Hello forum. How are you? Hope well. First of all ,sorry if my english isn't perfect, I live in Argentina and we use spanish as our language.
Well, the thing is that I buyed a LG G7 ThinQ 710em on amazon and when it arrived it says "European Sim card only" and, I've readed that I need to get an European SimCard for at least 20 minutes to unlock it and began using it with my LatinAmerican sim later. The thing is that here we cant get an european sim card.
So, there's a flash or something to do to bypass this? I know how to root phones and some more, but I've been a IOs user for like the last 4 years and im a little bit rusty
Thanks in advice for all your help!
I can send you an european sim for 10usd plus transportation, but will that work in your country?
Inerent said:
I can send you an european sim for 10usd plus transportation, but will that work in your country?
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The thing is that in argentina we cant get international deliverys. But really thanks for the help dude. really really appreciate it
is it possible to Flash an international FW then any sim "could" be ok?
European SIM would be no help for your problem. Your phone has to be login in an European network using European SIM for at least 20 min. Flashing another fw does not deactivate the region lock.
GraayFox said:
Hello forum. How are you? Hope well. First of all ,sorry if my english isn't perfect, I live in Argentina and we use spanish as our language.
Well, the thing is that I buyed a LG G7 ThinQ 710em on amazon and when it arrived it says "European Sim card only" and, I've readed that I need to get an European SimCard for at least 20 minutes to unlock it and began using it with my LatinAmerican sim later. The thing is that here we cant get an european sim card.
So, there's a flash or something to do to bypass this? I know how to root phones and some more, but I've been a IOs user for like the last 4 years and im a little bit rusty
Thanks in advice for all your help!
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Hi, I have the same problem for 2 months. This European does not help it is necessary to activate the phone in Europe. With the purchase of the unlock code, the problem also became, apparently lg fixed the work of their bases. Stitched on EMW, in my case it is useless. One master undertook to help us, but he needed a dump from an already unlocked EM phone. To disassemble where the lie is now sewn up the lock function and the trigger that checks it.
wow! that complicated ha.
I was thinking that they would just produce "one" allinone phone then just flash to whatever region you belong & re-flashing would solve the problem - yes? No?
wheelee said:
wow! that complicated ha.
I was thinking that they would just produce "one" allinone phone then just flash to whatever region you belong & re-flashing would solve the problem - yes? No?
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If everything was so simple, when I switch to the firmware of my EMW region, a call recording appears. But the sim is still blocked.
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Hi, I have the same problem for 2 months. This European does not help it is necessary to activate the phone in Europe. With the purchase of the unlock code, the problem also became, apparently lg fixed the work of their bases. Stitched on EMW, in my case it is useless. One master undertook to help us, but he needed a dump from an already unlocked EM phone. To disassemble where the lie is now sewn up the lock function and the trigger that checks it.
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Hello! and, question. Do you solve your problem? Now im a little bit dessperated, because the phone whorts too much (At least for me) and I will just have to use it like a brick to hold my pappers haha Sad meme.
Inerent said:
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I've readed that If someone calls me from Europe while im ussing an european sim card it would work. I've reached an european sim card, a friend of mine just got from an european trip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/help-sim-phone-outside-europe-t3780157
Can you make a call from europe (i assumed that you live in europe while Im reading your message) and I pay you the call? Thanks in advice and no problem if you cant <3
GraayFox said:
I've readed that If someone calls me from Europe while im ussing an european sim card it would work. I've reached an european sim card, a friend of mine just got from an european trip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/help-sim-phone-outside-europe-t3780157
Can you make a call from europe (i assumed that you live in europe while Im reading your message) and I pay you the call? Thanks in advice and no problem if you cant <3
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Yes, I can call you. Just tell me your number and operator of the sim and from what country is the sim. Do you have enough money on sim card în order to be roaming active for receiving calls?
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Yes, I can call you. Just tell me your number and operator of the sim and from what country is the sim. Do you have enough money on sim card în order to be roaming active for receiving calls?
