Any way to Carrier Unlock Moto One 5G Ace

[GCPDetective]

What makes you think this period is six months? T-mobile's website states "At least 365 days must have passed since the device was activated on the T Mobile network" for prepaid phones.

T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile have different network unlock policies.

Unlock eligibility requirements

We unlock mobile devices that meet the following eligibility criteria free of charge:

• The device must be purchased from Metro by T-Mobile.
• The device must not be reported as lost, stolen or blocked.
• One hundred eighty (180) days must have passed since the device’s activation date.

Source: https://www.metrobyt-mobile.com/terms-conditions/phone-unlock-policy.html

 

[eurovive]

Is there any way to carrier unlock this from AT&T? I remember years ago there were some that you could use Odin to carrier unlock. Just curious if its possible with this one or if there is another method.

If you can use adb and windows - take a look https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...all-microg-without-twrp.4250991/post-86030355 , inside yadi.sk folder there will be verizon script too. Haven't tested them cause i don't own windows pc. On your Own Risk.

 

[JDToo]

If you can use adb and windows - take a look https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...all-microg-without-twrp.4250991/post-86030355 , inside yadi.sk folder there will be verizon script too. Haven't tested them cause i don't own windows pc. On your Own Risk.

That topic and script has nothing to do with network/carrier/sim unlock of a phone. It simply removes unwanted carrier apps from a phone.

 

[eurovive]

That topic and script has nothing to do with network/carrier/sim unlock of a phone. It simply removes unwanted carrier apps from a phone.

You may think so if you want.

 

[JDToo]

You may think so if you want.

Are you saying that merely removing the carrier app to unlock the phone will unlock the SIM card? If so, the removal of specifically which app(s) in the script would unlock the phone to allow any network/carrier SIM card?

Your post is https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...all-microg-without-twrp.4250991/post-86030355

Your script is https://disk.yandex.com/d/MCliEyCPfj7ZZ/Z2F+ATT+Debloated.bat

The script contents are:
adb kill-server
adb devices
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.att.mobile.android.vvm"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.drivemode"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lookout"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.asurion.android.mobilerecovery.att"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.aetherpal.attdh.lenovo"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.att.protectplus"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.att.callprotect"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.att.android.attsmartwifi"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 net.aetherpal.device"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.dti.att"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.dm.plugins.attdm"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.att.phone.extensions"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.att.loader"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.moto"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.modstore"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.ccc.notification"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.motocare"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.motocare.int"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.motosignature.app"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.locationlabs.cni.att"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.att.myWireless"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.att.settings.extensions"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.matchboxmobile.wisp"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.katana"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.system"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lenovo.lsf.user"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.ubercab"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.ubercab.companion"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.yellowpages.android.ypmobile"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.yahoo"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.volpe.sudoku"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.synchronoss.dcs.att.r2g"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.att.phone.extensions"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.aetherpal.attdh.lenovo"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.att.mobile.android.vvm"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.goodgamestudios.bigfarmmobileharvest"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.booking"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.weather.Weather"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.weather.preload"
adb shell "pm uninstall -k --user 0 org.mozilla.firefox"
adb reboot

This just uninstalls some apps with ADB. What does removing these apps have to do with a network/carrier unlock of the SIM card?

Haven't tested them cause i don't own windows pc

ADB is available for Linux and MacOS at https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools so your script would run on any OS with ADB.

 

[eurovive]

Hi script for removing carriers bloatware att specifically,root rights needed . It looks like it unlocks carrier on the phone. After sure you will need to have install Dialer, and app like carrier services.

 

[iBowToAndroid]

Are you saying that merely removing the carrier app to unlock the phone will unlock the SIM card? If so, the removal of specifically which app(s) in the script would unlock the phone to allow any network/carrier SIM card?

No, simply removing an app from a phone cannot magically SIM unlock it, no matter which model it is

 

[JDToo]

No, simply removing an app from a phone cannot magically SIM unlock it, no matter which model it is

That was my point to eurovive which is why I posted in this thread.

 

[Maverick923]

I am very interested in this also. I have the Verizon prepaid variant, and I was under the impression that I could use it with any carrier after getting past initial activation using another Verizon sim. This was not the case when I tried the sim from another carrier. I am about to return this phone because I am not waiting 60 days to use this thing. This is such crap when I flat out own the device.

 

[iBowToAndroid]

I am very interested in this also. I have the Verizon prepaid variant, and I was under the impression that I could use it with any carrier after getting past initial activation using another Verizon sim. This was not the case when I tried the sim from another carrier. I am about to return this phone because I am not waiting 60 days to use this thing. This is such crap when I flat out own the device.

