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G2X Unlocked(SIM) on AT&T 4G

I know that I am not the only one looking at this phone as a way to get a great Dual Core, 4G, vanilla Android phone (unmolested by AT&T) but able to be used on the AT&T network. I have had great luck and a lot of fun with the AT&T Nexus One and I think this phone will be just a successful with the help of XDA DEV's
I wanted to start a thread here in the G2X section for people to share with other users how to's and what works with regards to using this phone on the AT&T network.
It may be to soon to get all the answers, but maybe someone is working the same answers.
Questions:
How easy will it be to obtain the SIM Unlock code from T-Mobile or LG?
I am going to buy the phone at retail, just may have to use T-Mobile for 60-90 days to get the Unlock code.
Will AT&T allow us to upgrade to 4G data plan without buying their 4G phone?
I know from researching the Atrix 4G that the AT&T data plan needed to be upgraded to a 4G plan but you could keep unlimited data.

If I remember Tmobile's unlock policy correctly you wont have to wait. You can request the unlock code right away if you pay full retail price. Unless that's changed recently of course but I dont think it has. Good luck with it.

Kind of a repeat of what is in this thread started by me (which you tried to hijack)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036129
Re-posting what I have found here:
I just got off of the phone with t-mobile customer care (1-877-453-1304). I called them because I wanted clarification on this before I purchased 2 full retail price phones.
The program is called the "Sim Subsidy Unlock Program." It is for anyone that purchases a phone for the full retail price from a corporate store or an authorized retailer and pays all of the price upfront.
You need to call customer care, explain that you purchased a phone for full price and request a "remedy request form number." They will then open this request and you then have 7 days to fax the following to the Sim Unlock Team at 1-813-353-6557 :
ATTENTION: SIM UNLOCK TEAM
Full Name
Mobile Number
Email Address
Readable Copy Of Sales Receipt
It takes 24 to 72 hours to process and they will email you instructions to unlock your phone.

As for at&t's 4g, there currently using hspa+ also, so if it supports their 3g, you'll have at&t "4g" as well
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nomisunrider said:
Kind of a repeat of what is in this thread started by me (which you tried to hijack)
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Sorry, I don't know why they did not move that thread over to this forum. It was clearly labeled as a g2x thread.
That is great info from T-Mobile about the "Sim Subsidy Unlock Program."

nomisunrider said:
They will then open this request and you then have 7 days to fax the following to the Sim Unlock Team at 1-813-353-6557 :
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does it have to be "faxed"? you can't email the info? thanks

Lightning N1 said:
I know that I am not the only one looking at this phone as a way to get a great Dual Core, 4G, vanilla Android phone (unmolested by AT&T) but able to be used on the AT&T network. I have had great luck and a lot of fun with the AT&T Nexus One and I think this phone will be just a successful with the help of XDA DEV's
I wanted to start a thread here in the G2X section for people to share with other users how to's and what works with regards to using this phone on the AT&T network.
It may be to soon to get all the answers, but maybe someone is working the same answers.
Questions:
How easy will it be to obtain the SIM Unlock code from T-Mobile or LG?
I am going to buy the phone at retail, just may have to use T-Mobile for 60-90 days to get the Unlock code.
Will AT&T allow us to upgrade to 4G data plan without buying their 4G phone?
I know from researching the Atrix 4G that the AT&T data plan needed to be upgraded to a 4G plan but you could keep unlimited data.
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Wondering the same things. Currently have the vibrant...
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davehasninjas said:
As for at&t's 4g, there currently using hspa+ also, so if it supports their 3g, you'll have at&t "4g" as well
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Just expect to have below 3G upload speeds with AT&T.
Edit: nevermind... software vs hardware limitations. Nonetheless, screw AT&T