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I will have the sim tomorrow. A friend of mine just arrived from Europe and is gonna give me his simcard. I dont know if it has money on the sim for the roaming.. It will be needed?
I will stay in touch here with you if thats ok. Im really sorry for bothering you. Its a really expensive phone to have it like a brick on my house in wifi haha </3
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Yes, I can call you. Just tell me your number and operator of the sim and from what country is the sim. Do you have enough money on sim card în order to be roaming active for receiving calls?
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Im gonna send an Private message to you with my whatsapp! I've already got the sim
GraayFox said:
I've readed that If someone calls me from Europe while im ussing an european sim card it would work. I've reached an european sim card, a friend of mine just got from an european trip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/help-sim-phone-outside-europe-t3780157
Can you make a call from europe (i assumed that you live in europe while Im reading your message) and I pay you the call? Thanks in advice and no problem if you cant <3
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Hello. I have a AT&T GSM Touch Pro 2 and am visiting Spain soon for a little over a week. I am interested in primarily getting data services (not concerned with making phone calls). Can anyone give me info on if this is possible and what to watch out for?
I would like to get email access mainly, but would love to use google maps and other internet apps. Will these work still? Specifically, do I need to talk to AT&T at all and where or how do I buy/rent a sim card in Spain? Obviously, I want to keep this as economical as possible - how much should I expect to be charged?
Thanks for the help!
yes you'll be able to use your tilt2 in spain with data and 3G. spain's networks use 900/1800 gsm and 2100 3g (umts) and the tilt2 supports those bands.
There are several networks you can choose from in spain, among them are vodafone, telefonica (movistar), and Orange. Once you get there pretty sure they sell them in the airports but also in the supermarkets.
From my experience of traveling abroad (europe and middle east) the data rates on prepaid sim cards are pretty high. But its prepaid so it'll only use what you put in, no going over.
Try googling for vodafone spain, orange spain and telefonica spain and see if they're sites have the prepaid rates.
Overall you won't have to use your At&t sim card, which i highly recommend you don't because you don't want to come back to an enormous bill with international data (which i did once!)
Hope this helps and enjoy your trip
Wow! What a great and thorough response. Other than HardSPL for rom flashing, I have not specifically unlocked my phone. Do I need to do that before using a vodafone, for example, sim? I thought I read recently that AT&T will unlock your phone for this sort of thing - any experience with that?
Thanks again!
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Wow! What a great and thorough response. Other than HardSPL for rom flashing, I have not specifically unlocked my phone. Do I need to do that before using a vodafone, for example, sim? I thought I read recently that AT&T will unlock your phone for this sort of thing - any experience with that?
Thanks again!
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Oops, my bad, that completely slipped my mind. Yes you will need to sim unlock your device. Call At&t and they will provide the unlock code for you. Tell them you are going overseas for business and they will offer you an international plan, just tell them your not interested and they'll ask for you imei number (have it ready before) its found under your battery, on the side of your box, or by calling *#06# on your phone and the imei will pop up in a notification.
They will give you the unlock code and for your device to prompt you for the code, you will have to put a non-At&t sim card in your phone. So either grab one from a friend that has t-mobile or just wait till you get there and make sure you have the unlock code with you
Perfecto! Muchas Gracias!
(Im practicing my spanish)
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Perfecto! Muchas Gracias!
(Im practicing my spanish)
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no worries haha
not gonna even try my spanish, its horrible! but i understand it pretty well.
My gf did a semester abroad a couple yeard ago in spain and she loved it, enjoy the wine!
Hi Guys,
Just bought my Galaxy S from a carrier in Portugal ( TMN ) and it is SIM locked.
Since there is no way to unlock it yet without paying some money to the carrier or to some specific unlock websites, i´ve tried to use one SIM unlock card that i had since my nokia times.
without this card i´m able to connect other carrier SIM ( vodafone) but after the card pin i´m asked to put the unlock key.
