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Got my G1 STOLEN!!

Damn, I just got my G1 stolen today... What should I do? I am calling tmobile right now but is there anything else I can do?
Thanks for any info you guys can give me!
Sorry if this is the wrong forum.

There are a few apps on the market you should have installed. Sim checker, being one of them. Since you didn't think ahead, best thing to do is call tmovile, get your phone shut off and file a claim (hopefully you were smart enough to get insurance). How did this happen anyways?
P.S. There is very very little chance you'll ever see your G1 again, so hopefully you got insurance.
Here's an idea though. Post a sob story on Craigslist about how you need your phone to work, your going to lose your job because they can't contact you (say you work on the road doing sales or something) and maybe someone will see it and feel bad and donate a new phone. My mom bought a sick camcorder from ebay and someone stole it from her hallway after ups dropped it off. She posted it on Craigslist and someone donated a new one to her. try that out maybe? Next time remember to install 2 apps, ones sim checker which will text/email you when a different sim other than your is inserted, and there is another that you can text the phone a special keyword (example: I LOVE YOU) and it will text the location along with a link to google maps.

CBowley said:
There are a few apps on the market you should have installed. Sim checker, being one of them. Since you didn't think ahead, best thing to do is call tmovile, get your phone shut off and file a claim (hopefully you were smart enough to get insurance). How did this happen anyways?
P.S. There is very very little chance you'll ever see your G1 again, so hopefully you got insurance.
Here's an idea though. Post a sob story on Craigslist about how you need your phone to work, your going to lose your job because they can't contact you (say you work on the road doing sales or something) and maybe someone will see it and feel bad and donate a new phone. My mom bought a sick camcorder from ebay and someone stole it from her hallway after ups dropped it off. She posted it on Craigslist and someone donated a new one to her. try that out maybe? Next time remember to install 2 apps, ones sim checker which will text/email you when a different sim other than your is inserted, and there is another that you can text the phone a special keyword (example: I LOVE YOU) and it will text the location along with a link to google maps.
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The idea is clever, but to lie and receive something from someone who gave it to you out of their own good will thinking they are helping, in my opinion is just as bad as stealing. As for your phone, chances are, you won't see it again. If you bought insurance, your G1 can be replaced for around 100 or so dollars from T-Mobile.

SolemnWishing said:
The idea is clever, but to lie and receive something from someone who gave it to you out of their own good will thinking they are helping, in my opinion is just as bad as stealing. As for your phone, chances are, you won't see it again. If you bought insurance, your G1 can be replaced for around 100 or so dollars from T-Mobile.
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Well really, his phone was stolen, they are helping, and everyone to some extent needs their phone for work. Right? lol. I am not saying be dishonest, but make a sob story, know what I mean?

If you check your gmail, you will see the last ip address to access your phone. you can then report it to the police and the local telephone people will be able to roughly guage where it could be. If you are using google latitude, it will tell you straight away.

karmac7 said:
If you check your gmail, you will see the last ip address to access your phone.
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I did not know this. Thanks for the info.

karmac7 said:
If you check your gmail, you will see the last ip address to access your phone. you can then report it to the police and the local telephone people will be able to roughly guage where it could be. If you are using google latitude, it will tell you straight away.
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How...? I don't get the "last IP address to access your phone" thing. And where do you find this information? I logged onto Gmail and don't see this.

SolemnWishing said:
How...? I don't get the "last IP address to access your phone" thing. And where do you find this information? I logged onto Gmail and don't see this.
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I believe he meant access FROM phone. Gmail lists history of its access, with details showing Browser or Mobile. I don't know how IP address works with the 3G/Edge network though.

What app is that when you text your phone it'll text you the location?

A lot of them do. LocService, SimChecker and GPSTracker. However, most of the time when your phone gets stolen, they would obviously take out your SIM card. In that case, you can't really text it any more. So go with SimChecker, when the SIM is swapped out, it will automatically text another phone that you specify and email you too with its location.

