Just wanted to share that I recently unlocked my S7 on Bell (Canada) using cellunlocker.net and it took 2 full days. That's ok as I wasn't in a rush, but I wanted to share because I definitely got nervous that I got ripped off and they weren't going to give me the code. I say this because the estimate on their site is 1-12 hours yet it took 48.
So if you're trying to unlock your S7 and you've been waiting over a day, hang in there.
And yes I am aware that Bell will unlock personal phones for free now, but this is a corporate owned phone, and they still charge $50 for that!
I have never used cell unlocker.net so I can't comment on their service. Personally, I have always used the cheapest unlocker on eBay that had good feedback.
For unlocking bell phones, non-Bell customers with Bell phones have been able to use friends that are Bell customers to get the unlock code for free for non-iPhones. Same goes for bell iPhones except there is no code involved.
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i am not a tmobile customer (rogers), and i don't have a credit card (well i do but i'm also FLAT BROKE) is there anyway i can unlock my htc dream?
+ how do you even go about unlocking the phone once you have the "code"
please answers are appreciated i am quite desperate i leave in a week (to europe) and have no money to buy a cell phone there
Unfortunately eBay is your only friend
The cheapest (and fastest) method I have seen is eBay. There are no other ways to unlock your phone. If you have a t-mobile phone on the rogers network, shouldn't your phone already be unlocked? If it is a G1 and not a Dream, that is.
Most people either unlock through the vendor in this case t mobile, or alternate sites offering unlocking services generally between 10-35 bucks. Most sites I've seen are around 25
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and the second part of your question, "how do you even go about unlocking the phone once you have the "code""
you put a different carriers sim card in your phone and it will ask for the code.
just an update here i contacted rogers and they pretty much refused to give me the code, even if i paid them. found a trusted/guaranteed seller on ebay plan on trying that on thurs, will update with details
I tried to talk to Rogers about it too, right after the e911 debacle, but even in the time of need, the would not budge. The CSR tried to say that putting another SIM in my phone would work, LOL.
Where are you going in Europe? I can recommend a good provider for England and/or Italy
lisbon then porto form 1month then paris for another how did u get your phone unlocked?
When I was in Europe I already had an unlocked phone with my, an i-Mate. With my Dream, the second I put a foreign SIM in it and turned it on it asked for an unlock code, which I bought from eBay.
I have not been to Portugal, I almost went last January, they had a last minute sale for 8 nights Hotel+Flight+Rental car for $550 including taxes. I had to work though.
I'm very interested in the HTC Aria because of its small size, but I have tmobile service. I'm not getting a data plan (I've got wifi everywhere I go) and I'm fine with buying it retail. My only question is how to unlock it to use tmobile's network. I heard I can call ATT and get an unlock code. I also heard there were online service that could generate an unlock code. Well, at this point I'm really nervous to buy this phone because I don't want to purchase this device and not be able to use it on my network. This is going to be my first android phone and I'm eager to get into the whole rooting and custom ROM business. Please help!
Thanks,
dm
EDIT: My grandma has had service with ATT for about a year now. I've heard that tmobile with give the unlock codes for free if you've had service with them for 90 days. I'm curious if ATT does the same.
2x EDIT: Sorry for the typo in the title.
there are plenty of unlock services via the web, just find a site and after you pay the usual $20 they will email you directions on how to unlock the device so that you are able to run it on tmobile.
Thanks for the quick response! I'm scared that's what I may have to resort to, but I just assume the potential for getting scammed is pretty high. Are there any reputable ones that you know of that unlock the Aria? I know it's pretty new...
I did some searching and the only ones that I can find are:
www(dot)iunlockit(dot)com/htc-aria-unlock-code-p-58064.html
www(dot)unlockallcellular(dot)com/aria-unlock-code-p-58064.html?osCsid=brnitand0jq564to0v7tirhnk7
Like I said, this looks fishy because it appears to be the same site with different domain names. Are these reputable sites? I still haven't bought my Aria because I want to be certain that I can unlock it fairly easily.
I paid $2 to unlock my LG VU on eBay...
Worked perfectly. They said they'd do it for all AT&T phones
if i unlock this phone to use on tmobile will i still be able to use 3g and all of the other features on this phone?
no 3g (but if you don't want data it won't matter) all other features should be just peachy afaik
I never thought about ebay; great idea.
and, no, I'm not going to be using a data plan, seeing as I rarely use data and I've got wifi everywhere I'm at (work, school, home, etc.)
