda forum with unlock phone and read about that problem.
GL
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Here's an update to my saga; After several visits to various phone shops that "guarantee" unlocking I was beginning to lose the will to live. I therefore thought I'd attempt to get this "carrier lock" that was mentioned removed so I rang O2 who originally supplied my phone. I spoke to one of their drones, who seemed to know what I was on about. He promised that he'd unlock the phone, and send me instructions via e-mail to implement the procedure.
This really cheered me up- for about 24 hours, when the promised e-mail arrived. It contained a code number and a list of steps, the first of which was "Load a non-O2 SIM into the phone and switch on". As you know this is impossible as the phone freezes on the lock screen whenever it senses a foreign SIM, leaving you with no way of inputting a code. So it looks like carrier lock is excluded from the list of culprits.
In the course of my frantic searching I've come across a couple of "possible" solutions, and I'd like your thoughts on their viability. First of all I read that an RUU may be the solution to my woes. I'd just like to know a)Is this really do-able, 2)Where would I obtain one from, and 3)What exactly IS an RUU? My other plausible scenario is to get hold of an XTC clip. They're pretty cheap, especially as I have 2 phones with the same symptoms, but what are my chances of success? Any help or advice would be really welcome- in the meantime I'm on the lookout for a piece of sturdy rope, a wobbly stool and a robust light fitting! Thanks for reading.
Incidentally, someone asked for details from the actual handset. Sorry for the delay; they are
**** UNLOCKED ****
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-BOOT
Aug 22 2011,15:22:13
Unlocked Bootloader (via HTCdev)
ROM- CoolDroid Revolution v9.0
Recovery 4EXT
Hope that helps.
leafy2 said:
Incidentally, someone asked for details from the actual handset. Sorry for the delay; they are
**** UNLOCKED ****
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-BOOT
Aug 22 2011,15:22:13
Unlocked Bootloader (via HTCdev)
ROM- CoolDroid Revolution v9.0
Recovery 4EXT
Hope that helps.
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Rom Update Utility (RUU) is update for HTC phones.It official update and it must match your phone CID.RUU update all and that mean all-radio,ril,hboot,rom.
Before trying RUU I advise you to try install unofficial CM 10.1 or 10.2 and insert non-O2 card and see what happen.If you got unlock dialog that would be great.If not then you can try RUU.
For using RUU first need to get phone CID.Best way is adb command get_allvar (or something like that-you can search for it).When you get CID then you find list of all CID here that point you to right RUU's for your phone.
RUU can be older then your current system and it will say it can't be updated but you can trick it with adb.You can read about it in downgrading hboot tutorials here.
But first try CM 10.1 or 10.2.
Sorry for english errors.
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I've already unlocked D2G.
But, My friends import Locked D2G or Locked Droid pro.
So I'll advice about unlock solution.
We already known follow unlock problems.
1. Must be activation verified by Verizon
2. Almost E-bay unlock code is FAIL.
Some of threads mention about "TurboSIM".
I known the 'TurboSIM' is bypass network unlock procedure.
But I can't see about this TurboSIM use SUCCESS UNLOCK or
SUCCESS BYPASS NETWORK LOCK PROCEDURE.
Who can success network unlock bypass using TurboSIM?
I was the one suggesting a turbosim. However somebody tested already and said turbosim didn't unlock the phone. That was a single report. Turbosim bypassed successfully lock on my older Motorola Milestone (gsm droid 1). There are many turbosim models available, maybe they didn't try the right one?
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leobg said:
I was the one suggesting a turbosim. However somebody tested already and said turbosim didn't unlock the phone. That was a single report. Turbosim bypassed successfully lock on my older Motorola Milestone (gsm droid 1). There are many turbosim models available, maybe they didn't try the right one?
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
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Yes, another problem is you said that what is perpectly D2G compatible turbosim.
I hate VZW unlock mechanism. It's not a global phone.
@Leobg: Do you remember what TurboSIM model it was that unlocked your old Milestone 1?
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@Leobg: Do you remember what TurboSIM model it was that unlocked your old Milestone 1?