[Q] Lost & Found t-mobile Hero in London

Hi all
It just happened that I find a t-mobile Hero on a bus 52 to Victoria Station (I got off at the Royal Albert Hall and I notice it just before I got off)
I'm thinking about call one of the contacts on the address book but the screen is locked.
I haven't got any calls from it, so I can tell anybody that that phone is lost.
I'm reluctant to go into a T-mobile store because maybe they just get the device and keep it for them without even notifying the owner.
What would be your best advice in order to give it back to its right owner before s/he block the mobile's IMEI?
Regards!

Better to call the carrier, they have all his/her info
Great that you are so honest +1
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melvie said:
Better to call the carrier, they have all his/her info
Great that you are so honest +1
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He does have a saint in his name.. I would call one of the contacts if you can get into the phone, ask them whos phone this is... ( or you could root it for him and return it, he would probably be happier)

nijnvy said:
He does have a saint in his name.. I would call one of the contacts if you can get into the phone, ask them whos phone this is... ( or you could root it for him and return it, he would probably be happier)
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Lmao. Yeah, send it back with flash working and oc'd to 800+, so it keeps their hands warm on cold November nights like now.
They usually block them straight away. Ring 'mum' or 'dad'. They're probably on shopping holiday from Croatia.
And it was all yellow...

Brings you back to that song ...
All I want for christ-mas is root (Oh dear)

It may be possible you could adb in and pull the contacts database and get home?
Not sure - i have never tried. But I really do respect your honesty on this!
/me tips hat!

spikey68 said:
Lmao. Yeah, send it back with flash working and oc'd to 800+, so it keeps their hands warm on cold November nights like now.
They usually block them straight away. Ring 'mum' or 'dad'. They're probably on shopping holiday from Croatia.
And it was all yellow...
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how did you get to Croatia?

zolmajstor said:
how did you get to Croatia?
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It was a pleasant evening, I walked.
Hush...

This is the big failing of the pattern lock screen system... It stops malicious use, but also stops legitimate things like this.
I've always been in favour of setting a custom message on the lockscreen using CMParts, but this isn't a custom ROM (I presume).
What's worth a look is to try "adb devices" with the device connected. See if you can get it to show. This will only happen if the user has enabled USB debugging, which would suggest it could be rooted.
If it's rooted, it would be possible to retrieve enough info to contact the user. If it's not rooted, it's not going to let you get at anything...
I'm aware that any info here would help someone who had stolen a phone, so I'm not going to give away any of the tricks to get into the device by bypassing that screen.
Still, it's good to see some honest people about here... One suggestion. Remove the SIM, and put it into another device (non smartphone). See if there are any contacts on the SIM (presuming it's not PIN protected. If it is, you're stuffed from this respect, as some people might have used an older contract sim in the Hero as an upgrade phone, perhaps with a few phonebook entries you could try out?
Failing that, I'm not sure how else you could really do this You could go into the network's store, and give them the SIM, and ask them if they could get the owner to contact you, if you gave them an email address. They would probably be able to do that, as there would be no data protection issue.
HTH
P

captainstu72 said:
It may be possible you could adb in and pull the contacts database and get home?
Not sure - i have never tried. But I really do respect your honesty on this!
/me tips hat!
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That will only work if rooted, since you can't access /data without root on the Hero.
If you could root the device, you could sort it easily. The trouble is that it's a bit iffy... If the OP PMs me, I will give him a few suggestions in private, as he's got a long history on XDA. I reckon I can get the contact info out the phone (just had an idea )
Hmmm... Necro fail Doh!

Take the sim card out and put it into another tmobile phone, as the contacts may be stored on there, i know i do to save the hastle when getting a new phone, or use a micro sd card reader check whats on the memory card there may be some contact info.

I am glad to know that there are honest people like you in this world..

Forgot my pin..

