Hi all,
I'm having a serious issue with my phone that just recently bought off kijiji, I suspect that my phone could be blacklisted or blocked.
So, heres the issue we, me and my friend went and tested this phone out. Since my sim was too big for the Note 2, my friend tried his and worked fine with WIND. After the person who's selling to me swiped the note 2 and gave to me. Deal done. Ok, once I got home, I cut my sim to size and tested it = invalid sim. Asks for unlocked code, but when i called the guy (person who sold it) he told me originally the phone is factory unlocked and suspected that i may have damaged the pins but wait if i did damage the sim slot pins it would've said NO SIM. Went to the store got it unlocked and still have the same problem. Went to a virgin store gave me a new sim that's actually to size and same problem. After virgin told me that on their records the IEMI # - listed a completely different phone like Galaxy Ace S6802 but the serial number on the phone is registered as a NOTE 2. So that's major red flag. Next, went to Wind, they said their going to charge me to get the phone registered on their networks. But there's the thing the phone worked with Wind sim card but after unlocked NO SIM cards work. I went to the settings of the phone and it supports multi band network so LTE and GSM and all the others should work. Also, when i use my friend's sim it says roaming but still doesn't work.
So, i'm assuming the original person stole the phone and it has been blacklisted and maybe he got some hacked to make it work for himself. By the way i do know where this person lives and i have strong evidences to support my claim against this person and will file a report against him if necessary.
SOOOO...any ideas guys?
Anyone got any input on the topic?
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I lost my phone in November while out at sea and bought a second hand one in Mexico. A Sprint Galaxy S4 L720 running 5.0.1. It was unlocked and running just fine on a Mexican carrier. I bought a new SIM in Peru today and noticed the data wasn't working, phone calls were fine. I then did something very stupid and entered in ##72786#. The Sprint hands free application won't validate the phone. I tried calling Sprint and they informed me that the phone I bought was lost/stolen and refuse to help me.
I am in Peru right now, I cant return this phone to the previous owner and I already spent $250 on it. I don't live in the USA. This is not a matter of ethics in this case, I simply can't eeturn the phone to the carrier. The phone was unlocked before, how can I get back to how it was. It is telling me invalid SIM now and I can't make calls. Is there some way to bypass the activation process?
Thanks
If the phone has been reported lost or stolen to the carrier, you will not get help in these forums on how to activate it.
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Hi everyone
I’m kinda puzzled with this note 8 and need some advice. Recently got a note 8 from AT&T and since I was traveling I had it unlocked to use by a third party company ( since att doesn’t unlock until Device payment is complete)
I got the code, unlocked the phone successfully. Before I left USA I put a working T-Mobile sim to test if connectivity, no luck, it doesn’t work, I tried a Verizon sim, nothing works....
Note... this T-Mobile sim and Verizon sim if I put it on a different device it will work...
any reason why this is happening
jmathew86 said:
Hi everyone
I’m kinda puzzled with this note 8 and need some advice. Recently got a note 8 from AT&T and since I was traveling I had it unlocked to use by a third party company ( since att doesn’t unlock until Device payment is complete)
I got the code, unlocked the phone successfully. Before I left USA I put a working T-Mobile sim to test if connectivity, no luck, it doesn’t work, I tried a Verizon sim, nothing works....
Note... this T-Mobile sim and Verizon sim if I put it on a different device it will work...
any reason why this is happening
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The phone is not unlocked. Seems like an error happened when you got the unlock code. I'd try again.
Did you use this device on the att network? I mean, do you have it activated?
If you unlocked it by codes and the message after inserting the code is something like "unlock successfull" then your device must accept other GSM SIM cards.
Also, I would recommend you place a 5 min call with your device, with the att sim card and then insert again the tmob card.
What is the message when you insert the tmobile card in this device?
I did the same thing by using a Tmobile SIM during the unlocking process, and it worked on TMobile right after I unlocked it. It sounded like you did not unlock it using a different network SIM but using some other method. I am not sure if that mattered or not.
I then traveled to Asia, and I bought and used a local SIM card with zero issues. The 4G LTE was faster in that country than AT&T... LOL
I just bought a brand new, never opened AT&T branded Galaxy Fold. Seals on the box were still intact. The device was originally purchased directly from Samsung and was not tied to any AT&T account, although there was a new AT&T SIM in the box that is still attached to the card and never used.
