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Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

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Re: Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

Post by Acid_Snake »

with most phones (not all, there are exceptions) you need a specific code that only your carrier can give you, and they charge you for this (also, they won't give it to you if you have not fulfilled your contract)
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Re: Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

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I'm not sure if it works this way or not, but if u still have your sim for your carrier then it should fit in the new phone? if so maybe you could use your carrier after all!
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Re: Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

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That's not how SIM locks work :/
Any who the android phone is MetroPCS while I have at&t so yea >__<

I just use Google voice for it since I don't know if its even possible since I found the phone
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Re: Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

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fate6 wrote:That's not how SIM locks work :/
Any who the android phone is MetroPCS while I have at&t so yea >__<

I just use Google voice for it since I don't know if its even possible since I found the phone
You said you removed a SIM card from the MetroPCS/Huawei phone? Last I knew, Metro was a CDMA carrier, therefore it has no SIM.
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BrendanBeckmann wrote:You said you removed a SIM card from the MetroPCS/Huawei phone? Last I knew, Metro was a CDMA carrier, therefore it has no SIM.
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Re: Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

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i tried this method once and its working but i heard we'll lose our IMEI no.
Once you have rooted your phone go to efs directory ( preferably use ES File explorer)
from ES file explorer
- Launch it
- Goto "Settings> File Settings". Be sure that Show hidden files is checked
- Also be sure is checked "Settings > Root Explorer"
- In "Settings > Home directory" write "/" (without the quotes)
explore the "efs" folder in the root
- move the following files in a backup folder somewhere to your internal SD card (you will need them if you want to restore later to original phone setup) : .nv_core.bak, .nv_core.bak.md5, .nv_data.bak, .nv_data.bak.md5, nv_data.bin, nv_data.bin.md5. Moving them they will be deleted from the efs folder (that's ok).
Reboot.
Now you will have it unlocked but with the generic IMEI.
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Re: Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

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It doesn't have a efs folder >__<
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Re: Found a Huawei-M931 have no idea about android stuff

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owh, if i'm not mistaken Huawei-M931 is a CDMA phone, it doesn't support GSM network
Maybe that's the reason why "EFS" folder is absent.
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