Hello~
My galaxy note is from Canada Rogers, it says i717 when i plug it into the computer, so i assume this is the right place to post this.
I am new to Android, so i was wondering:
if i root my galaxy note, does it become carrier unlocked as well?
I see tons of websites offering unlocking codes for about 20 bucks, should i use those to unlock or is it possible to do it myself like rooting?
Thanks for any help offered!
Root is not a carrier unlock function.
Carrier unlock is a separate process, usually a pay service via unlock code.
You do not require root to carrier unlock the device.
If you desire root access for flashing roms etc. ...see the "super everything thread "....
Located at the top of the general section as a sticky thread.
Pay very close attention to ensure you are reading the proper threads for your device.
Read, read, and read again until you fully comprehend the steps taken for successful rooting.
The super thread will give you all of the information you will need .....g
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Hello: As my name suggests I'm new to all this. My son gave me his galaxy s phone & I'd like to use it on my T-Mobile network. The phone is locked to AT&T.I searched this forum for a member & the instructions I saw on the web for how to do it. the member, dagentooboy posted on aug.21/2010 on how to do it but I've been unable to locate him or the post. The file I need is "generate unlock windows.zip" along with android drivers. If anyone is able to send me the link to that page/file i'd really appreciate it. I'd like to go bigger as i'm using an unlocked palm pixi plus which I like but now that I have a galaxy S.......well there just not the same. Thanks in advance. Mike
Hi, I posted last week about help with unlocking and rooting LG l9 and no one really replied.
I used this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465) & it didn't work (i. e. step 2 of guide would not occur as chrome recognized the files as malware, with it stopping the download). Am I doing something wrong? I read the guide thoroughly & I don't have any pop-up blockers enabled. To sum up what I need help with: a method for unlocking & rooting T-Mobile LG l9. Sorry if this is a dumb post but I have spent a lot of time on trying to root my phone, with no success.
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directlyobservable said:
Hi, I posted last week about help with unlocking and rooting LG l9 and no one really replied.
I used this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465) & it didn't work (i. e. step 2 of guide would not occur as chrome recognized the files as malware, with it stopping the download). Am I doing something wrong? I read the guide thoroughly & I don't have any pop-up blockers enabled. To sum up what I need help with: a method for unlocking & rooting T-Mobile LG l9. Sorry if this is a dumb post but I have spent a lot of time on trying to root my phone, with no success.
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directlyobservable said:
Hi, I posted last week about help with unlocking and rooting LG l9 and no one really replied.
I used this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465) & it didn't work (i. e. step 2 of guide would not occur as chrome recognized the files as malware, with it stopping the download). Am I doing something wrong? I read the guide thoroughly & I don't have any pop-up blockers enabled. To sum up what I need help with: a method for unlocking & rooting T-Mobile LG l9. Sorry if this is a dumb post but I have spent a lot of time on trying to root my phone, with no success.
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The reason noone responded to your previous post is simple. No one is going to hold your hand and explain everything step by step. It takes too much time. There is thread after thread of information here. Read. And then read some more. Creating duplicate threads is a no no at XDA by the way.
The link you posted is for devices that already have unlocked bootloaders. You may want to look at this thread for rooting your device. I can personally confirm that this method works for P769's with locked bootloaders. You didn't mention you devices model number but since you said TMobile I must assume P769.
As for unlocking your device, there is no definitive way or simple method to do it. If you have a ton of free time and don't mind your phone being down for periods of time while attempting to unlock, then follow any of the threads about unlocking your L9 bootloader. They are all about the same. There is no guarantee that you will be able to unlock your bootloader. You've been warned. Good luck.
I know there are a thousand threads on Rooting/Unlocking and Custom ROM's for the Atrix, because I've spent the last 3 days reading every one I could find. However, most of them appear to be very dated and often conflicting. As I'm coming to the game a little late I was hoping for some assistance on how to proceed.
Here's what I have;
AT&T Motorola Atrix 4G (I bought this new under contract, kept it for 2 years, upgraded to another phone and this one has been a paperweight for the past 18 months) AT&T will give me an unlock code if I ask, but I'm a little confused by the conflicting reports on whether to do it this way or not.
