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unlock blueangel SX56 for AT&T

I'm searching the threads for info on unlocking my phones? failing! I can't understand most of what I'm reading and I'm not sure this is something I can do myself. I purchased 3 of these SX56 in a lot and all are asking for a SIM PIN with my AT&T sim card.
I'm clueless and quite ignorant on the subject. I seen on thread saying to copy a link to the phone and run it?????? I don't know how to do that and I don't want to screw this up. any advice for a newbie?

freek2fast said:
I'm searching the threads for info on unlocking my phones? failing! I can't understand most of what I'm reading and I'm not sure this is something I can do myself. I purchased 3 of these SX56 in a lot and all are asking for a SIM PIN with my AT&T sim card.
I'm clueless and quite ignorant on the subject. I seen on thread saying to copy a link to the phone and run it?????? I don't know how to do that and I don't want to screw this up. any advice for a newbie?
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Welcome to the forum
Hope this helps: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Unlock_Sim
Good luck,

freek2fast said:
I'm searching the threads for info on unlocking my phones? failing! I can't understand most of what I'm reading and I'm not sure this is something I can do myself. I purchased 3 of these SX56 in a lot and all are asking for a SIM PIN with my AT&T sim card.
I'm clueless and quite ignorant on the subject. I seen on thread saying to copy a link to the phone and run it?????? I don't know how to do that and I don't want to screw this up. any advice for a newbie?
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First and foremost, you either have an SX56 or a Blue Angel. The Blue Angel is the SX66, the SX56 is an older device called by the name of Wallaby. Please specify which one you did get exactly so that we can direct you to the right place for help.

The sx56 is the phone that is SIM locked. I tried the XDA developers ROM for wallaby last night and failed. Now one of the phones are stuck in the "upgrading" mode and I'm afraid it's hopeless. any idea if it can be recovered? I think the problem was with the activesync, it wasn't current enough and I was required to get a newer version. I downloaded the latest free version and it said my phone was updating but it didn't??????

freek2fast said:
The sx56 is the phone that is SIM locked. I tried the XDA developers ROM for wallaby last night and failed. Now one of the phones are stuck in the "upgrading" mode and I'm afraid it's hopeless. any idea if it can be recovered? I think the problem was with the activesync, it wasn't current enough and I was required to get a newer version. I downloaded the latest free version and it said my phone was updating but it didn't??????
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All phones are SIM locked (unless it is unlocked by either manufacturer or by the user). If the phone was SIM locked and you tried to upgrade it without unlocking, then you might be in trouble. Now, your phone is in "upgrading mode", and what you are trying to say is that the phone is in bootloader mode... if it can access bootloader, then you still have a fighting chance.
First of all, we agree that you have a Wallaby and not a Blue Angel, correct? (the one with the big black external antenna that houses the stylus). If that is not the case, now would be a good time to let us know.
Second, your message wasn't exactly clear. what did you exactly do to your phone to get it stuck in bootloader? Please go step by step on what you did...

My phones are the Wallaby SX56, these are SIM locked but the carrier is AT&T according to the logo on the front of the phone. I put my AT&T SIM card in the phone and it asked me for a SIM PIN.
Here's the steps I took to get where I am currently,
went to Wiki XDA Developers and found my device "Wallaby" Clicked the link to unlockwiz and chose my device "I have a Wallaby" Next question asked if my ROM version was on te list, it was not and I choose accordingly. I did not have a serial cable and I choose not to back up my current ROM to opt for the "special edition" by XDA Developers This is a new phone to me and I had no need of any saved contact info, next I clicked the link download and install "special edition ROM" Here's the link I used
: http://www.romkitchen.de/tools/special_rom_1.2.exe.zip
***I think I just found my failure, under readme: system requirements do not include Vista! I went to microsoft and downloaded a newer version of activesync and it was not compatible with Vista. I ran a program there to fix the compatiblity issue and it said download complete.***
the phone recognized the USB connection last night and I started the download, during the download I got an error message that the COMM/USB port connection had failed and to check the connection in device manager.
at the time device manager was showing the HTC device but now it's not. I cannot find the activesync program on my computer and my device is not showing up anywhere when I connect it to the computer.
I noticed at the bottom of my screen, the "safely remove hardware" Icon used to stay on the bar until I clicked it to remove the device, now the icon closes after a few seconds when the device hasn't been disconnected. not sure if this is important or not but maybe helpful.
currently the phone is in bootloader and when I connect it to the USB it shows up in the device manager but status is "the device cannot start" code 10 please check for solution with microsoft.
It's obvious that I'm not smart enough to be attempting a fix________Nice Siemens SX56 for sale for parts only, make an offer?

