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T-Mobile Blocked IMEI

Hey everyone, I have seen someone Samsung Galaxy S3's on craigslist for like $300 and their IMEI is blocked. Meaning either stolen, blocked, or the owner didn't pay a bill.
I honestly can care less, I just want to know if T-Mobile blocks an IMEI if I can still use Simple Mobile on it, or I will have to unlock it to use a AT&T or other GSM carrier. My main concern is for Simple Mobile though since it is my current network.
Also, I have heard of changing the IMEI, can anyone provide information about that?
Thanks.

MasterGGM said:
Hey everyone, I have seen someone Samsung Galaxy S3's on craigslist for like $300 and their IMEI is blocked. Meaning either stolen, blocked, or the owner didn't pay a bill.
I honestly can care less, I just want to know if T-Mobile blocks an IMEI if I can still use Simple Mobile on it, or I will have to unlock it to use a AT&T or other GSM carrier. My main concern is for Simple Mobile though since it is my current network.
Also, I have heard of changing the IMEI, can anyone provide information about that?
Thanks.
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I would get the ESN and call to see if they would activate it. That's what we used to do when I sold cell phone years ago.

The imei is the gsm equivalent of esn. Anyway, call them before you buy, and simple mobile is a T-Mobile subsidiary so if it's blacklisted on tmo it won't work on simple because the towers refuse to work with you. I say just call tmo and they might help you, but don't tell them you want to use it on simple because they might not.
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No, it won't work on Simple Mobile, because Simple Mobile runs on T-Mobile. You're not allowed to discuss buying phones not owned by the seller. You don't own the phone if you pay the $200 to buy it and then stop paying the bills.

I have purchased CDMA phones on Craigslist for years now. I bought one phone with a bad ESN and learned the most important lesson with regards to buying a cell phone second hand...activate the phone before handing over any cash. If that means taking it to one of these places or meeting the seller at a place that unlocks phones (unless you have a laptop and the means to unlock it yourself prior to purchasing). Also even with the phone not activate it should still call customer service. Verify that the IMEI is good. If a seller acts shady when you tell them you are going to do this...save your gas.

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MasterGGM said:
Hey everyone, I have seen someone Samsung Galaxy S3's on craigslist for like $300 and their IMEI is blocked. Meaning either stolen, blocked, or the owner didn't pay a bill.
I honestly can care less, I just want to know if T-Mobile blocks an IMEI if I can still use Simple Mobile on it, or I will have to unlock it to use a AT&T or other GSM carrier. My main concern is for Simple Mobile though since it is my current network.
Also, I have heard of changing the IMEI, can anyone provide information about that?
Thanks.
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How can it be blocked when its a gsm? if its stolen you jus pop your sim in it and thats it it still works.
blocked imei i never heard of. can someone please clarify?

intrygue83 said:
How can it be blocked when its a gsm? if its stolen you jus pop your sim in it and thats it it still works.
blocked imei i never heard of. can someone please clarify?
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You can block an IMEI like you can block an ESN now if the phone is lost, stolen, or has an unpaid balance.
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Product F(RED) said:
You can block an IMEI like you can block an ESN now if the phone is lost, stolen, or has an unpaid balance.
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I had a Galaxy S 3 stolen yesterday. There is no way for me to get it back, I can get over that. What I can't get over is someone having my 3 month old phone and being able to use it with no problems.
I contacted T Mobile on 3 separate occasions to see if they could block the IMEI number because I have the original packaging. I was told from 3 different account specialists that T Mobile CANNOT block the IMEI. Whoever stole my phone just has to pop in a new sim card and the stolen phone will work just fine, and there is nothing I can do about it.
If anyone knows how I can get my stolen phone blocked, I'd love to hear how.
Adam

boda05 said:
I had a Galaxy S 3 stolen yesterday. There is no way for me to get it back, I can get over that. What I can't get over is someone having my 3 month old phone and being able to use it with no problems.
I contacted T Mobile on 3 separate occasions to see if they could block the IMEI number because I have the original packaging. I was told from 3 different account specialists that T Mobile CANNOT block the IMEI. Whoever stole my phone just has to pop in a new sim card and the stolen phone will work just fine, and there is nothing I can do about it.
If anyone knows how I can get my stolen phone blocked, I'd love to hear how.
Adam
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Escalate it and tell them you need that phone marked lost or stolen. They do it for non-payment, they can do it for lost or stolen phones.

