Hello, I have AT&T and my friend has T-Mobile. He upgrades so often that I buy his 'old' phones and he calls T-Mobile and gets the unlock code for me, then I give these phones to my wife so she can use it on AT&T and have WiFi, but not have to have a data plan. Works great. Plus, I can play around with Android, which I like.
Question - I just purchased his 'old' (from June/2010) Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. He called T-Mobile and after about a day, they sent the unlock code. I went through the necessary steps (verified IMEI #, powered down phone, put AT&T sim in, power phone on, received code screen). I put the code in, and it said that it was an invalid code.
So we called Tmo customer service again, and verified the code and everything, then tried it again. Said the same thing.
I don't want to try it again as I am afraid it will brick the phone. Am I missing something? Do you have to put a # or * or - or something else in with the code?
Thank you in advance.
Edit: I should mention that I also downloaded the Samsung Galaxy S xda developers unlock tool for Mac to find the code in the phone. I tried the non-root version, and it did not find a code. I would have tried the root version, but I have no idea what that means.
crdean1 said:
Hello, I have AT&T and my friend has T-Mobile. He upgrades so often that I buy his 'old' phones and he calls T-Mobile and gets the unlock code for me, then I give these phones to my wife so she can use it on AT&T and have WiFi, but not have to have a data plan. Works great. Plus, I can play around with Android, which I like.
Question - I just purchased his 'old' (from June/2010) Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. He called T-Mobile and after about a day, they sent the unlock code. I went through the necessary steps (verified IMEI #, powered down phone, put AT&T sim in, power phone on, received code screen). I put the code in, and it said that it was an invalid code.
So we called Tmo customer service again, and verified the code and everything, then tried it again. Said the same thing.
I don't want to try it again as I am afraid it will brick the phone. Am I missing something? Do you have to put a # or * or - or something else in with the code?
Thank you in advance.
Edit: I should mention that I also downloaded the Samsung Galaxy S xda developers unlock tool for Mac to find the code in the phone. I tried the non-root version, and it did not find a code. I would have tried the root version, but I have no idea what that means.
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I have exactly the same problem on my T959, hack software could not find the unlock code on the phone. Paid unlock service for Provider and manufacturer code still did not work.
Have you found a solution? Are you using the stock ROM or was it ever changed?
Same problem... I cannot get a code...
I am told that the device is not found, even though it shows that the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate is connected. Also during the generate the unlock code, the program could not find the nv_data.bin.
Could you tell me what I am doing wrong, and why it does not look for this file on my phone?
go to some forum to seek way out .
way out, waiting too
Same here I ccan't get my phone to unlock with Tmobile provided code.
Anyone solve the problem? Mine don't work too.
it would be wonderful to figure this out
fix
did your friend ever change the rom on the device? I had the same problem on my captivate. The unlock codes for all of the galaxy s series are built into the phone and simply hidden. If the firmware has been changed (ie, upgraded to 2.2 or flashed another rom) then the codes are altered.
sucks. but now you have to go to youtube and search "unlock ____" and it is no trouble on a pc.
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Hay, maybe it's a stupid question, I hope not..
I'm thinking about getting a Sidekick 4g from the US. I live in Germany.
Can I unlock the phone without acces to the network? Or can I do it with wlan? Because in the unlocking thread is written, that I need that program from the app market. I haven't had an android cellphone before, so I don't know, if I must have a SIMcard for using the phone.
I found some shop that gets the unlock code with the IMEA, that number is written on the phone, right? Is there a way/tutorial to unlock it with IMEA?
I've wanted a sidekick since I knew they exist and now it's possible, with android.
I hope you can help me
blumchn said:
Hay, maybe it's a stupid question, I hope not..
I'm thinking about getting a Sidekick 4g from the US. I live in Germany.
Can I unlock the phone without acces to the network? Or can I do it with wlan? Because in the unlocking thread is written, that I need that program from the app market. I haven't had an android cellphone before, so I don't know, if I must have a SIMcard for using the phone.
I found some shop that gets the unlock code with the IMEA, that number is written on the phone, right? Is there a way/tutorial to unlock it with IMEA?
