I had my s3 supplied by orange UK and thought that it would probably be locked to orange although there was no branding on the box or phone.
Started looking over the net to see how I could check and found that if you enter *# 7465625# and they read off or disabled then your phone is completely unlocked.
Mine is which is a real bonus so well chuffed.
Sorry if this was already known to everyone but was new to me and thought it might be useful for some people.
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Got mine direct from O2, presumed it was locked down tight but using the code you provided it shows as fully unlocked.
Bonus!
Thanks for pointing this out
Could be due to the delay just to get the phones out the networks haven't had time to put their code into Android, perhaps when they get all the preorders out future ones will.
Mine is from Affordable mobiles so I know it will not be locked
I was told that I had a version of orange software on here, although no orange apps etc. But phone was really buggy so flashed with the latest release, been really good since the.
Just pleased its not locked also, helps in the event I don't remain happy with it and decide to sell it.
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mines from O2. Its locked :/
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I had my s3 supplied by orange UK and thought that it would probably be locked to orange although there was no branding on the box or phone.
Started looking over the net to see how I could check and found that if you enter *# 7465625# and they read off or disabled then your phone is completely unlocked.
Mine is which is a real bonus so well chuffed.
Sorry if this was already known to everyone but was new to me and thought it might be useful for some people.
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FINALLY i know now yes mine is unlocked too im on 3 Ireland i thought it would have been locked but it's not so good news.
Thanks a lot mate for posting this
hal752 said:
mines from O2. Its locked :/
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Mine is from o2 through CPW and isn't locked at all (had since launch)
Also has anyone noticed the spelling mistake from the picture?it's the same in mine
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No worries,
I can't sleep either
On O2 bought post-launch and no lock
Mines unlocked and I'm on Orange also, checked last week which I'm pleased about.
Got mine from 3uk on release day but had to get a replacement 3days ago and that come network locked
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Could be due to the delay just to get the phones out the networks haven't had time to put their code into Android, perhaps when they get all the preorders out future ones will.
Mine is from Affordable mobiles so I know it will not be locked
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It certainly looks that way! I got mine on preorder and it came unlocked, whilst other O2 folks who waited till after release got a locked phone.
I asked O2 what benefits there were for preordering with them but they didn't mention it being unlocked! In fact, they didn't mention any benefits!
Vodafone contract handset "box only" means no contract just paid £475 for handset and it's unlocked.
SIII'ed
On orange uk and its locked
Also i can't believe orange have removed the firmware update option with there bloatware
Is T-Mobile batch unlocked? If so, would it work abroad?
hpsauce37 said:
I had my s3 supplied by orange UK and thought that it would probably be locked to orange although there was no branding on the box or phone.
Started looking over the net to see how I could check and found that if you enter *# 7465625# and they read off or disabled then your phone is completely unlocked.
Mine is which is a real bonus so well chuffed.
Sorry if this was already known to everyone but was new to me and thought it might be useful for some people.
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Got my rather wonderful Galaxy S3 on Vodafone contract.
Unfortunately that USSD code doesn't seem to work on mine.
The phone and firmware is unbranded though.
So I'm guessing its open to all networks?
Plus the phone arrived in a Samsung white box, and not a Vodafone one.
Im i the only person where this code doesnt show anything?
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Im i the only person where this code doesnt show anything?
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No, you're not the only person, loads of us have the issue with this and other codes.
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Please vote in the poll above so we can establish which Samsung Galaxy S2s are locked or unlocked.
Please only vote if you bought your phone from O2.
Thanks!
James
Thanks for the one vote so far, hopefully this can prove to be a useful poll
Mine is unlocked. Brought at O2 reading handset only.
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Today O2 store and PAYG £399 Unlocked .
jje
Should there not be a SIM Free options, as that's what I purchased, which is different to PAYG.
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Should there not be a SIM Free options, as that's what I purchased, which is different to PAYG.
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But this poll is asking about O2 phones, not the SIM free ones...
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But this poll is asking about O2 phones, not the SIM free ones...
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Quite. I'd expect a SIM free one to be unlocked!
