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I know there are tons of threads out there showing how to get the MSL, some involve calling sprint and getting a nice rep, others require external tools to read info from the device... here's a way that i discovered (on accident really) for the Evo-3D..
First obtain temp root via any method you wish.
Next we need to 'download' the Radio_Config from the phone, we can do this by issuing the following commands:
(You may need temp root, i'll double check since my phone already had it)
adb shell cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p19 > /sdcard/radio.cfg
adb pull /sdcard/radio.cfg
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after we have this file, open it up in a hex editor and go to the offset 0x107AC4, this is your MSL number.
Use Sprint Chat
I just had a chat session and I got the MSL in under 2 minutes !
if you have temp root, another method would be to download MSL reader from the market.
dadoc04 said:
if you have temp root, another method would be to download MSL reader from the market.
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which is much easier lol
All of those comments are true, but for us over in the "shaking something loose" thread, we're looking at the raw radio config, so this method is nice....
BTW, I've grabbed my MSL this way and it seems to work just fine....
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I know there are tons of threads out there showing how to get the MSL, some involve calling sprint and getting a nice rep, others require external tools to read info from the device... here's a way that i discovered (on accident really) for the Evo-3D..
First obtain temp root via any method you wish.
Next we need to 'download' the Radio_Config from the phone, we can do this by issuing the following commands:
(You may need temp root, i'll double check since my phone already had it)
after we have this file, open it up in a hex editor and go to the offset 0x107AC4, this is your MSL number.
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Good finding!
Thank you for the new way (serious), but IMHO, if you have temp root, the app "MSL reader" in the market is waaay easier. Peace.
EDIT: wtf, iFail, sometomes I look at a thread, see one reply, post mine, and then xda is all like "oh yeah, there were a bunch of posts already, and they covered this, but we were hiding it from your browser" ....
sorry for the duplicate
+1 yea i just downloaded MSL reader from the market and got my MSL very easy to do !! Make sure you have temp tho .
All I did was a 30 second phone call to Sprint
cyberbrutus said:
I just had a chat session and I got the MSL in under 2 minutes !
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asked the guy to hit the print button on the device details page before the next button when I bought it.
+1 people skills
Like was said in the OP, i know there are many other ways to do this, I discovered this again by accident, my wife's evo3d doesn't have the OTA update, and mine does... I was taking a look at the bytes agrabren believes to be the bytes we need to change to get s-off and wanted to compare hers and mine, and found this in the process.
Nieylana said:
Like was said in the OP, i know there are many other ways to do this, I discovered this again by accident, my wife's evo3d doesn't have the OTA update, and mine does... I was taking a look at the bytes agrabren believes to be the bytes we need to change to get s-off and wanted to compare hers and mine, and found this in the process.
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Ty sir
sent from my EVO 3D
Used MSL reader on my old Evo and it worked flawlessly. VERY easy.
rutter9 said:
All I did was a 30 second phone call to Sprint
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what did you say when they asked you "why" lol
I think the easiest way is to call and ask how to reactivate your phone. Say you had to reset it. And they will give you a 6 digital "special code". And you all know what that special code is.
When I called to get mine the rep said he couldn't give the MSL out but said he could tell me how to activate my phone with a little smiley face at the at the end of his sentence. Glad I got a knowledgeable rep and helpful without getting him in trouble.
Sent from my iPhone with the bigger GeeBees.
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what did you say when they asked you "why" lol
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First off, you din't really need a WHY... it is YOUR phone, period! There are many reasons you could ask for it, but I use the one that I needed it for on the HTC Hero which was to change the "Slot Index Cycle" of the phone... if you don't know what this is, do a quick search, it'll learn ya', the EVO3D is set to "2" as is default (on most) phones, but I like mine set at "0".
Good Luck, but really you shouldn't need it.
Regards!
Come on guys this is useful info.
We don't need to know what way you feel is the easiest.
Damn this forum is going downhill.
eslogic said:
what did you say when they asked you "why" lol
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Tell them you are a developer and you need the MSL to test out a new app you are working on. It sounds good enough that they typically won't ask any further questions.
