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Do i need to buya code to unlock my vibrant? Or is there a universal code or a way to generate my own?
mystycs said:
Do i need to buya code to unlock my vibrant? Or is there a universal code or a way to generate my own?
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just ask tmobile, got mine yesterday
Is it free or do i have to pay for it?
chaoscentral said:
just ask tmobile, got mine yesterday
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how long did it take you to get it?
was it through email?
they told me it could take up to 2 weeks?
mystycs said:
Is it free or do i have to pay for it?
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Free but it's not always the easiest thing to get. Sometime you just have to bite your teeth and go to ebay and get a code. THere is a couple posts on here with credible places to get unlock codes if T-Mobile wont give it up. Also make sure to mention you are going out of country and need the unlock code to use other cell phone companies in said country. Also I believe it's the law that they have to give it to you so also try to mention that.
mystycs said:
Is it free or do i have to pay for it?
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Yes, T-mobile will do it for free if you call them and ask them that you need your phone unlocked.
Call T-mo, tell them "I am going to Japan (or whatever) next week and I need my phone unlocked so i can insert a foreign sim for two weeks."
Psychoace was correct.
They might try to tell you they have an international plan but be firm and they will email you an unlock code within 48 hours. I've done this on my wing and then my g1 in previous years. no hassles.
No you no need Generate the own Unlock code,You can unlock it simply using the unlock code purchase from this online site Mobile-unlocker.com/samsung-vibrant/rs2wp9/ and Unlock Samsung Vibrant.
Cool good to know.
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I was wondering where I could go to find the cheapest unlock code. I have already used the free one provided by tmobile but had to get that phone replaced.
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If you replaced the phone in warranty they're re-unlock it for you
Tried that and they said they no. I just need it done. I'm going to Ghana in a week
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kusiman77 said:
Tried that and they said they no. I just need it done. I'm going to Ghana in a week
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Try calling again and ask for a supervisor. I know it sounds corny but I had the same thing happen and I had to call more then 4 times and then I asked for a supervisor and actually got one that I could understand and she was very nice and within a week I got my unlock code. They said it would take up to 14 days but got it in 7 so I was happy. Give it a try it can't hurt...
There is one on ebay for 9 dollars or so.. A bit pricey, but if you need it instantly, then it would be your best bet.
sab456 said:
There is one on ebay for 9 dollars or so.. A bit pricey, but if you need it instantly, then it would be your best bet.
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Hey. How do I find the one you are talking of?? $9 is not that much! Is it there still? What ITEM #, please?? Thank You
how does free sound
The nice folks at tmob will get you the code for free, just call 611 and ask and you will get it in a day or 2
Bhang
bhang said:
The nice folks at tmob will get you the code for free, just call 611 and ask and you will get it in a day or 2
Bhang
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Thanx!! I got 2 devices within 5 months unlocked by calling 611, and HTC doesn't want to provide me another one until May of the next year. And I kind of need to unlock my device now. If you take Samsung for instance, you could find an app/tool for your PC that will generate you an unlock code from IMEI number you provide. HTC is big enough company to have some sort of same apps out there. Does anybody know of any?? Thank You
Does anybody now if the ATT S4 is unlockable already? Amazon.com is selling it for 700$ and im thinking about buying, since the international is hard to find.
if you buy the phone full price, you can get the code from AT&T but they wont budge easy. prepare for a fight but it can be done, ive done it several times my self.
XsMagical said:
if you buy the phone full price, you can get the code from AT&T but they wont budge easy. prepare for a fight but it can be done, ive done it several times my self.
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The problem is I dont have ATT service..
edgarzin said:
The problem is I dont have ATT service..
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I wouldnt worry about that, just give them a call and tell them you bought the phone full price and have the receipt in hand. They will play dumb, i always ask for a manager when on the phone with them.
I bought mine full price and att said the unlock codes were not available yet and not confirmed when they will be.