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I got it from ebay back in early 2009. There is no really brand or something. Came in black paper sleeve with red sign saying smart unlock sim and a lock icon beside...
I recently got newer turbosim again from ebay (for testing purposes), it came with very similar look and packaging. I believe it is the same manufacturer over in China who makes them.
New turbosims work, data and everything, but apparently incoming calls are hit and miss. Confirmed by me and somebody else who tried. So- unreliable solution unfortunately.
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I did stumble across reports of successful D2G unlocking with TurboSim. There was even a link to the exact ebay auction with the TurboSim that did the job.
I saw it either somewhere on here or on http://www.droidforums.net
If you look for it I am sure you can find it. Hope it helps.
Alright I found it for you
This is the exact post - "TurboSIM works fine without Verizon activation and unlock code. Checked. Bought at Ebay, just input 200539432676 in Search string on Ebay."
Here is the thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956765
Cheerz
I have my D2G with TurboSIM in Ukraine.
TurboSIM really allows to bypass the network lock mechanism in the phone, but all Ukrainian major GSM operators block the access of phone with TurboSIM to their networks.
So here is the situation:
Put the SIM card with TurboSIM to D2G and launch the phone. The phone will successfully register in the network, all services (calls, sms, mms, gprs/edge) will be working properly… till the first re-registration in the network.
If, for some reason the phone have to re-register in the network, the network won't allow to re-register with TurboSIM. You'll have to put your SIM card to a regular GSM phone, register there once, and then you'll be able to use it with D2G once again (till the first re-registration).
I have this TurboSIM.
hxxp://themyshop4you.com/images/turbo_sim_card_no_cut.jpg
but mine has different packaging and I still had to cut the SIM card.
_V_i_c_ i am in the Dominican Republic and my situation is exactly the same as yours.
Hi!
I am also from Ukraine and got the same problem as _V_i_c_. There is any solution how to make this phone work with turbosim?
same problem in Bulgaria, it looks like the turbo can bypass the phone lock, but couldnt bypass the network security
i think that the android OS is responsible too for that, because i try this turbo in other OS handset and with them there is no problem, only on android phones i have this issue- no data and second registration fail
tried some turbo programing with PIN change but no success, now im starting to feel that android dont allow such a tweaking
stan40 said:
same problem in Bulgaria, it looks like the turbo can bypass the phone lock, but couldnt bypass the network security
i think that the android OS is responsible too for that, because i try this turbo in other OS handset and with them there is no problem, only on android phones i have this issue- no data and second registration fail
tried some turbo programing with PIN change but no success, now im starting to feel that android dont allow such a tweaking
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Do you mean data connection? If you can bypass simlock with the turbosim, but you cannot set required access points, it is the actual turbosim problem. Older turbosims don't work properly on android phones APN setup does not stick. Latest turbosim's have solved that, but still phone works quite unreliably (especially for incoming calls/messages).
yes i mean data connection, and your answer make sense it is qite possibe that im a victim of ebay fraud
my card should be Super X-SIM IV TURBO TORNADO, and despite the super - duper name didnt work properly for me
stan40 said:
yes i mean data connection, and your answer make sense it is qite possibe that im a victim of ebay fraud
my card should be Super X-SIM IV TURBO TORNADO, and despite the super - duper name didnt work properly for me
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Don't be fooled by the fancy name. Look for TurboSIM 2011 firmware or something like that. I had couple of TurboSim's I bought back in 2009 with them the phone unlocks but no data connection is possible as APN settings do not stick. Recently got another TurboSIM which does not have the APN problem - data and all works, but it is not without problems. Looks like incoming communications to the phone are hit and miss. But at $5 shipped it is worth trying if your phone cannot be unlocked by code at this moment.
