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[Q] SIM Locked ?

Does anyone know if the Galaxy Nexus from O2 uk have SIM Lock?
If so, will it be easy to get rid of?
Shen

All Nexus phones are SIM unlocked it's enforced by Google

AllGamer said:
All Nexus phones are SIM unlocked it's enforced by Google
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That's what I thought, but a quick Google showed that some Nexus S phones are locked...maybe it's a frequency lock...

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Not necessarily. Three UK have said that their Galaxy Nexii are locked.

i have the Nexus S, and no, it was never locked in any shape or form
you either get the GSM version of the CDMA version
that's all
just like the new GN, you either go for the GSM version, or the CDMA version

This is, I have one waiting for me to buy at the O2 store, the kind helper said he'd keep it for me until I arrive....

AllGamer said:
i have the Nexus S, and no, it was never locked in any shape or form
you either get the GSM version of the CDMA version
that's all
just like the new GN, you either go for the GSM version, or the CDMA version
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ahh cool, cheers mate. (*and LTE)

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Not necessarily. Three UK have said that their Galaxy Nexii are locked.
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WTF? that's new, that would really suck, the whole concept and ideal behind Nexus phones are unlocked and easy ROOT out of the box
Wow! 3 really like to screws things around
just like Verizon in USA, adding their crapware into stock AOSP

AllGamer said:
WTF? that's new, that would really suck, the whole concept and ideal behind Nexus phones are unlocked and easy ROOT out of the box
Wow! 3 really like to screws things around
just like Verizon in USA, adding their crapware into stock AOSP
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i spoke to 3 yesterday, spoke to a couple of their representatives to confirm if there was a SIM lock on the phone, they confirmed that there was

Vodaphone said their Nexus S are locked, but they weren't. The stupid O2 Customer Services say all O2 phones are sim locked.

Some are lock and some aren't. Same as the nexus s.
I would personal always presume network direct phones will be locked unless told otherwise.

Meh, I'll just have to put my GiffGaff in it if it is, until I get SuperCID on it.

just buy it from retailers that offers unlocked version to avoid problem then.
don't give business to 3, and let them die a painful and slow death by locking their phones

AllGamer said:
just buy it from retailers that offers unlocked version to avoid problem then.
don't give business to 3, and let them die a painful and slow death by locking their phones
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I'm not buying it from 3, I'm buying from O2......and I refuse to wait another 7 days for it.

3 will always be locked unless you get it from CPW ect. And there firmware is usually written pretty deep into the phone.

its either Phones4U or another independent now, or wait 2 weeks until CPW are allowed to sell it on all Networks. The rest are going to be Network Locked, I'm going to Jamaica January and do not want to be stuck on some waiting for Updates O2 Firmware so no way in hell am I getting it from O2 Direct.

They told me it was OK lol got my unlock code in less than 24 hours.
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AllGamer said:
All Nexus phones are SIM unlocked it's enforced by Google
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Not sure , here in #Reunion Island , same in #France , with #SFR Galaxy Nexus is sim locked

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374830

Yeah you call off it

GN "Official words" about yakju and yakjuxw differences

OK, mid you that the answers I got from Samsung Romania customer support where over the telephone not mail so......
According to the support ppl there are no differences between yakju and yakjuxw. They both get updates from Google not one from Google (yakju) and the other one from Samsung (yakjuxw). They also said that yakjuxw is for more specific countries or zones as well as for certain carriers, thus some phones with yakjuxw may have some personalized software, ring tones or wallpapers that other yakjuxw don't have. The yakju version is the, let's say universal version with no specific crap in it so the updates come first and quicker to this version then the yakjuxw.
I can confirm that the service support for GN phones of Vodafone Romania told me that I will not loose my warranty if I install yakju version on the phone, of course they official Google version found on their site. They also told me that if I unlock my phone via code from any other source except Vodafone that will void the warranty, so bummer there.
The fact of the matter is that there are ppl that flashed yakju to a yakjuxw Gn and still didn't get the 4.0.2 update while other got it.
The are ppl with yakju by stock that didn't get 4.0.2 yet.
Again this was over the phone with a customer support person, although I have sent Samsung an email about 11 days ago I have still yet to receive an answer from them.
For those of us with yakjuxw all that remains for us to do is wait and see how long will it take for 4.0.2 to get to us or flash to yakju and hope OTA updates will be on their marry way to our GN and that flashing yakju will actually mean getting the updates as quick as the ones with stock yakju.
One question for those who flashed yakju over yakjuxw:
After flashing yakju in Android System info does it still say Samsung in Brand? Or does it say Google? We all know that yakjuxw have Brand: Samsung while yakju have Brand: Google.
Cheers

I changed from yakjuxw to yakju and Android System Info says Brand: google. It was samsung before..
But still no update to 4.0.2, but I guess that Google stopped the updates for some reason. Many people with original yakju devices don't have the update yet, too..