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tony1208 said:
I bought mine full price and att said the unlock codes were not available yet and not confirmed when they will be.
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That's terrible!
tony1208 said:
I bought mine full price and att said the unlock codes were not available yet and not confirmed when they will be.
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That my friend is a bold-faced lie. No locking is done without a key available to unlock it. They just don't want to share.
Att can definitely unlock it they just choose not to. Regardless I got mine unlocked today with cellunlocker.net took about 15 minutes and cost $24.99. Got my GS4 on T-Mobile for now.
androidoholic said:
Att can definitely unlock it they just choose not to. Regardless I got mine unlocked today with cellunlocker.net took about 15 minutes and cost $24.99. Got my GS4 on T-Mobile for now.
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Further proof that the unlock code is available!
I was at AT&T. We looked up the information while in the store. If you sign the 2 year contract they will give you the unlock code after 3 months. If you pay full price and go prepaid service you have to wait 6 months before they will give you the code. I read it right from the AT&T's sales reps. tablet.
buyslake said:
I was at AT&T. We looked up the information while in the store. If you sign the 2 year contract they will give you the unlock code after 3 months. If you pay full price and go prepaid service you have to wait 6 months before they will give you the code. I read it right from the AT&T's sales reps. tablet.
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I've read several accounts of people who recently bought an Att phone at full price and with no contract who where able to unlock their phone through Att. You really have to be vigilant. I just ordered an s4 from amazon and will try to unlock it tomorrow to use with my T-Mobile sim.
I unlocked mine through a code purchased from a website. Not helpful if you're trying to get ATT to do it, but proof it can be done!
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C0mbe said:
I unlocked mine through a code purchased from a website. Not helpful if you're trying to get ATT to do it, but proof it can be done!
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I don't know if it's against policy to list the website but if not please let me know. Also, how much did it cost you?
C0mbe said:
I unlocked mine through a code purchased from a website. Not helpful if you're trying to get ATT to do it, but proof it can be done!
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Which website? I am looking to buy an unlock code as well.
androidoholic said:
Att can definitely unlock it they just choose not to. Regardless I got mine unlocked today with cellunlocker.net took about 15 minutes and cost $24.99. Got my GS4 on T-Mobile for now.
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Great to know.
Stroked from my Dirty Nocturnal'd Galaxy S4
buyslake said:
I was at AT&T. We looked up the information while in the store. If you sign the 2 year contract they will give you the unlock code after 3 months. If you pay full price and go prepaid service you have to wait 6 months before they will give you the code. I read it right from the AT&T's sales reps. tablet.
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What if we're buying this full price as a gift? Sighs, would they give unlock code?
If you unlock using a code bought from one of this website offering this kind of service would it be a permanent unlock? You won't have any problem updating firmwares, OS, or anything?
buyslake said:
I was at AT&T. We looked up the information while in the store. If you sign the 2 year contract they will give you the unlock code after 3 months. If you pay full price and go prepaid service you have to wait 6 months before they will give you the code. I read it right from the AT&T's sales reps. tablet.
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DropZite said:
If you unlock using a code bought from one of this website offering this kind of service would it be a permanent unlock? You won't have any problem updating firmwares, OS, or anything?
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This is SIM unlock (to be used on multiple carriers), will have nothing whatsoever on the firmwares or OS.
Has anyone tried using the unlock method that wlrked on the note 2 and s3?
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ktetreault14 said:
Has anyone tried using the unlock method that wlrked on the note 2 and s3?
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Since it requires 4.1.1, there will be no luck on 4.2.2.
I paid full price for my phone, I have called and spoken to 5 different AT&T Reps and every single one of them either tells me "we cant do it" or that the "code isnt available" . With the new law thing i though if you paid full non contract price for a phone they were obligated to unlock for you?
rexxcastle said:
I paid full price for my phone, I have called and spoken to 5 different AT&T Reps and every single one of them either tells me "we cant do it" or that the "code isnt available" . With the new law thing i though if you paid full non contract price for a phone they were obligated to unlock for you?
