Hello everyone how can I remove a carrier lock on a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-901F without asking the code from the Network Operator who lock the phone or from sites that provide the code for for a sum of money?
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does root meen that the phone is also unlocked to any network ?
if not
how do you get round unlocking network
no root does not automatically unlock your phone, from what I've been told if you've had your phone with tmobile (assuming you're a US customer) for three months or longer you can call tmobile and request an unlock code, there are also plenty of pay services you can find on the internet for unlocking
Hi guys, I want to do a network unlock on my HTC One. I have the code but I don't have another network's sim to put in and trigger the code input. Is there a dialer code that will allow me to do this without putting another sim card in the phone?
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What country are you in? In the UK all carriers have ways of you unlocking your phone through their own system.
I have a galaxy note 3 from att. I want to root my phone and take my phone to t mobile. But they said my phones IMEI is locked and won't take a new sim. If I root it will it lock my device? If I root it is there a way I can unlock my device and take it to a new carrier? Please help.
Root won't affect imei status, or sim status.
Your sim card slot is carrier locked when the phone is made. It can be unlocked by obtaining a code from the phones branded carrier. Or a code can be purchased online thru a third party.
The imei number is your devices serial number to the network. There is no locking, or unlocking imei numbers. However imei numbers can be blacklisted. This means the phone is possibly lost, or stolen, and not aloud on the network. At&t and T-Mobile share blacklisted imei numbers. The only way to resolve a blacklisted imei is to contact the phones branded carrier and plea your case.
I would like to purchase the GS6A from Amazon. It's without a plan but it is locked. Will I be able to unlock it in my country if I don't have any account at ATT's, etc?
How does that work?
You don't need a AT&T account for unlocking it. You can buy the unlock code form any unlocking website online.
My self using it in India bought from eBay and unlocked it later.
Note that it's not blacklisted or anything like that.
If you buy from ATT and pay retail price, they will give you the unlock code. Just call their customer service line.
Doesn't Make Sense
So, since I don't know much about unlocking devices, I asked AT&T Customer Support about it:
Me : After the 14 days: In unlocking the phone, does the phone have to be connected to the network actively at that time? What if I'm out of the country with the phone and want to unlock it remotely from some other location outside of AT&T network?
Karina : You will need to be within the U.S. to have it connected to our network to have it unlocked.
Me : I couldn't be on ROAMING at the time?
Karina : No, that will be since you will receive an email with the code to have it unlocked and need to be connected to our service.
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So, this doesn't make sense, because the process for unlocking the phone is to turn it off, remove the AT&T SIM, put in another carrier's SIM.
Turn on the device and you should receive a message to enter in an unlock code.
Don't see why the phone needs to be present on the AT&T network first in order to receive the unlock code. What, do they send it via SMS or something?
N-920C Region lock asks for Sim network pin.
I purchased Note 5 model N-920C from Saudi Arabia but when I came back to India with an Indian simcard it asks for Network Sim Pin and if I discard it says invalid sim card or network locked sim card inserted.
Can anyone please help..
Thanks in advance
i have the same prob... anyone pls help
Saudi phones are region locked to prevent theft and black market sales. In order to unlock it you should insert a Saudi SIM like zain, stc or mobily and place a 5 minute call (whilst in saudi).
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I bought my phone too in Saudi online but my sim works from my country in Philippines.. I did some tweaks on my phone but when I flashed a stock rom, it now asks for a network pin unlock ?. Help! (I don't know how to start a thread ?)
You have basically 3 options here to get rid of the region lock.
1. get a SIM from the country the phone originates from. Make a 5/6 min call to a mobile number. That should remove the region locking after this you should be able to use any SIM you like.
(note) You must call a mobile number from the phone and NOT a landline. And secondly if You do this procedure from outside the home country of the phone that call will be considered to be a roaming call and will cost more than a regular call.
This procedure is intended to be done to activate a phone with a local SIM while STILL in the country of origin and may NOT work if the phone was NOT activated with the original SIM of that country. It may be possible to still make this work by performing a factory reset and using the correct countries SIM card and performing the above procedure.
2. Look for one of the many phone unlocking web sites that offer a regional unlocking code and buy that code. (Note) the region unlocking code and the network unlocking codes are NOT the same thing so even after you have gotten rid of the region lock you may still have to get a network unlocking code if the original network operator has locked the phone to their network.
The code you need is the RGCK unlocking code. You maybe able to also get this code from the Samsung agent for the region the phones is from.
3. Speak to Samsung for the region that the phone was sold and intended to be used in. You maybe able to also get the RGCK unlocking code from the Samsung agent for the region the phones is from.
(note) this option will may require that you return the phone to Samsung for that region and they can remove the lock. This is likely the most costly option.
I hope that this info is of use to you guys.