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Does anyone know if the Verizon version of the Moto G can be easily unlocked and rooted like the GSM version? Knowing Verizon's track record with locked down devices I wouldn't be surprised if it can't be unlocked. I'm thinking about buying one as a wifi/media device for my car, but I'd also like to play around with dev on it so a non-unlockable bootloader would be a deal breaker.
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Does anyone know if the Verizon version of the Moto G can be easily unlocked and rooted like the GSM version? Knowing Verizon's track record with locking down devices I wouldn't be surprised if it is locked. I'm thinking about buying one as a wifi/media device for my car, but I'd also like to play around with dev on it so a locked bootloader would be a deal breaker.
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Just to be clear, *all* Moto Gs (GSM) ship with locked bootloaders, even if you buy one that is factory SIM-unlocked, but Motorola offers a way to unlock the bootloader on the phone (for free) via their web site after you register it and request an unlock code. In the U.S., doing so voids your hardware warranty.
So the question isn't whether or not the Verizon model will have a locked bootloader or not. It surely will, as they all do. The question is whether Motorola's on-line bootloader unlocker will work with Verizon-branded CDMA model or not. And at this point, given that it hasn't been released yet and nobody has one, how is anybody supposed to answer that question?
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nlra said:
Just to be clear, *all* Moto Gs (GSM) ship with locked bootloaders, even if you buy one that is factory SIM-unlocked, but Motorola offers a way to unlock the bootloader on the phone (for free) via their web site after you register it and request an unlock code. In the U.S., doing so voids your hardware warranty.
So the question isn't whether or not the Verizon model will have a locked bootloader or not. It surely will, as they all do. The question is whether Motorola's on-line bootloader unlocker will work with Verizon-branded CDMA model or not. And at this point, given that it hasn't been released yet and nobody has one, how is anybody supposed to answer that question?
-- Nathan
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It's actually available in some Best Buys right now and I think I've seen a few people say they've picked one up. I also updated the OP to use the right terminology though I'm sure everyone knew what I meant anyway.
detonation said:
It's actually available in some Best Buys right now and I think I've seen a few people say they've picked one up. I also updated the OP to use the right terminology though I'm sure everyone knew what I meant anyway.
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I was able to purchase one last night at my local Best Buy after proving to them that they were in fact somewhere in the store, and waiting for them to call their Verizon rep, I just attempted the bootloader unlock on the Motorola Developer (official bootloader unlock) and I can confirm that it is not eligible for unlock at this time. Huge letdown for me as I was gonna get one for myself soon, but the wife won't really care about it being unlocked so for her it's still a good deal.
I purchased the moto G today and it says it is not eligible for bootloader unlock.
I was able to get past the activation screen and not activate it.
Every time I turn the phone on it does ask for activation. Wish I could get rid of this...
Anybody have a way to unlock the bootloader on the Verizon version?
I am waiting for unlock and root for VZW version too before I get it
Moto-G bootloader...
I was fat and happy to buy a pair of these when they became available in my area, but not being able to unlock the bootloader, and also not able to obtain the code from Circle-M, has forced us to begin looking at other devices, and forget the 'G'.
Too bad, I was really looking forward to expanding its horizons, but not if the game is to maintain a lock on my own device, no thank you!
Moto G 》VZW 》Get past the activation screen
MustangChris04 said:
I purchased the moto G today and it says it is not eligible for bootloader unlock.
I was able to get past the activation screen and not activate it.
Every time I turn the phone on it does ask for activation. Wish I could get rid of this...
Anybody have a way to unlock the bootloader on the Verizon version?
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How did get past the activation screen? Trying to use the moto g as a wifi/media only device. TIA
I got the US CDMA version for BoostMobile & had it unlocked 'n rooted w/in minutes of unboxing yesterday.
You sure you're entering the serial # correctly?
(I didn't take out all of the spaces the first time and got denied, then fixed it & unlocked)
Good luck!
kr338r said:
I got the US CDMA version for BoostMobile & had it unlocked 'n rooted w/in minutes of unboxing yesterday.
You sure you're entering the serial # correctly?
(I didn't take out all of the spaces the first time and got denied, then fixed it & unlocked)
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I thought BoostMobile runs on Sprint's network?
there is no boost version that I'm aware of..
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motrinHD said:
there is no boost version that I'm aware of..
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Wait, but there is more...
http://www.hsn.com/products/motorola-moto-g-45-quad-core-no-contract-smartphone/7347964
So I'm very seriously thinking of getting one
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
So this may be a dumb question, but would it be possible to unlock the bootloader of a Boost Moto G and flash it to Verizon?
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So this may be a dumb question, but would it be possible to unlock the bootloader of a Boost Moto G and flash it to Verizon?