Sim free i have seen so far have been £500 +
jje
Just bought from O2 in Ealing - PAYG locked (but subset unlocked, so GiffGaff works)
Odd how some are locked and others arent.
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Sim free i have seen so far have been £500 +
jje
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I've seen stock at £489.98 with free delivery.
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Odd how some are locked and others arent.
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First shipment to O2 was probably unlocked, subsequent shipments seem to be locked. This quite often happens when supply is limited initially.
My PAYG is unlocked from Bridgend
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Can someone confirm that you can see if the phone is unlocked on the spot when you go and buy from O2 in-store. As in you can open it and check.
I assume you can but I just want to make sure. This is my first time buying a phone in the UK and I inted to use on 3 or giffgaff depending on the quality (and reliaiblty) of the 3G signal.
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Please vote in the poll above so we can establish which Samsung Galaxy S2s are locked or unlocked.
Please only vote if you bought your phone from O2.
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James
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Unlocked out of the box and working with T-Mobile contract SIM.
Purchased a hour ago from O2 store on London Wall.
Got it from store, it is locked.
Picked mine up from the Winchester store on PAYG about an hour ago, and is working perfectly with my Vodafone SIM.
Note that I put this SIM straight in, without ever switching it on with an O2 SIM -- not sure if it does something weird like lock itself to the first SIM that's ever in it?
Mines locked on contract . I put my tmob sim in straight away but it came up with request for code, then emergency calls only. Ive rung 02 already and requested unlock code - they say 7 to 10 working days. In no real rush, as I have my desire z
Dayz
Recieved mine, it's brill.
Bought on an O2 contract (ordered Monday) and it is unlocked out of the box
Well I got mine on d 27th at phones4u, but they only had 1 left and they still offered it to me on orange, vodaphone or o2. So I'm guessing it's unlocked. Haven't been able to check yet tho, I've only got orange sim cards in me gaff.
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Hello
Can anyone tell me if the s3 on t-mobile uk is heavily branded? Both the handset itself and the operating system with added apps etc
I am considering moving to t-mobile, but if it is heavily branded then I will just get a sim free instead.
Many thanks.
It probably will be... But it's very easy to unbranded by flashing the unbranded stock rom via odin.
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All the S3 on T-mobile so far have pretty much stock apart from a splash screen. There are reports that are unlocked too.
eon_designs said:
Hello
Can anyone tell me if the s3 on t-mobile uk is heavily branded? Both the handset itself and the operating system with added apps etc
I am considering moving to t-mobile, but if it is heavily branded then I will just get a sim free instead.
Many thanks.
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I'm on T-Mobile in the UK and I received a Pebble blue on upgrade from T-Mobile, I have zero branding on the phone, and when I say zero I mean zero, nadda, zip, nothing. It goes without saying that I received my upgrade at about the time when there were just about no pebble blue's available, I'm assuming T-Mobile sent out the first batch without any branding. I consider myself very lucky. This is the first phone I've received from T-Mobile without any branding.
I'm not sure what it's like now, now that they've caught up with stock etc. they have no doubt added all the usual sh*t that they add to their phones.
I also got a OTA update when other people with branded phones were not receiving.
I also have a White SGSIII on T-Mobile and have no branding what so ever!
Not even a T-Mobile splash screen just the stock Samsung.
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How recently did u get your white sgs3?
I just got my Blue S3 on T-Mobile yesterday, and it has no branding whatsoever.
I did buy it from Tesco Phone Shop rather than T-Mobile directly though, don't know if that makes any difference.
I've got white s3 from t mobile and there is no branding what so ever! I'm thinking if it has sim lock?
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got 2 sgs3 in white on T-Mobile uk both no branding at all and both unlocked direct from my local tmob store in the town centre
also got OTA updates
I got mine through mobile.co.uk on T-mobile. Its not branded or sim locked.
You know I just noticed I've no t mobile branding on my blue s3. If course it says Samsung but not t mobile.
