Ok so this is still a work in progress but it works, and lte works on my att and tmobile sims. Ill post as many screen shots and be detailed as I possibly can so bear with me.....
So i have a samsung galaxy s4 the sgh-s970g, and a customer needed it unlocked so I thought I would give it a try. Its been a fun phone to mess with. So I am on 4.2.2 and this is the only version I have tested on. I havent tested on 4.3 so let me know if it works for you.
So my baseband is MH3. I used saferoot to root the phone and then I used the twrp for the m919 version to get a custom recovery. after this i went into recovery and made a nandroid. I would advice you do the same if your going to try this, because I am in no way responsible for anything that happens to your phone it will trip your knox counter and your warranty is now void.
ok so I have a tmobile sim in the phone the whole time because it gives you a invalid sim message and when you get rid of that the phone is unlocked. Now I flashed the wicked v-8 4.2.2 custom m919 rom onto the phone. And after that i booted it up like normal and had no problems booting it. So when it finally boots up this is what I see....
know with the tmobile rom it is asking for a sim unlock code. This is where it gets a little tricky.. Youll need to download region lock.apk
you can get it from the play store or from the developer on xda, (great app by the way). So now is when i procedded to use spt box to unlock part of this but i believe you can do it without the spt. so just set your phone up and when your done your settings should look like this... youll still have straight talk radio but everything else including kernel is the tmobile m919.
Ok so now go ahead and open up the region unlock apk and instead of pressing unlock your going to lock it. when its done go ahead and reboot it and then its going to ask your for a password again but this time you know it.. Its going to be 00000000, or atleast it was for me but like I said i dont believe spt is needed to reset the efs i believe the region lock apk will do this and it shoould say unlock succesful like this...
the only kicker is anytime you reboot your phone your going to have to run region lock and lock your modem and then reboot and type in the 8 zeros to unlock if someone figures out a better way that would be awesome.. I also believe this method could be used to help unlock the s4 l720t and sm-n900p without the assisstance of sprint. Any feedback and help would be greatly appreciated and enjoy your unlocked phone....
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robhuffster said:
the only kicker is anytime you reboot your phone your going to have to run region lock and lock your modem and then reboot and type in the 8 zeros to unlock if someone figures out a better way that would be awesome.. I also believe this method could be used to help unlock the s4 l720t and sm-n900p without the assisstance of sprint. Any feedback and help would be greatly appreciated and enjoy your unlocked phone....
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hi bro, my question is, i have one L720T for unlock this, i need root with m919 ? and unlock with SPT BOX ???
robhuffster said:
Ok so this is still a work in progress but it works, and lte works on my att and tmobile sims. Ill post as many screen shots and be detailed as I possibly can so bear with me.....
So i have a samsung galaxy s4 the sgh-s970g, and a customer needed it unlocked so I thought I would give it a try. Its been a fun phone to mess with. So I am on 4.2.2 and this is the only version I have tested on. I havent tested on 4.3 so let me know if it works for you.
So my baseband is MH3. I used saferoot to root the phone and then I used the twrp for the m919 version to get a custom recovery. after this i went into recovery and made a nandroid. I would advice you do the same if your going to try this, because I am in no way responsible for anything that happens to your phone it will trip your knox counter and your warranty is now void.
ok so I have a tmobile sim in the phone the whole time because it gives you a invalid sim message and when you get rid of that the phone is unlocked. Now I flashed the wicked v-8 4.2.2 custom m919 rom onto the phone. And after that i booted it up like normal and had no problems booting it. So when it finally boots up this is what I see....
know with the tmobile rom it is asking for a sim unlock code. This is where it gets a little tricky.. Youll need to download region lock.apk
you can get it from the play store or from the developer on xda, (great app by the way). So now is when i procedded to use spt box to unlock part of this but i believe you can do it without the spt. so just set your phone up and when your done your settings should look like this... youll still have straight talk radio but everything else including kernel is the tmobile m919.
Ok so now go ahead and open up the region unlock apk and instead of pressing unlock your going to lock it. when its done go ahead and reboot it and then its going to ask your for a password again but this time you know it.. Its going to be 00000000, or atleast it was for me but like I said i dont believe spt is needed to reset the efs i believe the region lock apk will do this and it shoould say unlock succesful like this...
the only kicker is anytime you reboot your phone your going to have to run region lock and lock your modem and then reboot and type in the 8 zeros to unlock if someone figures out a better way that would be awesome.. I also believe this method could be used to help unlock the s4 l720t and sm-n900p without the assisstance of sprint. Any feedback and help would be greatly appreciated and enjoy your unlocked phone....
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Great news, i read your post on gsmforum and i was waiting for this post. will try the same on other model.
pl share the download link for tmobile rom.
Thanks a lot for your great work.
here
javed91214 said:
Great news, i read your post on gsmforum and i was waiting for this post. will try the same on other model.
pl share the download link for tmobile rom.
Thanks a lot for your great work.
