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Will a T999 with a Bad IMEI work outside U.S.?

Hi, someone is selling me a really nice T999 in excellent condition, with the problem that the IMEI was blocked, and it won't work on any carrier in the U.S. I live on Dominican Republic, will it work on my country fine? 3G and everything? I know that the 3G band matches the one my operator uses, so no problem there.
Thanks in advance.

djluis48 said:
Hi, someone is selling me a really nice T999 in excellent condition, with the problem that the IMEI was blocked, and it won't work on any carrier in the U.S. I live on Dominican Republic, will it work on my country fine? 3G and everything? I know that the 3G band matches the one my operator uses, so no problem there.
Thanks in advance.
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ok use ordin and restore it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687

kiruba8 said:
ok use ordin and restore it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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So you are saying that it will work without a problem?

kiruba8 said:
ok use ordin and restore it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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You could have read more than the title and suggested something relevant to his question.
OP, I'm not actually 100% sure. But, I would imagine that you'd have no trouble using it.

Simple answer is yes.

Thanks for your answers. I ended up buying one on ebay that was cheaper, with the same problem. Only issue is that the auction says bad esn, but i guess that he got that wrong, and means imei. Here it is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200888137396?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Hope it turns out OK. I took a gamble with it.

djluis48 said:
Thanks for your answers. I ended up buying one on ebay that was cheaper, with the same problem. Only issue is that the auction says bad esn, but i guess that he got that wrong, and means imei. Here it is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200888137396?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Hope it turns out OK. I took a gamble with it.
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Well, yeah, you really are taking one then. Because, IMEIs are for GSM phone and ESNs are for CDMA phones. That posting says T999 with a bad ESN... So, is it a T999 or a CDMA variant of the SIII???
Hope everything works out for you, bro.

Don_Perrignon said:
Well, yeah, you really are taking one then. Because, IMEIs are for GSM phone and ESNs are for CDMA phones. That posting says T999 with a bad ESN... So, is it a T999 or a CDMA variant of the SIII???
Hope everything works out for you, bro.
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Yeah, i know bro. People tend to mistake IMEI with ESN, so hopefuly its one of those cases. If it isn't, i will have to return the phone.

How much did u pay..??
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sanchitgrover said:
How much did u pay..??
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USD$335.00
I think it was a nice deal if i get it to work here

djluis48 said:
USD$335.00
I think it was a nice deal if i get it to work here
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let us know if it worked. I wanna buy outright and ship back home

x1tyme said:
let us know if it worked. I wanna buy outright and ship back home
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Hi. Just to update. Just got the phone. It was indeed the T999 GSM. I got it to work here without a problem. Just remember to check that the 3G band your carrier uses its supported by the phone, otherwise, you wont have 3G.

djluis48 said:
Hi. Just to update. Just got the phone. It was indeed the T999 GSM. I got it to work here without a problem. Just remember to check that the 3G band your carrier uses its supported by the phone, otherwise, you wont have 3G.
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nice to know. Will search for it and ship some back home with paying tax for it, of course.
Is ebay the source to buy bad imei?

djluis48 said:
Hi. Just to update. Just got the phone. It was indeed the T999 GSM. I got it to work here without a problem. Just remember to check that the 3G band your carrier uses its supported by the phone, otherwise, you wont have 3G.
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Hello Luis.
I am considering buying a bad IMEI also for Honduras. Did you had to unlock the phone or something like that or just placed the SIM card and worked fine?

andrews317 said:
Hello Luis.
I am considering buying a bad IMEI also for Honduras. Did you had to unlock the phone or something like that or just placed the SIM card and worked fine?
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Hi there.
Well, to tell you the truth, i sold the phone as soon as i got it because it wasn't compatible with my carrier's 3G network. I did unlock it, but unlocking was extremely easy, i just rooted the phone and downloaded an app from the Play Store, and the app did the rest of the work. Easy as pie. After that, the phone worked flawless in the small ampunt of time i spent with it (less than a day) and it was a brand new phone :highfive:. If you are wondering the name of the app, i don't know the exact name, but you can try searching "galaxy unlock" on the Play Store, and you will see a couple of apps. Good luck.