So im sure most of you will say to stop being a noob n do a search. So ill begin by stating i have tried google and various forums with no success.
My problem is that i relapsed on xanax this weekend and on my way to the detox center my genius self decided to put a pin lock on my phone. Yes, go ahead and start the bashing on how i deserve it for being a pill popper. I went almost a year clean and **** happens so please just bare with me. anyways back to my problem(cell phone) so on my way to detox i put the pin. i get out today and to my surprise(sarcasm) i cant remember the PIN. I am currently rooted so i have some hope that i may be able to save my current data. There are alot of txt msgs i need and cant get to due to this problem. Its vital to my employment which i have to return to at 1pm pst. I'm lucky to be alive let alone still have my job so im looking for some help. Can anyone please help me???

If this is even remotely true, I can honestly say you will get zero help on this forum relating to a pin to unlock a phone. I have seen one of these threads a while ago and it didn't go well.

There is no way to bypass the pin, that's the whole point of a pin, so nobody else can access your phone.
If you are rooted though, you can just boot into recovery and flash a previous nandroid backup.

Congrats, you are rooted! problem solved.
Boot into recovery, copy contents of SD or whatever to whatever or wherever and your golden. Thank god you are rooted and welcome to the forum!
OR
Now take the cell to the store and tell the man (or woman) you found a cell or grabbed it out of a window that just happened to be opened, hand it to them and they will say thanks and you walk out feeling just a tad bit happier.
Peace!

Just take "your" phone to your carrier and tell them your story. If you can validate that it's your phone they should be able to wipe it for you.

If you get the pin wrong enough times, it should ask you for your Google login information. If it is indeed your phone, you should know that information. If not, you should be able to reset your password.
I'm going to assume your story is true, and if it is, **** happens. It took me multiple detox centers, 28 day programs, intensive outpatient and quite a few relapses before I got clean on my own a little over two years ago. Different drug of choice, but same exact bs.
If your story isn't true, turn the phone into a Sprint store. They'll be able to get it to the right person.
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There is really no way to get back into your phone that I know of, other than wiping your user data. The pin cannot be reset, but can only be erased with the rest of your data.
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If you input the wrong PIN enough times, it will ask you to put in your Google account information

There is a adb command u can put in to wipe ur pin number out. Don't have it on hand but if u Google adb commands u might be able to find it

[Q] LG G2 Locked Permanently.

Hey guys, Im using LG G2 D801 (T-Mobile).
The phone out of nowhere stopped accepting the network I was using (other than T-Mobile) and the phone got locked. After searching all through the internet I found out the unlocking option code (number) but before entering the unlock code it says The phone is locked permanently, and I never ever even tried to unlock it before.
I would really appreciate if anyone would help me fix this, I just got this phone. I'm going crazy!

Leo Abdii said:
Hey guys, Im using LG G2 D801 (T-Mobile).
The phone out of nowhere stopped accepting the network I was using (other than T-Mobile) and the phone got locked. After searching all through the internet I found out the unlocking option code (number) but before entering the unlock code it says The phone is locked permanently, and I never ever even tried to unlock it before.
I would really appreciate if anyone would help me fix this, I just got this phone. I'm going crazy!
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If you had another sim before on your g2 and it suddenly got locked then I suggest to contact Tmobile about that. Did you bought the phone secondhand? If so do you think it might've been stolen?

wulsic said:
If you had another sim before on your g2 and it suddenly got locked then I suggest to contact Tmobile about that. Did you bought the phone secondhand? If so do you think it might've been stolen?
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Umm, I got this phone from a person who's brother sent it all the way from US 3 days back. And that guy also used local network's sim for 3 days continously and he didnt even get a hint of such blocking thing.
Maybe they give a specific time, or the sim changing created the issue?

