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I have hunted all over to find how to unlock a sim in a t999. I can not find a way to do. Is theer a way? I cant have tmoble do it becouse my account is too young. I am month to month but need to use a differnt sim do to the areas i travel.
Please help
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Wrong section. Moved to the TMO GS3 forums
You can call T-Mobile and ask them for the unlock code. They will e-mail you in about 24-48 hours. Once you get the code, you put in the new SIM card, and when the phone asks for your unlock code, enter the code provided by T-Mobile and you'll be good to go.
Had to do the same thing with my phone as I travel to Canada a lot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023709 unlock is free right there :laugh:
Lakeshow423 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023709 unlock is free right there :laugh:
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I was looking for that too in case T-Mobile didn't work for him.
I do find it odd that TMO would say the account is "too young".
Bass_Man25 said:
I was looking for that too in case T-Mobile didn't work for him.
I do find it odd that TMO would say the account is "too young".
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They always say that just in case you terminate early. I go through a lot of phones, Tmobile will unlock your phone every 90 days, it just has to be a Tmobile phone. You would also need to use the new phone for a bout a week so it could register under their system.
After hours of reading i decide to post im really stresfull with this situation. i bought a phone trough ebay i live in dominican republic but when i insert the SIM CARD say " NO SIM CARD" like if i had not put anything. i saw in the post that sprint has somehting modified to dont let no one activate the phone until we call them. i was trying to call them but there are asking me for a phone number and the phone doesnt have any phone number like the CDMA always do.
PLEASE!! there is any way to remove that security and unlock the phone without call sprint ?
if there is any how can i do that because i dont want to lose the money that i paid and im very needing this phone.
i tried lot of thing like the ##3282 and enable the LTE , BAND 26 AND 41 also i have my msl code but nothings appears to work.
Do i need to sell the phone for parts or i will need to wait till someone resolve this problem bz as i think is a software solution ....
Thanks for all
kiorix said:
After hours of reading i decide to post im really stresfull with this situation. i bought a phone trough ebay i live in dominican republic but when i insert the SIM CARD say " NO SIM CARD" like if i had not put anything. i saw in the post that sprint has somehting modified to dont let no one activate the phone until we call them. i was trying to call them but there are asking me for a phone number and the phone doesnt have any phone number like the CDMA always do.
PLEASE!! there is any way to remove that security and unlock the phone without call sprint ?
if there is any how can i do that because i dont want to lose the money that i paid and im very needing this phone.
i tried lot of thing like the ##3282 and enable the LTE , BAND 26 AND 41 also i have my msl code but nothings appears to work.
Do i need to sell the phone for parts or i will need to wait till someone resolve this problem bz as i think is a software solution ....
Thanks for all
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I think you should wait a little longer before selling it for parts as I think this is definitely a software solution.
tHANKS ill think i will wait a little longer
Hathoid said:
I think you should wait a little longer before selling it for parts as I think this is definitely a software solution.
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Need unlock code from Sprint for international use... they unlock over network. Still, shouldn't say no SIM card, try another.
Steamer86 said:
Need unlock code from Sprint for international use... they unlock over network. Still, shouldn't say no SIM card, try another.
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I've tried 3, all of them say no sim card.
Bottom line you shouldn't have bought the Sprint model. Sprint sends out the unlock code/unlocks the phone over their network and you being in the D.R, you're out of luck.
LordLugard said:
Bottom line you shouldn't have bought the Sprint model. Sprint sends out the unlock code/unlocks the phone over their network and you being in the D.R, you're out of luck.
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It's not as complex as you are making it out to be, don't crush people's hope if you don't have facts behind it. Yes it wasn't a good idea to get the sprint one, but the deed is already done. Both the S4 and the HTC ONE were unlocked without sprint sometime after their release, I believe it will be the same case for the G2.
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It's not as complex as you are making it out to be, don't crush people's hope if you don't have facts behind it. Yes it wasn't a good idea to get the sprint one, but the deed is already done. Both the S4 and the HTC ONE were unlocked without sprint sometime after their release, I believe it will be the same case for the G2.
