I am buying a New SGS 2, the seller has told me that its factory Unlocked, but I have my doubts that he has De-branded the phone and selling with the name of Factory Unlocked.
Can someone tell me, how would I know if the Seller has Sold me a Debranded phone or a factory Unlocked one?
jjdoctor said:
I am buying a New SGS 2, the seller has told me that its factory Unlocked, but I have my doubts that he has De-branded the phone and selling with the name of Factory Unlocked.
Can someone tell me, how would I know if the Seller has Sold me a Debranded phone or a factory Unlocked one?
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Debrand means no branding on the phone splash scrre apps etc .
Factory unlocked presume its not sim locked to a network will work with any sim card .
jje
JJEgan said:
Debrand means no branding on the phone splash scrre apps etc .
Factory unlocked presume its not sim locked to a network will work with any sim card .
jje
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correct me if im wrong
branded phone = sim locked and apps+ splash screen etc
factory unlocked =phone as is
qwerty warrior said:
correct me if im wrong
branded phone = sim locked and apps+ splash screen etc
Branded means branded be it sim locked or not >>> my phone branded and not sim locked from new .
just like a CPW phone may be branded but not sim locked .
factory unlocked =phone as is Yes and no sim lock thats easy to test by OP trying different sims .
jje
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I think the OP means that he suspects that the seller has bought a branded phone, eg from o2 then used a guide to unlock and debrand.
If this is so, I dont personally know how to check this myself, but I presume you can tell by the imei or by how many stickers are on the box (how many imei stickers, o2 normally have 2)
Also ask for proof of purchase?
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JJEgan said:
qwerty warrior said:
correct me if im wrong
branded phone = sim locked and apps+ splash screen etc
Branded means branded be it sim locked or not >>> my phone branded and not sim locked from new .
just like a CPW phone may be branded but not sim locked .
factory unlocked =phone as is Yes and no sim lock thats easy to test by OP trying different sims .
jje
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well its different in the USA
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qwerty warrior said:
JJEgan said:
well its different in the USA
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Typical .
jje
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jameslfc5 said:
I think the OP means that he suspects that the seller has bought a branded phone, eg from o2 then used a guide to unlock and debrand.
If this is so, I dont personally know how to check this myself, but I presume you can tell by the imei or by how many stickers are on the box (how many imei stickers, o2 normally have 2)
Also ask for proof of purchase?
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lol.. you are the only one who got my question right.. He cant provide me proof of purchase since he is a Re-Seller himself and would consider that as his market secret.
There must be some way De-branded can be differentiated from Factory unlocked ones..
jjdoctor said:
There must be some way De-branded can be differentiated from Factory unlocked ones..
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AFAIK, only by IMEI, and then only if you actually have a valid IMEI database, which is about as likely as this guy selling you an actual unbranded phone (by the sound of it).
jjdoctor said:
lol.. you are the only one who got my question right.. He cant provide me proof of purchase since he is a Re-Seller himself and would consider that as his market secret.
There must be some way De-branded can be differentiated from Factory unlocked ones..
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How much is it mate?
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If I understand it correctly debranding requires the use of Odin to flash an unbranded ROM, so all you'd have to do is check the number of flashes in download mode... I think?
jameslfc5 said:
How much is it mate?
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you the price? its 670$.
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Hi Guys.
Does anyone know how to work out what network their phone is locked to?
Cheers!
Jason
jetheridge said:
Hi Guys.
Does anyone know how to work out what network their phone is locked to?
Cheers!
Jason
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are you rooted? custom rom? i dont get what you mean by locked to
bbzkarim said:
are you rooted? custom rom? i dont get what you mean by locked to
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Sorry, the phone is locked to a network but I have no idea what network it's locked to
I've tried Voda, O2, T-mob, Orange sim... none work.
Cheers!
First clue should be what network did you buy it from .
Locked it may well have network branding on the phone .
jje
Hi.
It's a second hand handset, sadly there is no branding on it at all
If you are on a firmware before lg8 just download voodoo sim unlock from project-voodoo.org to your phone and it'll unlock your phone so you can use it on any network.