Rebel SIM do not work with Droid 2 global A956 - phone enters in reboot loop
I know this thread is pretty necro, but just in case someone else stumbles across it on a search like I did, there is a turbosim type solution for the Droid 2 global. It's the no-cut sim unlocker on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200539432676?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Universal No Cut Cell Phone Mobilephone Sim Unlock Card
That's the one I got it works great, except for the fact that you can't set up the mms data account (in the US at least) because the APN disappears if you change the MCC or MCN. (I have my D2G working in the US based on other threads found online, look up TBH band unlock if you need it.)
hi
i unlocked my global with no problem first you have unlock its radio first mabe the numbers they gave u wasnt right
It would be really great if people stopped posting “I unlocked my phone without any problems”. People who cannot unlock theirs are really happy for you, freddt2790, and they're definitely gonna let you finish, but there are cases where the unlock codes were altered and no databases have them. That's why people are trying to circumvent locks with TurboSIM and the likes.
Thanks for sharing your success story. It doesn't work for everyone, though.
Quick update on the unlock solution I was using. Not only does it not let you have data, but it also drops your phone network and makes your sim undetected several times a week. Finally had to forget it and go back to the old phone again. I may try ordering another model or two of these turbosim type cards and see if any of them work.
tajlund said:
Quick update on the unlock solution I was using. Not only does it not let you have data, but it also drops your phone network and makes your sim undetected several times a week. Finally had to forget it and go back to the old phone again. I may try ordering another model or two of these turbosim type cards and see if any of them work.
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There are models which will let you configure APN and use data, but the loss of Sim registration will still remain. TurboSIM solution is not usable form of unlocking the phone if you want reliable phone. I'd suggest you to sell the phone to somebody in the States where they can use it on Verizon and buy another phone. You can get Milestone 2 if you like D2G form factor so much. Or simply buy another D2G which is sold unlocked.
Hi , i have a desire s
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0000
RADIO-38.03.02.11_M
eMMC-boot
and i keep getting "limited service". it might work for a minute or so but for the most part it doesn't. Just wondering is it possible to update the radio or any other suggestions would be appreciated.
I also noticed that on the battery / sim cover there are two metal connectors (slightly scratched), anyone know what they do?
Thanks
psycho_somatic said:
Hi , i have a desire s
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0000
RADIO-38.03.02.11_M
eMMC-boot
and i keep getting "limited service". it might work for a minute or so but for the most part it doesn't. Just wondering is it possible to update the radio or any other suggestions would be appreciated.
I also noticed that on the battery / sim cover there are two metal connectors (slightly scratched), anyone know what they do?
Thanks
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The metal bits inside the battery case help to make up the phones antenna, so scratches could be a problem.
For example if you remove the case completely, you should see the phone signal drop to zero after a few seconds.
Thanks for the quick reply..
hmmm thats what i figured, know any place i could get a replacement cover?
psycho_somatic said:
Thanks for the quick reply..
hmmm thats what i figured, know any place i could get a replacement cover?
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I've previously read on the forum that it wasn't possible to purchase a new cover, that was in threads regarding build quality from people who were having problems with the battery cover making a clicking noise, but that was about a month ago, and the device was reasonably new then, you may have more success now, try calling htc support/customer services and request the part?
if you could find someone with same device and try thier case for a few minutes at least you could then determine whether it was this that was causing you the signal problem.
There is the HTC accessory store http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_phone.aspx?i=209276 but on quick inspection I couldn't see that particular part.
Best of luck
thanks
another thing is that it might work to make a call, and then loose the signal. i read that a blocked imei number could cause that. I bought this on ebay so who knows where it came from...
psycho_somatic said:
thanks
another thing is that it might work to make a call, and then loose the signal. i read that a blocked imei number could cause that. I bought this on ebay so who knows where it came from...
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You network service provider should be able to confirm whether or not the IMEI number is blocked
ok so i've checked some things... the imei isn't blocked, the cover isn't the issue either as it works with that off (albeit a little weaker). it works for a minute when i put it in and out of airplane mode... oh and i tried another sim i had and that one wouldn't work at all
So its either a local network issue or a device issue, have you performed a hard reset as yet?
Which would rule out it being software
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
just to be sure (i think i have) but how do you do a hard reset?
