[Q] Unlocking t989 - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Hell users of xda i recently got my phone back from Samsung. It was broke they replaced the main board in the phone but i have another issue on my hands i no longer have a networked unlocked phone. I do not have t mobile anymore so they cant help me also I cant go spend 20 bucks on a unlock code i just dont have the budget for it can someone please help me out and help me unlock my phone.

$20!? I've heard italot cheaper then that. ATM, there is no hack to unlock the T989
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tim45255 said:
Hell users of xda i recently got my phone back from Samsung. It was broke they replaced the main board in the phone but i have another issue on my hands i no longer have a networked unlocked phone. I do not have t mobile anymore so they cant help me also I cant go spend 20 bucks on a unlock code i just dont have the budget for it can someone please help me out and help me unlock my phone.
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Save your pocket change for a week or two, its cheap!

tim45255 said:
Hell users of xda i recently got my phone back from Samsung. It was broke they replaced the main board in the phone but i have another issue on my hands i no longer have a networked unlocked phone. I do not have t mobile anymore so they cant help me also I cant go spend 20 bucks on a unlock code i just dont have the budget for it can someone please help me out and help me unlock my phone.
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Asking for help while calling us hell users?!
Jk but seriously $20 is not in your budget to use your phone? You seriously need to reconsider your necessities then.
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ebay.
i unlocked both my sgsII's for 7.99 each

Trade your T-989 for a i-777
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Oh no! I'm switching to t-mobile!

My parents are switching to T-Mobile, and that means ill end up with a razr D:
I seriously want to keep my Tilt 2 with Xdandroid on it, so I went to the topic where the link led to a sight where you can get a free unlock code if you're a contributing member.
I obviously haven't posted that many topics on here, so I doubt they'll give me a code :/
Does anyone know any other place I can get a free unlock code? I seriously want to keep my tilt 2 :/
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And I'm switching in a few days. I can live without my Tilt for a few days after wards if that's how long it'll take to get an unlock code
Thanks,
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hold out...
see if they'll wait till the 19th. rumor has it (engadget.com) that t-mobile is having a every phone in the store FREE day. meaning you can pickup the Touch Pro 2..tilt 2's twin...or even better the HTC HD2 for free. saving them/you a couple hundered dollars.
Seriously?
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You see, the thing is though, I've already downloaded so much stuff for xdandroid, and I cant move it over to an android phone from t-mobile :/
And not only that, I love this phone, it does have its quirks, but its my phone, lol
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Plasmamuffins said:
You see, the thing is though, I've already downloaded so much stuff for xdandroid, and I cant move it over to an android phone from t-mobile :/
And not only that, I love this phone, it does have its quirks, but its my phone, lol
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if you can get a free HD2... GET IT... then you'll still have your tilt 2 and have time to get it unlocked when you can to use with the other network.
That said.. doesn't AT&T offer unlock codes so you can use the phone on other networks for free? I thought EVERY carrier had to? I could clearly be totally wrong. I know up in Canada when I was with AT&T I had them unlock every single phone I ever used saying I was going to be traveling over sea's. Now that I'm down in the US I havn't tried that though.
I was thinking about doing that, the HD2 is sooo sexy X.x
I called att telling them I would be going to australia for the summer, and they said they would get back to me on that, but that was about 6 months ago xD
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Also, the HD2 is not android, it is WM6.5.
I just got my touch pro 2 and after debating between hd2 and tp2 the keyboard swayed the battle, either way I played with both in store and both are very nice and if the t mobile free phone thing is true I would explain it to your parents and ask them to wait. I wouldn't worry about all the lost customs though because thats part of the excitement of a new phone.
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I was thinking about doing that, the HD2 is sooo sexy X.x
I called att telling them I would be going to australia for the summer, and they said they would get back to me on that, but that was about 6 months ago xD
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Try again. Usually you have to wait a few months before they'll just unlock it for you. Otherwise this is only $20...
http://rhodium.htc-unlocks.com/
I called AT&T about 6 months ago (in the US) and told them I was going overseas on business and needed it ASAP. I also told them that I was not a customer, but my "company" was and that they would be giving me a SIM to use the "day I left the country". Probably wouldn't hurt to give a fake name too lol.
Bear in mind that I was calm and nice to them (yanno, the whole catch more flies with honey than vinegar type stuff).
I got my unlock code within 10 minutes. And if for any reason you don't get the code then, just call back. If you get the same person again, I'd be highly surprised.
yeaa, if you've been with at&t for a while and had no problems with payments, they should give you the unlock code, otherwise, there are unlock code on ebay for like 20$, and they do work, I used one for my Tilt 2 and Touch Pro 2 (I like the tilt 2 better, its shinyer lol)
Well, what if this phone isn't on my contract?
My phone that's on contract with att is a crappy sony ericcson. I bought 2 blackjacks from my friend because he was switching providers, then I traded one of them for a palm centro, and my aunt came down with this phone and said she wanted to trade because this phone was too difficult and she likes the palm centro better xDD
Would it still work if the tilt2 isn't on my contract?
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Plasmamuffins said:
Well, what if this phone isn't on my contract?
My phone that's on contract with att is a crappy sony ericcson. I bought 2 blackjacks from my friend because he was switching providers, then I traded one of them for a palm centro, and my aunt came down with this phone and said she wanted to trade because this phone was too difficult and she likes the palm centro better xDD
Would it still work if the tilt2 isn't on my contract?
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After several readings of your message, I have decided that your life is WAY to complicated.
Seriously, what you should do is have your aunt put her SIM card into the phone and have her call up and request the unlock code. Or just buy one from this site or ebay.
Ill just probably end up buying it on ebay xD
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Ill just probably end up buying it on ebay xD
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Why not here? http://support.htc-unlocks.com.
Olipro is a BIG member of this community and a lot of those ebay sellers are getting it from here.
Support fellow XDA members.
Yeah that's the place that I went to, but they probably won't give it to me because I didn't contribute enough
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Plasmamuffins said:
Yeah that's the place that I went to, but they probably won't give it to me because I didn't contribute enough
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What you need to realize is no they won't give it to you but you can buy it from there....no need to buy the code from ebay.
parleyp said:
What you need to realize is no they won't give it to you but you can buy it from there....no need to buy the code from ebay.
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Exactly what I meant.
All I ever had to do to unlock my phones, was to call and tell them that my brother or sister needed to use the phone and that I needed the code so their sim card would work. I did own the phones for at least a year though.

