Does anybody know if my Bell Pixel XL is SIM Locked? I am trying to use a Roam Mobility Sim card in my Bell Pixel XL, and it doesnt ask for an unlock code but will not show any signal connect.
I tried the same card in my S7 Edge and it works fine. Normally if the phone is locked and you put in a foreign sim, it should ask for network unlock code but it doesnt show anyhting.
Any suggestions?
I am about to go travelling and have the same question. I used to use Knowroaming, but I want to try a local post as you go in Europe. Little help?
If it was purchased through a carrier then there's a chance that its sim locked, although I thought all Pixels were sim unlocked. If the sim doesn't doesn't work when you pop it in you could always try going into the network settings and reset them and see if that helps. You could also call your carrier if you got the phone through them and see what they say. If you got your Pixel through Google then it's definitely sim unlocked --carriers are not allowed to sim lock an unlocked phone that you use on their network. They sim lock the phone if you buy it directly from the carrier on a payment plan but after you pay off the phone and own it outright they are supposed to unlock the phone for use on other carriers if you request it--at least in the United States. I thought we were the only country where people bought subsidized phones through a phone carrier so except possibly in Canada that shouldn't be an issue anywhere else.
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I am about to go travelling and have the same question. I used to use Knowroaming, but I want to try a local post as you go in Europe. Little help?
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All Canadian Pixels are unlocked. I've used mine in Europe (Ireland) and it worked with no hastle or setup required. Put in foreign SIM and go. Enjoy those data rates over there. 20 Euro top up gets you free unlimited LTE data. Pisses me off every time I come back to Canada and pay the **** prices we pay here.
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http://support.bell.ca/Billing-and-Accounts/Security_and_privacy/My_mobile_phone_is_locked
Read the part about "Is your device already unlocked"
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From this Wikipedia list...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III
...it appears that both Rogers and Bell in Canada are offering a SGH-I747 Samsung GS3 which is listed as the same variant as AT&T. However, they are offering internal 32GB models and AT&T is not, and that's what I want. I'm current using an iPhone 4S 64GB and I want to be able to swap sim cards back and forth between phones. Yes, I know I can get a 64GB microSD card but I want 96Gb on the phone (I don't want to argue this point).
So I have a few questions:
1) If I get a Rogers or Bell phone without contract and manage to unlock it, will it be fully compatable with the AT&T network just by swapping sims cards with the iPhone?
2) Will it work with AT&T LTE as well as 3G / Edge, both cell and data?
3) Does unlocking companies like cellunlocker.net actually WORK? Is this legal?
Thanks in advance for any info anyone can provide.
Tony
The Bell. Rogers, Telus have the same hardware as the AT&t phone other than the sofware, rom and modem is a little different. I have used AT&T phone here in Canada without issues. The only problem, right now for at least the first month, they will not sell you a phone outright, either new contract or as a upgraded only.
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Also it is legal to unlock your phone and you can get the sim unlock codes from companies like cellular unlock.
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The Bell. Rogers, Telus have the same hardware as the AT&t phone other than the sofware, rom and modem is a little different. I have used AT&T phone here in Canada without issues. The only problem, right now for at least the first month, they will not sell you a phone outright, either new contract or as a upgraded only.
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Also it is legal to unlock your phone and you can get the sim unlock codes from companies like cellular unlock.
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Hola
I will step in here and say you are presently incorrect about not being able to buy this phone outright. I bought it at a local Bell Canada store (32gb) and no regrets yet.
That being said Bell is the only carrier that is allowing this at the moment. But do note buying the phone outright online is not possible which is an obvious limitation if you can't visit a local store.
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Bought mine straight out at a Rogers Store in Ottawa. Walked in bought it and popped my sim in when I got to my car.
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Bought mine straight out at a Rogers Store in Ottawa. Walked in bought it and popped my sim in when I got to my car.
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I have same problem.
I'll take the opportunity to note that Telus also sells the phone outright; you may have to get it directly from them, though.
