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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silcam18:
What version of Android are you running? Can you try with 4.1.2 or something similar?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbleSZO2DGI
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] softballfreak2013:
help please

ok well I downloaded the app on my phone (the samsung galaxy note 2 on u.s. cellular) and I launched the hidden menu and it pulled it up so what do I do now what do I go to on that menu to unlock it plz tell me :o:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timshady337:
I have not heard of a way to unlock US Cellular Note 2. The option you need to unlock it is not in this version hidden menu. Sorry.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taha.yagoub:
Anyone succeeded ?

Any report of a successful unlock :(:(:confused: please !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystsin:
news?

Has there been any success in this? I have tried all suggestions and just get a busy signal sound and no option pop ups... total noob here... :silly:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sezlitch:
They can be unlocked/flashed

People have been taking these phones into authorized pageplus cellular stores and had them converted at the price of $55.00 I am currently using my SCH-R950 note 2 on pageplus and for those who don't know pageplus is a prepaid service on the Verizon network. Anyway they use a program called DFS not CDMA workshop . The guy told me DFS is easier to use. but it cost alot unless you can torrent it. He also told me the method to unlocking it is similar to the methods of unlocking a Verizon phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabar7:
Successful? LL1, LJ1 Modem needed!

Hey, has anyone had success with unlocking this phone? I'm downloading the almost 1Gig firmware on slow connections, does anyone just simply have the modem? I'm going through hell getting this..any help would be greatly appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nehemoth:
What do you mean with "unlocking"?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabar7:
SIM Unlocking this phone...I don't know, my question seems strange? To be honest so does yours...I was under the impression that several people here were still trying to figure out the same

ALSO an update to my efforts, I put 4.1.1 (LL1) firmware and still no menu for NETWORK UNLOCK...I've been at this for days, and my phone is rooted, it's driving my crazy!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nehemoth:
This is a CDMA Phone, not unlocking need it. If you want to use it on another network different than Sprint you have to reflash with a PRL from the carrier you want. The GSM is disable and there isn't a slot for the SIM, there's a hardware modification that you can try.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScreenNoName:
Please read previous posts...it has a sim slot

anyhow ..

Has anyone been able to port those

Network Lock option

files from another model such as ATT or any other models that shows the options?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobxdadeveloper:
Help unlocking my handset.

Hi,

I am using the U.S Cellular version (R950) Note 2, it works but is not showing the Network lock option. Any possible solution or I have heard that this method is not fully compatible with the 4.1.1 and that I need the 4.1.0.

Does anybody has that or a post to download U.S. Cellular 4.1.0?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djohne:
I'm going to assume that there has been no luck with unlocking this so that it can work with GSM whether in the USA or internationally...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smithx62:
According to US Cellulars website they should have all unlock codes available by February 15th 2015. Waiting to hear back from them if the note 2 has one yet.

uscellular.com/site/legal/mobile-wireless-device-unlocking.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faizanfarooq86:
us cellular supports sim

I have purchase a brand new us cellular motorola 907 and the sim was working and many of them who have motorola us cellular phones hopefully using sim on it well how does it happens i don't know but after seeing this post i am shock if anyone of you need prove i will post that too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5318008:
I spoke with a US Cellular support tech about unlocking their Note 2. According to them, any 3G US Cellular phone can be unlocked wirelessly by them, and any 4G US Cellular phone has to be taken in to a US Cellular corporate store (not a reseller or anything). The techs at the store may not be aware of this yet, so if you get contradictory info from the corporate store, have them talk to the tech support line techs for updated info. The phone has to be paid off, not on a contract, not currently associated with a phone line, and not reported lost/stolen. The person who buys it can take it in to the store, except if it's still on a plan, the person selling it has to show up at the store too, so they can have it removed from their plan. They're also currently working on being able to unlock their 4G phones over the air, instead of having to be taken into a corporate store, but that's not fully implemented yet. Hope this info helps! I've unsubbed from this thread (doing a big purge, too many subscriptions) so I likely won't see any responses directed at me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5318008:
Just curious, has anyone had a USC GN2 unlocked yet?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrPeanut:
wont let me post link w/e

go us cellular website

site / legal/ mobile-wireless-device-unlocking
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5318008:
Yeah, that's basically the same info as what I gave two posts above, minus any mention of over-the-air unlocking.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dvdbabcock:
now im not planning on unlocking my device until cm 10.1 comes out for the ATT LGOG, but when it does if i want to lgnpst back to stock, i want to know if the ls970.dll will work on the att version

