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[Q] Unlocked T989 With Straight Talk

Wondering if anyone here has any experience or recommendations. I moved to an area where T-Mobile service is terrible. I'm considering doing the straight talk bring your phone option and getting the AT&T compatible sim since my phone is unlocked. I'm not sure how this would work as far as what radio i'd need to flash and whether other people have had good experiences with straight talk especially using a "tmobile" device with the at&t sim/service.

philo_ said:
Wondering if anyone here has any experience or recommendations. I moved to an area where T-Mobile service is terrible. I'm considering doing the straight talk bring your phone option and getting the AT&T compatible sim since my phone is unlocked. I'm not sure how this would work as far as what radio i'd need to flash and whether other people have had good experiences with straight talk especially using a "tmobile" device with the at&t sim/service.
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So Im taking it Straight Talk runs off at&t towers? I always thought it was verizon guess ill be looking into it more because I have the same exact issue.. I need to find a way to sim unlock my phone for free and if not free then something pretty cheap because I refuse to pay 25$ to websites i question are reliable or not. If you find anything post it and ill do the same for you. Also Straight talk sells sim cards for their service for 10$ if you didnt already know.

With straight talk bring your phone it operates off tmobile and or at&t towers and is gsm. Verizon is cdma and from what i've seen on the straight talk website they don't do cdma. Regarding an unlock call the carrier and as long as you up to date on your bill and have had service for a few months they should provide you with an unlock code for free. There is also a thread around here for a free T989 unlock it's a pretty easy process from what I recall.
TwoStax said:
So Im taking it Straight Talk runs off at&t towers? I always thought it was verizon guess ill be looking into it more because I have the same exact issue.. I need to find a way to sim unlock my phone for free and if not free then something pretty cheap because I refuse to pay 25$ to websites i question are reliable or not. If you find anything post it and ill do the same for you. Also Straight talk sells sim cards for their service for 10$ if you didnt already know.
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philo_ said:
With straight talk bring your phone it operates off tmobile and or at&t towers and is gsm. Verizon is cdma and from what i've seen on the straight talk website they don't do cdma. Regarding an unlock call the carrier and as long as you up to date on your bill and have had service for a few months they should provide you with an unlock code for free. There is also a thread around here for a free T989 unlock it's a pretty easy process from what I recall.
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Thanks for the info, The reason I didnt try getting A unlock code from tmobile before was because i herd you have to have your phone paid off before they would give you one because you could easily just switch service and keep the phone. Is that true? Because im still paying off my phone they add 20$ to my bill each month because the credit of the account holder wasnt good enough. Im gonna try looking for the thread you mentioned though.
EDIT: Also after i unlocked my phone could I use the same sim ive been using until i buy my new one? Or should i just wait to unlock when i get the new sim card? Sorry for all the questions i just wanna be cautious about this so i dont end up bricking my phone.

TwoStax said:
Thanks for the info, The reason I didnt try getting A unlock code from tmobile before was because i herd you have to have your phone paid off before they would give you one because you could easily just switch service and keep the phone. Is that true? Because im still paying off my phone they add 20$ to my bill each month because the credit of the account holder wasnt good enough. Im gonna try looking for the thread you mentioned though.
EDIT: Also after i unlocked my phone could I use the same sim ive been using until i buy my new one? Or should i just wait to unlock when i get the new sim card? Sorry for all the questions i just wanna be cautious about this so i dont end up bricking my phone.
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If you unlock you can still use your sim. I am getting a rom put on T-989 right now with a Straight Talk Sim card. I unlocked mine back in April but then got the Note. I was on Tmobile but data was horrible outside the big cities. Have been on the AT&T ST sim since last April on my Note and love it. Just wanted to try the GS2 out again and looking for a decent rom. Having trouble with slim bean and CM.
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Also tell T-mobile you are going to travel overseas in Europe and you want to use some prepaid plans there. They should unlock then even if still under contract.
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pfer10 said:
If you unlock you can still use your sim. I am getting a rom put on T-989 right now with a Straight Talk Sim card. I unlocked mine back in April but then got the Note. I was on Tmobile but data was horrible outside the big cities. Have been on the AT&T ST sim since last April on my Note and love it. Just wanted to try the GS2 out again and looking for a decent rom. Having trouble with slim bean and CM.
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Also tell T-mobile you are going to travel overseas in Europe and you want to use some prepaid plans there. They should unlock then even if still under contract.
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Well if you want a good rom for the tmobile sii tryout jedimindtricks x3 (Not the version 6 because your calling wont work), its a good rom has the s3 gallery, supervideo, and media player. I would post a link but i need 10 post. thanks for the help though. ima see if i cant get it unlocked by myself first. last resort will be tmobile.

