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Possible to unlock without code?

I was wondering if it is possible to SIM unlock the Inc2 without buying a $4 code.

If you are using the phone on an active account then vzw might give the code to you. I believe that they require 6 months of good payment history. Just call them and say you are going to travel out of the country. It can't hurt to ask them...
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4$ is a lot isn't it...... Maybe if you ask nicely Verizon will give it to you.
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I'm actually not with Verizon, I'm on Pageplus, but wanted to switch to Tmobile.
Its not about the $4.
I was simply wondering if it is possible via software to unlock the phone or is it simply hardware locked?

I believe it is hardware locked. I could be wrong though. I know that I have seen websites that claim to give unlock codes away for free. I would worry about how safe these are though. They could be cloning ESNs or who knows what else...
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IF, if you can find the proper, correct 8 digits unlock code to input - you will be set to go, you get up to 5 chances, or is it 10 chances before it's permanently bricked (destined for eBay as quality pre-owned parts for sale, LOL)
For the price of a premium Starbucks double latte, you could try - or give it up & give $4 to them to try (most offered a refund with video documentation of failed efforts) - success had been reported.
On the other hand, I believed VZW changed the factory/default 8 digit codes (OTA ??) and stored the new code, unique to each IMEI in their own SQL/database - accessible to global support CSR ... I understand it's difficult when you are no longer on VZW being on PP now.
We unlocked ours in under 10 minutes by dealing with VZW as account owner in good standing, free, yada yada - YMMV, of course.

kill00 said:
I was wondering if it is possible to SIM unlock the Inc2 without buying a $4 code.
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What IMEI of your phone? - I will try to get your code from Verizon...

Dr_Wolodya said:
What IMEI of your phone? - I will try to get your code from Verizon...
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OP, DO NOT POST YOUR IMEI ONLINE! IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN TRUST THIS PERSON SEND IT THROUGH PM.
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cstone1991 said:
OP, DO NOT POST YOUR IMEI ONLINE! IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN TRUST THIS PERSON SEND IT THROUGH PM.
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Thank you for posting this, I was going to when I got out of work, it is dangerous to post your IMEI in a public forum, its like giving everyone your social security number for your phone.

I know this may not be the correct place to ask this but....is it a viable choice to use my dinc2 on att? I've heard different stories but the posts I've read were a little dated. If not could somebody suggest one that does work well with att? I don't want to buy a new phone because I can just trade around with Craigslist until I get the one I want lol. Thanks in advance for any info.
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prachall said:
I know this may not be the correct place to ask this but....is it a viable choice to use my dinc2 on att? I've heard different stories but the posts I've read were a little dated. If not could somebody suggest one that does work well with att? I don't want to buy a new phone because I can just trade around with Craigslist until I get the one I want lol. Thanks in advance for any info.
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You probably should have started a new thread, but yeah you can use the phone once its unlocked. I think you only get 2g but I'm not positive.
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If you are going to unlock your phone, please use HTCimeiunlock.com . I used that site. By the way, you wont be able to get 3g speed only edge

cstone1991 said:
OP, DO NOT POST YOUR IMEI ONLINE! IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN TRUST THIS PERSON SEND IT THROUGH PM.
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ohoho :laugh: and what I will be do with your supersecret imei code?
Ask in google - it have tons of useless imei codes...
P.S. I can give you imei of my Nokia if you will feel happy after that.

$4
kill00 said:
I'm actually not with Verizon, I'm on Pageplus, but wanted to switch to Tmobile.
Its not about the $4.
I was simply wondering if it is possible via software to unlock the phone or is it simply hardware locked?
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Where can you get the code for 4$???I have looked all over , the best price I can find is 15$..I have 6$ in my paypal...

zachary76 said:
Where can you get the code for 4$???I have looked all over , the best price I can find is 15$..I have 6$ in my paypal...
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http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=incredible+2+unlock&_sop=15

[Q] Are there currently any ways of unlocking a S3 i747m?