You can just go buy the phone out right wherever you want I walked into futureshop bought a Rogers s3 then took it to my buddy who works at a cell repair shop and he unlocked it for me. Money is money whoever says it can't be done is flat out lying
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I have a carrier unlocked T-Mobile s8+ and need to use a Verizon SIM in it and am getting errors trying to use a verizon SIM. The Verizon SIM is from another phone and is already registered. I put the IMEI number of the phone into Verizons web portal to test compatibility and it failed. Does that mean there is no way to get this combination to work? Does the IMEI need to be in the VZW database for this to work? Will flashing XAA guarantee this to work? Thanks for any help and advice.
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I have a carrier unlocked T-Mobile s8+ and need to use a Verizon SIM in it and am getting errors trying to use a verizon SIM. The Verizon SIM is from another phone and is already registered. I put the IMEI number of the phone into Verizons web portal to test compatibility and it failed. Does that mean there is no way to get this combination to work? Does the IMEI need to be in the VZW database for this to work? Will flashing XAA guarantee this to work? Thanks for any help and advice.
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do u have a tmobile phone, it is different than the carrier unlocked phone, those are 2 different models,
the carrier unlocked.. the sim is unlocked..
the tmobile is not carrier unlocked, and by flashing the firmware of the unlocked version, will NOT unlock the sim.. u will need to device unlock app with the tmobile phone 1st... and usually tmobile will NOT unlock unless u have paid it off and using on their system for 40 days..
others like me had it unlocked with days of service, cause we are tmobile customers for years already... I on the other hand bought the phone on ebay from someone who bought it from Samsung and the imei was not added to tmobile system and I had to call tmobile to add the imei which took about 3 days, then to call back to request the sim unlock which took another 3 days, the device unlock app unlocked the phone instantly...
that was my process for me to get the sim unlock... but if urs it not unlocked and is paid off, another way to get it unlocked it to give it to someone u know, let them use it and call tmobile to start the above process...
Hope that sums up what must be done...
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do u have a tmobile phone, it is different than the carrier unlocked phone, those are 2 different models,
the carrier unlocked.. the sim is unlocked..
the tmobile is not carrier unlocked, and by flashing the firmware of the unlocked version, will NOT unlock the sim.. u will need to device unlock app with the tmobile phone 1st... and usually tmobile will NOT unlock unless u have paid it off and using on their system for 40 days..
others like me had it unlocked with days of service, cause we are tmobile customers for years already... I on the other hand bought the phone on ebay from someone who bought it from Samsung and the imei was not added to tmobile system and I had to call tmobile to add the imei which took about 3 days, then to call back to request the sim unlock which took another 3 days, the device unlock app unlocked the phone instantly...
that was my process for me to get the sim unlock... but if urs it not unlocked and is paid off, another way to get it unlocked it to give it to someone u know, let them use it and call tmobile to start the above process...
Hope that sums up what must be done...
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Hi thanks for the explanation, I am pretty familiar with the differences between carrier (SIM) unlock and unlocked firmware as I have flashed Android in the past. I had the phone carrier (SIM) unlocked by T-Mobile through their app and I was still not able to use the Verizon SIM in my phone (not registered error). It turns out (and I found this out by reading through the many messages in this forum) that T-Mobile firmware apparently disables some frequencies that other carriers may use. Once I flashed the XAA unlocked *firmware*, I popped in my Verizon SIM and it worked like a charm. I hope this info is useful to someone at some time and I thank all of you for your contributions to getting this working. KUDOS!
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Hi thanks for the explanation, I am pretty familiar with the differences between carrier (SIM) unlock and unlocked firmware as I have flashed Android in the past. I had the phone carrier (SIM) unlocked by T-Mobile through their app and I was still not able to use the Verizon SIM in my phone (not registered error). It turns out (and I found this out by reading through the many messages in this forum) that T-Mobile firmware apparently disables some frequencies that other carriers may use. Once I flashed the XAA unlocked *firmware*, I popped in my Verizon SIM and it worked like a charm. I hope this info is useful to someone at some time and I thank all of you for your contributions to getting this working. KUDOS!
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Good to know, but sound weird, thought T-Mobile phones work for all gsm Sims just needing to change apn,
But now cdma merging with gsm, that's so much better as far as phones go, use any phone now from any provider.
