yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) General] djkinetic:
Well I've done a crap load of toying around today with my one, twice today I thought I've bricked my One and would have to goto the store to replace it lol...long story, S-OFF with revone earlier today, saw this thread then though ok i need moonshine, against all conventional wisdom, redid S-Off with moonshine, well... couldnt get it to boot cause I was on trickster rom lol...so did an RUU back to the ATT Stock Rom, was able to boot, soo then said ok lets moonshine, that worked, tried the the old method for sim unlocking sadly no success...so guys i wouldnt recommend doin what I did, but it is recoverable from lol. hoping I can get this sim unlocked and didnt bork my phone somehow, but luckily I have another week to be able to exchange.
[One (M7) General] mjskraju:
so are you able to unlock your Sprint HTC One?
[One (M7) General] jcwxguy:
if you mean sim-unlocked, like you i am awaiting for the op to be updated
[One (M7) General] iElvis:
Guys, unless you fully understand everything that is being discussed in this thread, be still and be patient. It will get worked out, though it may take some time.
[One (M7) General] bsmithyman:
I just wanted to confirm that the config.dat/Y-cable method worked perfectly for me. I have an HTC One from Bell Mobility in Canada, which I reflashed as a Google Play Edition before I realized that this breaks the carrier unlock code methods. Since Bell doesn't have a stock image or RUU available, this turned into a big deal; reflashing the same stock image wasn't possible. I'm glad to finally have a fully-functional device.
[One (M7) General] Acill:
Just got my Y cable. I can confirm my GE converted one is unlocked now using this method.
[One (M7) General] Driver911:
About the sieempi site

Hey everyone,

Out of curiosity I have sent all sorts of data to the sieempi site. Different IMEI's (valid and invalid), different phone types ranging from amaze to wildfire(including... biteme) and the dat file is always exactly the same. The only difference out of all of my tests Is the IMEI. This kinda leads me to believe that the sieempi site is mining IMEI's along with the device name of the IMEI you entered. For why is pretty obvious... Very shady if you ask me.. Test it out yourself.

driver911
[One (M7) General] sieempi:
I've talked about this on other threads as well, I'll do it again: the dat files differ in exactly the one thing that matters, the IMEI, which is different for every device - it must match the IMEI of the phone in order for HBOOT to proceed to the unlock; the phone type was intended for statistics, a graph, and doesn't modify the file but I never finished it. SIM cards cloning has nothing to do with the IMEI and, in my opinion, it's impossible by any means. There's no point in collecting IMEIs.

Please be aware (as stated in the disclaimer on the site):

1. although you can't do much with a IMEI, it can be considered a breach in security, so it's your choise to keep it safe from any site or gsm shop.

2. this is a free service. Lots of people tried to shut it down but I can't see the point, there are so many ways to unlock a phone for free as long as it's S-OFF. My method is just a lot simpler.

Please don't try to hammer the site, it's already on a bit of load and you can't find anything useful there. Creating the file is trivial and some other sites and commercial apps cloned it, there's nothing to digg into..
[One (M7) General] donmarkoni:
You really have too much free time in your life, don't you? If you don't like it, then don't use it! And please stop trolling! I used it to unlock my phone and it worked as intended. Others reported success too.

[MENTION=2794693]sieempi[/MENTION] thank you very much for your work! :good:

Cheers! :cowboy:
[One (M7) General] Driver911:
Really?

I wasn't trolling anything in my original post. I was attempting to bring awareness to those who may want to try this exploit. The fact that you think that I was trolling makes me believe that you may be a sheep wannabe or that you may have some vestment into the possible IMEI heist that going on here.

Do you even understand what a faked IMEI can do?

Do you understand that phones being sold on ebay with a bad esn(aka IMEI) are most likely stolen or abandoned in their contracts(which also means stolen)? Do a search on ebay for yourself there sheepboy...

This is where the value of a valid IMEI becomes valuable. "Oh your phone won't work on that network?" "20 bucks and I'll make it work", I got more IMEI's than Christ himself...

But, that is above you I guess... Yay you :-\

Driver911

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lol I am very sorry if I over taxed your site.... Probably made you a few bucks.
[One (M7) General] pandaball:
Hello, please keep things civil in the thread. Thanks :)
[One (M7) General] rekamyenom:
Tried this 6 times and still getting error Activity Class does not exist. Any Help?
[One (M7) General] Kenjyro:
I'm sorry I don't have information about that specific error.

I am going to unlock another htc one soon, if I have more information about that error I will let you know.