My verizon galaxy nexus (mysid) shows google as the brand as well. can someone with a gsm galaxy nexus post a screenshot of android system info for comparison?

It's good to know that the brand also changes from samsung to google.
Here is the screenshot

Here's a shot of mine.
What does the host line mean?

In most phones, at Brand section apears the name of the carrier, like T-Mobile, Vodafone or any other company, In this case is Samsung.
Samung Kies is incompatible with GN so the question remains: who is responsable with deploying updates for these phones and how?

The support person from samsung told me that if I try to update GN with Kies, it won't work. I haven't tried it yet to see if it's true.
Like I sayd in my first post, according to samsung all GN are supported and updated via OTA by google and only by google as it's a full google phone. If this is true or not, remains to be seen with future updates.

As mentioned in other threads, Samsung made the region/carrier changes to original yakju build to support different regions/carriers, thus the various yakju** variants. Ideally they should send these changes back to Google to be incorporated into the main AOSP branch. So hopefully with a major future OTA release, Google will bring all GSM GN's into a single OTA profile.

Scovik said:
The fact of the matter is that there are ppl that flashed yakju to a yakjuxw Gn and still didn't get the 4.0.2 update while other got it.
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I've flashed yakju over yakjuxw and did get the 4.0.2 the 2nd day after it was officially released, so it goes to say that there are people who flashed yakju and got the update.
Scovik said:
They also said that yakjuxw is for more specific countries or zones as well as for certain carriers, thus some phones with yakjuxw may have some personalized software, ring tones or wallpapers that other yakjuxw don't have.
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I think the rep wasn't lying about what he said above, because 1 of the differences between yakju and yakjuxw that I've seen is that Samsung's build, yakjuxw had 30-40 more ringtones than the official Google build. Also maybe some more wallpapers. Other than that, I didn't see any changes.
My question on this problem is the following: is there some IMPORTANT part of the firmware that is different ? Something like the baseband or settings missing or etc. ? That kind of important. Ringtones are not that important, so it doesn't really matter that they are missing from Google build, I can live with that. But if a baseband is different and it affects the reception, now that is something very important. So, are there any important differences like that ?
Scovik said:
I can confirm that the service support for GN phones of Vodafone Romania told me that I will not loose my warranty if I install yakju version on the phone
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That's really good to know. So if I check in the service store with my phone with unlocked bootloader and yakju build, everything's fine ?
Scovik said:
They also told me that if I unlock my phone via code from any other source except Vodafone that will void the warranty,
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That was obvious. What isn't necessarily obvious is the fact that the phone came locked on Vodafone. Is it true, did you check ?

The phone is locked on Vodafone.
I really can't say what would happen if you would go to vodafone service with the bootloader unlocked and yakju instead of yakjuxw. Let's hope it wont come to that....

melterx12 said:
Here's a shot of mine.
What does the host line mean?
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But that's the CDMA version...not what these guys are talking about. Ours is different anyway (since we're using Toro).

I was just pointing out that even though the phone is on Verizon, the brand is still shown as Google.
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Did Your Phone Come With a Unlocked Boatloader

I recently received a Galaxy Nexus From Bell Mobility it came with unlocked boatloader. Has anyone else on Verizon or any other carry received there phone with a unlocked boatloder out of the box. Not modified by you
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I think someone else played with that puppy before you

That's what I was thinking but the place I ordered it from has now idea how come it would be like that nor what a unlocked boat loader told me to contact samsung. Odd thing my phone seems to be one of those developer phones and I have no idea how to confirm this. I have a development ID number but my phone says retail. So I am thinking it not a full production phone but I have no idea how to confirm this or rest my fears that it is not a dev but a full retail phone. Any thoughts would be great
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LTE G-Nex came locked. Looks like it might have been returned/oddity?

Here is a screenshot of my phone
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Looks like you got a repackaged unit.

Completely sealed box. No signs of tampering
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How can you tell it is unlocked? Mine appeared to be factory sealed but oddly the sticky plastic thing on the back of the phone had some kind of grit or dirt all over one part of it. Very odd if it came like that from the factory.
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fescen9 said:
How can you tell it is unlocked? Mine appeared to be factory sealed but oddly the sticky plastic thing on the back of the phone had some kind of grit or dirt all over one part of it. Very odd if it came like that from the factory.
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You will have an unlocked padlock on the google splash screen if the bootloader is unlocked.
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My Galaxy Nexus is originally from Bell. I didn't notice the unlocked item on the Google splash screen. Although I did flash my device without root with the stock 4.0.2 via Odin by Chainfire and now I notice the unlocked icon during a phone boot up. Does this mean my boot loader is now unlocked?
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My Galaxy Nexus is originally from Bell. I didn't notice the unlocked item on the Google splash screen. Although I did flash my device without root with the stock 4.0.2 via Odin by Chainfire and now I notice the unlocked icon during a phone boot up. Does this mean my boot loader is now unlocked?