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just to be sure (i think i have) but how do you do a hard reset?
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Theres a couple of ways, the easiest of which is
Settings-> sd & phone storage
And select factory data reset.
But, I be tempted to try the harder route which is
Power down phone
Remove battery for a few seconds, re insert it
Hold the volume down button
Press power button
Follow on screen instructions and select clear storage
This will wipe all on phone data and will reboot phone
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
thanks i wasn't sure. Had tried that before but i did it again and its still the same..
am, i'm testing with a three sim and it works intermittently then i tried another newer three sim that i have it didn't work at all but just now tried an o2 sim and it worked perfectly, now i'm lost ha
psycho_somatic said:
thanks i wasn't sure. Had tried that before but i did it again and its still the same..
am, i'm testing with a three sim and it works intermittently then i tried another newer three sim that i have it didn't work at all but just now tried an o2 sim and it worked perfectly, now i'm lost ha
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In which case it could simply be that where you live has very little 3 network reception.
I'm not sure if 3 has network coverage maps available online which would enable you to check the expected signal coverage where you live/work.
Perhaps you need to move to O2 network!
nah my three signal is perfect, plus I've tried it in other locations, i'm stumped and i really dislike o2 so i won't be going back to them.... hmmm
I have s-off and unlocked but can't switch simcard to new network
I was given a bricked phone by a friend and got the device working again by following the tutorials on the forum. It took four days to do after many trial and errors but eventually I got it done. Also after many fails I got a ROM to work on the phone. I got s-off and the top of hboot says unlocked in pink. I thought that this would also allow me to use any sim card in the device. I tried using another friends SIM who wasn't on the rogers network and it said "enter SIM unlock code". Meaning, i think, that I have missed something along the way. Which is likely considering the vast amount of how-to's and information out there half of which don't work either from my own inexperience or the writers. Anyway I Have found two major conflicting views on the subject namely 1.That if you have s-off and unlocked bootloader you should be able to use any sim and 2.Only buying the unlock code from the carrier will work no matter off or unlocked.
Rather than just paste every scrap of information on the phone that I have garnered from fastboot and through the information through settings could you let me know what I need to give you in order to help me figure out what it is I need to do? Thanks. Having finally getting the phone to work again I don't want to chance of hard bricking it due to messing with the wrong thing now that I got it going again.
And thanks to cyanogenmod, juopunutupbear.io, clockworkmod, dekoslav's how-to and this site, I would never have gotten even that far.
Further information I just foundout via wiki
I have s-off and unlocked but can't switch simcard to new network
I was given a bricked phone by a friend and got the device working again by following the tutorials on the forum. It took four days to do after many trial and errors but eventually I got it done. Also after many fails I got a ROM to work on the phone. I got s-off and the top of hboot says unlocked in pink. I thought that this would also allow me to use any sim card in the device. I tried using another friends SIM who wasn't on the rogers network and it said "enter SIM unlock code". Meaning, i think, that I have missed something along the way. Which is likely considering the vast amount of how-to's and information out there half of which don't work either from my own inexperience or the writers. Anyway I Have found two major conflicting views on the subject namely 1.That if you have s-off and unlocked bootloader you should be able to use any sim and 2.Only buying the unlock code from the carrier will work no matter off or unlocked.
Rather than just paste every scrap of information on the phone that I have garnered from fastboot and through the information through settings could you let me know what I need to give you in order to help me figure out what it is I need to do? Thanks. Having finally getting the phone to work again I don't want to chance of hard bricking it due to messing with the wrong thing now that I got it going again.
And thanks to cyanogenmod, juopunutupbear.io, clockworkmod, dekoslav's how-to and this site, I would never have gotten even that far.
Hello everyone!
First of all, I am not an expert in Android but I am definitely not a noob. I have even watched the noob video (so funny!).
I have looked everywhere to try to solve my problem and I couldn't find a suitable answer. And yes, I even asked my mother! She doesn't know the answer, that's why I am asking the experts now!
Ok, I will try to be brief and clear:
A few days ago I found on the street an HTC Sensation and I thought "this is my lucky day!". Oh well, sort of...