Can I sell my HTC Wildfire S?

Hi, first off sorry if I am in the wrong section. If so can a moderator please move it? Thanks.. Anyways I got my Wildfire S from T-mobile back in November for free because it is on a 2 year contract. I like the phone but I just would like to upgrade to something better. (I can't stick with a certain item for long lol) Right now it's running Cyanogenmod with the bootloader unlocked but I think I have to switch it to stock. I'm not sure lol. How can I do that if I no longer have the stock rom backup? Can I just leave it with a fresh install of Cyanogenmod? Also am I even allowed to sell it? Would I have to notify Tmobile or can I just sell that phone and use my Tmobile Sim on a different unlocked or Tmobile phone? Last question, how much can I sell the phone for?
Sorry for the list of questions lol. The phone is in great condition with no scratches and it has a black case I bought from Amazon for 10 bucks that I will include. Also a 4GB Micro-SD Card and the wall/car charger. Also have the original box.
I would appreciate all answers. Thank you!
PM Me and I will help you return it back to 100% stock with downgraded bootloader and radio.
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MrTaco505 said:
PM Me and I will help you return it back to 100% stock with downgraded bootloader and radio.
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Thank you! I followed your tutorial and got it back to complete stock, then I ran the 2.3.5 update. After that I rooted it and now it's on craigslist and I hope I can sell it
Why not sell it on xda, in the Marketplace forum. There are a lot of people wanting to buy or trade their phone....
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Why not sell it on xda, in the Marketplace forum. There are a lot of people wanting to buy or trade their phone....
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I could have done that but I sold it to a guy from craigslist last night at like 3.00am lol. I sold it for $150 but I'll check the marketplace forum and see what phones I could buy. $150 is not much but hopefully I can buy something.
i wasted alot of time to search how to unroot my WFS .. Because i wasn't able to find a Orange RUU. I wanted to upgrade my firmware.. I installed a european rom
$150 is a good price, Ive seen some white virgin mobile wildfire s sell almost at $120 like brand-new on eBay
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MrTaco505 said:
PM Me and I will help you return it back to 100% stock with downgraded bootloader and radio.
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can you help or email me how to put my htc wildfire s back to stock please ty

