Network Unlock an Orange M3100 (Hermes)

[Shadamehr]

Can this be done yet..???

 

[pof]

Is it really locked?

At the moment no one has a locked device yet, even operators are selling them unlocked.
See more details here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Versions

 

[nightshot]

Ive got one and its locked!

 

[pof]

Ive got one and its locked!

ok, i update the wiki then!

 

[Shadamehr]

Orange always lock them.

So back to my question - anyone know how to UNlock them yet, or is it way too early?

 

[pof]

anyone know how to UNlock them yet, or is it way too early?

Not so many people have locked devices, so you'll have to research if you want to unlock it. What I recommend is reading how other HTC devices are unlocked, and most probably you'll only have to adapt to Hermes.

These are interesting things for you to read:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=xdadev_all_unlock
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wallaby_HT_Unlock2
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Prophet_Unlock_Sim
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Unlock_Sim
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Simlock_by_Buzz_and_team
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33796
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=271547

A good starting point would be to have a dumped rom from an unlocked Orange SPV M3100 and a dumped rom from a locked one, better if the two dumped ROMs contain the same versions. For more information look here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_HowtoDumpRom

Good luck!

 

[pof]

Related page on wiki:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SimUnlock

 

[Shadamehr]

No sorry mate - we are normal people after a normal layman's answer, much like the simple explanation as to how to unlock the Wizard when it came out.

I am grateful indeed for your help, but its FAR more technical and over my head than the reply I was after...

Cheers though.

 

[gpstoloff]

No sorry mate - we are normal people after a normal layman's answer, much like the simple explanation as to how to unlock the Wizard when it came out.

I am grateful indeed for your help, but its FAR more technical and over my head than the reply I was after...

Cheers though.

OK, here's a normal layman's answer: NOT YET, IT'S A BRAND NEW MODEL. BE PATIENT! :roll:

Before we can give you a simple, step-by-step process, someone has to do the hard work -- the experimentation that was described in the previous post. Many of the people on this board are the technical boffins who will develop the solution; he simply thought you might be willing to do it and offer some guidance to get us all further along the path.

Plus, only the Orange models appear to be locked; all other operators appear to be selling unlocked versions. It'll have to be an Orange owner, and they just started selling them this week.

 

[pof]

Yes, that's the point... it will be possible as long as people starts having locked devices, it's just a matter of time

 

[nuttyphilt]

Try www.imei-check.co.uk

My Orange M3100 is now running quite happily on T-Mobile :wink:

 

[Stubzz]

Ouc, £20. Think I'll leave it for a little bit later til I do mine.

 

[pof]

Try www.imei-check.co.uk

My Orange M3100 is now running quite happily on T-Mobile :wink:

Do they unlocked it for you? Do you know how they do it? Can you "reverse engeneer" the changes done on the phone? Can you provide more information?

 

[nuttyphilt]

Try www.imei-check.co.uk

My Orange M3100 is now running quite happily on T-Mobile :wink:

Do they unlocked it for you? Do you know how they do it? Can you "reverse engeneer" the changes done on the phone? Can you provide more information?

Yes, they unlocked it for me. I was a beta tester for them and got it unlocked successfully earlier this evening.

I have absolutely no idea how they do it, unfortunately I don't have the technical skills otherwise I would've done it myself

 

[pof]

I see the process here:

http://www.imei-check.co.uk/m3100unlock.php

Can you share the M3100v1unlock.exe file which will only work for your IMEI?
we can probably reverse engeneer what it does from there...

Thanks

 

[risidoro]

I see the process here:

http://www.imei-check.co.uk/m3100unlock.php

Can you share the M3100v1unlock.exe file which will only work for your IMEI?
we can probably reverse engeneer what it does from there...

Thanks

I think that a full reverse engineering can be avoided. The unlocker -which is freely downloadable- simply asks the user to insert a password code that matches his phone's IMEI before going on with the unlock. Bypassing this check should be fairly simple for a skilled programmer (cracker). Or he could develop a code generator.

The only problem is: Is it correct to do this?

 

[pof]

Bypassing this check should be fairly simple for a skilled programmer (cracker). Or he could develop a code generator.

The only problem is: Is it correct to do this?

No, it is not correct, but we don't want to do this... we just want to know what the unlocker does, and then write another app (not hack the existing) to do it, and release it for free

 

[azpirito]

¿?

Anything new about unlocking this unit??

Thanks a lot.

 

[iboj007]

Also, how could one go about flashing a TyTn ROM onto the 3100? Has anyone done this yet?

 

[bigneeker]

I hope someone finds a solution to this. I just bought one on ebay thinking that someone had already managed to sim-unlock it and be able to change roms on it.