Almost same problem
djluis48 said:
USD$335.00
I think it was a nice deal if i get it to work here
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Hey man I'm on the same situation than you, just That in this case its a nexus 4 and I also live in Dominican Republic. You got it to work? Hope you can help me out here bro

Randyjp said:
Hey man I'm on the same situation than you, just That in this case its a nexus 4 and I also live in Dominican Republic. You got it to work? Hope you can help me out here bro
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I think that its going to be same, and that its going to work, because the imei was blocked on the country the phone was bought, it should work properly outside that country.

If you have a carrier phone with the IMEI blocked you can unlock it and use it on another carrier. Or you cant? I know u used to could. Also If you call your carrier. for instance tmobile and talk to a superviser they may unlock it for you... They usually do because you're using the phone with their network anyways.. So they still lose money if you decide to go to another carrier.

gypsy214 said:
If you have a carrier phone with the IMEI blocked you can unlock it and use it on another carrier. Or you cant? I know u used to could. Also If you call your carrier. for instance tmobile and talk to a superviser they may unlock it for you... They usually do because you're using the phone with their network anyways.. So they still lose money if you decide to go to another carrier.
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If your IMEI is blacklisted then the phone has been reported lost or stolen. No US carrier will take a blacklisted phone. Tmobile and att share databases too.
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EtherealRemnant said:
If your IMEI is blacklisted then the phone has been reported lost or stolen. No US carrier will take a blacklisted phone. Tmobile and att share databases too.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Not always.. Carriers will block the IMEI even you dont pay your bill for so long.. A friend of mine gave me his Sidekick 4G and he stopped paying tmobile. After a while that phone stop working. When I called tmobile they said it was because of the IMEI has been blocked. I said that I have this phone for a long time and you need to turn it back on.. 48 hours later they did

Why get AT&T version when T-mobile variant can be sim unlocked for $5

Title says it all. I'm running a 851 T-mobile variant with TWRP and AOKP (new rom posted today) on it. Same bands and LTE works perfect. So the question stands why don't you AT&T owners sell yours and do the same? More development is going on since the bootloader is already unlocked and the more using one version the better for development as well in my eyes.
Maybe there is a specific reason but what am I missing?

I'm on Sprint and paid 99 for my phone. That's the only reason.

Mahapederdon said:
I'm on Sprint and paid 99 for my phone. That's the only reason.
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Makes sense not switching carriers, and sprint is CDMA not GSM so wouldn't work regardless. Threads more toward the AT&T owners and all the Bootloader Bounty chatter....

Got ya. Us Sprint guys are in the same boat. If they succeed in an unlock I'm definitely gonna donate if they don't charge anything for it.

Well AT&T is the better network hands down so there's that and if someone didn't think about bootloaders and development before purchasing chances are they don't need or want to root so there's 2 really good reasons why not to sell an AT&T G3 for the same exact phone on another network. That and also that its the same exact phone on another network.

I did it, mine 855P is the same as international 855 but with LTE from Mexico and USA so I sold it and bought a T-Mobile just for the same price =D and I still have my wireless charger that came with my 855P + an upgrade from 16gb/2gb RAM to 32gb/3gb RAM, a good deal.

xlxcrossing said:
Well AT&T is the better network hands down so there's that and if someone didn't think about bootloaders and development before purchasing chances are they don't need or want to root so there's 2 really good reasons why not to sell an AT&T G3 for the same exact phone on another network. That and also that its the same exact phone on another network.
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Well that exactly what i did had the 850 and sold it on ebay and got the 851. 851's are cheaper actually. Still on AT&T network, agree its the better network hands down. If I chose to sell this it can go either ATT or T-mobile and works on LTE for both.
I guess i don't see your argument at all..

