Hey guys
I have a question regarding the adds you see everywhere about unlocking phones.
Im here in Ireland and it always seems to be foreign people doing it.
I go through a lot of phones and have availed of there unlocking services on many occasions.
Are these guys using some software that the got hold of? One guy just asked me for the imei number and within ten minutes he text me the network unlock code. So I know that they are not rooting and unlocking.
S4's Note 2's Htc ones and basically any kind of phone they are unlocking.
Anyone got any insight into how these are doing it?
For the samsung galaxy s series + note series there is an application on google play that can do that. It cost 1 euro.
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For the samsung galaxy s series + note series there is an application on google play that can do that. It cost 1 euro.
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I didnt know that,, So it unlocks S4's and Note 2's? Does it have to be installed on the phone?
These guys are also unlocking iphones and everything..
The last time I used was when I bought S3. The app need root ( if I remeber well) but you can install after that an untouched firmware. The unlock remain forever.
The first phone I unlocked was an htc tytn 2... in service they asked me 50 euros and 2 weeks to do it...in the next weekend in 4 ours ( 3.5 FOR DOCUMENTATION ON THE NET) I was able to unlock it myself.
Usualy they own some programs and based from your imei they generate an unlock code. You just simply put another sim card in the phone and tipe the code when the phone ask for....and that's all. For the very fresh devices the waiting period for the unlock database is greater, and sometimes the codes comes from the manufacturer of the fone ( I guess) ( excluding apple of course)
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GalaxSim unlock is the app I told you about.
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The last time I used was when I bought S3. The app need root ( if I remeber well) but you can install after that an untouched firmware. The unlock remain forever.
The first phone I unlocked was an htc tytn 2... in service they asked me 50 euros and 2 weeks to do it...in the next weekend in 4 ours ( 3.5 FOR DOCUMENTATION ON THE NET) I was able to unlock it myself.
Usualy they own some programs and based from your imei they generate an unlock code. You just simply put another sim card in the phone and tipe the code when the phone ask for....and that's all. For the very fresh devices the waiting period for the unlock database is greater, and sometimes the codes comes from the manufacturer of the fone ( I guess) ( excluding apple of course)
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GalaxSim unlock is the app I told you about.
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Cheers dude.. I presumed it was some sort of program that generates the code based on your imei number.
I though if anywhere is going to know what it is and how to get it then it would be here.
I would happily pay for the program as I say I go through a lot of phones and have many friends that could benefit with me having it.
I unlocked my S4 for $14.99 from cellunlocker.net and I got the code in an hour.
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Hello, I was curious about something when it comes to doing a SIM unlock. I did some research and found that there are different ways to do sim unlocks depending on what type of phone you have (of course). In my case I'm running a GPE edition ROM on a i337. Would I use the i337 way or the GPE way? Or...would I have to flash a factory ROM to do it? Found a ton of troubleshooting for unlocking but never saw anything about using different ROMs. Thanks for your help!
I actually used this method. Read it carefully before attempting. I recommend printing it so you can have it to refer to. The *#0011# code is the one that I used. Remember that when instructed to hit the 'back' key, that doesn't mean on your device. It refers to the 'back' button you will see when you press your phone's menu button.
http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/
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So you had a custom ROM installed when you did it?
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Just ask at&t for the code. That service menu can cause trouble in the long run. Plus theres no known method of returning settings to stock.
Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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Sometimes they will come times not. Never hurts to ask. And if the first try didn't work give them a call on another day. Sometimes it depends on who you get a hold of.
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Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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What previous post said. But they have a policy some of their reps follow. Some are more nicer. They give it when youre 90 days in contract
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What previous post said. But they have a policy some of their reps follow. Some are more nicer. They give it when youre 90 days in contract
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I'm way past 90 days into my contract. You didn't mean 90 days from your contract expiring did you? By the way thanks for your help along with everybody else in this post that has helped me!
90 days into contract. So you should be good to go. Shouldnt be a problem once they see that you meet requirements.
Thanks guys!
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At&T will not allow me to unlock my phone since it is still under service until 2015 >.< It took 4 people to finally get someone who spoke real english and well this is the last straw with att, no longer buying phones through them. Hello nexus.
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At&T will not allow me to unlock my phone since it is still under service until 2015 >.< It took 4 people to finally get someone who spoke real english and well this is the last straw with att, no longer buying phones through them. Hello nexus.
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I guess you actually don't call them to do it. You can go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/ and do it there.
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I guess you actually don't call them to do it. You can go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/ and do it there.
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Says it wont allow it.
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Says right on the site...
Postpaid Smartphone Customers: Account has been active for at least ninety days and is in good standing (i.e., it has no past due amount or unpaid balance owed AT&T.
