Carrier Unlocking Sprints Photon Q

Morecrabs said:

Ok, b4 I get 15 people Pointing me to an irrelevant Thread Not related to this Device , Directing someone to a thread where they arent Interested in the device supported in this forum doesnt provide answers lets discuss In detail carrier unlocking this device

1. Can this be accomplished by Flashing a new Radio Firmware? if so does one exist?

2. if this can be accomplished VIA RadioComm Has anyone dabbled in the MPQ Firmware Specificly for US carriers?

3. there are No threads specifically Covering this topic pertaining to this device and Instead of redirecting everyone Lets start one

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[STRIKE]<step operation="flash" partition="partition" filename="gpt_main0.bin" MD5="6C05E70F1DCC59AD92B0BBEC4E6100ED" />[/STRIKE]

Morecrabs said:

soo i have reason to believe this device I bought is actually a developer Model under my developer Options it has a development device ID d7vk-gus7-rvcl-s does that mean this unit is already carrier unlocked and i can simply skip the Radio comm steps? Im having a few radio Comm issues that are making me alil squimish it keeps telling me its not loading the card driver, because of a 64/32 bit difference and it tells me that it wont be able to properly enumerate values

any radiocomm setup suggestions?

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1. download the binary: http://bork.cs.fau.de/~michael/photonq/xt897-fix-usa
2. copy the binary to /data/local/tmp/
3. make it executable (adb or terminal): chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/xt897-fix-usa
4. run the binary (adb or terminal):
   
   Code:

   shell@asanti_c:/ $ su
   root@asanti_c:/ # /data/local/tmp/xt897-fix-usa
   Setting logging_mode to internal...
   Creating /dev/diag_tty...
   Opened diag...
   Getting value of NV-item 8322...
   GSM outside USA only: 1
   Setting value of NV-item 8322 to 0...
   Getting value of NV-item 8322...
   GSM outside USA only: 0
   Setting logging_mode to usb...

root@asanti_c:/ # unlock-us-gsm
Setting logging_mode to internal...
Creating /dev/diag_tty...
Opened diag...

Reading value of NV-item 8322...
GSM locked in the US: 1
Setting value of NV-item 8322 to 0...
Reading value of NV-item 8322...
GSM locked in the US: 0
Setting logging_mode to usb...

stargo said:

I have written a small application which can be run on the phone and which removes the US carrier lock by sending the NV-commands to the diag-interface directly without the need for an external computer

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stargo said:

Hi,

I have written a small application which can be run on the phone and which removes the US carrier lock by sending the NV-commands to the diag-interface directly without the need for an external computer. I did this because the other method did not really work reliable for me (probably because I'm using a virtualized windows-installation).

This program works on the CM-11 builds. I have not tested stock, it may not contain the necessary diag_tty-support in the kernel.

1. download the binary: http //bork cs fau de/~michael/photonq/xt897-fix-usa
2. copy the binary to /data/local/tmp/
3. make it executable (adb or terminal): chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/xt897-fix-usa
4. run the binary (adb or terminal):
   [CODE
   shell@asanti_c:/ $ su
   root@asanti_c:/ # /data/local/tmp/xt897-fix-usa
   Setting logging_mode to internal...
   Creating /dev/diag_tty...
   Opened diag...
   Getting value of NV-item 8322...
   GSM outside USA only: 1
   Setting value of NV-item 8322 to 0...
   Getting value of NV-item 8322...
   GSM outside USA only: 0
   Setting logging_mode to usb...
   [/CODE]

If you want to reinstate the lock, you can run: /data/local/tmp/xt897-fix-usa lock

You can find the source-code here: https //github com/stargo/xt897-fix-usa

EDIT: Works fine on stock rooted JB, too, and sticks after a reboot.

Regards,
Michael

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DroidRazrMv said:

I'm trying out this method on my xt897 (Razr M) and Im up to the point where I need to run the binary but I'm not sure how to enter multiple lines into the terminal to run that last step, I've tried searching around and found nothing, any help would be much appreciated.

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arrrghhh said:

Just FYI, RAZR M is xt907.

Also, I'm not sure what you mean - just run the script/binary from the shell. "su" is one line - gives you root access. The next line just runs the binary, "/data/local/tmp/xt897-fix-usa"

Good luck.

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DroidRazrMv said:

Ah whoops my mistake, thank you, yeah I definitely meant xt907, I typed that in during my lunch break so I was somewhat rushed. Anywho I meant to try it out according to kabaldan's post on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2166542&page=87.
So I'm going to test it out momentarily to see if I can run it on the xt907. Thanks again for your help, I was just somewhat confused about the terminal commands.

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stargo said:

Hi,

I have written a small application which can be run on the phone and which removes the US carrier lock by sending the NV-commands to the diag-interface directly without the need for an external computer. I did this because the other method did not really work reliable for me (probably because I'm using a virtualized windows-installation).

This program works on the CM-11 builds. I have not tested stock, it may not contain the necessary diag_tty-support in the kernel.

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