I recently received a LG Optimus One P500h from Telus (Canada) and had it unlocked.
When they unlocked the phone, they changed the ROM the phone was using and no longer has the Telus logo when the phone starts. Before the unlock, the phone was running LG-P500h-V10s and now it's running LG-P500h-V10a.
I was wondering if I were to update the software to a later version, will I lose the unlock?
Thanks
If they did a SIM unlock, so that you can use a SIM from any provider, then you will not lose the unlock when flashing new roms.
Thanks your for your reply.
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i rooted the phone with odin and from metro pcs jumped to tmobile, and i bought an unlock code and the first time i entered the code it said unlocked, when i restarted the phone asked me for the unlock code again and the same code didnt worked, i unrooted with superSU and still the same, i dont know what to do, please help me
Jaas1429 said:
i rooted the phone with odin and from metro pcs jumped to tmobile, and i bought an unlock code and the first time i entered the code it said unlocked, when i restarted the phone asked me for the unlock code again and the same code didnt worked, i unrooted with superSU and still the same, i dont know what to do, please help me
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Rooting and carrier locks/unlocking are completely separate things.
Your phone doesn't work with a T-Mobile SIM? T-Mo and MetroPCS are the same company and use the same network, and in theory, phones from one should work on the other without unlocking, or should be able to be unlocked by one or either of them.
Planterz said:
Rooting and carrier locks/unlocking are completely separate things.
Your phone doesn't work with a T-Mobile SIM? T-Mo and MetroPCS are the same company and use the same network, and in theory, phones from one should work on the other without unlocking, or should be able to be unlocked by one or either of them.
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i want to use the phone in another carrier like AT&T, that the problem
I bought an htc one m8 last week from a friend, seemed to be fully unlocked and tried many sims and worked perfectly. When i tried to update the phone (OTA) from 4.4.4 to lollipop the phone shows that its up to date. I contacted htc chat support and they requested my imei, they told me it's an at&t device and i have to wait for the update, I told them that the device is unlocked, they told me it's hardware locked and i have to wait for the update. I didn't hear of that before especially that i'm not from america,there is no anything referring to at&t, the phone doesn't have the at&t logo on the back and when it boots it doesn't show it. If it's really hardware locked is there any way to unlock it, or is there any way to install lollipop?
SIM unlock that allows you to use another carrier's SIM has nothing to do with how the updates roll out. The updates roll out based on the phone's CID (carrier ID) and model MID (model ID). The only way to change those is with sunshine s-off ($25 US). Otherwise, the HTC rep is correct in that AT&T has not rolled out the Lollipop update yet. And when they do, you won't get it OTA. You need to be connected to AT&T's network for that. But you will be able to update by downloading the RUU to a PC and updating that way.
Hello there fellows, i'll try to make my question simple. My uncle got a new phone so he threw away his old one which i took, its an LG V10 H901 its T-Mobile if i'm not mistaken, Anyways I'm out of Canada for a long time now and the phone is fully unlocked and runs on all the networks i was able to test, but its running android lollipop and i really upgrade to nougat, but from a previous experience with a Galaxy S6, upgrading just like that might lock back the network, and i have no idea if its the same case for this V10 too, as i am not in Canada anymore even contacting T-Mobile won't be that easy at all (tried before), so what i wanna know is, will the network get locked if i upgrade the Android ? as i'm going to do it manually since i can't receive OTA outside the region.
All informations are appreciated, and thanks in advance.
Edit: In T-mobile website where i enter the IMEI to see if my device is illegible for unlocking i got a congratulations saying my device can be unlocked.
- Also, The phone is rooted so my guess the bootloader should be unlocked right ? (Stock recovery btw). Now the weird part about that is that when i try to reboot to fastboot/bootloader from Terminal/ ADB/ Volume Down And USB/ Application With Root, there is no fastboot or bootloader i guess, i even found a similar post on the forums here but no answer for it too!
Now my guess that flashing the KDZ will flash all partitions and fix it but i am still afraid of the carrier lock!
In general, once a phone is unlocked, it stays unlocked forever as long as it disables the sim lock check in the phone and updating the software or doing factory reset doesn't change that. From what I have read and researched previously, the sim unlock status is stored and enforced via a certain partition on phone for example, in some phones it is nvram or nv data partition, the same partition that stores phone's IMEI number as well. It is not likely that you will loose sim unlock status just by updating to nougat.
But do keep in mind that that some of the LG V10 H901 T-Mobile versions have a korean motherboard where LG Bridge tries to update it with the wrong version of the rom bricking the phone, and people have reported here on XDA that even after unbricking they lost their IMEI info from the phone permanently and phone modem stops working.
