Guest njitram Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 i saw one SIM unlock but i didn't understand it so i used this one and it wokred ;):) http://www.rasoul.com/mpx200/ Have fun! greetingz Marty don't blame me ;) i just wanna help people here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wasyed Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 does simunlock mean to unlock your phone so any carriers sim card will work in the phone? I used it thinking it was for the sim card errors people get when rebooting the phone but I realized thats not it. sorry if this question seems obvious. I already have an unlocked phone so maybe thats why i dont know what you mean by sim unlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 SIM unlock means the phone can be used on any network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Calabahn Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I used this to unlock my ATT phone. It worked great. Cingular kept saying that they never got the unlock codes from ATT and couldn't help, even after writing to the office of the president. Now my MPX200 works on the cingular network. Why did this have to be so difficult? Didn't they buy ATTWS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest evilminky Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 do you need the orange sim card in the phone to begin this process or can it be done with no sim card. ( just got phone from ebay and have no orange sim card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner (MVP) Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 With this method I don't think you need the SIM, I've not tried this way myself but worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest evilminky Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 the problem is the oldsim.raw file is not created, can anyone shed some light on this? i am currently trying withought any sim card but have tried with the o2 sim card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xxcrashxx Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 1. do it without a sim card in the phone. 2. the way the program makes the *.raw file, is only in the directory where the program is at. ex. C:\mobile unlock toolss\bin\mpx200_backup.exe is the program. in step 3, save it to C:\mobile unlock toolss\bin\*.raw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest evilminky Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 turned out i was using .raw and it only worked when it was .RAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stitchy Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 It works, I've now KPN and no more vodafone. is it possable to put WM2003 or WM2005 on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 There was no official update released for the MPX200 to either WM2003 or WM5 and discussion of unofficial/leaked beta roms is against MoDaCo rules. Just in case anyone forgets... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasoul Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Hey everyone, sorry I kind of dropped off the face of the earth after posting that forever ago... gotten a lot of e-mails with questions and problems and done my best to reply but so far I've gotten mostly success stories. I'm trying to compile a list of FAQ and troubleshooting, and this looks like as good of a spot as any until I have time to update my website. First off, does it need a SIM card inserted? NO, this was not tried by myself, but confirmed by someone who e-mailed me saying he was successful with unlocking without the SIM inserted. "The four question marks in step 2 are greyed out, I can't push them" This seems to be a driver problem. If the driver is not successfully installed in step 1, then the MPX200_Backup.exe program cannot find the phone in order to save the RAW file. You can see if the driver is properly installed by going into your Device Manager under Modems and seeing if it's there. A step further would be to go into properties of the device and see if it says it's working properly. "I'm getting an error in step 3, cannot find oldsim.raw" There are a few things to try. First, try changing it to RAW (caps letters) -- for some strange reason that makes a difference sometimes. Also, verify that the file exists... browse to that file location and see if it's there. If it's not there, then backtrack, there's probably a problem with step 2 (and when there's a problem with step 2, it's usually a problem with step 1) There are more, those are the most common, I'll sort through my e-mails when I get more time and post them and how we ended up resolving them Also, if you've gotten this to work and had to take extra steps I didn't document, please post those here to help out others! :) -Rasoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasoul Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Crazier things have happened... but if you're having trouble... I got an e-mail from someone trying with no luck on unlocking his mpx200 with my site. After endless aggrivation, and 3 days of e-mails, he e-mails me and said he got it... so I asked him how he got it to work, here's what he said: "Hi. I did it on my other computer. I do not know why it didnt work on my other computer with exactly the same process." Strange... :) But, I guess if you're STILL having problems, try another computer. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner (MVP) Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 But, I guess if you're STILL having problems, try another computer. :) Seen this with running updates and aaplication unlocking on the original SPV those were the days. :) BTW Thanks for the updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasoul Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 Ok, here's my latest stumper... any ideas? "Well, no luck. I've tried it with 2 different MPX-200's, with and without sim card and on two different computers. When I get to step 4 in the backup program I get a real quick indecipherable message once I click the ???? button and no oldsim.raw file shows up in my C:\ directory. Either there is a bug in the program or there is no communication between the phone and PC. I did check the device manager and the modem is loaded and noted as working properly. Any ideas?" I appreciate everyone's input... I suggested checking modem installation and verifying oldsim.raw existence... As I said, I'm at a loss... anyone have similar problems they were able to work out? -Rasoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner (MVP) Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 One initial thought is could it be an OS problem. There are so many varients of the MPX200 ROM that it's possible something strange has crept in. Also what are the computers running? ie firewalls etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest domer83 Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 One initial thought is could it be an OS problem. There are so many varients of the MPX200 ROM that it's possible something strange has crept in. Also what are the computers running? ie firewalls etc My PC's are running Windows XP. Both MPX200s were updated to the 2003 smartphone software some time ago, version 4.20.0 (build 13349). Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner (MVP) Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 As they have 2003 this may be the issue, most people SIM unlocked before upgrading to 2003. If you can find a 2002 ROM it may be worth downgrading to see if this makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasoul Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Great new update... all it took was a creative thinker. Thanks Mike E for the discovery! "Hi, After scouring the web at some length I found your instructions for... I got hung up at one point, because it was failing to create the oldsim.raw file on my C drive. So I figured if the file already existed it might not mind overwriting it (as opposed to creating a new file). So I created a new blank text file, changed its name and extension and then backtracked to the appropriate place in the instructions. Bingo! That worked, and ultimately I got the phone unlocked. Again, many thanks! ... Mike E." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasoul Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 I think Joe figured out why Mike's method worked... because it's not actually creating the file unless you use the browse button ("..." button). This may be the key to your problems if you're having trouble creating the oldsim.raw file. "Definitely worked fantastic! I used it to unlock a MOT MPX200 from ATT Wireless to T-Mobile--took a little while to get it to work and one thing was messed up. When you save the oldsim.raw you have to choose where it's going from the box with the "..." so that way it actually makes the progress of creating the file, I just chose to put it as c:\oldsim.raw and it didn't work until I used the "..." button. But it was awesome. Leaving credit where credit is due. thanks. -Joe" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phullcourt Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 I think Joe figured out why Mike's method worked... because it's not actually creating the file unless you use the browse button ("..." button). This may be the key to your problems if you're having trouble creating the oldsim.raw file. "Definitely worked fantastic! I used it to unlock a MOT MPX200 from ATT Wireless to T-Mobile--took a little while to get it to work and one thing was messed up. When you save the oldsim.raw you have to choose where it's going from the box with the "..." so that way it actually makes the progress of creating the file, I just chose to put it as c:\oldsim.raw and it didn't work until I used the "..." button. But it was awesome. Leaving credit where credit is due. thanks. -Joe" Thanks for the tip on using the browse button to create the oldsim.raw file, however I have a different issue. After creating the oldsim.raw file (on two different machines) in command prompt I get the error : "cannot read input file :c:\oldsim.raw" therefore I am unable to create the newsim.raw file. Any ideas or suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phullcourt Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 After a little "googling" and some help from the wife (she's the DOS expert) got it unlocked and it's working great! Thanks rasoul, you ROCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phullcourt Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 For anyones future reference, here are some solutions: The program FixIMEI.exe looks for oldsim.raw in C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\oldsim.raw - merely copy the oldsim.raw and haha.raw files to that location. Also, when in the DOS prompt, during the file conversions eliminate the "c:\" from the conversion commands - Example: Do NOT type "c:\oldsim.raw c:\newsim.raw" DO type "oldsim.raw newsim.raw" The same syntax applies to the .bin file conversion i.e. eliminate the "c:\" from the commands. Hope this makes it easier for anyone else in the future. Thanks again Rasoul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fluffcat1 Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 For anyones future reference, here are some solutions: The program FixIMEI.exe looks for oldsim.raw in C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\oldsim.raw - merely copy the oldsim.raw and haha.raw files to that location. Also, when in the DOS prompt, during the file conversions eliminate the "c:\" from the conversion commands - Example: Do NOT type "c:\oldsim.raw c:\newsim.raw" DO type "oldsim.raw newsim.raw" The same syntax applies to the .bin file conversion i.e. eliminate the "c:\" from the commands. Hope this makes it easier for anyone else in the future. Thanks again Rasoul. These steps you mention are unnecessary ( for me at least) and I've unlocked over 50 mpx200 handsets using this app. You would only omit the c:\ form the command in the dos prompt if you had saved the files somewhere other than the root. fiximei does not 'look' in any specific directory - if you omit the path by leaving out the c:\ it looks in the CURRENT directory you are running it from, as per most dos apps. If you have saved the file in the root you need to tell it the file is in the root by entering the path. Kinda obvious really, and the instructions as written DO work perfectly. You're just confusing the matter with your own interpretation which doesn't help. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest m4ff3w Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Any chance of this possibly working with a mpx220? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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