Regards
[One (M7) General] rekamyenom:
I figured it out, you must change the permissions of the apk file after copying it over and replacing the old one in order to allow it to work.
[One (M7) General] MP_7:
I can confirm it worked for me as well using that method.

I was carrier locked on croatian VIP. I had stock 4.2.2 ROM

Oh and my external HDD was NTFS formatted

Thx to you all guys! :good:
[One (M7) General] Passportpowell:
where did you get it done
[One (M7) General] strazicic:
I done it to here: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=171270672390
[One (M7) General] g3tloww:
Htc j one htl22

any update for the unlock of HTC J ONE HTL22 looking for a method to unlock this Beast!

Thanks averyone:cowboy:
[One (M7) General] donmarkoni:
Have you tried [MENTION=2794693]sieempi[/MENTION]'s method? It was reported working for everybody that tried it. Read a few pages back.
[One (M7) General] Driver911:
Sorry pandaball. I got too caught up in the conversation and forgot my manners.

This exploit does work and is available to all. I have written an app that will create a config.dat file for you without going to a website. If you are interested in this app let me know. It's pretty beta and has some blatant programming errors but I'm unable to post the url at this moment. Search for DatMakerThing on 4shared to test it out.
[One (M7) General] Slim13:
Hello! I bought the HTC ONE M7 on ebay simlock Three (UK). How I can remove the lock.
[One (M7) General] Max128:
Hi, Someone have tried this on a htc one m7 of bell canada ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708567
[One (M7) General] joshiy99:
Does it have to be an actual hdd that the config file has to be placed on or can you use a flash drive formatted as fat32? Also im assuming it has to be s off, but what about the CID? does that need to be the universal one or can it be your original carrier id? Few nooby questions i know but i just cant seem to find a straight answer.
[One (M7) General] streather:
I tried using a powered external hard drive with a normal OTG Cable formatted to NTFS, Fat32 and exFAT and i got SD Card init fail errors,

got an otg y cable on order hoping that'll work otherwise i might be buggered and have to sell my phone :(
[One (M7) General] clsA:
+1 this worked for me also (used my WII HDD)

the sieempi » Universal sim unlock for S-off’ed HTC devices was a Great find.

Just use the Amaze 4G as your device and have your IMEI ready

thanks too all involved in this work ...screen shot below
[One (M7) General] streather:
Sweet!

My OTG y cable arrived this morning, used SIEEMPI's website like everyone else, used HTC Amaze 4G as the device, worked first time, not SD init fail errors like i was getting with the external HDD and regular OTG cable.

Was running the stock 4.3 rom EE provided for it, S-Off, no super CID, no eng hboot if that helps anyone.
[One (M7) General] pstoll:
Can someone please explain me how to do the Sim-Unlock with SIIEMPI?

Read the hole thread and still got no clue.

What do I do with the external HDD?

Till now I got "SD init fail !!!" Tried to put the file in root folder.

Thank you very much!

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Hey diego4t,

got the exact same problem. Phone came back from repair different IMEI and now Sim locked, while no Unlock Code works.

How did you solve the issue?

Thanks in advance!
[One (M7) General] bencee7:
Is there any progress in the unlocking method, to make it easyer perhaps? I dont have a y-otg nor an external hdd right now. It would be easyer to just make a "virtual sd" or something, or to make it work with the internalsd...I am not a dev, but you guys have made so many amazing things here, on xda :) I know you will figure it out :P
[One (M7) General] davidper:
Another success! Did it with a flash drive (Fat32), got the "SD init fail !!!" the first time but figured it was probably because I had not connected the power source to the other end of the Y cable, that solved it!
[One (M7) General] pstoll:
IT WORKED NOW FOR ME AS WELL! Finally...

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Get a Y-OGT cable (usually external HDD for laptops got one included)

2) Format your HDD to FAT32

3) Put the config.dat on the external drive(HDD)

4) Connect your HTC ONE with HDD external and the other end on Power plug (your Phone should be in HOST modus then!)

5) Go bootloader and press SIMLOCK -> I had to do it 3 times and it said CID-fail etc. but it worked!

Thanks SIEEMPI for this amazing Unlock method!
[One (M7) General] dd98:
Has anyone tried unlocking with the Sprint methods here and/or here. Bought my phone locked to EE UK
[One (M7) General] croniccorey:
+1 This worked with my 2 rogers and 1 telus locked M7_UL first try with a homemade OTG-Y cable and generic portable hdd (8G Fat32 partition).

