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Im planing to get incredible s but is locked to yes optus (australia).
I have done a quick research.But still couldnt find any tool to unlock it.
Does flashing custom rom unlock the sim? what about bootloader unlock? and s-off? hboot?
what about this radio thinggy ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129014 )
Is there a free way to remove the sim lock?
thanks in advance
Nope, you can't unlock sim for free. Best bet is to look on ebay for sellers who will sell sim unlock for $4-5. Here is one for $5.99:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-SENSATION-4G-WILDFIRE-S-INCREDIBLE-S-VIRGIN-Canada-Unlock-Code-/320790616890?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab09c5b3a
Otherwise the only way to get it is:
1) Buy the code from others who manged to get the algorithm from the OEM (that's the sellers you see on ebay and places like cellunlock.net)
2) you need to figure the algorithm for the unlock sequence that is dependent on the base IMEI, so you would have to spend hours and hours of hacking if you even want to try it.
3) buy an "unlock box" that some technicians/hackers use to unlock handsets, but this is much more expensive and costs several hundreds in US $.
You don't loose the sim unlock. Once you do it the first time, it's permanently unlocked forever unless you turn it in for a new one or something. Flashing RUU, roms won't make it lose it.
If your using the phone with a provider that uses the Optus network you don't need to worry about unlocking it, I'm using an Optus sourced phone on Live Connected and it works fine I have not unlocked anything.
I'm planning to flash a custom ROM, but am currently using the phone with the stock ROM that it came with from Optus.
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Blackrose666 said:
If your using the phone with a provider that uses the Optus network you don't need to worry about unlocking it, I'm using an Optus sourced phone on Live Connected and it works fine I have not unlocked anything.
I'm planning to flash a custom ROM, but am currently using the phone with the stock ROM that it came with from Optus.
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Its locked to optus but the reason you can use the liveconnected sim is because they are an optus reseller, along with Amaysim, Apex, Boost, Dodo, Exetel, Pennysim, Primus, Savvytel, Soul, Startel and TPG. All of these companies sim cards should work in your phone. Virgin, although using the optus network is different I believe, as it is a wholesaler.
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Is there a free way to remove the sim lock?
thanks in advance
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Ive used many sim cards in Australia and overseas and it works fine, even before I rooted.
Hey everyone,
I recently bought a HD2 for flashing fun, then I realized it was locked to one of the telcos that I don't use.
I just wondered if an app exists like on some other phones to remove the sim lock. Or flashing a file or debranded rom will do it.
Thanks so much
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Hey everyone,
I recently bought a HD2 for flashing fun, then I realized it was locked to one of the telcos that I don't use.
I just wondered if an app exists like on some other phones to remove the sim lock. Or flashing a file or debranded rom will do it.
Thanks so much
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I don't believe there is a program or app that you can use you to SIM unlock your device.
You need a IMEI code to unlock it. Search the internet for a company that does it and compare prices, usually costs between $10 -$25
I used this company over a year ago to unlock a AT&T phone that I bought so I could switch it to TMobile, which was the service that I had.
They sell you the IMEI unlock code and then you insert the new carriers SIM card or one from an already activated device, restart the phone and enter the IMEI code. The new service has to be a GSM network for it to work. You might have to setup your APN to get internet working properly.
This is the company that I used and this is the link for the HD2.
http://www.htcimeiunlock.com/htc-hd2-unlock
Here's another one that does it.
http://www.htcsimunlock.com/htc-hd2-unlock.html
I am pretty confused.
I bought a used AT&T variant S5 from this lady on craigslist. I ask her questions about the phone, try and get a judge of her character, check the IMEI on Swappa, etc. The important parts checked out and the IMEI appears to be clean so I go ahead and purchase the phone. Since I use T-Mobile's prepaid plan, I have the phone unlocked and it works great - for a few days. Suddenly I get the MM # 6 Error and all network connections cease to work.I return to Swappa and check the IMEI and get the dreaded black box telling me the phone has been reported as lost or stolen. Bleh.
