Hello, I have AT&T and my friend has T-Mobile. He upgrades so often that I buy his 'old' phones and he calls T-Mobile and gets the unlock code for me, then I give these phones to my wife so she can use it on AT&T and have WiFi, but not have to have a data plan. Works great. Plus, I can play around with Android, which I like.
Question - I just purchased his 'old' (from June/2010) Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. He called T-Mobile and after about a day, they sent the unlock code. I went through the necessary steps (verified IMEI #, powered down phone, put AT&T sim in, power phone on, received code screen). I put the code in, and it said that it was an invalid code.
So we called Tmo customer service again, and verified the code and everything, then tried it again. Said the same thing.
I don't want to try it again as I am afraid it will brick the phone. Am I missing something? Do you have to put a # or * or - or something else in with the code?
Thank you in advance.
Edit: I should mention that I also downloaded the Samsung Galaxy S xda developers unlock tool for Mac to find the code in the phone. I tried the non-root version, and it did not find a code. I would have tried the root version, but I have no idea what that means.
crdean1 said:
Hello, I have AT&T and my friend has T-Mobile. He upgrades so often that I buy his 'old' phones and he calls T-Mobile and gets the unlock code for me, then I give these phones to my wife so she can use it on AT&T and have WiFi, but not have to have a data plan. Works great. Plus, I can play around with Android, which I like.
Question - I just purchased his 'old' (from June/2010) Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. He called T-Mobile and after about a day, they sent the unlock code. I went through the necessary steps (verified IMEI #, powered down phone, put AT&T sim in, power phone on, received code screen). I put the code in, and it said that it was an invalid code.
So we called Tmo customer service again, and verified the code and everything, then tried it again. Said the same thing.
I don't want to try it again as I am afraid it will brick the phone. Am I missing something? Do you have to put a # or * or - or something else in with the code?
Thank you in advance.
Edit: I should mention that I also downloaded the Samsung Galaxy S xda developers unlock tool for Mac to find the code in the phone. I tried the non-root version, and it did not find a code. I would have tried the root version, but I have no idea what that means.
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I have exactly the same problem on my T959, hack software could not find the unlock code on the phone. Paid unlock service for Provider and manufacturer code still did not work.
Have you found a solution? Are you using the stock ROM or was it ever changed?
Same problem... I cannot get a code...
I am told that the device is not found, even though it shows that the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate is connected. Also during the generate the unlock code, the program could not find the nv_data.bin.
Could you tell me what I am doing wrong, and why it does not look for this file on my phone?
go to some forum to seek way out .
way out, waiting too
Same here I ccan't get my phone to unlock with Tmobile provided code.
Anyone solve the problem? Mine don't work too.
it would be wonderful to figure this out
fix
did your friend ever change the rom on the device? I had the same problem on my captivate. The unlock codes for all of the galaxy s series are built into the phone and simply hidden. If the firmware has been changed (ie, upgraded to 2.2 or flashed another rom) then the codes are altered.
sucks. but now you have to go to youtube and search "unlock ____" and it is no trouble on a pc.
Dear all i am new captivate owner.Living in pakistan.My captivate is "sim free", but locked to AT&T network.Can anyone tell me how to unlock this phone without AT&T sim card inserted in it.Thanks in advance.
Assuming you have the unlock code, you would insert a Non-AT&T SIM in order to get the phone to prompt you to enter it.
If you already have the unlock code from AT&T, the information at the end of the YouTube video is all you need. As is stated above, start the phone with NO SIM CARD and follow the instructions on the phone's screen.
As AT&T will not release the unlock code to a phone/account that is less than ten months old--with some exceptions--you may be forced to pay for the unlock code if you don't already have it. AFAIK, if you don't have an AT&T account, they will not provide an unlock code to you in any case... although, you may be able to sweet-talk a rep into helping you over the phone. Additionally, there are many "for a charge unlocking services" on the 'Net.
These two links might be of help to you. You'll find a lot of references with a Google search for "unlock samsung captivate at&t" and many on XDA-Developers as well. Good luck.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-vibrant-captivate-sim-unlock-codes-are-hidden-phones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--eB7jQc-tI
thanks .ifound the vedios helpful
Hi
I have an note 3 (n900w8) sim locked by a local carrier. I've contact them but they won't provide sim unlock code to use the phone with another carrier.
I've googled and tried stuff for the last 48hs; this is what I've accomplished thus far:
- most websites I've found offers sim unlock codes for some money. I don't want to pay; I don't understand why there are plenty free kernels and roms around there, that looks a lot more work than a unlock code or an unlock calculator, and one have to pay for a sim code. What am I missing?
- well, with the phone, I've read about RegionLock Away, so I've rooted my phone (the first method I've found; I did not know about knox and now the warranty is void, I think that's not important), anyway, the phone was rooted, I applied it twice, but it didn't work.
- I've tried 2 other firmwares from sammobile. It didn't work. I don't know if I got bad luck or firmware changing does nothing to do with sim loock.
- I also installed cyanogenmod. just in case. simlock still there.
- I've tried this. MMI code is not recognized.
Well, I appreciate any help poiting me in the right direction. I don't know what should I search for or what should I flash.
Thank you very much!
I've run into a bit of a roadblock in the process of unlocking my HTC One E8 from Sprint. I called up Sprint and received an unlock code; however, upon inserting my new SIM (T-Mobile), I was not prompted to enter an unlock code. After speaking with Sprint again I was told that the actual unlock process would have to be completed on T-Mobile's end. So, I took the phone to T-Mobile and a representative attempted to unlock the phone but said he couldn't do it (The store was busy so all he tried to do was edit the APN settings, but he was unable to do so and quickly told me he would be unable to assist me further).
So pretty much I am sitting here with an unlock code, but no actual way (or knowledge) of how to use it to unlock the phone to work with T-Mobile. I feel like the answer is quite simple, but after looking through numerous forum posts I have not come across anyone with the same problem or a solution. I fear that my only remaining option is to root/s-off to unlock this phone. As someone who is not well versed in all things technical, I hope that there are other options for me to explore.
Any help at all is very much appreciated!
you have to have s off to order to unlock the phone with any sim carrier
I have a samsung note edge. It was sent me from japan ( au locked). Firstly it had lolipop and i some how managed to unlock it temporarily through Code( #7465625*638*#). Since I uprgaded it to Marshmallow that code seemed to not work now and it is why i am here to ask help me unlock my note edge. I am here in Nepal and professional help is very difficult to get or very expensive. Also online unlocking website payment is also not possible here from nepal in current circumstance.
Now when i Put above code it asks for network unlock code. Now where can i get that network unlock code. please help me Guys.
If you just type in cell Unlocker or smartphone unlock code or carrier unlock cell phone on to Google you should get some good results I have personally used one called "I.done apps" I only used this one because this site offered a specific method for a specific device I had at the time. it worked fine but you might find better prices elsewhere you should be able to get an unlock code for the Note Edge on any one of the major websites that offer cell phone unlock codes they generally also explain to you how to input the code. I can't endorse any one site and I don't work for any of them either but I can definitely tell you that the cell phone unlocking sites that are legitimate sites definitely do work. there's always the chance online of paying for a service that isn't exactly what it seems but if you just read into it a little bit and pick a popular site that has https and secure checkout you shouldn't have any issues. Have a nice day and enjoy the Android scene