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I believe you can't flash a Boost CDMA phone and use it on Verizon (and vice versa): CDMA phones don't have SIM card to identify carriers; instead the carriers keep a database of admissable IMEI. Boost IMEI obviously not on Verizon's database, in which case you are stuck.
(Feel free to correct me, but please hold your flame )
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I got the US CDMA version for BoostMobile & had it unlocked 'n rooted w/in minutes of unboxing yesterday.
You sure you're entering the serial # correctly?
(I didn't take out all of the spaces the first time and got denied, then fixed it & unlocked)
Good luck!
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Can anyone with the Verizon version confirm that this works?
Just attempted to on a VZW MotoG with no success.
Well thats a bummer. I tried to unlock it but seem to have problems with the fastboot drivers on my pc. Ill mess with it a little bit later and post the results.
koebrah said:
How did get past the activation screen? Trying to use the moto g as a wifi/media only device. TIA
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You have to activate it and get a phone number to get past that screen. You dont have to pay anything, just select "pay later" both time it asks you. It'll give you a number and then you can connect to wifi to do the rest of the steps.
Altering the setup app in any way thereafter reboots the phone, so you'll always have the activate app in your drawer. Thanks, Verizon.
Verizon is ONE BIG PILE Horse-Chit.. I hate that company with a passion...
So I moved my Family to T-Mo and bought 2 Nexus 5's and 2 Moto G's!
I will NEVER-EVER go back to Verizon... EVER!
They are the most archaic, backward and Xpensive carrier in North America
Pleas do yourself a favor and leave that - HORRIBLE effin COMPANY
P.S. I REPEAT - I will NEVER-EVER go back to Verizon... EVER
Visit this site and read the horror stories: http://verizarape.com/
I got the phone unlocked for $20USD and different SIMs calls/txts work fine.
But I cannot edit the APN.
Do I need to wait for root or is there a method?
Thanks.
Boost Mobile LG Stylo 2 LS775 ZV5
I have the same freacking problem. APN is greayd out. Been looking all over for the solution.
On my original Stylo (rooted 5.1.1), I use a free app called "Shortcut Master (lite)" available on the Play Store, but I do believe it requires root permission to access the hidden APN menu. Just got this new Stylo 2 (Boost LS775) and trying to figure it out now, so if I do I will definitely report back here! (if you don't hear anything, I am stumped) We NEED root on this damn thing!
Hope this helps
I've been researching how to unlock 2 phones I had purchased for me and my daughter for Christmas and came across this forum. In another thread on a similar forum for the LS775 - http ://androidforums. com/threads /help-rooting-lg-stylo-2.1044670/page-29 - the posts by Anthonykb seem to suggest that you can have shell access to many of the hidden menus within the phone. Might very well be worth the read and the solution you're looking for. His instructions seem very easy to follow (have to remove the spaces in the link - I'm new so had to break it up).
My own question is how did you get the unlock codes? I purchased 2 LG Stylo 2 LS775 phones from Best Buy because their website said they were unlocked. Being a cell phone novice, despite them being virgin mobile phones, I took the Best Buy website at face value and a friend said he read some time in 2015 they started manufacturing them unlocked. So here we are after Christmas, and the 14 day return period and I find they are actually carrier locked to Virgin and Virgin Mobile has been very uncaring of our situation to say the least and refuse to supply the unlock codes unless we pay for service for a year despite me asking nicely as websites have advised lol. If their service was worth a crap here where I live I'd probably just switch from Tracfone where I currently have an account. So not wanting to wait a year to use our first smart phones, I am searching for a safe and inexpensive way to unlock them. I saw all the unlock websites but they seem very fishy. I haven't even activated the phones yet as I'm sort of at a loss as to what to do at the moment. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I've been researching how to unlock 2 phones I had purchased for me and my daughter for Christmas and came across this forum. In another thread on a similar forum for the LS775 - http ://androidforums. com/threads /help-rooting-lg-stylo-2.1044670/page-29 - the posts by Anthonykb seem to suggest that you can have shell access to many of the hidden menus within the phone. Might very well be worth the read and the solution you're looking for. His instructions seem very easy to follow (have to remove the spaces in the link - I'm new so had to break it up).