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its the wicked v8 if your on 4.2.2 or lower and and its v10 if your on 4.3 or higher just look on xda under the m919 youll find it
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its the wicked v8 if your on 4.2.2 or lower and and its v10 if your on 4.3 or higher just look on xda under the m919 youll find it
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i tried wicked v8 and v10 both on L720T , but i am getting Invalid sim card error.
javed91214 said:
i tried wicked v8 and v10 both on L720T , but i am getting Invalid sim card error.
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Region away app works only up to 4.3, so I guess you need to downgrade the baseband to L720T's MK3 modem.
No harm in trying.
Ive tried that
bigbyte.me said:
Region away app works only up to 4.3, so I guess you need to downgrade the baseband to L720T's MK3 modem.
No harm in trying.
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the l720t was actually shipped with a 4.2.2 rom and if you could find that modem for the 4.2.2 it was originally shipped with you can unlock it
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the l720t was actually shipped with a 4.2.2 rom and if you could find that modem for the 4.2.2 it was originally shipped with you can unlock it
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I can only find a 4.3 ROM for L720T not any version before it.
So, just to clarify, do we have to use the ROM or can we do this on stock? I have two of these LTE-T marked phones from Straight Talk that I'd like to use AT&T Straight Talk SIMs with.
tried this on a stock tmobile mdl firmware with the mh3 baseband with no go.. What am i doing wrong?
Has anyone been able to unlock these tracfone devices officially through a tracfone provided unlock code???
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Has anyone been able to unlock these tracfone devices officially through a tracfone provided unlock code???
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Yes i have, Tracfone will have to provide an update to fix the issue. Reason is that everytime you enter the code its accepted. But as soon as you reboot the phone it asks for the code again. So not sure how tracfone will handle this.
Well I returned my $250 Black Friday special as I just have no faith in getting an unlock code for these Galaxy S4s as I wanted to use it on AT&T and I had picked up the Tmobile version. I'll have to settled for a used item instead.
So will this phone work with a straight talk att Sim and a tmo Sim as long as its through ST?
After fallowing all the steps I get to the 8 0's hit enter and it just sits at the screen, and says unsuccessful. Sgh-s970g bb:mh3 av:4.2.2
Anyone know of a pay site to unlock this device. The one legit one was for over seas and I'm in US. I tried offering straight talk money and they said this phone needs to be active for 5 more months before they'll provide me the unlock code. I guess you need 12 months of active service to be eligible for the unlock program. The only thing is, is it will only work on a straight talk T-Mobile Sim until then. Tia.
It DOES work. I installed the wikid v8 rom on a SHG-S970G this morning, opened region lock, unlocked modem, relocked modem rebooted, and entered my unlock code and BAM, Successful unlock. Thanks a grand! By the way i bought the unlock code on a 3rd party site. Im now running ATT on the phone.
Straighttalk will only unlock phones purchased on or after Dec 2013, currently active on ST Service & have been active for 12 consecutive months, if you call the unlock department you will be transferred to their automated information center if your phone is not eligible for unlocking, this is just to inform you of the requirements to unlock your device.
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I've had mine 6 months... Called them 5 times and they told me everytime they couldn't unlock my phone (sgh s970g). So.. I used CHIMURA to root for free. Installed the m919 twrp for recovery. Installed wikid v8 using twrp installed regionlockaway locked the modem rebooted, entered my unlock code and it gave me a successful unlock. As stated I'm running a Straighttalk AT&T sim on mine.
Extrapolate to S5?
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I've had mine 6 months... Called them 5 times and they told me everytime they couldn't unlock my phone (sgh s970g). So.. I used CHIMURA to root for free. Installed the m919 twrp for recovery. Installed wikid v8 using twrp installed regionlockaway locked the modem rebooted, entered my unlock code and it gave me a successful unlock. As stated I'm running a Straighttalk AT&T sim on mine.
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Do you think a similar technique can be applied to a Galaxy S5 from Net10/TracFone? I tried to use a S902L with my (Canadian ) Rogers SIM card and unsurprisingly, it didn't accept it
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Hello XDA and Happy New Year!
I have a rooted Note II sgh-i317m locked to Bell Mobility. I would like to use it with another carrier. I have asked one source for an unlock code, and verified that he received the correct IMEI for the phone, but he said he was unable to get one. I have tried "00000000" but that doesn't work.
I rooted it to try GalaxSim Unlock from the Play store. GalaxSim says it is incompatible with this device. When I click "show details" I get "undefined" for IMEI, Sim Lock status, Product code, Serial Number, and all the rest of the fields. (I believe the app is using the android SDK to query the device for these settings and getting nulls.)
Rooting was a piece of cake with Odin, but how do I unlock my phone?
HB
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Android 4.1.1
Build number JRO03C.I317MVLALJ2
My root method was from galaxynote2root.com; it apparently doesn't touch the firmware.
try this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
Yes, this worked just fine! I am now happily using my Note 2 unlocked from Bell (AKA Hell) Mobility on Fido LTE.
