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The following describes how i got my SGS3 unlocked for free (T-Mobile, not sure if it works for other carriers)
In case you want to unlock your phone for whatever reason, and don't want to pay $20-30 for it, here's what you need to do:
1. Read this article http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1588
2. Call t-mobile if you match eligibility requirements
3. Ask t-mobile rep submit the request for SIM unlock (cuz you are travelling overseas)
4. Wait for your code and instructions to be sent to your e-mail address. I waited for a day to get them but they say it may take up to 14 days.
Enjoy your unlocked phone.
Who doesn't know this ? .. however you do need an active account with them for more then 90 days...
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Ok i got the code but how do i get my phone to the unlock screen. The instructions state that i need a sim from another carrier? Anyone know a work around this?
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Ok i got the code but how do i get my phone to the unlock screen. The instructions state that i need a sim from another carrier? Anyone know a work around this?
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Maybe there's one, I did it with another sim card which I got from my friend's ATT iphone (it uses micro sim)
That is what i thought. Thanks for the response.
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Call t-mobile
Your account has to be in good standing
Last 90 days paid
Request subsidy unlock code
Give them your imei and your email.
You will be told it can take up to 14 days
You can request one subsidy unlock code every 90 days.
Any other questions ask me I work there!
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hucesar1017 said:
Call t-mobile
Your account has to be in good standing
Last 90 days paid
Request subsidy unlock code
Give them your imei and your email.
You will be told it can take up to 14 days
You can request one subsidy unlock code every 90 days.
Any other questions ask me I work there!
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well if I had a t-mobile account why would i need to unlock my t-mobile sgs3 ?
cnpthe3rd said:
well if I had a t-mobile account why would i need to unlock my t-mobile sgs3 ?
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If you do not have the need to unlock then don't bother.
Unlocking sim comes in handy when you are travelling overseas. You can just buy a prepaid sim card there, plop it in your unlocked gs3 and make phone calls, access the internet right away. You cannot do this if your phone is still locked to T-Mobile network/sim.
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Do I need to be on stock Touchwiz to process the unlock procedures and enter the unlock codes? I'm using the AOKP rom now.
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Hello all.
As you can see by my name, Im'a Noob! i have a good understanding of computers and cell phones and can follow directions well but have not attempted anything like this so....
Here's the deal, Today i went to Wal-mart to get a new phone for my wife. I decided on the T mobile Samsung galaxy S 4 (on the Wal-mart family plan $40 a month unlimited) . unfortunately, it apparently does not get signal at my house. What i desire to do is move it to straight talk. because Verizon does have signal at my house. So from this point, is there any way to get this Galaxy S4 to see the Verizon towers and work on the Straight talk network using those Verizon towers? And If So, Can someone please post the step by step instructions (without assuming that i know what a jailbreak or unlocking is) so that i can make my wife happy.
Please and Thank you in advance for all your responses and help!!
Im'a Noob
No
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no?
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No it can't be done, or no you won't help me?
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No it can't be done, or no you won't help me?
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Can't be done
Can't be done. T-Mobile is GSM, Verizon is CDMA, incompatible networks.
Straight Talk resells service for the major carriers but for Sprint and Verizon, who are CDMA carriers/networks, you have to get phones compatible with CDMA to use on Straight Talk and vice versa for T-Mobile and AT&T.
ok how about this
LordLugard said:
Can't be done. T-Mobile is GSM, Verizon is CDMA, incompatible networks.
Straight Talk resells service for the major carriers but for Sprint and Verizon, who are CDMA carriers/networks, you have to get phones compatible with CDMA to use on Straight Talk and vice versa for T-Mobile and AT&T.
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What if i unlock the phone, then get an At&t phone activated on the straight talk network and put its sim card in the Galaxy s4? would that make the s4 work on the straight talk network?
thanks again for all your help
Im'a noob said:
What if i unlock the phone, then get an At&t phone activated on the straight talk network and put its sim card in the Galaxy s4? would that make the s4 work on the straight talk network?
thanks again for all your help
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Noooooooooo
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i saw it in this thread
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Noooooooooo
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283068&highlight=verizon
they said if you unlock it and put an at&t sim in it then the phone worked?
The only solution is to sell it ... let me know how much you want for it I might buy it if the price is right
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sell it?
Romcrazguy said:
The only solution is to sell it ... let me know how much you want for it I might buy it if the price is right
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i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough
Have you tried the Wi-Fi calling option while at home? Assuming you have Wi-Fi at home...
