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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Hi all,

As written in the OP, GalaxSim Unlock is now available in the Google Play Store here. It's free to download, with in-app billing to unlock, for what I believe is a fair price. Other functionnalities (device/lock information, nv error detection, efs backup/restore) are free to use. I've made it that way so that people can see if GalaxSim Unlock is able to sim unlock their phone before buying.

The full featured version available here will remain totally free (I might update it in a few days to match the market version features). If you want to support my work, it's up to you to donate (or use the market version to stay up to date). Do not redistribute this version without my consent.

I'm asking your help

: in any case, I'd appreciate if you could rate the app on the Play Store, because for now, it seems that only people complaining about something (device unsupported, in app billing...) are rating. With more than 6000 downloads here, I suppose I would have known if half the people using GSU had issues, so if people here could help improve the rating, that would be great ! ;)

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
You're right, I suppose it won't.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baptist69:
Thanks

Thanks, managed to unlock i9300BULGS2.

At first got the error that it could not read nv

After a reboot and reinstalling busybox (advanced install) I tried again and now it is unlocked.

Donation coming your way!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] pradeeprox:
absolutely fantastic bro.....

RESPECT
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] shkippo:
first thank you very much i used your free galaxsim unlock at first and it unlock my phone :good:

so when you put a new app as a paid app with new features and you deserve a donate

then i purchase your new app really its a great app and easy to unlock

thats my screenshot to show you all ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] oblib__:
It did not. I haven't looked at you Play Store description, but you should probably be clear that almost no U.S. phones will work.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] S4nDr0:
nvm I fixed my problem by flashing some different ROMs, post can be deleted
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] chubby65:
Cheers mate just bought the paid version unlocked no problem
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Mopral:
Just bought the paid version even if my phone was already unlock with your app!

By the way, what is the "locked MCC/MNC" thing? (and it says locked)

I do not have it on the previous version...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Hi all,

Thanks to those you bought play store version / donated / added comments in the play store. It keeps me motivated to work on GSU (but decreases my sleep time pretty much :p )

A new update should be released pretty soon to add official support to multiple Samsung Galaxy devices (sorry, no progress so far on the US qualcomm side :( ). It'll also add more checks to be totally sure your phone can really be unlocked. Last but not least, I removed busybox requirement. Hopefully that will make things easier to for many people.

On the R&D side, I'm planning to add 2 things :

- backup of the full efs partition (like efs pro pc app)

- imei recovery (yes, it can be done, though not always working depending on your efs partition state)

@Mopral

"locked MCC/MNC" refers to the old "Nv Country/Network code".

It lists the carriers to which your phone is actually sim locked. I decided to rename it to be closer to the real description of its use. I also fixed it a little to support 6 chars mcc/mnc and to add support for multiple carriers lock (some phones are sim locked to multiple carriers at the same time, usually for roaming operations)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Tolriq:
Can't wait for it :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] pejn:
Why I get error ? : unable to read nv data

My sgs3 breaks down after use galaxsim from this thread.

If i download it from android market, everything is fine, but paid.. i don't have credit card.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Is your phone rooted ? Do you have latest busybox version installed ?

What do you mean your "sgs3 breaks down" :eek: ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] pejn:
Rooted and busybox installed.

Breaks down, means i couldnt unlock the screen after that(only sometimes).

Tested on ics and jb.

EDIT: I bought pro version. My sgs3 is unlocked now ;) thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jkenigs:
Awesome!

This worked perfectly for me! I used it in my GT-i9300 with the UK DLI3 leak.

I downloaded it from the market since i thought the price was really fair! 2 euros vs 25U$s for a code? That's a no brainer for me. Let's hope this still works when we get the final version of Jelly bean!

