It looks like I'm going to Spain for a month for work. Will it be possible to use a sim from one of the local cell companies there on my phone?
Just carrier unlock your phone with something like SGSUnlock or ask tmobile and you should be good to use a prepaid sim from there
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i got an samsung galaxy s2 and it is blocked by the IMEI because i didnt pay the bill! It is there anyway to get over this issue so i can use my phone ?!
Thank you very much and im waiting for ur answers.
P.S. The phone is blocked on the satellite just in one country and in the others is working !
Maybe pay the bill?
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Or maybe not and maybe something else?
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aliniulian23 said:
Or maybe not and maybe something else?
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Why wouldn't you pay the bill?
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IMEI block + "not paid" = .... (go figure)
There is only one reason phones gets lockedout by IMEI, if it's just the bill for the contract that isn't paid they block outgoing (and eventually incomming) calls and all.
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The only way a phone will get blocked is if the owner reports it being stolen/lost and not for unpaid bill.
You could be a victim of crime if bought on second hand market as the owner is probably doing insurance scam.
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stoney73 said:
Why wouldn't you pay the bill?
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because i didnt have with what to pay and now i will not ! simple !
HellcatDroid said:
IMEI block + "not paid" = .... (go figure)
There is only one reason phones gets lockedout by IMEI, if it's just the bill for the contract that isn't paid they block outgoing (and eventually incomming) calls and all.
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first was this and after a few weeks the phone also !
a5ian300zx said:
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The only way a phone will get blocked is if the owner reports it being stolen/lost and not for unpaid bill.
You could be a victim of crime if bought on second hand market as the owner is probably doing insurance scam.
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NO! The phone is brand new and it was buyed from a dealer of a network (doesnt matter)
aliniulian23 said:
i got an samsung galaxy s2 and it is blocked by the IMEI because i didnt pay the bill! It is there anyway to get over this issue so i can use my phone ?!
Thank you very much and im waiting for ur answers.
P.S. The phone is blocked on the satellite just in one country and in the others is working !
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I don't think anyone here is going to help you unlock your stolen phone, no matter what kind of excuses you come up with. Perhaps you should have the decency of returning it to its rightful owner, the one that actually did pay for this phone.
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This smells fishy to me too. They dont block the imei...they block the service
Strappin on my LOLLERSKATES
The only reason an IMEI will be blocked is because you stole the phone from someone else. Or you reported it stolen. Full stop, nothing else to say about this, at all, ever.
It is called Blacklisting.
Therefore, if you come here to this very resourceful community who operates within the bounds of legal framework that we live in, looking for a way to change the IMEI, which is considered a Federal Offense in the USA, and in the United Kingdom, under the Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act, changing the IMEI of a phone, or possessing equipment that can change it, is considered an offence, you will be dissapointed.
I would recommend you either contact your telecom company and explain you found your lost phone, or you return it to the rightful owner, or you use it as a wifi only device and feel guilty for robbing someone of their galaxy S2.
Ahaaaah u just dont get it a? Are u sure about what are u saying? U know that when u say something about someone it is good to be right because can go very bad for you with the law.
The phone is mine i got bills from this phone and i know what i am saying but i am not sure about YOU...and if u going to say something more about this ...not good.
So...anybody knows something helpfull?
thank you
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The only reason an IMEI will be blocked is because you stole the phone from someone else. Or you reported it stolen. Full stop, nothing else to say about this, at all, ever.
It is called Blacklisting.
Therefore, if you come here to this very resourceful community who operates within the bounds of legal framework that we live in, looking for a way to change the IMEI, which is considered a Federal Offense in the USA, and in the United Kingdom, under the Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act, changing the IMEI of a phone, or possessing equipment that can change it, is considered an offence, you will be dissapointed.
I would recommend you either contact your telecom company and explain you found your lost phone, or you return it to the rightful owner, or you use it as a wifi only device and feel guilty for robbing someone of their galaxy S2.
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Damn it ! Just because i didnt pay the bill and they blocked the phone by imei and i come here doesnt say that i have stole the phone from somebody else!
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I have never ever heard of any mobile operator blocking the IMEI of someones phone because they have not paid the bill it simply does not happen period, therefore it had to have been blocked another way.
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I have never ever heard of any mobile operator blocking the IMEI of someones phone because they have not paid the bill it simply does not happen period, therefore it had to have been blocked another way.
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Well i just asked because it just happened and this is a new law for the phones that they bills havend been paid
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I would also urge people to excercise extreme caution when buying mobile phones (or indeed anything) on the Gumtree website,a scammers / crooks haven, a common theme is for someone to advertise a high end phone like the GS2 for slightly below the going rate, usually the seller will call you from another number other than their own,they will say the phone is unlocked,brand new,etc,etc it is only when you ask them to present a receipt they will try and fob you off with excuses like "i need this receipt for my records" basically what they do is, person buys the phone, it is a real phone and everything works, a week or so later they report the phone stolen and put in a claim for another one, meanwhile your left with a phone which doesn't work as the IMEI has been blocked and you've no comeback, you try and contact the seller but find the number is turned off so basically your fu***d.
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Well i just asked because it just happened and this is a new law for the phones that they bills havend been paid
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Can't happen, nowhere in the world phones are imei locked for not paying bills. That happens in some countries when owner of the phone reports it lost or stolen. By your username i assume you are romanian and just for the record phone providers in Romania don't use/need phones' imei , hence they can't lock it. So you might as well post what country and provider did that, but i guess if you do that everyone else will find out you lied, not that we wouldn't know that already
Quite easy actually.