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no ur only solution it not to sell it all you need to do is get a straight talk or a net10 sim card and pop it in the phone and than ur in business you need to update the apn settings for the phone to work..... straight talk and net10 run off of att towers so if att gets service where you live ur gonna be good..... these other people don't know what they're talking about... it has been done and it can be done
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if you can't get a net10 sim card that runs off att I have several of them and I'll sell you one cheaper than the stores have
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Romcrazguy said:
The only solution is to sell it ... let me know how much you want for it I might buy it if the price is right
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Neither the T-Mobile nor AT&T variant will work on Verizon. Period. There isn't an unlock you can do, no ROM you can flash, no special code you can put in to change that fact.
For ST or Net10 to use the Verizon towers you need a CDMA phone, which the M1919 S4 is not. As was mentioned in the post above mine, you DO have the option to run off of T-Mobile or AT&T networks either through the respective carriers or use those towers via Net10 or Straight Talk; but using the Verizon towers in any way is impossible with the particular device you purchased.
Im'a noob said:
Hello all.
As you can see by my name, Im'a Noob! i have a good understanding of computers and cell phones and can follow directions well but have not attempted anything like this so....
Here's the deal, Today i went to Wal-mart to get a new phone for my wife. I decided on the T mobile Samsung galaxy S 4 (on the Wal-mart family plan $40 a month unlimited) . unfortunately, it apparently does not get signal at my house. What i desire to do is move it to straight talk. because Verizon does have signal at my house. So from this point, is there any way to get this Galaxy S4 to see the Verizon towers and work on the Straight talk network using those Verizon towers? And If So, Can someone please post the step by step instructions (without assuming that i know what a jailbreak or unlocking is) so that i can make my wife happy.
Please and Thank you in advance for all your responses and help!!
Im'a Noob
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Its a hardware issue think of it this way its like using an AMD motherboard with an Intel processor they just don't fit together.
Im'a noob said:
i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough
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Where'd you buy it? I bought mine from TMO and was told I can return it within 30 days for a full refund. As others have posted, you can't do what you want with that phone, period.
Edit: Reread your original post. If you have to have Verizon then the phone you bought won't work. Just like a AM radio won't pick up FM stations. It's that simple. Take it back to Walmart and get a refund. BUT, if you can live with using T-mobile away from home and have wifi at home you can get a T-Mobile plan and use wifi calling and internet access at home, and the TMO network elsewhere. You want to use wifi at home anyway because it doesn't count towards data or calling usage. It's all seamless, so there's no problem using it that way.
Dude seriously I find it hard to believe you don't have Wi-Fi in your home. Because if you do, your problems are solved. Your phone supports Wi-Fi calling and messaging (SMS/MMS). This is why I switched to T mobile.
Im'a noob said:
Hello all.
As you can see by my name, Im'a Noob! i have a good understanding of computers and cell phones and can follow directions well but have not attempted anything like this so....
Here's the deal, Today i went to Wal-mart to get a new phone for my wife. I decided on the T mobile Samsung galaxy S 4 (on the Wal-mart family plan $40 a month unlimited) . unfortunately, it apparently does not get signal at my house. What i desire to do is move it to straight talk. because Verizon does have signal at my house. So from this point, is there any way to get this Galaxy S4 to see the Verizon towers and work on the Straight talk network using those Verizon towers? And If So, Can someone please post the step by step instructions (without assuming that i know what a jailbreak or unlocking is) so that i can make my wife happy.
Please and Thank you in advance for all your responses and help!!
Im'a Noob
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You can sim unlock then activate with at&T but the signal won't work well all because every carrier use different frequency bandwidth it won't be the same
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Im'a noob said:
i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough
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And when you see this magical fix, let me know...in fact wondering minds wanna know.
Im'a noob said:
i paid $650 for it today... no one is going to pay me that...i cant see selling it just yet, im sure there is a solution. Or will be soon enough
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If you say you paid $650 for it today, then why not return it for a refund if you don't get TMobile service at your house? Why are you suffering yourself all this turmoil?
ferlogan said:
You can sim unlock then activate with at&T but the signal won't work well all because every carrier use different frequency bandwidth it won't be the same
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe the AT&T and T-Mobile variations are able to pick up 100% of each other's bands so this argument is invalid.
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.
anuderpins said:
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.
Atmazzz said:
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?
anuderpins said:
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 ^_^
techguy1214 said:
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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Hello i live in the Netherlands and got an at&t locked device. I called at&t but they won't unlock it for me because im not an at&t customer.
Any at&t user here willing to unlock it for me? The phone is out of contract so it's free to unlock for at&t customers, all can be done online.
If you can help me send me an PM and ill give you the details
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34661189&postcount=1
have you tried this method?
bbrennan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34661189&postcount=1
have you tried this method?
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Thanks but the phone wich need to unlock is not an note 2
then why are you posting your request in a note 2 forum????
