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Hi guys
I got sent a verizon note 3 today, and long story short- i'm not from the U.S
Does anyone know if this thing is in fact region locked? the box doesn't have a sticker on it, and i had it pre-activated in the U.S to comply with samsung's bull****.
But now i'm informed that may not be enough, and chainfire's app supports only N9005 atm.
If anyone has any answer- i'd appreciate knowing.
If nobody knows- well, in a couple of weeks we'll all know....
I don't believe that VZW Note 3 is region locked. There is a thread about it in Note 3 international forum and it lists phones/countries and carriers which are/are not region locked, but it's been a while since I looked at that forum so can't provide you with a link
Thanks for the answer, i'll get right on searching, and post the link here for other users.
Also, when the device gets here, i'll post a decisive answer so others in my position wouldn't pull out hairs like i am right now
Is this the said thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2464445
I just got the device-
WOOHOO. It's not locked.
I thought it is- but it turns out you just have to do a very stupid activation procedure (activating without a sim, switching to global mode, inserting a sim)
Pika007 said:
I just got the device-
WOOHOO. It's not locked.
I thought it is- but it turns out you just have to do a very stupid activation procedure (activating without a sim, switching to global mode, inserting a sim)
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Hey there,
I am in the usa from australia and want to buy the Verizon Verson tomorrow how did u get it to run global mode to work??
Also I have been told to set it up with a local sim and then boot it up with your sim.
Any advice would be awesome
Pika007 said:
I just got the device-
WOOHOO. It's not locked.
I thought it is- but it turns out you just have to do a very stupid activation procedure (activating without a sim, switching to global mode, inserting a sim)
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Put your sim in and power up
Make sure you have the correct apn you'll need to change that.
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Greetings they will bring me galaxy s5 from fujairah,my bro said me that inside the phone writes ''american sim only''.
The person who sell it to my bro told him that with an adapter works for all countries (europe and non europe)
my question is: will it work with an adapter? :/
I am on Greece..
PS.dont ask about shops etc..my bro is travellings with cargo ships..
Airboner said:
Greetings they will bring me galaxy s5 from fujairah,my bro said me that inside the phone writes ''american sim only''.
The person who sell it to my bro told him that with an adapter works for all countries (europe and non europe)
my question is: will it work with an adapter? :/
I am on Greece..
PS.dont ask about shops etc..my bro is travellings with cargo ships..
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Your brother will need to SIM Unlock the Galaxy S5 he is bringing to you for it to be able to work in your region.
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SolarTrans said:
Your brother will need to SIM Unlock the Galaxy S5 he is bringing to you for it to be able to work in your region.
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sim unlock how?
the seller told him that with an adapter will work..
but here i asked some friends and told me that will not work..
btw i will go tomorrow to cosmote and ask them..
Airboner said:
sim unlock how?
the seller told him that with an adapter will work..
but here i asked some friends and told me that will not work..
btw i will go tomorrow to cosmote and ask them..
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There is no SIM "adapter" that will make a phone work in different regions.
Maybe he was talking about the outlet plug in the wall for power?
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SolarTrans said:
There is no SIM "adapter" that will make a phone work in different regions.
Maybe he was talking about the outlet plug in the wall for power?
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no he didnt tell to my bro about plug power..
he told him about sim adapter
i searched it and i find this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-in-1-Na...170?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item417f57de22
there is sim adapter..
but dude what do y mean with sim unlock?what i have to do?
Those SIM adapters change the physical size of the SIM card to fit in different devices, and have no effect on network compatibility.
Google SIM unlocking Galaxy S5, and you'll get much more information than what I can give you.
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As far as I know, Samsung reacted to the outcry against region locking by not really region locking them - the just need to be first used (I guess activated, so to speak) with a sim from the original region. After doing that, you should be able to use them with any sim. At least that's what it says on the side of my box (this is an S5 bought in Germany though, US carriers may have locked their phones down)
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cherrytontonne said:
As far as I know, Samsung reacted to the outcry against region locking by not really region locking them - the just need to be first used (I guess activated, so to speak) with a sim from the original region. After doing that, you should be able to use them with any sim. At least that's what it says on the side of my box (this is an S5 bought in Germany though, US carriers may have locked their phones down)
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and if you dont have a sim of original region?
SolarTrans said:
Those SIM adapters change the physical size of the SIM card to fit in different devices, and have no effect on network compatibility.
Google SIM unlocking Galaxy S5, and you'll get much more information than what I can give you.
