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Unlock - Finally given up and got the code from IMEI CHECK for 40.44 USD

Seems I haven't got the luck, tried the tricks found in the forum with the AT&T customer services and finally the result is no good, they rejected me for various of excuses, Account not activated for 90 days, Model of the Phone is not supported to be unlocked, the unlock team is not available at the moment, phone imei number is not bind to the account, no international service package is added to the account ....
Decided to turn to IMEI CHECK today, dumped out the file and provided the IMEI number, paypaled $40.44 USD ~( ... ) and emailed in the fax copy of my driver license(requested, no idea why need to do that) got the unlock code with in 5 minutes.

Jeez. Sorry dude.

Man I would've charged you 2 dollars and 13 cents to give you the unlock code!

evlstyle said:
Seems I haven't got the luck, tried the tricks found in the forum with the AT&T customer services and finally the result is no good, they rejected me for various of excuses, Account not activated for 90 days, Model of the Phone is not supported to be unlocked, the unlock team is not available at the moment, phone imei number is not bind to the account, no international service package is added to the account ....
Decided to turn to IMEI CHECK today, dumped out the file and provided the IMEI number, paypaled $40.44 USD ~( ... ) and emailed in the fax copy of my driver license(requested, no idea why need to do that) got the unlock code with in 5 minutes.
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That's insane!!! I paid won an ebay auction for $13.99 USD from www.cellunlock.net to have mine unlocked and received the code within 12 hours. They only needed the IMEI number of my phone...not sure why you had to pay so much and had to give them your drivers license.

dude... how is that may i ask?..

jbmorales said:
Man I would've charged you 2 dollars and 13 cents to give you the unlock code!
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$2.13???? OMG!.. how may i ask dude?

madrascafe said:
dude... how is that may i ask?..
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They're all over ebay...you got screwed..again though, I would wonder why they needed my drivers license...kinda suspicious to me.

crispyj said:
They're all over ebay...you got screwed..again though, I would wonder why they needed my drivers license...kinda suspicious to me.
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Probably just to cover themselves. There are a lot of stolen phones about. One shop over here wants photographic ID and proof of address, lol!!!
Wouldnt worry too much, have used IMEI Check in the past, good service and no problems here, although their not the cheapest on the market.....

crispyj said:
They're all over ebay...you got screwed..again though, I would wonder why they needed my drivers license...kinda suspicious to me.
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Especially since the OP paid via Paypal. Now, they have an email address tied to a known valid paypal account and the OP's credentials (Name, address, etc.). Hopefully they won't be able to much with it. I'd still be wary though. To OP, definitely watch your paypal account for suspicious activities and other financial activities for a while. Don't want to mess with identity theft. It's a nightmare to get resolved.
EDIT: Well, silent_killa's dealings should help ease your feelings a little. Though, it wouldn't hurt just to be safe.

@KMFM$: Really well said. Dealing with paypal on most levels is frustrating and when it is about identity theft I've heard they can be really, really unfair.
He has great advice OP

jbmorales said:
Man I would've charged you 2 dollars and 13 cents to give you the unlock code!
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will that also work for a dutch orange rom? Then i'll be glad to pay you $2.13!

Cellunlocker.net horrible experience

Just wanted to let you guys know about my horrible experience with this company. Before the free unlock methods were available I had purchased an unlock code from them for $14.99 for my Rogers i337m. They had guaranteed it to work. Needless to say the code did not work. So they emailed back saying I would need an unfreeze code along with with the unlock code for $29.99. So I did that. The codes still did not work and I even proved it to them with a video which they requested in order for a refund. They did not update me with any information for two weeks. After countless emails, they decided that doing the free unlock method would work. By then i had already sold my I 337m and got an unlocked 9505. They refuse to give me a refund even though the code didn't work. They have horrible customer service and barely ever respond to emails. I've seen at least one other post on another forum saying the same thing.
Just letting you guys know that be wary of their services. Plus there are free ways to do the same thing now. They lost a few lifetime customers between me and my friends. I hope that was worth the $29.99 for them.