So the first thing I did was to unlock the screen, and obviously there was a code to access so I couldn't really know to who this device belonged to. So I started the bootloader, reset to factory, take de SD out and format it. Whoever lost the mobile was most probably feeling bad already so I think that a bit of respect for his/her privacy was the least I could do.
So I tried my SIM card (Giffgaff) and it didn't accept it. So I have unlocked the bootloader using the official HTCDev method, then put it S-OFF and unlocked to any network. All this following threads from XDA Developers - Thank you!
OK, now the problem is that whatever I do, the mobile will not let me connect to any provider, I always have a "your SIM card does not allow connection to this network" message. But the data connection works!!! I just don't get it.
If I search for networks, it will show me all of them, but never allows me to connect. So it is not an aerial problem.
At the moment I have installed DarkSense 4.0.4 (great ROM by the way)
HTC Sensation (No branding on it)
Kernel 3.0.16-v1.5.2 SebastianFM #1 SMP PREEMPT
Radio 11.76A.3504.00P_11.24A.3504.31_M
Firmware 3.33
SuperCID
I have tried flashing loads of different combinations of ROMs, kernels, radios and firmwares with no luck!
I have tried SIM cards from all the major UK networks and same result.
Every function works fine except that it will refuse to connect to any network, but the data connection works! I just don't get it. To be sure that I was not accessing the internet via Wifi, I even turn off my router. I can access the internet via the data connection from Giffgaff.
Help!
I thought that most probably whoever lost it, declared it as lost to O2 (that was the SIM on it) and this IMEI was banned. But if that was the case I don't think that the data connection would work. It can't be SIM/Network locked as the mobile never asked me for any unlock code when putting a new SIM.
Does anyone know how I can I fix this?
Thanks in advance!
When the IMEI is banned, odds are major functionalities wont work. But things such as mobile network and such might.
bad esn
Since you found the phone on the street, the former user probably contracted their carrier and told their carrier that they lost their phone. I think the phone has a bad ESN.
Check out what a bad ESN is here: http://reviews.ebay.com/What-is-a-q...ne-and-should-I-buy-it?ugid=10000000175264001
How to find out if bad ESN
I was afraid that it would be banned.
This is the only plausible possibility, seen that softwarewise I think I have tried everything possible.
But do you guys know if there is a way to confirm that? Same way you have services where you can text a car's number plate and it will tell you if the car has been written off.
And, if the phone is banned, will it be only here in the UK, or you think it will be in all the European Union? Or even worldwide?
Because if it's only here, I'll send it to my brother in Portugal...
Motorratice said:
I was afraid that it would be banned.
This is the only plausible possibility, seen that softwarewise I think I have tried everything possible.
But do you guys know if there is a way to confirm that? Same way you have services where you can text a car's number plate and it will tell you if the car has been written off.
And, if the phone is banned, will it be only here in the UK, or you think it will be in all the European Union? Or even worldwide?
Because if it's only here, I'll send it to my brother in Portugal...
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You could try contact the phone company which the phone was tied to and ask them? At this point its only a glorafied media player for you, but the original owner may give you a reward?
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Thank you guys for your site, I've learned so much already. Here's my problem, I took my HTC Inspire to a tech guy to have him unlock the phone (at that time I didn't know that I could just call AT&T and get the unlock code...). The guy said he unlocked the phone but when I tried putting in T-Mobile sim card it would sometimes read and sometimes not. From being on your website, I discovered a few things. First, the phone's software is reading a different IMEI # than what's actually printed on the phone. Also, when I started the phone to see the bootloader, it still showed as locked. However, when I start the phone with a different sim card, the phone does not ask me for an unlock code, it simply either reads or doesn't read (most of the time) the presence of a sim card. I figured the best way to handle this was to use Glevitan's easy unlock tool (since the hack kit is no longer available). However, when his program gets to the part with the token identifier, I was able to copy the token but have a problem with the HTC-DEV website. Either the website says the code was accepted and that an email was sent (which I never receive) or just before getting to the screen to input the token identifier the website says that I'm not logged in (which of course, I am). Anyway, I've been trying to get the email from HTC-DEV for three days now to no avail (I've even tried to tweet HTC-DEV who only resopnded once saying to check my spam folder...). I am hoping someone can help me. I would like to either fully unlock the phone and flash a new ROM or at least get the phone to recognize the correct IMEI and go back to stock to get an unlock code from AT&T. Thanks for reading this long post! Jim
Try using a different email address for the unlock code. Or pm me with your token I'D and ill rum it through the site and pm you back with your token.
