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[HD7 General] tissot201:
I was in the same situation, tried over 10 websites and none of them had the unlock code in their database. Luckly I was able to get the receipt from the seller and got T-Mobile to unlock the phone. Took T-Mobile less than 24 hrs to send me the code. Like the other poster said, try the T-Mobile online chat, they are very helpful.
[HD7 General] profets:
Thats crazy.. was planning on picking up an HD7 to use on Wind soon in Toronto. Would be brutal if it can't be unlocked.

Did any of you guys who had problems try mobileincanada.com for the unlock code?
[HD7 General] tissot201:
Yup tried mobileincanada.com, didn't work and got a refund.

Most of the sites claimed they should be able to unlock the phone in a few weeks when their databases are updated.

edit: What you could also do is bring a laptop with you when you buy the phone and check if the phone is unlockable here http://www.htcimeiunlock.com/check-imei.php
[HD7 General] profets:
^man that really sucks.. you had tried 10 different sites? Also thanks for the tip on htcimeiunlock site.

So T-mobile was pretty helpful about the situation as long as you had the original receipt? good to know.. worse case i'll just go for a quick drive and pick one up.
[HD7 General] pistol44:
I tried all the sites you all listed here and NONE of them worked. I even found some other site called UNLOCKINGONLINE.COM. They say claim to have access to some newer databases and recommend using a certain unlock option if you're phone is an HTC device manufactured after March or May 2010 I think it said. But it's a premium rate of $39.99 which of course they say they will refund if unsucessful.

Well I tried them as my last resort and guess what? I've had no response from them since last night and they promise a 5-30 min turnaround time on 99% of all unlocks.

So now I'm worrying about the 4 or 5 refunds I'm expecting for all the various unlocking sites I tried AND they guy I bought my HD7 from has decided to no longer respond to my messages. Maybe he knew I couldn't unlock it before hand and took my money and ran.

I guess my last option is the online chat with T-Mobile a few of you have suggested. Otherwise I'm just going to sell it and let someone else figure out how to unlock it.
[HD7 General] pistol44:
I tried the online T-Mobile chat and they said unless I bought it right from T-Mobile and have a receipt they will not unlock it for me.

Can anyone offer some advice on either what I can say to them or perhaps if one of you are an existing T-Mobile client you could offer me some assitance??

I'd hate to have to get rid of it now :(
[HD7 General] profets:
Hopefully with some time these databases for unlocking will get updated?

I'm close to buying one off something through kijiji in toronto as well.. he just dropped the prices recently, really hope its not the case where the phone cannot be unlocked. Considering I only see one guy selling in toronto I don't think I should take the chance.
[HD7 General] pistol44:
Just a heads up the only guy on Kijiji is the guy I bought mine from yesterday. He got back to me now and says he doesn't have retail receipts as he buys from a wholesaler. He says he'll see if there is anything he can do for me.

EDIT:

Here's for anyone else having Sim unlocking problems but can actually get the sales receipt. I just got this in my email:

Unlock Code: Waiting For FAX - MSRP

Thank you for taking the time to contact T-Mobile. At this time, we will need a copy of the original sales receipt to be faxed into the SIM Unlock Team showing full retail purchase price was paid for the equipment. The fax number is 813-353-6557. Your request will be placed in pending status for 7 business days to allow time for processing. Please include the following information with the fax.

" ATTN: SIM Unlock Team

" Remedy Form#

" Customer's Full Name

" Contact number

" Customer's Email Address (optional)

" Copy of the original sales receipt showing the Full Retail Purchase Price of the handset.

Thank You,

Sim Unlock Department

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
[HD7 General] profets:
Yup, was talking to him as well, and he mentioned someone bought one and is unable to unlock it. Really sucks, wanted to grab this phone, but going to wait I guess if there's really an unlocking issue right now.
[HD7 General] pistol44:
Well I would still buy one IF you weren't in a rush to set it up and didn't mind possibly waiting for a couple weeks for the code. Just don't do what I did and get rid of your current phone with expectations the new one will be up and running in minutes..
[HD7 General] tissot201:
If the Kijiji guy did buy in bulk, maybe you can ask him to use http://www.htcimeiunlock.com/check-imei.php to check if the rest of his phones are unlockable and if it is try asking for an exchange.
[HD7 General] profets:
Yeah thats still not a bad idea. It's for a secondary line I have on Wind and currently just using it with a cheap phone. Wonder how long the unlock will take though..
[HD7 General] profets:
Think he has one left and I asked him about trying that tool but he didn't answer. Sounds like he just found out recently that they're not unlockable right now.
[HD7 General] pistol44:
Well I should probably mention that after he got back to me today about my issues he did promise to go home tonight to see if the other one he had left was unlockable immediately. And if it was he assured me he would let me switch mine for that one. So perhaps that's why he didn't answer you, not sure.

