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Hey guys
My girlfriend bought a phone from a local carrier to use on a different local carrier, and when they found out, they gave her a bunch of scary talk about how unlocking voids the warranty and it'll come up and blah blah.
So :
1) Can an optimus 2x once unlocked be re-locked?
2) Anyone have any first hand experience with getting warranty service done on an unlocked phone without an active account at Wind Mobile?
Thanks
If i'm not totaly mistaken, You can flash an original LG rom with NVflash and that should do it
Anyone correct me if i'm wrong
You can't re-lock it, but it will not void the warranty.
torespen said:
If i'm not totaly mistaken, You can flash an original LG rom with NVflash and that should do it
Anyone correct me if i'm wrong
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Please be very careful whenever anyone in this forum tells you to flash an LG ROM.
The Wind Mobile "Optimus 2x" is the P999. You should be asking questions in the inappropriately named "T-Mobile G2x" forum.
All of the ROMs and guides in this forum are for the P990.
Hey thanks cmstlist
that would have been a bad mistake.
Rusty! said:
You can't re-lock it, but it will not void the warranty.
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I'm with you, but I know of a person that had call LG Spain and they told him that the warranty is lost when you unlock the phone if the code was not given by the company who locks the phone.
Sorry for my english!!
Warranty or not, they can refuse to repair your phone when you broke the agreement..
So except Italy modding your terminal still avoids the warranty?
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I've just called a german general customer service.
You can mod your phone, since Android is open source, you may however not remove a sim-lock. Your warranty is void if you flash your phone to unlock it for sim cards for other networks.
So it seems like everything is fine as long as you flash it back to the original firmware, of course this only applies to stock-simlock free phones.
This is only for germany, and i dont know if its completely true, but it sounds good
Sounds like a load of crap to me, you don't flash to unlock, you have to get a code generated.
All statements "this and that voids warranty" are crap, since when you flash stock rom using SmartFlash, the phone is in factory state - they can't find out what you have been doing with it (not in any easy way).
But I don't know about sim unlocks, whether they are purely ROM thing or some deeper mod of the phone.. can't guarantee you that. Also, when you give the phone to somebody, you never know what he did with it.
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Sounds like a load of crap to me, you don't flash to unlock, you have to get a code generated.
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You dont quite get it.
Everything is fine as long as you dont try to unlock the phone for other sim cards
FreeZr said:
You dont quite get it.
Everything is fine as long as you dont try to unlock the phone for other sim cards
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I get it just fine. There is no way something done in the correct manner is going to void the warranty. LG's service dept won't know if an unlock code comes from a carrier or eBay, they will be identical.
The problem is the carrier states it will void the warranty if they dont issue the unlock code...
Well, if you bring it in for repairs to your carrier (who I understand you bougt it from), they can refuse to help you if you broke your agreement with them. If after a year, when you can get the unlock code for free, there is no reason why they shouldn't help you.
If you bring it to LG, and keep your carrier out of it, there is no reason why they shouldn't help you..
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Well, if you bring it in for repairs to your carrier (who I understand you bougt it from), they can refuse to help you if you broke your agreement with them. If after a year, when you can get the unlock code for free, there is no reason why they shouldn't help you.
If you bring it to LG, and keep your carrier out of it, there is no reason why they shouldn't help you..
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Exactly. You might aswell just flash the original firmware and everything will be fine.
My S-Pen stopped working. I tried another one and it didn't work either. There were a few brief moments where it worked, once after a wipe of the ROM and once after switching the right-left handedness of the pen. Now it doesn't work anymore, ever. It is probably just a coincidence, but I started having problems some time after flashing CM9. It seems like a hardware problem, but if it is software is there anything else I can try?
Have you tried going back to stock gb via odin and testing it again. If it doesn't work on stock its probably hardware related, you can claim under warranty
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azzledazzle said:
Have you tried going back to stock gb via odin and testing it again. If it doesn't work on stock its probably hardware related, you can claim under warranty
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Thanks for the response.