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=XDAunlock
try the exe version

I don't know how to "try" anthing from where I'm at, My activesync is missing, the phone is not recognizing the USB link, vice versa. where do I start?

I'm only kidding about selling the phone for parts but I might not have a choice. I need recovery

I've got activesync again but not sure whats next, I get an error in windows mobile trying to connect to one of the other wallabies. I need to know how to recover the bootloader phone?????

Try to do it with a XP computer rather than a Vista one. It is not only a matter of ActiveSync, but the way the OS works with the flashing...

I had a feeling that was coming!
So tell me where to start once I get to an XP machine. I'm in bootloader so do I start the entire process over as if I weren't in bootloader? and am I using the right link "unlockWiz" to do what I need?

freek2fast said:
I had a feeling that was coming!
So tell me where to start once I get to an XP machine. I'm in bootloader so do I start the entire process over as if I weren't in bootloader? and am I using the right link "unlockWiz" to do what I need?
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Just follow the steps in the wiki (exactly as you see them). I'll try to see if I can go back and check on the whole procedure (I have a Wallaby myself, which I haven't used since 2005, but I saved it from becoming a paperweight after a bad flash).
Try to see if you can flash the original rom with the XP machine. If you can't, then you may want to try the SD flash method... that's the one that saved mine.
Report back to see if it worked.
Good luck!

Wow, I can't find an XP machine anywhere???

[q] can t flash hspl to rhodiumw sprint

Hi everyone, it think now someone could help me
After my HTC TP2 verizon, they give me a sprint one. I've tried to flash hspl but it's impossible, tried flash stock rom, the process stopped at 1% and told me INVALID VENDER ID. I can put it in bootloader and it's shows RHOD400, 32M SS-BC SPL-0.63.0000.
when i boot it it stops on a black screen where it's written touch pro 2 test only not for sale.
How can i get it running? Please help me

Sounds like you got some developer model, perhaps the bootloader is different enough so HSPL will not work...
Why would Verizon give you a Sprint branded TP2...? That makes no sense whatsoever.

I've taken that with a friend, not verizon give it to me. So how can i try to flash hspl? please help me

plasco said:
I've taken that with a friend, not verizon give it to me. So how can i try to flash hspl? please help me
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Re-read my last post. It sounds like you got some special dev/test model, where the bootloader is different enough causing HSPL to fail.
I am not skilled enough to determine "why", all I can do is speculate off of the output you provided.

plasco said:
Hi everyone, it think now someone could help me
After my HTC TP2 verizon, they give me a sprint one. I've tried to flash hspl but it's impossible, tried flash stock rom, the process stopped at 1% and told me INVALID VENDER ID. I can put it in bootloader and it's shows RHOD400, 32M SS-BC SPL-0.63.0000.
when i boot it it stops on a black screen where it's written touch pro 2 test only not for sale.
How can i get it running? Please help me
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You won't be able to use a sprint device on Verizon service without some hacking too.
You will not be able to get the HSPL to work on this phone because it looks to see what phone it is before it unlocks it. With a develppment model there is no way to know what the id's being used are without hacking the phone.
The only way is if you could get the devs to edit the unlocker for you. Good luck with that. They don't even answer their help desk requests for this app at this point. It is abandon-ware as far as I can tell.
Just pick up a replacement off ebay for like $50, or use this one for parts and replace the system board from one with a busted screen.

What do you mean by development model, and where can i find the developper s site?

plasco said:
What do you mean by development model, and where can i find the developper s site?
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A development phone is one that is provided to a company before the official release of a phone for the purpose of debugging, and software development. It is usually labeled not for resale. These phones frequently are non-standard. You will need to contact HTC to find out what developer it was assigned to before you would be able to find out what the developer's site would be.
Best advice, just get another phone. You will not get this one to work unless you are a software developer and reverse engineer.

thanks

Please help me with my HTC ONE E8 Phone...

