Hi guys, I have my S8 since April 20, I changed carrier today and now I have the carrier label in the status bar(i had no issues with my last carrier). There is a trick to remove it without root?
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Hi! folks!
I known that recently European Note3 & Galaxy devices are locked by regional lock.
I would like to this european regional lock can unlock by at least 5minute in roaming status.
This is my scenario
1. buy Galaxy Note 3 from UNITED KINGDOM and going to Korea
2. In Korea, put the UK O2 sim card or Swisscom sim card on Note 3 unlokced device. (Device will must be going to Roaming status)
3. Make a oversea call to UK O2 SIM number or Swisscom SIM number and get the call on Note 3 by korea landline number.
4. keep calling status at least 5 minute (yes, oversea call fee will be apply )
5. DONE. country unlocked!!
Who can verify above my scenario is correct or not?
If my scenario is wroing, this regional unlock by calling 5minute unlock method is only accepted european networks (like T-mobile, O2, Orange..or ETC..) ?
Pulverizer said:
Hi! folks!
I known that recently European Note3 & Galaxy devices are locked by regional lock.
I would like to this european regional lock can unlock by at least 5minute in roaming status.
This is my scenario
1. buy Galaxy Note 3 from UNITED KINGDOM and going to Korea
2. In Korea, put the UK O2 sim card or Swisscom sim card on Note 3 unlokced device. (Device will must be going to Roaming status)
3. Make a oversea call to UK O2 SIM number or Swisscom SIM number and get the call on Note 3 by korea landline number.
4. keep calling status at least 5 minute (yes, oversea call fee will be apply )
5. DONE. country unlocked!!
Who can verify above my scenario is correct or not?
If my scenario is wroing, this regional unlock by calling 5minute unlock method is only accepted european networks (like T-mobile, O2, Orange..or ETC..) ?
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Did it work ? Thanks for you answer!!
guys i got a galaxy s5 from UK and my phoneshows signal bars even without a sim inside the phone (pic attached ) and whenever i put a sim it says 'sim network unlock pin' does this means its carrier locked or region locked? does those signal bars means that its ready use in country and phone just carrier blocked or what .. thanks fellas this is a SM g900f UK version with fully paid and bought from samsung store ( not contract phone with any carrier) and have used with with a vodaphone sim for like 4 minutes.. (received a call but non taken from it )
http://share.pho.to/7QgV3
Androidbatta said:
guys i got a galaxy s5 from UK and my phoneshows signal bars even without a sim inside the phone (pic attached ) and whenever i put a sim it says 'sim network unlock pin' does this means its carrier locked or region locked? does those signal bars means that its ready use in country and phone just carrier blocked or what .. thanks fellas this is a SM g900f UK version with fully paid and bought from samsung store ( not contract phone with any carrier) and have used with with a vodaphone sim for like 4 minutes.. (received a call but non taken from it )
http://share.pho.to/7QgV3
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The 3 bars are the signal strength as you can still make emergency calls, your message sim network unlock pin means the phone is sim / network locked you need a pin code to unlock it, take it back to the store you got is from if it is supposed to be unlocked to any network and get them to sort it, this should be free if you bought it as an unlocked phone.
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Just seen you other post here that you put up 2 hours before this one, why start another thread asking the same thing. In this one you say your brother bought it in the UK and sent it to Asia for you, it is Vodafone UK network locked, if it was bought sim free it would not be network locked.
Was it really bought in the UK or obtained in an alternative way other than being bought.
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fffft said:
Most likely it's a network lock. But you haven't provided enough information to be certain. You say that you got the phone in the UK but neglected to tell us what region you are using it in? Where your Vodaphone carrier is based or the context of the calls you have made. i.e used for 4 minutes where?.. and the meaning of "non taken from it" is uncertain.
If the phone is rooted, you can check whether it's region locked by looking at the customer.xml blacklist file. Or alternately pay for a network unlock and that will typically clear both network and region locks.