Samsung Epic 4g ----> ATT LG Optimus G (Rooted)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dbgeek:
It's part of the LGNPST restore, so I'd guess "yes".
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dvdbabcock:
thanks i was just making sure since the sprint version model is ls970 and the att model is le970, but thanks again for the reassurance
[AT&T LG Optimus G] cclark1894:
I had to restore using the LGNPST last night, and it does work. However, i did notice some minor differences in the rom after reverting. 1 - There are now 5 icons on the lock screen as opposed to 4 (and you can only change 4 in settings, so your stuck with stock browser on the lock screen for now) and the powered off charging icon is full color instead of black and white. Also, bill my ATT account is no longer an option in Play Store, but i don't know if this is related to the flash back to stock or not.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dbgeek:
Yours is an interesting experience. Other than the "bill my ATT account" in the Play Store (something that I've never noticed, but that's probably more a deficiency in my powers of observation, than a matter of it not being there), my restore was stock (i.e., didn't have the changes that you mention).
[AT&T LG Optimus G] gelito81:
LS970 DLL

Can you provide me with that dll for the LS970.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] gadgetdaddy:
Does anyone have the LS970 dll they can post and share here?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dvdbabcock:
https://www.box.com/s/n4wh6421ze75zplvj254
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Just doing a sanity check: using TiBu to restore system data should work (in theory) so long as you restore data that has been backed up from the same ROM, correct?

Thanks for any help.

EDIT: Having power key problems, please see posts #3 and #16 for updated information.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jack_R1:
In case it really backs up and restores EVERYTHING - theoretically you're right.

Practically, I'm not sure it's the case. Since you're restoring while running a ROM, I'm not sure you can get everything to exactly the same state.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Thanks for your help, but this question was hiding a bigger one.

So until today, my phone has been working just fine. I'm still running an old, now outdated and unsupported ROM: ShirshirROM pre-alpha ICS. It's been my daily driver for almost a whole year now, works perfectly with Entropy's old ICS kernel.

Yesterday, I got tired of shell errors with Superuser (which I had been dealing with since the latest binary update), so I finally switched to SuperSU. Everything seemed to work fine afterwards, though I noticed some trouble with the power button being a little wonky, i.e. showing up the power menu when I hadn't pressed it or not immediately responding.

Today, my power button doesn't work correctly at all. I tried wiping cache, dalvik, then restoring a Nandroid of the same ROM/Kernel combo from way earlier this year. Key test in CWM also shows that all buttons register when pressed, EXCEPT the power one. Otherwise phone functions are perfect; I can make calls, send/receive texts, etc, I just have to plug in my phone or have something happen for the screen to turn on, and then I have access to everything. My question is, is this (God forbid) a hardware failure? That would be my worst nightmare, seeing as I'm almost exactly one full year out from contract renewal, and I don't have a lot of money to spend on a new one, nor do I have nowhere near enough expertise to try to fix it myself. What can I do?

P.S. The TiBu question was because in case the Nandroid fixed the problem, I could just restore contacts and SMS from TiBu since it is the same ROM, and be back up and running immediately.

P.P.S. As mentioned, I can get into CWM. This is done by pulling battery, sticking it in, and holding all physical keys until boot screen shows twice. But I can't use the power key to select any options, I have to use home. And key test shows the power button not registering. I'm hoping that that means power key may still work, but that's just me praying this is fixable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Is that my only option? How can I test for sure that it's a hardware failure and my power button is completely useless?

