Hey guys, i tried using the free method several times with no luck. Now im looking to pay for an unlock code. Anyone here know what the cheapest option is?
Search online I paid 25 for mine nd that wss goin into a cell shop
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How long have you had your phone? I bought mine in May and I just called up AT&T and they gave me the code without any hassle. If you have had it 90 days and are not behind on bills then they have to give it to you, says so if you look at their page for doing it online. Mine said not able to but I called them.
After trying the fee method many times and it not working, you will be lucky if the code still works.
Just saw some on eBay that went for less than $10
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Easiest way is to chat with ATT international. If your account is in good standing they will send you the code. Took me 5 minutes.
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Call att. They will give you an unlock code for free. That's the cheapest way.
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Hi guys, I dunno if this is the right forum for this, but need to unlock my G1/Dream so I can use my ATT Sim Card in it.
- I've tried T-Mobile, but they told me some BS that I had to have an account with them for like 60 days before they could do something like that for me, WTF.
- I really don't wanna pay to do it, b/c stores here are charging like $35 bucks!
I have the IMEI #, so if anybody can help me, I would really appreicate it!
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I need to unlock my g1 too. I bought mine off ebay not thinking to ask the person to unlock it before shipping it to me
^Well, after searching the forums, there is a sticky here telling how you can do it...But calling T-Mobile isn't working for me.
If anybody here has a T-Mobile acct., please help!
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Anybody?
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Search on ebay for "G1 unlock code" and you'll get dozens of hits. I've purchased several codes from a seller called swiftsales714 and have always been satisfied.
^Thanks for the info, I'll check this out...
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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.
toxicpaulution said:
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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No suggestions?
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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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I bought a tmob n3 yesterday. Putting my Att Sim in I get a Sim unlock password request. I thought I could just pop in my Att Sim.and go..any ideas? Do I have to call tmob to get the unlock..I bought it at full price
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I think I read somewhere that t-mobile will make you keep the phone on their service for at least one billing cycle before they unlock it.
You'd better just call them and ask, the store clerks will give you an answer, or 3 answers, probably all wrong.
Please update the thread when you know for sure.
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Its a 40 day wait for unlock, not sure if you could talk some manager into bypassing it. You could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471742
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Its a 40 day wait for unlock, not sure if you could talk some manager into bypassing it. You could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471742
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That looks to work if you don't need a true unlock where you can use any sim without restricts. I had great results with cellunlocker.net. It's $25 but you never have to worry about it again.
+1 for cellunlocker.
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Sorry if there's a thread for this but I'm on EE 4G UK with orange and want to unlock it can anybody recommend or post a link to unlock site they have used been taken once and im not doing it again unless one of you guys can help. I have had the sim I got with the note 3 in so it's ready to be unlocked.
Any help would be much appreciated. ?
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Sorry if there's a thread for this but I'm on EE 4G UK with orange and want to unlock it can anybody recommend or post a link to unlock site they have used been taken once and im not doing it again unless one of you guys can help. I have had the sim I got with the note 3 in so it's ready to be unlocked.
Any help would be much appreciated. ?
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You can buy unlock codes from eBay at around 8£.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161120336570?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
That's an eBay premium seller right there. I got mine unlocked. It kinda says it takes 24 hours to send you the code but I got mine in under 15 minutes. Sends you an email to the PayPal email address with the unlock code.
I got my UK Note 3 unlocked for £7.99 within an hour here's the link to the actual one I used:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221292309730
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You can buy unlock codes from eBay at around 8£.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161120336570?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
That's an eBay premium seller right there. I got mine unlocked. It kinda says it takes 24 hours to send you the code but I got mine in under 15 minutes. Sends you an email to the PayPal email address with the unlock code.
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After trying 4 different sellers who all gave me a refund because they couldn't obtain code this seller sent it in 15 minutes.
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After trying 4 different sellers who all gave me a refund because they couldn't obtain code this seller sent it in 15 minutes.
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This worked perfectly for me too.. took about 10 mins unlocking from ee
I am on MK2 and I tried to use Chainfire's region lockaway app but It didnt work when i rebooted with a tmobile sim card the unlock meno came up asking for a code or to dismiss, tried running it 3 times so far it doesnt work, anyway to fix this?
Anyone?
I don't believe it even works on MK2. You are either going to have to get the code from AT&T or buy one online from a site that sells unlock codes. It's easier to just buy the code.
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I don't believe it even works on MK2. You are either going to have to get the code from AT&T or buy one online from a site that sells unlock codes. It's easier to just buy the code.
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I knew I was probably going to anyway. Tried to avoid the money route figured the app would work its only $20 to unlock anyway. thanks.
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I knew I was probably going to anyway. Tried to avoid the money route figured the app would work its only $20 to unlock anyway. thanks.
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The cheapest I found here in Canada is around $55 where can I buy the code for $20?
TIA