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Hi, i wanna buy a Samsung Galaxy S III Sprint for use in GSM, is possible unlock?
i wait your response. Thanks .
Or flash it to Virgin Mobile,Cricket or Boost?
The Sprint Galaxy S3 works only in CDMA networks... Not GSM.
Yes, it can be flashed to Boost, Cricket, MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile.
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lviv73 said:
Or flash it to Virgin Mobile,Cricket or Boost?
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Yes! Just give it some time
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Thanks for your reponses. I think what is possible unlock because is the same hardware? or not.
jamcar said:
Yes! Just give it some time
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Yeah someone definitively needs to post a tutorial i will donate $10 for tutorial.
Head over to usgalaxys3.com. The owner of that site has already posted instructions to flash it to Cricket.
I'm in no way affiliated with that site, just sharing where I saw the instructions.
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AlpineMan said:
Head over to usgalaxys3.com. The owner of that site has already posted instructions to flash it to Cricket.
I'm in no way affiliated with that site, just sharing where I saw the instructions.
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Any Virgin Mobile instructions,they are the cheapest and run on Sprint's network?
Hardware isnt the same radio gpu and professor is different
master acehole said:
Hardware isnt the same radio gpu and professor is different
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Hardware doesnt matter,i already flashed original Epic and Epic Touch to Virgin Mobile.
lviv73 said:
Hardware doesnt matter,i already flashed original Epic and Epic Touch to Virgin Mobile.
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The radio hardware matters, it has to be compatible with 1900 mhz Sprint PCS band. But the other things like GPU don't matter. lol
Ascertion said:
The radio hardware matters, it has to be compatible with 1900 mhz Sprint PCS band. But the other things like GPU don't matter. lol
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Virgin uses Sprint towers so band is the same.
Anyone know how to flash Sprint GS3 to Virgin? Or will Epic Touch method work with GS3?
lviv73 said:
Hardware doesnt matter,i already flashed original Epic and Epic Touch to Virgin Mobile.
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hey, how do you do that? could you give some instructions or links to page(s) that might be useful? newbie here thinking about getting a Sprint S2 to replace Motorola Triumph, getting tired of lags/freezes
thanks.
How's the virgin network?regarding voice/data do you get better download speeds then sprints crappy service.
I'm in the southern new england area
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Thread hijack to the hightest level lmao only 3 post are completly relavant to OP :/
Bottomline - You cannot use GSM phone on a CDMA network unless it is a global phone and supports both GSM and CDMA as well as the frequencies of the carrier you intend to use.
That is an obvious spam post. Please people, there are no exceptions... you CANNOT take a Sprint or Verizon phone and unlock it to be used on ANY service that is GSM or uses a SIM card. Period. The unlock sites will just take your money. World band phones will already be unlocked for use on European GSM networks most of the time so no unlock code is needed overseas.
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That is an obvious spam post. Please people, there are no exceptions... you CANNOT take a Sprint or Verizon phone and unlock it to be used on ANY service that is GSM or uses a SIM card. Period. The unlock sites will just take your money. World band phones will already be unlocked for use on European GSM networks most of the time so no unlock code is needed overseas.
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You can flash it to another carrier though.
Not if the carrier is GSM or uses a SIM card. There is no possibility. Whatsoever. And unless you know a network level technician on verizon, you are limited to the smaller regional carriers and prepaid services to flash a Sprint phone. And vice versa for a Verizon phone. They will not connect a phone that does not already have its ESN already in its system.
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Not if the carrier is GSM or uses a SIM card. There is no possibility. Whatsoever. And unless you know a network level technician on verizon, you are limited to the smaller regional carriers and prepaid services to flash a Sprint phone. And vice versa for a Verizon phone. They will not connect a phone that does not already have its ESN already in its system.
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Its common knowledge about gsm and cdma,if you dont know what these are then you have no business flashing carriers.
Sprint phones can be flashed to almost all prepaid carriers,overseas cdma is less common however there are ways out there to even flash cdma phone to their carriers.My father in Ukraine had his Epic 4g flashed to a carrier that uses sim cards,so there are ways even overseas.I think some overseas carriers use both cdma and gsm.
