yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pcshano:
one thing you should never have done is posting your IMEI number...

and you can't unlock using FREE UNLOCK if you've already upgraded to 4.3

what you can do is to buy the unlock code

P.S Seriously people should search before attempting... There are so many.. and yes many threads asking how to unlock after 4.3 upgrade...

so here's an ADVICE, Unlock while you're still on 4.1.1 =.= or research enough before trying

P.S.S another way is to just upgrade to the leaked version of 4.3 where you can upgrade or downgrade whenever you want...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pop45398:
You referenced the same site I did by quoting my entire post. By the way, which forum rule would that be?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcase:
I removed your IMEI, dont go posting that publicly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pop45398:
Just what is the problem with posting the IMEI of a

GSM

phone publicly? I see this admonition all the time but don't understand the risk. I saw this same warning posted on several forums:

This is not true for a GSM phone as billing is done by SIM. I have several phones, only one of which the IMEI is registered to me by my carrier and I swap my SIM card into the other phones and still billed to my account regardless.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcase:
I'm not going to go though all the reasons, I'm sure many exist that I don't know.

With a devices IMEI, I could fairly easily blacklist your device from both AT&T And T-Mobile's networks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pop45398:
Prove it! Here is the IMEI for my GS3 SGH-i747: <some IMEI>. Without knowing my account number and name on the account, I believe you would have to work for the correct carrier and risk your job.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcase:
Prove it? are we we in grade school?

a) Carriers are sharing the blacklist now, do it on one it is done on both

b) I'm not doing your bidding, as far as I know that isnt your IMEI

c) Why would I commit a crime for you?

d) I have already said not to post IMEI in here, don't do it again please.

To prove the point, I would have have to write your IMEI to one of my engineering devices (altering identifiers is a crime in many places, dont do it), connect it it to tmobile or att (since they now share the same blacklist), use it for a day then turn it off and report it stolen. Your account number, name etc is not needed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pop45398:
Yeah, that's what I thought, you can't actually do it, you only have rumor and conjecture. And, since this is my phone provided to me by my carrier, on my account, all it would take is a call to my carrier to get it unblacklisted, provided you could get it blacklisted in the first place, which I doubt you could but if you did like you said, they would come looking for you based on your SiM. I have done exactly that after my wife misplaced her phone and subsequently found it. They won't unblacklist if you have received a replacement, which we didn't.

Spreading rumors from the web to scare people is not helpful. Where in the forum rules does it say I can't post MY own IMEI number, who would it hurt, I'm certainly not scared?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcase:
No, I don't have rumor and conjecture, I have years of experience working in the mobile security industry, and working with carriers.

You were told not to post it by a mod, not only that there is no way for us to know it is 100% your IMEI and not someone else's.

Your wife's phone was likely just listed as lost and deactivated, once blacklisted it is not "easy" to get it removed, a tier 1/2 tech or store can not do this. It takes at a day or two, and several escalations to get someone who actually can do this.

Spreading uneducated comments on the web helps no one, please stop.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pop45398:
I'm impressed. When you have 41 years experience at it you will have as much experience as I did when I retired from the field.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcase:
Mark Cooper made the first cellular phone call in April 3, 1973 (that would be 41years and some days from today).

The first commercial cellular phone (the Motorola DynaTAC) went on sale on March 13, 1984 (31years and some days from today).

A mobile security industry didn't really form until long after these events.

Either you are GREATLY exaggerating your experience in this field, are speaking of another field, or you are a time traveler.

I have never met a time traveler before
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dandydon414:
hey jcase figure out a way to unlock this stupid 4.3 ota :). bought this phone on ebay and didn't bother to ask which version of android. damn.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pop45398:
You did say mobile communications, didn't you? My experience in mobile communications pre-dates cellular communications; they were simply called radios back then, and the ones I worked on were very mobile--beyond mach 2. I entered cellular communications in its infancy when mobile phones were hardly mobile by today's standards. My later years were spent as a consultant. I could tell you of the work I did but that would violate confidentiality agreements... and why would I do that for you?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jcase:
No I didn't say mobile communications, feel free to scroll up a few posts as I was rather specific.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pop45398:
I just did, and no where did you mention cellular. FYI, Martin Cooper invented the first handheld phone, mobile phones in automobiles were introduced in 1956.

