I've just got the s4 on EE but need it unlocking, I bought a code for 14.99 it didn't work so I bought another from a different place exactly same code lol so I've tried but all I get is unsuccessful I've tried the freeze code that they supplied too but for some reason it won't unlock.
Is there another method to unlock it?
I have exactly the same problem. I bought code (got four codes: NETWORK, PROVIDER, SUBPROVIDER, DEFREEZE) and it didn't work. In email there was couple of methods but I can't go to Network Lock screen after I typing this in dialer *7465625*638*# and don't have idea how to get to MCC/MNC to put code for the service provider.
If someone know at least how to solve this I would be more than happy.
Phone is locked in 3 Sweden.
[EDIT] ok, i managed to unlock - i tried Provider code and then Defreeze code instead of typing Network code. don't know if its matter but before i did it i was trying with simcard from 3 to use some of Dialer codes - but any of them didn't work so i switched to locked simcard and with Provider + Defreeze codes combination.
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Hey guys, strange problem:
Got a Telus LG Optimus 7. Want to unlock it to Rogers. Got the unlock code, however when I use my Rogers SIM the Optimus asks for a 'PUK' number.
Long story short, I called Rogers, they gave me the PUK for my SIM. When I enter it I get 'SIM Error'. So I went to a Rogers store and got a new SIM card with a new PUK--same error. Tried someone else's Roger's SIM--still asks for PUK.
I called around, no one has any idea what's going on. Google can barely help. Telus tells me I have to pay $50 to get it off their network, but I can't trust the rep knew what the problem was and they won't just give me an unlock code I already have. A 'cell phone repair shop' tells me LG phones are impossible to unlock anyway (? really?). So my question is:
How do I unlock this phone? What kind of security is this (could the PUK refer to someother other than a SIM's PUK)? Anyone have experience unlocking a Telus Optimus? Can I flash this thing and see if it'll bypass the PUK part?
Any help would be deeply appreciated. Other wise I have to try and resell this phone.
So, I re-flashed the phone anyway, just to see if it works.
Now it's a little different. Now it asks for a PUK and once I enter that it tells me to create a PIN. When I do it says SIM ERROR! So while I can get a little farther it still errors out!
I've tried both the Telus flash and the Mexico flash.
So if it's not the firmware, what could be causing this?!
PIN & PUK security depends on SIM card functionality, in this case phone software is transparent and does not verify PIN. IMHO it looks like incompatibility between SIM card and WP7 phone or strange configured SIM card. Try on another non-WP7 phone, maybe if you set or disable PIN code card will function on WP7 phone.
Thanks for the tip elektryk. I think you're on to something.
I have tried the SIM in a non-WP7 phone. It works fine. I put it in both an iPhone and BB. Using the iPhone I created a PIN then tried the Optimus. It now asks for a SIM pin--which I input, then goes back to the PUK screen which still fails.
It seems to be a very strange incompatibility with the SIM, even though I've read reports of Telus Optimus being unlocked for Rogers SIMs.
Bad luck I suppose?
I have exactly the same problem. I put a SIM with PIN security enabled, and after I enter the correct PIN requests the PUK!! and if I disable the PIN secure, request inmediatly for the PUK. The Phone say: Your phone is Blocked. Contact the Service provider for an unlock code.--- the only problem is that I don't use the AT&T service, so I can't contact them!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!
Fabian, I could not find a way around the problem so I sold the phone. Luckily there was another e900h which was unlocked for sale. The guy followed the same steps I did but it never asked for a PUK. Weird how some phones do and others don't (especially considering both phones were from the same provider).
EDIT: Hey, try this, see if it works: Try without sim card for enter the unlock code. and type 2945#*900# for enter the unlock menu
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Fabian, I could not find a way around the problem so I sold the phone. Luckily there was another e900h which was unlocked for sale. The guy followed the same steps I did but it never asked for a PUK. Weird how some phones do and others don't (especially considering both phones were from the same provider).
EDIT: Hey, try this, see if it works: Try without sim card for enter the unlock code. and type 2945#*900# for enter the unlock menu
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Hey, start the phone without sim card, but no unlock code required, no where to type.
I've a E900h where none of the 5 unlock codes provided worked for some reason. Haven't ask for PUK yet but lost as to what to do right now.
