Hello,
I really searched the forums and found nothing that could help me. I've got a Galaxy S6 G920F and is carrier locked. "INVALID SIM CARD
NETWORK LOCKED SIM CARD INSERTED". I don't want to play for the unlock unless I really have to. I also would want to avoit rooting/tripping knox if possible.
My question is: can a carrier unlock be done free? If I flash another stock rom over the one I have right now, could that unlock it? I have a orange rom, modded by orange with bloathware and stuff.
Thanks!
as long as your sim is activated, i would definitely try flashing the stock rom via odin. that shouldn't trip knox, also you have a clean rom. garanty may be gone after that.
Tim Niklas said:
as long as your sim is activated, i would definitely try flashing the stock rom via odin. that shouldn't trip knox, also you have a clean rom. garanty may be gone after that.
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My sim card is activated and working in my S5, so the sim is not the problem. I will flash another stock rom and get back with a reply. Thank you!
Nope. Flasing another stock rom with odin does not help. Same problem
where did you buy the phone from ?
It sounds like the phone is locked to another provider.
If it is a used phone, then I suggest you contact your provider and give them the imei, to inquire about the status of the phone.
Cosmic Blue said:
where did you buy the phone from ?
It sounds like the phone is locked to another provider.
If it is a used phone, then I suggest you contact your provider and give them the imei, to inquire about the status of the phone.
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I buyed the phone from a local orange store and it's locked to their network. They can unlock it for me but it costs somewhere arround 100 euros. F*ck that
ierburi said:
Nope. Flasing another stock rom with odin does not help. Same problem
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which stock rom did you use?
G920FXXS3DPD3_G920FOXX3DPB2_G920FXXS3DPB3_HOME.tar.md5
I was thinking trying another one from a country outside Europe. Could that remove the lock code?
ierburi said:
G920FXXS3DPD3_G920FOXX3DPB2_G920FXXS3DPB3_HOME.tar.md5
I was thinking trying another one from a country outside Europe. Could that remove the lock code?
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(esti roman,nu? Daca l-ai cumparat la liber sunt obligati sa-l deblocheze pe gratis. Daca nu..cauta pe net cod de deblocare. Costa 10-20$ maxim)
I told him whats'up.
Just in case: If you bought the phone off contract they have to unlock it for free. If not,a unlocking code should be like 10-20$.
This wont void your warranty or anything like that so don't worry.
ierburi said:
G920FXXS3DPD3_G920FOXX3DPB2_G920FXXS3DPB3_HOME.tar.md5
I was thinking trying another one from a country outside Europe. Could that remove the lock code?
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If your phone is locked to a specific network, which means when you put a sim card from another network operator, it will ask you for unlock code..
.. then No, flashing another rom will not unlock your phone. Even rooting it, will not unlock it. The only way I know to unlock it, is by putting a network unlock code, which you have to pay for
or ask your network provider to do it for you
Robert- said:
(esti roman,nu? Daca l-ai cumparat la liber sunt obligati sa-l deblocheze pe gratis. Daca nu..cauta pe net cod de deblocare. Costa 10-20$ maxim)
I told him whats'up.
Just in case: If you bought the phone off contract they have to unlock it for free. If not,a unlocking code should be like 10-20$.
This wont void your warranty or anything like that so don't worry.
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Da, sunt roman/yes I am romanian
the phone is locked to a specific network. I installed custom roms and other stock roms/rooted and nothing worked. I managed to unlock it at a local gsm store for 10 bucks. Oh well, thanks for the help guys!
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Hi there.
Ive flashed my Orange E650 with the Gonzo WM6.1 rom and its been 1000% successful from what I can tell.
However when I put my Vodafone SIM in it tells me
Network is locked. Please input unlock code.
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Is there anyway to get around this without paying one of the websites to give you an unlock code? I have googled and searched these forums pretty extensively to no success.
try asking vodafone customer service and ask what is it. If you put ur sim in another phone it is the same?
