yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] minicayz:
my mistake. It is actually version 2.1.1, and it has been rooted. I tried to flash it to J15 to get it back to stock and unlock it that way. But after I flashed J15, it still said version 2.1.1.

So is updating froyo my only chance of getting it unlock? Can I do it manually? I am out of country, so I cannot connect my phone to T-mobile to get the official update.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] phillypd:
I just got off the phone with samsung reps, what a bunch of idiots. They told me to unlock my vibrant galaxy S required no added software. The only thing I needed was my IMEI# and the unlock code. I got the code from T-mobile, entered the unlock code to my phone and my message was network lock unsuccessful, T-mobile was lost then transferred me to samsung, they told me 4 different steps and they couldn't unlock it, samsung finally told me the only way your going to find out if its unlocked is when I get to the country i'm going to then try to see if it works there, but samsung repeatly warned me not to use any other software or downloads and that all you need is your unlock code for the phone to work. I am at a lost!!! and my phone is still locked, can anyone help???
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dumon:
I have unlocked Samsung Captivate running stock 2.1.

If I will perform factory data reset from the Android settings menu will it re-lock

it back or not?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] draychi:
I'm about tired of ****ing with this today... I have 2 Vibrants here and neither of them will unlock. I have tried just about every method listed on this board along with the SGS unlock app...nothing found.

My primary phone is running Fusion 1.1, but i'm trying to get the second phone unlocked for AT&T so someone else can use it. I'm running stock JFD 2.1 and it's rooted... I can't get anything to get me an unlock code for either phone..
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dagentooboy:
All the apps do is get the code for you... the only thing I know of that has worked for this is to flash back to an older firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Diaf82:
How do I do a flashback?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] peterg123:
I am in Kenya. I got the phone from UK. I was told it is locked to Orange UK. I put in a non-Orange UK card

The dialog says

"SIM network unlock PIN" With entry box

"Unlock" button

"Dismiss" button

if you tap dismiss the phone opens and works, but there is no network

so if I tap the entry box and the keyboard comes up.

I enter the code 72580523 ( got from android unlocker app and windows code generator both gave the same number)

It says "network unlock code unsuccessfull"

Under my "settings > Network Operators>Find Operator" dialog the following come up:

ORANGE KE ( Kenya)

Safaricom (Kenya)

CELTEL (Kenya)

63905---- I dunno who is this?

More

Model GT-I9000

SSN: I9000GSMH

Firmware 2.1 Update 1

Kernel Version

2.6.29

root@SE-S602#2

S/R No is R2X&675995K

Other reports of status from the menus

Phone Number-Unknown

Service State- Out of AService

Mobile Network State- Disconnected

IMEI SV -01

Help appreciated.

Peter The Amateur in Africa
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] peterg123:
I am in Kenya. I got the phjone from UK. I was told it is locked to Orange UK.

The dialog says

"SIM network unlock PIN" With entry box

"Unlock" button

"Dismiss" button

if you tap dismiss the phone opens and works, but there is no network

so if I tap the entry box and the keyboard comes up.

I enter the code 72580523 ( got from android unlocker app and also windows code generator prog)

It says "network unlock code unsuccessfull"

Under my "settings > Network Operators>Find Operator" dialog the following come up:

ORANGE KE ( Kenya)

Safaricom (Kenya)

CELTEL (Kenya)

63905---- I dunno who is this?

More

Model GT-I9000

SSN: I9000GSMH

Firmware 2.1 Update 1

Kernel Version

2.6.29

root@SE-S602#2

S/R No is R2X&675995K

Other reports of status from the menus

Phone Number-Unknown

Service State- Out of AService

Mobile Network State- Disconnected

IMEI SV -01

any ideas? If I need older firmware, how and where to get it? Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hope0213:
i cant get it to work im in america and its just not letting me find it help :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dagentooboy:
read xda... it will involve odin and an older rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Trembelwick:
This is awesome! i cant believe it worked! its unlocked and everything. Except the T-mobile phone i unlocked doesnt work on 3G Rogers network :/ all i get is edge, i can make phones calls and text but when it comes to data its completely out of the question... any solutions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tdang1:
I got USA Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant today and I'm new to this... I installed the tool SGS Unlock and run to get the unlock code. however it says Not found. can you help if there is another way to unlock?

My phone is version 2.1 Update 1.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] vasanth79:
I am getting the following error. Can anyone help? I have an unactivated T-mobile SIM in the phone when I tried. Does it matter? Thanks.

===============================================================

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Generate unlock code for any Samsung Galaxy S

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__________________________________________________________

Copy nv_data.bin

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device offline

Extract code

SGUX v0.92b (C) 2010 By Mark0 & rbnet

Samsung Galaxy Unlock code eXtractor

(based on info by rhcp0112345 & RazvanG)

* Error: unable to find file <.\nv_data.bin>

Could Not Find C:\Users\Vasanth\Desktop\Generate Unlock Windows\nv_data.bin

===============================================================

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Please donate to DagentooBoy for the script

Please donate to rbnet.it and marcopon for the SGUX utility used in the script

===============================================================

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Script complete!