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I would speak to a manager. Did you buy the phone directly from them? Most unlocking services have the codes in their systems now so there is no way AT&T doesn't have the code.
rexxcastle said:
I paid full price for my phone, I have called and spoken to 5 different AT&T Reps and every single one of them either tells me "we cant do it" or that the "code isnt available" . With the new law thing i though if you paid full non contract price for a phone they were obligated to unlock for you?
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I would try an online chat with technical support. That is how I got my code for my Galaxy S3.
Funny thing is, I remember AT&T stating that they unlocked phones anyway and the new law was unnecessary.
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Grant H said:
I would try an online chat with technical support. That is how I got my code for my Galaxy S3.
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Apparently you cant gain access to online support unless you have an Att account... which i do not as i am not an ATT customer.
i finally found a way to get a hold of someone via live chat and this is what i was told
"Tana Kimble: I do apologize Teddy, your device has to be at least 30 days old before the unlock codes are released to us."
rexxcastle said:
I paid full price for my phone, I have called and spoken to 5 different AT&T Reps and every single one of them either tells me "we cant do it" or that the "code isnt available" . With the new law thing i though if you paid full non contract price for a phone they were obligated to unlock for you?
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http://www.cellunlocker.net/
they did mine and it works great ..... nuff said
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sugaman said:
http://www.cellunlocker.net/
they did mine and it works great ..... nuff said
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$32.99, that is ripping
I work for AT&T, and we usually don't unlock new phones for the first 6 months a phone is out. Especially with a flagship phone.
Your best bet is to go through a 3rd party and just suck it up and pay for the unlock.
AT&T is under no obligation to give you an unlock code. They do it strictly as a courtesy.
I dont know if this helps, but when i bought my note 2 last november after it came out... i did so off contract and i ran into the same issue. AT&T reps typically seem like they get the codes 30-90 days after a product comes out and then theyll happily unlock it for you.. it seems like they aren't going to or arent able to unlock a brand new phone that just released.
Search is your friend. There are several unlock methods ive seen posted on xda.
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Ran into this today, CS rep flat out told me that it was impossible to unlock the AT&T version of the Galaxy S IV.
I was giving serious thought to returning my ATT S4 and buying a TMOBILE S4 (which doesn't have a locked boot loader) and then using it on ATT. TMOBILE Is heavily promoting that they don't lock you into contracts and will unlock your phone if you leave. When I contacted TMOBILE and asked if I could buy an S4 outright and then get it unlocked so I could use it on ATT they said they could do it - but that I had to wait 60 days after buying the phone to get it unlocked. Seemed kind of heavy handed to me - if I paid full price for the phone why would they make me wait 60 days?
@ att. Rep... I got my sgs3 un-locked when I got it in July/ Aug. No way after 6 months. And it was no problem
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Thats so weird. I just bought mine and its unlocked after talking to a rep. I think you just need to get lucky and speak to thr right person. I didn't use my upgrade I just purchased it straight out. Oh I did mention I was going overseas and that this is the only phone I have.
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Try what they are aaying to do on the s3 forums...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029650
Edit: just tried, doesnt work..
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chocodough said:
I work for AT&T, and we usually don't unlock new phones for the first 6 months a phone is out. Especially with a flagship phone.
Your best bet is to go through a 3rd party and just suck it up and pay for the unlock.
AT&T is under no obligation to give you an unlock code. They do it strictly as a courtesy.
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Courtesy?
My question is this and as you say you work for AT&T so you might be able to give me a straight answer... If I DON'T get the phone at a contract price and pay the $639.99 why should AT&T care what I do with the phone then? I can understand them not wanting to share codes for a subsidized phone but full retail? What do they loose by not sharing the code? With the prevalence of services like cellunlocker.net they don't have the ability to keep the device on lock down.
