I came across a Note 10+ that was purchased from Verizon and I wanted to use it on TMobile. I know the Verizon devices are SIM unlocked so voice and data should work fine however I am worried that I will still be stuck with all the Verizon bloat and WIFI calling won't work.
Does anything change to TMobile's when you factory reset the device and put in a TMobile SIM?
Thanks in advance!
It might still be locked, unless 60 days passed
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...shing-unlocked-firmware-verizon-note-t3988979
Yes Verizon locked phones for 60 days. Then they automatically unlock phones.
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What are your thoughts suggestions and ideas, i will be calling verizon again be 100 percent positive that if a friend brings down their verizon phone and does it for me that they wont have any issues at all.
I pay so much for this verizon unlimited that it really is a shame they cant get me fixed up, and switching plans is not an option. thanks everyone
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 have an unlocked verizon S7 edge before. I switch to MetroPcs way later. The phone that I bought from metro broke so I wanted to use my unlocked S7 edge. So I called customer service to activate this unlocked phone by adding the new imei to my existing sim. But I get negative response saying that it's not compatible and I can't add it, I try to use the chat to set it up but same answer.
I've seen friends and other people use their verizon phone on MetroPcs successfully without any fuss. So my question is why am I not able to use my unlock phone with the network when I seen it work with other people. Is metro pulling my leg and they want me to waste money on another metropcs phone when I have a perfectly able phone. Does anyone know how to go about this.
How unlock used Samsung Galaxy Book 2 (Verizon) so I can use T-Mobile SIM??
My friend bought a used Galaxy Book 2, put in his t-Mobile Sim and message came up that stated something to the effect that his device needs a Verizon Sim. Even with this message (as someone said it still worked) it did not get a signal.
He cannot return this as he bought it from some 3rd party he will never see again.
He has T-Mobile as a carrier for quite a few phones and has some sort of lifetime extra device -T-Mobile sim plan he can use so he does not want to move just this device to Verizon.
The question is can this be unlocked by Verizon store? And even if it is and APN settings are changed would it work with a T-Mobile Sim?
I know nothing about these LTE laptops and not sure at least for Samsung if the radio in it is somewhat universal or compatible with most US carriers.
Thank you for any advice.
I appreciate it.
Sincerely
Peter
Hey so I recently got a new phone and was planning to give my wife my Samsung Galaxy A13 Verizon version, so I factory reset the phone and started to go through the set up but it stopped me because of my SIM card. I don’t actually have Verizon I have T-Mobile, but I bought the phone outright and they won’t allow me to unlock it for my carrier without having a Verizon contract for 60 days or so they tell me.
My question is there anyway to bypass the setup and just get back to the main Lock Screen or am I kinda locked out of this phone?
ShadeWolf23 said:
Hey so I recently got a new phone and was planning to give my wife my Samsung Galaxy A13 Verizon version, so I factory reset the phone and started to go through the set up but it stopped me because of my SIM card. I don’t actually have Verizon I have T-Mobile, but I bought the phone outright and they won’t allow me to unlock it for my carrier without having a Verizon contract for 60 days or so they tell me.
My question is there anyway to bypass the setup and just get back to the main Lock Screen or am I kinda locked out of this phone?
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What do you mean locked out? Did you forget the pass/PIN/pattern? Or did you forget the login email and password?
Whether there is a SIM or not, whether activated or not, you should be able to complete the setup on the device to get logged into the device using WiFi then after getting signed in you can try getting the SIM setup straightened out.
If the device is from the Verizon network, you will not be able to use it on T-Mobile without the device being carrier/SIM unlocked.