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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dj_spore:
I can confirm this works, but I could not get data. I got signal and a carrier name with both an AT&T sim and a Straight Talk (AT&T) sim. It would not load APNs, and I don't have the APN for regular AT&T so I tried with the Straight Talk, put in their APN and still got no data. Neither sim is active currently. It did allow me to call 611 on both sims.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
If neither sim is active then I dont think it will allow data. Not sure though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dj_spore:
Just found my roommates active AT&T sim, tried it, and still no data. I put in the APN found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1684711...

Phone calls work just fine...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Hum...I need to get my hands on a microSIM. I have some experience playing with APNs from my days in Japan.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nolenm04:
It didnt work for me :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dhoang:
Thank you for sharing. It works for me. I tried it with my brother att sim. I was able to make and receive phone call with no problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nolenm04:
I got it lol tested gfs sisters friend sim from iphone....made one call and speed test. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xxjrsmith3xx:
Great i cant find my at&t sim card....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] BakersDC5:
I can also say it worked for me, I popped in an AT&T Straight Talk SIM, put in the APN, and everything (calls, text, and data) works fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dj_spore:
Sweet! Im going to play with mine some more today and see if I can get data working. Calls were working fine, the only thing I cam think of was I loaded in the t-mo tethering APN.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoilman:
so to clarify, will this only work for voice calls, or will it totally unlock the phone for data on other networks (assuming the network uses bands compatible with our phone) too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Most people seem to get data. One did not, I would assume it is something in his APN settings
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoilman:
well then sweet!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] premiatul:
I did as per instructions in the OP, but I didn't have a Sim card to try it out until I got to work. I shoved in a Verizon Sim and everything works perfectly, voice calls and data.

Is this going to 'stick' even after an update from T-mobile? Thanks to OP for this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xghostyxjokerx:
tmobile version

seem to make my network worst i say...any way of going back to stock completely? like reverse this method?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Shouldnt effect your signal but there is an option for on vice off but no one knows if it will mess up anything or permanently lock the sim
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Verizon USA? That would be interesting lol. I had signal but nothing else, maybe I should have waited longer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tiffany84:
This is great to see. Kinda figures though, I paid $25 to unlock my phone 4 days ago and then this comes out. lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] premiatul:
Yes Verizon USA and after reboot it had that circle with a bar in it like no signal, but after about 2-3 min. the circle was replaced by 4 bars, but I don't remember if it also had the 4G sign or not.

The guy went home now, so I can't check it again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nolenm04:
I got att data without changing apns at all
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Its all good I have a sim from my galaxy nexus that is still active till dec 3. So I will play with it. I noticed cdma settings.....infact I think I turned them on cause my signal dropped to nothing while I had my tmo sim in.

Fixed with a reboot but maybe this can work for Verizon guys who dont want locked bootloader/verizon branding all over
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] RizzoPro:
Tried this and used my friends att sim and could make calls. Tried data but no go..think it would work with right apn. Anyways seems to be working fine here! Awesome....thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoilman:
will this stay after flashing new ROMs/updates?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
I have flashed and restored backups and it still says I am unlocked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OWLYYY:
I wonder if this will work on a Mobilicity Note 2. I'm thinking about porting out to Wind.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Should looks like it works on all 7105 varients
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshgnex:
just to post a partial confirmation - I did the method outlined on my T889 (TMO, Stock Rooted) handset and tested it with a dead (but previously active) ATT Sim - on boot it showed bars for coverage but obviously no test call / data check could be done - on a positive note, there was not a "enter carrier unlock code" screen as there would be (unlocked my S3 through Tmo and on boot the first screen awaits the unlock code)

so: Partial confirm, T889 seems to be unlocked; I'll try it with a Straight Talk ATT network sim later to verify with a test call / data

thanks for posting the links OP!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _atlien_:
4G for mobile systems is 100Mbits/sec and 1Gbit/sec for stationary systems.

LTE is not 'true' 4G either. T-Mobile lied because why not, all the others (Verizon/AT&T/Sprint) were already lying.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Well true but most people tend to think 4G = LTE technology. And that is the current meaning as the standard keeps getting lowered by both the cell companies and the standards body.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lccwm:
I'm with wind and had it done used my telus sim can make a call but no data.. going to keep digging it out..

update.. just put my old rogers sim, no unlocked msg box, can see signal bars but I left rogers for a while no service no surprise, so I confirm it is working for call.. any1 got dada?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mkarin:
just wondering, does sim unlock stay after flashing different rom(s)?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OWLYYY:
Is that because Wind and Telus are different frequencies? Wind and Mobi both use AWS...I'm not sure just thinking out loud.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lccwm:
yep, I did this unlocked yesterday and I just reflashed cmenard 7105 rom with bullet kernel, it's still there...