Press any key to continue . . .
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] skuzy:
just anothter update.. still all good :)

im on Optus, and have tried it out with vodafone and telstra.. no probs.. can get 3g connection and browse internet as well once apn settings updated..

thanks for this :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] alex-art:
Saved nv_data.bin, nv_data.bin.md5 and nv.log in the /sdcard and deleted them from /efs as was recommended. Restarted. It didn't ask for a code but when I started "network search" it just hang out. Tried it couple of time with rebooting the Vibrant but couldn't pass further that "network search". May be I missed something???

Later: Ok, after long time of waiting it says network error and drops the network connection.

So question if someone could please advise - how to put back saved nv_data.bin to /efs? I remounted root partition as rw but "busybox cp" gives an error "no space left on device" and "mv" says "Cross-link error". Much appreciate any help
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jaycaijay:
search Unlocking Tmo Vibrant in the forum...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] alex-art:
Ohh man, you saved my day! :D Really really appreciated, it works brilliant for Vibrant!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] cleggr:
Unsuccessful Generating Unlock Windows - Sam. Galaxy S i9000M

Received following dialogue box called: Confirm Encryption Loss, and then the following in the dialogue box: A problem is preventing this folder from being encrypted. Then: Do you want to copy this folder without encryption? (with options YES, SKIP and CANCEL.

I tried with option YES, and got no script (DOS Window, revealing the codes), as in diazplaceres' You Tube video.

:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] minos197:
Wha are the chances of getting a wrong code;The market app did find a set of unlock unfreeze codes for my O2 eclair jm1 (never flashed) but when tryng the unlock it fails, with request unsuccessful.I wouldn't wanna freeze it and then find out freeze code is also wrong.anyone with similar experience?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] likemarlon:
What firmware would you recommend for the flash back?

JF7 did not work for me
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] phrozenflame:
Hi guys,

Q: Is the unlock app working for T-mo Vibrant? I know its a pretty dumb question, but my scenario is this: My friend would be getting the phone as its avail locally for an extremely high price -.- (taxes, shipping etc), anyway so he's getting it and isnt really a smartphone person so I was hoping the unlock android app would work for him without much shens.

I know we can use v. 1 for Vibrant (2.1) but there were patches f rom T-mo lately for 2.1 so I was wondering if any of those didnt break this method.

Also Q2: Once unlocked, I do not have to keep unlocking it with different sims? or will it need unlocking everytime a new sim is entered?

Thank yo guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] marvinhemstock:
hi if i unlock my 3g network sgs will i keep all my apn settings for the 3g.

also i have apn backup just incase.

please help dont want to compromise 3g.

also will it work by giving me all uk networks and not just the one network ie orange only if i use orange sim. locked to 3 at the moment

.

thanks all
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] alebreez:
Works like a charm no hesitation no problem at all with Bell I9000 from the First time. I have to mention that I didn't upgrade to Froyo ....

THANKS A BUNCH and donation on its way
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] behegoroth:
i did every thing the video said to do but once i extracted the unlock folder i got an error saying unable to find file <.\nv_data.bin>....i am trying this with the samsung fascinate
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sovereignty68:
All Vibrant that has T959UVJI6 firmware will not able to unlock it with any unlock app, you must request the unlock code from T-mobile. People here failed to realize this. OP should make note of it on the first post.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dagentooboy:
K... anyone have any ideas where it stops working on the captivate, bell i9000, and EU i9000?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] madmigs:
Umm T-Mobile and Rogers use different HSPA frequencies, although the T-Mobile vibrant does support one of the Rogers HSPA frequencies(I believe it was the 1900 mHz frequency but since it doesn't cover both - HSPA for you will be limited to areas where Rogers uses that frequency). Outside of that you will be stuck with 2G.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dukeforever:
The froyo update doesn't work with jpo 2.2 orange france galaxy S

Will there be any update ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] death.viper:
hi guy newbee here to samsungs i got a galalxy i5801 and cant access the phone memory with any program tried everything just want to unlock it to o2 as it orange thanks kenny
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] benyunusum:
TMobile Vibrant Solved

I do have Vibrant with T959UVJFD v. I easily found the network unlock code but it did not work.

Somehow i have downloaded OCLF from the store and then hit Root Privilege option. Phone has rebooted and this time it has accepted the code.

