where to find the codes to unlock the sim card.
through IMEI number.
that you can find it for free,,not pay
not your sim is locked, its your phone.
unlocking it for free is afaik not possible, beside its not legal.
buy your unlock code.
DN41
I have an 1.3 rev Samsung Focus. It was an unlocked model I got from outside. I was in the US at the time of Mango update and updated my phone with Mango from AT&T. Now I have moved out of the US and want to unlock it. AT&T doesn't have the unlock code because I didnt purchase it from them. Any Ideas on what I can do? Will a custom ROM help me with Unlock? When I check lock status, it is SIM Lock is Disabled, only Network lock is enabled.
I'm not sure what you meant by "It was an unlocked model" in the context of "out of the US and want to unlock it". Was it unlocked or locked? Anyway:
Read the wiki, (carrier) locks are in NVRAM, no relation to flashing whatsoever, so any custom ROM won't SIM unlock your phone.
Have you tried ebay? Unlock is cheap as $1 and it doesn't hurt to try (unlock via IMEI - I unlocked AT&T and Rogers Focuses). If that fails, I recommend fastgsm, I've unlocked my own AT&T Focus with them, via USB (no affiliation).
EnderPsp said:
I'm not sure what you meant by "It was an unlocked model" in the context of "out of the US and want to unlock it". Was it unlocked or locked? Anyway:
Read the wiki, (carrier) locks are in NVRAM, no relation to flashing whatsoever, so any custom ROM won't SIM unlock your phone.
Have you tried ebay? Unlock is cheap as $1 and it doesn't hurt to try (unlock via IMEI - I unlocked AT&T and Rogers Focuses). If that fails, I recommend, I've unlocked my own AT&T Focus with them, via USB (no affiliation).
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It was carrier unlocked, as in I could place any sim in the phone and it would work. After I updated it on my Zune with Mango, it was loaded with AT&T's version and hence locked to AT&T. Now AT&T doesn't have the record of the IMEI in their database and aren't able to provide me with an unlock code. They were able to provide the unlock code for my other windows phone that I purchased from AT&T. Thereby lies my predicament. Let me try the ebay version, if not I hope FastGSM works. Thanks.
I was not able to get the unlock code from ebay. But FastGSM seemed to work wonders. I used their USB unlocking tool and it worked just fine. Thanks for the tip.
I was going to use mobiletechvideos to root the N900T I am planning to buy for use on AT&T. I might even buy a factory unlocked phone.
They have an option called "sim unlock" - They say it is a lower level unlock. If I bought a factory unlocked phone, would a Sim unlock be necessary (if I travel internationally)?
Need some help with unlocking a SM-G928T. I go into the TMOB Mobile Device Unlock App and the app said that the IMEI is not in the TMOB DB. So I call TMOB and they confirm they don't have that IMEI and I would have to go back to Samsung to get an unlock code.
The company I have used in the past says that they can unlock it if the IMEI is in the TMOB DB and it is not black listed.
The phone does not prompt for an unlock code when you start it up as it forces you to use the TMOB device unlock app.
Is there a way or a company that can unlock this phone or it not unlockable?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: These guys say they can do it. Other XDA threads seem to confirm. Fingers crossed!
https://www.unlockbase.com/phone-unlocking-service/tmobile-device-unlock-app-official-unlock/
ok, these guys said they got it in the TMOB DB, but the phone won't unlock. They told me to let it do all the OTA updates which I did (Hope my bootloader is not now locked). Nadda.
Any "root" ways to unlock this brick?
Phone is locked to Virgin mobile(sprint). need to unlock it to Tmobile. unlock code provided by virgin mobile doesn't work. rooted phone in order to unlock it. Its still locked. how do I unlock the carrier settings on the phone