Thanks a lot guys. I'll leave an update once I get the phone. Hopefully within the next week.
i was going to do the same (to get out of the data) but
free phone+2 years of data=360
just the phone=380
we'll see what att's policies are like in 2 years though
So I bought the Aria and I love it. However, I can't find anyway to unlock it. I bought one of those ebay unlock services, seeing as it advertised an unlock code in 2 hours or less. Well, that was two days ago. I also looked up on those sites that I mentioned previously and they are scams. So I've got this awesome phone that I can't use as a phone. What are my options now? I love this phone!
donald =/
I have tried this a couple of AT&T phones and it worked for me.
Call up AT&T and tell them you have to leave country for work and would not like to spend money on roaming. They asked for IMEI number and handed me the code instantly.
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I have tried this a couple of AT&T phones and it worked for me.
Call up AT&T and tell them you have to leave country for work and would not like to spend money on roaming. They asked for IMEI number and handed me the code instantly.
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I did this with every single one of my AT&T phones and they never gave me trouble. For me it was the true since I travel to Hong Kong every year to visit my parents.
ayush20m said:
I have tried this a couple of AT&T phones and it worked for me.
Call up AT&T and tell them you have to leave country for work and would not like to spend money on roaming. They asked for IMEI number and handed me the code instantly.
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I've done this as well....
dmellenbruch said:
So I bought the Aria and I love it. However, I can't find anyway to unlock it. I bought one of those ebay unlock services, seeing as it advertised an unlock code in 2 hours or less. Well, that was two days ago. I also looked up on those sites that I mentioned previously and they are scams. So I've got this awesome phone that I can't use as a phone. What are my options now? I love this phone!
donald =/
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Hi there, did you find a way to unlock the phone?
I'm wondering on the details about calling AT&T to get the code. I bought my Aria through ebay and presently have the phone at Mexico. Do AT&T ask for phone number (registered with AT&T), ssn or any other personal details regarding the phone? or just by calling them with IMEI # they will provide the code?
I don't have AT&T for obvious reasons.
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tongas said:
Hi there, did you find a way to unlock the phone?
I'm wondering on the details about calling AT&T to get the code. I bought my Aria through ebay and presently have the phone at Mexico. Do AT&T ask for phone number (registered with AT&T), ssn or any other personal details regarding the phone? or just by calling them with IMEI # they will provide the code?
I don't have AT&T for obvious reasons.
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I try maybe all store in Ebay and nothing, only get my code here:www.freeyourhtc.com/
I hope this help.
Thanks Rafa, but just bought a code from the ebay seller... will let everybody know if it worked or not.
Ebay Unlock code for HTC Aria actually worked!
I finally got to say that the ebay deal really worked for me!!! Couldn't be more happy!
Please refer to this post for more info:
How sketchy are the ebay unlockers?
Was a little skeptical about it but just got the code on the email minutes ago and worked right away!!!
Cost me 9.95 because the price was reduced and paid with PayPal. Bought it in the morning and got the code 5-6 hours later.
Thanks again to breakeven and xda-developers forum!!!
Can I unlock my phone if im in a two year contract?
I used http://www.cellunlock.net/ to unlock my gf's MyTouch 3G. They took 1 day and I got the code.
It seems they usually take less time, but they had some problems.
$10 if you use the code crackb50 on checkout.
And no, I don't work for them.
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Can I unlock my phone if im in a two year contract?
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Course you can!
If you have at&t, then I would suggest you try the call them and get the code for free method first. If that's doesn't work, then just buy a code.
The reason why me and many others went through ebay, it's because most of the unlockers out there with web site presence, and being the aria a relative new phone, they do not carry yet codes or access to them. I tried first 1 of this unlockers and wrote email to 2 of them and none of the 3 had access to codes yet, finally the ebay thing worked for me and take only about 7 hours to get the code.
You should know that unlocking the phone will no release you of the contract but just give you the ability of changing gsm provider. Unlocking the phone it is only intended for that. If what you want is to remove some crappy apps installed by default, then what you might need is to have root access to phone instead unlocking. Rooting the phone is quite easy with the aria and is free; you just need some further reading about.
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Look I've read multiple forums on this including this..
I'm simply asking if there is a Tmobile user who would be willing, if i provided my IMEI number to call tmobile and get an unlock code, I attempted to buy them and 3 separate occasions the websites failed ive lost about 40 dollars...
