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Unlocking the HTC Inspire 4G? Methods

Hi XDA - Just joined the "Android Team" from being a long-time iPhone user. These forums seem much more intuitive. The one thing I can't seem to locate is SIM-Unlock services\assistance.
I just bought a HTC Inspire 4G, and normally I just call AT&T and they give me the code to punch in and it unlocks it when I use overseas with foreign SIM. This time they said since it's an ATT "exclusive" phone, the unlock codes won't be available for customer care to provide until the 6 month window has been reached, which will be August.
What alternate methods are available to use for unlocking? I really don't want to modify the software, so how does unlocking on android work? Are there websites that can provide unlock codes? If I take it to a cell kiosk at the mall can they do it? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Right now, the only way to unlock the Inspire is to flash to an older radio ROM (it had an exploit), unlock it, and restore back to the stock firmware
Follow this guide to unlock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
Use this to restore back to stock firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224

r34p3rex said:
Right now, the only way to unlock the Inspire is to flash to an older radio ROM (it had an exploit), unlock it, and restore back to the stock firmware
Follow this guide to unlock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
Use this to restore back to stock firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
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Yeah I don't want to mod the software. I'll pay the $13 for an unlock code :-(

Did the unlock work
Just wondering if the company you used unlocked the phone. About to get mine and use it overseas

bella92108 said:
Yeah I don't want to mod the software. I'll pay the $13 for an unlock code :-(
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Well if it makes you feel any better, after you flash back to the stock ROM, the only difference will be that your phone is unlocked

flashing back the stock rom will keep the phone within guarantee right?

r34p3rex said:
Well if it makes you feel any better, after you flash back to the stock ROM, the only difference will be that your phone is unlocked
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Yeah I get it I'm just a week old in the Android world and not super comfortable to mod yet. I know just about everything related to jail breaking iPhone I just wish there was an easy step by step guide to mod and unlock my inspire 4G :-(

Don't worry, there will be soon enough, it's just a brand new phone.

FYI All - Just got an email from http://www.HTCimeiUnlock.com/ stating that unlock codes are now available. Please note I'm not afiliated with this site in any way, just sharing the info. I just bought 2 codes for $25 each for my 2 Inspire 4Gs and they worked, yay sooooooo excited now!
EDIT: YEAH I know this is pricey for an unlock code, but they're the first I found with them, so like any business, the first to the market can charge what they want until everyone else catches up... good way to add $100 in resale value to my phones for $25 tho, hehe.
Thanks for the replies

Bought the unlock code $25 from them yesterday, and voila! I am using my Tmobile on this phone now. Thanks for the info.

Enriguelee said:
Bought the unlock code $25 from them yesterday, and voila! I am using my Tmobile on this phone now. Thanks for the info.
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I was very impressed with their service.. I bought 2 for the 2 phones I have, and they were the only legit unlocker I could find. I was at the end of my rope too, I'd paid for 4 others to get the unlock code and they'd all email me after 24 hours saying code not available.
Glad you got it unlocked too, enjoy!

Yes, they were great.very quick to response with answers to all the questions I had. I was at the point of flashing my new phone with limited knowledge of doing that. A previous unlocker failed to find the code for 2 days.

Just a quick question about the unlocking. When you unlock it and use it on T-Mobile you are not getting their 3G service right? I haven't looked at the bands available in this phone but I would be surprised if this supports both the T-Mobile and AT&T bands.

bmolloy said:
Just a quick question about the unlocking. When you unlock it and use it on T-Mobile you are not getting their 3G service right? I haven't looked at the bands available in this phone but I would be surprised if this supports both the T-Mobile and AT&T bands.
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Yeah, you're correct, 2G on T-Mobile, 3.5G ("4G") on AT&T. I unlocked because I go global alot and need to be able to pop in foreign sims.

r34p3rex said:
Right now, the only way to unlock the Inspire is to flash to an older radio ROM (it had an exploit), unlock it, and restore back to the stock firmware
Follow this guide to unlock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
Use this to restore back to stock firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
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Will these instructions work without an ATT SIM card to begin with?
EDIT: I got an answer from attn1. It will work without a sim card. Just don't insert one from another provider until the very last step.

