I bought my 6 year old a Cingular Firefly Glow Phone on Amazon, but didn't realize it was locked by AT&T. I took it to the mall booth that does unlocking, but the guy there cannot locate any data to unlock it. Tried to buy a code online, but they couldn't find it eather. Does anyone know if these kid phones can even be unlocked?
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Well Ive had this 4G Slide for almost a week now, and Ive still yet to get an unlock code for it. Ive tried three different sites, who all say that the databases have not been updated yet. Ive tried htcsimunlock.com unlockthatphone.com and cellunlocker.com, as to which Ive said, they have all came back negative. I even got a friend of mine to call in to T-Mobile for the code, to which they refused because he wasn't using the phone on his own account. In short, I was wondering if anyone has found any site that offers the code or knows any other way of getting it. Thanks
Not yet mate. Give it a couple of weeks.
You'll have to wait a few more days before unlock codes are widely available for this phone. It takes about 20-30 days after manufacture for the codes to be available. I was trying to buy one too but ended up convincing T-Mobile to give me one. Get a friend to put their sim in your phone and tell T-Mobile that he/she bought the phone off contract at full price and it might work! Good luck
I found a site that clams to sell already unlocked 4G slides
I also want to buy this phone an was looking for an unlocked version to use on WIND Canada.
I looked at Popular Electronics but it looked like it may not be unlocked even though it says it is....
Anyone used this site? They say its unlocked but 600 is a lot of money compared to the 509 on Amazon from HTC if its not going to be unlocked...
I ended up finding another site that had a cheaper unlocked slide. If anyone is looking for this phone new and unlocked I would recommend this site. Just a warning though it took the 1 week to processes my.
http://negrielectronics.com/
My phone works good with WIND voice + 3G/3.5G.
If you're rooted, and have busybox installed, you can follow the following instructions to obtain your unlock code from the phone itself; this worked for myself and others:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17037291&postcount=24
Hi,
I recently acquired a Samsung SGH-i927r on the Rogers network. Thinking I was smart I tried to obtain an unlock code from one of the many online providers - no go.
I then brought it to a local cell phone shop, after the first guy failed (provided me the same unlock code as the website) he brought it to his cell phone guy who worked on it all weekend and said it was the first phone he has never been able to unlock.
I contacted the Rogers unlock team finally desperate and they told me they also could not unlock it.
Finally I followed the i927/i927r thread on this site, downloaded the unrooted Rogers firmware, flashed it with Odin successfully and nothing. Still won't work on any other network other then Rogers.
What they hell is wrong with this phone?!?
Sincerely,
Frustrated
Stick with it...
... if your pockets are deep enough.
I got mine unlocked in December with little trouble.
I am not with robbers anymore and don't plan on going back, so I bought it outright, then found out they wont even unlock it unless you have it on one of their plans! Not even for their generously low fee of $50, lol.(kinda like the cinemas telling you the refills are only on the 4L soft drinks).
Anyhow, not sure where you are, but I ended up going to some @gadgets(not sure of name) place at Dixie Outlet Mall in Toronto/Mississauga. Think it was around $30...
Just wondering if anyone knew how long, after purchasing their phone, does the "IMEI database" get updated? I've been trying for about 3 weeks since the day I bought my One X to get it unlocked only to be told my code is unavailable.
I think it's dependent on your carrier, some carriers won't let you unlock your bootloader ala AT&T... I'm sure there are others but that seems to be the most popular
Which is why there's SuperCID tool
thejosh86 said:
I think it's dependent on your carrier, some carriers won't let you unlock your bootloader ala AT&T... I'm sure there are others but that seems to be the most popular
Which is why there's SuperCID tool
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He's talking about SIM unlock, not bootloader unlock.
As for the official SIM unlock for this phone, as far as I know, it can take up to 6 months before AT&T will allow you to unlock your phone, especially for a flagship phone like the HOX. I would search around and see if there are any cheap, pay-for SIM unlock solutions in the meantime.
bubbinator91 said:
He's talking about SIM unlock, not bootloader unlock.
As for the official SIM unlock for this phone, as far as I know, it can take up to 6 months before AT&T will allow you to unlock your phone, especially for a flagship phone like the HOX. I would search around and see if there are any cheap, pay-for SIM unlock solutions in the meantime.
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$4-5 on eBay. Used to be $1-2.
bubbinator91 said:
As for the official SIM unlock for this phone, as far as I know, it can take up to 6 months before AT&T will allow you to unlock your phone
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Per AT&T policy and a class action settlement, they will not provide a SIM unlock code for 10 months after a phone's release. You also need to be an account holder in good standing for at least 90 days.
If the OP is an AT&T customer, best bet is to use a paid unlock service. Folks on here have gotten the code from eBay and other online places for as low as $4.
