Hello, it's been quite a while since I posted in here, but I'm hoping to pick the experts' brains on this one. So I purchased a Galaxy S20 FE 5G from digicircle.com that was supposed to already be unlocked and ready to use on any carrier. I mentioned the source website in the interest of being thorough, not as advertising. I want to cover all bases to get the best possible answer for my issue. This phone is a Verizon phone. According to my carrier, Boost, Verizon phones that are unlocked are supposed to be compatible with their network. However, when I entered the IMEI on their website, there is an error. If anyone is interested in what the error is, I can post it in a comment reply upon request. I called Boost, and customer service said the phone may not be unlocked. So I contacted Verizon, who refuses to give me any information regarding whether the phone is locked or not, and even mentioned the phone may be blacklisted, which it is not, as I have ran the IMEI on a couple checker websites, and even contacted Samsung and had them run it, and in all cases it came back clean. So I went through a third party site, rapidnlock.com to obtain an unlock code, since I wasn't getting anywhere. Again, all in the interest of being thorough with the information. So the problem I'm having is I can't get the prompt for entering the code to come up. It's supposed to automatically pop up when I start the phone with my Boost SIM inserted, but nothing happens. I also tried using the USSD code for the prompt, and it tells me that there is either a connection error or the code is invalid. And this message pops up even if I enter the IMEI code. So I'm at a loss for what to do here. I hope someone has the answer. If it comes down to it, I will return the phone and get my money back, as I have found this phone on ebay similarly priced, though unlocked from T-Mobile, which now is merged with Sprint and should definitely be compatible with Boost, if it is a compatibility issue and Boost's customer service is a bunch of idiots (which at this point wouldn't surprise me). Thank you for taking the time to read this lengthy post, and I look forward to your answers.
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So, will you be holding out for the second batch from the Play store or purchasing from somewhere else?
I've called Google a couple of times and been given no definite answer very vague in fact. 'Check online'
I've phoned and called into CarPhoneWarehouse local to me, 'N4, don't know, no idea'
Where else have you tried?
Dates for availability?
Prices?
I'm waiting oin mine to be dispacthed but I do believe Google are starting to say 2 weeks a lot more consistently in their emails. Not the greatest of info but I hope it's a start.. :good:
Well I didn't get one so I'm holding for the next Batch.
Went to my local CPW this morning they did have them in stock but they for contact only.
I did get to play around with one. I must say its a big stop up from the plastic galaxy nexus
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Kas206 said:
Well I didn't get one so I'm holding for the next Batch.
Went to my local CPW this morning they did have them in stock but they for contact only.
I did get to play around with one. I must say its a big stop up from the plastic galaxy nexus
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I just through to a different CPW, one that actually had it in stock and new what it was.
He went away tp check and said they're not currently selling it SIM free and doesn't know if they will be, hasn't been communicated to them.
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They will be selling it SIM-free, but they're not sure when. They're waiting for the green light from HQ and they're waiting for more stock to come in. Because they're not sure when they're selling they are also unsure of pricing. I have been told £349.99 directly but there are rumours it's going to be £389.99, as you can see from the graph above.
Please continue this conversation in the UK thread that already exists
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Hello. I recently, and after much trouble, had the Sprint technical support "unlock" my phone for international travel. I wasn't planning on traveling soon and decided to switch my unlocked phone to T-mobile, but they are unable to do it sending me back and forward through both companies...
Finally I talked to HTC support, and was pretty much told to get a new rom and "third party" software unlock.
I know how to unlock bootloader, and flash roms (change mobile settings to GSM and all that) , and am about to try a software unlock from local threads here at xda, but I can't seem to find APN settings for T-mobile.
I'd appreciate any help
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Hello. I recently, and after much trouble, had the Sprint technical support "unlock" my phone for international travel. I wasn't planning on traveling soon and decided to switch my unlocked phone to T-mobile, but they are unable to do it sending me back and forward through both companies...
Finally I talked to HTC support, and was pretty much told to get a new rom and "third party" software unlock.
Anyways here's the apn for tmobile http://apn-settings.com/t-mobile-apn-settings-step-by-step-configuration/ if it doesn't work a Google search for tmobile apn will give u many results
I know how to unlock bootloader, and flash roms (change mobile settings to GSM and all that) , and am about to try a software unlock from local threads here at xda, but I can't seem to find APN settings for T-mobile.
I'd appreciate any help
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Lol they told u to root the device and install a new Rom and use our method of unlocking it? That's bizarre, did they tell u the process will void your warranty?
Anyways here's the tmobile apn http://apn-settings.com/t-mobile-apn-settings-step-by-step-configuration/ if that doesn't work then u can Google search tmobile apn and it will return a lot of results
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Thank you for your help. Yes, it was odd that HTC implied that I used a third party solution, and this was after so much back and forth communication with Sprint and Tmobile tech help.
I was finally able to sim unlock, and use those APN settings succesfully (it wasn't easy), however, I'm not sure those APN settings give me LTE since only epc.tmobile.com seems to work, and it gives me a 3G symbols, as well as an H symbols, which I assume is HSPA?
I'm still not sure about this, so I will try different APN settings, and see what sticks (BTW I'm in Florida, trying to use this device on TMobile).
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Hey guys, I have the AT-51 and I want to try and see if this phone has a second SIM card reader, but just lacks the ability to hold one. I haven't been able to find any trays. So far I've seen discussions asking whether it is possible, and I don't mind being a guinea pig and installing a 52 firmware, in fact I've already done that and I can confirm it does show to sim slots in the settings, but I can't actually test it unless I can put in a second Sim. If anyone knows where I can buy a tray, or has one, that would be awesome.