Leo Abdii said:
Umm, I got this phone from a person who's brother sent it all the way from US 3 days back. And that guy also used local network's sim for 3 days continously and he didnt even get a hint of such blocking thing.
Maybe they give a specific time, or the sim changing created the issue?
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I am not sure but I think Tmobile can give us the answer why your phone got permanently locked out of nothing. So my best advice is to contact Tmobile about that cause they can't lock it like that with no reason.

wulsic said:
I am not sure but I think Tmobile can give us the answer why your phone got permanently locked out of nothing. So my best advice is to contact Tmobile about that cause they can't lock it like that with no reason.
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Well, I'm afraid if they block my phone or something. :v
Cauz if it was sent country locked they would defo do that.

Leo Abdii said:
Well, I'm afraid if they block my phone or something. :v
Cauz if it was sent country locked they would defo do that.
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Well your phone is already blocked abit :/ but you can still use wifi right? But I still wonder why they randomly blocked it.
Defo? If its country locked they cant just block it like that. Only thing why they can do that is if the phone got stolen. I suggest you to also search about the perm simlock or there is someway to bypass it. I will also try to search a bit but its getting late ;p.

wulsic said:
Well your phone is already blocked abit :/ but you can still use wifi right? But I still wonder why they randomly blocked it.
Defo? If its country locked they cant just block it like that. Only thing why they can do that is if the phone got stolen. I suggest you to also search about the perm simlock or there is someway to bypass it. I will also try to search a bit but its getting late ;p.
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Duh I replied ya, dunno where the heck my post went.
Anyways, yea I can use wifi and all and I'm afraid if I lose the grip to that thing too .
That guy tells me to reset the phone as I entered a new sim but I wont do it, as I've used G2 Vs980 and it somewhat had the same thing Whenever I used to reset the phone it used to get lock and wont work until I put a valid sim into it, but it had a procedure or unlocking or idk what should i call it. You just had to press a couple of buttons and the phone to used to bypass or skip that setup thing. But as Idk any kind of procedure or this model or idk if any procedure will on it either I cant do it.
Anyways, I'll go to a professional unlocker or something and see uf he can help.

[QUOTE=Leo Abdii;55477337 Duh I replied ya, dunno where the heck my post went.
Anyways, yea I can use wifi and all and I'm afraid if I lose the grip to that thing too .
That guy tells me to reset the phone as I entered a new sim but I wont do it, as I've used G2 Vs980 and it somewhat had the same thing. Whenever I used to reset the phone it used to get lock and wont work until I put a valid sim into it, but it had a procedure or unlocking thing idk what should i call it. You just had to press a couple of buttons and the phone to used to bypass or skip that setup thing. But as Idk any kind of procedure or this model or idk if any procedure will on it either I cant do it.
Anyways, I'll go to a professional unlocker of something and see if he can help.

Leo Abdii said:
Leo Abdii;55477337 Duh I replied ya said:
Alright, goodluck About that sim required yeah that's just the same as you have with activating an Iphone but that's a safety feature.
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wulsic said:
Leo Abdii said:
Alright, goodluck About that sim required yeah that's just the same as you have with activating an Iphone but that's a safety feature.
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Umm mate can you check if theres any kind of safety feature for this phone :/ or anything like that .
Thanks.
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Maybe the phone was stolen.

I need help accessing locked phone - 8 Pro

I have a OnePlus 8 Pro that i need to get in to. The phone is mine on my T-Mobile account, i bought it for my brother on his birthday.
2 days ago he committed suicide. No note No explanation nothing. He was the strongest person we all knew. Never showed any weakness.
Even his wife cant understand it. I need to be able to get into the phone. There has to be something in there that shed some light on WHY???
His wife, daughter and I NEED answers. I have a ton of experience rooting and modding phones but i don't know how to get past a lock screen without wiping the phone.
If anybody can help me out i would be forever grateful. I would even pay if that's necessary. I am in so much pain right now over this.
Please help

