Unique smartphone MEGAFON LOGIN from Megafon. Its main advantage, of course, is an attractive price and excellent communication quality. According to the characteristics, they are not inferior to smartphones with a higher cost.
Among the large number of advantages of the device from Megafon, there are also disadvantages, the main of which is that the smartphone only supports a SIM card from Megafon. And no matter how you try to connect “sim cards of other operators” to your smartphone, the connection will not work! Many smartphone owners have long been looking for an answer to the question of how to unlock.
How to unlock smartphone MEGAFON LOGIN
Unlock i.e. unlock (reflash) mobile phone for calls via SIM cards of other operators. Below are the instructions with which you can unlock your smartphone.
After updating the firmware, your phone will be unlocked. Do not make any mistakes during the unlock, the responsibility lies entirely with you. Otherwise, the phone may be damaged.
The warranty of the phone after flashing is invalid!
To unlock the phone, you need a computer with Windows OS (+ you need to install the VisualC ++ environment package from the Flashtool folder, a file named vcredist_x86.exe), an archive for unlocking the phone and firmware from the official website of Megafon Russia;
Phone unlock instructions
Download the archive for unlocking and carefully follow these steps:
- Unpack the file "C" -> "login" (it will contain 3 files drivers, flashtool, images);
- Run the folder "images" -> "gensim.exe". In the program window that opens, enter the IMEI of your phone and press Enter (IMEI is printed on the box of your phone, next to the barcode, under the phone's battery is a sticker with IMEI, you can also dial the code * # 06# IMEI will be displayed on the screen);
- (Enter IMEI correctly - only 15 digits without extra characters or spaces).
- Turn off your phone and remove the battery;
- Right-click "My Computer" -> "Management" -> "Device Manager", or press WinKey (near the Alt button on the keyboard) and enter devmgmt.msc;
- Connect the phone to the computer via USB (attention! without battery);
- Insert the battery (when the installation of a new device begins, quickly press right click mouse -> "Update Driver") and follow these steps in sequence:
- "Search installed drivers" -> "Select a driver from installed" -> "Install from disk" -> "Browse" and specify the path to C:\login\Drivers BroadCom\x32\bcmvcp.inf or C:\login\Drivers BroadCom\x64\bcmvcpm .inf depending on what OS you have;
- Install the driver and remember the COM port where the device was installed;
- Remove the battery;
- Run Flashtool file(C:\login\flashtool\FlashTool.exe);
- Click Settings -> Configuration and specify in DIAG1 - DIAG9 the COM port on which the device was installed;
- Press the start button;
- Insert the battery and wait for the marked port to turn green and OK;
- Close Flashtool, remove the battery and put it back;
- Turn on the phone;
- Enter the unlock code (if necessary) 191519373892;
- Download and install the firmware;
- Update firmware and delete data and cache in Recovery.
In the future, this will allow you to install official update Megafon firmware and will save you from many problems. The phone will be unlocked after the updates.
Megafon subscribers, who buy so-called locked phones at a low price, sometimes want to install a SIM card from another operator in a contract smartphone. Naturally, they do not succeed, and such a phone does not catch the connection at all. Moreover, even the manual selection of the operator in the settings does not help.
What is a locked phone under the operator?
The mentioned term came from the English word lock, which means "castle". That is, a locked phone is "under lock and key", and can only be used with a key - a SIM card of a certain operator. So, if you insert a SIM card, for example, Vodafone, into a smartphone locked under Megafon, then such a phone will not work. Rather, it will not catch a connection, although all secondary functionality will be available (music, cameras, wifi internet etc.). It will be like a mini-tablet without a slot for a SIM card and nothing more, so it is logical for users to learn how to unlock a phone from Megafon for other operators.
Why is this happening?
The company "Megafon" in the competitive struggle for the market at a low price supplies contract smartphones. And only SIM cards of this operator can be used in them, which is very convenient for Megafon itself. Having once sold cheaply locked phones, telecom operators sign customers for many years, who simply cannot switch to other operators (read, competitors). This is a rather cunning and effective way to master the market, and it is practiced not only in Russia, but also in many other countries of the world. So there is nothing new in this.
Is it possible to unlock?
Many owners of such phones want to know how to unlock a phone from Megafon for other operators. Of course, this is possible. And although protection methods are improving, today there are several effective ways to unlock "Megaphone". One of them is shown below. But we must warn you: unlocked smartphones are not guaranteed, so you do all the steps described at your own risk.
How to unlock a megaphone phone for other operators?
The method described below is only possible with Windows 7 32 bit. First, we need to download an archive to store and transfer files to any device connected to the Internet. It is available on Yandex.Disk. Copy the contents of the archive to the root system disk C. After that:
- Run the vcredist_x86.exe file (required for Microsoft installations Visual C++).
