How do you get past the region lock on the USA S5s? In Europe, you have to activate a phone with a European carrier and make 5 minutes of phone calling to remove the region lock.
In the US, I assume you have to do the same (i.e. Activate and talk on a T-Mobile S5 for 5 minutes with a T-Mobile SIM before the unlock code will region unlock it)?
Has anyone tried this? Please let me know!
Thanks!
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I purchased a carrier sim-unlocked T-Mobile Note 3 (N900T) last night and I need to determine whether it is region-locked or not before sending it to my sister in Hong Kong. I don't have the T-Mobile SIM card, and is unsure whether the phone was first activated with T-Mobile before it was sold to me.
I was told that if the phone was not activated with T-Mobile then the phone stays region locked. If that is the case, Chainfire's RegionLock Away wouldn't help, would it?
What are my options?
Hi my device was supplied by carphone warehouse uk and when i got it thought it to be sim unlocked only to find a European sim lock exists
cant root cause it's mj7/mj4 ?
so can anyone recommend how to unlock it as i am travelling to India in the next week
any help or advice would be appreciated
tkwish said:
Hi my device was supplied by carphone warehouse uk and when i got it thought it to be sim unlocked only to find a European sim lock exists
cant root cause it's mj7/mj4 ?
so can anyone recommend how to unlock it as i am travelling to India in the next week
any help or advice would be appreciated
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I think you need to contact carphone warehouse uk or samsung uk and ask for a code. Other than that you can also root with kies 0x1 and try regionlockaway, but I would first try to complain to carphone warehouse uk and samsung uk first. Whatever they tell - TEST IT FIRST (insert a non-EU SIM in the phone while you are still in UK as a test).
xclub_101 said:
I think you need to contact carphone warehouse uk or samsung uk and ask for a code. Other than that you can also root with kies 0x1 and try regionlockaway, but I would first try to complain to carphone warehouse uk and samsung uk first. Whatever they tell - TEST IT FIRST (insert a non-EU SIM in the phone while you are still in UK as a test).
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Carphone warehouse completely unhelpful
where would i obtain a non European sim? at this stage don't want to root and trip knox is there any proven and trusted code providers?
thanks for any help
Check out this threat http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2566995
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I'm not sure what you mean here mate. Do you mean you have a region lock or network lock. If you can use different sims like Vodafone, ee, three etc.. and you had a socket on your phone saying it's region locked then if you been using the phone with an uk sim then it should technically have the region lock removed. (Not always the case) if you can't use different sims in the uk already then you have network lock and can get a code to unlock by calling up the network provider
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alom5 said:
I'm not sure what you mean here mate. Do you mean you have a region lock or network lock. If you can use different sims like Vodafone, ee, three etc.. and you had a socket on your phone saying it's region locked then if you been using the phone with an uk sim then it should technically have the region lock removed. (Not always the case) if you can't use different sims in the uk already then you have network lock and can get a code to unlock by calling up the network provider
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carphone warehouse tell me its network unlocked but there is the sticker on the box saying its European locked how can i check ?
Just stick a different sim in to check. But souls to me out had the region lock. Which should be unlocked according to Samsung sheet you user it with a durian provider for a few calls. ... Only way to check is get a sim from different region. Sure you can buy froom a shop or something
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just been on the phone to samsung uk
they tell me all i need to do to unlock to use outside of europe is with the sim provided have a 5 minute continuous conversation from the handset
from then on it will be unlocked guess i'll have to wait and see
Just a quick update I am now in India and phone is compleatly open and I'm using a local idea sim without having to do anything
Hello,
Is there a way to unlock the factory locked (Verizon, etc..) Galaxy S5, and make it work with any phone network in the world?
Please tell me about all the possible ways. Thank you.
I bought my S5 from a Canadian carrier which had network locked the phone.
All it took to unlock my S5 was a simple unlock code and a sim card from an alternate service provider.
Depending on where you look, you can find unlock codes online for varying prices, I bought my unlock code from cellunlocker.net and it took me roughly 5 hours to receive the code via email from them. All I needed to do afterwards was input the provided unlock code and my phone was instantly network unlocked.
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msavic6 said:
I bought my S5 from a Canadian carrier which had network locked the phone.
All it took to unlock my S5 was a simple unlock code and a sim card from an alternate service provider.
Depending on where you look, you can find unlock codes online for varying prices, I bought my unlock code from cellunlocker.net and it took me roughly 5 hours to receive the code via email from them. All I needed to do afterwards was input the provided unlock code and my phone was instantly network unlocked.
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was it cheaper to buy from a carrier then buy a separate unlock code compared to other methods of buying?
jilalist said:
Hello,
Is there a way to unlock the factory locked (Verizon, etc..) Galaxy S5, and make it work with any phone network in the world?
Please tell me about all the possible ways. Thank you.
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Verizon lte phones come unlocked straight out of the box. ..
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htc fan89 said:
Verizon lte phones come unlocked straight out of the box. ..
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What about Sprint? And does that mean it could be used with AT&T or T-Mobile?
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was it cheaper to buy from a carrier then buy a separate unlock code compared to other methods of buying?
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Yes sometimes it was cheaper to get unlock code from other source rather than from a carrier. i try several times phoneunlockingshop.ca and find it cheaper then the carrier here in Canada
Hello everyone,
I've recently bought a new Galaxy note 4 SM-910H International Unlocked version, The ad confirmed that it works with any operator in any country, Only after I received the phone and tried to use it in my home country, I found that it's American SIM only (Meaning that it needs to be activated with a SIM from America with a 5 Minutes call) ... I'm now stuck out of my new phone and I can't seem to be able to fix this after days and days of research ... I tried contacting the seller who directed me to Samsung and I tried contacting Samsung US several times but they keep giving me conflicted info (Once to refer to the buyer, another to refer to American Carrier and third that they can't provide a region unlock code).
I need an advise from you guys please, This has been a nightmare and It seems I'm stuck with only one option which is buying the unlock code online
Your kind usual support is highly appreciated.
Thank you
Belman90 said:
Hello everyone,
Your kind usual support is highly appreciated.
Thank you
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From what I understand about the region lock is that your phone will be locked to whatever region you use it in first unless it is first used in whatever region it was sold for then there will not be a lock on it. If I understand you correctly you should be able to use it in your region without issue until you try to use it in a different region.
The "H" variant, is for Asia. The "F" variant is the international unlocked version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2883741
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JagDave said:
The "H" variant, is for Asia. The "F" variant is the international unlocked version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2883741
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Actually that is incorrect. The H Variant is design for use with 3G Cell Networks only and should be International Unlocked. Unless you have purchased a EU/UK model.
My brother bought an s8 from Uk, he pre ordered it and got it from the samsung outlet and brought it home to Bangladesh. It isnt carrier branded or anything, when I tried using local sims (we have 3g sims and carrier bands shouldnt be an issue) it asked for a sim unlock code. Could anyone help me out?
One week with this sexy but useless paperweight.
That mean you didn't buy a unlock phone from first time? Never hear other people have this kind issue
I figured it out. My brother didnt make 5 mins worth of voice calls to disable the region lock that samsung uses. Now the problem is that i dint have a UK sim at hand
the s8 as far as iknow well the international variant is not sim locked in fact is unlock the problem is that is region locked on the s7 international variant i used an app called region lockaway but i dont think tgat work for the s8.