Some Docomo version phones come factory SIM unlocked, obviously even Negri had some. If you have SPTBox or some similar tool it'd probably not really the problem to unlock anything Somesung. Or they might have gotten access to some stock that was ready for Docomo but didn't finally end up there and locked.
Or they could have just gotten to this method ahead of us (md5 validates but is mismatched, will probably stop working eventually):
Or they could just have bought SPTBox or equivalent and do proper factory unlock. They're shipping so many of these phones that cost of it would be negligible and they could stop worrying about people complaining about generic IMEI. Plus repair broken phones (where people messed up /factory) locally instead of shipping them overseas. I believe that's what I would do.
This.
Do it. Looks like you have the T989 which has barren development right now. It's not even confirmed if that phone will even get ICS in recent news.
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think that little piece of metal is present on the Japanese model as well, but covered up. I think it's odd for a nexus device to have hardware variations that affect performance.... let alone the docomo simlock itself
......I am quite happy to see Google selling them. Maybe the huge popularity of negri and other importers helped them to realize that having reference developer device that doesn't even officially sell in the US is a bit weird.
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think that little piece of metal is present on the Japanese model as well, but covered up. I think it's odd for a nexus device to have hardware variations that affect performance.... let alone the docomo simlock itself
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think that little piece of metal is present on the Japanese model as well, but covered up. I think it's odd for a nexus device to have hardware variations that affect performance.... let alone the docomo simlock itself
They are modified by fdocomo app. Author himself confirmed this in that thread, fdocomo perm unlock modifies factory/nv_data.bin&md5 and .nv_data.bak&md5,data/radio/nv_data.bin&md5 . So all of them. My phone confirmed this as datum on both these file sets in /factory was 30th March - this is the time when Negri run fdocomo, obviously.
If they were intact, factory reset would result in your phone relocking (because original version of these files contains docomo lock). They are unlocked, but with not matching md5 sums - thus factory resets generates some fallback nv_data.bin which doesn't contain neither docomo lock, nor your IMEI.
Edit:
In other words:
- Original docomo locked phone = factory files contains IMEI & Docomo lock, md5 signtature matches it's content
- Negri shipped phone = factory files contain (luckily for us) your IMEI & are unlocked, but md5 signature is wrong, which means they're never used
- My method applied = md5 in factory is fixed, files in factory are used again, and you get your IMEI & no lock
I m thinking of buying this phone from negri electronics?? Can someone tell me if i ll have any issues using this phone in INdia? the band frequencies used there are 900 and 1800 .. Other than that i heard someone say that his phone had chinese language.. how do i change to english if i have that ?? I dont know chinese??
Did u guys get free shipping and how much time doe it take??
want to join nexus club asap!!
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whenever i open negri electronics on my google chrome , it shows the http as crossed but it is fine in IE and firefox.. I read that it is not safe to do transctions at these sites?? Is it true?? From where did u guys order your phone??and did u do an online transaction?? Please help... i want to order this phone..
