Hi, I've just got my M5 and it's locked to Voda UK - is there a way to sim unlock it quickly, or do you need to get one of the online unlocks that takes 5 days or so? Had an S3 about 4 years ago and that could be unlocked when tethered to a PC... thanks for your help
Same phone acquired same way
You might have noted when you got the phone it was "primed" lock lock to whichever network you first tried.
If you put a Vodafone SIM in then locked to that network, probably with 5 tries to unlock.
Ebay has a seller charging £12. (+ £0 for online SIM or £2 for SIM from a Voda store)
Vodafone charge £20.
So I am going the Voda route, for the warranty. As I bought from them the Sales of Goods Act put the onus on them and I don't want them to complaint that the phone was unlocked.
Rather than buying a BigBundle SIM, I got a data freebie, so the data is IN ADDITION to the Top-up and thus the top-up can be used to pay for the unlock - after 30 days...
So quicker and cheaper via eBay (though some M5 users report these sellers cannot always find the code [most will give a refund]) but legit via Vodafone not much more time or cost.
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Hi,
I need to unlock an LG Incite (CT810) phone sim locked to at&t.
any body??
a code from at&t is needed to unlock your phone, the easiest way to do this is to call customer support on the terms of "international travel and prepaid sim cards"
Danni3 said:
a code from at&t is needed to unlock your phone, the easiest way to do this is to call customer support on the terms of "international travel and prepaid sim cards"
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Thanks, is there a certain strategy to do so.
does this also mean that i can turn my contract into a prepaid account using this approach, I'm indeed going to travel for a long period (maybe 6 months)..??
thanks
If you poke around on eBay you can get a code in a couple hours for the price of around $5. I guess it depends on what your time is worth. I decided to give up a few bucks rather than waste a lot of time on the phone with AT&T, or searching the internet. The ct810 Incite is phone specific also when unlocking. This means there is not one code to unlock all Incites.
I buy the phone from Amazon, and i don't want to activate the line (i still didn't) ... will that cause any problems ??
if yes, can i activate the phone, then due to traveling abroad i convert the contract to prepaid account??
I once bought a prepaid package and i never activated the line... and the telephone still works till now without problems.. i'm not sure if this is the case with contract phones too ..
will the universal sim unlocker (here in the forum) work on the incite?
As here we dedicate only to HTC devices you won't get too much attention.
better to try here:
http://cellphoneforums.net/lg/
Good luck,
Hi,
I have bought HTC Desire (New) from eBay and seller said that he got it from T-Mobile and he don't know if it is unlocked or not. The thing is that from all topics I went throught it always says that if my phone is locked and I put different sim there then I will be prompted at boot to put code. I have tried with different sims (Vodafone, o2) but I have no such code input. Now I am using T-Mobile some cheap card and everything works but when using another card it gives me LIMITED Service Warning and no signal. It cannot register to any network as well. Any ideas if I should go and try to unlock it via some codes or it is unlocked already but I have to rebrand it?
Thank You,
Golotap
I was at Police/Vodafone/T-Mobile/T-Mobile/Another T-Mobile and everyone says this phone has been blacklisted in UK this is why it has such problem ._. so now I am just sending it back to Ebay seller.
Thank You,
Golotap
The amount of people buying from eBay and having problems is unreal. Go buy it from a retailer sicne your guaranteed it actually works.
The problem is money, normal phones are just too expensive for me so many people are just going to eBay.
Hi all,
Bought this tablet off of craigslist a couple months ago after meeting seller at the T-Mobile store and confirming all was good for him to sell, no money owing, not stolen, etc...
I want to now sim unlock it to other carriers. I see ads all over the place for sim unlocking for a fee. They have to be doing it somehow... Thought I'd call T-Mobile to ask them to sim unlock their device. Was given the run-around for an hour, no satisfaction! I tried the chat and the idiot T-Mobile rep gave same run-around stories.