My own question is how did you get the unlock codes? I purchased 2 LG Stylo 2 LS775 phones from Best Buy because their website said they were unlocked. Being a cell phone novice, despite them being virgin mobile phones, I took the Best Buy website at face value and a friend said he read some time in 2015 they started manufacturing them unlocked. So here we are after Christmas, and the 14 day return period and I find they are actually carrier locked to Virgin and Virgin Mobile has been very uncaring of our situation to say the least and refuse to supply the unlock codes unless we pay for service for a year despite me asking nicely as websites have advised lol. If their service was worth a crap here where I live I'd probably just switch from Tracfone where I currently have an account. So not wanting to wait a year to use our first smart phones, I am searching for a safe and inexpensive way to unlock them. I saw all the unlock websites but they seem very fishy. I haven't even activated the phones yet as I'm sort of at a loss as to what to do at the moment. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I sold it before that new development on that forum. I found a guy who remote desktopped to my pc and direct unlocked the phone for $20usd if you want his details let me know. That Anthonykb post looks extremely interesting in terms of being able to edit the apn after the unlock (as unlocking the boost stylo 2 didnt unlock apn edit ability)
I received the Boost Mobile version of the lg stylo 2 as a gift for xmas. The phone is not unlocked and i have not activated it yet. I have Tmobiles prepaid plan on the phone im using now and want to keep it. Does anyone know a way to unlock the phone without activating it through Boost so i could use my Tmobile sim or maybe edit the apn. I read on Boost mobiles website you have to have service a year to require it from them and thats def not an option. Any help or input would be gladly appreciated.
Thanks, Mrw187, appreciate the offer, but I think I'll look locally. These are our first smartphones, so the more I tinker, the more I'm learning. Best Buy misrepresenting the phones online could turn out to be quite the boon to catapult me into modern times - hopefully I don't accidentally turn them into paperweights lol.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-stylo/how-to/guide-how-to-edit-apn-unlocked-boost-t3536537
luisitox22 said:
I have the same freacking problem. APN is greayd out. Been looking all over for the solution.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-stylo/how-to/guide-how-to-edit-apn-unlocked-boost-t3536537
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-stylo/how-to/guide-how-to-edit-apn-unlocked-boost-t3536537
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Wow, i even sent it back to amazon but a feind bought it fome and i purchased a Virgin mobile version!! thanks so much for this! I was also on ZV6.
hello, im in need of a rootable cell phone, i bought what i thought was a moto z play but was actually a moto z play droid (xt1635-01) which is locked tight thanks to big red
so im wondering if anyone knows a comparable phone that is unlockable. for example verizons offering of pixels maybe? i had a lg g4 which was bootloader locked but rootable, which was acceptable until the motherboard went out. this happened to me on a samsung gs3 so i HAD samsung and lg both on do not buy list but after this motorola trash im ready to just take whatever will work.
any help for a poor sap still stuck on verizon? thanks
bigredretard said:
hello, im in need of a rootable cell phone, i bought what i thought was a moto z play but was actually a moto z play droid (xt1635-01) which is locked tight thanks to big red
so im wondering if anyone knows a comparable phone that is unlockable. for example verizons offering of pixels maybe? i had a lg g4 which was bootloader locked but rootable, which was acceptable until the motherboard went out. this happened to me on a samsung gs3 so i HAD samsung and lg both on do not buy list but after this motorola trash im ready to just take whatever will work.
any help for a poor sap still stuck on verizon? thanks
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Look at the list of available Verizon devices, get their model numbers and then search to see which of those model numbers are rootable.
If you can use any unlocked device then just search for rootable devices that Verizon will allow in their BYOP program, if they allow unlocked devices then take your pick of any of rootable devices they allow on their network. You can even choose a device that is not only rootable but has custom ROMs available also.
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Hello everyone,
I'm a little new to rooting android devices. I have a galaxy j7 sky pro that I'm trying to root and unlock from tracfone to use with a different carrier. I have tried with Odin, cf root, supersu, one click root, kingoroot but nothing has worked. Any suggestions ?
Thankyou
cc.caroline15 said:
Hello everyone,
I'm a little new to rooting android devices. I have a galaxy j7 sky pro that I'm trying to root and unlock from tracfone to use with a different carrier. I have tried with Odin, cf root, supersu, one click root, kingoroot but nothing has worked. Any suggestions ?
Thankyou
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Have you unlocked your bootloader?
I need the same thing
Ok to keep this alive, there are a boatload of cheap phones on the market now a days, these tracphone j7's can they be sim card unlocked at all??While I am at it, the one I have is a GSM nano, while the Data is locked on cdma, can this be changed at all?? or is this norm??
After 1 full year of service
red423 said:
Ok to keep this alive, there are a boatload of cheap phones on the market now a days, these tracphone j7's can they be sim card unlocked at all??While I am at it, the one I have is a GSM nano, while the Data is locked on cdma, can this be changed at all?? or is this norm??
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They can be carrier unlocked after 1 year of service. If you have forgot to reload or run out of minutes, the timer restarts. This goes for straight talk and tracfone (as far as I know).
I also have a J7 Sky Pro and i really need it carrier unlocked and would like it rooted. I am currently figuring this thing out so i may be able to help.
anyone get anywhere on these tracphones yet???
here's a reply to the after one year unlock above, if I wanted to hear that I wouldn't be here. I OWN this phone, I have a receipt where I purchased the phone cash from a retailer. There was no agreement, issued, signed, nor agreed to what I had to do with the phone after I purchased it. If I choose to unlock it and use it on any network I choose including ones out of the USA, that is my business. Now as far as bootloader, ok it's unlocked, now what is the next move here??? Sorry to sound crass but if you can't add to the conversation with REAL information stay on the porch.
anyone have any luck with these j7 vl yet????
red423 said:
anyone have any luck with these j7 vl yet????
