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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] BA_Flash_GOD:
Sweetness

So if those work then we should all snag one for $3.38 free ship eh?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12167

If they are working for everyone so far it's easily worth the $4. Even if you have cut your sim card up (They're $30 for new ones on AT&T, the price of the unlock code) so hopefully you don't mess it up hah.

AllGamer, you going to pick one up when you get yours back if possible?

"Ultra-thin film-like design minimizes and sometimes avoids the need to cut and trim SIM cards" Well that would be even better but doubtful
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dimeotane:
Ispeedca said earlier in the thread:

"my bell galaxy s can send calls with a i-smartsim 2008 but not receive (goes directly to voicemail). When i look in phone info everything seems ok, it even states network as fido."

So this would only be a temporary solution. I love DX and the price is right so I'll get one anyway =)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lexcyn:
I bought one of the ismart sims and I'm still waiting for it to come in. As soon as it does I will get a galaxy and let you know the results.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Croak:
This guy is doing it via cable, says he's done over ten of them in the last couple days. If you're in the GVA, worth checking out.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/mob/1897396833.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
there is no need to cut the Sim, the work as is, you just put it in between the phone and the SIM card, and it works as easily as that

just shop for any iSIM/turboSIM that says it supports iphone
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
it takes me only 3 days and 2 nights to drive to Vancouver.... I'll think about it :p

i asked some local unlocking places here in the EAST coast, and no one have the update yet, to unlock the SGS 9000

See at least these guys i talk to are frank and honest with me, as soon as i tell them tools they use to unlock, and the bi-monthly software updates they receive for their unlocking tools :cool:

unlike some of those online unlocking sites, that claims to be able to unlock it, yet they are struggling to find the latest software update for their tools
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
mine should arrive in a few days
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Croak:
The microchip is almost exactly the thickness of a SIM card plastic, so if you don't trim, it pushes the original SIM upwards by about that much.

Mine actually causes a little bulge in the thin thin thin cheap cheap cheap plastic of the Vibrant's battery cover, and causes there to be a noticable gap around the edges of the battery cover on my Captivate.

So I trimmed the SIM card with a pair of scissors, took about 30 seconds, no damage to the SIM other than cosmetic. Bonus to doing this, its a lot easier to keep the hootchimabobber lined up with the SIM card when inserting it.

Samsung worked HARD to keep these things thin, and that means not a lot of clearance between the battery cover and the guts.

Here's some pictures of the thingamajig and my cut SIM. Pictures were taken with my Bell Vibrant, BTW. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
there's another model that has the black chip right by the corner, where the SIM cards are naturally cut already.

but you are right the SGS doesn't have much of any room inside.

unlike the Windows Mobile phones, there are huge gaps in between, in my old Palm Treo, i actually had to but some paper underneath the SIM for it to touch the contact properly, else it gets lose and you lose reception. LOL :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Croak:
May be another model, but this one is verified to work. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MKVFTW:
The one with the chip in the corner will still have to be cut. That is one that i have that didnt work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jentech:
Phoned the guy, he swears he can do it. So, I might pop round his place tomorrow and check it out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
lucky you... mayb bring a hidden camera with you ;)

and record everything he does, then share it with us all :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jentech:
Lol, I'll see what I can do.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Beast11:
Yea i called a place today, they said their 'technician' will be in tomorrow so i should call tomorrow to find out if they can unlock it...

If that works then... :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] LogicWater:
Honestly this is retarded.... The store said they got 5 new phones. And I tested the 3 button thing and nothing. I even got a friend to do it and nothing.

When the phone is active, I press and hold down "vol down + home + power". If I continuously hold this the i9000 screen keeps repeating.

I also tried holding that combination and when I see the i9000 boot screen then i let go on power button only and still holding on to the vol down + home and it boots android like normal.....

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
it means those phones you and your friend tested, are not enabled

if they work they look like these pictures in the wiki

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/Vibrant_GT-I9000M

there is no wait time

after you put in the battery, as soon as you press it (vol down+home+power), it goes bam! and it's right there in front of the screen

the same as the international i9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MKVFTW:
I wouldnt worry about recording anything because we wont have the tool he used. They have them online and are readily availble but are expensive.