But once I'm out of options and anyone wants mine (that's willing to wait of course) you're welcome to buy it from it me.

I'm going to try taking a walk around here at lunch for fun and see if any of these guys on Yonge St. can unlock it.
[HD7 General] profets:
^Thats true, he doesn't have it with him so can't check now. He's been a nice guy though, and that's cool if he can let you swap it if its unlockable.
[HD7 General] pistol44:
I tried unlockingonline.com and chose their $39.99 premium unlocking service which apparently allows you to access the very "latest and great" HTC databases.

And here's the response I just got:

It is with regret that we have taken the decision to refund your order and payment for the following service:- HTC HD7 unlock service which you purchased from our website: UNLOCK-HD7.COM at: 05:05:26 AM GMT on December,02 2010

------------------------ REFUND REASON ------------------------------------

UNLOCKING ONLINE LTD: PAYMENT REFUNDED

The reason why your order could not be processed is as follows:

-------------CODE NOT FOUND IN MANUFACTURERS DATABASE ----------------

Unfortunately, an unlock code for your handset was not found in the central HTC database.

It might be the case that your handset is relatively new and the database which we source codes from normally takes about 3-6 weeks to update with new codes for new handsets.

Alternatively, it might be the case that your HTC handset is locked to a network which has exclusive control over their own HTC unlock codes.
[HD7 General] pembo:
when I do the *#06# on my HD7 it seems to add an extra 01 to the end of the imei number. It should be the first 15 digits that are returned. I made this mistake initially filling out the o2 unlock form... is it possible you've done the same?
[HD7 General] pistol44:
Thanks for the suggestion but that was the 1st thing I thought of. I actually didn't submit the last 2 digits the first time so tried with it again a second time. Then learned to drop the last 2 digits and only used the first 15 the last 3 times.

Still no luck.
[HD7 General] tmobile23:
Well my friend, I can unlock it for you. For free. Just give me the IMEI of your HD7 and i will get you the unlock code. In fact, i can order them for any phone in any quantity. But when you unlock your phone, you will have to put it somewhere here so people know i am not lying.
[HD7 General] PaullikesWINMO:
I bought mine from Kijiji dude in Toronto about 3 weeks ago. Had unlock code and everything. Mine is working on FIDO although it's only Edge capability (T-Mobile and FIDO GSM 3G bands are different). And yes the guy on Kijiji was great. Not sure if it's the same guy. Probably is.
[HD7 General] tissot201:
Just got an email from htcimeiunlock saying they could now unlock my phone........ A little late :p

I used the IMEI checker on their website and it still says it can't be unlocked. Maybe they haven't updated all their databases yet.
[HD7 General] pistol44:
Thank you for the offer and if you're serious I wish I had seen your post last night before I spent another $20. But I finally got my code and that's all that matters at this point.

Apparently all it took was for the database to be updated.
[HD7 General] profets:
Good to hear you got it unlocked. Were you able to keep the same phone and not swap it?

How is it so far on Wind? :)
[HD7 General] pistol44:
Yeah I didn't have to swap it afterall.. but it looks like the seller hates me now. He was trying to help me with the problem as I mentioned and had offered to swap if the other one he had was unlockable. But when I arrived home late last night I saw that I had an email from mobileincanada.com saying they could now unlock it and then around the same time the seller emailed to ask me for IEMI # to see if they can try again for $30. Well I got the code from mobileincanada.com of course for the $20 instead and figured I'd let the seller know in the morning. An hour later the seller emailed me to say he got me the code and to pay him $30 via Paypal. Well I already the code and I understand his intentions were good but I never said for him to go ahead and I wasn't about to give up another $30 for nothing. So I emailed saying thanks and sorry etc, etc. Well he emailed back a curse word or two and how pissed he was wasting $30 for nothing. I was shocked actually.

