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[tilal6991]

putbinoot, on 11 November 2011 - 09:37 PM, said:

ok downloading new zip and going to start but one thing I have installed es file explorer enabled root mounted file system but for the life of me i can't get it to leave the sd card when you press to go up folders it just closes. any ideas.

press the home button.

[zToni]

tilal6991, on 11 November 2011 - 09:31 PM, said:

OK. In which case the flashing of stock recovery should work. Does it say waiting for device while the green android is on screen?

Yes!

[tilal6991]

zToni, on 11 November 2011 - 09:40 PM, said:

Yes!

That is extremely strange - all I have done is replace the clockworkmod image with that of stock recovery.

I think you have a problem with drivers which I have no idea how to sort.

[xiaoyaoswim]

tillaz, on 11 November 2011 - 08:34 PM, said:

can anyone confirm that after unlocking there phone, this  *983*0#  no longer works ???

In my case, My OMC, which was shipped with 2.3.4 and updated to 2.3.5 after unlocking, could enter into engineering mode by  *983*0#

[MarcinusMarcinusus]

My *983*0# works but wifi mac still showing 11:22:33:44:55:66 when really is 00:50:4c:19:54:30
I unlocked with zte 2.3.5 stock rom

[tilal6991]

MarcinusMarcinusus, on 11 November 2011 - 09:54 PM, said:

My *983*0# works but wifi mac still showing 11:22:33:44:55:66 when really is 00:50:4c:19:54:30
I unlocked with zte 2.3.5 stock rom

Yeah - follow the last step of this guide to normalize it.

[zToni]

tilal6991, on 11 November 2011 - 09:43 PM, said:

That is extremely strange - all I have done is replace the clockworkmod image with that of stock recovery.

I think you have a problem with drivers which I have no idea how to sort.

Thanks! i found mistake!
OMC Unlocked!

[xiaoyaoswim]

tilal6991, on 10 November 2011 - 10:20 PM, said:

So you want to unlock your OMC/Skate? You’ve come to the right place!  All the stuff in the tutorial is simplified by me but the full credit for unlock has to go to xiaoyaoswim who originally posted this method here.  I HAVE UNFORTUNTLEY BEEN UNABLE TO TEST THIS MYSELF BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORT IT WORKING SO THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEMS. HOWEVER THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LOSING WARRANTY AND MAC ADDRESS.

You should already have the required drivers installed at the beginning of the tutorial.

• Go to Settings, About Phone, Status and note down the WiFi MAC address on a piece of paper. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
• Download this file and unzip it.
• Go into “Preparation” folder and run the “install-recovery-windows.bat”. This should flash stock recovery and reboot the phone.
• Shut the phone down
• Remove your battery
• Get your USB cable ready. Now as you connect the phone to your computer press the volume down button. Don’t let go of the volume button until “FTM” comes up on your phone.
• Go into the Unlock folder of the extracted zip file and run “download.exe”
• If you are sure you want to unlock press “START”!
• Sit through some hairy moments as it flashes itself and unlocks the phone.
• Remove your USB cable, put the battery back in and any SIM of your choice – your phone is now unlocked!!
• Power on the phone.
• OPTIONAL – go to “POST-UNLOCK FOLDER” and run the bat file again – this installs ClockworkMod
• WiFi will not work as the phone has lost the MAC address. However, once you flash back to the ROM of your choice do the following:
  • Install ES File Explorer on your phone
  • Enable root mode on it and RW to system partition. This can be done in the app’s settings accessed by pressing the menu button
  • Go to /system/etc/nv_4319.txt and click it.
  • Open with Note Editor and scroll down until the the line saying “macadress=…”
  • Change the “…” to your MAC address you noted down.

You now have an unlocked Orange Monte Carlo / ZTE Skate!!!

Hi tilal6991,thanks for your effort to make an easy-to-follow unlocking guide.

I would like just to add 3 points:

1 it' would be good if the windows driver link isincluded http://www.multiupload.com/BQ7VQOQA4L,since some people are in trouble to find it.


2 in step 3 you should mention that USB cable need to be connected prior to run the “install-recovery-windows.bat”

3. in step 13,just as D3abL3 said, there are two lines including “macadress=”, which might make some people confusing. As we know the one begin with # is just annotation.It would be clear if you guide people to edit the line containing “macaddr=00:11:22:33:44:55”.

Edited by xiaoyaoswim, 11 November 2011 - 10:10 PM.

[MarcinusMarcinusus]

I have done everything whats possible and my omc runs like Galaxy 2.
Everything works like must be,wifi,bt,3.5 g etc.
I've changed mac adress in nv 4319 and 4329 and it works very good
in phone status mac is showing as writen by me but when i am checking   via *983*0# it is 11:22:33:44:55:66 but who cares when my omc runs like SGS2

[putbinoot]

ok  clicked on download.exe and got a box something about something not found or expected (sorry i should have writen it down, haden sweden at the end i think) clicked ok came up again clicked ok again and flash box appeared clicked start and all went well, put giffgaff sim in and all ok. went into post unlock folder and clicked on the bat file all went well, installed es file explorer from apk launched and this is were it's not happening can't enable root explorer do i have to root phone again as phone appears back to stock.

Edited by putbinoot, 11 November 2011 - 10:17 PM.

[philmein]

putbinoot, on 11 November 2011 - 10:16 PM, said:

ok  clicked on download.exe and got a box something about something not found or expected (sorry i should have writen it down, haden sweden at the end i think) clicked ok came up again clicked ok again and flash box appeared clicked start and all went well, put giffgaff sim in and all ok. went into post unlock folder and clicked on the bat file all went well, installed es file explorer from apk launched and this is were it's not happening can't enable root explorer do i have to root phone again as phone appears back to stock.

you need to put a rooted rom on via cmw  cm7 or bluemonte

Edited by philmein, 11 November 2011 - 10:19 PM.

[wrtease]

just install clockwork and install any rom .you could install atomic and its easier to edit the nv files to get wifi to work.choice is yours.

[zToni]

zToni, on 11 November 2011 - 10:06 PM, said:

Thanks! i found mistake!
OMC Unlocked!

after unlock, i can't flash CWM, when i run bat, i see error "device not found", and phone not reboot.
debug - on

[tilal6991]

zToni, on 11 November 2011 - 10:27 PM, said:

after unlock, i can't flash CWM, when i run bat, i see error "device not found", and phone not reboot.
debug - on

So USB debugging is on yet it still doesn't work. Try rebooting

[MarcinusMarcinusus]

use TW3 to flash CWM

[tilal6991]

Fixed mistakes in tutorial. Thanks for pointing them out!

[putbinoot]

installed bluemonte1.8c now after boot I get "sorry The application android keyboard(process com.android.inputmethod.latin) has stopped unexpectedly please try again. the phone say welcome to zte skate touch the android to begin but nothing happens.

[tilal6991]

putbinoot, on 11 November 2011 - 10:43 PM, said:

installed bluemonte1.8c now after boot I get "sorry The application android keyboard(process com.android.inputmethod.latin) has stopped unexpectedly please try again. the phone say welcome to zte skate touch the android to begin but nothing happens.

you need to wipe data.

[MarcinusMarcinusus]

I like chinese girls.

[tillaz]

putbinoot, on 11 November 2011 - 10:43 PM, said:

installed bluemonte1.8c now after boot I get "sorry The application android keyboard(process com.android.inputmethod.latin) has stopped unexpectedly please try again. the phone say welcome to zte skate touch the android to begin but nothing happens.

did you do all wipes... i would recommend using 1.8.D all is working fine for me