That's really not a terrible idea, lol. I friggen hate having this locked bootloader on my 850. Does the TMobile variant have the EXACT same bands as the AT&T one?
My other option is to just sell this stupid thing and buy a Nexus X when it comes out.

badtzo said:
I did it, mine 855P is the same as international 855 but with LTE from Mexico and USA so I sold it and bought a T-Mobile just for the same price =D and I still have my wireless charger that came with my 855P + an upgrade from 16gb/2gb RAM to 32gb/3gb RAM, a good deal.
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Exactly, and thanks for making remember it has the Qi wireless which is much more popular.

jeebuspwnz said:
That's really not a terrible idea, lol. I friggen hate having this locked bootloader on my 850. Does the TMobile variant have the EXACT same bands as the AT&T one?
My other option is to just sell this stupid thing and buy a Nexus X when it comes out.
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Do it, I made money actually. And you can literally download the IMEI unlock app on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.servtified.unlock_lg_g3&hl=en) and pay 5 dollars to have it working on AT&T LTE in the matter of minutes. You do need to add your APN info for ATT but that''s it, works awesome!
Yes it has the exact same bands identical.

ej_424 said:
Well that exactly what i did had the 850 and sold it on ebay and got the 851. 851's are cheaper actually. Still on AT&T network, agree its the better network hands down. If I chose to sell this it can go either ATT or T-mobile and works on LTE for both.
I guess i don't see your argument at all..
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Not an argument, actually a reason to be satisfied with their purchase is that its on AT&T. I'm on T-Mobile but I don't defend their service, just went through them to lease the G3 and not pay outright for it. Going back to Straight Talk soon since I already SIM unlocked it. I would hope that a normal non obsessed person would consider all their options for US variants and not go through the headache of switching carriers for the exact same phone and sell the other. Not everyone cares about unlocking phones, some people are satisfied with simply having them, I'm not one of those people, but they do exist.

xlxcrossing said:
Not an argument, actually a reason to be satisfied with their purchase is that its on AT&T. I'm on T-Mobile but I don't defend their service, just went through them to lease the G3 and not pay outright for it. Going back to Straight Talk soon since I already SIM unlocked it. I would hope that a normal non obsessed person would consider all their options for US variants and not go through the headache of switching carriers for the exact same phone and sell the other. Not everyone cares about unlocking phones, some people are satisfied with simply having them, I'm not one of those people, but they do exist.
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Hear you loud and clear, but we are on XDA right? Having said that anyone on this forum is interested in having full control of their phone period.

ej_424 said:
Hear you loud and clear, but we are on XDA right? Having said that anyone on this forum is interested in having full control of their phone period.
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Why would you assume that? I've seen plenty of posts by users running stock unrooted devices. Just because its not unlocked doesn't mean people don't have a passion for development.

xlxcrossing said:
Why would you assume that? I've seen plenty of posts by users running stock unrooted devices. Just because its not unlocked doesn't mean people don't have a passion for development.
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Getting off topic, the point of the thread was for those who are on AT&T and want a unlocked bootloader. I dont think some people are aware of the logical move, and that both versions have the same bands.

Care to share a link for this AOKP rom you speak of?

qbanlinxx said:
Care to share a link for this AOKP rom you speak of?
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yes i dont see it anywhere
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ej_424 said:
Title says it all. I'm running a 851 T-mobile variant with TWRP and AOKP (new rom posted today) on it. Same bands and LTE works perfect. So the question stands why don't you AT&T owners sell yours and do the same? More development is going on since the bootloader is already unlocked and the more using one version the better for development as well in my eyes.
Maybe there is a specific reason but what am I missing?
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op, where is this aokp rom you speak of?

scottshebs said:
yes i dont see it anywhere
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op, where is this aokp rom you speak of?
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Sorry for the confusion, its not the original aokp. It's under android development section. Its not lgs rom though.

ej_424 said:
Sorry for the confusion, its not the original aokp. It's under android development section. Its not lgs rom though.
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the alpha aosp or a different one?

scottshebs said:
the alpha aosp or a different one?
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Lol no wonder... Yea my mistake AOSP.

ej_424 said:
Lol no wonder... Yea my mistake AOSP.
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had me all excited there lol. youre running it without sound or vibration?

DEVS - Why is US990 left out?

Hello xda developers
I've looked around, and I see that US990 has no threads, it's left out and no developer is supporting it. Why is that?
We (US990 owner) would like to see some support, and we're really appreciate it.
Thank you everyone for the great work you do everyday.

Bump

I have one and I need a Lollipop rom

Many people do, but I don't think the gurus don't. So we won't get any support from them.

