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Trustworthy sites to Unlock your Phone

Since there was a thread about a scam over unlocking I'm a bit more concerned about what site I choose to unlock my phone.
What would you people recommend? Trusted and safe site?
I've heard a lot of good stuff about unlock-zone. What others have users on here used?

I used www.htcsimunlock.com

I unlocked mine on ebay, it was cheaper than most sites, was fast, and you'll have the paypal insurance, so nothing can go wrong.

I used htccode.com successfully 2 times. As I stated in the other post, the downloaded application did not work at first attempt (could not connect to server) so I used the Live Support link on the homepage, and an engineer detected my logged in user name, requested the IMEI code and emailed the unlock code within 10 minutes.
This is the 2nd time I have used them, and it would be tough to get better service in my opinion.
I am sure some individuals may have problems, but htccode has worked fine for me twice.
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Used ebay and had the unlock code in about a minute cost £8,99 and no faffing around like some of the other sites.

How exactly do you use ebay to get a code?

wr8_utd said:
How exactly do you use ebay to get a code?
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you pay, give your imei and they probably send you back a code you need to type into your phone

cez10 said:
you pay, give your imei and they probably send you back a code you need to type into your phone
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Yeah I know the procedure but where do I need to go on ebay to get the codes?

Teppic24 said:
I used www.htcsimunlock.com
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Seems a good site. Everything went ahead smoothly?
And if I update my Phone to Froyo it won't lock my phone again right?

ive just ordered mine from this guy
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Unlock-code-H...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2eadf35cb0
seems pretty trusted 99.6% and quick so we'll see how it goes
ok got my code after about 2h, original t-mobile phone now works fine with orange + a polish operator plus gsm

[Q] Any way to sim-unlock HTC Wildfire S for free

Dear All,
sorry if anyone has asked this already.
Is there a way to unlock HTC wildfire S from Three (UK mobile provider) for free.
To be honest, I don't even mind paying the 15 US dollars for a online unlocking service, but I tried this already yesterday and the dudes from htcsimunlock.com (or whatever that is) told me that they cannot provide me with an unlocking PIN.
Also, I rooted the phone yesterday, but this didn't solve the issue.
Any comments will be highly appreciated.
Thank you

Rosti85 said:
Dear All,
sorry if anyone has asked this already.
Is there a way to unlock HTC wildfire S from Three (UK mobile provider) for free.
To be honest, I don't even mind paying the 15 US dollars for a online unlocking service, but I tried this already yesterday and the dudes from htcsimunlock.com (or whatever that is) told me that they cannot provide me with an unlocking PIN.
Also, I rooted the phone yesterday, but this didn't solve the issue.
Any comments will be highly appreciated.
Thank you
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i guess you wil have to s-off .. for s-off you can gogle for XTC clip you may find a cheap used one on ebay or amazon or may get it on rent some where in your locality..

Try to make contact with your service provider Three, in my country some service providers give unlock code for free

Although not recommended, I took a shot at an eBay service to unlock mine. They did provide the correct PIN but took them a while (2 days actually ). Give it a shot if you want to, they provide a refund if they can't get it done as well..
Wildfire S Unlock

mstfkaratas said:
Try to make contact with your service provider Three, in my country some service providers give unlock code for free
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I ditched Three on Sat/Sun and moved to Orange. Oh, the sweet taste! Just porting my number! Should be done by Wed/Thur. Been told Wednesday midnight.
Sent from a Time Lord, using his TARDIS.

hey $15 US is pretty good price as i paid $30 CDN

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Well, do let us know if it works
And how out works for that matter.
Curious to know if you'll het full s-off..
Keep us posted
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

p50kombi said:
Well, do let us know if it works
And how out works for that matter.
Curious to know if you'll het full s-off..
Keep us posted
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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This is SIM unlocking buddy, so you won't get S-OFF
I've purchased the item, will send my IMEI tomorrow evening as my phone is being replaced. Wil let you know tomorrow if it works!

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Nope. You're unlocking to allow other networks. It won't do anything to the bootloader at all so you'll stay S-ON.

Worked perfect. Now my One X is carrier unlocked for less than 2€.
I confirm that the phone is still S-ON.

Arkaknio said:
Worked perfect. Now my One X is carrier unlocked for less than 2€.
I confirm that the phone is still S-ON.
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brilliant! Thanks for sharing buddy.
I'll get mine done as well tonight

I wish I'd seen this thread earlier yesterday!