Thanks for letting us know we should all boycott jerk companies like this.

Not sure why this happenned to you, but i've unlocked every phone with them without any issue. Although there is something fishy here. Your unlock code, you claim to have cost you 14.99, mine was 24.99 for i337m. It worked the first time. Second, pay by paypal, next time a company charges you more than initially, just open a claim and you'll get you money back.

I haven't had a bad experience with them either. I've unlocked like 4-5 phones with them so far including my two GS4s. That too for $8 each only
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Did you pay with paypal? If so, you could make a claim..

polish_pat said:
Not sure why this happenned to you, but i've unlocked every phone with them without any issue. Although there is something fishy here. Your unlock code, you claim to have cost you 14.99, mine was 24.99 for i337m. It worked the first time. Second, pay by paypal, next time a company charges you more than initially, just open a claim and you'll get you money back.
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I used CellUnlocker.net as well, it cost me $24.99 for my I337 and I received a working code in under 5 minutes.
evilive27 said:
Just wanted to let you guys know about my horrible experience with this company. Before the free unlock methods were available I had purchased an unlock code from them for $14.99 for my Rogers i337m. They had guaranteed it to work. Needless to say the code did not work. So they emailed back saying I would need an unfreeze code along with with the unlock code for $29.99. So I did that. The codes still did not work and I even proved it to them with a video which they requested in order for a refund. They did not update me with any information for two weeks. After countless emails, they decided that doing the free unlock method would work. By then i had already sold my I 337m and got an unlocked 9505. They refuse to give me a refund even though the code didn't work. They have horrible customer service and barely ever respond to emails. I've seen at least one other post on another forum saying the same thing.
Just letting you guys know that be wary of their services. Plus there are free ways to do the same thing now. They lost a few lifetime customers between me and my friends. I hope that was worth the $29.99 for them.
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Something definitely isn't right here. If for some reason your phone didn't work with the code you entered, the other unfreeze code should have. It sounds like something is / was wrong with your phone. A few people that tried the "free" unlock method have screwed up their phones with the method and have been unable to use codes for sim unlock. However, you claim this was all done before the free unlock method?
Plus on the 29th of May you had this post in the "free unlock" thread...
evilive27 said:
Worked for me. Used T-Mobile sim in the states. Worked just fine. Maybe some work and some don't.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
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I thought you said you didn't try the method (you sold the phone first) and bought an "unlocked" I9505?
OP, can you clarify this story?

evilive27 said:
Just letting you guys know that be wary of their services. Plus there are free ways to do the same thing now. They lost a few lifetime customers between me and my friends. I hope that was worth the $29.99 for them.
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not sure what to say to you. i've unlocked about 65-70 iPhones, ~15 gs3 lte (for some reason the free unlock from service menu wasn't working, i think it's stk.apk, it appeard to be missing as they didn't open service menu), 15 gs2 lte, 20-30 BB including z10...i have yet to have a single issue with this cellunlocker.net.
and as you noticed you tried this long after the free method was posted....
and in case you are wondering those weren't my phones, i just unlocked them...
I've always used paypal too, in case.

I've never had a problem with them before either. That's what I'm saying. Lost a long time customer.
As for the free unlock method, in the other thread, that was for my girlfriends phone.
Nothing fishy here. I did use PayPal and there is a claim open.
I was stating MY experience with them. Of course others may have had codes that worked. I didnt. Which is why I sold that phone and just got an unlocked 9505.
Like I said, wanted to share my experience. I wouldn't knock a company for no reason.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

Not in my case
I am a locked GS4 from fido and I paid 24.99 to get the unlock code from their website. Though the first method they suggested in the email didn't work, but the second worked perfectly. Maybe you just didn't read through their feedback e-mail and followed the entire instructions.

