[Q] Newbie

[hardmaninc]

Hi All


newbie to this phone and semi new to android. Mine is a i5801 which is locked to orange. I have rooted the device using z4root.

But is there a easy way to put custom roms on this phone ?

Also is there a free easy way to unlock the phone from orange ?


Thanks

 

[sheron]

to unlock the phone from orange

first download Odin and change ur firmware to anything other than orange(I5801BVJP9)

the instructions are here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778880 (stock)

even if u use z4root the phone will not be rooted coz orange locks away access

the procedure is same as above to install new Roms

if u want custom roms then go for kyrillos jpf gingerbread v2.3 or lestatious v1.2

good luck!!

 

[hardmaninc]

I have put a new firmware on there with 2.2 but its still locked

 

[sheron]

which one did u try

i once put orange from france on my phone &it got locked when i changed my firmware then it became unlocked

do u still have orange apps!!! if so then u did not change the firmware properly

try I5800XXJPA it is the basic firmware for froyo

 

[mizch]

Maybe there's a branding vs. locking confusion. If you flash e.g. an Orange Firmware, your phone gets branded, but not locked. It will still work with non-Orange SIMs (if it did so before). So no SIM lock, just branding. The phone will tell you it's from Orange, but not insist on using only Orange SIMs and nothing else.

Locking is a /efs thing, which, to my knowledge, has not been decoded yet. Also, /efs is not changed by flashing a new firmware. So, currently, there's no known way to unlock a locked G3 phone.

Except, of course, the official way: You got a phone at a reduced price. Part of the deal is that you now need to use SIMs from the company which had to deal with the difference. So it doesn't sound insane to me that you have to give them some money back to have them unlock your phone.

 

[hardmaninc]

success , but it now say its rooted but its not

 

[sheron]

if u have superuser app then it's rooted that's it

goto menu and search for superuser app no need to open it if it is present then ur phone is rooted

superuser app does nothing on its own it gives permission to other apps like the allow/deny and administrator preferences in win7/vista

 

[hardmaninc]

I have super user but setcpu says no your not rooted