I have an old Galaxy Note 3 which I'd like to root but hasn't been unlocked yet. Probably a stupid question but has anyone ever been able to get their phone unlocked if the contract was terminated and balance not fully paid? I got fed up of my carrier ripping me off and told them to shove it three months before contract ended. I really like the phone and would like to root it to freshen it up a bit. I read that it's a bad idea to root a phone that is still locked.
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Question for you guys. I have a chance to buy this phone (SGS2 ATT) for $370. Like new and comes with everything, the seller has had it for a month and said he just didn't like it. I've done research between both the Amaze and this phone and I like both. I'm currently on Simple mobile and will need to unlock it but I know I will only get EDGE. Is it worth getting this phone and trying it out, and if I don't like it just sell it? What do you guys think?
You can definitely try it out and if you don't like it, you can probably sell it for that price or higher is my guess.. You can unlock it by rooting the phone or buying the unlock code from eBay or something...
Yeah, this is a great phone and you should (or at least I would) give it a try. There's already a thread about unlocking the phone, its just an app you download then run something once.
you dont have to buy any code to unlock it..if you've been an AT&T customer for more than 90 days and are in good standing all you have to do is call customer service and tell them you're traveling over seas and you need the unlock code..they'll give it to you for free...you just need a sim card from another provider to be able to punch in the code..once the codes punched in..its good forever..put ur AT&T sim back in
i did this
^I thought that your phone have to be registered to AT&T for more than 90 days.. which this phone only been out for about 73 days.
Either way guys, I don't have AT&T. I'm on Simple Mobile (T-mobiles Brother network )
Hi there! I know I'm about to ask something stupid.
I've owned and modded a Defy for almost 2 years, and today I got a second hand MB860 (I found that you call it Atrix 4G; here we've got no 4G for the time being, so it is just an "Atrix"). The fact is that it's still simlocked, and in a few months I might need to ask the guy who buyed it a the phone company to ask there for the subsidy code, or pay someone to give it to me.
One of the guys who unlocks cell phones over here, in a forum, has said that it is necessary for the phone to have the Stock ROM at the moment of entering the subsidy code. Honestly I didn't believe him, I've always been convinced that there is no way for the ROM to interfere at the moment of simunlocking a cell phone. Am I wrong? At the moment of introducing the subsidy code, does it need something special? I've been searching here, but found nothing yet.
The problem about this is that that guy says "Ok, if you don't want to believe me, don't do it. Try it on another ROM, but I won't give your money back if my subsidy code just doesn't work". I wouldn't like to lose 25 USD without the possibility of complaining to the guy, and I'm a bit curious about what he says.
Thanks in advance!
Hey i recently unlocked my atrix on a rom that isnt stock. It shouldn't matter which rom you use. What i did was call AT&Ts wireless department. I didnt know which specific department i needed so i waited until i was transferred to a real person and told them I needed to unlock my phone which had been under contract with them a long time ago. I was actually never in a contract with them as the phone was a gift but they didnt ask any firther questions. So they transferred me. Told me to give them the IMEI number and told me to wait while they look it up. They then instructed me to put a sim card from another company to get the sim unlock prompt to popup. I put in the code they gave me and i succesfully unlocked my atrix. I did this on monday and used a tmobile sim i had lying around. I was given the code within 10 mins. Best of luck
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Hey i recently unlocked my atrix on a rom that isnt stock. It shouldn't matter which rom you use. What i did was call AT&Ts wireless department. I didnt know which specific department i needed so i waited until i was transferred to a real person and told them I needed to unlock my phone which had been under contract with them a long time ago. I was actually never in a contract with them as the phone was a gift but they didnt ask any firther questions. So they transferred me. Told me to give them the IMEI number and told me to wait while they look it up. They then instructed me to put a sim card from another company to get the sim unlock prompt to popup. I put in the code they gave me and i succesfully unlocked my atrix. I did this on monday and used a tmobile sim i had lying around. I was given the code within 10 mins. Best of luck
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Thanks! I think I will keep reading a little so as to mod it (I found the Atrix a little bit riskier than the Defy) and then unlock it.
There is always the option of flashing stock again, but I'd like to avoid it .
Long story short i bought 2 preowned phones for Christmas at game stop. One of the phones I sent it out for service and the mobo was replaced. The phone lost it unlocking and I've being trying to unlock it for 1 month now. I've tried all the different menus nothing can be accessed in the services menu. I have gone to every retailer possible paid for the unlock codes several times. I paid $500 for this phone and i can't even sell it on ebay everyone wants it unlock-able. I even had Samsung re install the software at best buy. Still can't put in any code cause still get "Network Unlock Request Unsuccessful". I paid 3 code unlocks for $30 a piece and the phone sell for eBay from $380-$420. I was going to wait for kit kat update to try the unlock codes but by then the phone will be worth $200. I Don't want brick the phone or root it I just need someone that knows this stuff to fix it so i can sell it ASAP.