TwoStax said:
So Im taking it Straight Talk runs off at&t towers? I always thought it was verizon guess ill be looking into it more because I have the same exact issue..
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Both, the phones they used to sell would have either a "C" or "G" at the end of the model# indicating whether it was CDMA or GSM compatible. Not sure about some of their newer phones though, since I think they also have HSPA phones now.
I would imagine the network they assign you to when you bring your own phone would depend on your current network since I think they still operate on both towers.
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GS2_Man said:
Both, the phones they used to sell would have either a "C" or "G" at the end of the model# indicating whether it was CDMA or GSM compatible. Not sure about some of their newer phones though, since I think they also have HSPA phones now.
I would imagine the network they assign you to when you bring your own phone would depend on your current network since I think they still operate on both towers.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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When you buy the sim you can select either Tmobile or AT&T. AT&T has better coverage in my area. You can't buy the sim at Wally World. Only online.
http://www.straighttalksim.com/

[Q] Newbie Unlocked Activation Question...

So I currently own a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 which has been on contract since November 2011. I've been eligible for an upgrade for about 6 months now and today my Note 3 arrived in the mail. I ordered it from eBay unlocked rather than through T-Mobile due to price, but it still retains the T-Mobile LTE bands. Now my question is sort of complicated since it pertains to my situation. My mother who's not currently on a plan is planning to sign up for T-Mobile and wants to use my phone for her contract (the Galaxy SII). My sister is currently in charge of my plan and since this is the first unlocked phone that I've purchased I don't exactly know how the process works. The Note 3 came with a T-Mobile micro sim card that hasn't been activated yet, but my Galaxy S II uses the older large sim card. As of writing this post I haven't turned the Note 3 on yet due to charging. My question(s) is, can I activate the new sim card from home and continue to keep my phone number from the SII (before my mom signs up for the plan) or do I have to sign up for a new contract under T-Mobile to be able to use the Note 3 with the same phone number? Also in the mean time can I use the unlocked phone without a sim card? Help would be greatly appreciated.

yea bro just called tmobile to tranfer your number to a new simcard
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DMan1993 said:
So I currently own a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 which has been on contract since November 2011. I've been eligible for an upgrade for about 6 months now and today my Note 3 arrived in the mail. I ordered it from eBay unlocked rather than through T-Mobile due to price, but it still retains the T-Mobile LTE bands. Now my question is sort of complicated since it pertains to my situation. My mother who's not currently on a plan is planning to sign up for T-Mobile and wants to use my phone for her contract (the Galaxy SII). My sister is currently in charge of my plan and since this is the first unlocked phone that I've purchased I don't exactly know how the process works. The Note 3 came with a T-Mobile micro sim card that hasn't been activated yet, but my Galaxy S II uses the older large sim card. As of writing this post I haven't turned the Note 3 on yet due to charging. My question(s) is, can I activate the new sim card from home and continue to keep my phone number from the SII (before my mom signs up for the plan) or do I have to sign up for a new contract under T-Mobile to be able to use the Note 3 with the same phone number? Also in the mean time can I use the unlocked phone without a sim card? Help would be greatly appreciated.
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you can also cut the simcard like the note 3 simcard and try it out should work

mrej201 said:
yea bro just called tmobile to tranfer your number to a new simcard
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you can also cut the simcard like the note 3 simcard and try it out should work
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Thanks dude, managed to get everything working alright. They just cut the sim card and inserted it back in.

Canadian (Bell) Pixel XL - Sim Unlocked?

Does anybody know if my Bell Pixel XL is SIM Locked? I am trying to use a Roam Mobility Sim card in my Bell Pixel XL, and it doesnt ask for an unlock code but will not show any signal connect.
I tried the same card in my S7 Edge and it works fine. Normally if the phone is locked and you put in a foreign sim, it should ask for network unlock code but it doesnt show anyhting.
Any suggestions?

I am about to go travelling and have the same question. I used to use Knowroaming, but I want to try a local post as you go in Europe. Little help?