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...and you have the "facts" that the G2 will be unlocked or you just want to "believe"? This belief of yours is based on what facts exactly? The HTC One and S4 are/were much more massively popular devices and attract much more attention. You are chastising me for being a realist yet all you're giving the O.P is your belief, just that.
I'm not crushing anyone's hope (where in blazes did you even get that from ). Why suffer through the wait for an unlock when the choice is there for O.P to get rid of it for as much as he/she can still get for it and get the GSM version.
kiorix said:
After hours of reading i decide to post im really stresfull with this situation. i bought a phone trough ebay i live in dominican republic but when i insert the SIM CARD say " NO SIM CARD" like if i had not put anything. i saw in the post that sprint has somehting modified to dont let no one activate the phone until we call them. i was trying to call them but there are asking me for a phone number and the phone doesnt have any phone number like the CDMA always do.
PLEASE!! there is any way to remove that security and unlock the phone without call sprint ?
if there is any how can i do that because i dont want to lose the money that i paid and im very needing this phone.
i tried lot of thing like the ##3282 and enable the LTE , BAND 26 AND 41 also i have my msl code but nothings appears to work.
Do i need to sell the phone for parts or i will need to wait till someone resolve this problem bz as i think is a software solution ....
Thanks for all
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I also bought a ls980 in ebay, but still is locked.
Steamer86 said:
Need unlock code from Sprint for international use... they unlock over network. Still, shouldn't say no SIM card, try another.
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Pretty sure sprint g2 say no sim card because it's locked. Usually a phone would say invalid or ask for a code but not the g2. Cmiiw
Heh, learn something new with this phone every day.
Please help with the sprint unlock
Steamer86 said:
Heh, learn something new with this phone every day.
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Hi,
Happy New Year everyone!!
I'm in India and am getting a great deal on a Sprint LG G2. Only thing is that i have yet to find an unlock for it. Do the codes given by the unlock sites work? Or does anyone have any sort of idea/clue?
Please keep this thread alive. The price difference for me is substantial and I have kept my purchase of the LG G2 on hold for the moment.
If anyone can help I would be really grateful.
Regards,
George Mathews
sometimes they can also give you unlock instructions thro email so what I would do is call sprint and ask whats the worse they can say? all they can really say im sorry but we cant help? I would really just call sprint
I just got the tmobile model I paid 100 bucks more than the sprint model on craigslist. I dont have sprint service and they told me that i have to have a 2 year contract with them. That they wont do prepaid plans to this phone.. Ridiculous but that's how they work. As Sprint i dont think they will unlock your phone since you didn't bought it from them.
George Matt said:
Hi,
Happy New Year everyone!!
I'm in India and am getting a great deal on a Sprint LG G2. Only thing is that i have yet to find an unlock for it. Do the codes given by the unlock sites work? Or does anyone have any sort of idea/clue?
Please keep this thread alive. The price difference for me is substantial and I have kept my purchase of the LG G2 on hold for the moment.
If anyone can help I would be really grateful.
Regards,
George Mathews
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Sprint's international phones get unlocked OTA (Over The Air) while registered on the network, meaning the unlock codes/mechanism are sent to the phone from Sprint itself. Unlocker websites will not work.
Other alternative is to wait for someone to develop an unlock solution like they did for the Sprint HTC One and Galaxy S4.
...or get a proper GSM LG G2 variant.
Oh, you guys are going to laugh... it's so simple... edit /system/build.prop and change ro.build.target_operator=SPR to ro.build.target_operator=OPEN
THAT'S ALL FOLKS! I see this is from last month, but some may not know that yet, and I came here by Google search, because my stupid phone which is an active Sprint phone started showing no SIM card, and I can't figure out how to make it go away.
sudosurootdev said:
Oh, you guys are going to laugh... it's so simple... edit /system/build.prop and change ro.build.target_operator=SPR to ro.build.target_operator=OPEN
THAT'S ALL FOLKS! I see this is from last month, but some may not know that yet, and I came here by Google search, because my stupid phone which is an active Sprint phone started showing no SIM card, and I can't figure out how to make it go away.
