I just purchased an AT&T S4, I was told it is already unlocked so that I can use on any carrier. Is there a way to verify that without the obvious way, putting in a different carrier SIM?
Also, since the phone is not under contract, can I get the bootloader unlocked by AT&T?
appzattak said:
I just purchased an AT&T S4, I was told it is already unlocked so that I can use on any carrier. Is there a way to verify that without the obvious way, putting in a different carrier SIM?
Also, since the phone is not under contract, can I get the bootloader unlocked by AT&T?
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As far as I know, the only way is to test with a different carrier sim.
There is no way to unlock the boot loader.
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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
I'm looking to get an s5 for use in north america. My sim card is using AT&T towers. I want a bootloader that allows unlocking using "fastboot oem unlock" or a similar command; no workarounds like loki. I will be buying outright, not carrier subsidizing for 2 years. Given these criteria, which model numbers should I be considering?
I've heard that the t-mobile one has the unlockable bootloader. Does it support all the bands to use AT&T towers?
I've seen more than one model number for international units. Are all the bootloaders unlockable? What's the deal with the region-locking? Will some of them work better for me than the others?
gianptune said:
I'm looking to get an s5 for use in north america. My sim card is using AT&T towers. I want a bootloader that allows unlocking using "fastboot oem unlock" or a similar command; no workarounds like loki. I will be buying outright, not carrier subsidizing for 2 years. Given these criteria, which model numbers should I be considering?
I've heard that the t-mobile one has the unlockable bootloader. Does it support all the bands to use AT&T towers?
I've seen more than one model number for international units. Are all the bootloaders unlockable? What's the deal with the region-locking? Will some of them work better for me than the others?
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There is no unlocking of bootloaders. It's either unlocked, or locked from the factory.
To answer your question, get the G900T (the tmobile version). You can get this at costco, best buy, target, .... and of course a tmobile store itself. It supports all of AT&T's bands and more.
aooga said:
There is no unlocking of bootloaders. It's either unlocked, or locked from the factory.
To answer your question, get the G900T (the tmobile version). You can get this at costco, best buy, target, .... and of course a tmobile store itself. It supports all of AT&T's bands and more.
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Best Buy doesn't carry T Mobile phones except I prepaid, so they can't buy it there.
joshua.justice said:
Best Buy doesn't carry T Mobile phones except I prepaid, so they can't buy it there.
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I bought the g900t and have been using it on att networks. I bought the phone unlocked but new beside that on ebay. I did have to play with some different apns to get it to take on different towers. I had some issues while traveling in different cities that I wouldn't get data. But I think I got the issue fixed. Just took the 133mb ota, hoping that it doesn't mess with the cell unlock or keep me from rooting. Well so far it hasn't messed with the carrier unlock
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Best Buy doesn't carry T Mobile phones except I prepaid, so they can't buy it there.
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Weird. Mine did. Just buy it at Costco or a tmo store. I just bought it from a tmobile store. Went through really easily.
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aooga said:
Weird. Mine did. Just buy it at Costco or a tmo store. I just bought it from a tmobile store. Went through really easily.
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the tmobile store told me that they would not unlock a new phone like this for at least 6 months even if you buy it outright. So if you do that plan on unlocking it with one of the many websites that do it
aklbeach said:
the tmobile store told me that they would not unlock a new phone like this for at least 6 months even if you buy it outright. So if you do that plan on unlocking it with one of the many websites that do it
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Well i'm on tmobile so I didn't need them to unlock anything, but you're right, they won't unlock it so the OP will need to use some unlocking site to use it on ATT.
I recently switched to Verizon, my previous phone was a ATT Galaxy s4. Can I unlock the ATT galaxy s4 and have it work on Verizon network?
scrappy1959 said:
I recently switched to Verizon, my previous phone was a ATT Galaxy s4. Can I unlock the ATT galaxy s4 and have it work on Verizon network?
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Unfortunately no. AT&T has a completely locked bootloader from what I understand, and as of now can't be unlocked for use with another carrier.
sikeward81 said:
Unfortunately no. AT&T has a completely locked bootloader from what I understand, and as of now can't be unlocked for use with another carrier.
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Sim unlock and bootloader unlock are two entirely different things. You can sim unlock. You might have to buy a sim unlock code.
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Sim unlock and bootloader unlock are two entirely different things. You can sim unlock. You might have to buy a sim unlock code.
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that's right! lol duh me. :silly: If i remember correctly you will need a sim unlock code...and to get that you have to have been an AT&T customer for I believe 90 days. Then just give them a call and request a code or do it online maybe.
I believe they come SIM unlocked but will they lock to a carrier once I insert the carriers SIM?
If they are like the S7 variants then they shouldn't be locked, at least the Verizon kind. I think Sprint locks theirs down but I'm not entirely sure as I don't have Sprint.
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I believe they come SIM unlocked but will they lock to a carrier once I insert the carriers SIM?
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They aren't selling the carrier-free version yet. You have to select a carrier when you order. But others have said that if you order say a AT&T version and initialize it with a T-Mobile SIM it takes on the s/w of a T-Mobile phone. I wonder what happens if you initialize it with a SIM from other than the four big carriers? Or if you can? Anyway, if they do end up selling a carrier-free version beware. The S7 equivalent got updates that lagged even the slowness of the carriers.
Thanks for the replies, i should mention i have purchased the phone already from samsung australia, it was sold as unlocked.
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Other than tier 1? US sold models will support regional/tier2-3.
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Other than tier 1? US sold models will support regional/tier2-3.
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Dont know what you mean?
Anyways, in Canada, the process was;
Buy direct from Samsung, they give you the phone unlocked but the second you insert a carriers sim card the phone auto-lock to that carrier. However, because the phone you purchase from Samsung is supposed to be unlocked, at POS they also give you the SIM unlock codes with the phone to undo the damage.
It doesn't sound like this is how it works in Australia, when Samsung sells a phone unlocked, they have already applied the codes to the phone?
I bought an S8 from B&H. Showed up as a tmobile phone so I just flashed the unlocked version onto it. However, I stuck my old sim card from my phone onto it and now its asking for a pin unlock key and a pin. I've tried the ones off verizon and it isn't working at all.
Any ideas?
The phone is sim locked. Most likely going to have to get tmobile to unlock it.
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The phone is sim locked. Most likely going to have to get tmobile to unlock it.
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Ah, I get it. I'm going to get it exchanged as I'm pretty sure someone skimmed the unlocked version off and replaced it with the tmobile. The unlocked version should be fine right? Just pop the sim card in?
Thanks
If you get a true unlocked version that should be the case. I bought a US unlocked S8 directly from Samsung and all I did was pop in my Verizon sim. I'm on a prepaid plan so the only extra feature I get is VoLTE. Not sure if postpaid is any different.
snowbrdd said:
Ah, I get it. I'm going to get it exchanged as I'm pretty sure someone skimmed the unlocked version off and replaced it with the tmobile. The unlocked version should be fine right? Just pop the sim card in?
Thanks
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Yes.
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