Anyway I'm actually going to Wind on the way home or at lunch to pick up the sim and get it set up so I'll report back how it goes.

As well for anyone interested in accessories my favourite place for cases, inexpensive chargers and cases is www.htchd7accessories.com. Keep in mind the phone is still new so there isn't a crazy amount of selection but I bought all my old HD2 stuff through them and their products were great quality at good prices. For $60 I just bought 2 cases, a wall charger and leather vertical pouch.
[HD7 General] profets:
^hahah, I guess thats why his price on kijiji just went up by $30!
[HD7 General] pistol44:
^LOL!!!

Sorry about that everyone :(

Btw I recommend getting that IEMI # in advance to make sure you're good to go.

Wind Mobile better be worth all these headaches!!!
[HD7 General] juan8:
I was able to unlock the phone finally

I was facing the same issues as several people in this thread.. several pages I tried didn't work, so I subscribed to htcimeiunlock.com so that I would know when it would be available..

Well, today I got the mail and tried it out and it worked :D

I bought my HD7 the 18th of november, it's in the t-mobile network

Cheers and good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukka69:
Hi, I have flashed my SGS to I9000XXJPM previously, now intend to try out I9000XFJP7, anyone can show me the step by step guide. A bit worry on brick it.

My SGS has been rooted and One Click Lag Fix (OCLF) enabled.

Thanks in advance.

p/s: or if soemone can show me how to restore from the GPS FastFix, perhaps I will stay will the current firmware. After I applied the GPS Fastfix, I seems getting very slow GPS fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miro666:
Here is one good tutorijal: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukka69:
Thank you for your pointer. But the tutorial is rather general. I am looking for a more experienced and specific step by step guide for flashing from I9000XXJPM to I9000XFJP7. However, still thank you for making effort to help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _dsk_:
Why not try the Kies Registry Patcher 1.6.0.0, patch registry on latest Kies?

It allows you to spoof other product codes and you can do the upgrades via KIES. I used to do go from JPO (XEU product code) to JP5 (O2U product code).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunte:
I did it.

I just flashed from JPM to JP7.

I seemed to remeber that i used the 512 pit-file when I installed JPM. Therefore I used the 512 pit-file again when i flashed JP7. I chose to NOT repartition. I used Odin 1.3.

The phone actualy started after flashing without me performing factory reset wipe, but it took a ****load of time for it to boot. It didn't feel all that tip top, so I performed a wipe anyway. Works fine now.

So, if you flashed JPM with the 803 PIT then Im sure you have to repartition.
[HTC Aria General] leonle:
i have liberated fr007 on my rooted aria, then got trackwake.zip from this forum, flashed it but didn't seem to work, nothing changed. what i did was turn off the phone then go to recovery mode (clockwork mode) then flash it from sd card, then reboot the phone but didn't work. i wonder if i have to wipe data/factory reset before flashing the trackwake.zip though because i didn't do it. please advice, thanks
[HTC Aria General] eljefe27:
Trackball wake does not work on fr007 yet
[HTC Aria General] leonle:
i read a thread on here, someone posted this trackwake.zip for liberated fr007 and someone else confirmed that it worked. that's why i downloaded and flashed but i wonder what is the steps to flash this, i did flash did and nothing happened, i thought it might be because i didn't do the wipe data/factory reset, that's why it didn't work, anyone got this work on liberated fr007, please advice
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baeiouyx:
After that I downloaded Ryanza lagfix and a custom 2.2 ROM, my phone turned off by itself and now i cant get it to work. I tried to flash it back to 2.1 with Odin, but it stops at "SetupConnection...". I tried to restore the phone and the internal SD card thourgh the recovery menu, but it didn't work either. Now i cant even get to the recovery menu or the download thing, because everytime i press on power i see a phone connected to a pc with an orange PC. How could I repair it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baeiouyx:
If im not able to repair it im probably going to trade it for another phone tomorrow at the Bell shop. So if nobody can help, should i ask for another galaxy s or go with the HTC desire Z ? ( google G2 in USA)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiru1602:
Looks like you have got a Corrupted Internal SD Card. Happens with Bell Phones.