Why would I ask Vodafone? :/
Ask Orange
its a brand new phone, wont they just tell me to piss off?
If your phone was SIM locked to orange before you flashed it, It will still be SIM locked after you flashed it.
Updating the OS does not remove the SIM lock.
wizgnome said:
If your phone was SIM locked to orange before you flashed it, It will still be SIM locked after you flashed it.
Updating the OS does not remove the SIM lock.
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I know this now, but how to I rectify the situation?
If someone knows of a free way to do this they will be very popular
Seb Spiers said:
I know this now, but how to I rectify the situation?
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I don't konw if you can find orange rom to flash your phone back with it's original rom.
matrix77 said:
I don't konw if you can find orange rom to flash your phone back with it's original rom.
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Why would I want to do that? The Orange SIM will work fine in it, but I want to use my Vodafone SIM.
Seb Spiers said:
Why would I want to do that? The Orange SIM will work fine in it, but I want to use my Vodafone SIM.
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The phone is locked by Orange so your Vodafone sim wont work in it, untill you simunlock the phone, to do so you will have to pay ( there is no free utility for VOX at the moment )
To SimUnlock VOX see this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355790
pr2005 said:
The phone is locked by Orange so your Vodafone sim wont work in it, untill you simunlock the phone, to do so you will have to pay ( there is no free utility for VOX at the moment )
To SimUnlock VOX see this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355790
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Yeah that's what I thought
pr2005 said:
The phone is locked by Orange so your Vodafone sim wont work in it, untill you simunlock the phone, to do so you will have to pay ( there is no free utility for VOX at the moment )
To SimUnlock VOX see this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355790
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That is not true..
SPV-Services can do the trick for you..
You can find SPV-Services here.. :
http://www.spv-developers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236
Try it out.. When i got my vox it was locked too AND application locked.. So i flashed a rom that was application unlocket and ran the SPV Services program to get rid of my sim lock.. You just have to be quick as the phone will ask you if you trust the provider of the software you are about to install, answer yes, but you won't have a lot of time, ofcouse you can just try it again.
SIM unlock using SPV-Services and app unlocked rom?
Da9L said:
That is not true..
SPV-Services can do the trick for you..
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Has anyone else got this to work?
Everything else posted on the subject says SPV-Services doesn't work with the Vox/wm6. What rom did you use?
Da9L said:
That is not true..
SPV-Services can do the trick for you..
You can find SPV-Services here.. :
http://www.spv-developers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236
Try it out.. When i got my vox it was locked too AND application locked.. So i flashed a rom that was application unlocket and ran the SPV Services program to get rid of my sim lock.. You just have to be quick as the phone will ask you if you trust the provider of the software you are about to install, answer yes, but you won't have a lot of time, ofcouse you can just try it again.
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I've tried SPV-Services after getting the remove.cab from Orange (for removing the application lock), but it didn't SIM unlock my VOX...
Althou the same procedure did work with c550...
Flashed anothe ROM too, but the SPV_services keep giving me errors...
Da9L said:
That is not true..
SPV-Services can do the trick for you..
You can find SPV-Services here.. :
http://www.spv-developers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236
Try it out.. When i got my vox it was locked too AND application locked.. So i flashed a rom that was application unlocket and ran the SPV Services program to get rid of my sim lock.. You just have to be quick as the phone will ask you if you trust the provider of the software you are about to install, answer yes, but you won't have a lot of time, ofcouse you can just try it again.
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trust to perform all actions on your OS (applications) is'nt equal to do the same on Your sim, You have only cid/app unlocked Your phone - SIMLOCK remains active
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Seb Spiers said:
its a brand new phone, wont they just tell me to piss off?
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Orange UK can provide the unlockcode. Just call their customer service, I think they charge 20 pounds which is reasonable.
birdibird said:
Orange UK can provide the unlockcode. Just call their customer service, I think they charge 20 pounds which is reasonable.
