Unlocked S6 Edge Questions

i have a branded S6 Edge from verizon. im thinking bout buying the green s6 edge.

do you get LTE on verizon network?
do you have any problems with the phone being unlocked?
how did you get verizon network to fully work?
does your unlocked S6 Edge have all the features intact?

is the Verizon s3 mini unlocked for GSM?

Just wanted to ask if anyone knows for a fact if the Verizon s3 mini is unlocked for GSM just like the "normal" s3 is.

Is the Bootloader really unlocked???

So I just bought the 710 a couple days ago. Its really nice.. not perfect (no quick charge, no usb type c, no front facing speakers) but so many good things... its a basically an ipad mini running android, the ridiculous nice 4:3 screen with navigation on narrow side, really lightweight, 32gb w/ microsd, fingerprint, touchwiz keyboard and most importantly we have twrp already!?! Im really feelin' this over the nexus 9.

Can someone explain to me how this is? Do these devices come with unlocked bootloaders or is this some type of bypass or unlock we have achieved? Just really happy to have such a sweet device with custom rom potential.

FIX for S-ON devices: Bootloop after OTA update when unlocked and rooted

Hi, I found a way to fix this bootloop which happens after you flash the latest ota update if you have unlocked and rooted your stock rom.
I own a HTC E8 China Unicom [M8Sw - dual sim], I don't know if it will work on other variants.

Requirements:
-some expertise with adb/flashing/twrp recovery management will be needed.
-stock firmware.zip, inside the OTA zip file, where you will find you stock recovery,boot image, etc
-Stock ROM, rooted with no modified existing system files
-TWRP Recovery the kernels from @Captain_Throwback works fine. http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-...overy-t3060188
-untouched Stock Kernel Modules (IMPORTANT)
-SchKernel Extra 3.3, to gain write permission to /system http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-...a-3-3-t3200090
-Battery +80 charge recommended...the process gonna demand a lot of power.
-Patience... loads of it.... :p

Before we begin, I want to make it clear that I am not responsible if you brick or damage you phone!!

It is the SU binary/files which are preventing the phone from updating correctly.
to be able to update... you need to unroot the phone before. Well, this was previously not possible due to system write protection.

But now we have a custom recovery mod which enables us to write to the system partition and thus can fully unroot with SuperSU apk itself.

Before you flash anything, be sure to have a working twrp full backup of you phone! In case anything goes wrong.


STEPS:

1. Copy the kernel 'modules' folder [found in system/lib/ in your phone] to another location ( for e.g. to your internal phone memory), you're gonna need it later.

2. Flash the twrp recovery if you haven't already and boot into TWRP recovery.

3. flash SchKernel Extra 3.3 kernel mod. It will launch the aroma installer. There will be options as overclocking/underclocking etc..
I left everything on STOCK option, disabled Swipe2sleep, unselected the everything in the optional addition page. Then went to install it.

4. Reboot, and open SuperSU app, go into setting, tap the FULL UNROOT option, this might take a while. The first time, when to unrooting notice shows and it seems that the app is not doing anything, you might be required to exit the app by pressing home button and swipe in recent list to close. Then open the app again a redo FULL UNROOT. If you exit the app and when re-opening the "unrooting notice" is still there, then it means it is working. This might take a bit of trial and error.

5. Ultimately, SuperSU app will close. Then you will need to reboot. You will see that SuperSU is gone and that you have no root access.
Ensure that all SU related files are gone in /system/xbin (daemonsu, su, supolicy). If not then something is wrong and I cannot say if the following steps will work.

6. Now, turn it off again to go to fastboot connect to PC and flash the stock boot.img via adb to restore the stock kernel.

8. There, mount /system partition and got to advance , root explorer/file manager.. (I forgot the name)

9. Now browse to /system/lib/ and delete the 'modules folder'. This is because the SchKernel Extra 3.3 kernel mod flashed previously will modify your kernel modules and when you will try to update the OTA, the stock recovery will report that xxxxx.ko has be modified and it will fail the update process.

10. Remember the previous 'modules' folder you copied previously, now move it to /system/lib/HERE , to replace the deleted folder. Don't try to overwrite the folder, it won't be possible. It said operation failed for me.

I also set the permission of the folder to 775.. which is think is unecessary.
Can someone please confirm that? :D

11. Reboot into fastboot mode, connect to PC (if not already), flash stock recovery.

12. Now, your good to flash the OTA updates. :good:

Donwload it if not already done.
If ever you have downloaded from PC and copied it to phone, and for whatever reason the phone is not detecting the zip file and asking for install.
Just move it to you exeternal SD card and rename it to "ptt.zip" , go into stock recovery and go down the list to "apply update from SD card"
and it should flash the zip file. When done, select the reboot option and it will say reboot to flash firmware.zip and the will boot. :fingers-crossed:

When booting it will take some time, and then go to the "optimizing apps" screen. This might take a lot of time if you have a lot of apps installed. The phone might get really hot during this process.

When the OS finally boot completely there will be an "HTC" screen and an exclamatin mark in the notification bar. >> NO WORRIES, it is the just the update working. It will go away when the update is fully processed.

I haven't tried rooting the device again as I'm still downloading other OTA updates while I'm writing this thread. But I think you should be able to root with twrp the usual way.