Then i tried with the Sim unlock card with the same card, and guess what... Works perfectly, no unlock key and vodadone card rocking hard on my Galaxy...
Here is the link for one of those on ebay... It costs 1$ lololol.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Universal-Turbo...le-GSM-phone-/370416652068?pt=PDA_Accessories
Hope it helps a lot of you that want to be free to chose the carrier that suits you better.
Cheers
This should be stickied
As a fellow TMN client, this is marvelous
i read somewhere else that someone had problems with this, sending every other call directly to his voicemail, so maybe there also could be some downsides to this. did you have enough time with that thing to test it well?
IMO i just want the thing unlocked. I could care less about the warrenty. I am always changing phones anyways.
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i read somewhere else that someone had problems with this, sending every other call directly to his voicemail, so maybe there also could be some downsides to this. did you have enough time with that thing to test it well?
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I had it for more then a year on my nokia( stuck on tmn aswell) and with a vodafone card. Always worked flawless... But you can always test it. 2 bucks with delivery is not that expensive..
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Hi kinder__bueno,
thanks for the info. Have you tried the 3G? Does it work?
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Here is the link for one of those on ebay... It costs 1$ lololol.
***Universal-Turbo-SIM-Unlock-Card-mobile-GSM-phone-/370416652068?pt=PDA_Accessories
Cheers
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Wich one's exactly? Do you know some european sellers?
Bye.
kinder__bueno said:
Hi Guys,
Just bought my Galaxy S from a carrier in Portugal ( TMN ) and it is SIM locked.
Since there is no way to unlock it yet without paying some money to the carrier or to some specific unlock websites, i´ve tried to use one SIM unlock card that i had since my nokia times.
without this card i´m able to connect other carrier SIM ( vodafone) but after the card pin i´m asked to put the unlock key.
Then i tried with the Sim unlock card with the same card, and guess what... Works perfectly, no unlock key and vodadone card rocking hard on my Galaxy...
Here is the link for one of those on ebay... It costs 1$ lololol.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Universal-Turbo...le-GSM-phone-/370416652068?pt=PDA_Accessories
Hope it helps a lot of you that want to be free to chose the carrier that suits you better.
Cheers
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HAs anyone tried this on the bell version? Please confirm if so...would love to try out the phone on my rogers network...
this is the best method without voiding warranty
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749880
Hi any news of unlockin sim carriers in uk? Any1 used sgs2 unlock tool from this website? it was awsome so something like that?
i have o2 just bought want to run orange sim card.
and yes i dont want to pay 20 quid or even 15 to any website thanks rather i would donte to the devs ;D
The Nexus line of phones come unlocked
Dark lord me said:
The Nexus line of phones come unlocked
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tell it my phone...locked to 3(three)
Dark lord me said:
The Nexus line of phones come unlocked
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Nexus phones do not come sim unlocked they can be locked by the carriers and most of them do.
muddassar001 said:
Hi any news of unlockin sim carriers in uk? Any1 used sgs2 unlock tool from this website? it was awsome so something like that?
i have o2 just bought want to run orange sim card.
and yes i dont want to pay 20 quid or even 15 to any website thanks rather i would donte to the devs ;D
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There is currently no 'free' way of sim unlocking your device if you hang around long enough someone may write a program to do it but you may be waiting a while. Quite a few members have stated the unlock code can be obtained over ebay within 2 hours for around £9 which is a good price. You could also contact your carrier and tell them you want to take your phone abroad and use a different sim card in it while you are away to save costs. Sometimes they will unlock it for free.
Mark.
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tell it my phone...locked to 3(three)
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I read something on twitter from three uk which said only their first batch of gn were unlocked and all others will be carrier locked. Three charge to unlock their phones whether still in contract with them or not.
