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[Droid 2 Global General] chuchipando:
please help!!! this hasn't worked for me

I have tried everything on this thread and still haven't been able to band-unlock my droid 2 global. I am computer savy, although this is the first time I have dealt with an android phone. I tried the instructions at the beginning and other instructions in this thread to the letter, I have no idea what I'm missing. Please, any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
what is your phone doing?
[Droid 2 Global General] chuchipando:
Thanks for the reply sd_shadow. I have already sim-unlocked it. after completing the instructions at the beginning, and your instructions, I still am not able to use 3g, no internet connection, although I can make and receive calls, and as far as I know everything still works correctly. Baseband is N_01.48.05R, which as I understand is the one I should end up with. it is on .629. I am in Colombia and the carrier I am testing it with is TIGO, but plan to use Movistar. I leave the simcard in the phone during the whole process. let me know if you need any more info. I am trying to be as thorough as possible so you can have a better idea as to what I may be doing wrong.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
the the band unlock is meant for usa gsm carriers

have you tried, using without band unlock?

check settings

menu>settings>wireless & network settings>mobile network settings>network mode>gsm

menu>settings>wireless & network settings>mobile network settings>select network> try gsm only or umts only

menu>settings>battery & data manager>data delivery> data enabled checked
[Droid 2 Global General] chuchipando:
droid 2 global

when i got it it was carrier-locked and band-locked, it was pretty much just how it is when you get it from verizon. I bought a code from and online unlocker site and got it to work with my carriers simcard (it didnt before).

I checked the settings, it was on default so I tried GSM only and then UMTS only, and still wont work. Data is enabled under battery & data manager.

Cant stress enough how thankful I am you helping me out, hope you can ultimately guide me to get my phone working properly.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
really have only two more ideas

get a new sim card or

take to a shop that flashes phones
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
First of all, you probably do not need the band unlock in the first place, as long as your carrier's MNC/MCC are not the same as AT&T or T-Mobile's.

Second, have you set up the APN under Settings, Mobile networks? You must set up an APN to get mobile data over GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA/LTE.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
do search for your carriers apn settings

you may want to use to an app like apn backup & restore

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these may be what you need http://nxwiki.blogspot.com/2011/10/tigo-apn-settings-gprs-mms-wap-internet.html#.UU8FNRw9N48
[Droid 2 Global General] chuchipando:
APN setting worked I think

Thank you sd_shadow and Gasai Yuno for your prompt replys and help. setting up APN settings got the 3g and/or H with an up and down arrow icon next to the signal icon. i am guessing this is what i was missing.

@ Gasai Yuno: I had taken the phone to my carrier before I knew this phone was band-locked in the hope that they could get it to work properly, they set up the APN configuration an the 3g icon appeard and went away immediatly and never saw it again. so I suposed that verizon had locked something else on it, which turned out to be the band-lock. I set up APN and got a 3g icon and then changed to a H with an up and down arrow. sadly i am prepaid and i used up all the credit i had on my line.

@ sd_shadow: i did an online search for the APN settings and got the 3g icon and then changed to a H with an up and down arrow.

I will let you guys know if it worked or not. thank you for your help, you guys are awesome!!!
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
that maybe good
[Droid 2 Global General] chuchipando:
one last question

i just have one last quoestion, what would happen if I wipe my device from recovery? would I lose the band-unlock?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
should be ok, unless you sbf
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
That sounds like you had some custom firmware installed.

Certain builds of CM9 for the D2G (and all other ROMs based on CM9 code) had that glitch.

During band unlocking you installed stock firmware which has no such issues.
[Droid 2 Global General] chuchipando:
I trued to install cyanogen mod rom for my D2G but bricked my phone, at the time i took it to my carrier to get it properly configured it had a stock .629 installed. this was before i tried band-unlock. i assumed it was because of band-lock that there was no 3g or H icon.

ps, did a full wipe from recovery and didn't lose band-unlock. you guys rock.
[Droid 2 Global General] Youdoofus:
sbf keeps failing in rsd lite... ive redownloaded sbfs, reinstalled drivers, rebooted pc, tried diff usb cable on diff usb ports... im at a loss here :/
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
how is it failing?

right at beginning, bp pass through, did flash for 10 -20mins?