Can someone help me with SIM Unlocking for the sprint galaxy nexus? Do I need an unlock code, or just flash the unlocked nexus firmware (i9250) ?
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus does not have a GSM radio. It will never work on a GSM carrier. Ever.
Do not try to flash GSM firmware to a CDMA phone.
I'm willing to buy a sprint galaxy nexus, how can I work with another carrier? (I have a vodafone SIM)
Bibicp said:
I'm willing to buy a sprint galaxy nexus, how can I work with another carrier? (I have a vodafone SIM)
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The Sprint Galaxy Nexus will not work with a GSM carrier.
martonikaj said:
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus will not work with a GSM carrier.
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Yes, Isn't it possible to sim-unlock it?
Bibicp said:
Yes, Isn't it possible to sim-unlock it?
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No because it's a CDMA phone, not a GSM phone. If you want to use your Vodafon sim card you will need to buy a GSM Galaxy Nexus
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No because it's a CDMA phone, not a GSM phone. If you want to use your Vodafon sim card you will need to buy a GSM Galaxy Nexus
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I understand, I thought it was like unlocking the iphone.
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Yes, Isn't it possible to sim-unlock it?
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No. You cannot SIM unlock it... How many ways can I say this?
Hello, My friend bought 2 galaxy s3's. I bought one of him. It's AT&T branded, I know I'll need a simunlock. But what prepaid service is compatible with this? Should I just stick with AT&T? I was hoping to go with Straight Talk, Boost, Virgin Mobile.. Either one of these.
Thanks!
I believe boost and virgin are cdma. I know straight talk for sure is a gsm carrier and will work on the i747 variant.
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I believe boost and virgin are cdma. I know straight talk for sure is a gsm carrier and will work on the i747 variant.
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Ah that's right, Boost and Virgin are indeed CDMA. I guess I'll have to google the straight talk
straight talk, ATT GoPhone Prepaid Plan and T-Mobile monthly 4G to name a few.
Unfortunately prepaid plans do not currently offer LTE support so that will be a feature you'll miss out on.
xbeerdroiDx is also correct, virgin and boost are both incompatible because they are CDMA. The ATT version is a GSM device.
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RPelham said:
straight talk, ATT GoPhone Prepaid Plan and T-Mobile monthly 4G to name a few.
Unfortunately prepaid plans do not currently offer LTE support so that will be a feature you'll miss out on.
xbeerdroiDx is also correct, virgin and boost are both incompatible because they are CDMA. The ATT version is a GSM device.
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Okay, Thanks!
Hello everybody, I am currently planning on coming to Tmobile from Att and I have a unlocked Samsung Galaxy S3 from ATT. I know it will work in terms of service, but my question is when I come to flash roms, would I flash them from the Tmobile section of XDA? Or the ATT section of XDA?
The phone originally being ATT with Tmobile Sim card was really throwing me off and I didn't want to do any thing stupid.
Thank you so much for your time.
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Hello everybody, I am currently planning on coming to Tmobile from Att and I have a unlocked Samsung Galaxy S3 from ATT. I know it will work in terms of service, but my question is when I come to flash roms, would I flash them from the Tmobile section of XDA? Or the ATT section of XDA?
The phone originally being ATT with Tmobile Sim card was really throwing me off and I didn't want to do any thing stupid.
Thank you so much for your time.
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T-Mobile phone - > T-Mobile threads
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T-Mobile phone - > T-Mobile threads
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Ok got it, thank you.
So it doesn't matter that my carrier will be Tmobile, I should still use Att threads and not have a problem?:good:
sg3love said:
Ok got it, thank you.
So it doesn't matter that my carrier will be Tmobile, I should still use Att threads and not have a problem?:good:
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Correct.
|When Emotion Goes up, Logic Goes Down|
sg3love said:
Ok got it, thank you.
So it doesn't matter that my carrier will be Tmobile, I should still use Att threads and not have a problem?:good:
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You got it bro. You are absolutely correct.