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ok i will search it,meanwhile i will go to cosmote and ask them wtf is going with locks..
i asked on samsung hellas and they told me that it cant be unlock cauze is non europe..
and its has region lock..
so my question is..here in xda forum is there any app so we cant unlock facking phone on our region?
No. You'll have to activate the phone with a SIM card from the carrier it was purchased from, and make a 5 minute phone call. After that, it is ABLE to be region unlocked. You'll then need to contact the original carrier and request an unlock code.
There are some websites that will sell you unlock codes, but 1. They won't work unless you activate on the original carrier and make a 5 minute call
2. I have no idea of the legitimacy of some unlock websites.
I've heard good things about many of those sites, but I've never used one myself so I can't vouch for their validity.
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Airboner said:
i asked on samsung hellas and they told me that it cant be unlock cauze is non europe..
and its has region lock..
so my question is..here in xda forum is there any app so we cant unlock facking phone on our region?
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First off, where did your brother get the phone?
In he got it in the United States, then the phone is not region locked but it would probably be carrier locked (unless it is from Verizon).
If he got it from the European Economic group then it is region locked and it has to be activated first in the original region and then can be used anywhere.
Good luck to you
koyanishi said:
First off, where did your brother get the phone?
In he got it in the United States, then the phone is not region locked but it would probably be carrier locked (unless it is from Verizon).
If he got it from the European Economic group then it is region locked and it has to be activated first in the original region and then can be used anywhere.
Good luck to you
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my bro works on cargo ships as 2nd captain.
he was on fujairah and he bought it but when he opened the device he saw that the back of the phone writes ''american sim only''
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yesterday he told me that he put on galaxy s5 greek sim from iphone and it worked perfect..
so i guess that the seller he done all the job before he sell it
btw today i will have news cauze its returned his home
Hi. My s5 is locked to o2 and their signal is way to poor in my area. So I want to put my orange sim card in.
But obviously it doesn't work as my phone is locked. How can I unlock the phone for free. I don't want to waste money if it's possible to do it yourself
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I bought my phone three days ago from Saudi Arabia and today i moved to Malaysia. Now I have found my mobile to be sim locked. Is there any way i can unlock it? I believe it is a regional lock. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Sameer sorry to hear that, if u read the quick start Guide it clearly states that you have to make a phone call from local Sim card for 5 minutes from where u bought the phone. then it can be used with any country Sim.
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Same problem here, is there anyway to unlock it still?
phone is already rooted and is currently locked to UAE region
Hello I would like to know if they are something for unlock a simcard, the sim is blocked with an operator, but I really don't who is the last operator, I bought the phone at someone online, it's a samsung galaxy S7 Edge, I just rooted the phone everything work it's just when I put my sim card thay ask me a code
Thanks a lot
kriskurtgc said:
Hello I would like to know if they are something for unlock a simcard, the sim is blocked with an operator, but I really don't who is the last operator, I bought the phone at someone online, it's a samsung galaxy S7 Edge, I just rooted the phone everything work it's just when I put my sim card thay ask me a code
Thanks a lot
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Ask the seller
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kriskurtgc said:
Hello I would like to know if they are something for unlock a simcard, the sim is blocked with an operator, but I really don't who is the last operator, I bought the phone at someone online, it's a samsung galaxy S7 Edge, I just rooted the phone everything work it's just when I put my sim card thay ask me a code
Thanks a lot
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I think you mean the phone is locked to an operator?
I'm not sure there is an unlock for this phone yet.
Wrong section BTW.
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riso123 said:
I think you mean the phone is locked to an operator?
I'm not sure there is an unlock for this phone yet.
Wrong section BTW.
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yes the phone is locked to an operator
kriskurtgc said:
yes the phone is locked to an operator
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Then I don't believe there is anything you can currently do unless you find out the original operator and contract them for a NUC code.
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kriskurtgc said:
Hello I would like to know if they are something for unlock a simcard, the sim is blocked with an operator, but I really don't who is the last operator, I bought the phone at someone online, it's a samsung galaxy S7 Edge, I just rooted the phone everything work it's just when I put my sim card thay ask me a code
Thanks a lot
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You realize you are putting this thread on a section called "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development" when theres another section named "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers" clearly more suited for this thread right?
And for your question i don't think you can solve it unless you contact the seller and ask what's the original carrier so you can go to the websites where they unlock your phone via a code.
I have the operator, when I go on the website of the operator for ask the code, it's impossible to have a code, and sorry for post the message in a wrong section, I thought with the root of the phone, everything will be unlocked