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Alternately ask jockey
I can give you unlock code for your phone but it cost you 16 Euro, i bought new vox and try to sim unlock , i F**k with it one week , and no succes ,
So i pay for unlock and now its ok , its only 5 or 6 digit unlock code, its stupid you must pay for it, but yeah , I coudnt find way to unlock so i pay for it
sorry for my english
szatan said:
I can give you unlock code for your phone but it cost you 16 Euro, i bought new vox and try to sim unlock , i F**k with it one week , and no succes ,
So i pay for unlock and now its ok , its only 5 or 6 digit unlock code, its stupid you must pay for it, but yeah , I coudnt find way to unlock so i pay for it
sorry for my english
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Sorry, but the code is different for different devices.
It's probably a n00b question so apologies in advance, but if I root / bootloader unlock and Cyanogenmod flash an Android phone that's locked to a certain network, will that network lock be removed along with the official default Android ROM? Or is the lock at something like a BIOS level (or whatever the smartphone equivalent of a BIOS is)?
I bought a pre-unlocked Xperia U about a year ago that I've been using on Vodafone and had to return it under warranty (got stuck in a boot loop despite the fact that it's totally unmodified, not even rooted, honest!) and the replacement they sent back is locked to Virgin Mobile. They're telling me that the phone I sent them was originally sold to Virgin in France and locked to Virgin before I bought it, and that they've therefore fulfilled their responsibility. So I'm just wondering now about unlocking, and I've always been curious anyway about how / if bootloader unlocking, custom ROMs etc are related to network unlocking.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide with this!
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splscs said:
It's probably a n00b question so apologies in advance, but if I root / bootloader unlock and Cyanogenmod flash an Android phone that's locked to a certain network, will that network lock be removed along with the official default Android ROM? Or is the lock at something like a BIOS level (or whatever the smartphone equivalent of a BIOS is)?
I bought a pre-unlocked Xperia U about a year ago that I've been using on Vodafone and had to return it under warranty (got stuck in a boot loop despite the fact that it's totally unmodified, not even rooted, honest!) and the replacement they sent back is locked to Virgin Mobile. They're telling me that the phone I sent them was originally sold to Virgin in France and locked to Virgin before I bought it, and that they've therefore fulfilled their responsibility. So I'm just wondering now about unlocking, and I've always been curious anyway about how / if bootloader unlocking, custom ROMs etc are related to network unlocking.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide with this!
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well u can unlock it.. by getting the code from sony..
It will also unlock the ph..'s Sim lock..
Or ask the sony officialy for this.. they'll provide u every info required.
But unlocking the bl will do the job for you to be sim free
But do double check this from google too.
Also before unlocking pls make a backup as it will wipe everything from the device.
Just unlock and don't flash any custom kernels.If you want to then do it carefully pls with a backup and a copy of flashable stock rom.
Flash custom roms based on stock kernels
Hope this will answer the query..
Thanks for your reply! I spoke to Sony and they just told me to contact the network (which have done and they're wanting to charge me a fee to provide the unlock code). So to clarify, if I root the phone and unlock the bootloader, the network SIM lock will also be removed?
splscs said:
Thanks for your reply! I spoke to Sony and they just told me to contact the network (which have done and they're wanting to charge me a fee to provide the unlock code). So to clarify, if I root the phone and unlock the bootloader, the network SIM lock will also be removed?
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Not by rooting but also i guess not even by unlocking bl..
how much are they charging exactly..
i'll try to find the link for this
Also check this that how many times is the code applied for unlocking..it should not be 0
use this *#*#7378243#*#* in dialer
then service info sim lock
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Not by rooting but also i guess not even by unlocking bl..
how much are they charging exactly..
i'll try to find the link for this
Also check this that how many times is the code applied for unlocking..it should not be 0
use this *#*#7378243#*#* in dialer
then service info sim lock
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When I dial that number, the number just disappears. What is it for? They want £15.32 for the code. Should I just pay them and forget about trying to remove the lock?
splscs said:
When I dial that number, the number just disappears. What is it for? They want £15.32 for the code. Should I just pay them and forget about trying to remove the lock?