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and what is full name of file you are flashing?
[Droid 2 Global General] Youdoofus:
it keeps saying that there is an error because my device is incompatible with the multi thread tool...
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
Can you post a screenshot of that error here?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
which bootloader version, is on phone did it look like this or like this?

or something else

try these instructions

How to use RSD Lite
[Droid 2 Global General] Youdoofus:
OK, I got the rsd lite thing figured out. I just uninstalled version 4.7 and installed 5.5 and its now working (I'm sure uninstalling and reinstalling my old version would have yielded the same, but I figured I might as well get the new one while I'm at it LoL) but now my battery is dead. Will a d2g battery charge in a droid 1?

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The nice thing about my situation is that the d2g I'm working on is a deactivated phone and I only use it for learning purposes. I just need to get the battery charged now and I'm sure I'll be just fine. There are cell phone repair shops where I live (Sioux Falls) but they want to charge me to pop the damn battery into another d2g to charge it for a couple hours... That's pretty lame if you ask me
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
D2 and D1 use the same battery.

Also, I think Verizon shops can charge your battery for free.
[Droid 2 Global General] Youdoofus:
Gotcha. Thanks! A guy i work with has a droid 1 and i was able to charge it in his phone, got home and viola!!! Phone is back from the dead!! Many thanks to everyone who posted their 2 cents and those who screwed up before i did so i could read the posts that helped them!! :) what my problem ended up being was a: the dead battery(duh) and b: the old version of rsd lite and my D2G werent playing well together. I uninstalled 4.7 and got 5.6

job done, now i can go back to effing around with it LoL!!
[Droid 2 Global General] bigtanktiger:
I get to step #7 and during the install of the zip file from the recovery screen it does a "verifying current system" I get the following...

assert failed: apply_patch_check("MTD:boot:83886

08:87edc4e8e4c95538716314960b190034cc967af4:8388

608:5eaaa6339d228abf4260b577bdd32f11b166f191")

E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

Any thoughts?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
this? 7. Reboot to recovery then install 629 OTA update.zip then reboot(Blur_Version.4.5.608.A956.Verizon.en.US.zip)

that is the original method for 629, before the 629 ezSBF was made.

just follow my instructions

Band unlock Droid 2 Global

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were you trying to band unlock or just unbrick?

if just unbricking

use 1FF-p3_droid2we_cdma_droid2we-user-2.3.4-4.5.1_57_D2GA-59-120117-test-keys-signed-Verizon-US.sbf

and RSD Lite
[Droid 2 Global General] :
I don't see why you would flash the .608 or .629 sbf after flashing the .33 or .29 sbf.. don't both of the gb sbf's contain the updated basebands and overwrite the downgraded radio in .29 or .33?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
ezsbf and sbf_flash do not flash the radio, so it doesn't get overwritten

if phone was on 629, the .29 and .33,sbfs, will temp brick the phone, you have to reflash 629 for it to work

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the mbmloader was updated with 629, and is incompatible with older sbfs
[Droid 2 Global General] bhigham:
Incidentally, I just made a radio only sbf of the .33 radio, that I think would avoid any need to brick at all.

I tried it out, on a D2G that I have, and it shows the N_01.48.05R radio, while never bricking the phone.

If you would like to try it out and host the file, I can send you a link to it.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
bricking it is half the fun, but yes I can do that
[Droid 2 Global General] :
I would love to try that. I tried making a radio only sbf earlier today with Sbfcodec but the radio wouldn't flash..
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
I haven't tried it yet but have uploaded it to here

2.4.33 Radio.sbf.7z

http://www.mediafire.com/?pearlvbha0ez4ye

md5 : a63af3f6d11ab6b6b5f803f83e943b16
[Droid 2 Global General] bhigham:
I made it with Portable SBF Tool, I was able to use it to remove files from an Atrix SBF, so tried it on the D2G sbf and it seemed to work as well. It didn't give me any trouble flashing, hopefully it will work well for you as well.