I just don't get the big deal assuming one opts to pay full non-contract price.
chocodough said:
I work for AT&T, and we usually don't unlock new phones for the first 6 months a phone is out. Especially with a flagship phone.
Your best bet is to go through a 3rd party and just suck it up and pay for the unlock.
AT&T is under no obligation to give you an unlock code. They do it strictly as a courtesy.
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AT&T does nothing out of courtesy. Once they have you as a cutomer, they could care less about you. ; (
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Android3220 said:
Thats so weird. I just bought mine and its unlocked after talking to a rep. I think you just need to get lucky and speak to thr right person. I didn't use my upgrade I just purchased it straight out. Oh I did mention I was going overseas and that this is the only phone I have.
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I used the "overseas" thing on every person ive talked too. i have since spoken to 3 additional reps for a total of 8-9 and have been told the same thing by ALL of them. So i doubt they unlocked your phone for you.
My Note 3 was paid in full. I called AT&T yesterday and talked with 3 representatives.
The 1st one told me to wait a year till the end of my contract and hung me up.
The 2nd one told me to wait at least 60 days and hung me up.
The 3rd one told me to contact with Samsung to unlock. I gave him an earful and he setup a "high priority case" for getting me the unlock code.
This morning, I got the code and successfully unlock my Note 3......
reddream1893 said:
My Note 3 was paid in full. I called AT&T yesterday and talked with 3 representatives.
The 1st one told me to wait a year till the end of my contract and hung me up.
The 2nd one told me to wait at least 60 days and hung me up.
The 3rd one told me to contact with Samsung to unlock. I gave him an earful and he setup a "high priority case" for getting me the unlock code.
This morning, I got the code and successfully unlock my Note 3......
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i am not having great luck getting mine unlocked. did you go through a certain phone number or anything like that?
so the purpose of the code is to unlock the phone and be able to use with other carriers. My belief was that if you buy a phone full price, it would be automatically unlocked? Isn't that so?
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I bought mine "unlocked" at full price. I dont trust att. How does one know for sure it is unlocked? I am using a Straight Talk SIM but that runs on att system.
kraz
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tristanstewart said:
i am not having great luck getting mine unlocked. did you go through a certain phone number or anything like that?
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i just called 611
privatewarrior1 said:
so the purpose of the code is to unlock the phone and be able to use with other carriers. My belief was that if you buy a phone full price, it would be automatically unlocked? Isn't that so?
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No. Even with full price, the phone is locked. AT&T style.
krazman325 said:
I bought mine "unlocked" at full price. I dont trust att. How does one know for sure it is unlocked? I am using a Straight Talk SIM but that runs on att system.
kraz
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Actually it doesn't say "unlocked". It just says "no contract". It's still locked.
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Actually it doesn't say "unlocked". It just says "no contract". It's still locked.
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Where on the N3 does it say "no contract"? If you are referring to the purchase ad, I bought it from amazon and it said "unlocked".
kraz
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Buying a phone from At&t at full price DOES NOT mean its unlocked. I bought two Note 3's, one full priced (from At&t Next) and one on contract.
Called the next day for unlock codes, the woman told me to call in 15 days and only the one that was paid in full could be unlocked. They just didnt have the codes in the system. I've been with At&t a few years now and my account is in good standing. Usually after a month or so I call and they give me the unlock, contract or not. But I just went ahead and ran chanfire's unlock app and it worked. Both phones unlocked. Much easier than having to hassle with At&t. I'm on At&t so I really dont care/need the unlock. But its nice to have I guess.
tyiphius said:
Buying a phone from At&t at full price DOES NOT mean its unlocked. I bought two Note 3's, one full priced (from At&t Next) and one on contract.
Called the next day for unlock codes, the woman told me to call in 15 days and only the one that was paid in full could be unlocked. They just didnt have the codes in the system. I've been with At&t a few years now and my account is in good standing. Usually after a month or so I call and they give me the unlock, contract or not. But I just went ahead and ran chanfire's unlock app and it worked. Both phones unlocked. Much easier than having to hassle with At&t. I'm on At&t so I really dont care/need the unlock. But its nice to have I guess.