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rogers sgh-i317m
HELP! I have a note 2 from rogers, i recently tried to do the service mode unlock. (#*197328640#) followed the instructions but i was missing the option 4 nv data. found out later that it was 4.1.1 i had 4.1.2. So got impatient took it to the local cell unlocker fella. He ran into trouble with entering the unlock code then attempted a process that reversed what i did and entered the code, this seemed to work the unlock with the code was successful. Or so it seemed until i inserted my telus sim card then my $780 dollar phone that i just paid cash 2 days ago wont accept the sim or any other including rogers. I tried rooting and i put 4.1.1 back on this got me to the point where it will accept a rogers sim but data will only run edge and call out if i set it to gsm only in network settings this is the only way it will accept a rogers sim only
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me too , i can not unlock my note 2 canada sgh-í7m
Does this method work if im on the latest 4.3 from Bell?
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Does this method work if im on the latest 4.3 from Bell?
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No.
i know it a little late but if there are still people reading this today, well... this worked for me, and you need to be on 4.1.x variant of the note 2 i317/m rom.
I was initially on a 4.4.2 Koodo variant and downgraded it to a 4.1.1 Bell variant before i was able to successfully unlock the phone, since anything after 4.1.x that method is blocked/unavailable/patched. After i was done, my Videotron sim card was accepted and LTE is working flawlessly. Flashing Bells 4.4.2 rom posed no issues and phone was back to normal. Software updates were being checked normally (even tho no official lollipop will ever come from Samsung... but just saying) and nothing was acting out of the ordinary.
only problem is (but shouldn't really be anymore) that your KNOX counter will trip and will stay stuck at 1 due to some hardware thingy being physically changed. This is because of the Security enhancements being violated when downgrading from 4.4.x to 4.1.x. (kitkat to jellybean is a big nono to the SE, but the other way around or kitkat to kitkat is fine)
if any issues or questing feel free to ask GL
I was given the unlock code and it still says request to unlock network unsuccessful, it's eligible to be unlocked...
All help would be greatly appreciated.
Should I try flashing over back to this stock rom and then see: http://server10.stockroms.net/download/GalaxyNote2/SGH-I317/I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_ATT.zip
I hate being stuck in a rut like this, already had my account transfered to a T-Mobile microsim. This is driving me nuts...
The person I bought this phone from said they updated but then when I checked it was still at 4.1.2 and said something about update interrupted...
Or which of these should I use: http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=71
Flashing a Rom won't unlocknyour phone..... Also what do you mean your still on 4.1.2?? That is the latest Rom for the phone. ... Where are you obtaining your unlock code from? The only time att provides it themselves is over the phone. You sure your not getting the wrong code?
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Yes I got the code from AT&T over the phone, called them twice and got the same code 1-800-331-0500 they gave me 41907314... According to this: http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-sim-for-free-on-gsm-galaxy-note-2/ if ya take the newest update, ya can't sim unlock the phone cause it takes out the “NW Lock NV Data Initiallize” (Step #9) according to YouTube user comments...
THIS IS WHY I'm wondering what Stock firmware I need to downgrade back to in order to get that option again and be able to sim unlock my phone.
So I'm wondering if it's I317UCALJ2 or I317UCALK7 that re-enables that option for me. Right now I'm on I317UCAMA4...
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Sorry bout the 2 posts, I thought it'd auto-append them to my main post...
Okay now I keep getting errors on installing about a signature and then two file locations sdCard0 and I think extsdCard...
How can I fix this do I copy the image to sdCard (InnerSD)? Or do I need CWM to install for Scott's Stock ROMs?
Yup that worked, I had to use Odin and this image http://server10.stockroms.net/download/GalaxyNote2/SGH-I317/I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_ATT.zip and followed these instructions on installing it: http://androidromupdate.com/2012/11...y-note-2-sgh-i317-original-factory-stock-rom/ then unlocked it with the directions galaxynote2root.com had listed...
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Yup that worked, I had to use Odin and this image http://server10.stockroms.net/download/GalaxyNote2/SGH-I317/I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_ATT.zip and followed these instructions on installing it: http://androidromupdate.com/2012/11...y-note-2-sgh-i317-original-factory-stock-rom/ then unlocked it with the directions galaxynote2root.com had listed...
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hi
I am having the same issue, I got unlock code from ATT but it says network unlock request unsuccessful.
so if I follow above instruction to go back to 4.1.1 I will be able to use the unlock code right?
can you please give me few steps which you used for unlocking... then unlocked it with the directions galaxynote2root.com had listed.<--I dont find it.
I will try to flash it.
and after unlock can we do factory update 4.1.2?
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hi
I am having the same issue, I got unlock code from ATT but it says network unlock request unsuccessful.
so if I follow above instruction to go back to 4.1.1 I will be able to use the unlock code right?
can you please give me few steps which you used for unlocking... then unlocked it with the directions galaxynote2root.com had listed.<--I dont find it.
I will try to flash it.
and after unlock can we do factory update 4.1.2?
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You can try the ^^^^^^ links do you can enter your code in too get it unlocked!
Or try this if still not working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34661189
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Yea after all that it's safe to upgrade back to 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 or nearly any compatible rom you like.
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Yea after all that it's safe to upgrade back to 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 or nearly any compatible rom you like.
