[Q] Sim Locked - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can anyone help me please , I have a SM-9005 locked onto 02 it says invalid sim card, The phone is rooted and I tried that regional lock away app it said all good, but it still wont accept my virgin sim.
I am downloading EE firmware now but I assume that wont remove the sim problem.
Is there a method to this, or am I goign to have to pay the $25 for the code.
Many Many Thanks

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code doesn't work

Hi,
I recently purchased a unlock code from unlockadic for my vibrant but when I went to use it it said Network lock request unsuccessful. Does anyone have any ideas?
If this is in the wrong section I apologize
P.S. I did contact unlockadic and said that this has never happened and that he would have to have his guys look at the problem.
bump because i had the same issue.
you need a non-t-mob sim in the phone for the unlock to activate
I have an account with Rogers & that is the SIM l put in the phone-result was unsuccessful. Code is correct unlock code-i got the same code from three different sources but no luck.
hussarfilms said:
you need a non-t-mob sim in the phone for the unlock to activate
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hussafilms is correct.
You need to put in a sim from a network that the phone was not designed for. So if you bought the phone from tmobile then put in a att sim or if you bought it from another company put in a sim that is not from that company. So if you have the galaxy s from rogers then put in a tmobile sim or something.
Let me clarify, I bought a Samsung t959 Vibrant from ebay locked to t mobile and I put in my Rogers SIM card, entered the code and it was unsucessful
How many times did you try to enter the unlock code? I beleive if you have three failed attempts, it will be permanatly locked.

[Q] Rooted & unlocked i337 asking to insert sim

Hoping someone can help me figure this out.Created a new topic because it seems a bit different from the other "no sim" topic.
I have an i337 on MF3 that was rooted and unlocked using jortex's method and chainfire's region unlock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470551
I used it on Tmobile's network for about 16hrs without problem, then it suddenly started showing emergency calls only and asking to insert sim. I've place the tmobile sim in another phone and it worked fine, also put an unactivated AT&T sim in the S4 and it sees it. The phone is still booting up with the samsung custom screen. Any ideas on how to fix?
Thanks in advance.

sgh-i437 rooted and running cm-10.2-20130925-UNOFFICIAL-expressatt-still locked

I have a Samsung SGH-i437 that was a contract phone from AT&T. I wanted to unlock it for use over seas, so I rooted the phone and installed CyanogenMod cm-10.2-20130925-UNOFFICIAL-expressatt but the phone still has a carrier lock on it. I now have a unlock code but can not get the prompt by using #7465625*638*CODE# because it give me a no network message. When I insert a different sim it does not recognize it. It only has the icon for the sim with a ? make on it.
Any help would be appreciated!

[Q] Network locked sim card inserted

Hello, I recently purchased a supposedly unlocked note 3 N900W8 variant however when I put in my rogers sim card I get the message "Network Locked Sim Card Inserted" and it prompts me to enter a code. I read through a couple of threads and have some questions.
1. Some people fixed this by buying an unlock code but I don't see why I need to do this if my phone is already unlocked? Or is my phone not really unlocked
2. I saw the tool Region Away and was debating on whether to root my phone and try it but some people said that the phone will get messed up since the canadian variant is already region unlocked?
How can I use the phone with my sim?
Thanks for the help

S10 + Sprint Unlocked issue

Hi Everyone,
I just bought a brand new s10+ from marketplace. I ran a full imei report and everything is clean & not blacklisted. It was a sprint phone however the provider I use is consumer cellular (uses ATT towers). When I put my sim card in it obviously said invalid sim and request it get unlocked. I wasnt concerned because I was going to convert it to unlocked anyways via odin like I did my note 9. I reflashed it via odin with the u1 firmware. However the same thing is happening it keeps saying invalid sim and the button for mobile operators is not showing. I have a tmobile sim card and if I put that in it works fine. Being though tmobile and sprint are the same thats why it works fine. I also have a ATT sim card, If i put that in I get the same invalid sim message. So it still appears to be locked somehow. Only sprint / t mobile sim works. I thought by reflashing to unlocked it would unlock the phone sim.
Just to be clear the phone is brand new and never was attached to any account.
Any ideas? I dont know what to do here.
Thanks!!
As I understand, phones that are locked to a network are not just software branded... also the phones hardware ID. So flashing a generic firmware is not enough. You need to get the phone unlocked from the phone's original operator
I found out what I had to do. I had to use a remote unlock service to remove the software lock on the phone. Its fine now. Thanks

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