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Changing IMEI on HTC Sensation

Dear members
Could anyone please let me know
1. if it is possible to change IMEI on HTC sensation
2. if possible - how can i do this?
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Please only answer if you have answers - but do not tell me it is illegal, or that this was discussed before, because
1) I have lookd on the forum and did not fine the solution for my device HTC sensation.
2) it is not illegal in my country
3) My country's Mobile carriers do not care about laws at all. I have purchased HTC Sensation and it was blocked on the 3rd day of using it just because it was not purchased from their "official stores". Of course HTC Sensation is not availabel in any official stores and will not be for several months from now.
The carriersa are breaking all the existing antitrust laws by blocking the phones that were purchased from other carriers or directly from HTC retail stores etc.
fot those interested - the country is JAPAN
I am now unable to Call/Receive calls due to phone blocked by IMEI by Softbank. So I want to change IMEI to my old device's number i used to have with Softbak until now.
4) even if it is illegal to change IMEI in some countries, it is not illegal to share the knowledge.
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Thanks in advance for help and advice.

It may not be illegal in your country but it is here in the USA and since this site falls under US laws, guess what? it is illegal for this site to help you....
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Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things that will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably don't want to do it here either. This does not mean we agree with everything the software piracy lobby try to impose on us, it simply means you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users, and those that write great code.

Hello,
As far as i know it is not illegal in US to share knowldge.
For instance -
1) it is illegal to take video without someone's consent, but it is not illegal to buy and sell photo and video cameras.
2) it is illegal to upload and download pirated music, but it is not illegal to say that you can find many websites were you can download music for free on the Internet.
3) it is illegal to kill somebody, but it is not illagal to say that you can kill someone with a gun.
Please correct me if I am wrong.

umka83 said:
Hello,
As far as i know it is not illegal in US to share knowldge.
For instance -
1) it is illegal to take video without someone's consent, but it is not illegal to buy and sell photo and video cameras.
2) it is illegal to upload and download pirated music, but it is not illegal to say that you can find many websites were you can download music for free on the Internet.
3) it is illegal to kill somebody, but it is not illagal to say that you can kill someone with a gun.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Lol.. This made me laugh .... I have a question, since it's illegal to change imei here in uk / USA. Are you still liable to be prosecuted if you went to a country where it was legal, changed imei there and then return home after x amount of days / weeks? To a country where it's illegal?
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According to international law you may not be prosecuted for something that is not considered a crime in the jurisdiction where you actually commited something that is considered crime in your country.
Few acceptions apply, however: disclosing any calssified information to the other country's authorities or secrete services or the like would still be prosecuted.
So if you are intereste if you can go to a country were changing IMEI is legal, change it there, and then go back - you cannot be prosecuted, unless you country's laws forbid you to use or import a phone with a modified IMEI.
But anyway -can we keep this more on topic please?

It is illegal as far as xda is concerned.

Petition To Repeal Unlock Law

As most of you are aware it has recently become illegal to unlock carrier branded phones purchased after January 26th of this year. This is a petition to the White House to repeal or amend that decision. There are three days left to garner another 1500 signatures. Please take the time to create an account and sign this petition.
http://wh.gov/yA9n
Thanks

I've already signed it for myself,and for my wife. Now, if only my 3 friends on Facebook and g+ would follow the link I posted back when I signed, we'd only need 1497 more signatures. Lol
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bps119 said:
I've already signed it for myself,and for my wife. Now, if only my 3 friends on Facebook and g+ would follow the link I posted back when I signed, we'd only need 1497 more signatures. Lol
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It's all good. Just hit 105,500. So at least the government will take a look at it. 115,000 wouldn't hurt though.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/white-house-must-answer-for-ban-on-unlocking-cell-phones/
"The White House is going to have to provide answers on whether it thinks cell phone unlocking should be illegal. Unlocking cell phones unties them from specific carriers, allowing users to switch to a different cellular provider. This was legal until recently, when the Library of Congress decided not to renew the Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemption for unlocking.
Outraged cell phone users filed a White House Petition demanding the reversal of this policy. The petition was filed just days after the White House said petitions would only get an answer if they received 100,000 signatures within a month, rather than the previous threshold of 25,000.
The cell phone unlock petition passed 100,000 today, two days before the deadline. You can still sign it if you wish."

