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Ali Kuru's personal weblog: How to: SIM-unlock your Touch Diamond for free

  • uhm · 2 months ago
    perhaps you were not aware of this - not exactly a "nasty joke", it simply was not supposed to be free by its author but a bug was left in early version which then got leaked.

    bye, one of the authors of this program
  • Ali Kuru · 2 months ago
    Thanks for the clarification about the "nasty joke".

    Was this "bug" left in the unlocker intentionally by you or the unlocker leaked before you've found time to fix the issue?
  • SERGEY/MKL · 1 month ago
    is not bug... but some sort of registration scheme based on a wcecfs.dll file who is not a real DLL but only way to disguise the "regfile". this regfile is loaded, read and after this quickly deleted. then some binary and math operations are done involving IMEI and PID and finally result is compared. if this check fails, program closes.

    unfortunately, i don't have time and interest now ... as i have to continue other projects. newer programs work also in totally diffrent way.
  • curios · 5 days ago
    Thank you SERGEY/MKL and Ali Kuru bey!
    uhm, are you Oli or the other author?
    Callshops unlocking...hmmmm (or "uhm"?) yes, greed buggers, they first check HardSPL, unlockers, ROMs and etc on OUR phones and after ask an arm and a leg for an SIM unlock solutions. More, now when one post a FREE unlock solutions in XDA Developers, they simply erase/ban that posts...
    The only reason that they post something lately is to get clients and lab rats - yes, us....
  • baraa · 2 months ago
    does this work for Touch Diamond 2 ?
  • Ali Kuru · 2 months ago
    No, I'm afraid not. You'll probably need a different tool for unlocking Touch Diamond 2.
  • 213wap · 2 months ago
    The sergeymkl's link (rapidshare) said "This file is neither allocated to a Premium Account....." So, I can`t get it.

    Would you please mail me that fixed edition?

    A thousand thank!
  • Ali Kuru · 2 months ago
    Sorry, you've got that message because I forgot to extend my rapidshare premium account this month.

    I have now extended it, and link should work fine.
  • Lee · 2 weeks ago
    Seems to have happened again. Is there an alternate source of this download? :-/
  • Ali Kuru · 2 weeks ago
    Just checked the link, and it's working fine. Please try downloading again after clearing your browsers' cache.
  • Robert Govier · 2 months ago
    Great walk through. Worked for me. (HTC Diamond locked to Orange UK)
  • Ali Kuru · 2 months ago
    Glad to hear that!
  • Edmond · 1 month ago
    Wonder if this unlocker works for Touch Pro 2 :)
  • Ali Kuru · 1 month ago
    As far as I know, this is a first series Touch Diamond specific unlocker. So, I wouldn't be testing it on Touch Pro 2, if I were you :)
  • Raffaele · 1 month ago
    Great Work!!
    but the archive on rapidshare is impossible to download.
    Can you upload that archive on another file hosting or can you send me it with a mail?

    Thank you!
  • Ali Kuru · 1 month ago
    Just tested and links working fine for me. Are you getting some kind of error while trying to download the archive?
  • Raffaele · 1 month ago
    sorry, but before it didn't work.
    Now i'm downloading it and i hope that my HTC Touch Diamond work fine finally!
    Thank you for this fantastic guide!
  • Daniel · 1 month ago
    Does it have to be the subscription "Orange"? :]

    Thankx for helping.
  • Ali Kuru · 1 month ago
    No, you should be able to unlock any Touch Diamond with this application, regardless the operator its locked to.

    Please post your results here and let us know whether the unlocker worked or not for your phone.
  • Saib0t · 1 month ago
    Worked great! Just installed 6.5 and now i fallowed this guide = succes!

    Thank you!
  • kristian · 1 month ago
    thank you it work with htc touch diamond with windows mobile 6,5
  • Vishnu · 1 month ago
    hi i have vista, and WMDC installed to connect it woth my diam100 locked to orange UK , i followed ur step but for some reason the process in the step 1 doesnt get beyond 0 % (i have to cancel it then connect again)!
    before this process, it tells me that the current version is 1.93.405.1 and will be updated to 1.00.000.0 I think there might be flaw here ! please help ! thanks :)
    regards vish
  • Vishnu · 1 month ago
    and yes the phone doesn restarts after the screen gets blank ! i have to manually dc the phone, remove the batt and then have to restrt it !
    please help !
    thnks !
  • Ali Kuru · 1 month ago
    It is probably the version of the radio rom installed on your Diamond.

    Did you check the version below flashing? You can check it with following “Start > Settings > System > Device Information > Radio Version”
  • Igal · 1 month ago
    Hello Ali,

    Thanks for the great and detailed guide.
    I have the same problem Vishnu has, my phone stays blank (the backlight is on, by no pic comes up) after Step1 “execute SPL now” run. I did check the Radio version, it.s 1.00.25.05 and should be OK. And I dig all over the internet - not finding any solution for this problem (actually, someone had it as well, but no one answered him, when he asked about it).

    Any ideas?

    PS, By the way, I discovered that for non-english interface (my dimond supports russian etc) the “execute SPL now” throws an error message which disappears only after I switched the I/F to english.
  • Vishnu · 1 month ago
    I have the same radio version as Igal has !
    That is , 1.00.25.05 and rom ver is 1.93.405.1 WWE
    Do I need to downgrade it ?if yes, I dnt kno hw to do it :( Please help
    please lemme kno wat do I do ?
    Thanks :)
  • Igal · 1 month ago
    OK,

    Finished testing it on my HTC, indeed, the screen stays black, just go on to the next stage (running the SPL) after it the HTC wil restart clean.
  • Vishnu · 1 month ago
    Great ! so did you unlocked it ? m goin to check it in few mins , will post you if it wrks !
    Thanks any way :)
  • Igal · 1 month ago
    Hmmm,

    I just found on one of the forums, that apparently you should just go on with the procedure (i.e. “DiamondCustomRUU.exe”) while the display is blank. Apparently ActiveSynch is not essential for the “DiamondCustomRUU.exe”.
    http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?...

    I didn't test it yet (I'm at work, the phone is at home). If you do, please comment here if it worked.
  • Vishnu · 1 month ago
    Hey ! It worked !! Lovely ! thanks a billion Ali kuru and Igal for ur support !
    i'as just losin my patience and was goin to pay 15 pounds for this ! u saved it :) cheers mate u rock ! :D
  • Igal · 1 month ago
    You are welcome.
    Take care with the ROMs though. I tried to burn the 2.03 today, and 10 consecutive times it failed after reaching 100%. And the xda forum is down 70% of the time, so there's no one to ask.
    Trying to burn the 1.93 now.