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Unlock Motorola V3 RAZR and go to the Moon!

Unlock Motorola V3

Lot’s of forum talks, lot’s of articles on Motorola internals, but none seemed to work 100%, and rather worked 97%. There was still this 3% that kept Motorola V3 RAZR owners from unlocking the phone… Here are tested, and proved to complete all 100%, steps that will let you unlock your Moty.

First, let’s get ready. All the tools that you can download below are MS Windows based (if you are using different OS, like Mac or, like me – Ubuntu, you can install MS Windows in a virtual box).

Ok, so assuming you are using MS Windows, these are the tools you will need to use:

  • p2k drivers 2.9” – This is a set of drivers that will enable your PC/Laptop and RAZR V3 to communicate.
  • scotty2_8.26_downgrader_v2” – this is the tool written by scotty2 which downgrades your phone’s bootloader from (8.26, 8.23, 7.E0) to 7.D0, which is needed for the next tool to unlock it.
  • P2K_Easy_Tool_v37” – this is an actual “unlocker” tool.
  • MiniUSB to USB cable mini usb cable in order to connect your RAZR V3 to PC/Laptop.

Now the first thing first…

Step 1. Download the tools above, unpack them (unrar, unzip – here is a good tool for that tugzip)

Step 2. Plug in your phone to the computer using (#4) miniUSB to USB cable and install the drivers. Windows will ask you to install the drivers once the phone is plugged in, so just point it to the right directory where you unpacked them

Step 3. Turn off your phone

Step 4. Press and hold two buttons the star (*) and the pound (#) and while holding press the power button – this will bring you to something that Motorola people call “the flash screen”. On the top of the screen you will see something like this:

      Boot Loader
      08.26
      SW Version:
      R374_G_0E.41.C
      3R_0
      Ok to Program
      USB
      Transfer Mode

Step 5. Now you will need to run a scotty2′s tool to downgrade the Boot Loader (in this case) from 08.26 to 07.D0. For this (unpack the scotty’s zip and) run “downgrader.exe”. Follow the instructions and the output of the program should look similar to:

Waiting for phone... Found!
Getting phone interface information...
Registry Interface #: 3
Interface Description: Motorola Flash Interface
Interface LocInfo: S Flash Neptune LTE
Opening phone for communication... Success!
Getting software version… R374_G_0E.41.C3R_B,
Flex: GSMV3VCRGR01NA120
Getting bootloader version… 08.26
Getting flash mode… SFLASH (Normal)
Sending ramldr… Success.
Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010
Saving CG1 backup… Success.
Sending Restart Command…
 
Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done!
Waiting for phone… Found!
Opening phone for communication... Success!
Sending ramldr… Success.
Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010
Erasing… ACK ERASE,C
Flashing Exploit CG1… Success.
Sending Restart Command…
Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done!
Waiting for phone… Found!
Opening phone for communication... Success!
Sending ramldr… Success.
Jumping…
Erasing… ACK ERASE,C
Downgrading bootloader… Success.
Sending restart command…
Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done!
Waiting for phone… Found!
Opening phone for communication... Success!
Getting bootloader version… 08.23
Getting flash mode… SFLASH (Normal)
Sending ramlrd… Success.
Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010
Erasing… ACK ERASE,C
Sending Restart Command…
Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done!
Waiting for phone… Found!
Opening phone for communication... Success!
Sending ramldr… Success.
Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010
Erasing… ACK ERASE,C
Downgrading bootloader… Success.
Sending Restart Command…
Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done!
Waiting for phone… Found!
Opening phone for communication... Success!
Getting bootloader version… 07.D0
Getting flash mode… SFLASH (Normal)
Sending ramldr… Success.
Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010
Erasing… ACK ERASE,C
Flashing Backup CG1… Success.
Sending Restart Command…
Bootloader is now 7.D0, have fun modding!

If you have problems on the step “Waiting for driver to disconnect” (it supposed to auto restart after this step), after the phone turned itself off, just turn it on again as it described in step 3 (Press and hold * and #, then while holding press the power button) At this point you should see that your Boot Loader has changed:

Boot Loader
07.DO
SW Version:
…

Step 6. Now it is time to run the “p2k_easy_tool_v37″ unlocking tool. Run “P2K_Easy_Tool_v37.exe”,

    6.1 Go to “Locks” tab
    6.2 Choose your phone model (V3 RAZR) from the “Phone Model” drop down
    6.3 Check “Unlock SP”
    6.4 Click on “Do Selected Jobs” button

And follow the instructions. Here is the snapshot of successful result: p2k easy tool - successful result

Step 7. That should complete your journey, and Moty V3 RAZR should be good to go! Now you can take it to the Moon – it’ll work just fine!

Note the last fact is not tested due to the limited knowledge about Moon’s Global System for Mobile communication

421 comments

  1. well after following these instruction my v3 razar is dead any help

  2. Well how bout the fact that i tried to get this phone unlocked by a store that boast\\\\\\\’s \\\\\\\”PHONE FLASHING\\\\\\\” here in denver and they said its not possible. This phone is a t-mobile v3. as i was leaving he mentioned he could set me up with a new one…..hmph!

  3. Hi !
    I have Motorola RAZR V3 with Bootloader R374_G0E.42.0ER.
    After flashing Step 5 line 28
    \\\”Downgrading bootloader … Sucess.
    Handy dont react anymore.
    What is to do ?
    Thanks

  4. i get an error when running the p2k_easy tool thingy..it says ‘debugger detected [97]‘

    what does this mean??

  5. Tedj Christopher

    just to say thanks for i am going to do just that right now. hoping that it works on my v3r

  6. i did all the steps right then i get to the point where it tells me to unplig the phone from the cable then re-plug and then hit ok i did that but on the generator thing it says phone not detected what do i do next?

  7. i got to where it said, i should pull out the usb from the fon but after a kept it back my pc wont see the fon thriugh the usb,

  8. After following all these instructions my phone is showing this error now ….
    ”eat sleep bhangra”

  9. Very sad

  10. please easy help me

  11. Francisco Lopes

    Segui todos os passos no tutorial, mas ao terminar o passo 5 o telemovel apenas ficou a piscar as teclas, nada de ecrã. e ao tentar executar o passo 6, dá erro. Se voê puder, me dar uma ajuda, eu agradeceria.

  12. Francisco Lopes

    I followed all the steps in the tutorial, but when you finish step 5 was the only mobile phone to flash keys, no screen. and try to perform step 6, it gives error. If you can fly, give me a help, I appreciate it.

  13. My anti virus software detected trojan in 2k_easy_tool_v37.
    Any ideas???

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