Selling phone getting ready for the Note..
Im with Att&T.. I took out my sim card.... do I need to call att&t and get a unlock code?? or what?
I reset the phone back to stock..
Call att and tell them that you are going overseas and you need unlock code for your phone they will do it.
GalaxySkyrocket500 said:
Selling phone getting ready for the Note..
Im with Att&T.. I took out my sim card.... do I need to call att&t and get a unlock code?? or what?
I reset the phone back to stock..
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Thank you!!!!
Otherwise it is like 20 bucks in eBay to get a code.
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Note shouldn't be here for atleast another month right or more?
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Originally they said note was going to be feb 14 but who knows
I heard Feb 18th
I may know Saturday.
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The same way it works with the captivate or sgs 4g?
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ancostel said:
The same way it works with the captivate or sgs 4g?
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dial 611 on the phone and request an unlock code
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dial 611 on the phone and request an unlock code
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That's what i did yesterday
I thought u have to wait like 3 months or so to do that...or it's not like that anymore?
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ancostel said:
I thought u have to wait like 3 months or so to do that...or it's not like that anymore?
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No u don't have to wait that long, usually I unlock it the first day I have the phone,u just have to tell them u need to go oversea pretty soon
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dial 611 on the phone and request an unlock code
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would that still work if i bought the phone on ebay from a seller for full price.
ashman3000 said:
would that still work if i bought the phone on ebay from a seller for full price.
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I can answer this for you: as long as you are a royal customer or been with tmobile for more than 3 months, you are good to go. I bought my g2x off CL, and I had no problem asking for unlock code from them. Typically, you could request 2-3 unlock codes per a year for free. I requested 4 unlock codes last year from them, and they denied my last request.
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would that still work if i bought the phone on ebay from a seller for full price.
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It depends on YOUR account status, and not the phone itself nor the original owner. Easiest way is to call 611 and see if you're qualified for an unlock.
So i bought my girl a sidekick 4g because it was $100 on craigslist and seemed like a good spare. Today she decided to use it and her data wasnt working so she called t-mobile and they said it could not be used due to fraud. So... How do we make it possible to be used?
Edit: Data works now...but no texts or calls. I really don't wanna be down the $100 I spent on this POS.
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Sounds like you bought a stolen phone, not much you can do... sept sell it for parts lol
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koitsu1010 said:
Sounds like you bought a stolen phone, not much you can do... sept sell it for parts lol
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That's what I was afraid of hearing. Funny that it took about 24 hours to kick in. What's worse is that the phone was in the box sealed so I just thought they were in need of holiday cash. The good news is that I might have found a solution but I'm gonna have to root. Man oh man... If I can just get it to work then I will not have to be down. I guess even breaking even at this point would suffice.
U got a proper sim card in it? U can still use wifi with it being sim card less
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U got a proper sim card in it? U can still use wifi with it being sim card less
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Yes. Her other phone is a myTouch 4G and she just wanted something to change out to when her battery died (which is all the time) and was bored. She was still gonna use it as a phone.
I have never heard of tmo doing this. If you have another 4g phone. .. just use that to add 4g data to that particular line. then put that sim card into the sidekick.
Tmo uses gsm, not cdma and such like verizon and sprint. they have no way to see if phone is stolen or not, they can't block it like like esn numbers on verizon and sprint.
good luck
just have to have a 4g card with your daughters sim in it, call in, tell them you want 4g data on that account.
that's it. I did it. it works,
good luck
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I have never heard of tmo doing this. If you have another 4g phone. .. just use that to add 4g data to that particular line. then put that sim card into the sidekick.
Tmo uses gsm, not cdma and such like verizon and sprint. they have no way to see if phone is stolen or not, they can't block it like like esn numbers on verizon and sprint.
good luck
just have to have a 4g card with your daughters sim in it, call in, tell them you want 4g data on that account.
that's it. I did it. it works,
good luck
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Its because its a stolen phone. I would hope if they stole your phone TMobile would make it harder to profit from that theft.
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Its because its a stolen phone. I would hope if they stole your phone TMobile would make it harder to profit from that theft.