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Tracfone security is tough. The only possible way to root it would be to find a leaked engineering firmware online somewhere and flash it to the phone. Then try king root. Also, unlocking would be kinda useless for this phone. The bands for this phone do not support ATT or Tmobile. It's a Verizon device since it ends in VL.
Now if you bought the 737TL version, unlocking would make more sense.
I'm samsung illiterate and really need help.
I hope I'm on the correct thread. I really need help. I won't use the correct terminology but hope someone is fluent in dumb blonde. My phone broke so I went to Wal-Mart and bought the j7 sky pro because it said it's powered by T-Mobile and that's my network. After powering on I was told my SIM wasn't valid. I googled the phone and learned about unlocking. So I went on YouTube to learn how only to discover that it's supposed to automatically show a screen asking for an unlock code. My phone however does no such thing. If I purchase an unlock code how do I enter it? It's really important because I have a 3 year old with special needs and in order to get to dr appointments for him we use uber but to install uber on my new phone I need a code to be sent via text and since my network is locked I can't receive texts. This could literally be a matter of life and death for my child. I can't afford another 100 dollar phone and without uber don't even have a way to get to a store to buy one. Any help would mean so much
Still no luck rooting this phone?
lander3976 said:
Still no luck rooting this phone?
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Can anyone guide me on carrier unlocking this samsung j7 sky pro
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Can anyone guide me on carrier unlocking this samsung j7 sky pro
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Thats also i wanna know if this phone can be unlocked.
red423 said:
here's a reply to the after one year unlock above, if I wanted to hear that I wouldn't be here. I OWN this phone, I have a receipt where I purchased the phone cash from a retailer. There was no agreement, issued, signed, nor agreed to what I had to do with the phone after I purchased it. If I choose to unlock it and use it on any network I choose including ones out of the USA, that is my business. Now as far as bootloader, ok it's unlocked, now what is the next move here??? Sorry to sound crass but if you can't add to the conversation with REAL information stay on the porch.
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I'm trying how to root my phone as well, it's the same as yours. How did you unlock Bootloader? I can't find it anywhere, where did you find it?
I need to unlock the Carrier, is there is any way to do it
Still nothing for the phone? Don't care about unlocking th3 carrier bc it's NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. I want root bc of many other things. Tons of crap on the phone that's unneeded as well as my love for xposed modules...someone possibly has a root file by now?
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red423 said:
here's a reply to the after one year unlock above, if I wanted to hear that I wouldn't be here. I OWN this phone, I have a receipt where I purchased the phone cash from a retailer. There was no agreement, issued, signed, nor agreed to what I had to do with the phone after I purchased it. If I choose to unlock it and use it on any network I choose including ones out of the USA, that is my business. Now as far as bootloader, ok it's unlocked, now what is the next move here??? Sorry to sound crass but if you can't add to the conversation with REAL information stay on the porch.
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Where did you get the bootloader ing to flash at?
Type #83865625# (#TFUNLOCK#) and it will prompt for the unlock codes. Yes codes. There should be two of them. As for root, I am working on it. Ive come pretty close already but don't wait for me to do all the work, go find the engineering system or engroot and post it.
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Type #83865625# (#TFUNLOCK#) and it will prompt for the unlock codes. Yes codes. There should be two of them. As for root, I am working on it. Ive come pretty close already but don't wait for me to do all the work, go find the engineering system or engroot and post it.
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Where is a safe place to get the unlock codes for this?
I would be willing to pay someone to get this pos rooted
jodybgoode said:
I would be willing to pay someone to get this pos rooted
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Same..so who do we line up around to take our money? No root (No hotspot)and can't even take it to another carrier...wow **** Straight Talk! We paid full price up front no contract and can't even use the thing.
Hi, i have a problem with a T-mobile LG G5 H830. Bought the phone last year and it was unlocked and i used it on a different network ever sense. Last night i update the phone to Android 8.0 over LG bridge and now the phone is network locked. When i go to the Device Lock application to unlock it, it says "Unlock Faild: This mobile device is not eligible for unlock. For device Unlock eligibility details, please go online or contact Customer Care. Has anyone run into the same problem, i am currently in Europe and dont know what to do, can anyone help. Thanks in advance.
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The person in this thread found a method:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g5/how-to/reliable-network-unlock-service-t3876242
When I had my G5, I bought it used off of eBay, the seller wasn’t able to unlock for some reason. I was able to unlock it with a Mint Mobile SIM, which was a T-Mobile sub company. I hate the greedy phone service companies we have in the USA.
Hope that link helps you!