Chipman417 said:
I have a OnePlus 8 Pro that i need to get in to. The phone is mine on my T-Mobile account, i bought it for my brother on his birthday.
2 days ago he committed suicide. No note No explanation nothing. He was the strongest person we all knew. Never showed any weakness.
Even his wife cant understand it. I need to be able to get into the phone. There has to be something in there that shed some light on WHY???
His wife, daughter and I NEED answers. I have a ton of experience rooting and modding phones but i don't know how to get past a lock screen without wiping the phone.
If anybody can help me out i would be forever grateful. I would even pay if that's necessary. I am in so much pain right now over this.
Please help
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Sorry to hear this.
If the phones on Android 11 then theres no twrp so there no way to remove the passcode / pin as far as I'm aware.
Here's a guide explaining how to remove a passcode. However I think with an encrypted phone you won't be able to access files even via twrp.
https://forum-xda--developers-com.c...e-hacking/remove-lockscreen-recovery-t3530008
Data recovery companies may be able to help if it's really needed.
Don't advise them as to what's happened just the phone is yours and your brother was using it, don't tell them how important it is or the price may just go up.

dladz said:
Sorry to hear this.
If the phones on Android 11 then theres no twrp so there no way to remove the passcode / pin as far as I'm aware.
Here's a guide explaining how to remove a passcode. However I think with an encrypted phone you won't be able to access files even via twrp.
https://forum-xda--developers-com.c...e-hacking/remove-lockscreen-recovery-t3530008
Data recovery companies may be able to help if it's really needed.
Don't advise them as to what's happened just the phone is yours and your brother was using it, don't tell them how important it is or the price may just go up.
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Thank you for this info. I will attempt whatever i can.
I will try this and see if it works. I just received a call from the detective and he said they have a device that could do this for us.
I might go that route since there is nothing illegal that he was doing.
was just hoping to do it today as to get it done sooner.
Thank you for the help

Chipman417 said:
Thank you for this info. I will attempt whatever i can.
I will try this and see if it works. I just received a call from the detective and he said they have a device that could do this for us.
I might go that route since there is nothing illegal that he was doing.
was just hoping to do it today as to get it done sooner.
Thank you for the help
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As it's Android it'll be possible. But difficult without the right kit..
I'd clarify what the detective wants to see on the device and can you be present for the unlock.

dladz said:
As it's Android it'll be possible. But difficult without the right kit..
I'd clarify what the detective wants to see on the device and can you be present for the unlock.
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Exactly what i was thinking. I would prefer i am there and they unlock it and hand it straight to me.
I know he wouldn't appreciate anybody not the closest of family getting access and seeing his personal thoughts.

Chipman417 said:
Exactly what i was thinking. I would prefer i am there and they unlock it and hand it straight to me.
I know he wouldn't appreciate anybody not the closest of family getting access and seeing his personal thoughts.
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Tbh I wouldn't want anyone looking through my phone is like a treasure trove..
I'd bare that in mind, not everything is meant to be seen. Doesn't mean anything, it's just how we are.

OP, sorry for your loss. That's all I have to offer. RIP.

Just my condolences to you and family

I'm sorry to hear also. May God bless you and family.

Thank you everyone that offered condolences

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Thank you everyone that offered condolences
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Any luck with it?

As insensitive as this sounds, I am a homicide detective. If he had a fingerprint lock on the phone, you could use his physical fingerprint from his hand prior to burial to unlock the phone. We have used this method several times with success.
Regardless, my condolences to you and yours.

AlphaKoi said:
As insensitive as this sounds, I am a homicide detective. If he had a fingerprint lock on the phone, you could use his physical fingerprint from his hand prior to burial to unlock the phone. We have used this method several times with success.
Regardless, my condolences to you and yours.
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Yeah i was hoping to be able to do just this but since the family members are not very etch savvy, they power cycled the phone off and because of that the first unlock into the system has to be with the numeric password.
I rebuilt his laptop for him a couple months ago so i have the password to get into it. I'm hoping that he saved his email credentials in it. I know that after multiple attempts into android it allows you to change password through the email. This is the last thing i can think to do.
I reached out to OnePlus this morning and the woman who was answering my questions said she had no answers for me. she kept saying i could factory reset it through recovery mode. I already know that, i need the info on it. I'm thinking about reaching out to google also. Who knows they might help since the phone is in my name on my account.