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Hi.
Yup - this is what I've currently done (thanks).
But I'm just keen to know for the future so I can upgrade the firmware.
:laugh:
Thanks for all your help guys!
nodstuff said:
If you are on a firmware before lg8 just download voodoo sim unlock from project-voodoo.org to your phone and it'll unlock your phone so you can use it on any network.
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Plug it into Kies and it should tell you the product codes etc . Then use Checkfus to download .
jje
WHOOO! Thanks!!!
It's locked to Three.
You are the man! :laugh:
JJEgan said:
Plug it into Kies and it should tell you the product codes etc . Then use Checkfus to download .
jje
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Hi everyone,
I have bought a new Unlocked ( by imei ) ATT ATRIX from ebay. Everything's perfect . I am using it on my country ( in South America ) with my own mobile's carrier. So, my question is.... Once I unlock the bootloader and then flash a new rom ( as cm10 by joker or anything else ) I would like to hear from you guys ( international users like me ) if After flashing a new rom you have to UNLOCK the att carrier like when It was on stock rom. I am afraid of the phone to ask me the unlock code after flashing a new rom for first time .
Thank you guys.
IMEI unlock, especially if done by the original carrier itself (like AT&T) is virtually permanent and irreversible no matter what you do. I called AT&T and they gave me the SIM unlock code for my (american-based) Atrix. After unlocking it with that code I did all sorts of things with the phone (rooted, booted, flashed, wiped, flashed again...) and I never had to so much as even think of the SIM ever being locked. I am also using it outside the US.
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ravilov said:
IMEI unlock, especially if done by the original carrier itself (like AT&T) is virtually permanent and irreversible no matter what you do. I called AT&T and they gave me the SIM unlock code for my (american-based) Atrix. After unlocking it with that code I did all sorts of things with the phone (rooted, booted, flashed, wiped, flashed again...) and I never had to so much as even think of the SIM ever being locked. I am also using it outside the US.
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Well, It wasnt done by the original carrier. The seller did it ( I think he just bought the imei code from anyone and did it by himself ). There shouldnt be a difference, right?
Thank you.
TeoLam said:
Well, It wasnt done by the original carrier. The seller did it ( I think he just bought the imei code from anyone and did it by himself ). There shouldnt be a difference, right?
Thank you.
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No you shouldn't have a problem, I too bought the unlock code from eBay. I am using the phone in India and flashed nearly all the roms out there, even dual booting now, never had to enter the unlock code again.
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harishatrix said:
No you shouldn't have a problem, I too bought the unlock code from eBay. I am using the phone in India and flashed nearly all the roms out there, even dual booting now, never had to enter the unlock code again.
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ravilov said:
IMEI unlock, especially if done by the original carrier itself (like AT&T) is virtually permanent and irreversible no matter what you do. I called AT&T and they gave me the SIM unlock code for my (american-based) Atrix. After unlocking it with that code I did all sorts of things with the phone (rooted, booted, flashed, wiped, flashed again...) and I never had to so much as even think of the SIM ever being locked. I am also using it outside the US.
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Thank you guys
TeoLam said:
Well, It wasnt done by the original carrier. The seller did it ( I think he just bought the imei code from anyone and did it by himself ). There shouldnt be a difference, right?
Thank you.
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Yes, there shouldn't be any.
I bought mine from ebay as well and got it unlocked with code from a ebay seller and it worked as a charm now no problem after repeatedly flashing every week.
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Hey , I just bought(not from store a sch-i545).Im from east europe(Romania) but my sim is working fine even if i get the message non-verizon sim in notification menu.
Is there any risk to update? risks like:cannot use anymore my cosmote sim card.
And how can I find out if the phone is unlocked by factory or the person who sold me the phone unlocked him:-??
What is the baseband in More->About phone?
wolfgrrl said:
What is the baseband in More->About phone?
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Baseband: i545VRUAME7
off:Verizion sell unlocked phones?
nano20able said:
Hey , I just bought(not from store a sch-i545).Im from east europe(Romania) but my sim is working fine even if i get the message non-verizon sim in notification menu.