I sure I am not alone in feeling as though this is absolutely unacceptable, and hope the unlock law gets changed. It is understandable for the courts to try to help prevent or at least try to stop piracy and other unlawful acts, and to try to protect the carriers from exploitation, but for the very act of performing an unlock to now be a punishable crime is just terrible. I commend all of you who are part of the petition, or just against ethis new ruling and trying to get it changed. Good luck to you all in this endeavor.
Sent from my bootloader unlocked, s-off, CWM installed, and Rooted HTCEVOV4G using xda premium

While I agree that it should be changed, I think the law is more aimed at less than reputable carriers (Cricket comes to mind in Phoenix, at least) that will unlock and flash any phone to their network, regardless of its status (stolen, etc).
For that reason alone I would support the law, but only if it included a provision for allowing the legal owner to unlock the phone at his/her discretion.
Beamed out of the Void
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

For anyone who hasn't seen yet:
http://www.androidcentral.com/white...uld-be-legal?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter

liquidzoo said:
For anyone who hasn't seen yet:
http://www.androidcentral.com/white...uld-be-legal?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter
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Sweet, so only a couple of years of bureaucratic crap to jump through and we got it!

There's no way in hell they're taking away those rights. I love modifying and adding meaningless crap to my phone, changing its values and maxing/undering whatever I want. It's an addiction really. It's no different than buying a car at a dealership. Are there laws and rules to what you can and can't add to your car? Sure, but none that really matter. If I was to add a body kit to the new lancer I'm buying this year and the government says "Uhhhh yeah, you can't do that because (insert meaningless reason here) and (more crap here)" then I'm going to tell'em to suck it :angel:

Spartan111 said:
There's no way in hell they're taking away those rights. I love modifying and adding meaningless crap to my phone, changing its values and maxing/undering whatever I want. It's an addiction really. It's no different than buying a car at a dealership. Are there laws and rules to what you can and can't add to your car? Sure, but none that really matter. If I was to add a body kit to the new lancer I'm buying this year and the government says "Uhhhh yeah, you can't do that because (insert meaningless reason here) and (more crap here)" then I'm going to tell'em to suck it :angel:
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This has nothing to do with rooting glad to see you're uninformed.
It's about carrier unlocking which from a business perspective i can understand but i don't agree with it.
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[Q] I need to Sim unlock AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537

Hi,
I need to Sim unlock AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537. Is there anyone who could help me in this.
I need the tested results only .
Thank you

XDA-newbb said:
Hi,
I need to Sim unlock AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537. Is there anyone who could help me in this.
I need the tested results only .
Thank you
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You must call A&TT to get an unlock code .
With rooting your phone , you could get some applications who can help you too .
Gaby4430
-+-Galaxy Nexus-+-
Bootloader : Unlocked Freedom
ROM : CyanogenMod 10.1.2
Kernel : Fransisco Kernel
Recovery : TWRP 2.6.0
Root App : Superuser (CWM)

Gaby4430 said:
You must call A&TT to get an unlock code .
With rooting your phone , you could get some applications who can help you too .
Gaby4430
-+-Galaxy Nexus-+-
Bootloader : Unlocked Freedom
ROM : CyanogenMod 10.1.2
Kernel : Fransisco Kernel
Recovery : TWRP 2.6.0
Root App : Superuser (CWM)
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Thanks for the reply but it is on contract and why would they give me the code?

After a certain time , you can get this unlock code, it is the law. If you can't get the code from your current carrier , you can still get it on a specialized website.
Gaby4430
-+-Galaxy Nexus-+-
Bootloader : Unlocked Freedom
ROM : CyanogenMod 10.1.2
Kernel : Fransisco Kernel
Recovery : TWRP 2.6.0
Root App : Superuser (CWM)

Gaby4430 said:
After a certain time , you can get this unlock code, it is the law. If you can't get the code from your current carrier , you can still get it on a specialized website.
Gaby4430
-+-Galaxy Nexus-+-
Bootloader : Unlocked Freedom
ROM : CyanogenMod 10.1.2
Kernel : Fransisco Kernel
Recovery : TWRP 2.6.0
Root App : Superuser (CWM)
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sim-unlock.net purchased from there and it works perfectly.
http://sim-unlock.net/simlock/Samsung/SGH_i537/