Typing 2945#*900# just produces a failed msg - top left hand corner is a file icon with lock on the left.
In our country ones you buy a sim from network provider.
they give us a card with a PUK code for the sim we buy.
Try to contact your service provider.
Unlock codes is For unlocking SIm Only.
you can switch different SIM f u have unlock codes.
it is different with SIm Pin Code.
You can get Ur PUK Code to your service Provider.
what country were u from??
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Hi, i bought atrix and try to enter unlock code.The phone was lock cannot work in at&t or other carrier. When inset the at&t sim it show message "sim network unlock pin",when i enter an unlock code,it says "network unlock unsuccessful". I put in another sim - the samse resault. I bought 2 unlock codes for it - the samse situation. I live not in usa so i can not call to atst. Please help. What should i do?
Answers - throw in the garbage, or gift it to me or something like it will not be accepted
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Hi, i bought atrix and try to enter unlock code.The phone was lock cannot work in at&t or other carrier. When inset the at&t sim it show message "sim network unlock pin",when i enter an unlock code,it says "network unlock unsuccessful". I put in another sim - the samse resault. I bought 2 unlock codes for it - the samse situation. I live not in usa so i can not call to atst. Please help. What should i do?
Answers - throw in the garbage, or gift it to me or something like it will not be accepted
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where did you get your unlock code from? i hear good things about http://cellunlock.net
You realize that AT&T gives you 5 free unlock codes a year....do you have AT&T or know someone who does?
just call at&t and ask for it, you'll give em your imei and they give you code and poof!
theres a blackout period of 6months after launch for at&t to NOT give the codes out past that its whoever asks.
atrix came up to anyone that asks mode in august i believe.(had mine unlocked for my euro trip
But there is a problem - I live in Ukraine dood And i can not call to ATsT
your only option would be to purchase an unlock code online for like $15.
Just call AT&T - they should give you the code
I suspect that the seller blocked phone. Found in that kind of thing A Hard Lock is a permanent carrier lock.Your phone will become hard locked by attempting to enter an incorrect unlock code more times than your phone allows, permanently locking the phone to the current carrier. Each phone manufacture has a different limit for the amount of unsuccessful attempts before the device becomes hard locked. The standard amount for Nokia, Samsung and Motorola is 5 attempts. The standard amount for LG and Blackberry is 10 attempts. The messages below are examples of what a Hard Locked phone will display. To test this needed to be done: Power on the phone with a Not Accepted Sim card. The phone will display "Sim Network Unlock Pin". In order to find how many attempts you have remaining you must enter a invalid code. You can do this by entering all zeros "0" as the unlock code which will be either, 8 or 16 digits depending on model. This will give you a Network Unlock Request Failure and a message "Number of Attempts Remaining: #" will display on the screen. If your phone is Hard Locked it will display "Number of Attempts Remaining: 0" andyou should not proceed with purchasing an Unlock code as your phone is permanently locked. Motorola phones come from the factory with five attempts. This is how it turned out. Tell me please what to do in such cases.
I purchased a sim unlock from ebay but they informed me that since my phone was rooted i wouldnt be able to in put the sim unlock code. Nor could i browse the phone to find this.
Does anyone know how toi bring the screen up to enter code? or anyone confirm that its impossible to unlock sim after rooting, thanks
Just flash a fruit cake and it will ask for sim unlock code or maybe dial #073887*.
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I've sim unlocked a rooted phone before. Just dial the code above.
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Well in my dial pad i input those numbers, but its acting as if im trying to palce a call. i have to press send for it to do anything and it says number cannot be dialed, etc...
so i cant get the sim box to open to ask for the unlock code
using Moto Atrix 4G MB860
android 2.3.5
mod version cyanogenmod 7.1.0 RC0-Olympus-KANG
*Also i dont know what flashign fruit cake is..
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So i only needed to insert a working sim card not from the carrier originally. and it asked me for sim unlock number.
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So i only needed to insert a working sim card not from the carrier originally. and it asked me for sim unlock number.
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Can you tell where you purchased your unlock code from?
two very easy ways to get unlock code. First and legit way, i went to ATT website where phone service originally is from and on their site they will give you unlock code for free as long as your device is registered there.
second is a simple ebay search for cheapest sim unlock service. they usually send you the code within 30 minutes - 12 hours depending on time of day you purchase.