I've wanted a sidekick since I knew they exist and now it's possible, with android.
I hope you can help me
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I haven't personally unlocked an android device but I unlock a lot of blackberrys, there are many sites that will give you the code for around $15 but if all you need is an app from the market you should have access to the market with a wifi connection and a google account, good luck!
That's what I thought,too. But I don't know, if the phone works without a simcard..?
blumchn said:
That's what I thought,too. But I don't know, if the phone works without a simcard..?
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Yes it does, just can't make calls/send text messages or go online without a wifi connection.
You can unlock the phone without a SIM card no problems. I did it myself. You can install any apps you need by either copying them to the SIM card and launching them from there or sideloading them using ADB. Unlocking the phone just involves dumping a file to the SD card and using a hex editor to find the unlock code.
If the original owner of the phone has had the phone for more than 40 days they can request the Unlock code from T-Mobile, or if you purchase the phone for full price, provide T-Mobile with the reciept and they should send you the unlock code for it. I bought my Sidekick when they first came out and 40days after i ordered it, I asked T-mobile for the unlock code and they emailed it to me. To unlock it all i had to do was put a non-tmobile sim card in it and type the code
So I've done a large amount of searching, not only on XDA but elsewhere to find a real 'answer' to my question, but I haven't found anything concrete, hence this thread.
I have aquired a Droid 2 Global from VZW for free, and I want to use it with my US ATT SIM, on the US ATT GSM Network.
Things i have done:
- Flashed the phone to the stock OS in order to....
- Flash the radio so it accepts ATT GSM signal
- Aquired the sim unlock code from ATT for my current phone/sim (I'm unclear on exactly what this whole sim unlock process is about, perhaps why I'm asking)
The phone boots, but when I have my SIM inserted, it asks for the unlock code.... What exactly IS it asking for?
The SIM unlock that I recieved from ATT doesn't work.. (I assume this is the unlock for my sim, in my current phone?)
What is the next step, if this is possible? I've looked at getting the phone unlock code via ebay, or one of the piggyback devices like TurboSIM, but I'm unsure what will work, if anything will work?
Help??
Thanks in advance for any info provided
It asks for the unlock code you can get from VZW's Global Support if you are a VZW customer.
Gasai Yuno said:
It asks for the unlock code you can get from VZW's Global Support if you are a VZW customer.
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Well, since I'm at ATT customer, how would I go about getting this code? I do have a friend that works for VZW, which is how i got the phone, and he is willing to assist me. Can he provide it?
The phone must be on an active line of service, and the billing history must be clean for the past 6 months.
If your friend works for Global Support, then maybe. If not, I doubt it.
Hmph..
I guess I overestimated the difficulty of getting this to work. It was just another case of having to get the unlock code from the phone itself via IMEI number,and yahtzee, working as I had hoped.
For some reason I had the notion that it was significantly more difficult after reading all of the posts about trying to get other SIMs to work.. but its actually very very straight forward and easy.. it just seemed that nobody had ever really made it clear that a US ATT sim could work on a VZW D2G handset with US ATT service.
Thanks for your input!
Hello all, i am trying to get my phone unlocked currently its locked to Telus Canada & Model ALCATEL ONE TOUCH IDOL 3 5.5 6045I .
Have tried 4 different sites selling unlock codes. They all provided me similar codes, one company provided 4 different codes and some 1 or 2 but the codes are same.
cellunlocker.net
Oneunlock.com
guaranteedunlock.com
canadagsm.ca
None of the codes worked, i have now 4 tires left. Tried factory reset before entering the code, have made sure that IMEI number, Provider ID and image Mapping (Secro / SRO) was provided. I even received SPCK code also but phone only asks for SIM lock code.
Anyone have any idea what could be going on, i am using windmobile sim to unlock it. This phone has never been activated on the Rogers, it was BNIB.
Thanks for your time.