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Hello everybody, I am currently planning on coming to Tmobile from Att and I have a unlocked Samsung Galaxy S3 from ATT. I know it will work in terms of service, but my question is when I come to flash roms, would I flash them from the Tmobile section of XDA? Or the ATT section of XDA?
The phone originally being ATT with Tmobile Sim card was really throwing me off and I didn't want to do any thing stupid.
Thank you so much for your time.
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After inserting a Tmobile sim card into your UNLOCKED phone you will be able to flash
any of the roms here in the Tmobile thread as well as in the AT&T thread.
If you flash a AT&T rom the only thing you need to do to make it work properly is to
change the APN (Access Point settings) in the phone to be "T-Mobile US".
The phone can do that automatically by going into:
Settings>more settings>mobile networks>Network operators>Select automatically and select "select automatically"
and it will find that you have a Tmobile sim and it will change the apn to reflect that.
The phone will work just fine either way, however there is one main difference between
the roms found in the AT&T thread and this Tmobile thread.
The difference is when using Tmobile roms which are not ported from other carriers you
will have built-in wifi calling as an option when using the Tmobile roms.
Other than that you will not notice much of any difference at all.
Good Luck!
I bought a new SS S3 and ordered it for Tmobil network, but instead recieved a ATT phone...
SGH-I747
Everything works fine, and its not unlocked that I know of, but the whole reason I bought the phone was to use the wifi calling option of T-mobil, this att phone doesnt have that option.
Am I screwed? Should I send it back for a t-mobil phone or is there a simple way to update this phone to T-mobil and get the option of wifi calling from T-mobil.?
robomas1 said:
I bought a new SS S3 and ordered it for Tmobil network, but instead recieved a ATT phone...
SGH-I747
Everything works fine, and its not unlocked that I know of, but the whole reason I bought the phone was to use the wifi calling option of T-mobil, this att phone doesnt have that option.
Am I screwed? Should I send it back for a t-mobil phone or is there a simple way to update this phone to T-mobil and get the option of wifi calling from T-mobil.?
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Hey robomas1. Would you be interested in trading your AT&T s3 for a brand new T-Mobile s3? I have a similar situation as yourself and got a T-Mobile version galaxy s3 but I wanted an AT&T phone as that's what carrier I use.
Let me know. Thanks.
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Hello everybody, I am currently planning on coming to Tmobile from Att and I have a unlocked Samsung Galaxy S3 from ATT. I know it will work in terms of service, but my question is when I come to flash roms, would I flash them from the Tmobile section of XDA? Or the ATT section of XDA?
The phone originally being ATT with Tmobile Sim card was really throwing me off and I didn't want to do any thing stupid.
Thank you so much for your time.
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When you are flashing any custom roms after you get your Tmobile sim chip you should flash the
Tmobile Touchwiz Jellybean 4.1.2 custom roms for the very best results.
If you do flash an AT&T cwm/twrp flashable custom rom you will find that even though the phone will
work fine you will loose the free Wifi calling feature in the phone if it's not flashed with a tmobile rom.
Flashing the official Odin flash Tmobile firmware on an AT&T phone even if it's unlocked and rooted will
cause the phone not to be able to make or receive any phone calls.
The reason for this is that all the official Tmobile Samsung Odin flash firmware contain a modem/radio image which
is not compatible with an AT&T phone even if it's unlocked and rooted but none of the Tmobile or AT&T CWM/TWRP
flashable stock or custom roms contain the modem/radio image file which means you can flash them without any issues.
Good luck!
Trade ATT
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Hey robomas1. Would you be interested in trading your AT&T s3 for a brand new T-Mobile s3? I have a similar situation as yourself and got a T-Mobile version galaxy s3 but I wanted an AT&T phone as that's what carrier I use.
Let me know. Thanks.
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I have a brand new in the box Samsung Galaxy S3 from ATT and I am willing to trade for a T-Mobile.
li2le said:
I have a brand new in the box Samsung Galaxy S3 from ATT and I am willing to trade for a T-Mobile.
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Pm sent
I will trade
li2le said:
I have a brand new in the box Samsung Galaxy S3 from ATT and I am willing to trade for a T-Mobile.