I would like to know if you have unlocked your U990 for use on other GSM carriers like AT&T or T-Mobile or international use?
Thanks in advance!

artnau said:
I would like to know if you have unlocked your U990 for use on other GSM carriers like AT&T or T-Mobile or international use?
Thanks in advance!
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Hello Artnau, Sorry I don't have an answer for that. Since the phone has to be physically in the US to be unlocked, US Cellular won't unlock it remotely.
But to have an answer, maybe you can write to them on Twitter, they reply quickly, ask them whether the unlocked phones works with other US Carriers.
Best of luck

teamomivida said:
Hello Artnau, Sorry I don't have an answer for that. Since the phone has to be physically in the US to be unlocked, US Cellular won't unlock it remotely.
But to have an answer, maybe you can write to them on Twitter, they reply quickly, ask them whether the unlocked phones works with other US Carriers.
Best of luck
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Thanks for your response, but I intended to ask if your G3 from US Cellular was unlocked as I saw from your device history you have stated it is unlocked. I want to purchase an LG G3 US990 on eBay but don't know if it is unlocked for other carriers use or not. That is why I asked.
Thank you!

artnau said:
Thanks for your response, but I intended to ask if your G3 from US Cellular was unlocked as I saw from your device history you have stated it is unlocked. I want to purchase an LG G3 US990 on eBay but don't know if it is unlocked for other carriers use or not. That is why I asked.
Thank you!
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No, sorry for that, there is a BL next to it, it should have been all caps, because it stands for Bootloader.
So the Bootloader is unlocked, but not the network.

I have G3 990/22a 5.0.1 and I cant find anything that helps me on clear or deepnet on unlocking, network or bootloader. This phone is looking like a dinosaur. I doubt anyone can help me but any ideas ill give a shot. Thanks

Lg bootloader unlock

Hi, im new to locked bootloaders and would like to ask a question. Is it possible to flash a EU bootloader over the SEA(Singapore) bootloader ?
LG couldn't be bothered to add more unlock options so im locked out of android devlopment. People in the same situation as me, keep flooding LG singapore support with emails about this issue. :good:Hopely they will cop on. :fingers-crossed::victory:

Lol thatd be the million dollar prize. im sure its not possible. Or we would all be tryin lol. I asked a similar quest. If its possible to flash the eu firmware and go from there.

Lg bootloader unlock singapore
TheMadScientist420 said:
Lol thatd be the million dollar prize. im sure its not possible. Or we would all be tryin lol. I asked a similar quest. If its possible to flash the eu firmware and go from there.
Yeah it would be, but they're not bothering their asses.
I wrote to LG UK(WASTE OF TIME)
Here is the response I got:
Thank you for your query regarding your LG G4.
"I am very sorry to hear that you have experienced this issue when unlocking the bootloader on your phone.
This is something which we do not advise our customers to do as it is roots the phone and therefore voids your warranty with us. Moreover, if your phone is a singapore model then your warranty lies with LG Singapore and therefore any issue you have in regards to this you will need to discuss with LG Singapore. As LG UK, we only manufacture phones to UK specification and every country manufacturer the hardware of their phone differently. Therefore, if your phone did not come with an unlocked bootloader as you had hoped then this is something you would need to take up with LG Singapore as it does not regard LG UK.
I apologise that I could not be of any more assistance today, Gabrielius. I would advise you contacting LG Singapore if you would like to discuss the matter further. If you need to reply please click the additional questions link below.
Thank you in advance and I hope you have a good day. "
They're lame excuse of voiding warranty annoys me. They have provided an unlock option for the eu bootloader so why not give an option for all types of bootloaders.
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Same story every where.

TheMadScientist420 said:
Same story every where.
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Yeah but im gonna pressure them and say ill bring this issue to the CEO. Lol. They always fall for that trick.

From my understanding there have been many emails sent to him. Also goto change.org there is a petition goin rite now to unlock them also

Will we ever see development for the t mobile version?

Do people think we will get root/ROMs / unlocked bootloader for the LM-G710TM version?

yes I believe that they will surprise will have to help her great with LG I've mailed the LG dev on there site 2 times if everyone does I think we will if not I'll try what they did with g5

yanowman said:
Do people think we will get root/ROMs / unlocked bootloader for the LM-G710TM version?
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Considering the V30 TMobile model still does not have root, I doubt it.

This is depressing!

This makes me just want to buy the international version of phones from now on.. Tired of us phones bootloaders always being locked down.