Why don't you start acting like a moderator and keep this thread on-topic instead of your petty bickering. I'm outta here (but I bet you aren't done)!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrpickem:
http://www.unlock-code-world.com/ $5.99 for i747 unlock code :laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gspears:
I'd be careful with that one. I looked it up and couldn't find anyone that actually received a real code from them that worked. But I did see a ton of people who said they are a rip-off. I'm just saying.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ovalbugmann:
"Your phone is now permanentely unlocked!" ;) Thank you amfractal for the unlock procedure you posted here it worked for me first try! :cool: It's hard to do anything with android 4.3 ota on the GS3 and the procedure At@t sent me didn't work but having found this thread beforehand tho gave me another shot at unlocking, since At&t said I only have 5 attempts to unlock before it permanently locks to the att network, so with your help I had success on the 2nd attempt. They really made it challenging to unlock and root a att GS3 4.3 ota device which was my first smartphone.

I can now move on to attempt rooting this phone(have a procedure around here picked out to try)so I can finally be rid of KNOX security(somewhat hopefully anyway) and kick this dreadful 4.3 jelly bean rom to the curb in favor of possibly a slim bean or other fancier rom. All this trouble so Samsung can compete with blackberry or other phones with corporate security features. Sux, cause i don't need or want Knox Security. Man, I can't believe I spend $600 on a phone I have to fight to use, struggle to unlock, and study for hours trying to gain administrative root control of it.

Dealing with android is a whole different computer experience to me than the years of Micro$oft PC bloat & problem solving. Well thanks again, finally having some success with this phone is nice and hopefully I won't brick it while attempting to root my GS3 4.3 ota. I understand Knox made the current bootloader on the phone permanent so as long as I can get SU status and Nandroid backup and recovery, a new cooler rom on it then I'll be happy. :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davexa:
Noob here. I have a S3 ATT 4.3 that was given to me. Not able to unlock through ATT cuz phone is technically still under contract. Previous owner upgraded, but apparently ATT still considers this phone under the original contract. They refuse to unlock it.

Two questions about the procedure posted by amfractal. One, where (or at what step) is the unlock code shown? It's not specified in the instructions. Two, how do I know if the official ROM is installed? Is there any risk in bricking the phone doing this? I'm not looking to root, just unlock so I can use it under my existing Tmobile account.

---------- Post added at 02:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:04 AM ----------

After re-reading, I missed the first line where amfractal states he used cellunlocker.net. Doh! I'm not sure I want to drop $30 for a code that may or may not work. If the site is legit and I can guarantee that my phone would be unlocked, I'd probably go ahead and do it. I'm surprised there is no good free way to unlock a 4.3 S3 ATT phone. After reading through 9 pages (not to mention countless others), pretty disappointing. Meh.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amirsamdani:
I am with you :( I have tried local shops and also failed to unlock the phone on AT&T version verion 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] merlise:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS UP! After buying an unlock code from a seller on eBay, I tried my unlock code twice and it didn't work. I had messed around with trying to do the free unlock because someone said it could possibly work on 4.3 (it didn't, but thats okay). After doing this (and turning of Wi-Fi and GPS, so that may have helped too), my phone UNLOCKED! Ahhh, I'm so excited an ready to root this thing :3 Thank you!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davitomi:
Help

Hi,

I have just bought the unlock code for my I9300. Twice. First from unlockphonenetwork, and then from unlockthatphone. The codes that they've sent (unfreeze and unlock code) are the same, so I assume, that they are the right codes. But they do not work. Unlockphonenetwork sent my money back, no further questions asked, but unlockthatphone says I should downgrade the software to 4.1.2, because quote from the email: "unfortunately there is a glitch in the 4.3 software that does not accept the unlock code".

Well, I have downloaded a stock firmware from romhut.com The code still doesn't work. They told me I should try the unfreeze code, and after that the unlock code. No use. They told me to type *#197328640#, go to Phone Control, and then to Network Lock. Under 4.3, *#197328640# does nothing, under 4.1.2, if I go to Network Lock, it says "MENU NOT EXIST PRESS BACK KEY Current Command is 186".

It seems to me, that I can easily get my money back, but then, I have a Galaxy S3, which I still cannot use. Any help appreciated.

(Please have in mind, that english is not my mother language)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
This forum is for the LTE version of the s3 which is the i747/i747m. Your s3 is the international version. Try posting your question here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davitomi:
Thanks for the reply, I have found the thread via googling "s3 i9300 sim unlock", I haven't noticed that its actually not about that version.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GueSs_me:
Would it be possible to share with us the link you used for official rom and the steps, there are many threats talk about that but in different way so I want to make sure that I am using the right way you did before I buy the unlock code and miss up my device. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bballbuck:
I just recieved an ATT galaxy s3 4.3 that I am trying to unlock. I bought and unlock code but can't find a way to enter it. Putting my tmobile Sim card in does not prompt for an unlock code. I tried the method below, however once at step C I see 4 options, not 3. I tried doing this anyway and nothing happened. I've tried a few other methods I've read online but nothing has worked. Does anyone have a way that I can somehow get this unlocked? I already paid for the code so I don't want to give up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If the sim doesn't prompt for a code maybe its already unlocked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expdchief:
Novice

Hi Guys: I am trying to get an unlock code for my S-3 version 4.3 as well. Any help? Also what is ROM and SlimRom? Sorry but I am not a techie. Admire you guys that are though. Thanks for any assistance.