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Thanks downloading now...
does it matter which SIM I have to put inside? mine is ATT do I have to keep ATT sim inside or Tmobile will work too?
smithjohnatpa said:
Thanks downloading now...
does it matter which SIM I have to put inside? mine is ATT do I have to keep ATT sim inside or Tmobile will work too?
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Ya might wanna keep the T-Mobile sim in it just to make sure it unlocked it correctly...
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Ya might wanna keep the T-Mobile sim in it just to make sure it unlocked it correctly...
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No I mean while doing this process? Odin thing.. does it matter which SIM I have to keep in note
This http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-sim-for-free-on-gsm-galaxy-note-2/ is the tute I believe, gotta remember it's been 2 months since I did this, so I'm not quite 100% certain. LoL
I'll be having to do it all over again too, by the end of this week possibly, since some jerk decided to steal my note 2 I had to go to ebay and win a new one.
I don't think it'd matter during the Odin flash with a AT&T sim card or T-Mobile one in it, I can't remember if I did it with or without a sim card, but to be on the safe side I'd do it without a T-Mobile sim card in it, just for that first successful boot... Then do the 4.1.1 unlock code method, take the back and battery off then pop in the T-Mobile sim card(Or whatever other non-AT&T carrier sim card) and see if it done it correctly...
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This http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-sim-for-free-on-gsm-galaxy-note-2/ is the tute I believe, gotta remember it's been 2 months since I did this, so I'm not quite 100% certain. LoL
I'll be having to do it all over again too, by the end of this week possibly, since some jerk decided to steal my note 2 I had to go to ebay and win a new one.
I don't think it'd matter during the Odin flash with a AT&T sim card or T-Mobile one in it, I can't remember if I did it with or without a sim card, but to be on the safe side I'd do it without a T-Mobile sim card in it, just for that first successful boot... Then do the 4.1.1 unlock code method, take the back and battery off then pop in the T-Mobile sim card(Or whatever other non-AT&T carrier sim card) and see if it done it correctly...
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Thanks a lot you been real good help for me to unlock my note 2.
yes worked with TMOBILE Sim to so seems like doesnt matter.
and now i updated 4.1.2 with Kies and it worked fine too and my phone is unlock now taking tmobile SIM too.
appreciate it.
so sorry your phone stolen.
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hi, i'm new here. i don't know anything about phones. i just switched from at&t to tmobile. i'm using the galaxy note 2 (at&t). with a t-mobile sim card. i got the unlock code from at&t and it is not working. it tells me the unlock network is "unsuccessful" and i've already tried it like 6 times. i'm only aloud 10 attempts. can someone please help me? i know this forum is mostly how to unlock the phone manually, like without the unlock code number.. but i have the code, i just want it to work.. i don't want to root or flash or whatever. i don't even know what that means. can someone please help me?
Try this
galxynote2 said:
hi, i'm new here. i don't know anything about phones. i just switched from at&t to tmobile. i'm using the galaxy note 2 (at&t). with a t-mobile sim card. i got the unlock code from at&t and it is not working. it tells me the unlock network is "unsuccessful" and i've already tried it like 6 times. i'm only aloud 10 attempts. can someone please help me? i know this forum is mostly how to unlock the phone manually, like without the unlock code number.. but i have the code, i just want it to work.. i don't want to root or flash or whatever. i don't even know what that means. can someone please help me?
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I bought an AT&T live demo note 2 that was used in an AT&T store. I used this method from youtube, popped in my niece's T-Mobile microsd and dialed 611. T-Mobile's customer service rang and answered showing it worked. You need 4.1.1 to use this method though. I'm going get me a microsim today since my vibrant doesn't use the micro.
FREE HOW TO UNLOCK SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2
You do not really need the unlock code. Do a search in the forum as you cam just unlock it with Samsung' service menu.
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PUTALE said:
You do not really need the unlock code. Do a search in the forum as you cam just unlock it with Samsung' service menu.
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The link I posted above shows the step by step instructions on YouTube.
this is NOT TRUE if on 4.3.x
PUTALE said:
You do not really need the unlock code. Do a search in the forum as you cam just unlock it with Samsung' service menu.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk
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The above is not true - if your phone has upgraded firmware, you will NOT see the item "NW LOCK NV RAM...." in your "NETWORK LOCK" "PHONE CONTROL" menu.
So, the ONLY two solutions are:
1) keep bugging ATT to create a case for you and investigate
2) downgrade to 4.1.1 modem (NEED TO READ/UNDERSTAND HOW TO FLASH etc.)
then apply the Samsung service menu "fix" as shown in the above video...*
*Then, you could upgrade to newer ROM... if you wish....:cyclops:
Is it possible to Sim unlock 4.4.2? Maybe by flashing a 4.1.1 modem?
blu422 said:
Is it possible to Sim unlock 4.4.2? Maybe by flashing a 4.1.1 modem?
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Ive flashed over 24 gn2 and s3's through old modems and menu. There's a sticky about it.
blu422 said:
Is it possible to Sim unlock 4.4.2? Maybe by flashing a 4.1.1 modem?
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By Sim unlock, do you mean you want to use an AT&T phone on another carrier? If that's what you are looking for, give me a few minutes to test something.