Device name used: HTC One M7

Great work SIEEMPI
[One (M7) General] profixit:
Replacement EE HTC m7 worked.

Everything said failed, but still worked like a charm. No issues.

Used a y-cable(eBay very cheap) connected to power and usb flash drive.

SIEEMPI.....rocks

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] abrakadabra_srb:
Confirming that it is working. Used it for my HTC One on Vip Mobile Serbia and tested it with different SIM cards. Got a lot of fails on bootloader screen but it worked from scratch!

Very very very big thank you!!!!!
[One (M7) General] afrogshock:
Hi! This is my first time to have an Android phone and unlocking bootloader, rooting, S-OFF was a big challenge for me. I even messed my my camera. (And it still not working right now)

I'm trying to SimUnlock my HTC One M7 (AT&T). Coz my Aunt sent it to me from states and I'm from the Phils.

Done SIEEEMI's procedures using a normal OTG cable (coz I don't have any Y-OTG cable) and still no go.

Any help please.....?
[One (M7) General] cschmitt:
You need a y cable because the phone doesn't provide power to the drive in fastboot mode like it does when booted into the OS.

You can also use an external hard drive formatted fat32 if it has separate connections for usb and power, just plug the power side into a usb charger.
[One (M7) General] afrogshock:
Thank you for the immediate reply!

I don't have any external HD with separate power supply... If ever, since it is cheaper, will a USB-hub with a power supply do the job? Like, I'm gonna use that and a normal (FAT32) flash disk?
[One (M7) General] profixit:
That could work, with a y-cable connected to power, it's only the usb that gets the power not the phone. Maybe a powered hub connected to a OTG, could conflict with charging and not work. Not sure. Y-cables are very cheap on eBay.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] afrogshock:
I found a link here in xda, guide on how to create your own y-otg cable. I'll do that coz it seems interesting... Hehhe

So, if i already have a y cable, will that work in a normal flash drive?

EDIT:

Another question.. Will changing of RUU also do sim unlock? I saw a tutorial and he did it. He was AT&T at first then he changed his RUU to TMO and succeed..

I'm also AT&T but I reside in SEA. I also changed my CID to SuperCID w/c is 11111111....
[One (M7) General] bencee7:
If I do in in the exact same way like this, then I plug the HDD with OTG in my phone it recognizes it right? I mean not just saying in the notification bar that it is in host mode, but with a file explorer I can see the files on the HDD, correct?

One more question, does the HDD need to be empty but the Config file (which is in the root of the hdd) ? I suppose not, but have to ask...
[One (M7) General] bencee7:
I'm doing the exact same thing you guys described, so in theory, everything should be ok, but my prone says "Open MCCMNC file fail" and all the others as well fail. Is this because my external HDD is NTFS formatted? I m gonna try formatting it to fat32, but since NTFS worked for others I didnt want to change it.

Edit: I just needed a FAT32 partition, put the config there and the method worked and it was really fast :D Thank you guys!
[One (M7) General] 850csi:
Does anyone have any input as to why I cannot for the life of me get this externally-powered HDD to initialize in hboot? The phone shows itself as a host when I connect it in normal operation but I get SD Init failed every time when I try to flash config.dat.
[One (M7) General] _konstrukt:
I entered HTC One M7 on the site and got the config.dat emailed to me. I adb push the config.dat to /sdcard/. Rebooted to HBOOT and clicked on SIMLOCK. Been getting SD Init Fail.

What did I do wrong?
[One (M7) General] sieempi:
Put it on the external storage via an Y cable
[One (M7) General] _konstrukt:
Damn. I just got back from Fry's and bought a OTG cable so I could plug it in. The only Y Cable I have is a Mini USB :\
[One (M7) General] alray:
slipce it and do your own cable

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54249275&postcount=13
[One (M7) General] _konstrukt:
Thanks. I did do that. The OTG cable I bought was REALLY short, but I was able to make it work.
[One (M7) General] alray:
yeah sorry, was confused lol, this example I posted above was from you .... :laugh:
[One (M7) General] _konstrukt:
I didn't noticed that either since I didn't click the link you provided lol
[One (M7) General] Deeco7:
I done the exact same thing, but the phone detects it as 'Phone is in USB Host mode' Unable to charge while in host mode'.

Please help need urgent reply thanks!
[One (M7) General] shpitz461:
I tried to do this, got my config.dat file, but it obviously fails every time, since I put it in internal memory, which doesn't work.