Do you have the 3 Button Mode working? If not, you can try the JIG Method to put your phone in Download mode.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[EVO 4G General] JayStation3:
What?!? I have read in several places that the EVO doesn't support "permanent" root.

First of all, technically what does that mean?

Second, what does it mean for a "lover of ROOTed EVOs" like my self??

Just a little confused and worried now...lol

Sent from the MATRIX... while plugged into my EVO... using the XDA app... from a galaxy far-far away.......
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
Could you link some of the places that you heard this? The original unrevoked 1 was a on phone app that was not permanent. I think it might mean you can unroot if you choose to. Not sure though. There is defietally permanent root.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Well if it's not permanent it is sure lasting me a long time. Like 6 months now. How much longer do you think I have before my root runs out? Please answer this is very important.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
Was that a joke? Can't tell
[EVO 4G General] JayStation3:
LOL@Metal...funny guy...

I'm new to the whole rooting thing and I wasnt sure what it meant... I will try to find the places I read that... I know one was in the market for a one click root app... And when I saw that I googled it but couldn't find anything conclusive....ghats why I thought I would ask the experts here :)

Sent from the MATRIX... while plugged into my EVO... using the XDA app... from a galaxy far-far away.......
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
:D

hehe sorry. We absolutely have permanent root. Like The Dude said, the original unrevoked was not permanent but every method since has been permanent. I'm sure whatever you read was old and/or possibly misinterpreted. Rest assured, your root is permanent and will not run out any time soon :)
[EVO 4G General] JayStation3:
Cool... I didn't think it meant it would run out, but it tricked me into thinking that something could happen...

Sent from the MATRIX... while plugged into my EVO... using the XDA app... from a galaxy far-far away.......
[EVO 4G General] mendez_v:
I think he's talking about z4root which isn't permanent with the Evo due to requiring Nand unlock.
[EVO 4G General] JayStation3:
Yeah I think that was it

Sent from the MATRIX... while plugged into my EVO... using the XDA app... from a galaxy far-far away.......
[Vibrant General] far004:
Hi.

Samsung recently released an app that fixes the GPS config file. I have heard that a few people are now getting better results.

So, whats your experience? Did you even care to install the fix? If yes, how is your GPS playing now?

I have just installed it, so, will be testing it out latter today and then post the results.

Thanks.
[Vibrant General] dinan:
GPS was quite bad... installed this app, ran it, GPS is still quite bad... didn't improve it at all.
[Vibrant General] Zylograth:
lock in 4 seconds, 10 out of 12 satellites, I would say pretty good
[Vibrant General] eminembdg:
I'm running Obsidian v4.2 and would get a lock but only if very clear outside and took a while.

After running this app I got lock indoors and super fast!

So for me it most def worked!
[Vibrant General] down8:
Same here.

-bZj

via XDAapp
[Vibrant General] far004:
I tried the software myself as well. I tried to run it indoors and wont get anything. I moved out to clear sky and after trying a little to get a lock, my phone just restarted... Don't know why...

After booting again, I ran the software once more. This time I got the position in like 2 seconds, most probably the values were cached...

BUT it was showing me about 475 meters away from where I really was...

So, really no improvement for me...
[Vibrant General] f1restarter:
It works!! After rebooting the gps locks on very fast. On google earth before this patch, it would take forever to get a lock, now it locks in a couple of secs. Thank God this fix didn't require KIES! :)
[Vibrant General] ColorNapkin:
Locks on within 10 seconds for me now.

However, standing still the location sometimes jumps around still. So all that I saw improved was the acquisition times.

I'm glad for the fix though.
[Fascinate General] martyotaku:
Hey guys i put on a ASOP rom for fascinate. Got stuck at samsung screen. Reverted back to stock via ODIN....all is fine but i cant get my phone to install DJ01 update.

Any ideas?
[Fascinate General] soba49:
You'll need to be more specific about what you mean by DJ01. Do you mean Di01 or some other rom you shouldn't be posting on this forum about? Which AOSP rom do you mean? As far as I know there is no stable true AOSP release, so you must mean something else.