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I still trade phones
It should go without saying but be very wary of someone who registered an account just to try to trade phones... There's a reason there's a big Swappa logo up above the site navigation bar...
hbkalel said:
Hey robomas1. Would you be interested in trading your AT&T s3 for a brand new T-Mobile s3? I have a similar situation as yourself and got a T-Mobile version galaxy s3 but I wanted an AT&T phone as that's what carrier I use.
Let me know. Thanks.
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Hi, I have a brand new AT&T S3 and need a T-Mobile S3.
So you still have the T-Mobile Phone?
If Interested, let me know.
thanks
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Hi, I have a brand new AT&T S3 and need a T-Mobile S3.
So you still have the T-Mobile Phone?
If Interested, let me know.
thanks
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I sent you a pm.
As far as just joining to trade phones, I am genuine. I read the forums regularly and finally joined. This forum helped me to unlock my T-Mobile galaxy s3. However, using the tmobile phone, I can't run the update, as the unlock does not hold after and my AT&T sim no longer works.
That's my reasoning for wanting to trade for an AT&T galaxy s3.
hbkalel said:
I sent you a pm.
As far as just joining to trade phones, I am genuine. I read the forums regularly and finally joined. This forum helped me to unlock my T-Mobile galaxy s3. However, using the tmobile phone, I can't run the update, as the unlock does not hold after and my AT&T sim no longer works.
That's my reasoning for wanting to trade for an AT&T galaxy s3.
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Just curious, what do you mean the unlock doesn't hold? Once unlocked it should remain so whether you flash a rom, firmware, mod, etc.
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Just curious, what do you mean the unlock doesn't hold? Once unlocked it should remain so whether you flash a rom, firmware, mod, etc.
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Well I had to flash back to stock rom to unlock the phone. I have avoided running the network update, guess was afraid that it wouldn't work. I really didn't want to have to flash it again and have to unlock it and be back where I started. So it should be fine to update, should cause no issues amd run fine with AT&T sim still?
Thats what you're saying right?
Thanks for info.
As I understand it, that is correct. Once its unlocked, you can Odin flash firmware, recovery flash roms, flash modems, etc.
If it helps, Ive never seen a single thread or question where someone was relocked.
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As I understand it, that is correct. Once its unlocked, you can Odin flash firmware, recovery flash roms, flash modems, etc.
If it helps, Ive never seen a single thread or question where someone was relocked.
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Alright. I will go ahead and run the network update then. The notification doesn't go away. It is annoying!
Haha. I'll post back. I'd rather not have to trade if it works fine. Other than the annoying notification, the phone operates wonderfully.
If i flash the tmobile s3 rom on my att s3 will i get the 1700mhz band? I thought an att s3 on tmobile will only get 2g/edge service. Please let me know if someone knows.
Thanks A Lot,
Yasir Faheem
Hey guys,
So I just bought a Metro PCS galaxy s4 and the model is "M919N" (I don't know what the N means) but I was wondering if anyone could find a free way to unlock it?
Thanks for your help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283068
Try that.
Atmazzz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283068
Try that.
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Even the first step doesn't work. That code only works on TMO phones I believe.
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Even the first step doesn't work. That code only works on TMO phones I believe.
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I've seen people with AT&T phones in the thread that said it worked. Not sure what may be different about yours. I thought the Metro was just like T-Mobile's.
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I've seen people with AT&T phones in the thread that said it worked. Not sure what may be different about yours. I thought the Metro was just like T-Mobile's.
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I thought so too. I have a Metro PCS Galaxy s4 and I wanted to use a T-Mobile sim card in it but it won't let me. I'm still looking around but I can't seem to find anything.
anuderpins said:
I thought so too. I have a Metro PCS Galaxy s4 and I wanted to use a T-Mobile sim card in it but it won't let me. I'm still looking around but I can't seem to find anything.
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If what I read is right I know why that thread doesn't work for you. Metro is CDMA and doesn't use sim until Tmo phases it out and switches them to GSM. You don't have a sim card? Is that right?
