I am planning to buy this phone and was wondering if I would be able to unlock it before I buy it.
Thanks
Yes............
Just call at&t , give them your IMEI, and they will give u the unlock code.
no need to pay anything, as the exclusivity deal, expired in May,
so unlock code is available for free
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Ive got an extra Wing I want to use on Cingular. Anyway to sim unlock this thing easily?
You can just call TMobile Customer service (611) and request the unlocking code and procedure. They will send it to you as long as you have been with them for awhile. Just tell th e CS you need to travel overseas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/UNLOCK-T-MOBILE...ryZ43312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
here is a $25 unlock offer
actually you dont have to be a tmobile customer. all you have to do is buy the phone. its stated under the DRMA(digital rights millenium act) that they have to unlock the phone at the customers request.
So how can they enforce a 90 day minimum wait after start of contract?
Or can they?
T-Mobile unlocked
I called T-Mobile yesterday, asked them to unlock my Wing. They took my phone info (IMEI) and today I got an email with the unlock code. Just put in a Cingular Sim put the code and ready to go. the best way to do it. I also have a T-mobile MDA and because I was willing to do testing with this device I used the steps to unlocked in Wizards forums. It worked excellent...
Just call T-mobile...The best way to go.
AT&T gives subsidy codes over the phone.. T-Mobile has a 24 turn around time.. That's what I'm trying to figure out why
My relative was told to wait 90 days, no exceptions...
An alternative is :
www.imei-check.co.uk
I've heard mixed reviews about that site ... so use at your own risk.
The link from ebay is flaunting a much lower price.
Anyone try them yet? Any info? Would really be a pain to wait 3 month...
zacwhite15 said:
actually you dont have to be a tmobile customer. all you have to do is buy the phone. its stated under the DRMA(digital rights millenium act) that they have to unlock the phone at the customers request.
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I'm sorry but that is completely wrong.
Have you used this item on Ebay? Did it well ?
Wind didn't allow an unlock, a 30 dollar service was used...
Not sure which one...
I just sim unlocked my wing. I called about it on Sunday and I got the unlock code on Wednesday (I got the confirmation email on Monday, but it said they had to wait for HTC).
i have a friend at vodafone romania and he told me that its kinda tricky to unlock the phone to use other operators (Orange Ro, Cosmote )
the thing is i want to buy a htc magic but us Orange cuz the internet is cheaper 3,5 Euros unlimited traffic they say
so how can i unlock it for free?
you can NOT unlock it for free.
according to that tricky method your friend mentioned: all the trick is that you have to pay for the unlocking code ...
umm yea well its a thread here with imei code unlock but my question is , with that code can i unlock vodafone romania htc? tnx
you can ask for unlock code to orange if you bought you're phone from them. they have to give it to you by european laws. i got my unlock code from vdf because i have a price plane from them.
Hi Saiuz,
Did you buy your HTC Magic from them with a service plan? Did they charge you for the unlock? Looking at their webpage, they say that the charge is 50 euros before the service plan ends (2 years in my case), or 10 euros after this period.
Thanks,
Cosmin
I have unlocked a HTC Magic from Vodafone (din Romania ) using fastgsm.com.
http://www.fastgsm.com/en/htc/htc/htc-magic/network-unlock-code
I am very satisfied with their services.
You need to have a paypal verified account in order to pay for the sim unlock code. After you pay you'll get the code in your website account(it takes some minutes). The price is $20.
I have googled many days for alternatives or unlock codes generators. Simply there's no other or free method available yet.
Bafta baieti!
redshark said:
I have unlocked a HTC Magic from Vodafone (din Romania ) using fastgsm.com.
http://www.fastgsm.com/en/htc/htc/htc-magic/network-unlock-code
I am very satisfied with their services.
You need to have a paypal verified account in order to pay for the sim unlock code. After you pay you'll get the code in your website account(it takes some minutes). The price is $20.
I have googled many days for alternatives or unlock codes generators. Simply there's no other or free method available yet.
Bafta baieti!
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some one only sold 15USD......
Just checked out the GT in a local store. Cute hardware. But they wouldn't sell it to me without passport and social security number. So much for picking up a U.S. tab while on holidays...
Were you trying to buy it at the off contract price? Were you paying cash?
I definitely wanted the "off-contract" GT. I would have been happy to pay cash, but we didn't get that far...
PS: On the t-mobile web page you need to pick an "even more" or "even more plus" plan to order.
Are you visiting friends in the States? If so, have them buy it for you. Or try a different T-mobile corporate store.
