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unlock tilt 2 question.

what happen if i get my tilt2 unlock and after that i flash a different ROM would the phone lock it self again, what would happen i m addicted to flashing every week.

fastguebo said:
what happen if i get my tilt2 unlock and after that i flash a different ROM would the phone lock it self again, what would happen i m addicted to flashing every week.
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When you get your phone unlocked it just allows you to use different carriers sim cards. It is no longer locked onto their system. You could then use a ATT phone on Rogers for instance.
If you are refering to HardSPL, and I think you may be, that allows you to write unsigned roms and radios to the phone. Without the HardSPL the phone will not process any rom but the ones that are signed by that carrier or HTC. You would not be able to flash any cooked roms until you get the phone HardSPLed. After that is done you can continue to use the stock rom, flash a cooked rom or different radio. The phone will not relock so flash away.

On verizon I need to call and reprogram my phone with a custom ID everytime I hard flash. not the normal phone programming, I litterally have to call and manually enter a number to get my phone working again. Not sure if this is the same for other carriers, but I have a feeling they might get suspicious if it happens a lot.

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On verizon I need to call and reprogram my phone with a custom ID everytime I hard flash. not the normal phone programming, I litterally have to call and manually enter a number to get my phone working again. Not sure if this is the same for other carriers, but I have a feeling they might get suspicious if it happens a lot.
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That's because the activation of a CDMA phone is stored on the phone itself. In GSM phones the activation is stored on the SIM card so this should not be a problem.

i mean paying to unlock my phone or calling att because i will travel very soon. and if i flash another rom do i have pay to unlock it again or not.

no, sim unlock will stay, it will not re-lock if u flash a new rom.
Dont pay for a sim unlock, just call at&t and tell them your going overseas for business and need the unlock code. They'll email it to you within a week.

I have a hrad time believing they will just give you an unlock code when they go through all the trouble of locking them and keeping them locked.

El_Capitan2 said:
I have a hrad time believing they will just give you an unlock code when they go through all the trouble of locking them and keeping them locked.
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You don't have to believe us. I've done it a few times, as have many other users on this board, but you don't have to believe us, try it yourself

Is it really that easy to unlock your phone? I am going to try it. Thanks guys.

[Q] Sim-unlock for HTC Desire running Oxygen RC4

As far as I know, when trying to sim-unlock a device with a network provided sim-unlock code it shoudn't matter that I have a custom rom (Oxygen RC4). However, this is what happens:
I insert my non-orange sim card and boot up, when android boots up it firstly asks for my pin, I enter it, then it asks for a sim-unlock code and I enter that as well and then get a 'Successful' message. However, in the status bar I get a sim card icon with an exclamation mark inside it and have no signal. Also when I reboot the phone it once again asks for a sim-unlock code.
I've already contacted orange and they've said they'll contact me (which they havent) and i'm sure the conversation will end when I tell them that i've rooted the phone and have a custom rom installed, as my warranty is probably void now. Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm hoping to avoid installing an official ruu to get around this as this will mean ill have to s-off and change partition tables again and I can't be arsed!

from what i know the lock signature in phone is written in eeprom. i don't know if this phones have an eeprom. so i am thinking that you will need an RUU cause when you play with permanent memory by s-offing and changing partitions it can't be permanently recorded.
again this can be totally BS cause i only know this from proprietary phones.
xp4nd3r said:
As far as I know, when trying to sim-unlock a device with a network provided sim-unlock code it shoudn't matter that I have a custom rom (Oxygen RC4). However, this is what happens:
I insert my non-orange sim card and boot up, when android boots up it firstly asks for my pin, I enter it, then it asks for a sim-unlock code and I enter that as well and then get a 'Successful' message. However, in the status bar I get a sim card icon with an exclamation mark inside it and have no signal. Also when I reboot the phone it once again asks for a sim-unlock code.
I've already contacted orange and they've said they'll contact me (which they havent) and i'm sure the conversation will end when I tell them that i've rooted the phone and have a custom rom installed, as my warranty is probably void now. Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm hoping to avoid installing an official ruu to get around this as this will mean ill have to s-off and change partition tables again and I can't be arsed!
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mariosraptor said:
from what i know the lock signature in phone is written in eeprom. i don't know if this phones have an eeprom. so i am thinking that you will need an RUU cause when you play with permanent memory by s-offing and changing partitions it can't be permanently recorded.
again this can be totally BS cause i only know this from proprietary phones.
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Thats what im afraid of too. I'm still waiting for a call from orange so we'll see what happens filaraki