You cant unlock metro phones, the s4 I heard was supposed to support gsm and cdma and metro and tmobile are not phasing out each other ....there new upcoming devices are gonna be dual cdma /gsm and back each other on data where metro gets weak data tmobile gsm will cover and vise versa where tmobiles weak metro cdma will pick up coverage. .
Im not sure if the metro s4 has this feature yet
But thats the plan for this metro tmobile merge.
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You can unlock the galaxy s4 from metropcs my friend got it unlock but he had to pay for the unlock code he is using it on tmobile now . and when i put a tmobile in my metropcs s4 it works just asks for the unlock code . But i dont need to unlock cause i use metro anyways
Can I use a tmo s4 on metro?
If I actually did help, how bout a Thanks for 'ol times sake
ktetreault14 said:
Can I use a tmo s4 on metro?
If I actually did help, how bout a Thanks for 'ol times sake
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I dont know about that but you can use the metropcs on tmobile
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htcbrazilian said:
You can unlock the galaxy s4 from metropcs my friend got it unlock but he had to pay for the unlock code he is using it on tmobile now . and when i put a tmobile in my metropcs s4 it works just asks for the unlock code . But i dont need to unlock cause i use metro anyways
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Then I guess that answers my statement on being unsure of the metro s4 apparently it is cdma gsm dual .
I only meant every other metro phone in the past was not able to be used on another carrier
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htcbrazilian said:
You can unlock the galaxy s4 from metropcs my friend got it unlock but he had to pay for the unlock code he is using it on tmobile now . and when i put a tmobile in my metropcs s4 it works just asks for the unlock code . But i dont need to unlock cause i use metro anyways
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Can you give me the site where your friend bought his/her unlock code?
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Can you give me the site where your friend bought his/her unlock code?
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http://unlock-samsunggalaxys4.com/Unlock-Code.asp?on=Metro PCS&in=Naperville
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Just to let y'all know:
Yes, the S4 is a GSM phone that uses both the GSM Tmobilr network and the LTE of MetroPCS, giving u the best of both worlds. When u get it thru metro u also get the best price (50 cheaper on the phone and monthly bill is lower too).
Since it is a gsm phone it can be unlocked.
To answer another question, yes u can use any unlocked T-Mobile or att device on metro at this time. The prices of those phones would still be the same monthly bill as a standard metro 4g phone (40 or 50 or 60)
Also, Metropcs does NOT unlock phones, but they accept unlocked phones.
Hopr this clears things up a bit!
- Un-Carrier/Metropcs Rep
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Master Ramy said:
Just to let y'all know:
Yes, the S4 is a GSM phone that uses both the GSM Tmobilr network and the LTE of MetroPCS, giving u the best of both worlds. When u get it thru metro u also get the best price (50 cheaper on the phone and monthly bill is lower too).
Since it is a gsm phone it can be unlocked.
To answer another question, yes u can use any unlocked T-Mobile or att device on metro at this time. The prices of those phones would still be the same monthly bill as a standard metro 4g phone (40 or 50 or 60)
Also, Metropcs does NOT unlock phones, but they accept unlocked phones.
Hopr this clears things up a bit!
- Un-Carrier/Metropcs Rep
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Yes metroPCS accept unlock phones ...
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is there any way to unlock these phones for free?
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Metro should unlock for u, but will put up a fight no doupt, unless u tell them ur going abroad, and or have a second sim to use. All the gsm carriers csn unlock there own phones. There are unlock sites that will do the job to. the cheaper sites take long time, anything under 10-15. Usually 20-24 csn do within 6-8 hours.
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Metropcs s4 Unlock
anuderpins said:
Hey guys,
So I just bought a Metro PCS galaxy s4 and the model is "M919N" (I don't know what the N means) but I was wondering if anyone could find a free way to unlock it?
Thanks for your help!
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try this link hope it helps ^_^
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try this link hope it helps ^_^
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What link?
Did anyone successfully sim-unlocked Metro PCS Samsung GALAXY S4 (SGH-M919n) for free?
Where's the link...can you post it please
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