Awful experience with cellunlocker.net
Be carefull with Cellunlocker.net, they didn't comply with the refund policies.
I bought two codes with them, OrderID::xx4024 and OrderID::xx2763 and at the end the codes didn't work.
They start to send me some instructions to make the codes work but with no success.
Sometimes it seems like the person who answered my emails didn't know anything about my orders. They get me tired sending me the same instructions time after time and asking me for some videos with a "REFUND INSTRUCTIONS" as email header.
Once I realized we were going to nowhere I asked them for my money back as its refund policy in their website, I received nothing. I didn't receive an email with the reason to don't refund me.
I'm very disapointed with cellunlocker.net, they have attended a lot of people but my experience started very well but at the end it was completely awful.

I've never used unlock codes ever I only use unlock by software and USB and I've never had a problem.

I used them a couple of times and all the codes work. There shouldn't be any reason for it not to work as its pretty much impossible to send you faulty codes because of the way each code is unique to each phone. Anyway, if for some reason the codes don't work, you get back to them with your issue and if they give you a hard time, take it up with the payment processor (credit card, paypal) it will make things faster
Sent from Note 3 on Rogers

I've used them now on three different phones, and they all worked great. The only way it might not have worked is if you chose the wrong phone type.

Unlocked my fiance Bell Note 3 with no issues with this company.
From what I understand., sometimes you need to be on the stock firmware to be able to unlock.. My rogers s4 unlocked with no issues as well
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Never had a problem with that company either
I unlocked my
Note 4 , note 3, S3 all from telus and also other phones for other people from that site without any problems.
It feels good to get the UNLOCK SUCCESSFUL message on my screen after punching in the code.
Awesome stuff!
Strange you went through that.

1sagain said:
Never had a problem with that company either
I unlocked my
Note 4 , note 3, S3 all from telus and also other phones for other people from that site without any problems.
It feels good to get the UNLOCK SUCCESSFUL message on my screen after punching in the code.
Awesome stuff!
Strange you went through that.
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these guys are great too : swiftunlocks dot com - (notice the pleural) - used them twice for s5. Most s4 should be out of contract by now in which At&t will give you the code. OR there's software ways of doing it for the S4.

cybershawngates said:
these guys are great too : swiftunlocks dot com - (notice the pleural) - used them twice for s5. Most s4 should be out of contract by now in which At&t will give you the code. OR there's software ways of doing it for the S4.
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Sorry these guys failed me hard, I never got my refund back and I am going through a paypal chargeback with them. Never ordering from swiftunlocks

Have been using cellunlocker for years. Never had a bad experience. I even got my last unlock for free if I filmed it and posted it on YouTube

polish_pat said:
Have been using cellunlocker for years. Never had a bad experience. I even got my last unlock for free if I filmed it and posted it on YouTube
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By "never had a bad experience" i meant I always had great service... If i ordered in their business hours I'd get my code within 2 hours, if not in the AM the next day. Also their prices were always very fair and codes always worked. Once I made a mistake in the IMEI and they were very nice and sent me a new one.

DON'T use cellunlocker.net. It took them about 4 days to come up with a code that didn't work. After being forced to upload several videos of me trying the unlock code and proving that my phone wasn't rooted or running a custom ROM, they still refused to issue a refund claiming my phone was modified. It's been 17 days and they still can't come up with a working code. Avoid them like the plague!

Works!
Cellunlocker.net worked for me, received working code within one day for my Samsung S9. I guess company may have evolved and improved their unlock process over the years.

I think i got scammed Carrier unlock code

ok so i was looking to get a carrier unlock code for a Metro L9 ( p769)
i used this guys
http://www.unlock-code-warehouse.com/
they charged me 6.99
like 30 mins ago....
and then i read this...
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Unloc...-TheUnlockDepotcom-TOTAL-SCAM-REQUEST-1108587
so i think i just get ripped off....
7 bux down the toilet
can you guys recommend me any reputable carrier unlock site ?
Thanks

maxolini said:
ok so i was looking to get a carrier unlock code for a Metro L9 ( p769)
i used this guys
http://www.unlock-code-warehouse.com/
they charged me 6.99
like 30 mins ago....
and then i read this...
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Unloc...-TheUnlockDepotcom-TOTAL-SCAM-REQUEST-1108587
so i think i just get ripped off....
7 bux down the toilet
can you guys recommend me any reputable carrier unlock site ?
Thanks
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Are you trying to sim unlock the phone? Always do a little bit of research before buying something, unless of course it's a reputable site then no need to worry
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP

