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[Q] Unlock won't work...

Hello everybody
I received an unlock code from T-mobile for my Vibrant, but it gives me an "unlock unsuccessful" message. I called T-mobile, and they essentially told me "it should work, sorry." I was wondering if the problem might have something to do with the fact that my phone is rooted...
And if that is an issue, can I use the nandroid method to unroot it? Odin doesn't seem to work for me; it always stops at "file analysis." I've heard that other people using Windows x64 have the same issue.

Look at the IMEI in the e-mail they sent you. Make sure they copied right. It will be on the top left 3rd line down.

Yeah, the IMEI is right. Also, I've heard that it's possible for these phones to be hardlocked... is there a chance that the seller accidentally hardlocked it before sending it to me?

I don't think so. T-Mobile would be the one doing the hard-locking.

Is there any other way for me to unlock the phone?

I was rooted when I requested the unlock code from tmo - it worked as expected
You didn't get your phone directly from tmo?
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I have to wait a month until i can get mine unlocked.
I recent;y had another phone unlocked from them.

I didn't buy it from tmo, but I don't see why that would make a difference... they still gave me the unlock code based on the IMEI I gave them. They say they can't give me another unlock code, and I'm currently 7000 miles from the nearest T-mobile store (that was their "solution" - go to the store). Any idea whether it'd be worth it to try sinking $30 into one of the eBay unlockers?

I have the same problem with my vibrant. i purchased an unlock code from ebay with 100% success rate but when I entered the code: "network lock request unsuccessful"

I have the same problem with my vibrant. i purchased an unlock code from ebay with 100% success rate but when I entered the code it says "Network Lock Request Unsuccessful". Apparently the only way around this is to remove the Network Lock all together. Removing the network lock is done through unlocking software but unfortunately there is no software compatible with the Vibrant as of yet. Getting another code will not work either as your IMEI will give you the same code again. i just purchased an I-Smart SIM card, hopefully this will work. I will keep you posted

Don't buy from ebay EVER!!
Unlock codes are free from TMO
The sent me my unlock code 3 days after I bought it. It didn't work at first. I called TMO apparently my IMEI was truncated. they sent new unlock code and it worked perfectly.
Remember if you put your unlock code in to many times unsuccessfully, there is nothing TMO can do to get it unlock. It has to go back to Samsung

The reason I asked if you purchased the phone from someone else but TMO you might want to contact the seller and see if they can help you out.

they must have given you the wrong unlock code. Also, if you entered wrong unlock code 3 times, your phone will freeze and you would have to buy a unfreeze code online.

No wait unlock code
scrizz said:
I have to wait a month until i can get mine unlocked.
I recent;y had another phone unlocked from them.
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I go mine unlocked on ebay. It coast me $29 but well worth it. Took the seller 3 days to get the code and it worked.
Also T-MOBILE does not hard lock these. they can become hard locked if you enter the unlock code unsuccessfully 3 to 5 times. If you got that message once... i would not try again with that code. I would just get it from Ebay... T-mobile does not have a good track record with unlock codes for the Vibrant or the Garminfone

toeshot said:
Don't buy from ebay EVER!!
Unlock codes are free from TMO
The sent me my unlock code 3 days after I bought it.
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That is the reason I bought it from eBay. It took 15 seconds of my time, and the seller sent it within a few hours. By contrast, I have to figure out whom to email at Tmo, give them time to generate it, and then get it back to me. Certainly not worth my $30 to do more and wait 3 days.

cparekh said:
That is the reason I bought it from eBay. It took 15 seconds of my time, and the seller sent it within a few hours. By contrast, I have to figure out whom to email at Tmo, give them time to generate it, and then get it back to me. Certainly not worth my $30 to do more and wait 3 days.
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How do you think the ebay sellers get their codes to sell you for 30 bucks?

cparekh...you're pretty dumb....lol
sent from my Samsung Vibrant using XDA app

Uhm...you can get one for free even if you don't have tmo? Who do I send this email to?

Am I screwed?

I bought a T-Mobile Samsung Viibrant locally on Kijiji. And I think I got scammed.
I purchased an unlock code off ebay and entered it. I receive this message "NETWORK UNLOCK REQUEST UNSUCCESSFUL". The seller says this is a problem with the phone. I don't know what to do.
The phone doesn't say it's "frozen" or "locked". But the seller says I need to send it back Samsung (impossible for me).
Any help would be appreciated, all I want to to unlock the phone.

you may have been scammed on the unlock code, but there are good instructions on unlocking yourself in the dev forum.

thedarkpassenger said:
you may have been scammed on the unlock code, but there are good instructions on unlocking yourself in the dev forum.
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Can you please link me to though instructions?

mikeye9 said:
Can you please link me to though instructions?
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it's not that hard to find it but i'll be nice.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761048

mikeye9 said:
I bought a T-Mobile Samsung Viibrant locally on Kijiji. And I think I got scammed.
I purchased an unlock code off ebay and entered it. I receive this message "NETWORK UNLOCK REQUEST UNSUCCESSFUL". The seller says this is a problem with the phone. I don't know what to do.
The phone doesn't say it's "frozen" or "locked". But the seller says I need to send it back Samsung (impossible for me).
Any help would be appreciated, all I want to to unlock the phone.
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dude t-mobile gives free unlock codes to all its customers as long as you been with them I think 90 days, why are you paying other people or going through all this trouble. Call 611, and they will email you a code within 14 days.