i bought 2 gnex (one for me and my gf) sim free
the 2 unit were sealed brand new and the 2 came with unlocked bootloader(bought in germany(saturn) so i think thats normal (please someone from germany can they confirm that?)

the gnex units sold by saturn and media markt came with an unlocked bootloader.
It seems that they have been patched by samsung due to the volume bug - after production.
The units from amazon which were available 2 weeks later, have a locked bootloader and were already patched in the factory.

i also read (take this with a grain of salt) that yakjuxw are unlocked models but im not sure if this is true though all yakjuxw i saw came with a unlocked one (except the ones that were sim locked)

I bought mine from Vodafone Portugal (and 2 friends more, in the same day) and the 3 devices came with yakjuxw and unlocked bootloader. I already changed mine to yakju and left the bootloader unlocked.. I don't think there is any reason why I should lock it... is there?
Thanks

I worked in retail, sealing phones and other electronics for three years. I know what to look for. There is often a smell that is different if it was open. Another indication is the sticky ness of the plastic. The final is why it is sealed and repackged. Often the prepackaged film is not but on the same and the accessories are often not sealed the same way.
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The Wicker King said:
I worked in retail, sealing phones and other electronics for three years. I know what to look for. There is often a smell that is different if it was open. Another indication is the sticky ness of the plastic. The final is why it is sealed and repackged. Often the prepackaged film is not but on the same and the accessories are often not sealed the same way.
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Mine had the seal from Samsung, as well as my friends' devices. All three came with unlocked bootloader. I guess it was a huge coincidence if all three had been open before.

got one from saturn in germany with locked bootloader so it seems not generally

the 2 gnex that i had were also sealed from samsung im sure about it because i check it always before i open a package

Warranty Question

Im jsut wondering, if something ever happens to my GSM Gnex can i send in for warranty since it is not a USA phone?

Didn't the store/site you got it from provide you with a warranty? they usually send out to Samsung on your behalf and take care of all of that..I dun see why you can't go to Samsung yourself, should be okay and covered
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leonironchef said:
Didn't the store/site you got it from provide you with a warranty? they usually send out to Samsung on your behalf and take care of all of that..I dun see why you can't go to Samsung yourself, should be okay and covered
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Actually Samsung Europe has absolutely no obligation to honor your warranty if you imported a grey market device. You have to go through your importer.

Yes speaking of grey market, check if your warranty is based on the international warranty handled by your importer...ow there are regional warranties so your importer has to get it fixed in the country of origin...so not necessarily USA
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i purchased it from amazon, so ?

hitmanre said:
i purchased it from amazon, so ?
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i bought mine from european web site , had issues , called samsung , they send me shipping label repaired here in usa (texas) sent back cost me nothing but time and they didnt ask were i got it , so no u dont have to call the people u got it from call samsung they will fix it they dont care were u got it. the phone just came out everyones is under warranty , now if u wait to long then u may have issues cause they wont no how old it is , but right now ur good, they actually sent me brand new one box and everything mine was not repairable they said

drawde40599 said:
i bought mine from european web site , had issues , called samsung , they send me shipping label repaired here in usa (texas) sent back cost me nothing but time and they didnt ask were i got it , so no u dont have to call the people u got it from call samsung they will fix it they dont care were u got it. the phone just came out everyones is under warranty , now if u wait to long then u may have issues cause they wont no how old it is , but right now ur good, they actually sent me brand new one box and everything mine was not repairable they said
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You had to have lucked out. Samsung has been refusing service in the US to everyone since the phone is from Europe.
OP your best bet is a warranty through Amazon that you should have. If not, Ensquared will provide you with a warranty.
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joshnichols189 said:
You had to have lucked out. Samsung has been refusing service in the US to everyone since the phone is from Europe.
OP your best bet is a warranty through Amazon that you should have. If not, Ensquared will provide you with a warranty.
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im not sure were u herd or read this but its not true they were more than happy to help me they did not ask me any questions about my phone not even imei number this was 2 weeks ago , call them yourself 1-888-987-4357 they even called me back 3 days later make sure i received my brand new phone

drawde40599 said:
im not sure were u herd or read this but its not true they were more than happy to help me they did not ask me any questions about my phone not even imei number this was 2 weeks ago , call them yourself 1-888-987-4357 they even called me back 3 days later make sure i received my brand new phone
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I didn't only hear this.. they refused me service and told me to call Samsung Europe.
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Do you need to reset binary counter like gs2?? Do you need to do clean install if you installed rom before?

hp13 said:
Do you need to reset binary counter like gs2?? Do you need to do clean install if you installed rom before?
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I did, I went back to stock 4.0.1 then relocked bootloader then let the phone update to 4.02 and sent it in . I didn't see a counter on galaxy nexus but I have a jig that I use for my captivate and gs2's so I did "jig" it just cause .......