Product F(RED) said:
Escalate it and tell them you need that phone marked lost or stolen. They do it for non-payment, they can do it for lost or stolen phones.
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Thanks so much for the reply. On all three occasions I escalated the matter as high as I could. Have you had an IMEI blocked personally by calling T Mobile?

boda05 said:
Thanks so much for the reply. On all three occasions I escalated the matter as high as I could. Have you had an IMEI blocked personally by calling T Mobile?
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I'm on Straight Talk AT&T. I've never had experience doing that, but I know it's possible because people have been scammed and end up with lost/stolen/non-payment T-Mobile phones that won't register onto the network.

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boda05 said:
Thanks so much for the reply. On all three occasions I escalated the matter as high as I could. Have you had an IMEI blocked personally by calling T Mobile?
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Sorry your phone was stolen but doing that is not going to stop anything. If it was password protected then they won't has access to it.
until they bring it to someone like myself who can wipe it and reuse it. Its a GSM so all i have to do is wipe it n pop a new sim in it and wola.
That's just how it is

intrygue83 said:
Sorry your phone was stolen but doing that is not going to stop anything. If it was password protected then they won't has access to it.
until they bring it to someone like myself who can wipe it and reuse it. Its a GSM so all i have to do is wipe it n pop a new sim in it and wola.
That's just how it is
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I'm on Straight Talk AT&T. I've never had experience doing that, but I know it's possible because people have been scammed and end up with lost/stolen/non-payment T-Mobile phones that won't register onto the network.
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Yes I've read many stories about people buying a used phone from a person and the imei being blocked. I am just confirming/questioning that this isn't possible (whether it's a recent thing or ever) with T Mobile.

This seems like a good way for stolen phones to be blocked, but what about customers that report their phones stolen to t-mobile and then sell it on craigslist (I know a few people that do this)..the poor sucker that bought the phone will have it activated and by the time T-mobile blacklists the number they are left with a worthless phone.

euklid said:
This seems like a good way for stolen phones to be blocked, but what about customers that report their phones stolen to t-mobile and then sell it on craigslist (I know a few people that do this)..the poor sucker that bought the phone will have it activated and by the time T-mobile blacklists the number they are left with a worthless phone.
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People just neeed to do their research and take precautions. If you don't put in the extra time to figure out how to buy a used phone safely, you're going to be taking a chance - and you get what you get.
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Blacklisted
I work for a cell phone buy-back firm. Every since November of last year we have been running into blacklisted imeis. We've got phones coming back because the person who sold us the phone quit paying on a subsidized phone. Considering our agents call people all over the country attempting to buy their used or inactive phones, most people see us as way out. This hasn't been an issue with cdma phones because we can check esn. Two days ago checkesnfree.com added imei blacklisted. But what I don't understand is our audit department can put a live sim card in a blacklisted phone and make a successful test call. But when a customer tries to put it on an account, it can't be done. Can someone explain to me why this is. I understand the calls and text are using a different section of the tower than the data network uses. But any more than that I'm at a loss. Thanks

IMEI blocking is only inner company at the moment. If att black lists an imei it will not work on any carrier that piggy backs att towers. Soon it will become cross company and global.
Wayne Tech S-III

zelendel said:
IMEI blocking is only inner company at the moment. If att black lists an imei it will not work on any carrier that piggy backs att towers. Soon it will become cross company and global.
Wayne Tech S-III
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ok every one i have you this solved !!!! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS UNLOCK THE PHONE BAD ESN/IMEI ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS UNLOCK THE PHONE i have gotten 2 Samsung Galaxy S III and a s4 off ebay with "BAD ESN/IMEI" unlocked them and working fine on simple mobile !!

juggalo818 said:
ok every one i have you this solved !!!! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS UNLOCK THE PHONE BAD ESN/IMEI ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS UNLOCK THE PHONE i have gotten 2 Samsung Galaxy S III and a s4 off ebay with "BAD ESN/IMEI" unlocked them and working fine on simple mobile !!
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How would I unlock it, please share, I have a galaxy s3

Put in a sim from another provider and then search for an unlock code and your done its about $15-$20 normally
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[Q] fake g3

