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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] george k:
Sir how long did it take for them to unlock the device and how much was it?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] nimms:
How much did they charge?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] az.623:
RE: SIM unlocking my sprint Samsung Galaxy s9 plus

After inquiring if they could provide me an unlock code for my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S9+ and getting the reply

"That's does not matter, all carriers are supported. For Sprint phones there is a 100% success rate.". :victory:

I used the service yesterday, paying $13 via paypal; and got the "unlock code" this morning and instructions on hot to unlock my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S9+.

After downloading their Network_Unlock App and following the instructions to apply the unlock code, I got the message "Device Permanently Unlocked";

Rebooted the phone as indicated and inserted a non Sprint SIM, the phone notifies "Invalid SIM card" and "Unable to read SIM card contact your service provider"

This makes me think that the service may be a hoax.... Other unlock providers for this phone charge from $45 up to $180... so $13 is too good to be true. :crying:

Anyway, I'm looking to double check with a different online network unlocker, but I'm facing the issue of that my phone is not being recognized by my computer.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Tbaba:
Ask for a refund, if no response alert paypal immediately. they'll eventually refund you and block the scammers account after investigation
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] petersk2:
Can't speak for the S9 but my S8 was unlocked through Sprint since last year and I have used it on both att and t mobile. When an att sim is added, phone restarts with att apps installed. It evens displays that annoying NFC indicator. I was really surprised to see WiFi calling was working on att with my Sprint GS8
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Elrollmay:
Unlock s9 plus

So it was fake? If you have a

trustworthy website where I can unlock my s9 plus from sprint let me know please or if you find any other way.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] muhammad ali shaikh:
did you checked

Knox tripped phones not supported so make sure and check knox first before ordering ( PUT IN DOWNLOAD MODE TO CHECK KNOX STATUS) 0X0 then ok if 0x1 then unlock code will not work
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Elrollmay:
So Does this work on sprint s9 plus with Knox 0x0 right. I already paid for it let's see.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] CharmedWhovian:
So does anyone know if this site really works
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Elrollmay:
No I didn't work I bought the service day before yesterday I followed all the steps they told me in the email and I didn't work at all not for sprint. I'm opening a PayPal case for refund.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] CharmedWhovian:
I am actually working with them as we speak and or said that my phone was permanently unlocked, which I believe due to the actions of the phone before it was unlocked. which was the signal bar image changing. before I paid to have it unlocked the signal bar was not there when I put in different Sim cards.

it was that circle with the line "?" in its spot. And it constantly wanted me to put in the UICC sim that came with it. now it had a signal bar, but it is grayed out with an "X" in it.

no longer am I being asked to in put the UICC Sim card. those messages and alerts have all stopped. it is just saying that my Sim card is "not readable contact service provider".

I told them before they started and showed them afterwards with pictures and they informed me that my level of luck isn't just a normal network lock. and they claimed to have sent in a request to Sprint Servers or whatever to have the phone unlocked.

now when it comes to it not working flat out. I was told that custom firmware and Roms causes the unlocking to not work. I didn't want to believe them, but being trusting, I reflashed the stock firmware and followed the instructions and it unlocked the phone, my sim card just can't be read atm. but the company is working to get that fixed. they have been very helpful and answering all my questions and concerns. I blame Sprint for them using different security patches and ****
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] nimms:
Any update?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
Just adding some more info and possible options for us sprint s9+ owners..

I did not have any luck with samsungsimunlock either and so I'm trying with unlockpolice. They claim to be able to perform an uicc unlock.

Costs 180.00 but if it works for me will post the results. Should hopefully know by around Friday if they were able to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] CharmedWhovian:
The company actually read into a small snag. Which is another encryption type lock. They actually had to contact Sprint for some other code that I have to input. That's is if Sprint answers them back anytime soon. And I was going to try unlock police, but 180$ is way too much. I wonder I can do a trade in with Samsung for another phone
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
I agree it's a hefty price tag, but it would seem that with this phone and sprint it's not an easy solution. I have seen other services that indicate they have to create files (or even a new IMEI number and certificates) that range in price. I would imagine this is due to the lack of any simple unlock code entry, and the price tags I have seen are around 100.00 to above 200.00.

The one I am trying is the only one I have found that claims they can do an UICC unlock. I at first thought of maybe doing a trade in, but I do not see where it would be a straight out trade (my device for another device, no cost). Since i paid a pretty penny for the phone if 180.00 is all it takes for an UICC unlock then I am willing to fork that out.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] CharmedWhovian:
I was thinkin doing a swap bcuz I have two s7e I can trade with it also.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] goby159:
HI
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
UnlockPolice was able to successfully unlock my phone. Took a little longer then I had hoped, has some things come up so I was out of town for a few days.