No guarantees of course, but I hope it works for you.

I see SD_Shadow already has a mediafire link, so will let you get it from there.

If it works well, could also make a radio only sbf for 629 radio, as well.
[Droid 2 Global General] :
I flashed the radio on .629 and it just "bricked". Not sure what's wrong, but after stupidly updated from 2.4.33 to 2.4.629 a week ago, I have not been able to band unlock and am stuck on the latest radio..

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OH.. in that case.. then i've been using sbf_flash on linux all along and it hasn't been downgrading my radio at all. Thanks guys!
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
yep, that's your problem

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did you use sbf_flash for the radio only sbf?

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ok reflashed 629 with rsd lite, to get baseband N_01.82.00R

then flashed new .33 radio only sbf

now I have baseband N_01.48.05R

it reboots to bootloader after flashing, but I have had that problem before, when rebooting with usb cable connected

I say when you have time, make a 629 sbf with the .33 radio, and I will give that a try too
[Droid 2 Global General] bhigham:
Ok, so it didn't brick then, just went back to bootloader?

On mine it booted up normally the first time, but then I tried it again, and it flashed successfully, and returned to bootloader (no error messages though).

I pulled the battery, and it booted up normally. I flashed the 629 radio, rebooted and had the right radio, flashed back to the 2.4.33 radio, and all seems right.

Here is a 7zipped copy of the 629 radio,

http://www.mediafire.com/?kks2spb7snc25lx

the MD5 for the sbf is

cb12c222a68df63ed94c1a2d8ec4b382

and there is a link above for the 2.4.33 radio sbf.

SD Shadow, feel free to host these with the other Droid files, it is nice to have everything in one place.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
downloaded 629 radio md5 doesn't match i'm getting DA9A8780B0A1B7AD4F59E4E0EDB65E18

so I'm guessing your upload was incomplete.

when I used the .33 radio sbf it rebooted to bootloader just the first time, when still connected to usb cable, reboots normally since then.

I've had that happen when using a full sbf too
[Droid 2 Global General] bhigham:
That is the correct md5 for the zipped file, I gave the md5 for the unzipped file, since It has to be unzipped to flash anyway.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
ok, forgot to check that, thanks

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if it's just a .zip rsd lite can uncompress it, before flashing

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flash 629 radio only a it's back to

N_01.82.00R

after flashing it reboot back to bootloader, but just the first time
[Droid 2 Global General] bhigham:
Does RSD handle 7-zip files, or just zip? Glad it seems to work, it should make the process of band unlocking a little less daunting, though since it uses RSD Lite, there are still the driver issues, (but no way around that that I know of.)
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
rsd lite probably can handle .7z files, if they are renamed to .zip

but will not let you try, if not .zip
[Droid 2 Global General] bhigham:
Well, it is easy enough to just make zip files. I have always used 7zip, as it usually compresses slightly more than zip.

On this type of file though, it probably wouldn't make much difference, plus if RSD handles zips, then that is one less thing to confuse people, i.e. it will work whether they unzip or not.
[Droid 2 Global General] bhigham:
So I guess the procedure for band unlocking now should be simplified as follows.

1-Root the phone

2- Install Droid 2 Bootstrap

3- Flash 4.33 radio-only sbf to phone using RSD Lite (this step can be done at any time in this process, just has to be before applying the Band Unlock, I list it here since many band unlockers are likely already rooted and bootstrapped)

4-Bootstrap and reboot to recovery, and apply band unlock.
[Droid 2 Global General] :
Yeah, and for step 1, since most people are on .629, they should use framaroot and not have to go through the lengthy downgrading process.
[Droid 2 Global General] shnish:
Tried to do the 20 step method and got stuck at a silver M. Tried tons of stuff, but nothing worked. Then did exactly this and the Droid is working perfectly on gsm. I didn't have to make a nandroid backup, though. Whiping cache and flashing band unlock worked fine.
[Droid 2 Global General] crushme1:
I've done all these steps but the phone asks for SIM Network Unlock PIN

Is this normal?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
D2G still needs the sim card slot unlocked

try

http://sim-unlock.net/

or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221218969616

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more here

SIM-unlocked
[Droid 2 Global General] lmree728:
Once Unlocked & Banded

Once this is complete how do I setup my phone to use a t-mobile sim card?

