I just got a Note 1 i717, currently locked to Rogers (I live in Canada), spent some hours to read about rooting Note 1 to work with Wind/Mobilicity, I'm new, Can you guys please tell me all I have to do is rooting the Note 1 to make it works with Wind/Mobilicity? do I have to have an Sim-unlocked Note 1 to start rooting?
I find this method is quite easy and safe, probably the best method to root Note 1, another question is can I update or install another rom after rooting and it still works with Wind/Mobilicity?
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minhhieule89 said:
I just got a Note 1 i717, currently locked to Rogers (I live in Canada), spent some hours to read about rooting Note 1 to work with Wind/Mobilicity, I'm new, Can you guys please tell me all I have to do is rooting the Note 1 to make it works with Wind/Mobilicity? do I have to have an Sim-unlocked Note 1 to start rooting?
I find this method is quite easy and safe, probably the best method to root Note 1, another question is can I update or install another rom after rooting and it still works with Wind/Mobilicity?
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In order to use a carrier locked device on a different carrier, you have to remove the SIM lock. There's lots of ways to obtain the lock code. Usually calling the carrier is fast and cheapest. Or you can Google search for how to remove it.
Rooting is totally different then unlocking. Rooting doesn't affect what carrier your device will work on. Roms don't affect this either unless the rom installs a modem. Modems are what allow you to connect to different carriers. I'm unfamiliar with what modems work on wind/mobilicity but I remember reading a post on it here once. You'll have to search for it.
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440bro said:
In order to use a carrier locked device on a different carrier, you have to remove the SIM lock. There's lots of ways to obtain the lock code. Usually calling the carrier is fast and cheapest. Or you can Google search for how to remove it.
Rooting is totally different then unlocking. Rooting doesn't affect what carrier your device will work on. Roms don't affect this either unless the rom installs a modem. Modems are what allow you to connect to different carriers. I'm unfamiliar with what modems work on wind/mobilicity but I remember reading a post on it here once. You'll have to search for it.
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but I read somewhere you can not use the phone even when unlocked, you have to do some modification?does that mean installing the modem? so what rooting does?what rom do you guy recommend for Note 1? I heard many people talk about Pacman Rom
I am using a bell note with mobilicity. You need tp unlock your phone in order to use with mobilicity.
For rooting, i flashed twrp recovery using odin v1.85. Once, you have twrp recovery, you can flash superuser.i used superuser v94. You can get twrp recovery from goomanager too. Once you are rooted. You need to flash modem. There are many modems available. You just have to find right one for you.
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osterizerblender said:
I am using a bell note with mobilicity. You need tp unlock your phone in order to use with mobilicity.
For rooting, i flashed twrp recovery using odin v1.85. Once, you have twrp recovery, you can flash superuser.i used superuser v94. You can get twrp recovery from goomanager too. Once you are rooted. You need to flash modem. There are many modems available. You just have to find right one for you.
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thanks, this is quite helpful
You don't need root access to flash any modem or rom.
You need to unlock from carrier to use other carriers sim card. This can be done by ourchasing a code from ebay.
You will need to flash a modem that will let you access the frequencies\bands wind uses.
Don't quote, reply. If you quote, edit.
No Honestly lets chit chat about it what is a good modem for mobilicity because I havn't seen one yet that doesn't drop and require reboots 10 min+ wait while it rediscovers all the various band connections. I want to know if anyone has a good experience with AWS 1700 + 2100 on the note since gingerbread/ics (a little). I am thinking of giving it up because I use mobilicity / and wind in the past and it really isn't a functioning phone anymore because of the magivered modem from times long ago. All the new radios don't work because they havn't been modded to get the other bands ...
So good luck, but I think it is more a toy now than a phone.
Also I would like to point out that all the work that was done a year back was great and thanks to everyone involved.
Optimized Mobilicity setup
Helium App backup from current AOSP Rom -> Data/Delvik Cache wipe -> Factory Reset -> Odin 3.07 -> Stock ATT JB 4.1.2 ROM + OpenRecovery TWRP 2.6.3.0 + Blaze 4G LB7 -> Recovery -> Bliss!
hey man
so which rom you are using to make this work with Wind/Mobilicity? I already rooted and have recovery rom, but i dont know which rom to install. I have tried T-mobile rom but it did not work.
Would you like to share more detail how you managed to get it to work
What rom have you used, I m getting no signal at this point and lost IMEI number
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Im interested in getting the atrix from att, however I know of the issue where custom ROMS may never happen for this phone because of the locked bootloader.
Since att has locked down the mobile hotspot app to verify you have a tethering plan (I have unlimited data) and since they also disable the option to install non market apps, would it be possible to flash the firmware from the Bell version of the atrix when it is released in a few days onto the att version? The only reason i think this would work is because technically it is still an official ROM, just for a different region. Does anyone know if this will work? This will probably be the deciding factor in whether I decide to get this phone...
