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[Q] Unlocking a SIM Locked AT&T Note Edge

Hello All,
I'm newbie in Unlocking and Rooting the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge. It's my brother's phone and he sent it to me from US to Egypt, I need now to unlock the phone and my question is,
If I Rooted the phone and unlocked the Bootloader and Flashed a Custom ROM, will I be able to use any SIM card? Or I have to Unlock the phone using the Unlock websites for 29$?
Thanks in advance.

Currently, there isn't a way to root the AT&T version of the Note Edge. The answer to your question is yes, if your are able to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom ROM, you would be able to use your SIM card.
I wouldn't trust any of the websites offering an unlock or root services but that's just my opinion.
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I bought an unlock code back in Nov last year, the day that I got the phone. Worked perfectly. Now I can use any GSM SIM cards.

de2000 said:
I bought an unlock code back in Nov last year, the day that I got the phone. Worked perfectly. Now I can use any GSM SIM cards.
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I love the comments full of nothigness...
Care to provide the information so that we can also do it?

And love the replies that are sarcastic in nature.
You've posted more than I have, and all this time you don't know that you can buy unlock codes from various places? It has been discussed to death in the forums.
Anyway, since you want to know, I'll help you out. I bought my code from cellunlocker . net. You need another SIM card that is not your network, plug it in the phone, and the phone will ask you for the unlock code. Put in the unlock code that you bought from the place that I mentioned. Viola! It's permanently unlocked.

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Carrier Apps and Branding
de2000 said:
And love the replies that are sarcastic in nature.
You've posted more than I have, and all this time you don't know that you can buy unlock codes from various places? It has been discussed to death in the forums.
Anyway, since you want to know, I'll help you out. I bought my code from cellunlocker . net. You need another SIM card that is not your network, plug it in the phone, and the phone will ask you for the unlock code. Put in the unlock code that you bought from the place that I mentioned. Viola! It's permanently unlocked.
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Mine is Note Edge T Mobile. Already had Unlocked it. But, my concern is, How could I remove the T-Mobile carrier apps and branding. Also, Can I install the international or Indian Version ROM on this?

Enter network unlock code

Hi,
I just bought a brand new sm-g930f. I bought it from amazon in the states and brought it with me (never entered a sim) back to israel.
Now when i entered my sim card and tried to use the phone i get a message Enter network unlock code.
I have doubled checked and my version is the international unlocked version and it shouldn't be locked in any way.
Has anyone see this type of behavior and knows what i can do?
The phone is useless for me currently.
Thanks for any help

maorgit said:
Hi,
I just bought a brand new sm-g930f. I bought it from amazon in the states and brought it with me (never entered a sim) back to israel.
Now when i entered my sim card and tried to use the phone i get a message Enter network unlock code.
I have doubled checked and my version is the international unlocked version and it shouldn't be locked in any way.
Has anyone see this type of behavior and knows what i can do?
The phone is useless for me currently.
Thanks for any help
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Yeah.. That's cause your phone is Locked to some Carrier in Europe or Somewhere in America probably!
They sold it as Unlocked but it could have been mixed in the SAMSUNG department when they released it to be sold.
Easy Way:
What you have to do now is discover which carrier is it Locked in! Once you got that (On Recovery Mode Shows You Exactly Which One Is It), you can look for an Online Uncloker company (I have few if you need some help) and put the Country and Carrier that we'll know by the CSC pay few cash and you'll be able to put your SimCard and be free to go..
Hard Way:
Pack everything back together, submit to Amazon's Return Policy (reasonable, once it should be Unlocked and you find out it really isn't), print the return formulary, pack the goodies as they came, go to your post office and than send it back to USA and crosse your fingers hoping that they'll send you back to Israel instead of your previous adress in USA!

Only a locked phone will ask you for the network unlock code. So I recommend contacting a unlocking service www.unlockradar.com. Ask them to find out the network your phone is locked to, they can do that. They also can unlock your phone once the network is find out.

