I want to be able to remove Sprints crapware. Should I unlock the bootloader before inserting the sim?
bobloadmire said:
I want to be able to remove Sprints crapware. Should I unlock the bootloader before inserting the sim?
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I might already be locked being it's a Sprint variant. Boot it up without the sim and if the unlock switch isn't greyed out then flip the switch. After that no sim can relock it
bobloadmire said:
I want to be able to remove Sprints crapware. Should I unlock the bootloader before inserting the sim?
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Bootloader is unlockable regardless.
From the way I understand it, if you boot the device with Sprint SIM, it will carrier lock the device. Meaning you will have to wait for Sprint to push updates for OTA.
But I am on Sprint and can confirm you can still unlock and root the device as normal instructions for the device state. And also sideload updates etc with no issue.
bobloadmire said:
I want to be able to remove Sprints crapware. Should I unlock the bootloader before inserting the sim?
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What are you talking about? There is no "crapware".
I bought the phone at Best buy and use Sprint. It locks as far as roaming and it hides the tethering option but I did switch the Sim and it worked on FreedomPop fine
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mackentosh said:
I might already be locked being it's a Sprint variant. Boot it up without the sim and if the unlock switch isn't greyed out then flip the switch. After that no sim can relock it
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Hi, could you post detailed steps for preventing relock? Thx.
mrcooter said:
Bootloader is unlockable regardless.
From the way I understand it, if you boot the device with Sprint SIM, it will carrier lock the device. Meaning you will have to wait for Sprint to push updates for OTA.
But I am on Sprint and can confirm you can still unlock and root the device as normal instructions for the device state. And also sideload updates etc with no issue.
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Great to know thanks.
A question: may I have the update OTA even if I am in another country? without the sprint sim card?
mariopazan said:
A question: may I have the update OTA even if I am in another country? without the sprint sim card?
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I have a sim from Mexico and recived every update so far
TheDethEgineer said:
I have a sim from Mexico and recived every update so far
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Is your phone the Sprint variant? If so, what did you have to do to get it to work with a Mexican sim?
DrvLikHell said:
Is your phone the Sprint variant? If so, what did you have to do to get it to work with a Mexican sim?
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I am not sure, bought from swappa a couple months ago.. Just inserted the sim card (AT&T Mexico) and it started worked, voice and data
TheDethEgineer said:
I am not sure, bought from swappa a couple months ago.. Just inserted the sim card (AT&T Mexico) and it started worked, voice and data
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If you boot into the bootloader, the phone will read "Sprint" or "OpenUS" next to variant.
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I want to know what the best method is for unlocking my Galaxy S4 SGH-1337 MF3 build Currently running on the airvoice network. I do NOT have an AT&T account but should I still give them a call and ask for an unlock code? or use an unlocking service? also from my understanding there is no sim unlock method for the MF3 build currently.
Thanks in advance!
Drake9897 said:
I want to know what the best method is for unlocking my Galaxy S4 SGH-1337 MF3 build Currently running on the airvoice network. I do NOT have an AT&T account but should I still give them a call and ask for an unlock code? or use an unlocking service? also from my understanding there is no sim unlock method for the MF3 build currently.
Thanks in advance!
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If you pay full price, give them a call and they might give you the code.
House M.D. said:
If you pay full price, give them a call and they might give you the code.
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So I'm screwed essentially?
Drake9897 said:
So I'm screwed essentially?
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First, unlocking the sim card is not related to the version of your phone.
So if you bought it from At&t with full price, some of them they will tell you to wait 90 days before asking for the unlocking code.
If you bought it from someone, ask the previous owner to call them and to ask for the unlocking code. Otherwise, use google, and try your luck.
House M.D. said:
First, unlocking the sim card is not related to the version of your phone.
So if you bought it from At&t with full price, some of them they will tell you to wait 90 days before asking for the unlocking code.
If you bought it from someone, ask the previous owner to call them and to ask for the unlocking code. Otherwise, use google, and try your luck.
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Yeah I'm screwed. Ugh this dang MF3 update ;-;
Drake9897 said:
Yeah I'm screwed. Ugh this dang MF3 update ;-;
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are you talking about unlocking the phone to works with other carriers? yes you can on any version.
or unlocking the bootloader so you can use other custom roms? is yes, then you can't. only roots.