If it was purchased through a carrier then there's a chance that its sim locked, although I thought all Pixels were sim unlocked. If the sim doesn't doesn't work when you pop it in you could always try going into the network settings and reset them and see if that helps. You could also call your carrier if you got the phone through them and see what they say. If you got your Pixel through Google then it's definitely sim unlocked --carriers are not allowed to sim lock an unlocked phone that you use on their network. They sim lock the phone if you buy it directly from the carrier on a payment plan but after you pay off the phone and own it outright they are supposed to unlock the phone for use on other carriers if you request it--at least in the United States. I thought we were the only country where people bought subsidized phones through a phone carrier so except possibly in Canada that shouldn't be an issue anywhere else.

geo13 said:
I am about to go travelling and have the same question. I used to use Knowroaming, but I want to try a local post as you go in Europe. Little help?
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All Canadian Pixels are unlocked. I've used mine in Europe (Ireland) and it worked with no hastle or setup required. Put in foreign SIM and go. Enjoy those data rates over there. 20 Euro top up gets you free unlimited LTE data. Pisses me off every time I come back to Canada and pay the **** prices we pay here.
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http://support.bell.ca/Billing-and-Accounts/Security_and_privacy/My_mobile_phone_is_locked
Read the part about "Is your device already unlocked"

Does anyone know how to SIM Unlock SM-920P (Sprint Network Unlocked)

Does anyone know how to SIM Unlock SM-920P (Sprint Network Unlocked) ?

Hi,
You need to use one of the boxes available off the web. There is one kicking about for around $140 dollars that will do most of the samsung models.
I wont post any links but a quick google search with the correct keywords will sort you out.

Check ebay. Remote unlocking starts from 7$

Idoneapps. No root required like the technicians on eBay. Price is between $20 to $30. You download the app and a custom imei package gets generated with your purchase. The app uses that package to unlock your phone. App may require you to temporarily downgrade to Lollipop using Odin. My phone since then has used Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. All the Sims and services work just fine and my knox isn't tripped.
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Alternately, if your phone is paid off as in not blacklisted due to non-payment on any postpaid account..Then you can ask Sprint to unlock it for free. It's their FCC obligation.

MrNubbins said:
Does anyone know how to SIM Unlock SM-920P (Sprint Network Unlocked) ?
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i made tutorial its also free and it workshttps://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/sim-unlock-g920p-nougat-supported-t3749416/post75662143#post75662143

Lock for AT&T Galaxy S9

Hello, my wife just bought a Galaxy S9 from someone on Letgo. She didn't know anything about IMEI's and what not but come to find out that the phone is still being financed from the person she bought it from. It is an AT&T phone. The seller listed it as an unlocked device but when she got home and put her T-Mobile SIM into it, it wouldn't work. What kind of lock would be on this device and what would be the best thing to do since she wants to use it with T-Mobile?

ibewurimat78 said:
Hello, my wife just bought a Galaxy S9 from someone on Letgo. She didn't know anything about IMEI's and what not but come to find out that the phone is still being financed from the person she bought it from. It is an AT&T phone. The seller listed it as an unlocked device but when she got home and put her T-Mobile SIM into it, it wouldn't work. What kind of lock would be on this device and what would be the best thing to do since she wants to use it with T-Mobile?
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the type of lock it has on it is a blacklist from at&t itself then. You should be able to get the phone carrier unlocked irrespective of the blacklist but, the phone will likely not be able to be used on any at&t service directly or on an MVNO. The unlock services youre going to be relegated to the paid unlock services unless you can find that @stifilz guy who has been known to unlock them out of the kindness of his heart. idoneapps.com can even un-blacklist phones. But they charge and i am not advertising their services (so the mods dont thump me for just trying to help LoL)
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ibewurimat78 said:
Hello, my wife just bought a Galaxy S9 from someone on Letgo. She didn't know anything about IMEI's and what not but come to find out that the phone is still being financed from the person she bought it from. It is an AT&T phone. The seller listed it as an unlocked device but when she got home and put her T-Mobile SIM into it, it wouldn't work. What kind of lock would be on this device and what would be the best thing to do since she wants to use it with T-Mobile?
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the type of lock it has on it is a blacklist from at&t itself then. You should be able to get the phone carrier unlocked irrespective of the blacklist but, the phone will likely not be able to be used on any at&t service directly or on an MVNO. The unlock services youre going to be relegated to the paid unlock services unless you can find that @stifilz guy who has been known to unlock them out of the kindness of his heart. idoneapps.com can even un-blacklist phones. But they charge and i am not advertising their services (so the mods dont thump me for just trying to help LoL)