Is there any risk to update? risks like:cannot use anymore my cosmote sim card.
And how can I find out if the phone is unlocked by factory or the person who sold me the phone unlocked him:-??
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The SCH-I545 is not SIM locked from the factory.
k1mu said:
The SCH-I545 is not SIM locked from the factory.
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So I can update yes?Nothing is gonna change?
nano20able said:
So I can update yes?Nothing is gonna change?
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Yes, you can update, and it'll still accept the non-Verizon SIM. I've seen no indication that Verizon wants to sim-lock these phones.
k1mu said:
Yes, you can update, and it'll still accept the non-Verizon SIM. I've seen no indication that Verizon wants to sim-lock these phones.
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Ok im gonna update ...i hope to work.ty
**** that
I really hoped i did not buy this ****en phone
I cant even go to bootloader screen to unlock the ****en bootloader
H960a
What the **** lg ?
????
Maybe it's not LGs fault at all. I suspect that those phones which cannot boot into fastboot mode were not meant to be sold in Europe but somehow found their to a European dealer. Therefore some internal flag might prevent those phones from booting into bootloader / fastboot mode.
You can get some information about your phone via the IMEI if you check it for example via this page. I tried it and got the information that the carrier of my phone, which I expect to be the original country for sale, is in fact Romania though I bought it via a german dealer.
Here some information I got about my phone:
Code:
Location Code: N
Network Code: ROM
Carrier: ROMANIA
If the information about your phone shows anything but a European country as carrier (and unlock for french phones also does not work) this could be the reason why you can't boot into bootloader/fastboot mode though you have a H960A. In that case you need to blame your dealer.
cyvr1 said:
Maybe it's not LGs fault at all. I suspect that those phones which cannot boot into fastboot mode were not meant to be sold in Europe but somehow found their to a European dealer. Therefore some internal flag might prevent those phones from booting into bootloader / fastboot mode.
You can get some information about your phone via the IMEI if you check it for example via this page. I tried it and got the information that the carrier of my phone, which I expect to be the original country for sale, is in fact Romania though I bought it via a german dealer.
Here some information I got about my phone:
Code:
Location Code: N
Network Code: ROM
Carrier: ROMANIA
If the information about your phone shows anything but a European country as carrier (and unlock for french phones also does not work) this could be the reason why you can't boot into bootloader/fastboot mode though you have a H960A. In that case you need to blame your dealer.
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thank yuo bro
just updated my phone to
H960A20a_00_0316.kdz
and bootloader work :laugh:
OK, but that does not necessarily mean that you can actually unlock the bootloader. If you IMEI is not registered for a European phone you will not get the unlock.bin from. LG.
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OK, but that does not necessarily mean that you can actually unlock the bootloader. If you IMEI is not registered for a European phone you will not get the unlock.bin from. LG.
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i cant unlock bootloader :crying:
it sayes unavailable united arab imarate :crying:
**** lg
selling the phone
That is what I meant. Could you be so kind and check your IMEI via the link I provided earlier? I'm just curious what the country information says.
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rowihel2012 said:
i cant unlock bootloader :crying:
it sayes unavailable united arab imarate :crying:
**** lg
selling the phone
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bro don't get panic i'm from lebanon and i unlocked my bootloader
vip57 said:
bro don't get panic i'm from lebanon and i unlocked my bootloader
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I will try you method
cyvr1 said:
Maybe it's not LGs fault at all. I suspect that those phones which cannot boot into fastboot mode were not meant to be sold in Europe but somehow found their to a European dealer. Therefore some internal flag might prevent those phones from booting into bootloader / fastboot mode.
You can get some information about your phone via the IMEI if you check it for example via this page. I tried it and got the information that the carrier of my phone, which I expect to be the original country for sale, is in fact Romania though I bought it via a german dealer.
Here some information I got about my phone:
Code:
Location Code: N
Network Code: ROM
Carrier: ROMANIA
If the information about your phone shows anything but a European country as carrier (and unlock for french phones also does not work) this could be the reason why you can't boot into bootloader/fastboot mode though you have a H960A. In that case you need to blame your dealer.