It's an MB860
FW Version 4.5.141
OS Version 2.3.6
Baseband N_01.77.37P
Webtop WT-1.2.0-110_OLY-6
Kernel Version 2.6.32.9
Build 4.5.141
I'd like to Unlock it so I can run a Foreign SIM card, I'd like to Root it so I can add non-approved apps, and I'd like to play with some ROM's, Redpill has some very good user reviews so I'm thinking of giving it a try but I'm not stuck on it.
Obviously don't want to brick the phone, so any advice would be appreciated, the more detailed the better
I have Windows 8.1, Mac OS X, and Windows XP-SP3 computers to work with.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
While certain threads are (or might seem) outdated and/or conflicting, there are also other threads that serve as a kind of index of the most current methods and procedures. That should help you get around. Plus there are threads and guides written especially for noobs...
Yes, the code from AT&T is the safest and simplest way to do SIM unlock. Only important point here is that the device must be running the official Moto/AT&T firmware at the time of unlock. I'm not sure what kind of "conflicting information" you came across, to my knowledge nobody who's used the code as described never had any problems.
As for rooting, regardless of the variant or firmware version of your device, the preinstall method is the one to use. By far the most universal, plus personally and generally I dislike any "automatic", "one-click" or similar methods - for me at least they are usually more trouble than they're worth.
As for playing with ROMs, you first need to unlock your BL, then install a custom recovery, and then you have a shot at ROMs. So quite a wide topic with plenty enough threads created on the subject, so no point in repeating what's already said countless times. By the time you're done with other things mentioned (SIM unlock, rooting) you should be able to find your way around.
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ravilov said:
While certain threads are (or might seem) outdated and/or conflicting, there are also other threads that serve as a kind of index of the most current methods and procedures. That should help you get around. Plus there are threads and guides written especially for noobs...
Yes, the code from AT&T is the safest and simplest way to do SIM unlock. Only important point here is that the device must be running the official Moto/AT&T firmware at the time of unlock. I'm not sure what kind of "conflicting information" you came across, to my knowledge nobody who's used the code as described never had any problems.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I've requested an unlock code from AT&T, should be good to go in 48 hours.
In the mean time, is it important that I have it unlocked before I root, or will it matter?
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I realize this may seem to be off-topic but I'm not asking for assistance with this newest update, I'm only using the experience to help clarify my concerns about the Atrix.
Waiting for my requisite 24 hours before unlocking the SIM on my Moto Atrix. While I'm waiting i decided to gain a little experience by rooting a Galaxy S5570 and installing a custom Rom.
Like the Atrix there are dozens if not hundreds of threads, videos, tutorials etc for how to accomplish this. I found the most recent one I could that seemed to be a complete tutorial and it was dated from January of this year (much newer than any threads I've found on the Atrix BTW)
Rooting went fine. Confirmed with a Root Test app.
Loaded a CWM 6.0.4.5 recovery package as instructed and ended up bricking the phone. By all accounts this tutorial was for the exact model of phone with the exact same FW and Android version.
This is no big loss as it was a cheap phone that I wasn't using anyway, but it certainly opened my eyes to the risks involved in attempting this procedure on the more costly Atrix.
I'd really appreciate if anyone could point me in the direction of a current procedure for Rooting, Unlocking the Bootloader and installing a custom ROM on the Atrix with the specs from my Original Post. If any of you have the same phone and had success following a particular procedure I would greatly appreciate some links.
I know how forums work, and I know there are always the guys that reply RTFM to every noobs questions, as someone with technical skills in other areas I can generally tell the difference between someone who just doesn't want to bother doing the Due Diligence and someone who is struggling to sort through the myriad solutions to find the one that's right. I really don't want to brick this phone so any pointed advice would be greatly appreciated.
arkansascontrols said:
I realize this may seem to be off-topic but I'm not asking for assistance with this newest update, I'm only using the experience to help clarify my concerns about the Atrix.