I tried it with my AT&T sim and it worked.. Sent a text and a test call without issue. I did not try and data usage yet, I want to flash the U1 firmware to remove all the Sprint stuff first.

U1 firmware installed and it accepted the AT&T sim card. It just restarted to apply what the settings for the SIM card, and it all worked
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] maxx1990:
Great!

Great to hear those news, how much did it cost the service with unlock police
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
$180.00
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] rscooldesire:
Currently it cannot be unlocked and you cannot use a cdma device with gsm carriers even after unlocking. as sprint is a cdma service provider and at&t, t-mobile etc. are gsm service providers. So it is better to sell of your sprint mobile and go for at&t or t-mobile device. And also in future if you need to use other gsm carriers you can unlock them and use it without any issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
the sprint s9+ can be unlocked via 3rd party, I was able to have it done without issue.

And the Sprint S9+ does have gsm and CDMA capability. The AT&T variant does not appear to have CDMA support. The Sprint S9+ doesn't have every band the AT&t version does (it is missing a few) but it most certainly does work with a GSM provider. I attached a screenshot of my phone's software settings to show that.

note - I had the stock firmware when I unlocked it, but then flashed the U1 firmware to remove carrier bloatware. Under both firmware(s) the phone worked on AT&T after being unlocked
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Alexander Kalinin:
Hi!

Please step by step you unlock process.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] goby159:
HI

join.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
I used a 3rd party unlock service called UnlockPolice. It is a paid for service that costs $180.00 and does not change or alter your IMEI number. While pricey it is one that does work. There are other ones out there that will probably work too. They either change your IMEI number or something else. I am not sure what UnlockPolice did, but I think they might have done something to issue commands to the phone via debugging that triggered the unlock. They used a USB Redirector app and did connect to the phone via usb debugging

If your expecting a low cost or free option you may find that something that you will not find with this phone for a while yet. There is no cheap option if you can not go through Sprint and need to use a third party service for the unlock. If you try any of the cheaper unlock services (like the 13.00 one i found and tried) I would advise you not to do so. They claim it works, the app they have you install says it did, but reality is it most certainly did not.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] nimms:
imeigurus site is doing sprint s9 unlock but they charge 100usd as of today. They claim no imei change. Looking for cheaper alternatives.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Boobteg0:
My unlocked CDMA galaxy s9+ does not work on GSM. Only Data and Messaging. No phone calls. I used itekimei .com to do it, and they are pretty reputable.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
I have the Sprint S9+ which that as well when my phone was first unlocked. The cause of the issue was the preferred network type setting, it was still configured for Sprint service(s). I changed the preferred network type to something like "LTE/UTMS auto (PRL)" and then phone calls worked just fine on a GSM provider (AT&T). If I tried other preferred network settings there were certain other one's where phone calls don't work but data/messages would.

I would suggest double checking your phone's settings to make sure you have them right.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Boobteg0:
I have them set up perfectly. I even went into t-mobile and they checked and said the network settings were right.. They couldn't figure it out either, but I really didn't expect them to. They said by all means it should be connected, and it was, to t-mobile. The data and messaging worked, and phone calls worked sometimes. Like 1/5 times. This was on two identical phones happening at the same time.

Someone spoke of flashing the U1 firmware to get it to work. I don't know if I want to risk it, because I don't see my baseband version listed. If you know anything about this let me know where I can read on it or something. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
baseband version can be found on your phone by navigating to "settings" then "about phone" and finally "Software Information"

When you navigate to the Software Information you should Baseband Version somewhere towards the top.

An example of that Software Information screen so you will know what you will be looking is in the image I posted on another reply

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77371765&postcount=31
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] VIPER_GE:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/13292827-post263.html

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there need samsung license 70 euro + 100 credit, price 10 euro=80 euro unlock sprint network S9 S9+.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Chevy372:
ChimeraTool. Holy s*** f***. I was not expecting that to work so quickly and just boom. Done. Took all of 5 minutes at most on a Sprint S9 SM-G960U using v3 of the bootloader and the RG7 firmware stock. Just done. Worth it. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] goby159:
HI

how much is$$$$$?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
What do you mean by hard lock? The only reason why unlockpolice wouldn't work is if the phone was blacklisted... Otherwise it does work, I tried it and am using my phone on AT&T.

Sprint phones don't use unlock codes so I honestly don't know how you or anyone else can say that service even works. All I got for 13 bucks was a pretty lookin APK that you enter the supposed unlock code into for it to say that it worked (but in reality it didn't so your left looking at it like "well now that explains why it was just 13 bucks). Should have trusted the reviews I read about the service on Google (more then one website review place has marked that site as a scam or a low trust rating). My phone was financed and not blacklisted

Also if anyone is interested that link posted by francescobrockman is to MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] joe zack:
after unlocking samsung g960u 1 with chimera tool there is no 4g only 3g any solution guys thank you

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this is sprint s9+
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] scottusa2008:
If your still on stock sprint firmware check the preferred network settings and apn settimgs. Chances are you might still have something configured for sprint.

