Hi,
I bought a tytn2 through ebay. It was simlocked to '3' UK. I had no problem using the phone with my '3' simcard. Then i wanted to use the phone with other carriers. I used the unlocking software posted by pof and i unlocked it successfully. But when i put in other simcards, the phone says no service. This includes the '3' sim that initailly worked. After some investigation, I found that the tytn2 imei had been changed to 35519500000001701 (apparently blacklisted in UK), which is different from the one when I bought the phone. When i search the imei online, this is the only reported case, but no solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374311
Can someone help? I want to restore the phone to its original imei. Hoping to save 10 pounds unlocking fees, I lost 200 pounds.
This has been happening a lot it seems, and so far I don't think anyone has a cure.
There is still no solution after so many years?
I think we should warn others about unlocking the phone with softwares as it is not worth saving a few dollars unlocking fees and risk damaging such an expensive phone.
I emailed HTC and they said they do not offer service for phones not sold by them. Instead they asked me to contact the network operator who sold the phone. I went to the network operator and they said the repair is likely to cost the same as a new phone.
Hello,
I recentley got a HD7 from o2 with a pay as you go sim because i cant get the HD7 from Orange (my network)
Now I have the phone I have found O2 have Sim locked it so I cannot use my Orange sim in it. I have looked all through XDA developers to see if other people had the same problem.
A lot of people have used http://www.htcimeiunlock.com/htc-hd7-unlock I have been on this site every day for 2 weeks and they cannnot find an unlock code for my ime number.
I have used a cople of other unlock websites i found on google but they all say they cant find the unlock code.
Dose any one have any suggestions? If not dose any one want a HD7 locked to o2?
Sounds tough for you, I had mine unlocked from there within 5 minutes and its an 02 pay as you go, using http://www.htcimeiunlock.com/htc-hd7-unlock.
Yeah I bought an HD7 at the weekend, locked to O2 with the intention of getting it unlocked. First person I tried came back saying they couldn't find an unlock code. Trying again with someone else who promises they use the newest database (costs more) but it's been nearly twenty four hours without anything so I'm guessing no luck again.
The IMEI checker on htcimeiunlock.com says a code isn't in the database so I don't know what to do either. When I check price and availabilty on unlock-now.com it takes me to their order page and costs €35.00 but I haven't really seen them before so not sure if they're legit. HTCCode are around the same price but I've heard quite a few horror stories, so a bit put off now.
And sure enough, another refund due to a lack of code. Going to ring O2 directly, when I asked instore I mentioned that I wasn't on O2 and so couldn't use the web form, so he told me to ring instead.
EDIT: Big fat nope, only after 12 months.
Just used the Live Support feature on the HTCCode website and got a quick response. My phone isn't in the database yet but it should be updated within a fortnight. Took my details to get back to me when that happens.
Looks like I'm playing the waiting game sadly.
.........:-(...
This thread traces back to my to subsidy lock that I posted awhile back. While not finding any solutions I tried Motorola and AT&T and they did not help at all.
Long story short well kinda..but bare with me please.6-7 months ago I wanted a AT&T Phone. (I'm with T-Mobile btw) Fell in love with the Atrix HD. Found one via Craigslist. Bought it from a guy and claims he has unlocked codes given to him by AT&T. Turns out the codes were phony and subsidy locked my phone( hard locked) It won't let me input any unlock codes anymore.. Tried AT&T they told me the phone is NOT Black listed,but the guy owed money to it. They advice me to contact Motorola which I did. After procrastinating for months and months. Finally sent in my device to Motorola to re-flash the phone to be unlocked. Good thing I had warranty still. I received it about a week and half later. Posted it on Craigslist. Meet up with a buyer to buy the phone. Puts in his AT&T Sim Card and there! Subsidy Locked is still in and no prompt options for him to input any codes besides a dismiss button. I was furious. I thought Motorola did their job. So back to drawing board one.
Contacted Motorola again via chat. They put it as a priority case nd told me I have to call motorola the following week. I called the repair center earlier this morning. They told me there is nothing they can do to help me since the moment I bought the phone from a private buyer. The warranty was voided??? Even before I told them that I bought it on Craigslist before and they still told me to send in the device for warranty repair.
Now I just have a working phone that wont work for a AT&T Carrier.
WHAT CAN I DO GUYS?
Wait, so it works with TMobile bit not with AT&T? I'd guess that AT&T didn't have it blacklisted back then but it does now since the money owed never got paid.
When you first got the phone and put in your non-ATT sim, did the phone prompt you to enter the subsidy code?
Since the phone was an ATT phone and it is hard locked, I would have expected an ATT sim to work but no other.
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.
mweinbach said:
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.
x_ruslan said:
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?
beserker15 said:
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
So I bought a used P20 Pro on eBay, locked to EE in the UK. (I live in Ireland so I can't just jump onto the EE network with a new sim.)
I rang up EE customer service to get it unlocked, they checked the IMEI and said it was fine, not blacklisted or anything. The girl put me on hold and went to the "unlock team" and came back a few minutes later and said the phone was locked to an "internal account".
I asked her what that meant and she said she didn't know, and that the unlock team can't do anything with it.
Anyone know what this means?
I tried a 3rd party unlocker, I'm just waiting at the moment, but I'm kind of curious as to what an internal account is? My initial thought was that it was a phone belonging to a member of staff, but I don't know why that should make a difference to unlocking the sim. I assume somebody has the code somewhere..
Also, just wondering what my options are if it's un-unlockable? Contact Huawei? Send it back? Elevate it with EE?
And how does unlocking work? Is it always just a list of IMEI's and codes that people use? Or do unlockers use a brute force method? Or a decoding program?
I assume a custom ROM won't unlock it.. I do like my custom ROMS but I've been off the scene for a while as my last phone (LG H815P) had a locked bootloader.
Update:
So I got it unlocked, no problem, by some dude on Ebay for £13.99. Still curious as to why EE wouldn't do it, and what exactly an internal account is. They did also say it was only activated since September.
I'm quite happy now though, it was only £250, and the accessories don't seem to have been used at all. The charger still had the plastic on it.