I just want confirmation that he can do them. Ill ship my phone to him if he can.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ramirphoto:
yeah i saw that also. quite interesting. i called the guy but he said he's closed, only open from 10-4pm

he said that he uses the computer to unlock the phone so phone has to be connected to the computer.

i might give it a shot. i just gotta buy another vibrant again since i returned the one that i bought being afraid that it can't be unlocked soon.

but if anyone else has got theirs done by this person please let me know
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MKVFTW:
I actually just got a email from the guy on cregslist and he said its NOT supported.

Im getting tired of all these assholes advertising that they can when they dont even know for sure. IMO its bad business.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
no no no... the ones that requires cable unlock, are usually with those little uncoders + key gens.

Some requires to be connected to the PC, some works standalone without a PC

you connect the cable to that unlocker device, it finds your IMEI, then the unlocker too either decript the unlock code for you, or generates a key for you, depending on the type of phone.

but that only works as long as they have their unlocker software updated to the latest version to include the new phone, in our case the SGS i9000m
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
did you notice the picture on his craiglist was not even a SGS i9000? but the older version of Galaxy :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MKVFTW:
Yup i did, but he mentioned the Bell Samsung Vibrant.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ramirphoto:
the guy sounded pretty rude too. coz i called him to make sure that its the Galaxy Vibrant that he can unlock and told me "that's what the add says right?" i was just making sure coz a lot of sites claim they can and as this thread shows, no one has really unlocked it yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lexcyn:
Bell / Telus - CA	$34.96

Available: NO

Not happening I'm afraid.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] SS2006:
can this galaxy S be rooted in the same way that the Samsung I9000 is? Does anyone know
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Galody:
yes it can i have dont it look at the sticky on the top of the forums
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Beast11:
Just get a turbo sim... they are $1 on ebay + $1 shipping... i ordered 2 today...

If it doesnt work then i guess itll be one less icecap for me...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] :
Guys, How can we sim unlock this Bell phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
read the 2nd message on page 1
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ziadsa:
i have already 2 turbo sim for the old iphone firmware 1.1 they did not work :(

i found something else on the net call Sim adapter for unlock.

did not do a good reading about it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lexcyn:
Ya I ordered a couple as well. Hopefully 1 of them works. :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pizzachips:
ugh i hate this...so tempted to get rid of my international ver of galaxy s now...

just want to make sure, is the bell ver the exact same as the international ver aside from the hsdpa bands

so can we flash any of the custom roms here on the bell ver?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Croak:
Yep, you can flash all the ROMS, but if you're not careful, you turn it into a full-on International version..i.e., no 850 UMTS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
hold off for a bit

we discovered there are 2 versions floating out there, as i already knew, there's actually 3 version floating out there

the pre*lease ones with, the one with normal IMEI, and the one that most people got with the IMEI/03

that one being the most dangerous one, as they have disabled the 3 button "Recovery Mode"

so if you brick your phone by accident, then you can't undo it via SD card.

Bell really went out their way to prevent people from hacking the I9000M :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TriC_101:
when the phone is at the boot screen the computer see's the USB connection at that time.. I bet its the same setup as the X10 to get into the download screen... going to try a few things tomorrow.. also for you people that can use the 3 button "Recovery Mode" what do you have in your phone Satus under "imei sv" mine say 03.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tylerham:
Which is mine as well.

Would ADB work if it's bricked like this or not? I'm guessing not.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Benjamin Dobell:
Which boot screen doesn't works?

- Volume Up + Home (Update Firmware Mode)

- Volume Down + Home (Download Firmware Mode)

- Or Both?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tylerham:
Neither of those two work for me.

Only adb reboot recovery works.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Benjamin Dobell:
Okay well people don't need to stress too much. If Kies can update a phone then so can we. There are still heaps of ways to flash the Galaxy S. For the instance we can create a website to mimic Samsung's Kies server and on a client redirect samsungmobile.com to that site.

Here's an example of how Kies asks for a firmware update (NOTE: There is none available in this example).