Thanks to all who replied...I've called AT&T and they say they wont provide the unlock until November. I've tried EBay, cellunlocker, and countless others with all saying my code was not found. I read somewhere on here that it takes about a month for this so called "database" to get updated. Just wondering if there's any truth to that.
I've always gotten mine for free from AT&T directly, but never paid attention to how long into my ownership though. My question is how are the paid services guys doing it, and why hasn't an individual or group here (lots of collective brainpower) reverse engineered the process and make a killing at half the cost?
I bought my phone July 1, and AT&T told me that they would not unlock it until December. My account has been in good standing for years, but they just won't do it. If you look on their support site, they claim that if the phone is new and exclusive that they won't unlock it for up to 10 months.
I wasn't able to get my Skyrocket unlocked from them either. Way easier to just put out a couple extra dollars and get the code online. Luckily the first eBay unlocker I tried had the code and it only cost me $2.
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I bought my phone July 1, and AT&T told me that they would not unlock it until December. My account has been in good standing for years, but they just won't do it. If you look on their support site, they claim that if the phone is new and exclusive that they won't unlock it for up to 10 months.
I wasn't able to get my Skyrocket unlocked from them either. Way easier to just put out a couple extra dollars and get the code online. Luckily the first eBay unlocker I tried had the code and it only cost me $2.
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Do you remember which unlocker you purchased the code from? Was is it for the SR or the HOX? I've tried Unlockfusion from eBay and got nothing.
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Do you remember which unlocker you purchased the code from? Was is it for the SR or the HOX? I've tried Unlockfusion from eBay and got nothing.
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cellunlockworld11 was the seller. I looked and they currently don't have the listing up anymore. Transaction went really well. Paid my $2.89 via paypal and I had my unlock code within 5 minutes.
Hello XDA-Developers,
I am at my wits end. I can not for the life of me find a Sim Unlock code for my Samsung Note 3 N900W8.
I will start from the beginning... I purchased this phone from a woman who is the manager of a telecommunications in London ON. She listed the phone on Kijiji as "Brand new in box, unlocked!". I met her at a kiosk for my carrier to test the phone on one of their sim cards. It turned out the phone was sim locked. She seemed nice enough and genuinely surprised when it came up sim locked. She said she had received the phone as a promotional gift from her company, but didn't like the size of it and wanted to use her existing phone. She asked me if I would prefer to have her get it unlocked or she would take 50$ off of our originally agreed price to put towards the unlocking cost. I opted to get it unlocked myself, my mistake lol.
First I had to find out which carrier it was locked to so through a process of elimination I figured out it was locked to Bell. I contacted Bell and asked to get a sim unlock code from them. They said that they have no record of my phone in any of their data bases and that I should contact Samsung and confirm that my phone is locked to Bell. I contacted Samsung who confirmed that my phone is locked to Bell. I contacted Bell again and they put me through to tech support. He was a nice guy, but didn't give me the answer I wanted lol. He said that because my IMEI is not in any of their data bases that there's no way for him to give me a code. He suggested flashing a different kernel and it would remove the sim lock? I'm sorry I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to this stuff. Anyways, I have taken the phone to 3 reputable phone repare shops in my area and tried cellun******.net. All have said that they can't find an unlock code?
You guys are my last resort, any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
hi Lg stylo H 631 t-mobile
ihave code for unlock network but when inter 2945#*631# show nothing
try device unlock for t-mobile to unlock till me is faild
how how can enter code to unlock ??
i have to code NCK & SPCK
You should have an app to request a carrier unlock. If the T-Mobile and the MetroPCS devices are essentially the same I don't see why this would not be the case. My MetroPCS LG G Stylo has the app on the home screen in the folder which contains all of my MetroPCS apps. I've actually been fighting with support about getting mine unlocked prior to the 90 day policy for use when I am in Germany.
I have problems unlocki ng my phone i bought someone off craigslist with a lock. On it cani get some help to google unlock this acct so i can activate my phone
Good luck trying to unlock the Style H631 with T-Mobile. They are a bunch of lying manipulating thieves. My mother bought the phone from T-Mobile 2 years ago, she was paying $65.00 a month ($15.00 included for phone payment). I told her to go with H2O, Cricket or AT&T, which have he best reception where we live. I told her to unlocked network her Stylo, we tried by codes by purchasing from online unlock companies, didn't work. I told her to contact T-Mobile and asked for an unlocked code since she was with them for 2 years and never miss a payment. They told her that she needed to pay the remainder of the phone in order for them to give them an unlock code. She did, it was around $120.00. At the time, they gave her a receipt and gave her a number to call. She called and told her that it can't be done because she already unlocked 2 phones in one year, and they only unlock one phone per year. It doesn't make sense, it was her first time unlocking a phone with T-Mobile, she then replied to them, if you can only unlock one phone per year, then how come it shows 2 phone in one year?
If you are with T-Mobile, you are simply out of luck, and the app to unlock is just an app that will display "device can't be unlock" or something along those lines. Best of luck.