This doesn't apply to Apple products (not that you have one, but I thought it's good to know)
So I got the unlock codes from AT&T a few moments ago..and I'm a little unsure how to enter them into the phone..i thought you type it in the dialer but that didn't work. I just read that you need to insert a sim from another carrier...lol my intention was to sell an unlocked s4 so I could buy a different one. How do I unlock without a different carriers sim card...I have the unlock code
No suggestions?
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No suggestions?
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Don't think you can. Hopefully, i'm wrong because I can't enter the code due to the previous 'free' attempt and can't get back into service menu (CM rom)
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You need to pop in another carriers sim card or any older non att based sim card.
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Some back info first... I had most of the high end AT&T androids and the iphone 5 in the past year. I tried numerous times to get unlock codes from customer service. Unlocked phones just have better resell value. Nothing works cause still under contract.
I currently have 3 smartphones with data share. $250/month is killing me. So recently traded my iPhone 5 for a S4. I didn't activate it on my line. I was looking towards the prepaid especially with Straight talk having ATT lte now and the nationwide release of Aio Wireless but T-Mobile $30 plan (100 min unlimited text and unlimited data up to 5gigs) is what I really wanted. This made me want to unlock the S4 since I live in a refarmed area. I can live with Hspa for $30.
I read on numerous forums that ppl may get a better chance of unlocking their device thru ATT international online chat. I tried so many times but they were always busy. Got lucky, finally spoke to a someone online. Gave them my ATT account info and etc. Was thinking I never got them to give me the codes before. This was just another time they would deny me. Another thing this s4 isn't even activated on my account. Gave them the imei, few minutes later I got directions and the unlock code for it. So damn excited but that's not the best part.
There's also an "Aws T-Mobile mod" for our ATT S4 to enable the Aws bands on the att s4. I'm like this is perfect. I can use the refarmed spectrum and the other hspa+ bands on the s4 and pay only $30/month. This is a no Brainer. Unfortunately. Couldn't get the Aws mod to work because you need a PC and I have a mac.
Took one of my old reg tmobile sim, using a sim template, I cut down the sim to a micro sim. Did the unlock procedure and it worked. Went to best buy to buy a tmobile prepaid kit and activated it with the $30 plan (only available to new activations). I'm thinking the 1900mHz refarmed band is reg but my phone showed 4g and was confused but I was getting 4-6mb down. Definitely could live with this. This is where I live. Driving to work, it showed full bars 4g lte. Got excited so I did a speed test. The highest I got was 12mb. I also looked it up just as I got home and one forum confirmed the same thing. Unlocked AT&T S4 works on T-Mobile Lte.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/292079-t-s4-unlocked-lte-t-mobile.html
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You need to pop in another carriers sim card or any older non att based sim card.
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You have to shut off your phone, insert tmobile sim, restart, entunlockrr code and voila.
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hi guys..
Whats the better device to buy
T-mobie/Note3/N900T ? AT&T/Note3/N900A ? Amazon-Unlocked/N9005
I will be primarily using the phone on t-mobile, but would like to use it in other countries like
India as well with local sim card/s
I can afford to buy the device... and am not on any plan at the moment,
also don't intend to marry a cell phone carrier...
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They are the same hardware obviously u want an unlocked one. Go for cheapest to u, u can unlock it for max $20 just search this thread prople did it many time. In general canadian note 3 thread has comments on where and how
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Also usa models may have boot loader locked I heard. So if u can spend on amaxon one its easiest case.
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They are the same hardware obviously u want an unlocked one. Go for cheapest to u, u can unlock it for max $20 just search this thread prople did it many time. In general canadian note 3 thread has comments on where and how
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Also usa models may have boot loader locked I heard. So if u can spend on amaxon one its easiest case.
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I understand Samsung Devices are not generally Bootloader Locked... I am not sure of the carrier branded devices though (never used one) If the Nexus-5 ain't any good, I am going for the Note... The only thing I wish is that they eliminate the home button, I hate it... I just want a bezel less piece of glass..
Hi, my sister gave me a S4 from A&T; however, I have T-Mobile. My question is, I plan to unlock it to use with T-mobile, but just in case my sister need the phone back, it is possible to relock the sim so that AT&T doesn't know the phone is unlocked when my sister use it? One of her friends had trouble with AT&T for unlocking an iPhone. Just want to cover all ends.
Thanks for your help.
iPhail and Android's are 2 completely different things. When you unlock an iPhone, you have to jailbreak (root for idiots) it 75% of the time. SIM unlocking an Android device does not void the warranty. They cannot fault you for it.
Once it is done correctly, it is permanent.