POST /MS_TEST/msfus.php HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: appliction/x-www-form-urlencoded
User-Agent: SAMSUNG_KIES
Host: fus.samsungmobile.com
Content-Length: 1146
Expect: 100-continue
Connection: Keep-Alive

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FUSMsg>
<FUSHdr>
<ProtoVer>1.0</ProtoVer>
<SessionID>0</SessionID>
<MsgID>1</MsgID>
</FUSHdr>
<FUSBody>
<Put>
<CmdID>1</CmdID>
<UPGRADE_MODE>
<Data>0</Data>
</UPGRADE_MODE>
<CLIENT_LANGUAGE>
<Type>String</Type>
<Type>ISO 3166-1-alpha-3</Type>
<Data>0809</Data>
</CLIENT_LANGUAGE>
<CLIENT_PRODUCT>
<Data>Kies</Data>
</CLIENT_PRODUCT>
<CLIENT_VERSION>
<Data>1.5.1.10071.32</Data>
</CLIENT_VERSION>
<DEVICE_ANDROID_PDA_VERSION>
<Data>I9000XWJM2</Data>
</DEVICE_ANDROID_PDA_VERSION>
<DEVICE_ANDROID_CSC_VERSION>
<Data>I9000OXXJM1</Data>
</DEVICE_ANDROID_CSC_VERSION>
<DEVICE_ANDROID_PHONE_VERSION>
<Data>I9000XXJM1</Data>
</DEVICE_ANDROID_PHONE_VERSION>
<DEVICE_ANDROID_CONTENTS_VERSION>
<Data>I9000XWJM2</Data>
</DEVICE_ANDROID_CONTENTS_VERSION>
<DEVICE_PLATFORM>
<Data>AndroidGSM</Data>
</DEVICE_PLATFORM>
<DEVICE_MODEL_NAME>
<Data>GT-I9000</Data>
</DEVICE_MODEL_NAME>
<DEVICE_FW_VERSION>
<Data>I9000XWJM2/I9000OXXJM1/I9000XXJM1/I9000XWJM2</Data>
</DEVICE_FW_VERSION>
<DEVICE_BUYER_CODE>
<Data>XW</Data>
</DEVICE_BUYER_CODE>
<DEVICE_PRODUCT_CODE>
<Data>XEU</Data>
</DEVICE_PRODUCT_CODE>
</Put>
<Get>
<CmdID>2</CmdID>
<LATEST_FW_VERSION/>
</Get>
</FUSBody>
</FUSMsg>

X-Cache-Result : -
Connection: close

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FUSMsg>
<FUSHdr>
<ProtoVer>1.0</ProtoVer>
<SessionID>354156</SessionID>
<MsgID>1</MsgID>
</FUSHdr>
<FUSBody>
<Results>
<CmdRef>2</CmdRef>
<Status>400</Status>
<LATEST_FW_VERSION>
<Data></Data>
</LATEST_FW_VERSION>
</Results>
<Put>
<CmdID>1</CmdID>
</Put>
</FUSBody>
</FUSMsg>
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tylerham:
Good thinking, but will Kies still work if the phone is bricked/part bricked?

For me, since I have it installed, adb works alright.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Croak:
Hmm, guess I got lucky, no IMEI/, just a plain old IMEI. Not really a pre-release unit, it was NIB on Friday, and came with JG9 firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Benjamin Dobell:
Yeah probably won't work with a bricked phone.

To restore/update a phone the second stage boot-loader needs to run Loke in some form or another. If Loke isn't included in the boot-loader and the phone won't boot then you need to physically flash on a boot-loader that includes Loke, which isn't something your average user can pull off.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tylerham:
So Loke couldn't be installed with another ROM/firmware through adb beforehand?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MKVFTW:
Well it looks like the douches add was wrong. Haha.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gwwaters:
What part am I not understanding. On his web site he says "The Samsung GALAXY S is NOT support at this time.".

Enjoy your visit with him.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dimeotane:
Which smartsim chip works?

About the sim unlocker, which one specifically has been verified to work?

Croak said

"this one is verified to work."