Look how the s8 plus is all the same software and the same hardware, just different carrier stuff..
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Good to know, but sound weird, thought T-Mobile phones work for all gsm Sims just needing to change apn,
But now cdma merging with gsm, that's so much better as far as phones go, use any phone now from any provider.
Look how the s8 plus is all the same software and the same hardware, just different carrier stuff..
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I thought it was weird too. Busted my head for a couple of days trying to figure it out. Is Verizon still CDMA? *scratches head*
Yes, their 3g and 2g networks are CDMA.
If you insert Verizon sim into T-mobile phone, you'll get LTE data, but you won't be able to make calls. Only data will work. T-mobile firmware support band 2, 4 and 13, so you should have data, but not phone service. If you don't have data icon, you'll need add Verizon apn.
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Flashing the phone with G955U1 firmware fixed this issue. I am now able to use this successfully on Verizon.
I've got a Pixel 2 XL and I want to use it on a different network.
Is there any way to unlock the SIM on it without requesting it from the network provider?
Aren't all PIxel's SIM-unlocked?
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I've got a Pixel 2 XL and I want to use it on a different network.
Is there any way to unlock the SIM on it without requesting it from the network provider?
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Aren't all PIxel's SIM-unlocked?
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This ^
I think they're all unlocked unless you get a Verizon version. Even then, I believe the Verizon version is unlocked, but a locked down boot loader, with a a few radios optimized for their network.
No, not all Pixels are unlocked.
In the UK, the provider EE (T-Mobile) I've found out that the Pixels are locked to EE for 2 years, when Google release and auto-unlock.
You can request EE unlock the phone, but only after 6 months of payments.
This is not the usual sim-lock, where you would type a code in, this appears to be server enforced rather than phone.
T-Mobile have many linked networks, when normally a locked phone would work on any linked network as long as it was same carrier. not in this case.
It will only work on EE.
Caution to anyone in the UK buying...
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I've got a Pixel 2 XL and I want to use it on a different network. Is there any way to unlock the SIM on it without requesting it from the network provider?
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In general, you don't unlock the SIM card itself, the device needs to be carrier unlocked. As far as I know, all Pixels come carrier unlocked already. All you do is put a SIM in it from a different carrier. Have you already tried this? What carrier are you on now? Your location and carrier are not listed in your profile.... why not fill those in?
I'm in the UK. I'm currently on EE, but also have O2 and ID networks.
When I put a sim card in the phone that isn't EE, the phone loads fine, but then I get a message at the top that says;
"SIM card isn't supported - Ask EE UK whether this device can be unlocked. Tap here for contact details."
When I tap it, it takes me to EE's website.
This seems to be software related as I've not seen a phone do that before for a network lock.
I've just found this on EE's website;
New from October 2016 - Google SIM Lock
Some Android devices bought under a monthly contract directly from EE now feature Google SIM Lock which locks the device to the EE network for the length of the contract from the day of activation. This will only allow the device to work on the EE network.
If another network’s SIM is inserted into the device, it will display the message 'SIM card isn’t supported, ask EE if this device can be unlocked. Tap for contact details.'
I need to see if this can be unlocked.
It seems to only be UK EE network that does this.
It's called Google SIM Lock
It managed by Google
They apparently did it with the original Pixel as well.
Does anyone know how I can get round this or use a service to do it?
EE won't agree it until after 6 months.
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It seems to only be UK EE network that does this. It's called Google SIM Lock. It managed by Google. They apparently did it with the original Pixel as well.Does anyone know how I can get round this or use a service to do it? EE won't agree it until after 6 months.
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in sha allah, danlat! :laugh: Maybe you should be moaning with this lot over HERE. You knew full well what you were signing up to. Had you already entered your location *and* carrier into your profile, this would have taken a lot less time to suss out. Go ahead and whinge away... over there. Do your 6 months time and afterwards pay your £8.99 to unlock it. NEVER buy a carrier locked phone, ever.
