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Is Galaxy NOTE II on 3 network unlocked and unbranded?

Thanks.

Also, does it have DC-HSPA+?

Yes to unlocked and yes to unbranded. I brought someones 3 upgrade and put my t-mobile sim card in.
Whats DC-HSPA+?
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It's certainly unbranded, not a bit of bloatware to be seen. Can't comment on it being unlocked though as don't have another micro sim to try it. .. hopefully it is.
Is there another way of checking if the phone is unlocked?
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MadfishGTB said:
It's certainly unbranded, not a bit of bloatware to be seen. Can't comment on it being unlocked though as don't have another micro sim to try it. .. hopefully it is.
Is there another way of checking if the phone is unlocked?
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try putting a non 3 network sim, and see if it works.
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daz_2000 said:
Yes to unlocked and yes to unbranded. I brought someones 3 upgrade and put my t-mobile sim card in.
Whats DC-HSPA+?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access#Dual-Cell
Up to 42mbps, Three should have it soon I think. The Galaxy S3 has it, so I'm wandering if this has it too.
I ask because I would have got the 4G one from T-mobile, but T-mobile are completely useless and I can't bare being on their network any more.

Just tested my Note 2 from 3 with my cousin's O2 sim card, pleased to report it's unlocked and worked fine

Managed to try another sim tonight and I'm happy to report the phone is unlocked
I wonder if it's just the first batch from three though that come unbranded and unlocked?
The three customer service bloke advised me that there would be a charge to unlock the phone...
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I got mine from 3 and can confirm it's unlocked, unbranded, and has hspa+. Speedtest app showing downloads of 9mb down and 2.5mb up. The network symbol changes from H to H+ depending on what's available
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Excellent news, I've just recieved my upgrade from 3 today, it is awesome and to make it even better because I've been with them for 8 years and threatened to leave they give it me for £24 a month on the one plan!

RambJoe said:
Also, does it have DC-HSPA+?
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I don't think it does. Just 21mb down on Samsungs site.

I asked in the shop from a rep who seemed to know just about everything about the SGNII - HSPA IS on all 3s SGNIIs and it is not likely they will be getting 4G any time soon as "the standard" - probably at least a year (not sure if that means the same as DC-HSPA+).

Mine's an unbranded (no other microsim to test unlocked) but it frequently shows the 'H+' symbol.
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Hi
Does anyone know if three actually block tethering on the ultimate internet tarriff, or just hold you in breach of contract if they find you? Am currently on orange and although you're not allowed to tether it works. I rarely do but its handy on the rare occasions when my home tinternet is down, for example. Would rather not stump up the extra for the one plan since tethering will be very rare.
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As far as I know there's no way for them to tell if you're tethering or not.

First thing I did after going into the 3 store to get my Note 2 a week ago was head to a carphone warehouse nearby and cheekily ask if I could borrow a microsim from another network to see if my phone was unlocked. The girl in the shop was kind enough to lend me the vodafone sim from her personal iphone 4s (and was definitely impressed by the Note 2), and voila it turned out it was completely unlocked and unbranded!
Result!

[Q] Can I use any Microsim card to unlock this device?

Hello,
I have a locked T-999 and I'm getting my hands on an unlock code. Can I buy any cheap microsim card to unlock my device or does it have to be AT&T?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Phone-Cards...=R40&_clu=2&_nkw=at&t+microsim&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1

I would think it'd need to be a tmobile sim, but I'm really not sure about that.
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kharnage said:
Hello,
I have a locked T-999 and I'm getting my hands on an unlock code. Can I buy any cheap microsim card to unlock my device or does it have to be AT&T?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Phone-Cards...=R40&_clu=2&_nkw=at&t+microsim&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
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Any non T-Mobile SIM card will /should being up the unlock menu.
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Insert any non T-Mobile micro SIM. You have to have a SIM that's not T-Mobile. T-Mobile s3 doesn't have access to unlock menu until another SIM is in the phone. At least it wasn't possible when I unlocked mine months ago
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Thanks for the responses!
So I can just get this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NET10-MICRO...130794368103?pt=SIM_Cards&hash=item1e73f3ac67) and it is guaranteed to bring up the unlock menu?