Is it this i-SmartSim 2008 from Dealextreme? Did you buy yours from here?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12167

There are many others on DealExtreme:

this one is "ismartphone 2008"

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13480

How about this one? the "ismartphone"

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.21553
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Croak:
NO​

It is the one they send you from unlockitnow.com when they fail to find a code for your Vibrant/Captivate/Galaxy S. Nobody knows what exact model it is but them, and they're not saying. They don't have it listed for sale on their site, so far the only way to get it is to order an IMEI based unlock, then they send it to you.

It's $14.00 USD to order the unlock, which then gets you the SIM spoof card instead.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mipo7:
re: cellphonefixed.com

enquired through email to the add on craigslist, and got the following reply:

On the ad we said Galaxy S but it's actually the Galaxy i7500 that we unlock. The i9000 is not supported yet.

Thanks

MEGATRONIC CELL PHONE FIXED

2469 Kingsway Office 207

Vancouver BC V5R 5G8

Back to the drawing board. Still waiting to hear from anyone who has got an actual reply back from unlockgenie as to whether they can unlock this phone or not. Not looking good, as some people have had an order processing to almost a week already.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jentech:
His Craigslist ad said Galaxy S, but he's changed his ad now, after a gazillion phone calls no doubt. It says now says i7500.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TriC_101:
I don't think anyone that has a Craigslist add will be able to unlock the phone before the major providers that give out unlock codes do. or a way to unlock the phone via the root.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] SS2006:
All I see on that site after choosing Samsung, then Galaxy i9000

is Fido and Rogers options for 29 USD..
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] NotBillable:
I just got an email aswell saying they CANNOT do the sgs vibrant and that they will update the add as its causing confusion which theyve done now
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] typon123:
So what is the final word on this? Is there any way to unlock the phone currently?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
yes via isim or turbo sim cards, as long as they are iphone compatible.

for a software unlock, we are still experimenting.

code unlock are not yet available
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bouzoubaa:
just brainstorming .... if we can fool the market with market acess and make it beleive we are using a SIM or another ... why can't we do the same with the modem ... can't we have the same concept applied here !?

on another note ... is there a way to inject a code that starts before the os and either stops the modem SIM check or injects a SIM code that fools the check ?!

As i said .. just brainsorming ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
i was suggesting the same thing

but so far no real Developers have pitched in, just us users helping users.

back in the days when i was on the Treo 600/650 they cracked that stuff so quick, every one was able to Software Unlock their phones by installing a new firmware.

it was a little bit harder than that, but it was fairly simple for experience firmware players like us
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Thats cuz the market doesn't rely on the sim card's locality, instead the build.prop which is a simple text file. Whereas to make phone calls it relies heavily on a sim card, one which is completely locked/un-editable.

One possible route is in the android source to disable sim check and proceed. However for all I know that part could be a binary and not open source :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] BA_Flash_GOD:
Yes HTC phones were the same way at that time, simple SUPER CID/SIM unlock in one easy shot. There we so many roms you could literally flash like 3 a day hah, it was sweet. Hopefully Bell at least decides to release some codes eventually, no budging on a date eh?

perhaps this isim 2008 I ordered might work for a bit, no clue either way not a huge deal at the moment.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] leegoon84:
update on Ismartsim.

As I mentioned last time, I had trouble receiving calls.

but if I put my network, GSM only, I get my calls 100% times.

only downside? no 3G internet.....

but calls are more important right?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
nope... 3G internet is more important

as push emails arrives more frequently than phone calls, also MSN, and my constant need to be available online 24/7 and being able to remote back to the server room on the fly. :D

i can care less about voice, they can leave me a voice mail, and i'll get back to them when i get back to them

i always ignore my calls anyways even when the phone is working properly, then i selectively choose who to call back

if big boss ask, i was on an online session, couldn't answer your call, else it breaks my server connection ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] BA_Flash_GOD:
True True!

To me, 3G not that important, in fact I don't need it at all. I'm in a wifi area 24/7. The unlock codes will come soon enough to those that have this phone as well eh? Not only that but Work just bought me a dell streak today hah so I can use that for all my browsing needs I suppose (Not a big dell fan). I enjoy the Bell Vibrant what can I say, my lady has had the EVO picking up the EPIC 8-31 so I will report on live nude chats :P

It's always fun to pop out a device that's not even released in your country. As for dev on unlocking sorry guys that is not my field I even hated .net hah :P

I will donate generously to anyone that pulls it off though!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Flipnotic:
There's a guy here in the Montreal area, who I brought in the phone, and asked if he was capable of unlocking this exact model (Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant i9000M Bell). After some phone calls, he insists he can do it for me. I have to bring it in on Monday morning.