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No it wasn't reported stolen from what the rep said. They said it was fraud. I asked for more details but i couldnt get more. After doing careful research, T-Mobile will block IMEI's only when it is beneficial to them. That does not mean protection for customers though.
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Damn so u shoul have returned ir pronto
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Damn so u shoul have returned ir pronto
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When we met up with the guy she focused on trying to make the call first and since it worked i proceeded to pay. Dont ask me why the hell i never thought of waiting for data to kick in. (Which it didnt for two days at which point calling and texting became impossble on the phone.)
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hi, guys i just bought a brand new sgs from craiglist and the guy said it was unlocked to tmobile but i think he lied althought the phone is great in perfect working condition...my t-mobile sim card is not activating the phone.
is it possible to get this phone on working tmobile's network?
i been searching couldnt find a answer.
No.. u got duped... lol.. j/k I know there was work to get it done but all they could get was voice no data.. search is your friend... otherwise you could sell it to me
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No.. u got duped... lol.. j/k I know there was work to get it done but all they could get was voice no data.. search is your friend... otherwise you could sell it to me
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i just post it on craiglist today
How much you buy it for?
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How much you buy it for?
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i paid 450 for it..
funny how t-mobile tech support keep telling me the phone should work if i unlocked it...
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i paid 450 for it..
funny how t-mobile tech support keep telling me the phone should work if i unlocked it...
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Did you unlock it?
SIM/carrier unlock should be different from bootloader unlock?
Do we have a way of getting this phones unlock code - or does this not apply to this device?
..CDMA device. Regardless if unlocked for another SP will not work on a GSM locked network in the US. GSM networks system will not recognize the CDMA IMEI.
I just noticed that Best Buy is selling the SIII for $100 today only. My plan was to get two of these at the end of the week (I'm waiting for a credit on my account from Sprint, which I'm switching over from). I definitely would love to save the $200 and get the phones today, but I need to make sure our phone numbers can remain as they are. So here's my question:
Can I buy the phones today, sign a contract with Verizon, and get two new phone numbers? Then have Verizon port our Sprint numbers over to those new SIII's as soon as the Sprint credit is applied to my account? I just don't want to be stuck with new phone numbers. My phone number hasn't changed in many, many years.
Thanks everyone for your help!! I am looking forward to being a part of this community soon!
Just buy them from wirefly or amazon man and there's no tax. I'm pretty sure when you sign your contract you're attaches to whatever number you get for the life of the contract.
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Just buy them from wirefly or amazon man and there's no tax. I'm pretty sure when you sign your contract you're attaches to whatever number you get for the life of the contract.
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I can confirm this as not true.
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Yeh u can port ur number later
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Just buy them from wirefly or amazon man and there's no tax. I'm pretty sure when you sign your contract you're attaches to whatever number you get for the life of the contract.
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They cost $199 on Amazon as of last night. It was $139 prior to that. Sales tax isn't that much - I'll take the $100 price tag and pay the tax.
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I can confirm this as not true.
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Yeh u can port ur number later
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Thank you both! SGSIII, here I come!
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EDIT: NVM, found it after redoing their automatic search.
Got my white GSIII in my hand right now... 99 bucks is an amazing deal! I wonder why they are trying to move them today? It's still the top phone out in my opinion.
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You can switch your phone number on any line at any time.
Yes, you can port your Sprint number. You have to make this clear though. Through Verizon or sprint -- this I don't remember, but I've done it.
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Port anytime and change your number anytime through myVerizonwireless.com once you have an account.
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Oh wow that's sweet lol I thought you were sol like att I like being totally wrong for once
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Port anytime and change your number anytime through myVerizonwireless.com once you have an account.
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You can switch your phone number on any line at any time.
Yes, you can port your Sprint number. You have to make this clear though. Through Verizon or sprint -- this I don't remember, but I've done it.
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Yeah they actually gave me some paperwork that I can fill out and call a number to get my old number ported. Awesome deal! Thanks for helping me out during this last second ordeal guys. I'm the happy owner of the SIII now.
Time to start rooting and unlocking!