kharnage said:
Thanks for the responses!
So I can just get this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NET10-MICRO...130794368103?pt=SIM_Cards&hash=item1e73f3ac67) and it is guaranteed to bring up the unlock menu?
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or just go in to ATT and ask them to use one for a sec. Im sure if you tell them you need to unlock the phone to their network they will have no problem letting you use one for 30 sec.

[Q] Check if locked on unlocked?

So I tried to activate a used Note 2 I just bought from someone on Canada's Telus network. According to the CSR the phone is not unlocked. Is there something I can do on the phone to check this?
I tried the "*#simlock#" or "*#simlock#*" or "*#simlock" and all of them just say "Not registered on network."
I did a IMEI lookup and it says my phone is not "blocked" (stolen?) but I can't find anything on how to check if it's locked or not.

Go in the boot loader and choose the sim lock option
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How do I get into the bootloader? I can get into Odin Mode and the "Downloading..." screen...

unL33T said:
How do I get into the bootloader? I can get into Odin Mode and the "Downloading..." screen...
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Hold the power button + down volume when your phone is shut down!
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If I press and hold those 2 keys it just continually reboots. If I press and hold them until something comes on the screen and then let go it just goes into Android.
If I add the Home button to the mix, I end up at the "Downloading..." screen at which point I need to pull the battery to reboot it.
I am a complete noob to Android, by the way, if that wasn't clear.

Haha alright... do you have an other carrier sim card?
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No. The only SIM card that will fit (microSIM) is the Telus one I just bought. I have a work phone on Bell but it's not a microSIM and I'm not going to cut it or I won't be able to put it back in my work phone.
I should clarify that the Note 2 was being used on Bell and I am trying to use it Telus but they said it wasn't unlocked and they couldn't put it on their network.
I also read that I should get a warning error if I put a different SIM in and it is not unlocked but I started it up with my Telus SIM and got no errors.

I'm starting to wonder if they just had a typo in the IMEI or something but if I can find something on the device to prove it's unlocked then I'll know for sure.

unL33T said:
No. The only SIM card that will fit (microSIM) is the Telus one I just bought. I have a work phone on Bell but it's not a microSIM and I'm not going to cut it or I won't be able to put it back in my work phone.
I should clarify that the Note 2 was being used on Bell and I am trying to use it Telus but they said it wasn't unlocked and they couldn't put it on their network.
I also read that I should get a warning error if I put a different SIM in and it is not unlocked but I started it up with my Telus SIM and got no errors.
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Well actually, if your phone was on BELL and you are using it on TELUS and receving sms,data,etc... your unlocked!
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That's the problem. They refused to activate it saying it wasn't unlocked. So no, I am not receiving anything on it. If I hadn't had problems getting them to activate it, I probably wouldn't be posting this.

I have a totally different phone which is s-off and unlocked boot loader and all that. If I go to that option in my fastboot screen and I her a bunch of errors like emmc fail and such would that indicate my phone was sim locked? I'm on a droid incredible 4g LTE from Verizon. I'm just curious! Thanks
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Well your not unlocked!
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unL33T said:
That's the problem. They refused to activate it saying it wasn't unlocked. So no, I am not receiving anything on it. If I hadn't had problems getting them to activate it, I probably wouldn't be posting this.
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Thought I quoted the first one
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Ha!!! Thought so. That was hella fast!!
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Download this app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spocky.galaxsimunlock this might help
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seb_labine said:
Download this app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spocky.galaxsimunlock this might help
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Damn, I need to root to do that. I'll keep that in consideration if I decide to root it.

seb_labine said:
Well your not unlocked!
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I just want to check since I have no idea how the CSR knew. They just told me it must not be unlocked but I think they just messed something up on their end.