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I did, I went back to stock 4.0.1 then relocked bootloader then let the phone update to 4.02 and sent it in . I didn't see a counter on galaxy nexus but I have a jig that I use for my captivate and gs2's so I did "jig" it just cause .......
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ok thats helpful. thanks.. right now i am just testing the stock roms battery life..i am coming from galaxy s2 i9100... so i am so excited to join nexus side

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I didn't only hear this.. they refused me service and told me to call Samsung Europe.
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This was my exact experience too. Should I just call back and try a different CSR?

Just got off the phone with Samsung UK, who referred me to their repair location: "Intercity".
Intercity has told me they will *NOT* service phones from overseas any longer. ONLY phones that are within the EU.
awesome. Gonna call Samsung USA and Samsung Canada back now.

Why won't my i317m Unlock? Help with a story

Long story short - I got screwed over today.
I sold my Nexus 4, and bought a Brand New still in plastic Note II today off Kijiji (Canada's craiglist) for $480.00
Its locked to Rogers, but seller said he unlocked the phone to sell it. I powered it on, it worked great and still had all the plastic on it.
I brought it, got my Microsim out, got it activated with Telus, put it in my phone and boom - Its locked. Realized I made a huge mistake not trying the Sim before buying the phone.
Emailed the seller, he said he was told it was unlocked and I'm out of luck, sell it or unlock it myself. Wow... I couldn't believe it. He hasn't responded to anything else since. He told me he already spent the money on a iphone5 so good luck with it. Shocked by the response.
I called Rogers - explained the story - gave the IMEI. They told me its a brand new activation - she said she can't tell me much but felt bad so she told me it was literally a brand new phone but was subsidized so they can't unlock it for 90 days, but did ensure me if I decided to use it with Rogers it would work. (She all but told me it was just activated this past weekend by the seller, so it was 1-2 days old). She said after 90 days I could get it unlocked for $50 but need to be a customer to do it. Well isn't that helpful.
So now, I tried Cellunlocker.net and quickphoneunlock.com to get it unlocked. She recommended me try these. I had used these services many times in the past without issue... well this time, both providers gave me the exact same lock code - but were unsuccessful. Still waiting to hear back from both services.
I then found the "free unlock" method on XDA and around the net, but the last step's menu isn't present in my phone so it won't unlock. This step to be exact - "choose [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ"
Anyone have any idea's on why "choose [4] NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ" isn't in my menu options? Or have any other unlocking suggestions?
I'm basically down to one option - switch to Rogers - which is a Major pain in the ass and something I'd like to avoid.
Yes I know I made the mistake of buying without testing the sim first, Please no need to comment about this.

My phone has 4.1.2
It updated as soon as I enabled WiFi.
Seems if i Left Rogers 4.1.1 on it I would have the option to unlock, correct? Anyone tell me if I can go back to 4.1.1 somehow and if this would fix it? (Rogers Canada) And how I can do it?
Having some bad luck here.

bigystyle84 said:
My phone has 4.1.2
It updated as soon as I enabled WiFi.
Seems if i Left Rogers 4.1.1 on it I would have the option to unlock, correct? Anyone tell me if I can go back to 4.1.1 somehow and if this would fix it? (Rogers Canada) And how I can do it?
Having some bad luck here.
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That is correct. Go to www.sammobile.com and get the stock 4.1.1 firmware for your phone. Flash it with odin and then follow the steps for the free unlock guide. Make sure the firmware you download is for the canadian model . I believe it will be sgh-i317m . Once you get it unlocked then you can go back to 4.1.2 and it will stay unlocked forever. Make sure you read everything. I dont want you to brick your new phone.
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Correct. Starting in 4.1.2, unlock is blocked. Downgrade to 4.1.1 and you can unlock for free. It's been proven to work in many many forum posts.

Thanks all
I flashed back to 4.1.1 using Rogers and the unlock code I bought still didn't work, but the free method worked! Phone is now unlocked.

bigystyle84 said:
Thanks all
I flashed back to 4.1.1 using Rogers and the unlock code I bought still didn't work, but the free method worked! Phone is now unlocked.
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Good to hear.
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bigystyle84 said:
Thanks all
I flashed back to 4.1.1 using Rogers and the unlock code I bought still didn't work, but the free method worked! Phone is now unlocked.
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You may update your thread title to resolved so maybe people in the future can see how to resolve it. Just a tip.
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