[APP][2013.11.04] RegionLock Away v1.3 [ROOT]
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Someone give the link of "CSC flashable zip" of my lenovo k3 note using Samsung S4 Rom
( K50a40_S433_160909_ROW ) thanks☺
( K50a40_S433_160909_ROW ) thanks☺
CSC is model specific .
Ask in your models forum .
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Ask in your models forum .
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app
without xda and chainfire android is incomplete
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Lenovo K50a40 (using samsung s4 rom)
Thanks to both from the bottom of the heartbeat ?
@xda -developers & @Chainfire
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Lenovo K50a40 (using samsung s4 rom)
Make moded region unlock playstore & Google playservices for everyone.
Or
Someone tell me how to use region unlock on my Lenovo k3 note
Or
Someone tell me how to use region unlock on my Lenovo k3 note
On my GT-I8190 with a stock rom, I get an CSC error: Could not locate CSC data! You could try flashing a CSC package to correct this. When I dial *#1234# to see my firmware version, I get CSC : Unknown.
What can I do?
What can I do?
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467Sammy, in their never-ending quest to make sure they've pissed off every single one of their customers at least once, have decided to region lock their latest model devices. This means for example that you cannot use a European device with an American, Middle Eastern, Asian, ... , SIM card. You'd still be able to use the European SIM all over the world, but you would not be able to use a local SIM card while travelling outside of Europe - which would of course be much cheaper.
Sammy claims you can use any SIM card in the world after you've 'activated' with a SIM card from the region the device is from (in our example, Europe), but this has been proven by various (angry) Note 3 owners to not actually be the case.
The region lock is implemented in the form of a network blacklist. Beware that this is not exactly the same thing as a SIM lock, even though they are somewhat related. This blacklist blocks a number of whole countries and carriers, while a SIM lock whitelists one specific carrier. This app clears the network blacklist (region lock), but it may or may not remove the SIM lock, if present. Some have reported it works for them (for example: T-Mobile US Note3 on AT&T network: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471742), but this should be considered a side-effect.
While removing the region lock does not necessarily affect the SIM lock, various users have reported that inputting a proper SIM unlock code does remove the region lock as well. You can purchase SIM unlock codes at various places on the internet for 20 bucks or so. A benefit of using such a code is that you do not need to root your device or use this app. If you are not rooting your device already for other reasons, I would personally not root it to just region unlock, and buy an unlock code instead.
Compatible devices
- Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 (MI7, MJ1, MJ3 firmwares)
Future
Right now, this has only been tested on Note 3's, and found working. Rumor has it Sammy will be bringing the region lock to a lot of devices, even backporting it to devices sold in the past (aren't there laws against this?). There's no way for me to know at this time if this specific method will keep working on the Note 3, or if it will work at all on other devices. Maybe the app will need updating, maybe Sammy will block this hack altogether, etc. Only time will tell.
In theory this hack can be done without rooting or voiding warranty with some device flashing and app modding, but I'm not currently working on that because it would be highly model-specific and I'm a root user anyway.
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It is not currently known exactly when the network blacklist is updated. Beware that for example updating your firmware may cause the region lock to reactivate.
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This download is identical to the Google Play version, the only difference is you're not buying me a beer
(v1.0: 9070; v1.2: 135)5Unexpected result from updating modem
(Note3 only) In this case, the app cannot determine if the fix worked or not. I might be able to fix this, but I need you to do the following:
- Reboot
- Run RegionLock Away
- Region Unlock
- Pull complete logcat and attach to your reply ("adb logcat -d > logcat.txt")
TMOUS SIM unlock
It's great that this worked for some people, but the AT&T networks were never in the blacklist. I'm not sure how or why the SIM lock got deactivated on blacklist update, but I would certainly not *depend* on this working. Of course, the modem is a black box, but this should be considered an unintended side-effect (with positive outcome)4Great work this is going to be very useful for many, Samsung should have never put the lock on the first place. We buy an unlocked device only to find it regional locked, shame on them. Do you think it will be permanent or Samsung could patch it?