Also might want to contact the support for the place you got the unlock from to see if there's anything you may need to do still.

You can also try flashing the U1 firmware since that is more of a generic works for all firmware. The SM-G965U1 firmware comes from the unlocked model and has none of the carrier bloat.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] joe zack:
Thank you for replay did do the APN setting and reset thohone and change the network to gsm only one thing left like u said flashing with generic files be good idea it’s worth a try aim waiting for chimera tools support to see what is there respond .....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger2u:
so i had the cuoco92 rom

then i flashed the original firmware

then i flashed the cuoco92 rom again

everything seems to be fine,but the phone got in bootloop with black screen because when conected to the pc i hear the sound of bootloop

what can i do

no recovery,no fastboot ,only black screen with bootloop

please help me

NUbia N1 NX541J asiatic version

thanks who can help me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger2u:
no one?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SacredDeviL666:
Thread closed as duplicated with https://xdaforums.com/android/help/nubia-n1-hard-bricked-please-help-t3783728
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] geomrk:
I have the google pixel 1 imei. How can i check if it is blacklisted and the device's network?(because it is network locked,i dont have the device yet,only the imei)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TitoMessi:
Hey guys ...

I have samsung gp 530H XXU variant and I used many custom roms but finally I reverted back to the stock kitkat cuz of its good performance ..

Anyway how can I root and install xposed on it??

Thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] ChuckHL:
Hello, I need help getting Titanium Backup Pro working in Oreo.

I tried uninstalling/reinstalling, changing different BusyBox versions, etc, and we get the same error:

"Sorry, I could not acquire root privileges."...

We have one OnePlus 5 and one OnePlus 3 phones and both have the same problem.

Before, when we had Titanium Backup Pro working fine, we were using the following:

LineageOS 14.1 (Android 7.1.2)

BusyBox 1.28.3-stericson

Magisk v16.0

Magisk Manager 5.6.4 (112)

OpenGapps

Yesterday, we decided to upgrade to LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8.1) (we ended having to do a clean upgrade) and we can no longer get Titanium Backup Pro to work.

The phones are running:

LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8.1)

BusyBox 1.28.3-stericson (We have also tried versions by osm0sis and jrummy)

Magisk v16.0

Magisk Manager 5.6.4 (112)

MindTheGapps

When launching TitaniumBackup for the first time, it does ask for root privileges. After granting root access, it still shows the same error. I double checked that the app has root permission. I also used BusyBox Checker and it shows positive for root access and busybox. I have force killed the app and relaunch to make sure it gets root access (Also rebooted) and still it shows the same error.

Any ideas would be kindly appreciated.

Regards

Edit: I was able to solve it. Steps I took to fix it.

1) copy BusyBox from installed path to titanium backup app

I.e. ( cp /system/xbin/busybox /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files)

You will need a file manager with root access.

This replaced a busybox size of 0.3mb with one size of 1.3mb

2) launch titanium backup.

Of course the app will crash at launch.

3) uninstall titanium backup.

4) reinstall titanium backup

5) launch the app and now it finally works.

Just uninstalling and reinstalling did not fix it.

Cheers
[General Questions and Answers] bmaz121:
Busybox not found in system/xbin or bin to copy from. Yet busybox pro is installed and rebooted.

Go here for fix with no copying. Turns out to be a google security scanning problem and Titanium not yet ready for major league.

https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...y-latest-google-play-services-update-0176552/

Thanks for all you guys help. Wooof!
[General Questions and Answers] seb_131:
Titanium Backup backup didn't work after I uninstalled it and re-installed it from the store. It seems to be a recurrent issue since Google has increased Playstore security on latest Android releases.

None of the above solutions worked for me and I was desesperate. But the following one was successfull:

- delete /data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup folder if it still exits

- uninstall Titannium Backup normally

- download an older version apk file from a webiste (I took 8.1.0 from apkmirror), and install the apk

- launch the app (it worked for me), then close it

- update to latest version though Playstore
[General Questions and Answers] seb_131:
Same issue after a clean flash on Poco F1 of Lineage 16.0 & Magisk 18

The steps I did which made Titanium to work:

- install Titanium from playstore and keep it installed (it should crashes of course, keep playstore windows in background without killing it)

- connect through adb shell and grant root access ("su" command)

- mount /system in read/write ("mount -o rw,remount /system")

- find and delete any single file and folder which has keramidas.TitaniumBackup in its name (use the "find / | grep keramidas" command) and ensure that you don't have any remaining

- try to launch the app (the system should says that it is not installed and the icon is replaced by a generic android one)

- in google play, desinstall the Titanium Backup

- download titanium apk from internet and install it (I use an old one, the 8.10, I am not sure it is related, but in case...)