Just find someone who has chimera tool and just unlock it directly with USB cable
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Thank you everyone i have contacted the seller and he is trying to get a code for me.
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Carrier unlock pixel 3

Hello,
I just bought a pixel 3 blocked in EE UK. I live in Romania, and need to unlock the carrier.
Looks like the EE doesnt allow that via IMEI.
There ia another way? I want to pay just to be able to use it.
Thanks.

That's because it's reported stolen......

z3dulik said:
Hello,
I just bought a pixel 3 blocked in EE UK. I live in Romania, and need to unlock the carrier.
Looks like the EE doesnt allow that via IMEI.
There ia another way? I want to pay just to be able to use it.
Thanks.
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You need to contact EE. If the phone is clean and not on contract they will unlock it for you. There is no other way.

[Guide] Sellers/Carriers with bootloader unlockable Pixel 4 XL phones

I've been thinking of making this list for people who will be buying a Pixel 4 XL in future. It might come in handy to decide where to buy your phone from.
Please post in the thread what your seller/carrier did and I will update the list.
Note: You can buy a bootloader unlockable Pixel 4 XL directly from the Google Store.
UK greyed out OEM
EE
UK unlockable bootloader
Vodafone
US greyed out OEM
Verizon? (conflicting reports)
AT&T
TMobile
US unlockable bootloader
Best Buy

StrangerWeather said:
I've been thinking of making this list for people who will be buying a Pixel 4 XL in future. It might come in handy to decide where to buy your phone from.
Please post in the thread what your seller/carrier did and I will update the list.
Note: You can buy an unblocked Pixel 4 XL directly from the Google Store.
UK blocked OEM
EE
UK unblocked OEM
US blocked OEM
Verizon? (conflicting reports)
AT&T
US unblocked OEM
Best Buy
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TMobile variant is locked

StrangerWeather said:
I've been thinking of making this list for people who will be buying a Pixel 4 XL in future. It might come in handy to decide where to buy your phone from.
Please post in the thread what your seller/carrier did and I will update the list.
Note: You can buy an unblocked Pixel 4 XL directly from the Google Store.
UK blocked OEM
EE
UK unblocked OEM
US blocked OEM
Verizon? (conflicting reports)
AT&T
US unblocked OEM
Best Buy
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UK Vodafone is unblocked.

To be more clear I think you need to refer to it as Bootloader Unlock as OEM has no relation to that at all.
OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer btw
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superchilpil said:
To be more clear I think you need to refer to it as Bootloader Unlock as OEM has no relation to that at all.
OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer btw
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Hmm, not too sure. It's not that the phones come with an unlocked bootloader, you still have to unlock it. But they are either OEM unlockable or not... Any other suggestions to make it clearer?

StrangerWeather said:
Hmm, not too sure. It's not that the phones come with an unlocked bootloader, you still have to unlock it. But they are either OEM unlockable or not... Any other suggestions to make it clearer?
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Well yeah none of them come with an unlocked bootloader. But your wording wasn't wrong to begin with, I just felt that referring to as bootloader unlockable is a more friendly way to put it especially for the noobs out there.
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Where did you hear about AT&T not being unlockable?

mew1033 said:
Where did you hear about AT&T not being unlockable?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-4-xl/how-to/att-pixel-4-xl-locked-bootloader-t3989095

Bit of thread bump, but thanks!
Been searching everywhere to find out if Vodafone UK is un-lockable. Has anyone bought one recently to confirm they're still OK?

The Tmo variant can be unlocked after the sim lock is removed. I think it goes without saying for most that Fi and Google offer unlcockable versions but as this is for new guys it might be worth noting.

StrangerWeather said:
I've been thinking of making this list for people who will be buying a Pixel 4 XL in future. It might come in handy to decide where to buy your phone from.
Please post in the thread what your seller/carrier did and I will update the list.
Note: You can buy a bootloader unlockable Pixel 4 XL directly from the Google Store.
UK greyed out OEM
EE
UK unlockable bootloader
Vodafone
US greyed out OEM
Verizon? (conflicting reports)
AT&T
TMobile
US unlockable bootloader
Best Buy
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U.S. Cellular is unlocked for Pixel 4, would assume xl as well

Except for the Verizon model, all of the other US variants can be bootloader (OEM) unlocked when they are SIM card unlocked. However the SIM card being unlocked is a requirement to having the bootloader unlocked. If you purchase a device through a US service provider, it will generally have the SIM card locked down and you must request a SIM card unlock from your service provider. The "unlocked" version sold by Google (and Best Buy) comes with the SIM card unlocked already. Therefore it can immediately have it's bootloader unlocked.
Verizon variants will never be able to be bootloader unlocked - even if you are able to get Verizon to unlock the SIM card. (People who are successful in bootloader unlocking a Verizon model are the exception to the rule and simply got lucky - normally due to a MEID snafu).
This is the same across the entire Google Pixel line.