Maybe this? http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-sim-for-free-on-gsm-galaxy-note-2/
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seb_labine said:
Maybe this? http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-sim-for-free-on-gsm-galaxy-note-2/
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Looks promising. I don't get a network lock dialog like they show, though. That's why I don't think it's locked. The reason I'm not getting anything from the network is probably because they didn't activate the new SIM because they were having some kind of issue with the IMEI. It'd be nice if they filled in the customer a little more about what the issue is.

seb_labine said:
Maybe this? http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-sim-for-free-on-gsm-galaxy-note-2/
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Apparently I was right because I called them again today and they didn't even want the IMEI which is what they were having problems with yesterday and now that I've got the SIM activated I'm sending and receiving calls so I guess it's unlocked after all.

Yes it is haha your sim wasn't activated that was the problem !
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Maybe a stupid question, but...

I have purchased a SIM unlock code for my HTC ONE V. I am with KOODO Mobile. I tested a Bell SIM card and it worked fine. But, Will my phone work over Europe? I know I have to buy a prepaid SIM card. Sorry if it's been asked a million times

R: Maybe a stupid question, but...
Teorically, yes but I'm not sure. I know that when you unlock an iPhone it works everywhere, but don't know about our phone, even though I'm 90% sure it would work

Yes it will. I use a sim unlocked One V in my own country (the Netherlands) and it worked fine with a prepaid sim when I was on holiday in the USA so I assume it works the other way around aswell. Atleast for calls and texts, don't know about data but I assume that would work aswell.
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lars1216 said:
Yes it will. I use a sim unlocked One V in my own country (the Netherlands) and it worked fine with a prepaid sim when I was on holiday in the USA so I assume it works the other way around aswell. Atleast for calls and texts, don't know about data but I assume that would work aswell.
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Thanks for the info man.

How do I activate my new M8 ?

I bought a new One M8 from ATT last week, but didn't have them activate in the store, as I wanted to root it and install a ROM, and play around with at home for a week first, before making it my official phone.
I am coming from an ATT Galaxy S4. So today I am ready to my the M8 my phone now, but I feel like an idiot or a rookie, not knowing how do activate it I forgot that my S4 has the bigger SIM card, which doesn't fit in the M8, which has a tiny nano card. Well the nano card is in the M8 already, I just need to activate it, but really not sure how ?
I dialed "611#' on the M8 and it says something like the SIM card is not provisioned ? And then turning the card out, and putting it back in says " SIM not provisioned MM #2 "
I do have a little sticker that came in the HTC box from ATT has a bunch of serial numbers on it, etc...
Any help would be greatly appreciated here.
Thank you.

Just call AT&T. They will need to activate the new nano SIM. They'll want the IMEI from the phone and the SIM # from the nano I believe.

task650 said:
Just call AT&T. They will need to activate the new nano SIM. They'll want the IMEI from the phone and the SIM # from the nano I believe.
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This is correct!

task650 said:
Just call AT&T. They will need to activate the new nano SIM. They'll want the IMEI from the phone and the SIM # from the nano I believe.
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Look who it is what's up man? Did you get a m8?
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Thanks. Was qui k and easy, I dialed 611, and spoke to the rep, gave him my serial info stuff, and two minutes all good ?
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graffixnyc said:
Look who it is what's up man? Did you get a m8?
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@graffixnyc what's up dude. Yeah I ended up getting one.

task650 said:
@graffixnyc what's up dude. Yeah I ended up getting one.
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@task650 Nice, glad to see you around these parts.. Got a fresh set of underwear?

graffixnyc said:
@task650 Nice, glad to see you around these parts.. Got a fresh set of underwear?
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Lol. Not yet. Working on it. Time is very slim these days. But it should happen soon.
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