I'm under warranty still, so if he messes it up, I'm going to exchange it. Though, I'm going to keep you guys updated as to how it goes.

EDIT: I should also note that I'm trying to get it unlocked to use with TELUS, and I put my simcard in the other day, and I can receive calls. but thats about it.. Whenever I receive a text, it comes in as a duplicate of the first text I had recieved on this phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] typon123:
So if I go out and buy a smartsim and put that in my phone (Bell Vibrant), will I be able to use it for calling? (I don't care about 3G)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] astralmind:
Please let me know where I can reach this guy, I am in Montreal and would certainly give it a shot!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] elena11:
Could you give me the info of the guy in Montreal so I can go also. I am leaving tomorrow for overseas and I would love to have it unlocked.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
Yes, it works
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] leegoon84:
ideall, you should gt your 3g and calling work (in-out)

in my case, 3G call out worked.

however now,

if I go GSM only,

I get call in-out

and EDGE internet,

slow internet,

but good enough for me to do google maps and gmail on the go.

I ordered new set of sim adapters from DX last week (bcs the one that I have in my phone is from 2 years ago)

still, no update on Unlockgenie.com (ordered on the Aug 7th)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MaelstromXC:
Someone already confirmed that Unlockgenie cannot unlock it. :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Beast11:
I'm almost ready to give up on this phone...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] elena11:
My last chat with Unlockjenie

System is getting started. [Monday, August 16, 2010 06:53:29]

A representative will be connected, please be patient.

Danny enters the chatroom.

Danny 06:53:41

Hello Stefan, my name is Danny, how may I help you?

Hi,

Stefan 06:53:57

Anything on my Order ID# 081110070843540 yet?

Danny 06:54:08

Just give me a moment, let me see what best can be done for you.

Stefan 06:54:18

Thats regarding Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant with Bell Mobility in Canada

Danny 06:56:58

Thank you for your patience.

Stefan 06:57:07

Its OK

Danny 06:57:28

Sir, your order was placed on 2010-08-11 is that correct ?

Stefan 06:57:53

I think so

Danny 06:58:04

Okay.

Sir, Please note that delivery of all Samsung codes are getting delayed at the moment.

You should receive the code soon.

We are speeding up the process.

Stefan 06:59:27

Are you sure you could unlock this particular phone?

Danny 06:59:44

Yes,

Sure about that.

Stefan 07:00:20

Because in the XDA forums, somebody already mentioned that you said that it is unlockable for now.

Danny 07:00:47

But, at the moment it is delayed by some techinical problems of the Network provider.

Sure it is possible.

Stefan 07:01:42

It has been 5 days already and you said that it will take 1-3 only

Danny 07:02:05

Sure due to the electronic nature of the business some delays may occur.

Sure the whole process is done my an automated system.

Stefan 07:02:54

This I understand, but I am getting suspicios about if this phone could be unlocked at all.

Danny 07:03:02

The code will be delivered to you automatically.

No worries Sir.

Stefan 07:03:33

I really hope you are right.

Danny 07:03:44

Please be patient.

Stefan 07:04:00

How much longer do you think it will take?

Danny 07:04:06

and give us some more time to obtain your code.

Stefan 07:05:13

How come nobody else could unlock this phone and it is only you promissing that?

Danny 07:06:54

Sir, our technical support team assure us that they can obtain the unlock code for this particular model.

Their server is connected with Samsung.

I have no further information on this subject.

Stefan 07:08:39

When do you think should be the deadline?

Danny 07:08:52

You should receive the code as soon as it is obtained.

We cannot guarantee a timely delivery of Samsung codes at the moment.

For the safer side I should say, next 48 hours.

Stefan 07:10:10

I really hope you are right.

Danny 07:10:22

Is there anything else I can help you with?

Stefan 07:10:34

Thank you and have a nice day.

Danny 07:10:55

You are welcome.

Have a wonderful day.