Ok aderfe, just let us know how it rolled.
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD

I'll be interested to see what happens as im in the exact same situation. Orange never got back to me either. I got the unlock code as I'd read it was required for flashing a new radio however its never been a prob. It would be nice to unlock the phone though especially after I paid £20 for the code!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

obviousd said:
I'll be interested to see what happens as im in the exact same situation. Orange never got back to me either. I got the unlock code as I'd read it was required for flashing a new radio however its never been a prob. It would be nice to unlock the phone though especially after I paid £20 for the code!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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To tell you the truth im not expecting much from the orange team. From past experience technical call-backs of this nature usually involve a technically-incompetent employee following tree-diagrams to answer your query and in most cases not being able to. If I dont get a solution from them ill try flashing an original RUU and unlocking and let you guys know what happens

Orange never phoned me so I phoned them. Their technical team (which apparently does not deal with customers directly) left a note on my account asking me to provide my orange rom version so I told them that I have flashed a custom rom and request a link to an official orange ruu, will be interesting to see what they have to say! will keep you posted on what happens

[Q] Wildfire o2 sim problems

I have a wildfire s that has been properly unlocked, however it will not accept my o2 sim- i dont mean that I can't get the mms or internet but it wont accept the actual sim - when it ask me to choose a network and i pick o2, it simply says that the sim does not support connection the the carrier - i have a brand new sim 3g ready.....................someone, please help...

imnw said:
I have a wildfire s that has been properly unlocked, however it will not accept my o2 sim- i dont mean that I can't get the mms or internet but it wont accept the actual sim - when it ask me to choose a network and i pick o2, it simply says that the sim does not support connection the the carrier - i have a brand new sim 3g ready.....................someone, please help...
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what does 'properly unlocked' mean ?

I say you might have unlocked the bootloader,bit the phone still has SIM lock.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S

hmm, so you saying if i go back to the shop and get them to unlock properly, it might let me use the o2 sim???
is there anything i can do....having only a modest knowledge of these issues?

and in reply to properly...sorry i wasnt specific - i meant that when you put an o2 sim in and turn it on...it doesnt ask for a pin or code to unlock the phone??

Well did you buy it in a O2 shop? If yes,then there appears to be a problem with you handset. If you DIDN'T buy it in a O2 shop(which means any other,T-Mobile,3,etc.) Then you're out of luck because it it probably SIM locked to that carrier.
You should bring back the handset back to the shop and ask them to remove the SIM lock.

ok, so here we go...
Went to the shop and they say the phone is unlocked. When i put an o2 sim card in, it does not require a pin when the phone switches on.
It works with tmobile sim, orange, virgin just not o2....
so it is unlocked just wont take o2.....
any ideas why?
its originally a tmobile wildfire - spoken to tmobile and they say they have completly unlocked.....

imnw said:
ok, so here we go...
Went to the shop and they say the phone is unlocked. When i put an o2 sim card in, it does not require a pin when the phone switches on.
It works with tmobile sim, orange, virgin just not o2....
so it is unlocked just wont take o2.....
any ideas why?
its originally a tmobile wildfire - spoken to tmobile and they say they have completly unlocked.....
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do you have any other o2 sim to test it ?
you should also go and change your sim, might be rly the SIM problem ...here changing sim costs 10 bucks, i hope its free in your case.

im afraid im a step ahead - all o2 sims dont work - i had a brand new 3g sim sent out by o2 and have tried a pay as you go sim on o2 - still wont work with any o2 sim....
any ideas?

