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[Amazon Fire Phone] geek778:
I unlocked Fire phone but it was a long process

Hello!

I struggled a little bit before I managed to unlock my Fire phone because I use it outside of the US.

Fortuntately, it can be done but you need to buy your Fire phone for full price with no contract. If you bought it for 649 bucks (before the price drop) you can ask for a refund of $200.

Take a look at how I unlocked my Fire phone.

Regards
[Amazon Fire Phone] B1ackByte:
For Telekom customers in germany the fire phone unlock is FREE after 15.12.2014

https://www.t-mobile.de/sim-lock-entsperren/0,20638,23789-_,00.html

For that who shoot a phone for 10€ - congratulations :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] HanzDieter:
It was only a joke by the German-Telekom :(

Is there another possibility to unlock the firephone?
[Amazon Fire Phone] HanzDieter:
Hello,

unfortunately i don´t have an AT&T Fire Phone. I have one from the german Telekom :(

Do u know, how to unlock this?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ia79:
I just bought a code with another unlock service for $28. I am waiting but I am not sure it'll work.
[Amazon Fire Phone] reggiexp:
unlockifrephone.net 56euro for a code...

no thanks.
[Amazon Fire Phone] jutley:
We need uk o2 unlock services any out there?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ia79:
nckserver.com , $27 :) I have got my code for 3 days.
[Amazon Fire Phone] HanzDieter:
is this trustfull? or can they do sth. wrong/illegal with my IMEI Number?
[Amazon Fire Phone] hickmondo:
Have sent off for a code with another company... still waiting! Will post how it goes. O2 were as you would expect not very helpful or impressed with me wanting to switch to Vodafone.

UPDATE - Company came back unable to unlock. So theunlockingcompany.com is a no go :(
[Amazon Fire Phone] ia79:
Nothing wrong. Only for Att phones and for Amazon only.
[Amazon Fire Phone] HanzDieter:
just got an email from Amazon Germany. They unlocked the firephone. I have never asked Amazon to do that. Very cool :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] Sergiales:
Was it att or o2 locked?
[Amazon Fire Phone] HanzDieter:
it is german telekom locked
[Amazon Fire Phone] B1ackByte:
German Telekom lock can now be unlocked for free at amazon.

Original customers get an email with unlock code.

If its a 'second hand' phone please call the amazon customer service.

"Benötigen Sie weitere Hilfe beim Freischalten Ihres Gerätes?

Sie erreichen den Amazon Kundendienst unter 0800 - 58 900 67. "
[Amazon Fire Phone] cthulhu1987:
buy or not buy?

I'm thinking about buying an Amazon Fire phone, but all the stuff I can get in Germany is locked with an netlock to the Telekom network :crying: Amazon.de won't sell them anymore, Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk won't ship them to Germany. My only option is to buy form either Telekom or an online store. What would you recommend me?

EDIT: Forget that, T-Mobile gives out use unlock codes for free now.
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
How badly do you want one and how much would you pay for it? You can get new & unlocked devices on ebay starting at ~ 155 / 160 €, for example...
[Amazon Fire Phone] cthulhu1987:
You know any service, which can get me the device unlocked and is cheaper than what I'd have to pay Telekom?
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
No, but you will find "a lot" of scam sites on the web when it comes to removing netlock.

I think Telekom netlock removal is free of charge 18 months after purchase, there's also a website for it.

So either cough up some money or wait until some prime user sells his device. ;)
[Amazon Fire Phone] junulrik:
My Fire Phone was Unlocked By asking AMAZON US

My case is Fire Phone (AT&T) and I asked Amazon US support via email for unlocking code, And they provided me the code within one day. I am outside the US and no subscription with AT&T. My Fire phone can now be used with non AT&T sim card.. Thanks to Amazon US for a very good and prompt support. No charge for providing the unlocking code..:)
[Amazon Fire Phone] 777Nalsur777:
Hello everyone. I have Amazon Fire Phone locked to ATT. Buy it on Ebay (used). It is in white list of IMEI. I am not a US resident but want to unlock it! Can somebody help me and write to ATT with message to unlock my device on their site? Becouse I have not ATT account. My imei is 014085004036211

