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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] reaper7881:
hi

my friend has a sony xperia mini pro (sk17i) locked to orange with all the orange crap branding

he wants to unlock it to put a o2 simcard in it and wants to put cyanogen on to it

i had a htc desire and now have lg optimus 2x so i know about flashing roms and stuff

how do i go about unlocking it

thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] deoxx:
First step:

Read in the Dev section.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] reaper7881:
hi yes i have looked at

http://androidflip.com/how-to-root-sony-xperia-x10-arc-arcs-play-ray-neo-mini-minipro-pro-active/

but it doesnt say anything about sim unlocking the phone
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] damnedivan:
you need to input a password when you put other sim card on your phone didn't you?

if so, you need to have sim unlock password which you can get it by searching the keyword "sim unlock service" on google.

but if the sim unlock password screen didn't appear, you have to flash your rom first. :)
[Desire General] NoRmAlY_CrAzY:
Hey guys just purchased a new Galaxy Note..its awsum but I am here to thank all the developers consistantly working for the Desire day and night.From the day I purchased the Desire way back in February till yesterday there have been rapid progress and development in every part of the Roms be it AOSP or Sense.There had not been a single week in my life where I have not flashed a Rom and now also ICS is almost finished for the Desire.This shows how much love the Desire have got and also the hard work and dedication of all you guys.Vl surely miss my Desire...
[Atrix 4G General] Mcdoodle:
Not sure if CM7 had hdmi mirroring but I got portrait mirroring working by installing HDMwIn app from the market. In the app, it says it works better with a kernel made for it. I was thinking that since TeamWin has the source code for the kernel here, it could be possible to make a kernel for the Atrix and we could have full hdmi mirroring on CM7 and possibly AOSP roms.
[Atrix 4G General] ranova:
pretty sure Portrait mirroring works in cm7 on the atrix without any apps or hacks. Landscape still does not work
[Atrix 4G General] ltdanno360:
portrait mirring was already in cm7 roms ROFLMAO but you got me to read this thinking that someone got landscape mirroring for cm7 which would be beast! "hint hint" to the modders its only a matter of time ( someday bro someday)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Partner420:
Okay, this is driving me nuts. I've found multiple posts on how to unroot my phone but ALL the links are dead for Odin and everything I need to do it. SOMEBODY PLEASE throw me some links that work and instructions! I rooted it with the one click root method thing. I gotta get this thing back to stock so I can get my replacement since the screen is cracked.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schu9120:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238070

This is a great thread. It should have everything you need. Good luck
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pma7779:
You don't need to unroot your phone. I sent mine back rooted with a custom rom and got a replacement.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schu9120:
IMO its not worth the risk when it takes less than 5 minutes to Odin back to stock.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
Thats great...but when they go to test it and find out that its been hacked, Verizon is going trace that phone back to you and charge you for the replacement. As the poster above stated, its not worth the risk when it takes 5min to odin back to stock.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
they actually still can tell that the phone has been flashed even if you odin back to stock. The only way to truly completely hide that the phone has been rooted is to use a usb jig and reset the custom binary download counter.

But they honestly don't care. This is all much ado over nothing.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
On the new devices that have flash counters yes...but from my understanding not on the fascinates or older devices. Maybe Im wrong tho?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
I was pretty sure that the fascinated had this counter as it is triggered when Odin flashes the phone.

Anyway, I'll try to look into it if I get time.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schu9120:
I was unaware of this existing. Thanks for the fun fact.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnsma22:
Yes, thank you for that info!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 6bowmans:
Re: "[How to] Restore a semi-bricked Epic or Bring it back from the brink!"

I can't post in the development section yet, so I will send my shout out here. My son's Epic is the first phone I have tried to root (CIQ has pissed me off). I have learned so much from these boards and want to thank all the geniuses (no really) who do all the grunt work. dyehya really saved me and the phone with this post, so I donated enough to get him by for 10 more days :) Thanks guys!