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iPhail and Android's are 2 completely different things. When you unlock an iPhone, you have to jailbreak (root for idiots) it 75% of the time. SIM unlocking an Android device does not void the warranty. They cannot fault you for it.
Once it is done correctly, it is permanent.
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Thanks for the reply. It's not about fault, but it is currently illegal in the U.S. to unlock phones prior to end of contract so I think that was the problem.
They can't tell unless they test it with a competitors SIM.
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Thanks for the reply. It's not about fault, but it is currently illegal in the U.S. to unlock phones prior to end of contract so I think that was the problem.
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What if I had to leave the country, due to a death in the family and needed the S 4 there..Should I care abiut voiding the contrac5..NO. ..Dont worry about relocking the sim you should be proud you have a unlocked phone..THE END!!!!!
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Lastly, what do you mean illegal..are the cellphone police going to arrest mE..and who care about the end of contrsct..Btw i called ATT to unlock the phone I have and they told me I had to pay $257 to cancel my contract and sign up again..WTF...so basically I unlocked it for $29.99..now ak I have to do is rub it in ATTs FACE.....
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They can't tell unless they test it with a competitors SIM.
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I see. So they can't tell if a phone is unlock but still uses AT&T sim, the company can't tell if it's unlocked based on the info they receive from the phone?
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What if I had to leave the country, due to a death in the family and needed the S 4 there..Should I care abiut voiding the contrac5..NO. ..Dont worry about relocking the sim you should be proud you have a unlocked phone..THE END!!!!!
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Lastly, what do you mean illegal..are the cellphone police going to arrest mE..and who care about the end of contrsct..Btw i called ATT to unlock the phone I have and they told me I had to pay $257 to cancel my contract and sign up again..WTF...so basically I unlocked it for $29.99..now ak I have to do is rub it in ATTs FACE.....
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I doubt anybody is going to be arrested from unlocking the phone but the law is still there. I don't know the details but her friend was fined $500 for unlocking an iPhone.
The FCC just need to their asses to work and make everything legal again that's all. LOL.
They should not be able to see anything unless they go into the service menus on the device itself. They also don't really care.
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Hi Folks
Im not selling anything here, but because my Device was locked to Voda I had to get it unlocked.
I went to http://sim-unlock.net/ and they unlocked it for me in 7 mins. I tried Voda and they charged me £19.99 for it (23 Euros ish)
Think it was something like £8.56 after conversion but its awesome now .
The website looked a bit dodgy at first but sorted in the end.
I tried to do my Desire C unlock action here, but i had issues tracking down the storage section on the device which is used for Simunlocking a unit. .
Anyhow... Devs, if you feel this is Spam please delete, but im pretty sure that lots of people will ask.
Hey bro, there is a free way to SIM unlock the m 8. I forget the thread link but it is in the general section of the one forum hdre
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I am having alot of difficultly in getting my M8 unlocked. It is locked to Vodafone Ireland and none of the websites i have tried are able to unlock it yet. I have contacted sim-unlock, but i doubt they will be able to do anything for me yet.
I thought Vodafone didn't sim lock the handests ?...just brand them. All my Vodafone uk handsets have been on all sims
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Hey bro, there is a free way to SIM unlock the m 8. I forget the thread link but it is in the general section of the one forum hdre
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Hi Man
Here is the link to SIM Unlock by free way -->> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708567
Hi bro,Can you find that link? I also need to unlock my SIM :fingers-crossed:
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Hey bro, there is a free way to SIM unlock the m 8. I forget the thread link but it is in the general section of the one forum hdre
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Hi bro,Can you find that link? I also need to unlock my SIM :fingers-crossed:
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Look at the post above yours I can confirm it works perfectly. I am on my at&t m8 using t-no Ile.
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I'm from Ireland and I believe I unlocked by this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708567
OOOORRRRRR
P.s. I didn't checked straight away when I got a phone from three store, (didn't had nanosim) and I know and I'm witness of they saying our "phones are sim locked" but same time phones are not locked. My Previous phones from three are samsung galaxy s3 and note 3 and both was not simlocked
so anyway my m8 are sim free now or who knows maybe was already, didn't checked just start do and then check.
I have noticed these days it is only certain companies that require sim locking. Most others don't care.
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allen175 said:
I am having alot of difficultly in getting my M8 unlocked. It is locked to Vodafone Ireland and none of the websites i have tried are able to unlock it yet. I have contacted sim-unlock, but i doubt they will be able to do anything for me yet.
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Well, you are in trouble. Vodafone changing the code and doesn't seem to storing them properly. My contract ran out so asked for the code. They supplied one, but didn't worked. Same thing from some unblocking sites. You have 10 attempts then is hard locked.