It Works
Ordered last night, arrived a couple of hours ago.
I filled in the details in the middle of the page instead of hitting the 'buy it now' at the top and it didn't go through ebay checkout but straight to paypal.
Email from them was literally:
UNLOCK=xxxxxxxx
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Incase of any problem, please contact online support for quick help Thank You www.simpleunlock.co.uk
Phone from T-Mo, locked, attached shows unlocked on GiffGaff

vfrvulcan said:
Ordered last night, arrived a couple of hours ago.
I filled in the details in the middle of the page instead of hitting the 'buy it now' at the top and it didn't go through ebay checkout but straight to paypal.
Email from them was literally:
UNLOCK=xxxxxxxx
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Incase of any problem, please contact online support for quick help Thank You www.simpleunlock.co.uk
Phone from T-Mo, locked, attached shows unlocked on GiffGaff
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so you got a free unlock? lol

I've just purchase through buy it now. But as of yet haven't receieved my code. It's been 2 hours
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Got my code for free from freeunlocks by completing an offer with trialpay. (also bought one of that eBay link but haven't received it yet) I chose 30 day netflix trial and got my code in 15 mins and now I'm on T-Mobile UK on my 3 branded HOX
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Tried that. Didn't work for me.
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Even after waiting 2 weeks for three to sort their act out and unlock me, I'm a bit wary of this. It looks like I'm expected to enter my paypal password on a page controlled by simpleunlock.co.uk. How is this safe?

winwiz said:
so you got a free unlock? lol
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No, I still paid £1.44 but I didn't go via ebay checkout, straight to Paypal as I said.
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ammurad said:
I've just purchase through buy it now. But as of yet haven't receieved my code. It's been 2 hours
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I ordered mine at 2333 last night and arrived at 1310 so you may have to wait a while

works perfect had my code back in 30 seconds ,i did loose £1.44 because i used the iIMEI code from the package,but it was different from the phone,but £2 88 to unlock very cheap yes 10 out of ten

Glad I saw this. Even if there is a free way sorted soon - £1.44 to get it done now is cheap. I'd gladly pay more (3 said they would do it for £15)
Once the phone is unlocked will it then be able to get the 1.28 OTA?

i thought unbranded came unlocked and if you were branded, then you tell your carrier to unlock your phone and they are going to do it for free to keep your business. the only thing that would cost money is data roaming. i might be wrong.

brent8577 said:
i thought unbranded came unlocked and if you were branded, then you tell your carrier to unlock your phone and they are going to do it for free to keep your business. the only thing that would cost money is data roaming. i might be wrong.
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I'm not sure about other carriers but Three def told me £15 to unlock. I can't see them doing it free as they are still doing you a service and unlocking your phone doesn't guarentee you are going to stay with them.

TremF said:
I'm not sure about other carriers but Three def told me £15 to unlock. I can't see them doing it free as they are still doing you a service and unlocking your phone doesn't guarentee you are going to stay with them.
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if ATT sim doesn't work in my phone and they don't unlock it for free, then i will gladly call that a breach of contract and order a Red Pocket sim and a cutter. when ATT bills me an ETF, then i'll dispute it and talk to a lawyer if i need to. that's how i do things. ;p

Just ordered one, need an alternative micro SIM to go in the phone now to unlock it when code arrives!!

[Q] Question About Unlocking.

When I had my Galaxy S, I was able to unlock it with a program that worked perfectly.
I have not found any such program for the S3, why is this? Is the phone harder to work on?
If cellunlock.net can get the unlock code, why can't one of XDA's resident geniuses create a program that get's the code?
Thanks,
Ian

hello
i am looking for a soln also,
well be out of country soon and would like to get the phone unlocked so that we can get a pay as you go sim
cheers

Not sure what network you're on, but if you're with AT&T, try a web chat with their customer support and ask if you could get the unlock code. That's what I did, and the second person I talked to gave it to me.

w98seeng said:
When I had my Galaxy S, I was able to unlock it with a program that worked perfectly.
I have not found any such program for the S3, why is this? Is the phone harder to work on?
If cellunlock.net can get the unlock code, why can't one of XDA's resident geniuses create a program that get's the code?
Thanks,
Ian
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I bought an unlock code on ebay for $5 and worked perfectly, I have an AT&T S3. Look for seller myhoian on ebay.

Hi, I also have another question. cellunlock.net asks for the 15 or 17 digit IMEI from my phone,
When I dialed *#06# the IMEI was The 15 digits then / 02
so do I include the 02 in to make it 17 or just the first 15?

humblehyper said:
I bought an unlock code on ebay for $5 and worked perfectly, I have an AT&T S3. Look for seller myhoian on ebay.
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Yea I'm looking on eBay right now cause I want to unlock my phone and there are some cheap ones. Found one for 4.50 but it looks like they all say "I am shipping you this code blah blah" basically stating they can't e-mail you the code because of ebay's policy. So is that how it works they mail you the code instead of just e-mailing it to you?

s0ulja said:
Yea I'm looking on eBay right now cause I want to unlock my phone and there are some cheap ones. Found one for 4.50 but it looks like they all say "I am shipping you this code blah blah" basically stating they can't e-mail you the code because of ebay's policy. So is that how it works they mail you the code instead of just e-mailing it to you?
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i remembered going to their site and got the code there. I honestly can't remember.

Really, there's no way of software unlocking the S3?
How disappointing.