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Maybe the first batch will be this way. Here in the U.S t mobile released the S3 to few t-mobile stores. Now a week later all the stores will get it. Do not know why they did that, but hopefully I got something others won't get. X)
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Then again, maybe the t-mobile s3 will not be branded at all. I haven't seen a branded s3 anywhere...
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I got it around three weeks ago.
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i have a white 16gig s3 on uk t-mobile...and there is no t-mobile bloat at all..
plus the the phone is not sim locked at all...
Thanks everyone.
Took the plunge - just got a blue one today from the official T-Mobile store. No branding on the phone or on the software. Excellent.
Got my pebble blue from T-Mobile direct last week. No branding except for the browser homepage which was set to T-mobile's site, however surprisingly, it was SIM locked.
I have since rooted, unlocked and installed an unbranded official Samsung ROM
Hey guys,
I just bought an AT&T Galaxy Note through Craigslist. I've bought other network locked phones before and unlocked it later using these extensive XDA forums. But this Note is locked to AT&T and cannot be unlocked without contacting AT&T for the unlock code. AT&T cannot give me the unlock code since I'm not an AT&T user. Is there anyway I can unlock this phone?
I hear Google has answers...
I swear the "help me unlock threads" keep popping up like cockroaches.
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I hear Google has answers...
I swear the "help me unlock threads" keep popping up like cockroaches.
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Lol your in a bad mood today huh?!
Call and say u purchased the phone craigslist and want to check the imei. After they say it can be actived, say ur going out of country and it ur reason for buying the phone and need it unlocked. Thats how it worked for me.
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truth77 said:
Lol your in a bad mood today huh?!
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Not really. I just feel that at least one person has to keep it real even if its unpopular.
Let's put it this way. If I say it then everyone else who's thinking the same thing doesn't have to open their mouth and get in trouble.
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asifsyed said:
Hey guys,
I just bought an AT&T Galaxy Note through Craigslist. I've bought other network locked phones before and unlocked it later using these extensive XDA forums. But this Note is locked to AT&T and cannot be unlocked without contacting AT&T for the unlock code. AT&T cannot give me the unlock code since I'm not an AT&T user. Is there anyway I can unlock this phone?
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Have you called ATT anyways?? Try it. Or get a code from a third party unlocker on ebay.
nom303 said:
Call and say u purchased the phone craigslist and want to check the imei. After they say it can be actived, say ur going out of country and it ur reason for buying the phone and need it unlocked. Thats how it worked for me.
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This is a GSM phone, not CDMA. They do not have to activate the phone.
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Not really. I just feel that at least one person has to keep it real even if its unpopular.
Let's put it this way. If I say it then everyone else who's thinking the same thing doesn't have to open their mouth and get in trouble.
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You may not be subtle but you are correct. OP should have searched first. Most phones have to be unlocked this way. Thread should be locked before a spammer tries to leave his spamunlocker.com link here.
Ok. I seem to have enraged a few people.
Before I posted this question I searched for a similar question in the forum. The best result was how to unlock using the ATT code. I have already called AT&T and they're not willing to give me the unlock code. I've tried to get codes online. I've tried one and it didn't work. Now I am stuck with a phone that's just a PDA and not worth the money I put into it.
I was actually looking for answers from people who have gone through a similar experience. I thought this would be a commonly occurring issue. But I've tried what everyone of you have written here and it hasn't worked yet. So what should I do?
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Ok. I seem to have enraged a few people.
Before I posted this question I searched for a similar question in the forum. The best result was how to unlock using the ATT code. I have already called AT&T and they're not willing to give me the unlock code. I've tried to get codes online. I've tried one and it didn't work. Now I am stuck with a phone that's just a PDA and not worth the money I put into it.
I was actually looking for answers from people who have gone through a similar experience. I thought this would be a commonly occurring issue. But I've tried what everyone of you have written here and it hasn't worked yet. So what should I do?
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I bought the unlocked code from ebay around $4 and worked like charm and use the phone now on T-mobile network
If ATT won't give you the code, and they sometimes do even if you are not on ATT, then you have to buy your unlock code. Best bet is to purchase 1 from a vendor on ebay. You also need to be on the stock ATT ROM to do the unlocking. You cannot unlock the phone with a custom ROM on it.
