verizon will unlock your xperia plays bootloader for free!!! - Xperia Play General

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here is the pic i was talking to them and she told me that they can do this on the phone with no cost its 3:33am were i am at when it gets 6:00am i will call them and see if they will do it like she told me the wood so this may be a free way to get this done but if you miss up your phone then verizon will not fix it if you have them unlock it thats what she also told me but see what you guys think about this and i am redy to buy replacement parts for my play so if i was to miss it up!!! so i was just thinking i will let you guys know this
ok i called them the girl on the chat was way off and we can not get it done that way so its not going to happen for free sorry for this post guys looks like every post i put up on this page just gets a lot of you guys hopes up sorry and if a mod will like to remove this post then do it.... this is embarrassing on how my posts are looking

Why not ?!
BUt the normaly way to unlock the bootloader is easier i think it takes 2 minutes and zack bootloader iss unlocked

devoice1985 said:
Why not ?!
BUt the normaly way to unlock the bootloader is easier i think it takes 2 minutes and zack bootloader iss unlocked
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yep guss im paying to unlock my bootloader now but its still all good i will have my bootloader unlocked in one week any ways so i can not wait for it to get done!!!!!

i understand right?! you have to wait one week??

devoice1985 said:
i understand right?! you have to wait one week??
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Read the entire OP. He's going to wait a week before he pays to get his bootloader unlocked, most likely through Alejandrissimo.

Yep you got it! And i got off the phone with verizon and they told me that there are no more updates comeing to the play and that i need to be happy with the update i did get so looks like no more uodates for the play guys will thats what they told me i hope they were lieing to me.
Unlocked bootloader here i come!
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let us know how their unlocking goes. i'm still on the fence about it as i am holding out hope for a ics release...dreams

Excuse my ignorance but why does it cost money to have the verizon xplay unlocked? Does it require some special piece of hardware? Or is it that the people who know how, won't tell anybody how?

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Yep you got it! And i got off the phone with verizon and they told me that there are no more updates comeing to the play and that i need to be happy with the update i did get so looks like no more uodates for the play guys will thats what they told me i hope they were lieing to me.
Unlocked bootloader here i come!
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Future reference : Dont believe everything Verizon tells you over the phone or at the store.
Edit : Or in a chat for that matter

Pinesal said:
Excuse my ignorance but why does it cost money to have the verizon xplay unlocked? Does it require some special piece of hardware? Or is it that the people who know how, won't tell anybody how?
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Because the testpoint unlock method requires the person doing it to buy credits to unlock devices...
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buy credits? what do these credits do and who supplies them?

Pinesal said:
buy credits? what do these credits do and who supplies them?
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What i've posted before (over in the android development forum)
Because credits are needed to unlock the phone... (IMO) The software is most likely suppose to be bought by a minor carrier (like boost, us cellular, etc.) So they either can unlock phones after a persons contract is up and they want to switch carriers, or so that extra phones from big carriers can be unlocked, rebranded and sold through a third party. It just so happens that we have users who bought the program and people who get a test point unlock pay right around cost to get their phone unlocked...
These credits (about $24 worth) allow an end user to unlock the sim lock/bootloader (see above)
I don't remember which company supplies them, but it's the same company that makes the program to unlock phones.

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I have a beta test version of the nexus one, given out to employees only.