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Im interested in getting the atrix from att, however I know of the issue where custom ROMS may never happen for this phone because of the locked bootloader.
Since att has locked down the mobile hotspot app to verify you have a tethering plan (I have unlimited data) and since they also disable the option to install non market apps, would it be possible to flash the firmware from the Bell version of the atrix when it is released in a few days onto the att version? The only reason i think this would work is because technically it is still an official ROM, just for a different region. Does anyone know if this will work? This will probably be the deciding factor in whether I decide to get this phone...
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any reason why you do not want to root? it only takes one click of the rooting program and you can do both of what you want (tether and sideload). There's really no harm in it, plus the rooting program lets you unroot if needed. clean simple. way safer than trying to flash a rom meant for a different region that could possibly brick your device.
will superone click root put the option to install non market apps back in the phone settings or do you still need to sideload the apks? the only thing i have heard with getting around the tethering restriction was to create a new apn which many people have said is unreliable...
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will superone click root put the option to install non market apps back in the phone settings or do you still need to sideload the apks? the only thing i have heard with getting around the tethering restriction was to create a new apn which many people have said is unreliable...
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There is an option after rooting to make the phone natively install non-market apps.
patrick92260 said:
will superone click root put the option to install non market apps back in the phone settings or do you still need to sideload the apks? the only thing i have heard with getting around the tethering restriction was to create a new apn which many people have said is unreliable...
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To install non-market apps is what sideloading means. you do via other sources such as the sdcard, from email, or adb if you want. you dont need an option in settings to allow you to do this. the root program will set it up for you if you select it after you are done rooting.
For tethering, it will depend on the APN set. so even if you install bell's rom, you still need to setup apn's to access at&t's network, the same apn settings you are gonna use anyways.
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any reason why you do not want to root? it only takes one click of the rooting program and you can do both of what you want (tether and sideload). There's really no harm in it, plus the rooting program lets you unroot if needed. clean simple. way safer than trying to flash a rom meant for a different region that could possibly brick your device.
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The one advantage would be that upload speeds (hopefully) won't be capped on the Bell version as they are on the AT&T versions.
i dont think it would even be possible to flash bell's atrix firmware with the bootloader locked...
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i dont think it would even be possible to flash bell's atrix firmware with the bootloader locked...
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I hope just because it is still an official firmware there is some way to trick the phone into flashing it. I am very familiar with HTC phones and on those all you need to do is remove the CID (Carrier Identification) protection to flash any official (not custom) ROMS from another carrier or region. Does anyone know if Moto phones have something similar to this?
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I hope just because it is still an official firmware there is some way to trick the phone into flashing it. I am very familiar with HTC phones and on those all you need to do is remove the CID (Carrier Identification) protection to flash any official (not custom) ROMS from another carrier or region. Does anyone know if Moto phones have something similar to this?
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A similar thing with my OLD Nokia E63 running symbian.. all I had to do was change something called a Product Code to one of a different carrier/region and then run nokia's updater which would then flash that carrier's/region's FW onto my phone, I know android is different as well as different brands, but if HTC and Nokia have a hidden backdoor, who's saying moto doesn't?
Even if we cant flash the whole rom, we can use it's dump as a source for apk mods.
Hello everyone
Recently I unlocked my photon, and in the guide of the unlocking ther was an attention that the unlocking is very likely to disable the 4g connection ability of my photon. Could the unlocking be undone so that I will be able to use 4g? Currently none of the carriers in my country uses 4g, but they will start using it soon, and I don't know what to do. Will it one day be possible to unlock without losing the 4g? Will someone release a fix to the problem?
Please tell me!
Thank you!
What exactly was the purpose of you unlocking your phone?
Currently unlocking breaks 4G.
If you want to have your 4G back then you need to go back to stock.
4g on this phone is wimax, a dying breed. So unlocking your bootloader made the phone not work on the soon to be abandoned (2015?) Wimax network in the US. Most other carriers in other countries, including sprint now, are building out LTE 4g networks, which this phone wont work with.
If none of that made sense this will, you didn't break anything on your phone you'd ever be able to use.
Thanks for the response.
The purpose was to flash a good recovery and to flash other rom than the stock rom. But I didn't find a rom that I want to install.
Before unlocking, I tried to flash clockworkmod recovery with rom manager, but then when I tried to reboot into recovery, I got the error message fail to boot 2, so I searched in google and discovered that I can't flash a new recovery without unlocking, although I had rooted the device. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed clockworkmod, and then I was able to get into recovery.
Thank you Ksmith,
I hope that the people in my country are clever enough to start using the LTE and not the WiMax. Thank you very much for the information, I am suddenly relaxed.