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By Sim unlock, do you mean you want to use an AT&T phone on another carrier? If that's what you are looking for, give me a few minutes to test something.
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Isn't that what a sim unlock is? Correct me if I have it wrong.
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Isn't that what a sim unlock is? Correct me if I have it wrong.
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Yes, of course.
But I am fairly new to the note 2 so I don't have much stored up information. I now see a post that indicates that flashing a certain 4.1.1 modem, MJ2 I think, gives the user a service menu where you can change the unlock setting. So now the OP's question makes sense. Only he should have been able to find the same post I did.
In a minute, as soon as my wife lets me borrow her phone, I'm going to test an unlock tool I know about to see if it works on 4.4.2 stock.
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Yes, of course.
But I am fairly new to the note 2 so I don't have much stored up information. I now see a post that indicates that flashing a certain 4.1.1 modem, MJ2 I think, gives the user a service menu where you can change the unlock setting. So now the OP's question makes sense. Only he should have been able to find the same post I did.
In a minute, as soon as my wife lets me borrow her phone, I'm going to test an unlock tool I know about to see if it works on 4.4.2 stock.
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Yes, but that's for 4.1.2 idk if it will work with 4.4.2 I just don't wanna accidentally ruin my phone. And I think you mean LJ2 not MJ2 and thanks that'd be great if you could keep me posted
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Ive flashed over 24 gn2 and s3's through old modems and menu. There's a sticky about it.
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Were any of them on 4.4.2?
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Were any of them on 4.4.2?
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The dialer codes that worked on 4.1.1 to unlock the phone via the hidden menu. Does not work on 4.4.2 anymore. And being you took the ota update, there's no way of downgrading you firmware...
Sorry to tell you..
Another way is to contact AT&T by email, about unlocking the phone. Can't remember what the exact name is, but goggle search it. They'll send you the SIM code, if the phone is out of contact!!! Takes about 2-3 days when I did my skyrocket to run on TMO.
Just my 2¢®™
Sent from my T889 N2/N3/S5..
At one time, there was a free app on XDA called GalaxSim Unlock. For some reason, the developer pulled the free app download, and the only version then available was the paid version on Play. I have a copy of the free one from before it was pulled, and it works on the Captivate and the Galaxy S II, and some other galaxy phones, not sure which ones. So I tried it tonight on my wife's Note 2 which is running Stock NE5 with TWRP recovery and has the MC3 boot loader. However, the unlock failed, saying unable to read nvdata. So it's apparently a no go on this phone.
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The dialer codes that worked on 4.1.1 to unlock the phone via the hidden menu. Does not work on 4.4.2 anymore. And being you took the ota update, there's no way of downgrading you firmware...
Sorry to tell you..
Another way is to contact AT&T by email, about unlocking the phone. Can't remember what the exact name is, but goggle search it. They'll send you the SIM code, if the phone is out of contact!!! Takes about 2-3 days when I did my skyrocket to run on TMO.
Just my 2¢®™
Sent from my T889 N2/N3/S5..
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That only works if the contract the phone was in was not defaulted, and or you are the original owner of the phone.
re: sim unlock
I recently bought a soft bricked SGH-I317 (stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered and issue"). I tried flashing LJ2 firmware and got it to change to being hung on the "Samsung Note II" logo. I think this is when it changed as I was trying all sorts of flashing trying to get off the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen (also Kies would not recognize that the phone was connected). Tried different recoveries and firmware without making any progress until I flashed the 4.4.2 (I317UCUCNE5) bootloader. The phone booted into Philz recovery after that. I then flashed the stock LJ2 firmware w/ LJ2 modem, sim unlocked the phone and then flashed Skynote Air 4.3 along with the 4.4.2 (NE5) modem. This is the setup that I am using on T-Mobile now with no problems except that the Knox counter is tripped. Hope this helps shed some light on the problem.
I discovered a problem with Skynote 4.3 with the 4.4.2 bootloader. If I try to charge it with the phone turned off, the phone will freeze at the empty battery symbol and requires a battery pull to get the phone to turn on. Everything else seems to work okay.
jsdad said:
I recently bought a soft bricked SGH-I317 (stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered and issue"). I tried flashing LJ2 firmware and got it to change to being hung on the "Samsung Note II" logo. I think this is when it changed as I was trying all sorts of flashing trying to get off the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen (also Kies would not recognize that the phone was connected). Tried different recoveries and firmware without making any progress until I flashed the 4.4.2 (I317UCUCNE5) bootloader. The phone booted into Philz recovery after that. I then flashed the stock LJ2 firmware w/ LJ2 modem, sim unlocked the phone and then flashed Skynote Air 4.3 along with the 4.4.2 (NE5) modem. This is the setup that I am using on T-Mobile now with no problems except that the Knox counter is tripped. Hope this helps shed some light on the problem.
I discovered a problem with Skynote 4.3 with the 4.4.2 bootloader. If I try to charge it with the phone turned off, the phone will freeze at the empty battery symbol and requires a battery pull to get the phone to turn on. Everything else seems to work okay.
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My sister sell her note 2 to me because she's gonna upgrade to samsung galaxy S5. It was an att and I'm using T-mobile.