6bowmans
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
LMFAO! You are referring to my post about living for a dollar a day! Nice. I am sure he appreciates it. If you need anymore help feel free to PM him or me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bg4:
that was very nice of the OP to say. I am not a developer but have flashed a lot and have almost gotten into trouble.

and besides I already have my 10 posts. - hmm says 9 but getting there.

you can learn a lot here by reading and watching videos
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
This is so true. I read for a month before rooting and flashing. I encourage all to read and benefit from all the problems and solutions in these forums.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 6bowmans:
Thanks - like I said, you guys have been a great help and resource. You sure do work for peanuts (or less). I know it is all "for the love of the game."
[General Questions and Answers] D3VI0US:
Hello guys

i'm new here and i'm only having android for the 4th day only .. so i see here around the forums that the coverage icon and the wifi icon turns green instead of gray sometimes so is this only for the nexus phones or on any android phone i did read here that this icon turn green wen u have a connection with google servers so isn't any android phone suppose to b in a connection with google always , i did that wen i first got my Galaxy SII sign in with my google account so is there is any other way that u should connect to google through that i'm not aware of or it just a feature to only Nexus phones like i mentioned ?

thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] tmlee51:
How do I set 'view first unread' as the default to every thread?
[General Questions and Answers] faslane:
I know you asked this years ago but if you're still around did you ever get this resolved? It's driving me bonkers.

Fas
[General Questions and Answers] droidagnostic:
I don't know how you can tell a post is read. Posts are not like emails, where you have to open them to read them. I think the closest you can get is thread level.

I set my preference to show newest post first and then subscribe to the thread requesting notification. That way i get a notice i can follow right to the latest post in the thread, or i can go to the latest post when i open that thread.

That may be as close as you're going to be able to get.

To set preferences, if you go to "Control Panel" under your user name (top right), click on "Edit Options" on the left side and roll down to "Thread Display Options" you can select how you want threads displayed. You can go here to see what the choices mean.

Not having the latest post first isn't too bad on the desktop on a 30" monitor, where it bothers me is in the XDA app and these settings keep the current posts first. That wasn't working for me on the settings in the app.
[General Questions and Answers] faslane:
Thanks a million. Unfortunately I've done this is 3 different browsers and it still takes me to the first post instead of the last or "newest" so It's very frustrating. I am on a 27" iMac and even get the same thing in windows so it's got to be something with my account but my subscriptions are set to newest first and I even reset browsers and changed the theme of XDA and it's STILL not working. What's ironic is that the XDA and Tapatalk apps work perfect for me whereas you stated they don't for you so we have just the opposite issues. Lol. It's driving me mad lol

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to create a new account as a test and see if that does anything. I'll report back. +1 :)

Faslane
[Focus General] sandeepnk:
Thank you very much. I was looking for exactly such post/article. I have Zune 4.8 already installed. Can I go ahead with it?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Sure, please try. No worries, if it doesn't work, just uninstall it and install 4.7
[Focus General] sandeepnk:
I have reached till step 7. I have now copied "unlock.xml" to a new folder "provxml" in root folder.

Before proceeding further, I want to confirm one thing. I did *#9908# while still at 7004 in diagnostic app. I do not see unlock option. Is this normal? Is it only visible once I am at Mango?