You're lucky man.
Have fun with a SIM unlocked device
Gaby4430
-+-Galaxy Nexus-+-
Stock ROM (before) : Yakjuxw --'
Bootloader : Unlocked
ROM (now) : Nightlies CM 10.1
Kernel : Fransisco Kernel
Recovery : TWRP 2.6
Root App : Superuser (CWM)
-+-Future Nexus 7 ?-+-
Bootloader : Unlocked

let me know
XDA-newbb said:
Hi,
I need to Sim unlock AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537. Is there anyone who could help me in this.
I need the tested results only .
Thank you
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please let me know if you have any luck man because nothing seems to work,and att acts like your tryna get the code to fort knox when u call

my results after 1 month of digging
I have spent a month trying to find anyway around paying for an unlock code.
I want to use the rooted ATT i537 on TMob but I bought from a 3rd party who did not know the previous owner.
ATT only allows the registered IMEI owner to request the unlock code. See: ATT.com/unlockdevice
Unlock via Programming panel is deactivated on the i537 Gs4A
A code is the only way. The code can be created by a generator program connected to an ATT database but I am not finding a hackers guide to obtaining this mostly because the community approves of protecting all those who are doing it for profit on eBay etc.
Surely some rebel hack out there reading this will PM me soon with the solution. pleeaassee I am about to send the phone back to the seller and just buy another one at the same price which is unlocked or set up for tMobile if I do not get a reply in a week or 2.
thanks

Gaby4430 said:
After a certain time , you can get this unlock code, it is the law.
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What law, exactly?

unlocking my s4 active att
ive tried the codes but when I type 1 in the key input it does nothing I do not have phone control menu anyone know why

Steev43230 said:
What law, exactly?
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2 years but this may be according to your country, too

LS.xD said:
2 years but this may be according to your country, too
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I was suggesting that the poster identify what law he or she was referring to. "2 years" does not identify a law, i.e. a statute. So, I ask again: What law?

XDA-newbb said:
Hi,
I need to Sim unlock AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-I537. Is there anyone who could help me in this.
I need the tested results only .
Thank you
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Did you ever get this done?

About "The Law"
Steev43230 said:
I was suggesting that the poster identify what law he or she was referring to. "2 years" does not identify a law, i.e. a statute. So, I ask again: What law?
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Steve, I don't think you are going to get the reply you are looking\hoping for. There is no law forcing the vendor to provide you with an unlock code, ever. All those types of considerations and protections for both the vendor and their customers are provided for by the contract you and the vendor enter into when you two come to an agreement and sign that contract at the beginning of your relationship. The vendor promises to provide services for a period of time and you promise to provide Valuable Consideration "money" for these services. There are LEGAL recourses provided for in the fine print for each of you should either party fail to comply with their promises to the other party. The signing of the contract is what I think the original poster meant by "it's the law". It's not the law but, the contract makes all of the agreements and promises stated within it legally binding. The law is simple contract law. Signing the contract may also limit or eliminate any legal recourse you have against the vendor, so read it carefully as you can sign away any rights you may have had. Now the vendor will usually provide you with an unlock code after your contract ends because they have recovered any loss they took by providing you with a discounted or free phone, That is all they are trying to do and they are entitled to that. They will make provisions for active duty military service members who will be deployed or transferred to somewhere their service is unavailable. If you wish to have your phone unlocked before that amount of time you can pay for that service from thousands of vendors all over the internet or at your local mall. They are everywhere! The phone vendor has no interest in helping you to unlock before the contract ends as your intentions are usually to switch services and default on your contract in which case they will sue you for what you would have had to pay them plus all the legal fees, late charges, interest on the unpaid balance, etc etc etc. So, I hope this fully answers your questions and I can't imagine that it wouldn't as I got long winded as to cover all the bases with all the reasons "why?". I do this to try to avoid all of the "but why...?" responses that can turn a simple posting into a life's work. I also hope this satisfies the moderator's responsibilities to make sure that this site doesn't appear to be just another hackers site with the cover of a legitimate developers forum. I'm a very new member of this site and this is only my second posting. I provide tech assistance on several sites for programming and provide assistance when application or system failures occur and the consumer sends in one of those "OH S**T!! HELP ME!!!" requests and I'll walk him\her through the problem to the solution which usually is read the instructions or learn the language you are attempting to write code in . With all the flavors of linux out there. Good luck Steve and try to remember that when someone says "it's the law", at least 95% of the time they really don't know what they are talking about and that "the law" is what they think it is or want it to be. NuclearDave "David".

Yes, I do get you. I am a lawyer, and I get a bit frustrated when people say this is the law or that is the law without really knowing. I did not really expect them to be able to quote me anything, but hope does spring eternal.