Sepharite said:
Really, there's no way of software unlocking the S3?
How disappointing.
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www.fastgsm.com has software you can use to unlock I used it on my buddies sgs3 with no problems
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I think someone was trying to unlock it using the NFC
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Sim Unlock [Noob Question]

So I'm in the process of unlocking my sim (permanently) so I can use it on my carrier in here in Canada. My question is when the sim is unlocked can I install a custom rom, will it still work? ie; can I still make calls and texts?
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. But I really need to know.

gopinator said:
So I'm in the process of unlocking my sim (permanently) so I can use it on my carrier in here in Canada. My question is when the sim is unlocked can I install a custom rom, will it still work? ie; can I still make calls and texts?
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. But I really need to know.
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yes. May I know what carrier your device is locked on?

cheeze.keyk said:
yes. May I know what carrier your device is locked on?
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Hi! Thank you for answering my question.
The device is locked to the T-Mobile carrier. I want to use it with Freedom Mobile here in Canada, the phone should work on this carrier. I made the mistake of buying it through ebay (was cheap) I will use cellunlocker.net to unlock it.

gopinator said:
Hi! Thank you for answering my question.
The device is locked to the T-Mobile carrier. I want to use it with Freedom Mobile here in Canada, the phone should work on this carrier. I made the mistake of buying it through ebay (was cheap) I will use cellunlocker.net to unlock it.
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Okay. Please let us know if cellunlocker works, I haven't tried their service due to too expensive.

You might be able to unlock this device and use it on every network.
But you will probably not be able to use it with Freedom mobile in Canada because Freedom uses CDMA technology, whereas T-mobile uses GSM.

Update: Cellunlocker was unable to unlock the device. Will return and buy the H850 instead.

gopinator said:
Update: Cellunlocker was unable to unlock the device. Will return and buy the H850 instead.
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Same here. They can't unlock my device also. :crying:

Goodnews guys! After waiting a week for cellunlocker to unlock my device because the first try it didn't work and now I received an email from them and after their 2nd try they successfully unlocked my device! I already lose hope on getting my device unlocked it but now its unlocked!
Edit: I stayed on H830L when It was unlocked.

cheeze.keyk said:
Goodnews guys! After waiting a week for cellunlocker to unlock my device because the first try it didn't work and now I received an email from them and after their 2nd try they successfully unlocked my device! I already lose hope on getting my device unlocked it but now its unlocked!
Edit: I stayed on H830L when It was unlocked.
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how much did it cost?
Enviado desde mi LG-H830 mediante Tapatalk

Everhez said:
how much did it cost?
Enviado desde mi LG-H830 mediante Tapatalk
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56.99USD.
use this voucher code also for discount.
jy5%offcellunlocker

cheeze.keyk said:
Goodnews guys! After waiting a week for cellunlocker to unlock my device because the first try it didn't work and now I received an email from them and after their 2nd try they successfully unlocked my device! I already lose hope on getting my device unlocked it but now its unlocked!
Edit: I stayed on H830L when It was unlocked.
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Do you never used your phone with the T-Mobile network? Did you buy on ebay (buyspry)? Few weeks ago cellunlocker did not work for me, I'm thinking about trying again.

George16 said:
Do you never used your phone with the T-Mobile network? Did you buy on ebay (buyspry)? Few weeks ago cellunlocker did not work for me, I'm thinking about trying again.
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Nope. I never used a T-Mobile sim. I get the phone thru some online seller here in the Philippines. On their first email that says my device was successfully unlocked but when I tried it, It fails I emailed them and they told me to wait again and after few days they finally unlocked my device.

Does your IMEI come up on t mobile website using the imei checker? . I tried cellunlocker about a month ago but they couldnt unlock my device and refunded me

clintonian said:
Does your IMEI come up on t mobile website using the imei checker? . I tried cellunlocker about a month ago but they couldnt unlock my device and refunded me
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yes. and it says it has still unpaid balance, how bout yours?

Can you redirect me to the site you used and how much did it cost.

cheeze.keyk said:
Goodnews guys! After waiting a week for cellunlocker to unlock my device because the first try it didn't work and now I received an email from them and after their 2nd try they successfully unlocked my device! I already lose hope on getting my device unlocked it but now its unlocked!
Edit: I stayed on H830L when It was unlocked.
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Dude!
I have an H830 locked to t-mobile that I want to use on Freedom mobile in Canada also! How much did you have to pay to do this? All these sites are asking me for $150 and cellunlocker.net simply told me that I should wait up to a month before asking them again because they're having troubles with it.

Same here...I found a local phone shop who promised to unlock for less than $25.. two days later they said the server is down. I think its global I got the same response from different eBay sellers also. I hope T-mobile is not patching their system.

OptimusCrack said:
Dude!
I have an H830 locked to t-mobile that I want to use on Freedom mobile in Canada also! How much did you have to pay to do this? All these sites are asking me for $150 and cellunlocker.net simply told me that I should wait up to a month before asking them again because they're having troubles with it.
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it costs me 59.99 USD. I also use a voucher code for the discount. Ive waited almost 2months also for their TMO unlock service to be available.

cheeze.keyk said:
56.99USD.
use this voucher code also for discount.
jy5%offcellunlocker
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Ufff It's too expensive! In that value you can buy the Lg G5 right here on Ebay