Guest macbreakweeklyfan Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone. I seem to recall the ZTE "Skate" being unlocked by restoring a Qualcomm "QPST" suite .QCN backup file being restored to NVRAM (I take it that was a backup of NVRAM from an already unlocked phone, ergo the SIMlock was already clear). How do you think this would pan out for the SU6? It is a Qualcomm enabled phone, after all.Many thanks. :) Edited August 11, 2015 by macbreakweeklyfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KonstaT Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 IIRC the method was to erase CEFS which resulted in NV memory items getting messed up which again meant that you had to restore a NV backup with QPST.My ZTE Open C / Kis 3 has Windows flash tools available. There's an option to 'erase CEFS' which is recommended when switching between Firefox OS and Android. Running the Windows flasher with this option also happens to SIM unlock the device... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NegativeOne Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Not to go off topic too much but would this unlock work to a smart prime? Having difficultly getting an unlock for that at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macbreakweeklyfan Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 IIRC the method was to erase CEFS which resulted in NV memory items getting messed up which again meant that you had to restore a NV backup with QPST.My ZTE Open C / Kis 3 has Windows flash tools available. There's an option to 'erase CEFS' which is recommended when switching between Firefox OS and Android. Running the Windows flasher with this option also happens to SIM unlock the device...Okay, would you mind translating those very specific acronyms and terminology into easily understandable, relatable language? lol. I may be a geek, but *extremely* specific toolsets and associated acronyms can't always be expected to be known by everyone, geek or not :)Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KonstaT Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) eMMC = embedded MMC, the whole internal flash storage - split into several partitions (/system, /data, bootloaders, modem, etc)CEFS/EFS = eMMC partition(s) (modemst1, modemst2 on modern qcom devices) where important radio related data is storedNV memory = Non-Volatile memory, on a separate chip outside eMMC(?) - holds IMEI, wifi/bt MAC addresses, etcQPST = Qualcomm Product Service Tools - collection of extremely powerful tools for Qualcomm devices - proprietary and confidentialCEFS/NV/modem is pretty much a blackbox to me too, never really had to deal with this and there's really no way of knowing for sure either. I think normally modem reads data from CEFS instead of reading it directly from NV. If CEFS is wiped, it's regenerated from NV(?). But you might want to take all this with a grain of salt.ZTE's Windows flashers do something with NV memory at 98% mark. If the flash fails at this point, device is left without IMEI. It's happened to dozens and dozens devices. Edited August 11, 2015 by KonstaT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wze3369 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 ebay for under a fiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macbreakweeklyfan Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 ebay for under a fiver.We know this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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