so I just got my hands on a sprint LG g3 and on the box it says that it can be unlocked for GSM. is there any way to do this and bypass sprint unlock and get for me so that I can use my AT&T sim card in there?
try to edit the build.porp like g2
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What happens when you put a GSM Simcard ? As I know all should be GSM unlocked like my Verizon G2.
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What happens when you put a GSM Simcard ? As I know all should be GSM unlocked like my Verizon G2.
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it just gives me an icon as if i dont have a SIM card in there at all. As far as I know the Sprint version is lockdown far more than Verizons.
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What happens when you put a GSM Simcard ? As I know all should be GSM unlocked like my Verizon G2.
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Verizon had to unlock them ....that was according to the fcc for some spectrum they got....Sprint does not have to unlock them and it will be much harder
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Epix4G said:
Verizon had to unlock them ....that was according to the fcc for some spectrum they got....Sprint does not have to unlock them and it will be much harder
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How would we go about unlocking it???
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How would we go about unlocking it???
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Call Sprint and ask then to do it for you. They can do it remotely.
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Call Sprint and ask then to do it for you. They can do it remotely.
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What if the phone is off contract?? Clean ESN bought off the internet??
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What if the phone is off contract?? Clean ESN bought off the internet??
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Good question. I recently got mine on CL so I'm wondering the same...
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Good question. I recently got mine on CL so I'm wondering the same...
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Has to be on sprint account for 90 days then they will unlock it
They still haven't unlocked note 3 or S5
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So lame that it's in their hands. It's my phone, damit.
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So lame that it's in their hands. It's my phone, damit.
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No it is not ..... they subsidize the phone ..... I know you didn't pay full price from sprint .... You should have done some research before you bought it
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No it is not ..... they subsidize the phone ..... I know you didn't pay full price from sprint .... You should have done some research before you bought it
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I didn't buy the phone directly from Sprint, so yes, it is lame.
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I didn't buy the phone directly from Sprint, so yes, it is lame.
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They would not unlock it if you paid full price from sprint either .....has to be on the account for 90 days ...and Bill has to be up to date etc ... they don't have to unlock it ... they do it only because some sprint people actually travel and it's nice to be able to pop a sim in ....vzw only had unlocked phones because they have to from fcc .... Maybe people should just buy a gsm phone if they want use it on gsm
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They also limit the number of phones you can unlock per year. I travel a lot and have a lot of phones so it's frustrating for people like me who like to use their CDMA phone as their int'l GSM phone as well...
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They would not unlock it if you paid full price from sprint either .....has to be on the account for 90 days ...and Bill has to be up to date etc ... they don't have to unlock it ... they do it only because some sprint people actually travel and it's nice to be able to pop a sim in ....vzw only had unlocked phones because they have to from fcc .... Maybe people should just buy a gsm phone if they want use it on gsm
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Maybe you should stop being a ****... I won it in a contest.
Guess i will be a **** Again....may as well sell it and buy another because you won't use it on gsm without Sprint unlocking it...
All i said was just for your information but i truly don't care if you ever get to use the phone...
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Guess i will be a **** Again....may as well sell it and buy another because you won't use it on gsm without Sprint unlocking it...
All i said was just for your information but i truly don't care if you ever get to use the phone...
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I think you are just missing the point. It would be much more practical if every phone was unlocked for cdma or gsm use like the Nexus 5 is. I have a Nexus 5 I bought from Sprint and it runs on Att right out of the box. This is how all phones should be. I happen to have Sprint and Att accounts and its great to be able to swap phones between them without a huge hassle.
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I think you are just missing the point. It would be much more practical if every phone was unlocked for cdma or gsm use like the Nexus 5 is. I have a Nexus 5 I bought from Sprint and it runs on Att right out of the box. This is how all phones should be. I happen to have Sprint and Att accounts and its great to be able to swap phones between them without a huge hassle.
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I am not missing the point this is a 600 dollar phone and these people want to get it cheap and unlock it instead of paying more for it .... it's people trying to rip off these companies ... the full price of this phone is right at 600 but you can get it with bad esn for like 200 ... it's just people being cheap
There are threads just like this on note 3 s4 S5 g2 etc for sprint all the same
The Nexus from Google was 400 to start out off contract
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Hey guys so I've decided to get the One but here in Canada we don't have black. So my question is will AT&T stores or any other allow me to walk in and buy one no contract or plan without being a customer?
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Any thoughts at all?
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Hey guys so I've decided to get the One but here in Canada we don't have black. So my question is will AT&T stores or any other allow me to walk in and buy one no contract or plan without being a customer?
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You can buy a phone full price without contract but you'll have to unlock it yourself to work on your local network.
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You can buy a phone full price without contract but you'll have to unlock it yourself to work on your local network.
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So stores won't have a problem selling device only to someone who's not a customer? Appreciate the input just don't want to waste a trip across the border.