Does this get you the s off or just unlock it for different sim.
Nevermind, wasnt thinking. Root and unlocked are totally different

blowfish06 unlock
Want to share my own experience and give heads up to an independent unlocker.
I have the knowledge to go for the unlock method presented here by the OP, but I lack the time to do it and I can probably make the money to unlock 10 phones in the same amount of time I will use to go through this process, so I have decided to unlock the phone through a simple purchase code method and will root the phone later when an easier process comes out. I would be also happy to pay for that since I don't really have time to go through the flash-root process.
So when I first got my HTC Inspire, I went right away to ebay in search of the unlocker I used last time to unlock an HTC Aria. Was surprised to not found the unlocker I was looking for and worst, despite he had over +63k positive reviews, he was somehow been removed from ebay and other unlockers claim he was out of ebay due to fraud. hu?
Anyway, I had his email so I contacted him over email and asked regarding the subject, he said somebody (other unlockers it seems) were accusing him on fraud thus he was removed from ebay.
I got a little reluctant to buy again from him after "hearing the news" but after exchanging few emails with the guy, I told my self "is just 20 bucks for the code, worst can happen if he's not right is I'll loose the money and he'll of course will get the worst advertising"... so, I added him to my gmail chat to have a close talk and after paying him with my google checkout account, 10 minutes later he sent the code over chat and email, which -needless to say- unlocked the phone right away!!!
You can search through my posts on xda-forum and you'll see I recommended this unlocker before, [email protected], he is the **** and offered the least expensive unlock code for the Inspire, only 20 dollars, you can pay with PayPal or Google checkout. There is the word outside that he is not right and committed fraud, even this other jealous unlocker post his email address on a scammer's site and I can assure all this is not true at all.
I send others relatives with this guy and all of them got their unlock codes in shape and time. This is presently the least expensive unlocker out there for the Inspire codes.
He also has a web site http://blowfishunlocks.com, you'll need to register to order the code, but I would recommend do the email thing.
This guy is real, he has a real address and I recommend him 100% for unlocking the Inspire or any other phone.
On a side note, AT&T willnot realease the unlock code after 6 months (new policy) and this is why I had to buy the code. I use this phone in mexican's Telcel GSM and works as charm and I had to manually configure the APN for the 3g.

hey tongas i just bought the phone on ebay and i will be adding that blowfish guy over my gmail chat because i will also need an unlock code. anyways i live in mexicali baja california mexico .. were did u get the info for the APN for 3G on telcel. im going to activate it here too lol .. so some info would be really helpfull thanks .. the buyer said hes sending my phone during this week so hopefully ill get it by tuesday next week.
also a general question and its for educational purposes does anyone know if this phone will be capable of runing programs for testing my wifi securety to see if it till cough up my wep key? please let me know if i am breaking any forum rules for making this questions its not my intention to do so. Thanks .

Hey dude, no problem
Use the info on this thread to set the APN manually:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=5e750231d361e730&hl=en
Blowfish dude rocks, I'm at pacific/central Mexico over Telcel and this my second time buying from him, the guy is super cool over chat, tell him you found him through this forum, he was so thankful I posted this for him, the man is straight business and he will have you setup in a bit.
Enjoy your HTC Inspire I'm doing so with mine, this thing is fast and super nice... wish a little bit of more battery life but wth! phone is super cool!

It's cool to know that unlock codes are available for this phone
@bella have you watched r34p3rex's video tut? I followed him to the T and successfully rooted, unlocked, and flashed this puppy It's not too bad I think... Jailbreaking was just wayyyy too easy (at least it was when I had a non-mc 3gs) It was a lot of one click jailbreaking for me. The only time I really had trouble was updating
Back to the point! I'd suggest peeps give ol' r34p3rex's video tut a shot (or a good several viewings) it might seem daunting at first... but follow the instructions and you won't have any issues
When I unlock my phone I feel very accomplished. I added all that resale value just by disabling network locks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCcd1XQrTzE&hd=1

Droid 2 Global unlock code

I know a lot of people are talking about the turbo sim, but I am really not into the sim patch. I really like this phone, but also need it SIM unlocked.
Since I am on Page Plus, there's no way for me to get an unlock code from Verizon.
I question is, is there anyone ever unlocked Droid 2 Global by 3rd party vendor's unlock code? I was searching web and ebay, and did found some people.
Do all 3rd party vendor's unlock codes fail, or some of them work and some don't?
Please let me know your experiences. Thank you!

I actually got in touch with 2 different 3rd party code vendors and they both gave me the same 2 codes. I had also managed to get Verizon to give me the codes themselves without having the phone activated with them (it involves a little social hacking and a lot of luck). The thing is that Verizon gave me 3 unlock codes, 2 of which were the same that the vendors had given me.
Long story short, I couldn't unlock the phone even with the codes I got from Verizon (one of them was different from what the vendors had given me). I am not currently in the USA and apparently the phone needs to connect with the Verizon network to complete the unlock. I don't know if you really need to have the phone activated with Verizon at the time that you enter the unlock code or if you just need the phone to be able to reach the Verizon network.
I will be going to the USA next month and will be trying this out but it'll be around mid April before I'm able to post my results.