If yes, then I can upgrade to Mango without any worry.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Yes, it's normal. Diagnosis doesn't support the unlock until Mango. Will add this info to the guide too. Thanks for testing!
[Focus General] sandeepnk:
Thanks again. I will go ahead and let know the result for others. Hope it finishes without any issues :)
[Focus General] killmastern3:
I am unable to unlock my phone, the chevronwp7.exe gives an error message stating "I'am having trouble communicating with the phone" Please help!!
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Chevron is quite an iffy program, please make sure you respect the steps there exactly and also check the video tutorial. Also, best way to achieve that is to close all programs running and re-try unlocking. Skype for example interferes with the unlock process.
[Focus General] killmastern3:
Have followed all the steps including changing the date and all.. I have done it before with success. Had to hard reset the phone, hence trying to unlock again. Will try rebooting the system and have a go at it again..
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
I also had a problem Saturday when I updated my SD from 16 GB to a 32 GB one. Initially Chevron didn't work, it worked after I connected the laptop to internet and restarted Zune. Also, make sure the date is prior to 25 November (try 1 Oct 2011, that worked for me) on both devices.
[Focus General] killmastern3:
Got it... Need to be connected to the internet.. Thanks a lot for the help!!
[Focus General] sandeepnk:
I have finished updating to Mango and I was able to unlock Focus. So I can confirm that all works even if Zune 4.8 is used for each step. :) Yahoo!!

I haven't done Interop-unlock yet, I will do it soon. But that also should work without any issues.

Edit: Does the limit remains unlimited for applications? And is there any additional step(s) required to keep it unlocked similar to the one which was done by running Samsung tools?
[Focus General] shakeebkazia:
thank you for the thread EnderPsp...this is what i was looking for...

i think i dont need to do the 1st step as i am already on 7004 and just got the phone from ATT.

I installed zune 4.8, installed developer sdk from MS, installed the certificate in phone by changing the dates. Now when i connect the phone to pc, and run chevron in admin mode with the phone on home screen and zune running, it opens up, i check the 2 boxed and then it says problem communicating with the device - make sure you are connected via USB, etc etc...i guess this is a common problem but i am unable to find any solution...i tried many times but it shows the same error...

Your help highly appreciated..
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Try this:

- install the Samsung drivers from here

- set the date to 1 Oct 2011 and disconnect the PC from internet

- set the same date on the phone and do a hard reset. Re-enter your live id and e-mail (to where you sent the Chevron certificate) and install the certificate, then set the phone to Airplane mode

- reboot and once windows loads don't open any program, and close the ones automatically started (YM, Skype etc)

- connect PC to internet, start Zune and try to unlock in Chevron

Let me know if that works for you. Keep in mind that on a 64 bit OS it might be harder to unlock.
[Focus General] shakeebkazia:
Damn, i got frustrated yesterday and updated my phone...it says im on windows 7.5, OS version 7.10.7720.68...how should i go about unlocking it now ? btw i am on windows 7 64bit....

Thank you
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Either of these :)

- this method

- the developer unlock for $99 or whatever it is these days

- Chevron labs token for $9, but that's not always working (depending on the phone and revision...)

You can always backup first and try this. Worst case scenario you'll revert back.
[Focus General] shakeebkazia:
by '- this method' do you mean this guide will work on mango too ?

how do i backup ? from zune ? i come from android that is why i am confused....

Thank you
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
This guide allows you to unlock, IF you flash. If you are in Mango you can't unlock using this guide unless you do the flash downgrade, but the other 2 methods should work.

You backup from the tool specified in the link and you restore using Zune, as the backup is created to be accessed and used by Zune.
[Focus General] shakeebkazia:
currently flashing 7004 rom from the given link...will post with updates..
[Focus General] shakeebkazia:
im done...now on mango and able to deploy xap's....is there any limit for the number of xap's i can install ?

Thank you
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
No :D (there is, but the number is huge :p)

You're welcome.
[Focus General] vuphuonganh:
Hi,

Thanks for the guide. Everything worked perfectly until this step:

10. Open Diagnosis again by typing ##634# in Dialer. When in Diagnosis type *#9908# . Select "unlock" (should be the last item) and press "Save".

Congratulations, you are now unlocked in Mango!

I select unlock and press Save then it said something about Loading GPRS and stays there. I then click Exit. When I turn on Wifi I lost unlock so I had to redo all the steps again.

Now I'm again at step 10 with the same (Loading GPRS...) I am missing something here?