I would greatly appreciate the help and would love to further develop my phone using XDA thank you.
Try ebay, I got my code from there and there IS buyer protection.. I never trusted any SIM unlocking sites anyways.
I wuld if i had the money too after wasting 40 dollars i wont be paid for 2 more weeks
Ebay SIM unlocks are nearly instant, and I got my unlock codes for both my HD2 and G1 for only 8 dollars each.
Have you try contacting HTC or T-Mobile?
Don't you happens to have a friend that have T-Mobile? If you do may be they can help.
I'm going to be unlocking my phone asap, but Ebay is the easiest method.
From what I've heard, you dont need to be a T-mobile customer
I've researched unlocking phones for free, for the past month or so, and every youtube video especially said to "Tell them that you're leaving the country and that you need to unlock the/your phone to use there"
-(some people suggest that you tell T-mobile/AT&T that you're just leaving on a trip and that you'll be back with T-mobile as soon as you get back[ASK FOR MANAGER])
Good Luck!
Folks just a note on my experience attempting to sim unlock my S6 on EE UK, I attempted to unlock my device using a few online unlocking service providers, 2 of them provided codes that were unsuccessful and the other worked first time.
The code that worked for me was from SamsungCodeSource.com and I would recommend them for anybody looking to get their handset unlocked...........for the record I'm not affiliated with them in any way just thought I would share to save anyone else the hassle of going through several unlock providers.
Feel free to add any others that have worked for you to allow other users to get their handset unlocked first time.
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Folks just a note on my experience attempting to sim unlock my S6 on EE UK, I attempted to unlock my device using a few online unlocking service providers, 2 of them provided codes that were unsuccessful and the other worked first time.
The code that worked for me was from SamsungCodeSource.com and I would recommend them for anybody looking to get their handset unlocked...........for the record I'm not affiliated with them in any way just thought I would share to save anyone else the hassle of going through several unlock providers.
Feel free to add any others that have worked for you to allow other users to get their handset unlocked first time.
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Was there a reason you did not go through EE themselves, i'm currently trying to get mine unlocked and EE says 10 days, its been 7 and no code yet.
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Was there a reason you did not go through EE themselves, i'm currently trying to get mine unlocked and EE says 10 days, its been 7 and no code yet.
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Did mine through EE, first time they came back and said I had not had contract over 6 months (which I had) rang them back and eventually got the code in a text message on day 11 or 12 of the second request.
I phoned EE after waiting 11 days and the guy done it there and then for me, said originally there was a delay in getting the code form Samsung.
I used ebay and received a code in 3 hours for £11. I do not know if the phone was bought as part of a contract as it was a gift. BTW do you guys have the app called sec.abt showing in applications under settings? It is a rootkit that comes with EE phones, everyday it sends about 5 text messages to EE which is costing me like crazy! I am going to do a stock flash with odin and hopefully it will go.
I recently purchased an at&t samsung galaxy s7 for a friend for a great price. The imei is clean but the phone is still locked to at&t service. My friend wants to use it on another carrier and the seller offered to unlock it for 50 USD but I suspect it can be unlocked for less, if not for free. I've searched around a bit and have seen a number of online services but I figured I'd consult the knowledge folks here for the best course.
Thanks in advance
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I recently purchased an at&t samsung galaxy s7 for a friend for a great price. The imei is clean but the phone is still locked to at&t service. My friend wants to use it on another carrier and the seller offered to unlock it for 50 USD but I suspect it can be unlocked for less, if not for free. I've searched around a bit and have seen a number of online services but I figured I'd consult the knowledge folks here for the best course.
Thanks in advance
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AT&T unlocks then for free if the phone is paid on full. I can't remember the website but i did it to my s5
Thanks dirty, but I was under the impression you had to be an at&t customer in order to have at&t unlock it. On their webpage I was having that problem, it was asking for account information I couldn't provide since I do not have an account with at&t.
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Thanks dirty, but I was under the impression you had to be an at&t customer in order to have at&t unlock it. On their webpage I was having that problem, it was asking for account information I couldn't provide since I do not have an account with at&t.
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You could call them (not your local dealer) and see if there is anything that they can get off the phone (serial number) to verify that the phone is paid on full, if so then they should unlock it. Also keep in mind that i don't believe it will work on Verizon or sprint since they use cdma, AT&T and T mobile use gsm.
I used unlockscope.com . Was 25$ and took less than 12 hours
Mine is an att version. Traded my 6 plus for it.