Thank you very much Spocky!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] enelyam:
Saw a comment on previous pages about hard lock devices. It is absolutely true, i have that problem with an i9300 right now. Right now my best bet is to use a box i have in here that has SGTool in order to try to unlock it. Problem is, SGTool for some reason is not working on my laptop. So if i dont manage to open(Since it doesnt even open right now) i will have to buy a code. Anyway, I think i can help some people with this post. Here in PR the carrier ClaroPR has been selling their phones with the so called hard locks right from the first Galaxy S phone they sell(i9000 in their case).

So all i can say is that if you dont want to end up with that issue all you need to do is flash the phone with an unbranded firmware before trying to unlock it. If you do, you should not have any issues unlocking your phone. If you dont, things will be way harder to finally manage to unlock the phone. My guess its all about some file that is generated by the branded firmware that changes the structure. Im not an expert by any means on nv_data or anything. But ive seen enough hard lock phones at least to know that. Since ClaroPR have been doing this forever. Just flash the phone with a non branded firmware without touching anything because as far as i can remember in my case i think it happened to me with a phone which i have saved the efs folder before changing to non branded firmware. Having said that, i was dumb enough to grab this GS3 i9300 and tried to unlock it while it was running ClaroPR stock firmware. And now im dealing with a phone that shows Unlocked on everything but asks for the code when it turns on and shows wrong sim card.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Thanks for your detailed explanations.

So you say unlocking a "hard locked" phone before flashing an unbranded rom prevent from unlocking it after flashing an unbranded rom too ?

You wrote that you tried to unlock while running ClaroPr rom. Didn't you make an efs backup ? If you did so, why don't you just flash an unbranded rom, restore your stock efs folder and try to unlock with GSU after that. If it still doesn't work, we'll know that those changes are not stored in efs folder.

Anyway, could you send me your current efs folder (and stock one if you have it) ? I might be able to find where this hard lock is coming from (of course if it's stored in efs), as I have a few hard locked efs folder to compare with.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] enelyam:
Ok heres an update about my case. In my case the i9300 i was trying to unlock i finally managed to make it work. Heres what i did:

First remember i have already used the Voodoo apk to try to unlock it on the stock(hard lock) firmware. So when i rebooted there was just a lock saying that network was locked and a dismiss icon. So i decided to flash it with an unbranded firmware. In my case I9300UBBLG2_I9300UUBBLG2_TTT was the one i used, Trinidad and Tobago firmwares have always do the job for me on ClaroPR phones. After i flashed it, it had the enter unlock code sign. And on the notification bar the sim icon(for wrong sim card). I installed the GalaxSimUnlock apk hoping that it would solve the issue. It showed partially unlocked on the app and i clicked on unlock. The app said that the phone was unlocked after that but it was still partially locked. Still was asking for the unlock code, still read wrong sim. All that i could have try then was to flash an older version of ICS in order to get rid of the hard lock(trust me guys it was nothing more than luck). So i grabbed the oldest ICS version i found from TTT and downloaded it.

When the phone turned on it was still asking for a code. But it wasn't giving me the wrong sim icon on the notification bar. At that point i decided to install Spokys apk to see if i was able to unlock it again or something that could helped me. Lucky for me in order to install the apk i needed to Root the phone. So when i Rooted the phone with Samsung SGS3 Int Toolkit when the phone rebooted there was not any lock or enter code thing or else. It was finally unlocked.

So i hope to help some people with that long explanation about what happened to me.

So what we can learn from this i guess is that its gotta have to do with later firmwares, and maybe something on the kernel(thats just a guess). Spooky you have earned the donation i sent earlier lol..... Cheersss

Edit: By the way Spooky now the phone shows TTT csc instead of PCT which is ClaroPR firmware like i said on the earlier post, it changed(it didnt change with other versions)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Well that's a good news for you ! One thing I did'nt understand : are you still using the old TTT version, or can you now flash a recent rom and still be fully unlocked ?

Could you please send me your fully unlocked efs backup please ? Also could you send me the link to download the oldest ICS TTT version you used ?