I am either victim to insurance fraud or I purchased a stolen phone from this lady BUT that is not why I am posting here. Fast forward a bit and it has been over 24 hours since the phone has been blacklisted and I am still obviously a little pissed off. I tried putting a GiffGaff sim in the phone but it's been ages since I have used that, so I get the SIM Not Provisioned Error. For some reason I thought I would try my wife's sim in the damn thing next just to see, obviously not expecting much better results (She has AT&T). I get full service. Taking the sim out of her iPhone 5S and putting it into my blacklisted AT&T S5 has returned full service to my phone somehow. I disabled Wifi and got full bars 4G LTE, successfully browse the internet, send text and MMS, and make a phone call.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I'm sure there is an explanation, but I haven't heard of this yet. I know when a T-Mobile phone is financed and blacklisted, it will still work with AT&T networks, but I haven't ever run into a scenario quite like the one I am having. Maybe there is a slight delay in AT&T having the device updated on it's blacklist vs T-Mobile, where the device is already not working. I did check the IMEI again and it is still blacklisted. Any thoughts?
TL;DR: Blacklisted AT&T S5 works (currently) on AT&T, not T-Mobile
I need someone to say they have seen this before...
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It's not blacklisted if it works on Att.
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Yet the IMEI shows blacklisted for lost or stolen on T-Mobile? And they share the same database.
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I guess my question is why the hell does this phone not work on T-Mobile? Could T-Mobile have mistakenly put this on the blacklist?
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Are you 100% sure the phone is natively an AT&T variant and not a Tmobile one? Tmobile variants can flash and at&T rom and have the device ID in settings changed as a result. boot to download mode and check the device ID
Well put it this way: The phone has an AT&T logo on the back, at the boot, and the sticker on the inside says SM-G900A. Also, the phone would bring up the NCK Unlock screen whenever I put in a T-Mobile sim prior to me unlocking it.
After unlock things worked great with T-Mobile, until I got the MM#6 error and check the IMEI again to find it was blacklisted.
Taking a picture now of download mode.
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The reason your wife's sim card worked is the imei is not listed on your account. It takes a couple of hours to a couple days for the att network to check the imei and lock the account due to a lost or stolen device (blacklist). Once this happens your account gets locked and unusable until you remove the sim from the device and call att to restore service.
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So the although the phone is showing up as blacklisted, it will continue to be usable until AT&T notices its being used by my wife's sim, at which point she will be locked out of her account until she calls to restore service? I have never heard of that.
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Just because you may not have heard of it does not make it false. Trust me the info I have shared is the reason why. I have run into this multiple times.
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Well its still alive and kicking on AT&Ts network. Your explanation would make more sense if it wasn't.
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Is the only way to unlock the AT&T Nexus 6 by inserting another carrier's SIM and entering the unlock code? Or is there a way to bring up a service menu and enter the SIM unlock without another carrier's SIM?
Edit: Thread bumped with more info. See last post.
Anyone?
Cellunlocker.net can do I believe that's the site
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Cellunlocker.net can do I believe that's the site
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They just give you the unlock code. I've already have that from AT&T, but I don't have another carriers SIM card to prompt the unlock menu.
Pre paid some from another carrier
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No SIM UNLOCK message on AT&T Nexus 6
I have a Nexus 6 that was on my wife's plan and she haulled ass on me, turning off my phone in the process. it has no sim unlock message but is still blacklisted. Is this the same as SIM LOCK? I've tried to get it to display the sim unlock code, even factory resetting won't produce one. What the !#$% over?
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buxtor said:
I have a Nexus 6 that was on my wife's plan and she haulled ass on me, turning off my phone in the process. it has no sim unlock message but is still blacklisted. Is this the same as SIM LOCK? I've tried to get it to display the sim unlock code, even factory resetting won't produce one. What the !#$% over?
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no. blacklisted and sim locked are two unrelated things. if it gets blacklisted, most likely it wont work on any US carrier(or many international carriers). sim locked means its locked to work only on att(until its paid off, then att unlocks it).
Bumping my old thread here. I got a SIM unlock code from AT&T and attempted entering it 3 times, but each time got a "Network unlock request unsuccessful." You only get 5 attempts before the device is permanently locked to AT&T. I did escalate the issue with them, but it's going to take at least a week to get back to me. I am on CM12.1, does this only work on stock?
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Bumping my old thread here. I got a SIM unlock code from AT&T and attempted entering it 3 times, but each time got a "Network unlock request unsuccessful." You only get 5 attempts before the device is permanently locked to AT&T. I did escalate the issue with them, but it's going to take at least a week to get back to me. I am on CM12.1, does this only work on stock?