- launch, then upgrade from playstore

it worked for me, I hope it will for some others.
[General Questions and Answers] andankz:
This method is working for Xiaomi Mi4 using pixel experience ROM

Thanks :highfive:
[General Questions and Answers] bmaz121:
Titanium Backup Pro on Pie root failure

Ok, Good news, this worked. So for Pie on Bootleggers Rom OGaps Nano On A OnePlus One Magisk 19.2 APK 7.2 and Titanium Pro 8.3.3 on 5-28-19 all is good. Just want to mention that a few more steps are required than the article says. It's true for Pie users the first instruction in these posts 1/28/19 works. Just uninstall and install an earlier version. I did a search in the /Data directory for Titanium and removed all the entries. Don't know if that was necessary or not but the 8.1 version worked, I used play store to update it and then the license got screwed up but after a few min I was able to install the Pro key.
[General Questions and Answers] mahastat:
Magisk 20+ on Mi Mix 2 , Rom Miui EU latest .

Uninstall app.

Delete data/data/com.keramida*

Install Titanim from Playstore

When it show message for failure to get root access, click preference

Go to Troubleshooting at botton

Enable System busybox

Kill app

Restart again

Go to preference again

Go to troubleshoot again

Disable System Busybox.

Now it works.
[General Questions and Answers] james73448:
Heres what I done. Seems there was already an su file in system/xbin

and busybox installed on a clean install.

None of the manual methods worked to get root.

In 5 minutes I had root.

Newest version of magisk master v22 all in one apk solved my problem.

When patching boot it installs in the /sbin folder.

Go here to get https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v22.0

Read the install guide. https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html

Do NOT delete the IO file in system/xbin if it is there. Your system needs it.

Titainum backup looks for su in system/bin or system/xbin and won't install.

Look in system/xbin and if you see the file su you need to delete it and titanium backup will then install.

Also if it's in there Magisk will tell you that there are 2 su's and you need to uninstall the other one.

You can type su in terminal to get # then type which su to confirm where su is installed.

To remove su from /system/xbin

In a terminal type su hit enter...then

# mount -o rw,remount /

rm /system/xbin/su

go to the xbin in a file explores to confirm its deleted. if so then reboot

file system should go back to read only.

You can also in a terminal after you confirmed x/binsu is deleted type

su then mount -o ro,remount / to change back to read only.

Titanium backup should install.

I'm not a developer. I've learned from the forums

and by many hours of trial and error.

Hope this helps someone.
[General Questions and Answers] prashanth_:
This worked, thanks.

In case you're facing the error mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts

alternatively use: mount -o rw,remount /

And if you get repeated results that is too long, you can safely ignore anything after a "loop detected" line.
[LG K20 Plus Questions & Answers] tempests:
I have a MetroPCS LOG K20Plus phone The id model shows MP260. I am currently using it on the T-Mobile network. However, I want to convert and flash T-Mobile TP260 firmware onto it, so it has the T-Mobile logo and firmware..

What I have done so far is installed the driver and LGUP. I unlocked the bootloader using fastboot. I run LGUP and follow the instructions and choose language. I downloaded the latest TP26010y_00_0208.kdz file and choose it. It goes through the process and then generates error: KDZ file is invalid. MP260 -> TP260.

Am I missing something in the process, as I was told I could flash the T-Mobile firmware onto this phone.

Thanks in advance
[LG K20 Plus Questions & Answers] TewSlo:
From what I remember LGUP does not work with this phone. Use Android Image Kitchen and LG Firmware Extractor to compile the KDZ into a flashable ZIP and then try with TWRP. I could be totally wrong. I had switched to the Aristo 2 for a few months and went back to the K20+ when I replaced the screen last week. But that would be a way to do it since I believe LGUP verifies the model.
[LG K20 Plus Questions & Answers] aago1254:
Possible

I got the kdz from a TMobile and flashed it to a metro firmware since metro took better care of updating the phone. Anyway just kdz it and upgrade with a special lgup program. More info on lgup and process is on the LG G6 converting it from att to another model. It's on xda forums. Just don't use the kdz from the g6

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I have a TMobile k20 plus running metro firmware. OTA updates work perfectly
[LG K20 Plus Questions & Answers] zamiel2112:
With this one you can. It doesn't verify the model. upack it and choose the developer option by right clicking on the one with a "D" on it and run as admin..View attachment 4661755
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] TheSentinels:
Hi fellow XDA.

So, as the title said. Is it possible to opening Hidden File from MIUI File Explorer or Photos from MIUI OS with Another ROM?

Currently , im Running with Kenzo on RR Oreo.