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Thank you Ksmith,
I hope that the people in my country are clever enough to start using the LTE and not the WiMax. Thank you very much for the information, I am suddenly relaxed.
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I think he ment that the photons wont work on the lte network so you better hope for wimax if you plan on keeping phone for awile. Also i like the cm7.2 rom its seems to be the best for me `and just flashing any of the stock sbf files will give you back 4g. there also is a custom recovery for locked phones. bootsrtap and i the nanidroid. dont quote me on any of this except i do like cm7.2
Yeah I understood what he meant, I'm just not so sure I want to keep this smartphone for myself, so I still can prefer LTE
The SBF is hard to find right now. I tried to download it from 2 different websites and both of them don't work. However I hope to download this file soon.
Thank you good people for all the explanations!
i could probably email it to you as an attachment
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Thanks for the response.
The purpose was to flash a good recovery and to flash other rom than the stock rom. But I didn't find a rom that I want to install.
Before unlocking, I tried to flash clockworkmod recovery with rom manager, but then when I tried to reboot into recovery, I got the error message fail to boot 2, so I searched in google and discovered that I can't flash a new recovery without unlocking, although I had rooted the device. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed clockworkmod, and then I was able to get into recovery.
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Don't forget you can use CWM recovery via bootstrap if you are rooted without being unlocked. There are also roms you can flash via bootstrap while just being rooted and retain 4G. Just look in dev section.
yairku said:
Thank you Ksmith,
I hope that the people in my country are clever enough to start using the LTE and not the WiMax. Thank you very much for the information, I am suddenly relaxed.
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WiMax is actually a good technology, just not the one that nearly all other carriers globally are using. On the plus side of that though, if nearly everyone uses LTE the chances of a "world phone" from any provider in 5 years are pretty good.
not sure the definition of "unlocking" but if you just want root that will not effect 4G
My friend has an unlocked galaxy note, and i have a few questions as i am new to this phone, and am new to the whole carrier unlocked deal.
The phone is carrier unlocked and is running on t-mobile, i am afraid use odin to root the device because the files say the are made for the At&t version. The reason im afraid is because if i loose the carrier unlocked status with this at&t file i will be unable to get it back. (money issue) What i would like to know is if i use odin to flash certain files, and to root and install clockworkmod recovery, will i loose the carrier unlock, or mess anything else up in the process.
Also i have searched all over the forum to find out what the "flash counter" is, and have been unable to find out much information on it. Is there a certain number of flashes before it bricks the phone? I'm completely lost...
Can i flash modems, and radios, on the stock rom, because that is what my friends wants. Mainly the reason for doing this is so he can have faster data speeds on T-mobile's network.
Can someone kindly walk me through the process, as iv been doing research for the past couple days and am still totally lost, maybe even include links. Your help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Once unlocked, always unlocked.
The flash counter just counts the number of kernel flashes you do with Odin. Yes you can flash modems on the stock ROM.
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Once unlocked, always unlocked.
The flash counter just counts the number of kernel flashes you do with Odin. Yes you can flash modems on the stock ROM.
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Is a modem different from a radio, because I wanted to use the blaze radios to get better speeds? Can I us those on stock.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46947
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Link leads to blank page, think it was messed up.
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My mistake...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573568
That should work
i just got a not my 2nd one , ok so this note was unlock by calling att so after that i put in my simple mobile card and every thing was fine till today not getting 4g or edge any thing cant make or recive calls nore msg questing is am wondering is it becase of att stock modem or do i have to root and install custom rom with a tmo modem ? i was hoping to leave phone as is just in case official update comes in on jb ... omg what do i do to be honest to what happend to my other note am afraid to flash any thing on this one but if i have to i will
Have you paid or checked your account balance lately? Removed and replaced your SIM card improperly? And regarding T-Mobile, did you ever even have it operating with T-Mobile SIM card, as I'm lead to assume it's an at&t model?
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Hi. By reading some of your other posts I understand your fears, but it's best to stay calm and not get all rooted and flash happy before you access your situation. You bought or replaced your previous i717 Note. Again, I'm assuming it's an at&t model, just from your OP. Already unlocked. You are a T-Mobile customer, but wanted to stay stock because a rumor of up coming update. Well truth is, you should bought the T-Mobile version for that to happen. You do not have the correct modem software installed. So you wanted to run on a AWS network (T-Mobile,wind,moblicity,...) Not the end of the world, BUT if you mess this shiny new phone up again, just maybe...
