locked phone - Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello,just bought a cheap note 4 but it's locked to 02 but i'm on EE, just wondering if it's best to root and put EE firmware on it or buy an unlock code and just pop my sim in,thanks

tonybhoy said:
hello,just bought a cheap note 4 but it's locked to 02 but i'm on EE, just wondering if it's best to root and put EE firmware on it or buy an unlock code and just pop my sim in,thanks
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If you root and put EE firmware on that doesn't mean it's unlocked and will accept your sim. It's needs network unlocking. Usually if you call 02 they will onlock it for about £25. Maybe cheaper

hi,cheers will pop into 02 this week

I ran into this problem. Got my mother in laws old phone....locked to O2 and I'm with Three.
Went into my local O2 store and was told that I didn't have authorization to do it as their records showed the owner of the device to be someone else. Was told that I'd have to get the 'registered' owner to have it unlocked.

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is the o2 exec locked for o2 uk simcards or not?

SOme people say you can only use 02 simcards, some say they can easily use other simcards?
Whats true?
thanks
I bought mine from the O2 online shop and had it delivered mid last week.
I can't speak for everyone but mine is definately unlocked as i'm using my work Voda SIM in it 8)
Had one from online and one from shop, both unlocked!
Hi guys,
is there any online shop selling Exec at retail price?If there is,pls post here.
Thanks
OK with Orange SIM
works fine

T-Mobile MDA Pro SimLock

Hi, some please help,
i have a MDA Pro but it's Simlocked?
what can i do for take it out?
Thank's for the help...
Sory if something is wrong, my english is no so well ...
if you need a programms or games for your PDA, i can help...
It depends on where/how you got your MDA Pro. T Mobile UK WILL unlock in-contract handsets for a fee (£15 or £20, seems a little random), but only for the contract-holder and only if the handset came with that contract.
I've just helped a chap outside the UK get an MDA Vario as I was out of contract and needed a web'n'walk type tariff. The same day that I signed the contract and collected the handset, T Mobile agreed to send me the unlock code. They said it should take two to four weeks to arrive.
HTH
I have it from Germany, one people bay it for me in the shop, but it have SimLock, and i have no idea what i can make with it... :roll:
imeicheck offers unlock for the Vario..
not for the mdapro yet .. but can't be far off hehehe
Only thing is, to do it a bodged way from imei check costs £20...
To get a proper code from T-Mobile costs £15...
:lol:
hollinshead said:
Only thing is, to do it a bodged way from imei check costs £20...
To get a proper code from T-Mobile costs £15...
:lol:
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Well, I don't know where you get that, but in Holland T-Mobile charges 120 Euro's to unlock it.
yup
they charge 15 pounds in the uk if you can prove that the vario or mdapro is bought together with your contract, and it takes 28 days to get the code :shock:
Most people buy these phones without contract or 2ndhand, that means they have to find an alternative way to unlock the phone. then 20pounds is cheap.
and in holland they are totally and untterly looney... they dare to ask 100euros +
So as soon imeicheck has a 'bodged' way to unlock my mda pro i will gladly pay 20 pounds to do so.
:twisted:
It took a total of 3 days for me to get my unlock code from T-Mobile. They were more than helpful about it, and they even sent it me on paper the day after!
SIMlock
Well, that SIM lock it seems to bother quite some people, including me. My suggestion is do not buy locked MDA Pro, Only unlocked. the cheapest ones with no contracts and unlocked are PDAhuis.nl for 709 euro the same price you pay for a locked in e-bay or other auction sites I you include transport unlocking calling faxing and all that.
From what I looked arround is that the simlock depend on IMEI (wich can be manipulated then with any working unlock code can be unlock) has anyone tried something like that?
GM
lol
hej mate,
ever ordered something from pdahuis.nl? LOL
being dutch myself i heard they have waitingtimes which are increddible.. if you get it at all LOL
cheapest in holland is smartphonestunts.nl.. and that is 750 euros for a tmobile locked one :twisted: but they deliver!!
Greetz
DvL
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dvl said:
hej mate,
i heard they have waitingtimes which are increddible
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Sure, rumors are rumors so you heard. But did you buy something from them? 11 days and saving 200euros it is somethiing to consider and it is unlocked.
My experiance with T-Mobile Austria is 35 days and still counting to receive the unlock code and not for free to pay 104 euros plus post expences what you say about it?
GM
lol
i know mate... still have a motorola Mpx in order LMAO
I have an MDA Pro bought from Computeruniverse (germany). Arrived in 4 days locked. As I bought without contract I've send a fax to T-Mobile and received the code in 3 days without any cost.
Nice and clean.
When is it possible to unlock....the MDA Pro?
Hi,
the point is i have unlocked a lot of Qtek phones before.
with the software presented at this site,
but the problem i am facing now is that i cant find any program to unlock mine T-Mobile MDA Pro.....
does some one know when this will be available?
Please help asap! Thanks
decebal said:
I have an MDA Pro bought from Computeruniverse (germany). Arrived in 4 days locked. As I bought without contract I've send a fax to T-Mobile and received the code in 3 days without any cost.
Nice and clean.
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Pls, can you to whom did you send the fax? Anything specifi you have written in the fax?
Thanks and regards
* call T-mobile Deutchland +49-1805330160
* you have to try until you get an english speaker and provide: IMEI number, phone number, email adress, name
* fax the invoice at +49-6188828556 and write the same infos onto the bill
* wait for the unlock code
does calling t-mobile germany actualy work if you are not from germany? Even when you didn't buy the phone in germany?
The costs of the unlocking from a german T-mobile MDA pro is 99 Euro
* call T-mobile Deutchland +49-1805330160
* you have to try until you get an english speaker and provide: IMEI number, phone number, email adress, name
* fax the invoice at +49-6188828556 and write the same infos onto the bill
* wait for the unlock code
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Seems to me he means you can get it for free too if you got an agreement with t-mobile and if you do not even live in germany.
Is that true?
JaySea said:
does calling t-mobile germany actualy work if you are not from germany? Even when you didn't buy the phone in germany?
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yes, i'm in italy and bought the mda pro online. and I don't speak german.