They can sell it to you without any credit check just like any item in the store if you are paying up front. Maybe they were just trying to make more money and/or save it for somebody who was going to sign up for service. Sad but it happens.
I just brought mine
I just brought one from tmobile store (no contract), and didn't ask for any credit check
I called up the other stores in town and they do require you to get at least one month of service with it. Which then entails a credit check, even if its only month-to-month. I guess ahbvrh was just lucky and ran into a CSR who wasn't aware of these rules. Yay!
you can simply buy a prepaid data plan (10$) and that will save you the credit check.
Im still loooking for the tmobile sim unlock code so I can use my existing corporate sim card which is AT&T
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you can simply buy a prepaid data plan (10$) and that will save you the credit check.
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I am a current T-mobile prepaid user. I tried buying the tab with and without telling them my t-mobile number, but no luck...
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Im still loooking for the tmobile sim unlock code so I can use my existing corporate sim card which is AT&T
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Are you saying that the 599.- "off-contract" GT is sim-locked to t-mobile US?? That would be insane...
That's no policy of Tmobile but maybe something they are doing in that region or those particular stores. There is no policy that says you have to buy a month of service for any device on tmobile now that they have the prepaid webconnect plans too. Even before that though you never needed to sign up for service to just buy a device its just expensive.
Yes,it locked for tmobile,but im sure it is possible to find unlock code somewhete
If you pay full invoice price its still sim locked but you are allowed to request the sim unlock code from tmobile. Just one catch you gotta have an account with tmobile to process that request.
That good to know,I just faxed them my recipt ,I will see if they will send me the unlock .....
Good luck! The t-mo web page say: http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm51885.xml
For customers with a T-Mobile Postpaid Plan, T-Mobile will provide the SIM Unlock Code upon request to eligible customers, provided the requesting customer has a minimum of 40 days of active service with T-Mobile.
To me, that sounds like you have to wait >1 month... Yay!
it seem this is only for postpaid users....,I just bought prepaid data plan....
I'm sure there is a way to unlock using root or something
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it seem this is only for postpaid users....,I just bought prepaid data plan....
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Oh yeah good point, you are the lucky one that got one on prepaid. Though in that case its even worse, and the same page says:
For customers with a T-Mobile Prepaid Plan, T-Mobile will provide the SIM Unlock Code upon request to eligible customers, provided the requesting customer has a minimum of 60 days of active service with T-Mobile and either a Prepaid Plan account balance of at least $10.00 or a prior refill within the last 30 days.
However, a quick google search brings up various pages that send you an unlock code for $$$...
I dont mind paying few extra bucks for gettong the unlock code.
googling it up show only one site that promise unlock code for the galaxy tab,but it is for the sprint vetsion,and I'm not sure it will work on the tmobile one...
Confused! I thought CDMA devices were never locked and if you wanted to change carrier (eg Sprint to Verizon) you just needed to get the new carrier to register the devices ESN on their network (which is often easier said than done!).
Regards,
Dave
Tmobile is GSM
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I know. I was referring to the previous poster who mentioned unlock codes for sprint, which CDMA.
Regards,
Dave
Hi Everyone,
How can I unlock my AT&T Samsung Focus for free?
Thanks.
not possible yet. have to fork out $$
Ok , I want to get it for some money and found someone on ebay that the people are saying he is guaranteed,
The only problem is that he requires a paypal money transfer and I don't have and my country is not eligable to have.
I live in Egypt but I'm still in the US and can return the device.
Should I just return it back?
get some US relative/friend to pay on your behalf for the ebay unlock code using their paypal account and just pay them cash $$$. you get your unlock code in their paypal registered email and a brilliant windows phone 7 device that is un matched.
Free unlock is not possible to get for the latest Phone,So you need to pay for it...You can get the paid unlock code from here Mobileunlocksolutions.com and unlock it from Network Lock.
Original phone owner can call AT&T to ask for the unlock code as "he/she will be traveling abroad". The request has to be done by the original owner (I'm assuming you're not, you bought the phone from the original owner). AT&T will provide it for free in some cases.
hello everybody i recently joined the hd2 movement and i am very pleased to see and hear all the good things about it
i ordered a couple of phones from ebay sadly they are all locked to t-mobile. now im in canada and t-mobile wont give me the unlock codes and and unlocking is about 25 to 30$ bucks each honestly i dont want to pay a single cent for unlocking.
so is there a way where i can unlock the phones on my own without spending money? if somebody could help me it would be great i would appreciate it. cause now i have these phones for me and my family and i cant use them.
thanks for all your help
you will have to pay for unlock codes if the original provider wont issue them
There are web based providers of the codes, you might get them for about $10 try Google