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My one is locked to o2
well my one is locked it says something to enter password and its on o2 who never give out their phone as unlocked well thanks for telling me about ebay its cheap but still i want to suport any dev out here as i did when i had galaxy s2 and had a very easy way to unlock it... well then m gna try ebay
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well my one is locked it says something to enter password and its on o2 who never give out their phone as unlocked well thanks for telling me about ebay its cheap but still i want to suport any dev out here as i did when i had galaxy s2 and had a very easy way to unlock it... well then m gna try ebay
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UPDATE:got my phone unlocked in no time from ebay for just £8.75 thats reasonable. some named theunlockguru
muddassar001 said:
UPDATE:got my phone unlocked in no time from ebay for just £8.75 thats reasonable. some named theunlockguru
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Nice job and good price
Mark.
muddassar001 said:
UPDATE:got my phone unlocked in no time from ebay for just £8.75 thats reasonable. some named theunlockguru
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Could you tell us how to, please? THank you.
Its from ebay
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Could you tell us how to, please? THank you.
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goto ebay.co.uk and search unlock galaxy nexus and there would be two people having the code one with £8.75 price and other with £8.95 i think i used £8.75 one with the store name theunlockguru and it was perfect it just only took 10 mins and got my code hope that helps
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well my one is locked it says something to enter password and its on o2 who never give out their phone as unlocked well thanks for telling me about ebay its cheap but still i want to suport any dev out here as i did when i had galaxy s2 and had a very easy way to unlock it... well then m gna try ebay
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got mine unlocked from o2 for free, filled in a form on their site and they emailed me the unlock code
just bought a SIM unlock code from here for £5
instant delivery, works perfectly. awesome
a warning about sim unlock: I got my nexus today from vodafone spain and as expected it was locked. I got an unlock code from ebay and it worked like a charm.
But, I like to play with new phones first, then restore defaults and set everything up the way I want it. The thing is, the galaxy nexus doesn't remember the network unlock code between factory resets, at least mine doesn't (yakju, came with ITL41F).
The codes work, but you may need yours again, so don't throw the number away
any code for three? im waiting the three to give me the code, about 2 weeks now
Hello Mark, is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus an universal phone? Can I use the unlocked version with LTE carriers in the future? I am in US and Verizon is the only LTE carrier I was wondering about using T-Mobile (HSPS technology) or wait for Sprint (my current carrier). I live in USA but I am thinking about moving to Japan so I wonder if I should just wait and maybe I will need to get one in Japan with one of their carriers... Also I love the forums and it is all great, but is there an IRC room for this questions as well?
Thank you in advance,
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Hello Mark, is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus an universal phone? Can I use the unlocked version with LTE carriers in the future? I am in US and Verizon is the only LTE carrier I was wondering about using T-Mobile (HSPS technology) or wait for Sprint (my current carrier). I live in USA but I am thinking about moving to Japan so I wonder if I should just wait and maybe I will need to get one in Japan with one of their carriers... Also I love the forums and it is all great, but is there an IRC room for this questions as well?
Thank you in advance,
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IRC channel, freenode @ #gn - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20396301
The GSM version can be purchased unlocked and used on any GSM carrier with their supplied SIM card. The GSM frequencies are listed for the Galaxy Nexus and they cover the majority of GSM international and US domestic carriers.
The LTE version, as far as we've heard, is only for Verizon in the US. Not sure what LTE technologies other carriers in other countries are using.
If you're interested in having an international capable version of the deivce, the GSM version is currently your best option.
Hope that helps!
Hi,
I would also like to purchase such a code, but how ist it with OTA updates? Still avialable?
How would it be if I later root my phone and put on a custom rom? Will it be still unlocked.
or
cant I just put on a custom rom, to sim-unlock the phone and save those costs?
Sorry for the noob questions.
Thanks
abcls said:
Hi,
I would also like to purchase such a code, but how ist it with OTA updates? Still avialable?
How would it be if I later root my phone and put on a custom rom? Will it be still unlocked.
or
cant I just put on a custom rom, to sim-unlock the phone and save those costs?
Sorry for the noob questions.
Thanks
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Custom Roms cannot sim unlock your phone as it isnt part of the system.
Flashing an OTA update or a custom rom will not affect your phone if you have sim unlocked it with a code.