1 more thing after step 10 I noticed in Samsung Tools the Prevent Unlock is unchecked (did check it before updating to Mango). I'm not sure if that's causing anything but I tried rechecked and after reboot it unchecked again.

----------------------------------------------------

Update: Made a backup so went ahead and turn on wifi. Working fine so far, I'll report if I loose unlock again.

Now I'm not turning wifi on until this is resolved. Please advise.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
@vuphuonganh:

"Prevent re-lock" is practically blanking some registry keys so it should stay like that through updates. Also, I don't understand how wi-fi could affect unlock unless you're set to do wireless sync and even so, the "prevent re-lock" setting should protect you exactly for this.

In any event, if you lose unlock after this guide, you don't have to re-do everything, just do step 10 and step 4 only, in this order (should take less than a minute). I'll update the guide with this data, just in case.
[Focus General] yrv_13:
Sim Unlock

sorry, just a noob question does it "sim unlock" as well? ive heard (on android) that flashig roms sometimes unlocks it.
[Focus General] Coelho_rj:
i uninstall diagnosis but it re installs automatically after i use it by dial menu

What should i do?

:(

---------- Post added at 02:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:13 PM ----------

i uninstall diagnosis but it re installs automatically after i use it by dial menu

What should i do?

:(
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Sadly, no :rolleyes:

Continue the guide, that's expected behavior. At the end uninstall it again to install the latest version (step 9 specifically).
[Focus General] irfanindian:
Does the windows break project does the same thing ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1407652

:confused:
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
No, I quote: "[this] is not a full unlock. Just interop".

You can read about interop here.
[Focus General] irfanindian:
Wow, that was quick. Let me research and get back.

Thanks for your help!
[Focus General] myfocusw7:
Is there any link where I can download 64bit version of Zune 4.7? The included link is of 32bit version and hence unable to install on a 64bit machine:(
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Can you try with your current version of Zune? It might work... and it will be good for others to know.

Here is a 4.7 Zune setup for 32/64, but please try with your current version of Zune first.
[Focus General] irfanindian:
After unlocking the device, wanted to find out a few things:

1) How to check if the device has been unlocked ?

2) Is there a way to deploy homebrew xap files without downloading the 3 GB developer tools

Thanks in advance! :)
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
1) You'll be able to deploy/sideload homebrew/xaps, like Battery Status

2) Nope, you still need that. Which reminds me to update the guide with the requirements for deploying. :)
[Focus General] irfanindian:
Damn! That's an awful lot of download!!

Anyways, Thanks for a quick reply...
[Focus General] irfanindian:
Found a simpler solution -> see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1265846
[Focus General] irfanindian:
Your post was helpful, however here's what I did to unlock my phone and to install apps -

1. Unlock your phone in two mins. See here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20616855 (Please thank Jaxbot for this feat)

2. Installed latest version of Zune (http://www.zune.net/en-US/products/software/default.htm)

3. Installed the mini-SDK from here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1265846 (Thanks to W.I.N.C.O.)

4. Installed Tom Xap Installaer (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=860964) (Thanks to Tom Codon)

And Bingo! :D

You're ready to install downloaded XAP files.

Just double click on the Xap file and done!
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Agreed, that is simpler :)
[Focus General] avi!:
Isn't Tom XAP Installer requires full Windows 7 SDK ?? If so then wahts the point in downloading mini-SDK ??

and also I couldn't find any tutorial in first link ; unlocking in two mins.

Thank you in advance :)
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
See the post in my sig :)
[Focus General] JReeher:
Ok I've got my phone unlocked but when I try to use Samsung tools to keep it unlocked it save changes to internet sharing it says write fail one or more changes could not be made .any ideas ?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Can you be a bit clearer? Explain what you're doing.
[Focus General] JReeher:
I get everything on the phone.. Click one diagprovxml go left hold down on internet sharing click execute .. Got to Samsung tools check all the boxes and hit apply changes ... And it gives me the write fail.. Saying one or more of the options can't be done
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Ah, I see. They might have done something to your build to prevent provisioning, but I'm not very familiar with Focus Flash firmare.