Have you tried any eBay unlockers? I found this one: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Unlock-Code-...116098?hash=item4ae66766c2:g:HuoAAOSw~1FUXz7Q
Thanks for the link, but they do not support this phone. Got an email back from them. Thanks
Did you ever get this resolved? I have a similar problem. All the sites I request an unlock code from give me a server error. Telus can't find the IMEI in their system although the UPC verifies it is a Telus device .
I used this site for my Bell Idol 3: http://www.mobifree.ca/
Hi! after having the codes what are the instructions to unlock the phone? can someone help?
pedrotorres said:
Hi! after having the codes what are the instructions to unlock the phone? can someone help?
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Usually, the vendor you purchase from will give you instructions. They're nearly the same for all phones. You put in a SIM card from another carrier and put in the code, or sometimes you have a number sequence first
sent from a phone running a ROM
mrcorey said:
Usually, the vendor you purchase from will give you instructions. They're nearly the same for all phones. You put in a SIM card from another carrier and put in the code, or sometimes you have a number sequence first
sent from a phone running a ROM
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Hi! Thanks for the help. I realised that you need to have your Wifi / Data turned on in order for the pop-up asking for the codes appear.
Although the codes that I bought didn't really worked...
I have never had to have wifi or data turned on for an unlock code to pop up. I've unlocked plenty of phones, including 2 Idol3 phones. All I need to do was power up the phone with a foreign sim inside.
Please post experience with S7 SIM (carrier) unlocking here, specifically third party websites that offer an unlocking service.
I bought my phone out right from T-mobile. And their unlock app that comes on the phone does not work
HTCMDA said:
I bought my phone out right from T-mobile. And their unlock app that comes on the phone does not work
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It works but you have to know what you're doing with it. Did you contact Tmobile for unlock code. We unlock and blacklist repair the Sprint, Tmobile, etc. The Tmobile ones have to go through that app during the process
supreme83 said:
It works but you have to know what you're doing with it. Did you contact Tmobile for unlock code. We unlock and blacklist repair the Sprint, Tmobile, etc. The Tmobile ones have to go through that app during the process
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yea man i called...they sent an email with instructions.. email stated this phone doesn't require an unlock code as it has a built in unlock app. follow the directions below blah blah balh
bottom line, it doesn't work. why? because there's hidden rules and crap that need to be met 1st by t-mobile. prepaid people need to spend at least 100 dollars in refills before the phone is eligible. post paid people need to have the phone active on t-mobile for a minimum of 45 days and your account cannot be cancelled during that time.
well seeing as how i'm on prepaid... i walked in, made a new customer purchase as a post paid user, then cancelled my line after i got my gear vr and netflix code... which wasn't even 30 days. I can't unlock my phone, So I'm now on prepaid gonna see if I can after 100 dollars in refills
Try to use UnlockRadar for any phone using Device Unlock App from T-Mobile, including the Galaxy S7. You can find more here: https://www.unlockradar.com/service/t-mobile-usa-device-unlock-app-official-unlock
Hello,
i need a help with a unlocking Samsung Galaxy S7 SIM (network) too. It is locked to Vodafone UK.
Does anyone know any reliable services to do it?
Thanks
merlooo said:
Hello,
i need a help with a unlocking Samsung Galaxy S7 SIM (network) too. It is locked to Vodafone UK.
Does anyone know any reliable services to do it?
Thanks
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I use ebay to get my unlock codes, unlocked maybe a dozen phones in the last few years and never had any issues with anyone.
A couple reliable sites I've used many times are www.unlockbase.com and www.cellunlocker.net . There's also a thread over on the s6 general forum of a member named stifilz that can unlock your device via USB cable, his service is free but a donation is always a nice gesture. Good luck!
Sent from the silver bullet 930F Running Superman Rom
kinda ridiculous you have to pay to get an unlock code still. My SM-G930FD i bought unlocked locks itself every time in install a T-mobile csc and the app wont even run on that phone
Hi can anyone help? I bought an At&t S7 Edge on amazon and got the unlock code from the vendor and it apparently worked. My only issue is that it'll only work with the sim that was in the phone when I entered the code. If I use another one the phone keeps displaying "insert sim". Thanks already for your replies
Thanks for the reply and there's 1 more things I need to mention: I'm using the phone overseas (Haiti) as it's still under At&t contract. Now to answer your questions no it doesn't ask for the unlock code anymore but like I said it only works with the non At&t
sim I used when entering the unlock code.