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I was on stock, rooted and the unlock code from AT&T worked fine. I'm no expert, but it's hard for me to understand why it would matter if you were running a custom ROM.
Have you considered taking it into an AT&T store with your unlock code and asking one of their techs for assistance?
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I was on stock, rooted and the unlock code from AT&T worked fine. I'm no expert, but it's hard for me to understand why it would matter if you were running a custom ROM.
Have you considered taking it into an AT&T store with your unlock code and asking one of their techs for assistance?
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I don't have a lot of time to drop by an AT&T store, so that's why I called them up. The issue has been escalated, so hopefully they can fix whatever they need to on their end. If they can't I'll stop in a store after.
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I don't have a lot of time to drop by an AT&T store, so that's why I called them up. The issue has been escalated, so hopefully they can fix whatever they need to on their end. If they can't I'll stop in a store after.
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Good luck.
They might have gave u a wrong code. I've had that before. See if they can verify the code or try cellunlocker to see if they give u a different code. Make a backup and flash a stock ROM to be safe
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So, I used up 4 of my 5 unlock attempts on CM before flashing back to stock. IT DID work on stock. I don't know why this makes a difference, but I hope this helps others as well.
My nephew said he found the phone on the road underneath an overpass. Screen digitizer looks damaged, no battery, no battery back cover and all banged up (see pics). He gave it to me to either fix or trash. I would like to get the phone looking new, working and give it back to my nephew running on AT&T's network.
Questions:
1. All the parts I need are compatible with most Note 4's correct? Will these work here and here?
2. Being a T-Mo device, the bootloader should be unlocked correct?
3. If the device is locked (not purchased by cash) can the unlock code be unnecessary by rooting? If not, what are my options since I did not purchase this device?
4. AT&T Roms are not compatible on T-Mo devices running on AT&T network correct? So will T-Mo Rom's work on N910T running on AT&T network?
5. Can I Root, flash Rom and modem?
Greatly appreciate your input, thanks.
Tmobile phone will work fine on AT&T. No need to flash anything special just pic a ROM and set up am APN.
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ShrekOpher said:
Tmobile phone will work fine on AT&T. No need to flash anything special just pic a ROM and set up am APN.
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Thank you. Any idea on whether I'll run into issues regarding it possibly being locked?
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Thank you. Any idea on whether I'll run into issues regarding it possibly being locked?
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if it is carrier locked, you should be able to get it unlocked using cellunlocker.com thats what i did, been using my N910T on AT&T from day one.
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ShrekOpher said:
if it is carrier locked, you should be able to get it unlocked using cellunlocker.com thats what i did, been using my N910T on AT&T from day one.
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I just purchased the T-Mobile variant and I am going to unlock it via http://www.cellunlocker.net. When checking out at cellunlocker.net they displayed a message:
"Please be advised in order to unlock your Samsung Note 4, you MUST activate the phone with the original carrier or SIM issued within your designated location. This must occur before you attempt to unlock and activate the phone with a foreign sim card. The Note 4 has a region lock feature seperate to sim unlocking and if unlocked before activating to its original carrier or continent the phone will be region-locked and must be unlocked directly from Samsung. For more information, please refer to the warning sticker found on the packaging that your phone came in."
Do I just need to get a T-Mobile sim and activate it once? Then boot it up with my ATT sim and enter in the unlock code? Or can I disregard this message?
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I just purchased the T-Mobile variant and I am going to unlock it via http://www.cellunlocker.net. When checking out at cellunlocker.net they displayed a message:
"Please be advised in order to unlock your Samsung Note 4, you MUST activate the phone with the original carrier or SIM issued within your designated location. This must occur before you attempt to unlock and activate the phone with a foreign sim card. The Note 4 has a region lock feature seperate to sim unlocking and if unlocked before activating to its original carrier or continent the phone will be region-locked and must be unlocked directly from Samsung. For more information, please refer to the warning sticker found on the packaging that your phone came in."
Do I just need to get a T-Mobile sim and activate it once? Then boot it up with my ATT sim and enter in the unlock code? Or can I disregard this message?
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You can disregard the statement it only applies to FOREIGN sim cards.