imnw said:
im afraid im a step ahead - all o2 sims dont work - i had a brand new 3g sim sent out by o2 and have tried a pay as you go sim on o2 - still wont work with any o2 sim....
any ideas?
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a ok, i didnt read that one... lets try to keep this on one thread. why dont you try flashing stock rom again... i mean its worth a shot... i guess you dont use any custom roms atm ? or even try flashin any custom rom, just to try it ... if it doesn't work then, well, we will see it's a very strange problem.
did you try connecting with 2g, and not 3g...
or maybe changing setting in *#*#3646#*#* then phone information, then set preffered network type... and try changing those also ... First try this, and if it doesnt help then try what i wrote above.

ok,well - had a read of your suggestion and only a slight problem with it...i am a real beginner when it comes to this so apologies but rom flash???
Also looked at the *#*# suggestion...unsure how to do that - did try typing that into the keypad on the phone part but it didn't do anything..
apologies im not up to speed..any way to simplify for me?

oh, and also someone has suggested going into the bootloader so i took out the sim and battery, put it all back in and held down volume and power. at the bootloader menu, i selected simlock. when i pressed it the following was displayed..
fat 32 init ok
open mccmnc file fail
open cid file fail
process done, reboot?
does this help explain anything??

imnw said:
oh, and also someone has suggested going into the bootloader so i took out the sim and battery, put it all back in and held down volume and power. at the bootloader menu, i selected simlock. when i pressed it the following was displayed..
fat 32 init ok
open mccmnc file fail
open cid file fail
process done, reboot?
does this help explain anything??
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i guess you didnt unlock via xtc clip... you should write the code that i told u on dialer pad, it should immediately open a meny, i will make photos when i come home as a more detailed guide k ?

ok, just to save you some time if you dont need to spend it - the phone was unlocked at a local shop - no idea how they did it - although im guessing badly...
i typed that code in - when i enter the final * the code just disappears and it does nothing. I did enter the code without the last * and it said mmi running but then said incorrect mmi...

imnw said:
ok, just to save you some time if you dont need to spend it - the phone was unlocked at a local shop - no idea how they did it - although im guessing badly...
i typed that code in - when i enter the final * the code just disappears and it does nothing. I did enter the code without the last * and it said mmi running but then said incorrect mmi...
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oomg man i just saw, its my bad ITS NOT 3646 its 4636 .... i wrote it wrong :////

thanks - tried that and got into the phone menu. The current preferred choice is WCDMA - there are other options but nothing to suggest that an o2 sim should be blocked....

imnw said:
thanks - tried that and got into the phone menu. The current preferred choice is WCDMA - there are other options but nothing to suggest that an o2 sim should be blocked....
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well ntry changing to gsm preffered and so on, just try it ...

ok dok - given it a go and no luck - im wondering if a factory reset of the phone may restore the original settings and I can get it unlocked the correct way this time??? what do you think??

imnw said:
ok dok - given it a go and no luck - im wondering if a factory reset of the phone may restore the original settings and I can get it unlocked the correct way this time??? what do you think??
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well, you should give it a go, since i dont have an idea what could possibly be wrong

ok, well have done several things.
i) master factory reset - made no difference - o2 sim still wont work
ii) tried to connect the phone to the pc but even with htc sync installed the phone wont connect to the pc
so it looks like we're stuffed here???

IMEI unknown, but phone working normally

Hi folks,
strange issue, I bought the HTC One X locked to our network, from another guy. It was rooted via HTC dev with Mike's revolution over it. Everything was ok, except it was locked to a network I dont want to use with.
So I tried with HTCSimUnlock.com, purchased unlock code, received it instantly, and tried several times to insert it. But every time, display showed "unknown password" and no luck.
What I discovered when I took to record the procedure of unsuccessful inserting the code to claim for money back, was that imei number is missing, and actually in the settings imei showe as "unknown". The most interesting thing is that phone is working normally, with of course, sim card from the network that the phone is locked to.
I wrote to HTCSimUnlock.com ,and waiting for the answer, but I dont know should I do something, try to get the RUU back to stock rom, or hard reset, but am little afraid that phone could stop working...