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
So I backed up stuff, then went ahead and flashed bone stock using the Odin3 One-Click from 2a in creepy's guide. I can't get past the initial setup wizard though, because Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps), Calendar Storage (process.com.android.providers.calendar), and other Google apps processes keep force closing when I click the Android to start. I was able to boot into stock e3 recovery (again using three-button combo), but I can't select anything using the power key.

I didn't do a full data wipe/factory reset before flashing, and I can't get to the main menus to do so because my phone won't get past the setup wizard, which keeps crashing. What do I try next?

EDIT: I know that I was able to make selections using a CWM-enabled ICS kernel; home key functioned as select. I have the CWM-flashable zip, and I wanted to know if there's anyway to flash this kernel using Odin. I know it won't boot (custom ICS kernel with Gingerbread stock rom), but if I can get into recovery, I can use the home key to do a full data wipe/factory reset, then I'd Odin stock kernel+ROM again and see if that fixes things. So my question is, how do I flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin? (You can tell I never use Odin)

EDIT2: I'd still like to know how I can flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin, but I'm gonna hold off on it as it would trip the counter and I found out my phone is still under warranty, hooray! They're sending a refurb'ed replacement that should be here in a couple days, I can test that out and see if I can get me up and running again before I decide to do something really rash like trip the counter. It sucks cause I'm going out of town on Thursday but the replacement is arriving Friday, and I won't be back until next Wednesday. I'm stuck using my old iPhone 3G until then :/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RatusNatus:
I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.

Don't know where to find it.

I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.

Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.

Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.

After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.

Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
How would I format and wipe everything if I can't get past the setup wizard on bone stock 2.3.4? I can't install apps, make calls or texts, nothing. All I can do is select the language and make emergency calls. I can't wipe in stock e3 recovery either because the power button doesn't work.

I need a way to either Odin a kernel from which I can use the home button to make selections, or find some other way to remotely format and wipe my phone. Is there a way for me to put my phone in USB debugging mode so I can maybe use ADB? I can't access the settings menu...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Nah, it's power key. I double checked again this morning. Oh, and I guess it's called 3e recovery, not e3 xD.

One other note, when pulling battery, then putting it back in, phone autoboots. I have to hold buttons then place battery in to boot to recovery, and for download mode, I have to have it plugged in, buttons held, then place battery in to get to download mode.

EDIT: Would anyone be willing to do me a huge favor? I want to find out if Entropy's DD GB kernel, the Odin-flashable tar one, can use home as select in CWM. Would someone be willing to temporarily flash DD_01242012 from here to check for me? It's a CWM zip, the changes are very tiny between it and the previous 01232012 Odin one. I just don't want to Odin it myself and trip the counter to find out it was useless, especially since I don't have a jig to reset the counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
So an update:

While looking around for a way to root my new refurb model which came shipped with stock ICS, I found creepy's Stock ICS with root package, and I thought, "I told AT&T I was on ICS, I guess I should actually put ICS on my phone instead of leaving GB (UCKH7) on there. Maybe since I was on ICS before I can get past the gapps force closing too and do a factory reset from the settings menu." Sure enough, after flashing stock ICS, I was able to get past the darn wizard and toy with it. I do have problems of course: calendar still force closes, and the phone will randomly reboot after some period of using it. But at least I was able to access stuff.

My data was all still there, all pictures, contacts, settings, etc. I realized that before I do a data wipe/factory reset, I should heed the emmc superbrick bug warning and NOT do that with stock ICS kernel. I still had ES file explorer and root access, so I went in and manually deleted all data as much as possible, to make it look like my phone did have a factory reset done as I said to the AT&T representative. I've deleted wifi access points, browser history/cookies/cache, all contacts, texts, pictures/videos, downloads, all CWM zips and backups, all installed apps, all accounts that were signed in...

My newest questions are:

1) is there anything I'm missing that I should delete so that my phone does not look like it's been modified in any way? Also, any personal data I'm missing that needs to be deleted? I still have root access so I can delete anything I want.