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Sorry the code is this
*#*#7378423#*#*
check the sim lock counters should be zero in all..
if zero then once u can try googling the code for unlocking if they work then it's great.
if not then it would be better to pay them for this as its a bit risky..
and are u using virgin's network??
As it's cheaper what they areaskingfor i guess.
ADDICT.ANK said:
Sorry the code is this
*#*#7378423#*#*
check the sim lock counters should be zero in all..
if zero then once u can try googling the code for unlocking if they work then it's great.
if not then it would be better to pay them for this as its a bit risky..
and are u using virgin's network??
As it's cheaper what they areaskingfor i guess.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try! And nah I use Vodafone. Virgin has no signal at all in my area.
My sister presented me this galaxy s6 phone from malaysia. I am from India when i inserted india sim card. I got the message network locked sim card inserted. I came to know from the internet all samsung phones are network locked, for that I have to make incomming or outgoing call for 5 mins. I inserted malaysia sim and (from india) made 3mins of call to malaysia and 2+ mins of call to my mobile in india. Inspite of this my mobile is not unlocked it is still locked. Please help me.
If i flash stock firmware from india will my s6 be automatically unlocked ??, without any side effects.
In internet I saw there are many sites which says they can provide unlock code but their charge is very high almost 50 USD. I have already spent almost 100RM for roaming calls. Please help in unlocking my phone.
Inserting the malaysia sim card will not work as the call has to be made through the network of the region the phone was bought. Using the malaysian sim in india is not enough as the call is still going through the indian phone network.
I already made a 3 mins call to Malaysia . Will it unlock if I ask to someone from Malaysia to make another 2 mins of call to me.
Only way to unlock a network locked S6 is to get the unlock code from your network or buy it online from reputable unlockers. Flashing ROMs will no remove the lock.
Suggest some reputable unlockers
roydok said:
Only way to unlock a network locked S6 is to get the unlock code from your network or buy it online from reputable unlockers. Flashing ROMs will no remove the lock.
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Can you please suggest me some reputable unlockers. After unlocking will i be able to original stock firmware / custom roms without getting unclocked.
reputable cheap unlockers
srahulmca said:
Can you please suggest me some reputable unlockers. After unlocking will i be able to original stock firmware / custom roms without getting unclocked.
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The problem you may have here is unlocking services unlock the phone from a specific carrier. The region lock is not the same as the carrier lock that these companies provide a service for. A quick look on google brings up no results for region unlocking. At the minute your only course of action is take the phone to a samsung repair centre and hope they will remove the region lock for you.
I took my phone to local mobile service center and he unlocked my phone (dont know how he did) and my phone is now rooted. Now my question is, is the unclock permanent and can i flash stock firmware safely without getting locked again.
Please confirm
srahulmca said:
I took my phone to local mobile service center and he unlocked my phone (dont know how he did) and my phone is now rooted. Now my question is, is the unclock permanent and can i flash stock firmware safely without getting locked again.
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Can someone please confirm this.
Sim Unlock is needed once in a lifetime and it`s irreversible. Anyway I don't understand why was needed to root your phone for sim unlock. Normally you can reset, flash anything now and your phone will be sim unlocked.
What do you mean by reset ? we cannot remove the lock by flashing a new ROM.
why dose it come up restart phone when i swich sim cards on my unlocked galaxy s6 eage and dose this lose all othe data and save picuters and contects
Please i do also have S6 brought from USA to Ghana and when i tried put on a sim, it said Network locked sim. please what should i do?
Hello,
I purchased recently a Galaxy S7 from Ebay, but have seen after the purchase, that it is sim locked from EE. I never before had a sim locked device. So my question now: Is it possible to flash over the sim locked rom a international rom with odin or is it necessary to unlock it with a code?
Thank you!