So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?
It has S=OFF, so you can re-lock the bootloader with 'fastboot oem lock'
Also you should have an Android waving a QR code flag on the battery cover.
hmm yeah S is OFF but i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.. very weird. i wonder if the guy who sold it to me worked at google..
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i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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I'd love this battery cover:
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OH..I have that cover!
Check if you have S=OFF in fastboot, you might be a lucky boy...
I have one of these phones too, QR back cover and all. I doubt I'd be able to get it fixed under warranty if I need to since it was a gift from Google, so I won't be needing to relock it anyway.
OMG!
I would kill for one of those! jajaja
carbonfiber1 said:
So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?
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I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?
Maybe you can switch phones with cyanogen and he can play around with the bootloader to see if he can find out how the relocking of the bootloader goes. Maybe he might find something and can release something so people can relock their bootloaders. Just a thought.
If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
Rusty! said:
If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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CM is greatness. You just have to believe. haha.
Rusty! said:
If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...
faraz1992 said:
I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...
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agreed for the good of humanity you should trade/sell/give to someone smarter than me so we can all benift from it ;-)
Not to rain on the parade, but this has already been looked at length by the developers, and the phone is of no use.
i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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I'd love this battery cover:
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So there absolutely has to be a place where we can buy this cover
It's just a normal one
I also have a holiday nexus one with the QR code cover (btw this links to android.com/holidays but only on a Nexus One), which I rooted a few months ago. It seems to be completely normal before unlocking, with no superuser access and apparently a locked bootloader as well. The fastboot mode shows this text (after using fastboot oem unlock and Amon Ra recovery):
*** UNLOCKED ***
NEXUSONE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.33.2012 (PB9910000)
MICROP-0a15
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0102
RADIO-4.03.00.21_2
[date]
Is this the same as a normal Nexus?
No. You can relock your bootloader.
Since the only real purpose of relocking the bootloader would be to have the phone officially covered by warranty, why is this really even useful on the "holiday" nexus if that is not covered under warranty at all anyhow?
It seems the only advantage is the battery cover then, which doesn't seem like too big of a deal.
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I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?
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i got this phone off craigslist. traded my iphone 3g and 150 bucks for it. it was in perfect shape, didnt come with anything other than the phone. the guy i bought it off was very weird. he said like 5 words throughout the whole transaction. when i first got the phone, it did not have a rom installed on it. i could go into fastboot and a weird recovery. it had Hello World floating across the page when you rebooted into recovery. i just flashed the CM recovery put CM on it and its been working fine since.

A little conversation with motorola

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The "when the carrier allows it" statement looks like a backdoor for Motorola.
What the heck has the carrier to care about unlocking my device? The only thing i can imagine is the fear of removing simlock,but is there actually any simlocked device?
There are simlocked Milestones elsewhere i think.. some dude told me he got a Simlocked MS2.. but thats not the problem goddam it.. my Phone is Bought WITHOUT contract and WITHOUT Provider.. thats the good thing about Europe.. we have Sim Cards.. so we can use this phone with every provider.. the point is.. it doesnt get protected of any provider means their Backdoor WOULD NOT WORK on my device.. so i wanna see what they do now.. these idiots..
Been reading this - the motorola europe team have a serious lack of support for consumers who actually use the open-sourceness of a phone...
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Been reading this - the motorola europe team have a serious lack of support for consumers who actually use the open-sourceness of a phone...
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We'll i actually cant find a reason to not unlock it.. its so frustating... annoying motorola.. wish this conversations and all the hate would go strait to the American TV lol.. atleast they would get the message from us then
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We'll i actually cant find a reason to not unlock it.. its so frustating... annoying motorola.. wish this conversations and all the hate would go strait to the American TV lol.. atleast they would get the message from us then
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You could sue Moto or get a refund? In the UK the law is if you buy a product with an incorrect description you my get a refund if you apply for a refund within I think 6 years of purchase. I bought mine in March and it said 'latest version of android' and at the time of purchase it bloody well wasn't and isn't
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You could sue Moto or get a refund? In the UK the law is if you buy a product with an incorrect description you my get a refund if you apply for a refund within I think 6 years of purchase. I bought mine in March and it said 'latest version of android' and at the time of purchase it bloody well wasn't and isn't
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Im not sure about that law in germany.. but if it exists.. it cant be under 2 years.. and in that timeline motorolas "date" will happen..so i wait until 2012... (also i have some pay contract.. wich ends 2012) so lets see if they put a Diamond lock on it.. or a paper lock so that we can easily cut the paper with a scissor.. (hope you get my stupid metaphor)
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Im not sure about that law in germany.. but if it exists.. it cant be under 2 years.. and in that timeline motorolas "date" will happen..so i wait until 2012... (also i have some pay contract.. wich ends 2012) so lets see if they put a Diamond lock on it.. or a paper lock so that we can easily cut the paper with a scissor.. (hope you get my stupid metaphor)
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I understand -.-
Motorola are really bad when it comes to customer service outside of America. Me and 2 of my friends have the Milestone 2 (I only got one because I couldn't be bothered waiting for a LGO2X and they physical keyboard) and they aren't happy either. I know people with Gingerbread on their phones and they can install ROMs as they pick and choose; Motorola are just trying to cut corners tbh and their excuses don't work. Probably 80% of the MS2s were released SIM Unlocked so to say 'depends on carrier' is pathetic. Talk about negligence
I get your point regarding the law.
But no court in Europe or elswhere could get Moto to unlock their bootloader. Maybe you could get your money back, but who really wants to go to the court for this...?
I don't know if it's just me, but I read out of it that there actually IS unlocking. I mean they said regarding unlocking bootloaders: this feature will be enabled in future software releases (later in 2011). That's a good thing isn't it.
Have you got the link to the conversation?
....only if the carriers agree. which seems like a backdoor for doing something to me.....
oTToToTenTanz said:
I don't know if it's just me, but I read out of it that there actually IS unlocking. I mean they said regarding unlocking bootloaders: this feature will be enabled in future software releases (later in 2011). That's a good thing isn't it.
Have you got the link to the conversation?
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http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150245095025499.367729.121867580498
http://i.imgur.com/ahTVV.png
I meant the original one on Facebook
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oTToToTenTanz said:
I meant the original one on Facebook
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Read carefully... its the first link
I wonder the bootloader unlock issue is applying to which regions? Is it for all moto device around the world?
My milestone 2 is bought without any carriers, but the support of moto in Asia is much poorer than in Europe. Imagine at late 2011, moto bullshiting to Asian users that our devices "cannot" be unlocked, or simply ignore us =.=
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WongJames said:
I wonder the bootloader unlock issue is applying to which regions? Is it for all moto device around the world?
My milestone 2 is bought without any carriers, but the support of moto in Asia is much poorer than in Europe. Imagine at late 2011, moto bullshiting to Asian users that our devices "cannot" be unlocked, or simply ignore us =.=
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You can always flash a foreing recovery/SBF.
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It depends on how moto would unlock our device.
Like sony ericsson, they offer bootloader unlock service that need to register the phone (IMEI I think), so that the phone will loss warranty.
Flashing a foreign sbf would not change the IMEI code, so if moto restrict the unlocking region.......
Let's see how it goes then xd
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You can always flash a foreing recovery/SBF.
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what takes them so long?
sony ericsson used a month from announcing to unlock the bootloaders to actually provide the service.
If the Function that checks the signatures is gone, we can do what we want.. no matter what they do.. we could put every Android OS on it..... even other operating systems.. thats not the problem.. also they should use the Nexus way.. a button in the bootloader to unlock it.. if you unlock it, it will show some text everytime you turn on the phone wich says "You lost your warranty by turning off the bootloader-lock" wich would be fine.. who cares if you want CM7 .. unlock it and loose your warranty.. its your own choose.. like on the Nexus.. and i would definately unlock it in the first second i got the Update lol
Nowadays, even Apple have their *ancient* versions of Mac OS to download in the institutional website - developers can download those 4MB ROMs and emulate it anywhere... Even I did it in my Nintendo DS once.
OK. That was a terrible, extreme and pessimist example... But, maybe one year after the ML2 went out of the stores ~ Motorola might play "cool" and release an unlockABLE bootloader.
aw yeah... that would be great - if only all of us were not with some brand-new "free to fly with CM and whatever" smartphones then (sometimes life teaches you the lessons the harder way). =/
well... at least in a far far away future our mothers may have their herited Milestones 2 with an awsome Custom ROM. \o/