Steev43230 said:
Yes, I do get you. I am a lawyer, and I get a bit frustrated when people say this is the law or that is the law without really knowing. I did not really expect them to be able to quote me anything, but hope does spring eternal.
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I didn't expect a response from someone in the biz and in your case, I broke it down a little much. Unfortunately, the masses would have required even more simplification. This site's members on average are a smarter bunch. I'm not involved in the biz as at the end of my legal training, the military took a hold of my heart and sole and I spent a bunch of my adult life fighting for peoples rights to be any kind of person or idiot they wanted to be. Sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing. I do consulting for friends in the biz from time-to-time. Civilian only as the present administration and I don't agree on much. I've met and shook the hand of four presidents and I just thank god I left the service before our current president came into power. Once again I'm long winded. "So this is what a courtroom looks like..." I met him "The attorney played by Tom Cruise" while stationed in Virginia. Every time I saw him I quoted that line & we always laughed. PS; If I was incorrect in any way in my initial response to you, Please let me know.
Sincerely,
Nuclear Dave

Root Options. sm-n986u

Wanting to root Sm-n986u Verizon. I have read that the Sm-n986u can be firmware flashed to the Sm-n986u1 with a patched odin. If that is possible will the oem bootloader unlock show up in the developers mode?

Read: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/sampwnd-usa-model-bl-unlock-info-u-u1-w.4205981/
You can root USA variant. You can find here

I did it and I'm thrilled, works great

We're you able to unlock the Bootloader!

Yes, I used a paid service, super easy and works great.

Can someone send me a link for sm 986 w rooting?

Shams kh said:
Can someone send me a link for sm 986 w rooting?
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The thread is about 5 up using a paid service.
[CLOSED][SamPWND]USA Model BL Unlock Info [U/U1/W]
Note: This Thread is @svetius Approved! NOTE: Thread temporarily closed until OP returns SamPWND Bootloader Unlock Service Note2: This is an informational thread that links to a paid service. Paid service is not a service provided by XDA...
forum.xda-developers.com

Jack143 said:
We're you able to unlock the Bootloader!
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Hey Jack. Were you ever able to figure out how to root your phone on your own? Without using a paid service. I think it is bull**** these guys keep the secret from everyone to capitalize on it.

DarkRasta33 said:
Hey Jack. Were you ever able to figure out how to root your phone on your own? Without using a paid service. I think it is bull**** these guys keep the secret from everyone to capitalize on it.
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I'd say it's fair, he put himself on the line to get the things required to do so.
How bout you work for sammy, grab their secret stuff and distribute it to everyone?
Were lucky we have anything at all. It's not really legal what he's doing you know.

No I haven't, and that's what my post was about.

coilbio said:
I'd say it's fair, he put himself on the line to get the things required to do so.
How bout you work for sammy, grab their secret stuff and distribute it to everyone?
Were lucky we have anything at all. It's not really legal what he's doing you know.
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as long as the device is paid for it is perfectly legal. #righttorepair

Arod4409 said:
as long as the device is paid for it is perfectly legal. #righttorepair
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Right to repair applies to cars and is old legislature. Just because people don't understand that doesn't mean we get to apply it to another market.
Electronic right to repair is not legal legislation, it's an idea, an incomplete idea that hasn't been well thought out at that considering big cell phone manufacturers can't even keep the same components and supply chains to build every device the same . Anyone who buys anything up to that point where it becomes actual defined legislation shouldnt assume rights to anything of the sort.
Read all the legal stuff you agreed to when you set up your phone, you're renting it, you don't own. It.

Right to repair applies to all consumer goods, and that legislation has been recently updated. It is legal to unlock and root/jailbreak your phone as long as you are not under a contract or lease agreement. Terms and conditions are very rarely binding contracts, and don't usually hold up in court, they are like a liability release at a trampoline park, ultimately you can still sue if you get injured. I doubt in the current political climate, any court would bother with a case of someone violating the t&c by rooting, unless it caused significant economic damage to a manufacturer. Yes, they would not have to honor the warranty anymore, but that's the risk you take.

Question [CLOSED] FRP bypass on Android 11

Hello there,
I recently got scammed buying new phone on the Internet. Indeed the phone got locked a few days later and I am now stuck with the Google Account. The phone is a European Samsung Galaxy A12.
Before to write this post, I looked for a solution and the best tutorial I found is a 2020 one that you can find there : https://technastic.com/remove-frp-s...Removing_FRP_on_Samsung_with_Combination_File.
This tutorial actually consist into reinstalling a brand new firmware. I don't know if it worked and if it still works because I am stucked at the USB debug enabling step. I couldn't have found any way to enable that developer mode being Google locked. By the way, what is the tool to bypass FRP : ADB or fastboot mode, I didn't understand the difference between.
Thanks for reading!

