Hi
I finally made the switch from Iphone to android by buying a HTC one SV from amazon. It was mentioned that the phone was sim free and unlocked, however it was locked to t-mobile. I got the 8 digit unlock code which worked all right, but still i get no signal on the phone despite putting a sim card. I opened up the bootloader which says its still locked. What can i do? Can any of the high street shops fix this or do i give this phone back? Help please?
sumeetmd said:
Hi
I finally made the switch from Iphone to android by buying a HTC one SV from amazon. It was mentioned that the phone was sim free and unlocked, however it was locked to t-mobile. I got the 8 digit unlock code which worked all right, but still i get no signal on the phone despite putting a sim card. I opened up the bootloader which says its still locked. What can i do? Can any of the high street shops fix this or do i give this phone back? Help please?
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Hi, this forum is for the One S. The One S and SV are different, however I may be able to help.
First of all, the ***LOCKED*** warning in the bootloader does not show the SIM lock state, but instead shows the state of the bootloader. If you unlock the bootloader it will display ***UNLOCKED*** but is seperate from unlocking the SIM lock on the phone. It is unlikely to help if you unlock the bootloader.
This seems like an issue with Amazon, I would take it back. The phone should have been unlocked but it wasn't.
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Hi guys,
My dad just bought a HTC One SV phone from Vodafone Spain and he's planning to go back home with it, but he's (me as well) uncertain whether the phone is sim locked or not.
Is there any code that will say whether the phone is locked or not? For instance, I have Sony Xperia S and when I dial *#*#7378423#*#* and it tells me if the phone's locked.
Is there something similar for HTC? Putting a different SIM card in the phone is out of the question. I'm just interested in the code that might give him the information.
Thank you in advance!
Hi.
Since the SV can now be S-OFF, I guess it could be done... Maybe have a look at the One S forums to find a similar method. It worked the same way for all the "One something" phones to change the CID, for example.
So I recently bought this phone d6603 from a guy who won it from a contest from Bell... Now I wanna unlock it. But according to the "unlockers" they can't seem to get the code.. So i tried getting it unlocked at a higher price from the carrier but they say the phone is not on their system. I tested the phone with their sim at the store and it works... It is obvious the phone is locked with them.
What should.I do please help
fakolego said:
So I recently bought this phone d6603 from a guy who won it from a contest from Bell... Now I wanna unlock it. But according to the "unlockers" they can't seem to get the code.. So i tried getting it unlocked at a higher price from the carrier but they say the phone is not on their system. I tested the phone with their sim at the store and it works... It is obvious the phone is locked with them.
What should.I do please help
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Chances are it was a pre release model, and some of these are not bootloader unlockable, or are already unlocked. If you search around there is a sequence that you enter with the phone keypad that shows you a service menu with the lock information
Hi everyone,
I'm in a bit of a mess with my Samsung S6. I've bought it from ebay and it turns out it's locked to O2. I've tried cellunlocker, unlockthatphone & mobileunlocked and they've all been unsuccessful when trying to provide the network unlock code - stating that the code isn't available for my IMEI.
Is there any other way I can unlock my phone? Or am I going to be stuck on O2 forever?!?!
I had a lot of trouble getting my EE locked S6 unlocked but in the end I found somewhere decent that was able to get the code in less than a day. I used http://www.samsungcodesource.com
How much did you pay to unlock it?
Just an update, I've now tried unlockunit & samsungcodesource as well and they can't seem to find a code either.
When I try to put a different sim card, I'm expecting something to come up to say that the sim can't beused due to a network lock, but nothing appears.
The only time anything appears is when I try to make a call and a popup appears saying "Not registered on network".
Does this mean my device is network locked? Or could it be a region lock or something?
Is there anyway to confirm that my phone is network locked?
Hey quill37,
PM, me I can have it rechecked for you, maybe it is possible to unlock it
quill37 said:
Just an update, I've now tried unlockunit & samsungcodesource as well and they can't seem to find a code either.
When I try to put a different sim card, I'm expecting something to come up to say that the sim can't beused due to a network lock, but nothing appears.
The only time anything appears is when I try to make a call and a popup appears saying "Not registered on network".
Does this mean my device is network locked? Or could it be a region lock or something?
Is there anyway to confirm that my phone is network locked?
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Go to O2 and ask for the unlock code.
unlock S6 O2 5.1.1
quill37 said:
Hi everyone,
I'm in a bit of a mess with my Samsung S6. I've bought it from ebay and it turns out it's locked to O2. I've tried cellunlocker, unlockthatphone & mobileunlocked and they've all been unsuccessful when trying to provide the network unlock code - stating that the code isn't available for my IMEI.
Is there any other way I can unlock my phone? Or am I going to be stuck on O2 forever?!?!
