I'd like to to start a bounty to get the AT&T model unlocked or at the very least rooted. I'll start by pledging $25 via PayPal to whoever figures it out first.
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Good luck
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Good luck
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It's pretty much my only option. I had to let go of the T-Mobile one I had since I couldn't get it sim unlocked.
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Why not that sucks
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Why not that sucks
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I had a hell of a time dealing with not just T-Mobile, but Motorola customer service and the seller I bought it from. Initially I thought it was like someone here suggested and he was selling an unpaid bogo phone. Turns out the device was paid off but never activated or linked to an account. For that reason T-Mobile could not or WOULD not unlock it.
Saying it couldn't be unlocked seemed like bs to me. The imei came back clean, I had proof that I bought it and a T-Mobile employee even tossed in his sim and was able to make/receive calls. I had even tried to use cellunlocker.net but then weren't able to unlock the phone and fortunately refunded me as advertised.
The whole thing has been a nightmare and I'm frustrated and ready to be done with it. I really like the phone (I've had two now ffs) and would love to be able to root/flash custom roms when they become available but that doesn't matter if I can't use my phone as a phone.
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Dang thats stupid
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Yea att is crap because they like to keep it locked down
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There is almost no point in unlocking it..there isn't even root for the T-Mobile version and this thing is SO EASY TO FLASH
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There is almost no point in unlocking it..there isn't even root for the T-Mobile version and this thing is SO EASY TO FLASH
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Can you please elaborate? Do you mean flashing roms or firmware? Have you done either on this device? I haven't had a Motorola since the Atrix 4g, but I remember flashing different firmware on it. I'm coming from Sony where you have to unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery and then flash supersu to obtain root.
Honestly I'm not too worried about flashing custom roms so much as I am having root. I have never owned an unrooted phone and have gotten used to to a few root apps, primarily titanium backup and adaway. I've gotten used to to no xposed one 7.1.1 but those two apps are must haves.
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Can you please elaborate? Do you mean flashing roms or firmware? Have you done either on this device? I haven't had a Motorola since the Atrix 4g, but I remember flashing different firmware on it. I'm coming from Sony where you have to unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery and then flash supersu to obtain root.
Honestly I'm not too worried about flashing custom roms so much as I am having root. I have never owned an unrooted phone and have gotten used to to a few root apps, primarily titanium backup and adaway. I've gotten used to to no xposed one 7.1.1 but those two apps are must haves.
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flasing twrp is stupid easy,ive flashed a twrp image for another phone but it freezes up
I'm going to retract my pledge as I no longer have the At&t model. After quite a bit of work I was able to get a T-Mobile unit sim unlocked. Aside from preferring the black color it's a win in every way. I got mine on eBay new for $550 vs Att's $809, and has less carrier bloat, better battery life and an unlockable bootloader.
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I'm going to retract my pledge as I no longer have the At&t model. After quite a bit of work I was able to get a T-Mobile unit sim unlocked. Aside from preferring the black color it's a win in every way. I got mine on eBay new for $550 vs Att's $809, and has less carrier bloat, better battery life and an unlockable bootloader.
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If the Sprint one can use AT&T towers, it is black also.
Uzephi said:
If the Sprint one can use AT&T towers, it is black also.
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I think it can but I don't want to have to go through the entire process of getting a device unlocked again. Maybe if a good deal comes up on an unlocked black one I'll flip my gray for it. It's currently in a case so I can't tell anyway.
I'd like to do the first guy's offer. I will pay whoever can unlock the at& moto z2 force bootloader 25$. I unlocked it for MetroPCS
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I'm going to retract my pledge as I no longer have the At&t model. After quite a bit of work I was able to get a T-Mobile unit sim unlocked. Aside from preferring the black color it's a win in every way. I got mine on eBay new for $550 vs Att's $809, and has less carrier bloat, better battery life and an unlockable bootloader.
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tmob bootloader can officially unlock from motorola website?
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tmob bootloader can officially unlock from motorola website?
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Correct
i have many of these device in my company and am willing to put up 100 to get my bootloader unlocked even if it was a method like the sunshine route from the old days
I am currently in talks with ATT'S executive support who have direct access to the legal team, Etc.. I explained that they were in violation of FCC Title 47 part 27.16 where they are not allowed to disable any features. Which they have by directly linking the hotspot functionality to the ATT network preventing me from using that feature on any other networks. After I explained that in detail how they were violation they are actually now looking into a way to unlock my bootloader so I can replace the ATT software with whatever I please. I received that phone call Friday, Feb 17. Wish me luck...