I did check the baseband ver and It was i317UCUCNE5 (4.4.2 OTA). the question is it is safe to flash base band ver i317UCALJ2 using ODIN?
Can you do the step by step process and also links of the files and software did you use please? thanks
emeianoite said:
Isn't that what a sim unlock is? Correct me if I have it wrong.
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It's a network unlock, so you are free to use any GSM carrier. You can lock your sim card -- then a pin is required for your phone to connect to your carrier. It's the old skool method to stop unauthorized use, from the days before a lock screen pin.
I bought a SGH-I317M today off someone. It was locked to Bell Canada. I did the dumb thing by letting Kies update the firmware. And as i've read I'm pretty screwed for downgrading it. I tried unlocking it but the hidden menu didn't give me the 4th option in the network lock path. So i tried bunch of things which at one point required me installing Kies for drivers and thats when I i let it slip and update. So now I'm still searching for a method to unlock my phone. I've gotten philstouch recovery on and Skynote working. I just tried flashing the rogers_j2 modem.. hoping this will work.. you think I should just pay one of those sites or a retailer for the sim unlock ccode?
trunks10k said:
I bought a SGH-I317M today off someone. It was locked to Bell Canada. I did the dumb thing by letting Kies update the firmware. And as i've read I'm pretty screwed for downgrading it. I tried unlocking it but the hidden menu didn't give me the 4th option in the network lock path. So i tried bunch of things which at one point required me installing Kies for drivers and thats when I i let it slip and update. So now I'm still searching for a method to unlock my phone. I've gotten philstouch recovery on and Skynote working. I just tried flashing the rogers_j2 modem.. hoping this will work.. you think I should just pay one of those sites or a retailer for the sim unlock ccode?
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Please let me know if it works. mine is galaxy note 2 4.4.2 NE5 baseband and I've done some research and they said that if you upload your firmware thru OTA there is a possibility that it will soft brick you phone due to unknown security reason.
I'm just waiting for conformation from some one that it's safe to flash J2 modem on a NE5 OTA
in the US, if your phone is more than 6 months old and your contract is in good standing you can ask for the unlock code. I don't know if Canada is similar.
I was going to post the same question about unlocking I317 4.4.2, and found this post which is similar to what I'm looking for so just want to add to pump the question.
It's been a while but I have done unlocking for other At&t models (S3, S4) and learned that later versions don't with the option in hidden menu to unlock, and the work around is to downgrade. However with devices that have OTA updates, it's not possible to downgrade the bootloader.
Is this the same for Note 2 I317? If so, any other method available to unlock this device to use it on other GSM networks? (I just bought one and it's on Kitkat 4.4.2 UCUCNE5, and looking for unlock...)
It's only the modem that needs to be flashed. So whatever bootloader you're on doesn't matter.
I wanted to unlock my phone today. ATT website wouldn't let me do it until my contract was fufilled, so I did some web searching.
Started with 4.4.2 and NE5 baseband. Loaded original baseband via recovery, and used the debug menu to unlock the sim. After that, updated the baseband back to the latest. Tmobile sim seems to be working just fine.
dmrfresh said:
I wanted to unlock my phone today. ATT website wouldn't let me do it until my contract was fufilled, so I did some web searching.
Started with 4.4.2 and NE5 baseband. Loaded original baseband via recovery, and used the debug menu to unlock the sim. After that, updated the baseband back to the latest. Tmobile sim seems to be working just fine.
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What bootloader were u on?
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Hello everybody
I have a Samsung S3 SGH-i747M (from Canada) with 4.4.2 and version I747MVLUFNE6 which is locked. It asks for "SIM network unlock PIN".
Is there any way (I don't care for the warranty) to make it work with an other SIM? I am currently in Switzerland.
Thank you very much in advance!
No you'll have to either call the original carrier of the phone and request the code or pay for the unlock code.
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No you'll have to either call the original carrier of the phone and request the code or pay for the unlock code.
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Do you know a reliable site where I can ask for the code?
There's lots of them out there. Pretty sure eBay has some and you can judge by their feedback and ratings...can't think of any specific ones right now though.
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No you'll have to either call the original carrier of the phone and request the code or pay for the unlock code.
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The problem is that I don't know at which carrier belonged the phone and one page that I found,that doesn't require the carrier and I think read that is reliable (swiftunlock.com), does not include the i747m in the list.
Any ideas or any other sites?
Any that offer it for the I747M should work. Don't take my word for it though. Ask the vendor first.
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All the sites that i found ask for the carrier which I don't know or to have the phone rooted and have a version lower than 4.1.1 which I don't .
Is there any way to find out at which carrier it belonged?
Or any other reliable solution?
Please... :crying:
Go yo swappa.com and check the imei. I think it shows the original carrier when it does the check.
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grgkots said:
Hello everybody
I have a Samsung S3 SGH-i747M (from Canada) with 4.4.2 and version I747MVLUFNE6 which is locked. It asks for "SIM network unlock PIN".
Is there any way (I don't care for the warranty) to make it work with an other SIM? I am currently in Switzerland.
Thank you very much in advance!