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I got this note2 last week locked to wind cos I put telus sim, the unlocked box pop out ask for the code, now it's kind of unlock, it might be a way to get the data back... I think may be big 3 have LTE and our T889/T889v disable this feature that made it incompatible in data option... same as the guy upstair put at&t sim got no data but could make calls... just guess...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OWLYYY:
Yup. It would be interesting to see if a wind or Mobi GN2 would work with one another or tmobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gedster314:
Worked for me. Without a sim, I followed the directions. Shutdown inserted ATT sim booted up no prompt. Fired up the browser and pulled 6Mbps on ATT.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mha1021:
I tried this and it worked with At&t sim but now that i am using my T-Mobile Sim, i get very slow download/upload speed....

@ Home i used to get 5-7MB down and 1-1.5 Up and now i get 1Mbps Down and .03 upload... Did this happened to anyone else after doing this to unlock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
One person claimed similar results, felt the phone had slower d/l speeds. I have checked, I was getting about .5-1Mbs before, and getting about the same now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _atlien_:
I'm on Simple Mobile (uses TMO towers) and I have the same DL speeds after sim unlocking.

Should the thread where the the technique was shared be a sticky? This is a very valuable feature for our phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nibbley15:
Works!

This worked on mine.

Still running bone stock, non-rooted, now just sim unlocked!

DL speeds after = 8547 kbps

UP speeds after= 1943 kbps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ardcifliku:
Yeah, right.i can't go to recovery mode now.:mad:

sent from t-mobile note 2 (not rooted yet)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ardcifliku:
Ps .everything is good.my mistake:D

sent from t-mobile note 2 (not rooted yet)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoilman:
I really think this thread should be pinned. it would be a shame for it to fall off the front page and people not know it's an option
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ssCISengineer:
This works just popped in an att sim got data and voice connection
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] BakersDC5:
I agree, this thread should be stickied to save anyone who wants to unlock this phone some money :laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ssCISengineer:
Definitely stickied
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
Worked like a charm on my new T889V!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ssCISengineer:
I even got data connection and Browsed the Web using my friends att sim card. Great to know that I'll never have to pay for unlocking.

This phone just keeps getting better and better
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ssCISengineer:
Can we not get this stickied? I would think this warrants a sticky! I mean its free!

Why do we have no organization on this forum like the other ones. I thought I remembered other forums having stickies of everything important
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoilman:
+1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] BakersDC5:
This thread should definitely be brought to the attention of a mod and get stickied, maybe under a different title. It's not like this unlock method has a chance of not working, because most people in the original thread and in this thread have reported that it's working, and on top of that it IS free :D.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Title changed and warning placed on OP for possible slow speeds after unlock that has been reported 2 or so times.

Sent from my handheld Android 'PC', NOTE II
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nicelysedated:
I have verifed it working on my phone with no loss of data speed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ssCISengineer:
Me too.....it seems im getting faster data speeds....I was getting 17 ro 20 down yesterday
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aliaselchore:
worked on mine

aaahhhhh hell yeah free unlock.

looks like my data is a lil faster. i use to get around 5-6mb now i get 6+ every time

maybe its just me or the phone but the unlock worked

edit: i tried ATT for like 5 mins with my coworkers sim

got data and made a test call
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] initial_k:
Same here.

anyway to revert back to how it was before?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jester450:
has anyone managed to get their device unlocked by TMO and is it the same steps?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] RuizGT:
They'll just contact Samsung with your IMEI and email you the unlock code.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Vanquiz:
Yes i just got mine yesterday, along with my S3, i called tmobile and they email the code within 24 hours.

I just feel more comfortable that way instead of this, since tmobile customer eligible for the code anyway every 90 days of I'm not mistaken.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] winlinmac001:
Awesome!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshgnex:
Just to post up -

i did the method attached and tested the phone with a non-data att sim, i was able to make/receive voice calls and texts, which was enough for me to see it was unlocked

great! except:

the phone since has tended to randomly soft restart to the samsung swoosh screen + android rocket every now and then. overall performance seems to be the same, if slightly hesitant every now and then...

was it addressed how to revert this back to stock / locked? odin stock?

thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] KillaHurtz:
These setting withstand flashes and resets, that's why the instructions are very clear to use at your own risk.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshgnex:
well, obviously. just like anything else on a dev site.