Hi there. I am new here to the site, so please help me with my problem..
I have an HTC One E8 phone and the unit is so interesting so I rooted it using kingroot. Apparently, the IMEI of the phone was "erased" after I successfully rooted it with the said app, making me unable to make calls or send text messages. I tried getting the IMEI on the packaging of the phone but it was tampered for unknown reasons (maybe one of my kids do tamper it! Hahaha :laugh: ) I also tried looking in to the solution myself online, and after a lot of research that I made, I found out that the best thing would be unlocking the bootloader first then flash TWRP and the a custom ROM so that it will work again. But, when I tried to go to the bootloader mode [pressing VOULME down button + POWER button] I got some sort of chinese characters, very different from the white bootloader screen that most of the HTC phones have. with these, I can't do anything else. I am so stuck right now so please help me with this. I definitely owe you a lot. Thanks for any suggestions.
NOTE: btw, the serial number of my phone is R21D95GAYVH. If you need more information so that you can provide me some solutions, I am gladly willing to give it anytime. :good:

Checking whether bootloader is locked, and unlocking it?

Hello,
I've searched through xda and other websites but couldn't find a proper answer -- my apologies if this was already asked and answered in an existing thread.
I have purchased a S6 from Amazon, but the device is branded with Swisscom, with an awful boot logo and sound, and a few specific apps.
I'm waiting for a nano sim, so for now I don't know if the phone is also simlocked.
I intend anyway to install custom roms, so I don't care much about this, however I can't find out whether the bootloader is locked or not (in which case, I'll have to send it back to Amazon I guess).
Can someone assist with this? The device is a SM-920F, I made the OTA update to 5.1.1 upon powering it (which might have been a bad idea actually, from what I read later..). Not sure what the bootloader and rom exact versions are, but I will add them to the post if necessary.
Thanks in advance!

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Verygromf said:
Hello,
I've searched through xda and other websites but couldn't find a proper answer -- my apologies if this was already asked and answered in an existing thread.
I have purchased a S6 from Amazon, but the device is branded with Swisscom, with an awful boot logo and sound, and a few specific apps.
I'm waiting for a nano sim, so for now I don't know if the phone is also simlocked.
I intend anyway to install custom roms, so I don't care much about this, however I can't find out whether the bootloader is locked or not (in which case, I'll have to send it back to Amazon I guess).
Can someone assist with this? The device is a SM-920F, I made the OTA update to 5.1.1 upon powering it (which might have been a bad idea actually, from what I read later..). Not sure what the bootloader and rom exact versions are, but I will add them to the post if necessary.
Thanks in advance!
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Yes bootloader is unlocked. As far as which firmware you can use, you'll have to wait til you find out if its an international unlocked G920F. If so, you have many firmwares to choose from, just Odin and boot. Then recovery and factory reset and your CSC codes will all be lined up (that's just what I do) and happy flashing.

Thanks for the feedback.
Just got the nanosim, which registered just fine on Orange France, so the device appears to be unlocked and operational.
I'll proceed with rooting etc. in the coming days.
Cheers

Rooted or not rooted? Lost & confused

I bought a Verizon Samsung Galaxy s7 off craigslist am-G930V, I was told it was already unlocked as Verizon phones are already unlocked out of the box, I put in my metro sim card& I get nothing
1) the start up screen says custom and shows an unlocked padlock what does that mean? Does that mean it's rooted?
2) I've tried several different root aps and root checker apps &several have come back as rooted I also tried the device health check option I found through a Verizon app that cane on the phone that also said it was rooted but the original root checker app says "sorry root access is not properly installed on this device . So what do I do I tried flashing the supersu zip & I get "Error in/sideload/package.zip (status255)
Is there something I can do to fix it?
Is there a way I can find out if it's rooted or not other then root checker.
Also what needs to be done to get my sim card to work on this phone also?

You need to spend a day reading a lot of threads my friend, it seems you don't have any knowledge about root or how to achieve it, all the info you need is here, don't just blindly try flashing things, read.

I already knew that part, what i need to know is what do I read what do I do? If it's all here point me in the right direction

If you're looking to be spoon fed, that won't happen here, open some forums, read some threads, doesn't take a degree to find things if you take the time to read rather than expecting people to do the work for you.

I have been looking this up and reading for about a week.
The person I bought this phone from I think may have rooted it but I'm not sure if and what they used to do so. I'm thinking they attempted to root it but didn't complete the process.
Now with the sim card after I insert it wouldn't my next step be to go to mobile networks in my settings?
When I do that instead of the standard opinions of network operators access points ect. I only have two options data roaming and access points.
I've tried adding a few different apn settings & still nothing.
I'd like a little bit of help someway somehow

Root has nothing to do with SIM locks, if the phone doesn't accept the SIM it has absolutely nothing to do with being rooted or not, and no that padlock doesn't have anything to do with being rooted either

Since you already posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/s7-help-t3517647, this is a duplicate thread.
Thread closed.
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Vatsal,
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