What's the model number of the device?

 

[Maverick923]

The model is "VZW-MOTXT21131PP" sold by Walmart.

 

[eurovive]

No, simply removing an app from a phone cannot magically SIM unlock it, no matter which model it is

Ok, if not listed bloatware apps by at&t - Then what makes device locked? System apps by carriers aka bloatware. If you are so protecting idea of Carriers shield, then explain how on unlocked phone shipped internationally (Google Pixel 1st) still running vzwireless system app which do nothing, and therefore collecting data even few kilobytes i forcefully stopped it, closed all permissions thanks to root. Just don"t get it right - Android is same linux and dialer app from aside for example will not work if i use At&t locked phone, but on unlocked custom dialer works fine without rooting or asking specical permission. I don't get how their ,so called carrier protection acts to phone.Yep Android is compilated too, but whats next - root is like crack for pirate version but actually pirate version is a carrier.Am i wrong?

 

[iBowToAndroid]

Ok, if not listed bloatware apps by at&t - Then what makes device locked? System apps by carriers aka bloatware. If you are so protecting idea of Carriers shield, then explain how on unlocked phone shipped internationally (Google Pixel 1st) still running vzwireless system app which do nothing, and therefore collecting data even few kilobytes i forcefully stopped it, closed all permissions thanks to root. Just don"t get it right - Android is same linux and dialer app from aside for example will not work if i use At&t locked phone, but on unlocked custom dialer works fine without rooting or asking specical permission. I don't get how their ,so called carrier protection acts to phone.Yep Android is compilated too, but whats next - root is like crack for pirate version but actually pirate version is a carrier.Am i wrong?

If you're saying that preloaded carrier apps is what controls the network/SIM lock, yes, you're wrong

 

[Jasonwoodruff2018]

For which model from which carrier?

Xt2113-2 from Comcast. Was carrier locked when I got it. First thing I did was get the unlock code.

 

[bryanus]

Xt2113-2 from Comcast. Was carrier locked when I got it. First thing I did was get the unlock code.

Which service did you use for your xfinity mobile Ace unlock? TIA

 

[Wazzu2323]

Jesus… no one listen to this guy about his adb script he has no idea what he is talking about. Sure he script may remove bloatwate but that has ZERO to do with a DSU device sim lock. I swear some people

Some companies still put domestic sim locks on their phones (dsu locks). What this does is block any access to any sim not directly programmed into the dsu lock by the vendor or service provider.

For example, T-Mobile and metro put dsu locks on their devices. So does ATT, along with boost mobile and dish mobile.

Essentially a dsu lock works on any cell phone service carrier that operates using a GSM network technology.

Verizon IS NOT GSM BASED!!!! Back when 4G started being implemented, Verizon opted to go with CDMA technology instead of GSM… what that meant was that their phones operated without a SIM card, at that time… in fact most Verizon models of phones that came out around that time were made without sim slots, period.

The only one was the iPhone 5, which was the first phone that Apple required Verizon to provide network unlocked from day 1, or else they refused to provide iPhones to Verizon. Thus, Verizon allowed iPhone 5 to have sim slots built in. At that point the feds jumped in an intervened with the stupid locked in contracts and prevention of devices being used on other networks, thus forcing Verizon to add SIM card slots to ALL their devices.

However, the Verizon network remains and operates different as a result. DSU locks do not work on Verizon phones. Again dsu only works on gsm networks. So Verizon uses imei locks… those you can get from most eBay sellers and places in the mall even sometimes.

ATT devices still work on GSM… so most att devices still use a dsu lock… but the newer ATT 5g devices with mmWave capabilities (5G+ and bands 260,261) had to be based on Verizon’s tech instead of gsm because gsm hadn’t implemented a way to support mmWave 5g yet. So any att devices that have bands 260 and 261 support, are imei locked. Most of these devices can be unlocked via a firmware flash or a python script or a imei unlock service provider (aka the nighthawk mr6500 pro hotspot which I unlocked myself using python).

However again, if you don’t have a 260,261 band capable phone, then you are dsu locked.

