Anyone able to point me to some service that can easily unlock a Tmobile galaxy s3 rooted and running the latest cyanogenmod rom. I bought it rooted so I am not set up to unroot and roll back the rom which is what everyone on ebay seems to require in order to do the SIM unlock. As I have grown geriatric I have gotten lazy and buy my phones rooted rather than doing it myself.
I9300? Galaxsimunlock available on play store is the easiest way. Requires root so no problem there.
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If I unlock my Bell Galaxy S2, does that mean if i do a factory restore it will still be the bell bloatware version? or the same version that comes on an unlocked Galaxy s2?
id just like to remove the bloatware and have the software updates available without waiting on bell to fiddle fart with them before release or having to use KIES to obtain updates
I have a new unlocked version here for someone else in the office and i has the update button and no bloatware, thats what I was aiming for
thanks
wesg79 said:
If I unlock my Bell Galaxy S2, does that mean if i do a factory restore it will still be the bell bloatware version? or the same version that comes on an unlocked Galaxy s2?
id just like to remove the bloatware and have the software updates available without waiting on bell to fiddle fart with them before release or having to use KIES to obtain updates
I have a new unlocked version here for someone else in the office and i has the update button and no bloatware, thats what I was aiming for
thanks
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Well for your first question, to unlock; you have to root first to root you have to flash a custom kernel so when you flash a custom kernel there is no way to go back to the original bell kernel as of yet as bell hasn't released an update for the phone. So you'll be "Stuck" on the rooted kernel with bell firmware KG2 if you choose to unlock. If you perform a factory reset, your firmware will reset (stay bell) but your kernel will stay as the rooted/modded one!
If you want a bloat less experience, the easiest and best way to do that iMO, is to just take one of the generic european roms (such as kG3,kg6) and flash them. When you do this, the phone will essentially become "identical" to the unlocked one you have in your office, same software and hardware (assuming the unlocked one in your office has a generic firmware installed)
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Your network will unlock at a probable cost .
Once unlocked it stays unlocked even if you restored the original networks firmware .
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cant you just unlock with cellunlocker.net?
that just removes the provider lock, but once done will that allow you to remove bell apps, or is that built into the OS
wesg79 said:
cant you just unlock with cellunlocker.net?
that just removes the provider lock, but once done will that allow you to remove bell apps, or is that built into the OS
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Yes, but with that you will be paying roughly 40$ or so. That will only unlock the phone, won't do anything to the bell apps or firmware.
But then to remove bloatware you have to root anyway, so why not just root and have the unlock for free?
This might be a stupid question but I want to ask anyway. I just bought a T-Mobile Note 2 (I searched that specific forum for answers as well) and am awaiting a sim unlock code from T-Mobile. (I know I can downgrade to 4.1.1 and unlock it via the hidden call menu but at this time I am not opting to do that). I flashed the 4.1.2 Root Injected Stock Rom. My question is, (which maybe I should have asked before hand) Will I be able to use the sim unlock code that T-Mobile provides me with despite being on the root injected 4.1.2 stock rom? Thanks!
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This might be a stupid question but I want to ask anyway. I just bought a T-Mobile Note 2 (I searched that specific forum for answers as well) and am awaiting a sim unlock code from T-Mobile. (I know I can downgrade to 4.1.1 and unlock it via the hidden call menu but at this time I am not opting to do that). I flashed the 4.1.2 Root Injected Stock Rom. My question is, (which maybe I should have asked before hand) Will I be able to use the sim unlock code that T-Mobile provides me with despite being on the root injected 4.1.2 stock rom? Thanks!
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Root will not prevent you from unlocking your SIM with the unlock code. Rooting your device and having root access is different then SIM unlocking your device. Overall, you should be all set once your SIM unlock code comes to carrier unlock your device.
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hey everyone, I don't post much but I read a lot and I appreciate everyone's work. I have a quick question regarding my tmobile galaxy s5. I bought it and unlocked it to use on AT&T because it has the unlocked bootloader. I installed twirp, remove some bloatware, and it's been great. I want to remove twirp but I believe that flashing the stock rom is the only option. Is this true? I have the stock image and can flash it via Odin I'm just curious as to whether it will remove the carrier unlock. of course I paid for the unlock code and I don't want to do it again. I would like to sell this phone with it being unlocked because that widens the market. so does anyone know how I can unroot this phone other than flashing the stock image, and if that's the only way after I do it will the carrier unlock still be there?
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You will keep the unlock. You can easily find the stock recovery files as well. That way you don't lose all of your stuff with a full Odin flash.
Hey I've never had a sim unlock device, my friend has a verizon s4 unlocked for tmobile she is still running on either Gingerbread or something that's very old lbs. I was wondering if I root and flash an updated rom with no bloat will it still work on tmobile? also can i flash tmobile roms or only verizon?
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Hey I've never had a sim unlock device, my friend has a verizon s4 unlocked for tmobile she is still running on either Gingerbread or something that's very old lbs. I was wondering if I root and flash an updated rom with no bloat will it still work on tmobile? also can i flash tmobile roms or only verizon?
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Verizon phones typically have unlockable bootloaders.
If you have the MDK build you can unlock the bootloader, flash custom recoveries, roms, etc. root and such. You would need to become familiar with using Odin. From your post it would seem you are confusing sim unlock with bootloader unlock. Sim unlocked merely means you can use the phone with any service providers. Provided the radios are compatible.
If the build is other than MDK you may be able to use Safestrap to load custom roms.
All tricky. Do a lot of research first.
All galaxy phones s3 s4 s5 s6 etc are world unlocked you can put a any Sim card in it and it will switch to global network your carriers will not tell you this information
Hello XDA, it's been a long time and no one was able to unlock the bootloader on this phone. My mistake was buying the phone from At&t, so I can't root it because Kingroot removed support and the bootloader is locked. Also I want to get Android N on this phone but I can't. I bought it to replace my s6 that was stolen and it ran on the latest android, had a custom kernel and was rooted.
The only solution I can think of is having the mainboard replaced with the one that the g850m carries, because I live in South America and it can be rooted and customized. Can it be done?