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in sha allah, danlat! :laugh: Maybe you should be moaning with this lot over HERE. You knew full well what you were signing up to. Had you already entered your location *and* carrier into your profile, this would have taken a lot less time to suss out. Go ahead and whinge away... over there. Do your 6 months time and afterwards pay your £8.99 to unlock it. NEVER buy a carrier locked phone, ever.
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Rude.
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I have a Google pixel XL 2 & I was with Verizon, how would I unlock my phone
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I have a Google pixel XL 2 & I was with Verizon, how would I unlock my phone
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If it's a true Google P2XL, and not the Verizon variant, you can follow the instructions in this guide if you want to unlock your bootloader and possibly root.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-xl-t3702418
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I have a Google pixel XL 2 & I was with Verizon, how would I unlock my phone
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It is sim unlocked already, I'm using it with tmo right now. The bootloader is a different story.....
Hi, I have purchased Google Pixel 2 XL from eBay but it came with EE SIM Lock, my concern is this device can be bootloader locked? (still on android 8.1 Orei). I have seen there is a way to unlock the SIM Lock so that's not an issue
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Hi, I have purchased Google Pixel 2 XL from eBay but it came with EE SIM Lock, my concern is this device can be bootloader locked? (still on android 8.1 Orei). I have seen there is a way to unlock the SIM Lock so that's not an issue
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I don't know the answer to your question but it won't be hard to find out. Enable developer options and look for the toggle to allow OEM unlocking. If it is greyed out or stuck in the off position, then you will not be able to unlock using fastboot. There are several guides on how to unlock and they all start with this step.
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If it's a true Google P2XL, and not the Verizon variant, you can follow the instructions in this guide if you want to unlock your bootloader and possibly root.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-xl-t3702418
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sorry! I bought a Pixel 2 XL with EE UK SIM Lock, I called EE UK and agreed to unlock it(waiting for the unlock) and paid the £8.99, my concern is, will it be able to unlock the bootloader after the SIM Lock is lifted?
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I don't know the answer to your question but it won't be hard to find out. Enable developer options and look for the toggle to allow OEM unlocking. If it is greyed out or stuck in the off position, then you will not be able to unlock using fastboot. There are several guides on how to unlock and they all start with this step.
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thanks, I'll wait for Google to unlock it and see for myself
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sorry! I bought a Pixel 2 XL with EE UK SIM Lock, I called EE UK and agreed to unlock it(waiting for the unlock) and paid the £8.99, my concern is, will it be able to unlock the bootloader after the SIM Lock is lifted?
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thanks, I'll wait for Google to unlock it and see for myself
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I have seen quite a few reports from EE phones that once they unlock the SIM you are also able to unlock the bootloader. So I am hopeful.
Google U locked the Device after 24hrs, and I was able to unlock the bootloader, seems like you can't with carrier lock but once its lifted the bootloader can be unlocked.
Thank you all.
Hey guys - I am looking at an ebay PIxel phone that is locked to EE ... the seller says that the phone is blacklisted in the UK ?
Does this mean that I could operate it in another country a.k.a unlock it myself?
Or I rather steer away from such phone as it's unlockable per se .. .?
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Hey guys - I am looking at an ebay PIxel phone that is locked to EE ... the seller says that the phone is blacklisted in the UK ?
Does this mean that I could operate it in another country a.k.a unlock it myself?
Or I rather steer away from such phone as it's unlockable per se .. .?
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to my knowledge in order for Google to unlock the device it needs nor to be blacklisted, why not ask the seller to call EE UK and have them ask Google to unlock the device? EE UK first needs to check if the device meets all the criteria to be unlocked.
I bought a Pixel 2 XL from AliExpress(advertised as unlocked) but was locked to EE UK the seller asked me to call EE UK and give them the IMEI Number and they unlocked the device for £8.99 in just 24hrs, so better be cautious as you won't be able to use the device if it's not locked.
Hello, my wife just bought a Galaxy S9 from someone on Letgo. She didn't know anything about IMEI's and what not but come to find out that the phone is still being financed from the person she bought it from. It is an AT&T phone. The seller listed it as an unlocked device but when she got home and put her T-Mobile SIM into it, it wouldn't work. What kind of lock would be on this device and what would be the best thing to do since she wants to use it with T-Mobile?