Lafester... of course it is, there is no doubt this is helpful to those who chose this path in the OP to obtain it, very interesting mind you, as there are many ways to skin a cat, so to say...
By the way, I just gave it a shot, just to see how long it would take Sprint via phone and it was 1 minute 37 seconds exempting the time on hold, lol.
Remember, keep the MSL "TIGHT" as someone could, (cough) COULD clone your phone with it... just saying.
Have a nice day all...
You cannot Clone a phone with a msl number.
Lol false info!!
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Hawkysoft said:
Yeye i know...
Another person not happy about Asus's acts...
My problem? the bootloader not being fully unlocked... halve a promiss which has been made by asus IMO.
So therefor i sended them an email asking if they will change the unlock tool so we can use NVFLASH as well..
if i get an reply, i'll post it here... >.<
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Cool thanks. This would be awesome. Save people from a few brick situations.
The only reason they may not is because it gives access to DRM information, correct?
mtotho said:
Cool thanks. This would be awesome. Save people from a few brick situations.
The only reason they may not is because it gives access to DRM information, correct?
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as far as i know, that was the reason why we wouldn't get any google music store or w/e it was support? which i never used and heared about before all this stuff anyway
Hawkysoft said:
as far as i know, that was the reason why we wouldn't get any google music store or w/e it was support? which i never used and heared about before all this stuff anyway
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Yea, I have never once considered buying a movie/music there. That is what Netflix/Spotify/Grooveshark is far
I would be 100% okay with a second unlock tool that will further unlock but disable access to DRM material on the market
If I were to hypothetically steal music/movies, It would be on my PC anyway where it is much easier. Hypothetically speaking
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mtotho said:
Yea, I have never once considered buying a movie/music there. That is what Netflix/Spotify/Grooveshark is far
I would be 100% okay with a second unlock tool that will further unlock but disable access to DRM material on the market
If I were to hypothetically steal music/movies, It would be on my PC anyway where it is much easier. Hypothetically speaking
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lol I know right? They're punishing you by not giving you access to something no one uses anyway. Great way to make sure they don't get customers.
ickkii said:
lol I know right? They're punishing you by not giving you access to something no one uses anyway. Great way to make sure they don't get customers.
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that would be okey if they denied us the access, but in trade for that they should have unlocked the entire bootloader, and not on the current state where we are screwed on both sides (and not the pleasant way)..
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Just saw this thread funny i had to rant about the same thing last night. IMO if they're gonna fully void our warranty they HAVE to fully unlock it. Anything else is bull****. Not having nvflash and fastboot is a bigger issue than all others combined for me.
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Just saw this thread funny i had to rant about the same thing last night. IMO if they're gonna fully void our warranty they HAVE to fully unlock it. Anything else is bull****. Not having nvflash and fastboot is a bigger issue than all others combined for me.
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its like giving away a car without an engine, nor a spot for one... ;/
and that noob @ asus... wow.. serious... i thought they had more brighter people working there...
also without being capable of using nvflash and fastboot, i won't unlock it i think..
and what if they release a new tool? would it be capable to use at the 'unlocked' devices as well? which im afraid off it won't at start of it...
post the email. We should have the whole forum send them an email. OR lets do another BBB complaint
i just used contact us @ asus.com... you won't get to see a true email adress, but at the bright hand, you don't have to fill in your serial number, just fill in like not-needed i did that as well
[update] seems like email 1 has been forwarded, since it has been changed activity to: your suggestion has been received by us and is being progressed.......etc...
email2 still no changes
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Looks good. But man if you get a real response from Asus at least proof read first. Everyone appreciates professionalism.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
AdamHart612 said:
Looks good. But man if you get a real response from Asus at least proof read first. Everyone appreciates professionalism.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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i know don't worry, but to helpdesk workers... i can't help it but my anger speaks, these people think we are stupid and will accept every answer they are giving..
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I can see a few reasons where it would make sense.
