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How much to buy this phone unlocked?

I want to buy this phone and use a prepaid sim. how much would it be and from where should I.buy it?
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Picked up mine for about $250 ,
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Jelly its about $550 in Canada. But maybe it gone down in price a bit.
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Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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Teo032 said:
Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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+1.
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You can get it on amazon or eBay for around 470
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Teo032 said:
Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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Unless I'm mistaken, the OP is asking where to buy the phone and how much will it cost. An unlock code, whether paid for or through a friend, does nothing without a phone.
To the OP, it really depends on the market in your area. You can search on Craigslist, or EBay. 200-250(used) and 400-500(new) are probably the price ranges you will see.
If you buy from Craigslist, have the seller meet you at a local Tmo store, so you can easily verify if the phone is blacklisted (in case you might ever want to use it on Tmo, prepaid or otherwise).
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Soi imagine a majority of us are on Verizon so anyone now if we buy a phone on our own can we keep unlimited data even if we go to 4g?
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I believe you gotta pay full retail price I'm not sure?
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Goon is right, you will have to pay full retail for the phone if you don't want to renew your contract. Contract renewal = limited data.

Also if you have another account with an upgrade you could use that and switch phones. Or acquire the phone via 3rd party and activate it.
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So you can go from unlimited 3 g to 4 g right ?
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andysom25 said:
So you can go from unlimited 3 g to 4 g right ?
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Yes, you can but only if you buy a phone off contract. Meaning you cant buy a new phone from Verizon for $200 and stay on unlimited data. You would either have to buy a new phone retail ($700) or buy a used LTE phone.

Can get cheaper on Craigslist and eBay !
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Unlocking the s3

Is there a free way to unlock my s3 to use it with my t-mobile sim card?
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Call at&t and ask for the unlock code.
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Is it free. ?
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Yes.
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codey895 said:
Is there a free way to unlock my s3 to use it with my t-mobile sim card?
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Yes its free.
If you are a 3 month(90 Days) old customer, then call them and they will unlock it for free.
this applies for all phones except IPHONE

vissu1290 said:
If you are a 3 month(90 Days) old customer, then call them and they will unlock it for free.
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not entirely true. i was a 14 day customer when AT&T gave me my unlock code.
but then i've read stories of people being AT&T customers for years, and they were refused an unlock code for their S3.
just try your luck. if you don't want to call, there's always online chat too. this is what i did.

The problem is i am a tmobile customer.
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how did you get the phone in the first place?
did you buy it from someone? if you bought it from someone, the previous owner would had to have unlocked it (i think).
did you win it? AT&T should be able to unlock it if you can prove you won it through a contest.
otherwise, you'd have to pay through a third party company to unlock it. google for websites that will unlock it for you.

Tell them you're going out of the country temporarily and that you want to use a sim card there. Maybe they'll do it.
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Tmobile prepaid

Im thinking about selling my s3 from sprint. I was looking to get a s3 from Tmobile from Craigslist. If i active it will it with a sim card i get from walmart will it work if the previous owner has a previous balance? Because I won't know until I get the phone then get the card because people lie on the Internet sometimes to get stuff sold.
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As long as its not blacklisted you'll be fine.
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He owes money to t mobile for the phone?
Tmo will most likely block it after a while if the remaining balance isn't paid off for the phone.
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Ok how will I know it's blacklisted?
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok how will I know it's blacklisted?
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It won't work lol what you can do is call T-Mobile and give them the iemi and they'll tell you if its good or not.
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Best advice I've heard is to go to the T-Mobile store with the person and have the rep there confirm the details (such as if they owe money). And have them add the phone to your account and/or make a note about it.
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Unlocked but not getting LTE

I just unlocked the phone but I'm only getting 4G with my ATT sim, any suggestions?
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Did you add the ATT apn in settings?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46118322

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2464498
Add AT&T APN settings and select LTE

Got it, thanks gents
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glock115 said:
I just unlocked the phone but I'm only getting 4G with my ATT sim, any suggestions?
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How did you get it unlocked so fast, through T-Mobile? Just wondering, I also paid full price for mine.

Does the T-mobile Note 3 have the 850 MHz LTE band (like the ATT one does)?

aimfire72 said:
How did you get it unlocked so fast, through T-Mobile? Just wondering, I also paid full price for mine.
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I used this site http://www.unlockunit.com/
T-Mobile wouldn't give me a lock code. They said I had to wait 30 days.
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I guess it does cuz I'm getting att LTE on the Tmobile note. I used cellunlocker.net and got my unlock code in about 15 minutes for 25.00.
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blakkheartt12 said:
I used this site http://www.unlockunit.com/
T-Mobile wouldn't give me a lock code. They said I had to wait 30 days.
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looks cheaper than cellunlocker

Am I to understand you guys are using tmobile phone on att service with this method or something else. Im trolling tmobile thread looking for options cause verizon seems to have gone out of there way again to mess with us.
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I am. I had cellunlocker unlock my phone and I am on AT&T using full LTE.
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