Waiting for my requisite 24 hours before unlocking the SIM on my Moto Atrix. While I'm waiting i decided to gain a little experience by rooting a Galaxy S5570 and installing a custom Rom.
Like the Atrix there are dozens if not hundreds of threads, videos, tutorials etc for how to accomplish this. I found the most recent one I could that seemed to be a complete tutorial and it was dated from January of this year (much newer than any threads I've found on the Atrix BTW)
Rooting went fine. Confirmed with a Root Test app.
Loaded a CWM 6.0.4.5 recovery package as instructed and ended up bricking the phone. By all accounts this tutorial was for the exact model of phone with the exact same FW and Android version.
This is no big loss as it was a cheap phone that I wasn't using anyway, but it certainly opened my eyes to the risks involved in attempting this procedure on the more costly Atrix.
I'd really appreciate if anyone could point me in the direction of a current procedure for Rooting, Unlocking the Bootloader and installing a custom ROM on the Atrix with the specs from my Original Post. If any of you have the same phone and had success following a particular procedure I would greatly appreciate some links.
I know how forums work, and I know there are always the guys that reply RTFM to every noobs questions, as someone with technical skills in other areas I can generally tell the difference between someone who just doesn't want to bother doing the Due Diligence and someone who is struggling to sort through the myriad solutions to find the one that's right. I really don't want to brick this phone so any pointed advice would be greatly appreciated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
I just did it with my old A4G. No issues exist in procedure.
Motorola Atrix KCC-MB860- rom
please anyone send me a link to download rom for this model (Motorola Atrix 4G KCC-MB860- rom)
manoj panay said:
please anyone send me a link to download rom for this model (Motorola Atrix 4G KCC-MB860- rom)
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Meanwhile you have ROMs all over the place here in the Atrix 4G section of xda that you are not going to go download, rather you are going to request a ROM for the phone instead. Head over to the development section and download a ROM instead of requesting the necessary resources that are already available to you.
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help me recover my phone
i downloaded and tried to flash with lots of rom.... non of them was working with this model .... please help me. . . . i was rooted and unlocked the boot loader and erased the original rom to flash the downloaded rom . . . know non of the rom in this site is working and in my phone only hardware is remaining, i mean it is not bricked , i can boot it and i can go to fastboot mode, android recovery mode, rsd mode,, atc.... actually i want suitable ram for that model so please......
my phone model: kcc-cmm-mot-w-mb860-0211 ( and all the remaining thing are written in Chinese ) it is a unlocked phone and am using in india . . .
Hi friends.
After several hours of searching, I'm posting my question here (bought my first LG smartphone so I don't have many references, so maybe it's simple but I can't find the solution).
I just bought an LG G8X, model number LM-G850UM. It comes with an At&T overlay. It's unlocked, no SIM issues. I would just like to remove AT&T completely. I mean, not just the bloated apps.
The point is, I'd like to be able to install ROM updates without waiting for it to go through ATT every time (I'm not even in the US). For example, take any international KDZ to downgrade, and be able to receive OTA without waiting for it to be officially available through ATT.
It's a bit confusing, I tried to explain as best I could.
I want to do the same thing. I tried with KDZ and LGUP but didn't work...
I can confirm that this method worked for my LGM850UM. Went from AT&T Android 9 to OPEN_CA Android 11.
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Hi there ;) Thanks to all other guys here who have made helpful development to tame this beautiful =) To crossflash models other than LG G8 please read post 3. Before asking any question please read the troubleshooting section at the bottom of...
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nedthehead said:
I can confirm that this method worked for my LGM850UM. Went from AT&T Android 9 to OPEN_CA Android 11.
[Tutorial] Crossflash, Bypass OPID Mismatched Error
Hi there ;) Thanks to all other guys here who have made helpful development to tame this beautiful =) To crossflash models other than LG G8 please read post 3. Before asking any question please read the troubleshooting section at the bottom of...
forum.xda-developers.com
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Do you have a link to download the OPEN_CA Android 11.
Thank you