Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S3, Note 2 and Ruby. Free. No Rooting. No Hacking.

You MUST have Android 4.1.1 for this to work, otherwize the last step NW LOCK NV… will be missing.

Just dial the following keys *#197328640#

Main Menu
[1] UMTS
[1] Debug Screen
[8] Phone Control
[6] Network Lock
[3]Perso SHA256 OFF
(after choosing this option, wait about 30 seconds, then go back one step by pressing the Menu button then select Back, now you are in
[6] Network Lock then choose
[4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ ….. wait for a minute then reboot your phone


11 Comments

Mkc · January 2, 2018 at 3:00 am

I have 4.1 os but still the NV Data INITIALLIZ does not exist. Please help 🙁 I got samsung galaxy s3

    Ian Matthews · January 6, 2018 at 8:24 pm

    Hi Mkc;

    I have no access to S3’s anymore so what we posted is what we have 🙁

walt · September 9, 2014 at 2:48 pm

I have a note 2 t889 with t-mobile and im on 4.1.1 version and I dont see nw lock nv dat initialliz

    Ian Matthews · September 18, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    This solution was negated with newer versions of Android… which I assume your 889 has 🙁

edgar · February 5, 2014 at 3:26 pm

nw lock nv dat initilliz is missing, what can i do??

    Ian Matthews · February 5, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    I do not understand the problem. Can you provide more details?

      Cricket Phone · April 9, 2014 at 9:01 am

      Trying to do the instructions above but when you go to the NW Lock tab it is blank.

        Ian Matthews · April 9, 2014 at 7:20 pm

        Hi G;

        This process no longer functions under Android 4.3 . If you have an older version, this should work.

    jeff · August 10, 2015 at 6:44 am

    If [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ does not exist. Use option [1] PERSO SHA256 INFO, this will tell you the status. if it shows:
    SHA256_ENABLE_FLAG [1] it is still locked, go back and run [3]Perso SHA256 OFF and check status again
    SHA256_ENABLE_FLAG [0] it is unlocked, restart your phone and insert new sim card.

      kanika · January 21, 2017 at 1:07 pm

      tried and its still not working

        Ian Matthews · February 15, 2017 at 5:07 pm

        You likely are using a newer version of Android and in which Google has have blocked this ‘feature’. You have to be running Android 4.1 which was current when the article was written but now is very old.

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