Hey guys, first post here. Was just wondering if there are currently any workings ways of unlocking a samsung galaxy s iii i-747m phone.
I have tried searching the forums and also the www but could only find info about the voodoo app which has since been pulled..
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S III 747m
Carrier : Telus
Not rooted yet, but I should be able to do it if needed ( Have rooted my Galaxy Nexus but that is it)
All help is appreciated, Thank you!

No you need to pay for an unlock code
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I've used cellunlock.net where some others were not able to find a code.
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I've written to AT&T and told them I am going abroad (which was actually true, but who cares) and I need to use my S3 phone with local provider's SIM. They sent me the unlock code for free in a couple of hours. :good:

I paid $7.5 to cellphoneunlock yesterday, the code arrived in about 2 hours and it worked.

ighost77 said:
I've written to AT&T and told them I am going abroad (which was actually true, but who cares) and I need to use my S3 phone with local provider's SIM. They sent me the unlock code for free in a couple of hours. :good:
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Really? I chatted with them online, asked them if there was any way i could have the unlock code for my phone, should the need arise that i have to use it on a different network. Had my code in like 10 minutes.

Thanks for all the replies guys.
I am going to buy a unlock code from mobileincanada as they seem to be priced closely to a couple other sites I've looked at, and I figure why not support a Canadian company.
Thanks for replying so quick guys. I really wish there was a free method of unlocking this phone, but oh well.

I chatted with AT&T and told them I was going abroad. Within 3 minutes they gave me an unlock code for free. I have been an AT&T customer for 2 months only.

AT&T has been known to give out unlock codes for free, but can the same be expected of a Canadian carrier? Highly doubt it.. they will gouge you for $50 for something that probably costs them nothing

I don't think they give out unlock codes at all... I haven't heard anyone or read anything from ANY of the Canadian carriers doing that. I've always read AT&T doing it, if you ask politely.
It can be worth the try, it won't hurt to try. If they don't you can always pay for an unlock code... But always try the free route first.

As asked light night and got denied. I've been with AT&T for years. I might be traveling at the end of the month. I did the online chat and was told I would have to wait until my contract was up before they would do it.

pngface said:
AT&T has been known to give out unlock codes for free, but can the same be expected of a Canadian carrier? Highly doubt it.. they will gouge you for $50 for something that probably costs them nothing
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Northern tel/bell wants $75.
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I ended up buying an unlock code from mobileincanada, cost about $35 and worked no problem. About ~20hr wait.

Eligibility
Device unlocking applies to TELUS postpaid SIM-based devices that operate on our Mike, and 4G networks. In order to be eligible to have your device unlocked, you must ensure that your current device has been on the TELUS network for a minimum of 90 days and that your account is up to date and in good standing.
Rates
A $50 fee will be applied to your TELUS account.
Source
http://www.telusmobility.com/en/QC/Unlock-Device/unlocking_your_device.shtml?eVar6=link#samsung

I just registered my bell sgs3 on bell.ca and was able to get an unlock code instantly there.
My sgs3 was purchased outright so that may have been a factor.
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yeah, I asked Bell and they said it will charge me $75 for an unlock code.

This free unlock worked fine for my Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34661189&postcount=1

outlogic said:
This free unlock worked fine for my Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34661189&postcount=1
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Unfortunately that only works on the Stock ROM. Personally I'd rather just pay the ~$10 and get the unlock code rather than going through the hassle of going back to the Stock ROM and running through that method.

Tony_YYZ said:
Unfortunately that only works on the Stock ROM. Personally I'd rather just pay the ~$10 and get the unlock code rather than going through the hassle of going back to the Stock ROM and running through that method.
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lazy lazy lazy lazy that's what that says to me!
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I am curious if the unlock code can only be used on a stock ROM.
I have an unlock code but it won't work when I try with either a Telus sim or a att sim on my Rogers S3.
Every time I try I get an unsuccessful message..
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Guide: How I unlocked my ATT S3

I read for about 2 hours on how to unlock this thing. Many said to call Att, some said to log in and live-chat, some say to use a 3rd party service. I called Att USA and got the run around 3 times. I don't have an ATT account so I couldnt log in....I tried the auto chat service and it gave me a number for ATT International. I called and within 60 seconds the gentleman gave me the code over the phone, no questions asked sans the IMEI code.
Here was the number I used......1-800-335-4685
I am not hard core developer, I am just a regular guy who reads before he asks. I hope this helps someone out.