Please help me I've being dealing with this for a month
Why don't you ask in the at&t forum, this is Verizon you probably won't find anybody who knows about your carrier
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starting to think i got burned but not going to bother going any further if thats the case but i recently was traded a sprint variant for some work i had done(taking too long to get payment) so i settled for the phone as compensation, i was there when he reset the device so i have complete access however when i put in my att sim i get a sim unreadable/not recognized msg and in settings i find out that its sprint, i checked the imei on swappa and it said good but i am unsure as to weather i can have it unlocked as i dont really want to pay more(than my time) to get this working. any advice?? much appreciated
You might try calling Sprint about the unlock status of the phone, or better yet, have the person that gave you the phone call Sprint and request an unlock. I actually don't know how unlocking works with Sprint. Otherwise I think you might be looking at paying for an unlock service to get it done.
Sorry to bother you all I got thru to a tech who unlocked it withing fifteen minutes, thanks Spr*nt
I bought verizon phones when they had the specials to get free devices. Dumb idea because it cost me almost 200 per month in service when I should have just bought one unlocked.
My question is, if at all possible can verizon somehow lock my phone so it cant be used entirely because I quit paying for service? It is right now sim unlocked. I just factory reset it and with the verizon sim out I didnt download the esim from verizon during setup. I used wifi to download visible (current provider) and their app installed the esim. It works. Im just wondering if verizon can somehow get the phone to in any way lock when I dont pay. the deal was they'd add promo credits to my bill to pay off the phones over 32 months.
I read somewhere about oem unlocking and running a graphene OS verizon might somehow still be able to revert back to its android OS install and lock the phone...
Im pretty upset I bought these when i wasnt thinking right lol. I didnt know verizon was so strict on bootloaders out of anyone...i cant even use graphene on it which is why i got the dumb thing.
Just FYI Im going to pay off the devices. The contract says I have to at least pay for data on one device to still get the promo credits. Which means the $20 5G for the tablet...not sure if they intended on me figuring that out. I just don't have the cash now to pay it off in full and wanna experiment with the phone.
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I bought verizon phones when they had the specials to get free devices. Dumb idea because it cost me almost 200 per month in service when I should have just bought one unlocked.
My question is, if at all possible can verizon somehow lock my phone so it cant be used entirely because I quit paying for service? It is right now sim unlocked. I just factory reset it and with the verizon sim out I didnt download the esim from verizon during setup. I used wifi to download visible (current provider) and their app installed the esim. It works. Im just wondering if verizon can somehow get the phone to in any way lock when I dont pay. the deal was they'd add promo credits to my bill to pay off the phones over 32 months.
I read somewhere about oem unlocking and running a graphene OS verizon might somehow still be able to revert back to its android OS install and lock the phone...
Im pretty upset I bought these when i wasnt thinking right lol. I didnt know verizon was so strict on bootloaders out of anyone...i cant even use graphene on it which is why i got the dumb thing.
Just FYI Im going to pay off the devices. The contract says I have to at least pay for data on one device to still get the promo credits. Which means the $20 5G for the tablet...not sure if they intended on me figuring that out. I just don't have the cash now to pay it off in full and wanna experiment with the phone.
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They cannot sim lock the device because the device is off contact now, however you cannot unlock the bootloader due to it being a Verizon device.
JOEWTFDOE said:
I bought verizon phones when they had the specials to get free devices. Dumb idea because it cost me almost 200 per month in service when I should have just bought one unlocked.
My question is, if at all possible can verizon somehow lock my phone so it cant be used entirely because I quit paying for service? It is right now sim unlocked. I just factory reset it and with the verizon sim out I didnt download the esim from verizon during setup. I used wifi to download visible (current provider) and their app installed the esim. It works. Im just wondering if verizon can somehow get the phone to in any way lock when I dont pay. the deal was they'd add promo credits to my bill to pay off the phones over 32 months.
I read somewhere about oem unlocking and running a graphene OS verizon might somehow still be able to revert back to its android OS install and lock the phone...
Im pretty upset I bought these when i wasnt thinking right lol. I didnt know verizon was so strict on bootloaders out of anyone...i cant even use graphene on it which is why i got the dumb thing.
Just FYI Im going to pay off the devices. The contract says I have to at least pay for data on one device to still get the promo credits. Which means the $20 5G for the tablet...not sure if they intended on me figuring that out. I just don't have the cash now to pay it off in full and wanna experiment with the phone.
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Have you made any effort to disable automatic updates?
I would expect their best chance to assert control would be when installing an update. I would disable automatic updates if possible, set the flag that says "do not use data", mark your wi-fi connection as "metered".
If the deal was you pay for 32 months to get whatever deal you agreed to, I think you are obliged to pay for 32 months. Re-read the contract, see what the "early opt-out" terms are like.
If you just stop using Verizon services, without telling Verizon that you are cancelling, I don't think you can consider yourself to have "stopped using Verizon".