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Hello, my wife just bought a Galaxy S9 from someone on Letgo. She didn't know anything about IMEI's and what not but come to find out that the phone is still being financed from the person she bought it from. It is an AT&T phone. The seller listed it as an unlocked device but when she got home and put her T-Mobile SIM into it, it wouldn't work. What kind of lock would be on this device and what would be the best thing to do since she wants to use it with T-Mobile?
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the type of lock it has on it is a blacklist from at&t itself then. You should be able to get the phone carrier unlocked irrespective of the blacklist but, the phone will likely not be able to be used on any at&t service directly or on an MVNO. The unlock services youre going to be relegated to the paid unlock services unless you can find that @stifilz guy who has been known to unlock them out of the kindness of his heart. idoneapps.com can even un-blacklist phones. But they charge and i am not advertising their services (so the mods dont thump me for just trying to help LoL)
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Hello, my wife just bought a Galaxy S9 from someone on Letgo. She didn't know anything about IMEI's and what not but come to find out that the phone is still being financed from the person she bought it from. It is an AT&T phone. The seller listed it as an unlocked device but when she got home and put her T-Mobile SIM into it, it wouldn't work. What kind of lock would be on this device and what would be the best thing to do since she wants to use it with T-Mobile?
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the type of lock it has on it is a blacklist from at&t itself then. You should be able to get the phone carrier unlocked irrespective of the blacklist but, the phone will likely not be able to be used on any at&t service directly or on an MVNO. The unlock services youre going to be relegated to the paid unlock services unless you can find that @stifilz guy who has been known to unlock them out of the kindness of his heart. idoneapps.com can even un-blacklist phones. But they charge and i am not advertising their services (so the mods dont thump me for just trying to help LoL)
trying to decide which to purchase.
Carrier locked T-Mobile P6P has rules when it comes to SIM unlocking, spending at least 40 days on their network and Bootloader Unlocking. Google Store P6P is unrestricted
If you're buying the T-Mobile variant, there's no difference if you get it through the Google Store versus through T-Mobile. If you're talking about an unlocked P6P through the Google Store, the difference is that it's factory SIM unlocked so that you can use it with other carriers as you wish without jumping through hoops, and you can unlock the bootloader if you wish.
The T-Mobile variant has been reported to be very easily unlocked however. Just search this section for T-Mobile in the title and you'll find the information you need. Just needs contacting their helpful customer service.
Don't think there is a difference. Bought mine at T-Mobile. Only difference is it's initially SIM locked, in turn can't bootloader unlock until you pay it off and 40 days on network. OR ask them nicely to SIM unlock and you might get lucky.
Should only be the SIM unlock as mentioned....
Just plug in the sim wait 24hrs, for it register the device on TMobile end. Contact them via chat on the T-Mobile app. Ask them to unlock the device. They will offer you temp unlock. Tell them it keeps failing & they will perm unlock on their end. Reboot device and oem unlock.
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Just plug in the sim wait 24hrs, for it register the device on TMobile end. Contact them via chat on the T-Mobile app. Ask them to unlock the device. They will offer you temp unlock. Tell them it keeps failing & they will perm unlock on their end. Reboot device and oem unlock.
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Sounds too good to be true.
I got a Verizon P6 in March. Travelled out of the country within a month, used the phone with a local sim in the UAE. Now, suddenly, my phone is carrier locked. Tried contacting them but no use.
Question is, what can a person do who is out of the USA, out of the TMobile network and doesn't have the TMobile login active anymore?
So, the local sim doesn;t work. If I disable any and all packages that have 'vzw' or 'verizon' in the name, the sim works fine and connects to the network and I can make calls. But as soon as I turn on 4G or connect to a wifi network, BAM, the sim network gets disabled (shows an exclamation mark in the bar) and I have to factory reset the phone and go though all the adb commands again.
As a last resort, I've installed NetGuard and blocked everything and want to unblock packages one by one and see which one triggers the sim-lock... but hasn;t worked yet...
Any ideas?