Step 1: Buy the phone.
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Can't happen, nowhere in the world phones are imei locked for not paying bills. That happens in some countries when owner of the phone reports it lost or stolen. By your username i assume you are romanian and just for the record phone providers in Romania don't use/need phones' imei , hence they can't lock it. So you might as well post what country and provider did that, but i guess if you do that everyone else will find out you lied, not that we already know that
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I am from RO but im in another country now and in RO i didnt hear nothing about this at all. Even if u dont pay the bill there is nothing to do with the phone but in other countrys like ES people say that this happend and ...what can i do? Again : i didnt stole nobodys phone and i didnt buy from no one!
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I want to unlock my ATRIX so I can sell it to anyone in the gsm network.
How do I get the unlock code without paying some website?
Is there an app for this or pc program you can recommend?
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I've heard u can call the provider but I paid $2 on eBay and got one.
I don't want to pay because I go through so many phones I would have to pay every 3-4 months for the unlock code.
I don't think the carrier would give me so many unlock codes a year.
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If you bought your phone from a carrier, call the carrier, tell them you are going out of the country on vacation/business, and need the unlock code. They should give it to you with no problems.
If you bought from another source, do what the other poster said.
That's my problem...... I bought it off ebay with no contract.
I go through 4 phone s a year. Hoped someone could hook me up with a program that did it or I can buy and use over and over for each phone.
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Brother just gave me his rooted Atrix? theres not a way to unlock it w/o a code? i unlocked a G1 and G2 w/ hax, can't do the same w/ Atrix?
stevedawg85 said:
Brother just gave me his rooted Atrix? theres not a way to unlock it w/o a code? i unlocked a G1 and G2 w/ hax, can't do the same w/ Atrix?
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He was talking about SIM unlocking, not bootloader unlocking.
there's no free SIM unlocking program AFAIK, if the code is not from your carrier.
I don't need it be free. I just need a program to buy and use it for any gsm phone I get to unlock it.
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I don't need it be free. I just need a program to buy and use it for any gsm phone I get to unlock it.
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I believe the SIM unlock code is per phone (the code for each phone is different). I saw someone posted some reputable web sites before, search for it.
He's each code is based on the manufacture and the IEMI number.
Just thought I could get an application for under $150 that has all the manufacturers and IEMIs on a database.
Just didn't want to pay and find a reputable website for each phone manufacturer.
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Thanks. I will try my carrier - since its not bought from them I might not be granted this but I will stress I have been public valued customer for 7yrs with 3line. Might get me the code.
If not I will use your link. Thanks.
My main goal is to unlock this and throw it on eBay as an unlocked phone with no contract and mention root. This should allow the phone to sell for a higher price.
Thanks for all your help.
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Called the carrier and BAM! in under 30 seconds they emailed me the unlock code.
Thanks everyone.
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Hi, I'm in the UK and looking at buying the xperia u for my sister. However it is locked on either o2 or Vodafone, depending on where I buy it from.
My question is how do I unlock the phone to make it sim free, I want to put a t mobile sim in there.
Do I root the phone to make it sim free? Or is there some other method.
Thanks for any help.
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Buy it from phones4u and it'll be unlocked. No rooting doesn't unlock
Also depending on what she wants it for the 'U' isn't that great really. If you're buying it out right then get an S off eBay. They go for only around 120-150 area
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O2 will unlock it for free if you have a contract with them (or get someone with a contract to do it).
CPW stock is also unlocked.
You have to install a Custom Rom
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You have to install a Custom Rom
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are you sure this will work?
Installing a custom rom or rooting the device will not make your phon sim free. If you want a network unlocked phone get it factory unlocked otherwis you will end paying for an unlocking service.
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Searching for Vodafone Smart mini unlock codes or a way to crack it on my own.
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qwertzlcoatl said:
My little brother bought a Vodafone Smart Mini while he was on vacation in Portugal. It's his first Smartphone. The catch is, the vodafone lady told him he needs to unlock it before being able to use it. The way the lady suggested it, it should be really easy to do. The problem is that I've been googling my ass off and just don't find anything worthwhile. There are "unlock codes" that I simply need to type in with the SIM card I want to use, but these codes are all behind some kind of weird paywall. So right now, he can't use his german SIM card in his new smartphone.
Does anybody have any experience with this? Me and my brother would be really grateful.
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Make sure your phone is compatible with the carrier you want to be with, if not you'll be better keeping your money in your wallet
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Make sure your phone is compatible with the carrier you want to be with, if not you'll be better keeping your money in your wallet
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It's a "Vodafone Smart mini" and my carrier is Vodafone.
qwertzlcoatl said:
It's a "Vodafone Smart mini" and my carrier is Vodafone. The smartphone was bought in portugal but my carrier is in germany. In theory this should be rather easy.
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Maybe I was not that clear, doesn't matter the phone name IF the phone does work on the same frequency and does not use the same technology (gsm, cdma, lte, etc) as your carrier it simply won't work even if you buy and apply it a network unlock code.
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For anybody stumbling across this thread in the future:
I bought for 1 Euro a Unlock Code on eBay. 10 Minutes later I got the code and everything works fine now. I'll suggest you do the same if you have a buck to spare.