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You can disregard the statement it only applies to FOREIGN sim cards.
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Sweet thanks. I got confused because when they said foreign I thought it just meant anything not TMO
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Sweet thanks. I got confused because when they said foreign I thought it just meant anything not TMO
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np, always better to ask than to guess wrong.
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You may have a problem if device is reported stolen or lost and imei is blacklisted by tmobile.
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darekz said:
You may have a problem if device is reported stolen or lost and imei is blacklisted by tmobile.
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For activating the phone, I can use any imei correct? However, for unlocking it, I'd I have to, that could be the problem right?
If blacklisted network will refuse to connect to that phone even with active Sim card
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My nephew said he found the phone on the road underneath an overpass. Screen digitizer looks damaged, no battery, no battery back cover and all banged up (see pics). He gave it to me to either fix or trash. I would like to get the phone looking new, working and give it back to my nephew running on AT&T's network.
Questions:
1. All the parts I need are compatible with most Note 4's correct? Will these work here and here?
2. Being a T-Mo device, the bootloader should be unlocked correct?
3. If the device is locked (not purchased by cash) can the unlock code be unnecessary by rooting? If not, what are my options since I did not purchase this device?
4. AT&T Roms are not compatible on T-Mo devices running on AT&T network correct? So will T-Mo Rom's work on N910T running on AT&T network?
5. Can I Root, flash Rom and modem?
Greatly appreciate your input, thanks.
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1) not sure... most of the main parts should be the same.. i.e screen. There may be slight variations with many parts.. such as charging ports.
2)Bootloader is unlocked to my knowledge however Im not certain.
3) Rooting and unlocking are 2 seperate things. The phone will be carrier locked. I have a tmobile Note 4 phone that I run on AT&T. I paid to unlock it on simunlocker. Ive never rooted this phone yet
4)False to my knowledge. There should be no issue at all here
5)YOU cant change the modem to a modem from a different carrier. and there is absolutely no reason to do so. YOu should be able to flash an ATT rom on it if you'd like.
Unfortunately... It is true what others have said. If the phone was not paid for in full by the OG owner( on Tmobiles plan where you pay for the phone month to month)... then it will most likely be black listed at some point. SO you might be able to activate it but 4 months down the road it could suddenly stop working.
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If blacklisted network will refuse to connect to that phone even with active Sim card
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This is regardless of paying for an unlock correct? Any way of finding out if the IMEI is blacklisted?
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This is regardless of paying for an unlock correct? Any way of finding out if the IMEI is blacklisted?
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Tmobile has an IMEI checker. Also swappa.com where you can sell/buy used phones has one. I checked mine before using cellunlocker and it worked out perfectly.
Bladerunner1825us said:
Tmobile has an IMEI checker. Also swappa.com where you can sell/buy used phones has one. I checked mine before using cellunlocker and it worked out perfectly.
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Yep, blacklisted.. Now what are my options, if any?
If it's blacklisted, nothing short of changing the IMEI # with a JTAG device can save it.
Considering it's physical condition, trash it. I would.
Looks baaaad. Ouch
Temetka said:
If it's blacklisted, nothing short of changing the IMEI # with a JTAG device can save it.
Considering it's physical condition, trash it. I would.
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After $200 in parts that I received yesterday, she looks beautiful now . I much rather work on it until its fully operational instead of trashing it.
None the less, still blacklisted and unable to access engineering mode. Any pointers?
Update: Running rooted 5.0.1 with TWRP recovery and have successfully unlocked via imei-unlocker.com. Made a call to a business number, worked fine.
Leads be to believe down the road a few months service may be cut off due to blacklist? I would still like to explore other alternatives to avoid service being possible cut off...
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After $200 in parts that I received yesterday, she looks beautiful now . I much rather work on it until its fully operational instead of trashing it.
None the less, still blacklisted and unable to access engineering mode. Any pointers?
Update: Running rooted 5.0.1 with TWRP recovery and have successfully unlocked via imei-unlocker.com. Made a call to a business number, worked fine.
Leads be to believe down the road a few months service may be cut off due to blacklist? I would still like to explore other alternatives to avoid service being possible cut off...
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Glad to hear you got it up and running. Of course now we need pics.
Everything is working. Calls, text etc. on both WiFi and Cell data.. I hope it doesn't get cut off after a few months....