Remember, don't get panicked and rush ahead of yourself. Follow the right process for Rooting and installing a custom recovery. ClockworkMod or TeamWinRecoveryMod, both work great. People are suggesting the latter Mod, I personally fought to get my CWM updated correctly, and have read it's easier to install TWRP. Once this far it's fairly important to create a NANDROID backup of your factory ROM, I definitely suggest it. So there. A shiny new phone with a world of shiny possibilities. You then need to get some custom modem/radio/baseband (multiple terms same meaning in this/your case) software installed. Main thing is to not rush. Understand what you are doing, before doing it. Once rooted warranty is gone and it's on you and only you to be held responsible for your actions. All the required guides, steps, files are all here stickied in the correct locations of the i717 Note forum. In fact, this has been asked and answered mulitiple times and ways in the last few days and posts regarding T-Mobile and Wind. Quick look around the Q&A section even give you great results.
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Hi all
I have a galaxy s2 i777 ATT - I can't find its own place on this forum so please forgive me if this in the wrong section
My S2 was unrooted and then I loaded omni kitkatt on it which locked my sim . big noob mistake I feel really dumb believe me.
Now I had unrooted it in the with odin and loaded Siyah ics to finally root it because the sim got locked. I live outside of the USA and nowhere near an ATT network. It has the CWM recovery on it
So all was well until someone ( my nephew ) decided to load omni again and then he loaded Carbon on it
The strange thing that is happening right now is that I do see Superuser in the settings but my sim is still locked I tried to use galaxys2 unlock but it doesnt do anything.
No biggie right but now it turns out my USB port is not working.
So here are my questions :
- How do i get my phone back to stock without a pc and root it (I live outside of the usa thats why I believe my sim gets locked ) so we can use the phone again to call
or
- Can I use mobile odin to load the stock version of android back on it and then unroot it again so I can unlock my phone ?
- Can I try to use frama root to check if my phone is really rooted and if so can it help root my phone ?
For now I'd just like to get it back to stock and root it ( so I can unlock my sim)
I need your help .
Thanks
Maddie
The good news is that you're in the right place, so welcome!
Next, I'm guessing you're still on Carbon? If so please look in System Settings >About Phone and please tell us the rom, kernel and modem version currently installed on your device. It's always good for us to know your full setup.
Regarding the sim issue I have virtually no experience with it, but I do know you can simply call AT&T and they should supply the unlock code (if you have a working phone, of course). You may have to supply your serial and IMEI #, both of which can be found on the battery, so probably best to have that handy if you call them.
You don't have to be on bone stock to unlock your phone, you just need the unlock code... and hang onto it for as long as you own your i777!
Have you tried the GalaxSim Unlock application? Here is a link to download the free version. You may find that you can unlock your rooted phone without flashing back to stock. I have limited experience with this application. I recently sold an AT&T SGH-I897 Captivate which I unlocked successfully with this app while it was rooted on stock Gingerbread. The purchaser wanted KitKat so I loaded CyanogenMod 11 onto it, and checked that the unlock was still present.
To answer your other questions:
I'm not sure why you are asking to "unroot" the phone after returning to stock. As far as I know, you need to be rooted to unlock the phone unless you have the unlock code from AT&T.
You can flash stock firmware with mobile odin. The stock package does not contain root, so your phone will automatically be "unrooted." If you go this route, I would suggest you use the I777UCMD8 stock tar from the Download Repository.
From stock UCMD8, you can successfully root the phone with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit.
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The good news is that you're in the right place, so welcome!
Next, I'm guessing you're still on Carbon? If so please look in System Settings >About Phone and please tell us the rom, kernel and modem version currently installed on your device. It's always good for us to know your full setup.
Regarding the sim issue I have virtually no experience with it, but I do know you can simply call AT&T and they should supply the unlock code (if you have a working phone, of course). You may have to supply your serial and IMEI #, both of which can be found on the battery, so probably best to have that handy if you call them.
You don't have to be on bone stock to unlock your phone, you just need the unlock code... and hang onto it for as long as you own your i777!
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Hi thanks for helping out this is what I got:
CARBON-JB-NIGHTLY-20130929-0603-i777.zip
Kernel version
[email protected]#1sunsep2906:36:49 edt 2013
ROM: CWM based recovery v6.0.3.8
I cant find modem version
I'm in south America and I had bought the phone from the usa unlocked.
When Omni was loaded on the phone it locked my sim and I never had received an unlock code.
So when I went back to stock my sim still stayed locked so I rooted it again with Siyah ICS via odin so I could use galaxy unlock to get my sim working again.
How would I go about getting that unlock code for my sim from Att ?
Do you think I could email att ? I did find my serial number and imei #
The reason I wanted to go back to stock and than unroot it with the siyah ics kernel is because that seems to be stable for my phone.
Yes I have tried using galaxy unlock but it doesn't work it doesn't read the Imei nr and the sim stays locked
Honestly it looks like my phone is half rooted now
BTW the the sim being locked is more like a carrier locked I can't use the sim with my local telecommunnications company.
Thanks again.