Just Got a Phone Call From Sprint

The rep on the other end told me that they know that I was the guy who stapled Amy Rabbinowitz's maxi pad to the blackboard in 9th grade. They say they can tell that and a whole bunch more from pinging my phone because it's rooted. The say that if I don't publicly apologize on her Facebook page with 72 hours they'll cancel my contract. I told them no way they can't do that but they told me to read the fine print of my service contract, they can. No courtesy call or anything. Worst part is, Amy Rabbinowitz won't approve my friend request, so there's nothing I can do. I'm just sitting here waiting for the 72 hours to pass and my Evo becomes a paperweight. HELP, WHAT CAN I DO?!?!?!?!?!
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The rep on the other end told me that they know that I was the guy who stapled Amy Rabbinowitz's maxi pad to the blackboard in 9th grade. They say they can tell that and a whole bunch more from pinging my phone because it's rooted. The say that if I don't publicly apologize on her Facebook page with 72 hours they'll cancel my contract. I told them no way they can't do that but they told me to read the fine print of my service contract, they can. No courtesy call or anything. Worst part is, Amy Rabbinowitz won't approve my friend request, so there's nothing I can do. I'm just sitting here waiting for the 72 hours to pass and my Evo becomes a paperweight. HELP, WHAT CAN I DO?!?!?!?!?!
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really what the hell are you talking about
I'm pretty sure that's an elaborate prank. Sorry man. If it isn't I guess you are sol.
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chickut123 said:
I'm pretty sure that's an elaborate prank. Sorry man. If it isn't I guess you are sol.
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An eleborate prank? No way I could devise a prank this elaborate. It's 100% FOR REAL!
dsf3g said:
An eleborate prank? No way I could devise a prank this elaborate. It's 100% FOR REAL!
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See here