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Not yet. I had an appointment to day with the funeral home to get access to his body so we could use his fingerprint but the phone was turned off since his last login.
It now required the numeric password before logging in. I have one shot left that i can think of. If i can gain access to his email i might be able to reset the password that way.
Fingers crossed. It was so hard yesterday going to the funeral home. We all need answers

Chipman417 said:
Not yet. I had an appointment to day with the funeral home to get access to his body so we could use his fingerprint but the phone was turned off since his last login.
It now required the numeric password before logging in. I have one shot left that i can think of. If i can gain access to his email i might be able to reset the password that way.
Fingers crossed. It was so hard yesterday going to the funeral home. We all need answers
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When your reset his email you'll be able to recieve s text message with a verification number

Google find my device . It can unlock it.

SjDU said:
Google find my device . It can unlock it.
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I saw that. unfortunately i don't have his email credentials for his Find My Device.
Also the sm card was removed my his wife before she gave it back to me unfortunately.
Although it does connect to my Wifi at home... I'm almost to the point of giving up.
I don't think we will ever know why he did what he did.
Thank you to everyone that jumped on this thread. I love this community.

I kinda don't buy the OP story but here is my take:
- Doesn't need a SIM to get/use Find my device working but does require Google account access which is recoverable easily.
- It's trivially easy to recover a Google account with the phone number of the deceased unless the person specifically removed those options and used for instance an authenticator app (of if you don't have the actual SIM or access to that phone number but that would be strange).
- If you cannot recover the account that way, you can still recover it using a legal path by providing the correct inheritance documents to Google (through a lawyer if required) which should pose no issue (again this should pose no issue and while it would take time, it would work).
- Whatsapp cloud backup (on Google drive) is enabled by default and if you're after that, it's probably gonna be trivially easy to restore said backups on any new phone by using the SIM card of the deceased. Unless the person specifically disabled this to prevent this.
You can most likely recover Whatsapp messages without even unlocking the phone. This whole process is actually not hard and requires no tech help and can be done through the legal processes.
Added to all this, I checked your history and saw that you requested help before unlocking a Pixel phone that magically came into your possession before. So it seems you have a pattern of coming into possession of locked phones that makes me very suspicious of your demand.
I'll report this thread and ask a mod to review it.

Sorry. I also have doubts any time I see a story here asking for help unlocking a phone. Always sounds suspicious, and furthermore where are the mods here? Aren't there rules that state no requests for help unlocking phones??
Here is the OPs other post:
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I have a 64gb Pixel 4 XL that i want to unlock and use on T-Mobile.
The phone was never actually on a Sprint account. It was never technically paid off by a consumer. Its also never been activated on the sprint network to my understanding. (Which are all required to have sprint send an unlock code)
It was given to me by a Sprint store manager when they had to clean out end of year inventory.
I'm trying to figure out if i can unlock it somehow without having to get sprint to send the unlock code.
I don't really want to go through the hassle of explaining to them how i got a hold of it when they look at it in the system.
Any help would be greatly appreciated"

@San Diego The moderators are here and monitoring the thread since it has been created. And these are the XDA Forum Rules to cross-check.
To ask for assistance is not against the rules, and if you read back in the thread quite a few legal possibilities have been given. They obviously didn't delivered the desired result. However, as soon as the discussion or advices deviate towards the obscure side or to paid unlock services this would be removed immediately.
If you check the thread, from which you quoted, you'll see that moderators were acive in it, too.
Stay safe and stay healthy!
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