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i got a new bad esn gs5 sprint, since it has bad esn it was not possible for the seller to make the 5 minute call to remove region lock, im outside usa, is there any way to software bypass this lock? or buying a code in fast gsm as one post suggest would be the only way>? thank you
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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'm thinking of ordering a galaxy s5 from ebay. There are many models that are priced siginificantly lower. I have certain questions before I make the purchase that I will be humbly thankful if anyone can help me with.
First of all, I want someone to confirm that a bad ESN ad means it's a CDMA phone where as a bad IMEI means it is GSM phone. My country only has GSM network I will probably go for a bad IMEI phone?
Second, What to do about the Bad IMEI. Is there ANY way at all taht I could make it work in my country with the GSM provider? (I'm comfortable with flashing, rooting etc).
There are some ads that say, Bad IMEI for USA. Does this mean that it iwll work in my country's network (outside of USA?).
Summary: So basically, I want to buy a bad imei galaxy s5 from ebay (mainly because of it's low price) and be able to use it in my country where all networks are GSM based. Is is possible? If so, what are the things I need to be careful about when buying a bad IMEI locked/unlocked phone?
Thanks for the help. I'm sure this will help a lot of potential s5 buyers!
Bump. I'm wondering about this too..
another bump.
Sorry, not in favour of helping people fix stolen phones. That can only spur additional thefts.
Do your best to buy a phone that doesn't have a bad ESN /IMEI in the first place.
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Hello All,
I am thinking of buying a bad ESN Galaxy Sprint S5 from US. So, my question is will I be able to use it here in India after unlocking region lock? And secondly will I be able to unlock it using 3rd party website for unlocking cell phone for international use? And if I buy factory unlocked bad ESN Galaxy Sprint S5 will I be able to use it here in India with any GSM networks or not? Because S5 is supported both CDMA and GSM bands so sprint is a CDMA company thus if CDMA is locked through bad ESN if I unlock the GSM for international use I can as far as I read upon different forums. But want expert advice who have tried this
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i bought one a&t samsung galaxy s5 from ebay.com.. with broken screen(easy fix) but there is sim lock.. and the bad news are when i contact to a&t.. they told that that imei is stolen or lost.. can i bypass sim lock? with anything ike... root.. rom.. radio ? or not? i want to use it at greece..
antonili said:
i bought one a&t samsung galaxy s5 from ebay.com.. with broken screen(easy fix) but there is sim lock.. and the bad news are when i contact to a&t.. they told that that imei is stolen or lost.. can i bypass sim lock? with anything ike... root.. rom.. radio ? or not? i want to use it at greece..
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My understanding with IMEI codes is that you have a few options but they really depend on the circumstances. If AT&T locked it here in the US, it's very unlikely it will ever work with AT&T in the future. There is a possibility it might work with another carrier (such as Verizon), if they locked down the GSM side of the phone (AT&T) rather than the whole phone (you can still use CDMA, if that's not locked down, which is what Verizon uses). My understanding is that if it is blocked in the US, there's a possibility it will only have been locked down on carriers within the US and it's possible it will still work using international carriers.
Unfortunately, it's a lot of "maybes" and "it depends" but that's my understanding regarding phones with bad IMEI numbers. When you try it in Greece, let me know if it works! I'm interested to hear how it turns out. Good luck!
I am in Greece and I put one Greek sim so I need unlock code of a&t so if I change rom should I bypass this or not? Anyone? Ideas?
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.