I would suggest that you make sure which sub-variant of the H901 you have before you attempt to do any flashing, especially through LG UP.
I personally just bought a used H901 myself and was trying to decide if my phone is one of the ones with korean motherboard.
I have a tmobile lg v30 that was unlocked with device unlock tool... used it for a year on att. Then I went to xfinity mobile with an Iphone. Put the v30 away for a month.
Was gonna give to my friend to use on tmobile. When you put a tmobile sim card in it will not connect to any network. Will not work with att sim now either. Tmobile says its carrier locked and they
cannot unlock it now. ????? Says I have to get the original carrier to unlock it... They are the original carrier. Device unlock "when you try Permanent unlock says" Unlock Failed Unlock Approved : Mobile device is permanently unlocked.
When you try Temp unlock it says Unlock Failed Unlock Approved : Mobile device is temporarily unlocked until 02-Aug-2019.
When you put tmobile sim in the apn is there but you cannot edit or add apn.
When your put any other sim in the apn is empty and you cannot add apn.
Phone is on Android version 7.1.2
Tia
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mrfordwrench said:
I have a tmobile lg v30 that was unlocked with device unlock tool... used it for a year on att. Then I went to xfinity mobile with an Iphone. Put the v30 away for a month.
Was gonna give to my friend to use on tmobile. When you put a tmobile sim card in it will not connect to any network. Will not work with att sim now either. Tmobile says its carrier locked and they
cannot unlock it now. ????? Says I have to get the original carrier to unlock it... They are the original carrier. Device unlock "when you try Permanent unlock says" Unlock Failed Unlock Approved : Mobile device is permanently unlocked.
When you try Temp unlock it says Unlock Failed Unlock Approved : Mobile device is temporarily unlocked until 02-Aug-2019.
When you put tmobile sim in the apn is there but you cannot edit or add apn.
When your put any other sim in the apn is empty and you cannot add apn.
Phone is on Android version 7.1.2
Tia
MrFordwrench
[email protected]
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If it's a T-Mobile H932 and you want to use it on T-Mobile, why does it need to be carrier unlocked?
If it won't work on T-Mobile, have T-Mobile repair it
It's not a carrier unlocking issue, at least if you want to use it on T-Mobile..
Because it’s not on an account now and T-Mobile says it needs to be network unlocked. Before they can add it back to their network.
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Because it’s not on an account now and T-Mobile says it needs to be network unlocked. Before they can add it back to their network.
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T-Mobile H832 does NOT need to be carrier unlocked to work on T-Mobile, since it's a T-Mobile device.
If they are telling you that they're lying or they don't understand what you're asking. Maybe you confused them with unnecessary details about your attempt to carrier unlock it in the past.
Stop mentioning that to them and focus on it's T-Mobile device that needs to work on T-Mobile, period. And they need to replace it or repair it if it doesn't.
If some incompetent support person doesn't understand that, then go to another store or make another phone call.
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Tmobile says its carrier locked and they
cannot unlock it now. ????? Says I have to get the original carrier to unlock it... They are the original carrier.
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Just to be crystal clear here,
are you sure about that? Is there something you're not telling us?
We ARE talking about T-Mobile H932 and not Puerto Rico H932, right? You BOUGHT it from T-Mobile, right?
If the answer is yes, it's T-Mobile H932, then this statement stands:
T-Mobile H832 does NOT need to be carrier unlocked to work on T-Mobile, since it's a T-Mobile device.
You need to find competent support person and do NOT mention anything about carrier unlocking to them... until the phone is working on T-Mobile with no problem.
THEN, you can ask them about carrier unlocking it to work on other carriers.
Hi,
So this device I bought from facebook marketplace and was told it's fully unlocked.
After inserting a different SIM, the device works for a minute, then shows an error saying it's not a verizon SIM and disconnects from the network.
I contacted Verizon and they're telling me that it's unlocked but I guess something in the firmware that prevents me from using the phone. I did a factory reset, now the phone setup won't finish without a Verizon SIM card. it stays stuck on that screen.
Is there a custom firmware that I flush this phone with and be able to use the phone?
Please advise.
Thanks.
Verizon A02S unlocked but not able to use on other networks. Need help unlocking
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I have the same situation. Bought a Samsung A02S and it's from Verizon and was factory reset.
It boots to "HELLO" screen but won't let me initialize the phone without a valid Verizon SIM. I put an old Verizon SIM and it says "invalid".
How can I boot this thing to get to settings etc. to unlock it from Verizon?