House M.D. said:
are you talking about unlocking the phone to works with other carriers? yes you can on any version.
or unlocking the bootloader so you can use other custom roms? is yes, then you can't. only roots.
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I'm talking for other carriers. and I tried the *#0011# method and the other one witht the long string of numbers I cant remember but it never goes to the menu to let me choose [1]UMTS.
free unlock method has been known to screw people's phones up. There are several warnings throughout that thread the mention it.
Just go with the options that I mentioned, or use google, such as "Auction website" they do some kind of these service I guess.
Actually, on the AT&T MDL and MDB firmwares you were able to sim unlock it through service menu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/
MF3 blocked this, so the only way you can get your phone sim unlocked with the update is using ebay or cellunlocker but at a price.
haremmon said:
Actually, on the AT&T MDL and MDB firmwares you were able to sim unlock it through service menu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/
MF3 blocked this, so the only way you can get your phone sim unlocked with the update is using ebay or cellunlocker but at a price.
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Yeah that's what I thought the case was. Oh well, back to trying to trade my At&t S4 for the Verizon version. Swappa is such a drag.
Hello,
I am sorry to ask this again but I have an AT&T S4 that's currently stock and runing 4.4.2 and I was wondering if there is any way to unlock it for T-mobile? I tired following some of the posts on here but they seem to be old and outdated. Does anyone have any other suggestions?'
Thanks!
Indian9990 said:
Hello,
I am sorry to ask this again but I have an AT&T S4 that's currently stock and runing 4.4.2 and I was wondering if there is any way to unlock it for T-mobile? I tired following some of the posts on here but they seem to be old and outdated. Does anyone have any other suggestions?'
Thanks!
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Ditto....I want to do this as well. I want to softmod it in service mode but option 6 - phone control, is missing! I have NC1 update. So irritating..any help?
chevegan said:
Ditto....I want to do this as well. I want to softmod it in service mode but option 6 - phone control, is missing! I have NC1 update. So irritating..any help?
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I haven't heard anything yet..did more digging and it seems like you have to downgrade but then it's not guaranteed that you can unlock it.. I bought an unlock code for $30..still waiting to get it so I'll let you know if it works lol
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Indian9990 said:
I haven't heard anything yet..did more digging and it seems like you have to downgrade but then it's not guaranteed that you can unlock it.. I bought an unlock code for $30..still waiting to get it so I'll let you know if it works lol
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If you are an AT&T customer or a previous member you can unlock your AT&T phone by going here. It is FREE and i have done it with all my phones so far. They provide you with an unlock code and all you have to do is insert the new non-at&t sim and enter the unlock code.
shade379 said:
If you are an AT&T customer or a previous member you can unlock your AT&T phone by going here. It is FREE and i have done it with all my phones so far. They provide you with an unlock code and all you have to do is insert the new non-at&t sim and enter the unlock code.
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Yeah I am not an AT&T customer. I tried going that method and it didn't work. I got an unlock code from cellphoneunlock though
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Indian9990 said:
Yeah I am not an AT&T customer. I tried going that method and it didn't work. I got an unlock code from cellphoneunlock though
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Since you have the unlock code, it will be almost the same thing. All you do is insert the non-att sim card and it will ask you to enter the unlock code. Enter the code and now you have an unlocked phone.
When i pop in my t-mobile sim card, the phone does not recognize it or prompt me for a network code or anything ? anyone know of someone or a service to sim unlock the sprint variant ? Thank you
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I'm also trying to figure this out, as I am not able to even connect to T-Mobiles server to trigger the unlock. All that my unlock app does is just sit there with a spinning wheel and say " connecting to server, please wait " , so if I cannot get passed that than I'm screwed cause it's gotta at least prompt me if I want to unlock permanently or temporary. Darn thing just keeps spinning like I'm blocked from even connecting. Can someone who is rooted check to see if their phone will prompt for an unlock or not? Thanks in advance!