Looking to buy used unlocked att or factory unlocked g3 on swappa to activate on straight talk ( I've also heard Verizon might work too?). I do not want to buy a fake! (A good camera and IR blaster are a must for me) I feel if I had the phone in hand I could tell but what can I ask from the seller to confirm its real? What if I ask for pic of page with sn,software version ,kernel etc What would I even be looking for ? Or can that page be spoofed as well?
Please help this newbie

wildmansgirl said:
Looking to buy used unlocked att or factory unlocked g3 on swappa to activate on straight talk ( I've also heard Verizon might work too?). I do not want to buy a fake! (A good camera and IR blaster are a must for me) I feel if I had the phone in hand I could tell but what can I ask from the seller to confirm its real? What if I ask for pic of page with sn,software version ,kernel etc What would I even be looking for ? Or can that page be spoofed as well?
Please help this newbie
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You cannot buy them for use on Verizon. Straight talk is several different resellers. But verizon no. Verizon is a cdma carrier. AT&T and factory unlocked phones are GSM. For Verizon you'd need a Verizon phone or sprint phone.
People DONT sell fakes on Swappa as its not allowed.
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hyelton said:
You cannot buy them for use on Verizon. Straight talk is several different resellers. But verizon no. Verizon is a cdma carrier. AT&T and factory unlocked phones are GSM. For Verizon you'd need a Verizon phone or sprint phone.
People DONT sell fakes on Swappa as its not allowed.
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Yes ill stick with att I know they work with st. As far as fakes not allowed we know people lie and cheat and not follow rules so is there some type of guarantee swappa makes that every phone is genuine? They wouldnt even answer my question about what happens when some one sells me thier in contract phone (wich at that point would have a clean imei) and then stops paying thier bill 3 months later and they block the phone? Wich is why I'm only looking at phones saying unlocked there again Noway to prove I guess. there's gotta be one thing to check or get pic of that proves its real

wildmansgirl said:
Yes ill stick with att I know they work with st. As far as fakes not allowed we know people lie and cheat and not follow rules so is there some type of guarantee swappa makes that every phone is genuine? They wouldnt even answer my question about what happens when some one sells me thier in contract phone (wich at that point would have a clean imei) and then stops paying thier bill 3 months later and they block the phone? Wich is why I'm only looking at phones saying unlocked there again Noway to prove I guess. there's gotta be one thing to check or get pic of that proves its real
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First off as I said above AT&T phones WONT work on Verizon, which is what you asked. Yes they will work on ST AT&T, ST T-Mobile, but will not work on ST Verizon. If you buy it expecting to be on Verizon's network you'll be disappointed. Straight talk is sold across several different networks.
Well if you'd read about Swappa when someone sells there phones they HAVE to enter an IMEI for one and in which will tell Swappa if it's on a paid account EDGE, NEXT, etc. and which is not allowed there.
The only thing that could possibly happen is if someone reports it stolen after selling and In which there's no way to find that out.
I have sold a ton of things on Swappa as well as buying on Swappa.
Also if you would look at a phone listing you would see they have Feedback, which I'm sure someone that has sold a few + phones with no issues I'm sure Your not going to buy a fake or junk phone.
There's no real thing or pic to prove anything. I could sell you a note 1 and make it say it's a note 4 in the software but just a screenshot you might not ever know lol.
Also a bit of a hint unlocked phones cannot save you from that unless your in another country. If you have a dead IMEI on say a T-Mobile phone even if it's unlocked you still cannot use it on AT&T
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Thanks for the info! I may not be explaining well I'm not going to verizon I'm wanting to use straight talk who advertises you can bring any GSM phone when I called was told att brand works best. I thought the other was verizon but like u said that's CDMA maybe t-mobile was the other compatible? Idk anyway I'm happy to hear about the contract phone not being issue I had read that could happen maybe it wasn't a payment issue after all. Maybe it had been reported stolen after he bought.

hyelton said:
.. Well if you'd read about Swappa when someone sells there phones they HAVE to enter an IMEI for one and in which will tell Swappa if it's on a paid account EDGE, NEXT, etc. and which is not allowed there. ..
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I'm pretty sure IMEI checks for ATT phones tell you nothing about the contract status of a phone, only if it's been blacklisted (lost or stolen)--
TMO phones OTOH will receive the additional information on EIP status, in-contract status, etc.
ATT should be forced to provide the same AFAIC.

You can use CDMA phones on Straight Talk. The kit you buy gives you the network info for CDMA phones and the SIM card for GSM.