Boost and Dish are totally gsm based, as well as T-Mobile. Those phones all get dsu locked

The only exception to this are phones where the manufacturer has and agreement with the service provider to allow all phones to be Unlockable right away. For example, iPhone, which you can use any sim from any carrier anywhere from day 1 regardless of if you have bought out your phone or not or paid it off or let device unlocking qualifications or not. Try it. What will happen most times though, is your imei will eventually get blacklisted or “blocked” by your old service provider and then any carrier anywhere most times will not allow your phone to work on their network. Sometimes you may get service for a short while but then your device will totally stop receiving any signals period shortly after.

However, if you jailbreak the phone and alter the device properties and imei or such, then you can usually avoid this. But I don’t recommend doing this unless you absolutely know what you are doing because you can very easily perma brick your device if you do anything wrong at all. (Oddly enough this is how I actually got my att nighthawk 5g router to work on the visible mmWave network…. They don’t allow hotspot devices on their network and only allow very few android phones and current iPhones. If your imei on your hotspot doesn’t match up with a known and registered, unblocked imei device of one of their listed compatible devices (along with being the one your signed up for service initially with, so your iPhone imei most likely) then it will show it is connected to the network, but you will never receiving any data. Only sends. But I changed my nighthawk imei via a python script and telnet to match my iPhone imei and boom… full 5g mmWave hotspot speeds unrestricted!!!!)

Anyways I need to end this tangent. Sorry for digressing. Adderall kicked in just now.

What I’m saying is unless you have a Verizon device (or sprint for that matter, but not since sprint merged with T-Mobile, cuz they were the only cdma networks) or you have a mainline Samsung phone (aka 22 or 23 or whatever series it’s at now) or a iPhone, you device is prob dsu locked.

If you can root your phone, sometimes you can find a dsu unlock code embedded in the root folder directory if you do some config file exploring. That’s most only for the real cheap prepaid phone models though (your $50-$99 Blu phones, or those stupid cheap Samsung models or the “service provider model phones” that cricket and T-Mobile/metropcs started producing like the Revvl.

Odds are though the dsu code isn’t located anywhere in your phone.

Dsu locked phones can ONLY function with other SIM cards from anyone else, at all, by inputting the correct dsu unlock code when you insert the other providers SIM card.

The dsu code server sided by the service provider. It’s a list of codes they have for each model phone that gets sold. That’s all it is. When your device gets programmed with its software, the dsu lock gets setup… it’s gets input a couple times by a worker and then it’s gone… similar to a iPhone screen lock code. Only the person who input the code knows the code after that. It’s input into the company database and there it sits

That’s why there are so many fewer dsu unlock code providers. There are imei unlock providers EVERYWHERE! But dsu? Very few and you really have to go digging.. why? Because these people 9 times out of 10 are employees with direct access to the dsu code database.

Or they are hackers that have obtained outside access to the database somehow.

You will not be able to “tweak” or jailbreak your way through a dsu lock code.

Sorry.

 

[iBowToAndroid]

Jesus… no one listen to this guy about his adb script he has no idea what he is talking about. Sure he script may remove bloatwate but that has ZERO to do with a DSU device sim lock. I swear some people

Some companies still put domestic sim locks on their phones (dsu locks). What this does is block any access to any sim not directly programmed into the dsu lock by the vendor or service provider.

For example, T-Mobile and metro put dsu locks on their devices. So does ATT, along with boost mobile and dish mobile.

Essentially a dsu lock works on any cell phone service carrier that operates using a GSM network technology.

Verizon IS NOT GSM BASED!!!! Back when 4G started being implemented, Verizon opted to go with CDMA technology instead of GSM… what that meant was that their phones operated without a SIM card, at that time… in fact most Verizon models of phones that came out around that time were made without sim slots, period.

The only one was the iPhone 5, which was the first phone that Apple required Verizon to provide network unlocked from day 1, or else they refused to provide iPhones to Verizon. Thus, Verizon allowed iPhone 5 to have sim slots built in. At that point the feds jumped in an intervened with the stupid locked in contracts and prevention of devices being used on other networks, thus forcing Verizon to add SIM card slots to ALL their devices.

However, the Verizon network remains and operates different as a result. DSU locks do not work on Verizon phones. Again dsu only works on gsm networks. So Verizon uses imei locks… those you can get from most eBay sellers and places in the mall even sometimes.

ATT devices still work on GSM… so most att devices still use a dsu lock… but the newer ATT 5g devices with mmWave capabilities (5G+ and bands 260,261) had to be based on Verizon’s tech instead of gsm because gsm hadn’t implemented a way to support mmWave 5g yet. So any att devices that have bands 260 and 261 support, are imei locked. Most of these devices can be unlocked via a firmware flash or a python script or a imei unlock service provider (aka the nighthawk mr6500 pro hotspot which I unlocked myself using python).