AT&T was actually pretty cool about the SIM unlock codes. The customer service rep gave me not only the unlock code for my Atrix, but also my and my girlfriend's old HTC Arias that I'm giving to my family in Chile.
Hi,
I just purchased an as new unlocked note 4 from someone on gumtree, they have been posting for years so don't think i have a dodgy phone, i sent my brother to pick the phone up from their home while i was working and he said they unlocked the password while he was there.
But i have just tried a couple of sims and i get the message " sim network unlock pin"
I have tried to contact the person but he works away off shore and don't know when he will get back or reply.
Is there a way to get by this and get my sim working?.......i was planning on rooting the phone anyway.
Thanks for any replies!
You will need to get the unlock code because it's locked to a particular network.
You can usually tell which network it's locked to because it has bloatware from that network installed.
Also in the settings on "about phone" tab it should give you some letters at the end of the firmware version which will tell you what network.
Mine was locked to O2 and I used this guy.
Gave me code in a few hours.
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You will need to get the unlock code because it's locked to a particular network.
You can usually tell which network it's locked to because it has bloatware from that network installed.
Also in the settings on "about phone" tab it should give you some letters at the end of the firmware version which will tell you what network.
Mine was locked to O2 and I used this guy.
Gave me code in a few hours.
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Hi, There does not seem to be any bloatware installed from any network....the phone does look like a bought unlocked phone. Maybe the owner has put a sim lock on the phone himself?
download the Samsung Info app from Play Store, it should tell you eveything you need to know(root wont unlock network)and no way the seller put a network lock, in terms of unlocking you'll need the code. Some service providers supply them at no fee and some at a fee, alternatively you have a plethora of online options usually at a small cost to provide code, gl.
I have just purchased a second hand Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge which is locked to O2. My daughter is an O2 pay monthly customer so I used her simcard to link the handset to her account in Myo2. Then I utilised the unlock device button on the web page. 48 hours later I had a Network unlock code for my device. Upon putting in a non O2 simcard I got the Unlock Pin entry screen, entered the unlock code, only to be told "Network Unlock Unsuccessful" tried again with the same result. Decided not to try again as had been warned that 3 times unsuccessful would freeze phone unlock process. Contacted an O2 guru via web chat to be informed that I should reorder the code, as it would be a different code and would 'probably' work. At the time I also got the mck 'unfreeze' code from the guru in case of any future freeze problems. I tried entering the unfreeze code then pressing Network Unlock button prior to entering the original supplied network unlock code but got the same Network Unlock unsuccessful result. After a few days the second O2 code came through but it was just the same manufacturers code as the first one that I already have as I don't think that each IMEI has multitudes of different ones. I have since been back on to O2 gurus on network chat and after being passed backwards and forwards between the Monthly Contract Team and the PAYG team - it ended up with them basically saying that they couldn't help me as the only option I have have is to go back to the original purchaser of the phone on PAYG.This is not an option. I bought the phone from a Facebook listing and he had been using it on Giff Gaff since January 2016 when he bought it from a Gumtree purchase. I then contacted a web based mobile unlocker and they checked for me but said that there was nothing that they could do as I already had the correct Samsung manufacturers Network unlock and unfreeze codes.The phone is not blacklisted or anything and has a clear Checkmend report.
1) The IMEI supplied to O2 was the correct IMEI - the Myo2 website dragged the IMEI from the phone OTA when it was registered on My O2 . This IMEI tallies with the IMEI shown on the phone box, the IMEI shown in settings/about phone, and the IMEI shown when you carry out the 06 shortcut on dialpad.
2) The phone has not been rooted and is running O 2 branded stock firmware G935FXXU1BPHJ.
3) In between inputting the rejected Network unlock code I turned the phone off and back on again before trying the unfreeze code followed again byt the Network unlock code - in all cases the response was "Network Unlock Request Unsuccessful"
4) I have reset the phone to factory settings but have exactly the same result.
5) The phone will run and make calls fine on any o2 sim or derivatives such as tesco or giffgaff.
Can you wizards there suggest anything?? My natural stubborness is to find the way to unlock it but I fear I will end up reselling it as locked to o2.
Thanks in advance