nomisunrider said:
Kind of a repeat of what is in this thread started by me (which you tried to hijack)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036129
Re-posting what I have found here:
I just got off of the phone with t-mobile customer care (1-877-453-1304). I called them because I wanted clarification on this before I purchased 2 full retail price phones.
The program is called the "Sim Subsidy Unlock Program." It is for anyone that purchases a phone for the full retail price from a corporate store or an authorized retailer and pays all of the price upfront.
You need to call customer care, explain that you purchased a phone for full price and request a "remedy request form number." They will then open this request and you then have 7 days to fax the following to the Sim Unlock Team at 1-813-353-6557 :
ATTENTION: SIM UNLOCK TEAM
Full Name
Mobile Number
Email Address
Readable Copy Of Sales Receipt
It takes 24 to 72 hours to process and they will email you instructions to unlock your phone.
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That is this NORMAL procedure ...unless the phone is "exclusive" to T-Mobile. In such a case they will NOT unlock it even if you paid full retail price. This is what happened to me with their dell streak 7, I had to return it as they would not unlock it no matter what and I paid full retail for it so please triple check before you buy as I think the the G2X is exclusive to T-Mobile in the US.
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clubtech said:
That is this NORMAL procedure ...unless the phone is "exclusive" to T-Mobile. In such a case they will NOT unlock it even if you paid full retail price. This is what happened to me with their dell streak 7, I had to return it as they would not unlock it no matter what and I paid full retail for it so please triple check before you buy as I think the the G2X is exclusive to T-Mobile in the US.
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If this is true, are there any stores that are offering unlocks for this phone?
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clubtech said:
That is this NORMAL procedure ...unless the phone is "exclusive" to T-Mobile. In such a case they will NOT unlock it even if you paid full retail price. This is what happened to me with their dell streak 7, I had to return it as they would not unlock it no matter what and I paid full retail for it so please triple check before you buy as I think the the G2X is exclusive to T-Mobile in the US.
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why does it work on at&t bands.... ANY PHONE and i repeat ANY phone can be unlocked.... the phone is made for two networkds (im guessing because of the possible merger) so no its not stuck to just tmobile... now i understand your stating that tmobile might not give the codes because it is an "exclusive tmobile phone" however!!!!! give this forum a few weeks and you will have it unlocked!
im sure there is away just like any other phone! (if im wrong and this is the only phone in the world that cant be unlocked you can kick me in the ****)

compuguy1088 said:
If this is true, are there any stores that are offering unlocks for this phone?
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I cant find anyplace that have unlock codes for the G2X. This is an issue...

clubtech said:
That is this NORMAL procedure ...unless the phone is "exclusive" to T-Mobile. In such a case they will NOT unlock it even if you paid full retail price. This is what happened to me with their dell streak 7, I had to return it as they would not unlock it no matter what and I paid full retail for it so please triple check before you buy as I think the the G2X is exclusive to T-Mobile in the US.
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It can be unlocked. Mine will be as soon as I get it. Just have to wait for employees to be able to order it.
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sk337sk337 said:
It can be unlocked. Mine will be as soon as I get it. Just have to wait for employees to be able to order it.
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Just curious but how will workers being able to order it, affect a way to get it unlocked?

spyz88 said:
I cant find anyplace that have unlock codes for the G2X. This is an issue...
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It's not even officially out yet. Of course you cannot find unlock codes for it.

sk337sk337 said:
It can be unlocked. Mine will be as soon as I get it. Just have to wait for employees to be able to order it.
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I'm sure it CAN be unlocked if you can get the unlock code. If the device is exclusive to T-Mobile, they wont give the unlock codes out so u are left only with back door options like T-Mobile employees .
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nomisunrider said:
It's not even officially out yet. Of course you cannot find unlock codes for it.
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It officially has been on sale since the 15th, so yes, it is out yet. Also, I have seen unlock codes for phones that are about to be released. Especially if there is a European counterpart.
P.S. I'm getting especially sick of these carriers with phones being locked to carriers, locked down, locked/encrypted bootloaders. SMH.

spyz88 said:
It officially has been on sale since the 15th, so yes, it is out yet. Also, I have seen unlock codes for phones that are about to be released. Especially if there is a European counterpart.
P.S. I'm getting especially sick of these carriers with phones being locked to carriers, locked down, locked/encrypted bootloaders. SMH.
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not to pick a fight but NO its not officially out yet... it went on pre-order the 15th... that is not an official release if its just on pre-order
call customer service they will tell you the same
now as the same methods that worked with the O2x may not work with the G2x...

nate420 said:
...give this forum a few weeks and you will have it unlocked!
im sure there is away just like any other phone! (if im wrong and this is the only phone in the world that cant be unlocked you can kick me in the ****)...
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SIM unlock codes are provided by the phone manufacturer. When you make a request for an unlock code, the wireless company forwards the request to the manufacturer. The manufacturer e-mail's you the unlock code. If you're using an unlock service off the web they're doing the same thing. Devs have nothing to do with unlocking a SIM.

BarryH_GEG said:
SIM unlock codes are provided by the phone manufacturer. When you make a request for an unlock code, the wireless company forwards the request to the manufacturer. The manufacturer e-mail's you the unlock code. If you're using an unlock service off the web they're doing the same thing. Devs have nothing to do with unlocking a SIM.
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MANY of my phones have been unlocked by the help of people finding a way!
thanks for your input but my vibrant was unlocked without dealing with tmobile/manufacturers

does someone know how to unlock this for free?

i need to unlock my s 2 LTE for free does someone know how to get the code or some other way to do it? and by the way, by unlock i mean like to unlock it so it works on other service providers

Why?
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nikeFLX said:
i need to unlock my s 2 LTE for free does someone know how to get the code or some other way to do it? and by the way, by unlock i mean like to unlock it so it works on other service providers
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no free way, u have to buy unlock code

Alternatively, if you've had it for longer than 6 months and you are in good standing with AT&T, they can provide you an unlock code. You'll have to rattle a few cages and wait while they submit a request for an unlock code. It took some time and patience but they relented and provided me a code which worked perfectly. Good luck!