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thats kind of how things went for me. in the past ive called in for an unlock and got it though those other times were after id had the phone for awhile.
this time the first person said to go to the unlock site and request it and if it was denied to call back and try another route. theyd look over my account history and all that stuff in that case. anyways, on the unlock site as soon as i put in my imei number it said it couldnt be done. i called in and the person i talked to this time said something about the unlock codes not being in the system. he sounded sincere about it and it made sense, but to be honest i really didnt believe it. i just didnt see why they wouldnt have them. in the end i ran the unlock app and its been going fine since saturday.
I have a question, If I have an Note 3 from AT&T and unlock the Note 3 and has been reported lost, I can use it with Straight Talk?
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I have a question, If I have an Note 3 from AT&T and unlock the Note 3 and has been reported lost, I can use it with Straight Talk?
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If its "reported lost" why do YOU have it? And why are you trying to use it?
kraz
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DaNnY549 said:
I have a question, If I have an Note 3 from AT&T and unlock the Note 3 and has been reported lost, I can use it with Straight Talk?
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The phone will be back listed with At&t. Pretty much it won't be able to be activated on At&t again. If it's unlocked it should work. However, I have seen some stores check the phone's IMEI status and they only take phone's with clean a IMEI/ESN.
But you've already given the impression that you are guilty of some suspicious activity with that post. Just be careful, and always stay legit!
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I just asking because I have a bussiness with my Phone! I have Insurance and you know.... I have a person interested in My phone... THanks anyway
Any at&t phone with a sim card will work with straight talk. Ive had straight talk for over a year now. Couldnt b happier!! Anyways, im buying the N3 at full retail on wednesday, from AT&T, and i know for a fact it will work on straight talk. AT&T is offering white and black correct? Im going with the white. ?
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zounduser said:
Any at&t phone with a sim card will work with straight talk. Ive had straight talk for over a year now. Couldnt b happier!! Anyways, im buying the N3 at full retail on wednesday, from AT&T, and i know for a fact it will work on straight talk. AT&T is offering white and black correct? Im going with the white. ?
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Works just fine on Straight Talk. I've been using it for a week or two...
What the previous poster said about it working on AT&T if the phone has been reported lost. If its an AT&T based MVNO such as Straight Talk, Net10, AIO, or Go Phone running on the AT&T network a lost and blacklisted phone WILL NOT work even if it's unlocked. You shouldn't have any problems using it on T-Mobile or using a T-Mobile based Straight Talk card since AT&T and T-Mobile aren't sharing blacklisted IMEI's.
And about those "lost" phones... Nothing sketchy there at all.
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reddream1893 said:
My Note 3 was paid in full. I called AT&T yesterday and talked with 3 representatives.
The 1st one told me to wait a year till the end of my contract and hung me up.
The 2nd one told me to wait at least 60 days and hung me up.
The 3rd one told me to contact with Samsung to unlock. I gave him an earful and he setup a "high priority case" for getting me the unlock code.
This morning, I got the code and successfully unlock my Note 3......
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Will it work if you upgraded to SM-900A for Sim Unlock to any carrier??? Will they do it you think vs you paid full price??
Sim Unlock
There's SIM unlock instructions from other post in General section, just root the phone and use Chainfire's Region Lock Away. And its free.
Please keep in mind, once you root your phone ISIS mobile wallet will not work... Which is fine, I don't use it enough to care about it.
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Here are the links to SIM unlock from this XDA developers, please thanks them for their hard work.
ROOT instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475552
Region Lock Away - will also unlock carrier - Confirmed on 2 Note 3s on AT&T.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470551
Please thanks if I've helped in any ways.
If your phone is reported "lost or stolen" it will be blacklist from the original carrier and eventually to all US carriers.