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Hi there, did you manage to resolve your problem. The same thing has happened to me. The bloke stated it was unlocked but its locked to O2 and am on EE. I've tried unlocking it but to no avail. Did you manage to unlock yours?
If you cant unlock by codes, buy the usb method here. Takes only a few minutes once the process starts
Also make sure your phone is not blacklisted. Check it using checkmend here
http://www.samsungcodesource.com have not sent me my unlock code after 72 hrs and they have not replied to any of my numerous emails
I have TMobile Z3 with SIMLOCK. But when insert international sim, the phone did not pop up table to insert the code.
I also have DeviceUnlock app on my phone but it did not work as showed at clip.
Please help to advise me this case.
https://youtu.be/aoPtcqob6iY
Need a t-mobile sim to permanently sim unlock it. Did you pay full price for phone? Or are you on contract still?
First of all please hide your IMEI Number from Picture by paint on it
It easy that some people can use this IMEI for their own benefits. which is not good
trungctu said:
I have TMobile Z3 with SIMLOCK. But when insert international sim, the phone did not pop up table to insert the code.
I also have DeviceUnlock app on my phone but it did not work as showed at clip.
Please help to advise me this case.
https://youtu.be/aoPtcqob6iY
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serophia said:
Need a t-mobile sim to permanently sim unlock it. Did you pay full price for phone? Or are you on contract still?
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Already test with TMobile sim but it dod not work. I bought phone and unlock cofe separately.
You can't, it needs to be done over the air, for me they unlocked it when I called, as the app did not work. They will only unlock it if you are a customer. That too after 40 days of service using the device. Only option for you is to give it to a TMO customer for use temporarily.
After searching on google, I found instruction as below:
- unlock bootloader
- root it
- push simunlockapp.apk to internal memory and restart, it will pop up table for unlock code.
But now I stuck at bootloader...
hi guys i bought one pixel 3a from ebay ,however i contacted the seller and tolme it was unlocked so i hitted the buy it now button.
got the device,looks really good but unfortunately when i pop my sim card it will appear one notification letting me know the sim card its not compatible.
like if its wasnt unlocked ,since when i hit the notification it takes to the unlocking site from tmobile where i can read about the tmobile device unlock app
however if i download it or use in version 1.0.3 or 1.0.4 it will open,go directly to the permament unlock request,show as unlocked and suggesting i should restart the device to apply the changes.
however even after the restart the issue stills present,the device is locked,no signal on phone and stills showing the notification bar,
has anyone had the same issue??
i even have the oem unlock option avaliable .
any idea?thanks a lot for reading
darkthugs said:
hi guys i bought one pixel 3a from ebay ,however i contacted the seller and tolme it was unlocked so i hitted the buy it now button.
got the device,looks really good but unfortunately when i pop my sim card it will appear one notification letting me know the sim card its not compatible.
like if its wasnt unlocked ,since when i hit the notification it takes to the unlocking site from tmobile where i can read about the tmobile device unlock app
however if i download it or use in version 1.0.3 or 1.0.4 it will open,go directly to the permament unlock request,show as unlocked and suggesting i should restart the device to apply the changes.
however even after the restart the issue stills present,the device is locked,no signal on phone and stills showing the notification bar,
has anyone had the same issue??
i even have the oem unlock option avaliable .
any idea?thanks a lot for reading
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Message the seller for a refund as it clearly not unlocked.
ya your best option is to return the phone. if the seller gives you trouble just open up a case with ebay and show them the messages that he said it was indeed unlocked.
darkthugs said:
hi guys i bought one pixel 3a from ebay ,however i contacted the seller and tolme it was unlocked so i hitted the buy it now button.
got the device,looks really good but unfortunately when i pop my sim card it will appear one notification letting me know the sim card its not compatible.
like if its wasnt unlocked ,since when i hit the notification it takes to the unlocking site from tmobile where i can read about the tmobile device unlock app
however if i download it or use in version 1.0.3 or 1.0.4 it will open,go directly to the permament unlock request,show as unlocked and suggesting i should restart the device to apply the changes.
however even after the restart the issue stills present,the device is locked,no signal on phone and stills showing the notification bar,
has anyone had the same issue??
i even have the oem unlock option avaliable .
any idea?thanks a lot for reading
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Based on your description, the device IS actually unlocked by t-mobile as indicated by the t-mobile unlock app. Maybe there is issue with your sim card. Try another non t-mobile sim to see if you can get signal. Also try factory resetting.
googlephoneFKLenAsh said:
Based on your description, the device IS actually unlocked by t-mobile as indicated by the t-mobile unlock app. Maybe there is issue with your sim card. Try another non t-mobile sim to see if you can get signal. Also try factory resetting.
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Already tried with many sim cards ,only TMobile will show service ,any other sim card att ,cricket ,Telcel ,Movistar wont work