After a bit of "fighting" I received replacement and sim free.
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I'm from Ireland and I believe I unlocked by this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708567
OOOORRRRRR
P.s. I didn't checked straight away when I got a phone from three store, (didn't had nanosim) and I know and I'm witness of they saying our "phones are sim locked" but same time phones are not locked. My Previous phones from three are samsung galaxy s3 and note 3 and both was not simlocked
so anyway my m8 are sim free now or who knows maybe was already, didn't checked just start do and then check.
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The first batch aren't locked, specially on high demand devices. So if you are among the first getting the phone you are in luck.
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SOLVED UNLOCK FOUND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH kmani.k78 & aalyatim AND ECS87, AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT PUT SO MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS!!!
I have experience doing sim unlocking (I found the sim unlock method for the LG Optimus 3D).
I bought one of this phones to try to unlock it.
What I have found so far:
-The uicc unlock is preformed by Sprint OTA (over the air) by sending a network message to the phone to init the unlocking function.
-This message can be sent by generating a fake message and using a software DFS CDMA to comunicate to the device modem and generate the secuence.
-This was done to the Sprint Galaxy S4 but now Samsung implemented a signed encrypted package for the S5.
-By default, domestic networks (Tmobile and ATT) are locked even though sprint unlocks the uicc
-This can be overriden easily once we unlock the uicc
What I need to continue my search:
-a EFS and NVRAM Backup of a phone that had the uicc unlocked
-a App Log for the uicc unlocking state (a phone that is eligible for unlocking by sprint and activate the application log to monitor the unlocking process)
INSTRUCTIONS for the App Log
Because we only have one chance and I don't want to let it go. Please please if you are eligible for a Sprint unlock contact me and we will set up a live meeting so we can setup your phone before hand (root, increase log buffer sizes, etc) and preform together the unlock process. Also because I have not seen the unlock process I don't know if the device will reboot or what happens and I don't want the logs to be overridden or deleted in the process.
INSTRUCTIONS for the EFS and NVRAM dump
If you already unlocked your phone and have an active sim slot, because you went through the process of calling Sprint and they agreed to unlock your phone.
Download the following tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2705524
Select the option Backup partition for LTE device.
Any help would benefit the entire comunity.
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That will be great
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Since people are not that cooperative I will give a $100 reward for someone to send me the nvram and efs backup and a $200 reward for the app log.
When I get out from work let me see
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I tried to get them to unlock my the gs5 and was told I have to have the phone on the account for 90 days making it impossible for anyone to get it unlocked as of now.
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How can i get the log or just download a app from the play store?
How to get nvram I am ready to help you do inform how to get from mobile the info u need
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i'll be donate for you if sim unlock work swear.
Thank you guys in advance for the help I updated the First post with detailed instructions.
If you are eligible from sprint to unlock your phone PLEASE CONTACT ME.
If you unlocked your phone PLEASE CONTACT ME.
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I tried to get them to unlock my the gs5 and was told I have to have the phone on the account for 90 days making it impossible for anyone to get it unlocked as of now.
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Well not exactly old Sprint customers are eligible for unlocking their handset.
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Well not exactly old Sprint customers are eligible for unlocking their handset.
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i have 10 lines on my account for past 6 years, was still told no, even bluffed to cancel all my lines, but all i got was we are sorry to see you go but we can't unlock it for 90 days. i guess its all about the rep you get.
My only problem is I don't have root and I don't feel like rooting because of the knox counter until their a solution to that
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My only problem is I don't have root and I don't feel like rooting because of the knox counter until their a solution to that
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There won't be a solution for the Knox counter. ... there hasn't been one for 7 months for note 3
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A man I'll guess I'll root then
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A man I'll guess I'll root then
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Actually root is not required for the logs and NVRam but it is highly recommended so we can get all the information possible.
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There won't be a solution for the Knox counter. ... there hasn't been one for 7 months for note 3
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They've figured it out on the Exynos Note 3.
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My only problem is I don't have root and I don't feel like rooting because of the knox counter until their a solution to that
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Hi Verse187:
Do you apply for the unlock?
http://www.sprint.com/legal/unlocking_policy.html
galaxy s5 sprint unlocked
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Thank you guys in advance for the help I updated the First post with detailed instructions.
If you are eligible from sprint to unlock your phone PLEASE CONTACT ME.
If you unlocked your phone PLEASE CONTACT ME.
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I got my sprint galaxy s5 unlocked by sprint last week, i am going to travel outside of the country so they were able to unlock it. It took about 3 phone calls for them to accept my request after many denies.
Sprint unlocked my phone too. I'll help as soon as I can
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