Jasonator said:
I read for about 2 hours on how to unlock this thing. Many said to call Att, some said to log in and live-chat, some say to use a 3rd party service. I called Att USA and got the run around 3 times. I don't have an ATT account so I couldnt log in....I tried the auto chat service and it gave me a number for ATT International. I called and within 60 seconds the gentleman gave me the code over the phone, no questions asked sans the IMEI code.
Here was the number I used......1-800-335-4685
I am not hard core developer, I am just a regular guy who reads before he asks. I hope this helps someone out.
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your the man or woman that number rocks i had to go through two reps but i got my unlock code thanks for the info

not sure if you found this information or not, but for others wanting to know... only speak with the International Reps!!!
whether it be via phone or chat, this department is the only department that can give you the unlock code.
do not ask in-store about, do not call customer service. go straight to the source.
my story: after 14 days of being a brand new AT&T customer, i logged in and chatted with an International Rep, no questions asked about why i wanted an unlock, he just gave me the unlock code upon request. first try.

chat rep gave me mine within 4 minutes. said I had to put another sim into the slot and type in the unlock code.
Is there a way to do this without a different sim?
Wife and I are planning a trip to france and wanted to unlock to have phone service over there.

Looking for steps on how to do it without another similar as well. Also full steps, my rep was less than helpful in that department. I got the code, but other than that nothing else useful from them.
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can they unlock Canadian Rogers S3 phone?

Sealwolfy said:
can they unlock Canadian Rogers S3 phone?
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Just call and find out really.. I would do it but not where i am right now...

rthomas10 said:
chat rep gave me mine within 4 minutes. said I had to put another sim into the slot and type in the unlock code.
Is there a way to do this without a different sim?
Wife and I are planning a trip to france and wanted to unlock to have phone service over there.
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I was not able to find another way to do it. On the international version, one of the *# codes on the dialer works, but not on our's. However, I was able to unlock it by going to a T-Mobile store and asking them really nicely whether I could borrow one of their sims for two minutes so I could unlock my phone. They agreed with no issue, and my phone is now unlocked.

Just called and they told me they can only unlock phones that are from USA AT&T customers only.
JohnM109R said:
Just call and find out really.. I would do it but not where i am right now...
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Jasonator said:
I read for about 2 hours on how to unlock this thing. Many said to call Att, some said to log in and live-chat, some say to use a 3rd party service. I called Att USA and got the run around 3 times. I don't have an ATT account so I couldnt log in....I tried the auto chat service and it gave me a number for ATT International. I called and within 60 seconds the gentleman gave me the code over the phone, no questions asked sans the IMEI code.
Here was the number I used......1-800-335-4685
I am not hard core developer, I am just a regular guy who reads before he asks. I hope this helps someone out.
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This worked! Many thanks

online chat rep worked for me for three different lines
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Anyone post the steps on how to actually do it? They gave me the code, but no instructions.

Seanbest said:
Anyone post the steps on how to actually do it? They gave me the code, but no instructions.
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Turn off phone
swap out sims
turn on phone
put in code

Sorry for the noob question but do I need to be on stock to unlock or can this be done while on a non stock rom?