0.) Maybe they can't officially. I'm not sure where TF101's nvflash stuff comes from but I could see nVidia making it an issue not to just throw it around willy nilly. Who knows, they could be held liable or risk damaging their contracts with suppliers (like nVidia).
1.) If it could "Undo" the unlocker, well d'uh we're not gonna get it in any legit way.
2.) Maybe they're fed up with enough leaks and general issues that they don't care, after all two new models coming on line soon. And I do expect even if ASUS isn't replacing the Prime, stores will replace it with the new budget model and the Infinity.
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IF unlocking the boot loader was for rooting(which this could be the case IF fastboot was working), they are basically contradicting themselves. They're saying since the boot loader is unlocked we can now root. The way you root when you unlock the boot loader is by changing ro-secure= from 1 to 0 in default.prop in the boot.img(unsecure boot.img), then flash the unsecure boot.img with fastboot. This gives you a root terminal and adb remount to mount system r/w. This is the proper way to do it.
The guy in that email is full of ****, or has no clue what he's talking about. Most likely both
It makes absolutely NO sense for them to cripple fastboot. Nvflash, I can somewhat see in the eyes of some paper pushing pu$$y, but not fastboot.
maybe someone else should try to email... ;/
I would like to be able to fully utilize my note, any good videos on what it can do? For example, my current method for adding a calendar event is very clumsy and often take to long, so I shy away from using it. Or how to best use the pen, for work, or fun.. any youtube videos you guys made would be cool
here's the user guide
ftp://www.slimeinside.me/Samsung/AT...17_Galaxy_Note_English_User_Manual_LA1_F3.pdf
Site is down or 'moved' or is this your server? will have to get on pc if so.
Thanks
Sent from a Galaxy far, far away!
Site is working for me. It took about 10 seconds or so to connect. Patience is a virtue.
To the OP, maybe you could just go to Youtube and search for "ATT Note". Or Google is your friend. You'd get more video that way.
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kimtyson said:
Site is working for me. It took about 10 seconds or so to connect. Patience is a virtue.
To the OP, maybe you could just go to Youtube and search for "ATT Note". Or Google is your friend. You'd get more video that way.
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Did you try from your phone or pc? Reading is a skill that can save you wasted effort.;-). Asked him if it was his server as it is not accessible from phones.
just messing with you. No ill intended.
Sent from a Galaxy far, far away!
Well, I'm not really sure where to ask this, since there isn't a thread related to it, but..
What the hell am I doing wrong with the htcdev unlock?
I'm not sure if the phone should be in recovery, bootloader or what. I've tried both and the dev site still does nothing for me.
I'm feelin pretty damn stupid at this point, because I know I'm missing something obvious.
it'll need to be in fastboot to unlock, are you getting any error messages when you try?
bernechad said:
Well, I'm not really sure where to ask this, since there isn't a thread related to it, but..
What the hell am I doing wrong with the htcdev unlock?
I'm not sure if the phone should be in recovery, bootloader or what. I've tried both and the dev site still does nothing for me.
I'm feelin pretty damn stupid at this point, because I know I'm missing something obvious.
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it is so straight forward
read it properly and carefully
Tried it in fastboot as well, no go. Also tried with settings->power->fastboot checked and unchecked.
No error messages, nothing. I select "all other supported models" then click on begin and nothing happens at all.
Connecting fine through adb, so I'm kind of lost.
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it is so straight forward
read it properly and carefully
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Read what? The 6 paragraph warning?
The site isn't recognizing my phone, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be carefully reading.
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Read what? The 6 paragraph warning?
The site isn't recognizing my phone, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be carefully reading.
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the site is not supposed to recognize your phone bro
read the steps properly
if you were reading carefully you would realize that
but someone will spoon feed you, just hold tight
which step did you get stuck at?
flex360 said:
the site is not supposed to recognize your phone bro
read the steps properly
if you were reading carefully you would realize that
but someone will spoon feed you, just hold tight
which step did you get stuck at?
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Yes, spoon feed me and get condescending because nothing happens when I click "Begin Unlock Bootloader"
So if nothing happens at that point, please treat me like a moron and tell me exactly what I'm supposed to be carefully reading.