[Completed] T-Mobile Blocked my IMEI on used phone

Hi Im new here and needed some clarification regarding an issue with my IMEI on my T mobile Note 2. I bought it used back in June off of a facebook buy and sell group to fix it up and sell it. At the time I bought it, it had a clean IMEI, and the people who sold me the phone told me they were the original owners. a few weeks ago, I again checked the imei, and it was still clean.
Now Im about to sell the phone, but I check one more time and now its blacklisted on T mobile and Metro, but clean on ATT and Verizon according ti imeidata.net. I check tmobiles website and it says its been reported lost. Im going to try to contact the people who sold it to me, and if they wont help me, Ill be contacting Tmobile and Asurion. After doing some research about what else I can do, Ive came up with a few options, but I still need some advice.
1. Sell as is and cut my losses
2. Sell on ebay to someone outside of US
3. Sell for parts
If I sell it to someone outside the country, how do I know it will work wherever the buyer is? I have no intention if screwing anyone over and want to make sure they get what they pay for.
How can I protect myself from this happening in the future? Is there a way to get the IMEI numbers of future phones signed over to my name, even if Im not a customer of that phones carrier?
Also, if imeidata.net says its only blacklisted on Tmobile/metro, can it be used on other American networks?
I really appreciate any help with this. Thanks.

One more thing I forgot to mention...when I bought it, it was running android 4.1.2. I downgraded it to 4.1.1 to unlock it and its still running 4.1.1 incase the unlock procedure didnt work and I need to try again. Not sure if this is relevant to the imei issue but Im just putting it out there.

Hi,
If it's blocked, it's blocked. No one can help you with that legally. Sorry.
Whether it works in other carriers.... I would doubt it. Usually blacklists are across all carriers in North America.
And as far as protecting yourself in the future, you can't really. Buying a used phone is always going to be a gamble. Nothing you can do about that except try to buy from a reputable source or individual.
Good luck!
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Blacklisted Question!!

I purchased a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5 from someone who isn't longer reachable on Craigslist, unfortunately they got one over on me, it's blacklisted however I contacted T-Mobile & it was due to non payment but there still isn't anything they can do nor I can do.
To my question, is there anything I can do to fix the issue so I can use it.
I currently have metro pcs, if I were to get it unlocked would it then work?
Help me please!
Thanks in advance,
Joanna

Msjoannalynn said:
I purchased a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5 from someone who isn't longer reachable on Craigslist, unfortunately they got one over on me, it's blacklisted however I contacted T-Mobile & it was due to non payment but there still isn't anything they can do nor I can do.
To my question, is there anything I can do to fix the issue so I can use it.
I currently have metro pcs, if I were to get it unlocked would it then work?
Help me please!
Thanks in advance,
Joanna
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If you were to use it on a non-tmobile network (att, straight talk on att,etc) yes. Just none that use tmo network.

I don't know why T-Mobile doesn't do it, but when I has Verizon and the same thing happened to me, they have me an option to pay the balance due on the device and use it. I didn't, they wanted way to much money. But the option was there.

diopskill said:
If you were to use it on a non-tmobile network (att, straight talk on att,etc) yes. Just none that use tmo network.
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justin94 said:
I don't know why T-Mobile doesn't do it, but when I has Verizon and the same thing happened to me, they have me an option to pay the balance due on the device and use it. I didn't, they wanted way to much money. But the option was there.
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Unfortunately the information that was provided to you was to the best of my knowledge incorrect. Due to the fact that T-mobile owns Metro PCS it would not be usable even if you unlocked the device. All of the GSM carriers in the U.S share blacklists now and a device cannot be unlocked and taken over to another carrier. I have had this happen to me previously before. A word of advice for all future craigslist transactions call customer care and ask if there is a remaining EIP or Lease balance on the device you are looking to purchase. The individual you are purchasing the device from will have to verify their account and get the information for you but this is the quickest and easiest way to avoid a scam.
If the phone is good and working without a confirmed balance make sure before you leave you make a phone call or two to register the device to your account to somewhat avoid a loss/theft claim as well. If you want to go a step further in ensuring that the device you just bought stays non-listed as lost or stolen complete the IMEI change during the same conversation as the balance inquiry and make sure the representative notates your account that the phone has been purchased from said individual. If they somehow manage to make a claim after that all they will have to do is look at the notes and they will see that both accounts were verified during the process and 9/10 times unlock the device again.
This has happened to me more times than I would like to admit and those are some of the things i have dont to really cover myself in the case of a scam.
I wish you the best of luck with future purchases and sorry for what happened!!