Yup, I tried going back to stock GB. No luck.
My phone does not have a warranty. Oh well.
why does it not have warranty ? it should still be in the 12-24month limit.
Is it on contract ? Usually network providers have a warranty that lasts the length of the contract. Mine does (vodafone UK)
So if samsung wont repair it, your carrier might.
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why does it not have warranty ? it should still be in the 12-24month limit.
Is it on contract ? Usually network providers have a warranty that lasts the length of the contract. Mine does (vodafone UK)
So if samsung wont repair it, your carrier might.
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I bought an international Note it from Negri in the US. I thought there was no warranty, but it may be with the manufacturer outside of the US. I contacted them (Negri) for support yesterday and will see what happens.
Update:
Negri said I had to go to Samsung. Samsung's web site did not recognize my phone and directed me to their help line 1-888-987-4357. They said they do not support unlocked phones. They forwarded my call to someone 'who can help you with unlocked phones.' I explained the problem and was just about to get my warranty work done when they said oh, you are in the US we are in CANADA, I can't help you. Now back to Negri.
I also noticed that if I twist my phone just right the pen starts working again. Re-seating the connectors did not help.
Is anyone working on breaking this problem? Hate myself for getting this phone now, everyone else is running away with custom kernels and any soft headed person who decided to go with their provider is also stuck unless their provider didn't ask for it to be locked down.
What is the actual difference between the two phones? Unlockable or not unlockable? Could one not be migrated to the other or is that not possible?
I want to stretch this phones legs and i'm unable to because of it.
Any help, input, pointers would be grateful.
Any "No your a tool for buying from your provider an sony have always done this" is not helpful.
Cheers.
dladz said:
Is anyone working on breaking this problem? Hate myself for getting this phone now, everyone else is running away with custom kernels and any soft headed person who decided to go with their provider is also stuck unless their provider didn't ask for it to be locked down.
What is the actual difference between the two phones? Unlockable or not unlockable? Could one not be migrated to the other or is that not possible?
I want to stretch this phones legs and i'm unable to because of it.
Any help, input, pointers would be grateful.
Any "No your a tool for buying from your provider an sony have always done this" is not helpful.
Cheers.
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Unfortunately talking from experience with Sony Xperia Z and other Android phones, this has never been possible. Bootloader unlock allowed: No on Xperia Z has not been hacked after all the time that the device has been out, I would not count on a solution for Xperia Z1.
Sorry to put your hopes down, but most likely this will never be possible.
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No real developers have openely said they are working on it.
A few people have tried a few things but this needs someone with real developing/hacking skills (Like the_laser).
The problem is that all the developers know to get unlockable phones, so they don't have/need to work on the bootloader issue.
Adam Outler was given an Xperia T with an bootloader that says no, and he gave up after a few months.
You aren't missing anything mate.
Before Z1 I had Xperia S, I unlocked bootloader and when I tried every ROM on XDA..... I settled down on @niaboc79 eXistanZ. (stock based ROM for locked and unlocked bootloaders)
Believe me, we'll get many great things on Z1 you just have to be patient.
Now I bought Z1 with a bootloader locked (unlockable), I knew that from the beginning and I didn't care.
When Z1 recive 4.4 and few other devs join here, you'll see you'll have many different ROMs to choose...
Yes, it's true, you can't get custom kernel and maybe you can't OC your CPU or GPU but Z1 has quad on 2.2 Ghz and there's really no need for 2.5Ghz or 3.0Ghz.
Remember, we are using phones, without cooling system and OC will overheating hardware and that's not good...
As I said, you/we are not missing anything.
eXistanZ will, eventually, be released for Z1, just like all other great ROMs and we'll have awesome software for device...
In the next few days/weeks devs will manage to develop tools for rooting Z1 on 4.3 and that's all you need to get 99% of goodies on Z1.
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Thanks everyone, I appreciate it.
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You aren't missing anything mate.