djurkash said:
Hi folks,
strange issue, I bought the HTC One X locked to our network, from another guy. It was rooted via HTC dev with Mike's revolution over it. Everything was ok, except it was locked to a network I dont want to use with.
So I tried with HTCSimUnlock.com, purchased unlock code, received it instantly, and tried several times to insert it. But every time, display showed "unknown password" and no luck.
What I discovered when I took to record the procedure of unsuccessful inserting the code to claim for money back, was that imei number is missing, and actually in the settings imei showe as "unknown". The most interesting thing is that phone is working normally, with of course, sim card from the network that the phone is locked to.
I wrote to HTCSimUnlock.com ,and waiting for the answer, but I dont know should I do something, try to get the RUU back to stock rom, or hard reset, but am little afraid that phone could stop working...
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you could try the hard reset or RUU. whether the phone will stop working or not, i personally would try it, but you make your own choice. its a risk best thing i can suggest is play it safe, sell it on and get an unbranded one

How could you buy a unlock code without IMEI in the first place? And secondly, if you reboot into bootloader and choose "show barcode" then I guess there is a IMEI? In that case, just try a new rom, or better yet a ruu.

Download the appropriate Ruu and update it, this is a common issue on the S2 as well with ics during flashing, possibly someone updated it before you and it didnt go according to plan.

first time i have come across IMEI known, i know the serial number came back unkown once, try the RUU, like i said i dont think it will mess up your phone because your restoring it to factory conditions obviously.

kruppin said:
How could you buy a unlock code without IMEI in the first place? And secondly, if you reboot into bootloader and choose "show barcode" then I guess there is a IMEI? In that case, just try a new rom, or better yet a ruu.
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no, imei was there in the first place, and after my attempt to unlock it, it dissapeared...
Then, I listened to you, and went to barcode, and imei was there normally.
Now, when I bootup, imei is here! Crazy staff...thanks...I really dont understand what happened...
graemeg said:
Download the appropriate Ruu and update it, this is a common issue on the S2 as well with ics during flashing, possibly someone updated it before you and it didnt go according to plan.
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Check the answer above, everything was fine before I tried to enter unlock code...
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first time i have come across IMEI known, i know the serial number came back unkown once, try the RUU, like i said i dont think it will mess up your phone because your restoring it to factory conditions obviously.
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After I did what kruppin said, imei restored...wierd!
Thank you guys all for the help...now, only thing left is to ask for refund fron htcsimunlock.com

[Q] SIM unlocking phone

Hi all
I recently came to the end of my contract, and decided that I was quite happy with my Desire HD, I would switch to PAYG
So I got a code from Orange to unlock the handset.
I put my new SIM in, and it came up with "SIM Network Unlock PIN" and a text input box, plus buttons for Unlock and Dismiss.
I enter my unlock code, and it says "Network unlock successful"
As I understand it, at this point it should reboot and reflash the radio. It does not do this, it simply goes to the home screen and I have no reception. It is just as if I have clicked Dismiss.
Please can someone advise how I can get this to work?
I'm running IceColdSandwich.
Thanks.

Did you put the sim cover back on? Its needed for the antenna

marsdta said:
Did you put the sim cover back on? Its needed for the antenna
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Yes, I did. As I said, it hasn't even done the bit where it reboots to flash the radio.

What if you reboot manually? You could always head back to the carrier and let them know the code didn't work.
You could also achieve soff,in doing so also sum unlocks

marsdta said:
What if you reboot manually? You could always head back to the carrier and let them know the code didn't work.
You could also achieve soff,in doing so also sum unlocks
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If I reboot manually it just boots as normal and shows the "SIM Network Unlock PIN" screen again.
I think the problem is the handset rather than the code, as when I enter the code it does say that it has been accepted - it just then doesn't reboot.
Thanks, I'll try the SOFF method.

I can't get ADB to connect from my work PC, so I'll try this when I get home later.
Thanks.