My parents are going to England. We live in the US. I used the cyanogen/xda method to root.
Is it already carrier unlocked? I only have Tmobile sim cards, unfortunately, the new sim will come from England. So I'd like some verification that it's unlocked before they take it on a trip.
How would I unlock it if it's not? I'm running a recent andromadus rom
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I think I used gfree, which seems to unlock it, I'm going to try to get a sim from something non-Tmobile.
Open to suggestions about how to test unlock
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To check if your phone is sim unlocked you can run the gfree check through adb, or you could borrow a friends sim card from another carrier.
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just got tmobile t989 brand new.
just need to know the way to unlock my s2
ur help will be appreciated
thanx
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You get an unlock code
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pakiyoungster said:
just got tmobile t989 brand new.
just need to know the way to unlock my s2
ur help will be appreciated
thanx
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Buy an unlock code from a website like he said above, also make sure you are on the stock ROM when you enter the unlock code using a foreign (different carrier) SIM otherwise it won't work..
no i havent recieved any unlock code from tmobiles
isnt there any other way to get it unlocked?
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No
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pakiyoungster said:
no i havent recieved any unlock code from tmobiles
isnt there any other way to get it unlocked?
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You can pay for it
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Just call tmobile and tell them you would like to have the unlock code for your phone. As long as your bill is up to date they will email it to you in about 24 hours, then make sure when you go to unlock it that you have the STOCK ROM installed and a SIM from another carrier. Put the other carrier SIM in the phone after you get the code, turn phone on, enter code and bingo. You will be unlocked.
timber12 said:
Hi whether you want to unlock your Samsung Galaxy s2 mobile from t-mobile network then visit mobileunlocksolutions.com here they ask you the imei number of your mobile .finally they send you codes to unlock your mobile.
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dude seriously, stop spamming. this is like the 4th time i've seen you bump an old thread with your spam.
I have an old sim and on the grandfather unlimited plan, at&t said they'd take me off of it iif I got a new sim for the phone, so can I use my old sim on this? Its not lte by the way so I hope it works.
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rani9990 said:
I have an old sim and on the grandfather unlimited plan, at&t said they'd take me off of it iif I got a new sim for the phone, so can I use my old sim on this? Its not lte by the way so I hope it works.
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Yes, if you can find a unlocked Galaxy S3 and if you can cut your SIM to the right dimensions.
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ikhtiaralam said:
Yes, if you can find a unlocked Galaxy S3 and if you can cut your SIM to the right dimensions.
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I can unlock mine, I need to know if anyone knows if the procedure online is safe enough that people have already done it.
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You can unlock it and use.att sim. Get a micro sim.cutter.
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if you bought it outright, call tmobile and they will send you the unlock instructions. no questions asked. done. then you will have to get a microsim cutter and you're golden.
Is there a free way to unlock my s3 to use it with my t-mobile sim card?
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Call at&t and ask for the unlock code.
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Is it free. ?
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Yes.
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codey895 said:
Is there a free way to unlock my s3 to use it with my t-mobile sim card?
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Yes its free.
If you are a 3 month(90 Days) old customer, then call them and they will unlock it for free.
this applies for all phones except IPHONE
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If you are a 3 month(90 Days) old customer, then call them and they will unlock it for free.
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not entirely true. i was a 14 day customer when AT&T gave me my unlock code.
but then i've read stories of people being AT&T customers for years, and they were refused an unlock code for their S3.
just try your luck. if you don't want to call, there's always online chat too. this is what i did.
The problem is i am a tmobile customer.
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how did you get the phone in the first place?
did you buy it from someone? if you bought it from someone, the previous owner would had to have unlocked it (i think).
did you win it? AT&T should be able to unlock it if you can prove you won it through a contest.
otherwise, you'd have to pay through a third party company to unlock it. google for websites that will unlock it for you.
Tell them you're going out of the country temporarily and that you want to use a sim card there. Maybe they'll do it.
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Hi. I have the unlock code for my note 2. However, in the instructions, it says to insert a non t-mobile simcard. Is it possible to unlock the note 2 without changing sim cards? LIke bringing up a menu to enter the unlock code or something?
Thanks
Don't think so.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
Don't think so.
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thanks. ended up getting an at&t prepaid sim.
What can I do with my unlocked phone? If I put a second sim card in my phone could I use it on my phone without paying for use of it? Could he get free 4g from T-Mobile? What could I do?
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you can only get to use sim from different providers
Can I put another T-Mobile sim card and use it without paying?
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Can I put another T-Mobile sim card and use it without paying?
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No, unlocking just allows you to use your phone with any GSM phone company... you still have to pay that company for service.
For example, it allows you to use this T-Mobile phone on AT&T... but you still have to pay AT&T for service.