I will be wery appriciate if anyone want to help.
[Amazon Fire Phone] cthulhu1987:
You're sooo lucky!! I tried to use the same site, entered IMEI, email, country and provider, but it said, that there's no unlock solution for the poor punks with a German T-Mobile locked Fire Phone like mine :thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown::mad::mad::mad:
[Amazon Fire Phone] killerxda:
Any application to read sim lock code or just unlock a rooted Fire phone? I have AT&T Fire phone but im not in the US.
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
No, but a bunch of shady websites who claim unlock for it. :rolleyes:
[Amazon Fire Phone] killerxda:
Turns out its already unlocked, just checked with sim now :laugh:
[Amazon Fire Phone] cthulhu1987:
And these sons-of-*****es from the German -Mobile take 95 € (103.96 US $) for the unlocking!! That was the reason, why I switched from simyo to congstar, 'cause congstar, as a subsidiary of Telekom, piggybacks on their network and is cheaper then T-Mobile itself.

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You're SO lucky!!
[Amazon Fire Phone] killerxda:
Before checking if it was actually simlocked i had already applied for an unlock code on AT&T's website https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ and they have sent me the unlock code today. I selected Non-AT&T Mobility customer option and they gave me the code :good:
[Amazon Fire Phone] csofl002:
cm11 firmware

Will a firmware upgrade to CM11 unlock the phone?
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
The netlock will stay. Once you unlock the phone with a code, it will stay unlocked, no matter what OS you're using.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LX+R:
I bought 3 Fire Phones for my family (89 € each) and they are all carrier locked to the German Telekom. They want 99 € for unlocking them, which is 10 € more than the phone costs. So I am more than ambitious to unlock them myself. The most promising idea so far I had today in the shower: What if somebody with a working, unlocked, (German) Fire Phone posts his QCN Backup (or a backup of the 3 relevant partions modemst1, modemst2 and fsg) here, we flash it with QPST or EFS Pro and change the IMEI afterwards back to the original one of the phone to eliminate the SIM lock? I have been able to alter the ESN, MEID and the IMEI, but because you have to zero out the above mentioned partitions to get write access nothing radio related is working afterwards.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LX+R:
Good news, everyone! I think the German Telekom read this thread and is frightenend to the bone now, because yesterday they decided to give away the unlock codes for free instead of charging 99,90 € for each unlock. Just enter your IMEI at this page, type in your full name and then you will receive the unlock code immediately (if you bought a phone that is carrier locked by the German Telekom / T-Mobile):

https://t-mobile-simlockportal.arvato-services-mocom.com/PUBSILO/
[Amazon Fire Phone] cthulhu1987:
Thank you very much!!! My gratitude to you is over 9000!!!!!!! *crushes scouter* I unlocked my phone minutes ago!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
[Amazon Fire Phone] gendi:
For the first time ever I've wished the thanks button could be clicked a lot more. Cheers!
[Amazon Fire Phone] cammerv8:
Thanks dude i made an inquiry using the non-att customer option i'm waiting to srr if they send me the code

Enviado desde mi HTC6525LVW mediante Tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] snowcypher:
Hi

hey bro please can you help me unlock mine for me? its an sd4930ur IMEI: 014085000820014 please....

my e-mail: ndonwif@gmail.com
[Amazon Fire Phone] mrazzido:
i get an old firephone from german mediamarkt it was in "advertising" place . get it for cheap money. but the unlock code from telekom german doenst work. :(
[Amazon Fire Phone] Peter Abdulai:
If you already have an AT&T account, could you kindly help me unlock my fire phone? A friend sent me one from USA to Africa.

The phone’s details...

•Phone: Fire phone

•Manufacturer: Amazon

•Current carrier (network): AT&T

•IMEI: 014180000097661)

I will appreciate your support.

Peter.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fael097:
Hey, I used to plug my Android into a jvc car stereo to listen to my mp3s, thing is the stereo only supports mass storage devices or Apple stuff, no mtp, so I had this app called mass storage device enabler or something like that, which would enable my SD card as a mass storage device, so I just had to put my songs into the SD card and turn mass storage on. Turns out that after I updated my phone to 4.4.2 apps have restricted access to SD card, and I that app won't work anymore. Any ideas on what to do to be able to use my phone to listen to my songs again? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBugHmb:
You can root and solve the problem or wait for Android L, that will change some of them.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbird2:
I used SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD to fix this on my S4. You should use Towlroot to root:

https://towelroot.com/:

It's really easy!