my question was whether a method to revert to stock was covered - i'm scouring this and the attached thread right now to see, if it's having to odin stock, no prob, just looking for a solution.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kozmo21:
Just follow instructions up to Perso SHA256 and select "ON" instead of "OFF"... wait 30 seconds which should turn the value back to 1 and then follow rest of instructions like the 1st time... wait 1 minute and reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshgnex:
Oh awesome thank you ! I guess i should've suspected 'run procedure in reverse' is the answer
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] osito20:
This works perfect with 4.1.1 for my sgs3 t-mobile but the question now is... can I upgrade to 4.1.2 or when I upgrade is blocked again the phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kittie42:
Worked for me. I was on Tweaked 2.5 ROM (built on 4.1.2, uvbmd1) and with uvbmb4 modem. Backed that up and downgraded to uvalk8 with uvalj1 modem in cwm. Did the unlock. Confirmed unlock with att and metro pcs sims. Then odin'd back to uvbmb4 build and modem. Flashed cwm in odin also giving me root. THEN restored my tweaked backup. Now I own a sim unlocked t889 running android 4.1.2. Later I will do a fresh install of tweaked with bmd1 modem and see if I remain unlocked. Hope this eased your mind a little:)

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Ps. It doesn't seem to be an issue with sgs3 either. My friend owns a t999l which was unlocked the same way on 4.1.1. He flashed cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.2) and reports that he is still unlocked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] biggmac419:
Might have to try

Sent from Mac's Note 2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
Your link is broken. You should be using prototype's tacoroot method I believe. It's a sticky in the development section. Is that what you are using?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ramjet69:
Here is the full link without the tags to chop it so you might have to cut and paste.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1298990

Checking into the tacoroot sticky now....
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
He is htcdev unlocked. So tacoroot wiukdnt work. Use the 2nd post in the same thread

sent from my paranoid android
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ramjet69:
Just to clarify it is unlocked using the method from HTC. I can relock too if that is better.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
Jehc is right. Go to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1751796

and look at the second post.
[HTC Droid DNA] ghdtpdna:
I have a pending order with Wirefly.

I placed the order on 11/15.

Anyone who placed an order with Wirefly gotten an email confirmation?

Thanks.
[HTC Droid DNA] TYMO68:
Cancelled my Wirefly Order

I cancelled my order with Wirefly and just decided to p/u directly from the VZW store. Wirefly, when I called them to inquire on my order, they had me on hold for approximately 20 minutes. Then when someone finally picked up, the representative stated they have no ETA as to when the DNA would arrive in their warehouse for shipment but they would "upgrade" me to overnight once they receive the device. I went and picked mine up from the VZW store last Wednesday and have been enjoying it since. It's up to you but for the extra $50 you cldve been had your device duke. Just a thought ya know
[HTC Droid DNA] Memnoch73:
I also cancelled my Wirefly order. When it had not shipped by release day I cancelled and ordered through VZW. Just got mine today. Damn holidays and weekend pushed out my shipping. All good now. Never go near wirefly again
[HTC Droid DNA] ghdtpdna:
My order just shipped.

I am going through wirefly because they also have another $50 cashback with my credit card.

I had them upgrade my shipping to Next Day air as well.

Either way thanks for the response.
[HTC Droid DNA] Cdoan34:
I was wondering what day you ordered your DNA?
[HTC Droid DNA] scottspa74:
I ordered thru Wirefly once. Worst experience ever! Ordered an Evo LTE and a gnex

They billed me twice and there were a hundred other problems over the 2wk period. Also, if you change your phone plan, or lose or deactivate your device within the first 180 days, you owe them around 400$ penalty. I cancelled the order for one of the devices.

hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
[HTC Droid DNA] icesteve:
I ordered 2 on the 17th one shipped today should get it tomorrow, the other says awaiting inventory

Edit: have you been on there website to make sure Verizon approved it?
[HTC Droid DNA] Cdoan34:
mine should ship out tomorrow, i got the rep to give me next day shipping. i ordered on the 18th.

Iv never run into any issues activating the phone on different line, but thats just my experience
[HTC Droid DNA] nrfitchett4:
the only thing to worry about is if you do something to that line that effects wirefly's commision. If they don't get paid by verizon, they will get paid by you.
[HTC Droid DNA] Cdoan34:
yea but iv done this my thunderbolt and gnex, i'll report back when i get the phone and activate.

Edit: Received shipping confirmation today 11/27/12, delivery should be tomorrow 11/28/12
[HTC Droid DNA] duskdrums:
What is deactivate?