Thanks!
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
not sure what "this" is, but

D2G needs to be

sim unlocked and band unlocked, if both those are done.

you need a t-mobile account and sim card

should just be able to insert sim card, and phone will connect to t-moble
[Droid 2 Global General] crushme1:
I've ordered from http://sim-unlock.net and received 2 codes in about 30 minutes.

The first code worked and now I can use the Droid 2 Global with a Vodafone sim card (from Romania)
[Droid 2 Global General] lmree728:
Worked now another problem

I have it working now, thank you very much for the reply. Now I've noticed my wifi isn't working properly. It can find a connection but ends up disconnecting or disabling. Is there a solution?

I used the steps on the very first post.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
what steps did you use to band unlock?

may need to

flash 629 sbf with rsd lite

flash the 2.4.33 radio only sbf with rsd lite

and re flash band unock
[Droid 2 Global General] lmree728:
Reply

Where can I get these files?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
How to Use RSD Lite on D2G a956 to flash a .sbf

and

Band unlock Droid 2 Global
[Droid 2 Global General] lmree728:
Which files?

Is this 629 the repack? Where is the 2.4.33 radio only sbf at? Thanks
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
no the repacked is the reason your wifi is broken

use full 629 sbf 1FF-p3_droid2we_cdma_droid2we-user-2.3.4-4.5.1_57_D2GA-59-120117-test-keys-signed-Verizon-US.sbf.zip

and

4.33 radio-only sbf
[Droid 2 Global General] lmree728:
Radio only sbf

Radio only sbf is not working with rsd lite. It says this file isn't supported.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
yes, you need to un zip it, with a program like 7-zip
[Droid 2 Global General] lmree728:
Question

Thanks for the help so far. I have flashed both files now and am wondering if i need to redo these steps to band unlock again?

14. Reboot, wipe data and cache

15. Enable Unknown source and Development features in Setting

16. Root D2G with SuperOneClick v2.3.3

17. Install Droid 2 Recovery Bootstap.apk then Reboot to Recovery

18. At Clockwork Recovery, Wipe Cache and install band unlock (TBH_Band_Unlock_v2.0.zip)

19. At Clockwork Recovery, run RESTORE the nan-droid (the one that backup on step 10)

20. Reboot phone then it should be able to us AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon and enjoy
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Nicosch:
Since i went from stock GB to custom roms i've been struggling with sod's. I've been reading a lot of posts here on xda about possible solutions and causes...

I've been flashing a lot of custom roms/kernels/modems, and i was constantly looking out for all possible latest releases of all of them.

Lately i've been using CM9 rom. Flashed it folowing cyanogen's instructions. Since their rom doesn't come with any modem, i completely forgot about it and left the GB modem KK5 that came with stock rom (when i reverted back to stock with odin) as it was.

A bit after all was installed,and running well, i realised i was running a GB modem with an ICS rom, so i flashed the latest modem (LP6 i think).. that's when the good old sod's came back.

So i flashed the old GB kk5 modem back, without any problem, and now i'm running CM9 for like 4 days without any sod's...

So my question is... could it be that all those modems made for ics or even the late GB modems cause these sod's. And, is it even necesary to run an ics modem on ICS ? I'm no techie so i'm not realy aware about the differences between GB and ICS modems.. but for the time beeing it works fine for me this way...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Nicosch:
And yet an other day without a sod.. hands up for kk5 GB modem on CM9 ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] baz77:
Would be interesting if got a way to analyse causes of sod by looking at logfile :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jimpkarl:
I've been using my personal phone (Touch Pro 2 Windows Mobile 6.5 prof) to get my email when traveling. My company just changed exchanged servers and corporate policies that require a PIN to be entered to used the phone, as well as a remote wipe should you exceed the logon tries, or if they just want to (like when you leave the company. The wipe will include all your personal data/apps, including what's on the sd card. Obviously this concerns me ad I did an immediate backup of everything.