anasrocks said:
When i pop in my t-mobile sim card, the phone does not recognize it or prompt me for a network code or anything ? anyone know of someone or a service to sim unlock the sprint variant ? Thank you
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If the T-Mobile unlock app is on the Sprint version (Which I doubt) use this site https://www.unlockbase.com/phone-unlocking-service/tmobile-device-unlock-app-official-unlock/ otherwise you might contact them and find out if they can sim unlock it another way. Or sideload the T-Mobile Unlock app and see if it works that way (I doubt this would work but you never know til you try)
shojus said:
I'm also trying to figure this out, as I am not able to even connect to T-Mobiles server to trigger the unlock. All that my unlock app does is just sit there with a spinning wheel and say " connecting to server, please wait " , so if I cannot get passed that than I'm screwed cause it's gotta at least prompt me if I want to unlock permanently or temporary. Darn thing just keeps spinning like I'm blocked from even connecting. Can someone who is rooted check to see if their phone will prompt for an unlock or not? Thanks in advance!
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If you are rooted, it can detect it and it will stay on the spinning wheel. Only way I got it to work was to restore to stock no root and it worked (It kept giving me a unlock not available until I bought the unlock service from https://www.unlockbase.com/phone-unlocking-service/tmobile-device-unlock-app-official-unlock/ )
Dirty Santa sim unlocks the Sprint variant,not sure for T-Mobile
DarkestSpawn said:
If the T-Mobile unlock app is on the Sprint version (Which I doubt) use this site https://www.unlockbase.com/phone-unlocking-service/tmobile-device-unlock-app-official-unlock/ otherwise you might contact them and find out if they can sim unlock it another way. Or sideload the T-Mobile Unlock app and see if it works that way (I doubt this would work but you never know til you try)
If you are rooted, it can detect it and it will stay on the spinning wheel. Only way I got it to work was to restore to stock no root and it worked (It kept giving me a unlock not available until I bought the unlock service from https://www.unlockbase.com/phone-unlocking-service/tmobile-device-unlock-app-official-unlock/ )
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I was thinking that it was because I was rooted , so I guess I will try and restore to an unrooted state and see if that makes a difference.
I found a guy on ebay who supposedly can unlock the Sprint V20 for $50.
preilly44 said:
I found a guy on ebay who supposedly can unlock the Sprint V20 for $50.
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can u post a link or the guys name?
papoose515 said:
can u post a link or the guys name?
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Don't bother. All he will do is already what you can do. Root your phone and use the US996 Rom on it(btw try that.)
me2151 said:
Don't bother. All he will do is already what you can do. Root your phone and use the US996 Rom on it(btw try that.)
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so the us996rom is sim unlocked?
papoose515 said:
so the us996rom is sim unlocked?
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The US996 roms are from an unlocked device. so yea.
anasrocks said:
When i pop in my t-mobile sim card, the phone does not recognize it or prompt me for a network code or anything ? anyone know of someone or a service to sim unlock the sprint variant ? Thank you
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is the phone paid off in full? no more monthly obligation? if not that's the reason you can't unlock. it's because you don't own the phone sprint does. NO ONE can get a device unlocked from distributor without full payment fulfillment.
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djnikkofb said:
is the phone paid off in full? no more monthly obligation? if not that's the reason you can't unlock. it's because you don't own the phone sprint does. NO ONE can get a device unlocked from distributor without full payment fulfillment.
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It works fine if you have a rom thats unlocked(for some unknown reason.)
Anything on this?!!! Im about to buy a service but when I pop another sim it doesn't prompt the unlock code screen I heard there's a way to manually get there any help?! Dirty Santa does the trick I heard but rooting the v20 is not easy and I heard lots of side effects
Anyone can unlock Sprint LG V20 remotly ? by anasrocks
me2151 said:
It works fine if you have a rom thats unlocked(for some unknown reason.)
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Can the T-Mobile LG v2o use that rom?
boss315man315 said:
Can the T-Mobile LG v2o use that rom?
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You can try it. i dont know if it will or wont work.
me2151 said:
You can try it. i dont know if it will or wont work.
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So did the ROM let you use any carrier sim?
boss315man315 said:
So did the ROM let you use any carrier sim?
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Supposedly yes. i never tested it.
yes sprint unlocks it remotely that is what they did with mine, once I called in they had you run the uicc unlock option in updates. it will say uicc unlocked successfully.
