I have recently moved from the UK to the US, taking with me my S8. I requested a SIM unlock code from Vodafone UK before leaving but when I went to use the code when I got a US sim, it didn't unlock. I contacted Vodafone and they explained that the code does not work out of the country as it needs to connect to the Vodafone network to be verified.
Is there a way of SIM unlocking my phone here in the US? (Short of sending it to a friend in the UK and living without a phone for ~2 weeks)
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Hi, I bought a Milestone 2 in Argentina with Personal mobil provider.
I've traveled to Spain and tried to put another sim, when I did this, I had to enter a code to unlock sim, I entered but this message appears:
"The phone has locked subsidy, please contact with your operator."
This is a transalation, not the exact message because it is in spanish.
Anyone knows what is this ?
That means that your phone is network locked. You will need to contact the operator you got it from initially to get the subsidy code that will allow you to use it on another network, with a different sim. Sometimes they make you pay for it, sometimes it is free.
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It's exactly what smacky_wolf told you.
I don't know in Argentina, but here in Brazil you can access the carrier's web site (who you bought your device from), give your phone's IMEI and get the subsidy unlock code for free.
Then, all you have to do is insert that code in your phone and you're done
hi,i was bought a mobile phone (nokia lumia 610) from tesco (from e-bay) ago a month, but the mobile not work in Greece , it is locked at network and i can not use it,
i read in tesco site ...
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"How do I unlock my Tesco Mobile phone to use on another network?
Using another network’s SIM in a Tesco Mobile phoneYou’ll need to unlock your Tesco Mobile phone before you can use a SIM from another network in it.Please call us to request an unlatching code. You put this code into your phone to unlock it from the Tesco Mobile network. An unlatching code is different from your PIN code, and you can only get one by calling our Technical Support line on 0845 300 6660.If you activated your phone more than 12 months ago, it’s free to unlock your phone. If you activated your phone less than 12 months ago, it’ll cost £20..............
but because i dont live UK i can not call and i have not tesco mobile number....There are ways to solve the problem ?
,Can you unlock ? thanks a lot.
pap_pam said:
hi,i was bought a mobile phone (nokia lumia 610) from tesco (from e-bay) ago a month, but the mobile not work in Greece , it is locked at network and i can not use it,
i read in tesco site ...
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"How do I unlock my Tesco Mobile phone to use on another network?
Using another network’s SIM in a Tesco Mobile phoneYou’ll need to unlock your Tesco Mobile phone before you can use a SIM from another network in it.Please call us to request an unlatching code. You put this code into your phone to unlock it from the Tesco Mobile network. An unlatching code is different from your PIN code, and you can only get one by calling our Technical Support line on 0845 300 6660.If you activated your phone more than 12 months ago, it’s free to unlock your phone. If you activated your phone less than 12 months ago, it’ll cost £20..............
but because i dont live UK i can not call and i have not tesco mobile number....There are ways to solve the problem ?
the IMEI 354127059926421 ,Can you unlock ? thanks a lot.
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Buy an unlock code through an unlocking site or find someone who can put it on their account for you.
i try in this site giffgaff.com/unlock/services...., and input IMEI and the network-> tesco mobile UK but they said "We can not unlock this handset at this time."....can you recommend me a similar site..thanks again ...
Bought a new EU region locked GN3 last week from Phones4U in UK on contract. The phone itself is sim unlocked, but region locked. After activating it with my UK Vodafone sim I immediately swapped in a Hong Kong Three network sim whereby the network region lock pin screen popped up confirming the lock.
However after using the phone for about 3 days I decided to try the HK sim again, but this time the network region lock pin screen did not appear. I made & received a couple of calls with it so can confirm that the regional network lock cleared itself after a few days. I also borrowed a friend's US sim which also worked fine.
My question is if I had to do a hard reset does the phone revert back to region locked or does it remain unlocked? Assuming it does re-lock do I have to go through the same procedure again to activate un-locking?
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 )
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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 )
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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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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
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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 I have a note 4 n910f which is locked to Vodafone but I am wanting it to be unlocked so I can use my giffgaff sim in it. Is there any software what I can use to unlock it or is there another way people can help me with
Just call your cell provider and they will give you the network unlock code for your device. They will also walk you thought on how to unlock it too.
Vodafone UK are saying I have to wait 30 days