2 things:

1. To keep unlock, sideload Samsung Tools and run it, check all boxes, apply, reboot

2. Can you run Diagprovxml? If you can, then go to "iso store" tab and you will see "internet sharing". Tap that and you should have IS working.
[Focus General] JReeher:
Yeah i run samsung tools and check all the boxes and it gives me a write error and i run diagprovxml and it dont let me use intrtnet sharing ... its prolly the firmware its all good ... thanks for all your help... ill just have to be patient
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squall458:
I just realized that my memo pad app is missing! It had some important info stored in there but luckily I did back it up on my PC. Question is how can I get the memo app back? I tried looking for it in the manage apps section (list all) and its not there! I am on simple clean 2.4.3 rom. THANKS!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Samsung apps on phone .

Stock apps post in themes section .

Factory reset will bring it back but will wipe data .

jje
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] georgepink:
Just an fyi, not trying to spread anything, just relaying what they said to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
I was told Thursday also. So were many other people. Let's hope it sticks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
You talking about Great Northern Mall near Cleveland? I drive by it every day on the way to work lol (I work in Westlake, live in Westpark).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] georgepink:
No, Sorry, Great Northern Mall, Clay, NY north of syracuse, NY (Nowhere NEAR NYC, by the way)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
Ahh. Have some friends that live about 45 min outside of Syracuse, but ya...definitely not close to Cleveland, at least lol.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alamode:
Which one is the most stable ROM out there at the moment? I wanna try miui but i have a locked bootloader and feeling a bit scared to unlock it.. Advice?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Try them and see if its stable for you.

I would advise anyone to unlock their bootloader, is as easy as rooting now...just have to make sure you can read instructions to be safe

most stable rom=stock 2.3.3

;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milton.bain:
Check the stickies and try em.

CheerS! 

Milton --> From Sony Ericsson Xperia™ on ROM : "ThGo2 v12"

using XDA premium

" hit thanks if I'm nice to you! "
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alamode:
By the way.. Is there anyway to update to official Sony Ericsson firmware via phone? My PC isn't working at the moment and my current ROM is not working properly..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NuriJ:
No, i dont "think" (could be wrong) that you can flash offical SE firmware without pc..

Why not flash wolfs 7.0?

Using it for almost a month & didnt found any bugs
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
no

10 chars
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodsuckingcomputer:
I'd say stock 2.3.3,but it lags as hell..

i have tried few roms here,they mostly excel in perfomance but lack in one or more other thing,

So, i suggest stock 2.3.3,uncapped fps and Bravia engine unlock by zdzihu and Stock SE Theme w/ notification widgets&reboot mod plus roboto fonts....looks good and it's gonna fly
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxtorxtremewow:
Stock 2.3.3 ROM and Wolf Break's Stock based 2.3.3 ROM (WB7b6) were the most stables ones I found so far!

Agree with gregbradley, the best way to find out the stable ROM for you is by trying them out!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devin-J:
stable, you say?

others would say many things, but my opinion - FreeX10 (its kinda old but damn stable)!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] crossover37:
Hey everyone,

I'm curious to see what you adjusted in Screen Adjuster (in the Android Market) to get your AT&T GSII's screen more color accurate. Please share your settings. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edgarhighman:
dunno about screen adjuster but in my settings there is: Settings>Display>Screen Mode: Movie, Standard or Dynamic (My TV does this too, but more modes on TV)

Dynamic has awesome clarity and color compared to the other 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] surf1:
check this thread here http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-t/438438-anyone-else-not-impressed-screen.html , that member 'Tarnlight' made some recommendations for settings for Screen Adjuster. I used them and like it.