Then download SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2684188

Remember: ROOT ACCESS IS REQUIRED to fix this bug.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Cool-J:
3 days ago I got notification OTA that there is a new OS update to my phone :cyclops:. At last now my E-975 has Kit Kat 4.4.2. My Software version is E97520a-EUR-XX and I have bought this phone from Vodafone Greece. The reason I did the update was because many applications I wanted to install required Kit Kat version besides that reason I think the phone had an excellent OS software before. I also own a Sony SWR10 Smartband which did not work with previous Android version.

Pros: Incoming voice pop-up , small graphical upgrades (contacts, dialer, sms app), improved quicksettings/qslide, more options

Cons: battery drainage, slightly slower, connection vibration does not work

Conclusion: The cool thing was no data was harmed during the update (everything was intact) and I didnt lose any data. The bad thing was that I noticed a huge lag at the beginning, I had to restart my phone many times and sometimes all icons disappeared and I had to restart. Also after connecting the Sony Smartband SWR10 with NFC, bluetooth & GPS on I noticed that the phone started to overheat. This was a little dissapointing for me and the biggest dissapointment is that the Connection Vibration does not work (Settings --> Call --> Connection Vibration) even if you set this ON the phone does not vibrates when you are connected with someone. This was extremely useful for me, as you do not have to hold the phone over your head to hear if someone picks up the phone. Feedback and shared opinions will be appreciated. I am thinking of resetting the phone completely and erasing all data to see if the phone is working better.
[LG Optimus G (International)] hasan4791:
Connection vibration works but the intensity of vibration is very low...!!

Sent from my LG-E975 powering Stock 4.4.2 & SOLID Kernel
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastordl:
The Pc I have has an amd processor that when I try to install Linux most versions responed with "incompatable processor". Those that do install don't work correctly after install. I even had a guy that works with linux as a job try to install it on my pc. I had offered him fifty dollars if he could install a linux version and get it working on my pc. after several hours and various versions of Linux he gave up. I am on disability income and buying a new PC isn't a possibility. So cooking a rom at home is not currently an option for me.

I have seen a few articles where people talk about building Roms on online kitchen's. None of them had Nook Color. In searching on the web and XDA I have found various kitchens. Those that do list devices they work with don't list Nook Color, Encore, or Barnes and Noble. Does anyone know of an online kitchen like "UOT" or others that do indeed work on building Cyanogenmod CM11 ROMs for the Barnes and Noble, Nook color, aka Encore, model BNRV200?

I would love to try to build and maybe even learn to and be able to help with the process of making the builds better. The kitchen idea might not be the best but for me at this time it might be the only way. If nothing else you can help a beat-up old poop be able to have a little more enjoyment in life. Brain still works (mostly), body not much.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] xpto32:
Hi all,

I'm thinking about buying a tab pro 8.4 wifi, now it has a really good price. But It seems that there are more than one model number for them. The one I'm planning to buy is SM-T320NZWAZTO. Do you know if the official CM rom supports it? Or maybe all flavous are equal? For example, I found another 8.4 wifi, in another store, that's called SM-T320NZWAXAR.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] locutusx:
I think the different model #'s are due to different colours...?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] xpto32:
Hopefully. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] uponbar:
My black tab pro 8.4 16GB wifi model # is SM-T320NZKAXAC.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mizuchi:
Hi everyone..

I just registered today, but I've been following this forum for a few weeks now.. I got the MMS to work with the MMS composer Z software for my X01HT.. sending MMS was no problem, but I had trouble receiving them.. I would get an error message saying that it "cannot decode the media message notification"

btw, I followed the setup instructions posted by qtotter, thus being able to send MMSs.. but if anyone can help me with receiving MMSs, that would be really great..

Thanks and btw, this is a great forum.. I half expected all vodafone/softbank phones to be impossible to unlock, but this site gave me hope.. I'm on bootloader 1.06 and I'll proll just pay for the unlock solution, unless pof comes up with one soon..

