Hello folks,
A while back, I managed to get AT&T to block network data on my mobile line.
Shortly thereafter, I purchased an unlocked HTC Touch in Europe and experienced no problems receiving/making calls in the U.S. Inserting my AT&T SIM was plug-and-play, for lack of better words.
During a recent trip to Europe, I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S4. After inserting my AT&T SIM, I can not receive/make any calls.
I have bars, get a Voice Mail notification, as well as a 'Not registered to network' message. I am also unable to register to the AT&T networks the phone searches and finds...
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!
apn settings would not stop registration.. maybe the phone was a black listed imei that went to europe and you bought it and are trying to use it here.
what is the model number.
AlcatrazT2 said:
Hello folks,
A while back, I managed to get AT&T to block network data on my mobile line.
Shortly thereafter, I purchased an unlocked HTC Touch in Europe and experienced no problems receiving/making calls in the U.S. Inserting my AT&T SIM was plug-and-play, for lack of better words.
During a recent trip to Europe, I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S4. After inserting my AT&T SIM, I can not receive/make any calls.
I have bars, get a Voice Mail notification, as well as a 'Not registered to network' message. I am also unable to register to the AT&T networks the phone searches and finds...
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!
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you got screwed dude. the phone has bad esn and they blocked the phone already. sorry to hear
Isn't this the "region Locking" that Samsung has been getting flack for lately? If you buy a phone in EU, you have to register it in EU with an EU SIM (Any EU SIM if it an unlocked phone) initially. After that, I think you can then use ATT SIM if the phone is unlocked. It doesn't always work though and people are mad
I am assuming you bought an unlocked phone in EU
Google "SAMSUNG Region lock"
Could be the radio IC blown. That's what happened to my phone, which has a perfectly-fine IMEI (not blacklisted).
See this thread. I'm about to get my phone back from the factory today.
Had my Verizon Galaxy note 3 running on the T Mobile network flawlessly until one day a week ago I woke up with no network connection. Upon contacting T Mobile I was told that the IMEI had been reported stolen so it was blocked. I contacted Verizon and they confirmed that this has (inadvertently) happened and the IMEI had been blocked. They unblocked the IMEI for me and I was able to later confirm through several online sources that the IMEI was no longer showing stolen. HOWEVER!!! My note 3 will no longer work on the T Mobile network and they are telling me that the phone is now locked...
I purchased a brand new sim card and had it activated on my line through T Mobile, still nothing. I have put a Verizon SIM from my sisters Verizon account into my phone and it immediately has 4G LTE..
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT VERIZON HAS CARRIER LOCKED MY NOTE 3????? CAN THEY DO THIS? IF SO HOW DO I UNLOCK IT SINCE NO ONE HAS CODES FOR CDMA PHONES (ESPECIALLY VICIOUS VERIZON)???
PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME, I HAVE NOT HAD MY PHONE ON THE NETWORK FOR A WEEK NOW AND I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING. VERIZON IS TELLING ME THE PHONE IS NO LONGER BLOCKED.
tmtriana88 said:
Had my Verizon Galaxy note 3 running on the T Mobile network flawlessly until one day a week ago I woke up with no network connection. Upon contacting T Mobile I was told that the IMEI had been reported stolen so it was blocked. I contacted Verizon and they confirmed that this has (inadvertently) happened and the IMEI had been blocked. They unblocked the IMEI for me and I was able to later confirm through several online sources that the IMEI was no longer showing stolen. HOWEVER!!! My note 3 will no longer work on the T Mobile network and they are telling me that the phone is now locked...
I purchased a brand new sim card and had it activated on my line through T Mobile, still nothing. I have put a Verizon SIM from my sisters Verizon account into my phone and it immediately has 4G LTE..
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT VERIZON HAS CARRIER LOCKED MY NOTE 3????? CAN THEY DO THIS? IF SO HOW DO I UNLOCK IT SINCE NO ONE HAS CODES FOR CDMA PHONES (ESPECIALLY VICIOUS VERIZON)???
PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME, I HAVE NOT HAD MY PHONE ON THE NETWORK FOR A WEEK NOW AND I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING. VERIZON IS TELLING ME THE PHONE IS NO LONGER BLOCKED.
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You can contact with you service provider . or you can resolve this issue if you contact with any cell pone hardware dealer.
Verizon will not replace your note 3 unless you are a Verizon customer. You would have more luck if you called while the phone was activated to your sisters account and asked for a replacement. It would most likely be a CLN device, but it will work on TMobile
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But a S5(SM-G900W8) second hand that was described as unlocked on Jan 5. From the kijiji ad looks like they were using Telus. Put my Fido SIM and and off to the races. Except it wouldn't update. Flashed with ODIN to Telus firmware from SAMMOBILE. Still working fine.
Until Jan 14th. It just stopped working. Says unregistered SIM. Tried that sim in a G3 and it works no problem. Tried working SIM from G3 in S5 and no go. Took it to Fido store. No help but they did give a new sim. Can read SIM information using app.
Not blacklisted with Fido/Telus/Bell/Virgin/Koodo. Called them all. All of those providers have no information on phone when searching by IMEI.
There is a Bell TV app on phone so I thought maybe it was originally Bell and went to a store to see if they had any info. No info but girl in store tried her bell sim and it worked. I assumed that somehow in the firmware/software upgrade process it had lost it's unlock and must be back locked to bell. Tried to unlock it from Bell but it fails says IMEI not in database(from internet unlocking service).
Still thinking it might be locked called all providers mentioned above to see if they know anything. Nothing. Sidenote when I put my Fido sim in it just says unregistered SIM. Does not pop up for an unlock code or anything.
Tried a friends Rogers SIM. Unregistered SIM. Drove to Telus store to try a SIM. It worked but no service because it was not tied to an account(but did pull Telus APN's from connecting).
So it appears as though Bell/Telus SIM's work. But Fido/Rogers say unregistered SIM.
Called Fido again and they had me go through all the manual APN setup etc. Then something about sending a new signal to phone from Tower to reset network settings. Didn't work. Fido has no answer for me at all. But yet it did work on Fido for 9ish days.
I'm stumped.
Bueller?
Did you ever fix this issue or find the cause of it?
Hi, can someone help me with this phone. Phone is locked on on USA network, how to unlock to can use it in my country. Those any software to fix this or something like that. Phone is bought at ATT
Hello all!
I bought the Samsung S7 phone in unlocked condition from eBay in US. Then I had to move to India for work related purposes and I was able to use the phone using an Indian sim. The phone developed charging issues and it was not charging. So I had to send it to US where Samsung changed the motherboard. Now, I received the phone which is working but it shows invalid sim if I put any Indian sim. It seems Samsung have restored the phone to original settings which is locked to Sprint network. Samsung tells me to contact Sprint. While Sprint says that they need the account details or confirmation from the person who bought the phone from Sprint. The eBay account from which I got the phone does not exist anymore.
I think I need to unlock the phone so that I can use other sim in India. Could anyone suggest what could be done here?
Thanks!