Oberbergler said:
Hello,
I purchased recently a Galaxy S7 from Ebay, but have seen after the purchase, that it is sim locked from EE. I never before had a sim locked device. So my question now: Is it possible to flash over the sim locked rom a international rom with odin or is it necessary to unlock it with a code?
Thank you!
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To unlock any network locked phone you have to buy a code for it or you give it to software/repair center to unlock it with a gsm box
Network locked is a lock which is stored in efs partition not in firmware or ROM so flashing or changing rom doesn't unlock it
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Shahzaib Jahangir
My phone is unlocked. When i flash new uptade does it go back to locked?
hrnsn23 said:
My phone is unlocked. When i flash new uptade does it go back to locked?
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No once its unlocked it will not locked without doing certain operations in efs partition to lock it again
Do anything safe with your phone without touching efs it will not be locked again
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Shahzaib Jahangir
Shabby The Dev said:
No once its unlocked it will not locked without doing certain operations in efs partition to lock it again
Do anything safe with your phone without touching efs it will not be locked again
Br,
Shahzaib Jahangir
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Can you recommend the cheapest and reliable source for unlock code?
tim1988 said:
Can you recommend the cheapest and reliable source for unlock code?
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The lowest cost to unlock samsung uk variant phones by code is 14 to 16 usd but I recommend you to give it to any software service centre to unlock it by cable and if you afraid for knox trip so don't be afraid there is a way to unlock S7 and S7 edge without tripping knox and much reliable
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Shahzaib Jahangir
Shabby The Dev said:
The lowest cost to unlock samsung uk variant phones by code is 14 to 16 usd but I recommend you to give it to any software service centre to unlock it by cable and if you afraid for knox trip so don't be afraid there is a way to unlock S7 and S7 edge without tripping knox and much reliable
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Shahzaib Jahangir
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Okay thanks!
can anyone help me.
I have a s22u s908u tmobile locked unpaid. is it possible to flash it to global firmware?
will it remove the carrier restrictions?
does anyone has a tutorial for this problem?
thank you guys and more power.
You can Odin flash "unlocked" firmware, U1 as opposed to U firmware that is.
But it has zero affect on the status of your simlock status.
Also you might find if you go to unlock it that you need to go back to the TMobile firmware to access the app they use to sim unlock it.
What exactly are the restrictions you are trying to circumvent?
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You can Odin flash "unlocked" firmware, U1 as opposed to U firmware that is.
But it has zero affect on the status of your simlock status.
Also you might find if you go to unlock it that you need to go back to the TMobile firmware to access the app they use to sim unlock it.
What exactly are the restrictions you are trying to circumvent?
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I am in the philippines, some one sold me the phone and told me it was unlocked clumsy me didnt check it. cant unlock it via server since it is unpaid and cant return it either. thats why im looking for an alternative way so i can use my simcard here.
Ahh. So yeah. You may want to worry about the simcard situation first and flashing the firmware won't fix that. I know there are paid services out there that will take Paypal and such but I haven't used one in almost ten years so I won't be any help there
pcriz said:
Ahh. So yeah. You may want to worry about the simcard situation first and flashing the firmware won't fix that. I know there are paid services out there that will take Paypal and such but I haven't used one in almost ten years so I won't be any help there
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thanks bud
But if there is still money owed by the person you bought it from there is a chance it will be black listed. You were basically sold a device that he or she didn't own, correct?
butchieboy said:
But if there is still money owed by the person you bought it from there is a chance it will be black listed. You were basically sold a device that he or she didn't own, correct?
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Possibly, im screwed right?
I am in the same boat as u, though was able to get my device (Tmobile) unlocked from 3rd party vendor and using it in India. But am not getting any OTA updates.
What could be the reason and what should be done.
Can i flash an Indian/gobal ROM and get OTA updates. Also will it lock the phone again and/or wipe out the data on the phone.
Any help would be highly appreciated
The moment you put a SIM it will the IMEI flashing won't change this. If you change your IMEI with certain software in the US you can have a visit from the Feds as this is something that terrorist do to spoof IMEIs.