I believe I've got a good idea how to break the hard lock. I might need somebody with a hard locked phone to test my theory (for that, I need an efs_backup.tar so that I can patch the files, hopefully it won't break anything :) ).
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] enelyam:
Well, the answer is yes, im using the old TTT version and to be honest i dont want to play with that ha ha... About the fully unlocked efs im not sure thats the issue. As i mentioned before, there must be something with the firmware, maybe kernel, maybe something else. Also, im pretty sure if i flash a newer version i will have the same problem(been there done that with other GS2 phones. But if it matters also, it wasnt until the GS2 phones that this issue became a real pain... The firmwares all were downloaded from Samsung firmware. Just look for the TTT version and youll see. Right there you also can find the PCT versions that belong to ClaroPR(Yeah, the hard lock versions) lol... I will try to send you a .tar efs folder later today ok...

This is the direct link for the one that solve the problem: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/159513090/df775b4/I9300UBALE6_I9300UUBALE6_TTT.zip.html

This is one of the so called hard locked PCT ICS in case you wanna see: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/159512085/b68ed0b/I9300UBALE6_I9300UWAALE4_PCT.zip.html
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] M1cky:
Unlocked my I9300 with this. Worked great, backed up efs, no problems. Up until today if I opened the app, everything would be green/unlocked etc. Since updating Galaxsim via playstore it says md5 not recognised, stopping now and all entries appear as undefined. Phone maintained unlock status.

I haven't changed anything efs related, only updated app. I restored an old nandroid and app works fine, all green and shiny again.

On JB LI7 leak. Wanam.

You said there are further new unlock methods in the update and I want to be sure they're applied also. How should I proceed?

Thanks man,

Edit: apk here successfully reads values, restores efs and unlocks.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] pejn:
Check what ive seen after update of galaxsim unlock (attached imh)

Whats going on?

Before update my sgs3 was unlocked using GSU.

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I9300 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
A few people reported this issue today (but most have successfully unlocked, including me :( ...).

Could you please pm me the logcat so that I can see what's going on ?

Thanks

Edit : I might have fixed it (there were some file access rights issues in some roms). Don't hesitate to contact me if 1.3.1 still doesn't work.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Doc Franky B.:
Pls,pls fix it ;)

Thx.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] starbucks2010:
Hello,

I was using an earlier version of your soft (v1.02) to unlock my phne (Network unlock). Now, I installed 1.3.1 from PlayStore and when I opened the app it tells me that my phone is partially unlocked. What this means? Can I try to press the unlock without risking to lock back my phone?

Thank you for your help.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] M1cky:
Confirmed fixed. All good again no need for logcat, showed up partially locked, unlocked again. No problems as of yet. Thanks Dev.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] schmaichel:
hello, I'm Portuguese and I'm not able to unlock my galaxy s3 have the rom of vodafone pt and use program (galaxsim unlock) so a button appears Restore EFS and Donate. When I open the program a warning appears saying unable to read nv date. please help me. I have already installed the busybox also

I just upgrade galaxsim unlock by play store, but when I click on unlock a message appears saying "this functionnality is only available in Pro version. do you wish to get going now?" what do I do now? did not want to pay to unlock it.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] betto_tm:
I have the same problem only I get device model gt-i9300 and other undefined red letters, I have installed busybox STEPHEN (Stericson) I install it before starting galaxysim. it can be?