Before Z1 I had Xperia S, I unlocked bootloader and when I tried every ROM on XDA..... I settled down on @niaboc79 eXistanZ. (stock based ROM for locked and unlocked bootloaders)
Believe me, we'll get many great things on Z1 you just have to be patient.
Now I bought Z1 with a bootloader locked (unlockable), I knew that from the beginning and I didn't care.
When Z1 recive 4.4 and few other devs join here, you'll see you'll have many different ROMs to choose...
Yes, it's true, you can't get custom kernel and maybe you can't OC your CPU or GPU but Z1 has quad on 2.2 Ghz and there's really no need for 2.5Ghz or 3.0Ghz.
Remember, we are using phones, without cooling system and OC will overheating hardware and that's not good...
As I said, you/we are not missing anything.
eXistanZ will, eventually, be released for Z1, just like all other great ROMs and we'll have awesome software for device...
In the next few days/weeks devs will manage to develop tools for rooting Z1 on 4.3 and that's all you need to get 99% of goodies on Z1.
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Yea you're right m8, I do like the phone, it's just the first time i've not been able to use the other kernels.
What about the likes of PA and AOSP rom's, don't they need a kernel from the likes of doomlord to work?
Great if they don't, i don't stick with them for very long but it's nice to try them out from time to time.
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Yea you're right m8, I do like the phone, it's just the first time i've not been able to use the other kernels.
What about the likes of PA and AOSP rom's, don't they need a kernel from the likes of doomlord to work?
Great if they don't, i don't stick with them for very long but it's nice to try them out from time to time.
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Yeap, they need custom kernels so without unlocked bootloader you can't use them
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Yeap, they need custom kernels so without unlocked bootloader you can't use them
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Bugger.
Thanks again m8, i'm going to avoid the original dev section like the plague.
Google edition should be ok though right?
I got one with locked boot loader from Telenor here in Sweden.
I'm thinking about calling them and complain. There is NOTHING in my contract with them that says anything about locked boot loader.
The only thing that is stated is carrier-locked to Telenor. Ok, so I can unlock that after 12 month or find another webpage that can do it for me.
I talked to Sony Sweden about it and they said the normal jobberish about they don't wan't us to change "software", Their branded software. Well after 12 month they let me unlock the phone. Why not then letting me change "software". No the phone will still be locked. I say that is to not follow the contract. They say I can unlock my phone after 12 month, then why not let me ? No, they only let me unlock the carrier-lock. So in theory the phone will still be locked to Telenor. That's whats wrong with the contract.
Am I barking up the wrong tree here, or might there actually be a little loop-hole that I can use to get my phone unlocked or maybe even get a replaced phone ?
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I got one with locked boot loader from Telenor here in Sweden.
I'm thinking about calling them and complain. There is NOTHING in my contract with them that says anything about locked boot loader.
The only thing that is stated is carrier-locked to Telenor. Ok, so I can unlock that after 12 month or find another webpage that can do it for me.
I talked to Sony Sweden about it and they said the normal jobberish about they don't wan't us to change "software", Their branded software. Well after 12 month they let me unlock the phone. Why not then letting me change "software". No the phone will still be locked. I say that is to not follow the contract. They say I can unlock my phone after 12 month, then why not let me ? No, they only let me unlock the carrier-lock. So in theory the phone will still be locked to Telenor. That's whats wrong with the contract.
Am I barking up the wrong tree here, or might there actually be a little loop-hole that I can use to get my phone unlocked or maybe even get a replaced phone ?
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No the phones simlock is nothing to do with the fact that the bootloader can't be unlocked, although it is most likely your carrier who is responsible for the bootloader not being able to be unlocked in the first place.
They are unrelated instances, as far as i know and without some serious tinkering the bootloader will remain the way it is, it seriously sucks and I hate myself for doing it now but it is what it is, the only plausible way out would be if sony were to swap the phone out for one with an unlocked bootloader, i'm sure it is our consumer right to do what we want with our property, especially seeing as Sony has an official page on how to unlock the bootloader officially.