Damn.
If YOU were carefully reading, you would have seen that I already stated that nothing happens at all when I try to start the process. Instead, you wanted to treat me like a moron instead of actually trying to help.
I had tried on IE, Firefox and Chrome on two different computers, same thing.
Uninstalled Chrome, reinstalled and it finally worked. Thanks xHausx for trying to help.
If it's any consolation, I can't even activate my account on htcdev. How's that for a moron? Lol no worries man. There's someone out there that will help. Unfortunately there's a lot of dipshits along the way. Hang in there.
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Yes, spoon feed me and get condescending because nothing happens when I click "Begin Unlock Bootloader"
So if nothing happens at that point, please treat me like a moron and tell me exactly what I'm supposed to be carefully reading.
Damn.
If YOU were carefully reading, you would have seen that I already stated that nothing happens at all when I try to start the process. Instead, you wanted to treat me like a moron instead of actually trying to help.
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chrisfales said:
If it's any consolation, I can't even activate my account on htcdev. How's that for a moron? Lol no worries man. There's someone out there that will help. Unfortunately there's a lot of dipshits along the way. Hang in there.
Sent from my LTEvo
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I've seen a number of people that have had problems with receiving the initial emails from htc. A few have had luck with trying a different email address.
Nah, I'm good. That dude had no clue what I was talking about, so he decided to get ****ty instead of trying to help. Yeah, this ain't my first rodeo son.
Apparently the links are broken.
Typing in the URL directly seems to work (hover over the link), as suggested in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675255
Also I found click-spamming the "Begin Unlock Bootloader" button did the trick.
So from what I understand, either HTC or AT&T has plans of dicking over the populous when it comes to the bootloader. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. I don't have any updates on the issue so i don't know if it's happened yet or not. In any case, if you end up in a situation where you cannot obtain the unlock token from HTC for the bootloader, try out Unlock Phone Bootloader by Unlock Root. I personally have used Unlock Root time and time again to root and unroot my old LG MyTouch and my husband's Q with no issues. No need to use command prompt. Just plug in your phone to your comp, enable USB debugging and hit start once the program is on it way. I completely forgot about the bootloader program during the whole process of obtaining drivers and getting ADB and what not. I only remembered just now becaue I'm fixing to root my phone and wanted to see if Unlock Root supported our phone. It's new to the US market, but not the international. So I didn't use the Unlock Bootloader. But, if i ever have to turn this phone in for whatever horrible reason, I'll keep this in mind for myself.
Anyways, Get the program. Give it a shot. It's literally really easy to use. No drivers and command prompts and the like. I'm about to root my phone with the UR program, if it's supported. Have fun. And post if the UB program was actually a success.
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Not sure if serious or Spam....
gunnyman said:
Not sure if serious or Spam....
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Sure looks like an effing ad to me!
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
Hogwash. OP should know better than to post methods not tested on the device in discussion.
SPAM
You cannot use the same partition hacks that were used on the previous HTC models.
Awe sh!t the big guns have shown up!
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
droidiac13 said:
Awe sh!t the big guns have shown up!
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
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Well sites like that steal our hard work and monetize it.
designgears said:
SPAM
You cannot use the same partition hacks that were used on the previous HTC models.
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Not spam clowns. I'm that good at selling a product. Do what you want, it was a suggestion. I said try it. If it worked, post it so others will know and feel comfortable trying it out. Or don't try it. I could give ZERO ***** what you do.
And by the way, this OP says you can't know if something works if you don't test it first. Someone has to test it. Just like trying out a new hack, or ROM or even an app, is all testing. You know, that thing called Beta testing? But what do I know, right? I've only been Rooting and romming for 2.5 years.
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Well sites like that steal our hard work and monetize it.