SamsungGalaxySVibrant said:
dude t-mobile gives free unlock codes to all its customers as long as you been with them I think 90 days, why are you paying other people or going through all this trouble. Call 611, and they will email you a code within 14 days.
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I love a free unlock code, but I'm in Canada

I'm confused, what do you mean you are in canada, why should that matter. I don't see why t-mobile wouldn't give its canada customers free unlock codes. Unless you meant, you are visiting canada, and need an unlock code ASAP.
by the way, if you crossed borders, you better turn your data off, otherwise expect to see a huge huge huge huge data roaming bill

Search this forum for free unlock code. Get the code & follow instructions to input code while your sim is in phone. Type in numbers wait until screen pops up to input mcc & mcn. Type the ones that fit your carrier then input code & the phone will be locked to your carrier. Turn phone off & on & should work.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

use... the... link... i.. provided OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761048
your solution is right there.

[Q] AT&T will not give me an unlock code for the Focus

I have been a customer with AT&T for well over a year.
Why will they not give me an unlock code for this phone.
Does anyone know of any reputable online unlock sources to use that might have the Focus as a unlockable phone?
Also would calling Samsung directly get me any further?

panman91 said:
I have been a customer with AT&T for well over a year.
Why will they not give me an unlock code for this phone.
Does anyone know of any reputable online unlock sources to use that might have the Focus as a unlockable phone?
Also would calling Samsung directly get me any further?
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Unlocking is totally up to AT&T. Samsung won't help you on that. Whether or not online vendors can help is up to specific vendor. I know Samsung Captivate can't be unlocked by any 3rd party vendor and AT&T claimed 10-month exclusivity and refuse to give out any unlock code. Looks like Focus will be the same.
Just to be sure, you have a post paid account with AT&T and paid all your bills on time, right? That were the only criteria in the past determine whether or not AT&T will give you the unlock code for a phone. Now Captivate is the first phone that didn't follow that policy (iPhone is the exception).

Yes post-paid account and paid all my bills on time. They better not screw me on this. I mean its a world phone and I'm gonna be traveling out of the country. It's not like I'm gonna cancel my service with them. And even if I did they would still charge for early termination fees.

Did they give you any reason why?
You can still use it as world phone. Just have to pay AT&T $$$

Exclusivity to the carrier, the usual BS and the 10 month wait thing.

Can we get this unlock codes outside of at&t? or probably something like HSPL or something with that sort of access to the focus?

Quick update on the unlock fiasco....
I called Samsung direct and was transferred to their Level 3 technical support hotline and they gave me the unlock code without any struggles.
Make sure you put in a foreign sim and enter the unlock code and your golden.
Confirmed working by putting in a tmobile sim and made a phone call.

That's good to know
I never had problems getting unlock codes from them in the past though I remember someone saying the a/c should be in good status and beyond 6 months into the contract.

Nice! That IS good to know. Yet another reason why I'm starting to like this more than the iPhone where you get NO unlock code, ever, from anyone, for any reason.

panman91 said:
Quick update on the unlock fiasco....
I called Samsung direct and was transferred to their Level 3 technical support hotline and they gave me the unlock code without any struggles.
Make sure you put in a foreign sim and enter the unlock code and your golden.
Confirmed working by putting in a tmobile sim and made a phone call.
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Can i have that number? Please?? Thanks

arimozuki said:
Can i have that number? Please?? Thanks
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Hate to tell you the bad news, yet each unlock number is unique to the phone's IMEI.

i'm pretty sure he meant the samsung direct number

Ahh, ok and thanks for the clarification. My bad

arimozuki said:
can i have that number? Please?? Thanks
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1-888-987-4357

Thanks much

panman91 said:
1-888-987-4357
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I called AT&T, then SAMSUNG, then had AT&T call SAMSUNG.
The verdict is:
Samsung can get you to the screen where the NCK code should be entered.
BUT only AT&T can give you that code.
THe AT&T agent went on to tell me that they see in their system that unlock codes will be made available but some time next year... :-(
Does anyone know of other methods to get this unlocked? I'm spending some time in Europe at the end of the month and if I can't get this unlocked I'm just going to return it and get something else...

All you need to do is just call Samsung directly and tell them you have the NCK code.
Tell them you need to speak with Level 3 support.
The NCK code AT&T gave me was 97884489, but Samsung didnt even need that number when I called them the second time.
They will tell you to follow the process like this w/o a sim but you dont need to:
#7465625*638*CODE#
This wont work. Just get a non-AT&T sim card and enter in the unlock code they give you and voila your unlocked.

What is a NCK code? is this number specific to each individual phone?