I don't like giving reference to these 3rd party vendors but here is an informative video. If you go to youtube and read the directions with the video you should be fine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68qdShUBUw8
Actually i own this phone. I was recently helped with this from a friendly user and thought id share. Thanks for the insight tho.
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I just called att to "unlock" my phone I preordered my note 2 so I'm waiting for the launch,But called att and asked if they would unlock this note 1..They unlocked it and gave me a code..So its officially unlocked now..
Thanks everyone for your helpful comments. I was able to get the phone unlocked through a friend's friend who works for AT&T. He just called customer service and got the unlock code. I think I just spoke to the wrong guy when I called. Anyway, the phone's unlocked and I'm very thankful to all you guys.
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Hello all, I am currently rocking a galaxy note 2, love it, but its size is its greatest feature, but also its worst. I have decided to get a one x +, getting it on a super cheap O2 contract. I want to continue to use my three sim card, so my question is firstly does a uk O2 htc one x + come.network locked, and if it does where is the best place to get it unlocked. My three sim card comes with truely unlimited data, so want to continue to use it. Ibl have searched the forum, but can only find threats to do with at&t.
Thank you for any responses.
JamD
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JamDonot said:
Hello all, I am currently rocking a galaxy note 2, love it, but its size is its greatest feature, but also its worst. I have decided to get a one x +, getting it on a super cheap O2 contract. I want to continue to use my three sim card, so my question is firstly does a uk O2 htc one x + come.network locked, and if it does where is the best place to get it unlocked. My three sim card comes with truely unlimited data, so want to continue to use it. Ibl have searched the forum, but can only find threats to do with at&t.
Thank you for any responses.
JamD
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i have an o2 uk one, and i had to get it network unlocked, i got hasoon2000 to do it for me.
I just filled the unlocking form in on the O2 website, and they got back to me within 24hrs with the code.
Great, how long did you have the phone for before you were able to request the unlock code. Oh, and cheers for the super fast reply.
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i have an o2 uk one, and i had to get it network unlocked, i got hasoon2000 to do it for me.
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How do I contact hasoon2000, and was there a charge?
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Great, how long did you have the phone for before you were able to request the unlock code. Oh, and cheers for the super fast reply.
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I bought the phone outright on eBay no contract, i only had 2 months of my contract left with O2 so i swapped sims, and just requested the unlock code.
you can contact hasoon HERE, i dont know how much he charges, but i am sure he is not the expensive.
I have a s3 that I originally got from att. I got it unlocked and have been using it on Cincinnati bell. Well I called Samsung last night because the latch that holds the back on Brooke so I asked if they could send me a new one (just the back). They said they couldn't because this model is the European model and they don't support it. wth!!!! I told them I bought it at a us store.and he said too go back there. But they only have a 14 day watery and u have to still have service with them. Has any one else had this issue with Samsung turning them down. I talked to a tech and a manager. Do I need to tall to a special department
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I have a s3 that I originally got from att. I got it unlocked and have been using it on Cincinnati bell. Well I called Samsung last night because the latch that holds the back on Brooke so I asked if they could send me a new one (just the back). They said they couldn't because this model is the European model and they don't support it. wth!!!! I told them I bought it at a us store.and he said too go back there. But they only have a 14 day watery and u have to still have service with them. Has any one else had this issue with Samsung turning them down. I talked to a tech and a manager. Do I need to tall to a special department
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The store where you bought it from should provide the back and cover warranty for the phone. As it is imported Samsung USA can`t help you. Seems obvious to me to be honest Good luck.
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The store where you bought it from should provide the back and cover warranty for the phone. As it is imported Samsung USA can`t help you. Seems obvious to me to be honest Good luck.
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But will it matter since I dont have att ne more and the phone is unlocked.
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pitbullmommy45245 said:
But will it matter since I dont have att ne more and the phone is unlocked.
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Not imo, they should send you the back you need. This has nothing to do with software.
FYI, a new back is around $15 on ebay