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I just unlocked my SGH-I747M(canada Rogers/Fido) by down-grading to 4.11 and using the info from this thread "How to Unlock Your Samsung Galaxy S3 & Note 2 (No Rooting)"
found this in t-mobile thread. might be worth a check
err on the side of kindness
mrmike7 said:
I just unlocked my SGH-I747M(canada Rogers/Fido) by down-grading to 4.11 and using the info from this thread "How to Unlock Your Samsung Galaxy S3 & Note 2 (No Rooting)"
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Free method will not work unless the bootloader is from 4.1.2 or lower.
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Free method will not work unless the bootloader is from 4.1.2 or lower.
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That maybe true.....but I do know it doesn't work with ICS or JB 4.1.2 because [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ does not show in menu.
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That maybe true.....but I do know it doesn't work with ICS or JB 4.1.2 because [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ does not show in menu.
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Once you are on the 4.3 ot 4.4.2 bootloader, you cannot downgrade the bootloader and the 4.1.1 modem will not work on the 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader.
You must be on at least the 4.1.1 dialler and modem.
mrmike7 said:
I just unlocked my SGH-I747M(canada Rogers/Fido) by down-grading to 4.11 and using the info from this thread "How to Unlock Your Samsung Galaxy S3 & Note 2 (No Rooting)"
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Hey, I also have a I747 on Rogers on 4.4.2. Im looking to downgrade it to 4.1.1 like you did so I can sim unlock it. What process did you use to downgrade? Was it this: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/8565/I747MVLDLK4_I747MOYADLK4_RWC.zip/
THanks.
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audit13 said:
Once you are on the 4.3 ot 4.4.2 bootloader, you cannot downgrade the bootloader and the 4.1.1 modem will not work on the 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader.
You must be on at least the 4.1.1 dialler and modem.
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damnit, just saw this. Is there any way to downgrade to unlock the SIM? What about if im on a different ROM?
There is no free way to sim unlock your phone once you have the 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader on your phone.
How to know on which bootloader ( bootloader 4.4.2 or 4.3) I am coz I was able to install a custom rom on my SGH-I747M The rom is dirty unicorn android 5.1.1 lolipop rom so Can I downgrade coz if I remember correctly I upgraded from stock 4.1.1 so can I downgrade to stock 4.1.1 by downloading and injecting it via odin is it possible or will it hard brick my phone and can you give me way to confirm what bootloader I have ???
Boot into download mode and look at the screen. If you see anything about knox, it likely the bootloader can't be downgraded to 4.1.1.
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There is no free way to sim unlock your phone once you have the 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader on your phone.
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Can you guide me that how to know which bootloader do you have i.e. do I have a 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader how would I know that? and also I do have a custom dirtyunicorn rom with 5.1.1 so is it possible for me to flash the 4.1.1 stock SGH-I747M rom to it and then unlock it and then again add my current rom and use it???
Download and install the Samsung phone info app from the play store, run it, and look at the last three characters of the bootloader. If it is mk3 or higher, the bootloader can't be downgraded.
sim unlock for sgh-i747m 4.4.2 working need confirmation
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There is no free way to sim unlock your phone once you have the 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader on your phone.
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Not quite sure where to put this but I have just successfully sim unlocked a samsung galaxy s3 sgh-i747m on 4.4.2 .This is only prelimary but upon unlocking and inserting a Public Mobile sim I was able to text on a Canadian Rogers S3. No further testing has been done. I first rooted the phone using Kingoroot and then downloaded the phoneinfo app from play store. I then used the app to get to service menu.At first service menu is blank but I used menu ,then key input Q, then back, then key input 0000,then back and then service menu appears. Now I am doing this from memory and no longer have the phone or another one at the moment to confirm this and will update this as soon as I can. But to the best of my knowledge I first went to UMTS(1) ,thenDEBUG(1), then Phone Control(?), then Network Lock.. Perso-SHA256 was on(1) I set it to off (0). I then backed out of the menu and shut down phone.I inserted PM SIM in phone and booted up .Phone didnt ask for unlock code and shortly I had texting service with Public Mobile. I dont have voice or data to check those but cant seewhy they wouldnt work. Anyway can someone confirm this working.My steps may not be exact but if it worked for me it should work for others.
If you have S6 from Tmobile unlocked with metropcs , can you please post a screenshot of "abour device" ?
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If you have S6 from Tmobile unlocked with metropcs , can you please post a screenshot of "abour device" ?
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hey, I have an S6 128GB originally TMobile, flashed the Metro ROM and its now unlocked. What do you want to see in particular in About Device?
digisolnc said:
hey, I have an S6 128GB originally TMobile, flashed the Metro ROM and its now unlocked. What do you want to see in particular in About Device?
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i wanted to see if the baseband changed from tmobile to a metropcs baseband
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i wanted to see if the baseband changed from tmobile to a metropcs baseband
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Baseband with the Metro ROM is G920T1UVU1AOCH, but the problem is, I flashed both of the S6's I have here to the Metro ROM to unlock them so I have no idea what the original baseband was lol I hope you do!
