Okay, I am completely new to this forum, somewhat new to unlocking phones, and have no idea how to do this, after searching all over the net for hours. I apologize in advance for the nonsense I am about to spew into the faces of the readers.
I want to unlock my Droid razr xt912 (original, not HD or M or any of those), which is on Verizon Network (I think there are others for att network and all those), to my net10 network, which gives me all the unlimited data and blah blah.
I was on ICS, I rooted my phone. For some reason I decided to update my phone to JB so I would stop getting the annoying update notification. I assume I've lost my root since I updated. I believe I have to root my phone and all that to unlock it.
(edit) I tried rooting with razr blade and saw access denied to "/something/something" several times during the process. OI opened Titanium backup to see if it was rooted, and it said it didn't have permissions. In superuser, the binary is outdated, I try to update and it fails.
My question is, do I simply need to root my phone after all this madness to proceed into unlocking it? AND, how do I go about unlocking it AFTER I root it again, if it is at all possible?
Thanks in advance, and sorry for this forum vomit. @[email protected]
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GreyFawkes said:
Okay, I am completely new to this forum, somewhat new to unlocking phones, and have no idea how to do this, after searching all over the net for hours. I apologize in advance for the nonsense I am about to spew into the faces of the readers.
I want to unlock my Droid razr xt912 (original, not HD or M or any of those), which is on Verizon Network (I think there are others for att network and all those), to my net10 network, which gives me all the unlimited data and blah blah.
I was on ICS, I rooted my phone. For some reason I decided to update my phone to JB so I would stop getting the annoying update notification. I assume I've lost my root since I updated. I believe I have to root my phone and all that to unlock it.
(edit) I tried rooting with razr blade and saw access denied to "/something/something" several times during the process. OI opened Titanium backup to see if it was rooted, and it said it didn't have permissions. In superuser, the binary is outdated, I try to update and it fails.
My question is, do I simply need to root my phone after all this madness to proceed into unlocking it? AND, how do I go about unlocking it AFTER I root it again, if it is at all possible?
Thanks in advance, and sorry for this forum vomit. @[email protected]
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im not sure if your in usa or not but xt 912 does not work in usa on any other network other then verizon.
if your using it outside usa you dont need to unlock it you just change settings to global and allow roaming although it doesnt charge the settings will let you use data. the phone doesnt need to be unlocked just the settings need to be changed. thats all.
secondly rooting has nothing to do with unlocking. whether you root now or later doesnt matter. you do need to root to play around and install tweaks and custom roms etc
hope this helps. also for xt 912 you can always go to www.droidrzr.com they have excellent support including live chat for xt 912 phone users.
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Why is it that I can get a gray screen to show up that says:
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Hi Everyone,
So I am just awaiting my unlock code to come in so I can finally full use the Atrix as a true phone. So while waiting for it I performed the Sim and Motoblur bypass from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027994&highlight=sim+card
Now that I can play with the phone I would like to get ahead of the game and root the Atrix now and play with it some more.
Do you guys see any issues with that? I guess I would have to watch it and everytime it boots up and perform the Boot Android (No BP).
Thanks in advance!
BTW: AT&T Atrix
Answer is yes
It doesn't even ask about the sim card anymore... It just says there is none.
hey guys I had a atrix 4g that i sold to a friend of mine. before i did i had rooted it and unlock the bootloader. so i can run titanuim backup to get m data off.
the problem is the phone now which still has stock rom on it. is giving my buddy low memory error when he plugs it into the lapdock. its has never done that before and only started now. i read on another thread that it might have something to do with the unlock bootloader or something. i didnt install any custom rom or any customer recovery on it. just rooted and unlock bootloader then got unlock code to unlock phone for different network.
any help would be great my friend really wants to use the lapdock like i used to.
thanks in advance
Hello, I just recently got an Atrix off of ebay. I want to get into playing witih android phones. I've already read numerous threads, got the android sdk, rsd lite, etc.. I've been reading about flashing, and to be careful of what you flash based on what firmware versions are already on the phone.
The problem I have is the phone is subsidy locked, but it's locked in a way that not even AT&T sims work. It always asks for the pin, and the code AT&T gave me (they stated it was the subsidy unlock code) fails. So I looked at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356121
However, I have no idea what's on this phone. I can't access any settings menu in the phone, as it sticks to the "Emergency Calls Only" screen. i don't know what firmware is on the phone, what radio is on it, etc.. I don't want to try to flash a radio file and have it brick my phone. I've read quite a bit this past hour, but I'm at a crossroads here and don't know what to do to figure out what is exactly on this phone. If I knew what I had exactly, I'd be a lot more confident in flashing things.
I do know the bootloader is unlocked (the phone boots saying "Unlocked"). That's all I know :\
EDIT: Disregard. It took me another 6 hours but I finally got everything figured out (had to boot it with no sim to view things, then from there I got into it all). Rooted, CWM, flashed the bell radio and my sim works for now. Thanks for the valuable info that's listed here!
Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks!
hey,
I do have the atrix which is netwoek subsidy locked.
I even cant use at&t. I am outside us currently.
Could you tell me how did you flashed bell radio & where u got that.
Thanks
I have been reading in forums about rooting and unlocking phones. I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 . Model # is SGH-S959G.. It is Android version 2.3.6 and has Gingerbread UDL12.
I want to unlock the phone as it shows in my settings that Network Lock is "ON" and SP Lock is "ON". Subset lock is off as well as CP lock..
I understand that I may have to root the phone. I see from most of the threads I have read in various places, they were posted back from 2010 and up to about 2013. I am not seeing anything that appears to be current in threads that tell how to do this. I am wondering if there have been updates or changes, or even if this phone can be rooted or unlocked.
I purchased the phone at full price from Walmart. Used Straight Talk as the provider, but now I want to simply change to another provider using this phone instead of the phone they want to provide. When I bought the phone, unlocked and a lot of other things meant nothing to me because I was totally unfamiliar with phones. I still do not use the phone too much. I am 63 and not savvy to most of this, but did want to make sure I know all the facts ( as much as there are any ) before doing anything, as I am on limited income now and sure can not afford to really mess up my phone. Can you tell me if there are more updated posts or news on how to root or unlock this phone.
First, welcome to the XDA forums. There is a dedicated thread for your device, you can find it here. In the first post you'll find very specific information for your phone, so my recommendation would be to check there and see if it answers any other questions you might have.
To unlock you don't necessarily have to root your phone, but if you DO want to root the procedure is much easier than it used to be. Just download the Framaroot app from this thread and use the Aragorn exploit when prompted. Then reboot and you'll be rooted.
But again, you don't have to root just to unlock.
Here is a link to an old app that used to work for unlocking the i777/959... https://app.box.com/s/mu8xp28np9y7f9r9psqswljhhlhkfx3q. In order to install the app you may need to go to System Settings > Security > and check "Unknown Sources". This will allow the app to install, bypassing the "Play Store-only" check. If you're uncomfortable leaving "Unknown Sources" checked after you've installed the app, simply uncheck it it afterwards.
Because these devices are older and out of the warranty time-frame it's perfectly legitimate to unlock them, so see if that app will work. No guarantees, though! If you have any other questions please feel free to ask here, but you may find better answers from those users who actually have your device, as I have a tendency to over complicate things!
jmccoll said:
I have been reading in forums about rooting and unlocking phones. I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 . Model # is SGH-S959G.. It is Android version 2.3.6 and has Gingerbread UDL12.
I want to unlock the phone as it shows in my settings that Network Lock is "ON" and SP Lock is "ON". Subset lock is off as well as CP lock..
I purchased the phone at full price from Walmart. Used Straight Talk as the provider
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SteveMurphy said:
First, welcome to the XDA forums.
You don't have to root just to unlock.
Here is a link to an old app that used to work for unlocking the i777/959... . In order to install the app you may need to go to System Settings > Security > and check "Unknown Sources". This will allow the app to install, bypassing the "Play Store-only" check. If you're uncomfortable leaving "Unknown Sources" checked after you've installed the app, simply uncheck it it afterwards.
Because these devices are older and out of the warranty time-frame it's perfectly legitimate to unlock them, so see if that app will work. No guarantees, though!
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Thank you Steve. I did use the link and downloaded the old app you provided link for, but it did not work after following instructions. It gave me a message about Root Access Denied, Please check your ROM is rooted. .. Does this mean I would have to root my phone?
Probably, but it isn't a big deal if you decide to do it. In every sense rooting is actually beneficial, as it gives the user compete control over their devices and what's installed. You can root and never install a custom ROM, so the only thing that would be detrimental would be if you had to return it for a warranty issue (of which there is a way to unroot/return to stock). But because these devices are out of warranty due to age, there's no reason not to root.
So my advice would be to download Framaroot from my previous post and use the Aragorn exploit, then reboot and run the Sim Unlock. That should work.
Hello,
I have an SM-N950U from TMB which was purchased direct from Samsung when it was just launched after the whole debacle of the Note 7.
Phone has been working fine on TMB this whole time. Today I switched to VZW and attempting to have the phone unlocked.
I tried to use the Device Unlock app on the phone, with no luck. It fails when I try to Permanently Unlock the phone.
I called TMB for assistance, they said that the manager has tried to process it manually and has been unable to do so after multiple attempts. Escalated to higher support who got on the phone and said she's unable to help and does not know why it is not working. Said she will be escalating to a higher support group, but as of yet, nothing from anyone.
Is there any way of unlocking this phone without TMB?
I've attempted to flash VZW via ODIN, both U and U1, with no luck. I also tried the U1 XAA and still the same thing, I get a message "Network locked SIM card inserted".
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am at a total loss and want to continue using this phone as I've been, just with VZW now.
Side note, maybe it's failing because the phone is already unlocked, just doesnt work with VZW? Not sure if thats a possibility, but is there any way to check to see if the phone is in fact unlocked or not?
Anyone?