IMEI is supposedly clean and ready for activation with no outstanding financing or blacklist according to Swappa and Ting.
I tried to get a SIM unlock code from the AT&T unlock portal, but it rejects the request because “AT&T didn’t sell or activate the device.” I suppose this message is technically true since the phone was sold by Samsung and never activated, but I’m not sure how to proceed with SIM unlocking it to use on Verizon.
Anyone have any ideas?
concept0 said:
I just bought a brand new, never opened AT&T branded Galaxy Fold. Seals on the box were still intact. The device was originally purchased directly from Samsung and was not tied to any AT&T account, although there was a new AT&T SIM in the box that is still attached to the card and never used.
IMEI is supposedly clean and ready for activation with no outstanding financing or blacklist according to Swappa and Ting.
I tried to get a SIM unlock code from the AT&T unlock portal, but it rejects the request because “AT&T didn’t sell or activate the device.” I suppose this message is technically true since the phone was sold by Samsung and never activated, but I’m not sure how to proceed with SIM unlocking it to use on Verizon.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Just guessing as I never had a locked device.
Maybe you can try to use an AT&T SIM card in that device for about 11 days. Some users reported that the network/region lock set by Samsung will get deactivated after that period of time. Then you might be able to change to a Verizon sim card.
Worth a try?!
concept0 said:
I just bought a brand new, never opened AT&T branded Galaxy Fold. Seals on the box were still intact. The device was originally purchased directly from Samsung and was not tied to any AT&T account, although there was a new AT&T SIM in the box that is still attached to the card and never used.
IMEI is supposedly clean and ready for activation with no outstanding financing or blacklist according to Swappa and Ting.
I tried to get a SIM unlock code from the AT&T unlock portal, but it rejects the request because “AT&T didn’t sell or activate the device.” I suppose this message is technically true since the phone was sold by Samsung and never activated, but I’m not sure how to proceed with SIM unlocking it to use on Verizon.
Anyone have any ideas?
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If its anything like Tmobile, then you'll get the run around, Samsung will tell you its ATT and ATT will tell you its Samsung that you have to contact. On Tmobile one has to contact TForce via Twitter, then have them reach out to Samsung internally so that they can load the IMEI on to the T-Mobile system, once that part is done then Tmobile the actually carrier can go forth and process the unlock request. I am thinking it will be something similar with ATT locked devices purchased from Samsung directly.
With my Bday money I purchased a A32 5g off of FBM for $140, bought a month of service, got the t-mobile sim delivered and popped it in and it did not work, called T-mobile and some foreign speaking sale associate who could not comprehend anything other then her preset phrases told me the phone imei was "blocked" even though the look ups say it is clean. Well I have no idea what to do about this other then to stalk the guy who insta blocked me after I asked him to unlock the IMEI, and was wondering if you guys would be able to help with my options. Also wondering if it may just be network locked? which I couldnt figure out which carrier it would of been used by, it did have the tmobile app installed tho. IDK..
Wouldnt mind doing roots or what ever to get it running, just not sure which direction to go.
An IMEI - what is comparable to a chassis number - can't get locked / unlocked
jwoegerbauer said:
An IMEI - what is comparable to a chassis number - can't get locked / unlocked
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So that crosses out my thoughts of it being a sub branch like metro or something and network locked to only metro then?
So I have had this phone since release. Popped in the SIM and has worked fine until 2 days ago and it dropped everything. Rebooted and had coverage for a few minutes then none. Did this for half the day then no cell, no data at all. Went to replace the SIM with a new one twice at AT&T and still the same. Put some one else SIM in and it worked. Didn't want to leave them in for too long cause I didn't want the phone to "fry" the SIM. Anyone else have this problem?
i have a red magic 7s pro, I switched the att nano sim from my old LG v60 Thinq to the red magic 7s pro and everything works. But when I call ATT and switch the nano sim to the red magic 7s pro IMEI #, ATT says its not compatable. But as shown in the attached screenshots, the red magic 7s pro is working perfectly on the ATT Netowrk. As a tech support member stated ATT, is trying to stop people from using unlocked smart phone, unless its bought through them. ATT, verizon are trying to push through the fcc, that unlocked smart phones not bought through the major carriers in the USA are a national security risk, and want them banned permanently.