Return for refund...

I am looking for serious help, no trolling please.. This is a second hand phone........

Ratatthack said:
I am looking for serious help, no trolling please.. This is a second hand phone........
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There's this tool I once used to bypass frp I don't know if it still works

Allehandro said:
There's this tool I once used to bypass frp I don't know if it still works
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Hi Allehandro, It seems u forgot the link of the "tool"

Ratatthack said:
I am looking for serious help, no trolling please.. This is a second hand phone........
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Best advice. Expect the imei to be blacklisted as well. If anyone is doing something sketchy it's you... not me. So it's not a "new" phone...

Ratatthack said:
Hi Allehandro, It seems u forgot the link of the "tool"
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**Mod edit: Link removed**

Ratatthack said:
Hi Allehandro, It seems u forgot the link of the "tool"
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hope you know how to use it

blackhawk said:
Best advice. Expect the imei to be blacklisted as well. If anyone is doing something sketchy it's you... not me. So it's not a "new" phone...
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Well, I have some difficulties to understand how a brand new phone can be Google account locked.......... When I said "new" it meant it was my new phone..................................... Thanks for your help anw, really no more time for trolling sorry

Allehandro said:
hope you know how to use it
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I don't know it but it looks promising. I will try it out and come back for news for anyone having the same issue than me.
Thanks for your help Allehandro!

Ratatthack said:
Well, I have some difficulties to understand how a brand new phone can be Google account locked.......... When I said "new" it meant it was my new phone..................................... Thanks for your help anw, really no more time for trolling sorry
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When a new member with what maybe a stolen phone calls me a troll... I'm having trouble understanding if it's a legitimate purchase why you wouldn't return it most ricki tick
FRP may be the least of your troubles. Just because it's not blacklisted now doesn't mean it won't be next month.

blackhawk said:
When a new member with what maybe a stolen phone calls me a troll... I'm having trouble understanding if it's a legitimate purchase why you wouldn't return it most ricki tick
FRP may be the least of your troubles. Just because it's not blacklisted now doesn't mean it won't be next month.
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**Mod edit: Disrespectful language removed. Flaming will not be tolerated.**

The issue here is FRP (Factory Reset Protection) exists to prevent theft of devices, wherein a device associated with a Google account will require the original unlock code in order to be used, so as to prevent a thief from using a stolen device after a wipe.
You are all reminded of the XDA Forum Rules:
9. Don't get us into trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things which will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably shouldn't do it here either. This does not mean that we agree with everything that the software piracy lobby try to impose on us. It simply means that you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with the legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users and those that write great code.
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The legality here is questionable at best, needless to say. Do not link software that can be used for illegal purposes.

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@Ratatthack I agree with @blackhawk assessment - your best option is to contact the seller and request they unlock the device, or a refund. If the device is stolen, it's quite likely that the IMEI will be blacklisted, in which case you'll be unable to use the device anyway. This is not a "troll" answer - it is the most reasonable one. While no one here is accusing you of stealing the phone, or being in possession of stolen property, what you are asking is akin to hotwiring a car. You don't have the key, for some reason, and you got the "car" secondhand, so you're asking for help hotwiring it. The circumstances of how you got the phone are irrelevant, as well as whatever reasons why you don't have the key. So, the safest response is "either get the key from the seller or return the car and get your money back". No reasonable person would have a problem with this answer. If the seller is legitimate, they should have no problem helping you unlock the device. But, given your description of the circumstances, it sounds like you have indeed been scammed. Unfortunately, there isn't much that can be done to help you, beyond contacting law enforcement.
The problem here is the FRP lock itself. Factory Reset Protection exists to 1) protect that individual's data, and 2) prevent use of a stolen device. This is why we recommend using sites such as Swappa to protect both buyers and sellers. The fact remains that while the FRP unlock ("hotwire") itself is not illegal, the purposes it is frequently used for are indeed very illegal, and XDA's policy is to prohibit any legally questionable discussions on this platform.
Therefore, I have locked this thread, and removed links to questionable software. I hope this clarifies XDA's position for all involved; if you have any questions, feel free to contact the moderator staff.