JohnM109R said:
Just call and find out really.. I would do it but not where i am right now...
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Only the original carrier can unlock the phones.. it's the specific carrier that has the unlock code..
Try calling Rogers and telling them you're going to Europe.. I've got my unlock code for one of my old phones doing that

No, you can be rooted. You need a different carriers Sim and when you insert that and power on the phone it will ask you for the code. Input code, it will finish powering up and then give it a minute or two and Voila!
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dLo GSR said:
online chat rep worked for me for three different lines
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Chat works when you have an account. This is for those of us that don't. This will likely work with any att phone BTW.
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zexco said:
Only the original carrier can unlock the phones.. it's the specific carrier that has the unlock code..
Try calling Rogers and telling them you're going to Europe.. I've got my unlock code for one of my old phones doing that
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yes I try calling Rogers, they wanted $50 to unlock

zexco said:
Only the original carrier can unlock the phones.. it's the specific carrier that has the unlock code..
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That's not entirely true. There are pay services such as cellunlocker.net that can unlock your phone in minutes. I just tried to unlock my old S2 through AT&T to get more selling it and the AT&T rep said my device wasn't "eligible" for an unlock code. Then, immediately went to cellunlocker and got an unlock code in about five minutes online and didn't have to deal with any idiot AT&T reps. Cost me $25 but it was worth it in that my phone sold in about 15 minutes and I didn't have time to deal with AT&T's bs.
Wish I knew about the number posted in the OP, I would've tried that and maybe saved some money.

Also got mine through chat no questions asked and noe she is unlocked. BOOM!

[Q} Network unlock?

Does anyone know if any of the usual unlockers (e.g. cellunlocker.net) has the unlock codes yet? Or if there are different unlocking methods? Thanks!

I hope something comes up soon. I purchased full price and AT&T won't unlock.
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I need this too.
EBay has them for $30 bucks... But anyone find a cheaper free solution?

Tell att your going out of the country and you need your phone unlocked. If they still say no, remind then you could return phone and buy one from a3rd party.

mrhaley30705 said:
Tell att your going out of the country and you need your phone unlocked. If they still say no, remind then you could return phone and buy one from a3rd party.
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Yea I need to call. I tried the online chat assistant.
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05GT said:
Yea I need to call. I tried the online chat assistant.
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If they still say no, get angry and tell then you want to speak to the customer retention department

mrhaley30705 said:
Tell att your going out of the country and you need your phone unlocked. If they still say no, remind then you could return phone and buy one from a3rd party.
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tried that....did NOT work....

Bought a code from cellunlocker. Net
It works, I'm unlocked now
$25

trim81 said:
Bought a code from cellunlocker. Net
It works, I'm unlocked now
$25
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Me too... Working...
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me three.
cheapest option I found.

trim81 said:
Bought a code from cellunlocker. Net
It works, I'm unlocked now
$25
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Any issues with this unlock? Are they permanent? I know customer service reps are clueless half the time but when I called to get my unlock code and was told I was also told I should be careful of getting an unlock code online as he had a case of someone call once saying their unlock code only worked with the phone for 90 days and then it stopped working (not sure if the phone or the unlocking). Also, any issues with privacy in regards to giving out en IMEI number?

Dome three.
Yes perm unlocked.
No problems

trim81 said:
Dome three.
Yes perm unlocked.
No problems
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Appreciate it.

same here. got it from cellunlocker and used the phone in switzerland without an issue.

My phone is I317M that locked to Canada Rogers Network. I messed up my phone once due to flashed 7100 rom to my I317m, and I lost all information like baseband, network, imei. After did some research, I flashed a rogers stock rom back to my phone, and my phone get fixed and got signal again. Noticed that my phone is even unlocked. I dont know how that happened, but my phone works with other carrier now. Expect if someone can explan this.

This is reported by quite a few to be working and best of all it's free I tried it but don't have a sim for another carrier but I haven't gotten any errors and my phone is still working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
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45ACP1911 said:
This is reported by quite a few to be working and best of all it's free I tried it but don't have a sim for another carrier but I haven't gotten any errors and my phone is still working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
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I actually just bought the unlock code today from cellunlocker.net (but I haven't actually used it yet) and then I see this thread and was just going to try the method from your link for ****s and giggles and it WORKED! what a waste of $25

I did mine. However I have no way to test it. What would be the benefit to having this done?