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS
Because of the att version, so everyone here has att right?
Note 2 section is not the place for this. ...g
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Never mind, I'll try it on another way since no one was willing to do this for me.
Moderator: can you delete this topic?
He wanted you to lie to at&t and ask for an unlock code.
rangercaptain said:
He wanted you to lie to at&t and ask for an unlock code.
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So.....
inb4lock?
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rangercaptain said:
He wanted you to lie to at&t and ask for an unlock code.
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They only offer the unlock service to existing or formal att customers... Since att is not in the Netherlands i can't do anything . I wanted this the legal way, but without luck. The phone is 3 years old. But no problem I'll unlock it at a phone shop here, i don't mind paying for it i just thought some fellows here wanted to earn a few quick bucks for the effort for me.
If you flash the J2 modem you can unlock the phone. It takes longer to download than it takes to unlock.
Can i sim unlock my AT&T samsung note 4?
We still owe on the devices, we are going out of the country in two weeks and we didn't want to pay roaming charges from AT&T! If i root them will that do the job?
TRAVELING MAN said:
We still owe on the devices, we are going out of the country in two weeks and we didn't want to pay roaming charges from AT&T! If i root them will that do the job?
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just call AT&T and make sure to tell them that it is for international travel and not for uses like using it with T-mobile or something like that. They might be able to help you, it worked for me.
We tried that and their response was, not an option we must go with their international rate plan that is 20x the rate that we could have if the phones were unlocked! Don't like being screwed by a company that i pay for service for over 15 yrs!
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We tried that and their response was, not an option we must go with their international rate plan that is 20x the rate that we could have if the phones were unlocked! Don't like being screwed by a company that i pay for service for over 15 yrs!
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I successfully SIM-unlocked my AT&T Note 4 with a $16 unlock code from this eBay seller: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAMSUNG-U...XY-S1-S5-AT-T-T-MOBILE-USA-ONLY-/201203630878
Will they do it for a T-Mobile variant too?
EDIT: They raised the price
yeswap said:
I successfully SIM-unlocked my AT&T Note 4 with a $16 unlock code from this eBay seller: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAMSUNG-U...XY-S1-S5-AT-T-T-MOBILE-USA-ONLY-/201203630878
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arjun90 said:
Will they do it for a T-Mobile variant too?
EDIT: They raised the price
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Yikes it's £49.99 or about $77 now. Must be the XDA effect!
They claim to do the T-Mobile version too
Yes you can
I.did it
Works just fine
Been using att on tmobile for a month now
Lots of websites offer this code
Check prices and reviews
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cellunlocker.net has been a viable source for quite awhile. I've used them in the past and the turnaround time is typically under 2 hours.
slimc84 said:
cellunlocker.net has been a viable source for quite awhile. I've used them in the past and the turnaround time is typically under 2 hours.
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Not true for Samsung devices right now, it's been 4 days for me, still no code, Samsung servers are not working so you can't get unlock codes at this moment.
I just got the note 4 (AT&T version) from Best Buy to use with my Straight Talk service and everything works well except the data and MMS. Where can I get a cheap unlock code for this? I own the phone outright (paid cash). Can I call Samsung and they will unlock it or what?
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I just got the note 4 (AT&T version) from Best Buy to use with my Straight Talk service and everything works well except the data and MMS. Where can I get a cheap unlock code for this? I own the phone outright (paid cash). Can I call Samsung and they will unlock it or what?
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Change your apn settings to straight talks and the your data will work...I'm using an att note 4 on straighttalk with no problems
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christianboy_83 said:
I just got the note 4 (AT&T version) from Best Buy to use with my Straight Talk service and everything works well except the data and MMS. Where can I get a cheap unlock code for this? I own the phone outright (paid cash). Can I call Samsung and they will unlock it or what?
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If u need help setting it up shoot me a message and I'll walk u through it!
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ok2nvnexus said:
Change your apn settings to straight talks and the your data will work...I'm using an att note 4 on straighttalk with no problems
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If u need help setting it up shoot me a message and I'll walk u through it!
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I just messaged you.
hI
can upgrade my note n910f (sim unlocked SFR France) with this rom: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/44446/N910FXXU1BOC3_N910FTPD1BOC1_TPD/ without losing my sim unlock ?
thanks in advance
soo55 said:
hI
can upgrade my note n910f (sim unlocked SFR France) with this rom: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/44446/N910FXXU1BOC3_N910FTPD1BOC1_TPD/ without losing my sim unlock ?
thanks in advance
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You will not lose your unlock. The unlock is permanent. You can flash 50 ROMs, factory reset your device 20 times, use Odin, etc and it will still be unlocked.