Any luck on the S6 Edge unlock? I scour the internet everyday for developments but I havent seen anything I feel like this S6 Edge I have is either going to sit here forever or Ill have to sell it as a blacklisted phone because its financed and I KNOW its going to get blocked.
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Baseband with the Metro ROM is G920T1UVU1AOCH, but the problem is, I flashed both of the S6's I have here to the Metro ROM to unlock them so I have no idea what the original baseband was lol I hope you do!
Any luck on the S6 Edge unlock? I scour the internet everyday for developments but I havent seen anything I feel like this S6 Edge I have is either going to sit here forever or Ill have to sell it as a blacklisted phone because its financed and I KNOW its going to get blocked.
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the fact that baseband has a G920T1 means that it did changed the radio , while every damn firmware i tried never change the baseband ., is good to know though ... and if you have an S6 Edge try this before selling it .. ask to borrow someone's tmobile sim card and try to at least do a temporary unlock if that doesn't work then download the app VyprVPN select germany (i did) with the tmobile sim still in and try temporary unlock again,,, doing this at least it bought a month's use of my phone , maybe a solution will come up later on.
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the fact that baseband has a G920T1 means that it did changed the radio , while every damn firmware i tried never change the baseband ., is good to know though ... and if you have an S6 Edge try this before selling it .. ask to borrow someone's tmobile sim card and try to at least do a temporary unlock if that doesn't work then download the app VyprVPN select germany (i did) with the tmobile sim still in and try temporary unlock again,,, doing this at least it bought a month's use of my phone , maybe a solution will come up later on.
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So youre saying that when you flash the Metro ROM to it, its not changing your baseband? I used the one posted by UnlockBase. Were you able to successfully unlock yours?
And yeah, Ive tried the TEMP and PERM unlock on the S6 Edge. I put my TMobile dealer SIM in it hoping that would help as its a free $80 monthly demo line I get for selling TMobile service. I would gladly try that method, but since we sell these phones, a TEMP unlock wont help me I need a permanent solution so once I sell it, Ill know the customer wont have any issues down the road. I have both of the S6's up for sale now that they are unlocked, but I have always wondered if Samsung REGION LOCKS these phones. Ive tested my personal ATT line in it, and it works great, but alot of my customers on eBay export these phones overseas, so Im hoping these new Samsungs arent region locked :/
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So youre saying that when you flash the Metro ROM to it, its not changing your baseband? I used the one posted by UnlockBase. Were you able to successfully unlock yours?
And yeah, Ive tried the TEMP and PERM unlock on the S6 Edge. I put my TMobile dealer SIM in it hoping that would help as its a free $80 monthly demo line I get for selling TMobile service. I would gladly try that method, but since we sell these phones, a TEMP unlock wont help me I need a permanent solution so once I sell it, Ill know the customer wont have any issues down the road. I have both of the S6's up for sale now that they are unlocked, but I have always wondered if Samsung REGION LOCKS these phones. Ive tested my personal ATT line in it, and it works great, but alot of my customers on eBay export these phones overseas, so Im hoping these new Samsungs arent region locked :/
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when you try to flash any firmware with odin it ends on FAIL.. you can flash rom with twrp but baseband remains the same ,, so i dont know if the unlock app from tmobile is tied in the bootloader or radio or something else ... so far i'll just enjoy the 30days left and see what happens after that ... cause after it accepted my att sim card a message will appear reminding me the unlock was to end on Jul01 and if i wanna to do permanent unlock, so i flash a firmware from a canada version G925W so the reminder went away but i dont know if that means that in 30 days i'll be locked again
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when you try to flash any firmware with odin it ends on FAIL.. you can flash rom with twrp but baseband remains the same ,, so i dont know if the unlock app from tmobile is tied in the bootloader or radio or something else ... so far i'll just enjoy the 30days left and see what happens after that ... cause after it accepted my att sim card a message will appear reminding me the unlock was to end on Jul01 and if i wanna to do permanent unlock, so i flash a firmware from a canada version G925W so the reminder went away but i dont know if that means that in 30 days i'll be locked again
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I gotcha. I did something similar. I flashed the international ROM on the S6 EDGE via TWRP and it told me the code is incorrect. I know the code is correct because if I ever it in with no SIM and the #7465625*638*# and put the code in it says successfull. This is SOOOOOO frustrating. The lock has to do with the radio or the bootloader/baseband.
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when you try to flash any firmware with odin it ends on FAIL.. you can flash rom with twrp but baseband remains the same ,, so i dont know if the unlock app from tmobile is tied in the bootloader or radio or something else ... so far i'll just enjoy the 30days left and see what happens after that ... cause after it accepted my att sim card a message will appear reminding me the unlock was to end on Jul01 and if i wanna to do permanent unlock, so i flash a firmware from a canada version G925W so the reminder went away but i dont know if that means that in 30 days i'll be locked again
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I am interested to see if that works which it may as the app is not there to retrigger the lock. You never know.
I currently have metro pcs and I bout an unlocked Samsung galaxy s6. My original Sim is too big so I have to go to metro to get a new one but the phone is not reading the new sim in order for them to program it. How do I fix this or get around this? Should I not let metro try to activate the phone?