However again, if you don’t have a 260,261 band capable phone, then you are dsu locked.

Boost and Dish are totally gsm based, as well as T-Mobile. Those phones all get dsu locked

The only exception to this are phones where the manufacturer has and agreement with the service provider to allow all phones to be Unlockable right away. For example, iPhone, which you can use any sim from any carrier anywhere from day 1 regardless of if you have bought out your phone or not or paid it off or let device unlocking qualifications or not. Try it. What will happen most times though, is your imei will eventually get blacklisted or “blocked” by your old service provider and then any carrier anywhere most times will not allow your phone to work on their network. Sometimes you may get service for a short while but then your device will totally stop receiving any signals period shortly after.

However, if you jailbreak the phone and alter the device properties and imei or such, then you can usually avoid this. But I don’t recommend doing this unless you absolutely know what you are doing because you can very easily perma brick your device if you do anything wrong at all. (Oddly enough this is how I actually got my att nighthawk 5g router to work on the visible mmWave network…. They don’t allow hotspot devices on their network and only allow very few android phones and current iPhones. If your imei on your hotspot doesn’t match up with a known and registered, unblocked imei device of one of their listed compatible devices (along with being the one your signed up for service initially with, so your iPhone imei most likely) then it will show it is connected to the network, but you will never receiving any data. Only sends. But I changed my nighthawk imei via a python script and telnet to match my iPhone imei and boom… full 5g mmWave hotspot speeds unrestricted!!!!)

Anyways I need to end this tangent. Sorry for digressing. Adderall kicked in just now.

What I’m saying is unless you have a Verizon device (or sprint for that matter, but not since sprint merged with T-Mobile, cuz they were the only cdma networks) or you have a mainline Samsung phone (aka 22 or 23 or whatever series it’s at now) or a iPhone, you device is prob dsu locked.

If you can root your phone, sometimes you can find a dsu unlock code embedded in the root folder directory if you do some config file exploring. That’s most only for the real cheap prepaid phone models though (your $50-$99 Blu phones, or those stupid cheap Samsung models or the “service provider model phones” that cricket and T-Mobile/metropcs started producing like the Revvl.

Odds are though the dsu code isn’t located anywhere in your phone.

Dsu locked phones can ONLY function with other SIM cards from anyone else, at all, by inputting the correct dsu unlock code when you insert the other providers SIM card.

The dsu code server sided by the service provider. It’s a list of codes they have for each model phone that gets sold. That’s all it is. When your device gets programmed with its software, the dsu lock gets setup… it’s gets input a couple times by a worker and then it’s gone… similar to a iPhone screen lock code. Only the person who input the code knows the code after that. It’s input into the company database and there it sits

That’s why there are so many fewer dsu unlock code providers. There are imei unlock providers EVERYWHERE! But dsu? Very few and you really have to go digging.. why? Because these people 9 times out of 10 are employees with direct access to the dsu code database.

Or they are hackers that have obtained outside access to the database somehow.

You will not be able to “tweak” or jailbreak your way through a dsu lock code.

Sorry.

You have a LOT of incorrect information here.

1. *ALL* US carriers sell their devices SIM locked, not just some

2. CDMA *WAY* predates 4G. I think you might have meant 3G instead of 4G, because yes, prior to LTE, Verizon devices didn't use a SIM card

3. Apple can't require a carrier to sell a device network unlocked. The reason that Verizon's devices were sold network unlocked until 2019 was due to an FCC requirement regarding 700 MHz LTE

4. The reason that Verizon (and Sprint) devices started having SIM card slots is because LTE is a GSM-based technology, and GSM requires a SIM card

That's all the energy I have time for right now

 

[Plumbr]

You have a LOT of incorrect information here.

1. *ALL* US carriers sell their devices SIM locked, not just some

2. CDMA *WAY* predates 4G. I think you might have meant 3G instead of 4G, because yes, prior to LTE, Verizon devices didn't use a SIM card

3. Apple can't require a carrier to sell a device network unlocked. The reason that Verizon's devices were sold network unlocked until 2019 was due to an FCC requirement regarding 700 MHz LTE

4. The reason that Verizon (and Sprint) devices started having SIM card slots is because LTE is a GSM-based technology, and GSM requires a SIM card

That's all the energy I have time for right now

I Carrier Unlocked mine the same day I got out of the box. Mine is the Boost version. Did a read code on it and put a new sim and entered the code. Worked like a charm