PD. works with the firm DLI8? I am currently doing with I9300XXBLG8_I9300OXABLG8_BTU
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Lambi007:
hey i got a problem.. i tried to unlock my s3 with your tool. it looks like this:

it says my phone is unlocked, but it isn't, my sim is not working. I flashed this stock rom: I9300XXBLG8-DBT

the device is locked on the provider orange(austria).

i also tried it with the voodoo tool(first without simfix, then with), and voodoo says my device is unlocked.. but it isn't!

another strange thing is that when i'm trying to check the unlock status via *#7465625# nothing happens.

plz help me! thx
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Doc Franky B.:
All good now after your update +1

It works, but my Phone where unlooked :o

Thx
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] betto_tm:
DLI8 just try and I get the same error "unable to read nv data" folder will be q my efs is corrupt, what other method I can use to level to unlock files?.

pd. if I have ime
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] virtualista:
i just wanted to unlook my s3, i installed the apk, clicked on unlock and the play store says: unavailable. cannot buy now. it is just for me or everybody?

ohh wait. it is not avaiable anymore from the store.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Yes, Google suspended my app. I don't have any more information than "Violation of the Content Policy" :(

As many apps are doing sim unlock, I suppose it's not related to the purpose of the app.

It might be because of google stats I added to be informed if everything goes fine in each model (I don't log private things, just phone model and results of app...). I don't see what else it could be.

Too bad they don't give details about why they suspend an app. A friend of mine also had the same problem and they never answer his multiple requests.

Unfortunately, as of now, they didn't answer mine neither.

I might reup a version without stats or with a possibility for users to disable stats, but what if that's not the reason they suspent it ? It'll be suspended again and Google may remove my developer account :( .

Not only that, but if I reup my app, it won't keep rating and comments because I have to change its package name... And people who downloaded it until now won't get any update notice.

I'm so disappointed how they treat this kind of problems. Google makes a lot of money thanks to develpoers, and we don't event deserve the right to know why they decide to remove an app. I mean, if I knew my app was violating any kind of policy, I wouldn't have published it. And now the only thing I can do is try to guess what the problem is :(
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jamie2002uk:
Not good spocky i have a backup (somewhere :) ) would be nice of google to explain why. Im running LI7 atm and still all unlocked and no sign of any new efs folders as we spoke about before
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] virtualista:
pls help me out

thats is nice and good, but my phone now is locked and i cant call anybody. What can i do now? pls help if somebody has a solution. LH1 Factory Telenor Hungary rom

mod: is there any way to get the pro version to unlook my phone, couse im really need it?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] disco_biscuit:
I'm gutted they pulled this app, i bought it this morning and installed it on my phone all good, got home tonight to unlock my girlfriends and its gone!

Cant you supply it via paypal?

thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
I've just had an answer from them... "Upon further review, we've accepted your appeal and have reinstated your

application.". I still don't know why it's been suspended at first. Hopefully it won't happen again.

Edit : I added copyright information and an analytics opt-out option just in case. Version 1.3.3 should be available in the market in the next hour or so.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Pyr0x64:
Thanks for the update spocky :)

I purchased the pro version earlier.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] aikido_rob:
Thanks for the update! I've just rooted a friend's phone for the sole reason of using this program after finding it last night. Imagine my shock when I rooted the phone only to find the app no longer there! :eek:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] betto_tm:
fixes the unable to read nv data? or that application that is not in the market is just test?, not really unlock the application of the first page?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Barmenchik:
1.How much usually Donate?

2.In free version my device Unlock but what mean PRO version?Some position in last version Lock....:confused:

Left- old previous version, Right--Last one..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] betto_tm:
I have a problem "only emergency calls" this could be the reason? :

Product code?, Or Device HW?

Pd. I have DLI8 Jelly Bean
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Users usually donate approximately 50$.

Just kidding :p it's as you want, the expression "buy me a beer" gives you an idea, although it depends where you buy it :p

You can consider your version as unlocked for now. In play store version, I added a few checks on other backup files as well. They are patched just in case Samsung would decide to change their algorithm.

It seems that your nv_data.bin is somehow corrupted (it's the only case where I have seen this product code / device hw). But I've seen devices lacking product codes / device hw that had a correct imei and could connect to their carrier.