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So stores won't have a problem selling device only to someone who's not a customer? Appreciate the input just don't want to waste a trip across the border.
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Yes if its just hardware and you're willing to pay full price they don't care if you're not an AT&T customer. Only matters if you want the contract/subsidized price.
People buy full price phones as gifts for other people all the time and its up to the recipient to go walk in a store and activate a new account or switch their current account over to the new phone.
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Long story short I have a white 16gb i605 with a small chip on the screen below the home button which is covered by the rubber case. It has an unpaid bill with Verizon. The stylus is missing.
It had the box and paperwork and charger and case with holster.
I use it through tmobile and I don't think it can be activated through Verizon due to the bill. I never tried.
I am going to get a bigger tablet and smaller phone. I tried this thinking it could combine two devices but really it has only replaced the phone and some of the stuffi use the tablet for so I'd rather just go back to small phone and big tablet.
I was just curious what is worth so I know what to sell it for.
Put it on ebay, its only worth what somebody will pay for it.
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I would be surprised if anyone wanted that thing. Sounds quite useless as you have no spen(big feature) and an unpaid bill. You better post all that info if you sell it. Don't be a jerk off
Lastly, if it is a t mobile phone, then why post this on a section where you don't think it can be activated? Why not post in t mobile?
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I would be surprised if anyone wanted that thing. Sounds quite useless as you have no spen(big feature) and an unpaid bill. You better post all that info if you sell it. Don't be a jerk off
Lastly, if it is a t mobile phone, then why post this on a section where you don't think it can be activated? Why not post in t mobile?
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It is a verizon phone. *I* use it with t-mobile. I was under the impression that s-pens were cheaper than new phones.
I would not try to sell it as a clean esn phone which is why I am trying to get a realistic value as it is.
BTW Its far from useless. I can use talkatone and use it as a voip phone, put a tmobile sim in and use it as a t-mobile phone, put in an at&t sim and use it as a AT&T phone or connect to wifi and have a great little wifi toy.
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It is a verizon phone. *I* use it with t-mobile. I was under the impression that s-pens were cheaper than new phones.
I would not try to sell it as a clean esn phone which is why I am trying to get a realistic value as it is.
BTW Its far from useless. I can use talkatone and use it as a voip phone, put a tmobile sim in and use it as a t-mobile phone, put in an at&t sim and use it as a AT&T phone or connect to wifi and have a great little wifi toy.
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Yeah sorry if I came off mean. Didn't mean to. Just want to make sure you are up front with the person about it. That's all
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I bought my i605 off of craigslist from somebody who had an unpaid bill, with plans of letting the bill go to collections. This was about 3 months ago and I have not had any issues. I am pretty sure that unpaid balances are tied to the sim card and not the phones esn.
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I sold my bad ESN completely shattered screen S3 on eBay 3 months ago for $270. I was also honest about the ESN and condition of the phone.
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I bought my i605 off of craigslist from somebody who had an unpaid bill, with plans of letting the bill go to collections. This was about 3 months ago and I have not had any issues. I am pretty sure that unpaid balances are tied to the sim card and not the phones esn.
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Pretty sure this is correct. You can look up countless videos on YouTube about this very issue. They usually just pop a new Sim in and its all good to go.
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These days bad ESN Verizon 4G phones are worth almost as much as clean ESN ones. You can always use an activated Verizon 4G sim in a verizon phone regardless of ESN status. If you go through Verizon for activation they will not activate it, but basically they can't stop you from using the hardware like the old days of 3G/pure CDMA hardware.
Good luck with your sale. If I were you I'd price it about $250 and it should sell like hotcakes.
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These days bad ESN Verizon 4G phones are worth almost as much as clean ESN ones. You can always use an activated Verizon 4G sim in a verizon phone regardless of ESN status. If you go through Verizon for activation they will not activate it, but basically they can't stop you from using the hardware like the old days of 3G/pure CDMA hardware.
Good luck with your sale. If I were you I'd price it about $250 and it should sell like hotcakes.
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So if I buy a phone with a bad ESN, can I just pop my sim in there and it will work fine?
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So if I buy a phone with a bad ESN, can I just pop my sim in there and it will work fine?
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Yes, I've done it and know several others who have as well. Bad ESN confirmed by Verizon CS, yet worked fine with my active sim.
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So if I buy a phone with a bad ESN, can I just pop my sim in there and it will work fine?
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I've set up 2 or 3 phones for friends by getting bad ESN examples from craigslist and using an existing VZW SIM with no problems, so I just wanted to chime in with an additional thumbs up.
can i unlock a sprint note 3 and use it for tmobile?
Getting one for a good price. Need to know asap. Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593305
Photon Q. and or Note 3
Bought the phone from a guy on the train. Really doubt I will be able to get it UCCI unlocked...
Hey! I lost my phone on the train! Just kidding. :sly:
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I did notice that the phone was activated on 12/25/2013 so chances are I wont be able to do the unlock?