Frontier LTE (ATT) Switching Providers

The ATT site says they're currently not unlocking the Gear S3 even if the full purchase price is paid:
"This watch is designed to work on our AT&T network with 4G-LTE Bands 2 and 5 and 3G-UMTS 850/1900MHz. At this time smartwatches are not eligible for unlock to use with other carriers."
and
"Due to the nature of the smartwatch devices, it’s not possible for these to be unlocked. In order to do so, you would need to be able to remove and replace the SIM card. With any smartwatch, the SIM is integrated into the device itself and therefore not removable."
Does anyone know if both of these statements are entirely accurate? I've never used a device with an embedded SIM but I know that devices with a SIM slot can be unlocked regardless of what the carrier states. Will I be able to unlock a Gear S3 Frontier with LTE from ATT to work on other carriers?

I think until people start getting them and messing with them it's tough to answer. Mine is shipping for the 18th. I will have it in the next few days. Not the same, but I did use ADB and unlock the bootloader on my Huawei watch and even installed TWRP and a custom rom. Being this will be an AT&T device I am doubtful things will be unlockable. The e-sim excuse they told you does sound plausible. If you can't change the Sim, I doubt you can change carrier. Time will tell.

wdgolden said:
The ATT site says they're currently not unlocking the Gear S3 even if the full purchase price is paid:
"This watch is designed to work on our AT&T network with 4G-LTE Bands 2 and 5 and 3G-UMTS 850/1900MHz. At this time smartwatches are not eligible for unlock to use with other carriers."
and
"Due to the nature of the smartwatch devices, it’s not possible for these to be unlocked. In order to do so, you would need to be able to remove and replace the SIM card. With any smartwatch, the SIM is integrated into the device itself and therefore not removable."
Does anyone know if both of these statements are entirely accurate? I've never used a device with an embedded SIM but I know that devices with a SIM slot can be unlocked regardless of what the carrier states. Will I be able to unlock a Gear S3 Frontier with LTE from ATT to work on other carriers?
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My understanding is that these watches have an esim which is software. With that in mind, I doubt the phone is actually locked in the same way our phones are. The issue might be that they can't erase the network values which are written to the esim. They might be written to ROM which might explain why it would be a bit more difficult to erase. Of course this is just a guess so time will tell.
Swordfish

It's an interesting question. First we'd need to know if the ICCID and SIM number used in carrier versions is customized and unique by carrier. For example, did AT&T provide Samsung with a sequence of SIM numbers to pre-load on all "their" phones? Second do any or all of the carriers have the ability to input foreign (generic Samsung or from another carrier) SIM numbers in to their system? For example, if all AT&T's SIMs start with 88888 can they manually input a SIM provided to them that starts 12345? As far as I know you need an AT&T provided SIM to access their network from any device. I have no clue but if the first item is yes and the second no an AT&T Gear would only work on AT&T's network. It could roam on another network as an AT&T device but couldn't be used natively on that network.
If the above ends up being true a non-carrier LTE Gear bought from Samsung couldn't be registered on AT&T's network. Same thing with an AT&T Gear on T-Mobile's network. What were people's experiences with the LG Urbane LTE and Gear S2 3G? Whatever applied to those devices would seemingly apply here.

BarryH_GEG said:
What were people's experiences with the LG Urbane LTE and Gear S2 3G? Whatever applied to those devices would seemingly apply here.
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The Gear S3 and S2 are significantly different from the LG. The Urbane 2 uses an physical SIM (not an eSIM). Furthermore, it isn't carrier locked. Also, there are folks using it on prepaid service providers like Cricket. I don't think that any of this is true for the S2.

Art gear s3 frontier unlock
I received an approved unlock from AT&T but cannot figure out how to use it as it tells me the sim is not provisioned. The process as explained is to enter #0111*+unlock code+#. Any help would be appreciated.
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Fyi I got unlock for two of them. I simply went to their unlock site and indicated I was not an AT&T customer and filled in the imei, my name and email. It took about 3 days.
Link: https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/request/#/status

DevDoc said:
I received an approved unlock from AT&T but cannot figure out how to use it as it tells me the sim is not provisioned. The process as explained is to enter #0111*+unlock code+#. Any help would be appreciated.
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Fyi I got unlock for two of them. I simply went to their unlock site and indicated I was not an AT&T customer and filled in the imei, my name and email. It took about 3 days.
Link: https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/request/#/status
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Hey, I was looking in to the possibilities of getting an ATT gear s3 and bringing it to T-Mobile. And you seem to have cracked it. I have been looking hours to find something that said it was possible. So did you buy it from att for the full price and then requested unlock? And u are not an att customer right?