I find this approach to their software preposterous and well you've already seen me have a rant, i'm not a happy bunny.
My guess is that if your carrier replaces the phone then you will get another locked BL, but if for some reason you can get Sony to replace it then you may get one with an unlockable BL, that is the only way around it so far as I can see.
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No the phones simlock is nothing to do with the fact that the bootloader can't be unlocked, although it is most likely your carrier who is responsible for the bootloader not being able to be unlocked in the first place.
They are unrelated instances, as far as i know and without some serious tinkering the bootloader will remain the way it is, it seriously sucks and I hate myself for doing it now but it is what it is, the only plausible way out would be if sony were to swap the phone out for one with an unlocked bootloader, i'm sure it is our consumer right to do what we want with our property, especially seeing as Sony has an official page on how to unlock the bootloader officially.
I find this approach to their software preposterous and well you've already seen me have a rant, i'm not a happy bunny.
My guess is that if your carrier replaces the phone then you will get another locked BL, but if for some reason you can get Sony to replace it then you may get one with an unlockable BL, that is the only way around it so far as I can see.
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I called Telenor and talked to them. They put me through to the support. They coulndät do anything they said. I called Telenor again and got connected to what they called their Sony Xperia support. Got to talk with a nice guy who told me that. Yes it is possible to get by this locked boot loader, but I had to go through Telenor. However, he told me NOT to call them, but to go to an actual store and talk to them. So acording to him, Telenor should be able to solve this issue. I'm still not convinced. But I guess if I can get Telenor to accept fault on their part, maybe they can get Sony to fix it ?
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I called Telenor and talked to them. They put me through to the support. They coulndät do anything they said. I called Telenor again and got connected to what they called their Sony Xperia support. Got to talk with a nice guy who told me that. Yes it is possible to get by this locked boot loader, but I had to go through Telenor. However, he told me NOT to call them, but to go to an actual store and talk to them. So acording to him, Telenor should be able to solve this issue. I'm still not convinced. But I guess if I can get Telenor to accept fault on their part, maybe they can get Sony to fix it ?
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I would take that advice with a pinch of salt, it sounds a little too good to be true, i hope i'm wrong there but my guess is that they won't be able to do anything, I know all the people in the EE store by ours and all of them haven't got a clue what day it is, if i ask about a bootloader they'll probably spaz out.
But hey if it works for you then that's superb.
So, while I'm still unsure whether to root my Note 4 or not, I would like to discuss about your experiences with warranty centers and whether they care about knox counter or ROM that is running. I live in Europe and as far as rooting is concerned, it looks like we have better laws than people in the other continents. If you, by any chance, already had your phone sent for warranty, can share your experience here and whether your phone was accepted for repairing?
Sent my note4 back to samsung.Rooted and knox status 0x1.No problem at all phone was fixed without any questions.Country:Netherlands.
aartvv said:
Sent my note4 back to samsung.Rooted and knox status 0x1.No problem at all phone was fixed without any questions.Country:Netherlands.
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Wow, I might just root then!
Tauras said:
Wow, I might just root then!
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Be careful dude. Aartvv comes from Netherland, country where a lot of things is allowed
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Be careful dude. Aartvv comes from Netherland, country where a lot of things is allowed
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I think I'll try to root. Not sure if repair centers are experienced enough to know about knox counter. I can always just flash the stock rom and just ignore the 0x1. I'll see what others say.
EUROPE has the best warranties, no matter what electronic item you buy. USA has the worst, only 1 year, and you have to fight hard sometimes to get warranty honored. I have a N910C and I am in USA atm, I'm SURE this phone is NOT covered by warranty here because it is not an American model. Similar thing happened to my galaxy S3 i9300, I asked Samsung for a screen replacement, and I was willing to pay, but then they refused because it is an international model.
So if you are in Europe, just root away!