Interesting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] darkvoid_66:
I bought a new SGS and can't unlock :S

I get:

===============================================================

===============================================================

Generate unlock code for any Samsung Galaxy S

===============================================================

===============================================================

__________________________________________________________

Copy nv_data.bin

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

Extract code

SGUX v0.92b (C) 2010 By Mark0 & rbnet

Samsung Galaxy Unlock code eXtractor

(based on info by rhcp0112345 & RazvanG)

* Error: unable to find file <.\nv_data.bin>

Could Not Find C:\Users\Hugo\Desktop\Generate Unlock Windows\nv_data.bin

===============================================================

===============================================================

Please donate to DagentooBoy for the script

Please donate to rbnet.it and marcopon for the SGUX utility used in the script

===============================================================

===============================================================

Script complete!

Press any key to continue . . .
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sammyiams:
same error here, help please

im having same problem, need the solution please
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] johnjones:
Hi, I got t-mobile vibrant phone from USA and I am in New Zealand. I could not unlock by using this method. Please help me out unlock my vibran5 phone. I will donate $10 through paypal. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] johnjones:
Yes, I had the same message. Please help me out to unlock my Samsung vibrant. I will donate as I said through paypal. :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dagentooboy:
Turn on usb debugging on your phone.

Home->Menu->Settings->Applications->Development->USB Debugging.

If the app isn't working the script won't work either. Try the froyo version of the app..... you will need root to make it work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jcardoso.cordas:
it gives me a problem: says it cannot find nv_data.bin !?

I downloaded several times the zip file...

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] VAATT:
Unlock captivate

I have tried both methods of unlocking my Samsung Captivate and neither of them worked. Using the zip files ti gives me a permission denied and the one from the markets tells me no files found. Has anyone come up with a new way to unlock the captivate? I am leaving the country in 3 days for 3 weeks and would like to use my phone overseas. So I will need to act fast. Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] NWolf:
http://www.communityhosting.net/sgsunlock

That should work for you. Let me know if it doesn't.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dukeforever:
I think it could be useful ... :)

"Important I9000 unlock information

Many people with the Samsung I9000 phone are doing firmware upgrades (unofficial and official) and trying free (unlock) tools on it.

As a result of this very often the NVM data (important part of the phone firmware for unlocking / IMEI) gets corrupted. There is currently NO way to fix this yourself.

When NVM data is corrupt unlocking does not work or when you are able to read the unlock codes or receive the unlock codes via 'by IMEI' service the CORRECT codes will NOT be accepted by the phone any more.

So our recommendation:

1. Unlock the phone via 'Samsung I9000 unlock by IMEI' service directly when you get phone from the shop.

2. Don't update / play with it. however if you want to upgrade (we can understand this there are many reasons to upgrade firmware) do it AFTER the unlocking.

We are NOT responsible for failed unlocking of this model. This whole series (I9000) in combination with KIES is just a very buggy, unstable and badly protected product!

We will probably remove this model in next upgrade from supported models for 'unlock by cable'.

Extra warning note:

We also have seen Samsung I9000 models which were actually FACTORY UNLOCKED and after upgrading suddenly had a simlock which could then not be removed due to faulty NVM data

Best regards,

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] johnjones:
Hi. It is too complicated and I could not follow. Is there any other way of unlocking vibrant phone purchased from USA, please? I am in New Zealand. I will certainly donate through paypal. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] haotj:
I can't unlock get the my rogers captivate, the script fails.

Permission denied to /efs/nv_data.bin. I don't really know andorid, but I know a little bit of linux, so I used adb to run ls -l, which showed the permission of efs directory to be rwxrwx--x radio radio, but I have no idea what this radio user or group is. Then tried chmod, which failed, I guess I wasn't root, so I tried "su", but got back "can't found".

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gl3nng:
Yes you can unlock the phone ad long as you havent updated it yet. I mean as it is as shipped. There are other way to unlock the vibrant and I have unlock mine. All sim will be accepted and yes you only do it ones. Search the forum on. How to unlock
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] caliboy01:
Hi guys. I just got my galaxy s (rooted) it seems that the app is not working, i tried using the zip file but its not giving me any codes. What should i do? I have the galaxy s from tmobile
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] costygsm2:
Question

I trying to unlock my i9000 ,i have corect code but i updated my phone and now code is not accepted.If i edit nv_data.bin and i put corect code inside,at address 00181460 and unfreeze code at 00180036,it will work?

i want to replace FFFFFFFF from adress 00181460 with my code,i will test tonight ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] solidkundi:
is it possible to use my Vibrant on a Rogers 3G network?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DARKKRAKEN:
I don't know where to download the standalone driver but i know you can but Samsung Kies which has the driver is easy to find if you google.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] cool_tech:
I got around the adb shell issue by installing the terminal app on the device itself as told by dnsp.

I got the code but seems like I need to follow step#4 of the post in page 1 to flash back the ROM.