[Q] AT&T Galaxy S3 SIM-Unlock app

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/sim-unlock-galaxy-s3-easily-using-the-app-galaxsim/
This app is from a member on XDA, Spock12, and he says that it works on the international Galaxy S3, GT-I9300, but it might not work on the u.s. varients. I was wondering if there was a way to "port" over this application to work with AT&T?
Why not just call at&t and ask for the code?
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Service providers give you the code when you ask for them? Why would they lock your sim in the first place than?
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Deoxlar said:
Service providers give you the code when you ask for them? Why would they lock your sim in the first place than?
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If it were that simple then I wouldn't have posted the thread. lol I've been interested in unlocking my Galaxy S3 so I can sell it to buy the LG Nexus 4 unlocked.
Nabbu said:
If it were that simple then I wouldn't have posted the thread. lol I've been interested in unlocking my Galaxy S3 so I can sell it to buy the LG Nexus 4 unlocked.
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Should probably read more about lg before buying one.
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I bought my GS3 from ATT then 2 days later called and asked them to unlock it and they did. No problems at all for me. Not sure why so many other people are having issues.
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I bought my GS3 from ATT then 2 days later called and asked them to unlock it and they did. No problems at all for me. Not sure why so many other people are having issues.
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Same for me. I bought it then a week later I got on to the online chat w/ AT&T & just asked them for the unlock code. They gave it to me w/ no problems! Took about 5 minutes to get it from the rep.
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We did the same for my wife's White SGS3. She really wanted the iphone 5 (tried to talk sense into her but it was of no use...die hard icrap user). So the deal was if she could sell the SGS3 for enough to get the iphone she could. She called, got the unlock code, went to tmobile and borrowed a micro-sim and finished the unlock. I then rooted it, installed SU and Busybox...then we sold it on ebay for almost $700. So now she has an iphone.
Just call ATT and get the code. If they start to give you trouble just tell them you'll be going out of country to Canada for a while as part of your job and want to take your phone and not the crappy business phone most of the time they'll just give it to you along with instructions. If not, call back in a few minutes and get someone different.
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We did the same for my wife's White SGS3. She really wanted the iphone 5 (tried to talk sense into her but it was of no use...die hard icrap user). So the deal was if she could sell the SGS3 for enough to get the iphone she could. She called, got the unlock code, went to tmobile and borrowed a micro-sim and finished the unlock. I then rooted it, installed SU and Busybox...then we sold it on ebay for almost $700. So now she has an iphone.
Just call ATT and get the code. If they start to give you trouble just tell them you'll be going out of country to Canada for a while as part of your job and want to take your phone and not the crappy business phone most of the time they'll just give it to you along with instructions. If not, call back in a few minutes and get someone different.
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That's what I told em. That I was going out of the country. I don't think it even mattered. You could tell them anything & they'll give it to you. And WHY would you let your wife do something stupid like that!?!?!?
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That's what I told em. That I was going out of the country. I don't think it even mattered. You could tell them anything & they'll give it to you. And WHY would you let your wife do something stupid like that!?!?!?
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They refused, saying I had to use the phone for at least 90 days.
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They refused, saying I had to use the phone for at least 90 days.
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Damn. You might wanna log back online again & talk to a different rep. The person that gave me mine didn't ask any questions & even told me that Samsung supplies the unlock codes for all of their devices as soon as you buy it. If I were you, I would try again. You'll eventually get a cool rep that will give it to you.
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Damn. You might wanna log back online again & talk to a different rep. The person that gave me mine didn't ask any questions & even told me that Samsung supplies the unlock codes for all of their devices as soon as you buy it. If I were you, I would try again. You'll eventually get a cool rep that will give it to you.
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indeed, just about to update that the int'l care rep gave me a 8-digit code, saying that if I get a foreign micro sim, the device will ask for it and be ready to go. (hopefully no glitches in there..)
Or you could of just searched around here and you would have found the free way to unlock it without having to waste time online. Check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024361
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Windows phone 7 on no sim card for cheap?

