I got gifted a really nice LG Spirit phone, but the Sim is locked. It's literally impossible to get an unlock code from the service provider since the phone is 7 years old and it's impossible to find a purchase reciept.
So, any recommendations on where to buy a code, in case I have to buy one?
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Hi. Last month I bought a LG Fathom (which is a Verizon phone). It is a WM 6.5.3 phone and supports both CDMA and GSM, it has both MEID and IMEI number. In the past month, I ordered many unlock codes from different sellers but they couldn't find it. I need to find that 8 digit unlock I'm ready to pay anything to unlock my phone, so if you even know something like "Octopus Box" for LG Fathom, I will be very happy to learn that. Please share any of your opinion with me, I really need your help to unlock that phone.
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I also bought a lg fathom what vs750 told to activate it themselves. I do not live in the U.S.. how to unlock and activate this?
Hi guys,
Whats the best and easiest way to simunlock the At&t samsung focus?
I won this from @benthepcguy from Microsoft, but I live in the Netherlands.
therefor I have no use of a at&t simlocked phone, unless I get it unlocked.
Any ideas?
Well, in the US you could take it to a AT&T store and they'd do it for you. Outside the US, you could try calling AT&T, or your could try calling Samsung directly. I think there are also sites that will sell unlock codes online, which sounds shady but apparently works, and is like $30 or something.
Why don't you tweet Ben stating your problem? He should be able to help you.
gremsems said:
Hi guys,
Whats the best and easiest way to simunlock the At&t samsung focus?
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Have you test the phone to see if it's already carrier unlocked? I can't imagine why they would give away a phone that's locked to AT&T...
If you're the original owner: Call AT&T and ask the customer rep for unlock code. Use the AT&T phone number listed on your Focus's people hub. They'll ask you for the phone IMEI number.
If you are not the original owner it's unlikely that AT&T will give you unlock code (eg. your phone is locked to another account). Or you can't call them for some other reasons. In that case you can always buy the unlock code from various websites or ebay.
I have used this web site twice (http://www.cellunlocker.net/samsung-unlock.php) to unlock my 2 Focus bought from Craigslist. The unlock code cost about $8 USD each and deliver to your email instantly. Please note: that website is not based in the USA, so my credit card got charged an extra $1 fee.
From what I heard these type of sites pay Samsung/AT&T a fee for special access to their IMEI unlock code database. Either that or they have software that can crack unlock code based on IMEI. I don't know, the codes I bought from them work.
By the way, if you do decided to use that web site make sure you choose AT&T under United State of American as the network that the phone is locked to.
Hello XDA-Developers,
I am at my wits end. I can not for the life of me find a Sim Unlock code for my Samsung Note 3 N900W8.
I will start from the beginning... I purchased this phone from a woman who is the manager of a telecommunications in London ON. She listed the phone on Kijiji as "Brand new in box, unlocked!". I met her at a kiosk for my carrier to test the phone on one of their sim cards. It turned out the phone was sim locked. She seemed nice enough and genuinely surprised when it came up sim locked. She said she had received the phone as a promotional gift from her company, but didn't like the size of it and wanted to use her existing phone. She asked me if I would prefer to have her get it unlocked or she would take 50$ off of our originally agreed price to put towards the unlocking cost. I opted to get it unlocked myself, my mistake lol.
First I had to find out which carrier it was locked to so through a process of elimination I figured out it was locked to Bell. I contacted Bell and asked to get a sim unlock code from them. They said that they have no record of my phone in any of their data bases and that I should contact Samsung and confirm that my phone is locked to Bell. I contacted Samsung who confirmed that my phone is locked to Bell. I contacted Bell again and they put me through to tech support. He was a nice guy, but didn't give me the answer I wanted lol. He said that because my IMEI is not in any of their data bases that there's no way for him to give me a code. He suggested flashing a different kernel and it would remove the sim lock? I'm sorry I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to this stuff. Anyways, I have taken the phone to 3 reputable phone repare shops in my area and tried cellun******.net. All have said that they can't find an unlock code?
You guys are my last resort, any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
Hi all,
A friend of mine dropped his LG smartphone and broke the glass on it, now it doesn't respond to any touch and is unusable for the time being.
I wanted t give him my old Samsung Linx to use in the meantime but he's on Rogers and I'm on Fido. I was trying to find out how to unlock the phone, but it looks like the only things I've been able to find is to buy an Unlock Code by providing the IMEI number.
Is there a free way to unlock the phone, without paying some sketchy company for an unlock code?
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Hello, just got my son a moto g but it's on Consumer Cellular. Michael is to unlock it and use it on AT&T. I thought the phone came unlocked but apparently it does not because it's looking for a cold when I put my AT&T SIM card in there. Does anybody know the easiest way to unlock this device?? I know it would be much easier if I just purchased the phone through AT&T but the fact that I'm saving half the price sounds very attractive to me when I'm giving the phone to an 11 year old! Any help on this would be much appreciated
You have to purchase the unlock code online to get it unlock.
As lcc014 said. You need to buy an unlock code for the phone. They can be bought from eBay to dozens of other sites and they can range in price from $2 to $20. I used unlockscout for my consumer cellular moto g. If you get your unlock code, and it is four strings of letters and numbers. Make sure to only enter the second set of just numbers into the phone.