Yeah, im guessing the code MAY or may NOT work IF you're in the US ( as it can reach verizons network). Otherwise it just seems like theres no way it would work. Mine would come up with a "network unlock unsuccessful" as soon as i entered the code, like seriously, right away.
Also, lol @ "social hacking"
xD

War-Rasta said:
I actually got in touch with 2 different 3rd party code vendors and they both gave me the same 2 codes. I had also managed to get Verizon to give me the codes themselves without having the phone activated with them (it involves a little social hacking and a lot of luck). The thing is that Verizon gave me 3 unlock codes, 2 of which were the same that the vendors had given me.
Long story short, I couldn't unlock the phone even with the codes I got from Verizon (one of them was different from what the vendors had given me). I am not currently in the USA and apparently the phone needs to connect with the Verizon network to complete the unlock. I don't know if you really need to have the phone activated with Verizon at the time that you enter the unlock code or if you just need the phone to be able to reach the Verizon network.
I will be going to the USA next month and will be trying this out but it'll be around mid April before I'm able to post my results.
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When I unlock mine, I was outside US, outside of VZW network reach. But I guess mine was one of the not specially locked ones. They say the first batch wasn't tampered with (I got mine in the week of release, as soon as it was available at retail VZW stores)

leobg said:
I guess mine was one of the not specially locked ones...
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Don't make me hate you! lol

War-Rasta said:
Don't make me hate you! lol
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I'm sorry if you get it this way. No, absolutely not, I am not teasing anyone, believe me, despite mine being unlocked already, I am still researching a solution of this problem. The turbosim idea was actually mine if you guys have been following it since the unlocking troubles started. The turbosim is the noob-style solution. I am pretty sure we can address the "locks" with some gsm shop equipment, just as for many other phones, motorola and other brands. The problem comes this is US only phone available in US only. Only if it was made available to "the old continent" for example, it would have been torn apart million times by now, every bit of it exposed, figuratively speaking.
Too bad time flies, soon D2g will be forgotten. I can tell you I am ditching mine as soon as Droid 3 with appropriate for my carrier GSM/UMTS/LTE bands is released. I can't pass by 4 inch screen and 5 row qwerty portrait slideout kb, as well as, I guess, some dual core madness with lots of ram under the hood too. Sorry I went way too off topic....
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL

Yeah, as much as i hate Motorola's decision favouring a locked bootloader, I think im gonna go with the Droid 3 after this one. In my opinion, theres no other phone model/series that
1. Has a qwerty keyborad
2. Looks good
3. Has good build quality
4. Doesnt have a Win7phone-like price tag
Seriously, i wish the Xperia Pro looked DECENT at least.

leobg said:
I'm sorry if you get it this way. No, absolutely not, I am not teasing anyone, believe me, despite mine being unlocked already, I am still researching a solution of this problem. The turbosim idea was actually mine if you guys have been following it since the unlocking troubles started. The turbosim is the noob-style solution. I am pretty sure we can address the "locks" with some gsm shop equipment, just as for many other phones, motorola and other brands. The problem comes this is US only phone available in US only. Only if it was made available to "the old continent" for example, it would have been torn apart million times by now, every bit of it exposed, figuratively speaking.
Too bad time flies, soon D2g will be forgotten. I can tell you I am ditching mine as soon as Droid 3 with appropriate for my carrier GSM/UMTS/LTE bands is released. I can't pass by 4 inch screen and 5 row qwerty portrait slideout kb, as well as, I guess, some dual core madness with lots of ram under the hood too. Sorry I went way too off topic....
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
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it feels to me after reading this discussion , buying the d2g was somewhat of a mistake...?
btw' as far as i know the bootloader codes has been leaked , and some groups started stripping it.

@leobg: I was only joking with my comment, I didn't mean for you to take it seriously. I've seen your posts around here and you know you're all about helping so props to you!
@the-light: I believe the codes turned out to be fake.

Yeah the codes were fake
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sorry if this is a redundant question, but if VZW gives the unlock code... will it then work on AT&T?

as far as i know, it wont. It will be unlocked to use on any GSM carrier outside the US, as AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. network IDs are blocked and that block is unrelated to the SIM lock.