			
				
HMMM REALLY.... WHAT THE.....
Guys, this is for the guy claiming Sprint was canceling him because he was rooted.
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LMFAO. I love it OP. Needed a good laugh today!!
Sometimes people try tooo hard to be funny
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See here
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This one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137621
Well, damn, I better unroot my phone quickly. Who knows what else can happen!
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Well, damn, I better unroot my phone quickly. Who knows what else can happen!
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Remember: it's not enough to unroot and go "s-on." You've also got to check the "ROOT OFF" checkbox under Menu-->Settings-->About Phone--->Superuser Settings. In fact, you must do this BEFORE you unroot or Sprint will cancel your service and charge you a double ETF.
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Remember: it's not enough to unroot and go "s-on." You've also got to check the "ROOT OFF" checkbox under Menu-->Settings-->About Phone--->Superuser Settings. In fact, you must do this BEFORE you unroot or Sprint will cancel your service and charge you a double ETF.
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But only after they kill your hamster and eat it. They said they would do that to me if I didn't stop looking at an iPhone.
Sprint Brother is always watching!!
LOL! That's really funny...
There has to be more to the story. I think Sprint is tracking the rooted users that use the wireless tether and have large amounts of data downloaded. Not just the mere fact that your rooted. Just my .02 cents.
Its like modifying a car. You get a programmer to reprogram the car to perform better the manufacture i.e. Chyrsler, Ford etc cant call you up and say you cant drive our cars anymore. But if you have a warranty yes they can decline your warranty because of it. Same goes for the phone you root it and have a hardware issue that is when Sprint can decline against repairs etc.
I have found that a small aluminum foil tent placed over your EVO will prevent anyone from gathering information from it, this is especially important to do at night when it is charging or whenever you are tethering.
What this thread needs...,
Is a bump,
Front of the line,
Yeah,lol
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HBoot 2.16

Is there a way to downgrade or hack the newest sprint phone?
sprada said:
Is there a way to downgrade or hack the newest sprint phone?
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HUH what are you talking about
How about you use the search and find out? But just to save you time no you can atm
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Correction, and thank for that catch! What I mean is my hold phone got messed up (with the old fimware (hb 2.10 which is hackable) Now I have a replacement phone with hb2.16 that I cant root yet?
Welcome to the club..
Sent from the OG EVO impossible root club..
I second that for the hundredth time LOL.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G. Without root though
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How about you use the search and find out? But just to save you time no you can atm
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1. I did do that and found something that wasn't sufficient! 2. Go in your kitchen and put a knife on the counter, and run into it! 3. Kill yourself!
sprada said:
1. I did do that and found something that wasn't sufficient! 2. Go in your kitchen and put a knife on the counter, and run into it! 3. Kill yourself!
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sprada said:
1. I did do that and found something that wasn't sufficient! 2. Go in your kitchen and put a knife on the counter, and run into it! 3. Kill yourself!
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1. no you didn't because http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=83787175! 2. unless he weighs less than the knife, simply sitting a knife on the counter and running into it isn't going to do anything. if anything, the knife will just bounce off his body 3. please, do my son a favor and kill yourself before you or your offspring comes in contact with him.
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1. no you didn't because http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=83787175! 2. unless he weighs less than the knife, simply sitting a knife on the counter and running into it isn't going to do anything. if anything, the knife will just bounce off his body 3. please, do my son a favor and kill yourself before you or your offspring comes in contact with him.
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Wow. Just wow.
I can't seem to figure out what takes longer. You making this thread and waititng for a response or using the "search" tab...?????
If you just read the forums you would of known the answer to your question.
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Here it comes.
I have heard people on this and other forums claiming you can complain to Sprint (about GB specfic issues like no wireless n etc.) and they will authorize you to take it to a corporate store and flash it back to 2.2 RUU which is unlocked.
I have no idea if that actually works, but there are people to have claimed to done that.
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1. I did do that and found something that wasn't sufficient! 2. Go in your kitchen and put a knife on the counter, and run into it! 3. Kill yourself!
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MultiDev said:
I have heard people on this and other forums claiming you can complain to Sprint (about GB specfic issues like no wireless n etc.) and they will authorize you to take it to a corporate store and flash it back to 2.2 RUU which is unlocked.
I have no idea if that actually works, but there are people to have claimed to done that.
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1, wireless n issue was fixed in an gb update. 4.24 I think
2, I heard not even sprint can flash it back to froyo. The best that can happen is they switch you out for a 2.2 refurb. My wife just had to get another replacement evo and everywhere here in philly has evos on backorder so no luck even getting an older one in 2.2 refurb.
MultiDev said:
I have heard people on this and other forums claiming you can complain to Sprint (about GB specfic issues like no wireless n etc.) and they will authorize you to take it to a corporate store and flash it back to 2.2 RUU which is unlocked.
I have no idea if that actually works, but there are people to have claimed to done that.
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After being fed up with a few problems associated with the update i finally called sprint today to complain. They said that they have some kind of software "fix" but i would have to go to a repair facility to do it.
I'm going to head there after work and see what they come up with.
I'm on-hold with my local Sprint repair center. I'll ask them about flashing down, but I doubt they are able to do it. I will also ask them if they have any refurbs with the old image they could replace it with.
Will let you guys know what they say.
EDIT: They assured me that there is no way to downgrade it once it's updated. They also said that they probably would replace it with a refurb, but that most of their refurbs end up with the latest OTA anyway. They are also extremely backordered because the EVO is end of life so they have to request them and that usually takes 7-to-10 business days.
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INDEED!!!! LOL
You guy's are really bright! Like I said not sufficient! Someone sent me a link and the 1 link said to sum it up wait and 2 & 3 link do not find any matches!!!! You R-Tards!