Hope I helped you. Don't forget to hit thanks ;)

Any suggestion and help would be much appreciated to simplify this tutorial and make it easier for the general users to understand. :good: :)

Unlocked Sprint S6 on Verizon?

I have an unlocked Sprint Samsung S6 and I'm trying to get it to work on Verizon but it doesn't want to work. It shows an exclamation and R where the signal bars are. I have tried setting up the APN and a Verizon rep put the sprint phone in their system, but that didn't work either. Is there any way to get this to work? Do u have to flash Verizon's Rom to it? I noticed that even unlocked it still seems to have the sprint activation stuff..... Please help, scoured the Internet and forums to no avail :/

Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro series - unlocked device - beta testers needed

http://forum.xda-developers.com/thin...ndard-t3204070

Please Help New Unlocked Verizon M8

I just bought a M8 verizon Unlocked to all GSM/CDMA networks but when went to bootloader mode it show its a Model as Sprint HTC 831c.

C:\One_M8_All-In-One_Kit_v\Data>fastboot getvar all
< waiting for device >
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.09.20.0209
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.54.651.8
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: ************
(bootloader) imei: *******************
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: ***************
(bootloader) product: m8_whl
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B70000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 26d3ff23
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.020s

No Data on Unlocked G2?

I recently bought an unlocked LG G2 VS980 from amazon and I'm on ATT. I put my card in and I have basic service such as calling and texting but I have no data what so ever. I believe I have all the correct ATT apn settings but if you have any helpful information tell me. I'll be okay with just 3g. I'm on Blisspop running 5.1.1.

willing to put in on bounty for getting custom stock kernel on unlocked variants?

I love lg stock roms but love to have more control of the kernel and was hoping we could get a bounty to get a great kernel dev like dorimanx or if you guys have any other great devs in mind...G4 is a great device and I'm more than willing to donate if anyone is interested...Thanks!

Want to test if the 'unlocked' ATT phone is 'unlocked' where can I get a TMobile SIM

I assume activated. Just a test sim to see if a foreign carrier works with this

stuck after a update came on my unlocked bootloader moto g2 2014

i updated my rooted n unlocked boot-loader motog2 2014 n it was not updating just restarting so i went in twrp n fixed permissions n though it stopped starting even then everything got messed wiped to restore but noting happened now stuck on bootloader mode just can go in twrp recovery tried to go stocck by computer but says no driver plz help what do i do now. plzz :crying:

With Windows 10 Mobile "unlocked", can we see some more apps from xda devs?

tittle :)

Is my phone unlocked or not?

I have a rooted Htc One M8 with a custom rom (bought from AT&T more then 2 years ago), with an AT&T sim it shows a lot of networks when you turn it on and ask you to choose one, I tried swapping to a T mobile sim card and it asked me for network unlock pin. Is it unlocked?

How to know the phone is rooted or bootloader is unlocked???

Is there any way to know is the moto g 2nd gen is rooted or not as i gave my phone to my friend . So i wanted to know have he done some changes

How to root? I have custom recovery and unlocked bootloader (tried flashing supersu)

Edit Nvm. Please delete

Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S6 on Straight Talk

Hello everyone!

I just bought an att samsung galaxy s6 and had it unlocked. I currently have straight talk service and it is completely horrible! The coverage map shows excellent service in my area. My friends have straight talk service and their phones have awesome service and blazing fast 4g lte speeds. My friends have branded straight talk phones (like galaxy s3 etc). My att S6 is horrible though.

Im sitting beside my friend right now. He has straight talk branded galaxy s3. Both his phone and my phone are both GSM sim phones using the same band and towers. We both installed speedtest app and used the exact same test server. He would go first and I would go when his speed test was finished. My friend got like 35 mbits down and 17 mbits up. I got 1 mbit down and 0.76 mbit up.

I have called tech support about 20 times trying to figure out why my phone is so slow but nobody can figure it out. I have heard ever excuse from my phone needs factory data reset to my phone uses different towers than my friends phones (which one has an unlocked att s4 phone).

Does anyone know why my phone is so slow and my friends phones are blazing fast? Any help is appreciated.

Oh, btw... my phone and my friends phones have exact same apn setting etc.

No Android Pay With Unlocked Bootloader?

Install play services 8.1 and Android Pay.

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-...-apk-download/
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...-apk-download/

I cannot get the Android Pay to work, even with doing a full unroot. I still get an 'not supported' error. See here https://m.reddit.com/r/nexus6/commen..._work_with_an/

help with lollipop update and unlocked bootloader

ok,
i tried to update earlier, and the first update went through, but part 2 did not. i tried to go back to 100% stock and relock my phone, and i get this error: no valid piv block in SP for system piv validation failed (system) relock failure. and now it tells me there are no updates available, someone please help me

Got an Unlocked Tmobile S6 Need to root

How can I root my unlocked Tmobile S6 to work on the ATT network????

LG G4 Unlocked

Hello,

I just purchased a LG G4, it is locked to T-mobile. How can I unlock this in a timely manner?

I tried the "unlock" app, but that said it "failed"

Also, I do not have any friends who have tmobile to help me, by putting their SIM card in it and then using the "unlock" app.

Do I have any other ways to do this, besides paying online? Is there a way to install some sort of Custom ROM that also unlocked the SIM?

Thanks a lot!