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If you also read through the WHOLE thread you'll see the issues with that method...
easy fix for no sim card sign or not recognized.
kiorix said:
After hours of reading i decide to post im really stresfull with this situation. i bought a phone trough ebay i live in dominican republic but when i insert the SIM CARD say " NO SIM CARD" like if i had not put anything. i saw in the post that sprint has somehting modified to dont let no one activate the phone until we call them. i was trying to call them but there are asking me for a phone number and the phone doesnt have any phone number like the CDMA always do.
PLEASE!! there is any way to remove that security and unlock the phone without call sprint ?
if there is any how can i do that because i dont want to lose the money that i paid and im very needing this phone.
i tried lot of thing like the ##3282 and enable the LTE , BAND 26 AND 41 also i have my msl code but nothings appears to work.
Do i need to sell the phone for parts or i will need to wait till someone resolve this problem bz as i think is a software solution ....
Thanks for all
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Edit prop file in systen folder and remove Spr in: xxx.carrier=SPR
Basically delete SPR at the end of the line. And your sim will work. Verified.
Hope this helps someone. I get so much from this forum and hopefuly I can give back.
How can I edit that part?
kiorix said:
How can I edit that part?
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Download ROM toolbox which has a built in build.prop editor (You must be rooted to do this). If you're doing this, change the OPEN to spr (lower case) and then reboot, otherwise you will get system UI crashes.
But... there is now a permanent unlock for the ls980. Please check the Sprint section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655133
so, i recently bought this phone new in box. opened the box, inserted my sim and it does not recognize it. now i should mention that i use walmart family mobile as my carrier. could that be my problem? i'm told that t-mobile phones work since there a branch of t-mobile but so far no luck. im going from a captivate to this phone, so the sim was bigger. i used the template deal and cut it down to the micro sim size which i thought could be my problem but the sim happily works in the captivate. any help with this would be greatly appreciated. i will answer all questions to my greatest abilities and i apologize in advance if im the 18th person to ask this today like other questions
joehein said:
so, i recently bought this phone new in box. opened the box, inserted my sim and it does not recognize it. now i should mention that i use walmart family mobile as my carrier. could that be my problem? i'm told that t-mobile phones work since there a branch of t-mobile but so far no luck. im going from a captivate to this phone, so the sim was bigger. i used the template deal and cut it down to the micro sim size which i thought could be my problem but the sim happily works in the captivate. any help with this would be greatly appreciated. i will answer all questions to my greatest abilities and i apologize in advance if im the 18th person to ask this today like other questions
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You can not swap SIM cards from one provider to another unless your phone is unlocked..
You need to purchase a T-Mobile SIM card kit...
Zaphodspeaks said:
You can not swap SIM cards from one provider to another unless your phone is unlocked..
You need to purchase a T-Mobile SIM card kit...
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but this works with other t-mobile phones and i know this because i have done it without an unlock, but those were older older phones like the s1 and s2. does the t999l specifically pick a fight? maybe a quirk of 4.1.2?
joehein said:
but this works with other t-mobile phones and i know this because i have done it without an unlock, but those were older older phones like the s1 and s2. does the t999l specifically pick a fight? maybe a quirk of 4.1.2?
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I believe in order for this to work on this device, you would need to unlock it..
I'm no expert, but this is my personal experience..
In order for me to test this, I would have to have both devices and YOUR sim card..
Zaphodspeaks said:
I believe in order for this to work on this device, you would need to unlock it..
I'm no expert, but this is my personal experience..
In order for me to test this, I would have to have both devices and YOUR sim card..
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well a man can hope right? and from my extensive research i have found that because of the fancy L the only way to unlock this is via a dude on ebay, or a code directly from t-mobile. i doubt t-mobile would do this for a non-contract phone though. it certainly does suck to suck.
Esn?
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"Doesn't recognize it" please explain what exactly what is happening. If it is still asking for a SIM to be inserted, you will need a new SIM, but if it is asking for a Unlock PIN Code or similar, then you will need to unlock the phone to use with a non-TMo provider. Personally, I think that since you cut the SIM and it is not lining up. You should get a new (factory made, not cut) Micro-SIM. Also, I believe that it should work with Simple, Straight Talk and Walmart Family on any TMo phone.