I've searched high and low for something that can sim unlock this tablet. I've found nothing yet. The T-Mobile sim unlocking app wouldn't install, incompatible. Hell, we can root these tablets all day long and I have other phones I've rooted no problem, but I see nothing yet for a sim unlock. Is this some black art or something?? To give some props here or an example, I bought an AT&T Galaxy S off craigslist. Got to the AT&T web page to request sim unlock. Filled out the form. A day and a half later, sim unlock code sent. Put T-Mobile sim in, it asked for code, entered code, watch now sim unlocked!
So, if anyone can help point me in the right direction for more info, appreciate you!
I´m afraid you´ll have to pay for the unlock. T-Mobile won´t unlock it as you don´t meet requirements (not subscriber, to begin with) , and you won´t get it for free. At&t gave you the code, but that doesn´t mean all carriers would do the same. People that sell codes get them from employees, not from their website. Some options:
- Search for a repair shop that make unlocks, but keep in mind that unlocking a phone without carrier´s consent can be considered illegal, according to DMCA [read this]. Repair shops that have modern tools for that kind of job would take 20 - 40 minutes to unlock it.
- Order code from reliable source. Paying by paypal is not securing transaction in this case, as it´s qualified as 'service', not goods, so they don´t have buyer protection program.
Just wondering if GPE ruu does anything to unlock the m8? I bought this phone used a few months back, from the original owner as far as I knew. They advertised it as locked to Telus.... Who I am with anyways. So I bought it to use on Telus.
Recently I paid off my device balance to switch to VoIP on a $45 a month 5gb data plan. Bell has the same thing for $40 so I thought about switching. Decided to unlock my phone so I could do whatever I wanted whenever so I bought the unlock code on cellunlocker.net. I didn't use it for several weeks. Aide I've stuck with Telus.
Tonight I decided I better unlock it in case the code didn't work, so I stuck my girlfriends bell sim card in out of her iPhone.... Waited for it to ask me for the unlock code. It didn't ask so I went in and searched for networks. Bell popped up and I selected it, bam I have service with Bell. Apparently my phone is not locked and I paid $16 for nothing.
I'm just curious, did the previous owner forget that she unlocked the phone or did the GPE ruu do something to unlock it?
I purchased an AT&T Samsung Note 4 but realized only later that it is locked. I tried the att.com/deviceunlock feature but it seems that the phone was still under contract so cannot be unlocked by carrier.
I then paid $20 to two different website to try and get a code for unlocking but both were unable to unlock and refunded my money. I am wondering now if I can unlock this phone somehow for me to give to someone for use in India. Any suggestions welcome. Do I try to first root it and then somehow unlock it?
Or are there no options and I just give to my kids to play over WiFi? Best regards and thanks in advance.
step1: pay off your phone if it's still under contract. keep your confirmation.
step2: go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/request/#/unlockstep1 and put in all the information
step3: once you get the code from AT&T, turn off your phone. take out your old sim. Put in another sim card like from t-mobile (micro sim)
step4: turn on your phone. It will search for network and ask you to supply the code. enter the code (be careful, you only have 5 attempts so don't make a mistake). Your phone should be unlocked.
Thanks but it is not my phone. I bought it off craigslist and now AT&T will not tell me how much contract money is left since it is not under my name. Hence, I can't go the official route. I will need to figure out how to unlock it if at all possible
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step1: pay off your phone if it's still under contract. keep your confirmation.
step2: go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/request/#/unlockstep1 and put in all the information
step3: once you get the code from AT&T, turn off your phone. take out your old sim. Put in another sim card like from t-mobile (micro sim)
step4: turn on your phone. It will search for network and ask you to supply the code. enter the code (be careful, you only have 5 attempts so don't make a mistake). Your phone should be unlocked.
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You'd better call them and explain your situation. They should be able to help you out. If you IMEI is still clean then I think there will be a solution.
I got my unlocking done through www.unlockscope.com had same problem too.
Unlockguy.ca unlocked mine for $9 US. It was still under contract. I downgraded from 6.01 to 5.11 to get that price. It costs $29 if you're still on 6.01.
i got a unlock code from ebay for $2 took about 12 hours for them to give me it