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EUROPE has the best warranties, no matter what electronic item you buy. USA has the worst, only 1 year, and you have to fight hard sometimes to get warranty honored. I have a N910C and I am in USA atm, I'm SURE this phone is NOT covered by warranty here because it is not an American model. Similar thing happened to my galaxy S3 i9300, I asked Samsung for a screen replacement, and I was willing to pay, but then they refused because it is an international model.
So if you are in Europe, just root away!
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Sometimes that does matter. I bought a Nokia lumia 1520 and even with proof of purchase they wouldn't cover it because it was a 1520 that wasn't made for the European market. I'd have to send it in to that market to get it fixed. I understand completely. But if it were a European device purchased in Europe, they'd have to fix it. So yes, you can root and have it under warranty unless you actually change the software or hardware to a point that it burns out the phone... Besides that, you're pretty much golden.
I haven't had a need to send in my phone yet, but I did report an issue(pocket wake/pocket dialing because of home button wake) that I as a user could only fix by rooting (I don't plan on rooting) and the service rep told me they'd "reset" the phone once(flash stock firmware, and set counter to 0)
Sony's service really surprised me once.
I had dropped a flashlight right on my e-reader's screen causing a few pixels to rupture, and they fixed it for free even though that kind of damage could only come from mishandling.
Thanks!!! I already rooted my Note 4!!! So good to be back here after the awesome Note II development! And yes, I live in Europe and my phone is from here!
Any news for Germany carriers. .I want to root my note 4 and i am not sure for warranty. .
Regarding Italy I don't have firsthand experience (and knock on wood I won't have to), but from what I'm reading on forums they don't honor the warranty if knox 0x1.
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Regarding Italy I don't have firsthand experience (and knock on wood I won't have to), but from what I'm reading on forums they don't honor the warranty if knox 0x1.
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+1 in hungary. I have a hardware issue and they dont repir it because of knox 0x1
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Be careful dude. Aartvv comes from Netherland, country where a lot of things is allowed
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The service center manger he sent his phone to was very high on weed :angel:
The easiest way would be to use the search function and get all information, that you need.
Why Samsung KNOX trigger bothers us - and should not!
The link redirects you to an older post of mine, where I explain, what KNOX really does and in which way it is important to us.
The shortcut to my answer is, you can give a sh** about Knox. Knox is only interesting for enterprise purposes.
in Mexico, carrier telcel, rooting does not void warranty, they even accept your device without proof of purchase, if it was sold by them
Note 4 housing
Hey guys
Have anyone gone back to try to replace the housing of the phone?
It s a bit scratched up, I understand I would need to pay for it. That is fine. But to do so would warranty or Knox 0x1 come into play and have them rejecting me?
Thank you
They MUST repair your phone here in Holland. Even if it is rooted and flashed with other firmware
i wrote to one of the certified repair centers in my town (Kaunas, Lithuania. Europe) . Asking specificly if i loose the warranty fully or retain any of it (like if it's a software failure i have to pay but if it's hardware i can get off) and they replied that they count the warranty voided under any circumstances if the knox is tripped.
i'll try to write to the samsung reps, see what their stand on this is. maby if i tripped knox and carried the phone to the service they would take it as long as i don't run in screaming that my knox is 0x1......
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They MUST repair your phone here in Holland. Even if it is rooted and flashed with other firmware
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I wonder if it's the same in Belgium.
In the UK, no dice.
I contacted the carphone warehouse after my wifi refused to connect and when it did connect, would drop out within a few minutes. the list of wifi networks would just show disabled.
I took it to the carphone warehouse in newcastle, was able to reproduce the problem with their in store wifi.. I booked it in for repair. They sent it off for repair I think since it took 10 days.
When I went back, He told me that the device had been rooted in the past, gave me the phone back with "user error" on the receipt. So if you trip the warranty knox counter, they wont touch it.
Phone sold for spares.
I bought Galaxy S8 on Ebay. It turned out that he was on the blacklist. Is there any solution for unlocking the SIM card. I'm outside the US ...
IMEI repair.