Swyped from a heavily modded i500.04 using XDA App
[Fascinate General] martyotaku:
no i meant dio1...... ive been usin clockwork mod for roms. f'd up restored to stock via odin. now i cant get the verizon update.
[Fascinate General] NOsquid:
Maybe try this?

http://forum.androidcentral.com/fascinate-roms-hacks/36287-unsigned-update-need-cwm.html
[Fascinate General] martyotaku:
Fixed it thanx. The problem was caused when going stock with Odin.
[Fascinate General] PhoenixPath:
fixed it with the unsigned update, right?
[Android] warlar12:
So I want to get into developing, I heard that Linux is where I should start. But there are a bunch of linux OS out there. Which one is suggested?

Any insight would greatly be appreciated.

P.S. I hope this is the right place to post this
[Android] bubba1114:
I started with Ubuntu 10.04 but I found myself going to fedora 13 until my computer fried. Lol. Well I think Ubuntu 10.10 is out now could be wrong but it was in its beta stage in June so it should be done lol anyway Ubuntu is for more of the beginner stages of switching over so if your fresh with Linux I think that'd be the best way to go till you get your feet wet. Then I would move up to fedora or something along those lines. But that's my honest opinion people progress differently. I hope this helps
[Android] warlar12:
I downloaded 10.10 to a disk so one I get my had drive hopefuly today ill get it installed
[Android] bubba1114:
Well I wish you luck and welcome aboard the Linux train lmao
[Android] zHk3R:
I use Ubuntu 9.10 for my Kitchen.

I'm hardcore like that.
[Android] TMartin:
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on 3 of my computers (2Desktops & 1Laptop) and I love it. Very nice.
[Android] fonix232:
Usually I am on the latest Ubuntu release, but for the easy editing, I use Windows7, with Cygwin for the kitchen. Of course, this is only for ROM editing, so no buildig or such things under cyg, but for ROM dev, it is perfect. And I can keep TotalCommander and Notepad++ too :D
[Android] vladistan:
Ubuntu

If you want to be building ROM I'd vouch for Ubuntu.

All you need to do is set-up 10.4 ( so far most stable )

And then run this

sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg sun-java5-jdk flex bison gperf libsdl-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev

This will get all the packages you need. Then follow instructions on [google for building android apt-get, can't post the direct link due to my account being to new here] and happy coding.

You might also want to install Eclipse and ADT.

Also, if you want to be on the cutting edge keep in mind that newer versions of Android platform require 64-bit system for building.

If all you need is to develop the apps, you can use whatever you want as long as it runs Eclipse. [ Windows / MacOS / Most of the major linux distros ]

-- Vlad
[Android] warlar12:
On ubuntu it said the 32 bit is suggested. Why is that?
[Android] jackstrawfromwichitaw:
I just switched to Ubuntu 10.10 from Vista and Im kicking myself for not switching along time ago. Its like getting a new computer again.
[Android] codybear:
Start with Linux Mint. It's a redone version of Ubuntu basically. It's aimed towards being friendly to first time Linux users but still powerful enough for experienced users. It comes with some more drivers than Ubuntu so it's compatible with more hardware out of the box and you won't need to do command line stuff or mess with getting drivers installed. It's just an overall great first time linux user distro. I even use it still while I'm inbetween testing out other distros till I finally find one I like to stick with. I tell everyone I know to try out Linux Mint if it's their first time installing linux. One added bonus is it since it's based off of Ubuntu, it has access to all of Ubuntu's programs also through it's software manager. The lists go on. I'd say watch some reviews on youtube (no, not the one's by twelve year olds haha). Also, it's just more so a matter of taste and preference to find your perfect distro that you'll want to stick with. Ubuntu is just a well known one so most people tend to flock to it and use it. (Not that I hate Ubuntu or anything like that).

But anyways, I suggest LinuxMint to the first time users.

EDIT::

I had heard that alot of the 64bit was still new (atleast with the Ubuntu and LinuxMint) and can be quirky at times. But it was about one year ago that I was told that by a member of the Ubuntu forums...I'm not sure how reputable he was, but I just remember him having a few thousand posts.

Although from my experience I would have to say I have not had any problems with 64bit. I have been messing with Linux a little here and there for about a year and half now, and finally got another computer (netbook) after about 8 months of sharing an ancient desktop so I'm starting all over again.
[Android] vrsix5spd:
I would agree with Linux Mint. That is what I am on at the moment. I am also a moderator for PeppermintOS and that is incredibly fast on my netbook and laptop. So I would suggest either of those.