I am waiting for sprint to let ting.com activate my note and let them unlock it.
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yeah but its been your phone since new right? This one I bought from another owner adn dont plan on using it with sprint
Idk if it can be unlocked for domestic use. Instead of taking the chance, buy a phone that's specifically meant for your carrier. You'll get maximum performance. I think you'd regret it if you got a sprint phone hoping it would work on tmo, no matter how sweet the "deal".
Sprint wont unlock it for international use.
So its up for sale on ebay
Ya seems sprint are being very bad pricks about unlocking these phones... They have the worst customer service I have ever talked to . I am a pc tech and have to be on hold all the time. And sprint by far take the cake on customer service
T-Mobile uses GSM still right? So even if it was Un lockable the phone would only work on a CDMA network.
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T-Mobile uses GSM still right? So even if it was Un lockable the phone would only work on a CDMA network.
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No this phone has both radios ...gsm and cdma if you can get it unlocked and do the domestic unlock here you can use it on tmobile.... It's a world phone
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No this phone has both radios ...gsm and cdma if you can get it unlocked and do the domestic unlock here you can use it on tmobile.... It's a world phone
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That's pretty cool. I must be getting old. I need a blanket for my cold feet too. Ya see, back in the day before AT&T was a big mobile carrier they were called Cingular. Cingular used an antiquated GSM network that..... zzzz
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Anthonicia said:
That's pretty cool. I must be getting old. I need a blanket for my cold feet too. Ya see, back in the day before AT&T was a big mobile carrier they were called Cingular. Cingular used an antiquated GSM network that..... zzzz
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Not old enough because before they were Cingular they were Bell South and other Bell regional carriers ... Where ma bell came from
Back before that we had pagers. ..
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Not old enough because before they were Cingular they were Bell South and other Bell regional carriers ... Where ma bell came from
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It was a joke. And Bell South/Cincinnati Bell all the other Bell's were AT&T. Cingular had no part of AT&T until AT&T bought em up. I had to sell against all of them for Sprint, so I knew all about that. Would be nice to work for Cingular back then before the buy-out. Their sales reps were making $60 commission per line on a new contract. $30 on an upgrade. Most we ever made was in the month of December $12 for a new line, $7 upgrade. Made quite a bit when one of the first Sanyo flip camera phones came out. Think I sold 35 in one day working @ a mall kiosk.
Feel bad for the sales guys who had to feed their family on commission checks bc all of the commissioned sales reps were eventually done away with. The race was over and the American dream, you could argue, went away with it...
Ahh, satire. That's how life was back around the turn of the century. Gimme a break, I'm old!
I know someone was working on internationally unlocking the device without sprint. Doesnt look like they got it yet though.
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I know someone was working on internationally unlocking the device without sprint. Doesnt look like they got it yet though.
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There's a dude trying to buy a car in the general discussion forum.
Perhaps you could check there.
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I know someone was working on internationally unlocking the device without sprint. Doesnt look like they got it yet though.
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I doubt internationally unlocking is possible, due to frequency issues as far as I know.
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can i unlock a sprint note 3 and use it for tmobile?
Getting one for a good price. Need to know asap. Thanks.
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No LTE no matter what you do, the device is CDMA period! You can not change that, so yes, you can unlock, but chances are you will get 3g only!
Sorry...
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can the sprint note 2 be flashed to t-mobile?
No. T-moble is a GSM carrier. Sprint is CDMA the radios won't pick up each others signal
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Yes they will as this is a world phone ie gsm too.... but sprint has to internationally unlock it and then you need to do the domestic unlock hack ... and before you waste my time responding again no the only way to have it unlocked is by sprint doing it ... they will not do it if it's a bad esn phone or if the phone doesn't meet certain criteria ....ie on a account for last 90 days etc
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can the sprint note 2 be flashed to t-mobile?
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Read this:
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Hi. I am doing some research for a friend, if he rooted he's note 3 for sprint, could it be used in Verizon or any other carriers..?!
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Hi. I am doing some research for a friend, if he rooted he's note 3 for sprint, could it be used in Verizon or any other carriers..?!
Thanks.
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If he got it internationally unlocked and followed a thread here he could use it for att and tmobile.... vzw won't let other carriers phones on their system just like sprint won't ... it can be flashed to cricket and a couple others but mostly I guess there is no way for him to get it unlocked because sprint has to do it and the phone has to be on a account in good standing etc
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I highly doubt it. The least fuss way is to buy a phone for the carrier you plan on using it for. If it is possible, you'll get better network performance if you buy a phone for the specific carrier you're planning on using. I've seen this same question with so many phones over the years, it isn't even funny. You're not going to easily try and save a few bucks by thinking you can buy a phone for a different carrier and be able to easily port it over. You'll end up wasting lots of money for futile hopes. People think everything is interchangeable, it isn't.