I am also wondering this... my brother inlaw got one and needs to unlock it... I know there is a way for the infuse that's free... does anyone know if that would work on the sII as well?
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wyattjo said:
I am also wondering this... my brother inlaw got one and needs to unlock it... I know there is a way for the infuse that's free... does anyone know if that would work on the sII as well?
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No
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wyattjo said:
I am also wondering this... my brother inlaw got one and needs to unlock it... I know there is a way for the infuse that's free... does anyone know if that would work on the sII as well?
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You might also have been thinking of a method available on the 1st Galaxy Tab: specifically, changing a value in a specific address in ROM using a hex editor. I did this with mine and it worked perfectly; however, I don't think anyone has found the corresponding address in the Skyrocket yet. But AT&T did provide me the code after submitting a written request for it, so it's worth a try.

I'll see if I can talk to Rogers for them and get the code... otherwise where is the best place to get it if my carrier wont supply it... either way I'm trying to convince him to swap me for my infuse so I get the 727 since he doesn't need the dual core anyway and mine is unlocked and I use the carrier the phone is locked to
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wyattjo said:
I'll see if I can talk to Rogers for them and get the code... otherwise where is the best place to get it if my carrier wont supply it... either way I'm trying to convince him to swap me for my infuse so I get the 727 since he doesn't need the dual core anyway and mine is unlocked and I use the carrier the phone is locked to
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goodluck in getting the code from rogers, carriers in canada can do what they want, even if u bought the phone outright they wouldnt give it to you. try ebay, thats where i usually get mine and had no probs, just buy from a good seller
edit: i just searched ebay.ca and came up with 3 hits for $7.14 us use "i727r code" for ur search

At&t told me my phone was too new and it was on another account before and i have to wait 3 months . The wierd thing is they gave me a code for my htc one x maybe i got lucky with service rep.
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vincom said:
goodluck in getting the code from rogers, carriers in canada can do what they want, even if u bought the phone outright they wouldnt give it to you. try ebay, thats where i usually get mine and had no probs, just buy from a good seller
edit: i just searched ebay.ca and came up with 3 hits for $7.14 us use "i727r code" for ur search
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Thanks I'll give this a shot
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How do I unlock?

I'm switching carriers. My ATT contract is done and I want to move to T-Mobile. I want to keep this phone so how do I unlock it for T-Mobile without paying unlock genie or any other sites that offer unlock codes.
I manage to to unlock my older devices like HTC Vivid, Inspire 4G and even the Galaxy S2 SGH-1777 for free,but can't seem to find any information about the skyrocket mostly all are not free.

You can't
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Z33type said:
I'm switching carriers. My ATT contract is done and I want to move to T-Mobile. I want to keep this phone so how do I unlock it for T-Mobile without paying unlock genie or any other sites that offer unlock codes.
I manage to to unlock my older devices like HTC Vivid, Inspire 4G and even the Galaxy S2 SGH-1777 for free,but can't seem to find any information about the skyrocket mostly all are not free.
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from what i was told by att you can call them and have ur sim unlocked if ur ouit of contract however there rules may have change next time best to search the threads there are way to many post on this topic

crashpsycho said:
from what i was told by att you can call them and have ur sim unlocked if ur ouit of contract however there rules may have change next time best to search the threads there are way to many post on this topic
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ATT would not give me the sim codes,because they wanted me to stay with them,but I need a cheaper plan and ATT would not work with me so T-Mobile has given me the best deal yet. I added this to those many posts to see if anyone would know right away if there's a free way of doing it,but I guess not.

Z33type said:
ATT would not give me the sim codes,because they wanted me to stay with them,but I need a cheaper plan and ATT would not work with me so T-Mobile has given me the best deal yet. I added this to those many posts to see if anyone would know right away if there's a free way of doing it,but I guess not.
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There isn't
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Z33type said:
ATT would not give me the sim codes,because they wanted me to stay with them,but I need a cheaper plan and ATT would not work with me so T-Mobile has given me the best deal yet. I added this to those many posts to see if anyone would know right away if there's a free way of doing it,but I guess not.
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Looks like you're SOL sorry
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well, i did unlock mine by cellunlocker, that's the only advise i can give you, it's real, but cost a bit.