I ordered a Y-OTG cable, will try tomorrow again when it arrives.

Ever since I tried unlocking with the file, my phone no longer detects a SIM card, any card. Any idea if that can be fixed somehow?

Thanks!

EDIT: Got the Y-OTG cable, plugged in my USB stick, worked like a charm, I'm unlocked now! Thanks much for all involved!
[One (M7) General] pempek:
Hey, I've got a problem with unlocking my M7 (m7_ul, S-Off, super CID).

My phone connects to network, internet is working through network, but GSM connection say "only emergency calls" allowed. I cannot dial to anyone.

At first I followed steps from this thread. I was running Kitkat, copied OMADM app, got into that screen and selected "sim lock". Then rebooted, but unfortunately that didn't help.

After that I S-Offed phone and tried Sieempi method, but it didn't solve either https://www.sieempi.ro/blog/2011/09/...tc-devices-536

At the end I tried method with Config.dat file placed on ubs stick and using Y USB OTG cable. It gave "success" messages, but didn't solve.

I can see phone is connected to my mobile provider. Internet works, but cannot dial.

Got no more ideas what can I do :/ Does anyone have any advice?
[One (M7) General] alray:
Are you sure your IMEI isn't on the blacklist? Maybe you could also try another sim card, another carrier.
[One (M7) General] pempek:
No idea if it is blacklisted. How to check that? I'm using T-Mobile in Poland.

Tried 2 different T-Mobile cards, but the same effect. However sim card from another provider works without a hassle.

Is it possible that my carrier frequency is somehow not supported by my phone's hardware?
[One (M7) General] alray:
Is the working sim card from the same carrier the phone was previously locked to or its another carrier?

To know if the IMEI is blacklisted, you can ask your carrier but if its working on another carrier, I don't think it is blacklisted.

And what about frequencies? Is the phone supporting that carrier frequencies? Also check with your carrier if everything is fine on their side.
[One (M7) General] pempek:
The working sim card is from another carrier. I tried 3 sim cards from my carrier and none work.

From this file, page 2: https://www.uke.gov.pl/files/?id_plik=9455

The phone works on Polkomtel cards, but doesn't work on T-Mobile (which are next to Polkomtel freqs).

Let me add that when I try to dial it says "out of service area" and then immediately drops a call.
[One (M7) General] SKATTEREDIMAGE:
Check my post earlier on the the other page. It works buddy. Just thank me later. I've been using this method for awhile. I have a bunch of tricks if u need any info on it. But my method will get you signal on T-Mobile an basically any as long as your sim unlocked. Plus I have Wi-Fi calling working.
[One (M7) General] anko184:
Which firmware were you on when you tried this?

I'm on latest lollipop, should i downgrade in order to use this method or not?

Thanks in advance..
[One (M7) General] shpitz461:
I was on latest 7x firmware with HBOOT 1.61. Make sure your USB device gets external power, the phone doesn't provide it.
[One (M7) General] rpmccormick:
Not working for my M7 (S-Off, SuperCID, no MID edits, multi-rom TWRP - primary: GE lollipop).

I tried both "Config.dat" and "config.dat" on both the internal-/sdcard and on a USB-stick in a powered hub (which shows up in Android).

Whenever I try to unlock I get "sd init fail!!!". The T-Mobile unlock app says not-compatible. TMO is taking forever getting me the unlock code for this old phone that I am moving to AT&T.
[One (M7) General] gokudre:
Same here.... Waiting for a solution...
[One (M7) General] scotty1223:
The problem is your Y cable,SD card,SD card adapter,or SD card format.

You have to have a powered Y cable of some sort,you can not use a standard non-powered OTG cable or adapter.
[One (M7) General] rpmccormick:
The code TMO gave me does not work. HTC can't help either... my m7 is locked and there is nothing I can do about it.

I have tried multiple powered cables and multiple sd cards formatted both FAT32 and exFat with nothing on them but the file. One had a led that blinks when I try, but still says sd init fail. Should I try an ext formatted one?
[One (M7) General] alray:
What is your hboot version? I think it was patche din recent hboot, so try with an older version.
[One (M7) General] rpmccormick:
Really? I thought it was an intended function of the bootloader... why would they patch it?

Also, my hboot is very old I think: v1.57

If I ruu an AT&T rom would it work? HTC said no, but I'm not sure I believe them.
[One (M7) General] alray:
Sim-unlocking your S-OFF phone for free using an unofficial config.dat file..... intended? Not sure about that.... Why would they patch it? I see obvious reasons for that like partnership between HTC and some carriers. If you can sim-unlock for free then the carrier loose a customer and loose the opportunity to make some additional money for sim-unlocking your phone.