Cheers..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mizuchi:
i just tested the MMS with gmail and i could apparently read what I sent to myself, although in the form of a media file.. looks wierd since I had to click on the play button to read the message..

no luck with yahoo mail though..

EDIT;

even with gmail it doesnt seem to do well with longer mails.. not sure how long tho.. I'm trying to get this to work because there are some services I'm using that requires me to have a mobile phone email..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] khammo01:
I have trouble receiving MMS also

I have the same MMS receiving problem. I can't figure it out but every once in a while one gets through. I was able to receive an MMS sent by my wife on the AU network but it fails when I try to send to myself from my computer.

I guess the reason is Softbank/vodafone have modified the MMS standard and the MMS Composer software may not understand it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mizuchi:
apparently I was able to receive MMS which are 160 characters (SMS length?) or less (80 for zenkaku hiragana/katakana/kanji) Anything over this and I just get the "unable to decode media message" error.. you're right about the PC emails not going through tho.. not sure what that's all about..

I hope it's just a matter of time before someone figures out a better (permanent) solution or Softbank makes their mail servers X01HT-friendly. I love this phone and I just think that it's a major bummer not being able to email properly with it..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] zafran77:
boleh x email mms composer kat saya at zafran_aa@yahoo.com nanti saya ajar cemana nak terima mms
[Desire General] tamgunner14:
hi all i have just tried the unlock tool both versions and i keep getting device not detected i have the correct drivers installed i ran the adb file and it doesnt dect its in hboot mode s-on, hboot 0.93.0001 radio 5.11.05.27

any ideas?
[Desire General] jmcclue:
U didnt have to open a new thread. If it says device not detected then u dont have correct drivers installed for bootloader otherwise it would of detected ur phone. Search here for adb & fastboot guide and install the correct fastboot drivers then try again.

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Also search in that thread for answers, im sure ur not the only one to have this problem..
[Desire General] tamgunner14:
.

wouldnt let me reply to the other one. i have the correct drivers i have uninstalled them and reinstalled them 4 times now from

and followed every step!
[Desire General] tamgunner14:
i managed to get the utility to run last night and it said it was done and the phone restarted i tried putting in my working three sim and its showing limited or no service?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veneetsingh:
where are the CWM recovery of karbonn A1+ duple please send me
[AT&T LG G3] mjgspr95:
Go to build.prop

Open: ro.lge.lcd_default_brightness

Change to 255 ( I think thats highest) save and reboot.

Someone try and let me no if you notice a difference. Could be placebo I'm experiencing...
[AT&T LG G3] _Infamous_:
Can't really tell but when my wife gets home tomorrow I will compare with her g3
[AT&T LG G3] mkeric1:
i set it to 255 and screen seems brighter but i lost my system sounds weird
[AT&T LG G3] JeffDC:
Is this supposed to increase brightness to the max that the brightness slider can go, or does it go beyond the maximum brightness of the stock G3?

Thank you.
[AT&T LG G3] sinman02:
Placebo...I compared my adjusted screen to my wife's unadjusted and hers still seem slightly brighter...changed back
[AT&T LG G3] mkeric1:
whats the default value

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can someone upload an att build.prop file please i think mine is corrupt
[AT&T LG G3] danesusername:
Someone else uploaded it in a different post, here ya go: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54476198
[AT&T LG G3] mjgspr95:
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[Paranoid Android Q&A] dallas220:
sorry brand new to PA, anyway to have pie controls with the status bar still visible??

SOrry if this has been addressed many times..
[Paranoid Android Q&A] r-daddy:
Not with PA features
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Pirateghost:
Sure you can. We have a change log thread that explains all of it

#stayparanoid
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] XDM inc:
Ok so I like miui, I was with miui sense v2. But when they took away third party themes support I wasn't too happy.

One thing I love about miui was the ability to mix and match the themes to your liking. What now you're not allowed to install any 3rd party themes.

I have been on some MIUI v5 roms for other phones and they seem to have the theme app unrestricted and I was wondering if its possible to get it done for this phone with this MIUI v5
[Java for Android App Development] domiq123:
Hi,

I'm a new developer and I want to make a simple photo editing app that will have basic brush and crop functions, my question is what's commonly used for this kind of functionality, I've browsed the net but really didn't find much.

I guess I could display a picture and use some kind of loop to capture touch inputs, something like a game loop that's running in the background but how could I use that data to crop a picture?

Is there any APIs for this, any built in functionality?

Thanks in advance!
[Java for Android App Development] GeknGekn:
Just use the Canvas class and paint, crop etc.
[Java for Android App Development] yapyeeleck:
I have the same thought that canvas can serve the purpose very well for cropping and post editing. For cropping function, you may consider to use intent below. I used it for circle cropping. It is relatively simpler than using canvas. :)

com.android.camera.action.CROP
[Java for Android App Development] domiq123:
Thanks,

I've been exploring canvas, I'll use it for painting etc.
[Xposed General] merrymenvn:
I'm trying to make my own xposed module, which replace some quicksetting icon on my Z1 Compact.

I found this image on SystemUI.apk.

I tried to replace by many ways, but none of them work.

Log.d("xxx", "yyy"); //try log here, and I saw log on logcat

// try to replace clock icon, it WORKED.
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.android.systemui", "drawable", "stat_sys_alarm", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.stat_sys_alarm));

// try to replace datatraffic icon, it did NOT workd
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.android.systemui", "drawable", "statusbar_datatraffic_off", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.statusbar_datatraffic_off));
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.sonymobile.systemui", "drawable", "statusbar_datatraffic_off", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.statusbar_datatraffic_off));
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.sonymobile.systemui.statusbar.tools", "drawable", "statusbar_datatraffic_off", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.statusbar_datatraffic_off));
//R.drawable.statusbar_datatraffic_off is my own image

Can anyone help me?
[Xposed General] GermainZ:
Where is that code? handleInitPackageResources? Can we see all of it?
[Xposed General] merrymenvn:
All source code:

package com.thanhtx.z1cqse;

import android.content.res.XModuleResources;
import android.util.Log;
import de.robv.android.xposed.IXposedHookInitPackageResources;
import de.robv.android.xposed.IXposedHookZygoteInit;
import de.robv.android.xposed.callbacks.XC_InitPackageResources.InitPackageResourcesParam;

public class ModQuickSettingIcons implements IXposedHookZygoteInit ,IXposedHookInitPackageResources {

private static String MODULE_PATH = null;

@Override
public void initZygote(StartupParam startupParam) throws Throwable {
MODULE_PATH = startupParam.modulePath;
}

@Override
public void handleInitPackageResources(InitPackageResourcesParam resparam) throws Throwable {
if (!resparam.packageName.equals("com.android.systemui")) return;

Log.d("thanhtx", "-----: handleInitPackageResources:");
XModuleResources modRes = XModuleResources.createInstance(MODULE_PATH, resparam.res);

// worked, drag_handle is an icon in system setting menu
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.android.systemui", "drawable", "drag_handle", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.drag_handle));

// worked, stat_sys_alarm is alarm icon shown in notification bar when you turn on alarm clock
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.android.systemui", "drawable", "stat_sys_alarm", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.stat_sys_alarm));

// not work, statusbar_airplane_off, statusbar_datatraffic_off, statusbar_datatraffic_on are icons in quick settings panel (first image in #1)
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.android.systemui", "drawable", "statusbar_airplane_off", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.statusbar_airplane_off));
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.sonymobile.systemui", "drawable", "statusbar_datatraffic_off", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.statusbar_datatraffic_off));
resparam.res.setReplacement("com.sonymobile.systemui.statusbar.tools", "drawable", "statusbar_datatraffic_on", modRes.fwd(R.drawable.statusbar_datatraffic_on));

Log.d("thanhtx", "-----: replace string:");
//resparam.res.setReplacement("com.android.systemui", "string", "status_bar_clear_all_button", "xxx");
Log.d("thanhtx", "-----: replace string complete:");
}

}
[T-Mobile LG G3] camdogrs:
Remove
[T-Mobile LG G3] CheesyNutz:
Is the Q&A section locked?

LGG3 and beyond
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] vedavis:
My company is selling a solution to our customers with Nexus 7 / 10 tablets that have a wireless network connection, but may not have an internet connection, due to an IT lockout.

Has anyone tried the KitKat HP Print Service Plugin on networks without internet? Does it find printers and properly print content?

Thanks, Vernon.