Wow this is so great and worth trying

http://www.unlockallcellular.com/united-kingdom-vodafone-samsung-focus-np-97064.html
Here you pay $16.99, send you IMEI and get the code.

Unlock HTC HD2 US T-Mobile?

Hi,
I currently got a HTC HD2 SPL 2.08.HSPL and I was wondering if there is a way to unlock it, so I can use other carriers. I bought like 4 unlock codes and none of them worked... Is there any other method I can try to unlock it?
Thank you

from where you bought the code?

Hey I got my phone from my relative in the US and it was locked with T-mobile as well. I can't post links since this is my 1st post but google "mobileincanada". It should be the 1st link on the list.
Its cost $20 which is the cheapest compared my local stores which charged me around $40-60 to unlock the service provider. Also I received my code within 20 minutes. If you want to be sure, you can email them your IMEI code and ask if they can unlock it. I know you probably skeptical at this point since you have already tried 4 codes from other site. People that have used this site before leave feedback, you can look for my name (Carter Nguyen) in the feedback.

theunlock.ca said:
from where you bought the code?
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I bought the code from
freeyourhtc.com
cellunlocker.net
and 2 on ebay and none of them worked

T Mobile or a local store that hooks it up tho there pc should be able to generate the code, but there is no cert here

I just got my unlock code from cellunlocker.net. It took just 5 minutes to get it. 20 bucks.

just call t-mobile. don't pay for that crap.
they emailed me my code, it took like an hour for the code to arrive.

T-Mobile
i have been waiting for more than a week now. no news from T-mobile after calling them. You must be very luck to get the code in just an hr. hmmm. please can anyone recommend a good site?

That is the problem with the network providers. They dont give the codes quickly. So the customers go in search of online providers for the codes. Even i was in the same situation when i wanted to unlock my mobile. I then unlocked my mobile at WickedUnlock.com within hours. You can trust this guy from whom i got the code. They provide genuine codes.

[Q] Can anyone unlock phones?

I need to unlock my HD2. I need to get the 25 digit activation code. Does anyone on here know how to do this or could point me in the cheapest direction for the newest database? i know mine needs a code from the most up to date database.
thanks.
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There is a lot of threads on this exact subject, please use search next time.
Now as for your question yes you can simple unlock your HD2 as well as most other smartphones that require a simple card to work. I see your carrier is listed as T-Mobile so all you have to do is contact T-Mobile And tell them you need a unlock code cor your HD2. Tell them you are going to have to go out of country for business or a vacation and you want to be able to use a local carrier's services while there. Or if you want just tekl them you are going to terminate your contract with them and switch to another carrier, but still want to use your HD2 and not have to buy another phone. I recommend the first suggestion myself but hey sometimes honesty is the best policy. Your other option is to go to Ebay and buy a code. they are not expensive at all. It is up to you how you want to go about getting your code. Be advised though using your HD2 with another carrier. You will only get Edge signal for your data signal. This is because of the hardware in the HD2 not the software. If you are switching to AT&T the Australian HD2 can use AT&T's 3G Signal but no other HD2.

contacting t-mobile isn't an option. ill just save up money and buy one on ebay. i knew i was gonna have to do that but i was just seeing if anyone on XDA could unlock phones.

is there a way to unlock my phone for free without calling t-mobile? like how do the people on ebay/other sites do it?

guess not....? :[

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I just got the phone off Craigslist, I didn't waste time spend little $, went to three sites, try and get codes, no luck, waste times, n hope I ll get my $ back. After 2 weeks, I finally got unlcok code from the seller, who's carrier is tmobile, since I asked him I can't get the unlock code from different sites, so he finally forwarded tmobile email w unlock code to me. So especially u r with t mobile , and why not hv they give u code?

eyeisdasteve said:
contacting t-mobile isn't an option. ill just save up money and buy one on ebay. i knew i was gonna have to do that but i was just seeing if anyone on XDA could unlock phones.
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i already said earlier.

eyeisdasteve said:
i already said earlier.
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You can get a friend who uses tmobile to do it for you? You get one unlock code every 90 days. I've unlocked two phones already including my HD2 and they don't care whose phone it belongs to.
All they ask for is the IMEI, the phone model, and an email address to contact you to send you the code. At first I got a confirmation email a day after calling, then the three days later they sent me the code.

they dont look up account info?

eyeisdasteve said:
contacting t-mobile isn't an option. ill just save up money and buy one on ebay. i knew i was gonna have to do that but i was just seeing if anyone on XDA could unlock phones.
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just like he sad ebay... way to keep money in your pocket

eyeisdasteve said:
they dont look up account info?
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Not from my experience, I previously had a Samsung phone with TMobile and when I called them and told them I wanted to unlock an HD2 they didn't ask any questions and just asked for phone info. They even offered me free unlimited internet for a month as a promotional offer, lol.
Just make sure your bill is paid, they won't give you the unlock code if your bill is outstanding.
TMobile has some awesome service, I'm going to miss them.

yea, i have an outstanding bill. i tried calling them and just saying i bought the phone off of someone. they said they needed the original owner to call them. guess ill just get 1 off ebay.