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My experience with wirefly is that your sim is attatched to your phone for the first 6 months... if you do not use that sim they supply you with you can get hit with a hefty charge... and its an automatic charge to the credit card used to make the purchase.. it happened to me.. luckily i was able to get the charge reversed
I've gone through this once before. Just make sure that they've added the number you want to the account before you activate the phone.
If you activate first, and then port over your number later, you'll have to go through the hassle of a new SIM card.
Well I accidentally flashed a GS3 rom on my skyrocket and I'm pretty sure its bricked. The phone stays black and doesn't appear to power on at all. I am unable to get into recovery or download mode to flash in odin. The flash was a clean install and I had formatted both my emmc and usb mounts.
My question is should I bother taking it in to att or will they know that I've had it rooted? Or should I just bite the bullet and send it in for a jtag and pay around $70?
If it won't power on it could be any number of things from AT&T's perspective. It's worth a shot to see what they say.
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warranty it, just play stupid and say it wont turn on and you dont know why, and dont mention anything about flashing a rom
Definitely a hard brick. I'd take it to AT&T first, tell them you were in the middle of the firmware update (act dumb) and the phone just turned off and wouldn't turn back on. I've heard stories (see edit below) of AT&T-owned stores calling corporate for guidance as AT&T's update was implicated, then just pulling out a new phone and handing it over well after the 14/30 days are up. More likely, they'll refer you to Sammy to have it warrantied out. Nothing to lose by trying at least the AT&T store first, as a one-day turnaround and free replacement is a better deal than waiting for Sammy to do their thing and send you a refurb, or spending the money on JTAG.
Edit: Stories. That's it. Haven't seen it happen. Your mileage may vary.
Thanks everyone. I'll head to att tomorrow and give it a shot. Will report back with outcome.
Take it to att if its still under warranty and play dumb. If it won't turn on they won't know its rooted or other ROMs have been put on. I'm sending this from a phone that was replaced under the same circumstances you're in:thumbup:
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Take it to att if its still under warranty and play dumb. If it won't turn on they won't know its rooted or other ROMs have been put on. I'm sending this from a phone that was replaced under the same circumstances you're in:thumbup:
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Thanks for your response. Unfortunately I am out of warranty. I've had the phone for almomst a year now.
If it's under a year you're OK. Mine had a month to go. Got a 90 day warranty on the new phoneso got a two month extended warranty with the new phone
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If it's under a year you're OK. Mine had a month to go. Got a 90 day warranty on the new phoneso got a two month extended warranty with the new phone
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Went to ATT and they swapped my phone out for a new one. Thanks everyone!
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Went to ATT and they swapped my phone out for a new one. Thanks everyone!
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Nice! Out of curiosity, what did you say? Turned off and won't turn back on? You can answer via PM if you think they might see or anything.
That's it. They tried to turn it on, called a tech guy, still couldn't get download mode and that was it. Just don't talk and use short answers to the questions. Take the sd card out, of course. They send a refurb'd phone, less the back and battery. You then send the old phone back in a prepaid envelope that comes with the re furb. Pretty painless
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That's it. They tried to turn it on, called a tech guy, still couldn't get download mode and that was it. Just don't talk and use short answers to the questions. Take the sd card out, of course. They send a refurb'd phone, less the back and battery. You then send the old phone back in a prepaid envelope that comes with the re furb. Pretty painless
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Even if it is out of warranty?
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It has to be within warranty period.
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Even if it is out of warranty?
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Of course not, it has to be in the warranty period.
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That's it. They tried to turn it on, called a tech guy, still couldn't get download mode and that was it. Just don't talk and use short answers to the questions. Take the sd card out, of course. They send a refurb'd phone, less the back and battery. You then send the old phone back in a prepaid envelope that comes with the re furb. Pretty painless
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Exactly. I told them it froze up during the official update and wouldn't turn back on. Just played stupid. The funny thing is that I accidentally left my sd card in it and I know that I had a folder on there named "rom_flashing" lol. I got very nervous when they saw the sd card, swapped it in the new phone and booted it up. I told them I was in a hurry and took the phone then bounced out. :good:
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Went to ATT and they swapped my phone out for a new one. Thanks everyone!
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:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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