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I am currently in talks with ATT'S executive support who have direct access to the legal team, Etc.. I explained that they were in violation of FCC Title 47 part 27.16 where they are not allowed to disable any features. Which they have by directly linking the hotspot functionality to the ATT network preventing me from using that feature on any other networks. After I explained that in detail how they were violation they are actually now looking into a way to unlock my bootloader so I can replace the ATT software with whatever I please. I received that phone call Friday, Feb 17. Wish me luck...
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Received my phone call today and as expected they gave a **** excuse of "We do not support unlocking of the boot-loader due to it can make software unstable" So I asked for legal information so I could take them to small claims since that is an option he came back with you can find that info on att.com so ATT is going to force my hand I believe this is something I can win in small claims I am asking if there is anyone out there that would like to help throw resources together to make my case stronger against them when I take them to court I would appreciate it.
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Received my phone call today and as expected they gave a **** excuse of "We do not support unlocking of the boot-loader due to it can make software unstable" So I asked for legal information so I could take them to small claims since that is an option he came back with you can find that info on att.com so ATT is going to force my hand I believe this is something I can win in small claims I am asking if there is anyone out there that would like to help throw resources together to make my case stronger against them when I take them to court I would appreciate it.
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you're probably not going to get any headway, i mean this is stated in pretty much every device manual from AT&T:
The software, interfaces, documentation, data, and content provided for your Equipment as may be updated, downloaded, or replaced by feature enhancements, software updates, system restore software or data generated or provided subsequently by AT&T (hereinafter “Software”) is licensed, not sold, to you by AT&Tand/or its licensors/suppliers for use only on your Equipment. Your use of the Software shall comply with its intended purposes as determined by us, all applicable laws, and AT&T’s Acceptable Use Policy at att.com/AcceptableUsePolicy.
You are not permitted to use the Software in any manner not authorized by this License. You may not (and you agree not to enable others to) copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, reproduce, attempt to derive the source code of, decrypt, modify, defeat protective mechanisms, combine with other software, or create derivative works of the Software or any portion thereof. You may not rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute, transfer or sublicense the Software or any portion thereof. You agree the Software contains proprietary content and information owned by AT&T and/or its licensors/suppliers.
AT&T and its licensors/suppliers reserve the right to change, suspend, terminate, remove, impose limits on the use or access to, or disable access to, the Software at any time without notice and will have no liability for doing so. You acknowledge AT&T’s Software licensors/suppliers are intended third party beneficiaries of this license, including the indemnification, limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranty provisions found in this Agreement.
and you technically agreed to this when you bought the device from AT&T, if you wanted to unlock the bootloader you should have bought the Sprint/TMO/Global variants
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you're probably not going to get any headway, i mean this is stated in pretty much every device manual from AT&T:
The software, interfaces, documentation, data, and content provided for your Equipment as may be updated, downloaded, or replaced by feature enhancements, software updates, system restore software or data generated or provided subsequently by AT&T (hereinafter “Software”) is licensed, not sold, to you by AT&Tand/or its licensors/suppliers for use only on your Equipment. Your use of the Software shall comply with its intended purposes as determined by us, all applicable laws, and AT&T’s Acceptable Use Policy at att.com/AcceptableUsePolicy.
You are not permitted to use the Software in any manner not authorized by this License. You may not (and you agree not to enable others to) copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, reproduce, attempt to derive the source code of, decrypt, modify, defeat protective mechanisms, combine with other software, or create derivative works of the Software or any portion thereof. You may not rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute, transfer or sublicense the Software or any portion thereof. You agree the Software contains proprietary content and information owned by AT&T and/or its licensors/suppliers.
AT&T and its licensors/suppliers reserve the right to change, suspend, terminate, remove, impose limits on the use or access to, or disable access to, the Software at any time without notice and will have no liability for doing so. You acknowledge AT&T’s Software licensors/suppliers are intended third party beneficiaries of this license, including the indemnification, limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranty provisions found in this Agreement.
and you technically agreed to this when you bought the device from AT&T, if you wanted to unlock the bootloader you should have bought the Sprint/TMO/Global variants
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i fully understand this, and it is regarding the use of AT&T software. for the most part we do not want to run, use, or manipulate the AT&T firmware. i want to show support in this effort, as we should be able to remove the software and reinstall any other i wish as long as i accept that my warranty is now gone forever.