Anyone know if I order this on a new line on a current Share Everything and then deactivate a different line which is not under any contract will cause problems? Will Verizon "report to Wirefly" that I deactivated? Will Wirefly charge me?
[HTC Droid DNA] Cdoan34:
Transferred my upgrade to my sister's line and activated it on my line, retained my unlimited!

I'll see if wirefly contact me but it should be fine.

no issues activating, just inserted the sim from my gnex into the DNA and it worked.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
all odin version recognized my ace in download mode exept odin 4.38 multiloader, any idea?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawnyRom:
Depends on what model of galaxy ace you have.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rishabh13:
Had same problem, google ODIN 4.38 for ACE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] hayabusa1300cc:
New RDF posted, you guys know the drill.. (view in internet explorer if on pc)

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L900/latest

.:Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Note II:.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dan37tz:
I used to have a Galaxy S3 and used the video player pop up function a few times. Everytime I used it on the S3, it did not effect the performance of the phone or UI at all. Everything was smooth as if no video was playing on screen.

On the Note 2, it seems like the whole UI seems to lag when a pop up video is enabled. Can you guys try it out and tell me if it slows down your UI also?

Hope my phone isn't defective.

Another thing I notice is when the video is playing, all the icons on the homescreen/menus ect looks more high contrast and grainy. It goes back to smooth and normal once I close the pop up video.

Edit: Just checked on my bro in law's Note 2 also, SAME EXACT THING. Anybody else here notice this issue on your note 2?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dan37tz:
Nobody?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] boodies:
no, it's even faster with the popup.. joke aside no, mine is actually the same, lagfree, with or without the video
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amortizor:
Hy guys,

After spending 5h researching my problem i have decided to ask professional help.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P6200 running on android 3.2. I tried to upgrade to ICS but i had no luck.

I used odin 1.85 and 3.04 followed the instructions step by step, used heimdall didn't work. Tried two diffrent firmware P6200XXLQ1_P6200OXALQ1_ATO and P6200XXLQ7_P6200XEULP1_XEU. It stuck on SetupConection... and it fails with odin 3.04, i used pit and re-partition an still no luck.

The thing is that it would not connect to Kies, the pc recognize it u can browse the files download the pictures, browse sd card, but not connect to kies (don't know why). I took a picture for u guys to see what i think is wierd.

What do you guys think are my chances to update to ics or other firmware better than 3.2 because i hate the way it works right now.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
The chance should be higher at P6200 forum.

This is P1000 forum.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amortizor:
i guess is to late now :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TinyGrasshopper:
Hello,

I have an International (or UK I guess) Galaxy S3, Model No.: GT-I9300. One day it wasn't responding, so I took the battery out and put it back in, and when I restarted it, it got stuck at the boot screen indefinitely. I tried going to the Recovery Mode to do the factory reset but it wouldn't respond to that (Many people have tried), but I can go into Download mode however.

My first question is what could this issue possibly be, where it doesn't respond to going into Recovery Mode, but still Download mode works? Is flashing the phone likely to fix the issue? I've searched this forum but couldn't find anything that seemed close to my issue. The phone has never been rooted and is running the most up to date stock ROM that I could get from Kies (Well, I ran a firmware update a few months ago using Kies and it's been working fine since then)

So I thought that reflashing it with the stock firmware using Odin would solve my problems. I found this link on the wiki which led me to this thread on the forum. So I have set up my machine to follow those instructions with the UK stock rom which in the thread is detailed as

XXALE8

Firmware Info

PDA: XXALE8

Phone: XXLE8

Date: 13/05/2012

Android Version: 4.0.4

where I selected the BTU link below it.

I was about to start the flash, but then my friend who's on xda all the time said that he saw threads with people who've been having problems with the International S3 with Odin. I've searched and found nothing. It seemed unlikely but I figure I should make a post to get the opinion on this.

Have there been issues with using Odin with the International Galaxy S3? Is there anything that people recommend that I be certain that I do before attempting this?

EDIT: I tried it and got this message:

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/006>

<ID:0/006> There is no PIT partition.

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda-napp3:
It's often file permission error, fix it with cwm recovery.

Howto in stiky threds. Nwm did not ser the pit stuff.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ_Nitro:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1760683&page=2 seems to have happened to others google the fauld to see what you can find?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hectorgalaxys2:
Been searching for a long time still cant find...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kamaliqwan:
U want just the icons?

Or just get apex or nova launcher and search in playstore S3 theme..all icons included
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeksander:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1669190 Icon + launcher + touchwiz :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mnewelec:
Hi;

Is there any app to unlock the screen by the volume keys on stock android 4.2? I was have a working one on 4.1

And after update to 42 i tried many but they didn't work...