XtriFe said:
as far as i know, it wont. It will be unlocked to use on any GSM carrier outside the US, as AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. network IDs are blocked and that block is unrelated to the SIM lock.
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that's what I figured, was looking for a clear answer, thank you for your time...

How to get internet on D2G on MetroPCS
How do i get internet on D2G w metro, help plz!

Hi guys...
I want to propose a chalenge for those hackers from this site!
I'm in with $10 to the first guy that post
at DroidForums
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-global/96596-droid-2-global-unlock-foreign-sim-11.html
or at XDA-Developers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007596&page=2
an eficient step-by-step method to unlock a Droid 2 Global locked from Verizon.
No TurboSIM or similars.
Who are with me?
WE HAVE $10 UNTIL NOW [XDA_Developers + DroidForums]

I don't think that lack of monetary compensation is holding any of the fine coders and tinkerers in XDA. Still if anybody takes the offer you can have $20 from me.

i like this phone so much
i would pay 100 dollars to have mine unlock, i am actually thinking of buying one unlocked

Jonny, pm CellZealot, he might be able to help you.
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL

$50 from me!

leobg said:
Jonny, pm CellZealot, he might be able to help you.
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
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I need to unlock the droid 2 global too.
can I pm CellZealot and ask for help too?

Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 Unlock for Domestic Use with T-Mobile. Please help me.

I have recently bought a used Samsung Galaxy S5 with clean IMEI. The phone got unlocked thru Sprint by the owner and he was able to get MSL code from Sprint. I am not able to enter the MSL code. The phone doesn't ask me to enter the code at all. I am not able to save the APN settings to T-Mobile. I get "Invalid Sim Card" notification on the phone. Is this phone could be used in the States with GSM providers such as T-Mobile. I invested the money and not able to use it. Could you please help me on this? Thanks in advance.

your problem is that the MSL doesnt unlock the phone for domestic GSM use. There are a couple methods to do this. 1: there is a member of XDA who does the NV write deeds for free, but it requires him to remote into your phone and he lives in New Zeland so his availability is somewhere around 2 to 3 am CST. His work is solid, and from all that ive seen and personally experienced, he is trustworthy. 2: the sure fire method that isnt free. idoneapps.com has an unlock service that is $35. Ive unlocked 2 G900P S5s via their services, and theyre rock solid.
the guy who has been doing the unlocks XDA nick is Stifilz

Check this thread out. Stifilz has been hard at work it seems https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=3186826&share_fid=3793&share_type=t
Sim Unlock - International and Domestic
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youdoofus said:
your problem is that the MSL doesnt unlock the phone for domestic GSM use. There are a couple methods to do this. 1: there is a member of XDA who does the NV write deeds for free, but it requires him to remote into your phone and he lives in New Zeland so his availability is somewhere around 2 to 3 am CST. His work is solid, and from all that ive seen and personally experienced, he is trustworthy. 2: the sure fire method that isnt free. idoneapps.com has an unlock service that is $35. Ive unlocked 2 G900P S5s via their services, and theyre rock solid.
the guy who has been doing the unlocks XDA nick is Stifilz
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sprint gives only MSL code which is good for nothing they just don't want your phone to get unlocked, the only thing they want is to get trapped in this MSL thing... the only way to get unlocked is get in touch with a unlocking guy... you can unlock your phone by EBAY.. i got my galaxy s5 n just $10...

Garry.singh said:
sprint gives only MSL code which is good for nothing they just don't want your phone to get unlocked, the only thing they want is to get trapped in this MSL thing... the only way to get unlocked is get in touch with a unlocking guy... you can unlock your phone by EBAY.. i got my galaxy s5 n just $10...
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this is correct. the MSL (master subsidy lock) is useless. The name seems like it wouldnt be, but it is. I havent tried the $10 unlocks on ebay, but Stifilz and idoneapps are confirmed working and gsmzamibia has good reviews too along with a list of other likely candidates. As the unlock ability ages, its likely legitimately available from more and more places esp seeing as how many folks are getting new phones and this one is becoming more popular on the used market. It can be done with a couple programs on your computer too, but it requires knowledge of manipulating the NV RAM, a dangerous area to go poking around in if you dont know what youre doing

SM-G930T Galaxy S7 T-Mobile SIM locked

Hi everyone and thanks for the time to read this.
So, recently I purchased a Galaxy S7 from a co-worker. After bringing it to my house I realized it was SIM locked to the T-Mobile carrier. He bought it already used and sold it to me, so I can't unlock trough the T-Mobile customer service.
After an extensive search on the web I found a few paid solutions (unlock sites, Chimera Tool, some android apps). But since I live in Brazil and not the US they end up costing three times their original value due to money conversion.
I found out that you can extract the unlock code from the phone itself through some softwares ( i.e Chimera Tool). So I ask you: there's a free way to do that? I appreciate any help, thx.
Tl;dr: Need a free way to unlock SIM without contact to carrier (T-Mobile)

HI.
I a having this same problem expect. I am however from the usa. I moved tmoblie has no service in new area. They refuse to unlock my model is sm-G930T. Please anyone with any odeals on this problem let me know...