How/when did it happen ? Do you have any backup to restore ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] gq.ciba:
good job, i can't worry about flashing the JB rom

DLI8
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jamie2002uk:
Not entirely true like spocky said if they change things on final release then who knows but im sure it wouldnt take long to figure things out :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] betto_tm:
my problem is not the application, this problem arose from me to update it whenever I have the problem is the 3rd time, because every time I update lost my phone signal?, is due to the serial number? , at HW? or it can be?,

I solved the only ones who were the technical service
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tomidoki:
Hi,

I have the same problem also. My nv_data.bin maybe corrupted. What can I do? Actually I can use the phone... But Can I flash it ? if i want to use the sim unlock program?

thanks.

TD
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tisazalay:
Flashing is a different procedure that usually should not mess the EFS folder. I would suggest you create an EFS backup and kindly ask spocky12 if he can help. Anyway keep an EFS backup.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] valsacar:
Just FYI, ran this on my Korean S3 (E210S) and it worked, at least as far as to tell me I was already unlocked.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] toffiko:
I9100P

Hello, will this app unlock SGS2 I9100P H/W v1.5? Any one confirm that for me please?

Why cannon I buy PRO version in google Store? Ive tried 2 debit cards with no success. They only charged me 1 quid four times every time Ive updated card details. Is that normal? When I try to buy this app there is showing up message finishing transaction and there is pop up of "connection not available" or something like that, although internet is working brilliant. Thanks

Update

Its all sorted now:) Ive had an idea to try my home WiFi instead of my 3G internet. And it worked!. How surprising... Google Play store Doesnt allow me to purchase anything on my giffgaff 3G H+ internet. GalaxSim Unlock has done job well. Thanks alot spocky12. Appreciate your hard work. Ive tried other networks even in roaming and they work. The program is showing up all 5 locks on green, although there was only network lock on it. There is only one thing which bothers me, actually the bottom line "stock lock status" shows up as locked. What doesn it mean? Is it normal?

Appreciate any info, Thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] cocchiararo:
no issues with the unlock and the official 4.1.1 ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] aji_kambas:
Wow, amazing. work like charm. thanks alottttt......:D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] BenG7:
same issue here :

Apart from "device model: GT-I9300" everything else is undefined + "unable to read nv data"

so I clicked restore efs -> your efs has been restored successfully, please restart your device, rebooted and it's back to the previous screen : "device model: GT-I9300" everything else is undefined + "unable to read nv data"

where can I download the latest version you're mentioning, 1.3.1 please?

thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] willis3:
Yes that's absolutly normal. That means that the device was locked befor any modification.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Send me your efs partition image (made with efs backup pro) + efs_backup.tar, and if you're lucky, I might be able to restore your data :)

Thanks for the feedback !

Stock lock status shows whether your phone was locked when it was bought (useful to know if it's a second hand).

"Unable to read nv_data" is usually related to some busybox or file access rights issue. Flashing another rom may help.

Or simply use the play store version, I've implemented some workarounds for these kind of problems.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mbooma:
this version unable to detect my settings

version 1.3.3 do it but it aak me to pay
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] BenG7:
hmm... ok, let me try busybox - it's already installed but I'll check its rights.

ok, how do I get the playstore version with my phone that is sim locked?

thanks.

BenG
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spocky12:
Wifi ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] BenG7:
Checked the right and indeed there was an issue with them - all sorted now

Thanks a lot for this & your useful tool!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mbooma:
just a last question

for busybox, we muste installe i from play store, open it and click install again

wich installation we must choose, smart or normal?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] gounini:
Thanks

Works good with GT-I9300_WanamLite.XXDLIB.V3.7

Require reboot after unlock.

Big Thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] TopDROIDER:
the app you posted here is not working it dosent even show the unlock button :confused:

tou are tricking us to pay 2 bucks :rolleyes: some people like me cant get an international mastercard in their country , what sould i do ? :(
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dezsta:
if i back up my efs will i be able to restore the unlock the phone when the jelly bean is released. if your method doesent work with the jelly bean update (still a noob )

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no trick mate it works fine make sure your device is supported,