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And Oh Nos for someone taking the time to make a program that compiles all the "hard work" into one place and makes it easier for many to root their devices, especially those who run into issues like getting ADB to sync on their comps or figure out what SDK files to use. And "bad developer" for charging a fee for their hard work in making said program. Some people ask for donations. You pay for full version apps in the Play Store when you really like the Lite versions. Bad, Bad developer for embracing capitalism. Providing a service and charging a fee. But wait! Unlock Phone and Unlock Root are both FREE unless your phone falls under some special circumstance that requires the "full version".
oooooooo kayyyyyyyyy
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oooooooo kayyyyyyyyy
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Exactly.
whitetiger_0603 said:
And Oh Nos for someone taking the time to make a program that compiles all the "hard work" into one place and makes it easier for many to root their devices, especially those who run into issues like getting ADB to sync on their comps or figure out what SDK files to use. And "bad developer" for charging a fee for their hard work in making said program. Some people ask for donations. You pay for full version apps in the Play Store when you really like the Lite versions. Bad, Bad developer for embracing capitalism. Providing a service and charging a fee. But wait! Unlock Phone and Unlock Root are both FREE unless your phone falls under some special circumstance that requires the "full version".
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Its a shame you've been rooting and romming that long yet you're still such a noob, not to phones but to the community in general.
No one is against capital at least not the ones you directed that at in this thread.
If I donate my time to build something that I release for free, because I want to do something for the community, and then someone else decides to use my work and my code and sell it for profit, that's stealing my work and selling it as their own.
All that aside I just plain don't like things such as these because people who couldn't find the instructions and run ADB or use the sdk don't need to be unlocking their bootloaders.
I spend a few hours a night teaching users how to use ADB and fastboot, helping with remote troubleshooting. I also spend a couple more hours answering questions. I could easily charge a small fee send them a script or remotely do it for them and cut them loose. But I enjoy this community and the more people who learn the fundamentals the better the community is. The last thing I want to do is capitalize on something which has the ill effect of me surrounding myself with a bunch of uneducated helpless noobs who will screw things up royally, because a large portion of those users will commit warranty or insurance fraud simply because they don't have the ability to pull a logcat.
I'm a greedy bastard I put in about 70 hours a week with my businesses so I can work my way to the top. I have no problem with capitalism. But there is a place for ethics in capitalism and without it, things go downhill.
I didn't mean to sound to harsh, but when I know the sacrifices some of the people like beaups and jcase have made such as spending thousands of dollars on hardware to get the process to a point its safe and anyone who can read directions can achive unlock, it irks me to see someone jump on their case or put quotation marks to insinuate their hard work is something other than coming home from the real job and sacrificing sleep, family, and social obligations just to better the community as a whole.
I know you didn't realize the hornets nest you were about to uncover, and I hope readers realize I don't have malicious intent.
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So from what I understand, either HTC or AT&T has plans of dicking over the populous when it comes to the bootloader. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. I don't have any updates on the issue so i don't know if it's happened yet or not. In any case, if you end up in a situation where you cannot obtain the unlock token from HTC for the bootloader, try out Unlock Phone Bootloader by Unlock Root. I personally have used Unlock Root time and time again to root and unroot my old LG MyTouch and my husband's Q with no issues. No need to use command prompt. Just plug in your phone to your comp, enable USB debugging and hit start once the program is on it way. I completely forgot about the bootloader program during the whole process of obtaining drivers and getting ADB and what not. I only remembered just now becaue I'm fixing to root my phone and wanted to see if Unlock Root supported our phone. It's new to the US market, but not the international. So I didn't use the Unlock Bootloader. But, if i ever have to turn this phone in for whatever horrible reason, I'll keep this in mind for myself.
Anyways, Get the program. Give it a shot. It's literally really easy to use. No drivers and command prompts and the like. I'm about to root my phone with the UR program, if it's supported. Have fun. And post if the UB program was actually a success.
Link to site: http://unlockroot.com/
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A) wont work on this phone, if it does then its just grabbing a token from HTC and unlocking like another chinese program out there is doing
B) its a thief's program, stealing work from people like me.
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A) wont work on this phone, if it does then its just grabbing a token from HTC and unlocking like another chinese program out there is doing
B) its a thief's program, stealing work from people like me.
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c) thread closed and link removed.