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Im currently in Sri lanka (South Asia) and the phone is with me , but the phone was bought in UK , where my brother lives.. he said he wasn't aware of this region lock and he wasn't aware of the 5 mins call.. but just to check the phones functionality he has poped his UK vodaphone sim in to the phone and he has received a call to it for like 1- 2 mins . but he has not taken any calls to a UK number with it . what im currently getting is 'Sim Netowrk Unlock Pin' i think my phone is sim locked not reigion .. (or is it ?) . thank you very much for replying earlier
and also i followed your tutorial and checked the file (using es manager .. no rooting) and the result i got is attached as a pic below
http://share.pho.to/7R3ku
one more thing . all my country carriers are under one MCC code (413 ) . so editing that line in to a different number will solve the problem? ex- changing 413 to something like 222 or 567 ?? thank you!
after comparing codes in customer.xml and online found list .. it can be seen that all EU countries are not on the list (means this is region locked i asssume). will changing my country code to one of the EU codes will solve the issue? will my phone face any issues if i edit it without rooting (i have the ability to edit it without rooting using es file manager) thank you!
Hi All
OK... for years I have been using an S4 and been really pleased with it (UK model i9505 SIM locked to EE Network).
Recently I was given a Note3, so have been using this with my EE Sim and left the S4 sitting in a drawer for a few weeks.
This week I ported my number from UK EE to UK Vodafone - so the original contract SIM which I had in my S4 is no longer available to try as it has been disconnected!
Anyway - I sold my S4 to a friend for her son for Xmas and I thought I should wipe it before giving it to her. I had Android 4.4.2 with CWM and also had CerberusApp rolled in the ROM so when a factory reset/wipe was done CerberusApp would still be there. However after doing a wipe I inserted a PAYG EE SIM and it says no service and shows a no entry sign on the top bar. When I put in a Vodafone PAYG SIM or O2 PAYG SIM it shows strength of signal (i.e. no 'no entry' sign) but says that the phone is network locked - which is correct!
But I cant work out why the EE SIM (which is the correct network) wont work. I have tried the EE PAYG SIM in my unlocked Note3 and it all works OK - so I know it cant be a SIM problem.
In desperation I upgraded the O/S to Android 5.0 using Kies and all seems OK but still the same problem. I have checked the IMEI is all OK (*#06#) and its all good - so I am lost why this wont work. Its almost as though the phone has been barred on EE - but its my phone, bought from a work colleague, so not reported lost etc so there is no reason it should be barred.
Can anyone throw in some ideas, or even let me know if there is a way to remove carrier lock on the S4 without doing it through the carrier as my colleague is not with EE now either, so I will struggle to get them to unlock it.
Additional info:
Wireless works fine
IMEI Number shows correct
No SIM/non EE SIM inserted - says not registered on network but see signal strength on top bar
EE SIM inserted (correct for carrier lock) - get a no entry sign and no signal strength on top bar
Model - GT-i9505
O/S - 5.0.1
BB - I9505XXUHOD7
Build - LRX22C.I9505XXUHOD7
Any help would be great as if I cant get it working I will need to go buy one for my friends son before Xmas as I have had and spent the money
Thanks in advance
S
Bump... anyone got any ideas?
Hi
We are away at present in Greece and my wife's Nokia 6 TA-1033 is refusing to roam, It wasn't working Earlier this week prior to the 1 may 2019 secuirty patch.
Ive ensured roaming is on, contacted our provider (Plusnet) and tried another sim which is working in my Samsung galaxy s5 roaming OK same issue.
I have tried airplane mode and then reboot and disable airplane, checked and manually re entered the APN but nothing the device just won't connect to data whilst roaming - limita and warning switched off.
Anyone else experiencing this or have any other ideas, at present I'm thinking trade it in or flash a custom ROM before out next journey as I don't want the same issues as we have a few trips coming up
Few questions regarding LG - US997 on AT&T after disabling 3G by them. My wife already received "non-3G" replacement phone, which is worse than hers LG, and current phone get locked by AT&T. After a lot of hustle I have got to work G6 with new SIM card from that "non-3G" phone. My questions are:
- LG shows that connection is LTE does it mean it will work after Feb 21st? LG IMEI was assigned to the SIM manually in the system from what I know.
- How to enable VoLTE, if possibe? For sure there is nothing in the Network or Call Settings options. Will replacing ROM with something custom enable it or not?
Thanks for any help!