2) Should I go ahead and risk the brickbug and actually do a factory reset/data wipe, or should I just let it be since I've deleted most things manually (and not potentially send them a useless brick lol)? Actually, since I'm rooted, I can install Mobile Odin to flash a CWM-enabled kernel, then wipe data/factory reset safely from there; that is, assuming my phone doesn't do a random reboot in the middle of flashing the kernel. I do run the risk of it rebooting while flashing and possibly bricking something else. So should I do that and take that risk, should I take the risk of wiping data from the stock kernel, or is there no reason to take either risk anymore?

3) Is there anywhere I can find a non-rooted stock UCLE5 ICS Odin-flashable tar, that I can flash before sending the phone back?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red_81:
How about:

1. Flash back to stock GB

2. Wipe Data

3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Thanks for your help, but I can't do that. If I could, I wouldn't be stuck in this predicament.

Power key doesn't work at all, but it is necessary to make selections in stock 3e recovery. Hence, I can't wipe from recovery, either on stock GB or ICS.

Stock GB rom doesn't boot past Setup Launcher due to gapps force-closes. These force closes prevent me from reaching the settings menu within stock GB to do a wipe there.

My two options for wiping data are using stock ICS ROM (under settings menu), or flashing a custom kernel using Mobile Odin, then wiping with the home key in CWM. Both are risky: stock ICS ROM uses the stock kernel to wipe, possible brickbug there. My phone currently experiences random reboots without warning; a reboot during a Mobile Odin flash could also brick something. My question is, should I do either one, or neither at all?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red_81:
What about wiping through ADB?

Adb shell

Wipe data

Or

Adb recovery --wipe-data
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Well, that previously wasn't an option on GB since I couldn't put the phone in debugging mode, but I can now in ICS so in theory it should work. The question now is, will the phone do one of its random reboots while I'm working with it in ADB...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red_81:
You should be able to adb in recovery mode
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Is there a command for doing a factory reset? Or what else do I need to wipe/format before I can get my phone fully working again without any force closes? Do also let me know if I need root access for any of those commands. Sorry for all the questions, I'm a total noob when it comes to ADB and I'm very grateful for all your help.

EDIT: Never mind, after a bunch of digging, I found that "wipe all" command wipes /system and /data. Not all things can be deleted, I got a bunch of permission denied errors. Fixed some of them by using the rooted stock ICS, then using superuser permissions to remount the system as rw. Didn't fix all errors, but it got my phone to stop giving gapps force closes so it seems to work perfectly now. I'm currently in the process of now reflashing GB, then updating to ICS so that my phone has stock ICS, no root, and all personal data and traces of modding gone.

Thanks to everyone who helped me. At least my phone will soon be pretty much in pristine condition for return, as if I was always on stock ICS and just did a factory reset. Power button still doesn't work, but oh well, I guess it was a hardware failure after all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Can I just ask....if you're sending this phone back. And you won't have it anymore. And you're sending it back because it's broken.....why would you care about the emmc brick bug? Why go through all this trouble when you're sending the phone in?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
To eliminate any chance of them charging me. I know it's really not likely, but for peace of mind's sake, I wanted my phone to be exactly in the condition I said it was when I requested the replacement, i.e. no root (which voids warranties), no trace of modding, no personal data, and stock ICS. I also wanted to make my phone work again and make sure it's not a software issue that was causing the power key, because if it was, I'd keep my original phone; it's in pretty great condition, and I have no idea if the new phone has any unknown issues that I'm currently unaware of. I actually only got to play with the new phone for like one day, because it arrived at my house after I went on vacation, and when I got back I only had like two days before I have to ship out one of the phones. Yeah it was a lot of trouble, but at least I got it all sorted out.

EDIT: Kies isn't updating it for me, LOL what a waste of time that was. Found Odin One-Click for stock UCLE5 with kernel in creepy's download repository, gonna use the no bootloader version. Yeah, I know it's supposed to have ICS bootloaders, but oh well, I went this far without bricking it and I'm not about to risk that now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Awesome man. Hope everything works out for ya. Good luck.