I found registry setting throigh the forums to disable the auto pin required, removing the auto wipe if tries time etc and they work fine. Also found the "StayUnlock" app just in case I see them reapply this policy.

The real question is - how can I prevent the remote wipe should they choose to invoke? There doesn't appear to be any registry setting for that, more like a built in capability of the the 6.5 activesync function from what I've read on the net. I'm thinking I need to find some way to disable their ability to perform commands remotely on my phone - without losing the exchange connection altogether. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
[HTC Rezound] brianjcohen:
This should be an easy one, I'm just having trouble finding the right thread and / or just figuring it out. My status is: s-off, relocked, software is 3.14.605.5 710RD installed via the AndroidPolice leak.

It does not appear that I'm rooted. What is the preferred method for attaining root from where I'm at right now?

Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
Flash this or CleanRom 4.5 in AmonRA

http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
boot to amonRA recovery, go to deveoper menu, select install su/superuser.
[HTC Rezound] brianjcohen:
So, here's what ended up happening.

It seems the custom HBOOT from JuopunutBear wasn't properly installed, I couldn't flash a custom recovery (didn't matter whether I tried AmonRa or Touch); it would say "FAILED (remote: not allowed)".

When I originally ran ControlBear to s-off, one of the final steps was it asking me if I'd like to install their custom HBOOT. I said yes and it didn't seem to give any indication that it had failed. However, apparently it did fail. I don't know whether I was supposed to download the HBOOT file separately or what; I didn't because I thought I saw that same file already in the ControlBear package.

So, I went back to unlimited dot io, downloaded the ICS hboot package for vigor, and followed the instructions:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip jb_hboot.zip

I also had to:

fastboot reboot

That last line was left out of the instructions. Good thing I found that in some random forum thread, because I thought something had failed: the progress bar on the HTC screen during 'flash zip' just sits there at like 3/4 full. Anyway, once I did that, I rebooted back to fastboot and was able to flash Amon Ra. Then I booted to Amon Ra recovery, mounted the external SD card over USB and copied up the SuperUser zip package at androidsu dot com, unmounted USB, went to flash zip menu, and installed that. Rebooted to Android and I now have root.

As an aside, I wish there was some easy way of reporting defects to developers of these roms/scripts/packages and improving instructions/procedures; it's times like these that I find forums way too scattered and inefficient. Why aren't we using things like LaunchPad and Wikis?
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
you don't need the jbear hboot if you don't want the adb commands, i flash everything from ph98img.zip's and all is well.
[HTC Rezound] brycekerr:
I had the same problem sir. I then placed the PH file on the root of the sd card and viola. Here is a link to the file.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1339679

Sent from my RezAwesome S-Off running Scott's CleanROM 4.5
[LG Optimus Black] hotspace:
Please refrain from flaming me too hard.

Is this the same phone available through Wal-Mart's Straight Talk??
[LG Optimus Black] hotspace:
No one? I'm curious because my father picked up a Samsung for straight talk, but there is no root for the model he bought. If this LG black will work...I'm going to tell him to return it and get this one. I appreciate any input.
[LG Optimus Black] andreas0013:
Yes, that's optimus black
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solomon4400:
please help. heres the thing, every time that i'm on gingerbread rom (joka, trueancestor etc.) i can never get my sd card to mount to pc via msc mode. dont know why but i gotta fight and struggle to get it working with mtp. however whenever i'm on a ics beta rom it connects via msc no problem. but once i go back to gb i cant even freaking get msc to work and end up struggling to even get mtp to work. mass storage works to connect but i just cant see my sd card/files on sd card at all. any suggestions on this?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirRudolph:
Theres a .zip fix floating around...

There was one for DixPeria Monster that I saw.

Might work for you too.