Hboot 1.57 isn't that old. There has been 6 hboot versions for the M7, 1.57 is the 5th one. If you have S-OFF why not trying an old hboot? It would only takes you 30 secs to flash it, worth a try imo.

And you can believe HTC when they are saying that flashing a RUU will not sim-unlock a phone. The simlock is stored on a partition that is not touched when flashing a RUU.
[One (M7) General] rpmccormick:
Thanks for all the infw. The reason I thought it was intended is beacause you do it by going in to the bootloader and clicking Unlock, which then reads the sd card and looks for config. dat which contains very few 1's and 0's (ie a key, not a program or script) ... seems intended to me.

I may try the HBoot downgrade though, thanks.
[One (M7) General] alray:
If you look carefully you are not clicking "sim-unlock" but "simlock" which I guess is normally used along with a carrier's config.dat file (probably a combination of your IMEI, their MNC and maybe some more data) in the purpose of locking the phone to their network.

The config.dat file provided by sieempi isn't 0 and 1, its an hex file containing your IMEI + whats look like to be a generic unlock code

!.....<YOUR_IMEI_HERE>85391724..22701F

And my guess is that it makes the bootloader remove the simlock from the PGFS partition instead enabling it.

I also guess that if it was intended, it wouldn't only be possible with S-OFF and if it is, then you'd most likely need a config.dat file from your carrier made specifically for your phone (?). That said, I never really looked at what is really happening when sim-unlocking (like comparing the partitions before and after), I might be totally wrong....:rolleyes: Anyway keep me updated :good:
[One (M7) General] rpmccormick:
Gottcha. That make sense... that it is for locking. FYI., "hex files" (or any files for that matter) are made up of 0's and 1's ;)
[One (M7) General] alray:
Oh really? Hexadecimal can also be expressed in binary? :p

So did you finally tried another hboot?
[One (M7) General] rpmccormick:
Lulz. You are the one that said...

I was just being a smart-ass. Greatly appreciate your help though, not trying to be a ****.

Haven't tried it yet (phone not currently in my possession... being used as WiFi only by someone else and I bought them a Moto G 2nd gen for $99 to use as a phone since I can't get the M7 unlocked... man that Moto G is soooo slow he can't even play words with friends on it without horrible lag, so I'd still love to get that M7 unlocked for him and return the Moto G)
[One (M7) General] alray:
Lol you got me :p
[One (M7) General] mahnameisjaime1:
Hello, just wanted to share my success story (not without headache though). been trying for about a day now to sim unlock my phone. first tried using firewater to s-off before i learned that it no longer works, so decided to shell out the $25 for sunshine s-off. then i ran into problems when trying to flash the update.dat file. i dont have a usb y cable and didnt want to go out and buy one so i took a extra 160gb hdd that i had laying around and used a sata to usb (has plug in power) cable + the normal unpowered otg cable but it wouldnt work. after reinstalling so many roms and fully resetting my phone to almost stock, i read a post on page 54 i think and it said that he tried fat32 instead of exfat. so i partitioned my hdd to an 8gb fat32 partition, put the update.dat file on it and boom worked perfectly. how sad that almost 6 hours were wasted just because my hdd wasnt the right format. anyways, theres my story, gonna take the phone to metro pcs tomorrow and get it activated, ill update if it actually works.

phone stuff:

htc one m7 ATT

hboot downgraded from 1.57 to 1.44 (i dont know if it makes a difference)

unlocked boot loader + rooted on cyangogenmod

s-off through sunshine

twrp recovery
[One (M7) General] beaups:
Sunshine simunlocked your phone during the s-off process.
[One (M7) General] mahnameisjaime1:
oh... well thats embarrassing... i couldnt tell if it was unlocked or not after sunsine but metroPCS is working now...
[One (M7) General] durius:
Hi,

I have an HTC One m7_ul s-off on hboot 1.44, superCID.I have bought an y OTG cable and connected it to the phone and used an usb drive as storage and put config.dat in it.

Phone is rooted and installed stock 4.4.2 firmware.

Everytime i try to use sieempi method to unlock sim I get an error: SD init fail. Process done, reboot device?

I have tried this method on several different rom's and bootloader versions (including GPE) but still no luck.

Could any friend give me some ideas on what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance