TMO just sent me my unlock code. I bought a St8 Talk sim card. Put it in and it is not asking to enter the unlock code. How do I input this code?
ScottBroker said:
TMO just sent me my unlock code. I bought a St8 Talk sim card. Put it in and it is not asking to enter the unlock code. How do I input this code?
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Restart your phone. It should dispay it. Just unlock my yesterday
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ScottBroker said:
TMO just sent me my unlock code. I bought a St8 Talk sim card. Put it in and it is not asking to enter the unlock code. How do I input this code?
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Instructions should have come with the unlock code.
Thank you for taking the time to contact T-Mobile. Below you will see the Instructions for unlocking your Samsung device. Please be advised a non T-Mobile SIM card MUST be used to unlock this device.
1. Insert a NON T-Mobile SIM & turn Device on
2. The Device will automatically prompt you to enter code into an empty field.
3. Click/Tap in the empty field above the "Unlock & Dismiss" options (this will display a key pad on the screen).
4. Using the key pad input the Unlock Code provided by T-Mobile.
5. Press the Back button to remove the keyboard from screen.
6. Click/Tap the "Unlock" option; handset should display "Network Unlock Successful".
Please note that if you are unlocking a flip device please use steps 1, 2, 3 and 6.
ScottBroker said:
TMO just sent me my unlock code. I bought a St8 Talk sim card. Put it in and it is not asking to enter the unlock code. How do I input this code?
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Is the straight talk SIM T-Mobile or att? If it's T-Mobile I don't think you need to be unlocked.
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I have a follow up question to this: Is there a way to unlock the device using the unlock code provided from T-Mobile while on cm10?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31633820
Hope it helps.
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I got my unlock code from Tmobile so that it is just done in case i ever need it, and also so it will have a higher resell value. Is there a way to unlock without another operators sim card?
The USSD code is somewhere within this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337756
knickfan5745 said:
The USSD code is somewhere within this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337756
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Hey thanks!
So ya the method in that thread doesn't work. Any other ideas?
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Hello,
I have a locked T-999 and I'm getting my hands on an unlock code. Can I buy any cheap microsim card to unlock my device or does it have to be AT&T?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Phone-Cards...=R40&_clu=2&_nkw=at&t+microsim&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
I would think it'd need to be a tmobile sim, but I'm really not sure about that.
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kharnage said:
Hello,
I have a locked T-999 and I'm getting my hands on an unlock code. Can I buy any cheap microsim card to unlock my device or does it have to be AT&T?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Phone-Cards...=R40&_clu=2&_nkw=at&t+microsim&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
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Any non T-Mobile SIM card will /should being up the unlock menu.
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Insert any non T-Mobile micro SIM. You have to have a SIM that's not T-Mobile. T-Mobile s3 doesn't have access to unlock menu until another SIM is in the phone. At least it wasn't possible when I unlocked mine months ago
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Thanks for the responses!
So I can just get this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NET10-MICRO...130794368103?pt=SIM_Cards&hash=item1e73f3ac67) and it is guaranteed to bring up the unlock menu?
kharnage said:
Thanks for the responses!
So I can just get this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NET10-MICRO...130794368103?pt=SIM_Cards&hash=item1e73f3ac67) and it is guaranteed to bring up the unlock menu?
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or just go in to ATT and ask them to use one for a sec. Im sure if you tell them you need to unlock the phone to their network they will have no problem letting you use one for 30 sec.
like the old apps that calculated the unlock code for you?
Yes but not the way u require
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u can try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
Why not tell your carrier that you are going overseas and want to use your phone and ask them to unlock it I did and T-Mobile sent me the code for my phone at no charge. My problem is coming up with a non-tmobile sim card.
thanks but i tried that a while back. no such options for me
donec said:
Why not tell your carrier that you are going overseas and want to use your phone and ask them to unlock it I did and T-Mobile sent me the code for my phone at no charge. My problem is coming up with a non-tmobile sim card.
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i think o2 won't do it for a while
I'm looking to purchase this phone and I was wondering if there is a Dialer code that I can use on this phone to tell if it's really sim unlocked?
Or another method of telling besides taking their word?
Thanks
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OK after more searching I come to this
Insert a Straight Talk sim, then power on the phone.
If the phone is sim unlocked then it should load Android.
If the phone is locked then after powering on then the "Enter Sim Unlock Code " window will appear b4 booting to Android.
Is this information correct?
Thanks
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Yes
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scoot0073 said:
OK after more searching I come to this
Insert a Straight Talk sim, then power on the phone.
If the phone is sim unlocked then it should load Android.
If the phone is locked then after powering on then the "Enter Sim Unlock Code " window will appear b4 booting to Android.
Is this information correct?
Thanks
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Depends on the straight talk sim. If its the att sim, you wont get prompted. If its tmo sim, you will.
I have bought a service to get an Unlock Code for my Samsung Galaxy S3 T999N which is SIM Locked by Metro PCS. They provided me with some 4 codes: NETWORK, PROVIDER, SUBPROVIDER, DEFREEZE.
When I turn on my phone with a non-metropcs sim, the phone prompts: "PIN to unlock SIM service provider" so I put the PROVIDER code that I got from FATSGSM after hitting "Unlock" I get the following message: "unable to unlock sim service provider"
What is wrong? Could the PIN provided by this service be wrong?
Just an FYI, I am outside the US right now.
Have you tried using the metro sim?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Have you tried using the metro sim?
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I don't have the metro sim.
Ok. Im not certain about it, but it might be required for the initial unlock. Hopefully someone else can say for sure.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Ok. Im not certain about it, but it might be required for the initial unlock. Hopefully someone else can say for sure.
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Thanks for reply to my post.
This might not be true because if you have the Metro PCS sim card inside, you will not get the unlock box. You only get the box to put the unlock code in when you put a non-MetroPCS sim card.
Can anyone corroborate this information?
locorecto said:
Thanks for reply to my post.
This might not be true because if you have the Metro PCS sim card inside, you will not get the unlock box. You only get the box to put the unlock code in when you put a non-MetroPCS sim card.
Can anyone corroborate this information?
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He means it may need to be activated with the carrier first in order to be unlocked.. Some phones do require this.. You can try the region unlock app but I'm not sure if it works with s3
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I used it when I got my replacement S3 a while back and it said the unlock was successful. I have no way to test if it really was or if it also SIM unlocked though. I wouldnt expect it to do so, but in my experience, it is safe to try.
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