SamsungCodeSource said:
Hey there macphephe,
What network are you trying to use the phone with and does the phone ask for the unlock code still when you turn the phone on with a non AT&T simcard/
Let me know we can help
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s7 (sm-930f) lock to Austrian A1 was not able to be unlocked by unlockbase.com. However, the nck from cellunlocker.net worked well.
Ok so what im mentioning is something im still not getting quite well, but i saw before many samsung phones S6, S7, Note... etc that have the international firmware 9XXF/FD even when the phone is actually a T-Mobile version or AT&T, in download mode you will be shown the real phone model but the firmware isn't. Of course through Odin with a PC you won't be able to flash the phone with a firmware besides the one designed for it. If you actually wanna flash the phone you'll need the original firmware, i tried it before and flashed a Verizon S6 that had the international 6.0 firmware on it through Odin and as you might guess i got an error as the device didn't match the firmware, when i actually flashed it with the correct Verizon 7.0 firmware it worked and the phone booted and worked alright, except that now the phone is network locked! downgrade isn't possible unless i use a repair firmware and a pit file (not sure if still works with nougat). Then i got the idea of actually using the repair firmware and the pit of the 9XXF version as its network free, and ended up breaking the phone completely. The jig didn't work so couldn't access odin. So i work for a friend of mine in a repair workshop PC, Consoles, Mobiles... blablabla and we have the Z3x box, it did unbrick the phone, and then i started playing with it to see what it can do, and there is an option to actually flash and mix different parts of the firmware, so i went an flashed the bootloader of the Verizon firmware with the rest from the international firmware, it didn't boot at first but somehow i got it into recovery mode and after a format it did boot, and the network was actually unlocked after.
I do not think this method would work on all versions, as some samsung phones uses the snapdragon soc while others uses the exynos soc, and i don't think you can mix those firmwares, but an unlocked exynos model might be unlockable with the international firmware, of course considering the risk of breaking the phone, but if you're lucky as i was and have one of those boxes you shouldn't be much afraid.
Something else i'd like to mention, is that the Z3x can actually fully backup the phone, and i don't mean a nandroid backup like TWRP but like a full partitions backup, and the idea i got but didn't test is if you have for example a locked S7 and an unlocked one and same model so let's say 930P, you can actually copy the raw partitions from the unlocked one to the locked one and i don't know, maybe ending up unlocking it too, again didn't test this one as i only have one S7 and its already unlocked (930FD).
Hi my device is from att. I had the unlock code and it was working fine. Phone pba got fried it was repaired by Samsung, phone xame back with same imei and locked to att again.
Now the unlock code wont work. And i ended up too many time. It is asking for a mck code. Apparently att is saying they dont have it neither Samsung.
Anyone?
The MCK is the Master Code Key, which only Samsung has that for their devices.
It resets the counter for the NCK input (the Network Unlock Code), which your provider has.
It's likely that the Samsung support simply doesn't want to get involved, as they might think it could be a stolen phone.
Try providing Samsung support proof of your device purchase, next time you talk to them.
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Avatar Game: Hi my device is from att. I had the unlock code and it was working fine. Phone pba got fried it was repaired by Samsung, phone xame back with same imei and locked to att again.
Now the unlock code wont work. And i ended up too many time. It is asking for a mck code. Apparently att is saying they dont have it neither Samsung.
Anyone?
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Have you find out the methods?
Hello and greetings to all of U. I am from the Netherlands and I have an issue with my Samsung GT E1190.
I tried to unlock it but after a few attempts the phone was frozen. A MCK unfreeze code is necessary to make it work again.
My provider was T-Mobile and they can't help me, so I hope that there is someone that could help me provide me the correct unlock codes and the M UNFREEZE CODE (Master code)
Who has a generator to help me or other suggestions?
Samsung GT E1190
T-mobile Netherlands
Thanks in advance for your help and efforts !