so are newer O2 Exec locked?

can anyone confirm this? as in do you have personal experience?
not those who say i have friends who say that their phone is locked or someone told me its locked.
as in do you have a personal experience of your O2 Exec being locked?
also, it would be great if you could list the date and location where your exec was purchased so that the users here can get an idea.
using it with a variety of carriers in the US so it must be unlocked.
I got mine from the o2 online shop and it was despached on the 17/10/05. I can confirm that it is unlocked.
I purchased a Exec three weeks ago and it was unlocked.
I'm living in Ireland and the gimps at O2 Ireland haven't even heard about the Exec so can any of you - in particular lbendlin since you're not in the UK either tell me how you managed to get an Exec?
Any informationat at all would be greatly appreciated.
i got my xda exec from o2 online on the 1st december and its unlocked
stenson_jack said:
I'm living in Ireland and the gimps at O2 Ireland haven't even heard about the Exec so can any of you - in particular lbendlin since you're not in the UK either tell me how you managed to get an Exec?
Any informationat at all would be greatly appreciated.
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O2 Ireland get's it's stock from O2 UK.
Ergo the Exec will be unlocked - assuming the gimps can get it for you. Time to call the CEO Danuta Gray and tell her to pull finger methinks
8)
My friend from the UK bought my EXEC for me last NOV 10 and it is unlocked! I love this baby!
I got one today and it's unlocked. I got one three weeks ago and that was unlocked.
I hope rumours of them moving to locked SIM are untrue.
V
seems like there are no users who have a SIM-locked Exec at the moment. hopefully its not locked too coz mine has been bought by a friend on November 26th and is currently in shipment. the shopkeeper told him it was sim locked but he couldnt confirm it as he didnt have any sim card to try it out.

Noob with O2 locked Streak!

Hi Guys
I pick up my new streak tomorrow from someone local on eBay, It's currently locked to O2, just wondering, is there any other way apart from rebel sim ii to unlock it? I noticed they can do it over the air for £35 but not sure if anyone has tried this? I know that O2 can unlock it, but considering the streak's only been out since august-ish, i'm guessing nobody should have had luck with them in the first year?
I've also noticed that the 2.2 update won't work with rebel ii ?
Cheers! Dave
i believe this question has been asked multiple times on the forums and some O2 customers have been able to get free unlocks from the carrier, no idea how though since im not an O2 customer. otherwise, ebay can be your friend too but it will cost you more.

EE UK Devices

Hi there
Anyone who bought a 6T direct from EE, can you confirm if they had bootloader locked for 6 months?
Thanks
I bought it from EE UK and wasn't locked at all even unlocked day I got the phone
Simonthow said:
I bought it from EE UK and wasn't locked at all even unlocked day I got the phone
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thanks :good:

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