- We launch text file imei (located at login\images\imei.txt). Enter the IMEI of your phone into it. It is under the battery or printed on the box. You can also dial the key combination *#06# on your phone.
- Close the document and save the changes.
- We turn off the phone, take out the battery, connect the phone via USB to the PC, insert the battery back.
- The computer will determine unknown device. There is a driver in C:\login\driver. You must specify this directory when installing an unknown device.
- A new COM port will appear in Device Manager. Its meaning must be remembered.
- Turn off the phone, take out the battery again.
- Run the FlashTool.exe file (located at C:\login\flashtool\).
- The program opens. Click on the menu item on the left (hieroglyph). He's the only one there.
- In the window that opens, in the DIAG 1 line, select the number COM port that you memorized earlier.
- Press the "OK" button, then the "??" button. The program will give the answer "Ready".
- We connect the phone to the PC again, insert the battery. The firmware installation will start automatically.
- When the installation process is completed, remove the battery, close the installation program, turn off the smartphone.
- If the phone asks for the Megafon unlock code (may not ask), then you need to enter 191519373892.
- Download and install the firmware from the official Megafon website according to the instructions.
- On the switched off smartphone, run recovery mode. To do this, you need to simultaneously hold the power button and volume up (on some phones, this is the power button and volume down).
- Select the option "Wipe data\factory rese" (navigate with the sound button) and activate it with the power button. Then select "Delete all user data".
- After completion, select "Reboot system data".
This completes the process. After turning on the phone, you can insert any SIM cards into it, which will now work. Initially, it may seem that unlocking the Megafon phone login for other operators using this method is difficult, but this is not so. Just follow the given points and you will be fine.
Is it dangerous?
Now you know how to unlock a Megafon phone for other operators. If you do something wrong, it can be dangerous, since the phone can simply be corrupted by software, after which it will fail or even stop turning on. Therefore, it is important to know exactly how to unlock a Megafon phone for other operators and weigh the pros and cons. Perhaps even after unsuccessful firmware you can return to the original state, but there are no guarantees. Moreover, we remind you once again: unlocked smartphones are not guaranteed.
But many users speak positively about this method of unlocking. But no one can guarantee success. Remember that the responsibility lies entirely with you. We can only wish you good luck in this operation.
Just today, a firmware update from V018 to V023 appeared on the FOTA servers, and an update is also available to switch from V022 to V023. True, some users still had problems installing it. Just in case, I decided to post the original official updates here, as well as the V018 -> V023 update for installation via CWM. You can download all of these from the links below. I’ll make a reservation right away that for those who installed CWM, a regular update over the air will not be installed. when switching from V018 --> V023, recovery is also updated, and you have CWM instead (which is why I prepared a separate update for installation via CWM).
Firmware updates Megafon Login+ (02/12/2015)
- V018_20141126-V023_201412221423725750296.zip - official update for migrating from V018 to V023.
- V022_20141209-V023_201412221423708500302.zip - official update for migrating from V022 to V023.
- V018-V023-CWM.zip - update from V018 to V023 for updating via CWM.
For those who, for some reason, do not have the opportunity to install either one or the other, I post a full backup V023 for deployment via CWM:
To install it, simply unzip the folder 2015-02-12.19.46.05 to the SD card /clockworkmod/backup/ (if you are copying files on a working device, then the folder should be placed in /storage/sdcard1/clockworkmod/backup/) and then boot into CWM and select restore. Nothing has been changed in the backup - all system files are regular, nothing has been deleted, the only thing is that root is integrated and SuperSU is installed.
p.s. Please note that if you do not need root or CWM, but only V023, then it's easier to wait for your device to update itself via FOTA. Although in system files firmware has not been changed, the next update after V023 may be another recovery update, and in this case, in order to update via FOTA, you will need to somehow flash stock recovery into the phone from V023. It was not in vain that the manufacturer organized the FOTA update server - each update is incremental and assumes that you have installed the original files from previous version. That is why updates are made sequentially. If you modify something, be it recovery or deleting system applications, etc. - be prepared for the fact that FOTA will not work for you.
p.p.s. As one of the w3bsit3-dns.com users, angolubev, unsubscribes, it is still impossible to upgrade to V023 via FOTA. I quote: "It was V018_20141126 - updating to V023_20141222 was unsuccessful. First, a notification appeared about the availability of an update to v23, an attempt to update via FOTA was unsuccessful. The message "y systems damage ...." came out. After that, even when you click the "check for updates" button , the same thing comes out. Attempts to update through the file - have no result, i.e. nothing changes. I didn’t touch the system at all. I didn’t even disable anything."
Therefore, if something is not updated regularly for you, please do not ask me "how to fix it", just wait until the appropriate corrections are made on FOTA, or use CWM and alternative ways update" a.