MArk.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I have contacted my carrier (A1 Austria) and complained about the simlock. To make a long story short, they finally gave me the simunlock pin.
But recently I unlocked the bootlader and the unlock was wiped so I needed to reenter the pin. After I reflashed the original rom (back to stock) the sim was locked again.
And the most strange thing happened today. I just restarted the phone today (as every day) and the sim was locked again. So reentered the pin to unlock.
My question now, can it be that the simumlock pin they have provided me is not correctly working or is this a normal behaviour or a bug?
Br, Avi
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That appears to be normal behaviour.
Hi , yesterday I got Moto Z Play on internet, it was supposed to be unlocked, so I put my sim card (TELCEL) but it didnt recognize it.
I put other sim card (MOVISTAR) and worked, then put AT&T sim card and worked again, but with TELCEL it didnt work.
So I searched and discovered that the phone is on AT&T.
Looked on internet and found that I can unlock the phone via a code, but in order to do it that way, the phone has to ask for the code when I put other sim card, but the request doesnt appear.
Does anybody know how I can fix it so I can use my TELCEL sim card . . . ??????
If you bought your phone via internet, it must be unlocked, but i think there is a problem with your carrier not with the phone. Here, in Mexico its a mandatory the sell of unlocked phones with any carrier, but maybe it could be an agreement between lenovo and at&t
If you bought your phone at full retail price it must be unlocked by law, if not you can contact the company that sold it to you and have them unlock it for you.
If you bought it with a data plan it will be locked to that network until after the mandatory period expires.
Having said that, it is odd that it functions with SIMs from AT&T and Movistar (Not related at all) and not Telcel. Maybe is you TELCEL SIM that is not working.
looking for an answer y sadly found the IMEI from this phone is reported as stolen/lost, maybe thats why it doesnt work with TELCEL sim card, lets hope the seller answers my complain
thanks everyone for the comments
where did you buy it man?
I bought it on linio.com.mx
giova07 said:
looking for an answer y sadly found the IMEI from this phone is reported as stolen/lost, maybe thats why it doesnt work with TELCEL sim card, lets hope the seller answers my complain
thanks everyone for the comments
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Hi, I have an unlocked AT&T moto Z play from Amazon (paid 6,900 Pesos) and it works perfectly with Telcel, so the phone definitely is compatible. However the sim tray allows for only 1 sim card. Good luck with your seller.
Hello People!
I was reading all the forum to see if there's a way to unlock my LG G7 ThinQ that I bought from Europe to South America, because when it arrived, it says "european sim card only" on the box.. Nice surprise!
So, reading, I aknowledge that you can unlock it ussing it on Europe for 20 minutes with an European sim card, but, as I live in Argentina, I cant do that. Well, reading and reading, I found that this person
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/help-sim-phone-outside-europe-t3780157
the 8th comment on that post, It made it work by buying an unlocking services online. So, Im asking if any of you know a trusted online service to make this unlock.
Thanks in advice for any help you can lend me <3
Marcelo
GraayFox said:
Hello People!
I was reading all the forum to see if there's a way to unlock my LG G7 ThinQ that I bought from Europe to South America, because when it arrived, it says "european sim card only" on the box.. Nice surprise!
So, reading, I aknowledge that you can unlock it ussing it on Europe for 20 minutes with an European sim card, but, as I live in Argentina, I cant do that. Well, reading and reading, I found that this person
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/help-sim-phone-outside-europe-t3780157
the 8th comment on that post, It made it work by buying an unlocking services online. So, Im asking if any of you know a trusted online service to make this unlock.
Thanks in advice for any help you can lend me <3
Marcelo
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Today I unblocked the code in this service, I didn’t wait for 5 minutes, I don’t allow the link to insert a message in a personal
aktiv243 said:
Today I unblocked the code in this service, I didn’t wait for 5 minutes, I don’t allow the link to insert a message in a personal
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can you please send me that info?
myunlock.store