It is possible to SIM unlock the m919? I work in IT and travel around a lot. As much as I love T-mo, the reception isn't good unless I'm in a city. About 70% of the time on on an edge connection . I wanna switch to AT&T prepaid.
Help?
H3adru5H said:
It is possible to SIM unlock the m919? I work in IT and travel around a lot. As much as I love T-mo, the reception isn't good unless I'm in a city. About 70% of the time on on an edge connection . I wanna switch to AT&T prepaid.
Help?
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If the phone is paid for T-Mobile will provide you the SIM unlock code for free. I called 2 months after I purchased the phone and they texted the unlock code within the day.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
If the phone is paid for T-Mobile will provide you the SIM unlock code for free. I called 2 months after I purchased the phone and they texted the unlock code within the day.
Rob
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Do you have to be on Touchwiz for the code to work?
H3adru5H said:
Do you have to be on Touchwiz for the code to work?
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I don't believe so. However, I did unlock mine with a TW rom. What should happen is when you insert the non-TMO SIM, the phone should prompt for the code.
rlichtefeld said:
I don't believe so. However, I did unlock mine with a TW rom. What should happen is when you insert the non-TMO SIM, the phone should prompt for the code.
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Ohhhhhhh okie dokes. Will try this and get back to ya.
H3adru5H said:
Ohhhhhhh okie dokes. Will try this and get back to ya.
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I told them I was going to Europe for a few weeks and wanted to be able to use cheaper SIM while I was over there.
I think this was the 3rd or 4th phone I've done this with.
Part of the reason I've stayed with PowerTel/VoiceStream/T-Mobile all these years.
You do have to be on touchwiz to unlock
Edit: maybe with a GPE ROM it will work but not sure
Gpe wouldn't have the menus since its already unlocked
I have a cricket sim card (in an adapter - nano >standard) in an Incredible 2.
The phone is unlocked.
When I put the sim card in, in both global and GSM mode, I get an error of an invalid sim and it won't let me edit the GSM settings or apn.
Has anyone done this? I just need a phone for the time being. I'm using the sim card in a different phone to type and post this, so I know the sim card is good and active.
Any ideas help? Phone is stock 2.3.4
Thank you in advance.
How exactly did you get the phone unlocked?
called Verizon, got the code. put it in, phone restarts, then says its unlocked.
Any help with the sim issue?
71pandas said:
called Verizon, got the code. put it in, phone restarts, then says its unlocked.
Any help with the sim issue?
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Alright, sounds like it should be gsm unlocked. Are you sure the cricket sim is GSM? I thought cricket was cdma but I might be wrong. If you can, try a tmo or att sim in the phone and see if you get signal. Also next time can you quote me so I can see your reply? Thanks.
ethanchow said:
Alright, sounds like it should be gsm unlocked. Are you sure the cricket sim is GSM? I thought cricket was cdma but I might be wrong. If you can, try a tmo or att sim in the phone and see if you get signal. Also next time can you quote me so I can see your reply? Thanks.
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Cricket is owned by ATT, I think they phased out CDMA in 2014 or 2015. They use all ATT towers now.
71pandas said:
Cricket is owned by ATT, I think they phased out CDMA in 2014 or 2015. They use all ATT towers now.
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Ahh, im behind on this kind of thing. Does the sim work on any other gsm phone? I would also try to flash a stock ruu.
ethanchow said:
Ahh, im behind on this kind of thing. Does the sim work on any other gsm phone? I would also try to flash a stock ruu.
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Using the sim in a different phone to write this post. Phones are bone stock.
thank you for the continued troubleshooting, really would like to get this figured out. I've been around here much longer than this username. Normally I find the answers without the need for more specific help. This one has me stumped though.
71pandas said:
Using the sim in a different phone to write this post. Phones are bone stock.
thank you for the continued troubleshooting, really would like to get this figured out. I've been around here much longer than this username. Normally I find the answers without the need for more specific help. This one has me stumped though.
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Just try to RUU to stock and factory reset. Sometimes you need to wipe everything after entering the code so the phone will autodownload the apn settings.