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Talharshad said:
I Submitted IMEI to this Guy he is like Super fast Less then 10 Minutes and gave me Bootloader Code for P20.
Link to His Page: https://facebook.com/knoxbypass
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How much did he charge?
He told me $25 or $35 and chose $25 and still got the code in 30 min and its working
Same for me, 25 USD and in 30 minutes I received the code. Finally I have my p20 debranded now
I want to leave my feedback about they service. I paid for the 30 minutes option and then they rapidly gave my code. Works great.
PS. Before unlock your bootloader, do a backup. The OS will format your phone in low level (everything will lost!)
Take care and go ahead!
Cheers from Brazil.
Like is it even worth getting a bootloader unlock code if planning to flash ROMs? From what I know the TWRP we have for the P20 is unofficial and only supports 8.0 ROMs and with the release of Pie coming up I don't even know.
the most helpful post i ever read on xda!
Unlocked
Mine got unlocked as per post 4 above but he is unlocking it with IMEI and it works. Anyone know if the Huawei official unlock was also done by IMEI or some other special code?
Just leaving my Code here so I wont lose it somewhere : 90PC1FSRXVHCBBXM
Tank you for your great service!
Perfect service. Thank you
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Will this work for a Canadian model?
Hello I want to buy for France a galaxy note 10 plus n975u blacklisted in the USA and locked sim verizon. I know it can work despite the blacklist in France, but for the simlock verizon this is annoying! Can I still unlock sim carrier it if it is blacklisted? If yes where? Thank you
So this is a topic that we don't provide support for. Although in many circumstances it may be a case of a buyer being taken advantage of, and while we sympathize, modifying an imei is not considered to be a practice we condone. It can lead to a lot of issues on our end if we allow these type of discussions to take place.
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I have to shut this down.
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Hi, due to the high prices in my country I have bought an TMO version of one plus 9 pro LE2127. But to keep use my sim in my country I have to pay huge amount or I have to replace the IMEI number with one of my old phones. I have been looking for how to do but I couldn't find a valid guide for this. My phone is in Android12 now and 13 is just came today. I didn't do update yet. Can anyone help me out this issue?
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Hi, due to the high prices in my country I have bought an TMO version of one plus 9 pro LE2127. But to keep use my sim in my country I have to pay huge amount or I have to replace the IMEI number with one of my old phones. I have been looking for how to do but I couldn't find a valid guide for this. My phone is in Android12 now and 13 is just came today. I didn't do update yet. Can anyone help me out this issue?
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Changing the imei is forbidden in most countries and is not supported here as far as I know
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Changing the imei is forbidden in most countries and is not supported here as far as I know
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I didn't know that it's forbidden here. My fault then. I apologise.
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Hi, due to the high prices in my country I have bought an TMO version of one plus 9 pro LE2127. But to keep use my sim in my country I have to pay huge amount or I have to replace the IMEI number with one of my old phones. I have been looking for how to do but I couldn't find a valid guide for this. My phone is in Android12 now and 13 is just came today. I didn't do update yet. Can anyone help me out this issue?
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Altering the IMEI of your phone is against the law in most countries and is not something that can be discussed on XDA. Instead of trying to alter the IMEI, next time you buy a phone, make sure it's sim unlocked and doesn't have a blacklisted IMEI.
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Hi, due to the high prices in my country I have bought an TMO version of one plus 9 pro LE2127. But to keep use my sim in my country I have to pay huge amount or I have to replace the IMEI number with one of my old phones. I have been looking for how to do but I couldn't find a valid guide for this. My phone is in Android12 now and 13 is just came today. I didn't do update yet. Can anyone help me out this issue?
Regards.
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I didn't know that it's forbidden here. My fault then. I apologise.
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@mvollstagg I've closed this thread!
As already above indicated by @ChrisFeiveel84 and @Masterchief87, edit or change of IMEI is illegal in quite a few of countries. For this reason, I've closed the thread! XDA doesn't allow and doesn't accept discussions about or support for such an edit or change.
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