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Hey guys, I have the AT-51 and I want to try and see if this phone has a second SIM card reader, but just lacks the ability to hold one. I haven't been able to find any trays. So far I've seen discussions asking whether it is possible, and I don't mind being a guinea pig and installing a 52 firmware, in fact I've already done that and I can confirm it does show to sim slots in the settings, but I can't actually test it unless I can put in a second Sim. If anyone knows where I can buy a tray, or has one, that would be awesome.
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As you can see in the Picture of the SIM Tray, it seems you are correct, the Hardware is there.
You only need the SIM Card holder tray. Good Luck.
How about 3D-printing it?
Would be very interested in this also !
Flashing different firmware is easy.
@DeathShot9 Do you also get 2 IMEI numbers now ?
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How about 3D-printing it?
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I considered that, but I don't know how to do 3D modeling, and the tolerances would need to be very fine in terms of the holder itself, it's around a mm of high difference.
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Would be very interested in this also !
Flashing different firmware is easy.
@DeathShot9 Do you also get 2 IMEI numbers now ?
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I am not running the firmware atm, and I can't recall if I did or did not, however, it is possible that an IMEI would appear if the phone detected a sim, or if not that the phone can be reconfigured. I can't get a clear answer on whether TWRP can allow us to modify the system partition, but if it can, then it should be pretty trivial unless it is disabled on the hardware level by removing some component. I'm going to probably regret saying this, but, if we can't get the second sim to work via software, and we can get high resolution photos of both the 51 and 52 boards front and back to reverse engineer and compare for any differences, and the difference ends up being a capacitor or a diode or something, I'd seriously consider soldering those on.
why not just get the simtray from the AT-52 wouldn't this be available in regions that sell that model as a spare ?
You can try “taobao” by china.
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I have a Verizon Samsung S21 Ultra it has April update G998U1UEU3AUdd, I just got service with T-Mobile the phone works for almost 10 minutes till I get a Verizon message, is not black listed, the unlocking company they just hold my money, just to said they can't get it done at the moment the same with a guy on eBay,
is anyone here can help me or where I can get it unlock.
thanks I really appreciate,
Is a Verizon branded Galaxy phone even compatible with T-Mobile?
kasey348 said:
I have a Verizon Samsung S21 Ultra it has April update G998U1UEU3AUdd, I just got service with T-Mobile the phone works for almost 10 minutes till I get a Verizon message, is not black listed, the unlocking company they just hold my money, just to said they can't get it done at the moment the same with a guy on eBay,
is anyone here can help me or where I can get it unlock.
thanks I really appreciate,
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My Verizon s21 ultra unlocked automatically after 6o days of service.
If you've had it since April on Verizon and are having trouble with the unlock I'd call Verizon. I don't know of any unlock service that works for Verizon since it's done on their servers. Maybe someone else has had luck.
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My Verizon s21 ultra unlocked automatically after 6o days of service.
If you've had it since April on Verizon and are having trouble with the unlock I'd call Verizon. I don't know of any unlock service that works for Verizon since it's done on their servers. Maybe someone else has had luck.
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thanks, I only have 3 weeks with the phone, my next bill payment is 467. for data use they are killing me.
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Is a Verizon branded Galaxy phone even compatible with T-Mobile?
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yeah if you unlocked it works with most of GSM carriers,
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yeah if you unlocked it works with most of GSM carriers,
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Just wondering as Verizon phones are CDMA
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Can someone tell me why my phone has two different imei numbers?
Any update on this? I'm having the same issue with an S21 5G from VZW. I've tried changing the CSC to XAA and ATT and still get the same issue.
Letting everyone know, I just received my unlock token for my MetroPCS-branded Nord n100. Works like... well, like it should have all along.
Last I'd heard, T-Mobile was granting them for their own Nords, but not Metro's. Made no sense because TMO owns Metro. MetroPCS by T-Mobile. Right there in the name. Dumb.
Anyway, that's now changed. I waited the 180 days to SIM unlock, never had a MetroPCS account, grabbed an unlock code via fastboot, and then I signed up for a token here through T-Mobile: https://www.oneplus.com/unlock_token?type=2
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Took less than a week.
O joyous day.
Good luck, noob.
Yooo I just finally got my token and bootloader unlocked as well...i been tweaking on this phone for months now. so long i forgot what i actually wanted to do lol....but yea i guess the next step is to root this b*$h. Im working with a 11.0.3.BE82CF BE2015 on metro. My phone was kinda weird tho cuz i was allowed to toggle the oem switch it wasnt greyed out,and the network unlock too before the 180 days. but oem wasnt REALLY unlocked just the carrier was. and being that metro is my preferred service it was kinda useless. But yea if anybody help working on something for this model im all in to try w.e....lets get it!
How do I get the unlock token through fastboot?? What's the command
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Yooo I just finally got my token and bootloader unlocked as well...i been tweaking on this phone for months now. so long i forgot what i actually wanted to do lol....but yea i guess the next step is to root this b*$h. Im working with a 11.0.3.BE82CF BE2015 on metro. My phone was kinda weird tho cuz i was allowed to toggle the oem switch it wasnt greyed out,and the network unlock too before the 180 days. but oem wasnt REALLY unlocked just the carrier was. and being that metro is my preferred service it was kinda useless. But yea if anybody help working on something for this model im all in to try w.e....lets get it!
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Did u end up rooting the phone,if you did can u give me step by step instructions?
I got the same phone by metro too