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Doesnt say country for mine
Don't display your own IMEI number in public...
Why?
melorib said:
Why?
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Fraud. Luckily, and hopefully we are all nice people here, or so i think.
ZVNexus said:
Fraud. Luckily, and hopefully we are all nice people here, or so i think.
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I never heard of such fraud, what can they do
Googled and you are right, deleted
melorib said:
Doesnt say country for mine
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That's probably because you have the H962 (Dual Sim). It seems LG does not assign those to specific countries.
Hi, i have bought unlocked galaxy s23 ultra from usa. And now im in india. Will i still get the software updates since my phone is from usa?
jason.antao said:
Hi, i have bought unlocked galaxy s23 ultra from usa. And now im in india. Will i still get the software updates since my phone is from usa?
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"Factory Unlocked Phones are not made for a specific carrier thus are unlocked out the factory. These phones can be used on ANY GSM carrier as long as the phone carriers the band widths that carrier supports."
In simple words yes It should work with no problems. However It depends on band widths your carrier supports.
About software updates you will receive everything. Don't worry
jason.antao said:
Hi, i have bought unlocked galaxy s23 ultra from usa. And now im in india. Will i still get the software updates since my phone is from usa?
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You may have to change the CSC to India for everything to work nicely.
TheMystic said:
You may have to change the CSC to India for everything to work nicely.
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Impossible...as the firmware only carries CSCs of the US. U and U1....
TheMystic said:
You may have to change the CSC to India for everything to work nicely.
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But even if i don't change th csc, i should normally get the updats from us
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But even if i don't change th csc, i should normally get the updats from us
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Depends....every carrier releases at different times. If you want to stay updated the fastest. Then download and flash who ever comes first then change the CSC to your preference.
Klaudas said:
"Factory Unlocked Phones are not made for a specific carrier thus are unlocked out the factory. These phones can be used on ANY GSM carrier as long as the phone carriers the band widths that carrier supports."
In simple words yes It should work with no problems. However It depends on band widths your carrier supports.
About software updates you will receive everything. Don't worry
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What if i factory reset my phone and than insert sim card from my country?
jason.antao said:
What if i factory reset my phone and than insert sim card from my country?
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It should work without factory reset
jason.antao said:
Hi, i have bought unlocked galaxy s23 ultra from usa. And now im in india. Will i still get the software updates since my phone is from usa?
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Yes, You will get update when curruntly set CSC gets update. (You can check from Settings - about phone - Software Info)
Though If your device is S918U/U1 may some network features won't work expected, specifically Jio.
Klaudas said:
It should work without factory reset
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Now the sim is working fine. Only thing i want to change csc
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But even if i don't change th csc, i should normally get the updats from us
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Getting updates should not be a problem. Some things may not work unless you change the CSC.
Klaudas said:
It should work without factory reset
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My phone from another region was not reading the SIM card. Once I changed the CSC, it did.
wr3cckl3ss1 said:
Impossible...as the firmware only carries CSCs of the US. U and U1....
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Not sure about now, but few years back I changed the CSC of my device to make it detect the SIM card. It wasn't from the USA though.
The option you're referring to is now housed in Preconfig.
MPS CODE.
Enable it....to prevent your CSC from changing over when you put in any sim card. Disable it and it will always change.
wr3cckl3ss1 said:
The option you're referring to is now housed in Preconfig.
MPS CODE.
Enable it....to prevent your CSC from changing over when you put in any sim card. Disable it and it will always change.
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I tried to get this menu using this code on dialer app *#272*IMEI# . But it says invalid
I too got s23 ultra from USA and I'm using in India. We will get regular updates don't worry. Today morning I got may month's security update.
jason.antao said:
Hi, i have bought unlocked galaxy s23 ultra from usa. And now im in india. Will i still get the software updates since my phone is from usa?
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You can't change csc to INS, unless rooted.
jason.antao said:
Now the sim is working fine. Only thing i want to change csc
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