After searching a lot I found a website that fixed the network lock for me. It was also cheaper than the competition. unblockmysamsung.com
It took only a couple days to fix and I did through Paypal so if it didn't worked I could have asked for a refund.

Unlock method
Hi, can you share how you/they unlocked your S7? I was suppose to avail or their service i dont want anyone to remotely access my computer. Did you root the phone or something? Is this something i can do for free or i really have to pay for their service? Thanks!

LG Tribute HD SIM Unlock?

I recently bought a used LG Tribute HD. It's through the Sprint network, but because of it's GSM capabilities i bought it to use on Cricket. I contacted Sprint to get a domestic unlock for it, but they refused to do so because i couldn't provide them with the original account owners name, pin, and security question answer. I tried getting this information from the guy i bought it from but he will not reply to me. Before purchasing it, i checked he MEID on several websites to make sure it wasn't backlisted/stolen, which they all reported it was not.
I've seen many websites that provide unlocks for a fee, and I'd be more than happy to do so, however i can't find a single one that works for this phone or with Sprint MEIDs in general.
Does anyone here know of one that does/can unlock this phone? Or possibly any other method?
Thanks

x_orange90_x said:
I recently bought a used LG Tribute HD. It's through the Sprint network, but because of it's GSM capabilities i bought it to use on Cricket. I contacted Sprint to get a domestic unlock for it, but they refused to do so because i couldn't provide them with the original account owners name, pin, and security question answer. I tried getting this information from the guy i bought it from but he will not reply to me. Before purchasing it, i checked he MEID on several websites to make sure it wasn't backlisted/stolen, which they all reported it was not.
I've seen many websites that provide unlocks for a fee, and I'd be more than happy to do so, however i can't find a single one that works for this phone or with Sprint MEIDs in general.
Does anyone here know of one that does/can unlock this phone? Or possibly any other method?
Thanks
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octoplus box will unlock your sim i think but the problem some are facing is manually inputting your apn after but there is a thread on this here. Look up our root thread at the end and there is a link posted to our sim unlock thread which is separate.
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Sands207 said:
octoplus box will unlock your sim i think but the problem some are facing is manually inputting your apn after but there is a thread on this here. Look up our root thread at the end and there is a link posted to our sim unlock thread which is separate.
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Thanks for the reply. I just looked up the Octoplus Box website, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to look for. Is it that $170 box that is needed to reprogram the device? Or do they actually offer a service to unlock the phone remotely?

x_orange90_x said:
Thanks for the reply. I just looked up the Octoplus Box website, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to look for. Is it that $170 box that is needed to reprogram the device? Or do they actually offer a service to unlock the phone remotely?
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The box can unlock the sim for you but i believe its mentioned in the unlocking thread that you can also get it unlocked on ebay as well there may be free ways as well... However my focus has been on finding us a root exploit so unfortunately i cannot provide much assistance when it comes to the sim unlock that will likely be a task i tackle after root is accomplished ?

hey good news!! check this thread out https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3574819
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Sands207 said:
hey good news!! check this thread out https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3574819
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Thank you! After paying someone on eBay to remote unlock and it still not working, i gave that APK a shot and managed to get everything working!

x_orange90_x said:
Thank you! After paying someone on eBay to remote unlock and it still not working, i gave that APK a shot and managed to get everything working!
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excellent! glad to hear it ?

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Apk not working
I have a LG tribute hd from Sprint and I want to get it working for T-Mobile but I can't is there a solution? I don't want to spend any money.

I need to use an LG Tribute HD on Sprint but the phone is a Virgin Mobile phone. I've requested the phone to be unlocked by Virgin Mobile but I fear the phone may also need an ESN change or something.
If unlocking doesn't allow it to work on Sprint, then how can I configure it to do so?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGb4rXsI038
Can anyone translate or just create an english summary of this video please? It can unlock the SP200 (Tribute Dynasty)