MRBULLRED said:
I did mine. However I have no way to test it. What would be the benefit to having this done?
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If you ever travel overseas, you can just buy a prepaid sim and stick it in your phone and you could use your phone while traveling for cheap without paying any carrier roaming fees.

I don't want to pay for a DATA PLAN!
So check this out.... I am an AT&T user and back when the HTC HD2 came out for T-Mobile I bought it from a friend when they signed up for a new contract. Got an unlock code from Ebay and have been using it for the past 2 years without having to have a data plan, never got added automatically to my plan like i have heard happen to others? And I'm wondering why? Is it possibly cuz its a T-Mobile phone? Or is it cuz I still have an old "Cingular" SIM card? I am curious about this because right now, Wally World has a special sale on the phone at $249, plus a $100 gift card, which will bring the phone down to $150 basically, so a pretty damn good deal for a phone just out on the market. And I'm plan on getting it this week, I was wondering if any of you would be able to tell me if at some point if i was able to get a T-Mobile version of the Samsung Note 2 if i could slip my SIM card into it and then be able to cancel my DATA plan, if i told them i went back to a Motorola Razr or something, which worked when i got my HD2? Or will AT&T be able to see that i have a smartphone? Is it the newer smaller SIM card, that will tell AT&T that I have a smartphone, or will the phone it self be what sends info to the servers or whatever that tells AT&T I have a smartphone? Or do you think this method of getting a T-Mobile phone and using an AT&T SIM card will work and I won't get stuck with a DATA plan? Everywhere I go has Wi-Fi so I have no need for the Data plan it will be going to waste.

[Q] how can i unlock my tmobile sgs3 sgh-t999

I have rooted my tmobile sgs3 t-mobile sgh-t999..is there a simple(FREE WAY TO UNLOCK IT..PLEASE HELP

Hey looking for the same thing this is my second s3 I had a Verizon an rooted an was really easy to get unlocked with this tool but been looking around an getting mixed Info but I can tell u that their is definitely a unlock method for the cdma Verizon one might take a look at that thread an see if it works just got mine a hour ago gonna root mine soon =)
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For T-Mobile, you just call them and ask nicely.
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1588

You can tell them you are going to Europe and want to use your phone on the trip.
Got me the unlock code for this one.
The codes are cheap on eBay, as well.
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Me too. I just asked nicely. I'm even on the installment plan. I never thought it would work.....the lady told me that she would put in a request and I got it in my e mail later that day.
Good luck
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are they different for each device? if so how can you buy from ebay. if the code is universal no one wants to post it? I just don't understand how this works.

say you are going out of nation to tmobile.

BeatnikBandit said:
are they different for each device? if so how can you buy from ebay. if the code is universal no one wants to post it? I just don't understand how this works.
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It's a unique code for each phone. You send them your IMEI and they can look up your specific code from some database.

i have a situation here..my dad bought S3 for me and send it to Philippines where i live at the moment..any suggestion on how can i unlock Tmo S3 without paying a person or site/s to unlock it...LAST OPTION would be PAYING
EDIT: i can't register on Tmobile site cuz i live in the Philippines and my dad won't give his number to me =\

S3 unlock code
Bitcloud30 said:
i have a situation here..my dad bought S3 for me and send it to Philippines where i live at the moment..any suggestion on how can i unlock Tmo S3 without paying a person or site/s to unlock it...LAST OPTION would be PAYING
EDIT: i can't register on Tmobile site cuz i live in the Philippines and my dad won't give his number to me =\
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As somebody said earlier call t-mobile and talk nice and they might send you the unlock code but this will work only if the phoe is registered with t-mobile (bought from t-mobile)
Else pay for unlock code. many sources available on the web or may try a local dealer who may do it for you.
Good luck

Just read this...damn I was hoping you could unlock it like the G2 bummer guess I'll have to call. I thought you had to have the phone for 3 months though can anyone confirm?