StrangerWeather said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-4-xl/how-to/att-pixel-4-xl-locked-bootloader-t3989095
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I'm gonna remove that thread because the bootloader can be unlocked if you carrier unlock your device. Confirmed on my friend's Pixel 4 from AT&T.

StrangerWeather said:
I've been thinking of making this list for people who will be buying a Pixel 4 XL in future. It might come in handy to decide where to buy your phone from.
Please post in the thread what your seller/carrier did and I will update the list.
Note: You can buy a bootloader unlockable Pixel 4 XL directly from the Google Store.
UK greyed out OEM
EE
UK unlockable bootloader
Vodafone
US greyed out OEM
Verizon? (conflicting reports)
AT&T
TMobile
US unlockable bootloader
Best Buy
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I think Verizon is locked if you buy it from them. I bought mine through the Google store with Verizon as a "3rd party" and I got an unlockable XL

I think basically whatever the carrier, they are locked until they are fully paid, is that right? In that case, I might just close the thread as it's not very useful.

Does anyone know if the Spectrum Variant of the Google Pixel 4 xl Has an unlockable bootloader?

I called t mobile today told them I'm a developer and they gave me a permanent unlock for my phone for the OEM so I can't complain but call them, whoever's your provider and tell them you're a developer and you're trying to access the Android 11 operating system and because it's a Google phone they bound to unlock your phone. And my phone ain't fully paid off from T-Mobile so I'm good I'm happy with the results and right now I'm using Android 11 and this bad boy for preview is beautiful

Hello everyone
Any news on Pixel 4XL EE UK to unlock the bootloader after 6 months of use???

I'm on a Verizon variant which I purchased directly from Verizon. Initially I was unable to unlock my bootloader same as everyone else. However, I was recently in developmer options and noticed OEM unlocking was no longer greyed out (I was running Android 11 with Octobers update). I Didn't believe my eyes for a second and immediately toggled it on and got to work. Within a few minutes I was unlocked and rooted. Not sure if they messed up on the 11 update or if it was a mistake from one of the updates. I hadn't checked for a while previous to my discovery so I can't pin down the exact trigger.

Once you either fully payoff the device or get permission through your carrier then the carrier sends it over to Google's server which generates your unlock code then is sent to pixel 4xl as a update which will then unlock your sim. Once your sim unlocked it will allow you to highlight unlock bootloader. This is for tmobile,att, and sprint. Verizon variants however is an exception. You can get sim unlock, but will not highlight the unlock bootloader. Once in a while somebody gets lucky, but does not happen alot. Even tho it is a Google phone the carrier can still make the choice for the bootloader.

Is Pixel 3a G020G sim unlocked?

Do you have exact information if Pixel 3a G020G is sim unlocked?

Noone knows?

Looking here it should be unlocked

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/bm0sjl/unlike_pixel_3_pixel_3a_has_multiple_variants/
G020G is sim unlocked if bought through Google or a store that specifically says its unlocked. If you buy it from Tmobile/Sprint/AT&T it'll be sim locked. The verizon specific model is a different model #.
So to answer your question - depends on where you buy it.

xnifex said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/bm0sjl/unlike_pixel_3_pixel_3a_has_multiple_variants/
G020G is sim unlocked if bought through Google or a store that specifically says its unlocked. If you buy it from Tmobile/Sprint/AT&T it'll be sim locked. The verizon specific model is a different model #.
So to answer your question - depends on where you buy it.
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Can simlock be checked via IMEI number of pixel?
I searched everywhere in google and everyone said G020G is sim unlocked.