Please Help Me!
I Found the phone on the beach,
Now he is blocked, i can't call or send sms, only use Network from my SIM/Any Other SIM.
Some one know how to unlock it for a use?
Friends said me to buy/change IMEI...
changing the imei code is against the law.
if the phone is yours call up phone company for puk code. This should unblock the phone.
Sent from somewhere
No way to bypass the "Emergency Calls Only" to unlock/unblock the phone?
Return it to the police, it is not yours!
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As above. Not your phone and blocked by the operator.
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Lol, reflash it with no sim card.
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I think it's nothing to do with the terminal itself. Normally, when a phone is reported as stolen, the operator bans the IMEI on their network.
Once a friend had the same problem with a phone he found in a park. I told him to try with another's operator SIM, and it worked, as the other operator hadn't blocked that IMEI. As long as the operators don't use a common blacklist, you can use the phone with another operator. Remember your phone must be unlocked to use any SIM.
Return the Phone
As you have mentioned you found it on Beach, Submit the Phone Police
Best solution would be to flash the device if you can via FASTBOOT... Once that's done all the locks should be lifted. Insert your own SIM and you should then have access. Other options are possible....
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I have an LG E900 I want to unlock, My carrier gave me the unlock code and told me to insert the new sim in and enter the code.
I put the SIM in and I get.
This SIM card can only be used on a specific network. Contact your customer service centre for the unlock code.
and below that I get a keypad however the keypad has no * or # which make up part of this code.
I have contacted Orange who sent me to LG and then LG sent me back to Orange.
Any ideas?
Sounds as if the phone has a Sim lock activated. This will prevent access to the phone functions until deactivated.
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What you do is instert your the sim you want, then when you get a number/key pad enter the unlock code you get and wallah it works.
Hope that works, if you need more help pm me.
I got the r800i from a friend, when i place the sim in it goes straight to emergency calls only. when i look into the settings it shows my provider but the network is unavailable. when trying to select a network manually, it says your sim card does not allow a connection to this network.
update: i updated the phone via pc companion and now it shows no service
Sounds like it is network locked. Try getting it unlocked at a shop.
If that doesn't fix it then the IMEI could be blocked and you've been screwed over
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Hi,
I am new to GSM technology moving over from CDMA technology (US Cellular) and have a question about unlocking the phone so you can use it on another network. Once I put in a foreign SIM card and unlock it with the NCK code does the phone stay unlocked or every time you put in a different SIM card you have to reenter the code?
stays unlocked, you just need to do it once.
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Unlocking a phone with a code is a permanent change however there are instances where we've seen some models reactivate the lock when someone has changed the software on their phone. Usually this doesn't happen and it is rate that it does but if so, then the same codes can be used to remove the lock again.
The only time the unlock codes won't work on a phone they have in the past is when the IMEI of the phone has been changed. This only happens if a phone is repaired and an engineer changes the IMEI - it won't happen randomly.
I have an S3 rooted with 4.3.
I have a Metro PCS sim which I am trying to use with this phone.
The phone seems able to read the sim OK.
Under status I can see my phone number.
Everything else is unknown. Network is unknown, Mobile network type is unknown, service state is out of service.
I get full signal too, but when I go to mobile networks, I receive a message "Insert SIM card to access network services"
So I can see my phone number, and I dont have a message telling me to insert sim when I start the phone.
I have checked with Tmobile and I know the phone is not black listed, but when I make a call I get not registered on the network.
I do see also my IMEI number and seems to be correct under about
I really dont know where else to look for answers. I would love some help with this.
Any ideas?
Anyone?
Do you have the 4.3 modem? And also did you add the device to your line? Otherwise it won't work no matter what you do
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serio22 said:
Do you have the 4.3 modem? And also did you add the device to your line? Otherwise it won't work no matter what you do
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The Baseband version is T999UVUEMJC.
I tried to add this phone by contacting Metro, and they told me that they couldn't because the phone is locked. I contacted T-mobile, and the person sent a request to get it unlocked, and said that I should wait 72 hours to hear from someone. I waited more then 72 hours, and I called T-mobile again, and then I was told that I needed to have service before they could unlock the phone. I was not sure if that was the issue since the phone did not give me the invalid sim card error.
I went to Metros site to see if I can check the IMEI. Their system said the phone was lost or stolen. I called T-mobile to check on the IMEI, and they told me its fine and there are no blocks, and ready to activate.
I also confirmed the status using both Swappa, and checkesnfree. They both say the phone is ok. I would think just using the Sim should work, but I am not sure what to believe.
Ok there are 2 things you need to do.
1) update your modem to a 4.3 modem
2) add the device to your line.. Just swapping sim cards will not work. It also doesn't need to be unlocked.. Any T-Mobile phone will work with metro as long as its in a gsm market, so you might want to try doing it again.. I worked at metro so that's how I know all this
Edit: never mind you do have a 4.3 modem my mistake for reading too quickly.. But it looks like you're set to go, you just need to add the device to your line, so try adding it again
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"SIM Suddenly *Perso* Locked?!" <-- (Thread Tittle Typo)
Hello XDA. Mayhaps you can help me solve a problem that came out of literally nowhere.
I'm using an AT&T Galaxy Note II on Metro PCS with Cyanogenmod 13, and I have been using this setup for a few months now with almost no issues. Now don't get me wrong, I've had some hiccups here and there. Random reboots, camera issues, once I even lost ALL of my personal data for seemingly no reason at all.
Right this very moment, however, my phone just randomly rebooted, which I'm used to, but upon unlocking my phone after startup all I get is "Unlock Sim Network Pin" - "Sim Perso Locked Emergency Calls Only"
I have NO idea what is going on or why this happened in the first place. I don't have the slightest clue on how to fix this at this hour other than paying for an unlock code from a third party, but there's no way I'm doing that! Please help.
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My phone rebooted and now the SIM is locked for no reason. Pls hlp
How did you sim unlock the phone in order to use Metro PCS? You mean the sim is locked in that the sim card is asking for a pin?
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How did you sim unlock the phone in order to use Metro PCS? You mean the sim is locked in that the sim card is asking for a pin?
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When I bought the phone off of a friend they asked at&t to unlock it and they obliged.
Yes, that's exactly what I mean. Every time I restart the phone it asks for a pin to unlock SIM.
I'll update with screenshots.
Once the phone is unlocked via code, it should be permanently network unlocked. Do you still have the unlock code?
If the sim is asking for a pin, sounds like a setting in the security may have been changed to prompt for a pin. Did you try entering 1234 or 0000?
Same thing just happened to me, what was your solution? Phone worked fine yesterday, powered down from battery use, when I plugged it back /charged it, it was doing the perso lock thing.