May I advise that the two variants (TMo and at&t) do not *exactly* have the same supported bands. That may mean spotty coverage in standalone mode, depending on your network location.
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I to have requested the code from At&t which they have sent me but the instructions state to remove sim before entering code?

vagelis said:
May I advise that the two variants (TMo and at&t) do not *exactly* have the same supported bands. That may mean spotty coverage in standalone mode, depending on your network location.
Sent from a TMo V20
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Well. I looked into Samsung site for tech specs and both versions -R765T(t Mobile) and R765A (ATT) support same LTE bands -
B2 1900, B5 850.

It's the mix of AWS and LTE bands that is different. Though the frequencies are the same, what type of network they support on these bands is different. And that may lead to having service in an area or not.
Sent from a TMo V20

So was anyone able to switch from AT&T to TMO? i requested my unlock code Sunday so it should be here today.

bagsofcole said:
So was anyone able to switch from AT&T to TMO? i requested my unlock code Sunday so it should be here today.
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Any news? Did it work for you?

DevDoc said:
I received an approved unlock from AT&T but cannot figure out how to use it as it tells me the sim is not provisioned. The process as explained is to enter #0111*+unlock code+#. Any help would be appreciated.
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Fyi I got unlock for two of them. I simply went to their unlock site and indicated I was not an AT&T customer and filled in the imei, my name and email. It took about 3 days.
Link: https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/request/#/status
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Yes but, did you actually get it unlocked? That's the question

I have also received an unlock code from AT&T, but haven't figured out yet how to unlock the device. I'm going to call AT&T tomorrow and see how to go about doing it. I'll post back when I do.
Also, any thoughts from anyone on using QPST/similar software to edit the radio? I know we're still a ways away from root, but I'm surprised nobody has done this with the S2 yet (that I know of). Seeing as its a Samsung device, I would imagine that its possible just like with the S4/S5/S6. I'm going to try it and see eventually.

slapshot2286 said:
I have also received an unlock code from AT&T, but haven't figured out yet how to unlock the device. I'm going to call AT&T tomorrow and see how to go about doing it. I'll post back when I do.
Also, any thoughts from anyone on using QPST/similar software to edit the radio? I know we're still a ways away from root, but I'm surprised nobody has done this with the S2 yet (that I know of). Seeing as its a Samsung device, I would imagine that its possible just like with the S4/S5/S6. I'm going to try it and see eventually.
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Pease keep us informed.

SUCCESS!!! I have successfully carrier unlocked the S3 Frontier. I know that simply by posting this people will be freaking out until I post the how-to. I WILL post the how-to when I can recreate the process and get some pics - I don't want to do it until I can verify that its done.

slapshot2286 said:
SUCCESS!!! I have successfully carrier unlocked the S3 Frontier. I know that simply by posting this people will be freaking out until I post the how-to. I WILL post the how-to when I can recreate the process and get some pics - I don't want to do it until I can verify that its done.
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You may have unlocked it but I don't see how your going to activate it on another service or have you done that? My understanding is that the S3 has an esim and its not like a phone where you can put in another providers Sim card and if I understand Sim. Cards and Sim numbers are tied to the carrier so how are you going to transfer a esim number from one carrier to another?

Sirdragonx said:
You may have unlocked it but I don't see how your going to activate it on another service or have you done that? My understanding is that the S3 has an esim and its not like a phone where you can put in another providers Sim card and if I understand Sim. Cards and Sim numbers are tied to the carrier so how are you going to transfer a esim number from one carrier to another?
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S3 doesn't use sim card at least not the good old sim "card" It has an e-sim built in that can be reprogrammed using the pins under the lower band.
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10urshin said:
S3 doesn't use sim card at least not the good old sim "card" It has an e-sim built in that can be reprogrammed using the pins under the lower band.
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And who's going to reprogram it? Is there an adapter to hook the pins to? So what your saying is to get a simple card and program that number?