General point, all phones: As I unlocked various phones over the years, i found xda-developers forums to be the best for knowledge and tools:
I did not use them immediately time,which cost me some time. should have used the geeky way below
(samsung galaxy s vibrant (sgh-t959) xda-dev geeky way)
Quick Explanation:
xda page with unlock tools:
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant sgh-t959 no brain, tools way, which i used. I now remember what messed me up was getting the kies usb drivers to work (i am on win7). threw away notes but my memory is:
- installed Kies MINI (for usb drivers). regular kies messed me up
- temp rooted the phone using z4root (sideloaded)
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http://forum.xda-developers.
com/showthread.php?t=833953 - loaded busybox from google play, and sideloaded Galaxy S Unlock:
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http://forum.xda-developers.
com/showthread.php?t=906255
– Was amazed it actually worked!
Good luck, xda-dev is your friend …
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