IMEI repair is not even an option for this model, because it need the device to be ROOTED. However, there is another option you can try. I never try this my self, you should try IMEI cleaning service, it's not like imei repair, it just remove the blockage, and you still be able to have the original IMEI ( i don't think you can use it on the same carrier). Word of advise, never buy new release carrier phone on ebay, mostly because of scam like that.
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IMEI repair.
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Will device unlock app work when imei is cleaned or whitelisted or repaired? Do you have specific knowledge on this issue? Sim unlock on Tmobile has been a pain since like 2 months ago. Nobody able to offer service again except Tmobile.
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I bought Galaxy S8 on Ebay. It turned out that he was on the blacklist. Is there any solution for unlocking the SIM card. I'm outside the US ...
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look on the S8 plus threads... I read people were having it unlocked a few weeks ago... https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s8+
No one tried it?
http://attunlockcode.com/products/T%2dMOBILE-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-S8-SIM-Unlock-App-Solution.html
Not working!!!
Have you unlock your s8?I'm in the same boat.
Have you unlock your s8?I'm in the same boat.
I was worse off, I bought the device from a user that was unlocked from T-mobile. Assumed unlocked = bills paid (yeah I know, stupid me). Worked for a little bit on AT&T and then the phone notified me that it was only a temporary unlock (didn't even know this existed), relocked itself, and also was blacklisted (on T-mobile). There's a service here that seems to have good reviews but of course a little to rich for me right now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/T-Mobile-Un...446916?hash=item41ca551184:g:gLoAAOSw8GtZOww8
Do you unlock your device?
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I was worse off, I bought the device from a user that was unlocked from T-mobile. Assumed unlocked = bills paid (yeah I know, stupid me). Worked for a little bit on AT&T and then the phone notified me that it was only a temporary unlock (didn't even know this existed), relocked itself, and also was blacklisted (on T-mobile). There's a service here that seems to have good reviews but of course a little to rich for me right now.
I have the same problem like you,I bought it from ebay.I bought the service but he can't unlock my phone.Do you unlock you s8 now?
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S8 T-Mobile blacklisted
So, did anybody found the way to unlock the Samsung s8 tmobile blacklisted??? :crying:
So T-mobiles policy is if the phone is not paid off an account goes past due - gets canceled not paid or reported lost or stolen or if not traded back in from warranty or insurance then it is blacklisted..... just so everyone is aware. If that phone is blacklisted it is likely one of those things I would like to point out eBay has buyer protection in place for that you can contact them if the seller doesn't rectify it firs. Also to the people suggesting IMEI Repair for no nefarious purpose, of course, you would likely need a bootloader unlock and proper root to even do that.
do a search on the web for R-SIM 11
I know it can unlocked blacklisted iphones, not sure it is works on android devices
Blacklisted
Does anyone know what function needs to be turned off for the blacklist to be undone, i have found the phone code that gets me into that part of the phone i just dont know what part i need to turn off to undo the block anyone know that by chance.
unlock s8
hi,
i bought an s8 from ebay, it was at first working w/ mint (which runs on t-mobile) but when i took it outside of the US, it wouldn't work. i contacted T-Force & was told that the imei was clean but needed to talk to accounting or some other dept to see if it had a balance to be paid or something which didn't make any sense to me.
if anyone has encountered this situation please let me know how to resolve it, i tried changing the rom but it didn't work.
baophucdinh31 said:
IMEI repair is not even an option for this model, because it need the device to be ROOTED. However, there is another option you can try. I never try this my self, you should try IMEI cleaning service, it's not like imei repair, it just remove the blockage, and you still be able to have the original IMEI ( i don't think you can use it on the same carrier). Word of advise, never buy new release carrier phone on ebay, mostly because of scam like that.
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Could you explain how to ROOT the device. I bought an S8 second hand and tuned up to be blacklisted and google account blocked. I managed to remove google account with odin and combination file but no idea how to clean the imei and unblacklist. Help me to save my £350 purchase. never again second hand but not in the position to buy brand new.:crying:
Many Thanks in advance