Now another question I have is, if I factory reset the device will it reset the unlock code counter too? as I already tried it twice and being careful not to hard lock the device but trying again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] galaxysguy:
No the code unlocks the radio but I would suggest holding onto the code just incase. Years ago I had a Motorola re-lock its self after a FW update.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bowsa2511:
For those who encounter a problem (file not found) with the following:

dd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/bml3.bak

I've created a guide, with pictures so one can unlock their phone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761408
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] marcopon:
Cool Bowsa2511, thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] cool_tech:
Sorry for not being clear.

What I mean to say is, like if you enter the unlock code few times, the counter get incremented and eventually the phone gets hard locked when it hits a max count (may be 3/4).

What I want to know is if I do factory reset then will the counter be reset to 0 again?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sag.misc:
The following script will give you the code directly:

busybox strings /efs/nv_data.bin | busybox grep -A 10 SSNV | busybox sed -n '4p'
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bowsa2511:
Do we type that script in ADB, or terminal on the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sag.misc:
You are right, dumb of me !! moved to an android phone y'day and still learning about all the components and terms.

I typed the script in ADB.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bowsa2511:
Thanks, I'll test it now.

One last question, is this script universal?

Since there's two reported methods

the original:"dd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/bml3.bak"

method

and the "cat /efs/nv_data.bin >> /sdcard/nv_data.bin "

method?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] kinder__bueno:
Just to let you know that it worked flawless...

Galaxy S GT-I9000 locked into TMN ( Portugal ) unlocked at the first attempt to Vodafone Portugal.

You Rock!:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sag.misc:
The same script seems to work for both nv_data.bin as well as bml3, at least on my phone it returns the same code for both the following commands:

# busybox strings /dev/block/bml3 |busybox grep -A 10 SSNV | busybox sed -n '4p'

$ busybox strings /efs/nv_data.bin |busybox grep -A 10 SSNV | busybox sed -n '4p'

Only difference is that you need to first run "su" before running the script against /dev/block/bml3, but there is not need to do "su" if you use nv_data.bin.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] marcopon:
-deleted - already answered -
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bowsa2511:
Both scripts "run", and give the same code, but they give a far different code than that of the conventional method, not to mention that the code protruded from these scripts are 16 digits, as opposed to the 8-digit unlock code.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] marcopon:
I tried to delete my post above after seeing the first reply. But this apply to your question:

If you use SGUX, both files are equivalent for the way it scan for the code so, which ever of the two methods & files come easier, will do.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bowsa2511:
I already have the unlock codes from the nv_data.bin, I was just testing the guy's "one step process" script, which turned out to be unsuccessful.

BUT I found what the problem was with using the method provided in the first post

See

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/bml3.bak

is the original method, but for some adb consoles there's a VITAL step missing!

the actual dev directory.

So below is the fix for the first method to work (you can update the op)

adb shell
cd /dev/block
su
dd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/bml3.bak
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zodiac123dk:
This is awesome it worked great on my captivate !!!!

dagentooboy you are a genius man !!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Tienshi:
+1 to unlock here. Bell i9000m. No more Unlock sim, I can finally use it as a phone rather then a voicemail pager :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Flipnotic:
Im not sure about what any of this means... I downloaded the Android SDK, and when I go run tools/adb.exe a window opens, and instantly closes.. How do I get the file?

My phone is rooted. With Bell.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MiKE431:
They were giving these same codes for me too. With a little experimentation, it seems that (at least for me) those scripts were printing out a line too low, perhaps this varies with each phone.

I modified them a tad to only print lines with exactly 8 numbers. (And not spit out the lines full of zeros only)

# id
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet)
# busybox strings /efs/nv_data.bin | busybox grep -A 10 SSNV | busybox grep -E ^[0-9]{8}$ | busybox grep -v 00000000
*OUTPUT REMOVED*
*UNLOCK CODE WAS HERE*

# su
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
# busybox strings /dev/block/bml3 | busybox grep -A 10 SSNV | busybox grep -E ^[0-9]{8}$ | busybox grep -v 00000000
*OUTPUT REMOVED*
*CODE WAS HERE*
*OUTPUT REMOVED*
*CODE WAS HERE*

Yeah, it actually spit out the code more than once (twice for /efs/nv_data.bin and 4 times for /dev/block/bml3). All codes were the same, sgux provided the same result, and the unlock code does work. (Bell i9000m)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dumon:
So what happened? You had it unlocked with Eclair 2.1 and updated to Froyo 2.2

and it got locked again? Was it official Froyo update?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] costygsm2:
no,i have codes from operator but i not unlocked my phone.after that i upgraded my phone to froyo with odin.now i'm back to eclair but i cant unlock the phone with code.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nightrave:
I have the GT-I9000 with Froyo/JPO on it. When I run the unlocker for windows I'm getting the error:

* Error: unable to find file <.\nv_data.bin>

I've the debugging enabled and the drivers installed. Any ideas?