OK so wp8 is out. Now that wp7 will be obsolete soon, is there a place where I can buy a wp7 for cheap without requiring service? Wp8 will be too expensive without a contract for a while, and I'm looking for a good Christmas money spender. I know Craigslist is one place, but my area has few options I want to go for (hd7 for 120 is too much for the value). On amazonwireless a titan 2 is being sold for 150, do you know if amazon wireless requires activation, or should I just get unlocked and used for a little more? Any other good offers you see? Less than 200 dollars is what im looking at. Thanks, sorry for any noob questions.
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OK so wp8 is out. Now that wp7 will be obsolete soon, is there a place where I can buy a wp7 for cheap without requiring service? Wp8 will be too expensive without a contract for a while, and I'm looking for a good Christmas money spender. I know Craigslist is one place, but my area has few options I want to go for (hd7 for 120 is too much for the value). On amazonwireless a titan 2 is being sold for 150, do you know if amazon wireless requires activation, or should I just get unlocked and used for a little more? Any other good offers you see? Less than 200 dollars is what im looking at. Thanks, sorry for any noob questions.
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you'll likely need a network unlock for the titan 2, did they ever interop unlock that device though? don't think they did but perhaps im wrong
how about an HD2, you could develop you skills by modding it to run whatever you like, id still be using mine today if the USB connecter didn't snap off and the LCD panel start playing up (not LCD cable issues and unable to re-solder USB socket) it lasted me from the day it was launched to not long ago, about 3 lovely years, dropped repeatedly, rained on, took all manor of abuse. Long live the King! they don't make them like that any more....well ok they did, the HD7 was the same but you know what I mean
Well I'm fine with an hd2, but Craigslist isn't giving out much, where I know you can just tell the previous owner to turn off service and that's it. If I buy used on eBay or amazon, is it kinda he same deal or would it come demanding activation? Will a custom rom bypass this activation screen maybe on titan or titan 2? Just weighing my options, idk about a lot of these because of possible activation on a lot of these, its all tentative to me because there's no knowing.....
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Activate wp7 you mean? No, you have to do this on hd2 if you want to use live services inc marketplace
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dazza9075 said:
Activate wp7 you mean? No, you have to do this on hd2 if you want to use live services inc marketplace
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So hd2 is my only option for wp7 without a sim? That's weird, considering all sorts of androids work without one. I just wanna play around with wp7 and have something to play music with when I run honestly I can live without marketplace but it would be nice
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You don't need a sim, WP will work without one, all be it not fully. I think there is some language confusion going on here
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You don't need a sim, WP will work without one, all be it not fully. I think there is some language confusion going on here
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Ah OK good! so I can get a titan 2! Do you know if the 150 dollar offer on amazon wireless will require me to buy and activate a sim? 150 is a good deal. And what doesn't work on wp without a sim?
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Ah OK good! so I can get a titan 2! Do you know if the 150 dollar offer on amazon wireless will require me to buy and activate a sim? 150 is a good deal. And what doesn't work on wp without a sim?
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to be honest I don't know what doesn't work, I know it will function, I know some functions will work, probably most functions as ive done just that, but I didn't make a note of what worked. If you buy a device that's network locked then to use the phone you will need to buy a sim card from that network provider OR get the phone unlocked
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to be honest I don't know what doesn't work, I know it will function, I know some functions will work, probably most functions as ive done just that, but I didn't make a note of what worked. If you buy a device that's network locked then to use the phone you will need to buy a sim card from that network provider OR get the phone unlocked
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Ah OK network unlocked. I see that forn175 used on amazon, I think I'll go for that. I'll do more research somewhere to see what doesn't work without a sim. Appreciate the help
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http://www.GetMyMicrosoftPoints.com/?i=435177
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Still can't see it. But no matter, I'm seeing unlocked titan 2s for cheap on eBay. Plus I don't have an Xbox to assist with getting points
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[Q] Selling my t989

FIST OF ALL this is NOT an offer to anyone. I am NOT trying to use XDA to sell my phone. I just need some advice on pricing. The whole point of this is to upgrade to a different device.
I am trying to sell my t989 to get an HTC One S from swappa but I see that everyone who is trying to sell this phone isn't getting lucky. So i just want your opinion on the pricing. It's rooted and has only been used for 2 months. It also has the original box and charger and no scratches what so ever. It has lived in a box. I was going to ask for 250 but I don't want to post it officially yet. What do you guys think?
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FIST OF ALL this is NOT an offer to anyone. I am NOT trying to use XDA to sell my phone. I just need some advice on pricing. The whole point of this is to upgrade to a different device.
I am trying to sell my t989 to get an HTC One S from swappa but I see that everyone who is trying to sell this phone isn't getting lucky. So i just want your opinion on the pricing. It's rooted and has only been used for 2 months. It also has the original box and charger and no scratches what so ever. It has lived in a box. I was going to ask for 250 but I don't want to post it officially yet. What do you guys think?
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You can get around 200 on craigslist I have sold 3 myself before. Ebay you can get 250 or more sometimes from bidders as long as it's in great shape and with clean esn. Not blacklisted by tmobile.
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You can get around 200 on craigslist I have sold 3 myself before. Ebay you can get 250 or more sometimes from bidders as long as it's in great shape and with clean esn. Not blacklisted by tmobile.
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Thanks for the reply! I will try craigslist. I already posted it on amazon and gave up on swappa since they already have a few that haven't been sold. By the way, did you sell them rooted? Or did you go back to stock?
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Thanks for the reply! I will try craigslist. I already posted it on amazon and gave up on swappa since they already have a few that haven't been sold. By the way, did you sell them rooted? Or did you go back to stock?
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Both ways, one wanted a custom rom and bootanimation for it so I hooked them up with that. But most just sell stock because the regular user don't root and use custom roms.
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Both ways, one wanted a custom rom and bootanimation for it so I hooked them up with that. But most just sell stock because the regular user don't root and use custom roms.
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Alright thanks! I decided to sell it for 200 and go as low as 170. I am trying to get my hands on an HTC One S or unlocked One X. You have been great help!
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