No root coming? (all S7s/S7 Edges with the Qualcomm variant have a hardlocked bootloa

So mad right now: http://www.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7-bootloader-lock-explained-you-might-not-get-aosp-after-all/
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So mad right now: http://www.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7-bootloader-lock-explained-you-might-not-get-aosp-after-all/
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they should release an official unlocking tool . But im sure they will find a wayy
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Time to send the phone back, locked bootloader makes this pretty useless.
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Time to send the phone back, locked bootloader makes this pretty useless.
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It really sucks because I paid off an installment plan early to get it, because I love the device.
Now that I've got to return it, I have no idea what I'll end up with. Sprint no longer sells Nexus devices, they skipped the V10, and it'll be a while before they get either the G5 or the M10, and idk whether I'll even like those devices when they do, or whether or not they'll be locked down as well.
I might actually be stuck with the G3 for a while.
over in the tmobile thread we have started a social media campaign... search on twitter for #freethes7edge and #bootloadergate start tweeting to sprint's CEO and to @Samsungmobileus the more we get the better our chances of getting a tool to unlock these phones.
I've been tweeting all afternoon. Hopefully we can get enough people to voice our frustration.
@marceloclaure @SamsungmobileUS #bootloadergate #bootloaderfreedom
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KEEP THOSE SPRINT TWEETS COMING!!! The more we have on board, the more our voices are heard!
Hoping over from T-Mo forums... Help us out too guys! If our device gets unlocked we can probably share the goodness with you as well since it has to be done with a software update or software. Sprint doesn't have someone like John Legere.... if we ***** at him enough he'll ***** at Samsung until we shut up. He hates having his Twitter spammed.
https://www.change.org/p/samsung-unlock-boot-loaders-s7-s7-edge
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https://www.change.org/p/sprint-unl...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
Gave mine back
I'm returning mine this weekend I think. If they unlock it I will get it again, but I'm not paying hard earned money for something I can't fully use.
Let's not give up so easily guys. I have more faith on our developers. They've faced much adversity and this one will be overcomed.
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I'll buy it again when someone cracks it.
metalfan78 said:
I'll buy it again when someone cracks it.
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Same here. Going back to the s5. And
Taking this s7 back until it creaks root
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Yea, so I bought my s5 on Swappa about 2 years ago, tried to reactivate today, turns out it slipped through Swappa's verification process and it was a stolen device. It was immediately blacklisted last Tuesday when I activated my s7, so I'm pretty much screwed right now.
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Yea, so I bought my s5 on Swappa about 2 years ago, tried to reactivate today, turns out it slipped through Swappa's verification process and it was a stolen device. It was immediately blacklisted last Tuesday when I activated my s7, so I'm pretty much screwed right now.
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Wtfffff. U serious. Thats messed up man. Good thing is i got to keep my VR and the 64gb memory chip. Probably gonna get a note 4. Because of the vr. Then wait on the note 6
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Yea, it sucks. Swappa is trying to fix it and waiting for Sprint management to call me, so mad.
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Yea, it sucks. Swappa is trying to fix it and waiting for Sprint management to call me, so mad.
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Oh man i was on the phone with sprint for 3 freaking hours. Trying to refix my upgrade
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