I know
thanks for the reply

My thoughts on this
maxolini said:
I know
thanks for the reply
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Also I have my 2 cents to share. First of all the site is wrongly formatted for the left half of the screen and doesnt auto size to fit your screen CENTERED. Thats Strike 1 for False-ness.
Strike 2 is that WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TRACK YOUR ORDER WHEN YOUR JUST BUYING AN UNLOCK CODE?
Strike 2.5 if they mail the unlock code on a piece of paper to your address, that is even more suspicious. There is no need to mail it to you by postal service and its much faster and cheaper through email.
Strike 3 is that I don't see this site in any trusted reviews. If there are very little then they must be absolutely faked.
Strike 4 is that their motto is North American Unlock Specialists. Is that even a valid position to be a specialist in? 99.99999 / 133337% fake. It doesnt make any sense at all.
Strike 5 is their copyright display : " © UnlockCodeWarehouse 2009 " what?!? if their site was last updated 2009 then why do they support a 2013 phone? Makes even less sense. If you check their logo at the top it clearly says ALWAYS FIRST WITH NEW MODELS. NEW WITH 2009 COPYRIGHT?
Strike 6 ( The Final Strike ) is their disclaimer
" Disclaimer: UnlockCodeWarehouse makes no express or implied warranties of any kind relating to the provision of information or service on or by this site. UnlockCodeWarehouse will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use or misuse of this site or any of the information or products sold which are contained within it. "
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Basically their disclaimer says that when you press "Purchase", your agreeing that they are not responsible for anything they do to you after. If they dont give you any code to unlock they are not responsible. Meaning you sorta agreed to get scammed. Ouch
Im really sorry for your loss. I also did get scammed as well some year or 2 ago in a game
EDIT: I found my last strike. If you go to their terms and conditions in the full page I noticed this one detail:
If you have any questions/comments about privacy, please do not hesitate to contact us using the address below
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However if you check the few lines under it there is no contact method, and if you scroll to the bottom of the page, NO CONTACT METHOD AT ALL. That detail alone ends this entire case as a 100% S.C.A.M.

Ok so found this guy on ebay
and get the code in less than 30 minutes and it costed less than 2 bux !!!!
highly recomended !!!
Seller information
cell.1st
As a side note
i cancelled my debit card like 2 hours ago
and get a new one
i do not want that later i found that i get charged for 200 or 500 bux
from somebody else as i already lost 7 bux from the scammer
Thanks for your reply guys!!
this community is DA BEST !!! Period !!

maxolini said:
Ok so found this guy on ebay
and get the code in less than 30 minutes and it costed less than 2 bux !!!!
highly recomended !!!
Seller information
cell.1st
As a side note
i cancelled my debit card like 2 hours ago
and get a new one
i do not want that later i found that i get charged for 200 or 500 bux
from somebody else as i already lost 7 bux from the scammer
Thanks for your reply guys!!
this community is DA BEST !!! Period !!
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So.. Again I'll ask, why did you need an unlock code?
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP

ShapesBlue said:
So.. Again I'll ask, why did you need an unlock code?
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
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Ohhh!!! that
see
the phone is a Metro L9
so it will be used on Tmobile
I carrier unlocked with the code the ebay guy sent me
and now have a tmobile sim installed
thats why
sorry for missing the point
All the best
Rolo.

finally got my rebate

got my rebate and not only that but because they took longer than normal they sent me a email with another 25 bucks all for using the Samsung pay app

So I got an email stating that I did not qualify for this because I signed up for another promo that's crazy man I haven't received my TV or my headphones and wireless charger

rkidd said:
So I got an email stating that I did not qualify for this because I signed up for another promo that's crazy man I haven't received my TV or my headphones and wireless charger
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Same here! I did mine back in December and still nothing