---------- Post added at 08:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 AM ----------

Sorry, I am on T-Mobile USA.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Try RegionLock Away app and let us know if it works. otherwise, you'll either have to get one from T-Mobile or buy one online.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expdchief:
Thank you

Thank Doc. Reviewed the app and I think it is a bit beyond my skill set with the root deal and all. Have a great day!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jose6326:
So if I call tmobile they will give me an unlock code?

I just bought an att samsung s3 for my son

I want to unlock it and I have a contract with tmobile

Thanks for the help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
The unlock code would be provided by the carrier the device belings with. So if its an I747 you'd have to get one from AT&T.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jose6326:
I got the code from att

The seller was nice enough to call them and get it for me

So I inserted the tmobile sim and once it boots up it asks for the unlock code

I enter it and it says "network unlock request unsuccessful"

I tried it more than 10 times

Anyone know what im doing wrong?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Are you using a custom rom?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
When you put the T-Mobile sim back in, are you still being prompted for the unlock code? I am not sure but there may be a limited number of times you can try to enter the unlock ode.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
There is. If you enter it too many times itll permanently lock. I want to say its 6 or 10 times. But im not sure.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jose6326:
yes, when I put the tmobile sim back in the att phone it still asks to input the unlock code

I have removed and inserted the same sim card several times and it asks for the unlock code

I have tried a different sim and it asks for the unlock code

the phone is completely stock

when you say permanently lock does that mean I need a new unlock code or the phone can no longer be used?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Afaik, if you atempt and fail too many times, it becomes permanently locked in that no codes will work anymore. I do not know if it will give any kind of warning before you reach that point, or if it will even tell you when you do.

You might want to call AT&T to ask if they would verify if the code is correct. Or ask the seller to double check. Either way, it may or may not help, but if it were me i would reflash my stock firmware before trying again. I know it shouldnt make a difference, but ive seen stranger things happen!

Also, make sure the IMEI in Settings matches the sticker under the battery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jose6326:
I did call at&t and the tech support guy said he could not verify if the unlock code is correct.

the seller will not answer my messages anymore even though I offered to pay her an extra $20 bucks for her time to call at&t again

how do I reflash the stock firmware? (I am a newb)

also I read another post regarding the firmware version will not let me do a free unlock. Is the unlock code from at&t considered a free unlock code?

not sure
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If you are on a 4.3 build, there is stock firmware in a thread inthe general section. Flash with Odin.

There was a method we had that worked on older builds. This does not have any bearing on using an unlock code.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jose6326:
I have version 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I have the firmware in a recovery flashable zip in the development section. Coupled with enewman17's stock rom is probably the closest we have to a full firmware for that right now. One was posted somewhere a while back but it was never tested to my knowledge.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
That fodler has the stock roms i was referring to, but not the firmware if thats what you were looking at. Pretty sure everything there has been tested at some point.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Qator:
Similar issue here. Left Bell, got unlock codes and none of them work. I have no idea what to do. I'm currently using Nameless ROM 4.4.4 nightly. Bootloader i747MVLUEMK5.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Unlock codes must be entered into the stock touchwiz dialer or they wont work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Qator:
Can I get back to stock from where I am currently?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
We need more info. What bootloader and modem are on your phone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If he flashes an MJB stock rom it should work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Qator:
I have Galaxy SIII 16 GB from Bell.

Bootloader/Baseband: I747MVLUEMK5
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You can try flashing the MJB rom like i mentioned, or use Odin or Mobile Odin to flash the MK5 stock firmware. (DO NOT use Mobile Odin to flash 4.4.2 firmware, in case you were considering updating during this process)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Qator:
I flashed via Odin but now I'm stuck on the boot screen.

EDIT: It's all good. Just factory rest in recovery and my phone is unlocked. Can I still go back to root/custom ROM without issues?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Yup. Sim unlock is permanent. Flash away!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dramadeur:
Confirm (4.4.2 I747UCUFNE4), there are no USB options when you access settings by code *#7284#, only UART's (Modem or PDA). I think radio button was set to Modem when I did unlock by code.

*#0808# - worked fine for me.