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If you are rooted, it can detect it and it will stay on the spinning wheel. Only way I got it to work was to restore to stock no root and it worked (It kept giving me a unlock not available until I bought the unlock service from https://www.unlockbase.com/phone-unlocking-service/tmobile-device-unlock-app-official-unlock/ )
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I have this the same spinning wheel Iand Im unable to unlock my phone. Is it hard to go back to stock and redo it again?
Can I use the S7 At&t version on Sprint? If so, how?
As long as it is sim unlocked yes. You could even flash the Sprint Odin files to make it more official. But I would start on att fw and just put your Sprint sim in to see what happens.
twizt3d said:
As long as it is sim unlocked yes. You could even flash the Sprint Odin files to make it more official. But I would start on att fw and just put your Sprint sim in to see what happens.
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How do I sign unlock? And it asks me for a password when I insert a Sprint sim
That means you aren't sim unlocked. Call the carrier to see if they'll do it for free. If not, try a 3rd party service.
bobloblaw1 said:
That means you aren't sim unlocked. Call the carrier to see if they'll do it for free. If not, try a 3rd party service.
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Which ones? I'm pretty sure this is blacklisted and at&t don't want to unlock black listed phones
I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ (SM-G975F/DS) and it is lock on carrier. My question is if i reflash the latest firmware will it be become carrier unlock? BTW the carrier is not ATT or TMOB it is a Philippines Network. I just want to use the other sim card tray to other carrier. Thanks in advance for those who will answer my question. ?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ (SM-G975F/DS) and it is lock on carrier. My question is if i reflash the latest firmware will it be become carrier unlock? BTW the carrier is not ATT or TMOB it is a Philippines Network. I just want to use the other sim card tray to other carrier. Thanks in advance for those who will answer my question. ?
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no.. flashing stock firmware does not "magically" unlock a device.. if it were that easy then thered literally b no point to carrier lock anything...
elliwigy said:
no.. flashing stock firmware does not "magically" unlock a device.. if it were that easy then thered literally b no point to carrier lock anything...
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If may I ask, is there any way I can unlock my device?
rainjov30 said:
If may I ask, is there any way I can unlock my device?
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Same here locked with globe, hoping that flashing thru ODIN will unlock my s10+ but sadly isn't, btw there was a group offering unlock from the carrier with 2 methods price range from 1.2k - 3k.
it_halord said:
Same here locked with globe, hoping that flashing thru ODIN will unlock my s10+ but sadly isn't, btw there was a group offering unlock from the carrier with 2 methods price range from 1.2k - 3k.
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is your phone unlock now?
Have any of you tried the *#272*IMEI# method to change the CSC? Globe is not locked, it just appears to be because it is loading the Globe customization since it is detecting the Globe CSC. I changed mine to XTC.
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rainjov30 said:
is your phone unlock now?
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Yup, for free I've used the CSC method
palmmanpalm said:
Have any of you tried the *#272*IMEI# method to change the CSC? Globe is not locked, it just appears to be because it is loading the Globe customization since it is detecting the Globe CSC. I changed mine to XTC.
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This is the one that I used, but still I have to insert Globe sim card on the Sim 2 for able to use Smart on Sim1 with LTE/3G/2G
P.S. I've use TM on Sim2 and disabled it, still Smart on Sim1 is working.
it_halord said:
Yup, for free I've used the CSC method
This is the one that I used, but still I have to insert Globe sim card on the Sim 2 for able to use Smart on Sim1 with LTE/3G/2G
P.S. I've use TM on Sim2 and disabled it, still Smart on Sim1 is working.
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My phone is under Smart. I just want to use Globe on the other Sim tray.
it_halord said:
Yup, for free I've used the CSC method
This is the one that I used, but still I have to insert Globe sim card on the Sim 2 for able to use Smart on Sim1 with LTE/3G/2G
P.S. I've use TM on Sim2 and disabled it, still Smart on Sim1 is working.
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How to do th CSC method?
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rainjov30 said:
My phone is under Smart. I just want to use Globe on the other Sim tray.
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Have you tried to insert GLOBE sim on the other sim tray?