Z33type said:
ATT would not give me the sim codes,because they wanted me to stay with them,but I need a cheaper plan and ATT would not work with me so T-Mobile has given me the best deal yet. I added this to those many posts to see if anyone would know right away if there's a free way of doing it,but I guess not.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unlock-Sams...431?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abd169be7
I had mines unlock for $9.99

I had contacted AT&T 3 times about unlocking my phone and they could not find the unlock code. There database showed it did not exist. I tried a unlock company for 20 bucks and they could not unlock it either. I was refunded. Something makes me think some of these phone are only for one carrier? Because the first time I contacted AT&T about my wife's s2 to unlock, I got the code.

Straight talk and misc questions.

Hey wanting to buy a phone outright and use straight talk as my provider
Forgive me for asking instead of tedious searching it's not laziness it's $700 is a lot of money to me...
1) straight talk would work with this phone correct?
2) does it need to be unlocked (most likely will be bought new full price but heck if I can buy for 400 like new I might)
3) it appears the boot loader is unlocked, in this device?
4) cm may come to this or is there an issue?
Edit: I see Samsung is still playing with annoying chipsets
5) i know typically for Samsung and development t mobile is a good choice. would you guys recommend a different flavor of the note5 ? Att, international, ect..
6) any regrets?
Thanks in advance.
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mrkhigh said:
Hey wanting to buy a phone outright and use straight talk as my provider
Forgive me for asking instead of tedious searching it's not laziness it's $700 is a lot of money to me...
1) straight talk would work with this phone correct?
2) does it need to be unlocked (most likely will be bought new full price but heck if I can buy for 400 like new I might)
3) it appears the boot loader is unlocked, in this device?
4) cm may come to this or is there an issue?
Edit: I see Samsung is still playing with annoying chipsets
5) i know typically for Samsung and development t mobile is a good choice. would you guys recommend a different flavor of the note5 ? Att, international, ect..
6) any regrets?
Thanks in advance.
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I'll try answering to the best of my knowledge, to start best flavors would be t-mobile and Verizon (comes unlocked straight out) if you grab one from t-mobile there not unlocked straight up unless paid off which in your case it should be haha you will still need to grab an unlock code from them or you could get your device unlocked through a member of xda over in the note 5 general (I myself have done that with him took 5 minutes and works perfectly!!) I assume you know everything you need for straight, the sim starter kit (order it from there website it's cheaper trust me) it will work with straight talk so long as you meet all requirements necessary! I'm skeptical on if it NEEDs to be unlocked as I've met people who said they brought there phones over after not paying there contract bills with (a friend of mine did this) att and to this day uses his HTC 1 m8 with no problems other than he can't picture text because there apns are weird or something with the way he did it without unlocking his phone. As for the bootloader it's unlocked based on you, all you have to do is head to settings, developer settings and choose oem unlock this unlocks it so you don't get the stupid FRP locking error after flashing a rom or rooting or any of the such
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I don't believe the boot loader is unlockable (unlocked) on anything but T-Mobile though correct?
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Likelyhood bootloader 6t

I wonder what the likelyhood that oneplus 6t will have a locked bootloader if I get it from tmobile. I know you can get the unlocked version directly from oneplus.

I read somewhere that the bootloader will be locked until your're done paying off the phone. Then they will unlock the bootloader.

nofroyo said:
I wonder what the likelyhood that oneplus 6t will have a locked bootloader if I get it from tmobile. I know you can get the unlocked version directly from oneplus.
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Unfortunately yes :/ just read it I think on the T-Mobile news app. Could have been from XDA though. I guess you can get it unlocked once you pay off half the phone.
I am on jump on demand, so I was ready to jump all over this! Tired of the lock bootloaders on my Samsung phones. I've had Samsung from the Galaxy 5 all the way up to the 9 obviously all snapdragon and all the "notes" in between. There's some awesome developers on here but no one has been able to unlock the bootloader I believe since Galaxy 6 :/
The jump on demand program is great since I like having the latest and greatest without having to Shell out the cash. Also the T-Mobile 6t version won't be a dual SIM card either.
Anyone please chime in and tell me something different .. haven't been rooted for a while, hopefully I missed something.

I have a T-Mo mobile and I confirm it's locked

Go to Tmobile and buy the phone outright or if on a plan, pay it off.
OR
Don't buy the Tmobile branded OP6

dgunn said:
Go to Tmobile and buy the phone outright or if on a plan, pay it off.
OR
Don't buy the Tmobile branded OP6
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Such brilliant insight!!

You should look here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/buy-t-mobile-oneplus-6t-t3860314

qbanlinxx said:
Such brilliant insight!!
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Exactly
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