I unlocked by comport's default mode (fast). When I tried to unlock by normal mode, it gave me error code 8005 (port is open by another program etc).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] unadulterated:
Thank you, att unlock code was not working, but this method solved it.

Amazing you guys rocks. This worked after 3 unsuccessful attempt with the att provided unlock code, i went through the steps and the same code worked. Life saver.. it was 4th try, i was like att sucks bigtime. Thanks a ton again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shoosh:
Hey quick question.... which code did you use? the one purchased online or the one at&t provided. thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] supadoggie:
Thanks for this! I received an unlock code from AT&T for the S3 running 4.3 and it wasn't working.

After following these steps, it worked!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] magiceraserss:
THANK YOU XDA!!! After days of going through the proper channels to get my TMO Galaxy S3 unlocked without success, this post TOTALLY WORKED! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Karzi:
Almost Brand new unwanted upgrade for sale boxed

I am looking for about £150

with chuck in a 256 mem card maybe leave tom tom5 on it its unlocked e.t.c and have loads of "free" apps on cd with it.

It has manuals and all the rest of it.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Karzi:
k will put it on ebay then

:D
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] TheBrit:
This one by any chance? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6475988142&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:UK:1
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Karzi:
no too lazy to put it on ebay at mo :)

pretty pointless putting it o a forum with magician owners lol :D

thought i would try anyway

its certainly the best looking out of the magicians imho
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] TheBrit:
I agree 8)
[HTC One Mini] Tribulattifather:
THANKS:

Goes to all the people who have supported me.

(Especially) Mgostom

DOWNLOAD

XDA: DevDB Information

SolidROM

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Based On: 3.10.502.3

Version Information:

Status: Stable

Beta Release Date: 2014-04-03

Last Updated 2014-04-08
[HTC One Mini] Tribulattifather:
[For Future Use If Needed]
[HTC One Mini] gramateas:
Why we need to flash with sideload?
[HTC One Mini] Tribulattifather:
You don't have to :) Just easiest method for me.

I can put in installation to copy to sd.
[HTC One Mini] abzboi:
Can you play Asphalt 8 and the other games? And 1 question, why don't people use 1.24.502.3 instead of the 1.40?
[HTC One Mini] Tribulattifather:
I will test and find out if it does play it.

Btw, Download link is up:

SolidROM_ver_0_7.zip

I was under the assumption that 1.40.401.1 was the latest Rom base. Would we not want the latest?
[HTC One Mini] dwardoz:
Theme shown in screenshots

ROM looks great, but the theming is nothing like the screen shots above. I like the stock Sense look - how do we revert to the standard theme?
[HTC One Mini] gramateas:
very nice rom and the theme is awesome

can you add apm and xloud?
[HTC One Mini] abzboi:
I thought the latest was the 1.24.502.3? Because you are able to see all the newest games on playstore and you could download and play them with full graphics? While the 1.40 doesn't have that.
[HTC One Mini] RuffBuster:
I'd like to get my hands on this. Was this a system update from HTC?
[HTC One Mini] Tribulattifather:
Yes. The theme that is on the first post I am building into the second update I have coming. I am trying to do an aroma build. But TWRP has a hard time with aroma for some reason for me so gonna keep at it until it works the way that it should.

I edited the androidpolicy.jar so that it will allow apm. Just have to use the sense 5 toolbox [2.4.1]. Check under various mods in that module.

I actually am adding xloud in the next version already too.

I will look into this further. I may make a 1.24.502.3 Rom and compare tonight.

This was an EU update I believe.
[HTC One Mini] theodorius123:
the 1.40 system dump I made was from an unbranded Mini, bought in Germany, running with O2-DE.
[HTC One Mini] jenkins-84:
That's that playstore version not the rom, on a ota from HTC on 4.2.2 are only really minor updates like HTC speak seems to get updated and minor camera tweaks and noticed alot off Google bloat apps just to give a little taste of kitkat has afew was added to the ota for 1.40 but hard to tell has they was no information about it. But major changes is if the rom was upgraded to 4.3 or 4.4 but has being a custom Rom the changes can be made by porting or using updates from the HTC one or any other from of updates or modded apps. HTC updates doesn't mean they're the best has has you all have come to use custom build roms so don't anyways think the ota is the best because in my opinion it's just mainly aload of bloat from HTC trying to get out of making big updates for this device. Pushing little ota's to keep people happy but really slacking behind the rest of the devices
[HTC One Mini] abzboi:
Thank you very much for that.

Thank you for explaining. Now I understand a lot more about it. Do you know if there are ways to unroot the mini atm? Because I need to return it to att for a replacement because there are cracks on the white plastics. I always had my case on and barely took it out until yesterday I read about a thread here and found out that mines has one too.