Same here
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They have a new status checker page if you haven't seen it. https://promos.samsungpromotions.com/info/checkstatus
I submitted my offer for the TV on the 23rd of December. I did get an email from them on 12/28.
"Your Offer claim has been approved.
Your TV will arrive in approximately 4-6 weeks."
Great! Around that time I also submitted for the "Gifts of the season" deal to get the wirless charger/headphones. I figured I wouldn't get both but thought I'd try. I got an acceptance email but never got an approved email on that. No big deal.
Now when I logged into the above site yesterday it shows all the deals I applied for. For the TV it says
"We’ve checked our records, and it looks like you’ve already redeemed a Samsung Offer with this device. Unfortunately, this offer cannot be combined with any other offer and we cannot approve your submission."
WTH I already got an approval email on that!
Then for the gifts of the season I get "Your submission has been approved and your gift has been processed and is currently in route".
So they want to give me the gifts of the season but not the TV even though I submitted the TV form nearly a week before I submitted the Gifts of the Season form and I got an approval email for the TV. One of the big reasons I got this phone was for the TV deal to replace an older one in our bedroom. I really don't need another wireless charger or more headphones. I filled out a contact us form them from the above site and facebook messaged them. Nothing so far!
Sorry for the long post. They seem really, really disorganized with their promotion fulfillment. There are a number of threads on the android central forum that shows all the crap people have gone though to get their promotional items.

damn it man

gronimo21 said:
got my rebate and not only that but because they took longer than normal they sent me a email with another 25 bucks all for using the Samsung pay app
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Same here at first I didn't qualify but I didn't let that stop me so I called and manually done it received 125$ and purchased a Samsung gear vr and a wireless charger for a few extra dollars

Yeah, my wife and I have been struggling with Samsung too. They were not going to send our headset & charger for the same reasons you spoke of, but after both of us sent nastygrams to the company, they showed up in 2 days. Now, we have both been declined for the TV after we were notified it was approved. It's shameful to see Samsung stoop to these kinds of tactics. They WILL lose customers over this.

REMINDER This Wednesday is last day to apply for F+F discount.

If you per-ordered for full price, you can get a discount on another... to own/sell whatever. But only 36 hours left to claim it.
https://www.essential.com/pages/friends-and-family-offer

I bought the phone & 360 camera on Amazon and finally obtained the code.
Does the code is only used for buying product on Essential web site?
If so, then I cannot buy it again since I am in overseas...

Can you give me your code if you don't use it?

I'm looking for a code also if you have a spare.
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk

If anyone can donate a code I would greatly appreciate it.
My S8+ fell and the screen is shattered

fishman8 said:
I bought the phone & 360 camera on Amazon and finally obtained the code.
Does the code is only used for buying product on Essential web site?
If so, then I cannot buy it again since I am in overseas...
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My understanding is it needs to be on the website for full price. But it does not hurt to submit a claim
I am still waiting to get my code,.. it is not fast turn over

If anyone would be willing to share one of these codes with me it would be much appreciated. I'd love to make the jump over, but don't have the funds to drop $500 right now.

DHO said:
My understanding is it needs to be on the website for full price. But it does not hurt to submit a claim
I am still waiting to get my code,.. it is not fast turn over
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Do you got your discount code? I just hope they can release another color phone before my code is outdated.

fishman8 said:
Do you got your discount code? I just hope they can release another color phone before my code is outdated.
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They are VERY slow releasing code. Probably will be December or longer before most people get theirs

I waited a week then I inqueried them with fb because I don't know the status . They told me I cannot get a coupon since mine was bought with the dropped price. That is because the phone arrives after one month and activate it too late. I shown my ordered receipt then finally received the code.
Hope release ocean color ASAP ...

I submitted on the 15th. Haven't got anything. :-/ How long do i have to wait?

Edit: Nevermind, I misread the subject of this thread.
My F+F code says that it is good until 12/15. Is anyone else seeing that?

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czucker said:
Edit: Nevermind, I misread the subject of this thread.
My F+F code says that it is good until 12/15. Is anyone else seeing that?
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yeah i got the same date