Not sent from an Iphone but from a more sophisticated Android device.
jmkelemen said:
Thank you guys for your site, I've learned so much already. Here's my problem, I took my HTC Inspire to a tech guy to have him unlock the phone (at that time I didn't know that I could just call AT&T and get the unlock code...). The guy said he unlocked the phone but when I tried putting in T-Mobile sim card it would sometimes read and sometimes not. From being on your website, I discovered a few things. First, the phone's software is reading a different IMEI # than what's actually printed on the phone. Also, when I started the phone to see the bootloader, it still showed as locked. However, when I start the phone with a different sim card, the phone does not ask me for an unlock code, it simply either reads or doesn't read (most of the time) the presence of a sim card. I figured the best way to handle this was to use Glevitan's easy unlock tool (since the hack kit is no longer available). However, when his program gets to the part with the token identifier, I was able to copy the token but have a problem with the HTC-DEV website. Either the website says the code was accepted and that an email was sent (which I never receive) or just before getting to the screen to input the token identifier the website says that I'm not logged in (which of course, I am). Anyway, I've been trying to get the email from HTC-DEV for three days now to no avail (I've even tried to tweet HTC-DEV who only resopnded once saying to check my spam folder...). I am hoping someone can help me. I would like to either fully unlock the phone and flash a new ROM or at least get the phone to recognize the correct IMEI and go back to stock to get an unlock code from AT&T. Thanks for reading this long post! Jim
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Just FYI, glevitan's tool is for bootloader unlock, not SIM unlock. They're separate things. Having never unlocked my SIM card manually, I don't know what's going on with the IMEIs. If your phone sometimes reads an alternate SIM card and sometimes doesn't, I would see if the phone has the same problem with the original SIM card. If it does, it's probably a hardware problem. If that's not the case, if I were in your situation, I'd go yell at the tech guy and try to figure out what he did.
jmkelemen said:
Thank you guys for your site, I've learned so much already. Here's my problem, I took my HTC Inspire to a tech guy to have him unlock the phone (at that time I didn't know that I could just call AT&T and get the unlock code...). The guy said he unlocked the phone but when I tried putting in T-Mobile sim card it would sometimes read and sometimes not. From being on your website, I discovered a few things. First, the phone's software is reading a different IMEI # than what's actually printed on the phone. Also, when I started the phone to see the bootloader, it still showed as locked. However, when I start the phone with a different sim card, the phone does not ask me for an unlock code, it simply either reads or doesn't read (most of the time) the presence of a sim card. I figured the best way to handle this was to use Glevitan's easy unlock tool (since the hack kit is no longer available). However, when his program gets to the part with the token identifier, I was able to copy the token but have a problem with the HTC-DEV website. Either the website says the code was accepted and that an email was sent (which I never receive) or just before getting to the screen to input the token identifier the website says that I'm not logged in (which of course, I am). Anyway, I've been trying to get the email from HTC-DEV for three days now to no avail (I've even tried to tweet HTC-DEV who only resopnded once saying to check my spam folder...). I am hoping someone can help me. I would like to either fully unlock the phone and flash a new ROM or at least get the phone to recognize the correct IMEI and go back to stock to get an unlock code from AT&T. Thanks for reading this long post! Jim
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Jim, It seems that the tech guy used a box to modify your IMEI number in order to unlock it. You should use the same method to revert it to stock IMEI and the get the unlock code from your carrier. What I am refering is a JTAG BOX