Database Develop

How to unlock incredible s?

Hi, my samsung galaxy s 2 recently broke and I'm planning on using my old phone until my galaxy is repaired. I have my old htc incredible s, but the only problem is that it's locked to Virgin Mobile and I'm with Fido now. How do I unlock my phone so that I can use my Fido sim card on it?

AlbinoCoon said:
Hi, my samsung galaxy s 2 recently broke and I'm planning on using my old phone until my galaxy is repaired. I have my old htc incredible s, but the only problem is that it's locked to Virgin Mobile and I'm with Fido now. How do I unlock my phone so that I can use my Fido sim card on it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Contact Virgin Mobile and ask them for the SIM unlock code. If they will not provide you with it, then you will have to resort to one of the paid services that will sell you an unlock code.

Are you certain it's network locked? From my experience Virgin generally don't lock their devices - I've had a few different phones from them and they've never been network locked.

mr nick said:
Are you certain it's network locked? From my experience Virgin generally don't lock their devices - I've had a few different phones from them and they've never been network locked.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In Canada, Virgin Mobile is owned by Bell mobility, and these phones are locked. Without unlocking the phones the only sims which can be used, are those from Bell and Virgin.

Will I be able to use my One in Korea

I bought mine from Bell off contract. If I just stick a Korean SIM in the phone will it work or will it still be locked to Bell or some other stuff that won't allow this?

bump

[Q] Will virgin sim work in EE locked phone

I've bought a second hand HTC One being delivered tomorrow, it is apparently locked to EE but i was wondering if anyone had successfully used a virgin sim in this circumstance.
I would much rather go onto virgin as the deals are great compared to EE/orange/tmobile..
Thanks in advance
Jennifer

Has nobody tried this?

Should my HTC One work anywhere in the world?

I bought my One in the UK and, as far as I'm aware, it's locked to Three (the network I bought it from). Since I've come to China and South East Asia, I do not get any signal on my phone. My girlfriend who has an iPhone 3Gs and is also on Three gets signal (or she did before she cancelled her contract).
Should I get signal out here? I thought the phone would be able to work anywhere in the world in spite of where it was purchased. Anybody know anything about this? It's rooted and I have a custom ROM and custom firmware installed. Pretty sure I also updated the radio manually too, but I can't remember.

melted_cow said:
I bought my One in the UK and, as far as I'm aware, it's locked to Three (the network I bought it from). Since I've come to China and South East Asia, I do not get any signal on my phone. My girlfriend who has an iPhone 3Gs and is also on Three gets signal (or she did before she cancelled her contract).
Should I get signal out here? I thought the phone would be able to work anywhere in the world in spite of where it was purchased. Anybody know anything about this? It's rooted and I have a custom ROM and custom firmware installed. Pretty sure I also updated the radio manually too, but I can't remember.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its not working because the phone is SIM-locked to Three network. You will have to SIM unlock the phone.
http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI..._cat=billing,varset_subcat=3772,Case=obj(4363)
Request an unlock code and continue the process. Then, your SIM will be unlocked and you will be able to use it anywhere

raghav kapur said:
Its not working because the phone is SIM-locked to Three network. You will have to SIM unlock the phone.
http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI..._cat=billing,varset_subcat=3772,Case=obj(4363)
Request an unlock code and continue the process. Then, your SIM will be unlocked and you will be able to use it anywhere
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Huh, I thought that would only happen if I tried to put a non-Three SIM in the phone. Thanks, man

If you have your UK SIM in there, maybe you need to activate roaming on the network. But you know what they're like, you can only do that whilst in the UK.
Get an unlock code from eBay or a website and buy a local SIM, it'll save you money in days or even hours given the stupendous price of data roaming.

[Q] Use SM-G900A (AT&T) in Europe?

I believe the answer to this is "no", but:
I have access to an AT&T SM-G900A that is not being used. My daughter is about to move to Germany for an extended period.
First, can the phone be used in Europe at all?
I certainly wouldn't want to pay AT&T's probably-exorbitant rates, so then: can we buy a SIM card there to use in it as is? (pretty sure the answer is "no")
If I unlocked the phone (by buying an unlock code), could it then be used with a Europe-purchased SIM card?
I suspect this is all more trouble than it's worth and I'm better of just finding a used unlocked GSM phone of some sort.
Much thanks.

if you can use it abroad unless you unlock it first.
I have a galaxy s5 att and I am using it with another carrier here in south america.
only bad thing is that the wifi hotspot will not work for being a simcard from another operator, only work by usb tether.

It's working well. I bought an AT&T Galaxy S5 from USA and now I use it in Romania.
The WiFi hotspot is not working, but all the other features work very well.
Probably, after the bootloader will be cracked and we will have the opportunity to install a custom rom or an unbranded rom, the hotspot will function as well.
Enjoy your gadget !

All answers are correct. I was formerly in the U.S.Army and took an old T-Mobile HTC Dream over to Kuwait with me. I called T-MO and got a sim unlock code for free. Upon getting overseas I established service with a GSM carrier over there and popped in my sim card and whallaa! My phone completely worked in Europe and the middle east.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app